Exhibit 10.1
[Published CUSIP Number:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 31,
2009
among
INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
as the Borrower,
CERTAIN DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES OF THE
BORROWER,
as the Guarantors,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line
Lender and L/C Issuer,
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
U.S. BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
and
BBVA COMPASS,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY
HERETO
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book
Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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Other
Interpretive Provisions.
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Exchange Rates;
Currency Equivalents.
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Letter of
Credit Amounts.
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ARTICLE
II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
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Termination or
Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
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Computation of
Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable
Rate.
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Payments
Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
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Sharing of
Payments by Lenders.
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ARTICLE
III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY
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Inability to
Determine Rates.
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Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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Obligations
Unconditional.
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Certain
Additional Waivers.
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Guarantee of
Payment; Continuing Guarantee.
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ARTICLE
V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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Conditions of
Initial Credit Extension.
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Conditions to
all Credit Extensions
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ARTICLE
VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Existence,
Qualification and Power.
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Authorization;
No Contravention.
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Governmental
Authorization; Other Consents.
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Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
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Ownership of
Property; Liens.
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Environmental
Compliance.
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Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act.
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Intellectual
Property; Licenses, Etc.
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ARTICLE
VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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Certificates;
Other Information.
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Preservation of
Existence, Etc.
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Maintenance of
Properties.
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Maintenance of
Insurance.
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Interest Rate
Protection Agreements.
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ARTICLE
VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Change in
Nature of Business.
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Transactions
with Affiliates and Insiders.
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Organization
Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of
Entity.
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ARTICLE
IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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Remedies Upon
Event of Default.
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ARTICLE
X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Appointment and
Authority.
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Reliance by
Administrative Agent.
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Resignation of
Administrative Agent.
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Non-Reliance on
Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
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Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
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Notices and
Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
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No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
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Expenses;
Indemnity; and Damage Waiver.
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Treatment of
Certain Information; Confidentiality.
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Interest Rate
Limitation.
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Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties.
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Governing Law;
Jurisdiction; Etc.
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Waiver of Right
to Trial by Jury.
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Electronic
Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
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No Advisory or
Fiduciary Relationship.
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Statutory
Notice – Oral Commitments.
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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Commitments and
Applicable Percentages
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Liens Existing
on the Closing Date
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Investments
Existing on the Closing Date
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Indebtedness
Existing on the Closing Date
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Certain
Addresses for Notices
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Form of Swing
Line Loan Notice
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Form of Joinder
Agreement
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption
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Form of
Incremental Term Loan Funding Agreement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of
March 31, 2009 among INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Guarantors
(defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein) and BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C
Issuer.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders
provide $115,000,000 in credit facilities for the
purposes set forth herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on
the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ Acquisition ”, by any
Person, means the acquisition by such Person from another Person,
in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of
all or any substantial portion of the property of another Person or
at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each
case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such
other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption
of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.
“ Administrative Agent ”
means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under
any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative
agent.
“ Administrative Agent’s
Office ” means the Administrative Agent’s address
and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02
or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may
from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“ Administrative Questionnaire
” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Administrative Agent.
“ Affholder ” means
Affholder, Inc., a Missouri corporation.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or
is under common Control with the Person specified.
“ Aggregate Revolving Commitments
” means the Revolving Commitments of all the
Lenders. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is SIXTY-FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS ($65,000,000).
“ Agreement ” means this
Credit Agreement.
“ AIG Settlement ” means all
amounts payable to Borrower and its Subsidiaries by American Home
Assurance Company (“AIG”) in satisfaction of claims
asserted by Borrower with respect to work performed by Borrower in
Boston, MA, which claims are the subject of the lawsuit styled
Insituform Technologies, Inc. v. American Home Assurance
Company , Civil Action No. 04-10487GAO, filed in the United
States District Court in Boston, including any amounts payable for
damages, pre and post-judgment interest and costs.
“ Alternative Currency ”
means each of Euro, Canadian Dollars, Sterling and, solely with
respect to Letters of Credit, Rupees.
“ Alternative Currency Equivalent
” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated
in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable
Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent at
such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of
the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such
Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“ Alternative Currency Sublimit
” means an amount equal to the lesser of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments and $15,000,000. The Alternative
Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments.
“ Applicable Percentage ”
means with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) with respect to
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at any time, the
percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time;
provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make
Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C
Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section
9.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired,
then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined
based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in
effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments and (b) with
respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding Term Loan
at any time, the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of
the Term Loan held by such Lender at such time. The
initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite
the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable.
“ Applicable Rate ” means
with respect to Revolving Loans, the Term Loan, Swing Line Loans,
Letters of Credit and the Commitment Fee, the following percentages
per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth
in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.02(a)
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Pricing Tier
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Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
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Commitment
Fee
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Letter of Credit
Fee
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Eurocurrency
Loans
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Base Rate
Loans
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1
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≤ 1.0 to 1.0
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0.375%
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2.75%
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2.75%
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1.75%
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2
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> 1.0 to 1.0 but
≤ 1.5 to 1.0
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0.500%
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3.00%
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3.00%
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2.00%
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3
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> 1.5 to 1.0 but
≤ 2.0 to 1.0
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0.500%
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3.50%
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3.50%
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2.50%
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4
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> 2.0 to 1.0
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0.625%
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4.00%
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4.00%
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3.00%
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Any increase or
decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first
Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance
Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section
7.02(a) ; provided , however , that if a
Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with
such Section, then, upon the request
of the Required
Lenders, Pricing Tier 4 shall apply as of the first Business Day
after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to
have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the first
Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance
Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 7.02(a)
, whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the
calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio contained in such
Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Rate in effect
from the Closing Date through the first Business Day immediately
following the date a Compliance Certificate is required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) for the fiscal quarter
ending June 30, 2009 shall be determined based upon Pricing Tier
3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any
period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b)
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“ Applicable Time ” means,
with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative
Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such
Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative
Agent to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of
payment.
“ Approved Fund ” means any
Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity
that administers or manages a Lender.
“ Assignee Group ”
means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same
investment advisor.
“ Assignment and Assumption ”
means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an
Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 11.06(b) ), and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit H
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“ Attributable Indebtedness ”
means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any
Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance
with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized
amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease
that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of
such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for
as a Capital Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization
Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such
financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making
appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in
its reasonable judgment.
“ Audited Financial Statements
” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the
notes thereto, audited by independent public accountants of
recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with
GAAP.
“ Availability Period ”
means, with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the period from
and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity
Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 , and (c) the date of
termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of
the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
pursuant to Section 9.02 .
“ Bank of America ” means
Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“ BAS ”
means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead
arranger and book manager.
“ Base Rate ” means, for any
day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate
for such day, (b) the sum of 0.50% plus the Federal Funds
Rate for such day and (c) the Eurocurrency Base Rate plus
1.0%.
“ Base Rate Loan ” means a
Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All
Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“ Bayou ” means The Bayou
Companies, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company.
