THE OBLIGATIONS
(EXCLUSIVE OF “REVOLVER DEBT” AND OTHER “EXCLUDED
ITEMS” EACH AS DEFINED IN THE WFF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
DEFINED BELOW) OF BORROWER (AS DEFINED BELOW) UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
(AS DEFINED BELOW) ARE SUBJECT AND SUBORDINATED TO PAYMENT OF ALL
“SENIOR DEBT” AS DEFINED IN THE WFF SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THE WFF SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT.
THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES
HERETO
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL,
LLC
as the Arranger and
Administrative Agent
Dated as of April 23,
2009
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1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
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2. LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
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2.3. Borrowing Procedures and
Settlements
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2.4. Payments; Reductions of Commitments;
Prepayments
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2.5. [Intentionally Omitted]
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2.6. Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee:
Rates, Payments, and Calculations
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2.9. Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of
Obligations
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2.13. Capital Requirements
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2.14. Sponsor Letter of Credit
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3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT
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3.1. Conditions Precedent to the Initial
Extension of Credit
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3.2. Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of
Credit
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3.4. Effect of Termination
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3.5. Early Termination by Borrower
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3.6. Provisions Regarding Letter of Credit
Collateralization
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4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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4.1. Organization; Power and
Authority
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4.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of
Subsidiaries
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4.5. Financial Statements;
Projections
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4.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments,
Etc.
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4.7. Governmental Authorizations,
Etc.
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4.8. Litigation; Observance of Statutes and
Orders
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4.10. Title to Property; Leases
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(continued)
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4.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc.
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4.12. Compliance with ERISA
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4.13. Outstanding Indebtedness
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4.14. Status under Certain Statutes
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4.15. Environmental Matters
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5.1. Financial and Business
Information
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5.2. Officer’s Certificate
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5.6. Maintenance of Properties
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5.8. Corporate Existence, Etc.
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5.9. Additional Guarantors
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5.10. Sale of Culver City
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6.1. Transactions with Affiliates
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6.2. Merger, Consolidation, Etc.
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6.3. Limitation on Indebtedness
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6.5. Limitation on Investments
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6.8. Limitation on Sale of Assets
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6.9. Capital Expenditures;
Acquisitions
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6.10. Limitation on Amendments to Senior
Refinancing Documents / Senior Documents
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6.11. No Foreign Subsidiaries
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6.13. Restrictive Agreements
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7.1. Maintenance of Senior Debt Leverage
Ratio
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION
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10.1. Demand; Protest; Etc.
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12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER;
CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL REFERENCE
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13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS;
GORES PARTY SUBORDINATION
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13.1. Assignments and Participations
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13.3. Sponsor Guaranty and Put
Agreement
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13.4. Right of First Offer Agreement; Joinder to
Applicable Subordination Agreement
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13.5. Gores Party Subordination
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14.1. Amendments and Waivers
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14.2. Replacement of Holdout Lender
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14.3. No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
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15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP
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15.1. Appointment and Authorization of
Agent
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15.2. Delegation of Duties
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15.5. Notice of Default or Event of
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15.7. Costs and Expenses;
Indemnification
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15.10. Lender in Individual Capacity
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15.12. Restrictions on Actions by Lenders;
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15.14. Payments by Agent to the
Lenders
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15.15. Concerning the Related Loan
Documents
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15.16. Audits and Examination Reports;
Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and
Information
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15.17. Several Obligations; No
Liability
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TABLE OF
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(continued)
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17.4. Severability of Provisions
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17.6. Debtor-Creditor Relationship
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17.7. Counterparts; Electronic
Execution
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17.8. Revival and Reinstatement of
Obligations
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17.10. Lender Group Expenses
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Form of LIBOR
Notice
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Form of
Guaranty
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Form of WFF
Subordination Agreement
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Form of Sponsor
Guaranty and Put Agreement
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Form of Sponsor
Letter of Credit
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Form of Right
of First Offer Agreement
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Form of
Secretary’s Certificate of Borrower
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Form of
Secretary’s Certificate of Guarantors
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Form of
Secretary’s Certificate of Sponsor Guarantors
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Form of Opinion
of Loan Parties’ Counsel
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Form of Opinion
of Sponsor Guarantors’ Counsel
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Agent’s
Account
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Authorized
Persons
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Commitments
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Designated
Accounts
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Specified
Competitors
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New
Competitors
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Definitions
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Conditions
Precedent
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Changes in
Corporate Structure
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Subsidiaries
and Ownership of Subsidiaries
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Financial
Statements
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Litigation
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Intellectual
Property
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Sale-Leaseback
Transaction Terms
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Existing
Capital Leases
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Existing
Liens
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Existing
Investments
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Other
Investments
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Sales and
Dispositions of Property
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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), is
entered into as of April 23, 2009, by and among the lenders
identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together
with their respective successors and permitted assigns, are
referred to hereinafter each individually as a “
Lender ” and collectively as the “
Lenders ”), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, as the arranger and administrative agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and
assigns in such capacity, “ Agent ”), and
WESTWOOD ONE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower
”).
The parties agree as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the meanings specified therefor on Schedule 1.1
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All accounting terms not specifically defined
herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. When used
herein, the term “financial statements” shall include
the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term Borrower is used
in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it
shall be understood to mean Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise.
Any terms used in this Agreement that are
defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in
the Code unless otherwise defined herein; provided ,
however , that to the extent that the Code is used to define
any term herein and such term is defined differently in different
Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in
Article 9 of the Code shall govern.
Unless the context of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the
plural include the singular, references to the singular include the
plural, the terms “includes” and
“including” are not limiting, and the term
“or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.”
The words “hereof,” “herein,”
“hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement
or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan
Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause,
schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement
unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in
any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document
shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
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joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any
restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements set forth herein or in the Subordination Agreement).
The words “asset” and “property” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference
herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction or
repayment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in
full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit, providing
Letter of Credit Collateralization) of all Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations and contingent reimbursement
obligations (it being agreed that “contingent reimbursement
obligations” does not refer to obligations, contingent or
otherwise, pertaining to the Letters of Credit) in respect of which
no claim for payment has been asserted in writing). Any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing
contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied
by the transmission of a Record.
All of the schedules attached to this Agreement
shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
2. LOAN AND
TERMS OF PAYMENT.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, and during the term of this Agreement, each Lender
with a Revolver Commitment agrees (severally, not jointly or
jointly and severally) to make advances (“ Advances
”) to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to
the Maximum Revolver Amount less the Letter of Credit Usage
at such time.
(b) Amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the
term of this Agreement. The outstanding principal amount of the
Advances, together with interest accrued thereon, shall be due and
payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which
they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date each Lender with a Term Loan
Commitment agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally)
to make term loans (collectively, the “ Term Loan
”) to Borrower in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Term Loan Amount. The outstanding unpaid
principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term
Loan shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) the
Maturity Date, and (ii) the date of the acceleration of the
Term Loan in accordance with the terms hereof. All principal of,
interest on, and other amounts payable in respect of the Term Loan
pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents shall constitute
Obligations.
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2.3. Borrowing Procedures and
Settlements .
(a) Procedure for Borrowing . Each
Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an Authorized
Person delivered to Agent. Unless Swing Lender is not obligated to
make a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(b) below,
such notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m.
(California time) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding
Date specifying (i) the amount of such Borrowing, and
(ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a Business
Day; provided , however , that if Swing Lender is not
obligated to make a Swing Loan as to a requested Borrowing, such
notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m.
(California time) on the Business Day prior to the date that is the
requested Funding Date. At Agent’s election, in lieu of
delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized
Person may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the
required time. In such circumstances, Borrower agrees that any such
telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of
the giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide
such written confirmation shall not affect the validity of the
request.
(b) Making of Swing Loans . In the
case of a request for an Advance consisting of Swing Loans and so
long as either (i) the aggregate amount of Swing Loans made
since the last Settlement Date, minus the amount of payments
applied to Swing Loans since the last Settlement Date, plus the
amount of the requested Advance does not exceed $1,500,000, or
(ii) Swing Lender, in its sole discretion, shall agree to make
a Swing Loan notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Swing Lender
shall make an Advance in the amount of such Borrowing (any such
Advance made solely by Swing Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.3(b) being referred to as a “ Swing
Loan ” and such Advances being referred to collectively
as “ Swing Loans ”) available to Borrower on the
Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately
available funds to the Borrower’s Designated Account. Each
Swing Loan shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and shall be
subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to other
Advances, except that all payments on any Swing Loan shall be
payable to Swing Lender solely for its own account. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.3(d)(i) , Swing Lender shall
not make and shall not be obligated to make any Swing Loan if Swing
Lender has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3
is not satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable
Borrowing, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would exceed the
Availability on such Funding Date. Swing Lender shall not otherwise
be required to determine whether the applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Section 3 have been satisfied on
the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making any Swing Loan.
The Swing Loans shall constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear
interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that
are Base Rate Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything
contained herein to the contrary, Borrower may at any time and from
time to time, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and each of the applicable conditions precedent set
forth in Section 3 is satisfied or waived, request
Advances that are LIBOR Loans pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.12 (it being understood that the prepayment
of any LIBOR Loan before the last day of the applicable Interest
Period may result in losses, costs or expenses as set forth in
Section 2.12(b) ).
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(i) In the event that Swing Lender is not
obligated to make a Swing Loan, then promptly after receipt of a
request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a) ,
Agent shall notify the Lenders, not later than 1:00 p.m.
