THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28,
2009
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS
AGENT
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES
INC.,
AS LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK
RUNNER
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2.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt; Types
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2.3 Procedures for Borrowing
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2.4 Termination or Reduction of
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2.5 Determination of Dollar Amounts
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2.6 Facility and Agent Fees
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2.7 Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments on
All Loans
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2.8 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding
Advances
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2.9 Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates;
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2.10 Rates Applicable After Default
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2.11 Pro Rata Payment, Method of
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2.13 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates,
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2.14 Lending Installations
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2.15 Non-Receipt of Funds by the
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2.18 Advances to be made in Euro
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2.20 Borrowing Base Adjustments
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2.21 Collateral Security; Further
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ARTICLE III. CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES,
TAXES
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3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy
Regulations
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3.3 Availability of Types of Advances
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3.4 Funding Indemnification
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3.5 Lender Statements; Survival of
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3.7 Substitution of Lender
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.1 Corporate Existence and Standing
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5.2 Authorization and Validity
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5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent
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5.5 Material Adverse Change
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5.7 Litigation and Contingent
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5.10 Accuracy of Information
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5.11 Regulations T, U and X
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5.12 Compliance With Laws
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5.13 Plan Assets; Prohibited
Transactions
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5.14 Environmental Matters
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5.15 Investment Company Act
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5.16 Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers
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5.17 Ownership of Properties
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5.18 Reportable Transaction
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5.19 Term Loans and Yen Loans
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6.8 Maintenance of Properties
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6.17 Investments and Acquisitions
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6.18 Additional Covenants
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ARTICLE VIII. ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS
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8.1 Acceleration; Facility LC Collateral
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8.3 Preservation of Rights
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9.3 No Discharge or Diminishment of
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9.6 Reinstatement; Stay of
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ARTICLE X. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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10.1 Survival of Representations
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10.2 Governmental Regulation
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10.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this
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10.7 Expenses; Indemnification
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10.8 Numbers of Documents
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10.10 Severability of Provisions
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10.11 Nonliability of Lenders
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11.1 Appointment; Nature of
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11.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel
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11.8 Agent’s Reimbursement and
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11.11 Lender Credit Decision
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11.13 Delegation to Affiliates
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11.14 Arranger, Syndication Agents and
Documentation Agents
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11.15 Execution of Collateral
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11.16 Collateral Releases
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11.17 Collateral; Reports
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ARTICLE XII. SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG
LENDERS
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ARTICLE XIII. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS;
PARTICIPATIONS
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13.1 Successors and Assigns
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ARTICLE XVI. CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY
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16.2 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A
— PRICING SCHEDULE
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EXHIBIT B
— JOINDER AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT C
— REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
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EXHIBIT D
— NOTICE OF DRAWDOWN
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EXHIBIT E
— OPINION OF COUNSEL
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EXHIBIT F
— COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT G
— ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT H
— ALTERNATE CURRENCY ADDENDUM
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EXHIBIT I
— BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
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SCHEDULES
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COMMITMENTS
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FOREIGN
SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS
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INACTIVE
SUBSIDIARIES
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SWING LINE LOAN
NOTICE
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LITIGATION
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EXISTING
INDEBTEDNESS
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EXISTING
LIENS
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EXISTING
INVESTMENTS
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iv
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
September 28, 2009, among KELLY SERVICES, INC. , a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the
FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS (as hereinafter defined) from
time to time parties hereto (together with the Company, the “
Borrowers ”), the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS (as
hereinafter defined) from time to time parties hereto, the lenders
from time to time parties hereto (together with any Transferees,
the “ Lenders ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A. , a national banking association with its main office in
Chicago, Illinois, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, the “Agent”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties
agree as follows:
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ Acquisition ” means any
transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on
or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or
substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, or
division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or
otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one
transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of
transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the
securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for
the election of directors (other than securities having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by
percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests
of a partnership or limited liability company.
“ Additional Covenant ” shall
mean any affirmative or negative covenant or similar restriction
applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary (regardless of whether
such provision is labeled or otherwise characterized as a covenant)
the subject matter of which either (i) is similar to that of
any covenant in Article VI of this Agreement, or related
definitions herein, but contains one or more percentages, amounts
or formulas that is more restrictive than those set forth herein or
more beneficial to the lender under any agreement with respect to
any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary or any agreement
for the refinancing or extension of all or a portion of the
Indebtedness thereunder (and such covenant or similar restriction
shall be deemed an Additional Covenant only to the extent that it
is more restrictive or more beneficial) or (ii) is different
from the subject matter of any covenants in Article VI of this
Agreement, or related definitions herein.
“ Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means,
with respect to any calculation of the Alternate Base Rate, the
quotient of (i) the Eurocurrency Reference Rate for deposits
in Dollars divided by (ii) one minus the Reserve Requirement
(expressed as a decimal).
“ Administrative Questionnaire
” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Agent.
“ Advance ” means a Revolving
Credit Advance, an Alternate Currency Advance or a Swing Line
Loan.
“ Affiliate ” of any Person
means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person
owns 10% or more of any class of voting securities (or other
ownership interests) of the controlled Person or possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether
through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
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“ Agent ” means JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as contractual representative of
the Lenders pursuant to Article XI, and not in its individual
capacity as a Lender, and any successor Agent appointed pursuant to
Article XI.
“ Aggregate Alternate Currency
Commitments ” means, at any time, the aggregate of the
Alternate Currency Commitments of the Lenders.
“ Aggregate Available Revolving Credit
Commitments ” means as at any date of determination with
respect to all Lenders, an amount equal to the Available Revolving
Credit Commitments of all Lenders on such date.
“ Aggregate Commitments ”
shall mean the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all
Lenders.
“ Aggregate Outstanding Credit
Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate of the
Outstanding Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.
“ Aggregate Outstanding Revolving
Credit Exposure ” means as at any date of determination
with respect to any Lender, the sum of (i) the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent on such date of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans on such date, plus
(ii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such date of the amount of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the LC Obligations on such
date, plus (iii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such date of
the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of Swing Line Loans on such
date.
“ Aggregate Outstanding Senior
Indebtedness ” means as at any date of determination, the
sum of (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure on such
date, plus (ii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such date of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loan Debt on such
date, plus (iii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such date of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Yen Loan Debt on such
date, plus (iv) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such date of the
aggregate outstanding amount of any Receivables Transaction
Attributed Indebtedness on such date, plus (v) the maximum
face amount of letters of credit issued by any Lender (other than
any Facility LC), together with any outstanding reimbursement
obligations related thereto, plus (vi) the aggregate amount of
Net Mark-to-Market Exposure in excess of $10,000,000, plus,
(vii) the aggregate amount of any outstanding
overdrafts.
“ Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments ” means the aggregate amount, stated in U.S.
Dollars, of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all
Lenders.
“ Agreement ” means this loan
agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time
to time.
“ Agreement Accounting Principles
” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
on the Effective Date in the United States, applied in a manner
consistent with the audited consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending
December 28, 2008; provided, however , that, if any
changes in generally accepted accounting principles are required
and adopted by the Company or its Subsidiaries with the agreement
of its independent certified public accountants and such changes
result in a change in the method of calculation of any financial
covenants, tests, restrictions or standards herein or in the
related definitions or terms used therein (“Accounting
Changes”), the Agent, at the Company’s request, will
enter into negotiations, in good faith, in order to amend such
provisions in a credit- neutral manner so as to reflect equitably
such changes with the desired result that the criteria for
evaluating the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
financial condition and results shall be the same in all material
respects after such changes as if such changes had not been made;
provided that any such amendments shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Required Lenders. In the event such amendment is entered
into, all references in this Agreement to Agreement Accounting
Principles shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as
of the date of such amendment. After the occurrence of any
accounting change but until such time as such amendment has been
entered into, all financial statements and other financial reports
required to be delivered under this Agreement shall be prepared and
delivered in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
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Agreement Currency ” is defined in
Section 16.6.
“ Alternate Base Rate ”
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus
1 / 2
of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is
not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus
1%, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on the
Reuters Screen LIBOR 01 Page (or on any successor or substitute
page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day (without
any rounding). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the
Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the
effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
“ Alternate Currency ” means
any currency which the Company requests the Agent to include as an
Alternate Currency hereunder and which is acceptable to one-hundred
percent (100%) of the applicable Alternate Currency Lenders for
such Alternate Currency Facility; and with respect to which an
Alternate Currency Addendum has been executed among the Company,
any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower party thereto, one or more
Alternate Currency Lenders and the Agent in connection
therewith.
