Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
September 19,
2008
among
THE ST. JOE COMPANY
as Borrower,
The Initial Guarantors
Listed Herein,
The Lenders Listed
Herein
and
BRANCH BANKING AND
TRUST COMPANY,
as Administrative
Agent
and
BB&T CAPITAL
MARKETS,
as Lead Arranger
1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of
September 19, 2008 among THE ST. JOE COMPANY, a Florida
corporation, as borrower, the INITIAL GUARANTORS listed on the
signature pages hereof, as guarantors, the LENDERS listed on the
signature pages hereof and BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as
Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions .
The terms as defined in this Section 1.01 shall, for all
purposes of this Agreement and any amendment hereto (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires), have the meanings set forth herein:
“Acquisition” means any
transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of,
or resulting in, directly or indirectly, (a) the acquisition
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all of
the assets of a Person (other than a Subsidiary) or of any business
or division of a Person (other than a Subsidiary), (b) the
acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of more than 50% of
any class of Voting Stock (or similar ownership interests) of any
Person (provided that formation or organization of any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary shall not constitute an “Acquisition” to the
extent that the amount of the Investment in such entity is
permitted under Sections 5.08 and 5.12), or (c) a merger,
consolidation, amalgamation or other combination by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary with another Person (other than a Subsidiary) if the
Borrower or such Subsidiary is the surviving entity; provided that
in any merger involving the Borrower, the Borrower must be the
surviving entity.
“Adjusted London InterBank
Offered Rate” applicable to any Interest Period means a rate
per annum equal to the quotient obtained (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) by dividing
(i) the applicable London InterBank Offered Rate for such
Interest Period by (ii) 1.00 minus the Euro-Dollar Reserve
Percentage.
“Administrative Agent”
means BB&T, in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Lenders, and its successors and permitted assigns in such
capacity.
“Administrative Agent’s
Letter Agreement” means that certain letter agreement, dated
as of July 23, 2008, between Borrower and the Administrative
Agent relating to the terms of this Agreement, and certain fees
from time to time payable by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent, together with all amendments and modifications thereto. If
there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and
the provisions of the Administrative Agent’s Letter
Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement will control.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Advances” means
collectively the Revolver Advances. “Advance” means any
one of such Advances, as the context may require.
“Affiliate” of any
Person means (i) any other Person which directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls such
Person, (ii) any other Person which directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by or is under
common control with such Person, or (iii) any other Person of
which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the
common stock or equivalent equity interests.
“Agreement” means this
Credit Agreement, together with all amendments and supplements
hereto.
“Applicable Laws” means
all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes,
treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes,
executive orders, and administrative or judicial precedents or
authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof
by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement,
interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable
administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
“Applicable Margin” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).
“Applicable Percentage”
means with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total
Revolver Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolver
Commitment. If the Revolver Commitments have terminated or expired,
the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the
Revolver Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
“Approved Fund” means
any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and
Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into
by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party
whose consent is required by Section 9.07), and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit I or any other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
“Bank Products” means
any: (1) Hedging Agreements; and (2) other services or
facilities provided to any Loan Party by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (each, in such capacity, a “Bank Product
Bank”) (but excluding Cash Management Services) with respect
to (a) credit cards, (b) purchase cards, (c) merchant
services constituting a line of credit, and (d) leasing.
“Bankruptcy Code” means
the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C.
§§101, et. seq.), as amended from time to time.
“Base Rate” means for
any Base Rate Advance for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
higher as of such day of (i) the Prime Rate, or (ii)
one-half of one percent (0.5%) above the Federal Funds Rate. For
purposes of determining the Base Rate for any day, changes in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the date
of each such change.
“Base Rate Advance”
means, with respect to any Advance, such Advance when such Advance
bears or is to bear interest at a rate based upon the Base
Rate.
“BB&T” means Branch
Banking and Trust Company, and its successors.
“Borrower” means The St.
Joe Company, a Florida corporation, and its successors and its
permitted assigns.
“Borrowing” means a
borrowing hereunder consisting of Revolver Advances made to the
Borrower: (i) at the same time by all of the Lenders, in the
case of Syndicated Borrowings, or (ii) by BB&T, for Swing
Advances. A Borrowing is a “Syndicated Borrowing” if
such Advances are made pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or a
“Swing Line Borrowing” if such Advance is made pursuant
to Section 2.01(b). A Borrowing is a “Base Rate
Borrowing” if such Advances are Base Rate Advances. A
Borrowing is a “Euro-Dollar Borrowing” if such Advances
are Euro-Dollar Advances. A Borrowing is a “Tranche
Euro-Dollar Borrowing” if such Advances are Tranche
Euro-Dollar Advances. A Borrowing is an “Index Euro-Dollar
Borrowing” if such Advances are Index Euro-Dollar
Advances.
“Capital Expenditures”
means for any period the sum of all capital expenditures incurred
during such period by the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Securities”
means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests
(including membership interests and partnership interests),
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital (including any
instruments convertible into equity), whether now outstanding or
issued after the Closing Date.
“Cash Equivalents”
means: (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed
or insured by the United States of America or any agency thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged in support thereof) with maturities of not more than one
year from the date acquired; (b) time deposits and
certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one
(1) year from the date acquired issued by a United States
federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing
having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million, and
which bank or its holding company has a short-term commercial paper
rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent by Standard &
Poor’s Rating Services or at least P-1 or the equivalent by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; and (c) investments in
money market funds (i) which mature not more than seven
(7) days from the date acquired, (ii) with respect to
which there has been no failure to honor a request for withdrawal,
(iii) which are registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, (iv) which have net assets of at least
$500,000,000 and (v) at least 85% of those assets consist of
securities and other obligations of the type referenced in clauses
(a) and (b) above.
“Cash Management
Services” means any one or more of the following types of
services or facilities provided to any Loan Party by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (each, in such capacity, a
“Cash Management Bank”): (a) ACH transactions,
(b) cash management services, including, without limitation,
controlled disbursement services, treasury, depository, overdraft,
and electronic funds transfer services, (c) foreign exchange
facilities, (d) credit or debit cards, and (e) merchant
services not constituting a Bank Product.
“CERCLA” means the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. and its implementing regulations
and amendments.
“CERCLIS” means the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability
Information System established pursuant to CERCLA.
“Change in Control”
means the occurrence after the Closing Date of any of the
following: (i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert
shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 25% or more of the outstanding
shares of the Voting Stock of the Borrower; or (ii) as of any
date a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower consists
of individuals who were not either (A) directors of the
Borrower as of the corresponding date of the previous year,
(B) selected or nominated to become directors by the board of
directors of the Borrower of which a majority of such board
consisted of individuals described in clause (A), or
(C) selected or nominated to become directors by the board of
directors of the Borrower of which a majority of such board
consisted of individuals described in clause (A) and
individuals described in clause (B).
“Change in Law” means
the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule,
regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the
making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
“Closing Certificate”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).
“Closing Date” means
September 19, 2008.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor Federal
tax code. Any reference to any provision of the Code shall also be
deemed to be a reference to any successor provision or provisions
thereof.
“Collateral” shall mean
(i) all property which secures the Obligations pursuant to the
Collateral Documents and (ii) the Timberland Collateral.
“Collateral Diligence
Enhancement Event” means any time the Administrative Agent in
its reasonable discretion determines that St. Joe Timberland owns
less than 250,000 acres of real property.
“Collateral Documents”
means, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the REIT Pledge
Agreement and all other agreements (including control agreements),
instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter
in effect, pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall
grant or convey (or shall have granted or conveyed) to the Secured
Parties a Lien in, or any other Person shall acknowledge any such
Lien in, property as security for all or any portion of the
Obligations, as any of them may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time. After the occurrence of a Trigger
Event, the term Collateral Documents shall include, without
limitation, the Timberland Collateral Documents.
“Compliance Certificate”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, for any period, the Net Income of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis, but excluding (i) extraordinary items and (ii) any
equity interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the
unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary.
“Consolidated
Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity
the accounts of which, in accordance with GAAP, would be
consolidated with those of the Borrower in its consolidated
financial statements as of such date.
“Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth” means, at any time, Stockholder’s Equity less
the sum of the value, (to the extent reflected in determining
Stockholder’s Equity) as set forth or reflected on the most
recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis prepared in
accordance with GAAP, of
(A) Any surplus resulting from
any write-up of assets subsequent to December 31, 2007;
(B) All assets which would be
treated as intangible assets for balance sheet presentation
purposes under GAAP, including without limitation goodwill (whether
representing the excess of cost over book value of assets acquired,
or otherwise), trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and
technologies, and unamortized debt discount and expense;
(C) To the extent not included
in (B) of this definition, any amount at which the Capital
Securities of the Borrower appear as an asset on the balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries;
(D) Any amount at which the net
obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to
interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange
agreements or other hedging agreements appear as an asset on the
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries;
(E) Loans or advances to
stockholders of the Borrower;
(F) Loans or advances to
directors, officers, managers or employees thereof; and
(G) To the extent not included
in (B) of this definition, deferred expenses.
“Control” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Group” means
all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with any Loan Party, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Costs of Acquisition”
means, with respect to any Acquisition, as at the date of entering
into any agreement therefor, the sum of the following
(without duplication): (i) the value of the Capital Securities
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to be transferred in connection
therewith, (ii) the amount of any cash and fair market value
of other property (excluding property described in clause
(i) and the unpaid principal amount of any debt instrument)
given as consideration, (iii) the amount (determined by using the
face amount or the amount payable at maturity, whichever is
greater) of any Debt incurred, assumed or acquired by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition,
(iv) all additional purchase price amounts in the form of
earnouts and other contingent obligations that should be recorded
on the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP, (v) all amounts paid in respect of
covenants not to compete, consulting agreements that should be
recorded on financial statements of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, and other affiliated
contracts in connection with such Acquisition, (vi) the
aggregate fair market value of all other consideration given by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition, and
(vii) out of pocket transaction costs for the services and
expenses of attorneys, accountants and other consultants incurred
in effecting such transaction, and other similar transaction costs
so incurred. For purposes of determining the Cost of Acquisition
for any transaction, (A) the Capital Securities of the
Borrower shall be valued (I) in the case of capital stock that
is then designated as a national market system security by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(“NASDAQ”) or is listed on a national securities
exchange, the average of the last reported bid and ask quotations
or the last prices reported thereon, and (II) with respect to
any other Capital Securities, as determined by the board of
directors of the Borrower, (B) the Capital Securities of any
Subsidiary shall be valued as determined by the board of directors
of such Subsidiary, and (C) with respect to any Acquisition
accomplished pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or the
conversion of securities, the Cost of Acquisition shall include
both the cost of acquiring such option, warrant or convertible
security as well as the cost of exercise or conversion.
“Credit Party Expenses”
means, without limitation, (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates,
in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including without limitation (i) the reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of (A) counsel for the Administrative Agent,
(B) outside consultants for the Administrative Agent,
(C) appraisers, (D) commercial finance examinations, and
(E) all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the
Obligations; and (ii) in connection with (A) the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein,
(B) the administration, management, execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the preparation,
negotiation, administration and management of any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (whether or not the transactions
contemplated thereby shall be consummated), or (C) the
enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this
Agreement or the Loan Documents or efforts to preserve, protect,
collect, or enforce the Collateral, and (b) with respect to
the Letter of Credit Issuer, and its Affiliates, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any
demand for payment thereunder; and (c) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Secured Parties who are not
the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any
Affiliate of any of them, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default.
“Debt” of any Person
means at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of
such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital
leases; (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any
bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable under a
banker’s acceptance; (vi) all Redeemable Preferred
Securities of such Person; (vii) all obligations (absolute or
contingent) of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in
respect of amounts which are available to be drawn or have been
drawn under a letter of credit or similar instrument;
(viii) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of
such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person;
(ix) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person (except for
guaranties of customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of
funds, environmental indemnities and other similar exceptions to
non-recourse liability); (x) all net obligations of such
Person with respect to interest rate protection agreements, foreign
currency exchange agreements or other hedging agreements not
entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or
mitigate the risk of interest rate changes in respect of existing
Debt (valued as the termination value thereof computed in
accordance with a method approved by the International Swap Dealers
Association and agreed to by such Person in the applicable hedging
agreement, if any); (xi) all obligations of such Person under any
synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, sale and leaseback
transaction, asset securitization, off-balance sheet loan or other
off-balance sheet financing product; (xii) all obligations of
such Person to purchase securities or other property arising out of
or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar
securities or property; (xiii) such Person’s pro rata
share of the Debt of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such Person
and (xiv) all obligations of such Person created or arising
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person. The Debt of any Person
shall include the Debt of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefore as a result of such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with
such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Debt provide
that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Default” means any
condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless
cured or waived in writing, become an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means,
with respect to the Advances, on any day, the sum of 2% plus the
then highest interest rate (including the Applicable Margin) which
may be applicable to any Advance (irrespective of whether any such
type of Advance is actually outstanding hereunder).
“Defaulting Lender” has
the meaning given that term in Section 2.15.
“Dollars” or
“$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United
States of America.
“Domestic Business Day”
means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in North Carolina are authorized or required by
law to close.
“Eligible Assignee”
means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender,
(c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other
than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative
Agent, and (ii) unless a Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the
Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries.
“Environmental
Authority” means any foreign, federal, state, local or
regional government that exercises any form of jurisdiction or
authority under any Environmental Requirement.
“Environmental
Authorizations” means all licenses, permits, orders,
approvals, notices, registrations or other legal prerequisites for
conducting the business of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan
Party required by any Environmental Requirement.
“Environmental Judgments and
Orders” means all judgments, decrees or orders arising from
or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirements,
whether or not entered upon consent or written agreements with an
Environmental Authority or other entity arising from or in any way
associated with any Environmental Requirement, whether or not
incorporated in a judgment, decree or order.
“Environmental Laws”
means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
other governmental restrictions relating to the environment or to
emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants,
petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes into the environment, including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater or
land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum
products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or
wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.
“Environmental
Liabilities” means any liabilities, whether accrued,
contingent or otherwise, arising from and in any way associated
with any Environmental Requirements.
“Environmental Notices”
means notice from any Environmental Authority or by any other
person or entity, of possible or alleged noncompliance with or
liability under any Environmental Requirement, including without
limitation any complaints, citations, demands or requests from any
Environmental Authority or from any other person or entity for
correction of any violation of any Environmental Requirement or any
investigations concerning any violation of any Environmental
Requirement.
“Environmental
Proceedings” means any judicial or administrative proceedings
arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental
Requirement.
“Environmental Releases”
means releases as defined in CERCLA or under any applicable
federal, state or local environmental law or regulation and shall
include, in any event and without limitation, any release of
petroleum or petroleum related products.
“Environmental
Requirements” means any legal requirement relating to health,
safety or the environment and applicable to a Loan Party, any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party or the Properties, including but not
limited to any such requirement under CERCLA or similar state
legislation and all federal, state and local laws, ordinances,
regulations, orders, writs, decrees and common law.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time, or any successor law and all rules and regulations
from time to time promulgated thereunder. Any reference to any
provision of ERISA shall also be deemed to be a reference to any
successor provision or provisions thereof.
“Euro-Dollar Advance”
means, with respect to any Advance, such Advance during Interest
Periods when such Advance bears or is to bear interest at a rate
based upon the London InterBank Offered Rate. A Euro-Dollar Advance
is a Tranche Euro-Dollar Advance if such Euro-Dollar Advance has an
Interest Period described in subsection (1) of the definition
of Interest Period. A Euro-Dollar Advance is an Index Euro-Dollar
Advance if such Euro-Dollar Advance has an Interest Period
described in subsection (2) of the definition of Interest
Period.