(California time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Funding Date applicable thereto, by telecopy, telephone, or other
similar form of transmission, of the requested Borrowing. Each
Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately
available funds, to Agent’s Account, not later than
10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Funding Date applicable
thereto. After Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such
Advances, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to
Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by transferring immediately
available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the
Borrower’s Designated Account; provided ,
however , that, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.3(d)(i) , no Lender shall have the obligation
to make any Advance if (1) one or more of the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 is not
satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable
Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the
requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding
Date.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a
Lender prior to 9:00 a.m. (California time) on the date of a
Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available as and when
required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrower the amount
of that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may
assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available
to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and
Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to Borrower on such date a corresponding
amount. If any Lender shall not have made its full amount available
to Agent in immediately available funds and if Agent in such
circumstances has made available to Borrower such amount, that
Lender shall on the Business Day following such Funding Date make
such amount available to Agent, together with interest at the
Defaulting Lender Rate for each day during such period. A notice
submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing
under this subsection shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
If such amount is so made available, such payment to Agent shall
constitute such Lender’s Advance on the date of Borrowing for
all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made
available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date,
Agent will notify Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand
by Agent, Borrower shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent’s
account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since
the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate applicable at the time to the Advances composing such
Borrowing. The failure of any Lender to make any Advance on any
Funding Date shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation
hereunder to make an Advance on such Funding Date, but no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make
the Advance to be made by such other Lender on any Funding
Date.
(iii) Unless all other Obligations have
been paid in full, Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a
Defaulting Lender any payments (including without limitation any
voluntary or mandatory prepayments or payments pursuant to
Section 2.4(b) ) made by, or on behalf of, Loan Parties
to Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit, and, in the
absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall
transfer any such payments to each other non-Defaulting Lender
member of the Lender Group ratably in accordance with their
Commitments or, if so directed by Borrower and if no
Default
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or Event of
Default or Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing (and to the
extent such Defaulting Lender’s Advance was not funded by the
Lender Group), retain same to be re-advanced to Borrower as if such
Defaulting Lender had made Advances to Borrower. Subject to the
foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its Permitted Discretion, re-lend
to Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of
all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of
such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or
consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents, such
Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender”
and such Lender’s Commitment and Pro Rata Share shall be
deemed to be zero and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, such Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of
voting, and the calculation of voting, on any matters (including
the granting of consents and waivers) with respect to the Loan
Documents. This Section shall remain effective with respect to
such Lender until (x) the Obligations under this Agreement
shall have been declared or shall have become immediately due and
payable, (y) the non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, and Borrower
shall have waived such Defaulting Lender’s default in
writing, or (z) the Defaulting Lender makes its Pro Rata Share
of the applicable Advance and pays to Agent all amounts owing by
Defaulting Lender in respect thereof. The operation of this Section
shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the
Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by
such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and
obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by
Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Agent or to the
Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any such failure to fund
by any Defaulting Lender shall constitute a material breach by such
Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle Borrower at
its option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a
substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender in accordance with Section 13.1 (including,
without limitation, subject to any consent rights of Agent provided
in Section 13.1 ). In connection with the arrangement
of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no
right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and
deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of
the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have
executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject
only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations
(including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Risk
Participation Liability) arising prior to the time such Defaulting
Lender became a Defaulting Lender without any premium or penalty of
any kind whatsoever; provided , however , that any
such assumption of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall
not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender
Groups’ or Borrower’s rights or remedies against any
such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such
failure to fund.
(d) Protective Advances
.
(i) Agent hereby is authorized by Borrower
and the Lenders, from time to time in Agent’s sole
discretion, (A) after the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at any
time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set
forth in Section 3 are not satisfied, to make Advances
to Borrower on behalf of the Lenders that Agent, in its Permitted
Discretion deems necessary or desirable to enhance the likelihood
of repayment of the Obligations (any of the Advances described in
this Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be referred to as “
Protective Advances ”); provided , that the
aggregate amount of all outstanding Protective Advances plus the
Revolver Usage (other than Protective Advances) shall not at any
time exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount.
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(ii) Each Protective Advance made in
accordance with Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be deemed to be
an Advance hereunder, except that no Protective Advance shall be
eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement therefor,
all payments on the Protective Advances shall be payable to Agent
solely for its own account. The Protective Advances shall be
repayable on demand, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear
interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that
are Base Rate Loans. The provisions of this
Section 2.3(d) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent,
Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit
Borrower in any way.
(e) Settlement . It is agreed that
each Lender’s funded portion of the Advances is intended by
the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the outstanding Advances. Such agreement notwithstanding,
Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement
shall not be for the benefit of Borrower) that in order to
facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, settlement among the Lenders as to the Advances, the
Swing Loans, and the Protective Advances shall take place on a
periodic basis in accordance with the following
provisions:
(i) Agent shall request settlement (“
Settlement ”) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or
on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent (1) on
behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to the outstanding Swing
Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding
Protective Advances, and (3) with respect to Borrower’s
payments received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy,
telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested
Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. (California time) on the
Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested
Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the “
Settlement Date ”). Such notice of a Settlement Date
shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding
Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances for the period since
the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions
contained herein (including Section 2.3(c)(iii) ):
(y) if a Lender’s balance of the Advances (including
Swing Loans and Protective Advances) exceeds such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and
Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by
no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement
Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account
of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that
each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the
Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including
Swing Loans and Protective Advances), and (z) if a
Lender’s balance of the Advances (including Swing Loans and
Protective Advances) is less than such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective
Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than
12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date transfer
in immediately available funds to the Agent’s Account, an
amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such
amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the
Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances). Such
amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the
immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts
of the applicable Swing Loans or Protective Advances and, together
with the portion of such Swing Loans or Protective Advances
representing Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall
constitute Advances of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made
available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable
thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be
entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such
Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender
Rate.
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(ii) In determining whether a
Lender’s balance of the Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective
Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances, Swing Loans, and
Protective Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part
of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of
payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to
principal, interest, fees payable by Borrower and allocable to the
Lenders hereunder.
(iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to
the extent Protective Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may
pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, any payments of
Borrower received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances,
for application to the Protective Advances or Swing Loans. Between
Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Protective Advances or
Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any
payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances,
for application to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Advances. If, as of any Settlement Date, payments of Borrower
received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have
been applied to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances
other than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous
sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the
Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders, to be applied to the
outstanding Advances of such Lenders, an amount such that each
Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such
Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances. During the
period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing
Loans, Agent with respect to Protective Advances, and each Lender
(subject to the effect of agreements between Agent and individual
Lenders) with respect to the Advances other than Swing Loans and
Protective Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the
applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on such Swing
Loans, Protective Advances and Advances, as the case may be, by
Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.
(f) Notation . Agent, as a
non-fiduciary agent for Borrower, shall maintain a register showing
the principal amount of the Advances (and portion of the Term Loan,
as applicable), owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans
owing to Swing Lender, and Protective Advances owing to Agent, and
the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such
records shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to
be correct and accurate.
(g) Lenders’ Failure to
Perform . All Advances (other than Swing Loans and Protective
Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in
accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that
(i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any
other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Advance (or
other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of
any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by
any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and
(ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations
hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations
hereunder.
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2.4. Payments; Reductions of Commitments;
Prepayments .
(a) Payments by Borrower
.
(i) Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all payments by Borrower shall be made to Agent’s
Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in
immediately available funds, no later than 11:00 a.m.
(California time) on the date specified herein. Any payment
received by Agent later than 11:00 a.m. (California time)
shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day
and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until
such following Business Day.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Lenders that Borrower will not make such payment in full as and
when required, Agent may assume that Borrower has made (or will
make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in immediately
available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in
reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such
due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and
to the extent Borrower does not make such payment in full to Agent
on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on
demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with
interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from
the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date
repaid.
(b) Apportionment and Application
.
(i) So long as no Application Event has
occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided with
respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments
shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the
unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments
relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses
(other than fees or expenses that are for Agent’s separate
account) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a
Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or Obligation to which a
particular fee or expense relates. All payments to be made
hereunder by Borrower shall be remitted to Agent and (subject to
Section 2.4(b)(iv) , Section 2.4(e) and
Section 2.4(f) ) all such payments shall be applied, so
long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, to
reduce the balance of the Advances outstanding and, thereafter, to
Borrower (to be wired in immediately available funds to the
Borrower’s Designated Account) or such other Person entitled
thereto under applicable law.
(ii) At any time that an Application Event
has occurred and is continuing, all payments remitted to Agent
(other than payments made (x) with proceeds of a draw by Agent
in respect of the Sponsor Letter of Credit and/or (y) with
proceeds received by Agent pursuant to the Sponsor Guaranty and Put
Agreement) shall be applied as in the order of payment set forth in
subsection (A) below and all payments made (x) with
proceeds of a draw in respect of the Sponsor Letter of Credit
and/or (y) with proceeds received by Agent pursuant to
Section 2 and/or Section 4 of the Sponsor Guaranty and
Put Agreement shall be applied in the order of payment set forth in
subsection (B) below.