“ Bayou Acquisition ” means
the Acquisition of Bayou by the Borrower pursuant to that certain
asset purchase agreement dated as of January 31, 2009 among the
Borrower, TBC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and Bayou,
together with all exhibits and schedules thereto.
“ Borrower ” has the meaning
specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Borrower Materials ” has
the meaning specified in Section 7.02 .
“ Borrowing ” means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in
the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01
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“ Borza Sale ” means a sale
pursuant to Section 3 of that certain Employment Agreement dated as
of June 18, 2004, or any extensions, renewals or replacements
thereof, between Borza Inspections Ltd., an Alberta corporation
(“Borza Inspections”) and a subsidiary of Corrpro
Canada, Inc., and Barry Borza (“Borza”), pursuant to
which Borza has an option to purchase Borza Inspections.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office
with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located
and:
(a) if
such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency
Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements,
settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be
carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in
deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the
London interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if
such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency
Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements,
settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried
out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency
Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if
such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency
Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro,
means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant
currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other
applicable offshore interbank market for such currency;
and
(d) if
such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and
payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars
or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars
or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of
any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate
settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign
exchange business in the principal financial center of the country
of such currency.
“ Businesses ” means, at any
time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.
“ Canadian Dollars ” means
the lawful currency of Canada.
“ Capital Lease ” means, as
applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as
lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted
for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that
Person.
“ Cash Collateralize ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g) .
“ Cash Equivalents ” means,
as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of
the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities
of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b)
Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i)
any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized
standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or
(iii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from
S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from
Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such
bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with
maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition,
(c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any
Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable
rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation
rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1
(or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing
within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase
agreements entered into by any Person with any Lender or with a
bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer having
capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct
obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in
which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security
interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of
purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the
amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money
market investment programs registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 which are administered by any Lender or by reputable
financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and
the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character
described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d).
“ Change in Law ” means the
occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation
or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance
of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
“ Change of Control ” means
the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its
subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as
trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such
plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group
shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all
securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such
right, an “ option right ”), whether such right
is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of 30% of the Equity Interests of the
Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or
group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);
or
(b) during
any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of
the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the
Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members
of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such
period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or
equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to
in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board
or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals
referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time
of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or
equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause
(ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for,
or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent
governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of
one or more directors by any person or group other than a
solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on
behalf of the board of directors).
“ Chicago Letter of Credit ”
means that certain Letter of Credit issued by Bank of America in
favor of the City of Chicago, as the beneficiary, in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $25,000.
“ Closing Date ” means the
date hereof.
“
Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving
Commitment of such Lender and/or the Term Loan Commitment of such
Lender.
“
Commitment Fee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.09(a) .
“ Compliance Certificate ”
means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F
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“ Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR
” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period plus (b) rent
and lease expense for such period minus
(c) Consolidated Capital Expenditures for such period
minus (d) Consolidated Taxes for such period,
minus (e) Earn Out Obligation payments made in connection
with the Bayou Acquisition during such period, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Capital Expenditures
” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all capital expenditures, as
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not
include (a) expenditures made with proceeds of any disposition of
capital assets or (b) Permitted Acquisitions.
“ Consolidated EBITDA ”
means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for
such period plus the following to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest
Charges for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state,
local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization
expense for such period and (d) for the
four fiscal
quarter periods ending March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, September 30,
2009 and December 31, 2009 only, transaction costs (not including
any costs that will be capitalized) of (i) the Borrower
in respect of the Corrpro Acquisition and the Bayou
Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,500,000, (ii)
Corrpro in an aggregate amount not to exceed $9,300,000 and (iii)
Bayou in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000,
all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR for the period of the four
fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower has
delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a)
or (b) to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for the period of
the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower
has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section
7.01(a) or (b) .
“ Consolidated Fixed Charges
” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period plus (ii)
Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments for such period
plus (iii) the amount of cash dividends and other
distributions made by the Borrower during such period plus
(iv) rent and lease expense for such period, all as determined
in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Funded Indebtedness
” means Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated Interest Charges
” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges
and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including
capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase
price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in
accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) the portion of rent expense
with respect to such period under Capital Leases that is treated as
interest in accordance with GAAP plus (iii) the implied
interest component of Synthetic Leases with respect to such
period.
“ Consolidated Leverage Ratio
” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most
recently ended for which the Borrower has delivered financial
statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b)
.
“ Consolidated Net Income ”
means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains) for that period, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net Worth ”
means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders'
equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt
Payments ” means for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled
payments of principal on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, as
determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this
definition, “scheduled payments of principal” (a) shall
be determined without giving effect to any reduction of such
scheduled payments resulting from the application of any voluntary
or mandatory prepayments made during the applicable period, (b)
shall be deemed to include the Attributable Indebtedness in respect
of Capital Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases
and (c) shall not include any voluntary prepayments or mandatory
prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.05 .
“ Consolidated Taxes ” means,
for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the aggregate of all taxes paid during such
period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Contractual Obligation ”
means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property
is bound.
“ Control ” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “ Controlling ” and
“ Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another
Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly,
power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors, managing general partners or
the equivalent.
“ Corrpro ” means Corrpro
Companies, Inc., an Ohio corporation.
“ Corrpro Acquisition ” means
the Acquisition of Corrpro by the Borrower pursuant to the Corrpro
Acquisition Documents.
“ Corrpro Acquisition Agreement
” means that certain agreement and plan of merger dated as of
February 1, 2009 among the Borrower, First Down Acquisition
Corporation, an Ohio corporation, and Corrpro, together with all
exhibits and schedules thereto.
“ Corrpro Acquisition Documents
” means the Corrpro Acquisition Agreement and all other
agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in
connection with the Corrpro Acquisition.
“ Credit Extension ” means
each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.
“ CCSI Management ” means
CCSI Management LLC, a Texas limited liability company.
“ Debt Issuance ” means the
issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness
other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03
.
“ Debtor Relief Laws ” means
the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Default ” means any event
or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the
giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an
Event of Default.
“ Default Rate ” means (a)
when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit
Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii)
the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans
plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided , however ,
that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any
Applicable Rate and any Mandatory Cost) otherwise applicable to
such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Laws and (b) when used with respect
to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate
plus 2% per annum.
“ Defaulting Lender ” means
any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Loans,
participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line
Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day
of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder
within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of
a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become
the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“ Disposition ” or “
Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or
other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of
any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the
Equity Interests of any Subsidiary), including any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse,
of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith, but excluding (a) the sale, lease, license,
transfer or other disposition of inventory or equipment in the
ordinary course of business; (b) the sale, lease,
license, transfer or other disposition in the ordinary course of
business of surplus, obsolete or worn out property no longer used
or useful in the conduct of business of any Loan Party and its
Subsidiaries; (c) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other
disposition of property to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
provided , that if the transferor of such property is a Loan
Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to
the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such
transaction is permitted under Section 8.02 , and (d) any
Involuntary Disposition.
“ Disposition Prepayment Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(viii)
.