“Euro-Dollar Business
Day” means any Domestic Business Day on which dealings in
Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.
“Euro-Dollar Reserve
Percentage” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.06(c).
“Event of Default” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Excluded Subsidiary”
means: (1) any Subsidiary (a) formed as or converted to a
special purpose entity for the sole purpose of holding title to
assets which are or are to become collateral for any secured Debt
of such Subsidiary and (b) which is prohibited from
Guaranteeing the Debt of any other Person pursuant to (i) any
document, instrument or agreement evidencing such secured Debt or
(ii) a provision of such Subsidiary’s organizational
documents which provision was included in such Subsidiary’s
organizational documents as a condition to the extension of such
secured Debt; and (2) any Subsidiary (other than St. Joe
Finance Company) in which the Borrower, directly or indirectly,
owns less than 100% of the Capital Securities of such
Subsidiary.
“Excluded Taxes” means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) 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, (b) any branch profits
taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax
imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located
and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, 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 2.12(e), except to the
extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with
respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 2.12(e).
“Facing Fee” has the
meaning given such term in Section 2.07(d).
“Federal Funds Rate”
means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the Domestic Business Day next succeeding such day,
provided that (i) if the day for which such rate is to be
determined is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Domestic Business Day as so published on the next
succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii) if such rate is not
so published for any day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be the average rate charged to BB&T on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Financing” means
(i) any transaction or series of transactions for the
incurrence by a Loan Party of any Debt in a principal amount
greater than $25,000,000 or for the establishment of a commitment
to make advances which would constitute Debt of a Loan Party in a
principal amount greater than $25,000,000 and not by its terms
subordinate and junior to other Debt of a Loan Party, (ii) an
obligation incurred in a transaction or series of transactions in
which assets of a Loan Party are sold and leased back, or
(iii) a sale of accounts or other receivables or any interest
therein; provided however, Qualified Installment Sale Transactions
shall be excluded from this definition.
“Fiscal Quarter” means
any fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
“Fiscal Year” means any
fiscal year of the Borrower.
“Foreign Lender” means
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.
“Fund” means any Person
(other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its business.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
basis consistent with those which, in accordance with
Section 1.02, are to be used in making the calculations for
purposes of determining compliance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Governmental Authority”
means 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).
“Guarantee” by any
Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other
obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (i) to secure, purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt
or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to provide collateral security, to
take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in
any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of
the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in
respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided that the
term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term
“Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Guaranteed Obligations”
means the Obligations, including without limitation, any and all
liabilities, indebtedness and obligations of any and every kind and
nature, heretofore, now or hereafter owing, arising, due or payable
from the Borrower to one or more of the Lenders, the Letter of
Credit Issuer, the Hedge Counterparties, any Secured Party, the
Administrative Agent, or any of them, arising under or evidenced by
this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents or any other
Loan Document.
“Guarantors” means
collectively: (a) the Initial Guarantors, and (b) all
Material Domestic Subsidiaries acquired, formed or otherwise in
existence after the Closing Date.
“Hazardous Materials”
includes, without limitation, (a) solid or hazardous waste, as
defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1980, 42
U.S.C. §6901 et seq. and its implementing regulations and
amendments, or in any applicable state or local law or regulation,
(b) any “hazardous substance”,
“pollutant” or “contaminant”, as defined in
CERCLA, or in any applicable state or local law or regulation,
(c) gasoline, or any other petroleum product or by-product,
including crude oil or any fraction thereof, (d) toxic
substances, as defined in the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976,
or in any applicable state or local law or regulation and (e)
insecticides, fungicides, or rodenticides, as defined in the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1975, or in
any applicable state or local law or regulation, as each such Act,
statute or regulation may be amended from time to time.
“Hedge Counterparty”
means any Person that (i) has provided the Administrative
Agent with a fully executed designation notice, substantially in
the form of Schedule A – Designation Notice and
(ii) enters into a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower that is
permitted by Section 5.34 to the extent that (a) such
Person is a Lender or any other Person that was a Lender at the
time it entered into the Hedging Agreement but has ceased to be a
Lender under the Credit Agreement or (b) such Person is a Lender on
the Closing Date or becomes a Lender after the Closing Date in
connection with the primary syndication thereof and the Hedging
Agreement was entered into on or prior to the Closing Date (even if
such Person ceases to be a Lender); provided, in the case of a
Hedging Agreement with a Person who is no longer a Lender, such
Person shall be considered a Hedge Counterparty only through the
stated maturity date (without extension or renewal) of such Hedging
Agreement.
“Hedge Transaction” of
any Person shall mean any transaction (including an agreement with
respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by such
Person that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction,
commodity swap, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction,
cap transaction, floor transaction, collateral transaction, forward
transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap
transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction
(including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or
any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest
rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other
financial measures.
“Hedging Agreement”
means each agreement between the Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty
that governs one or more Hedge Transactions entered into pursuant
to Section 5.34, which agreement shall consist of a
“Master Agreement” in a form published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., together
with a “Schedule” thereto in the form the
Administrative Agent shall approve in writing, and each
“Confirmation” thereunder confirming the specific terms
of each such Hedge Transaction.
“Hedging Obligations” of
any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person,
whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (i) any and all
Hedge Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs,
reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedge Transactions
and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications
of any Hedge Transactions and any and all substitutions for any
Hedge Transactions.
“Identified Mortgaged
Property” means Properties described in Schedule 1.01
– Identified Mortgaged Property (as such schedule is amended
from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), which
Properties shall not at any time: (i) include any Encumbered
Land (as defined in Section 5.13(l); or (ii) consist of
fewer than 200,000 acres in the aggregate.
“Indemnified Taxes”
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Initial Guarantors”
means (i) St. Joe Timberland Company, (ii) St. Joe
Finance Company, a Florida corporation and (iii) St. Joe
Residential Acquisitions, Inc., a Florida corporation.
“Interest Payment Date”
means: (i) as to each Index Euro-Dollar Advance, the first day
of each month; and (ii) as to each Base Rate Advance, the
first day of each month.
“Interest Period” means:
(i) with respect to each Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the first, second or third month
thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice of
Borrowing; provided that:
(a) any
Interest Period (subject to clause (c) below) which would
otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day
unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day;
(b) any
Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month)
shall, subject to clause (c) below, end on the last
Euro-Dollar Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar
month; and
(c) no
Interest Period may be selected that begins before the Termination
Date and would otherwise end after the Termination Date.
(ii) with respect to each Base
Rate Borrowing and each Index Euro-Dollar Borrowing, a calendar
month (commencing on the first day of each calendar month and
ending on the last day of each calendar month regardless of whether
a Base Rate Borrowing or Index Euro-Dollar Borrowing is outstanding
on either date); provided that:
(a) the
initial Interest Period applicable to Base Rate Borrowings and
Index Euro-Dollar Borrowings shall mean the period commencing on
the Closing Date and ending September 30, 2008; and
(b) the last Interest Period
applicable to Base Rate Borrowings and Index Euro-Dollar Borrowings
under this Agreement shall end on the Termination Date.
“Investment” means any
investment in any Person, whether by means of (i) purchase or
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person (or of a division or line of business of such Person),
(ii) purchase or acquisition of obligations or securities of
such Person, (iii) capital contribution to such Person,
(iv) loan or advance to such Person, (v) making of a time
deposit with such Person, (vi) Guarantee or assumption of any
obligation of such Person or (vii) by any other means.
“Joinder Agreement”
means a Joinder and Reaffirmation Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit D .
“Land” means land on
which no development (other than improvements that are not material
or are temporary in nature) has occurred.
“Lender” means each
lender listed on the signature pages hereof as having a Revolver
Commitment (including for the avoidance of doubt any signature page
executed by an Additional Lender pursuant to a joinder agreement in
accordance with Section 2.14) and their respective successors
and assigns.
“Lending Office” means,
as to each Lender, its office located at its address set forth on
the signature pages hereof (or identified on the signature pages
hereof as its Lending Office) or such other office as such Lender
may hereafter designate as its Lending Office by notice to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means
a letter of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer for the
account of the Borrower pursuant to Article XI.
“Letter of Credit Application
Agreement” means, with respect to a Letter of Credit, such
form of application therefor (whether in a single or several
documents) as the Letter of Credit Issuer may employ in the
ordinary course of business for its own account, whether or not
providing for collateral security, with such modifications thereto
as may by agreed upon by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the
Borrower and are not materially adverse to the interests of the
Lenders; provided, however, that in the event of any conflict
between the terms of any Letter of Credit Application Agreement and
this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
“Letter of Credit Fee”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(c).
“Letter of Credit
Issuer” means BB&T.
“Letter of Credit
Obligations” means, at any particular time, the sum of
(a) the Reimbursement Obligations at such time, (b) the
aggregate maximum amount available for drawing under the Letters of
Credit at such time and (c) the aggregate maximum amount
available for drawing under Letters of Credit the issuance of which
has been authorized by the Letter of Credit Issuer but which have
not yet been issued.
“Lien” means, with
respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, security title,
preferential arrangement which has the practical effect of
constituting a security interest or encumbrance, servitude or
encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset to secure or
assure payment of a Debt or a Guarantee, whether by consensual
agreement or by operation of statute or other law, or by any
agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide any of the
foregoing. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which
it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other
title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Liquidity” means at any
time the sum of: (1) the aggregate cash of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, (2) the
aggregate Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, and (3) the Total Unused
Revolver Commitments.
“Loan Documents” means
this Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Application
Agreements, the Collateral Documents, the Hedging Agreements, any
other document evidencing or securing the Advances or the Letters
of Credit, and any other document or instrument delivered from time
to time in connection with this Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of
Credit Application Agreements, the Collateral Documents, the
Hedging Agreements, the Advances or the Letters of Credit, as such
documents and instruments may be amended or supplemented from time
to time.
“Loan Parties” means
collectively the Borrower and each Guarantor that is now or
hereafter a party to any of the Loan Documents.
“London InterBank Offered
Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c).
“Margin Stock” means
“margin stock” as defined in Regulations T, U or X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect
from time to time, together with all official rulings and
interpretations issued thereunder.
“Margin and Fee Rate
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.01(i).
“Material Adverse
Effect” means with respect to any event, act, condition or
occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination
in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or
proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event
or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or
occurrences, whether or not related, a material adverse change in,
or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the financial
condition, operations, business or properties of the Loan Parties
and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
under the Loan Documents, or the ability of the Borrower or any
other Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, as applicable, or (c) the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document.
“Material Contract” has
the meaning given such term in Section 4.33.
“Material Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary: (1) which is organized
under the laws of any state or territory of the United States of
America; (2) which is not an Excluded Subsidiary; and
(3) as to which more than $25,000,000 of Total Asset Value is
attributable; provided that, in no event (and notwithstanding the
definition of Excluded Subsidiary) shall Subsidiaries that are not
Loan Parties account for more than 10% of the aggregate Total Asset
Value of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of the
foregoing proviso, Qualified SPEs and any Excluded Subsidiary
described in subsection 1 of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary,
the sole purpose of which is to defease debt of such Subsidiary and
which owns Cash Equivalents in an amount reasonably determined to
be sufficient to defease such debt, shall be disregarded.
“Material Foreign
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is: (1) not a
Material Domestic Subsidiary; and (2) to which more than
$25,000,000 of Total Asset Value is attributable.
“Mortgage” means,
collectively the fee simple and leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust
and deeds to secure debt by the Borrower executed and delivered, or
to be executed and delivered, pursuant to Section 5.38, in
form and content substantially similar to Exhibit J and
otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in each case
granting a Lien to the Administrative Agent (or a trustee for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent) for the benefit of the Secured
Parties in Collateral constituting real property (including certain
real property leases) and related personalty, as such documents may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Mortgaged Property”
means, collectively, (i) the Identified Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any Property owned by St. Joe Timberland from time to
time and (iii) any other Mortgaged Property (as defined in any
Mortgage).
“Mortgaged Property Security
Documents” means collectively, the Mortgages and all other
agreements, instruments and other documents, whether now existing
or hereafter in effect, pursuant to which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary grants or conveys to the Administrative Agent and the
Secured Parties a Lien in, or any other Person acknowledges any
such Lien in, real property as security for all or any portion of
the Obligations, as any of them may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
“Mortgaged Property Support
Documents” means, for each Mortgaged Property, (i) the
title commitment pertaining thereto (in the case of a Collateral
Diligence Enhancement Event) and the Title Policy pertaining
thereto (in the case of a Trigger Event), (ii) surveys (unless
the title insurance company will insure over the absence of
survey), flood hazard certifications and environmental assessments
thereof in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
prepared by recognized experts in their respective fields
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (iii) opinions of
local counsel with respect to the Mortgages in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in the case of a Trigger
Event), and (iv) such other documentation as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require, in each case as shall
be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
“Multiemployer Plan” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Income” means, as
applied to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount of net
income of such Person, after taxes, for such period, as determined
in accordance with GAAP.
“Net Proceeds of Capital
Securities/Conversion of Debt” means any and all proceeds
(whether cash or non-cash) or other consideration received by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of the
issuance of Capital Securities (including, without limitation, the
aggregate amount of any and all Debt converted into Capital
Securities), after deducting therefrom all reasonable and customary
costs and expenses (including reasonable and customary brokerage
and investment banking fees and commissions) incurred by the
Borrower or Subsidiary directly in connection with the issuance of
such Capital Securities.
“Notes” means
collectively the Revolver Notes and Swing Advance Note and any and
all amendments, consolidations, modifications, renewals,
substitutions and supplements thereto or replacements thereof.
“Note” means any one of such Notes.
“Notice of Borrowing”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
“Notice of Continuation or
Conversion” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03.
“Obligations” means the
collective reference to all of the following indebtedness
obligations and liabilities: (a) the due and punctual payment
by the Borrower of: (i) the principal of and interest on the
Notes (including without limitation, any and all Revolver Advances
and Swing Advances), when and as due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and any renewals, modifications or extensions thereof, in
whole or in part; (ii) each payment required to be made by the
Borrower under this Agreement and the Letter of Credit Application
Agreements, when and as due, including payments in respect of
reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon, and obligations,
if any, to provide cash collateral and any renewals, modifications
or extensions thereof, in whole or in part; and (iii) all
other monetary obligations of the Borrower to the Secured Parties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the
Borrower is or is to be a party and any renewals, modifications or
extensions thereof, in whole or in part; (b) the due and
punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower
is or is to be a party, and any renewals, modifications or
extensions thereof, in whole or in part; (c) the due and
punctual payment (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of all obligations (including any and all Hedging
Obligations arising under the Hedging Agreements and obligations
which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, would become due), indebtedness and liabilities of
the Borrower, now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out
of or in connection with any and all Hedging Agreements and any
renewals, modifications or extensions thereof (including, all
obligations, if any, of the Borrower as guarantor under the Credit
Agreement in respect of Hedging Agreements), and the due and
punctual performance and compliance by the Borrower with all of the
terms, conditions and agreements contained in any Hedging Agreement
and any renewals, modifications or extensions thereof; (d) the
due and punctual payment and performance of all indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of any one or more of the Borrower and
Guarantors arising out of or relating to any Bank Products;
(e) the due and punctual payment and performance of all
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any one or more of the
Borrower and Guarantors arising out of or relating to any Cash
Management Services; and (f) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all obligations of each of the Guarantors under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which they are or
are to be a party and any and all renewals, modifications or
extensions thereof, in whole or in part.
“OFAC” means The Office
of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
“Officer’s
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(e).