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(A) Except as otherwise provided with
respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent
(other than payments made (x) with proceeds of a draw by Agent
in respect of the Sponsor Letter of Credit and/or (y) with
proceeds received by Agent pursuant to Section 2 and/or
Section 4 of the Sponsor Guaranty and Put Agreement) at any
time an Application Event has occurred and is continuing shall be
applied as follows:
(1) first , to pay any Lender Group
Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements included
therein) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents,
until paid in full,
(2) second , to pay any fees or premiums,
if any, then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in
full,
(3) third , to pay interest due in
respect of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(4) fourth , to pay the principal of all
Protective Advances until paid in full,
(5) fifth , ratably to pay any Lender
Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements included
therein) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the
Loan Documents, until paid in full,
(6) sixth , ratably to pay any fees or
premiums, if any, then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan
Documents until paid in full,
(7) seventh , ratably to pay interest due
in respect of (x) the Advances (other than Protective
Advances), (y) the Swing Loans and (z) to the extent not
prohibited to be paid by the Subordination Agreement, the Term
Loan, in each case until paid in full,
(8) eighth , ratably (w) to pay the
principal of all Swing Loans until paid in full, (x) to pay
the principal of all Advances until paid in full, (y) to
Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Lender and
those Lenders having a share of the Risk Participation Liability,
as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter of Credit
Usage, and (z) to the extent not prohibited to be paid by the
Subordination Agreement, to pay the principal of the Term Loan
until paid in full,
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(9) ninth , to pay any other Obligations
(except for any Obligations pertaining to the Term Loan to the
extent payment of such Obligations is prohibited by the
Subordination Agreement),
(10) tenth , to pay interest due in
respect of the Term Loan until paid in full without regard to the
provisions of the Subordination Agreement (it being understood that
solely as between the Noteholders (as defined in the Subordination
Agreement), on the one hand, and the Lender Group, on the other
hand, and without giving any rights to any other Person (including
without limitation any Loan Party) with respect thereto, the Lender
Group shall be required to comply with the provisions of the
Subordination Agreement),
(11) eleventh , to pay the principal of
the Term Loan until paid in full, without regard to the provisions
of the Subordination Agreement (it being understood that solely as
between the Noteholders (as defined in the Subordination
Agreement), on the one hand, and the Lender Group, on the other
hand, and without giving any rights to any other Person (including
without limitation any Loan Party) with respect thereto, the Lender
Group shall be required to comply with the provisions of the
Subordination Agreement),
(12) twelfth , to pay any other
Obligations pertaining to the Term Loan, without regard to the
provisions of the Subordination Agreement (it being understood that
solely as between the Noteholders (as defined in the Subordination
Agreement), on the one hand, and the Lender Group, on the other
hand, and without giving any rights to any other Person (including
without limitation any Loan Party) with respect thereto, the Lender
Group shall be required to comply with the provisions of the
Subordination Agreement), and
(13) thirteenth , except as otherwise
directed pursuant to the WFF Subordination Agreement, to Borrower
(to be wired in immediately available funds to the Borrower’s
Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under
applicable law.
(B) Except as otherwise provided with
respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments made (x) with
proceeds of a draw by Agent in respect of the Sponsor Letter of
Credit and/or (y) with proceeds received by Agent pursuant to
Section 2 and/or Section 4 of the Sponsor Guaranty and
Put Agreement, in each case, at any time that an Application Event
has occurred and is continuing shall be applied as
follows:
(1) first , in the event that such
payments are being so made to remedy a Default or an Event of
Default under either Section 8(a) or Section
8(b) , as applicable, as expressly provided in Section 2(c) of
the Sponsor Guaranty and Put Agreement, such payment shall be
applied to the specific Obligations then past due that gave rise to
such Default or Event of Default so long as after giving effect to
such application no Default or Event of Default is in
existence;
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(2) second , to pay any Lender Group
Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements included
therein) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents,
until paid in full,
(3) third , to pay any fees or premiums,
if any, then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in
full,
(4) fourth , to pay interest due in
respect of the Term Loan until paid in full,
(5) fifth , to pay principal of the Term
Loan until paid in full,
(6) sixth , to pay interest due in
respect of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(7) seventh , to pay the principal of all
Protective Advances until paid in full,
(8) eighth , ratably to pay any Lender
Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements included
therein) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the
Loan Documents, until paid in full,
(9) ninth , ratably to pay any fees or
premiums, if any, then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan
Documents until paid in full,
(10) tenth , ratably to pay interest due
in respect of (x) the Advances (other than Protective
Advances), and (y) the Swing Loans, in each case until paid in
full,
(11) eleventh , ratably (x) to pay
the principal of all Swing Loans until paid in full, (y) to
pay the principal of all Advances until paid in full, and
(z) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing
Lender and those Lenders having a share of the Risk Participation
Liability, as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter
of Credit Usage,
(12) twelfth , to pay any other
Obligations, and
(13) thirteenth , to Borrower (to be
wired in immediately available funds to the Borrower’s
Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under
applicable law.
(iii) Agent promptly shall distribute to
each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received
from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to
receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in
Section 2.3(e) .
(iv) In each instance, so long as no
Application Event has occurred and is continuing,
Section 2.4(b)(i) shall not apply to any payment made
by Borrower to Agent and specified by Borrower to be for the
payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or
prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
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(v) For purposes of
Section 2.4(b)(ii) , “paid in full” means
payment in cash of all amounts then owing under the Loan Documents,
including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and
specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of
any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest,
and expense reimbursements, whether or not any of the foregoing
would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any
Insolvency Proceeding.
(vi) In the event of a direct conflict
between the priority provisions of this Section 2.4 and
any other provision contained in any other Loan Document, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in
concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable
conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of this Section 2.4 shall control and
govern.
(vii) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any
other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, for the
avoidance of doubt, the failure of Borrower or any other Person to
make any payments when due pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or any other Loan Documents due to a prohibition contained in the
Subordination Agreement shall still constitute an Event of Default
under either Section 8(a) or Section 8(b) ,
as applicable.
(c) Reduction of Commitments
.
(i) Revolver Commitments . The Revolver
Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. Borrower may
reduce the Revolver Commitments to an amount (which may be zero)
not less than the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such
date, plus (B) the principal amount of all Advances not yet
made as to which a request has been given by Borrower under
Section 2.3(a) , plus (C) the face amount of all
Letters of Credit not yet issued as to which a request has been
given by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(a) . Each
such partial reduction shall be in an amount which is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 (unless the Revolver Commitments in effect
immediately prior to such reduction are less than $5,000,000),
shall be made by providing not less than 5 Business Days prior
written notice to Agent and shall be irrevocable unless such notice
specifies it is conditional on the consummation of a refinancing or
other transaction, in which case such notice shall be contingent on
the consummation thereof, and may be revoked by Borrower if such
refinancing or other transaction fails to close. Once reduced, the
Revolver Commitments may not be increased. Each such reduction of
the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of
each Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata Share
thereof.
(ii) Term Loan Commitments . The Term
Loan Commitments shall terminate upon the making of the Term
Loan.
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(d) Optional Prepayments
.
(i) Advances . Borrower may prepay the
principal of any Advance (including, without limitation, any
Protective Advance or Swing Loan) at any time in whole or in part,
without premium or penalty other than for any applicable losses,
costs or expenses (if any) owed pursuant to
Section 2.12(b)(ii) .
(ii) Term Loan . Borrower may, upon at
least 5 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, which notice
shall be irrevocable unless such notice specifies it is conditional
on the consummation of a refinancing or other transaction, in which
case such notice shall be contingent on the consummation thereof,
and may be revoked by Borrower if such refinancing or other
transaction fails to close, prepay the principal of the Term Loan,
in whole or in part without premium or penalty other than for any
applicable losses, costs or expenses owed pursuant to
Section 2.12(b)(ii) . Each prepayment made pursuant to
this Section 2.4(d)(ii) shall be accompanied by the
payment of accrued interest to the date of such payment on the
amount prepaid. Each such prepayment shall be applied against the
remaining principal due on the Term Loan.
(e) Mandatory Prepayments
.
(i) [ Intentionally Omitted ]
(ii) Dispositions . Subject to
Section 2.4(e)(v) , within 1 Business Day of the date
of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the Net Cash
Proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person other than
Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof of assets (including casualty
losses or condemnations but excluding sales or dispositions
permitted pursuant to clauses (a) (subject to the dollar basket set
forth in clause (a)), (b) and (c) of
Section 6.8 ), Borrower shall prepay the outstanding
principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with
Section 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of such
Net Cash Proceeds (including 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds in
respect of condemnation awards and payments in lieu thereof)
received by such Person in connection with such sales or
dispositions; provided that, so long as (A) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing,
(B) Borrower shall be permitted to apply such Net Cash
Proceeds to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets
that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the cost of
purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and (C) Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase,
or construction within 180 days after the initial receipt of
such Net Cash Proceeds, Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have
the option to apply such Net Cash Proceeds to the costs of
replacement of the assets that are the subject of such sale or
disposition or to the costs of purchase or construction of other
assets useful in the business of Borrower or its Subsidiaries
unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have
expired without such replacement, purchase or construction being
made or completed, in which case, any amounts not so applied shall
be paid to Agent and applied in accordance with
Section 2.4(f)(ii) . Nothing contained in this
Section 2.4(e)(ii) shall permit Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than
in accordance with Section 6.8 . For the avoidance of
doubt, this Section 2.4(e)(ii) shall not apply to any
issuances or sales of Equity Interests by Borrower.
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(iii) Indebtedness . Subject to
Section 2.4(e)(v) , within 1 Business Day following the
date of incurrence by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries
of any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness permitted under
this Agreement), Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal
amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section
2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds
received by such Person in connection with such incurrence. The
provisions of this Section 2.4(e)(iii) shall not be
deemed to be implied consent to any such incurrence otherwise
prohibited by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
(iv) Change of Control . Subject to
Section 2.4(e)(v) , in the event of a Change of Control
the Borrower shall prepay, in accordance with and subject to this
Section 2.4(e)(iv) , all, but not less than all, of the
Obligations held by each Lender on the earlier of the second
Business Day after the Change of Control or the date of repayment
or prepayment of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries required to be prepaid or repaid in connection with
such Change of Control (the “ Change of Control Prepayment
Date ”). Prepayment of the Obligations pursuant to this
Section 2.4(e)(iv) shall be at 100% of the Obligations. The
prepayment shall be made on the Change of Control Prepayment
Date.