“ Alternate Currency Addendum
” means a schedule and addendum entered into among the
Company, any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower party thereto, one or more
Alternate Currency Lenders and the Agent, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, the Company, any Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower party thereto, and such Alternate Currency Lenders party
thereto but in substantially the form of Exhibit H
hereto.
“ Alternate Currency Advance
” means a borrowing hereunder (or a continuation thereof)
consisting of the several Alternate Currency Loans made in the same
Alternate Currency on the same Borrowing Date (or the date of
continuation) by the Alternate Currency Lenders for the same
Interest Period.
“ Alternate Currency Commitment
” means, for each Alternate Currency Lender for each
Alternate Currency, the obligation of such Alternate Currency
Lender to make Alternate Currency Loans not exceeding the U.S.
Dollar Equivalent set forth in the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum, as such amount may be modified from time to time pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum. The Alternate Currency Commitment of each
Alternate Currency Lender for each Alternate Currency Facility is
set forth on Schedule 1.1(a), as amended, modified,
substituted or replaced from time to time.
“ Alternate Currency Facility
” means each credit facility established pursuant to
Sections 2.1(b) and (d).
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“ Alternate Currency Lender ”
means any Lender (including any Applicable Lending Installation)
party to an Alternate Currency Addendum.
“ Alternate Currency Loan ”
means any Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency made by an
Alternate Currency Lender to a Borrower pursuant to this Agreement
and the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum (being, for the
avoidance of doubt, such Lender’s portion of an Alternate
Currency Advance).
“ Alternate Currency Share ”
means, with respect to any Alternate Currency Lender for any
particular Alternate Currency, the percentage obtained by dividing
(a) such Alternate Currency Lender’s Alternate Currency
Commitment at such time as set forth in the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum by (b) the aggregate of the Alternate
Currency Commitments at such time of all Alternate Currency Lenders
with respect to such Alternate Currency as set forth in the
applicable Alternate Currency Addendum.
“ Applicable Fee Rate ”
means, at any time, the percentage rate per annum at which facility
fees are accruing on the Aggregate Commitment (without regard to
usage) at such time as set forth in the Pricing
Schedule.
“ Applicable Lending Installation
” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any office(s),
agency(ies), branch(es), Subsidiary(ies) or Affiliate(s) of such
Lender selected by such Lender and notified to the Company and the
Agent by such Lender from time to time and, with respect to the
Agent, any office(s), agency(ies), branch(es), Subsidiary(ies) or
Affiliate(s) of the Agent selected by the Agent and notified to the
Company from time to time.
“ Applicable Margin ” means,
with respect to Advances of any Type at any time, the facility fee
or the LC Fee, as the case may be, the percentage rate per annum
which is applicable at such time as set forth in the Pricing
Schedule.
“ Arranger ” means J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation and its
successors.
“ Article ” means an article
of this Agreement unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“
Assignment ” is defined in
Section 13.3(a).
“ Associated Costs Rate ”
means, in relation to each Advance, the percentage rate from time
to time determined by the Agent (in its sole discretion) as
reflecting the cost, loss or difference in return which would be
suffered or incurred by the Agent (and/or such Lender or Lenders as
it may from time to time determine) (if the Agent or such Lender or
Lenders funded such Advance) as a result of:
(a) funding (at LIBOR and on a match funded
basis) any special deposit or cash ratio deposit required to be
placed with the Bank of England (or any other authority which
replaces all or any of its functions); and/or
(b) any charge imposed by the Financial
Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces all or
any of its functions),
in respect of Eligible Liabilities (assuming
these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which relate to
funding such Advance.
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“ Augmenting Lender ” is
defined in Section 2.1(g).
“ Australian Dollars ” and
“ AUS$ ” means the lawful currency of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
“ Authorized Officer ” means,
with respect to any Borrower, any of the chief executive officer,
the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the controller of
such Borrower or any person designated by any of the foregoing in
writing to the Agent from time to time to act on behalf of such
Borrower, in each case, acting singly.
“ Available Alternate Currency
Commitment ” means at any date of determination with
respect to any Alternate Currency Lender under any Alternate
Currency Facility as set forth in the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum, the excess, if any, of (a) the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent of such Alternate Currency Lender’s Commitment
under such Alternate Currency Facility in effect on such date
over (b) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate
principal amount of Alternate Currency Loans outstanding owing to
such Alternate Currency Lender under such Alternate Currency
Facility on such date.
