Published CUSIP Number: ____________
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 31, 2009
among
FURMANITE WORLDWIDE, INC.
and
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES
as Borrowers,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and
L/C Issuer,
and
COMPASS BANK,
as Syndication Agent
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
COMPASS BANK,
as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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SCHEDULES
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1.01
2.01
5.06
5.08
5.09
5.13
5.18
5.19
6.01
7.01
7.03
10.02
EXHIBITS
Form of
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E-1
E-2
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Mandatory Cost
Formulae
Commitments and Applicable Percentages
Litigation
Real Property
Environmental Matters
Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
Identification Numbers for Designated Borrowers that are Foreign
Subsidiaries
Intellectual Property Matters
Form of Quarterly Financial Statements
Existing Liens
Existing Indebtedness
Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for
Notices
Committed Loan Notice
Swing Line Loan Notice
Note
Compliance Certificate
Assignment and Assumption
Administrative Questionnaire
Guaranty and Collateral Agreement
Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement
Designated Borrower Notice
Opinion Matters
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
CREDIT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of July 31, 2009, among FURMANITE WORLDWIDE,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), certain Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto pursuant
to Section 2.14 (each a “ Designated
Borrower ” and, together with the Company, the
“ Borrowers ” and, each a “
Borrower ”), each lender from time to time
party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders
” and individually, a “ Lender ”),
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as Administrative Agent, Swing
Line Lender and L/C Issuer.
The
Company has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit
facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as
follows:
Article I.
Definitions and Accounting Terms
1.01 Defined Terms . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:
“ Administrative Agent
” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative
agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
administrative agent.
“ Administrative Agent’s
Office ” means, with respect to any currency, the
Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account
as set forth on Schedule 10.02 with respect to
such currency, or such other address or account with respect to
such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
notify to the Company and the Lenders.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire
in substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate ” means,
with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person
specified.
“ Aggregate Commitments
” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“ Agreement ” means
this Credit Agreement.
“ Alternative Currency
” means each of AUD, Euro, Sterling, and each other currency
(other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with
Section 1.06 .
“ Alternative Currency
Equivalent ” means, at any time, with respect to any
amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the
applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative
Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the
basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent
Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency
with Dollars.
“ Alternative Currency
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of the
Aggregate Commitments and $35,000,000. The Alternative Currency
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments.
“ Applicable Percentage
” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the
Aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment
at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and
the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have
been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if
the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable
Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the
Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect,
giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable
Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such
Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable.
“ Applicable Rate ”
means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Funded
Debt to EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance
Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 6.02(b) :
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Any
increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change
in the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the
first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance
Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 6.02(b) ; provided ,
however , that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered
when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of
the Required Lenders, Pricing Level 3 shall apply as of the first
Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate
was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect
until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Rate in effect from
the date of this Agreement until the first Business Day immediately
following the date a Compliance Certificate is first delivered
after the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 6.02(b) shall be determined by Pricing
Level 1.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable
Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2.10(b) .
“ Applicable Time ”
means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any
Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for
such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be
necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance
with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“ Applicant Borrower ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.14
.
“ Approved Fund ”
means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or
an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“ Arranger ” means,
singularly or collectively, Banc of America Securities LLC and
Compass Bank, in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint
book managers.
“ Assignee Group ”
means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same
investment advisor.
“ Assignment and Assumption
” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 10.06(b) ), and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit E-1 or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Attributable Indebtedness
” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital
lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would
appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date
in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic
Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease
payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance
sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with
GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital
lease.
“ AUD ” means the
lawful currency of Australia.
“ Audited Financial
Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for
such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the
notes thereto.
“ Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(b)(iii) .
“ Availability Period
” means the period from and including the date of this
Agreement to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date,
(b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.06 , and (c) the date
of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and
of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
pursuant to Section 8.02 .
“ Bank of America ”
means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“ Base Rate ” means
for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of
(a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate
of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time
to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and
(c) the Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period in
effect for such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%. The “prime
rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various
factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return,
general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at,
above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate
announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of
business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“ Base Rate Committed Loan
” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“ Base Rate Loan ”
means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base
Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“ Borrower ” and
“ Borrowers ” each has the meaning
specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Borrower Materials ”
has the meaning specified in Section 6.02
.
“ Borrowing ” means a
Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may
require.
“ Business Day ” means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are
in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s
Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is
located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest
rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in
Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in
Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other
dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on
which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if such day relates to any interest
rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro,
any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings
in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of
any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest
rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which
dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and
between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank
market for such currency; and
(d) if such day relates to any fundings,
disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than
Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated
in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in
any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant
to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan
(other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on
which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal
financial center of the country of such currency.
“ Cash Collateralize ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g)
.
“ Cash Management Agreement
” means any agreement to provide cash management services,
including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card,
electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse and other cash
management arrangements made or entered into at any time, or in
effect at any time, whether directly or indirectly, and whether as
a result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the
Company or any Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank.
“ Cash Management Bank
” means a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to
a Cash Management Agreement, in its capacity as party to such Cash
Management Agreement; provided , however that if such
Person ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such
Person shall no longer be a “Cash Management
Bank.”
“ Change in Law ”
means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of
the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law,
rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule,
regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the
making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority.
“ Change of Control ”
means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any of the capital stock of the Company
becomes subject to any Lien other than in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties or the
Company ceases to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Parent;
(b) any “ person ” or
“ group ” (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of
such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in
its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator
of any such plan) becomes the “ beneficial owner
” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group
shall be deemed to have “ beneficial ownership ”
of all securities that such person or group has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time (such right, an “ option
right ”)), directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of
the equity securities of the Parent entitled to vote for members of
the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Parent
on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such
securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right);
(c) during any period of 12 consecutive
months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or
other equivalent governing body of the Parent cease to be composed
of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in
clause (i) above constituting at the time of
such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or
equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or
nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was
approved by individuals referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in
the case of both clause (ii) and
clause (iii) , any individual whose initial
nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board
or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or
removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than
a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on
behalf of the board of directors); or
(c) any Person or two or more Persons
acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or
shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon
consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of
the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling
influence over the management or policies of the Parent, or control
over the equity securities of the Parent entitled to vote for
members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of
the Parent on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all
such securities that such Person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right) representing 25% or more of the
combined voting power of such securities.
“ Closing Date ” means
the first date all the conditions precedent in
Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in
accordance with Section 10.01 .
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“ Collateral ” means
all of the “ Collateral ” referred to in
the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is or
is intended under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be
subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties.
“ Collateral Documents
” means, collectively, the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement
and each of the other agreements, instruments, or documents that
creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“ Commitment ” means,
as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans
to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01 ,
(b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and
(c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Committed Borrowing
” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed
Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by
each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01
.
“ Committed Loan ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.01
.
“ Committed Loan Notice
” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing,
(b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the
other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , which, if in
writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A .
“ Company ” has the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Compliance Certificate
” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit D .
“ Consolidated EBITDA
” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income
for such period plus (a) the following to the extent deducted
in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated
Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the provision for
Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period,
(iii) depreciation and amortization expense and
(iv) other expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries
reducing such Consolidated Net Income and relating to non-cash
compensation or currency fluctuations (including any SFAS 87
pension expenses), which do not represent a cash item in such
period or any future period and minus (b) the following to the
extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period and (ii) all
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such
period.
“ Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of
determination, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal
amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for
borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all
obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements
or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money
Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters
of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’
acceptances, bank guaranties and similar instruments, (d) all
obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary
course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect
of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without
duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding
Indebtedness of the types specified in
clauses (a) through (e) above of
Persons other than the Company or any Subsidiary, and (g) all
Indebtedness of the types referred to in
clauses (a) through (f) above of
any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that
is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the
Company or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer,
unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the
Company or such Subsidiary.
“ Consolidated Interest
Charges ” means, for any period, for the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all
interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and
related expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection
with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in
connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case
to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and
(b) the portion of rent expense of the Company and its
Subsidiaries with respect to such period under capital leases that
is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net Income
” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary
losses) for that period.