(v) Senior Debt Application .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
prepayments payable under Section 2.4(e)(ii) ,
2.4(e)(iii) or 2.4(e)(iv) , shall be applied to
prepay Senior Debt (as defined in the Subordination Agreement)
until the Senior Debt (as defined in the Subordination Agreement)
has been paid in full (other than (i) contingent
indemnification and reimbursement claims in respect of which no
claim for payment has been asserted in writing by the Person
holding such claim and (ii) Noteholder Subrogation Rights, as
defined in the WFF Subordination Agreement) and then to prepay the
Obligations in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(f) Application of Payments
.
(i) [ Intentionally Omitted ]
(ii) Each prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.4(e)(ii) , Section 2.4(e)(iii) and
Section 2.4(e)(iv) above shall (A) so long as no
Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be
applied, first , to the outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loan until paid in full, and second , to the
outstanding principal amount of the Advances (with a corresponding
permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount), until paid in
full, and third , to cash collateralize the Letters of
Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of
Credit Usage (with a corresponding permanent reduction in the
Maximum Revolver Amount until such time that the Maximum Revolver
Amount equals $7,500,000, and without a corresponding permanent
reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount thereafter) and
(B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in
Section 2.4(b)(ii) . Amounts to be prepaid pursuant to
Section 2.4(d) , 2.4(e)(ii) , 2.4(e)(iii)
and 2.4(e)(iv) above shall be applied within the order of
application of payment set forth in this
Section 2.4(f)(ii) first to reduce the outstanding
principal balance of Base Rate Loans until paid in full, and second
to reduce the outstanding principal balance of LIBOR Rate
Loans.
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2.5. [ Intentionally Omitted ]
2.6. Interest Rates and Letter of Credit
Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations .
(a) Interest Rates . Except as
provided in Section 2.6(c) , all Obligations (except
for undrawn Letters of Credit) shall bear interest on the Daily
Balance thereof as follows:
(i) if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR
Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
LIBOR Rate Margin, and
(ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal
to the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.
(b) Letter of Credit Fee . Borrower
shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Lenders with a
Revolver Commitment, subject to any agreements between Agent and
individual Lenders), a Letter of Credit fee (in addition to the
charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in
Section 2.11(e) ) which shall accrue at a per annum
rate equal to the LIBOR Rate Margin minus 0.50% times the Daily
Balance of the undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit.
(c) Default Rate . Upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and
at the election of the Required Lenders,
(i) all Obligations (except for undrawn
Letters of Credit) shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof
at a per annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above the per
annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder, and
(ii) the Letter of Credit fee provided for
in Section 2.6(b) shall be increased to
2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise
applicable hereunder.
(d) Payment . Except as provided to
the contrary in Section 2.10 or
Section 2.12(a) , interest, Letter of Credit fees, and
all other fees payable hereunder shall be due and payable, in
arrears, on the first day of each month at any time that
Obligations or Commitments are outstanding; provided , that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any
payment of interest, Letter of Credit fees or other fees, is
payable on a day which is not a Business Day, then such date of
payment shall be extended to the immediately following Business Day
(it being understood that in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan,
interest shall be payable as set forth in the definition of the
term Interest Period). Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, from time
to time without prior notice to Borrower, to charge all interest
and fees (when due and payable), all Lender Group Expenses (as and
when incurred), all charges, commissions, fees, and costs provided
for in Section 2.11(e) (as and when accrued or
incurred), all fees and costs provided for in
Section 2.10 (as and when accrued or incurred), and all
other payments as and when due and payable under any Loan Document
to the Loan Account, which amounts thereafter shall constitute
Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then
applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until
converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms
hereof). Any interest not paid when due shall be compounded by
being charged to the Loan Account and shall thereafter constitute
Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then
applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until
converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms
hereof).
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(e) Computation . All interest and
fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the
basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number
of days elapsed in the period during which the interest or fees
accrue. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time
hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate
automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an
amount equal to such change in the Base Rate.
(f) Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum
Lawful Rate . In no event shall the interest rate or rates
payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in
connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any
law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable. Borrower and the Lender Group, in
executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree
upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated
within it; provided , however , that, anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if said rate or
rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum
allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto , as of the
date of this Agreement, Borrower is and shall be liable only for
the payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, payment received from Borrower
in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be
applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the
extent of such excess.
2.7. Crediting Payments
.
The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall
not be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is
a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds made to the
Agent’s Account or unless and until such payment item is
honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be
honored when presented for payment, then Borrower shall be deemed
not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated
accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein
notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent
only if it is received into the Agent’s Account on a Business
Day on or before 11:00 a.m. (California time). If any payment
item is received into the Agent’s Account on a non-Business
Day or after 11:00 a.m. (California time) on a Business Day,
it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening
of business on the immediately following Business Day.
2.8. Designated Account
.
Agent is authorized to make the Advances, the
Swing Loans and the Term Loan, and Issuing Lender is authorized to
issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon
telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to
be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant to
Section 2.6(d) . Borrower agrees to establish and
maintain Borrower’s Designated Account with Borrower’s
Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds
of the Advances and Swing Loans requested by Borrower and made by
Agent or the Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise agreed by Agent
and Borrower, any Advance or Swing Loan requested by Borrower and
made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to
Borrower’s Designated Account.
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2.9. Maintenance of Loan Account;
Statements of Obligations .
Agent shall maintain an account on its books in
the name of Borrower (the “ Loan Account ”) on
which Borrower will be charged with the Term Loan, all Advances
(including Protective Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent,
Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrower or for Borrower’s
account, the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Lender for
Borrower’s account, and with all other payment Obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued
interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In
accordance with Section 2.7 , the Loan Account will be
credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrower or for
Borrower’s account. Agent shall render statements regarding
the Loan Account to Borrower, including principal, interest, fees,
and including an itemization of all charges and expenses
constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such statements,
absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct
and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrower and
the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof
by Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection
thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such
statements.
Borrower shall pay to Agent,
(a) for the account of Agent, as and when
due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter, the fees set
forth in the Fee Letter; and
(b) for the ratable account of those
Lenders with Revolver Commitments, on the first day of each month
from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the month
prior to the Payoff Date and on the Payoff Date, an unused line fee
in an amount equal to 1.00% per annum times the result of
(i) the Maximum Revolver Amount, less (ii) the average
Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage during the immediately
preceding month (or portion thereof).
2.11. Letters of Credit
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue letters of
credit for the account of Borrower (each, an “ L/C
”) or to purchase participations or execute indemnities,
guarantees, or reimbursement obligations (each such undertaking, an
“ L/C Undertaking ”) with respect to letters of
credit issued by an Underlying Issuer (as of the Closing Date, the
prospective Underlying Issuer is to be Wells Fargo) for the account
of Borrower. Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit,
or the amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter
of Credit, shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and
delivered to the Issuing Lender and Agent via hand delivery,
telefacsimile, or other electronic method of transmission 5
Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in
its Permitted Discretion and shall specify (i) the face amount
of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit,
(iii) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit,
(iv) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof (or the
beneficiary of the Underlying Letter of Credit, as applicable), and
(v) such other information (including, in the case of an
amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the outstanding
Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall
be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of
Credit. If requested by the Issuing Lender, Borrower also shall be
an applicant under the application with respect to any Underlying
Letter of Credit that is to be the subject of an L/C Undertaking.
The Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of
Credit if any of the following would result after giving effect to
the issuance of such requested Letter of Credit:
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(i) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed
$1,500,000, or
(ii) the Letter of Credit Usage would
exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the outstanding
principal amount of Advances (including, without limitation,
Protective Advances and Swing Loans).
Borrower and the Lender Group acknowledge and
agree that certain Underlying Letters of Credit may be issued to
support letters of credit that already are outstanding as of the
Closing Date. Each Letter of Credit (and corresponding Underlying
Letter of Credit) shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Issuing Lender (in the exercise of its Permitted
Discretion), including the requirement that the amounts payable
thereunder must be payable in Dollars. If Issuing Lender is
obligated to advance funds under a Letter of Credit, Borrower shall
reimburse such L/C Disbursement to Issuing Lender by paying to
Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than
11:00 a.m., California time, on the date that such L/C
Disbursement is made, if Borrower shall have received written or
telephonic notice of such L/C Disbursement prior to
10:00 a.m., California time, on such date, or, if such notice
has not been received by Borrower prior to such time on such date,
then not later than 11:00 a.m., California time, on the next
Business Day, and, in the absence of reimbursement on the
prescribed schedule, the L/C Disbursement immediately and
automatically shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and,
initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to
Advances that are Base Rate Loans. To the extent an L/C
Disbursement is deemed to be an Advance hereunder, Borrower’s
obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement shall be discharged
and replaced by the resulting Advance. Promptly following receipt
by Agent of any payment from Borrower pursuant to this paragraph,
Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to
the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to
Section 2.11(b) to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then
to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may
appear.