“ Available Revolving Credit
Commitment ” means as at any date of determination with
respect to any Lender, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of
(a) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment in effect on such date over (b) the
Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender on
such date.
“ Banking Services ” shall
mean all treasury management services (including, without
limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse
transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository
network services and international treasury management services),
commercial credit cards and stored value cards, provided to any of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Lender or any
Lender’s Affiliates.
“ Banking Services Obligations
” shall mean any and all obligations of any of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and
howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking
Services.
“ Borrowing Base ” means, at
any time, an amount equal to 80% of Eligible Receivables at such
time.
“ Borrowing Base Certificate
” means a certificate, signed and certified as accurate and
complete by an Authorized Officer of the Company, in substantially
the form of Exhibit I or another form which is acceptable to
the Agent in its sole discretion.
“
Borrowers ” is defined in the preamble
hereto.
“ Borrowing Date ” means any
Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.3,
2.8 or 2.16 as a date on which a Borrower requests the Lenders to
make or continue Loans or issue Facility LCs hereunder.
“
Borrowing Notice ” is defined in
Section 2.3(b).
“ Business Day ” means
(i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection
of Eurocurrency Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday)
on which banks generally are open in Chicago and New York for the
conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending
activities, interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire
system and dealings in Dollars and other Eligible Currencies are
carried on in the London interbank market (and, if the Advances
which are the subject of such borrowing, payment or rate selection
are denominated in Euro, a day upon which such clearing system as
is reasonably determined by the Agent to be suitable for clearing
or settlement of the Euro is open for business), (ii) with
respect to any borrowing of any Swing Line Loan denominated in any
currency other than Dollars, any day on which banks in London are
open for general banking business, including dealings in foreign
currency and exchange, and (iii) for all other purposes, a day
(other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open
in Chicago for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial
lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the
Fedwire system.
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“ Canadian Dollars ” or
“ CDN$ ” means the lawful currency of the
Dominion of Canada.
“ Capitalized Lease ” of a
Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which
would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“ Capitalized Lease Obligations
” of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such
Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability
on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
“ Cash Equivalent Investments
” means (i) short-term obligations of, or fully
guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii) commercial
paper rated A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by
Moody’s, (iii) demand deposit accounts maintained in the
ordinary course of business, (iv) certificates of deposit issued by
and time deposits with commercial banks (whether domestic or
foreign) having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000,
(v) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements
with respect to securities described in clause (i) above
entered into with a bank meeting the criteria described in clause
(iv) above, and (vi) any money market funds that
(A) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (B) are
rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have
portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; provided in each case
that the same provides for payment of both principal and interest
(and not principal alone or interest alone) and is not subject to
any contingency regarding the payment of principal or
interest.
“ Change in Control ” means,
subject to the exceptions contained in the next sentence, any
Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall
after the Effective Date either (a) acquire beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
in excess of 50% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the
Company or (b) obtain the power (whether or not exercised) to
elect a majority of the Company’s directors. A Change in
Control shall not include any acquisition of beneficial ownership
(as defined above) or the power to elect a majority of the
Company’s directors by any Person who is or group of Persons
(as defined above) which include members of the Kelly Family or are
acting for the benefit of members of the Kelly Family, nor shall
Change in Control include any change in legal title to, or the
trustee of, the Kelly Trust the shifting admission within or to or
withdrawal from the Kelly Trust of any beneficiaries.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“ Collateral ” shall mean all
assets of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in which a Lien
is required to be granted to secure the Secured Obligations. As
provided in the Collateral Documents, the Collateral shall not
include the Qualified Receivables Transaction Assets.
“ Collateral Agent ” means
JPMCB in its capacity as collateral agent under the Collateral
Documents.
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“ Collateral Documents ”
means, collectively, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Security
Agreements, and all other agreements or documents granting or
perfecting a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties under the Intercreditor Agreement or
otherwise providing support for the Secured Obligations at any
time, as any of the foregoing may be amended or modified from time
to time.
“
Collateral Shortfall Amount ” is defined in
Section 8.1.
“ Commitment ” means, with
respect to each Lender, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment and, as applicable, such Lender’s
Alternate Currency Commitments.
“
Company ” is defined in the preamble
hereto.
“
Computation Date ” is defined in
Section 2.5.
“
Condemnation ” is defined in
Section 7.8.
“ Contingent Obligation ” of
a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which
such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to
purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes
or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any
other Person.