“Operating Documents”
means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or
other legally authorized incorporated or unincorporated entity, the
bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, limited
partnership agreement, shareholder agreement or other applicable
documents relating to the operation, governance or management of
such entity.
“Organizational Action”
means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or
other legally authorized incorporated or unincorporated entity, any
corporate, organizational or partnership action (including any
required shareholder, member or partner action), or other similar
official action, as applicable, taken by such entity.
“Organizational
Documents” means with respect to any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability partnership or other legally authorized incorporated or
unincorporated entity, the articles of incorporation, certificate
of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited
partnership or other applicable organizational or charter documents
relating to the creation of such entity.
“Other Taxes” means 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” has the
meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of
Section 9.07.
“PBGC” means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all
of its functions under ERISA.
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means Liens described in Section 5.13(b), (d), (g), (h), (j),
(l) and (m).
“Person” means a natural
person, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership
(including without limitation, a joint venture), an unincorporated
association, a trust or any other entity or organization,
including, but not limited to, a Governmental Authority.
“Plan” means at any time
an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of
ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under
Section 412 of the Code and is either (i) maintained by a
member of the Controlled Group for employees of any member of the
Controlled Group or (ii) maintained pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than
one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the
Controlled Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions or has within the preceding 5 plan years made
contributions.
“Pledge Agreement” means
the Equity Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit N , pursuant to
which Borrower pledges to the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, among other things, (i) all of the
capital stock and equity interests of St. Joe Timberland; and
(ii) sixty-five percent (65%) of the capital stock and equity
interests of each current or future Material Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Prime Rate” refers to
that interest rate so denominated and set by BB&T from time to
time as an interest rate basis for borrowings. The Prime Rate is
but one of several interest rate bases used by BB&T. BB&T
lends at interest rates above and below the Prime Rate. The Prime
Rate is not necessarily the lowest or best rate charged by BB&T
to its customers or other banks.
“Proceeds” shall have
the meaning given to it under the U.C.C. and shall include without
limitation the collections and distributions of Collateral, cash or
non-cash.
“Properties” means all
real property owned, leased or otherwise used or occupied by a Loan
Party, any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or any Unconsolidated
Affiliate of a Loan Party, wherever located. “Property”
means any one of such Properties.
“Qualified Installment Sale
Note” means a promissory note evidencing the consideration
due to the seller in a Qualified Installment Sale Transaction,
which promissory note is secured by a standby letter of credit,
guaranty or other similar form of credit enhancement
(a) issued for the account of the purchaser in such Qualified
Installment Sale Transaction by a Person having a credit rating of
A or A2 from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. at the time of issuance and
(b) in an amount not less than the principal amount of such
promissory note plus accrued interest for a period which is at
least thirty days longer than the interval at which interest is due
and payable under such promissory note.
“Qualified Installment Sale
Transaction” means the sale of real and personal property of
the Borrower or a Subsidiary in exchange for a Qualified
Installment Sale Note in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $200,000,000 issued by the purchaser of such real and
personal property, which Qualified Installment Sale Note is
assigned, together with the standby letter of credit, guaranty or
other similar form of credit enhancement securing such instrument,
for cash to a Qualified SPE which in turn will issue its Qualified
Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$200,000,000 directly to a purchaser thereof or to a trustee acting
on behalf of Persons acquiring interests in such Qualified Senior
Notes in a private placement.
“Qualified Senior Note”
means the senior promissory note(s) or taxable variable rate demand
bonds issued by a Qualified SPE directly to a purchaser thereof or
to a trustee acting on behalf of Persons acquiring interests in
such note(s) or bonds in a private placement in connection with a
Qualified Installment Sale Transaction and secured solely by a
Qualified Installment Sale Note and related letter of credit,
guaranty or other similar form of credit enhancement held by such
Qualified SPE; provided that in no event shall the Borrower
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Qualified SPE)
have any indebtedness, liability or obligations under or in
connection with such Qualified Senior Note.
“Qualified SPE” means a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower formed as a special purpose
entity in connection with a Qualified Installment Sale Transaction
for the sole purpose of (a) owning and holding the Qualified
Installment Sale Note issued in connection with such Qualified
Installment Sale Transaction, together with the standby letter of
credit, guaranty or other similar form of credit enhancement
securing such Qualified Installment Sale Note, (b) issuing a
Qualified Senior Note to be secured solely by such Qualified
Installment Sale Note and related standby letter of credit,
guaranty or other similar form of credit enhancement and
(c) and engaging in other activities incidental to the
foregoing.
“Quarterly Payment Date”
means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31, or, if any such day is not a Domestic Business
Day, the next succeeding Domestic Business Day.
“Redeemable Preferred
Securities” of any Person means any preferred stock or
similar Capital Securities (including, without limitation, limited
liability company membership interests and limited partnership
interests) issued by such Person which is at any time prior to the
Termination Date either (i) mandatorily redeemable (by sinking
fund or similar payments or otherwise) or (ii) redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof.
“Register” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.07(c).
“Reimbursement
Obligations” means the reimbursement or repayment obligations
of the Borrower to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to
Section 11.05 with respect to Letters of Credit.
“REIT Pledge Agreement”
means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant
to which St. Joe Finance Company pledges to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, among other things,
all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Collateral described therein.
“Related Parties” means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of
such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Required Lenders” means
at any time Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate amount
of the Revolver Commitments or, if the Revolver Commitments are no
longer in effect, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Revolver Notes and the Letter
of Credit Obligations.
“Responsible Officer”
means (a) with respect to the Borrower, the chief executive
officer, the president, the chief financial officer, controller or
treasurer, and any other officer or similar official thereof
responsible for the administration of the obligations of the
Borrower in respect of this Agreement, and (b) with respect to
any Subsidiary, the chief executive officer or the chief financial
officer of such Subsidiary.
“Restricted Payment”
means (i) any dividend or other distribution on any shares of
the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Capital
Securities (except dividends payable solely in shares of its
Capital Securities); or (ii) any payment on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of (a) any
shares of the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
Capital Securities (except shares acquired upon the conversion
thereof into other shares of its Capital Securities or shares
surrendered by officers or directors in connection with the vesting
of restricted Capital Securities or the exercise of options,
warrants or other rights to acquire shares) or (b) any option,
warrant or other right to acquire shares of the Borrower’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ Capital Securities.
“Revolver Advance” means
an advance made to the Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 2.01(a) or a Swing Advance made to the Borrower under
this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.01(b). A Revolver Advance is a
Tranche Euro-Dollar Advance if such Revolver Advance has an
Interest Period described in subsection (1) of the definition
of Interest Period. A Revolver Advance is an Index Euro-Dollar
Advance if such Revolver Advance is a Euro-Dollar Advance and has
an Interest Period described in subsection (2) of the
definition of Interest Period.
“Revolver Commitment”
means, with respect to each Lender, (i) the amount set forth
opposite the name of such Lender on the signature pages hereof, or
(ii) as to any Lender which enters into an Assignment and
Assumption (whether as transferor Lender or as assignee
thereunder), the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment
after giving effect to such Assignment and Assumption, in each case
as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
Sections 2.08 and 2.09.
“Revolver Notes” means
the promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to
repay the Revolver Advances, together with all amendments,
consolidations, modifications, renewals, substitutions and
supplements thereto or replacements thereof and “Revolver
Note” means any one of such Revolver Notes.
“Sale/Leaseback
Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing,
directly or indirectly, for the leasing by any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries of real or personal property which has been or is
to be sold or transferred by any Loan Party or such Subsidiary to
such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are
to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or
rental obligations of any Loan Party or such Subsidiary.
“Sanctioned Entity”
shall mean (i) a country or a government of a country,
(ii) an agency of the government of a country, (iii) an
organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or its
government, (iv) a person or entity resident in or determined
to be resident in a country, that is subject to a country sanctions
program administered and enforced by OFAC described or referenced
at http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ or as
otherwise published from time to time.
“Secured Parties” shall
mean collectively: (1) the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as such under this Agreement, the Collateral Documents and
the other Loan Documents; (2) the Lenders, (3) the Hedge
Counterparties in their capacity as such under the Hedging
Agreements; (4) the Letter of Credit Issuer; and (5) the
successors and assigns of the foregoing.
“Security Agreement”
means the General Security Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H, by and between St. Joe Timberland and the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to be
executed and delivered upon the occurrence of a Trigger Event.
“SJF Mortgages” means
the mortgages described in Item 1 on Schedule 5.13. The
SJF Mortgages shall not be recorded without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent and shall be subordinated
pursuant to the Subordination Agreement.
“St. Joe Timberland”
means St. Joe Timberland Company of Delaware, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company.
“Stockholder’s
Equity” means at any time, the shareholders’ and other
interest owners’ equity of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, as set forth or reflected on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, but
excluding any Redeemable Preferred Securities of the
Borrower or any of its respective Consolidated Subsidiaries.
Shareholders’ and other interest owners’ equity
generally would include, but not be limited to (i) the par or
stated value of all outstanding Capital Securities,
(ii) capital surplus, (iii) retained earnings, and
(iv) various deductions such as (A) purchases of treasury
stock, (B) valuation allowances, (C) receivables due from
an employee stock ownership plan, (D) employee stock ownership
plan debt guarantees, and (E) translation adjustments for
foreign currency transactions.
“Swing Advance” means an
Advance made by BB&T pursuant to Section 2.01(b), which
must be a Base Rate Advance.
“Swing Advance Note”
means the promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit B-2 , evidencing the obligation of the
Borrower to repay the Swing Advances, together with all amendments,
consolidations, modifications, renewals, and supplements
thereto.
“Subordination
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.10.
“Subsidiary” of any
Person means a corporation, partnership or other entity of which
shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting
power (other than stock or such other ownership interest having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of
such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time
owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
“Syndicated Borrowing”
has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Borrowing.”
“Taxes” means all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Date” means
the earlier to occur of (i) September 19, 2011,
(ii) the date the Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant
to Section 6.01 following the occurrence of an Event of
Default, or (iii) the date the Borrower terminates the
Revolver Commitments entirely pursuant to Section 2.09.
“Third Parties” means
all lessees, sublessees, licensees and other users of the
Properties, excluding those users of the Properties in the ordinary
course of the Borrower’s business and on a temporary
basis.
“Timberland Collateral”
means the Mortgaged Properties and all other property and assets
intended to be encumbered by the Timberland Collateral
Documents.
“Timberland Collateral
Documents” means collectively the Mortgages, Security
Agreement and all other agreements (including control agreements),
instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter
in effect, pursuant to which St. Joe Timberland shall grant or
convey (or shall have granted or conveyed) to the Secured Parties a
Lien in, or any other Person shall acknowledge any such Lien in,
property as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, as
any of them may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
“Title Policy” means
with respect to each Mortgaged Property, the mortgagee title
insurance policy (together with such endorsements as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require) issued to the
Administrative Agent in respect of such Mortgaged Property by an
insurer selected by St. Joe Timberland and reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent, insuring (in an amount reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent not to exceed the
aggregate commitments of the Lenders) the Lien of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties on such
Mortgaged Property to be duly perfected and first priority, subject
only to usual and customary exceptions and such other exceptions as
shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that in
no event shall such exceptions be other than those permitted by
Section 5.13.
“Total Asset Value”
means the sum of all of the following (without duplication) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis: (a) with
respect to Land, an amount equal to $2,000 per acre, plus
(b) the undepreciated GAAP book value of all other tangible
assets of the Borrower, each of the Guarantors and their respective
Subsidiaries that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified as
assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, the
Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries as of such date. The
Borrower’s pro rata share of assets held by Unconsolidated
Affiliates will be included in Total Asset Value calculations
consistent with the above described treatment for wholly owned
assets.
“Total Indebtedness”
means all Debt of the Borrower and all Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis.
“Total Unused Revolver
Commitments” means at any date, an amount equal to:
(A) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments of all of
the Lenders at such time, less (B) the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Revolver Advances of all of the
Lenders at such time and the Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Trigger Event” shall
mean the occurrence of any Event of Default.
“U.C.C.” shall mean the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of North Carolina
or, when the context relates to perfection or priority of a
security interest, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time.
“Unconsolidated
Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person in whom such Person holds an Investment, which Investment is
accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an
equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be
consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person
on the consolidated financial statements of such Person.
“Undrawn Amounts” means
as of any date the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of
Credit then issued and outstanding.
“Unencumbered Asset
Value” means Total Asset Value determined with respect to
assets and Properties which are not encumbered by a Lien.
“Unsecured Debt” means
Debt which is not secured by a Lien.
“USA Patriot Act” means
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001,
Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001.
“Voting Stock” means
securities (as such term is defined in Section 2(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of any class or classes, the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies,
entitled to cast votes in any election of any corporate directors
(or Persons performing similar functions).
“Wholly Owned
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary all of the Capital
Securities of which are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
the Borrower; provided that for purposes of this definition the
preferred shareholders of St. Joe Finance Company shall be
disregarded.
SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms
and Determinations . Unless otherwise specified herein, all
terms of an accounting character used herein shall be interpreted,
all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all
financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent
(except for changes concurred in by the Borrower’s
independent public accountants or otherwise required by a change in
GAAP) with the most recent audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
delivered to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the
Lenders, unless with respect to any such change concurred in by the
Borrower’s independent public accountants or required by
GAAP, in determining compliance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents: (i) the Borrower
shall have objected to determining such compliance on such basis at
the time of delivery of such financial statements, or (ii) the
Required Lenders shall so object in writing within 30 days
after the delivery of such financial statements, in either of which
events such calculations shall be made on a basis consistent with
those used in the preparation of the latest financial statements as
to which such objection shall not have been made (which, if
objection is made in respect of the first financial statements
delivered under Section 5.01 hereof, shall mean the financial
statements referred to in Section 4.04).
SECTION 1.03. Use of Defined
Terms . All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the same
meanings when used in any of the other Loan Documents, unless
otherwise defined therein or unless the context shall otherwise
require.
SECTION 1.04. Terms Generally
. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law or regulation
herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time;
(f) the words “asset” and “property”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer
to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights; and
(g) titles of Articles and Sections in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of
this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDIT
SECTION 2.01. Commitments to Make
Advances .
(a) Syndicated
Revolver Advances Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms
and conditions set forth herein, to make Revolver Advances to the
Borrower from time to time before the Termination Date;
provided that, immediately after each such Revolver Advance
is made, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolver
Advances by such Lender together with such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of all Swing Advances and Letter of Credit Obligations shall not
exceed the amount of the Revolver Commitment of such Lender at such
time, provided further that the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolver Advances, together with the aggregate
principal amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing
Advances shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver
Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time. Each Syndicated
Borrowing under this Section 2.01 shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of $500,000 or any larger multiple of $100,000
(except that any such Syndicated Borrowing may be in the aggregate
amount of the Total Unused Revolver Commitments less Swing
Advances) and shall be made from the several Lenders ratably in
proportion to their respective Revolver Commitments. Within the
foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow under this Section, repay
or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.10, prepay Revolver
Advances and reborrow under this Section 2.01 at any time
before the Termination Date.
(b) Swing
Advances . In addition to the foregoing, BB&T shall from
time to time, upon the request of the Borrower, if the applicable
conditions precedent in Article III have been satisfied, make
Swing Advances to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding not exceeding $5,000,000; provided that,
immediately after such Swing Advance is made, the conditions set
forth in Section 2.01(a) shall have been satisfied. Each Swing
Advance Borrowing under this Section 2.01(b) shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $500,000 or any larger multiple of
$100,000. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow
under this Section 2.01(b), prepay and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(b) at any time before the Termination Date. All
Swing Advances shall be made as Base Rate Advances. At any time,
upon the request of BB&T, each Lender other than BB&T
shall, on the third Domestic Business Day after such request is
made, purchase a participating interest in Swing Advances in an
amount equal to its ratable share (based upon its respective
Revolver Commitment) of such Swing Advances. On such third Domestic
Business Day, each Lender will immediately transfer to BB&T, in
immediately available funds, the amount of its participation.