“ Dollar ” and “
$ ” mean lawful money of the United States.
“ Dollar Equivalent ” means,
at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount
denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount
thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at
such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of
the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with
such Alternative Currency.
“ Domestic Subsidiary ” means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the
United States or the District of Columbia.
“ Earn Out Obligations ”
means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency
payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and
consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to
the documentation relating to such Acquisition. The
amount of any Earn Out Obligations at the time of determination
shall be the aggregate amount, if any, of such Earn Out Obligations
that are required at such time under GAAP to be recognized as
liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower.
“ Eligible Assignee ” means
any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under
Section 11.06(b)(iv) and (v) (subject to such
consents, if any, as may be required under Section
11.06(b)(ii) ).
“ EMU ” means the economic
and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as
amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of
1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“ EMU Legislation ” means the
legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction
of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European
currency.
“ Environmental Laws
” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other
applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions
relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the
release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and
discharges to waste or public systems.
“ Environmental Liability ”
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or
any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental
Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage,
treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to
any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which
liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ Equity Interests
” means, with respect to any Person, all of the
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for
the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person,
all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other
interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in
such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests
therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such
shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are
outstanding on any date of determination.
“ Equity Issuance ” means any
issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to any Person of its
Equity Interests, other than (a) any issuance of its Equity
Interests pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (b) any
issuance of its Equity Interests pursuant to the conversion of any
debt securities to equity or the conversion of any class equity
securities to any other class of equity securities, (c) any
issuance of options or warrants relating to its Equity Interests,
(d) any issuance by the Borrower of its Equity Interests as
consideration for a Permitted Acquisition, (e) any
issuance by the Borrower of its Equity Interests pursuant to any
employee stock purchase plan, stock option plan or stock incentive
plan and (f) any issuance by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of its
Equity Interests to another Loan Party or another
Subsidiary. The term “Equity Issuance” shall
not be deemed to include any Disposition.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common
control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of
the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ ERISA Event ” means (a) a
Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject
to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or
a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal
under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate,
the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections
4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the
PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an
event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or
the appointment
of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA,
other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section
4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Euro ” and “
EUR ” mean the lawful currency of the Participating
Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU
Legislation.
“ Eurocurrency Base Rate ”
means,
(a) for
any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the
rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate
(“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the
relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period. If such rate is not available at such time for
any reason, then the “Eurocurrency Rate” for such
Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the
relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the
Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank
of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would
be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other Bank
of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or
other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and
(b) for
any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the
rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time two business days prior to the date of determination
(provided that if such day is not a London Business Day, the next
preceding London Business Day) for Dollar deposits being delivered
in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing
that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such
time for any reason, the rate determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on
the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate
amount of the Base Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by
Bank of America and with a term equal to one month would be offered
by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the
London interbank Eurocurrency market at their request at the date
and time of determination.
“ Eurocurrency Rate ” means,
for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan,
a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Eurocurrency Base Rate
for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period by (b) one
minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage for such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Rate Loan ”
means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be
denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency. All Loans denominated in an Alternative
Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
“ Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage
” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve
percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal
places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any
Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with
respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency liabilities”). The
Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall
be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in
the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning specified in Section 9.01 .
“ Excess Cash Flow ” means,
for any period for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus (b)
Consolidated Capital Expenditures paid in cash minus (c) any
cash consideration and related fees and expenses paid in connection
with a Permitted Acquisition, minus (d) the cash portion of
Consolidated Interest Charges minus (e) Consolidated Taxes
to the extent paid in cash minus (f) Consolidated Scheduled
Funded Debt Payments, in each case on a consolidated basis
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Excluded Taxes ” means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes
imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net
income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision
thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar
tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is
located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the
Internal Revenue Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a
Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section
3.01(e)(ii) , and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other
than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 11.13 ), any United States withholding tax that (i)
is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender
pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender
becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii)
is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability
(other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with
Section 3.01(e)(ii) , except to the extent that such Foreign
Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of
designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(i) or
(ii) .
“ Existing Credit Agreement ”
means that certain second amended and restated credit agreement
dated as of February 17, 2006 among the Borrower and Bank of
America.
" Existing Letters of Credit " means the
letters of credit described on Schedule 1.01(a) .
“ Extraordinary Receipts ”
means, with respect to any Person, any cash received by or paid to
or for the account of such Person not in the ordinary course of
business, including pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance
(other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the
extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings and
proceeds of Involuntary Dispositions), indemnity payments and any
purchase price adjustments; provided , however , that
an Extraordinary Receipt shall not include cash receipts from (i)
proceeds of insurance or indemnity payments to the extent that such
proceeds, awards or payments are received by any Person in respect
of any third party claim against such Person and applied to pay (or
to reimburse such Person for its prior payment of) such claim and
the costs and expenses of such Person with respect thereto, (ii)
tax refunds and (iii) the AIG Settlement.
“ Facilities ” means, at any
time, a collective reference to the facilities and real properties
owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary.
“ Federal Funds Rate ” means,
for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on
such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for
such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward,if necessary, to
a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such
day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
“ Fee Letter ” means the
letter agreement, dated as of January 29, 2009 among the Borrower,
Bank of America and BAS.
“ Foreign Lender ” means any
Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other
than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes
(including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of the L/C
Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United
States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be
deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means
any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“ FRB ” means the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“ Fund ” means any Person
(other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its activities.
“ Funded Indebtedness ”
means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication,
all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all
obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term
(including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other
similar instruments;
(b) all
purchase money Indebtedness;
(c) the
principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or
other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than customary reservations
or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into
in the ordinary course of business);
(d) all
obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and
commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties and
similar instruments; provided , however , that Funded
Indebtedness shall not include bank guaranties of performance or
payment obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries;
(e) all
obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary
course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 60
days after the date on which such trade account payable was
created), including, without limitation, any Earn Out Obligations
recognized as a liability on the balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;
(f) the
Attributable Indebtedness of Capital Leases, Securitization
Transactions and Synthetic Leases;
(g) all
obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or
otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interests in
such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a
redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid
dividends;
(h) all
Funded Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder
of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the
proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such
Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been
assumed;
(i) all
Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types
specified in clauses (a) through (h) above of another Person;
and
(j) all
Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through
(i) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint
venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company)
in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, except
to the extent that Funded Indebtedness is expressly made
non-recourse to such Person.
For purposes
hereof, the amount of any direct obligation arising under letters
of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’
acceptances, bank guaranties and similar instruments shall be the
maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth 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, consistently applied and as in effect from time to
time.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means the government of the United States or any other nation, or
of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies
such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
“ Guarantee ” means, as to
any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing
any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by
another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of
such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness
or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities
or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance
of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition
or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring
in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or
in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person
(or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such
Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any
Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion
thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not
stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term
“Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“ Guarantors ” means each
Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower identified as a
“Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto and each
other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section
7.12 , together with their successors and permitted
assigns.
“ Guaranty ” means the
Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article IV .