“ Controlled Group ” means
all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ Credit Extension ” means
the making of an Advance or the issuance or Modification of a
Facility LC hereunder.
“ Debt
Instrument ” is defined in Section 6.18.
“
Default ” means an event described in
Article VII.
“ Defaulting Lender ” means
any Lender, as determined by the Agent, that has (a) failed to
fund any portion of its Loans or participations in Facility LCs or
Swing Line Loans within three Business Days of the date required to
be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified the Borrower, the
Agent, the LC Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any Lender in
writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding
obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to
the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding
obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which
it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within three Business
Days after request by the Agent, to confirm that it will comply
with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to
fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding
Facility LCs and Swing Line Loans, (d) otherwise failed to pay
over to the Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to
be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date when
due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e)
(i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has
become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver,
conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken
any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment
or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator,
trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
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“ Designated Financial Officer
” means, with respect to any Borrower, its chief financial
officer, treasurer or controller.
“ Dollar Amount ” of any
currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such
currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent in
Dollars of such amount if such currency is any currency other than
Dollars, calculated at the Exchange Rate, on or as of the most
recent Computation Date provided for in
Section 2.5.
“ Dollars ”, “ U.S.
Dollars ” and “ $ ” means dollars in
lawful currency of the United States of America.
“ Domestic Subsidiary ” means
each present and future Subsidiary of the Company which is not a
Foreign Subsidiary.
“ EBITDA ” means, for any
period, the sum of (a) the consolidated net income (or loss)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in
conformity with Agreement Accounting Principles, plus
(b) to the extent deducted in determining such net income,
income taxes, Interest Expense, depreciation and amortization,
minus (c) to the extent included in determining such
net income, each of the following, without duplication:
(i) the income of any Person (x) in which any Person
other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint
interest or a partnership interest or other ownership interest and
(y) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not control
the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Person or
does not otherwise control the declaration of a dividend or other
distribution, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or
other distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries by such Person during such period, (ii) the
income of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s
assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) gains or losses from the sale, exchange, transfer or
other disposition of property or assets not in the ordinary course
of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and related tax
effects in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles,
(iv) any other extraordinary or non-recurring gains or other
income not from the continuing operations of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and related tax effects in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles and (v) the income of any Subsidiary of
the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that
income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of
its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that
Subsidiary and such income exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year for
such Subsidiary, plus (d) any extraordinary or
non-recurring non-cash losses not from the continuing operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, and related tax effects, in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, plus (e)(i) the
amount of all existing cash restructuring charges taken by the
Company in the fiscal quarters ending on or before June 30,
2009, (ii) an amount not to exceed $3,800,000 in aggregate
amount for cash restructuring charges taken by the Company in the
fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2009, (iii) an amount not
to exceed $2,000,000 in aggregate amount for cash restructuring
charges taken by the Company in the fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2009, plus (iv) an amount not to exceed
$18,000,000 in aggregate amount for cash restructuring charges
taken by the Company in the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010, plus, (v) an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in
aggregate amount for cash restructuring charges taken by the
Company at any time during the period from the Effective Date
through December 31, 2010, and (vi) an amount not to
exceed $5,000,000 in aggregate amount relating to future cash
restructuring charges taken by the Company at any time, which
add-backs shall be taken by the Company in the quarter in which any
such charges were taken and shall continue for any calculation
thereafter which includes such quarter.
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“ Economic and Monetary Union
” or “ EMU ” shall mean the Economic and
Monetary Union of the European Union.
“ Effective Date ” means the
later of (a) date on which the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 4.1 are satisfied and (b) September 28,
2009.