(b) Promptly following receipt of a notice
of L/C Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.11(a) , each
Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share
of any Advance deemed made pursuant to the foregoing subsection on
the same terms and conditions as if Borrower had requested such
Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Lender the amounts
so received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of
Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount
thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing
Lender or the Lenders with Revolver Commitments, the Issuing Lender
shall be deemed to have granted to each Lender with a Revolver
Commitment, and each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be
deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit,
in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation
Liability of such Letter of Credit, and each such Lender agrees to
pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any payments made by the Issuing
Lender under
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such Letter of
Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each
Lender with a Revolver Commitment hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the
Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each
L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender and not reimbursed
by Borrower on the date due as provided in
Section 2.11(a) , or of any reimbursement payment
required to be refunded to Borrower for any reason. Each Lender
with a Revolver Commitment acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of the Issuing
Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each
L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.11(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and
such remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or
continuation of an Event of Default or Default or the failure to
satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3 . If any
such Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each L/C Disbursement made by the
Issuing Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit as provided in
this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender
and Agent (for the account of the Issuing Lender) shall be entitled
to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in
full.
(c) Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify,
save, defend, and hold the Lender Group harmless from any loss,
cost, expense, or liability, and reasonable attorneys fees incurred
by the Lender Group arising out of or in connection with any Letter
of Credit; provided , however , that Borrower shall
not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost,
expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any other
member of the Lender Group. Borrower agrees to be bound by the
Underlying Issuer’s regulations and interpretations of any
Underlying Letter of Credit or by Issuing Lender’s
interpretations of any L/C issued by Issuing Lender to or for
Borrower’s account, even though this interpretation may be
different from Borrower’s own, and Borrower understands and
agrees that the Lender Group shall not be liable for any error,
negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or commission, in
following Borrower’s instructions or those contained in the
Letter of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or supplements
thereto, other than any liability that a court of competent
jurisdiction finally determines resulted from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any member of the
Lender Group. Borrower understands that the L/C Undertakings may
require Issuing Lender to indemnify the Underlying Issuer for
certain costs or liabilities arising out of claims by Borrower
against such Underlying Issuer. Borrower hereby agrees to
indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group harmless with
respect to any loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys
fees), or liability incurred by the Lender Group under any L/C
Undertaking as a result of the Lender Group’s indemnification
of any Underlying Issuer; provided , however , that
Borrower shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any
loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused
by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender
or any other member of the Lender Group. Borrower hereby
acknowledges and agrees that neither the Lender Group nor the
Issuing Lender shall be responsible for delays, errors, or
omissions resulting from the malfunction of equipment in connection
with any Letter of Credit.
(d) Borrower hereby authorizes and directs
any Underlying Issuer to deliver to the Issuing Lender all
instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by
such Underlying Issuer pursuant to such Underlying Letter of Credit
and to accept and rely upon the Issuing Lender’s instructions
with respect to all matters arising in connection with such
Underlying Letter of Credit and the related application.
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(e) Any and all issuance charges,
commissions, fees, and costs incurred by the Issuing Lender
relating to Underlying Letters of Credit shall be Lender Group
Expenses for purposes of this Agreement and shall be reimbursable
immediately by Borrower to Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender; it being acknowledged and agreed by Borrower that, the
issuance charge imposed by the prospective Underlying Issuer is
.825% per annum times the undrawn amount of each Underlying Letter
of Credit, and that the Underlying Issuer also imposes a schedule
of charges for amendments, extensions, drawings, and
renewals.
(f) If by reason of (i) any change
after the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Person that becomes
an Underlying Issuer or an Issuing Lender after the Closing Date,
the date on which such Person becomes an Underlying Issuer or
Issuing Lender) in any applicable law, treaty, rule, or regulation
or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority, or (ii) compliance by the Underlying
Issuer or the Issuing Lender with any direction, request, or
requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of
any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including,
Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board as from time to time
in effect (and any successor thereto):
(i) any reserve, deposit, or similar
requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect of any
Letter of Credit issued hereunder, or
(ii) there shall be imposed on the
Underlying Issuer or the Issuing Lender any other condition
regarding any Underlying Letter of Credit or any Letter of Credit
issued pursuant hereto,
and the result
of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost
to the Issuing Lender or Underlying Issuer of issuing, making,
guaranteeing, or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the
amount receivable in respect thereof by the Issuing Lender or
Underlying Issuer, then, and in any such case, Agent (on behalf of
itself, the Underlying Issuer or the Issuing Lender) may, at any
time within a reasonable period after the additional cost is
incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify Borrower, and
Borrower shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such
amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate the
Issuing Lender or Underlying Issuer for such additional cost or
reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the
date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then
applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder; provided that
Borrower shall not be required to compensate the Issuing Lender or
Underlying Issuer pursuant to this Section for any such amounts
incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that the Issuing
Lender or Underlying Issuer, as applicable first demands payment
from Borrower of such amounts; provided further that
if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is
retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The
determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this Section,
as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof
in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or
demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of
the parties hereto.
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(a) Interest and Interest Payment
Dates . In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based
upon the Base Rate, Borrower shall have the option (the “
LIBOR Option ”) to have interest on all or a portion
of the Advances or the Term Loan be charged (whether at the time
when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from
a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a
LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based
upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable
on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the date on which all or any portion
of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or
(iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest
Period, unless Borrower has either (x) properly exercised the
LIBOR Option with respect thereto or (y) sent prior written
notice to Agent of its election not to convert such LIBOR Rate Loan
to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the
same type hereunder, such LIBOR Rate Loan shall automatically
convert to or continue as a LIBOR Rate Loan with a 1-month Interest
Period commencing on the last day of such Interest Period. At any
time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(i) Borrower no longer shall have the option to request that
Advances or the Term Loan bear interest at a rate based upon the
LIBOR Rate and (ii) notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, all LIBOR Rate Loans shall, at the election of Agent or
Required Lenders, automatically convert to Base Rate Loans of the
same type at the end of the applicable Interest Periods.
(i) Borrower may, at any time and from time
to time, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent
prior to 11:00 a.m. (California time) at least 3 Business Days
prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the
“ LIBOR Deadline ”). Notice of Borrower’s
election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the
Advances or the Term Loan and an Interest Period pursuant to this
Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice
received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic
notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed
by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to
5:00 p.m. (California time) on the same day). Promptly upon its
receipt of each such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall provide a copy
thereof to each of the affected Lenders.
(ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable
and binding on Borrower. In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan,
Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold the Lenders harmless
against any loss, cost, or expense (but excluding loss of any
margin) actually incurred by any Lender as a result of (A) the
payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the
last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a
result of an Event of Default or Trigger Event that results in
Agent exercising its rights under Section 2 and/or
Section 4 of the Sponsor Guaranty and Put Agreement),
(B) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (C) the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan
on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto
(such losses, costs, or expenses, “ Funding Losses
”). A certificate of a Lender delivered to Borrower setting
forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender
is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.12
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such
amount to the Lender within 30 days of the date of its receipt of
such certificate. For the avoidance of doubt, Borrower shall have
no liability for Funding Losses that may arise by virtue of any
Base Rate Loan accruing interest at the one month LIBOR Rate
pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of “Base
Rate”.
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(iii) Borrower shall have not more than 7
LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time. Borrower may only
exercise the LIBOR Option for LIBOR Rate Loans of at least
$500,000.
Borrower may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base
Rate Loans at any time; provided , however , that in
the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or prepaid on any
date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, including as a result of any automatic prepayment through
the required application by Agent of payments remitted to Agent in
accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any other reason,
including early termination of the term of this Agreement or
acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to
the terms hereof, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold the
Lenders harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance
with Section 2.12 (b)(ii) above.
(d) Special Provisions Applicable to
LIBOR Rate .
(i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent
with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis from and after
the effective date of the change in applicable laws or in reserve
requirements, as applicable, to take into account any additional or
increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any
eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to
changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement
of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax
laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income
tax laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage, which additional or
increased costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining
loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the
affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a
determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the
notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice
from the affected Lender, Borrower may, by notice to such affected
Lender (y) require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a
statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and
the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or
(z) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such
adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under
Section 2.12(b)(ii) ).
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(ii) In the event that any change in market
conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any
change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof,
shall at any time after the date hereof (or, in the case of any
Person that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, after the date
on which such Person becomes a Lender), as determined reasonably
and in good faith by such Lender, make it unlawful or impractical
for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue
such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest
rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such
changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and Agent promptly
shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the
case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding,
the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall be deemed to
be the last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans,
and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter
shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate
Loans, and (z) Borrower shall not be entitled to elect the
LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer
be unlawful or impractical to do so.
(e) No Requirement of Matched
Funding . Anything to the contrary contained herein
notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their
Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits
to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest
accrues at the LIBOR Rate.
2.13. Capital Requirements
.
(a) If, after the date hereof (or, in the
case of any Person that becomes a Lender after the date hereof,
after the date on which such Person becomes a Lender), any Lender
reasonably determines that (i) the adoption of or change in
any law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital
requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or any change in
the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii)
compliance by such Lender or its parent bank holding company with
any guideline, request or directive of any such entity regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) changed
or imposed after the date hereof (or, in the case of any Person
that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, after the date on
which such Person becomes a Lender), has the effect of reducing the
return on such Lender’s or such holding company’s
capital as a consequence of such Lender’s Commitments
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding
company could have achieved but for such adoption, change, or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
holding company’s then existing policies with respect to
capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such
entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be
material, then such Lender may notify Borrower and Agent thereof.
Following receipt of such notice, Borrower agrees to pay such
Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of capital
as and when such reduction is determined, payable within
30 days after presentation by such Lender of a statement in
the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail such
Lender’s calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which
such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true
and correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount,
such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver
of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation;
provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a
Lender pursuant to this Section for any reductions in return
incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender
notifies Borrower of such law, rule, regulation or guideline giving
rise to such reductions and of such Lender’s intention to
claim compensation therefor; provided further that if
such claim arises by reason of the adoption of or change in any
law, rule, regulation or guideline that is retroactive, then the
180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the
period of retroactive effect thereof.