“ Hazardous Materials ” means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or
medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“ Honor Date ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c) .
“ Impacted Lender ” means any
Lender as to which (a) the L/C Issuer has a good faith belief that
such Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one
or more other syndicated credit facilities or (b) an entity that
controls such Lender has been deemed insolvent or has become
subject to a bankruptcy or other similar proceeding.
“ Incremental Term Loan ”
means the Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.01(c) .
“ Incremental Term Loan Amount
” means the amount of any increase in the Term Loan pursuant
to the terms of Section 2.02(f)(ii) .
“ Incremental Term Loan Commitment
” means, as to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender to
make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower hereunder pursuant to
any Incremental Term Loan Funding Agreement.
“ Incremental Term Loan Funding
Agreement ” means a funding agreement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit I , executed and delivered by a Lender
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02(f)
.
“ Indebtedness ” means, as to
any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities
in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all
Funded Indebtedness;
(b) the
Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;
(c) all
Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types
specified in clauses (a) and (b) above of any other Person;
and
(d) all
Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c)
above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint
venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company)
in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint
venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse
to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“ Indemnified Taxes ” means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Indemnitees ” has the
meaning specified in Section 11.04(b) .
“ Information ” has the
meaning specified in Section 11.07 .
“ Information Memorandum ”
shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated February,
2009 relating to the Borrower and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“ Intercreditor Agreement ”
means that certain Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement
dated as of April 24, 2003, by and among the banks party thereto,
the holders of the Senior Notes and the Loan Parties party
thereto.
“ Interest Payment Date ”
means (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the last day of each
Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date;
provided , however , that if any Interest Period for
a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates
that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest
Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base
Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of
each March, June, September and December and the Maturity
Date.
“ Interest Period ” means, as
to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or
continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one,
two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in
its Loan Notice, provided that:
(a) any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that 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 Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business
Day;
(b) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall
end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period; and
(c) no
Interest Period with respect to any Loan shall extend beyond the
Maturity Date.
“ Interim Financial Statements
” means the unaudited financial statements of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(b) .
“ Internal Revenue Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Investment ” means, as to
any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by
such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan,
advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt
of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity
participation or interest in, another Person, including any
partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and
any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees
Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an
Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested,
without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the
value of such Investment.
“ Involuntary Disposition ”
means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation
or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party
or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ IP Rights ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.17 .
“ IRS ” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISP ” means, with respect
to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices
1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in
effect at the time of issuance).
“ Issuer Documents ” means
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument
entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary)
or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of
Credit.
“ Joinder Agreement ” means a
joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G
executed and delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary in accordance with
the provisions of Section 7.12 .
“ Kinsel ” means Kinsel
Industries, Inc., a Texas corporation.
“ Laws ” means, collectively,
all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes,
treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or
administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders,
directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of,
and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case
whether or not having the force of law.
“ L/C Advance ” means, with
respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its
participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its
Applicable Percentage.
“ L/C Borrowing ” means an
extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of
Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or
refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.
“ L/C Credit Extension ”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof
or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the
amount thereof.
“ L/C Issuer ” means (a) Bank
of America and/or (b) any other Lender from time to time designated
by the Borrower as an L/C Issuer with the consent of such Lender
and the Administrative Agent, in each case in its capacity as
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder. In the event that there is
more than one L/C Issuer at any time, references herein and in the
other Loan Documents to the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to refer to
the L/C Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to
all L/C Issuers, as the context requires.
“ L/C Obligations ” means, as
at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of
such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.08 . For all purposes of this
Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has
expired by its terms but
any amount may still be drawn thereunder by
reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the
amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“
Lenders ” means each of the Persons identified as a
“Lender” on the signature pages hereto, each Lender
identified in the Incremental Loan Funding Agreement, if any, the
Swing Line Lender, as the context requires, and in each case, their
successors and assigns.
“ Lending Office ” means, as
to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as
such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such
other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Letter of Credit ” means
any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall including the
Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a
commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of
credit.
“ Letter of Credit Application
” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in
use by the L/C Issuer.
“ Letter of Credit Expiration Date
” means the day that is thirty days prior to the Maturity
Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next preceding Business Day).
“ Letter of Credit Fee ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i) .
“ Letter of Credit Sublimit ”
means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments and (b) $35,000,000. The Letter of Credit
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments.
“ Lien ” means any mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in
the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real
property, and any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“ Loan ” means an extension
of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in
the form of a Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan or Term
Loan.
“ Loan Documents ” means this
Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, each Joinder Agreement,
each Incremental Term Loan Funding Agreement and the Fee
Letter.
“ Loan Notice ” means a
notice of (a) a Borrowing of Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from
one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans, in each case pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , which, if
in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
.
“ Loan Parties ” means,
collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“ Mandatory Cost ” means,
with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum
determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01(b) .
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse
effect upon, the business, assets, properties, liabilities,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) an impairment of the ability
of any Loan Party to
perform its material obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect
upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a
party.
“ Maturity Date ” means March
31, 2012.
“ Moody’s ” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
“ Multiemployer Plan ” means
any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the
preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
“ Net Cash Proceeds ” means
the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition, Equity
Issuance, Debt Issuance or Involuntary Disposition, net of (a)
direct costs incurred in connection therewith (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and
sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof
and (c) in the case of any Disposition, the amount necessary to
retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (ranking senior
to any Lien of the Administrative Agent) on the related property;
it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall
include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received
upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration
received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in any Disposition,
Equity Issuance, Debt Issuance or Involuntary
Disposition.
“ Note ” or “
Notes ” means the Revolving Notes, the Swing Line Note
and/or the Term Notes, individually or collectively, as
appropriate.
“ Note Purchase Agreement ”
means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 24,
2003 among the Borrower and the financial institutions party
thereto.
“ Obligations ” means all
advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether
direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after
the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate
thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such
Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such
interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. The
foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Swap
Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a
Lender that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section
8.03(d) and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management
Agreement between any Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a
Lender.
“ Organization Documents ”
means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or
articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S.
jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company,
the certificate or articles of formation or organization and
operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint
venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership,
joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or
organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with
respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or
organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the
jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable,
any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such
entity.
“ Other Taxes ” means all
present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment
made hereunder or under any other
Loan Document
or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise
with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“
Outstanding Amount ” means (a) with respect to any
Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount
thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or
repayments of any Loans occurring on such date; and (b) with
respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C
Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit
Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the
aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including
as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed
Amounts.
“ Overnight Rate ” means, for
any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and
(ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation,
and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which
overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an
amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such
rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch
or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore
interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank
market.
“ Participant ” has the
meaning specified in Section 11.06(d) .
“ Participating Member State
” means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
“ PBGC ” means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“ Pension Plan ” means any
“employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan,
that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute,
or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in
Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during
the immediately preceding five plan years.