“ Eligible Receivables ”
means, as of any date, those accounts receivable of the Company and
its Subsidiaries which are subject to the first-priority perfected
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties or which are owned by a Securitization
Entity, provided that the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties has a first-priority perfected security interest in
all Equity Interests of the such Securitization Entity and such
Securitization Entity is otherwise in compliance with the terms of
this Agreement, valued at the face amount thereof less, without
duplication, such reserves as may be established by the Company or
on the books and records of the Company and less such reserves as
the Agent elects to establish in its credit judgment, but shall not
include any such account receivable (a) that is not a bona
fide existing obligation created by the sale and actual delivery of
inventory or the provision of services in the ordinary course of
business, (b) that is outstanding more than 63 days past
due or is payable on terms greater than 90 days, provided,
that, accounts receivable with terms greater than 90 days but
less than or equal to 120 days may be included as
“Eligible Receivables” up to an aggregate amount of 5%
of all Eligible Receivables, (c) that is subject to any
dispute, contra-account, defense, offset, counterclaim, or Lien, or
the inventory of which such account receivable constitutes proceeds
is subject to any such Lien, (d) which is owing by an account
debtor for which more than 50% of the accounts owing from such
account debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible, (e) which
(i) does not arise from the performance of services in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) is contingent upon the
Company’s or such Guarantor’s completion of any further
performance, (f) for which the services giving rise to such
account have not been performed by the Company or such Guarantor or
if such account was invoiced more than once, (g) which is owed
by an account debtor which is not organized under applicable law of
the U.S. or any state of the U.S., (h) which is owed in any
currency other than U.S. Dollars, (i) which is owed by the
government of the U.S., or any department, agency, public
corporation, or instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727
et seq . and 41 U.S.C. § 15 et seq
.), and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the Agent
in such account have been complied with to the Agent’s
satisfaction, provided, that, accounts receivable of the type
described in this clause (i) may be included as
“Eligible Receivables” up to an aggregate amount of 5%
of all Eligible Receivables, (j) which is owed by any Affiliate,
employee, officer, director, agent or stockholder of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (k) which is owed by an account
debtor or any Affiliate of such account debtor (in each case, other
than a Lender) to which the Company or any Guarantor is indebted,
but only to the extent of such indebtedness and to the extent such
indebtedness is due and payable or is subject to any security,
deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar advance made
by or for the benefit of an Account Debtor, in each case to the
extent thereof, (l) that has failed to meet established or
customary credit standards of the Company, (m) with respect to
which any representation or warranty contained in Section 5.20
is incorrect at any time, (n) that is payable by any person
that is the subject of any proceeding seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, or
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or
composition of it or its debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization or relief or protection
of debtors or seeking the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, or other similar official for it or for any substantial
part of its property, or that is not generally paying its debts as
they become due or has admitted in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally, or has made a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors, (o) that is subordinate or junior in right or
priority of payment to any other unsecured obligation or claim,
(p) any receivables which are deemed not eligible under the
terms of any Qualified Receivables Transaction, or (q) that
for any other reason is at any time reasonably deemed by the Agent
to be ineligible.
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“ Eligible Currency ” shall
mean any currency that is freely transferable and freely
convertible into Dollars, which is available in the London
Interbank Market and in respect of which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent
may be readily calculated. If currency control or other exchange
regulations are imposed in the country in which such currency is
issued with the result that different types of such currency are
introduced, such country’s currency is, in the determination
of the Agent, no longer readily available or freely traded or as to
which, in the determination of the Agent, a Dollar Equivalent is
not readily calculable, then the Agent shall promptly notify the
Company, and such country’s currency shall no longer be an
Eligible Currency until such time as the Agent agrees to reinstate
such country’s currency as an Eligible Currency and promptly,
but in any event within five (5) Business Days of receipt of
such notice from the Agent, the Borrowers with respect to such
Eligible Currency shall repay all Loans in such affected currency
or convert such Loans into Loans in Dollars or an Eligible
Currency, as applicable, subject to the other terms of this
Agreement.
“ Eligible Liabilities ”
means eligible liabilities as defined under or pursuant to the Bank
of England Act 1998 or by the Bank of England (as may be
appropriate) for the time being.
“ Environmental Laws ” means,
with respect to any Borrower or Guarantor, any and all federal,
state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans,
injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses,
agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to
(a) the protection of the environment, (b) the effect of
the environment on human health, (c) emissions, discharges or
releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or
wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (d) the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation
thereof, in each case, applicable to such Borrower or Guarantor or
their respective Property.
“ Equity Interests ” means
shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any
warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to
purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of l974, as amended from time to
time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
“ Euro ” and/or “
EUR ” means the euro referred to in Council Regulation
(EC) No. 1103/97 dated June 17, 1997 passed by the
Council of the European Union, or, if different, the then lawful
currency of the member states of the European Union that
participate in the third stage of EMU.
“ Eurocurrency Advance ”
means an Advance which bears interest at the applicable
Eurocurrency Rate.
“ Eurocurrency Loan ” means a
Loan which bears interest at the applicable Eurocurrency
Rate.