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(b) If (x) any Lender requests
additional or increased costs referred to in Section
2.12(d)(i) or amounts under Section 2.13(a) or
delivers a notice pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(ii) (any
such Lender, an “ Affected Lender ”) or
(y) Agent on behalf of itself, the Underlying Issuer or the
Issuing Lender requests additional or increased costs pursuant to
Section 2.11(f) (any such Person, an “
Affected L/C Entity ”), then, if requested by Borrower
to do so, such Affected Lender or Affected L/C Entity shall use
reasonable efforts to promptly designate a different one of its
lending or letter of credit issuing offices or to assign its rights
and obligations hereunder to another of its offices or branches, if
(i) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender or
Affected L/C Entity, such designation or assignment would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.11(f) ,
Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a) , or
not require the delivery of the notice delivered pursuant to
Section 2.12(d)(ii) , as applicable, and (ii) in
the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender or Affected L/C
Entity, such designation or assignment would not subject it to any
material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be
materially disadvantageous to it. If Borrower requests an Affected
Lender or Affected L/C Entity to take such actions, Borrower agrees
to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by
such Affected Lender or Affected L/C Entity in connection with any
such designation or assignment. If, after such reasonable efforts,
such Affected Lender or Affected L/C Entity does not so designate a
different one of its lending or letter of credit issuing offices or
assign its rights to another of its offices or branches so as to
eliminate Borrower’s obligation to pay any future amounts to
such Affected Lender or Affected L/C Entity pursuant to
Section 2.11(f) , Section 2.12(d)(i) or
Section 2.13(a) or eliminate the restrictions with
respect to LIBOR Rate Loans in Section 2.12(d)(ii) , as
applicable, then Borrower (without prejudice to any amounts then
due to such Affected Lender or Issuing Lender under
Section 2.11(f) , Section 2.12(d)(i) or
(ii) or Section 2.13(a) , as applicable) may,
upon notice to Agent, unless prior to the effective date of any
such assignment the Affected Lender or Affected L/C Entity
withdraws its request for such additional amounts under Section
2.11(f) , Section 2.12(d)(i) or
Section 2.13(a) or its notice under Section
2.12(d)(ii) , as applicable, seek one or more substitute
Lenders or a substitute Issuing Lender, in each case, reasonably
acceptable to Agent (each substitute Lender or substitute Issuing
Lender, a “ Replacement Lender ”) to purchase
the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender or Issuing Lender, as
the case may be, and such Affected Lender’s or Issuing
Lender’s Commitments hereunder, and if such Replacement
Lender or Replacement Lenders agree(s) to such purchase, such
Affected Lender or the Issuing Lender shall, in accordance with
Section 14.2 , assign to the applicable Replacement
Lender(s) its Obligations and Commitments, pursuant to an
Assignment and Acceptance, and upon such purchase by any
Replacement Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a
“Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and such
Affected Lender or the Issuing Lender shall cease to be a
“Lender” for purposes of this Agreement.
2.14. Sponsor Letter of Credit
.
Borrower acknowledges that Agent may draw on the
Sponsor Letter of Credit and apply the proceeds thereof pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the Sponsor Guaranty and Put Agreement
and Section 2.4(b)(ii)(B) .
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3.
CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.
3.1. Conditions Precedent to the Initial
Extension of Credit .
The obligation of each Lender to make its
initial extension of credit provided for hereunder, is subject to
the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender, of
each of the conditions precedent set forth on
Schedule 3.1 (the making of such initial extension of
credit by a Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction
or waiver of the conditions precedent).
3.2. Conditions Precedent to all
Extensions of Credit .
The obligation of the Lender Group (or any
member thereof) to make any Advances hereunder (or to extend any
other credit hereunder) at any time shall be subject to the
following conditions precedent:
(a) the representations and warranties of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Sponsor Guarantors contained in
this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except that such materiality
qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and
warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in
the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of
credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate solely to an
earlier date); and
(b) no Default or Event of Default or
Trigger Event shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such extension of credit, nor shall any result from the making
thereof.
This Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect for a term ending on July 15, 2012 (the “
Maturity Date ”). The foregoing notwithstanding, the
Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders, shall have
the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement
immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default.
3.4. Effect of Termination
.
On the date of such termination of this
Agreement as provided in Section 3.3, all Obligations
(including contingent reimbursement obligations of Borrower with
respect to outstanding Letters of Credit) immediately shall become
due and payable without notice or demand (including the requirement
that Letter of Credit Collateralization be provided pursuant to
Section 3.6 hereof). No termination of this Agreement,
however, shall relieve or discharge Loan Parties or their
Subsidiaries of their duties, Obligations, or covenants hereunder
or under any other Loan Document and the Lender Group’s
obligations to provide additional credit hereunder have been
terminated.
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3.5. Early Termination by Borrower
.
Borrower has the option, at any time upon 5
Business Days prior written notice (which notice shall be
irrevocable unless such notice specifies it is conditional on the
consummation of a refinancing or other transaction, in which case
such notice shall be contingent on the consummation thereof, and
may be revoked by Borrower if such refinancing or other transaction
fails to close) by Borrower to Agent, to terminate this Agreement
and terminate the Commitments hereunder by paying to Agent the
Obligations (including the provision of Letter of Credit
Collateralization with respect to the then existing Letter of
Credit Usage pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof), in
full.
3.6. Provisions Regarding Letter of Credit
Collateralization .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document, if the Sponsor Guarantors
(or either of them) furnish to Agent Letter of Credit
Collateralization pursuant to Section 3.4, Section 3.5 or
this Section 3.6 hereof with respect to all outstanding and
undrawn Letters of Credit existing on the date (the “
Applicable Termination Date ”) on which this Agreement
is terminated and if Borrower and Sponsor Guarantors notify Agent
in writing that the Letter of Credit Collateralization is being
furnished by Sponsor Guarantors (or either of them), if any such
outstanding and undrawn Letter of Credit existing on the Applicable
Termination Date, (a) is cancelled and returned to the Issuing
Lender prior to any draw being made thereon by the beneficiary
thereof, (b) expires or is terminated in accordance with its
terms prior to any draw being made thereon by the beneficiary
thereof, or (c) is drawn in its full face amount (or is drawn
in part, prior to the date on which such Letter of Credit is
cancelled and returned to the Issuing Lender or expires or is
terminated in accordance with its terms), Agent shall:
(A) in the event that Letter of Credit
Collateralization with respect to such Letter of Credit is provided
pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Letter of Credit
Collateralization, within five Business Days following the date on
which such Letter of Credit is so cancelled, expires, is terminated
or is drawn, pay into a bank account specified in writing by the
Sponsor Guarantors an amount in Dollars in immediately available
funds equal to (1) the excess of (i) the amount of the
cash collateral provided in respect of such Letter of Credit
Collateralization with respect to such Letter of Credit (reduced in
the case of a partial draw on such Letter of Credit by a portion of
the 5% excess Letter of Credit Collateralization posted with
respect to such Letter of Credit, which portion is attributable to
the undrawn portion of such Letter of Credit) over (ii) an
amount equal to 100% of the unsatisfied reimbursement obligations
(if any) in respect of such Letter of Credit as of the date on
which such Letter of Credit is cancelled, expires, is terminated or
is drawn, as the case may be, plus (2) the amount of any
interest or other yield earned on the cash collateral provided by
the Sponsor Guarantors in respect of such Letter of Credit
Collateralization (provided that, in the case of a partial draw of
such Letter of Credit, the amount otherwise payable to the Sponsor
Guarantors pursuant to this clause (2) shall be such amount
otherwise payable, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which
is the amount of the partial draw thereon and the denominator of
which is the remaining Letter of Credit Usage with respect to such
Letter of Credit), minus (3) in the case of a partial draw of
a Letter of Credit, the amount of any then remaining Letter of
Credit Usage with respect to such Letter of Credit, minus
(4) any reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Agent
with respect to such Letter of Credit not previously paid or
satisfied by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and
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(B) in the event that Letter of Credit
Collateralization with respect to such Letter of Credit is provided
pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of Letter of Credit
Collateralization, (i) if such Letter of Credit is cancelled
and returned to the Issuing Lender or expires or is terminated in
accordance with its terms (without any draw being made thereon by
the beneficiary thereof), within five Business Days following the
date on which such Letter of Credit is so cancelled, expires or
terminated, return such standby letter of credit to the Sponsor
Guarantors stamped “cancelled” on every page thereof,
or (ii) if such Letter of Credit is drawn, (1) within
five Business Days following the draw on such Letter of Credit, the
Agent shall draw upon such standby letter of credit in an amount
equal to 100% of the unsatisfied reimbursement obligations in
respect of such Letter of Credit as of the date on which such
Letter of Credit is funded, and (2) within five Business Days
following the first to occur of a draw in full thereon, or the
expiration or termination thereof in accordance with its terms,
return such standby letter of credit to the Sponsor Guarantors
stamped “cancelled” on every page.
It is agreed and understood that Agent shall
have (i) no obligation to invest any cash collateral in an
interest-bearing account or in any particular type of account and
(ii) no right to invest any cash collateral (except in Cash
Equivalents) without the prior written consent of the Sponsor
Guarantors, which may be given or withheld in their sole
discretion).
