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CREDIT AGREEMENT

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Title: CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Georgia     Date: 12/23/2008
Industry: Retail (Specialty)     Law Firm: Jones Day;King Spalding     Sector: Services

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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

 

5407077

 




INDEX

Page

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND OTHER INTERPRETIVE MATTERS

 

1

Section 1.1

 

Definitions

1

Section 1.2

 

Accounting Principles

36

Section 1.3

 

Other Interpretive Matters

36

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

THE LOANS AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT

37

Section 2.1

 

Extension of Credit

37

Section 2.2

 

Manner of Borrowing and Disbursement of loans

41

Section 2.3

 

Interest

46

Section 2.4

 

Fees

47

Section 2.5

 

Prepayment/Reduction of Commitment

48

Section 2.6

 

Repayment

50

Section 2.7

 

Notes; Loan Accounts

51

Section 2.8

 

Manner of Payment

51

Section 2.9

 

Reimbursement

55

Section 2.10

 

Pro Rata Treatment

55

Section 2.11

 

Application of Payments

56

Section 2.12

 

Use of Proceeds

58

Section 2.13

 

All Obligations to Constitute One Obligation

58

Section 2.14

 

Maximum Rate of Interest

58

Section 2.15

 

Letters of Credit

59

Section 2.16

 

Bank Products

63

Section 2.17

 

Increase of Commitments; Additional Lenders

63

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

GUARANTY

66

Section 3.1

 

Guaranty

66

Section 3.2

 

Special Provisions Applicable to Subsidiary Guarantors

70

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4.

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

71

Section 4.1

 

Conditions Precedent to Closing and Initial Revolving Loan

71

Section 4.2

 

Conditions Precedent to Each Advance

74

Section 4.3

 

Conditions Precedent to Each Letter of Credit

74

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

75

Section 5.1

 

General Representations and Warranties

75

Section 5.2

 

Representations and Warranties Relating to Eligible Credit Card Receivables

 

84

Section 5.3

 

Representations and Warranties Relating to Inventory

84

Section 5.4

 

Survival of Representations and Warranties, etc.

85

 

 

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ARTICLE 6.

 

GENERAL COVENANTS

85

Section 6.1

 

Preservation of Existence and similar Matters

85

Section 6.2

 

Compliance with Applicable Law

85

Section 6.3

 

Maintenance of Properties

85

Section 6.4

 

Accounting Methods and Financial Records

85

Section 6.5

 

Insurance

86

Section 6.6

 

Payment of Taxes and Claims

87

Section 6.7

 

Visits and Inspections

87

Section 6.8

 

Intentionally Reserved

87

Section 6.9

 

ERISA

88

Section 6.10

 

Lien Perfection

88

Section 6.11

 

Location of Collateral

88

Section 6.12

 

Protection of Collateral

88

Section 6.13

 

Assignments and Records of Accounts

89

Section 6.14

 

Administration of Accounts

89

Section 6.15

 

Cash Management System

90

Section 6.16

 

Further Assurances

92

Section 6.17

 

Broker’s Claims

92

Section 6.18

 

Indemnity

92

Section 6.19

 

Environmental Matters

93

Section 6.20

 

Formation of Subsidiaries

94

Section 6.21

 

Maintenance of Intellectual Property

94

Section 6.22

 

Compliance with Regulations T, U And X

95

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7.

 

INFORMATION COVENANTS

95

Section 7.1

 

Monthly and Quarterly Financial Statements and Information

96

Section 7.2

 

Annual Financial Statements and Information; Certificate of No Default

 

96

Section 7.3

 

Compliance Certificates

97

Section 7.4

 

Access to Accountants

97

Section 7.5

 

Additional Reports

98

Section 7.6

 

Notice of Litigation and Other Matters

99

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

101

Section 8.1

 

Funded Debt

101

Section 8.2

 

Guaranties

102

Section 8.3

 

Liens

102

Section 8.4

 

Restricted Payments and Purchases

103

Section 8.5

 

Investments

103

 

 

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Section 8.6

 

Affiliate Transactions

104

Section 8.7

 

Liquidation; Change in Ownership, Name, or Year; Disposition or Acquisition of Assets; Etc.

 

104

Section 8.8

 

Intentionally Omitted

106

Section 8.9

 

Intentionally Omitted

106

Section 8.10

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

106

Section 8.11

 

Conduct of Business

106

Section 8.12

 

Sales and Leasebacks

106

Section 8.13

 

Amendment and Waiver

106

Section 8.14

 

ERISA Liability

107

Section 8.15

 

Prepayments

107

Section 8.16

 

Negative Pledge

107

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9.

 

DEFAULT

108

Section 9.1

 

Events of Default

108

Section 9.2

 

Remedies

111

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10.

 

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

112

Section 10.1

 

Appointment and Authorization

112

Section 10.2

 

Interest Holders

113

Section 10.3

 

Consultation with Counsel

113

Section 10.4

 

Documents

113

Section 10.5

 

Administrative Agent and Affiliates

113

Section 10.6

 

Responsibility of the Administrative Agent

113

Section 10.7

 

Action by Administrative Agent

114

Section 10.8

 

Notice of Default

114

Section 10.9

 

Responsibility Disclaimed

114

Section 10.10

 

Indemnification

115

Section 10.11

 

Credit Decision

115

Section 10.12

 

Successor Administrative Agent

116

Section 10.13

 

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

116

Section 10.14

 

Collateral

117

Section 10.15

 

Release of Collateral

117

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

118

Section 11.1

 

Notices

118

Section 11.2

 

Expenses

119

Section 11.3

 

Waivers

120

Section 11.4

 

Set-Off

121

Section 11.5

 

Assignment

121

 

 

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Section 11.6

 

Counterparts

124

Section 11.7

 

Under Seal; Governing Law

124

Section 11.8

 

Severability

124

Section 11.9

 

Headings

124

Section 11.10

 

Source of Funds

124

Section 11.11

 

Entire Agreement

124

Section 11.12

 

Amendments and Waivers

124

Section 11.13

 

Other Relationships

126

Section 11.14

 

Pronouns

126

Section 11.15

 

Disclosure

127

Section 11.16

 

Replacement of Lender

127

Section 11.17

 

Confidentiality

127

Section 11.18

 

Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations

128

Section 11.19

 

Electronic Transmissions

128

Section 11.20

 

Mitigation of Losses; Sunset Provisions

129

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

 

YIELD PROTECTION

130

Article 12.1

 

Eurodollar Rate Basis Determination

130

Article 12.2

 

Illegality

130

Article 12.3

 

Increased Costs

130

Article 12.4

 

Effect On Other Advances

132

Article 12.5

 

Capital Adequacy

132

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13

 

JURISDICTION, VENUE AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

133

Section 13.1

 

Jurisdiction and Service of Process

133

Section 13.2

 

Consent to Venue

134

Section 13.3

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

134

Section 13.4

 

The Administrative Borrower

134

Section 13.5

 

All Obligations to Constitute Joint and Several Obligations

135

 

 

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A

-

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit B

-

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Exhibit C

-

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

-

Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation

Exhibit E

-

Form of Request for Advance

Exhibit F

-

Form of Request for Issuance of Letter of Credit

Exhibit G

-

Form of Revolving Loan Note

Exhibit H

-

Form of Swing Loan Note

 

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Exhibit I

-

Form of Supplement

Exhibit J

-

Form of Notice of Requested Commitment Increase

 

 

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SCHEDULES

Schedule E-1

-

Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 1(a)

-

Commitments

Schedule 1(b)

-

Cash Management Banks

Schedule 5.1(c)-1

-

Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.1(c)-2

-

Partnerships/Joint Ventures

Schedule 5.1(d)

-

Outstanding Capital Stock Ownership

Schedule 5.1(h)

-

Material Contracts

Schedule 5.1(i)

-

Labor Matters

Schedule 5.1(j)

-

Taxes

Schedule 5.1(m)

-

Investments/Guaranties

Schedule 5.1(n)

-

Liabilities; Litigation

Schedule 5.1(o)

-

ERISA

Schedule 5.1(p)

-

Intellectual Property; Licenses and Certifications

Schedule 5.1(v)

-

Insurance

Schedule 5.1(x)-1

-

Leased Real Property

Schedule 5.1(x)-2

-

Owned Real Property

Schedule 5.1(y)

-

Environmental Matters

Schedule 6.11

-

Location of Collateral

Schedule 6.15

-

Bank and Investment Accounts

Schedule 8.1

-

Other Funded Debt

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

 

Section 1.1

Definitions . For the purposes of this Agreement:

" 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 .

" 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:

 

Level

Average Availability

Applicable Margin

I

Less than $20,000,000

3.00%

II

Greater than or equal to $20,000,000 but less than $40,000,000

2.75%

III

Greater than or equal to $40,000,000

2.50%

 

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) ACH

 

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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:

 

(a)

85% of the NOLV of Eligible Inventory; plus

(b)       the lesser of (i) 85% of the book value of Eligible Credit Card Receivables and (ii) $5,000,000; minus

 

(c)

the Reserves.

" 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 .

" 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:

 

(a)

Inventory that is not owned solely by a Borrower;

(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;

 

(c)

Inventory that is not located in the continental United States;

(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;

 

(h)

Inventory that has been consigned to or by any Person;

(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 .

" 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.

 

" Sale-Leaseback Transaction " shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.12 .

" 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) .

 

" Taxes " shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.8(b)(i) .

" 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.

 

" 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.

 

" US " or " United States " shall mean the United States of America.

" 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.

 

" Voidable Transfer " shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.18 .

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.

 

(b)

Intentionally Omitted .

(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.

 

(e)

Overadvances .

(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.

 

(f)

Agent Advances .

(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.

 

Section 2.2

Manner of Borrowing and Disbursement of Loans .

(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.

 

(b)

Base Rate Advances .

(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 by

 

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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.

 

(c)

Eurodollar Advances .

(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) .

 

(g)

Special Provisions Pertaining to Swing Loans .

(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, the

 

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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) .

 

Section 2.3

Interest .

(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.

 

Section 2.4

Fees.

(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.

 

(c)

Letter of Credit Fees.

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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.

 

Section 2.5

Prepayment/Reduction of Commitment .

(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.

 

Section 2.6

Repayment .

(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.

 

(b)

Intentionally Omitted .

 

(c)

Other Mandatory Repayments .

(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.

 

Section 2.7

Notes; Loan Accounts .

(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.

 

Section 2.8

Manner of Payment .

 

(a)

When Payments Due .

(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.

 

(b)

No Deduction .

(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.

 

Section 2.10

Pro Rata Treatment .

(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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