“ Permitted Acquisitions ”
means Investments consisting of (a) an Acquisition by any Loan
Party with the consent of the Required Lenders and (b) any other
Acquisition by any Loan Party, provided that (i) no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such
Acquisition, (ii) the property acquired (or the property of the
Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in the same
or a related line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions
or expansions thereof), (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have
received all items in respect of the Equity Interests or property
acquired in such Acquisition required to be delivered by the terms
of Section 7.12 , (iv) in the case of an Acquisition of the
Equity Interests of another Person, the board of directors (or
other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have
duly approved such Acquisition, (v) the Person being acquired shall
have attained a positive Permitted Acquisition EBITDA for the most
recent twelve month period ending prior to the closing of such
Acquisition, (vi) the representations and warranties made by the
Loan Parties in each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all
material respects at and as if made as of the date of such
Acquisition (after giving effect thereto) except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date,
(vii) if such transaction involves the purchase of an interest in a
partnership between the Borrower (or a Subsidiary) as a general
partner and entities unaffiliated with the Borrower or such
Subsidiary as the other partners, such transaction shall be
effected by having such equity interest acquired by a corporate
holding company directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Borrower
newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting such transaction,
and (viii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate
demonstrating
that, upon giving effect to such Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis,
(a) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which the Borrower was required to
deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or
(b) and (b) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than
1.75 to 1.0.
“ Permitted Acquisition EBITDA
” means, for any period, the sum of (i) net income after
taxes of any Person, as determined in accordance with GAAP plus
(ii) an amount which, in determination of net income for such
period, has been deducted for (a) interest expense, taxes,
depreciation and amortization expense, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP and (b) to the extent not capitalized, costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the applicable Acquisition
or accelerated with the applicable Acquisition.
“ Permitted Investments ”
means, at any time, Investments by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms
of Section 8.02 .
“ Permitted Liens ” means, at
any time, Liens in respect of property of any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the
terms of Section 8.01 .
“ Permitted Sale Leaseback
Transaction ” means any Sale and Leaseback Transaction
entered into by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary after the Closing
Date; provided , that (a) the aggregate value of all
properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that are
Disposed of pursuant to Permitted Sale Leaseback Transactions shall
not exceed $10,000,000 and (b) the consideration paid in connection
any Permitted Sale Leaseback Transaction shall be cash or Cash
Equivalents paid contemporaneous with consummation of such
Permitted Sale Leaseback Transaction and shall be in an amount not
less than the fair market value of the property Disposed
of.
“ Person ” means any natural
person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
“ Plan ” means any
“employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect
to any such plan that is subject to Section 412, Section 430 or
Section 431 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any
ERISA Affiliate.
“ Platform ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.02 .
“ Prime Rate ” means the rate
of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time
to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.”
The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based
upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and
desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and
is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be
priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in
such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement
of such change.
“ Priority Debt ” means, as
of any date of determination thereof, the sum (without duplication)
of (a) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries on such date, other than (i)
Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary
and (ii) any Guarantee by any Subsidiary of unsecured Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary so long as such Subsidiary
is a Guarantor and has complied with the terms of Section
7.12 , and (b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries secured by Liens permitted by Section 8.01
.
“ Pro Forma Basis ” means,
for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in
Section 8.11 (including for purposes of determining the
Applicable Rate), that any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition,
Acquisition or Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have occurred
as of the first day of the
most recent
four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction
for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements
pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) . In
connection with the foregoing, (a) with respect to any
Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, income statement and cash
flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to
the property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating
to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and
(b) with respect to any Acquisition, income statement items
attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included
to the extent relating to any period applicable in such
calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise
included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any
defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items
are supported by financial statements or other information
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) any
Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
(including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such
transaction (A) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the
first day of the applicable period and (B) if such Indebtedness has
a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest
for the applicable period for purposes of this definition
determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect
with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of
determination.
“ Pro Forma Compliance Certificate
” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower containing reasonably detailed calculations of the
financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most
recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to
deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or
(b) after giving effect to the applicable transaction on a
Pro Forma Basis.
“ Public Lender ” has the
meaning specified in Section 7.02 .
“ Register ” has the meaning
specified in Section 11.06(c) .
“ Related Parties ” means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and
advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“ Reportable Event ” means
any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than
events for which the thirty-day notice period has been
waived.
“ Request for Credit Extension
” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C
Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application and (c) with
respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“ Required Lenders ” means,
at any time, two or more Lenders holding in the aggregate more than
50% of (a) the unfunded Commitments, the outstanding Loans, L/C
Obligations and participations therein or (b) if the Commitments
have been terminated, the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations and
participations therein. The unfunded Commitments of, and
the outstanding Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.
“ Responsible Officer ” means
the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer,
treasurer, chief administrative officer or general counsel of a
Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is
signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary
corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan
Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed
to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“ Restricted Payment ” means
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary, or any payment
(whether in
cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or
similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such
Equity Interests or on account of any return of capital to the
Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the
equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or
property for any of the foregoing.
“ Revaluation Date ” means
with respect to any Loan, each of the
following: (a) each date of a Borrowing of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency,
(b) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to
Section 2.02 , and (c) such additional dates as
the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders
shall require.
“ Revolving Commitment ”
means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 , (b)
purchase participations in L/C Obligations and (c) purchase
participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or
in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“ Revolving Loan ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) .
“ Revolving Note ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.11(a) .
“ Rupee ” means the lawful
currency of India.
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“ Sale and Leaseback Transaction
” means, with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary,
any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby
the Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any
property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or
other property that it intends to use for substantially the same
purpose or purposes as the property being sold or
transferred.
“ Same Day Funds ” means
(a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars,
immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to
disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or
other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be
customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the
settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant
Alternative Currency.
“ SEC ” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding
to any of its principal functions.
“ Securitization Transaction
” means, with respect to any Person, any financing
transaction or series of financing transactions (including
factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any
Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer,
or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables,
rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to
payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such
Person.
“ Senior Notes ” means the
6.54% senior notes, series 2003-A, due April 24, 2013 in the
aggregate principal amount of $65,000,000 issued pursuant to the
Note Purchase Agreement.
“ Significant Subsidiary ”
means, at any time, any Subsidiary that would at such time
constitute a “significant subsidiary,” as defined in
Regulation S-X of the SEC.
“ Solvent ” or “
Solvency ” means, with respect to any Person as of a
particular date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay
its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other
commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b)
such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will,
incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to
pay as such debts and liabilities mature in their ordinary course,
(c) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and
is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which
such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small
capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice
in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage,
(d) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than
the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation,
contingent liabilities, of such Person and (e) the present fair
salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such
Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured. In computing the amount of contingent
liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will
be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
“ Special Notice Currency ”
means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency
of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America
or Europe.
“ Spot Rate ” for a currency
means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the
rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate
for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another
currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at
approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior
to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made;
provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot
rate from another financial institution designated by the
Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not
have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any
such currency.
“ Sterling ” means the lawful
currency of the United Kingdom.
“ Subsidiary ” of a Person
means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares
of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Borrower and “controlled” is used
in its general sense and not as a defined term.