Whenever, at any time after BB&T has received from any such
Lender its participating interest in a Swing Advance, the
Administrative Agent receives any payment on account thereof, the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its
participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in
the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during
which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding
and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment
received by the Administrative Agent is required to be returned,
such Lender will return to the Administrative Agent any portion
thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent to it.
Each Lender’s obligation to purchase such participating
interests shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation:
(i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Lender or any other Person may have against
BB&T requesting such purchase or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default or the termination of the Revolver Commitments;
(iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial, business
or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any other Person; (iv) any
breach of this Agreement by any Loan Party or any other Lender; or
(v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 2.02. Method of Borrowing
Advances .
(a) The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Notice of
Borrowing”) prior to (i) 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time)
at least one Domestic Business Day before each Base Rate Borrowing,
and each Index Euro-Dollar Borrowing, and (ii) 11:00 A.M.
(Eastern time) at least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days
before each Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing, specifying:
(i) the date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the
case of a Base Rate Borrowing or Index Euro-Dollar Borrowing and a
Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a Tranche Euro-Dollar
Borrowing,
(ii) the
aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
(iii) whether the Revolver Advances comprising such Borrowing
are to be Base Rate Advances, Tranche Euro-Dollar Advances or Index
Euro-Dollar Advances, or stating that such Borrowing is to be a
Swing Line Borrowing and
(iv) in the
case of a Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the duration of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of
the definition of Interest Period .
(b) Upon
receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and (unless
such Borrowing is a Swing Line Borrowing) of such Lender’s
ratable share of such Borrowing and such Notice of Borrowing, once
received by the Administrative Agent, shall not thereafter be
revocable by the Borrower.
(c) Not
later than 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the date of each
Borrowing, each Lender shall make available its ratable share of
such Borrowing, in Federal or other funds immediately available in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to the Administrative Agent at its
address referred to in or specified pursuant to Section 9.01.
Unless the Administrative Agent determines that any applicable
condition specified in Article III has not been satisfied:
(1) in the case of a Syndicated Borrowing the Administrative
Agent will disburse the funds so received from the Lenders to the
Borrower; and (2) in the case of a Swing Line Borrowing
BB&T will make available to the Borrower the amount of any such
Swing Line Borrowing.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, no Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing may be made if there
shall have occurred a Default, which Default shall not have been
cured or waived.
(e) In the
event that a Notice of Borrowing fails to specify whether the
Revolver Advances comprising such Borrowing are to be Base Rate
Advances, Tranche Euro-Dollar Advances or Index Euro-Dollar
Advances, such Revolver Advances shall be made as Base Rate
Advances. If the Borrower is otherwise entitled under this
Agreement to repay any Revolver Advances maturing at the end of an
Interest Period applicable thereto with the proceeds of a new
Borrowing, and the Borrower fails to repay such Revolver Advances
using its own moneys and fails to give a Notice of Borrowing in
connection with such new Borrowing, a new Borrowing shall be deemed
to be made on the date such Revolver Advances mature in an amount
equal to the principal amount of the Revolver Advances so maturing,
and the Revolver Advances comprising such new Borrowing shall be
Base Rate Advances.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
there shall not be more than four (4) Interest Periods
outstanding at any given time; provided that for purposes of this
Section 2.02(f), all Base Rate Advances shall constitute one
Interest Period and all Index Euro-Dollar Advances shall constitute
one Interest Period.
SECTION 2.03. Continuation and
Conversion Elections . By delivering a notice (a “Notice
of Continuation or Conversion”), which shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit C, to the Administrative Agent on or
before 12:00 P.M., Eastern time, on a Domestic Business Day
(or Euro-Dollar Business Day, in the case of Tranche Euro-Dollar
Advances outstanding), the Borrower may from time to time
irrevocably elect, by notice one Domestic Business Day prior in the
case of a continuation of or conversion to Base Rate Advances or
Index Euro-Dollar Advances or three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days
prior in the case of a continuation of or conversion to Tranche
Euro-Dollar Advances, that all, or any portion in an aggregate
principal amount of $500,000 or any larger integral multiple of
$100,000 be, (i) in the case of Base Rate Advances, converted
into Euro-Dollar Advances or (ii) in the case of Euro-Dollar
Advances, converted into Base Rate Advances or continued as
Euro-Dollar Advances; provided, however , that (x) each
such conversion or continuation shall be pro rated among the
applicable outstanding Revolver Advances of all Lenders that have
made such Revolver Advances, and (y) no portion of the
outstanding principal amount of any Revolver Advances may be
continued as, or be converted into, any Tranche Euro-Dollar Advance
when any Default has occurred and is continuing. In the absence of
delivery of a Notice of Continuation or Conversion with respect to
any Tranche Euro-Dollar Advance at least three (3) Euro-Dollar
Business Days before the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto, such Tranche Euro-Dollar Advance
shall, on such last day, automatically convert to a Index
Euro-Dollar Advance.
SECTION 2.04. Notes . The
Revolver Advances of each Lender shall be evidenced by a single
Revolver Note payable to the order of such Lender for the account
of its Lending Office in an amount equal to the original principal
amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment. Upon the request
of BB&T, the Swing Advances may be evidenced by a single Swing
Advance Note payable to the order of BB&T in the original
principal amount of $5,000,000. Upon receipt of each Lender’s
Note pursuant to Section 3.01, the Administrative Agent shall
deliver such Note to such Lender. Each Lender shall record, and
prior to any transfer of its Note shall endorse on the schedule
forming a part thereof appropriate notations to evidence, the date,
amount and maturity of, and effective interest rate for, each
Advance made by it, the date and amount of each payment of
principal made by the Borrower with respect thereto and such
schedule shall constitute rebuttable presumptive evidence of the
principal amount owing and unpaid on such Lender’s Note;
provided that the failure of any Lender to make, or any
error in making, any such recordation or endorsement shall not
affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under the Note
or the ability of any Lender to assign its Notes. Each Lender is
hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrower so to endorse its
Notes and to attach to and make a part of any Note a continuation
of any such schedule as and when required.
SECTION 2.05. Maturity of
Advances . Each Revolver Advance included in any Borrowing
shall mature, and the principal amount thereof, together with all
accrued unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the
Termination Date.
SECTION 2.06. Interest Rates
.
(a)
“Applicable Margin” shall be determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time, based upon the ratio of
Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value (as set forth in the Margin
and Fee Rate Certificate most recently delivered by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 5.01(j)), as follows:
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Any adjustment to the Applicable
Margin shall be effective (a) in the case of a Margin and Fee
Rate Certificate delivered in connection with quarterly financial
statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(b), as of the date 55 days following the end
of the last day of the applicable Fiscal Quarter covered by such
Margin and Fee Rate Certificate, (b) in the case of a Margin
and Fee Rate Certificate delivered in connection with annual
financial statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(a), as of the date 85 days following the end
of the last day of the applicable Fiscal Year covered by such
Margin and Fee Rate Certificate, and (c) in the case of any
other Margin and Fee Rate Certificate, as of the date 5 Domestic
Business Days following the Administrative Agent’s request
for such Margin and Fee Rate Certificate. If the Borrower fails to
deliver a Margin and Fee Rate Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.01(j), the Applicable Margin shall be determined as
if the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value is greater
than 45% until the date of the delivery of the required Margin and
Fee Rate Certificate. As of the Closing Date, and thereafter until
changed as provided above, the Applicable Margin shall be
determined as if the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset
Value is less than 5%. Any change in the Applicable Margin on any
day shall result in a corresponding change, effective on and as of
such day, in the interest rate applicable to the Advances and in
the fees applicable to each Letter of Credit outstanding on such
day; provided, that no Applicable Margin shall be decreased
pursuant to this Section 2.06 if a Default is in existence on
such day. In the event that any financial statement or Margin and
Fee Rate Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 is
shown to be, or becomes known to be, inaccurate (regardless of
whether this Agreement or the Revolver Commitments are in effect
when such inaccuracy is discovered, provided that neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall request payment pursuant
to this sentence more than two years after the termination of this
Agreement and the Revolver Commitments and the payment in full of
the principal of and interest on all Advances), and such
inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a
higher Applicable Margin under this Section 2.06 for any
period rather than the Applicable Margin applied for such period,
then (i) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the
Administrative Agent a corrected Margin and Fee Rate Certificate
and related financial information for such period, (ii) the
Applicable Margin shall be at the actual Applicable Margin under
this Section 2.06 for such period, and (iii) the Borrower
shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the Lenders, the accrued additional interest owing as a result
of such increased Applicable Margin for such period. The provisions
of this Section 2.06(a) and this definition shall not limit
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect
to Sections 2.06(b) or 2.06(c) or Article VI and shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the Revolver
Commitments. For the purposes of determining the ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Total Asset Value, indebtedness of a Qualified SPE
attributable to Qualified Senior Notes shall be excluded and
Qualified Installment Sale Notes shall not be included in
determinations of Total Asset Value.
(b) Each
Base Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof, for each day from the date such Advance is made
until it becomes due, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
for such day plus the Applicable Margin. Such interest shall be
payable on each Interest Payment Date. Any overdue principal of
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest on
any Base Rate Advance shall bear interest, payable on demand, for
each day until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the
Default Rate.
(c) Each
Euro-Dollar Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, for the Interest Period applicable
thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of: (1) the
Applicable Margin, plus (2) the applicable Adjusted London
InterBank Offered Rate for such Interest Period. Such interest
shall be payable for each Interest Period on the last day thereof,
provided that interest on Index Euro-Dollar Advances shall
be payable on each Interest Payment Date while such Index
Euro-Dollar Advance is outstanding and the date such Index
Euro-Dollar Advance is converted to a Tranche Euro-Dollar Advance
or repaid. Any overdue principal of and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, overdue interest on any Euro-Dollar Advance shall
bear interest, payable on demand, for each day until paid in full
at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate.
The “London
InterBank Offered Rate” applicable to any Euro-Dollar Advance
means for the Interest Period of such Euro-Dollar Advance the rate
per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in
Dollars offered for a term comparable to such Interest Period,
which rate appears on the display designated as Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page (or such other successor page as may replace Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page or such other service or services as may be
nominated by the British Banker’s Association for the purpose
of displaying London InterBank Offered Rates for U.S. dollar
deposits) determined as of 11:00 a.m. London, England time,
two (2) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period, provided that if no such offered rates
appear on such page, the “London InterBank Offered
Rate” for such Interest Period will be the arithmetic average
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) of
rates quoted by not less than two (2) major lenders in New
York City, selected by the Administrative Agent, at approximately
10:00 A.M., New York City time, two (2) Euro-Dollar
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, for
deposits in Dollars offered by leading European banks for a period
comparable to such Interest Period in an amount comparable to the
principal amount of such Euro-Dollar Advance.
“Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage” means for any day that
percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day,
as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in
respect of “Eurocurrency liabilities” (or in respect of
any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by
reference to which the interest rate on such Euro-Dollar Advance is
determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets
which includes loans by a non-United States office of any Lender to
United States residents). The Adjusted London InterBank Offered
Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective
date of any change in the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable
to the Advances hereunder in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the
Borrower and the Lenders by telecopy of each rate of interest so
determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error.
(e) After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
(other than an Event of Default under Sections 6.01(g) or
(h)), the principal amount of the Advances (and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, all accrued interest thereon) may, at
the election of the Required Lenders, bear interest at the Default
Rate; provided, however, that automatically whether or not the
Required Lenders elect to do so, (i) any overdue principal of
and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest on the
Advances shall bear interest payable on demand, for each day until
paid at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate, and
(ii) after the continuance and during the continuance of an
Event of Default described in Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h), the
principal amount of the Advances (and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, all accrued interest thereon) shall bear interest
payable on demand for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal
to the Default Rate.
SECTION 2.07. Fees .
(a) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
account of each Lender a facility fee equal to the product of:
(i) the aggregate of the daily average amounts of such
Lender’s Commitment, times (ii) a per annum percentage
equal to the Applicable Facility Fee Rate. Such facility fee shall
accrue from and including the Closing Date to and including the
Termination Date. Facility fees shall be payable quarterly in
arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date and on the Termination Date;
provided that should the Revolver Commitments be terminated at any
time prior to the Termination Date for any reason, the entire
accrued and unpaid fee shall be paid on the date of such
termination.
(b) The
“Applicable Facility Fee Rate” shall be determined by
the Administrative Agent from time to time, based upon the ratio of
Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value (as set forth in the Margin
and Fee Rate Certificate most recently delivered by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 5.01(j)), as follows:
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Fee Rate
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Less than 5%
Greater than or equal to 5% but less than 15%
Greater than or equal to 15% but less than 25%
Greater than or equal to 25% but less than 35%
Greater than or equal to 35% but less than 45%
Greater than or equal to 45%
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0.125%
0.15%
0.20%
0.25%
0.30%
0.35%
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Any adjustment to the Applicable
Facility Fee Rate shall be effective (a) in the case of a
Margin and Fee Rate Certificate delivered in connection with
quarterly financial statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(b), as of the date 55 days following the
end of the last day of the applicable Fiscal Quarter covered by
such Margin and Fee Rate Certificate, (b) in the case of a
Margin and Fee Rate Certificate delivered in connection with annual
financial statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(a), as of the date 85 days following the end
of the last day of the applicable Fiscal Year covered by such
Margin and Fee Rate Certificate, and (c) in the case of any
other Margin and Fee Rate Certificate, as of the date 5 Domestic
Business Days following the Administrative Agent’s request
for such Margin and Fee Rate Certificate. If the Borrower fails to
deliver a Margin and Fee Rate Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.01(j), the Applicable Facility Fee Rate shall be
determined as if the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset
Value is greater than 45% until the date of the delivery of the
required Margin and Fee Rate Certificate. As of the Closing Date,
and thereafter until changed as provided above, the Applicable
Facility Fee Rate shall be determined as if the ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Total Asset Value is less than 5%. In no event
shall the Applicable Facility Fee Rate be decreased pursuant to
this Section 2.07 if a Default is in existence on such day. In
the event that any financial statement or Margin and Fee Rate
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 is shown to be,
or becomes known to be, inaccurate (regardless of whether this
Agreement or the Revolver Commitments are in effect when such
inaccuracy is discovered, provided that neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender shall request payment pursuant to this
sentence more than two years after the termination of this
Agreement and the Revolver Commitments and the payment in full of
the principal of and interest on all Advances), and such
inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a
higher Applicable Facility Fee Rate under this Section 2.07
for any period rather than the Applicable Facility Fee Rate applied
for such period, then (i) the Borrower shall immediately
deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Margin and Fee Rate
Certificate and related financial information for such period,
(ii) the Applicable Facility Fee Rate shall be at the actual
Applicable Facility Fee Rate under this Section 2.07 for such
period, and (iii) the Borrower shall immediately pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, the accrued
additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable
Facility Fee Rate for such period. The provisions of this
Section 2.07(b) and this definition shall not limit the rights
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to
Article VI and shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the Revolver Commitments. For the purposes of determining the
ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value, indebtedness of a
Qualified SPE attributable to Qualified Senior Notes shall be
excluded and Qualified Installment Sale Notes shall not be included
in determinations of Total Asset Value.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
account of each Lender, with respect to each Letter of Credit, a
per annum letter of credit fee (the “Letter of Credit
Fee”) equal to the product of: (i) the aggregate average
daily Undrawn Amounts, times (ii) a per annum percentage equal
to the Applicable Margin for Letters of Credit (determined in
accordance with Sections 2.06 and 2.13 hereof). Such Letter of
Credit Fees shall be payable in arrears for each Letter of Credit
on each Quarterly Payment Date during the term of each respective
Letter of Credit and on the termination thereof (whether at its
stated expiry date or earlier). The “Applicable Margin”
for Letters of Credit shall be as determined in
Section 2.06(a).