“ Eurocurrency Reference Rate
” means, with respect to a Eurocurrency Advance for the
relevant Interest Period, the applicable British Bankers’
Association LIBOR rate for deposits in the applicable Eligible
Currency as reported by any generally recognized financial
information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, and
having a maturity equal to such Interest Period, provided
that, if no such British Bankers’ Association LIBOR rate is
available for any Eligible Currency and with respect to all
Eurocurrency Advances denominated in Pounds Sterling, the
applicable Eurocurrency Reference Rate for the relevant Interest
Period shall instead be the rate determined by the Agent to be the
arithmetic average of the rate reported to the Agent by each
Reference Lender as the rate at which such Reference Lender offers
to place deposits in the applicable Eligible Currency with
first-class banks in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount of such
Reference Lender’s relevant Eurocurrency Loan and having a
maturity equal to such Interest Period. If any Reference Lender
fails to provide such quotation to the Agent, then the Agent shall
determine the Eurocurrency Reference Rate on the basis of the
quotations of the remaining Reference Lender(s). As of the
Effective Date, such alternate rate calculation set forth in the
proviso of this definition shall be applicable with respect to the
following currencies: Norwegian Krona and Swedish Krona.
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“ Eurocurrency Rate ” means,
with respect to a Eurocurrency Advance for the relevant Interest
Period, the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) the
Eurocurrency Reference Rate applicable to such Interest Period,
divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as
a decimal) applicable to such Interest Period, if any, plus
(ii) the Applicable Margin, plus (iii) with respect to
Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, if applicable, the Associated
Costs Rate.
“ Exchange Rate ” means the
Agent’s spot rate of exchange in the interbank market where
its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such
non-U.S. Dollar currency are then being conducted, at or about
10:00 A.M., local time, on such date for the purchase of U.S.
Dollars with such non-U.S. Dollar currency, for delivery three
Business Days later; provided , that if at the time of any
such determination, no such spot rate can reasonably be quoted, the
Agent may use any reasonable method as it deems applicable to
determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
“
Facility LC ” is defined in
Section 2.19(a).
“
Facility LC Application ” is defined in
Section 2.19(c).
“
Facility LC Collateral Account ” is defined in
Section 2.19(k).
“ Facility Termination Date ”
means the earlier to occur of (a) September 28, 2012 or
(b) the date on which the Commitments are terminated pursuant
to Article VIII.
“ Federal Funds Effective Rate
” means, for any day, an interest 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 for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding
Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Agent in its sole discretion.
“ Financial Contract ” of a
Person means (a) any exchange-traded or over-the-counter
futures, forward, swap or option contract or other financial
instrument with similar characteristics or (b) any Rate
Management Transaction.
“ Floating Rate ” means, for
any day, a rate per annum equal to (i) the Alternate Base Rate
for such day, in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base
Rate changes plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.
“
Floating Rate Advance ” means an Advance which bears
interest at the Floating Rate.
“
Floating Rate Loan ” means a Loan which bears interest
at the Floating Rate.
“ Foreign Currency ” means
any Foreign Syndicated Currency or Alternate Currency.
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“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means
each Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside
of the United States.
“ Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
” means each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary listed as a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower in Schedule 1.1(b) as amended from time to
time in accordance with Section 8.2(b).
“ Foreign Syndicated Currency
” shall mean any currency which is an Eligible Currency and
which has been approved by the Lenders; provided ,
that , subject to the terms of this Agreement (including
without limitation Section 3.3), Pounds Sterling, Euro,
Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, Japanese Yen, Swiss Francs,
Danish Krona, Norwegian Krona, Swedish Krona and New Zealand
Dollars shall be deemed approved by the Lenders.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any nation or government, any state, or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“
Guaranteed Obligations ” is defined in
Section 9.1.
“ Guarantor ” means
(a) with respect to the Obligations and Rate Management
Obligations owing by a Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor, and
(b) with respect to the Obligations and Rate Management
Obligations owing by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the Company and
its successors and assigns, and each Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“ Guaranty ” means the
guarantee contained in Article IX, including any amendment,
modification, renewal or replacement of such guaranty agreement and
any separate guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent delivered by any Guarantor, as it may be amended or modified
from time to time.
“ Inactive Subsidiary ” means
a Subsidiary which has no assets and conducts no business.
Schedule 1.1(c) is a list of all Inactive Subsidiaries as of
the Effective Date.