“ Swap Contract ” means (a)
any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity
options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps
or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or
forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index
transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange
transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether
or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master
agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the
related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement
published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any
other master
agreement (any
such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a
“ Master Agreement ”), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“ Swap Termination Value ”
means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking
into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or
after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
“ Swing Line Lender ” means
Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or
any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“ Swing Line Loan ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.04(a) .
“ Swing Line Loan Notice ”
means a notice of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to
Section 2.04(b) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
“ Swing Line Note ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.11(a) .
“ Swing Line Sublimit ” means
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 and (b) the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit
is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments.
“ Synthetic Lease ” means any
synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet
loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the
arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax
purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not
otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.
“ TARGET Day ” means any day
on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment
system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if
any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable
replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in
Euro.
“ Taxes ” means all present
or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings
(including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges
imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest,
additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“ Term Loan ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(b) and, unless the context shall
otherwise require, the term “Term Loan” shall include
the Incremental Term Loans issued pursuant to Section
2.02(f)(ii) .
“ Term Loan Commitment ”
means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make its portion of the
Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) , in
the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 . The aggregate principal amount of the Term
Loan Commitments of all of the Lenders as in effect on the Closing
Date is FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($50,000,000).
“ Term Note ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.11(a) .
“ Threshold Amount ” means
$7,500,000.
“ Total Revolving Outstandings
” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving
Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“ Treasury Management Agreement
” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or
cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft,
credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero
balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled
disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and
trade finance services and other cash management
services.
“
Type ” means, with respect to any Loan, its character
as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“ United States ” and “
U.S. ” mean the United States of America.
“ Unreimbursed Amount ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i) .
“ Voting Stock ” means, with
respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies,
entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right
to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a
contingency.
“ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ”
means any Person 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time
owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons
100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Borrower.
1.02
Other Interpretive Provisions .
With reference to this Agreement and each other
Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context
may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “
include ,” “ includes ” and “
including ” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word
“ will ” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “ shall
.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed
as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii)
any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “
herein ,” “ hereof ” and “
hereunder ,” and words of similar import when used in
any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan
Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision
thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan
Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any
law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any
reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise
specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the
words “
asset ” and “ property ” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all real and personal property and tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
(b) In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “ from ” means “
from and including ;” the words “ to
” and “ until ” each mean “ to
but excluding ;” and the word “ through
” means “ to and including .”
(c) Section
headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
(a)
Generally . Except as otherwise specifically
prescribed herein, all accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with,
and all financial data (including financial ratios and other
financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a
consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a
manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial
Statements; provided, however, that calculations of Attributable
Indebtedness under any Synthetic Lease or the implied interest
component of any Synthetic Lease shall be made by the Borrower in
accordance with accepted financial practice and consistent with the
terms of such Synthetic Lease.
(b)
Changes in GAAP . To the extent such changes
materially impact the Borrower’s financial statements and are
not disclosed therein, the Borrower will provide a written summary
of material changes in GAAP and in the consistent application
thereof with each annual and quarterly Compliance Certificate
delivered in accordance with Section 7.02(a) . 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 Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the 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 that
, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to
be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein
and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement
made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
(c)
Calculations . Notwithstanding the above, the
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations of the
financial covenants in Section 8.11 (including for purposes
of determining the Applicable Rate) shall be made on a Pro Forma
Basis.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained
by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by
dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying
the result to one place more than the number of places by which
such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down
to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
1.05
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents .
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each
Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent
amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in
Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become
effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates
employed in converting any amounts between the applicable
currencies until the next Revaluation Date to
occur. Except for purposes of financial statements
delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial
covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the
applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes
of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so
determined by the Administrative Agent.
(b) Wherever
in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion,
continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, an amount,
such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in
Dollars, but such Borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated
in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant
Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to
the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit
being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
1.06
Change of Currency .
(a) Each
obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union
that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof
shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in
accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to
the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of
interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency
shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London
interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of
the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention
or practice with effect from the date on which such member state
adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any
Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding
immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect,
with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current
Interest Period.
(b) Each
provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable
changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time
to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the
Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant
market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each
provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such
reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may
from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in
currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions
or practices relating to the change in currency.
Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time
(daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.08
Letter of Credit Amounts .
Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of
a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar
Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect
at such time; provided , however , that with respect
to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the
maximum stated amount of such
Letter of
Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not
such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
(a)
Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make
loans (each such loan, a “ Revolving Loan ”) to
the Borrower in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies
from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability
Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding
the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment;
provided , however , that after giving effect to any
Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings
shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (ii) the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender,
plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not
exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the
limits of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to
the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow
under this Section 2.01 , prepay under Section 2.05 ,
and reborrow under this Section 2.01 . Revolving
Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, or a
combination thereof, as further provided herein, provided, however,
all Borrowings made on the Closing Date shall be made as Base Rate
Loans.
(b)
Term Loan . Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make its portion
of a term loan (the “ Term Loan ”) to the
Borrower in Dollars on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed
such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. Amounts repaid
on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The Term Loan
may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans or a
combination thereof, as further provided herein, provided ,
however , all Borrowings made on the Closing Date shall be
made as Base Rate Loans.
(c)
Incremental Term Loan . Subject to Section
2.02(f) , each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan
Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein and in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Funding
Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed its respective Incremental
Term Loan Commitment. Amounts repaid or prepaid in
respect of Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
2.02
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans
.
(a) Each
Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and
each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, Eurocurrency Rate
Loans or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, (ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the
case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of
any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (iii) on the requested
date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each
telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section
2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice,
appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000
in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of or
conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a
Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of
the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be
(which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of
Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of
Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be
converted, (v) the currency of the Loans to be borrowed and (vi) if
applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a currency in
a Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then the Loans so requested
shall be made in Dollars. If the Borrower fails to
specify a Type of a Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails
to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation,
then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base
Rate Loans; provided , however , that in the case of
a failure to timely request a continuation of Loans denominated in
an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be continued as
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest
Period of one month. Any such automatic conversion to
Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the
Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable
Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a
Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period,
it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one
month.
(b) Following
receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of
the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion
to Base Rate Loans as described in the preceding
subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender
shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative
Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office
for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the
case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the
Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case
of any Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Loan
Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the
initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01 ), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in
like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i)
crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of
America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such
funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to
(and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower; provided , however , that if, on the date
of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, there are L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be
applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings and
second , shall be made available to the Borrower as provided
above.
(c) Except
as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be
continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period
for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. During the existence of
a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued
as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative
Currency) without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the
Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be
prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar
Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then currency Interest
Period with respect thereto.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for
Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest
rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding,
the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower and
the Lenders of any change in the Prime Rate used in determining the
Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such
change.
(e) After
giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one
Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type,
there shall not be more than 6 Interest Periods in effect with
respect to all Loans.