“ Contractual Obligation
” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any
of its property is bound.
“ Control ” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“ Credit Extension ”
means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an
L/C Credit Extension.
“ Debtor Relief Laws ”
means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Default ” means any
event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that,
with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would
be an Event of Default.
“ Default Rate ” means
(a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of
Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate
plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to
Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided , however , that with respect to a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate
equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate and any
Mandatory Cost) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per
annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit
Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per
annum.
“ Defaulting Lender ”
means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of
the Committed Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or
participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it
hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded
by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder
within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of
a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or
(c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“ Designated Borrower
” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
“ Designated Borrower
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of the
Aggregate Commitments and $35,000,000. The Designated Borrower
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments.
“ Designated Borrower Notice
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14 .
“ Designated Borrower Request and
Assumption Agreement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14 .
“ Disposition ” or
“ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer,
license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and
leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any
sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without
recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and
claims associated therewith.
“ Dollar ” and “
$ ” mean lawful money of the United
States.
“ Dollar Equivalent ”
means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated
in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount
denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount
thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the
Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative
Currency.
“ Domestic Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of
any political subdivision of the United States.
“ Dormant Subsidiary ”
means any Subsidiary that (a) conducts no business activities,
(b) has no assets in excess of $25,000 (or its equivalent in
the applicable currency) in the aggregate, (c) has no liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) in excess of $25,000 (or its equivalent
in the applicable currency) in the aggregate, and (d) has no
subsidiary.
“ Eligible Assignee ”
means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee
under Section 10.06(b)(iii) , (v)
, and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may
be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)
).
“ EMU ” means the
economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome
1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht
Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“ EMU Legislation ”
means the legislative measures of the European Council for the
introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified
European currency.
“ Environmental Laws ”
means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes,
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection
of the environment or the release of any materials into the
environment, including those related to hazardous substances or
wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems.
“ Environmental Liability
” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Company, any other Loan Party or
any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is
assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ Environmental Permits
” means any permit, approval, identification number, license
or other authorization required under any Environmental
Law.
“ Equity Interests ”
means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person,
all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or
warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from
such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of
the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or
nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options,
rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
“ ERISA ” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Company within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes
of provisions relating to Section 412 of the
Code).
“ ERISA Event ” means
(a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a
plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or
partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to
terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which
constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums
due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA,
upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Euro ” and “
EUR ” mean the lawful currency of the
Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU
Legislation.
“ Eurocurrency Rate ”
means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association
LIBOR Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published
by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent
from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any
reason, then the “Eurocurrency Rate” for such Interest
Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds
in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made,
continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of
America’s London Branch (or other Bank of America branch or
Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank
market for such currency at their request at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Rate Loan
” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based
on the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be
denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency. All Committed
Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency
Rate Loans.
“ Event of Default ”
has the meaning specified in Section 8.01
.
“ Excluded Taxes ”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder,
(a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall income
(however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu
of taxes on income), by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the
case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is
located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United
States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in
which such Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax
that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to
a Lender that has failed to comply with
clause (A) of
Section 3.01(e)(iii) , and (d) in the case
of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request
by the Company under Section 10.13 ), any United
States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on
amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in
force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or
designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to
such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a
result of a Change in Law) to comply with
clause (B) of
Section 3.01(e)(iii) , except to the extent that
such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the
time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to
receive additional amounts from such Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii)
or (iii) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this definition, “ Excluded Taxes
” shall not include any withholding tax imposed at any time
on payments made by or on behalf of a Foreign Obligor to any Lender
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, provided that
such Lender shall have complied with
Section 3.01(e)(ii) .
“ Existing Credit Agreement
” means that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement
dated as of August 13, 2002 among the Company, Furmanite
Limited, Bank of Scotland, as agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as
amended or modified prior to the Closing Date.
“ Federal Funds Rate ”
means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day;
provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on
the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is
so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward,
if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank
of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Fee Letter ” means
the letter agreement, dated June 11, 2009, among the Company,
the Administrative Agent and Banc of America Securities
LLC.
“ FIFL ” means
Furmanite International Finance Limited, a corporation organized
under the Laws of the United Kingdom.
“ Fixed Charges ”
means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the
sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Interest
Charges, plus (b) Restricted Payments made by the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than to the Company or any other
Subsidiary), plus (c) the current portion of
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness.
“ Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio ” means, for any period, for the Company and
its Subsidiaries, on a combined basis, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA plus fees, costs or expenses that are
Restricted Payments under clause (b) of the definition of
Restricted Payments (but only to the extent that such fees, costs
or expenses are deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income)
to (b) Fixed Charges.
“ FL ” means Furmanite
Limited, a corporation organized under the Laws of the United
Kingdom.
“ Foreign Lender ”
means, with respect to any Borrower, any Lender that is organized
under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such
Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when
acting in the capacity of the L/C Issuer). For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District
of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
“ Foreign Obligor ”
means a Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ”
means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the
District of Columbia.
“ FRB ” means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“ Fund ” means any
Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its activities.
“ Funded Debt to EBITDA
Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, for
the Company and its Subsidiaries, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date less the
amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries consolidated balance sheet as
of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the
four fiscal quarters ended on such date.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in
the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
“ Governmental Authority
” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government (including any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European
Central Bank).
“ Guarantee ” means,
as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable
or performable by another Person (the “ primary
obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or
indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of
any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The
amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “
Guarantee ” as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“ Guaranty and Collateral
Agreement ” means the Guaranty and Collateral
Agreement made by the Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors in favor
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F .
“ Hazardous Materials
” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and
all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Honor Date ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i)
.
“ Impacted Lender ”
means a Defaulting Lender or a Lender (a) as to which an
entity that Controls such Lender has become insolvent or become
subject to a bankruptcy or other similar proceeding or
(b) which has defaulted in fulfilling, and on the applicable
date continues to remain in default in fulfilling, its obligations
under one or more credit facilities other than this
Agreement.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication,
all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of
such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and
commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties and
similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such Person under
any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay
the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of
business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being
purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is
limited in recourse;
(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease
Obligations;
(g) all obligations of such Person to
purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in
respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person,
valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference
plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in
respect of any of the foregoing.
For
all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include
the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a
joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability
company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint
venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse
to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap
Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination
Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or
Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the
amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such
date.
“ Indemnified Taxes ”
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Indemnitees ” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b)
.
“ Information ” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.07
.
“ Intercompany Notes ”
means promissory notes, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by Subsidiaries
of the Company in favor of the Borrowers, evidencing loans and
advances made by the Borrowers to such Subsidiaries.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan,
the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and
the Maturity Date; provided , however , that if any
Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months,
the respective dates that fall every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment
Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing
Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September
and December and the Maturity Date.
“ Interest Period ”
means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on
the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to
or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date
one, two, three, six or nine months thereafter, as selected by the
Company in its Committed Loan Notice or such other period that is
twelve months or less requested by the Company and consented to by
all the Lenders; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the
last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there
is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of
the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond
the Maturity Date.
“ Investment ” means,
as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment
by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person,
(b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or
assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person,
including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other
Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor
Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the
purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a
business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of
any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without
adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of
such Investment.
“ IP Rights ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.19 .
“ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISP ” means, with
respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby
Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International
Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as
may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“ Issuer Documents ”
means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument
entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Company (or any Subsidiary)
or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of
Credit.
“ Laws ” means,
collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation
or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in
each case whether or not having the force of law.
“ L/C Advance ” means,
with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its
participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its
Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in
Dollars.
“ L/C Borrowing ”
means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any
Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when
made or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings
shall be denominated in Dollars.
“ L/C Credit Extension
” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of
the amount thereof.
“ L/C Issuer ” means
Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“ L/C Obligations ”
means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount
available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit
plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including
all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available
to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter
of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.09 . For all purposes of this
Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has
expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder
by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in
the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“ Lender ” has the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the
context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.
“ Lender Swap Contracts
” means all Swap Contracts made or entered into at any time,
or in effect at any time, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether as a result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between
the Company or any Subsidiary and any Lender Swap
Provider.