It is also agreed that the provisions of this
Section 3.6 shall survive termination of this Agreement
and shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the
Sponsor Guarantors (or either of them) as intended third-party
beneficiaries hereof.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
In order to induce the Lender Group to enter
into this Agreement, Borrower makes the following representations
and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct,
and complete in all respects, as of the date hereof, and shall be
true, correct and complete, in all respects, as of the Closing Date
and as of the date of the making of the initial Loans hereunder,
and true, correct, and complete, in all material respects at and as
of the date of the making of each Advance (or other extension of
credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of
such Advance (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate solely to an
earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
4.1. Organization; Power and
Authority .
The Borrower is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required by law, other than those
jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower has the
corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the
properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the
business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is
a party and to perform the provisions hereof and
thereof.
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4.2. Authorization, Etc
.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational
action on the part of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and this
Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each
other Loan Document to which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are
a party will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries enforceable against the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
(ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
The Loan Documents and the certificates or other
writings delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and the financial
statements listed in Schedule 4.5 , taken as a whole,
do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were
made (it being understood that the Borrower makes no representation
or warranty as to the accuracy of the projections except to the
extent provided in Section 4.5(b) ).
4.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares
of Subsidiaries .
(a) Schedule 4.4 (as the same
may be supplemented from time to time) is a complete and correct
list of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, as of the date hereof
and as of each date that the representation set forth in
Section 4.4(a) of the New Senior Note Agreement is made or
remade (but only to same extent that such representation is made or
remade under the New Senior Note Agreement (and after giving effect
to any changes thereto)) showing, as to each Subsidiary, the
correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization and the
percentage of shares of each class of its outstanding Equity
Interests owned by the Borrower and each other
Subsidiary.
(b) All of the outstanding Equity Interests
of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 4.4 as being owned
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have been validly
issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the
Borrower or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except
for Liens created by the Security Documents (as defined in the New
Senior Note Agreement), transfer restrictions imposed by relevant
state or federal securities laws, non-consensual Liens permitted
under Section 6.4 arising by operation of law or as
otherwise disclosed in Schedule 4.4 ).
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(c) Unless, after the Closing Date, any
Subsidiary identified on Schedule 4.4 has been merged
or consolidated pursuant to Section 6.2 each Subsidiary
identified in Schedule 4.4 is a corporation or other legal
entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary has the corporate or other
power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it
purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it
transacts and proposes to transact.
4.5. Financial Statements;
Projections .
(a) The Borrower has delivered to the Agent
copies of the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower
listed on Schedule 4.5 . All of said financial
statements (including, without limitation, in each case the related
schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such financial
statements and the consolidated results of their operations and
cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout
the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto
(subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to
normal year-end adjustments).
(b) The projections that were prepared by
or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with the Transaction and
delivered to the Agent on March 25, 2009 were prepared in good
faith and are based on assumptions and information believed by the
Borrower to be reasonable at the time such projections were
prepared.
4.6. Compliance with Laws, Other
Instruments, Etc .
The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors of this Agreement and each
of the other Loan Documents to which they are parties will not
(a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of
any property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under, any
(i) indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or
credit agreement, lease or any other Material agreement or
instrument to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound or by
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties may be bound or affected, or (ii) corporate charter
or by-laws of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, (b) conflict with
or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator
or Governmental Authority applicable to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or (c) violate any provision of any statute or
other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
4.7. Governmental Authorizations,
Etc .
No consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents and the consummation of the Transaction, except for
(i) notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvement Act of 1976, as amended, with the United States
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission,
(ii) filings or notifications pursuant to Rule 14f-1 of
the Exchange Act, (iii) filings of appropriate counterparts of
this Agreement and other information as required by applicable
foreign, Federal and state securities law, (iv) with respect
to FCC Licenses, filings with, and consents from, the Federal
Communications Commission in connection with a transfer of control
and (v) all filings and other actions contemplated by the
Security Documents (as defined in the New Senior Note
Agreement).
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4.8. Litigation; Observance of Statutes
and Orders .
(a) Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.8 , there are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
any property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any court or
before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental
Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
is in default under any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any
court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of
any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including
without limitation Environmental Laws) of any Governmental
Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all
income tax returns that are required to have been filed in any
jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable
on such returns and all other taxes and assessments payable by
them, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and
payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any
taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not
individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount,
applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the
Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. As of the date hereof,
the Federal income tax liabilities of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service
and paid for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004.
4.10. Title to Property; Leases
.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and
sufficient title to their respective Material properties,
including, as of the date hereof, all such Material properties
reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in
Section 4.5 or purported to have been acquired by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or
otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business or in
transactions permitted under Section 6.8 ), in each
case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement, except
for those defects in title and Liens that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All Material
leases are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in
all material respects.
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4.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc
.
Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.11
, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses,
permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, service
marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto (the “
Intellectual Property ”), that individually or in the
aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of
others, except for those conflicts that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the
knowledge of the Borrower, no claim has been asserted in writing
and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of
any such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of
any such Intellectual Property which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12. Compliance with ERISA
.
(a) The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate
have operated and administered each Benefit Plan in compliance with
all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as
have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA
Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of
ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the IRC relating
to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and
no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that
could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any
such liability, penalty or excise tax by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights,
properties or assets of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, in
either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA, such penalty or
excise tax provisions, section 412 or 436 of the IRC or section
4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities, penalties or excise
taxes or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate
Material.
(b) The expected postretirement benefit
obligation (determined as of the last day of the Borrower’s
most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard
to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by
section 4980B of the Code) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is
not Material.
4.13. Outstanding Indebtedness
.
Upon the effectiveness of the Amendment,
Restatement and Combination Transactions (as defined in the New
Senior Note Agreement), and of the Satisfaction Transactions (as
defined in the New Senior Note Agreement), neither the Borrower nor
any of its Subsidiaries will, on the Closing Date, have any
Indebtedness other than Capital Leases, Indebtedness outstanding
under the Senior Refinancing Documents and the
Obligations.
4.14. Status under Certain
Statutes .
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
is an “investment company” registered or required to be
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the ICC
Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as
amended.
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(b) No Loan Party is subject to regulation
under any federal or state statute or regulation (other than
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
(i) is a Person described or designated in the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of
Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti Terrorism
Order or (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower engages in any
dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the
Patriot Act.
4.15. Environmental Matters
.
Other than exceptions to any of the following
that could not, individually or in any aggregation, reasonably be
expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect (a) the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries comply and have complied with all
applicable Environmental Laws, and possess and comply with and have
possessed and complied with all Environmental Permits required
under such laws, (b) there are no past, present or anticipated
future events, conditions, circumstances, practices, plans or legal
requirements that, to its knowledge, could prevent or materially
increase the burden on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of
compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or of obtaining,
renewing or complying with all Environmental Permits required under
such laws, (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have received no
notice of any violation of, or potential liability under, any
Environmental Law and (d) to the Borrower’s knowledge,
there are and have been no Materials of Environmental Concern
released or disposed of at any property owned or operated, or
otherwise used for disposal by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries now or in the past that could give rise to liability
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental
Law.
Immediately following the Closing Date, the
Borrower will not, nor will any of its Subsidiaries, be in default
under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any
respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in
compliance, in all material respects, with the (a) Trading
with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets
control regulations of the United States Treasury Department
(31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any
other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and
(b) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act
of 2001) (the “ Patriot Act ”). No part of the
proceeds of the Loans made hereunder will be used, directly or
indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate
for political office, or anyone else acting in an official
capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain
any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
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No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is
engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans
made to Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying any such margin stock or for any purpose that violates,
or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or
X of the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve
System.
No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any of the country or list based economic and trade
sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC. No Loan Party nor any
of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned
Entity, (b) has more than 10% of its assets located in
Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives more than 10% of its
revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned
Persons or Sanctioned Entities. The proceeds of any Advance or of
the Term Loan will not be used to fund any operations in, finance
any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a
Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity.
5.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
Borrower covenants and agrees that, until
termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the
Obligations, the Borrower shall and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to comply with each of the following:
5.1. Financial and Business
Information .
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent and
Lenders:
(a) Monthly Reporting —
within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month of Borrower,
a copy of:
(i) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month,
and
(ii) the unaudited consolidated statements
of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal month and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended
with the last day of such fiscal month, setting forth in each case
in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal month
in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail.