(d) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Letter of Credit Issuer a facing fee (the “Facing
Fee”) with respect to each Letter of Credit equal to the
product of: (i) the face amount of such letter of credit,
times (ii) one-eighth (1/8th) of one percent (0.125%). Such
Facing Fee shall be due and payable on such date as may be agreed
upon by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower. The Borrower
shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer, for its own account,
transfer fees, drawing fees, modification fees, extension fees and
such other fees and charges as may be provided for in any Letter of
Credit Application Agreement or otherwise charged by the Letter of
Credit Issuer. No Lender shall be entitled to any portion of the
Facing Fees or any other fees payable by the Borrower to the Letter
of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.07(d).
(e) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account and
sole benefit of the Administrative Agent, such fees and other
amounts at such times as set forth in the Administrative
Agent’s Letter Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Optional
Termination or Reduction of Commitments . The Borrower may,
upon at least 3 Domestic Business Days’ irrevocable written
notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate at any time, or
proportionately reduce from time to time by an aggregate amount of
at least $10,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000, the
Revolver Commitments; provided, however: (1) each termination
or reduction, as the case may be, shall be permanent and
irrevocable; (2) no such termination or reduction shall be in
an amount greater than the Total Unused Revolver Commitments on the
date of such termination or reduction; and (3) no such
reduction pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall result in the
aggregate Revolver Commitments of all of the Lenders being reduced
to an amount less than $40,000,000, unless the Revolver Commitments
are terminated in their entirety, in which case all accrued fees
(as provided under Section 2.07) shall be payable on the
effective date of such termination. Each reduction shall be made
ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Revolver Commitments.
SECTION 2.09. Termination of
Commitments . The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the
Termination Date and any Revolver Advances then outstanding
(together with accrued interest thereon) shall be due and payable
on such date.
SECTION 2.10. Optional
Prepayments .
(a) The
Borrower may, upon at least one (1) Domestic Business
Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay any Base
Rate Borrowing or Index Euro-Dollar Borrowing in whole at any time,
or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating at least
$500,000 or any larger integral multiple of $100,000 (or any lesser
amount equal to the outstanding balance of such Advance), by paying
the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest
thereon to the date of prepayment. Each such optional prepayment
shall be applied first to any Swing Line Advances outstanding and
then to prepay ratably the Base Rate Advances and Index Euro-Dollar
Advances of the several Lenders included in such Base Rate
Borrowing or Index Euro-Dollar Borrowing, as the case may be.
(b) Subject
to any payments required pursuant to the terms of Article VIII
for such Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the Borrower may, upon at
least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days’ prior written
notice, prepay in minimum amounts of $5,000,000 with additional
increments of $100,000 (or any lesser amount equal to the
outstanding balance of such Advances) all or any portion of the
principal amount of any Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing prior to the
maturity thereof, by paying the principal amount to be prepaid
together with accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment
and such payments required pursuant to the terms of
Article VIII. Each such optional prepayment shall be applied
to prepay ratably the Tranche Euro-Dollar Advances of the several
Lenders included in such Tranche Euro-Dollar Borrowing.
(c) Upon
receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this
Section 2.10, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s
ratable share of such prepayment and such notice, once received by
the Administrative Agent, shall not thereafter be revocable by the
Borrower.
SECTION 2.11. Mandatory
Prepayments .
(a) On each
date on which the Revolver Commitments are reduced or terminated
pursuant to Section 2.08 or Section 2.09, the Borrower
shall repay or prepay such principal amount of the outstanding
Revolver Advances, if any (together with interest accrued thereon
and any amount due under Section 8.05), as may be necessary so
that after such payment the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Revolver Advances does not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Revolver Commitments as then reduced. Each such payment or
prepayment shall be applied first to any Swing Advances
outstanding, and then ratably to the Revolver Advances of the
several Lenders outstanding on the date of payment or prepayment in
the following order or priority: (i) first, to Base Rate
Advances; (ii) second, to Index Euro-Dollar Advances; and
(iii) lastly, to Tranche Euro-Dollar Advances.
(b) In the
event that the aggregate principal amount of all Advances, together
with the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Advances and
Letter of Credit Obligations at any one time outstanding shall at
any time exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments of
all of the Banks at such time, the Borrower shall immediately repay
so much of the Advances and Swing Line Advances as is necessary in
order that the aggregate principal amount of the Advances
thereafter outstanding, together with the aggregate principal
amount of the Swing Line Advances and Letter of Credit Obligations
shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments
of all of the Banks at such time.
(c) If at
any time the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value is in
excess of 50%, the Borrower shall immediately repay so much of the
Revolver Advances as is necessary in order that the ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Total Asset Value is, after giving effect to such
repayment, no greater than 50%. Each such payment or prepayment
shall be applied first to any Swing Advances outstanding, and then
ratably to the Revolver Advances of the several Lenders outstanding
on the date of payment or prepayment in the following order or
priority: (i) first, to Base Rate Advances, (ii) second,
to Index Euro-Dollar Advances, and (iii) lastly to Tranche
Euro-Dollar Advances.
(d) Hedging
Obligations Unaffected . Any repayment or prepayment made
pursuant to this Section shall not affect the Borrower’s
obligation to continue to make payments under any Hedging
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such repayment or prepayment, subject to the terms
of such Hedging Agreement.
SECTION 2.12. General Provisions
as to Payments .
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment of principal of, and interest on,
the Revolver Advances and of fees hereunder without any set off,
counterclaim or any deduction whatsoever, not later than
11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the date when due, in Federal or
other funds immediately available in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in
Section 9.01. The Administrative Agent will promptly
distribute to BB&T each such payment received on account of the
Swing Advances and to each Lender its ratable share of each such
payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders.
(b) Whenever
any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Base Rate Advances
or of fees shall be due on a day which is not a Domestic Business
Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Domestic Business Day. Whenever any payment of principal
of or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Advances shall be due on a day
which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment
thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar
Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another
calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be
the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day. If the date for any
payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise,
interest thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
(c) Funding by
Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent . Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such share available on such date in
accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.
In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then
the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the
Federal Funds 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 Base Rate Advances.
If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the
Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the
amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If
such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the
Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender’s Advance included in such Borrowing. 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.
(d) Payments
by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent . Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower
will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume
that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance
herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to
the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not
in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the
amount so distributed to such Lender, with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation
(e) Taxes
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(i) Payments
Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or
withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes,
provided that if the Borrower shall be required by
applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other
Taxes) from such payments, then (A) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender, as the case may
be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions been made, (B) the Borrower shall make such
deductions and (C) the Borrower shall timely pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(ii) Payment
of Other Taxes by the Borrower . Without limiting the
provisions of paragraph (i) above, the Borrower shall timely
pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(iii)
Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within
10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent or
such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly
or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own
behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(iv) Evidence
of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental
Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such
Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the
return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(v) Status of
Lenders . Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption
from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or
any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to
payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver
to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the
time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested
by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law
as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested
by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such
other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will
enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine
whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.
Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is
resident for tax purposes in the United States of America, any
Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the
recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender
becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do
so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming
eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the
United States of America is a party,
(B) duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(C) in the
case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a
certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not
(1) a “bank” within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent
shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign
corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code
and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN, or
(D) any
other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming
exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding
tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation
as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to
determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(vi) Treatment
of Certain Refunds . If the Administrative Agent or a Lender
determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund
of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by
the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the
Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other
Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket
expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case
may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),
provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount
paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other
charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative
Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available
its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes
that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other
Person.
SECTION 2.13. Computation of
Interest and Fees . Interest on the Advances shall be computed
on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day). Facility fees, letter of credit fees and any other fees
payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).
SECTION 2.14. Increase in
Commitments .
(a) The
Borrower shall have the right, and prior to the date sixty
(60) days prior to the Termination Date by written notice to
and in consultation with the Administrative Agent, to request an
increase in the aggregate Revolver Commitments (each such requested
increase, a “Commitment Increase”), by having one or
more existing Lenders increase their respective Revolver
Commitments then in effect (each, an “Increasing
Lender”), by adding as a Lender with a new Revolver
Commitment hereunder one or more Persons that are not already
Lenders (each, an “Additional Lender”), or a
combination thereof, provided that (i) any such request
for a Commitment Increase shall be in a minimum amount of
$20,000,000, (ii) immediately after giving effect to any Commitment
Increase, (y) the aggregate Revolver Commitments shall not
exceed $200,000,000 and (z) the aggregate of all Commitment
Increases effected shall not exceed $100,000,000 ,
(iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on the applicable Commitment Increase Date (as
hereinafter defined) or shall result from any Commitment Increase,
(iv) immediately after giving effect to any Commitment
Increase (including any Borrowings in connection therewith and the
application of the proceeds thereof), the Borrower shall be in
compliance with the covenants contained in Article V,
(v) no Commitment Increase shall be effective until the
Administrative Agent has consented to such Commitment Increase in
writing which consent may not be unreasonably withheld; and
(vi) the Borrower shall give the existing Lenders the right of
first refusal for participating in any such Commitment Increase by
providing such notice to the Administrative Agent fifteen
(15) Domestic Business Days before making a request to any
Person that is not already a Lender. An existing Lender shall have
priority over Additional Lenders to participate in such requested
Commitment Increase if such existing Lender provides written notice
of its election to participate within fifteen (15) Domestic
Business Days of such existing Lender’s receipt of such
notice. Such notice from the Borrower shall specify the requested
amount of the Commitment Increase. No Lender shall have any
obligation to become an Increasing Lender. Any fees paid by the
Borrower for a Commitment Increase to an Increasing Lender, an
Additional Lender, the Administrative Agent or BB&T, as
arranger, shall be for their own account and shall be in an amount,
if any, mutually agreed upon by each such party and the Borrower,
in each party’s sole discretion.
(b) Each
Additional Lender must qualify as an Eligible Assignee (the
selection of which shall include the prior approval of the
Administrative Agent). The Borrower and each Additional Lender
shall execute a joinder agreement, and the Borrower and each Lender
shall execute all such other documentation as the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower may reasonably require, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower, to evidence the Revolver Commitment adjustments
referred to in Section 2.14(e).
(c) If the
aggregate Revolver Commitments are increased in accordance with
this Section 2.14, the Borrower (in consultation with the
Administrative Agent), Increasing Lender(s) (if any) and Additional
Lender(s) (if any) shall agree upon the effective date (the
“Commitment Increase Date,” which shall be a Domestic
Business Day not less than thirty (30) days prior to the
Termination Date). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the Lenders of such increase and the Commitment Increase Date.
(d) Notwithstanding anything set forth in this
Section 2.14 to the contrary, the Borrower shall not incur any
Revolver Advances pursuant to any Commitment Increase (and no
Commitment Increase shall be effective) unless the conditions set
forth in Section 2.14(a) as well as the following conditions
precedent are satisfied on the applicable Commitment Increase
Date:
(i) The
Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each dated
the Commitment Increase Date and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(A) a
supplement to this Agreement signed by each Increasing Lender (if
any) and Additional Lender (if any), setting forth the reallocation
of Commitments referred to in Section 2.14(e), all other
documentation required by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.14(b) and such other modifications, documents or
items as the Administrative Agent, such Lenders or their counsel
may reasonably request;
(B) an
instrument, duly executed by each Borrower and each Guarantor, if
any, acknowledging and reaffirming its obligations under this
Agreement, the Collateral Documents, and the other Loan Documents
to which it is a party;
(C) a
certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Borrower and each Guarantor, certifying to and attaching the
resolutions adopted by the board of directors (or similar governing
body) of such party approving or consenting to such Commitment
Increase;
(D) a
certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of each Borrower,
certifying that (x) as of the Commitment Increase Date, all
representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors
contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true
and correct (except to the extent any such representation or
warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific
date, in which case such representation or warranty is true and
correct as of such date), (y) immediately after giving effect
to such Commitment Increase (including any Borrowings in connection
therewith and the application of the proceeds thereof), the
Borrower is in compliance with the covenants contained in
Article V, and (z) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, both immediately before and after
giving effect to such Commitment Increase (including any Borrowings
in connection therewith and the application of the proceeds
thereof);
(E) an
opinion or opinions of counsel for the Borrower and the Guarantors,
in a form satisfactory to Administrative Agent and covering such
matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, together with such
other documents, instruments and certificates as the Administrative
Agent shall have reasonably requested; and
(F) such
other documents or items that the Administrative Agent, such
Lenders or their counsel may reasonably request.
(ii) In the
case of any Borrowing of Revolver Advances in connection with such
Commitment Increase for the purpose of funding an Acquisition, the
applicable conditions set forth in this Agreement with respect to
Acquisitions shall have been satisfied.
(e) On the
Commitment Increase Date, (i) the aggregate principal
outstanding amount of the Revolver Advances (the “ Initial
Advances ”) immediately prior to giving effect to the
Commitment Increase shall be deemed to be repaid,
(ii) immediately after the effectiveness of the Commitment
Increase, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made new Borrowings
of Revolver Advances (the “ Subsequent Borrowings
”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Initial Advances and of the types and for
the Interest Periods specified in a Notice of Borrowing delivered
to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 2.01(a), (iii) each Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds an amount equal
to the difference, if positive, between (y) such
Lender’s pro rata percentage (calculated after giving effect
to the Commitment Increase) of the Subsequent Borrowings and
(z) such Lender’s pro rata percentage (calculated
without giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Initial
Advances, (iv) after the Administrative Agent receives the
funds specified in clause (iii) above, the Administrative Agent
shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds equal to the
difference, if positive, between (y) such Lender’s pro
rata percentage (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment
Increase) of the Initial Advances and (z) such Lender’s
pro rata percentage (calculated after giving effect to the
Commitment Increase) of the amount of the Subsequent Borrowings,
(v) the Lenders shall be deemed to hold the Subsequent
Borrowings ratably in accordance with their respective Revolver
Commitments (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment
Increase), (vi) the Borrower shall pay all accrued but unpaid
interest on the Initial Advances to the Lenders entitled thereto,
and (vii) the signature pages hereto shall be amended to
reflect the Revolver Commitments of all Lenders after giving effect
to the Commitment Increase. The deemed payments made pursuant to
clause (i) above in respect of each Tranche Euro-Dollar
Advance shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.05 if the Commitment
Increase Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest
Period relating thereto.
SECTION 2.15. Defaulting
Lenders .