“ Lender Swap Provider
” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a party
to a Swap Contract with the Company or any Subsidiary, in its
capacity as party to such Swap Contract; provided ,
however , that in the event that such Person ceases to be a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Person shall no longer be
a “Lender Swap Provider.”
“ Lending Office ”
means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative
Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from
time to time notify the Company and the Administrative
Agent.
“ Letter of Credit ”
means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder. Letters of
Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency.
“ Letter of Credit
Application ” means an application and agreement for
the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from
time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“ Letter of Credit Expiration
Date ” means the day that is seven days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“ Letter of Credit Fee
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(i) .
“ Letter of Credit Sublimit
” means an amount equal to $20,000,000. The Letter of Credit
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments.
“ Lien ” means any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in
the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real
property, and any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“ Loan ” means an
extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under
Article II in the form of a Committed Loan or a
Swing Line Loan.
“ Loan Documents ”
means this Agreement, each Designated Borrower Request and
Assumption Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee
Letter and the Collateral Documents.
“ Loan Parties ”
means, collectively, the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and
each Designated Borrower.
“ Mandatory Cost ”
means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum
determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01
.
“ Material Adverse Effect
” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties,
liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of
the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any
Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which
it is a party.
“ Material Contract ”
means, with respect to any Person, each contract to which such
Person is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or
by such Person of $1,000,000 or more in any year or otherwise
material to the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties or prospects of such
Person.
“ Maturity Date ”
means January 31, 2013; provided , however ,
that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be
the next preceding Business Day.
“ Material Subsidiary
” means (a) each Domestic Subsidiary other than a
Dormant Subsidiary, (b) each Foreign Subsidiary other than a Dorman
Subsidiary, organized under the Laws of the United Kingdom or
Australia, (c) Furmanite Holding B.V., a Foreign Subsidiary
organized under the Laws of the Netherlands and (d) each other
Foreign Subsidiary whose (i) consolidated assets constituted
5% (7.5% for Foreign Subsidiaries organized under the Laws of
France or Norway) or more of the consolidated assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter of the Company or (ii) consolidated gross
revenues constituted 5% (7.5% for Foreign Subsidiaries organized
under the Laws of France or Norway) or more of the consolidated
gross revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most
recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the
Company.
“ Multiemployer Plan ”
means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or
during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to
make contributions.
“ Non-Extension Notice Date
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(b)(iii) .
“ Note ” means a
promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing
Loans made by such Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C .
“ Obligations ” means
all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether
direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after
the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate
thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such
Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such
interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding;
provided , that all references to the
“Obligations” in the Collateral Documents shall, in
addition to the foregoing, also include all present and future
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary pursuant to any Lender Swap Contract or any Cash
Management Agreement.
“ Organization Documents
” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any
non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited
liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or
organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to
any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of
formation or organization of such entity.
“ Other Taxes ” means
all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from
the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“ Outstanding Amount ”
means (i) with respect to Committed Loans on any date, the
Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of such Committed Loans occurring on such
date; (ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect
to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line
Loans occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any
L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the
aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date
after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such
date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any
reimbursements by the Company of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“ Overnight Rate ”
means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated
in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and
(ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation,
and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which
overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an
amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such
rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch
or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore
interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank
market.
“ Parent ” means
Furmanite Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“ Participant ” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d)
.
“ Participating Member State
” means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“ Pension Plan ” means
any “ employee pension benefit plan” (as such
term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or to
which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an
obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has
made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding
five plan years.
“ Person ” means any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ” means any
“ employee benefit plan ” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the
Company or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA
Affiliate.
“ Platform ” has the
meaning specified in Section 6.02 .
“ Public Lender ” has
the meaning specified in Section 6.02
.
“ Register ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.06(c)
.
“ Related Parties ”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees
and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“ Reportable Event ”
means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period
has been waived.
“ Request for Credit
Extension ” means (a) with respect to a
Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a
Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit
Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with
respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“ Required Lenders ”
means, as of any date of determination, at least two Lenders having
at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment
of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer
to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.02 , at least two Lenders holding in
the aggregate at least 66-2/3% of the Total Outstandings (with the
aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and
funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being
deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this
definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the
portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any
Impacted Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Lenders.
“ Responsible Officer
” means the chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of
a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed
to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership
and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on
behalf of such Loan Party.
“ Restricted Payment ”
means (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or
other Equity Interest of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including
any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of
any return of capital to the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the
equivalent Person thereof), and (b) any other payment by the
Company or any Subsidiary to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Company or any Subsidiary), whether such payment is
a payment of fees or other amounts for services rendered, a
repayment of indebtedness owing, a reimbursement of costs and
expenses incurred, or other type of payment, and whether such
payment is pursuant to a written agreement or otherwise.
“ Revaluation Date ”
means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following:
(i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a
continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02 ,
and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent
shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and
(b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the
following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an
amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of
increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased
amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the L/C Issuer
under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency,
and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall
require.
“ Risk Participation Cash
Collateral ” means, with respect to any Letter of
Credit, cash or deposit account balances pledged, as collateral,
and deposited with or delivered to the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the L/C Issuer, in an amount equal to (a) the
aggregate Applicable Percentages of all Impacted Lenders times
(b) the amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit, such pledge to be made pursuant to documentation in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and the L/C Issuer (which documentation is hereby consented to by
the Lenders).
“ Same Day Funds ”
means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in
Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to
disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or
other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of
disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking
transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“ Secured Parties ”
means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative
Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05
, the Lender Swap Providers, the Cash Management Banks, and the
other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported
to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral
Documents.
“ Solvent ” and
“ Solvency ” mean, with respect to any
Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the
fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total
amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such
Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of
such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to
pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they
become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend
to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and
liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in
business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business
or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person
is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations
and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
“ Special Notice Currency
” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the
currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North
America or Europe.
“ Spot Rate ” for a
currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person
acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such
Person of such currency with another currency through its principal
foreign exchange trading office at approximately 10:00 a.m. on
the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the
foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate
from another financial institution designated by the Administrative
Agent or the L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does
not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any
such currency; and provided further that the L/C Issuer may
use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign
exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“ Sterling ” and
“ £ ” mean the lawful currency of
the United Kingdom.
“ Subsidiary ” of a
Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of
the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“ Subsidiary Guarantors
” means, collectively, all Material Subsidiaries of the
Company, other than any Material Subsidiary that is a Dormant
Subsidiary.
“ Swap Contract ”
means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts,
equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond
index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot
contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “
Master Agreement ”), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“ Swap Termination Value
” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on
or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a) , the amount(s)
determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts,
as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap
Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
“ Swing Line Borrowing
” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04 .
“ Swing Line Lender ”
means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line
Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“ Swing Line Loan ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a)
.
“ Swing Line Loan Notice
” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04(b) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B
.
“ Swing Line Sublimit
” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000
and (b) the Aggregate Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is
part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments.
“ Synthetic Lease Obligation
” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a
so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or
(b) an agreement for the use or possession of property
creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of
such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such
Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person
(without regard to accounting treatment).
“ Tangible Assets ”
means, with respect to any Person, all the assets of such Person
less the amount of any write-up in the book value of any assets
resulting from the revaluation thereof, less the aggregate amount
of all amounts appearing on the asset side of the balance sheet for
goodwill, patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names,
copyrights, franchises, treasury stock, organizational expenses,
prepaid expenses and other intangible items, if any, all determined
in accordance with GAAP.
“ TARGET Day ” means
any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if
such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment
system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a
suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in
Euro.
“ Taxes ” means all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or
other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any
interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
“ Threshold Amount ”
means $1,000,000.
“ Total Outstandings ”
means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
“ Type ” means, with
respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“ Unfunded Pension Liability
” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over
the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined
in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension
Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the
applicable plan year.
“ United States ” and
“ U.S. ” mean the United States of
America.
“ Unreimbursed Amount
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c)(i) .