(b) Quarterly Statements —
within 50 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period
in each fiscal year of the Borrower (other than the last quarterly
fiscal period of each such fiscal year), a copy of:
(i) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter,
and
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(ii) the unaudited consolidated statements
of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for
the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter (including
an explanation of any adjustments to such statements that will be
necessary in order to compute Consolidated Net Income in accordance
with clause (b) of the definition of such term),
setting forth
in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail,
prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial
statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer
as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial
position of the companies being reported on and their results of
operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from
year-end adjustments, provided that delivery within the time
period specified above of copies of the Borrower’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements
therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this
Section 5.1(b) ;
(c) Annual Statements —
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, a copy of:
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year,
and
(ii) the consolidated statements of income,
changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for such year (including an
explanation of any adjustments to such statements that will be
necessary in order to compute Consolidated Net Income in accordance
with clause (b) of the definition of such term),
setting forth
in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent
certified public accountants of recognized national standing, which
opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of the companies
being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows
and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the
examination of such accountants in connection with such financial
statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis
for such opinion in the circumstances, provided that the
delivery within the time period specified above of the
Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year
(together with the Borrower’s annual report to shareholders,
if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange
Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed
to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.1(c)
;
(d) promptly after their becoming
available, one copy, by email or other electronic transmission, of
(i) each financial statement, report (other than those already
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) , (b) and
(c) ), notice or proxy statement sent by Borrower or any
Subsidiary to public securities holders generally, and
(ii) each regular or periodic report (other than those already
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) , (b) and
(c) ), each registration statement that shall have become
effective (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such
holder), and each final prospectus and all amendments thereto filed
by Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange
Commission;
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(e) Notice of Default or Event of
Default — promptly, and in any event within five days
after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any
Default or Event of Default, a written notice specifying the nature
and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(f) ERISA Matters — promptly,
and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer
becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting
forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Borrower
or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect
thereto:
(i) with respect to any Benefit Plan, any
reportable event, as defined in section 4043(b) of ERISA and the
regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been
waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date
hereof; or
(ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to
institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of,
proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Benefit Plan, or
the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from
a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC
with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or
(iii) any event, transaction or condition
that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA
or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the IRC relating to
employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of
the rights, properties or assets of the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or
excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together
with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(g) Requested Information —
with reasonable promptness, such other data and information
relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition,
assets or properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
relating to the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations
under the Loan Documents as from time to time may be reasonably
requested by the Agent or any Lender (acting through the
Agent);
(h) Documents Delivered Under New
Senior Note Agreement — Senior Documents —
simultaneously with the delivery thereof to any Noteholder (as
defined in the Subordination Agreement), a copy of each report,
notice or similar document delivered under the Senior Documents (as
defined in the Subordination Agreement) (including, without
limitation, any amendment, waiver, consent or modification to any
Senior Document (as defined in the Subordination Agreement), but
excluding (i) monthly, quarterly and annual financial
statements and other documents or notices that are required by the
terms of this Section 5.1 to be delivered to the
Lenders and (ii) information relating to pricing under the
Senior Documents);
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(i) Operating and Cash Flow Budgets
— on or before February 15th of each year, commencing on
February 15, 2010, (i) the annual budget of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, as approved by its board of directors, for
Borrower’s fiscal year beginning on the preceding January 1st
and (ii) a forecast of the projected consolidated cash flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, broken
down by calendar month, with a month by month comparison to the
previous fiscal year of Borrower, such budget and forecast to be in
reasonable detail; and
(j) Additional Senior Debt / Maximum
Senior Debt Amount — promptly, and in any event
(i) with respect to Senior Note Protective Advances, upon the
earlier of (x) one Business Day after the making of any such
Senior Note Protective Advance, and (y) Borrower’s
knowledge thereof, and (ii) with respect to any other
additional incurrence of Senior Debt or any other obligations which
would constitute Excess Amounts, at least five Business Days prior
to the incurrence thereof, notice of the incurrence by any Loan
Party of additional Senior Debt or any other obligations which when
incurred would constitute Excess Amounts, which such notice shall
include a specific indication, after giving effect to such
additional incurrence of (A) the then outstanding principal
amount of Senior Debt, (B) the then Excess Amount, if any,
(C) the then Maximum Senior Debt Amount and (D) whether,
and to what extent if any, the then outstanding principal amount of
Senior Debt exceeds the Maximum Senior Debt Amount. For the
purposes of this Section 5.1(j), the terms “Excess
Amount,” “Maximum Senior Debt Amount” and
“Senior Debt” are each used in this Section 5.1(j)
as defined in the WFF Subordination Agreement (as the WFF
Subordination Agreement is in effect on the Closing Date, and as
the WFF Subordination Agreement may from time to time hereafter be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified so long as Borrower has
received notice of, or otherwise is aware of, such amendment,
supplement or modification).
5.2. Officer’s Certificate
.
Each set of financial statements delivered to
the Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(a) ,
Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c) hereof
shall be accompanied by a Compliance Certificate of a Senior
Financial Officer setting forth:
(a) Covenant Compliance — in
the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) , the information
(including detailed calculations) required in order to establish
whether the Borrower was in compliance with the requirements of
Section 7 , Section 6.3 through
Section 6.6 and Section 6.9 (additionally,
with respect to Section 6.3 , the Compliance
Certificate shall contain specific indications of (i) the
outstanding principal amount of Senior Debt as of the date of the
delivery of such Compliance Certificate, (ii) the Excess
Amount, if any, as of the date of the delivery of such Compliance
Certificate, (iii) the Maximum Senior Debt Amount as of the
date of the delivery of such Compliance Certificate and
(iv) whether, and to what extent if any, the outstanding
principal amount of Senior Debt exceeds the Maximum Senior Debt
Amount as of the date of the delivery of such Compliance
Certificate) on the date of the balance sheet included in the
statements then being furnished (including with respect to such
Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum ratio
permissible under the terms of such Section, and the calculation of
the ratio then in existence) (for the purposes of this
Section 5.2(a), the terms “Excess Amount,”
“Maximum Senior Debt Amount” and “Senior
Debt” are each used in this Section 5.2(a) as defined in
the WFF Subordination Agreement (as the WFF Subordination Agreement
is in effect on the Closing Date, and as the WFF Subordination
Agreement may from time to time hereafter be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified so long as Borrower has received notice of,
or otherwise is aware of, such amendment, supplement or
modification)); and
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(b) Event of Default — a
statement that such officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof
and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a
review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries from the beginning of the monthly, quarterly or annual
period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date
of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed
the existence during such period of any condition or event that
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such
condition or event existed or exists (including, without
limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the failure
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental
Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and
what action the Borrower shall have taken or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
The Borrower shall permit the representatives of
the Agent:
(a) No Default — if no
Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the
Agent and upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, to visit
the principal executive office of the Borrower, to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
with the Borrower’s officers, and, with the consent of the
Borrower (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit
the other offices and properties of the Borrower and each
Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested in writing; and
(b) Default — if a Default or
Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Borrower, to
visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of
account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs,
finances and accounts with their respective officers and
independent public accountants (and by this provision the Borrower
authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), all at such times
and as often as may be requested.
5.4. Compliance with Law
.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental
rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including,
without limitation, Environmental Laws, and will obtain and
maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises
and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of
their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective
businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that
non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or
regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such
licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental
authorizations would not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a materially adverse effect on the business,
operations, affairs, financial condition, properties or assets of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable
insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and
businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such
types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles,
co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are
maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of
entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a
similar business and similarly situated.
5.6. Maintenance of Properties
.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and
kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and
condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all
times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the
Borrower or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the
maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is
desirable in the conduct of its business and the Borrower has
concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a materially adverse effect on the business,
operations, affairs, financial condition, properties or assets of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, file all income tax or similar tax returns
required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge
all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other
taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies payable by any
of them, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due
and payable and before they have become delinquent, provided
that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof need pay any
such tax or assessment if (i) the amount, applicability or
validity thereof is contested by the Borrower or such Subsidiary on
a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and
the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof has established adequate
reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such
taxes and assessments individually, or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.8. Corporate Existence, Etc
.
Except as permitted by Section 6.2 ,
the Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence and the Borrower will at all times
preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence
of each of its Subsidiaries and all rights and franchises of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of
the Borrower, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in
full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a materially
adverse effect on the business, operations, affairs, financial
condition, properties or assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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5.9. Additional Guarantors
.
With respect to any Person that, subsequent to
the Closing Date, becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the
Borrower shall cause such new Subsidiary to become a party to the
Guaranty within 10 Business Days after so becoming a Subsidiary,
and will provide notice to the Agent within five (5) Business Days
of such Subsidiary entering into the Guaranty that the Guaranty is
being delivered and will also refer to this Section 5.9
and the right of Agent and the Lenders to receive an opinion with
respect to such Guaranty and will give the Agent 10 Business Days
to request such opinion, and, if requested, the Borrower shall
deliver to Agent and the Lenders legal opinions relating to such
documentation, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and
from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
5.10. Sale of Culver City
.
The Borrower will use reasonable efforts to
consummate a Sale-Leaseback Transaction, on terms reasonably
acceptable to the Agent (it being understood that the Agent hereby
consents to terms of the Sale-Leaseback Transaction so long as such
terms are not materially less favorable to the Borrower than the
terms set forth on Schedule 5.10 ), with respect to
Culver City as promptly as practicable after the Closing
Date.
Borrower covenants and agrees that, until
termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the
Obligations, the Borrower will not and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
6.1. Transactions with Affiliates
.
The Borrower will not and will not permit any
Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any Material
transaction (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale
or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any
service) with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any
Subsidiary), except (i) payment of the Permitted
Glendon/Affiliate Payments, (ii) payments made to Gores Radio
Holdings and/or its Affiliates in respect of the New Senior Notes
held by Gores Radio Holdings and/or its Affiliates,
(iii) Other Guaranties by Gores Radio Holdings and/or its
Affiliates or other contingent obligations of Gores Radio Holdings
and/or its Affiliates in respect of obligations of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary, (iv) payments made to any Sponsor Guarantor in
respect of Indebtedness, if any, held by such Sponsor Guarantor
under this Agreement or other obligations owing to Gores Radio
Holdings and/or its Affiliates in respect hereof, (v) payments
made to Gores Radio Holdings and/or its Affiliates arising out of a
Sale-Leaseback Transaction with respect to Culver City, but only if
Gores Radio Holdings and/or its Affiliates is the purchaser of
Culver City and such Sale-Leaseback Transaction complies with the
terms set forth on Schedule 5.10 or in clause (vi) of
this Section 6.1 , and (vi) pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of the Borrower’s or such
Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be
obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a
Person not an Affiliate.
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6.2. Merger, Consolidation, Etc
.
Except to the extent permitted by
Section 6.5 , the Borrower shall not, nor shall it
permit any Subsidiary to, consolidate with or merge with any other
corporation or conve
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