(a)
Generally . If for any reason any Lender (a
“Defaulting Lender’) shall fail or refuse to perform
any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to which it is a party within the time period specified
for performance of such obligation or, if no time period is
specified, if such failure or refusal continues for a period of two
Domestic Business Days after notice from the Administrative Agent,
then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available
to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower under this Agreement or
Applicable Laws, such Defaulting Lender’s right to
participate in the administration of the Advances, this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, any
right to vote in respect of, to consent to or to direct any action
or inaction of the Administrative Agent or to be taken into account
in the calculation of the Required Lenders, shall be suspended
during the pendency of such failure or refusal. If a Lender is a
Defaulting Lender because it has failed to make timely payment to
the Administrative Agent of any amount required to be paid to the
Administrative Agent hereunder (without giving effect to any notice
or cure periods), in addition to other rights and remedies which
the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have under the
immediately preceding provisions or otherwise, the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled (i) to collect interest from such
Defaulting Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from
the date on which the payment was due until the date on which the
payment is made at the Federal Funds Rate, (ii) to withhold or
setoff and to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and
any related interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such
Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
and (iii) to bring an action or suit against such Defaulting
Lender in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the
defaulted amount and any related interest. Any amounts received by
the Administrative Agent in respect of a Defaulting Lender’s
Advances shall not be paid to such Defaulting Lender and shall be
held uninvested by the Administrative Agent and either applied
against the purchase price of such Advances under the following
subsection (b) or paid to such Defaulting Lender upon such
Defaulting Lender’s curing of its default.
(b) Purchase
or Cancellation of Defaulting Lender’s Revolver
Commitment . Any Lender who is not a Defaulting Lender may, but
shall not be obligated, in its sole discretion, to acquire all or a
portion of a Defaulting Lender’s Revolver Commitment. Any
Lender desiring to exercise such right shall give written notice
thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no sooner than
2 Domestic Business Days and not later than 5 Domestic Business
Days after such Defaulting Lender became a Defaulting Lender. If
more than one Lender exercises such right, each such Lender shall
have the right to acquire the amount of such Defaulting
Lender’s Revolver Commitment in proportion to the Revolver
Commitments of the other Lenders exercising such right. If after
such 5 th Domestic Business Day, the Lenders have not
elected to purchase all of the Revolver Commitment of such
Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, by giving written notice
thereof to the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the
other Lenders, either (i) demand that such Defaulting Lender
assign its Revolver Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to
and in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.07(b) for
the purchase price provided for below or (ii) terminate the
Revolver Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, whereupon such
Defaulting Lender shall no longer be a party hereto or have any
rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents. No party hereto shall have any obligation whatsoever to
initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible
Assignee. Upon any such purchase or assignment, the Defaulting
Lender’s interest in the Advances and its rights hereunder
(but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan
Documents or this Agreement to the extent the same relate to the
period prior to the effective date of the purchase except to the
extent assigned pursuant to such purchase) shall terminate on the
date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute
all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such
interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an
appropriate Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and,
notwithstanding Section 9.07(b), shall pay to the
Administrative Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500.00.
The purchase price for the Revolver Commitment of a Defaulting
Lender shall be equal to the amount of the principal balance of the
Advances outstanding and owed by the Borrower to the Defaulting
Lender. Prior to payment of such purchase price to a Defaulting
Lender, the Administrative Agent shall apply against such purchase
price any amounts retained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
the last sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (a). The
Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive amounts owed to it
by the Borrower under the Loan Documents which accrued prior to the
date of the default by the Defaulting Lender, to the extent the
same are received by the Administrative Agent from or on behalf of
the Borrower. There shall be no recourse against any Lender or the
Administrative Agent for the payment of such sums except to the
extent of the receipt of payments from any other party or in
respect of the Loans.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO
BORROWINGS
SECTION 3.01. Conditions to
Closing and First Borrowing . The obligation of each Lender to
make an Advance on the Closing Date (and the obligation of the
Letter of Credit Issuer to issue a Letter of Credit on the Closing
Date) is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 3.02 and the following additional conditions:
(a) receipt
by the Administrative Agent from each of the parties hereto of a
duly executed counterpart of this Agreement signed by such
party;
(b) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a duly executed Revolver Note for
the account of each Lender, complying with the provisions of
Section 2.04;
(c) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of Foley & Lardner
LLP, as counsel to the Loan Parties, dated as of the Closing Date
(or in the case of an opinion delivered pursuant to
Section 5.27 hereof such later date as specified by the
Administrative Agent) in a form satisfactory to Administrative
Agent and covering such matters set forth in Exhibit E
hereto and such additional matters relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request;
(d) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a certificate (the “Closing
Certificate”), dated the Closing Date, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Borrower, to the effect that, to his knowledge, (i) no
Default has occurred and is continuing on the Closing Date and
(ii) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties
contained in Article IV are true on and as of the Closing
Date;
(e) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of all documents which the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request relating
to the existence of each Loan Party, the authority for and the
validity of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents,
and any other matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, including without
limitation a certificate of incumbency of each Loan Party (the
“Officer’s Certificate”), signed by the
Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a member, manager, partner,
trustee or other authorized representative of the respective Loan
Party, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto,
certifying as to the names, true signatures and incumbency of the
officer or officers of the respective Loan Party, authorized to
execute and deliver the Loan Documents, and certified copies of the
following items: (i) the Loan Party’s Organizational
Documents; (ii) the Loan Party’s Operating Documents;
(iii) if applicable, a certificate of the Secretary of State
of such Loan Party’s state of organization as to the good
standing or existence of such Loan Party, and (iv) the
Organizational Action, if any, taken by the board of directors of
the Loan Party or the members, managers, trustees, partners or
other applicable Persons authorizing the Loan Party’s
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Notes
and the other Loan Documents to which the Loan Party is a
party;
(f) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing;
(g) the
Pledge Agreement and the REIT Pledge Agreement, each in form and
content satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, shall have been
duly executed by the applicable Loan Parties and such documents
shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and shall be
in full force and effect and each document (including each U.C.C.
financing statement) required by law or reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order
to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, upon filing, recording or possession by the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, a valid, legal and
perfected first-priority security interest in and lien on the
Collateral described in the Pledge Agreement and the REIT Pledge
Agreement shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent;
the Loan Parties shall also deliver or cause to be delivered the
certificates (with undated stock powers executed in blank) for all
equity interests pledged to, and instruments representing any Debt
(together with an effective endorsement) pledged to, Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(h) the
Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a search of
the U.C.C. filings (or equivalent filings) made with respect to the
Loan Parties in the states (or other jurisdictions) in which the
Loan Parties are organized, the chief executive office of each such
Person is located, any offices of such persons in which records
have been kept relating to Collateral described in the Pledge
Agreement, the REIT Pledge Agreement and the other jurisdictions in
which U.C.C. filings (or equivalent filings) are to be made
pursuant to the preceding paragraph, together with copies of the
financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such
search, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent that the Liens other than Permitted Liens
indicated in any such financing statement (or similar document)
have been released to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent;
(i) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of the Subordination Agreement;
(j) receipt
by the Administrative Agent and approval by the Lenders of the
insurance required under this Agreement;
(k) the
Borrower shall have paid all fees required to be paid by it on the
Closing Date, including all fees required hereunder and under the
Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement to be paid as of such
date, and shall have reimbursed the Administrative Agent for all
fees, costs and expenses of closing the transactions contemplated
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including the
reasonable legal and other document preparation costs incurred by
the Administrative Agent;
(l) the
repayment in full and termination of the Loan Agreement dated as of
July 22, 2005, among Borrower, Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders and other
financial institutions party thereto, as amended;
(m) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of all Mortgaged Property Support
Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with
respect to the Identified Mortgaged Property that are in the
possession or control of the Loan Parties, including, without
limitation, recordable legal descriptions for the Identified
Mortgaged Property and copies of title insurance, deeds, surveys
and other related materials;
(n) receipt
by the Administrative Agent, to the extent requested by the
Administrative Agent, of such financial statements and financial
information for St. Joe Timberland that are in the possession or
control of the Loan Parties, listings of properties owned by the
Loan Parties, status of improvements to such properties, past
property sales information and contracts, detailed three-year
financial projections, and disclosures on unconsolidated
subsidiaries and affiliates and guarantees (financial and
performance);
(o) receipt
by the Administrative Agent and Lenders of Borrower’s
financial and business projections; and
(p) such
other documents or items as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
or their counsel may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.02. Conditions to All
Borrowings . The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance
on the occasion of each Borrowing, the obligation of BB&T to
make a Swing Advance and the obligation of the Letter of Credit
Issuer to issue a Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions:
(a) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by
Section 2.02;
(b) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of such documentation as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably require to confirm that the
ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value is no greater than
50%; provided, however, (i) indebtedness of a Qualified SPE
attributable to Qualified Senior Notes shall be excluded and
(ii) Qualified Installment Sale Notes shall not be included in
determinations of Total Asset Value;
(c) the fact
that, immediately before and after such Borrowing (or issuance of a
Letter of Credit, as the case may be), no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(d) the fact
that the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties
contained in Article IV of this Agreement shall be true, on
and as of the date of such Borrowing (or issuance of a Letter of
Credit, as the case may be) (except to the extent such
representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as
of a specific date, in which case such representation or warranty
is true and correct as of such date);
(e) the fact
that, immediately after such Borrowing: (A) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Revolver Advances of each
Lender will not exceed the amount of its Revolver Commitment and
(B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolver
Advances will not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver
Commitments of all of the Lenders as of such date; and
(f) the fact
that, immediately after such Borrowing (or issuance of a Letter of
Credit, as the case may be) (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Revolver Advances of each Lender together
with such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Advances, and Letter
of Credit Obligations, will not exceed the amount of its Revolver
Commitment and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Revolver Advances together with the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Swing Line Advances, and Letter of Credit
Obligations, will not exceed the lesser of the aggregate amount of
the Revolver Commitments of all of the Lenders as of such date.
Each Borrowing and each Notice of
Continuation or Conversion hereunder shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Loan Parties on the date of such
Borrowing as to the truth and accuracy of the facts specified in
clauses (c) and (d) of this Section.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
The Borrower and Guarantors
represent and warrant that:
SECTION 4.01. Existence and
Power . The Borrower is a corporation, and each Guarantor is a
corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case
may be, is duly qualified to transact business in every
jurisdiction where, by the nature of its business, such
qualification is necessary, and has all organizational powers and
all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business as now conducted, except where
the failure to be so qualified or to have the required licenses,
authorizations, consents or approvals would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.02. Organizational and
Governmental Authorization; No Contravention . The execution,
delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement, the
Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Timberland Collateral
Documents and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is
a party (i) are within such Loan Party’s organizational
powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary
Organizational Action, (iii) require no action by or in
respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority which has
not been obtained or made (iv) do not contravene, or
constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or
regulation or of the Organizational Documents and Operating
Documents of such Loan Party or of any material agreement,
judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding
upon such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (v) do
not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset
of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, other than pursuant
to the terms of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 4.03. Binding Effect
. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the
Loan Parties enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the
Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Timberland Collateral
Documents and the other Loan Documents, when executed and delivered
in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Loan Parties party to such Loan Document
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
provided that the enforceability hereof and thereof is
subject in each case to general principles of equity and to
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally.
SECTION 4.04. Financial
Information .
(a) The
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’
equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, reported on
by KPMG, LLP, copies of which have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent for delivery to each of the Lenders, and the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for the interim period ended
June 30, 2008, copies of which have been delivered to each of
the Lenders, fairly present, in conformity with GAAP (subject in
the case of the unaudited financial statements to footnotes and
year-end adjustments), the consolidated financial position of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and
their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such
periods stated.
(b) Since
December 31, 2007, there has been no event, act, condition or
occurrence having a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.05. Litigation .
There is no action, suit or proceeding pending, or to the knowledge
of the Loan Parties threatened, against or affecting the Loan
Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries before any court or
arbitrator or any Governmental Authority which would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.06. Compliance with
ERISA .
(a) The Loan
Parties and each member of the Controlled Group have fulfilled
their obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and
the Code with respect to each Plan and are in compliance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, and have not incurred
any liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA.
(b) Neither
the Loan Parties nor any member of the Controlled Group is or ever
has been obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan.
(c) The
assets of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party do
not and will not constitute “plan assets,” within the
meaning of ERISA, the Code and the respective regulations
promulgated thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, and the borrowing and repayment of amounts
hereunder, do not and will not constitute “prohibited
transactions” under ERISA or the Code.
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with
Laws; Payment of Taxes . The Loan Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable laws,
regulations and similar requirements of governmental authorities,
except where such compliance is being contested in good faith
through appropriate proceedings or where non-compliance, alone or
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. There have been filed on behalf of the
Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries all Federal, state
and local income, excise, property and other tax returns which are
required to be filed by them and all taxes due pursuant to such
returns or pursuant to any assessment received by or on behalf of
the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary have been paid. The charges,
accruals and reserves on the books of the Loan Parties and their
respective Subsidiaries in respect of taxes or other governmental
charges are, in the opinion of the Loan Parties, adequate. No Loan
Party has been given or been requested to give a waiver of the
statute of limitation relating to the payment of Federal, state,
local or foreign taxes.
SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries .
Each of the Subsidiaries of each Loan Party is a corporation, a
limited liability company or other legal entity, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to transact
business in every jurisdiction where, by the nature of its
business, such qualification is necessary, and has all
organizational powers and all governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its
business as now conducted, except where the failure to be so
qualified or to have the required licenses, authorizations,
consents or approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party has any Subsidiaries or
Unconsolidated Affiliates except as listed on
Schedule 4.24 and as set forth in any Compliance
Certificate provided to the Administrative Agent and Lenders
pursuant to Section 5.01(c) after the Closing Date, which
accurately sets forth each such Subsidiary’s complete name
and jurisdiction of organization.
SECTION 4.09. Investment Company
Act, Etc . No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is
an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 4.10. All Consents
Required . All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or
other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority (if
any) required in connection with the due execution, delivery and
performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and any Loan
Document to which any Loan Party is a party, have been
obtained.
SECTION 4.11. Ownership of
Property; Liens . Each of the Loan Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries has title or the contractual right to possess its
properties sufficient for the conduct of its business and none of
such properties is subject to any Lien except as permitted in
Section 5.13.
SECTION 4.12. No Default . No
Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is in default
under or with respect to any agreement, instrument or undertaking
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound, except where such default would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.
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(a) No Loan
Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is subject to any
Environmental Liability which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect and no Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a
Loan Party has been designated as a potentially responsible party
under CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any
current or proposed (i) National Priorities List under 40
C.F.R. § 300, (ii) CERCLIS list or (iii) any
list arising from a state statute similar to CERCLA.
(b) No
Hazardous Materials have been or are being used, produced,
manufactured, processed, treated, recycled, generated, stored,
disposed of, managed or otherwise handled at, or shipped or
transported to or from the Properties or are otherwise present at,
on, in or under the Properties, or, to the best of the knowledge of
the Loan Parties, at or from any adjacent site or facility, except
for Hazardous Materials, used, produced, manufactured, processed,
treated, recycled, generated, stored, disposed of, and managed or
otherwise handled in the ordinary course of business of such Loan
Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Requirements.
(c) The Loan
Parties, and each of their respective Subsidiaries, has procured
all Environmental Authorizations necessary for the conduct of the
business contemplated on such Property, and is in compliance in all
material respects with all Environmental Requirements in connection
with the operation of the Properties and the Loan Party’s,
and each of their respective Subsidiary’s, respective
businesses.
SECTION 4.15. Compliance with
Laws . Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of a Loan Party is
in compliance with all applicable laws, including, without
limitation, all Environmental Laws and all regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New
York Stock Exchange (including with respect to timely filing of
reports), except where the failure to be in compliance would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.16. Capital
Securities . All Capital Securities, debentures, bonds, notes
and all other securities of each Loan Party and their respective
Subsidiaries presently issued and outstanding are validly and
properly issued in accordance with all applicable laws, including,
but not limited to, the “Blue Sky” laws of all
applicable states and the federal securities laws. The issued
shares of Capital Securities of each of the Loan Party’s
respective Subsidiaries are owned by the Loan Parties free and
clear of any Lien or adverse claim.
SECTION 4.17. Margin Stock .
No Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business
of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, and no part of the
proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any
Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or be used for any purpose
which violates, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. Following the application of the proceeds from each
Advance, not more than 25% of the value of the assets, either of
the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, will be “Margin Stock.”
SECTION 4.18. Insolvency .
After giving effect to the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents and the making of the Advances under this Agreement, no
Loan Party will be “insolvent,” within the meaning of
such term as defined in § 101 of Title 11 of the United States
Code or Section 2 of either the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act or the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, or any other
applicable state law pertaining to fraudulent transfers, as each
may be amended from time to time, or be unable to pay its debts
generally as such debts become due, or have an unreasonably small
capital to engage in any business or transaction, whether current
or contemplated.
SECTION 4.19. Security
Documents . The Collateral Documents (other than the Timberland
Collateral Documents) are effective to create in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and, upon filing of one or more UCC
financing statements in the appropriate jurisdictions, and delivery
to the Administrative Agent of any instruments or certificated
securities pledged thereunder, Administrative Agent shall have a
fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in,
all right, title and interest of the Borrower as pledgor
thereunder, in such Collateral and the Proceeds thereof, in each
case prior and superior in any right to any other Person (subject
to Permitted Encumbrances).
SECTION 4.20. Labor Matters .
There are no strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or other labor disputes
against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party pending
or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened. The hours
worked by and payment made to employees of the Loan Parties and
each Subsidiary of any Loan Party have been in compliance with the
Fair Labor Standards Act and any other applicable federal, state or
foreign law dealing with such matters. All payments due from the
Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or for which
any claim may be made against the Loan Parties or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health
and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued
as a liability on the books of the Loan Party or such Subsidiary,
as appropriate. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is
party to a collective bargaining agreement.
SECTION 4.21. Patents,
Trademarks, Etc. The Loan Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries own, or are licensed to use, all patents, trademarks,
trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how and processes,
service marks and rights with respect to the foregoing that are
material to the businesses, assets, operations, properties or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties and their
respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The use of such patents,
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how,
processes and rights with respect to the foregoing by the Loan
Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, does not infringe on the
rights of any Person, except in cases which, individually and in
the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.22. Insurance . The
Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries has (either in the name
of such Loan Party or in such Subsidiary’s name), with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in
at least such amounts and against at least such risks (including on
all its property, and public liability and worker’s
compensation) as are usually insured against in the same general
area by companies of established repute engaged in the same or
similar business.
SECTION 4.23. [Intentionally
deleted] .
SECTION 4.24. Ownership
Structure . As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.24
is a complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower
and of each Loan Party setting forth for each such Subsidiary,
(i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary,
(ii) each Person holding any Capital Securities in such
Subsidiary, (iii) the nature of the Capital Securities held by
each such Person, and (iv) the percentage of ownership of such
Subsidiary represented by such Capital Securities. Except as
disclosed in such Schedule, as of the Closing Date (i) the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, free and clear of all Liens and
have the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding Capital
Securities in each Person shown to be held by each of them on such
Schedule, (ii) all of the issued and outstanding Capital
Securities of each Person are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and (iii) there are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or
agreements of any kind (including, without limitation, any
stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance,
sale, registration or voting of, or outstanding securities
convertible into, any additional Capital Securities of any type in,
any such Person.
SECTION 4.25. Reports Accurate;
Disclosure . All information, exhibits, financial statements,
documents, books, records or reports furnished by the Loan Parties
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this
Agreement or any Loan Document, including without limitation all
reports furnished pursuant to Section 4.04, are true, complete
and accurate in all material respects (or will be true, accurate
and complete in every material respect or based on reasonable
estimates on the date as of which such information is stated or
certified); it being recognized by the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that the projections and forecasts provided by Borrower in
good faith and based upon reasonable assumptions are not to be
viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or
periods covered by any such projections and forecasts may differ
from the projected or forecasted results. Neither this Agreement,
nor any Loan Document, nor any agreement, document, certificate or
statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any
untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
they were made. The Loan Parties have considered all facts which,
alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and have determined that there is no fact
known to any Loan Party which is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.26. Location of
Offices . The Borrower’s name is The St Joe Company. The
names of the Initial Guarantors are: (i) St. Joe Timberland
Company of Delaware, L.L.C., (ii) St. Joe Finance Company and
(iii) St. Joe Residential Acquisitions, Inc. The location of
Borrower (within the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code) is 245 Riverside Drive, Suite 500,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202. The Location of each of the Initial
Guarantors (within the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code) is 245 Riverside Drive, Suite 500,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Neither the Borrower nor the Initial
Guarantor has changed its name, identity, structure, existence or
state of formation, whether by amendment of its Organizational
Documents, by reorganization or otherwise, or has changed its
location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code) within the four (4) months preceding the
Closing Date or any subsequent date on which this representation is
made.
SECTION 4.27. Affiliate
Transactions . Except as permitted by Section 5.26,
neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary nor any other Loan Party is
a party to or bound by any agreement or arrangement (whether oral
or written) to which any Affiliate of the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or any other Loan Party is a party.
SECTION 4.28. Broker’s
Fees . Except as set forth in the Administrative Agent’s
Letter Agreement, no broker’s or finder’s fee,
commission or similar compensation will be payable with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in the
Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement, no other similar
fees or commissions will be payable by any Loan Party for any other
services rendered to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
ancillary to the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 4.29. Survival of
Representations and Warranties, Etc. All statements contained
in any certificate, financial statement (other than financial
projections) or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection
with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including,
but not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection
with any amendment thereto or any statement contained in any
certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by
or on behalf of any Loan Party prior to the Closing Date and
delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection
with the underwriting or closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby) shall constitute representations and warranties made by the
Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent and each of the
Lenders under this Agreement. All such representations and
warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this Agreement, the
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the
Advances.
SECTION 4.30. Loans and
Investments . No Loan Party nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries has made a loan, advance or Investment which is
outstanding or existing as of August 31, 2008, except as set forth
on Schedule 4.30 , and since August 31, 2008, no
Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has made any
loan, advance or Investment that would give rise to a Default or
Event of Default hereunder.
SECTION 4.31. No Default or Event
of Default . No event has occurred and is continuing and no
condition exists, or would result from any Advance or from the
application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes or would
reasonably be expected to constitute a Default or Event of
Default.
SECTION 4.32. USA Patriot Act;
OFAC .
(a) No Loan
Party nor any Affiliate of a Loan Party is (1) a country,
territory, organization, person or entity named on an OFAC list,
(2) a Person that resides or has a place of business in a
country or territory named on such lists or which is designated as
a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction by the Financial Action Task Force
on Money Laundering (“FATF”), or whose subscription
funds are transferred from or through such a jurisdiction;
(3) a “Foreign Shell Bank” within the meaning of
the Patriot Act, i.e., a foreign lender that does not have a
physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a
Lender that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of
regulation and supervision; or (4) a person or entity that
resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
designated by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under
Section 311 or 312 of the Patriot Act as warranting special
measures due to money laundering concerns.
(b) No Loan
Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party (i) is a Sanctioned
Entity, (ii) has a more than 10% of its assets located in
Sanctioned Entities, or (iii) derives more than 10% of its
operating income from investments in, or transactions with
Sanctioned Entities. The proceeds of any Advance will not be used
and have not been used to fund any operations in, finance any
investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned
Entity. No Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party are in
violation of and shall not violate any of the country or list based
economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC that
are described or referenced at
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ or as otherwise
published from time to time.
SECTION 4.33. Material
Contracts . Schedule 4.33 is a true, correct and
complete listing of all contracts to which any Loan Party is a
party, the breach of or failure to perform which, either by a Loan
Party or other party to such contract, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Contract”). The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan
Parties that is a party to any Material Contract has performed and
is in compliance in all material respects such Material Contract,
and no Loan Party has knowledge of any default or event of default,
or event or condition which with the giving of notice, the lapse of
time, or both, would constitute such a default or event of default,
that exists with respect to any such Material Contract.
SECTION 4.34. Mortgaged
Properties . Schedule 1.01, as amended by the most recent
Compliance Certificate, if any, delivered by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, is a correct and complete list of all
Identified Mortgaged Properties. All Mortgaged Properties are owned
in fee simple by St. Joe Timberland. The representations and
warranties of St. Joe Timberland set forth in Sections 6(e),
6(g), 6(j) and 6(k) of the Security Agreement in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit H and in Sections 2.04 and 8.02 of the
Mortgage in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J, with
respect to each Property owned by St. Joe Timberland, are true and
correct in all material respects.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
The Borrower and Guarantors agree,
jointly and severally, that, so long as any Lender has any Revolver
Commitment hereunder or any Obligation remains unpaid:
SECTION 5.01. Information .
The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent, who will
then promptly deliver to each of the Lenders:
(a) as soon
as available and in any event within 75 days after the end of
each Fiscal Year, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and
the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’
equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year,
all certified by KPMG, LLP or other independent public accountants
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, with such
certification to be free of exceptions and qualifications not
acceptable to the Required Lenders;
(b) as soon
as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of
each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related
statement of income and statement of cash flows for such Fiscal
Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year ended at the end of
such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter and the
corresponding portion of the previous Fiscal Year, all certified
(subject to normal year-end adjustments) as to fairness of
presentation, GAAP and consistency by the chief financial officer
of the Borrower;
(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial
statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a
certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit M and with
compliance calculations in form and content satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (a “Compliance Certificate”), of
the chief financial officers or authorized officers of the Borrower
(i) setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations
required to establish whether the Loan Parties were in compliance
with the requirements of Sections 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06,
5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12. 5.30 and 5.36 on the date of
such financial statements, (ii) setting forth the identities
of the respective Subsidiaries on the date of such financial
statements, (iii) setting forth a list of all Properties
acquired and sold or otherwise transferred by St. Joe Timberland
since the date of the delivery of the previous Compliance
Certificate, such list to identify such Property’s location,
indicating whether such Property is an Identified Mortgaged
Property and certifying that all documents, information and other
materials required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.31
have been previously delivered or are being delivered with respect
to any such acquired Property which is Identified Mortgaged
Property, (iv) setting forth the ratio of Total Indebtedness
to Total Asset Value as of the end of the applicable fiscal period
and (v) stating whether any Default exists on the date of such
certificate and, if any Default then exists, setting forth the
details thereof and the action which the Loan Parties are taking or
propose to take with respect thereto;
(d) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of annual
financial statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, a
statement of the firm of independent public accountants which
reported on such statements to the effect that nothing has come to
their attention to cause them to believe that any Default existed
on the date of such financial statements;
(e) within 5
Domestic Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the
Borrower becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default, a
certificate of the chief financial officers or authorized officers
of the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action
which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto;
(f)
[Intentionally deleted];
(g) if and
when the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group
(i) gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any
“reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for
a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows
that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required to
give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of
such reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC;
(ii) receives notice of complete or partial withdrawal
liability under Title IV of ERISA, a copy of such notice; or
(iii) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of
ERISA of an intent to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer
any Plan, a copy of such notice;
(h) promptly
after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows of the
commencement thereof, notice of any litigation, dispute or
proceeding (and any material development in respect of such
proceedings) involving a claim against a Loan Party and/or any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party that would reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) within 5
Domestic Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the
Borrower becomes aware that during any period of 12 consecutive
months Total Asset Value shall decrease by more than 5.0% of Total
Asset Value as of the beginning of such 12-month period;
(j) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial
statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, and
within 5 Domestic Business Days of the Administrative Agent’s
request with respect to any other date, a certificate (the
“Margin and Fee Rate Certificate”) substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit K , reflecting the
information needed for a determination of the ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Total Asset Value, the Applicable Margin and the
Applicable Facility Fee Rate as at the end of such quarterly
accounting period, fiscal year or other date, as the case may be,
in such form as Administrative Agent shall in its sole discretion
approve, together with Borrower’s calculation of the ratio of
Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value, Applicable Margin and
Applicable Facility Fee Rate, all as at the end of such quarterly
accounting period, fiscal year or other date, as the case may be.
Such Margin and Fee Rate Report shall be certified as to truth and
accuracy by the Chief Financial Officer or other authorized officer
of Borrower;
(k) within
45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, reports in form
and content reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
regarding the Mortgaged Property, including (i) any changes to
the information contained in Schedule 1.01, (ii) the
current total number of acres which comprise the Mortgaged
Property, and (iii) any sales or transfers of Mortgaged
Property; and
(l) from
time to time such additional information regarding the financial
position or business of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, and each
Loan Party as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any
Lender, may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02. Inspection of
Property, Books and Records . The Borrower will (i) keep,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of
record and account (in a manner to allow financial statements to be
prepared in conformity with GAAP) of all material dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and activities;
(ii) permit, and will cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower
and each Loan Party to permit, during normal business hours and
with reasonable prior notice which notice shall not be required in
the case of an emergency, the Administrative Agent or its designee,
at the expense of the Borrower and Loan Parties, to perform
periodic field audits and investigations of the Borrower, the Loan
Parties and the Collateral, from time to time; and
(iii) permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, during
normal business hours and with reasonable prior notice,
representatives of any Lender at the Borrower’s expense to
visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine
and make abstracts from any of their respective books of record and
account and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and
accounts with their respective officers, and employees, and with
the participation of a Responsible Officer, their independent
public accountants. The Loan Parties agree to cooperate and assist
in such visits and inspections, in each case at such reasonable
times and as often as may reasonably be desired.
SECTION 5.03. Ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Total Asset Value . The ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Total Asset Value will not at any time exceed 50%.
For the purposes of determining compliance with such covenant,
indebtedness of a Qualified SPE attributable to Qualified Senior
Notes shall be excluded and Qualified Installment Sale Notes shall
not be included in determinations of Total Asset Value.
SECTION 5.04. Unencumbered
Leverage Ratio . The ratio of Unencumbered Asset Value to
Unsecured Debt shall not at any time be less than 2.00 to 1.00. For
the purposes of determining compliance with such covenant,
indebtedness of a Qualified SPE attributable to Qualified Senior
Notes shall be excluded and Qualified Installment Sale Notes shall
not be included in determinations of Total Asset Value.
SECTION 5.05. Capital
Expenditures . Capital Expenditures after the Closing Date will
not exceed the aggregate sum of $500,000,000; provided that after
giving effect to the incurrence of any Capital Expenditures
permitted by this Section, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
SECTION 5.06. Sale/Leasebacks
. The Loan Parties shall not, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary
to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction in which the fair
market value of the real or personal property to be sold or
transferred in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, when aggregated
with the fair market value of all real or personal property sold or
transferred in all Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into by any
Loan Parties or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, shall exceed
in the aggregate the amount of $50,000,000.
SECTION 5.07. Minimum
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth . Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth shall at no time be less than 95% of the Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth on June 30, 2008 plus 100% of the
cumulative Net Proceeds of Capital Stock/Conversion of Debt
received during any period after June 30, 2008, calculated
quarterly at the end of each Fiscal Quarter.
SECTION 5.08. Acquisitions .
No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall make any
Acquisition, or take any action to solicit the tender of securities
or proxies in respect thereof in order to effect any Acquisition,
unless (i) the board of directors or comparable governing body
of the Person to be (or whose assets are to be) acquired has
approved such Acquisition and the line or lines of business of the
Person to be acquired are substantially the same as or reasonably
related to one or more line or lines of business conducted by the
Borrower, (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing either immediately prior to or
immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition and the
Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender (A) if the aggregate Costs of Acquisition incurred by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party in any single
transaction or in a series of related transactions exceeds
$100,000,000, pro forma historical financial statements as of the
end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of the Borrower and
most recent interim Fiscal Quarter, if applicable giving effect to
such Acquisition and (B) a certificate in the form of
Exhibit O prepared on a historical pro forma basis as
of the most recent date for which financial statements have been
furnished pursuant to Section 5.01 giving effect to such
Acquisition, which certificate shall demonstrate that no Default or
Event of Default would exist immediately after giving effect
thereto, (iii) the Person acquired shall be a Subsidiary, or
be merged into the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower, immediately upon consummation of the Acquisition (or if
assets are being acquired, the acquiror shall be the Borrower or a
Subsidiary of the Borrower), and (iv) after giving effect to
such Acquisition, the aggregate Costs of Acquisition incurred by
the Loan Parties and all Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties after the
Closing Date shall not exceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate.