1.02 Other Interpretive
Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other
Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires
otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization
Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on
such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or
in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any
Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors
and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of
similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed
to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any
particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan
Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear,
(v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and
regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or
interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation
shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation
as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and
(vi) the words “asset” and “property”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer
to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
“from” means “from and including;” the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding;” and the word “through” means
“to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the
other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only
and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
1.03
Accounting Terms .
(a) Generally . All accounting terms not
specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in
conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant
to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP
applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time,
applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the
Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP . If at any time any
change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio
or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Company or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate
in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to
the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that , until
so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement
made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
1.04 Rounding . Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed
herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number
(with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents .
(a) The Administrative Agent or the L/C
Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each
Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent
amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in
Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as
of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in
converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the
next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial
statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating
financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided
herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars)
for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent
amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C
Issuer, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in
connection with a Committed Borrowing, conversion, continuation or
prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment
or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required
minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such
Committed Borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is
denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the
relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount
(rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5
of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be.
1.06
Additional Alternative Currencies .
(a) The Company may from time to time
request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or Letters of
Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed
in the definition of “ Alternative Currency
;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful
currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely
transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such
request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such
request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders; and in the case of any such request with
respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be
subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuer.
(b) Any such request shall be made to the
Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., 20 Business Days
prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other
time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in
the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the
L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any
such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof; and
in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer
thereof. Each Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to
Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of a
request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the
Administrative Agent, not later than 10:00 a.m., ten Business
Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole
discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the
issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such
requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the
time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to
be a refusal by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit
to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative
Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans
in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so
notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for
all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes
of any Committed Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans; and if the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of
Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative
Agent shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon
be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder
for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the
Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request
for an additional currency under this
Section 1.06 , the Administrative Agent shall
promptly so notify the Company.
1.07
Change of Currency .
(a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to
make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any
member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its
lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into
Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU
Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member
state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement
in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any
convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis
of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis
shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from
the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful
currency; provided that if any Committed Borrowing in the
currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to
such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such
Committed Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest
Period.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall
be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be
appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state
of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or
practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement also
shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be
appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country
and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the
change in currency.
1.08 Times of Day . Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be
references to Central time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.09 Letter of Credit
Amounts . Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a
Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar
Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect
at such time; provided , however , that with respect
to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the
maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect
to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is
in effect at such time.
Article II.
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
2.01 Committed Loans .
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender
severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “
Committed Loan ”) to the Borrowers in Dollars
or in one or more Alternative Currencies from time to time, on any
Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment; provided , however , that
after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (i) the Total
Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments,
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans
of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such
Lender’s Commitment, (iii) the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of all Committed Loans made to the Designated Borrowers
shall not exceed the Designated Borrower Sublimit, and
(iv) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the
Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits of each
Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this
Section 2.01 , prepay under
Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.01 . Committed Loans may be Base Rate
Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided
herein.
2.02
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
.
(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each
conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the
Company’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received
by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m.
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans denominated in Dollars or of any conversion of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Dollars to Base Rate Committed Loans,
(ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of
a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies, and (iii) on the requested date of any
Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans; provided ,
however , that if the Company wishes to request Eurocurrency
Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three,
six or nine months in duration as provided in the definition of
“ Interest Period ,” the applicable notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m. (i) four Business Days prior to the requested
date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) five Business Days
(or six Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency)
prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative
Currencies, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt
notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether the
requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later
than 10:00 a.m., (i) three Business Days before the
requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) four
Business Days (or five Business days in the case of a Special
Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated
in Alternative Currencies, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Company (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the
requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders.
Each telephonic notice by the Company pursuant to this
Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Company. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and
2.04(c) , each Committed Borrowing of or conversion
to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each
Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify
(i) whether the Company is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a
conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested
date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may
be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount
of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued,
(iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Committed Loans are to be converted, (v) if
applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto, (vi) the currency of the Committed Loans to be
borrowed, and (vii) if applicable, the Designated Borrower. If
the Company fails to specify a currency in a Committed Loan Notice
requesting a Borrowing, then the Committed Loans so requested shall
be made in Dollars. If the Company fails to specify a Type of
Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Company fails
to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation,
then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted
to, Base Rate Loans; provided , however , that in the
case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Committed
Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be
continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency
with an Interest Period of one month. Any automatic conversion to
Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the
Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable
Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Company requests a Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any
such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest
Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of
one month. No Committed Loan may be converted into or continued as
a Committed Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead
must be prepaid in the original currency of such Committed Loan and
reborrowed in the other currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan
Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage of the
applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion
or continuation is provided by the Company, the Administrative
Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic
conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Committed Loans
denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case as
described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed
Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan
available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the
Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not
later than 12:00 noon, in the case of any Committed Loan
denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time
specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Committed
Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day
specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the
initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the
Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to
the Company or the other applicable Borrower in like funds as
received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting
the account of such Borrower on the books of Bank of America with
the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds,
in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and
reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Company;
provided , however , that if, on the date the
Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing denominated in
Dollars is given by the Company, there are L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first ,
shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings,
and, second , shall be made available to the applicable
Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the
last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as,
converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in
Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the
Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or
all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars
in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable
to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon
determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate
Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Company and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s
prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the
public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Committed
Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the
other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type,
there shall not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect with
respect to Committed Loans.
2.03
Letters of Credit .
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment
.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the
agreements of the Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the date of this Agreement
until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of
Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative
Currencies for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and
to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance
with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor
drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
account of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C
Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the
Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments,
(y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of
any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s
Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C
Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each
request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company that
the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions
set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be
fully revolving, and accordingly the Company may, during the
foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of
Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and
reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any
Letter of Credit, if:
(A) the expiry date of such requested
Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date
of issuance, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry
date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested
Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration
Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry
date.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to
enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of
Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall
prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance
of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement
(for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the date of this Agreement, or shall impose upon
the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the date of this Agreement and which the L/C Issuer
in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit
would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to
letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is
in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) except as otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is
to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an
Alternative Currency;
(E) the L/C Issuer does not as of the
issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of
Credit in the requested currency;
(F) such Letter of Credit contains any
provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after
any drawing thereunder; or
(G) a default of any Lender’s
obligation to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists
or any Lender is an Impacted Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has
entered into arrangements satisfactory to it (including, without
limitation, arrangements for the provision of Risk Participation
Cash Collateral) with the Borrowers or such Lender to eliminate the
L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Lender;
provided , that, if the Borrowers provide Risk Participation
Cash Collateral with respect to a Letter of Credit requested to be
issued hereunder, the L/C Issuer shall not be entitled to rely on
this clause as justification for not issuing such Letter of Credit.
To the extent that the Borrowers provide Risk Participation Cash
Collateral, the Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the L/C Issuer, a security interest in all cash,
deposit accounts and all balances therein constituting such Risk
Participation Cash Collateral and all proceeds of the foregoing
solely as security for the purposes described under
Section 2.03(c)(ii) hereof. Such Risk
Participation Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked,
non-interest bearing transaction accounts with the Administrative
Agent; provided that (1) in the event that any Lender on
account of whom such Risk Participation Cash Collateral was
delivered shall no longer be an Impacted Lender, the Administrative
Agent shall return to the pledgor such portion of Risk
Participation Cash Collateral attributable to such Lender,
(2) in the event that any Lender on account of whom such Risk
Participation Cash Collateral was delivered shall have its
Commitment reduced, the Administrative Agent shall return to the
pledgor such portion of the Risk Participation Cash Collateral
attributable to such Lender in proportion to the amount by which
such Lender’s Commitment is so reduced, and (3) in the
event that the applicable Letter of Credit on account of which such
Risk Participation Cash Collateral was delivered expires or is
drawn upon, and such drawing has been reimbursed by the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent shall return to the pledgor such portion
of the Risk Participation Cash Collateral attributable to such
expired Letter of Credit or such reimbursed drawing, as
applicable.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any
Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such
time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the
terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no
obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer
would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of
Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of
the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and
the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have
all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the
Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect
to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in
connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be
issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of
Credit as fully as if the term “ Administrative
Agent ” as used in Article IX
included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and
(B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C
Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of
Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit
.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued
or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company
delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Such
Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and
the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least
two Business Days (or such later date and time as the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular
instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance
date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a
request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter
of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory
to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the
requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day);
(B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date
thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof;
(E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any
drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the
requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the
L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment
of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit
Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the
L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended;
(B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and
(D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require.
Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or
amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter
of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application from the Company and, if not, the L/C Issuer will
provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the
Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day
prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the
applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions
contained in Article IV shall not then be
satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit
for the account of the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary) or
enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each
case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary
business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times
the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Company so requests in any
applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its
sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit
that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”);
provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must
permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once
in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance
of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary
thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension
Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be
agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless
otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Company shall not be
required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such
extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued,
the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not
require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of
Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date; provided , however , that the
L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C
Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have
no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the
provisions of clause (ii) or (iii)
of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it
has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or
before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension
Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the
Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or
(2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Company
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each
such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such
extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any
Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an
advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof,
the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of
Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of
Participations .
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter
of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company and the
Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Company shall reimburse
the L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) the
L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that
it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the
absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the
Company shall have notified the L/C Issuer promptly following
receipt of the notice of drawing that the Company will reimburse
the L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in
Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company of
the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly
following the determination thereof. Not later than 10:00 a.m.
on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of
Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the
date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to
be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an
“ Honor Date ”), the Company shall
reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an
amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable
currency. If the Company fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by
such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing
(expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent
thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency) (the “ Unreimbursed
Amount ”), and the amount of such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Company shall be
deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the
Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples
specified in Section 2.02 for the principal
amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the
unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the
delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C
Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if
immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of
such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness
or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Lender (including the Lender
acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the
Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its
Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than
12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.03(c)(iii) , each Lender that so makes
funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed
Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount; provided ,
that if any Impacted Lender shall fail to make such funds
available, any Risk Participation Cash Collateral delivered on
account of such Impacted Lender for the respective Letter of Credit
shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the reimbursement
of the L/C Issuer as required hereunder. The Administrative Agent
shall remit the funds so received or applied to the L/C
Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed
Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any
other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the
L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed
Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due
and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear
interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s
payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be
deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C
Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in
satisfaction of its participation obligation under this
Section 2.03 .
(iv) Until each Lender funds its Committed
Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be
solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Lender’s obligation to make
Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this
Section 2.03(c) , shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the
Company, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however ,
that each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to
the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other
than delivery by the Company of a Committed Loan Notice). No such
making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the
obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the
amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of
Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any
amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time
specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii) , the L/C
Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with
interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable
Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by
the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender
pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount
so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan
included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in
respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A
certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this
clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(d) Repayment of Participations
.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has
made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any
Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment
in accordance with Section 2.03(c) , if the
Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any
payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest
thereon (whether directly from the Company or otherwise, including
proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative
Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as
those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned
under any of the circumstances described in
Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a
rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to
time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause
shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute . The obligation
of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under
each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
(i) the existence of any claim,
counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or
any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any
such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C
Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter
of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any
unrelated transaction;
(ii) any draft, demand, certificate or
other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any
loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of
Credit;
(iii) any payment by the L/C Issuer under
such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such
Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in
bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or
successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of
Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law;
(iv) any adverse change in the relevant
exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative
Currency to the Company or any Subsidiary or in the relevant
currency markets generally; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing,
including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any
Subsidiary.
The
Company shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and
each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of
any claim of noncompliance with the Company’s instructions or
other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the L/C
Issuer. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any
such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless
such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer . Each Lender and
the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain
any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and
documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to
ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such
document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any
such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent,
any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent,
participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any
Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection
herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the
Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or
omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct;
or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter
of Credit or Issuer Document. The Company hereby assumes all risks
of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with
respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided ,
however , that this assumption is not intended to, and shall
not, preclude the Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies
as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or
under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor
any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall
be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (i) through (iv) of
Section 2.03(e) ; provided ,
however , that anything in such clauses to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against the L/C
Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Company, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which
the Company proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful
failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to
it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer
may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not
be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral .
(i) Upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, (A) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial
drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has
resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (B) if, as of the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains
outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations.
(ii) In addition, if the Administrative
Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount
of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the Letter of
Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days
after receipt of such notice, the Company shall Cash Collateralize
the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of
Credit Sublimit.
(iii) The Administrative Agent may, at any
time and from time to time after the initial deposit of Cash
Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in
order to protect against the results of exchange rate
fluctuations.
(iv) Sections 2.05 and
8.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to
deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this
Section 2.03 , Section 2.05
and Section 8.02(c) , “
Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and
deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the
L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby
consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have
corresponding meanings. The Company hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and
all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash
Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing
deposit accounts at Bank of America.
(h) Applicability of ISP . Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Company when a
Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to
each standby Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees . The Company
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, in Dollars, a
Letter of Credit fee (the “ Letter of Credit
Fee ”) for each Letter of Credit at a rate per annum
equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Equivalent of
the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.
For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn
under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.09 . Letter of Credit Fees shall be
(i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of
each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first
such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on
the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and
(ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any
change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount
available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed
and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period
during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists,
all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default
Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and
Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The Company shall
pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, a
fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the
rate per annum equal to 0.125%, computed on the Dollar Equivalent
of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be
due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each
March, June, September and December in respect of the most
recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of
the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur
after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of
computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter
of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined
in accordance with Section 1.09 . In addition,
the Company shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own
account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation,
amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and
charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from
time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and
charges are due and payable on demand and are
nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents . In
the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of
any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for
Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued
or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is
for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to
reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under
such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the
issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries
inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s
business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such
Subsidiaries.
2.04
Swing Line Loans .
(a) The Swing Line . Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.04 , to make loans in Dollars (each
such loan, a “ Swing Line Loan ”) to the
Company from time to time on any Business Day during the
Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit,
notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when
aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of Committed Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as
Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment; provided , however , that should any
Lender become a Defaulting Lender or an Impacted Lender, all Swing
Line Loans shall be made at the sole and absolute discretion of the
Swing Line Lender, and after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan,
(i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate
Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed
such Lender’s Commitment, and provided ,
further , that the Company shall not use the proceeds of any
Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.
Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this
Section 2.04 , prepay under
Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a
Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan,
each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a
risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures . Each Swing
Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable
notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which
may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00
noon on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify
(i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of
$100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall
be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed
promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Company. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any
telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line
Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents
thereof. If the Swing Line Lender is required or shall elect, as
may be the case, to fund a requested Swing Line Loan, not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line
Notice, the Swing Line Lender shall make available to the Company
at its office by crediting the account of the Company on the books
of the Swing Line Lender in an amount in immediately available
funds equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loan. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Swing Line Lender is not required and
accordingly elects not to fund a requested Swing Line Loan for any
reason, the Swing Line Lender shall promptly, and in any event not
later than 1:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing
Line Notice, notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of
such election.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans
.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in
its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the
Company (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender
to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate
Committed Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such
request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be
deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in
accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02
, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for
the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 . The Swing Line
Lender shall furnish the Company with a copy of the applicable
Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the
Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its
Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed
Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds
for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative
Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than
12:00 noon on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice,
whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii) , each
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a
Base Rate Committed Loan to the Company in such amount. The
Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing
Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan
cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance
with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the request for Base
Rate Committed Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set
forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line
Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the
relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender
pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed
payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Lender fails to make available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line
Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c)
by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i) ,
the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender
(acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount
with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by
the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such
Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the
amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan
included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.
A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts
owing under this clause (iii) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Lender’s obligation to make
Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in
Swing Line Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line
Lender, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever,
(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however ,
that each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to
the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 . No
such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise
impair the obligation of the Company to repay Swing Line Loans,
together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations
.
(i) At any time after any Lender has
purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if
the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing
Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received
by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing
Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line
Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any
of the circumstances described in Section 10.05
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing
Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Swing
Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum
equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent
will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.
The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line
Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for
invoicing the Company for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until
each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to
refinance such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing
Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall
be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line
Lender . The Company shall make all payments of principal and
interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing
Line Lender.
2.05
Prepayments .
(a) Each Borrower may, upon notice from the
Company to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to
time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without
premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of
prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars,
(B) four Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of
Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date
of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative
Currencies, and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate
Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans denominated in Dollars shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof;
(iii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies shall be in a minimum principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and
(iv) any prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal
amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the
date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed
Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be
prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such
notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the
Company, the applicable Borrower shall make such prepayment and the
payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on
the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount
prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05 . Each such prepayment shall be
applied to the Committed Loans of the Lenders in accordance with
their respective Applicable Percentages.
(b) The Company may, upon notice to the
Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any
time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in
whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and
the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the date of
the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a
minimum principal amount of $50,000. Each such notice shall specify
the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by
the Company, the Company shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein.
(c) If the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company at any time that the Total Outstandings at such time
exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Aggregate Commitments then in
effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such
notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans and/or the Company shall
Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount
sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of
payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Aggregate
Commitments then in effect; provided , however ,
that, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.03(g)(ii) , the Company shall not be
required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this
Section 2.05(c) unless after the prepayment in
full of the Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Aggregate
Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any
time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash
Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in
order to protect against the results of further exchange rate
fluctuations.
(d) If the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds an
amount equal to 105% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in
effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such
notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount
sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of
payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency
Sublimit then in effect.
2.06 Termination or Reduction
of Commitments . The Company may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from
time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments;
provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. five
Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction,
(ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate
amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof, (iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the
Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any
concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would
exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving
effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the
Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the
Designated Borrower Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the
amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be
automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such
notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments.
The amount of any such Aggregate Commitment reduction shall not be
applied to the Alternative Currency Sublimit or the Letter of
Credit Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Company. Any
reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the
Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage.
All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the
Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such
termination.
2.07
Repayment of Loans .
(a) Each Borrower shall repay to the
Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of
Committed Loans made to such Borrower outstanding on such
date.
(b) The Company shall repay each Swing Line
Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days
after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date.
2.08
Interest .
(a) Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency
Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the
United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost;
(ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the
applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any
Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace
periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of
any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not
paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods),
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon
the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter
bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.
(iii) Upon the request of the Required
Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrowers shall pay
interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations
hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.
(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past
due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due
and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and
payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto
and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest
hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms
hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law.
2.09 Fees . In addition to
certain fees described in subsections (i) and
(j) of Section 2.03 :
(a) Commitment Fee . The Company shall
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a commitment fee in
Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate
times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate
Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of
Committed Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C
Obligations. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during
the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or
more of the conditions in Article IV is not met,
and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December,
commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing
Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The
commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if
there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the
actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the
Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that
such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b) Other Fees .
(i) The Company shall pay to Banc of
America Securities LLC and the Administrative Agent for their own
respective accounts, in Dollars, fees in the amounts and at the
times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned
when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason
whatsoever.
(ii) The Company shall pay to the Lenders,
in Dollars, such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in
writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees
shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any
reason whatsoever.
2.10
Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of
Applicable Rate .
(a) All computations of interest for Base
Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of
America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis
of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual
days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be
made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which
results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if
computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of
interest in respect of Committed Loans denominated in Alternative
Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing,
in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on
each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not
accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the
Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is
repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to
Section 2.12(a) , bear interest for one day.
Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate
or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
(b) If, as a result of any restatement of
or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Company or
for any other reason, the Company or the Lenders determine that
(i) the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio as calculated by the
Company as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a
proper calculation of the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio would have
resulted in higher pricing for such period, each Borrower shall
immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or
the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the
Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or
deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower
under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and
without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of
interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over
the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This
paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under
Section 2.03(c)(iii) , 2.03(i) or
2.08(b) or under Article VIII .
The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive
the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of
all other Obligations hereunder.
2.11
Evidence of Debt .
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each
Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records
maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the
ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by
the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent
manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the
Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any
failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however,
limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder
to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the
event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained
by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative
Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest
error. Upon the request of any Lender to a Borrower made through
the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall execute and deliver
to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which
shall evidence such Lender’s Loans to such Borrower in
addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach
schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if
applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Loans and
payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records
referred to in subsection (a) , each Lender and
the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its
usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and
sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and
Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts
and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts
and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the
absence of manifest error.
2.12
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
.
(a) General . All payments to be made by
the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any
counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of
and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all
payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to
which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative
Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder
with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an
Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is
owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such
Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the
Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates
specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under
this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason,
any Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required
payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall
make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the
Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will
promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or
other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like
funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending
Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent
(i) after 1:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or
(ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative
Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in
each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day
and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any
payment to be made by any Borrower shall come due on a day other
than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following
Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption
by Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of
any Committed Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case
of any Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to
11:00 a.m. on the date of such Committed Borrowing) that such
Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with
Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Committed
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share
available in accordance with and at the time required by
Section 2.02 ) and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact
made its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing available to
the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the
applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day
Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
(A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the
Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees
customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with
the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by
such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If
such Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the
Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the
amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If
such Lender pays its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing to
the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute
such Lender’s Committed Loan included in such Committed
Borrowing. Any payment by such Borrower shall be without prejudice
to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall
have failed to make such payment to the Administrative
Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by
Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not
make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the
Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In
such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment,
then each of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
Overnight Rate.
A
notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with
respect to any amount owing under this
subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions
Precedent . If any Lender makes available to the Administrative
Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender to any Borrower
as provided in the foregoing provisions of this
Article II , and such funds are not made
available to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the
conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article IV are not satisfied or waived in
accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall
return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to
such Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several . The
obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans, to
fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and
to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c)
are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any
Committed Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any
payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date
required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Committed Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its
payment under Section 10.04(c) .
(e) Funding Source . Nothing herein shall
be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan
in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation
by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any
Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 Sharing of Payments by
Lenders . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of
setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of
any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by
it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans
held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a
proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or
participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro
rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash
at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and
subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the
other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be
equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared
by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed
Loans and other amounts owing them, provided
that:
(i) if any such participations or
subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest;
and
(ii) the provisions of this
Section shall not be construed to apply to
(x) any payment made by a Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement; (y) any
payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of
or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or
subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this
Section shall apply); or (z) any collateral
obtained by the L/C Issuer in connection with arrangements made to
address the risk with respect to an Impacted Lender.
Each
Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
against such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a
direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
2.14
Designated Borrowers .
(a) Effective as of the date hereof FIFL
and FL shall each be a “Designated Borrower” hereunder
and may receive Loans for its account on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The Company may at any time, upon not
less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company to the
Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by
the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), designate any
Material Subsidiary of the Company other than a Material Subsidiary
organized under the laws of the Netherlands (an “
Applicant Borrower ”) as a Designated Borrower
to receive Loans hereunder by delivering to the Administrative
Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to each
Lender) a duly executed notice and agreement in substantially the
form of Exhibit G (a “ Designated
Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement ”). The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant
Borrower becoming entitled to utilize the credit facilities
provided for herein the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
have received such supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates,
opinions of counsel and other documents or information, in form,
content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, as may be required by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders in their sole discretion, and Notes signed by such
new Borrowers to the extent any Lenders so require. If the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree that an
Applicant Borrower shall be entitled to receive Loans hereunder,
then promptly following receipt of all such requested resolutions,
incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or
information, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit H (a “
Designated Borrower Notice ”) to the Company
and the Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the
Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for
purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Lenders agrees to permit
such Designated Borrower to receive Loans hereunder, on the terms
and conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees
that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a Borrower for all
purposes of this Agreement; provided that no Committed Loan
Notice or Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or on
behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date five Business
Days after such effective date.
(c) The Obligations of the Company and each
Designated Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary shall be joint
and several in nature. The Obligations of all Designated Borrowers
that are Foreign Subsidiaries shall be several in
nature.
(d) Each Subsidiary of the Company that is
or becomes a “ Designated Borrower ”
pursuant to this Section 2.14 hereby irrevocably
appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to this
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including
(i) the giving and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution
and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates
contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and
(iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the
Lenders to any such Designated Borrower hereunder. Any
acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action
which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken
by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid
and effective if given or taken only by the Company, whether or not
any such other Borrower joins therein. Any notice, demand, consent,
acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication
delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Designated
Borrower.
(e) The Company may from time to time, upon
not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company to
the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed
by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), terminate a
Designated Borrower’s status as such, provided that
there are no outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower,
or other amounts payable by such Designated Borrower on account of
any Loans made to it, as of the effective date of such termination.
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any
such termination of a Designated Borrower’s
status.
2.15
Increase in Commitments .
(a) Request for Increase . Provided there
exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Company may from time to
time, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments by an amount
(for all such requests) not exceeding $10,000,000; provided
that (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a
minimum amount of $5,000,000, and (ii) the Company may make a
maximum of two such requests. At the time of sending such notice,
the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall
specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to
respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days
from the date of delivery of such notice to the
Lenders).
(b) Lender Elections to Increase . Each
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time
period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if
so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its
Applicable Percentage of such requested increase. Any Lender not
responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined
to increase its Commitment.
(c) Notification by Administrative Agent;
Additional Lenders . The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each
request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested
increase and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (which approvals shall not
be unreasonably withheld), the Company may also invite additional
Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel.
(d) Effective Date and Allocations . If
the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this
Section , the Administrative Agent and the Company
shall determine the effective date (the “ Increase
Effective Date ”) and the final allocation of such
increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Company and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase
and the Increase Effective Date.
(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of
Increase . As a condition precedent to such increase, the
Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of
each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in
sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer
of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the
resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to
such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Company, certifying
that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the
representations and warranties contained in
Article V and the other Loan Documents are true
and correct on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer
to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of
such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 2.15 , the representations and
warranties contained in subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 5.05 shall be
deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to
clauses (a) and (b) ,
respectively, of Section 6.01 , and (B) no
Default exists. The Borrowers shall prepay any Committed Loans
outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional
amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 ) to
the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Committed Loans
ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any
nonratable increase in the Commitments under this
Section .
(f) Conflicting Provisions . This
Section shall supersede any provisions in
Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the
contrary.
Article III.
Taxes, Yield Protection and Illegality
3.01
Taxes .
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to
Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes .
(i) Any and all payments by or on account
of any obligation of the respective Borrowers hereunder or under
any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable
Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding
for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require any Borrower or
the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax
shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as
determined by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to
be delivered pursuant to subsection (e)
below.
(ii) If any Borrower or the Administrative
Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any
Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and
withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the
Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are
determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon
the information and documentation it has received pursuant to
subsection (e) below, (B) the
Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or
deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or
deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes,
the sum payable by such Borrower shall be increased as necessary so
that after any required withholding or the making of all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section ) the Administrative
Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or
deduction been made.
(iii) If any Borrower or the Administrative
Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code
to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then
(A) such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as required by
such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined
by it to be required based upon the information and documentation
it has received pursuant to subsection (e)
below, (B) such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the
extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount so
withheld or deducted by it to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the
withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes, the sum payable by such Borrower shall be increased as
necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section ) the
Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such withholding or deduction been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the
Borrowers . Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, each Borrower shall timely
pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable Laws.
(c) Tax Indemnifications .
(i) Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) or (b) above, each
Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in
respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section )
withheld or deducted by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent
or paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not
such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Each
Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative
Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within
10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender
or the L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the
Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii)
of this subsection . A certificate as to the amount
of any such payment or liability delivered to a Borrower by a
Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a
Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(ii) Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) or (b) above, each
Lender and the L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify each
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in
respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against
any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims,
liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for such Borrower or the
Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against such Borrower
or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a
result of the failure by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or
deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such
Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to such Borrower or
the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (e) . Each Lender and the L/C Issuer
hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any
and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this
clause (ii) . The agreements in this
clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or
replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights
by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the
termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(d) Evidence of Payments . Upon request
by a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
after any payment of Taxes by such Borrower or by the
Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in
this Section 3.01 , such Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall
deliver to such Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a
certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to
report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be.
(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation
.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the
Company and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times
prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the
Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and
executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the
taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably
requested information as will permit the Company or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine
(A) whether or not payments made by the respective Borrowers
hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes,
(B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or
deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any
available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in
respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the respective
Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such
Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the
applicable jurisdictions.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if a Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United
States,
(A) any Lender that is a “ United
States person ” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal
Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information
prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the
Company on behalf of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as
will enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
and
(B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled
under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or
under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be
requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such
Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time
to time thereafter upon the request of the Company on behalf of
such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign
Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is
applicable:
(1) executed originals of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income
tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(2) executed originals of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8ECI,
(3) executed originals of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting
documentation,
(4) in the case of a Foreign Lender
claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under
Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to
the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “
bank ” within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “
10 percent shareholder ” of such Borrower within
the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or
(C) a “ controlled foreign corporation ”
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and
(y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN, or
(5) executed originals of any other form
prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption
from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax
together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed
by applicable Laws to permit such Borrower or the Administrative
Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be
made.
(iii) Each Lender shall promptly
(A) notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of any
change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any
claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as
shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable
judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary
(including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any
requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that any
Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or
deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.
(iv) Each of the Borrowers shall promptly
deliver to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the
Administrative Agent or such Lender shall reasonably request, on or
prior to the Closing Date (or such later date on which it first
becomes a Borrower), and in a timely fashion thereafter, such
documents and forms required by any relevant taxing authorities
under the Laws of any jurisdiction, duly executed and completed by
such Borrower, as are required to be furnished by such Lender or
the Administrative Agent under such Laws in connection with any
payment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of Taxes or Other
Taxes, or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, with
respect to such jurisdiction.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds . Unless
required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative
Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf
of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any
Lender or the L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted
from funds paid for the account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
as the case may be. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
L/C Issuer determines that it has received a refund of any Taxes or
Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or
with respect to which any Borrower has paid additional amounts
pursuant to this Section , it shall pay to such
Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such
Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes
or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses and net of any loss or gain realized in the
conversion of such funds from or to another currency incurred by
the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by
the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),
provided that each Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to
repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any penalties,
interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C
Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the
L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to
make available its tax returns (or any other information relating
to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any
other Person.
3.02 Illegality . If any
Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any
Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund
Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in Dollars or an
Alternative Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates
based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has
imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to
purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any
Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on
notice thereof by such Lender to the Company through the
Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or
continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or
currencies or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in Dollars,
to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative
Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are
denominated in Dollars, convert all such Eurocurrency Rate Loans of
such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the
Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to
maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or immediately,
if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such
Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion,
the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so
prepaid or converted.
3.03 Inability to Determine
Rates . If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason
in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a
conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) deposits
(whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being
offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for
such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan
(whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or
(c) the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period
with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly
so notify the Company and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation
of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the
affected currency or currencies shall be suspended until the
Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders)
revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company may
revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or
currencies or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such
request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
in the amount specified therein.
3.04
Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans
.
(a) Increased Costs Generally . If any
Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or
similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the
account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender
(including (A) any reserve requirement in respect of
Eurocurrency Funds or deposits but excluding (B) the
requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services
Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory
Cost, other than as set forth below) or the L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer
to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement,
any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or
any Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of
taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect
thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by
Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any
change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or
the L/C Issuer);
(iii) result in the failure of the
Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, to represent the cost to
any Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of
England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European
Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining
Eurocurrency Rate Loans; or
(iv) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer
or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense
affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by such
Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the
foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such
Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation
to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce
the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the
L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other
amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the
Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to
pay) to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred
or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements . If any Lender
or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such
Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or
such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if
any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C
Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or
the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made
by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or
the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below
that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or
the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for
such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s
or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with
respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Company
will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer
or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company
for any such reduction suffered. No demand for compensation under
this Section 3.04(b) shall be made by any Lender
unless such Lender is making similar demands upon similarly
situated borrowers.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement . A
certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount
or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or
its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
subsection (a) or (b) of this
Section and delivered to the Company shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay (or cause
the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such
certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests . Failure or delay
on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand compensation
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section
shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C
Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided
that no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or the
L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section for any increased costs incurred or
reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the
Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s
intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof).
3.05 Compensation for
Losses . Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Company shall promptly
compensate (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to
compensate) such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any
loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment
or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day
other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan
(whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of
acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by any Borrower (for a
reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to
prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Company or the
applicable Designated Borrower;
(c) any failure by any Borrower to make
payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or
interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its
scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency;
or
(d) any assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to
Section 10.13 ;
including any loss of anticipated
profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense
arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by
it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the
deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the
performance of any foreign exchange contract. The Company shall
also pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) any
customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection
with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating
amounts payable by the Company (or the applicable Designated
Borrower) to the Lenders under this Section 3.05
, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate
Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank
market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a
comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was
in fact so funded.
3.06
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .
(a) Designation of a Different Lending
Office . If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04 , or any Borrower is required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender, the L/C Issuer, or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01 , or if any
Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02 ,
then such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use
reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or
3.04 , as the case may be, in the future, or
eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to
Section 3.02 , as applicable, and (ii) in
each case, would not subject such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not
otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as
the case may be. The Company hereby agrees to pay (or to cause the
applicable Designated Borrower to pay) all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection
with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders . If any
Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04
, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any
Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 , the Company
may replace such Lender in accordance with
Section 10.13 .
3.07 Survival . All of the
Borrowers’ obligations under this
Article III shall survive termination of the
Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations
hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
Article IV.
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
4.01 Conditions of Initial
Credit Extension . The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each
Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s
receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or
telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise
specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the
signing Loan Party, each dated the date of this Agreement (or, in
the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date
before the date of this Agreement) and each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the
Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this
Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the
Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Company;
(ii) Notes executed by the Borrowers in
favor of each Lender requesting Notes;
(iii) the Collateral Documents, creating
Liens on the Collateral, duly executed by each applicable Loan
Party, together with:
(A) proper Financing Statements in form
appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of all
jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or
desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the
Collateral Documents, covering the Collateral described in the
Collateral Documents,
(B) Uniform Commercial Code Searches, dated
on or before the date of the initial Credit Extension, listing all
effective financing statements filed in the jurisdictions referred
to in clause (A) above that name each applicable
Loan Party as debtor, together with copies of such other financing
statements,
(C) evidence of the completion of all other
actions, recordings and filings of or with respect to the
Collateral Documents that the Administrative Agent may deem
necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created
thereby, whether in the United States, the United Kingdom,
Australia or any other jurisdiction,
(D) evidence that all other action that the
Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to
perfect and establish the priority of the Liens created under the
Collateral Documents has been taken (including receipt of share
certificates and share transfer forms executed in blank, the
Intercompany Notes endorsed in blank and duly executed payoff
letters, UCC-3 termination statements and consent agreements),
and
(E) binding title insurance commitments or
policies insuring the Liens on any real property subject to the
Collateral Documents and other evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent as to the intended priority of the Liens
created under the Collateral Documents.
(iv) such certificates of resolutions or
other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of
Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent
may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each
Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible
Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
(v) such documents and certifications as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that
each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan
Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage
in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(vi) a favorable opinion of Cowles &
Thompson, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth
in Exhibit I and such other matters concerning
the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request;
(vii) favorable opinions of United Kingdom
counsel to FIFL, FL and any other Foreign Obligor organized under
the Laws of the United Kingdom, and of other counsel to other
Foreign Obligors addressed to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, as to such matters concerning FIFL, FL, such other Foreign
Obligors, and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request;
(viii) a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of each Loan Party (or the Company on behalf of each Loan
Party) either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses
and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance by each Loan Party and the validity against each
Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such
consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect,
or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals
are so required;
(ix) a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Company certifying (A) that the conditions
specified in Sections 4.02(a) and
(b) have been satisfied; (B) that there has been
no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial
Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
and (C) a calculation of the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio as of
the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company ended on
March 31, 2009, calculated on a pro forma basis as if the
Closing Date and the initial Borrowing occurred on March 31,
2009;
(x) a duly completed Compliance Certificate
as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company ended on
March 31, 2009, completed on a pro forma basis as if the
Closing Date and the initial Borrowing occurred on March 31,
2009, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company;
(xi) evidence that all insurance required
to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained
and is in effect;
(xii) evidence that the Existing Credit
Agreement has been or concurrently with the Closing Date is being
terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing
Credit Agreement have been or concurrently with the Closing Date
are being released;
(xiii) unaudited consolidated and
consolidating income statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as of and for each of the four month period ended April 30, 2009
and the five month period ended May 31, 2009; and
(xiv) such other assurances, certificates,
documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the
L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or the Required Lenders
reasonably may require.
(b) Any fees required to be paid on or
before the Closing Date shall have been paid.
(c) Unless waived by the Administrative
Agent, the Company shall have paid all fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to
such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the
extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such
additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall
constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and
disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing
proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter
preclude a final settling of accounts between the Company and the
Administrative Agent).
(d) The Closing Date shall have occurred on
or before August 10, 2009.
Without limiting the generality of the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03
, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in this Section 4.01 , each Lender
that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented
to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by
or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the
proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
4.02 Conditions to all Credit
Extensions . The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request
for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting
only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) is subject to the
following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of
(i) the Borrowers contained in Article V
and (ii) each Loan Party contained in each other Loan Document
or in any document furnished at any time under or in connection
herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the
date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier
date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 4.02 , the representations and
warranties contained in subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 5.05 shall be
deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to
clauses (a) and (b) ,
respectively, of Section 6.01 .
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result
from such proposed Credit Extension or the application of the
proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if
applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have
received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the
requirements hereof.
(d) If the applicable Borrower is a
Designated Borrower, then the conditions of
Section 2.14 to the designation of such Borrower
as a Designated Borrower shall have been met to the satisfaction of
the Administrative Agent.
(e) In the case of a Credit Extension to be
denominated in an Alternative Currency, there shall not have
occurred any change in national or international financial,
political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or
exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders (in the case of any
Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or the L/C
Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an
Alternative Currency) would make it impracticable for such Credit
Extension to be denominated in the relevant Alternative
Currency.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have
received such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents
or opinions as it may reasonably request in order to preserve,
perfect and protect the rights of the Lenders and Secured Parties
under the Loan Documents and the Liens created by the Collateral
Documents.
Each
Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice
requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type
or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by the
Company shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that
the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and
(b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the
applicable Credit Extension.
Article V.
Representations and Warranties
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 5.19 , each
Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders that:
5.01 Existence, Qualification
and Power . The Company and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is
duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in
good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and
authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and
carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable,
in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification or license; except in each
case referred to in clause (b)(i) or
(c) , to the extent that failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.02 Authorization; No
Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by each
Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party,
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene
the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents;
(b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of,
or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be
made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person
is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order,
injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any
arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or
(c) violate any Law.
5.03 Governmental
Authorization; Other Consents . No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
5.04 Binding Effect . This
Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered
hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan
Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each
other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable
against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with
its terms.
5.05
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements
(i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise
expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof and their results of operations for the period covered
thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the
period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted
therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other
liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for
taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
(b) The unaudited consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
dated March 31, 2009, and the related consolidated and
consolidating statements of income or operations and consolidated
statements of shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the
fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period
covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and
(ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii) , to the
absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit
adjustments.
(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial
Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either
individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.06 Litigation . There
are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company after due and diligent
investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in
arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their
properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06 , either
individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there
has been no adverse change in the status, or financial effect on
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, of the matters described
on Schedule 5.06 .
5.07 No Default . Neither
any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or
with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing
or would result from the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
5.08 Ownership of Property;
Liens . Each of the Company and each Subs