(f) The
Borrower may at any time and from time to time, upon prior written
notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the
Commitments (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Swing Line
Sublimit and the Alternative Currency Sublimit) by a maximum
aggregate amount of up to TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($25,000,000)
as follows:
(i)
Increase in Aggregate Revolving Commitments . The
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written
notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent increase the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments (but not the Letter of Credit
Sublimit, the Swing Line Sublimit and the Alternative Currency
Sublimit) with additional Revolving Commitments from any existing
Lender with a Revolving Commitment or new Revolving Commitments
from any other Person selected by the Borrower and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer;
provided that:
(A) any
such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000
and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof;
(B) no
Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the
time of any such increase;
(C) no
existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its
Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Commitment
shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute
discretion;
(D) (1)
any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder
documents required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any
existing Lender electing to increase its Commitment shall have
executed a commitment agreement satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent; and
(E) as
a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated
as of the date of such increase (in sufficient copies for each
Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (1)
certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party
approving or consenting to such increase, and (2) in the case of
the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to
such increase, (x) the representations and warranties contained in
Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct
in all material respects on and as of the date of such increase,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true
and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and
except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(f) , the
representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b)
of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent
statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively,
of Section 7.01 , and (y) no Default or Event of Default
exists.
The Borrower
shall prepay any Loans owing by it and outstanding on the date of
any such increase (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant
to Section 3.05 ) to the extent necessary to keep the
outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Commitments arising from
any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this
Section.
(ii)
Institution of Incremental Term Loan . The
Borrower may, at any time, upon prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, institute the Incremental Term Loan;
provided that
(A) the
Borrower (in consultation and coordination with the Administrative
Agent) shall obtain commitments for the amount of the increase from
existing Lenders or other Persons reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, which Lenders shall execute an Incremental
Term Loan Funding Agreement or other agreement reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(B) any
such institution of the Incremental Term Loan Amount shall be in a
minimum aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(C) no
Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the
time of such institution;
(D)
Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed revised to add the commitments
of the Incremental Term Loan Lenders as set forth in the
Incremental Term Loan Funding Agreement;
(E) as
a condition precedent to such institution of the Incremental Term
Loan and the effectiveness of the Incremental Term Loan Funding
Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a
certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the date of such
institution and effectiveness (in sufficient copies for each
Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (I)
certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party
approving or consenting to the Incremental Term Loan, and (II) in
the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving
effect to the Incremental Term Loan, (x) the representations and
warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier
date, in which case they are true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of
this Section 2.02(f) , the representations and warranties
contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall
be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant
to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01 , and
(y) no Default or Event of Default exists.
Once made, all Incremental Term Loans shall be
treated as, and have the same terms as, the Term Loans under this
Agreement. The Borrower shall pay any amounts required
pursuant to Section 3.05 after the inclusion of all Incremental
Term Loans, when originally made, in each borrowing of outstanding
Term Loans on a pro rata basis.
(a)
The Letter of Credit Commitment .
(i) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer
agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in
this Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in
Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend
Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with
subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters
of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in
Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that
after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any
Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not
exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender,
plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations
shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each
request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower
that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the
conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding
sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to
obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly
the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of
Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have
been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters
of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and
from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by
the terms and conditions hereof.
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(ii)
The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit
if:
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(A)
subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) , the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months
after the date of issuance or last extension (other than the
Chicago Letter of Credit), unless the Required Lenders have
approved such expiry date; or
(B) the
expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after
the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (other than the Chicago Letter
of Credit), unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry
date.
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(iii)
The L/C
Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of
Credit if:
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(A) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C
Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to
the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction
over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer
refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such
Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer
with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or
capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall
impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C
Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more
policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit
generally;
(C) except
as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer,
such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than
$500,000 (other than the Chicago Letter of Credit and the Existing
Letters of Credit identified in Part A of Schedule 1.01(a)
);
(D) such
Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars or an Alternative Currency; or
(E) a
default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section
2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting
Lender or an Impacted Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has
entered into arrangements satisfactory to the L/C Issuer with the
Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk
with respect to such Lender.
(iv) The
L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of
Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time
to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not
accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(v) The
L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any
Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated
therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and
immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article
X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the
L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or
proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such
Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative
Agent” as used in Article X included the L/C Issuer
with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally
provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
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Procedures
for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension
Letters of Credit .
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(i)
Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or
amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower
delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days (or such later date
and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree
in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the
proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may
be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of
a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify
in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed
issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business Day); (B) the currency and amount thereof; (C) the expiry
date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof;
(E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of
any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder;
(G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and
(H) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In
the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to
be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall
be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed
amendment;
and (D) such
other matters as the L/C Issuer may
require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the
L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and
information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance
or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or
the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii)
Promptly after receipt of any
Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will
provide the Administrative Agent with a copy
thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written
notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party,
at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance
or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more
applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not be
satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit
for the account of the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary or
enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each
case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary
business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of
each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C
Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount
equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If
the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit
Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic
extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such
extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing
with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “
Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month
period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is
issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the
Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the
L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall
be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer
to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an
expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date;
provided , however , that the L/C Issuer shall not
permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that
it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such
time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as
extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of
clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or
(B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before
the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent
that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension
or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each case
directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly
after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a
Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the
beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of
such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)
Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations
.
(i)
Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of
Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative
Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the
date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit
(each such date, an “ Honor Date ”), the
Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative
Agent in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of
such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the
L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (the “ Unreimbursed Amount
”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be
disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Dollar
Equivalent of the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the
minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the
principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of
the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and
the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than
the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the
L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if
immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of
such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness
or binding effect of such notice.
(ii)
Each Lender shall
upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds
available in Dollars to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an
amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of its Applicable Percentage
of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business
Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent,
whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii)
, each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have
made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such
amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds
so received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With
respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by
a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer
an L/C Borrowing in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent
of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C
Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with
interest) and shall bear interest at the Default
Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of
its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C
Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section 2.03 .
(iv) Until
each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to
this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be
solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances
to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c) , shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C
Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other
occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing; provided , however , that each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Loan
Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve
or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse
the L/C Issuer
for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any
Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided
herein.
(vi)
If any Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount
required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.03(c)(ii) , the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to
recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent),
on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from
the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment
is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum
equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect,
plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily
charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the
foregoing. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to
any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d)
Repayment of Participations .