SECTION 5.09. Minimum
Liquidity . The Borrower will maintain, at all times, Liquidity
of not less than $20,000,000.
SECTION 5.10. Loans or
Advances . No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
shall make loans or advances to any Person except: (i)
employee loans or advances that do not exceed $10,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding made in the ordinary course
of business and consistently with practices existing on
December 31, 2007; (ii) deposits required by government
agencies or public utilities; (iii) loans or advances to the
Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;
provided , all such Debt shall be subordinated in right of
payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the
terms of an intercompany subordination agreement that is reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent (“Subordination
Agreement”); (iv) existing loans and advances set forth
on Schedule 5.10; and (v) loans and advances not
otherwise permitted under this Section 5.10 which do not
exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding (exclusive of
Qualified Installment Sale Transactions); provided that after
giving effect to the making of any loans, advances or deposits
permitted by clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) of this
Section, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. All
loans or advances permitted under this Section 5.10 (other
than loans or advances pursuant to clause (iii)) shall be evidenced
by written promissory notes.
SECTION 5.11. Restricted
Payments . The Loan Parties will not declare or make any
Restricted Payment during any Fiscal Year, except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to the
Borrower or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;
provided that St. Joe Finance Company shall be permitted to make
cash distributions to its preferred shareholders in an amount not
to exceed $20,000 per annum; and
(b) the
Borrower may declare or make Restricted Payments to its owners of
Capital Securities payable solely in cash or its common stock
provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made
after January 1, 2008 does not exceed the cumulative
Consolidated Net Income for all fiscal periods after
January 1, 2007 (expressly including in such calculations
Fiscal Quarters in which Consolidated Net Income is negative).
The Borrower shall not make any of
the Restricted Payments described in clauses (a) and (b) above
unless (i) at the time when any such Restricted Payment is to
be made, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) after giving effect
to the making of such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in
compliance with the requirements of Article V, on a pro forma
basis, determined as of the last day of the last Fiscal Quarter of
Borrower for which the Borrower has provided financial statements
and the corresponding Compliance Certificate to the Administrative
Agent and Lenders as if such Restricted Payment had been paid
during such Fiscal Quarter; and (iii) the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer or other authorized officer of the
respective Borrower shall have certified to the Administrative
Agent and Lenders as to compliance with the preceding clauses
(i) and (ii) in a certificate attaching calculations
(however, such requirement for a Compliance Certificate shall not
apply to the Restricted Payments described in clause
(a) above).
SECTION 5.12. Investments .
No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall make
Investments in any Person except as permitted by Sections 5.08
and 5.10(i) through (v) and except Investments in
(i) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) commercial paper
rated A-1 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s
Corporation or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. and in either case maturing within
12 months after the date of acquisition, (iii) tender
bonds the payment of the principal of and interest on which is
fully supported by a letter of credit issued by a United States
Bank whose long-term certificates of deposit are rated at least AA
or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s
Corporation or AA or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc., (iv) any Guarantor; (v) existing
Investments set forth on Schedule 5.12; (vi) Investments
in Qualified Installment Sale Transactions, and
(vii) Investments not otherwise permitted under this
Section 5.12, made in the ordinary course of business that do
not exceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time (exclusive
of Qualified Installment Sale Transactions), and at the time when
any such Investment is to be made, and after giving effect thereto,
no Default or Event of Default exists.
SECTION 5.13. Negative Pledge
. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party will create,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or
hereafter acquired by it, except:
(a) Liens
existing on the date of this Agreement encumbering assets (other
than Collateral) securing Debt outstanding on the date of this
Agreement, in each case as described and in the principal amounts
set forth on Schedule 5.13 ;
(b) Liens
for taxes, assessments or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary
course of business that are not yet due and payable or that are
being contested in good faith and with due diligence by appropriate
proceedings;
(c) pledges
or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
payment of workers’ compensation, or to participate in any
fund in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs which
in no event shall become a Lien prior to any Collateral Documents
(including any Timberland Collateral Documents);
(d) Liens of
mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers or other like liens,
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
that: (1) are not yet due and payable and which in no event
shall become a Lien prior to any Collateral Documents (including
any Timberland Collateral Documents); or (2) are being
contested diligently in good faith pursuant to appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which the Loan Party has
established reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and which in no event shall become a Lien prior to any
Collateral Documents (including any Timberland Collateral
Documents);
(e) 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, or to secure statutory
obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other
similar bonds required in the ordinary course of business which in
no event shall become a Lien prior to any Collateral Document
(including any Timberland Collateral Documents);
(f) any Lien
arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of
any Debt secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing
clauses of this Section, provided that (i) such Debt is
not secured by any additional assets, and (ii) the amount of
such Debt secured by any such Lien is not increased;
(g) 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 by Borrower in the
operation of its business, and none of which is violated in any
material respect by existing or proposed restrictions on land
use;
(h) (1) that
certain Wood Fiber Supply Agreement dated July 1, 2000,
between St. Joe Timberland and Jefferson Smurfit Corporation; and
(2) timber or fiber supply agreements which when combined with
all other timber or fiber supply agreements entered into after the
date of this Agreement encumber less than 50,000 acres in the
aggregate unless approved by the Administrative Agent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);
(i) any Lien
on Margin Stock;
(j) any Lien
imposed as a result of a taking under the exercise of the power of
eminent domain by any governmental body or by any Person acting
under governmental authority;
(k) agreements executed by a Qualified SPE and not by any Loan
Party relating to a Qualified Installment Sale Transaction;
(l) Liens on
not more than 25,000 acres of Land in the aggregate (the
“Encumbered Land”) securing Debt (other than
indebtedness represented by the Notes) permitted under
Section 5.30(d) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding
not to exceed $125,000,000;
(m) any Lien
created by that certain Agreement dated October 27, 2006,
between The St. Joe Company and the Florida Department of
Transportation regarding the conveyance of approximately 4,000
acres for transportation purposes;
(n) Liens
securing the Administrative Agent and the Lenders created or
arising under the Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 5.13 to the contrary, no
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party will create, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral except Liens in favor of
the Secured Parties under the Collateral Documents and the
Permitted Encumbrances.
SECTION 5.14. Maintenance of
Existence, etc . Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, maintain its organizational
existence and carry on its business in substantially the same
manner and in substantially the same line or lines of business or
line or lines of business reasonably related to the business now
carried on and maintained. Any Subsidiary pledging Collateral
hereunder shall be organized as a corporation, limited liability
company, limited partnership or other legal entity.
SECTION 5.15. Dissolution .
No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall suffer or
permit dissolution or liquidation either in whole or in part or
redeem or retire any shares of its own Capital Securities or that
of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, except: (1) through
corporate or company reorganization to the extent permitted by
Section 5.16, (2) the dissolution of a Subsidiary (other
than St. Joe Timberland) which is not a Material Domestic
Subsidiary into the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and the
dissolution of a Material Domestic Subsidiary (other than St. Joe
Timberland) into the Borrower or any other Loan Party; and (3)
Restricted Payments permitted by Section 5.11.
SECTION 5.16. Consolidations,
Mergers and Sales of Assets . No Loan Party will, nor will it
permit any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, consolidate or merge with
or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or any
substantial part of its assets to, any other Person, or discontinue
or eliminate any business line or segment provided that
(a) pursuant to the consummation of an Acquisition permitted
under Section 5.08 (but not otherwise) a Loan Party may merge
with another Person if (i) such Person was organized under the
laws of the United States of America or one of its states,
(ii) the Loan Party is the Person surviving such merger,
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) if the
Borrower merges with another Loan Party, the Borrower is the Person
surviving such merger; (b) Subsidiaries of a Loan Party
(excluding Loan Parties) may merge with one another or with the
Borrower (so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity in such
case); (c) a Loan Party and any Subsidiary may sell assets for
fair value in the ordinary course of business; (d) a
Subsidiary that is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary may
discontinue or eliminate any nonmaterial business line; and
(e) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other
transfer of assets shall not prohibit a transfer of assets (in a
single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless
the assets to be so transferred shall cause St. Joe Timberland to
hold less than 250,000 acres of Land as fee simple owner (excluding
any Encumbered Land (as defined in Section 5.13(l)); provided
that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, after a Trigger Event
has occurred, St. Joe Timberland shall not sell, lease or otherwise
transfer, or enter into any agreement or arrangement to sell, lease
or otherwise transfer, any of its Properties or other assets
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (in
its sole discretion).
SECTION 5.17. Use of Proceeds
. No portion of the proceeds of any Advance or Letter of Credit
will be used by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in
connection with, either directly or indirectly, any tender offer
for, or other acquisition of, stock of any corporation with a view
towards obtaining control of such other corporation, except as
permitted by Section 5.08 (ii) directly or indirectly,
for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iii) for any
purpose in violation of any applicable law or regulation. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the proceeds of the Advances and Letters
of Credit shall be used to: (i) refinance existing
indebtedness of the Borrower; (ii) for working capital,
capital expenditures and other lawful corporate purposes, and
(iii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with
this Agreement. No part of the proceeds of any Advance or Letter of
Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any
purpose that would violate any rule or regulation of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U
or X.
SECTION 5.18. Compliance with
Laws; Payment of Taxes . Each Loan Party will, and will cause
each Subsidiary of a Loan Party and each member of the Controlled
Group to, comply in all material respects with applicable laws
(including but not limited to ERISA and the USA Patriot Act),
regulations and similar requirements of governmental authorities
(including but not limited to PBGC), except where the necessity of
such compliance is being contested in good faith through
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued. Each Loan Party will,
and will cause each Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, pay promptly
when due all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, claims for
labor, supplies, rent and other obligations which, if unpaid, might
become a lien against the property of a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party, except liabilities being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and
against which, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower shall have set up reserves in accordance with GAAP. Each
Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary of a Loan Party to,
comply in all material respects with the terms and conditions of
all Material Contracts to which it is a party.
SECTION 5.19. Insurance .
Each Loan Party will maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary of a
Loan Party to maintain (either in the name of such Loan Party or in
such Subsidiary’s own name), with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies, insurance on all its Property in at
least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually
insured against in the same general area by companies of
established repute engaged in the same or similar business. Upon
request, the Loan Parties shall promptly furnish the Administrative
Agent copies of all such insurance policies or certificates
evidencing such insurance and such other documents and evidence of
insurance as the Administrative Agent shall request.
SECTION 5.20. Change in Fiscal
Year . No Loan Party will make any significant change in
accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by
GAAP, or change its Fiscal Year without the consent of the Required
Lenders.
SECTION 5.21. Maintenance of
Property . Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, maintain all of its properties and
assets in good condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear
and tear excepted.
SECTION 5.22. Environmental
Notices . Each Loan Party shall furnish to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent prompt written notice of all material
Environmental Liabilities, pending or threatened Environmental
Proceedings, Environmental Notices, Environmental Judgments and
Orders, and Environmental Releases at, on, in, under or in any way
affecting the Properties or any adjacent property, and all facts,
events, or conditions that could reasonably be expected to lead to
any of the foregoing.
SECTION 5.23. Environmental
Matters . No Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party will,
nor will any Loan Party permit any Third Party to, use, produce,
manufacture, process, treat, recycle, generate, store, dispose of,
manage at, or otherwise handle or ship or transport to or from the
Properties any Hazardous Materials except for Hazardous Materials
such as cleaning solvents, pesticides and other similar materials
used, produced, manufactured, processed, treated, recycled,
generated, stored, disposed, managed or otherwise handled in
minimal amounts in the ordinary course of business in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable Environmental
Requirements.
SECTION 5.24. Environmental
Release . Each Loan Party agrees that upon the occurrence of an
Environmental Release at, under or on any of the Properties it will
act immediately to investigate the extent of, and to take
appropriate remedial action to eliminate, such Environmental
Release, whether or not ordered or otherwise directed to do so by
any Environmental Authority.
SECTION 5.25. Additional
Covenants, Etc. In the event that at any time this Agreement is
in effect or any Note remains unpaid any Loan Party shall enter
into any agreement, guarantee, indenture or other instrument
governing, relating to, providing for commitments to advance or
guaranteeing any Financing (excluding Qualified Installment Sale
Transactions) or to amend any terms and conditions applicable to
any Financing (excluding Qualified Installment Sale Transactions),
which agreement, guarantee, indenture or other instrument includes
covenants, warranties, representations, defaults or events of
default (or any other type of restriction which would have the
practical effect of any of the foregoing, including, without
limitation, any “put” or mandatory prepayment of such
debt) or other terms or conditions not substantially as, or in
addition to those, provided in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or more favorable to the lender or other counterparty
thereunder than those provided in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, the Loan Party shall promptly so notify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Thereupon, if the
Administrative Agent shall request by written notice to the Loan
Party (after a determination has been made by the Required Lenders
that any of the above referenced documents or instruments contain
any provisions which either individually or in the aggregate are
more favorable than one of the provisions set forth herein), the
Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall enter
into an amendment to this Agreement providing for substantially the
same such covenants, warranties, representations, defaults or
events of default or other terms or conditions as those provided
for in such agreement, guarantee, indenture or other instrument, to
the extent required and as may be selected by the Administrative
Agent, such amendment to remain in effect, unless otherwise
specified in writing by the Administrative Agent, for the entire
duration of the term of such Financing (to and including the date
to which the same may be extended at the option of the Loan Party),
provided that if any such agreement, guarantee, indenture or
other instrument shall be subsequently modified, supplemented,
amended or restated so as to modify, amend or eliminate from such
agreement, guarantee, indenture or other instrument any such
covenant, warranty, representation, default or event of default or
other term or condition so made a part of this Agreement, then
unless otherwise required by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section, the Loan Documents shall be modified so as to conform
the provisions previously incorporated pursuant to this
Section 5.25 to such provisions as subsequently modified,
supplemented or amended.
SECTION 5.26. Transactions with
Affiliates . No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
shall enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with any
Affiliate of a Loan Party or such Subsidiary (which Affiliate is
not a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party), except as
permitted by law and in the ordinary course of business and
pursuant to reasonable terms which are no less favorable to the
Loan Party or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in a
comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is
not an Affiliate; provided, however, Qualified Installment Sale
Transactions shall not be subject to the requirement that they be
in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 5.27. Joinder of
Subsidiaries .
(a) The Loan
Parties shall cause any Person which becomes a Material Domestic
Subsidiary of a Loan Party after the Closing Date to become a party
to, and agree to be bound by the terms of, this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents pursuant to a Joinder Agreement, substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D and otherwise
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in all respects and
executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent within fifteen
(15) Domestic Business Days after the day on which such Person
became a Material Domestic Subsidiary. The Loan Parties shall also
cause the items specified in Section 3.01(c), (e) and
(j) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent concurrently
with the instrument referred to above, modified appropriately to
refer to such instrument and such Subsidiary. The Borrower
covenants and agrees that notwithstanding the definition of
Material Subsidiaries and Excluded Subsidiaries at no time shall
Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors own directly or indirectly
more than 10% of the aggregate Total Asset Value of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries.