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Execution Copy
CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.,
HAVERTYS ENTERPRISES, INC.,
HAVERTYS CAPITAL, INC., and
HAVERTYS CREDIT SERVICES, INC.,
as the Borrowers,
The Persons party hereto as the Guarantors,
The financial institutions party hereto as the Lenders,
SUNTRUST BANK,
as the Issuing Bank,
SUNTRUST BANK,
as the Administrative Agent,
and
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.,
as Lead Arranger
December 22, 2008
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INDEX
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ARTICLE 1.
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DEFINITIONS, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND OTHER
INTERPRETIVE MATTERS
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1
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2
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Accounting Principles
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36
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Section 1.3
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Other Interpretive Matters
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36
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ARTICLE 2.
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THE LOANS AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
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37
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Section 2.1
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Extension of Credit
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37
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Section 2.2
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Manner of Borrowing and Disbursement of
loans
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41
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Section 2.3
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Interest
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46
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Section 2.4
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Fees
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47
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Section 2.5
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Prepayment/Reduction of Commitment
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48
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Section 2.6
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Repayment
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50
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Section 2.7
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Notes; Loan Accounts
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51
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Section 2.8
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Manner of Payment
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51
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Section 2.9
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Reimbursement
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55
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Section 2.10
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Pro Rata Treatment
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55
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Section 2.11
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Application of Payments
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56
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Section 2.12
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Use of Proceeds
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58
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Section 2.13
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All Obligations to Constitute One
Obligation
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58
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Section 2.14
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Maximum Rate of Interest
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58
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Section 2.15
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Letters of Credit
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59
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Section 2.16
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Bank Products
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63
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Section 2.17
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Increase of Commitments; Additional
Lenders
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63
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ARTICLE 3.
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GUARANTY
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66
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Section 3.1
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Guaranty
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66
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Section 3.2
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Special Provisions Applicable to Subsidiary
Guarantors
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70
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ARTICLE 4.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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71
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Section 4.1
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Conditions Precedent to Closing and Initial
Revolving Loan
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71
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Section 4.2
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Conditions Precedent to Each Advance
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74
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Section 4.3
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Conditions Precedent to Each Letter of
Credit
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74
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ARTICLE 5.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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75
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Section 5.1
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General Representations and Warranties
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75
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Section 5.2
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Representations and Warranties Relating to
Eligible Credit Card Receivables
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84
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Section 5.3
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Representations and Warranties Relating to
Inventory
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84
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Section 5.4
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Survival of Representations and Warranties,
etc.
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85
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ARTICLE 6.
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GENERAL COVENANTS
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85
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Section 6.1
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Preservation of Existence and similar
Matters
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85
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Section 6.2
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Compliance with Applicable Law
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85
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Section 6.3
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Maintenance of Properties
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85
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Section 6.4
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Accounting Methods and Financial
Records
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85
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Section 6.5
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Insurance
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86
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Section 6.6
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Payment of Taxes and Claims
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87
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Section 6.7
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Visits and Inspections
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87
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Section 6.8
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Intentionally Reserved
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87
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Section 6.9
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ERISA
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88
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Section 6.10
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Lien Perfection
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88
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Section 6.11
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Location of Collateral
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88
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Section 6.12
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Protection of Collateral
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88
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Section 6.13
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Assignments and Records of Accounts
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89
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Section 6.14
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Administration of Accounts
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89
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Section 6.15
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Cash Management System
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90
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Section 6.16
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Further Assurances
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92
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Section 6.17
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Broker’s Claims
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92
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Section 6.18
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Indemnity
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92
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Section 6.19
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Environmental Matters
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93
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Section 6.20
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Formation of Subsidiaries
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94
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Section 6.21
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Maintenance of Intellectual Property
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94
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Section 6.22
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Compliance with Regulations T, U And X
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ARTICLE 7.
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INFORMATION COVENANTS
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Section 7.1
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Monthly and Quarterly Financial Statements and
Information
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96
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Section 7.2
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Annual Financial Statements and Information;
Certificate of No Default
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96
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Section 7.3
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Compliance Certificates
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97
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Section 7.4
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Access to Accountants
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97
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Section 7.5
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Additional Reports
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98
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Section 7.6
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Notice of Litigation and Other Matters
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99
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ARTICLE 8
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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101
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Section 8.1
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Funded Debt
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101
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Section 8.2
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Guaranties
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102
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Section 8.3
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Liens
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102
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Section 8.4
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Restricted Payments and Purchases
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103
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Section 8.5
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Investments
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103
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Section 8.6
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Affiliate Transactions
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104
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Section 8.7
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Liquidation; Change in Ownership, Name, or Year;
Disposition or Acquisition of Assets; Etc.
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104
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Section 8.8
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Intentionally Omitted
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106
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Section 8.9
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Intentionally Omitted
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106
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Section 8.10
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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106
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Section 8.11
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Conduct of Business
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106
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Section 8.12
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Sales and Leasebacks
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106
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Section 8.13
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Amendment and Waiver
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106
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Section 8.14
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ERISA Liability
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107
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Section 8.15
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Prepayments
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107
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Section 8.16
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Negative Pledge
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107
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ARTICLE 9.
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DEFAULT
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108
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Section 9.1
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Events of Default
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108
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Section 9.2
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Remedies
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111
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ARTICLE 10.
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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112
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Section 10.1
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Appointment and Authorization
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112
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Section 10.2
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Interest Holders
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113
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Section 10.3
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Consultation with Counsel
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113
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Section 10.4
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Documents
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113
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Section 10.5
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Administrative Agent and Affiliates
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113
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Section 10.6
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Responsibility of the Administrative
Agent
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113
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Section 10.7
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Action by Administrative Agent
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114
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Section 10.8
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Notice of Default
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114
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Section 10.9
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Responsibility Disclaimed
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114
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Section 10.10
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Indemnification
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115
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Section 10.11
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Credit Decision
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115
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Section 10.12
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Successor Administrative Agent
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116
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Section 10.13
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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116
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Section 10.14
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Collateral
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117
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Section 10.15
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Release of Collateral
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117
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ARTICLE 11.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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118
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Section 11.1
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Notices
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118
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Section 11.2
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Expenses
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119
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Section 11.3
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Waivers
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120
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Section 11.4
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Set-Off
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121
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Section 11.5
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Assignment
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121
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Section 11.6
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Counterparts
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124
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Section 11.7
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Under Seal; Governing Law
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124
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Section 11.8
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Severability
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124
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Section 11.9
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Headings
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124
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Section 11.10
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Source of Funds
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124
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Section 11.11
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Entire Agreement
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124
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Section 11.12
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Amendments and Waivers
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124
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Section 11.13
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Other Relationships
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126
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Section 11.14
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Pronouns
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126
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Section 11.15
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Disclosure
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127
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Section 11.16
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Replacement of Lender
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127
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Section 11.17
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Confidentiality
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127
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Section 11.18
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Revival and Reinstatement of
Obligations
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128
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Section 11.19
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Electronic Transmissions
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128
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Section 11.20
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Mitigation of Losses; Sunset
Provisions
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129
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ARTICLE 12
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YIELD PROTECTION
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130
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Article 12.1
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Eurodollar Rate Basis Determination
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130
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Article 12.2
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Illegality
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130
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Article 12.3
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Increased Costs
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130
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Article 12.4
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Effect On Other Advances
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132
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Article 12.5
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Capital Adequacy
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132
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ARTICLE 13
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JURISDICTION, VENUE AND WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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133
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Section 13.1
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Jurisdiction and Service of Process
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133
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Section 13.2
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Consent to Venue
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134
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Section 13.3
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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134
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Section 13.4
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The Administrative Borrower
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134
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Section 13.5
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All Obligations to Constitute Joint and Several
Obligations
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135
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit B
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Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
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Exhibit C
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Form of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit D
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Form of Notice of
Conversion/Continuation
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Exhibit E
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Form of Request for Advance
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Exhibit F
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Form of Request for Issuance of Letter of
Credit
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Exhibit G
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Form of Revolving Loan Note
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Exhibit H
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Form of Swing Loan Note
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Exhibit I
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Form of Supplement
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Exhibit J
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Form of Notice of Requested Commitment
Increase
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule E-1
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Existing Letters of Credit
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Schedule 1(a)
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Commitments
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Schedule 1(b)
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Cash Management Banks
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Schedule 5.1(c)-1
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule 5.1(c)-2
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Partnerships/Joint Ventures
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Schedule 5.1(d)
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Outstanding Capital Stock Ownership
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Schedule 5.1(h)
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Material Contracts
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Schedule 5.1(i)
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Labor Matters
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Schedule 5.1(m)
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Investments/Guaranties
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Schedule 5.1(n)
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Liabilities; Litigation
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Schedule 5.1(p)
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Intellectual Property; Licenses and
Certifications
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Schedule 5.1(v)
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Insurance
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Schedule 5.1(x)-1
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Leased Real Property
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Schedule 5.1(x)-2
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Owned Real Property
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Schedule 5.1(y)
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Environmental Matters
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Schedule 6.11
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Location of Collateral
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Schedule 6.15
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Bank and Investment Accounts
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Schedule 8.1
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Other Funded Debt
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Schedule 8.6
- Affiliate
Transactions
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2008, is by and
among HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC. a Maryland corporation ("
HFC "), HAVERTYS ENTERPRISES, INC., a Nevada corporation ("
HEI "), HAVERTYS CAPITAL, INC., a Nevada corporation ("
HCI "), HAVERTYS CREDIT SERVICES, INC., a Tennessee
corporation (" HCS " and together with HFC, HEI and HCI,
each a " Borrower " and collectively, the " Borrowers
"), the Persons party hereto from time to time as Guarantors, the
financial institutions party hereto from time to time as Lenders,
SUNTRUST BANK, as the Issuing Bank, and SUNTRUST BANK, as the
Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders make available to it the
Revolving Loan Commitments, on the terms and conditions set forth
herein, to, among other things, refinance existing Funded Debt and
to fund permitted acquisitions, transaction costs, working capital
needs and for general corporate purposes of the Borrowers; and
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders are willing to make the Revolving Loan Commitments
available to the Borrowers upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND
OTHER INTERPRETIVE MATTERS
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Section 1.1
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Definitions . For the purposes of this
Agreement:
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" Account Debtor " shall mean any Person
who is obligated to make payments in respect of an
Account.
" Accounts " shall mean all "accounts," as such term is
defined in the UCC, of each Credit Party whether now existing or
hereafter created or arising, including, without limitation, (a)
all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other
forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by
chattel paper (as defined in the UCC) or instruments (as defined in
the UCC)) (including any such obligations that may be characterized
as an account or contract right under the UCC), (b) all of each
Credit
Party’s rights in, to and under all
purchase orders or receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each
Credit Party’s rights to any goods represented by any of the
foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission,
replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to
returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all rights to
payment due to a Credit Party for property sold, leased, licensed,
assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued
or to be issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be
incurred, for energy provided or to be provided, for the use or
hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising out of
the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered
or to be rendered by such Credit Party or in connection with any
other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the
part of such Credit Party), (e) all health care insurance
receivables and (f) all collateral security of any kind, given by
any Account Debtor or any other Person with respect to any of the
foregoing.
" ACH Transactions " shall mean any cash management or
related services including the automated clearinghouse transfer of
funds by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any Affiliate
of the Administrative Agent or such Lender) for the account of the
Credit Parties pursuant to agreement or overdrafts.
" Additional Amounts " shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.8(b)(i) .
" Administrative Agent " shall mean SunTrust Bank, acting
as administrative agent for the Lender Group, and any successor
Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 10.12
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" Administrative Agent Indemnified Person " shall have
the meaning specified in Section 10.10 .
" Administrative Agent’s Office " shall mean the
office of the Administrative Agent located at 303 Peachtree Street,
Twenty-Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Attention: Group
Portfolio Manager, or such other office as may be designated by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section
11.1 .
" Administrative Borrower " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 13.4 .
" Administrative Questionnaire " shall mean a
questionnaire in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
" Advance " or " Advances " shall mean amounts of
the Loans advanced by the Lenders to, or on behalf of, the
Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.2 on the occasion of any
borrowing and shall include, without limitation, all Agent Advances
and Swing Loans.
" Affiliate " shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or that
is a director, officer, manager or partner of such Person. For
purposes of this definition, "control", when used with respect to
any Person, includes, without
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limitation, the direct or indirect beneficial
ownership of five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Equity
Interests of such Person or the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by
contract or otherwise.
" Agent Advances " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.1(f) .
" Aggregate Commitment Ratio " shall mean, with respect
to any Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the
unutilized portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment plus Loans
(other than Swing Loans and Agent Advances) outstanding plus
participation interests in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing
Loans, Overadvances and Agent Advances outstanding of such Lender,
divided by (b) the sum of the aggregate unutilized Revolving Loan
Commitment plus Loans (other than Swing Loans and Agent Advances)
outstanding plus participation interests in Letter of Credit
Obligations, Swing Loans, Overadvances and Agent Advances of all
Lenders, which, as of the Agreement Date, are set forth (together
with Dollar amounts thereof) on Schedule 1 .
" Aggregate Revolving Credit Obligations " shall mean, as
of any particular time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding, plus (b) the
aggregate principal amount of all Swing Loans then outstanding,
plus (c) the aggregate principal amount of all Agent Advances then
outstanding, plus (d) the aggregate principal amount of all
Overadvances then outstanding, plus (e) the aggregate amount of all
Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding.
" Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments " shall mean, as
of any particular time, the aggregate committed principal amount of
all Revolving Loan Commitments at such time, including any increase
in Revolving Loan Commitments made pursuant to Section
2.17(a) hereof. On the Agreement Date, the Aggregate Revolving
Loan Commitments are $60,000,000.
" Agreement " shall mean this Credit Agreement, together
with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto.
" Agreement Date " shall mean the date as of which this
Agreement is dated.
" Applicable Law " shall mean, in respect of any Person,
all provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, and
orders of governmental bodies or regulatory agencies applicable,
whether by law or by virtue of contract, to such Person, and all
orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or
actions to which the Person in question is a party or by which it
is bound.
" Applicable Margin " shall mean a per annum rate of
interest determined as follows: with respect to each Advance and
issuance of Letters of Credit, the applicable margin shall be (a)
from the Agreement Date through (and including) the date two (2)
Business Days after the delivery of the Borrowing Base Certificate
required pursuant to Section 7.5(a) for the fiscal month
ending on or about December 31, 2008, the applicable
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margin shall be 2.75% and (b) thereafter, the
applicable margin determined by the Administrative Agent based upon
the Average Availability for the fiscal month most recently ended
(with respect to which the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to
below is delivered), effective as of the second Business Day after
the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in Section 7.5(a)
is delivered by the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative
Agent for such fiscal month most recently ended, expressed as a per
annum rate of interest as set forth in the table below:
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Average Availability
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Applicable Margin
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I
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Less than $20,000,000
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3.00%
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II
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Greater than or equal to $20,000,000 but less
than $40,000,000
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2.75%
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III
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Greater than or equal to $40,000,000
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2.50%
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In the event that the Administrative Borrower fails to timely
provide the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to above in
accordance with the terms of Section 7.5(a) , and without
prejudice to any additional rights under Section 9.2 , as of
the second Business Day after delivery of such Borrowing Base
Certificate was due until the date two (2) Business Days following
the date such Borrowing Base Certificate was delivered, the
applicable margin shall be the highest pricing level (i.e. Level
I). In the event that the information contained in any Borrowing
Base Certificate referred to above is shown to be inaccurate, and
such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of
a higher interest rate for any period (an " Applicable
Period ") than the applicable margin actually applied for such
Applicable Period, then (i) the Administrative Borrower shall
immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected
Borrowing Base Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) such
higher applicable margin shall be deemed to have been in effect for
such Applicable Period and (iii) the Borrowers shall immediately
deliver to the Administrative Agent full payment in respect of the
accrued additional interest on the Advances and Letters of Credit
as a result of such increased applicable margin for such Applicable
Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.11 (it
being understood that nothing contained in the paragraph shall
limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders
to exercise their rights under Section 2.3(b) or Section
9.2 ).
" Applicable Period " shall have the meaning specified in
the definition of Applicable Margin.
" Approved Freight Handler " shall mean any Freight
Handler that has delivered a Lien Acknowledgement Agreement in
favor of the Administrative Agent, so long as such Lien
Acknowledgement remains in full force and effect and the
Administrative Agent has not received any notice of termination
with respect thereto.
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" Approved Fund " shall mean any Fund that is
administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a
Lender or (c) an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
" Assignment and Acceptance " shall mean that certain
form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit
A , pursuant to which each Lender may, as further provided in
Section 11.5 , sell a portion of its Revolving Credit
Exposure or Revolving Loan Commitment.
" Authorized Signatory " shall mean, with respect to any
Credit Party, such senior personnel of such Credit Party as may be
duly authorized and designated in writing to the Administrative
Agent by such Credit Party to execute documents, agreements, and
instruments on behalf of such Credit Party. As used herein, any
certificate or other document delivered (or deemed delivered) by an
Authorized Signatory shall be delivered by such Authorized
Signatory in his or her capacity as an officer, and not
individually.
" Availability " shall mean, as of any date of
determination, the amount (if any) by which (a) the lesser of (i)
the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, and (ii) the Borrowing
Base as most recently reported by the Borrowers on or prior to such
date of determination, exceeds (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Obligations on such date of determination.
" Available Letter of Credit Amount " shall mean, as of
any particular time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the
Letter of Credit Commitment at such time less the aggregate amount
of all Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding or (b)
Availability at such time, to the extent in effect at such time of
determination.
" Average Availability " shall mean for any period, an
amount equal to the sum of the actual amount of Availability on
each day during such period, as determined by the Administrative
Agent, divided by the number of days in such period.
" Bank Product Obligations " of the Credit Parties means
any and all obligations of the Credit Parties, whether absolute or
contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced
or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications
thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Bank
Products.
" Bank Product Reserves " shall mean all reserves that
the Administrative Agent, from time to time, establishes in its
Permitted Discretion for Bank Products then provided or
outstanding.
" Bank Products " shall mean any one or more of the
following types of services or facilities extended to the Credit
Parties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any Affiliate
of the Administrative Agent or such Lender): (a) credit cards; (b)
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Transactions; (c) cash management, including
controlled disbursement services; and (d) the Lender Group Hedge
Agreements.
" Bank Products Documents " shall mean all agreements
entered into from time to time by the Credit Parties in connection
with any of the Bank Products and shall include the Lender Group
Hedge Agreements.
" Bankruptcy Code " shall mean the United States
Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.), as now or
hereafter amended, and any successor statute.
" Base Rate " shall mean the higher of (i) the rate which
the Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime
lending rate, as in effect from time to time, (ii) the Federal
Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one
percent (1/2%) per annum or (iii) the Eurodollar Rate determined on
a daily basis for a Eurodollar Advance Period of one (1) month (any
changes in such rates to be effective as of the date of any change
in such rate). The Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate
is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest
or best rate of interest actually charged to any customer of the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may make commercial
loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above, or below the
Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate
" Base Rate Advance " shall mean an Advance which the
Administrative Borrower requests to be made as a Base Rate Advance
or which is converted to a Base Rate Advance, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.2 .
" Blocked Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.15 .
" Borrower " and " Borrowers " shall have the
meaning specified in the preamble.
" Borrower Payments " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.8(b)(i) .
" Borrowing Base " shall mean, at any particular time,
the sum of:
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85% of the NOLV of Eligible Inventory;
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(b) the
lesser of (i) 85% of the book value of Eligible Credit Card
Receivables and (ii) $5,000,000; minus
" Borrowing Base Certificate " shall mean
a certificate of an Authorized Signatory of the Administrative
Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
" Business Day " shall mean any day excluding Saturday,
Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the
State of Georgia or is a day on which banking institutions located
in such state are closed; provided , however , that
when used
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with reference to a Eurodollar Advance (including
the making, continuing, prepaying or repaying of any Eurodollar
Advance), the term " Business Day " shall also exclude any
day in which banks are not open for dealings in deposits of Dollars
on the London interbank market.
" Capital Expenditures " shall mean, for any period, on a
consolidated basis for the Credit Parties, the aggregate of all
expenditures made by the Credit Parties during such period that, in
conformity with GAAP, are required to be included in or reflected
on the consolidated balance sheet as a capital asset of the Credit
Parties, including, without limitation, Capitalized Lease
Obligations of the Credit Parties.
" Capitalized Lease Obligation " shall mean that portion
of any obligation of a Person as lessee under a lease which at the
time would be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of
such lessee in accordance with GAAP.
" Cash Equivalents " shall mean, collectively, (a)
marketable, direct obligations of the US and its agencies maturing
within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date of purchase,
(b) commercial paper issued by corporations, each of which shall
(i) have a consolidated net worth of at least $500,000,000, and
(ii) mature within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of
the original issue thereof and is rated "P-1" or better by
Moody’s or "A-1" or better by S&P, (c) certificates of
deposit maturing within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the
date of purchase and issued by a US national or state bank having
deposits totaling more than $500,000,000, and whose short-term debt
is rated "P-1" or better by Moody’s or "A-1" or better by
S&P, and (d) up to $100,000 per institution and up to
$1,000,000 in the aggregate in (i) short-term obligations issued by
any local commercial bank or trust company located in those areas
where any Borrower conducts its business, whose deposits are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or (ii)
commercial bank-insured money market funds, or any combination of
the types of investments described in this clause (d).
" Cash Management Bank " shall mean any Lender, any
Affiliate of any Lender and any other bank or financial institution
which is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Schedule 1.1(b) sets forth the Cash Management Banks as of
the Agreement Date.
" Change in Control " shall mean the occurrence of one or
more of the following events: (a) any sale, lease, exchange or
other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Administrative Borrower to any Person or "group" (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in effect on the date
hereof), (b) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or "group" (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the
date hereof) acting in concert (other than by Class A Shareholders)
acquiring beneficial ownership, of 30% or more of the outstanding
shares of the Class A Common
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Stock of the Administrative Borrower; or (c)
occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on
the board of directors of the Administrative Borrower by Persons
who were neither (i) nominated by the current board of directors or
(ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
" Class A Common Stock " shall mean all issued and
outstanding Class A common stock of the Administrative
Borrower.
" Class A Shareholders " shall mean the Persons that own
the Class A Common Stock on the Agreement Date, together with their
spouses and direct descendants who acquire shares of Class A Common
Stock by sale, transfer or gift.
" Closing " shall mean the satisfaction (or written
waiver) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.1
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" Code " shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
" Collateral " shall mean all property pledged as
collateral security for the Obligations pursuant to the Security
Documents.
" Collateral Access Agreement " shall mean any agreement
of any lessor, warehouseman, bailee, processor, consignee or other
Person in possession of, having a Lien upon or having rights or
interests in, any of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, waiving or
subordinating Liens or certain other rights or interests such
Person may hold in regard to the property of any of the Credit
Parties and providing the Administrative Agent access to its
Collateral.
" Commercial Letter of Credit " shall mean a documentary
Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank in respect of the
purchase of goods or services by any Credit Party.
" Commitment Increase " shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.17(a) .
" Commitment Increase Cap " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.17(a) .
" Commitments " shall mean the Revolving Loan Commitment,
and the Letter of Credit Commitment.
" Compliance Certificate " shall mean a certificate
executed by an Authorized Signatory of the Administrative Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
" Concentration Account " shall mean each master
concentration account owned or maintained by the Credit Parties
into which amounts deposited by the Credit Parties in
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other deposit accounts are swept, together with
all cash and other funds on deposit therein.
" Confidential Information " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 11.17 .
" Control Account Agreement " shall mean any agreement
executed by a depository bank and the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lender Group, and acknowledged and agreed to by the
applicable Credit Party, in form acceptable to the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion.
" Credit Card Issuer " shall mean any Person (other than
a Credit Party) who issues or whose members issue credit cards,
including, without limitation, MasterCard or VISA bank credit or
debit cards or other bank credit or debit cards issued through
MasterCard International, Inc., Visa, U.S.A., Inc. or Visa
International and American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Carte
Blanche and other non-bank credit or debit cards, including,
without limitation, credit or debit cards issued by or through
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., Novus
Services, Inc., or any proprietary card issuer reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
" Credit Card Processor " shall mean any servicing or
processing agent or any factor or financial intermediary who
facilitates, services, processes or manages the credit
authorization, billing transfer and/or payment procedures with
respect to any Credit Party’s sales transactions involving
credit card or debit card purchases by customers using credit cards
or debit cards issued by any Credit Card Issuer.
" Credit Card Receivables " shall mean each Account
together with all income, payments and proceeds thereof, owed by a
Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor to a Credit Party
resulting from charges by a customer of a Credit Party on credit or
debit cards issued or processed by such Credit Card Issuer or
Credit Card Processor in connection with the sale of goods by
Credit Party, or services performed by a Credit Party, in each case
in the ordinary course of its business.
" Credit Parties " shall mean, collectively, the
Borrowers and the Guarantors; and " Credit Party " shall
mean any one of the foregoing Credit Parties.
" Date of Issue " shall mean the date on which the
Issuing Bank issues a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section
2.15 .
" Default " shall mean any Event of Default, and any of
the events specified in Section 9.1 regardless of whether
there shall have occurred any passage of time or giving of notice
(or both) that would be necessary in order to constitute such event
an Event of Default.
" Defaulting Lender " shall mean, at any time, any Lender
that, at such time (a) is a Non-Funding Lender, (b) has otherwise
failed to pay to the Administrative Agent or any
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Lender an amount owed by such Lender pursuant to
the terms of any Loan Document or (c) has been deemed insolvent or
has become subject to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or to a
receiver, trustee or similar official.
" Default Rate " shall mean a simple per annum interest
rate equal to, (a) with respect to all outstanding principal, the
sum of (i) the applicable Interest Rate Basis, plus (ii) the
Applicable Margin, plus (iii) two percent (2.00%), and (b) with
respect to all other Obligations (other than Obligations from Bank
Products), the sum of (i) the Base Rate, plus (ii) the highest
Applicable Margin, plus (iii) two percent (2.00%); provided
, however , that (y) as to any Eurodollar Advance
outstanding on the date that the Default Rate becomes applicable,
the Default Rate shall be based on the then applicable Eurodollar
Basis until the end of the current Eurodollar Advance Period and
thereafter the Default Rate shall be based on the Base Rate as in
effect from time to time and (z) as to any Base Rate Advance
outstanding on the date that the Default Rate becomes applicable,
the Default Rate shall be based on the Base Rate as in effect from
time to time.
" Deposit Accounts " shall mean all deposit accounts of
the Credit Parties (other than Concentration Accounts) into which
proceeds of Inventory are deposited by the Credit Parties in the
ordinary course of business.
" Disbursement Accounts " shall mean the Principal
Disbursement Account and all other disbursement accounts of the
Credit Parties.
" Dividends " shall mean any direct or indirect
distribution, dividend, or payment to any Person on account of any
Equity Interests of any Credit Party.
" Document " shall mean any "document" as such term is
defined and used in the UCC.
" Dollars " or " $ " shall mean the lawful
currency of the United States of America.
" Domestic Subsidiary " shall mean any Subsidiary of a
Borrower that is organized and existing under the laws of the US or
any state or commonwealth thereof or under the laws of the District
of Columbia.
" EBITDAR " means, for the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries any period, the sum of (a) Net Income for such period
plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Net
Income for such period, without duplication, the sum of (i)
Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and
amortization expense, (iv) Lease Expense, (v) any non-cash
LIFO adjustments, and (vi) any other non-cash charges,
minus (c) without duplication and to the extent
included in Net Income, any cash payments made during such period
that relate to non-cash charges included in determining EBITDAR for
such period or any prior period, in each case determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period.
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" E-Fax " shall mean any system used to
receive or transmit faxes electronically.
" Electronic Transmission " shall mean each document,
instruction, authorization, file, information and any other
communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated
by e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other
equivalent service.
" Eligible Assignee " shall mean (a) a Lender; (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; or (d) any other
Person approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Issuing
Bank and, (iii) unless (x) such Person is taking delivery of an
assignment in connection with physical settlement of a credit
derivatives transaction or (y) an Event of Default exists, the
Administrative Borrower, such approvals not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; provided , however , that if the
consent of the Administrative Borrower to an assignment or to an
Eligible Assignee is required hereunder (including a consent to an
assignment which does not meet the minimum assignment thresholds
specified in Section 11.5(b) ), the Administrative Borrower
shall be deemed to have given its consent five (5) Business Days
after the date written notice thereof has been delivered by the
assigning Lender (through the Administrative Agent) unless such
consent is expressly refused by the Administrative Borrower prior
to such fifth (5th) Business Day; provided , however
, that Eligible Assignee shall exclude (i) any Person that is
principally engaged in the retail furniture business and (ii) any
Borrower and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries.
" Eligible Credit Card Receivables " shall mean, at any
particular date, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies the
following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet
the same at the time of such determination: such Credit Card
Receivable (i) has been earned by performance, represents the bona
fide amounts due to a Borrower from a Credit Card Issuer or a
Credit Card Processor, and was originated in the ordinary course of
business of such Borrower, and (ii) is not ineligible for inclusion
in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses
(a) through (m) below. Without
limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card
Receivable, a Credit Card Receivable shall indicate no Person other
than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In determining the
amount to be so included, the face amount of a Credit Card
Receivable shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent
not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued
and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending,
promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges
or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be
obligated to rebate to a customer, a Credit Card Issuer or a Credit
Card Processor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or
understanding) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received
in respect of such Credit Card Receivable but not yet applied by
the applicable Borrower to reduce the amount of such Credit Card
Receivable. Any Credit Card Receivables meeting the foregoing
criteria shall be deemed Eligible Credit Card Receivables but only
as long as such Credit Card Receivable is not included within any
of the following categories, in
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which case such Credit Card Receivable shall not
constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:
(a) Credit Card
Receivables which do not constitute an "Account" (as defined in the
UCC);
(b) Credit Card
Receivables that have been outstanding for more than five (5)
Business Days from the date of sale of goods or services giving
rise to such Credit Card Receivables;
(c) Credit Card
Receivables with respect to which the applicable Borrower does not
have good and valid title, free and clear of any Lien (other than
Liens granted to the Administrative Agent and other Permitted
Liens);
(d) Credit Card
Receivables that are not subject to a first priority security
interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (other than Permitted
Liens having priority over the Lien of the Administrative Agent
under Applicable Law) (it being the intent that chargebacks in the
ordinary course by such Credit Card Processors and Credit Card
Issuers shall not be deemed violative of this clause);
(e) Credit Card
Receivables which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect
to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been
asserted (but only to the extent of such claim, counterclaim,
offset or chargeback);
(f) Credit Card
Receivables as to which the Credit Card Processor has the right
under certain circumstances to require to repurchase the Accounts
from such Credit Card Processor;
(g) Credit Card
Receivables due from a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor
of the applicable credit card which is the subject of any
bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings;
(h) Credit Card
Receivables which are not a valid, legally enforceable obligation
of the applicable Credit Card Issuer with respect thereto;
(i) Credit Card
Receivables which do not conform in all material respects to all
representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan
Documents relating to Credit Card Receivables;
(j) Credit Card
Receivables which are evidenced by "chattel paper" or an
"instrument" of any kind unless such "chattel paper" or
"instrument" is in the possession of the Administrative Agent and,
to the extent necessary or appropriate, endorsed to the
Administrative Agent;
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(k) Credit Card
Receivables arising from the use of a private label credit card
(i.e., any Credit Card Receivable where a Borrower or an Affiliate
of a Borrower is the Credit Card Issuer);
(l) Credit Card
Receivables payable by a Credit Card Processor that has not
received an irrevocable written instruction from the Administrative
Borrower to forward all items of payment to a Concentration Account
or Deposit Account; or
(m) Credit Card Receivables
arising from the use of a "co-branded" credit card with any
Borrower or any of its Affiliates which are deemed ineligible for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base by the Administrative Agent in the
exercise of its Permitted Discretion.
" Eligible Domestic Inventory " shall mean, as of any
particular date, the portion of the Inventory of the Borrowers that
the Administrative Agent, in the exercise of its Permitted
Discretion, determines to be Eligible Inventory; provided ,
however , that without limiting the right of the
Administrative Agent to establish other criteria of ineligibility,
Eligible Inventory shall not include any of the following
Inventory:
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Inventory that is not owned solely by a
Borrower;
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(b) Inventory that
does not conform to all of the warranties and representations
regarding the same which are set forth in this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents;
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Inventory that is not located in the continental
United States;
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(d) Inventory which is
located in any location leased by a Credit Party unless (i) the
landlord shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent a Collateral Access Agreement, (ii) the Administrative Agent
has established a Rent Reserve with respect to such leased location
or (iii) the aggregate Value of all Inventory located at such
leased location is less than $650,000 and the Administrative Agent
has determined in its Permitted Discretion that the landlord would
not have a Lien superior in priority (statutorily or otherwise) to
the Lien of the Administrative Agent on the Inventory at such
location (other than a Lien that the Administrative Agent
determines in its Permitted Discretion is superior only with
respect to Inventory located on the leased premises at the time the
Lien to the Administrative Agent was granted or would become
subordinate to the Lien of the Administrative Agent within a fixed
period of time not to exceed 12 months);
(e) Inventory which is
located at any location owned by a Credit Party but subject to a
mortgage in favor of a Person other than the Administrative Agent,
unless the mortgagee has delivered a Collateral Access Agreement or
other mortgagee agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent;
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(f) Inventory in
the possession of any bailee, warehouseman or similar party unless
such Person shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent a Collateral Access Agreement;
(g) Inventory that is
subject to any claim of reclamation, Lien (other than the Liens in
favor of the Administrative Agent or any other Permitted Lien that
is subordinate to the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent),
adverse claim, interest or right of any other Person, but only to
the extent of such adverse claim, interest or right;
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Inventory that has been consigned to or by any
Person;
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(i) Inventory
that is not in good condition or does not meet all standards
imposed by any Person having regulatory authority over such goods
or their use and/or sale, or Inventory that is not currently
saleable in the normal course of a Borrower’s
business;
(j) Inventory
that consists of work-in-process, fabric, trim, components or raw
materials;
(k) Inventory scheduled
for return to vendors, Inventory which is obsolete or slow-moving
(for purposes of this subsection, what constitutes "obsolete or
slow-moving" Inventory shall be determined by the Administrative
Agent in its Permitted Discretion), display items, packaging
materials, labels or name plates or similar supplies;
(l) Inventory
that is not personal property in which a Borrower has granted a
valid and continuing first priority Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, pursuant
to the Security Documents, or as to which all action necessary to
perfect such security interest has not been taken;
(m) Inventory that is
covered, in whole or in part, by any security agreement, financing
statement, equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation
statement which is on file or of record in any public office,
except such as may have been filed in favor of the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, pursuant to the
Security Documents;
(n) Inventory that is
subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or
copyright agreement with any third party requiring the payment of
royalties or fees or requiring the consent of the licensor for a
sale thereof by the Administrative Agent and is not subject to a
Licensor Consent Agreement that has been requested by the
Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; or
(o) yard Inventory to
the extent the aggregate amount thereof exceeds $2,500,000 or such
yard Inventory is otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent
in its Permitted Discretion to be ineligible because it is not
properly documented or counted, or Inventory of any Borrower that
has not yet delivered to the Administrative
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Agent a field audit and appraisal of all of its
Inventory, completed by auditors and appraisers selected by the
Administrative Agent.
" Eligible Inventory " shall mean Eligible Domestic
Inventory and Eligible In-Transit Inventory.
" Eligible In-Transit Inventory " shall mean all finished
goods which constitute In-Transit Inventory (without duplication of
any Eligible Domestic Inventory) owned the Borrowers that is on
international waters in transit to a location of a Borrower in the
United States or a customer of a Borrower that will take delivery
of such Inventory at the port of destination located in the United
States and as to which such In-Transit Inventory: (i) shall be the
subject of a Document located in the United States that (A)(x) in
the case of a negotiable Document, is made to the order of the
Administrative Agent (either directly or by means of one or more
endorsements or on such other terms as acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) and is in the possession of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or an Approved Freight
Handler or (y) in the case of a non-negotiable Document, is made to
the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank (either directly or by
means of one or more endorsements or assignments) or to a Borrower
if such Document shall state "[Name of applicable Borrower],
subject to the security interest of SunTrust Bank, as
administrative agent, Twenty-Third Floor, 303 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308" thereon and (B) was issued by the
carrier respecting the subject In-Transit Inventory, (ii) is
insured in accordance with Section 6.5 (including, without
limitation, with respect to marine insurance), (iii) with respect
to In-Transit Inventory that is subject to a non-negotiable
Document, such In-Transit Inventory shall be in the physical
possession of an Approved Freight Handler or its agents acting at
the Approved Freight Handler’s instruction and (iv) would not
be deemed ineligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base under
clauses (a), (b), (e) (other than in respect of any possessory Lien
of the related common carrier or any Lien in favor of a related
Approved Freight Handler), (f), (g), (i), (j) or (l) of the
definition of Eligible Domestic Inventory, treating such
eligibility criteria as applicable to such In-Transit Inventory;
provided , however , that the amount of Availability
derived by the Borrowers from Eligible In-Transit Inventory under
clause (a) of the definition of "Borrowing Base" shall not, at any
time, exceed $10,000,000. Upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, the Credit Parties shall promptly deliver to the
Administrative Agent copies of all such bills of lading or cargo
receipts.
" Environmental Laws " shall mean, collectively, any and
all applicable federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules,
orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or
requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to
or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning
environmental protection matters, including without limitation,
Hazardous Materials or human health, as now or may at any time
during the term of this Agreement be in effect.
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" Equity Interests " shall mean, as
applied to any Person, any capital stock, membership interests,
partnership interests or other equity interests of such Person,
regardless of class or designation, and all warrants, options,
purchase rights, conversion or exchange rights, voting rights,
calls or claims of any character with respect thereto.
" ERISA " shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as in effect on the Agreement Date and as
such Act may be amended thereafter from time to time.
" ERISA Affiliate " shall mean, with respect to any
Credit Party, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that together with such Credit Party, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
" ERISA Event " shall mean, with respect to any Credit
Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (a) any "reportable event" within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan
for which the thirty (30) day notice period has not been waived;
(b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate from a
Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year
in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan;
(d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan
or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section
4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution or threatened institution of
proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by
the PBGC; (f) the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer
Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; (g) the failure by any
Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required
contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Title IV Plan unless such
failure is cured within thirty (30) days; (h) any other event or
condition that would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds
under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or
Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, or (i) the revocation or threatened
revocation of a Plan’s tax-qualified status under Code
Section 401(a).
" E-System " shall mean any electronic system, including
Intralinks ® and any other internet or
extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned,
operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent, any of its
Affiliates or any other Person, providing for access to data
protected by passcodes or other security system.
" Eurodollar Advance " shall mean an Advance which the
Administrative Borrower requests to be made as a Eurodollar Advance
or which is continued as or converted to a Eurodollar Advance, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 .
" Eurodollar Advance Period " shall mean, for each
Eurodollar Advance, each one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6)
month period, as selected by the Administrative Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.2 , during which the applicable Eurodollar Rate
(but not the Applicable Margin) shall remain unchanged.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however:
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(a) any applicable Eurodollar Advance Period
which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless such
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Eurodollar Advance Period shall end on the next preceding Business
Day; (b) any applicable Eurodollar Advance Period which begins on a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month during which such Eurodollar Advance Period is to
end shall (subject to clause (a) above) end on the last day of such
calendar month; and (c) no Eurodollar Advance Period shall extend
beyond the Maturity Date or such earlier date as would interfere
with the repayment obligations of the Borrowers under Section
2.6 .
" Eurodollar Basis " shall mean, with respect to each
Eurodollar Advance Period, a simple per annum interest rate equal
to the quotient of (a) the Eurodollar Rate divided by (b) one minus
the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage, stated as a decimal. The
Eurodollar Basis shall remain unchanged during the applicable
Eurodollar Advance Period, except for changes to reflect
adjustments in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
" Eurodollar Rate " shall mean, for any Eurodollar
Advance Period, the rate per annum quoted on the display designated
on that page of the Bloomberg reporting service, or similar service
as determined by the Administrative Agent, that displays British
Banker’s Association Interest Settlement Rates for Dollar
deposits as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business
Days prior to the applicable date of determination; provided
, however , if the Administrative Agent determines that the
relevant foregoing sources are unavailable for the relevant
Eurodollar Advance Period, Eurodollar Rate shall mean the per annum
rate of interest determined by the Administrative Agent to be the
average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100
th of 1%) of the rates per annum at which deposits in
Dollars are offered to the Administrative Agent two (2) Business
Days preceding the first day of such Eurodollar Advance Period by
leading banks in the London interbank market as of 10:00 a.m.
(Atlanta, Georgia time) for delivery on the first day of such
Eurodollar Advance Period, for the number of days comprised therein
and in an amount comparable to the amount of the Eurodollar Advance
of the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event shall the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Advance Period
(including without limitation for purposes of clause (iii) of the
definition of Base Rate) shall be less than 2.00% per annum.
" Eurodollar Reserve Percentage " shall mean the
aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including, without
limitation, any emergency, supplemental, special or other marginal
reserves) expressed as a decimal (rounded upwards to the next one
one-hundredth of one percent (1/100th of 1%)) in effect on any day
to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the
Eurodollar Basis pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions)
("Regulation D") with respect to Eurocurrency Liabilities (as that
term is defined in Regulation D). Eurodollar Advances shall be
deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be
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subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may
be available from time to time to the Administrative Agent under
Regulation D. The Eurodollar Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage. The Eurodollar Basis for any Eurodollar Advance
shall be adjusted as of the effective date of any changes in the
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
" Event of Default " shall mean any of the events
specified in Section 9.1 , provided that any
requirement for notice or lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
" Exception Conditions " shall mean, with respect
to any event, that before and after giving pro forma effect to such
event, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) Availability would equal
or exceed the greater of (A) $20,000,000 and (B) thirty-three
percent (33%) of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, (iii)
the Administrative Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent its updated projected Availability and cash
flow reports, prepared in good faith based on reasonable
assumptions consistent with past practice, demonstrating that
Availability over the immediately following twelve consecutive
months will equal or exceed the greater of (A) $15,000,000 and (B)
twenty percent (20%) of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments,
and (iv) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be at least
1.1:1.0.
" Excluded Accounts " shall mean all deposit accounts and
disbursement accounts of any Credit Party that are not subject to
Control Account Agreements.
" Excluded Net Cash Proceeds " shall mean (i) any Net
Cash Proceeds from the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) all condemnation and casualty proceeds and proceeds
from business interruption insurance policies payable to any
Borrower with respect to any of its assets, other than Collateral,
to the extent such Borrower is required to turn over such proceeds
to its landlord or lender under the Havertacq Lease or any
documents relating to Permitted Real Estate Financing or
Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 8.12,
and (iii) Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of assets, other than
Collateral, to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are required to be
repaid pursuant to a Permitted Real Estate Financing.
" Executive Order No. 13224 " shall mean Executive Order
No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as
the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended,
amended or replaced.
" Existing Credit Agreement " shall mean that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2005, by and among the
Administrative Borrower, the lenders from time to time party
thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as Syndication Agent, and Bank of America,
N.A. and Regions Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents, as amended.
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" Existing Letters of Credit " shall mean
those certain letters of credit issued pursuant to the Existing
Credit Agreement outstanding on the Agreement Date, all such
letters of credit being listed on Schedule E-1 .
" Federal Funds Rate " shall mean, for any day, the rate
set forth in the weekly statistical release designated as
H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor,
"H.15(519)") on the preceding Business Day opposite the caption
"Federal Funds (Effective)"; or, if for any relevant day such rate
is not so published on any such preceding Business Day, the rate
for such day will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the
Administrative Agent of the rates for the last transaction in
overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 12:00 noon (Atlanta,
Georgia time) on that day by each of three (3) leading brokers of
Federal funds transactions in New York, New York selected by the
Administrative Agent.
" Fee Letter " shall mean that certain fee letter dated
as of the Agreement Date, executed by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey,
Inc. and the Administrative Agent and agreed to by the
Administrative Borrower.
" Financial Covenant " shall mean the financial covenant
applicable to the Credit Parties from time to time pursuant to
Section 8.10 .
" Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio " shall mean, with respect
to the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for
any period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis during such period, the
ratio of (a) the greater of (i) (x) EBITDAR for such period minus
(y) the sum of (A) the unfinanced portion of Capital Expenditures
made in cash during such period and (B) cash tax payments made
during such period, or (ii) zero, to (b) the sum of (i) scheduled
payments of principal made with respect to Funded Debt during such
period, (ii) Interest Expense paid or payable in cash during such
period, (iii) Restricted Purchases and Restricted Payments paid in
cash during such period and (iv) Lease Expense paid or payable in
cash during such period.
" Foreign Lender " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.8(b)(v) .
" Foreign Subsidiary " shall mean any Subsidiary that is
not a Domestic Subsidiary.
" Freight Handler " shall mean, as applicable, any
freight forwarder, customs broker, customs agent, shipper, shipping
company or similar Person utilized by a Borrower from time to time
in connection with the importation of Inventory.
" Fund " shall mean any Person that is (or will be)
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in
commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course of its business.
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" Funded Debt " shall mean, with respect
to the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and
without duplication, as of any calculation date, (a) any obligation
of such Person for borrowed money, including, without limitation,
all of the Obligations; (b) any obligation of such Person evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (c) any
obligation of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or for services (other than in the ordinary course of
business); (d) any Capitalized Lease Obligation; (e) any obligation
or liability of others secured by a Lien on property owned by such
Person, whether or not such obligation or liability is assumed; (f)
any debt, liability or obligation of such Person arising from or in
connection with any Hedge Agreements and, without double counting,
any other debt, liability or obligation arising from or in
connection with any Bank Products; (g) any reimbursement
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with respect
to letters of credit, bankers acceptances and similar instruments
issued for the account of such Person; (h) any Guaranty (except
items of shareholders’ equity or Equity Interests or surplus
or general contingency or deferred tax reserves); (i) any financial
obligation of such Person under purchase money mortgages; (j) any
financial obligation of such Person under asset securitization
vehicles; (k) any obligations of such Person under conditional
sales contracts and similar title retention instruments with
respect to property acquired; and (l) any financial obligation of
such Person as issuer of Equity Interests redeemable in whole or in
part at the option of a Person other than such issuer, at a fixed
and determinable date or upon the occurrence of an event not solely
within the control of such issuer; provided , however
, that notwithstanding anything in GAAP to the contrary, the amount
of all obligations shall be the full face amount of such
obligations.
" GAAP " shall mean, subject to Section 1.2 ,
generally accepted accounting principles and practices set forth
from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar
functions of comparable stature and authority within the US
accounting profession).
" Governmental Authority " shall mean any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and
any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government.
" Guarantors " shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and any other Person that has executed a Supplement as a
Guarantor or other document guaranteeing the Obligations; and
"Guarantor" shall mean any one of the foregoing Guarantors.
" Guaranty " or " guaranteed ," as applied to an
obligation (each a "primary obligation"), shall mean and include
(a) any guaranty, direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or
all of such primary obligation, and (b) any agreement, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is
to assure in any way the payment or performance (or payment of
damages in the event of non-performance) of any part or
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all of such primary obligation, including,
without limiting the foregoing, any reimbursement obligations as to
amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of outstanding letters of
credit, and any obligation of any Person, whether or not
contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any
property or asset constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or
payment of such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or the net worth, cash flow, solvency or
other balance sheet or income statement condition of any other
Person, (iii) to purchase property, assets, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner or holder of any
primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor with
respect to such primary obligation to make payment thereof or (iv)
otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner or holder of such
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. All references
in this Agreement to "this Guaranty" shall be to the Guaranty
provided for pursuant to the terms of Article 3.
" Havertacq Lease " shall mean that certain Lease
Agreement dated as of August 6, 2002 between HAVERTACQ 11 LLC, as
landlord, and the Administrative Borrower, as tenant, as the same
may be amended, restated or otherwise supplemented from time to
time.
" Hazardous Materials " shall mean any hazardous
materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous constituents, hazardous or
toxic substances, petroleum products (including crude oil or any
fraction thereof), friable asbestos containing materials defined or
regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law.
" Hedge Agreement " shall mean any and all transactions,
agreements or documents now existing or hereafter entered into
between or among any Credit Party, on the one hand, and a third
party, on the other hand, which provides for an interest rate,
credit or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange
transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap, currency
option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or
similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging such Credit
Party’s exposure to fluctuations in interest or exchange
rates, loan, credit exchange, security or currency valuations.
" Indemnified Person " shall mean each member of the
Lender Group, each Affiliate thereof and each of their respective
employees, representatives, officers, agents and directors.
" Insolvency Proceeding " shall mean any proceeding
commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other state, federal or non-US
bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of
creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions
generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization,
arrangement, or other similar relief.
" Interest Expense " shall mean, for the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries, for any period determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i)
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interest expense and loan fees, including
capitalized and non-capitalized interest and the interest component
of Capitalized Lease Obligations (whether or not actually paid
during such period) and (ii) the net amount payable (or minus the
net amount receivable) under any Hedge Agreement during such period
(whether or not actually paid or received during such
period).
" Interest Rate Basis " shall mean the Base Rate or the
Eurodollar Basis, as applicable.
" In-Transit Inventory " shall mean Inventory of a
Borrower that is currently in transit (whether by vessel, air or
land) from a location outside the United States to a location in
the United States.
" Inventory " shall mean all "inventory," as such term is
defined in the UCC, of each Credit Party, whether now existing or
hereafter acquired, wherever located, and in any event including
inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are
held by or on behalf of a Credit Party for sale or lease or are
furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, goods
that are leased by a Credit Party as lessor, or that constitute raw
materials, samples, work-in-process, finished goods, returned
goods, promotional materials or materials or supplies of any kind,
nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in
such Credit Party’s business or in the processing,
production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same,
including all supplies and embedded software.
" Investment " shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any loan, advance or extension of credit by such Person to, or any
Guaranty with respect to the Equity Interests, Funded Debt or other
obligations of, or any contributions to the capital of, any other
Person, or any ownership, purchase or other acquisition by such
Person of any Equity Interests of any other Person, other than any
acquisition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of
a Person or all or substantially all of the assets, property or
business of a Person.
" Issuing Bank " shall mean SunTrust Bank, or any other
Person who hereafter may be designated as the Issuing Bank pursuant
to an Assignment and Acceptance or otherwise.
" Lease Expense " shall mean, for any period, (i) the
aggregate amount of fixed and contingent rentals paid or payable by
the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries with respect to leases of real
and personal property (excluding Capitalized Lease Obligations)
minus (ii) the aggregate amount of sublease income received in cash
by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries with respect to leases of
real property (excluding Capitalized Lease Obligations), but not to
exceed the amount in clause (i), in each case determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period.
" Lender Agreement " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.17(a).
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" Lender Group " shall mean, collectively,
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders. In
addition, to the extent any Lender ceases to be a Lender hereunder,
it and its Affiliates shall continue to be deemed to be members of
the Lender Group with respect to all Bank Product Obligations that
it or its Affiliates entered into with any Credit Party during the
time period when it was a Lender hereunder.
" Lender Group Hedge Agreement " shall mean any and all
Hedge Agreements now existing or hereafter entered into between or
among any Credit Party, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent or any Lender (or an Affiliate thereof), on the other
hand.
" Lenders " shall mean those lenders whose names are set
forth on the signature pages to this Agreement under the heading
"Lenders" and any assignees of the Lenders who hereafter become
parties hereto pursuant to and in accordance with Section
11.5 ; and "Lender" shall mean any one of the foregoing
Lenders.
" Letter of Credit Commitment " shall mean the obligation
of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit in an aggregate face
amount from time to time not to exceed $20,000,000 pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
" Letter of Credit Obligations " shall mean, at any time,
the sum of (a) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
aggregate undrawn and unexpired stated amount (including the amount
to which any such Letter of Credit can be reinstated pursuant to
its terms) of the then outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (b) an
amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate drawn,
but unreimbursed drawings of any Letters of Credit.
" Letter of Credit Reserve Account " shall mean any
account maintained by the Administrative Agent the proceeds of
which shall be applied as provided in Section 9.2(d) .
" Letters of Credit " shall mean either Standby Letters
of Credit or Commercial Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing
Bank on behalf of the Borrowers from time to time in accordance
with Section 2.15 and the Existing Letters of Credit.
" License Agreement " shall mean any license agreement or
other agreement between a Credit Party and a Person duly holding
rights in a trademark, trade name or service mark pursuant to which
such Credit Party is granted a license to use such trademark, trade
name or service mark on Inventory of such Credit Party.
" Licensor Consent Agreement " shall mean an agreement
among the applicable Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and the
applicable licensor in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to which, among other things, the
licensor acknowledges the Lien of the Administrative Agent in the
Inventory that is subject to the applicable License Agreement and
agrees to permit the
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Administrative Agent to sell the Inventory that
is subject to the License Agreement upon and during the continuance
of an Event of Default.
" Lien " shall mean, with respect to any property, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, negative pledge agreement, assignment,
charge, option, security interest, title retention agreement, levy,
execution, seizure, attachment, garnishment, or other encumbrance
of any kind in respect of such property, whether or not choate,
vested, or perfected.
" Lien Acknowledgement Agreement " shall mean an
agreement between a Freight Handler and the Administrative Agent,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
pursuant to which, among other things, the Freight Handler (a)
acknowledges the Lien of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral
in the possession of the Freight Handler and any documents
evidencing same, (b) agrees to hold any documents of title
evidencing the Collateral as Administrative Agent’s agent and
bailee for purposes of perfecting the Administrative Agent’s
Lien on such Collateral and (c) if so instructed by the
Administrative Agent, agrees to return to the Administrative Agent
or otherwise deliver at its direction, all of the Collateral in its
custody, control or possession.
" Loan Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.7 .
" Loan Documents " shall mean this Agreement, any
Revolving Loan Notes, the Swing Loan Note, the Security Documents,
the Fee Letter, the Supplements, all reimbursement agreements
relating to Letters of Credit issued hereunder, all Compliance
Certificates, all Requests for Advance, all Requests for Issuance
of Letters of Credit, all Notices of Conversion/Continuation, all
Borrowing Base Certificates, all documents executed in connection
with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (if any), and all
other documents, lockbox agreements, instruments, certificates, and
agreements executed or delivered in connection with or contemplated
by this Agreement, including, without limitation, any security
agreements or guaranty agreements from any Borrower’s
Subsidiaries to the Lender Group, or any of them; provided ,
however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the
Bank Product Documents shall constitute Loan Documents.
" Loans " shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Loans,
the Swing Loans, the Agent Advances and the Overadvances.
" Margin Stock " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.1(t) .
" Material Contracts " shall mean, collectively, all
contracts, leases, instruments, guaranties, licenses or other
arrangements (other than the Loan Documents) to which any Credit
Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party is or becomes a party and
which are required to be filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission under Item 601(b)(4) or 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K (other than those required to be filed as a result
of Item 601(b)(10)(ii)(A), 601(b)(10)(iii)(A) or 601(b)(10)(iii)(B)
of Regulation S-K).
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" Materially Adverse Effect " shall mean,
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
singularly 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 on, (a) the business, results of operations, financial
condition, assets, or liabilities of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform any
of their obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) attachment,
perfection and/or priority of the Administrative Agent’s Lien
on a material portion of the Collateral, (d) the rights and
remedies of the Lender Group under any of the Loan Documents or (e)
the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents. In determining whether any individual event, act,
condition or occurrence of the foregoing types would result in a
Materially Adverse Effect, notwithstanding that a particular event,
act, condition or occurrence does not itself have such effect, a
Materially Adverse Effect shall be deemed to have occurred if the
cumulative effect of such event, act, condition or occurrence and
all other events, acts, conditions or occurrences of the foregoing
types which have occurred would result in a Materially Adverse
Effect.
" Maturity Date " shall mean December 22, 2011, or such
earlier date as payment of the Loans shall be due (whether by
acceleration or otherwise).
" Maximum Guaranteed Amount " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3.1(g) .
" Moody’s " shall mean Moody’s Investor
Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
" Multiemployer Plan " shall mean a "multiemployer plan"
as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to which any Credit
Party or ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make or has
made or been obligated to make, contributions on behalf of
participants who are or were employed by any of them.
" Necessary Authorizations " shall mean all material
authorizations, consents, permits, approvals, licenses, and
exemptions from, and all filings and registrations with, and all
reports to, any Governmental Authority whether federal, state,
local, and all agencies thereof, which are required for the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the conduct of
the businesses and the ownership (or lease) of the properties and
assets of the Credit Parties.
" Net Cash Proceeds " shall mean, with respect to any
sale, lease, transfer, casualty loss or other disposition or loss
of assets by any Credit Party or any issuance by any Credit Party
of any Equity Interests or the incurrence by any Credit Party of
any Funded Debt (other than the Obligations), the aggregate amount
of cash received for such assets or Equity Interests, or as a
result of such Funded Debt, net of reasonable and customary
transaction costs properly attributable to such transaction and
payable by such Credit
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Party in connection with such sale, lease,
transfer or other disposition of assets or the issuance of any
Equity Interests or the incurrence of any Funded Debt, including,
without limitation, sales commissions and underwriting discounts,
and net of any taxes due as result of such transaction.
" Net Income " shall mean, for any period, the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, but excluding therefrom (to the extent
otherwise included therein) (i) any extraordinary gains, (ii)
any gains attributable to write-ups of assets, and (iii) any
Equity Interest of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of the Borrowers
in the unremitted earnings of any person that is not a Subsidiary,
but including (iv) any income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior
to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or
consolidated with any Borrower or any Subsidiary on the date that
such Person’s assets are acquired by such Borrower or such
Subsidiary.
" Net Mark-to-Market Exposure " of any
Person shall mean, as of any date, with respect to any obligation
under any Hedge Agreement, the excess (if any) of all unrealized
losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising under
such Hedge Agreement. "Unrealized losses" shall mean the fair
market value of the cost to such Person of replacing the Hedge
Agreement as of such date (assuming the Hedge Agreement was to be
terminated as of that date), and "unrealized profits" means the
fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such
Hedge Agreement as of such date (assuming such Hedge Agreement were
to be terminated as of that date).
" Net Real Estate Exchange Value " shall mean the
aggregate amount by which the fair market value of any owned real
property of the Administrative Borrower substituted or exchanged
for real property leased by the Administrative Borrower under the
Havertacq Lease or any Sale-Leaseback Transaction permitted under
Section 8.12 , exceeds the sum of (A) the fair market value
of such leased real property of the Administrative Borrower plus
(B) any casualty or condemnation proceeds received by the
Administrative Borrower in respect of such property, to the extent
not turned over to any third party.
" New Lender " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.17(a) .
" NOLV " shall mean, as to any particular asset, the
value that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation
thereof, as determined from time to time by a qualified appraiser
reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent, net of all
liquidation costs and expenses.
" Non-Funding Lender " shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.10 .
" Notes " shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Loan
Notes and the Swing Loan Note.
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" Notice of Conversion/Continuation "
shall mean a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit D
.
"Notice of Requested Commitment Increase " shall mean a
notice substantially in the form of Exhibit J
" Obligations " shall mean (a) all payment and
performance obligations as existing from time to time of the Credit
Parties to the Lender Group, or any of them, under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents (including all Letter of Credit
Obligations and including any interest, fees and expenses that, but
for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued), or
as a result of making the Loans or issuing the Letters of Credit,
(b) the obligation to pay an amount equal to the amount of any and
all damages which the Lender Group, or any of them, may suffer by
reason of a breach by any Credit Party of any obligation, covenant,
or undertaking with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and (c) any Bank Product Obligations of any Credit Party
owed to any member of the Lender Group; provided that (i)
Obligations in respect of Bank Products provided by SunTrust Bank
or its Affiliates, or with respect to which SunTrust Bank or its
Affiliates are counterparties, shall constitute Obligations
entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents without any
further action on the part of any Person, and (ii) Obligations in
respect of Bank Products provided by any Lender (other than
SunTrust Bank) or its Affiliates, or with respect to which any
Lender (other than SunTrust Bank) or its Affiliates are
counterparties, shall constitute Obligations upon delivery of a
letter agreement in form and substance acceptable to the
Administrative Agent signed by the applicable Lender or its
Affiliate and the Administrative Borrower pursuant to which such
applicable Lender or its Affiliate (i) appoints the Administrative
Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents, (ii) agrees
to be bound by the provisions of Articles 10 and 11 hereof and
(iii) designates obligations related to such Bank Product
Obligations as Obligations entitled to the benefits of the Security
Documents.
" OFAC " shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the United States Department of the Treasury.
" Other Taxes " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.8(b)(ii) .
" Overadvance " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.1(e) .
" Participant " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.5(d) .
" Payment Date " shall mean the last day of each
Eurodollar Advance Period for a Eurodollar Advance.
" PBGC " shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions
under ERISA.
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" Permitted Discretion " shall mean a
determination made in the exercise of reasonable commercial
discretion from the perspective of an asset-based
lender.
" Permitted Liens " shall mean, as applied to any
Person:
(a) Any Lien in favor
of the Administrative Agent or any other member of the Lender Group
given to secure the Obligations, including any cash
collateralization of any Letter of Credit;
(b) (i) Liens on real
estate for real estate taxes not yet delinquent and (ii) Liens
for taxes, assessments, judgments, governmental charges or levies,
or claims not yet delinquent or the non-payment of which is being
diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which adequate reserves have been set aside on such
Person’s books;
(c) Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, laborers, suppliers, workers and
materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums
not yet due or being diligently contested in good faith, if such
reserve or appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by
GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(d) Liens incurred in
the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s
compensation and unemployment insurance or other types of social
security benefits;
(e) Easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning or deed
restrictions), and other similar encumbrances on the use of real
property which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative
Agent do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
such Person;
(f) Purchase
money security interests and Liens securing Capitalized Lease
Obligations provided that such Lien attaches only to the asset
(which asset shall not constitute Inventory) so purchased or leased
by such Person and secures only Funded Debt incurred by such Person
in order to purchase or lease such asset, but only to the extent
permitted by Section 8.1(d) ;
(g) Deposits or escrows
in favor of a seller of assets to a Credit Party and required in
connection with acquisitions permitted under Section 8.7(d)
or in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Any interest
(including landlord liens arising by statute or otherwise) or title
of a lessor under any leases or subleases for property other than
Inventory entered into by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Liens arising
from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements
regarding operating leases;
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(j) Leases or
subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to
intellectual property and software) of any property other than
Inventory granted to others in the ordinary course of business not
interfering in any material respect with the business of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(k) Liens on securities
that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Cash
Equivalents in favor of the counterparty to such repurchase
agreement;
(l) Deposits to
secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, tenders, sales,
leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(m) Possessory Liens of any
common carrier or Approved Freight Handler in the ordinary course
of business; and
(n) Liens on assets not
constitution Collateral so long as the amount secured does not
exceed $100,000 in the aggregate.
" Permitted Real Estate Financing" shall mean Funded Debt
secured by one or more parcels of real estate owned by any Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries so long as such Liens do not extend to
the Collateral.
" Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transaction " shall mean the
sale-leaseback transaction under the Havertacq Lease and any other
Sale-Leaseback Transaction permitted under Section 8.12
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" Person " shall mean an individual, corporation,
partnership, trust, joint stock company, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, other legal entity or joint venture or
a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
" Plan " shall mean an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that any Credit Party or ERISA
Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to
contribute to or has maintained, contributed to or had an
obligation to contribute to at any time within the past six (6)
years on behalf of participants who were employed by any Credit
Party or ERISA Affiliate.
" Pledge Agreement " shall mean that certain Pledge
Agreement dated as of the Agreement Date among the Credit Parties
and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of, and for the benefit of,
the Lender Group.
" Principal Disbursement Account " shall mean account
number 2000186446638 maintained at Wachovia Bank, National
Association, or as otherwise designated to the Administrative Agent
by the Administrative Borrower.
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" Pro Forma Basis " shall mean for
purposes of determining compliance with the Financial Covenant and
the defined terms relating thereto, giving pro forma effect to any
acquisition or sale of a Person, all or substantially all of the
business or assets of a Person, and any related incurrence,
repayment or refinancing of Funded Debt (including any changes in
interest expense), Capital Expenditures or other related
transactions which would otherwise be accounted for as an
adjustment permitted by Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or
on a pro forma basis under GAAP, in each case, as if such
acquisition or sale and related transactions were realized on the
first day of the relevant period.
" Property " shall mean any real property or personal
property, plant, building, facility, structure, underground storage
tank or unit, equipment, Inventory or other asset owned, leased or
operated by the Credit Parties, their Subsidiaries or any of them
(including, without limitation, any surface water thereon or
adjacent thereto, and soil and groundwater thereunder).
" Qualified Receivables " shall mean all Accounts
generated through the Havertys proprietary finance program, earned
by performance, representing the bona fide amounts due to a
Borrower from a customer and originated in the ordinary course of
business of such Borrower, but excluding (i) Accounts that are not
owned by a Credit Party or that are the subject of any Lien, other
than Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, (ii) any Accounts
related to a contract with a payment that is past due for more than
thirty (30) days on a contractual basis (without modification or
adjustment of the original due dates), (iii) Accounts subject to
counterclaims, defense, offsets or dispute, but only to the extent
of such counterclaims, defense, offsets or dispute, (iv) Accounts
that arises from a sale to any director, officer, other employee or
Affiliate of any Credit Party, or to any entity that has any common
officer with any Credit Party, (v) Accounts that do not conform to
such Borrower’s credit criteria or are not creditworthy as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion,
(vi) Accounts owed by an account debtor that has filed for
bankruptcy, is insolvent or has otherwise sought relief under any
federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws, (vii) Accounts
arising under contracts in which the first scheduled payment is
more than sixty (60) days from the original date of the contract,
(viii) Accounts arising under contracts with payments schedules
other than monthly fully amortizing terms, (ix) Accounts under
contracts which are modified or rewritten to extend the terms or
reduce payments, (x) Accounts under contracts with more than two
(2) extensions or missed payments during any twelve (12) month
period, or Accounts under contracts on which the first payment is
missed or extended, (xi) Accounts that arises with respect to goods
that have not yet been delivered, or goods that are delivered on a
bill-and-hold, cash-on-delivery basis or placed on consignment,
guaranteed sale or other terms by reason of which the payment by
the Account Debtor is or may be conditional, (xii) Accounts arising
under contracts that mature greater than thirty-six (36) months
from the date Qualified Receivables are being measured, (xiii) as
to which any of the representations or warranties in the Loan
Documents are untrue, and (xiv) such other ineligibility criteria
as may be established by the Administrative Agent in its
Permitted
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Discretion; provided , however,
that until delivery to the Administrative Agent after the Closing
Date of the first field audit of Accounts, performed by an examiner
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, clause (x) will
not be applicable and in lieu thereof, Qualified Receivables shall
be reduced by $600,000.
" Register " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.5(c) .
" Reimbursement Obligations " shall mean the payment
obligations of the Borrowers under Section 2.15(d) .
" Rent Reserve " shall mean, with respect to any leased
real property at which the Value of Inventory is in excess of
$650,000 or a landlord would have a Lien superior in priority
(statutorily or otherwise) to the Lien of the Administrative Agent
on the Inventory at such location (other than a Lien that the
Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion is
superior only with respect to Inventory located on the leased
premises at the time the Lien to the Administrative Agent was
granted or would become subordinate to the Lien of the
Administrative Agent within a fixed period of time not to exceed 12
months), an amount equal to three (3) months rental expense for
such leased real property (or such other amount as the
Administrative Agent may deem appropriate in its Permitted
Discretion based on the circumstances). For the avoidance of doubt,
the Borrower shall have the right to require the Administrative
Agent to establish a Rent Reserve.
" Replacement Event " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.16 .
" Replacement Lender " shall have the meaning specified
in Section 11.16 .
" Request for Advance " shall mean any certificate signed
by an Authorized Signatory of the Administrative Borrower
requesting a new Advance hereunder, which certificate shall be
denominated a " Request for Advance ," and shall be in
substantially the form of Exhibit E . Each Request for
Advance shall, among other things, specify the date of the Advance,
which shall be a Business Day, the amount of the Advance, and the
type of Advance.
" Request for Issuance of Letter of Credit " shall mean
any certificate signed by an Authorized Signatory of the
Administrative Borrower requesting that the Issuing Bank issue a
Letter of Credit hereunder, which certificate shall be in
substantially the form of Exhibit F , and shall, among other
things, (a) specify that the requested Letter of Credit is either a
Commercial Letter of Credit or a Standby Letter of Credit, (b) the
stated amount of the Letter of Credit (which shall be in Dollars),
(c) the effective date (which shall be a Business Day) for the
issuance of such Letter of Credit, (d) the date on which such
Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall be a Business Day and
which shall be subject to Section 2.15(a) ), (e) the Person
for whose benefit such Letter of Credit is to be issued, (f) other
relevant terms of such Letter of Credit, and (g) the Available
Letter of Credit Amount as of the scheduled date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit.
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" Required Lenders " shall mean (i) at any
time that the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments are $60,000,000
or less, Lenders holding 66 2/3% or more of the aggregate
outstanding Revolving Loan Commitments at such time or if the
Lenders have no Revolving Loan Commitments outstanding, then
Lenders holding 66 2/3% or more of the Revolving Credit Exposure,
but in no event less than two Lenders party to this Agreement and
(ii) at any time that the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments
exceed $60,000,000, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate
outstanding Revolving Loan Commitments at such time or if the
Lenders have no Revolving Loan Commitments outstanding, then
Lenders holding more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Exposure, but
in no event less than two Lenders party to this Agreement;
provided , however , that to the extent that any
Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, its
Revolving Loan Commitment and its Revolving Credit Exposure shall
be excluded for purposes of determining Required Lenders (including
when there are only two Lenders party to this
Agreement).
" Reserves " shall mean reserves that the Administrative
Agent may establish from time to time in its Permitted Discretion
for such purposes as the Administrative Agent shall deem necessary.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following
reserves shall be deemed an exercise of the Administrative
Agent’s Permitted Discretion: (a) reserves for price
adjustments and damages; (b) reserves for obsolescence of
Inventory; (c) reserves for special order goods (which shall not
include the Borrowers’ standard goods subject to customary
customization by buyers) and deferred shipment sales; (d) reserves
for accrued but unpaid ad valorem, sales, excise and personal
property tax liability; (e) Bank Product Reserves;
(f) reserves for accrued, unpaid interest on the Obligations;
(g) reserves for warehousemen’s, bailees’,
shippers’ or carriers’ charges or for landlord’s
charges (other than rent); (h) reserves for customs charges and
shipping charges related to any Eligible In Transit Inventory; (i)
Rent Reserves; and (j) a reserve equal to (A) the aggregate
Customer Deposits, less (B) 50% of Qualified Receivables, provided
that in no event shall such reserve be less than $0. For purposes
of this definition of Reserves, "Customer Deposits" shall mean the
sum of (i) for any customer deposit for layaway, special order and
similar items, the amount of such customer deposit and (ii) for any
customer deposits with respect to inventory that has been sold but
not yet delivered to customers, the lesser of (A) such customer
deposit and (B) the greater of (1) the cost of inventory associated
with such customer deposit, or if the cost of such inventory is
estimated, the most recent monthly cost-of-goods-sold margin
multiplied by such customer deposit, and (2) 50% of such customer
deposit.
" Restricted Payment " shall mean (a) Dividends, (b)
loans by any Credit Party to any holder of Equity Interests in the
Borrowers, (c) any payment of management, consulting or similar
fees payable by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit
Party to any Affiliate, or (d) any redemption, purchase,
retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment or any
claim of rescission with respect to the capital stock of a Credit
Party.
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" Restricted Purchase " shall mean any
payment on account of the purchase, redemption, or other
acquisition or retirement of any shares of Equity Interests of any
Credit Party.
" Retiree Welfare Plan " shall mean a Plan that is an
"employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 3(1)
of ERISA that provides for continuing coverage or benefits for any
participant or any beneficiary of a participant after such
participant’s termination of employment, other than
continuation coverage provided pursuant to Code Section 4980B (or
applicable state law mandating health insurance continuation
coverage for employees) and at the sole expense of the participant
or the beneficiary.
" Revolving Commitment Ratio " shall mean, with respect
to any Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the
Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender, divided by (b) the
Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
" Revolving Credit Exposure " shall mean, with respect to
any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its participation
interest in all Letter of Credit Obligations, Agent Advances,
Overadvances and Swing Loans.
" Revolving Loan Commitment " shall mean, with respect to
each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans
to the Borrowers and to acquire participations in Letters of
Credit, Agent Advances, Overadvances and Swing Loans, in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount set forth with
respect to such Lender on Schedule 1 , as increased,
decreased or modified pursuant to Section 2.17 or through
assignments in accordance with the terms hereof.
" Revolving Loan Notes " shall mean those certain
promissory notes issued by the Borrowers to each of the Lenders
that requests a promissory note, in accordance with each such
Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, in substantially the form
of Exhibit G .
" Revolving Loans " shall mean, collectively, the amounts
(other than Agent Advances and Swing Loans) advanced from time to
time by the Lenders to the Borrowers under the Revolving Loan
Commitments, not to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments.
" S&P " shall mean Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
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" Sale-Leaseback Transaction " shall have
the meaning specified in Section 8.12 .
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" Sanctioned Country " shall mean a
country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list
maintained by OFAC and available at
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/index.html, or
as otherwise published from time to time.
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" Sanctioned Person " shall mean (i) a
Person named on the list of "Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons" maintained by OFAC available at
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sdn/index.html, or as
otherwise published from time to time, or (ii) (A) an agency of the
government of a Sanctioned Country, (B) an organization controlled
by a Sanctioned Country, or (C) a person resident in a Sanctioned
Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered
by OFAC.
" SEA " shall mean the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time or any similar
Federal law then in force.
" Securities Act " shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or any similar Federal law then in force.
" Security Agreement " shall mean that certain Security
Agreement dated as of the Agreement Date among the Credit Parties
and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of, and for the benefit of,
the Lender Group.
" Security Documents " shall mean, collectively, the
Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Control Account
Agreements, the Collateral Access Agreements, all UCC-1 financing
statements and any other document, instrument or agreement granting
Liens securing the Obligations, including without limitation any
documents or agreements delivered pursuant to Section 6.23 ,
in each case as the same may be amended or modified from time to
time.
" Standby Letter of Credit " shall mean a Letter of
Credit issued to support obligations of any Credit Party that is
not a Commercial Letter of Credit.
" Subsidiary " shall mean, as applied to any Person, (a)
any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of its board of
directors, regardless of the existence at the time of a right of
the holders of any class or classes of securities of such
corporation to exercise such voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency, or any partnership or limited
liability company of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding partnership interests or membership interests, as the
case may be, is at the time owned by such Person, or by one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, and (b) any other entity which is
controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person, or by one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person.
" Subsidiary Guarantors " shall mean all Subsidiaries of
the Borrowers signatory to this Agreement as a "Guarantor" and all
Subsidiaries of the Borrowers that have executed and delivered a
Supplement.
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" Supplement " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 6.20 .
" Swing Bank " shall mean SunTrust Bank, or any other
Lender who shall agree with the Administrative Agent to act as
Swing Bank, and which is approved by the Administrative
Borrower.
" Swing Loan Note " shall mean the promissory note of the
Borrowers payable to the Swing Bank, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H .
" Swing Loans " shall mean, collectively, the amounts
advanced from time to time by the Swing Bank to the Borrowers in
accordance with Section 2.2(g) .
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" Taxes " shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.8(b)(i) .
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" Title IV Plan " shall mean a Plan that
is an "employee pension benefit plan," within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA, that is covered by Title IV of
ERISA.
" UCC " shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the
same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State
of Georgia; provided , that to the extent that the UCC is
used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently
in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of
such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern;
provided further , that in the event that, by reason
of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment,
perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the
Administrative Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by
the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a
jurisdiction other than the State of Georgia, the term "UCC" shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such
other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof
relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and
for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
" Unfunded Pension Liability " shall mean at any time,
the aggregate amount, if any, of the sum of (a) the amount by which
the present value of all accrued benefits under each Title IV Plan
exceeds the fair market value of all assets of such Title IV Plan
allocable to such benefits in accordance with Title IV of ERISA,
all determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such
Title IV Plan using the actuarial assumptions for funding purposes
in effect under such Title IV Plan, and (b) for a period of five
(5) years following a transaction which might reasonably be
expected to be covered by Section 4069 of ERISA, the liabilities
(whether or not accrued) that could be avoided by any Credit Party
or any ERISA Affiliate as a result of such transaction.
" Uniform Customs " shall mean the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits (2006 Revision), International
Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
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" Unused Line Fee " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.4(b) .
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" USA Patriot Act " shall mean the Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001,
Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001), as the same has been, or
shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or
replaced.
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" US " or " United States " shall
mean the United States of America.
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" Value " shall mean, at any particular
date, with respect to any item of Inventory such item of
Inventory’s cost, valued in accordance with the "First-In,
First-Out" method of accounting.
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" Voidable Transfer " shall have the
meaning specified in Section 11.18 .
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Section 1.2
Accounting Principles. The classification, character and
amount of all assets, liabilities, capital accounts and reserves
and of all items of income and expense to be determined, and any
consolidation or other accounting computation to be made, and the
interpretation of any definition containing any financial term,
pursuant to this Agreement shall be determined and made in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied (subject to the proviso
below), unless such principles are inconsistent with the express
requirements of this Agreement; provided that if at any time
any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial
ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Administrative Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request,
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Administrative
Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of
such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required
Lenders); provided further , if the parties are
unable to agree, such determination shall continue to be made in
accordance with the previous accounting principles, methods and
policies of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries. All accounting
terms used herein without definition shall be used as defined under
GAAP. All financial calculations hereunder shall, unless otherwise
stated, be determined for the Borrowers on a consolidated basis
with their Subsidiaries.
Section 1.3 Other
Interpretive Matters . Each definition of an agreement in this
Article 1 shall include such instrument or agreement as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
with, if required, the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders, except as provided in Section 11.12 and otherwise
to the extent permitted under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Except where the context otherwise requires, definitions
imparting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. The
words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement,
unless otherwise specifically provided herein. References in this
Agreement to "Articles", "Sections", "Schedules" or "Exhibits"
shall be to Articles, Sections, Schedules or Exhibits of or to this
Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. The words
"include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation", whether or not so
expressly stated in each
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such instance, and the term "or" has, except
where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the
phrase "and/or". The word "will" shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect as the word "shall". "Writing", "written"
and comparable terms refer to printing, typing, computer disk,
e-mail and other means of reproducing words in a visible form.
Except where otherwise specifically restricted, reference to a
party to a Loan Document includes that party and its successors and
assigns. An Event of Default, if one occurs, shall "exist",
"continue" or be "continuing" until such Event of Default has been
waived in writing in accordance with Section 11.12 . All
terms used herein which are defined in Article 9 of the UCC and
which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings
herein as set forth therein. Whenever the term "reasonable
attorneys fees" is used in any Loan Document, it shall be deemed to
mean the reasonable attorneys fees actually incurred and shall not
be determined by reference to any statutorily prescribed
percentage.
ARTICLE 2.
THE LOANS AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section 2.1 Extension of
Credit . Subject to the terms and conditions of, and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties made in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Lender agrees,
severally and not jointly with the other Lenders, to extend credit
to the Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its
Revolving Loan Commitment.
(a) The Revolving
Loans. Each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly with the
other Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, to lend and relend to the Borrowers, from time to time
on any Business Day prior to the Maturity Date, amounts which in
the aggregate do not exceed the lesser of (i) such Lender’s
ratable share (based upon such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
Ratio) of Availability, to the extent in effect at such time of
determination, as of such Business Day and (ii) such Lender’s
Revolving Loan Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof and prior to the Maturity Date, Advances under the Revolving
Loan Commitments may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time on
a revolving basis and shall be funded ratably by the Lenders based
on their respective Revolving Commitment Ratios.
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(c)
The Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, the Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of
Credit for the account of the Borrowers, from time to time on any
Business Day prior to the date thirty (30) days prior to the
Maturity Date, pursuant to Section 2.15 in an outstanding
face amount not to exceed, with respect to the issuance of any
individual Letter of Credit as of any Business Day, the Available
Letter of Credit Amount as of such Business Day; provided ,
however , if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing
Bank shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit unless the
Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to
it
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and the Administrative Borrower to eliminate the
Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in
Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, including by cash
collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s proportionate share
of the Letter of Credit Obligations.
(d) The Swing
Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Swing Bank, in its sole discretion, may from time to time on
any Business Day after the Agreement Date but prior to the Maturity
Date, make Swing Loans to the Borrowers (i) in an amount not to
exceed Availability as of such Business Day and (ii) in an
aggregate amount (including all Swing Loans outstanding as of such
Business Day) not to exceed the lesser of (A) the excess of (1) the
Swing Bank’s Revolving Loan Commitment less (2) the Swing
Lender’s outstanding Swing Loans and all other Revolving
Credit Exposure and (B) $5,000,000.
(i) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the
limitations set forth in this subsection (e), at the request of the
Administrative Borrower, the Administrative Agent may in its sole
discretion (but with absolutely no obligation), make Revolving
Loans to the Borrowers, on behalf of the Lenders, in amounts that
exceed Availability (any such excess Revolving Loans are herein
referred to collectively as " Overadvances ");
provided that (i) the aggregate amount of Overadvances
outstanding at any time, together with the aggregate amount of
Agent Advances outstanding at such time, shall not exceed
$5,000,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding Overadvances
plus the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the
Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments and (iii) the Borrowers shall,
jointly and severally, pay all Overadvance on the earlier of demand
by the Administrative Agent and 30 days after such Overadvances
were funded. Overadvances may be made even if the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.2 have not been satisfied.
All Overadvances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall
constitute Obligations hereunder. All Overadvances shall be Base
Rate Advances. The Administrative Agent’s authorization to
make Overadvances may be revoked at any time by the Required
Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become
effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s
receipt thereof.
(ii) Upon the making of
an Overadvance (whether before or after the occurrence of a
Default), each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by
any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased
from the Administrative Agent, without recourse or warranty, an
undivided interest and participation in such Overadvance in
proportion to its Revolving Commitment Ratio. The Administrative
Agent may, at any time (and shall, on at least a weekly basis when
any Overadvance is outstanding), require the Lenders
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to fund their participations. From and after the
date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its
participation in any Overadvance purchased hereunder, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment Ratio of all payments of
principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by
the Administrative Agent in respect of such Overadvance.
(i) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the
limitations set forth in this subsection (f), the Administrative
Agent is authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to
time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but shall
have absolutely no obligation to), (A) at any time that a Default
exists, or (B) at any time that any of the other conditions
precedent set forth in Article 4 have not been satisfied, to make
advances to the Borrowers, on behalf of all Lenders, which the
Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary
or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any
portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the
amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations, or (iii)
to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the
Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including costs,
fees, and expenses as provided under this Agreement (any of such
advances are herein referred to as " Agent Advances ");
provided that (i) the aggregate amount of Agent Advances
outstanding at any time, together with the aggregate amount of
Overadvances outstanding at such time, shall not exceed $5,000,000,
(ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding Agent Advances plus the
aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments and (iii) the Borrowers shall, jointly
and severally, pay all Agent Advances on the earlier of demand by
the Administrative Agent and 30 days after such Agent Advances were
funded. Agent Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 4.2 have not been satisfied. All Agent
Advances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall constitute
Obligations hereunder. All Agent Advances shall be Base Rate
Advances. The Administrative Agent’s authorization to make
Agent Advances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders.
Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective
prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt
thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly provide to the
Administrative Borrower written notice of any Agent
Advance.
(ii) Upon the making of
an Agent Advance by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the
terms hereof, each Lender shall be deemed, without further action
by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably
purchased from the Administrative Agent, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Agent
Advance in
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proportion to its Revolving Commitment Ratio.
From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to
fund its participation in any Agent Advance purchased hereunder,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender,
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Ratio of all payments of
principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by
the Administrative Agent in respect of such Agent
Advance.
(iii) Each Agent Advance
shall be subject to all terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents applicable to Revolving Loans, except that
all payments thereon shall be made to the Administrative Agent
solely for its own account and the making of any Agent Advance
shall not require the consent of the Borrowers. The Administrative
Agent shall have no duty or obligation to make any Agent Advance
hereunder.
(iv) The Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender no less frequently than weekly, as
determined by the Administrative Agent, of the principal amount of
Agent Advances outstanding as of 12:00 noon (Atlanta, Georgia time)
as of such date, and each Lender’s pro rata share thereof.
Each Lender shall before 2:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on such
Business Day make available to the Administrative Agent, in
immediately available funds, the amount of its pro rata share of
such principal amount of Agent Advances outstanding. Upon such
payment by a Lender, such Lender shall be deemed to have made a
Revolving Loan to the Borrowers, notwithstanding any failure of the
Borrowers to satisfy the conditions in Section 4.2 . The
Administrative Agent shall use such funds to repay the principal
amount of Agent Advances. Additionally, if at any time any Agent
Advances are outstanding, any of the events described in
Sections 9.1(g) or 9.1(h) shall have occurred, then
each Lender shall automatically, upon the occurrence of such event,
and without any action on the part of the Administrative Agent, the
Borrowers or the Lenders, be deemed to have purchased an undivided
participation in the principal and interest of all Agent Advances
then outstanding in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment Ratio and each Lender shall, notwithstanding
such Event of Default, immediately pay to the Administrative Agent
in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender’s
participation (and upon receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent
shall deliver to such Lender, a loan participation certificate
dated the date of receipt of such funds in such amount). The
disbursement of funds in connection with the settlement of Agent
Advances hereunder shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 2.2(e) .
(g) Loans in excess
of Availability . If at any time the amount of the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Obligations exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments,
the Borrowing Base or any other applicable limitation set forth in
this Agreement (including, without limitation, the limitations on
Swing Loans, Agent Advances, Overadvances and Letters of Credit)
such excess shall nevertheless constitute a portion of the
Obligations
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that are secured by the Collateral and are
entitled to all benefits thereof. In no event, however, shall the
Borrowers have any right whatsoever to (i) receive any Revolving
Loan, (ii) receive any Swing Loan, or (iii) request the issuance of
any Letter of Credit if, before or after giving effect thereto,
there shall exist a Default, and in no event shall the Borrowers
have any right whatsoever to receive any Agent Advance or
Overadvance. In the event that (1) the Lenders shall make any
Revolving Loans, (2) the Swing Bank shall make any Swing Loan, (3)
the Administrative Agent shall make any Agent Advances or
Overadvances or (4) the Issuing Bank shall agree to the issuance of
any Letter of Credit, which in any such case gives rise to the
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Revolving Loan Commitments,
the Borrowing Base or any other applicable limitation set forth in
this Agreement, the Borrowers shall make, on demand, a payment on
the Obligations to be applied to the Revolving Loans, the Swing
Loans, the Agent Advances, the Overadvances and the Letter of
Credit Reserve Account, as appropriate, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to such excess.
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Section 2.2
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Manner of Borrowing and Disbursement of
Loans .
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(a)
Choice of Interest Rate, etc. Any Advance shall, at the
option of the Administrative Borrower, be made either as a Base
Rate Advance or as a Eurodollar Advance (except for the first three
(3) Business Days after the Agreement Date, during which period the
Loans shall bear interest as a Base Rate Advance); provided
, however , that (i) if the Administrative Borrower fails to
give the Administrative Agent written notice specifying whether a
Eurodollar Advance is to be repaid, continued or converted on a
Payment Date, such Advance shall be converted to a Base Rate
Advance on the Payment Date in accordance with Section
2.3(a)(iii) , (ii) the Administrative Borrower may not select a
Eurodollar Advance (A) with respect to Swing Loans, (B) with
respect to an Advance, the proceeds of which are to reimburse the
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.15 , or (C) if, at the
time of such Advance or at the time of the continuation of, or
conversion to, a Eurodollar Advance pursuant to Section
2.2(c) , a Default exists, and (iii) all Agent Advances and
Overadvances shall be made as Base Rate Advances. Any notice given
to the Administrative Agent in connection with a requested Advance
hereunder shall be given to the Administrative Agent prior to (i)
1:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) with respect to Base Rate
Advances and Eurodollar Advances and (ii) 2:00 p.m. (Atlanta,
Georgia time) with respect to Swing Loans in order for such
Business Day to count toward the minimum number of Business Days
required.
(i) Initial
and Subsequent Advances . The Administrative Borrower shall
give the Administrative Agent in the case of Base Rate Advances
irrevocable notice by telephone not later than 1:00 p.m. (Atlanta,
Georgia time) on the requested date of such Base Rate Advance and
shall immediately confirm any such telephone notice with a written
Request for Advance; provided , however , that the
failure by the Administrative Borrower to confirm any notice
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telephone with a written Request for Advance
shall not invalidate any notice so given.
(ii) Repayments and
Conversions . The Administrative Borrower may (A) subject
to Section 2.5 , at any time without prior notice repay a
Base Rate Advance, or (B) upon at least three (3) Business
Days’ irrevocable prior written notice by the Administrative
Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the form of a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation, convert all or a portion of the principal
thereof to one or more Eurodollar Advances. Upon the date indicated
by the Administrative Borrower, such Base Rate Advance shall be so
repaid or converted.
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(c)
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Eurodollar Advances .
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(i) Initial
and Subsequent Advances . The Administrative Borrower shall
give the Administrative Agent in the case of Eurodollar Advances
irrevocable notice by telephone not later than 1:00 p.m. (Atlanta,
Georgia time) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such
Eurodollar Advance and shall immediately confirm any such telephone
notice with a written Request for Advance; provided ,
however , that the failure by the Administrative Borrower to
confirm any notice by telephone with a written Request for Advance
shall not invalidate any notice so given.
(ii) Repayments,
Continuations and Conversions . At least three (3) Business
Days prior to each Payment Date for a Eurodollar Advance, the
Administrative Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written
notice in the form of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation
specifying whether all or a portion of such Eurodollar Advance
outstanding on such Payment Date is to be continued in whole or in
part as one or more new Eurodollar Advances and also specifying the
new Eurodollar Advance Period applicable to each such new
Eurodollar Advance (and subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, upon such Payment Date, such Eurodollar Advance shall be
so continued). Upon such Payment Date, any Eurodollar Advance (or
portion thereof) not so continued shall be converted to a Base Rate
Advance or, subject to Section 2.5 , be repaid.
(iii) Miscellaneous .
Notwithstanding any term or provision of this Agreement which may
be construed to the contrary, each Eurodollar Advance shall be in a
principal amount of no less than $2,500,000 and in an integral
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and at no time shall the
aggregate number of all Eurodollar Advances then outstanding exceed
six (6).
(d) Notification of
Lenders . Upon receipt of a (i) Request for Advance or a
telephone or telecopy request for Advance, (ii) notification from
the Issuing Bank that a draw has been made under any Letter of
Credit (unless the Issuing Bank will be reimbursed through the
funding of a Swing Loan), or (iii) notice from the
Administrative
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Borrower with respect to the prepayment of any
outstanding Eurodollar Advance prior to the Payment Date for such
Advance, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
by telephone or telecopy of the contents thereof and the amount of
each Lender’s portion of any such Advance. Each Lender shall,
not later than 3:30 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date
specified for such Advance (under clause (i) or (ii) above) in such
notice, make available to the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agent’s Office, or at such account as the
Administrative Agent shall designate, the amount of such
Lender’s portion of the Advance in immediately available
funds.
(e)
Disbursement . Prior to 3:30 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time)
with respect to Base Rate Advances and Eurodollar Advances and
prior to 4:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) with respect to Swing
Loans on the date of an Advance hereunder, the Administrative Agent
shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Article 4, disburse the amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by the Lenders in like funds by (i)
transferring the amounts so made available by wire transfer to the
Borrowers’ Principal Disbursement Account or (ii) in the case
of an Advance the proceeds of which are to reimburse the Issuing
Bank pursuant to Section 2.15 , transferring such amounts to
such Issuing Bank. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from a Lender prior to 5:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia
time) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of any Advance that
such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s ratable portion of such Advance, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made or will
make such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date
of such Advance and the Administrative Agent may, in its sole
discretion and in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
the Borrowers or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent such Lender shall not
have so made such ratable portion available to the Administrative
Agent, such Lender agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made
available to the Borrowers or the Issuing Bank, as applicable,
until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent,
(x) for the first two (2) Business Days, at the Federal Funds Rate
for such Business Days, and (y) thereafter, at the Base Rate. If
such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such
Lender’s portion of the applicable Advance for purposes of
this Agreement and if both such Lender and the Borrowers shall pay
and repay such corresponding amount, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly relend to the Borrowers such corresponding amount. If such
Lender does not repay such corresponding amount immediately upon
the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Borrowers
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the
Administrative Agent. The failure of any Lender to fund its portion
of any Advance shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligation, if any, hereunder to fund its respective portion of the
Advance on the date of such borrowing, but no Lender shall be
responsible for any such failure of any other Lender. In the event
that any Lender is a Non-Funding Lender, then, until such time as
such Lender has funded its portion of such
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Advance, or all other Lenders have received
payment in full (whether by repayment or prepayment) of the
principal and interest due in respect of such Advance, such
Non-Funding Lender shall not (i) have the right to vote regarding
any issue on which voting is required or advisable under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and, with respect to any such
Non-Funding Lender, the amount of the Revolving Loan
Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure held
by such Non-Funding Lender shall not be counted as outstanding for
purposes of determining "Required Lenders" hereunder, and (ii) be
entitled to receive any payments of principal, interest or fees
from the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent (or the other
Lenders) in respect of its Revolving Credit Exposure (directly or
indirectly through the exercise of setoff rights or
otherwise).
(f) Deemed
Requests for Advance . Unless payment is otherwise timely made
by the Borrowers, the becoming due of any amount required to be
paid under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations in connection with
Letters of Credit, premiums, fees, reimbursable expenses or other
sums payable hereunder shall be deemed irrevocably to be a Request
for Advance on the due date of, and in an aggregate amount required
to pay, such principal, interest, reimbursement obligations in
connection with Letters of Credit, premiums, fees, reimbursable
expenses or other sums payable hereunder, and the proceeds of a
Revolving Loan made pursuant thereto may be disbursed by way of
direct payment of the relevant Obligation and shall bear interest
as a Base Rate Advance. The Lenders shall have no obligation to the
Borrowers to honor any deemed Request for Advance under this
Section 2.2(f) unless all the conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 have been satisfied, but, with the consent of
the Lenders required under the last sentence of Section 4.2
, may do so in their sole discretion and without regard to the
existence of, and without being deemed to have waived, any Default
and without regard to the failure by the Borrowers to satisfy any
of the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 . No further
authorization, direction or approval by the Borrowers shall be
required to be given by the Borrowers for any deemed Request for
Advance under this Section 2.2(f) . The Administrative Agent
shall promptly provide to the Administrative Borrower written
notice of any Advance pursuant to this Section 2.2(f) .
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(g)
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Special Provisions Pertaining to Swing
Loans .
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(i) The
Administrative Borrower shall give the Swing Bank written notice in
the form of a Request for Advance, or notice by telephone no later
than 2:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date on which the
Borrowers wish to receive an Advance of any Swing Loan followed
immediately by a written Request for Advance, with a copy to the
Administrative Agent; provided , however , that the
failure by the Administrative Borrower to confirm any notice by
telephone with a written Request for Advance shall not invalidate
any notice so given; provided further ,
however , that any request by the Administrative Borrower of
a Base Rate Advance under the Revolving Loan Commitments
shall be deemed to be a request for a Swing Loan
unless the Administrative Borrower
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specifically requests otherwise. Each Swing Loan
shall bear interest at the rate equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. If the Swing Bank, in its sole discretion,
elects to make the requested Swing Loan, the Swing Loan shall be
made on the date specified in the notice or the Request for Advance
and such notice or Request for Advance shall specify (i) the amount
of the requested Swing Loan and (ii) instructions for the
disbursement of the proceeds of the requested Swing Loan. Each
Swing Loan shall be subject to all the terms and conditions
applicable to Revolving Loans, except that all payments thereon
shall be payable to the Swing Bank solely for its own account. The
Swing Bank shall have no duty or obligation to make any Swing Loans
hereunder. The Swing Bank shall not make any Swing Loans if the
Swing Bank has received written notice from any Lender (or the
Swing Bank has actual knowledge) that one or more applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 will not be
satisfied (or waived pursuant to the last sentence of Section
4.2 ) on the requested Advance date. In the event the Swing
Bank in its sole and absolute discretion elects to make any
requested Swing Loan, the Swing Bank shall make the proceeds of
such Swing Loan available to the Borrowers by deposit of Dollars in
same day funds by wire transfer to the Principal Disbursement
Account. In the event that the Swing Bank informs the
Administrative Agent that it will not make the requested Advance as
a Swing Loan, then such request will be deemed a request for a Base
Rate Advance under the Revolving Loan Commitments.
(ii) The Swing Bank
shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender no less
frequently than weekly, as determined by the Administrative Agent,
of the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding as of 3:00 p.m.
(Atlanta, Georgia time) as of such date and each Lender’s pro
rata share (based on its Revolving Commitment Ratio) thereof. Each
Lender shall before 12:00 Noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the next
Business Day make available to the Administrative Agent, in
immediately available funds, the amount of its pro rata share
(based on its Revolving Commitment Ratio) of such principal amount
of Swing Loans outstanding. Upon such payment by a Lender, such
Lender shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan to the
Borrowers, notwithstanding any failure of the Borrowers to satisfy
the conditions in Section 4.2 . The Administrative Agent
shall use such funds to repay the principal amount of Swing Loans
to the Swing Bank. Additionally, if at any time any Swing Loans are
outstanding, any of the events described in Sections 9.1(g)
or 9.1(h) shall have occurred, then each Lender shall
automatically upon the occurrence of such event and without any
action on the part of the Swing Bank, the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders be deemed to have purchased an
undivided participation in the principal and interest of all Swing
Loans then outstanding in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment Ratio of the principal and interest of all
Swing Loans then outstanding and each Lender shall, notwithstanding
such Event of Default, immediately pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Swing Bank in immediately available funds,
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amount of such Lender’s participation (and
upon receipt thereof, the Swing Bank shall deliver to such Lender a
loan participation certificate dated the date of receipt of such
funds in such amount). The disbursement of funds in connection with
the settlement of Swing Loans hereunder shall be subject to the
terms and conditions of Section 2.2(e) .
(a)
On Loans. Interest on the Loans, subject to Sections
2.3(b) and (c) , shall be payable as follows:
(i) On Base
Rate Advances and Swing Loans . Interest on each Base Rate
Advance and each Swing Loan shall be computed for the actual number
of days elapsed on the basis of a hypothetical year of three
hundred sixty-five (365) days and shall be payable monthly in
arrears on the first day of each calendar month for the prior
calendar month, commencing on January 1, 2009. Interest on Base
Rate Advances and Swing Loans then outstanding shall also be due
and payable on the Maturity Date (or the date of any earlier
prepayment in full of the Obligations). Interest shall accrue and
be payable on each Base Rate Advance and Swing Loan at the simple
per annum interest rate equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate and
(B) the Applicable Margin.
(ii) On Eurodollar
Advances . Interest on each Eurodollar Advance shall be
computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
hypothetical year of three hundred sixty (360) days and shall be
payable in arrears on (x) the Payment Date for such Advance, and
(y) if the Eurodollar Advance Period for such Advance is greater
than three (3) months, on the last day of such three (3) month
period and on the last day of the applicable Eurodollar Advance
Period for such Advance. Interest on Eurodollar Advances then
outstanding shall also be due and payable on the Maturity Date (or
the date of any earlier prepayment in full of the Obligations).
Interest shall accrue and be payable on each Eurodollar Advance at
a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Eurodollar Basis
applicable to such Eurodollar Advance and (B) the Applicable
Margin.
(iii) If No Notice of
Selection of Interest Rate . If the Administrative Borrower
fails to give the Administrative Agent timely notice of its
selection of a Eurodollar Basis, or if for any reason a
determination of a Eurodollar Basis for any Advance is not timely
concluded, the Base Rate shall apply to such Advance. If the
Administrative Borrower fails to elect to continue any Eurodollar
Advance then outstanding prior to the last Payment Date applicable
thereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 ,
as applicable, the Base Rate shall apply to such Advance commencing
on and after such Payment Date.
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(b) While an Event of
Default exists, at the option of the Required Lenders, and after
acceleration, interest on the outstanding Obligations shall accrue
at the Default Rate. Interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be
payable on demand and in any event on the Maturity Date (or the
date of any earlier prepayment in full of the Obligations) and
shall accrue until the earliest to occur of (i) waiver of the
applicable Event of Default in accordance with Section 11.12
, (ii) agreement by the Required Lenders to rescind the charging of
interest at the Default Rate, or (iii) payment in full of the
Obligations. The Lenders shall not be required to (A) accelerate
the maturity of the Loans, (B) terminate the Commitments, or (C)
exercise any other rights or remedies under the Loan Documents in
order to charge interest hereunder at the Default Rate.
(c) Computation of
Interest. In computing interest on any Advance, the date of
making the Advance shall be included and the date of payment shall
be excluded; provided , however , that if an Advance
is repaid on the date that it is made, one (1) day’s interest
shall be due with respect to such Advance.
(a)
Fee Letter. The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay
to the Administrative Agent such fees as are set forth in the Fee
Letter.
(b) Unused Line
Fee. The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Revolving Commitment Ratios, an unused line
fee (" Unused Line Fee ") on the aggregate amount by which
the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments exceeded the sum of the
average daily amount of Aggregate Revolving Credit Obligations
(other than with respect to any Swing Loans and Agent Advances, in
each case only to the extent there is more than one Lender at such
time) for each day from the Agreement Date through the Maturity
Date (or the date of any earlier prepayment in full of the
Obligations), at a per annum rate equal to 0.50%. Such Unused Line
Fee shall be computed on the basis of a hypothetical year of three
hundred sixty (360) days for the actual number of days elapsed,
shall be payable in arrears on January 1, 2009, for the immediately
preceding calendar month and thereafter shall be payable monthly in
arrears on the first day of each calendar month thereafter for the
immediately preceding calendar month, and if then unpaid, on the
Maturity Date (or the date of any earlier prepayment in full of the
Obligations), and shall be fully earned when due and non-refundable
when paid. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the
contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not be entitle to receive any
Unused Line Fee under this Section 2.4(b) for any date in
which such Lender was and/or continued to be a Non-Funding
Lender.
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Letter of Credit Fees.
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(i) The
Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, in accordance with their
respective Revolving Commitment Ratios, a fee on the stated amount
of any
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outstanding Letters of Credit for each day from
the Date of Issue through the Maturity Date (or the date of any
earlier prepayment in full of the Obligations) at a rate per annum
on the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations equal to the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time with respect to
Eurodollar Advances. Such Letter of Credit fee shall be computed on
the basis of a hypothetical year of three hundred sixty (360) days
for the actual number of days elapsed, shall be payable monthly in
arrears for each calendar month on the first day of the immediately
succeeding calendar month, commencing on January 1, 2009, and if
then unpaid, on the Maturity Date (or the date of any earlier
prepayment in full of the Obligations), and shall be fully earned
when due and non-refundable when paid.
(ii) The Borrowers
shall also, jointly and severally, pay to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the Issuing Bank, (A) a fee on the stated amount
of each Letter of Credit for each day from the Date of Issue
through the expiration date of each such Letter of Credit (or any
earlier prepayment in full of the Obligations) at a rate of
one-fourth of one percent (0.25%) per annum per annum which fee
shall be computed on the basis of a hypothetical year of three
hundred sixty (360) days for the actual number of days elapsed,
shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each
calendar month for the immediately preceding calendar month,
commencing on January 1, 2009, and, if unpaid on the Maturity Date
(or any earlier prepayment in full of the Obligations) and (B) any
reasonable and customary fees charged by the Issuing Bank for
issuance and administration of such Letters of Credit. The
foregoing fees shall be fully earned when due, and non-refundable
when paid.
(d) Computation of
Fees . In computing any fees payable under this Section
2.4 , the first day of the applicable period shall be included
and the date of the payment shall be excluded.
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Section 2.5
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Prepayment/Reduction of Commitment
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(a) The
principal amount of any Base Rate Advance may be repaid in full or
in part at any time without penalty upon prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on
the date of such prepayment; the principal amount of any Swing Loan
may be repaid in full or in part at any time without penalty upon
prior written notice to the Administrative Agent by 11:00 a.m.
(Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date of such prepayment; and the
principal amount of any Eurodollar Advance may be prepaid prior to
the applicable Payment Date, upon prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) at least
three (3) Business Days prior to such prepayment, provided
that if a Eurodollar Advance is prepaid on a date other than the
last day of a Eurodollar Advance Period applicable thereto, the
Borrowers shall reimburse the Lenders and the Administrative Agent,
on the earlier of demand or the Maturity Date, for any loss or
reasonable out-of-pocket expense incurred
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by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent in
connection with such prepayment, as set forth in Section 2.9
. Each notice of prepayment of any Advance shall be irrevocable,
and each prepayment or repayment made under this Section
2.5(a) shall include the accrued interest on the amount so
prepaid or repaid. Upon receipt of any notice of repayment or
prepayment, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the contents thereof by telephone or telecopy and of such
Lender’s portion of the repayment or prepayment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall not make any
repayment or prepayment of the Revolving Loans unless and until the
balance of the Swing Loans and the Agent Advances then outstanding
is zero. Other than with respect to amounts required to be applied
to the Loans pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.6(a)
or pursuant to Section 2.6(c) or Section 6.15 ,
repayments or prepayments of principal hereunder shall be in
minimum amounts of $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in
excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.5(b) , any
repayment and prepayment of Advances outstanding under the
Revolving Loan Commitments shall not reduce the Revolving Loan
Commitments. Any prepayment of the Loans shall not affect the
Borrowers’ obligation to continue to make payments under any
swap agreement (as defined in 11 U.S.C. §101), including,
without limitation any such swap agreement that is a Lender Group
Hedge Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such prepayment, subject to the terms of the
applicable swap agreement.
(b) The Borrowers shall
have the right, at any time and from time to time after the
Agreement Date and prior to the Maturity Date, upon at least ten
(10) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent,
without premium or penalty, to cancel or reduce permanently all or
a portion of the Revolving Loan Commitments on a pro rata basis
among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving
Commitment Ratios; provided , that (i) any such partial
reduction shall be made in an amount not less than $5,000,000 and
in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (ii) the
Revolving Loan Commitments may not be reduced to an amount below
the then outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and (iii) after
giving effect to any partial reduction in the Revolving Loan
Commitments, at least $15,000,000 of the Revolving Loan Commitments
shall remain in place. As of the date of cancellation or reduction
set forth in such notice, the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be
permanently canceled or reduced to the amount stated in the
Administrative Borrower’s notice for all purposes herein, and
the Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders the amount
necessary to repay in full the principal amount of the Revolving
Loans, Swing Loans and Agent Advances or reduce the principal
amount of the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and Agent Advances then
outstanding to not more than the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments as so reduced, together with accrued interest on the
amount so prepaid and the Unused Line Fee set forth in Section
2.4(b) accrued through the date of the reduction with respect
to the amount reduced, and shall reimburse the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders for any loss or out-of-pocket expense incurred by
any of them in connection with such payment as set forth in
Section 2.9 and, in the case of cancellation of the
Revolving Loan Commitments, shall secure the
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Letter of Credit Obligations through the delivery
of cash collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the Letters of
Credit Obligations.
(a)
The Revolving Loans . All unpaid principal and accrued
interest on the Revolving Loans shall be due and payable in full on
the Maturity Date. Except for Overadvances permitted under
Section 2.1(e) , in the event and on such occasion that the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Obligations exceed the lesser of (A) the
Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments or (B) the Borrowing Base, the
Borrowers shall prepay the Revolving Loans, Agent Advances, Swing
Loans, Overadvances or Letter of Credit Reserve Account, as
appropriate, by an aggregate amount equal to such
excess.
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Intentionally Omitted .
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(c)
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Other Mandatory Repayments .
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(i) In the event
that after the Agreement Date, any Credit Party shall issue any
Equity Interests or shall incur any Funded Debt, other than Funded
Debt permitted under Section 8.1 , one hundred percent
(100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Credit Party from
such issuance or incurrence shall be paid on the date of receipt of
the proceeds thereof by such Credit Party to the Lenders as a
mandatory payment of the Obligations. Any payment due hereunder
shall be applied first to repay outstanding Agent Advances and
Overadvances, second to repay outstanding Swing Loans, third to
repay outstanding Revolving Loans, and fourth to fund the Letter of
Credit Reserve Account to the extent of one hundred five percent
(105%) of any Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding. So
long as no Event of Default exists, all such other Net Cash
Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section
2.11(a) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default
exists, all such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner
set forth in Section 2.11(b) . The Revolving Loan
Commitments shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any
payment of the Agent Advances, Swing Loans or Revolving Loans due
under this Section 2.6(c)(i) . Nothing in this Section shall
authorize any Credit Party incur any Funded Debt except as
expressly permitted by this Agreement or to issue any Equity
Interests except to the extent not prohibited by this
Agreement.
(ii) One hundred
percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale, transfer,
assignment or other disposition, or casualty or condemnation loss
of any Collateral or other assets of any Credit Party (other than
Excluded Net Cash Proceeds) shall be paid on the date of receipt
thereof by the Credit Parties as a mandatory payment of the
Obligations. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such Net
Cash Proceeds shall be applied first to repay outstanding Agent
Advances and Overadvances, second to repay outstanding Swing Loans,
third to repay outstanding Revolving Loans, and fourth to fund
the
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Letter of Credit Reserve Account to the extent of
one hundred five percent (105%) of any Letter of Credit Obligations
then outstanding. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such
other Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in
Section 2.11(a) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event
of Default exists, all such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in
the manner set forth in Section 2.11(b) . The Revolving Loan
Commitments shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any
payment of the Agent Advances, Swing Loans or Revolving Loans due
under this Section 2.6(c)(ii) .
(d) The Other
Obligations . In addition to the foregoing, the Borrowers
hereby promise to pay, jointly and severally, all Obligations
(other than Obligations in respect of Bank Products), including,
without limitation, the principal amount of the Loans, amounts
drawn under Letters of Credit and interest and fees on the
foregoing, as the same become due and payable hereunder and, in any
event, on the Maturity Date.
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Section 2.7
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Notes; Loan Accounts .
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(a) The
Loans shall be repayable in accordance with the terms and
provisions set forth herein and, upon request by any Lender, the
Loans owed to such Lender shall be evidenced by Revolving Loan
Notes or Swing Loan Note, as applicable. The Notes shall be payable
to the order of each Lender requesting such a Note in accordance
with the Revolving Commitment Ratio of such Lender. Each such Note
shall be issued by the Borrowers to the applicable Lender and shall
be duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Signatory of each
Borrower.
(b) The Administrative
Agent shall open and maintain on its books in the name of the
Borrowers a loan account with respect to the Loans and interest
thereon (the " Loan Account "). The Administrative Agent
shall debit such Loan Account for the principal amount of each
Advance made by it on behalf of the Lenders, accrued interest
thereon, and all other amounts which shall become due from the
Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and shall credit the Loan
Account for each payment which the Borrowers shall make in respect
to the Obligations. The records of the Administrative Agent with
respect to such Loan Account shall be conclusive evidence of the
Loans and accrued interest thereon, absent manifest error.
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Section 2.8
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Manner of Payment .
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(i) Each payment
(including any prepayment) by the Borrowers on account of the
principal of or interest on the Loans, fees, and any other amount
owed to any member of the Lender Group under this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents shall be made not later than 12:00 noon
(Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date specified for payment under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Administrative
Agent at the Administrative Agent’s
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Office, for the account of the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in
Dollars in immediately available funds. Any payment received by the
Administrative Agent after 12:00 noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) shall
be deemed received on the next Business Day. In the case of a
payment for the account of a Lender, the Administrative Agent will
promptly thereafter distribute the amount so received in like funds
to such Lender. In the case of a payment for the account of the
Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter
distribute the amount so received in like funds to the Issuing
Bank. If the Administrative Agent shall not have received any
payment from the Borrowers as and when due, the Administrative
Agent will promptly notify the Lenders accordingly.
(ii) Except as provided
in the definition of Eurodollar Advance Period, if any payment
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be specified
to be made on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made
on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in computing
interest and fees, if any, in connection with such payment.
(i) Any and all
payments of principal and interest, or of any fees or indemnity or
expense reimbursements by the Borrowers hereunder or under any
other Loan Documents (the " Borrower Payments ") shall be
made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and
without deduction for any and all current or future taxes, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings with respect to such
Borrower Payments and all interest, penalties or similar
liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on the
net income of any member of the Lender Group by the jurisdiction
under the laws of which such member of the Lender Group is
organized or conducts business or any political subdivision thereof
(all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges
or withholdings and liabilities collectively or individually "
Taxes "). If any Borrower shall be required to deduct any
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable to any member of the
Lender Group hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (i) the
sum payable shall be increased by the amount (an " Additional
Amount ") necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section 2.8(b)(i) , such member of the
Lender Group shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall
make such deductions, and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with Applicable Law.
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(ii) In
addition, the Borrowers shall pay to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with Applicable Law any current or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (such taxes being " Other Taxes ").
(iii) The Borrowers shall
indemnify the members of the Lender Group for the full amount of
Taxes and Other Taxes with respect to Borrower Payments paid by
such Person, and any liability (including penalties, interest and
expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses))
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting forth and
containing an explanation in reasonable detail of the manner in
which such amount shall have been determined and the amount of such
payment or liability prepared by a member of the Lender Group or
the Administrative Agent on its behalf, absent manifest error,
shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. Such
indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days after the
date the Administrative Agent or such member, as the case may be,
makes written demand therefor. If any Taxes or Other Taxes for
which the Administrative Agent or any member of the Lender Group
has received indemnification from the Borrowers hereunder shall be
finally determined to have been incorrectly or illegally asserted
and are refunded to the Administrative Agent or such member, the
Administrative Agent or such member, as the case may be, shall
promptly forward to the Borrowers any such refunded amount (after
deduction of any Tax or Other Tax paid or payable by any member of
the Lender Group as a result of such refund), not exceeding the
increased amount paid by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section
2.8(b) .
(iv) As soon as practicable
after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrowers to the relevant Governmental Authority, the
Administrative Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent,
at its address, the original or a certified copy of a receipt
issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing payment
thereof.
(v) On or prior to the
Agreement Date (or, in the case of any Lender that becomes a party
to this Agreement pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, on or
prior to the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance),
each Lender which is organized in a jurisdiction other than the
United States or a political subdivision thereof (a " Foreign
Lender ") shall provide each of the Administrative Agent and
the Administrative Borrower with either (A) two (2) properly
executed originals of Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or any successor
forms) prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service or other
documents satisfactory to the Administrative Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
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certifying (1) as to such Foreign Lender’s
complete exemption from United States withholding taxes with
respect to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender hereunder
and under any other Loan Documents or Bank Products Documents or
(2) that all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender hereunder
and under any other Loan Documents and Bank Products Documents are
subject to such taxes at a rate reduced to zero by an applicable
tax treaty, or (B)(1) a certificate executed by such Lender
certifying that such Lender is not a "bank" and that such Lender
qualifies for the portfolio interest exemption under Section 881(c)
of the Code, and (2) two (2) properly executed originals of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), in
each case, certifying such Lender’s entitlement to a complete
exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to
payments of interest to be made hereunder or under any other Loan
Documents or Bank Products Documents. Each such Foreign Lender
agrees to provide the Administrative Agent and the Administrative
Borrower with new forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service
upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered
form, or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in
the most recent forms delivered by it to the Administrative Agent
and the Administrative Borrower.
(vi) The Borrowers shall not
be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender, or to pay any
additional amounts to such Foreign Lender pursuant to Section
2.8(b)(i) or (b)(iii) to the extent that (A) the
obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States
Federal, state or local withholding tax existed on the date such
Foreign Lender became a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of
a transferee, on the effective date of the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such transferee became a Lender) or,
with respect to payments to a new lending office, the date such
Foreign Lender designated such new lending office; provided
, however , that this clause (A) shall not apply to any
Foreign Lender that became a Lender or new lending office that
became a new lending office as a result of an assignment or
designation made at the request of the Administrative Borrower; and
provided further , however , that this clause
(A) shall not apply to the extent the indemnity payment or
additional amounts, if any, that any member of the Lender Group
through a new lending office would be entitled to receive (without
regard to this clause (A)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or
additional amounts that the Person making the assignment or
transfer to such member of the Lender Group making the designation
of such new lending office would have been entitled to receive in
the absence of such assignment, transfer or designation or (B) the
obligation to pay such additional amounts or such indemnity
payments would not have arisen but for a failure by such member of
the Lender Group to comply with the provisions of Section
2.8(b)(v) .
(vii) Nothing contained in this
Section 2.8(b) shall require any member of the Lender Group
to make available to the Borrowers any of its tax returns (or any
other information) that it deems confidential or proprietary.
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Section 2.9
Reimbursement. Whenever any Lender shall sustain or incur
any losses (including losses of anticipated profits) or
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with (a) failure by the
Borrowers to borrow or continue any Eurodollar Advance, or convert
any Advance to a Eurodollar Advance, in each case, after having
given notice of their intention to do so in accordance with
Section 2.2 (whether by reason of the election of the
Borrowers not to proceed or the non-fulfillment of any of the
conditions set forth in this Agreement), (b) prepayment of any
Eurodollar Advance in whole or in part for any reason or (c)
failure by the Borrowers to prepay any Eurodollar Advance after
giving notice of its intention to prepay such Advance, the
Borrowers agree to pay, jointly and severally, to such Lender,
promptly upon such Lender’s demand therefor, an amount
sufficient to compensate such Lender for all such losses and
out-of-pocket expenses. Such Lender’s good faith
determination of the amount of such losses and out-of-pocket
expenses, absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive.
Losses subject to reimbursement hereunder shall include, without
limitation, expenses incurred by any Lender or any participant of
such Lender permitted hereunder in connection with the
re-employment of funds prepaid, repaid, not borrowed, or paid, as
the case may be, and any lost profit of such Lender or any
participant of such Lender over the remainder of the Eurodollar
Advance Period for such prepaid Advance. For purposes of
calculating amounts payable to a Lender under this paragraph, each
Lender shall be deemed to have actually funded its relevant
Eurodollar Advance through the purchase of a deposit bearing
interest at the Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount of
that Eurodollar Advance and having a maturity and repricing
characteristics comparable to the relevant Eurodollar Advance
Period; provided , however , that each Lender may
fund each of its Eurodollar Advances in any manner it sees fit, and
the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation
of amounts payable under this Section.
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Section 2.10
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Pro Rata Treatment .
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(a)
Advances . Each Advance with respect to the Revolving Loans
from the Lenders under this Agreement shall be made pro rata on the
basis of their respective Revolving Commitment Ratios.
(b) Payments .
Each payment and prepayment of the principal of the Revolving Loans
and each payment of interest on the Revolving Loans received from
the Borrowers shall be made by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective unpaid principal
amounts thereof outstanding immediately prior to such payment or
prepayment (except in cases when a Lender’s right to receive
payments is restricted pursuant to Section 2.2(e) ). If any
Lender shall obtain any payment (whether invol
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