(i)
At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any
Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such
Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance
with Section 2.03(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives
for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly
from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of cash
collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable
Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as
those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii)
If any payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of
the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on
demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by
such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight
Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the
Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)
Obligations Absolute . The obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each
Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
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(i)
any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of
Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
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(ii) the
existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other
right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time
against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit
(or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee
may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated
hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
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(iii)
any draft,
demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter
of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate
in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under
such Letter of Credit;
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(iv)
any
payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made
by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person
purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or
other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
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(v) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar
to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge
of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
The Borrower
shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each
amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any
claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or
other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C
Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to
have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f)
Role of L/C Issuer . Each Lender and the Borrower
agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C
Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document
(other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly
required by such Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to
the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of
the Person executing or delivering any such
document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative
Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be
liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the
Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action
taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter
of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby
assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or
transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
provided , however , that this assumption is not
intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing
such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or
transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of
the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective
Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of
the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the
matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section
2.03(e) ; provided , however , that anything in
such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have
a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to
the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct,
as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the
Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C
Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C
Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit
after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft
and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions
of a Letter of Credit unless the L/C Issuer is prevented or
prohibited from so paying as a result of any order or directive of
any court or other Governmental Authority. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer
may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not
be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to
transfer or
assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or
proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g)
Cash Collateral . Upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or
partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing
has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains
outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations. Sections 2.05 and 9.02(c)
set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash
Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section
2.03 , Section 2.05 and Section 9.02(c) , “
Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with
or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C
Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash
or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the
Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding
meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and
all balances therein and all proceeds of the
foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative
Agent.
(h)
Applicability of ISP and UCP . Unless otherwise
expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter
of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an
Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to
each standby Letter of Credit and (ii) the rules of the Uniform
Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently
published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of
issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of
Credit.
(i)
Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee
(the “ Letter of Credit Fee ”) for each Letter
of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of
such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.08 . Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i)
computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable
on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with the first such date to
occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If
there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the
daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit
shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately
for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was
in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of
Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j)
Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to
L/C Issuer . The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer
for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of
Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed
on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in
effect under such Letter of Credit) and on a quarterly basis in
arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on
the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September
and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period
(or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing
with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter
of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter
on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of
such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.08 . In addition, the Borrower shall
pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary
issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and
other standard
costs and
charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from
time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard
costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are
nonrefundable.
(k)
Conflict with Issuer Documents . In the event of
any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer
Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l)
Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries
. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or
outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is
for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated
to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings
under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby
acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account
of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the
Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the
businesses of such Subsidiaries.
2.04
Swing Line Loans .
(a)
Swing Line Facility . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender may, in its
discretion and in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders
set forth in this Section 2.04 , make loans (each such loan,
a “ Swing Line Loan ”) to the Borrower in
Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the
Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit;
provided , however , that after giving effect to any
Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not
exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender,
plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment, and provided , further , that the
Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to
refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions
hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04 ,
prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a
Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing
Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender
a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b)
Borrowing Procedures . Each Borrowing of Swing
Line Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable
notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which
may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall
specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum
principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in
excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall
be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be
confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line
Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line
Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or
in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such
Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will
notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the
contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has
received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the
Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior
to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing Line
Loans (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing
Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first
proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) , or (B)
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than
3:00 p.m. on the
borrowing date
specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its
Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
(c)
Refinancing of Swing Line Loans .
(i)
The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute
discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby
irrevocably requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so
request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Loan in
an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such
request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be
deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance
with the requirements of Section 2.02 , without regard to
the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal
amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice)
and provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Total
Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the
Borrower with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after
delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each
Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of
the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the
Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing
Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon,
subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii) , each Lender that so makes
funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to
the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent
shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line
Lender.
(ii)
If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be
refinanced by such a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in accordance
with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the request for Base Rate Loans
submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be
deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the
Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan
and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section
2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such
participation.
(iii) If
any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid
by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section
2.04(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover
from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on
demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the
date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum
equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect,
plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily
charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the
foregoing. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender
submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with
respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase
and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such
Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any
other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or
condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided , however , that each Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section
2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section
5.02 . No
such purchase
or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair
the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together
with interest as provided herein.
(d)
Repayment of Participations .
(i)
At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk
participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender
receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing
Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Applicable
Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of
interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as
those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii)
If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of
principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be
returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances
described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative
Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to
the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the
Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such
demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The
obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
(e)
Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender . The
Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower
for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender
funds its Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan,
interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely
for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f)
Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender . The
Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in
respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line
Lender.
2.05
Prepayments .
(a)
Voluntary Prepayments .
(i)
Revolving Loans and Term Loan
. Subject to the last sentence of this Section
2.05(a)(i) , the Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time
voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans, the Term Loan and/or the
Incremental Term Loan in whole or in part without premium or
penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three
Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any
such prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then
outstanding); and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in
a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof
then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the
date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be
prepaid and whether the Loans to be prepaid are the Revolving
Loans, the Term Loan and/or the Incremental Term
Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such
prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the
Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount
prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05 . Each such prepayment shall be
applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages. Each such prepayment
of the Term Loan shall be applied to the remaining principal
amortization payments of the Term Loan in inverse order of maturity
until the Term Loan has been paid in full.
(ii)
Swing Line Loans . The Borrower may, upon notice
to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line
Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;
provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing
Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.
on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall
be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal
thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall
specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such
notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such
prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be
due and payable on the date specified therein.
(b)
Mandatory Prepayments of Loans .
(i)
Revolving Commitments . If for any reason
the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall
immediately prepay Revolving Loans and/or the Swing Line Loans
and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate
amount equal to such excess; provided , however ,
that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the
L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) unless
after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans and the Swing
Line Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(ii)
Dispositions . The Borrower shall prepay the
Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as hereafter
provided in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash
Proceeds of all Dispositions to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds
are not reinvested in property that is used or useful in the same
or similar line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(including Corrpro and its Subsidiaries) were engaged in on the
Closing Date within 365 days of such Disposition. Any
prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be applied as set
forth in clause (vii) below.
(iii)
Debt Issuances . Immediately upon receipt by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt
Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations as hereafter provided in an
aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash
Proceeds. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (iii)
shall be applied as set forth in clause (vii) below.
(iv)
Equity Issuances . Immediately upon the receipt
by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any
Equity Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to
(A) 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (if the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended is
greater than 2.0 to 1.0) or (B) 50% of the Net Cash
Proceeds (if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end
of the fiscal quarter most recently ended is less than
or equal to 2.0 to 1.0 but greater than or equal to 1.5 to 1.0);
provided , however , if the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended is
less than 1.5 to 1.0, then the Borrower shall not be
required to
make the foregoing prepayment. Any prepayment pursuant
to this clause (iv) shall be applied as set forth in clause (vii)
below.
(v)
Excess Cash Flow . If the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio is greater than 1.75 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal year
of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December
31, 2009, then, within ninety days after the end of
each such fiscal year, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations with the percentage of Excess
Cash Flow for such fiscal year necessary to cause the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio for such fiscal year end to be equal to 1.75 to 1.0
after giving effect to such prepayment. Any prepayment
pursuant to this clause (v) shall be applied as set forth in clause
(vii) below.
(vi)
Extraordinary Receipts . Immediately upon the
receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Extraordinary
Receipts, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to
100% of such Extraordinary Receipts; provided ,
however , the Borrower shall be permitted within 365 days of
any Involuntary Dispositio