“
Increasing Lender ” is defined in
Section 2.1(f).
“ Indebtedness ” of a Person
means, without duplication, such Person’s
(a) obligations for borrowed money, (b) obligations
representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services
(other than accounts payable and/or accrued expenses arising in the
ordinary course of such Person’s business payable in
accordance with customary practices), (c) obligations, whether
or not assumed, secured by Liens on property now or hereafter owned
or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations which are evidenced by
notes, acceptances, or other instruments (other than Financial
Contracts), (e) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) all
reimbursement and similar obligations under outstanding letters of
credit, bankers acceptances, surety bonds or similar instruments in
respect of drafts or other claims which may be presented or have
been presented and have not yet been paid, (g) the aggregate
outstanding amount of all Off Balance Sheet Liabilities, based on
the aggregate outstanding amounts sold, signed, discounted or
otherwise transferred or financed, whether or not shown as a
liability on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including without limitation, all Receivables
Transaction Attributed Indebtedness, and (h) all Contingent
Liabilities of such Person with respect to or relating to
Indebtedness of others the same as those described in clauses
(a) through (g) of this definition. For purposes of this
definition, there shall be excluded from “Indebtedness”
all standby letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments which are issued in connection with workers
compensation obligations or other statutory or governmental
obligations up to an aggregate amount of $100,000,000. All such
other instruments shall be included in the calculation of
“Indebtedness”. For the avoidance of doubt, Operating
Leases are not Indebtedness.
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“ Intercreditor Agreement ”
shall mean the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement among
the Secured Parties of the Borrowers and JPMCB, as Collateral
Agent, dated as of the date hereof, as amended or modified from
time to time, provided that such Intercreditor Agreement, and any
amendments or modifications thereto, shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Required Lenders and the Agent.
“ Interest Coverage Ratio ”
means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) EBITDA
to (b) Interest Expense, in each case calculated for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters then ending, on a consolidated basis
for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles.
“ Interest Expense ” means,
with respect to any period, the aggregate of all interest expense
reported by the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles during such period. As used in this
definition, the term “interest” shall include, without
limitation, all interest, fees and costs payable with respect to
the obligations under this Agreement, any discount and/or other
expenses or interest component in respect of sales of accounts
receivable and/or related contract rights and the interest portion
of Capitalized Lease payments during such period, all as determined
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“ Interest Payment Date ”
shall mean (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the
last day of each Interest Period with respect to such Revolving
Credit Loan and, in the case of any Interest Period exceeding three
months, those days that occur during such Interest Period at
intervals of three months after the first day of such Interest
Period, (b) with respect to any Alternate Currency Loan, the
date specified as the date on which interest is payable in the
applicable Alternate Currency Addendum and (c) in all other
cases, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December occurring after the date hereof, commencing with the first
such Business Day occurring after the date of this
Agreement.
“
Interest Period ” means with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing on the
borrowing or continuation date, as the case may be, with respect to
such Loan and ending one, two, three, or six months thereafter, as
selected by the relevant Borrower in its notice of borrowing or
notice of continuation, as the case may be, given with respect
thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on
the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to
such Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the relevant Borrower by irrevocable notice to the
Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, or, if not
selected by such Borrower, ending one month thereafter in
accordance with Section 2.8;
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provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating
to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period pertaining to a
Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such
Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business
Day;
(ii) any Interest Period applicable to a
Loan that would otherwise extend beyond, the Facility Termination
Date, shall end on the Facility Termination Date; and
(iii) any Interest Period pertaining to a
Loan 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 a calendar month.
“ Investment ” of a Person
means any loan, advance (other than commission, moving, travel and
similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary
course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts
receivable and/or accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course
of business payable in accordance with customary practices and
loans to employees in the ordinary course of business) or
contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual
funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities
owned by such Person; any deposit accounts and certificates of
deposit owned by such Person; and structured notes, derivative
financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts
owned by such Person (other than Financial Contracts).
“
Japanese Yen ” means the lawful currency of
Japan.
“ Joinder Agreement ” means
the Joinder Agreement to be entered into by each Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to
Section 8.2(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
“ JPMCB ” means JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association (including its
branches and affiliates).
“
Judgment Currency ” is defined in
Section 16.6.
“ Kelly Family ” means
Terence E. Adderley, his parents, his spouse, his children and the
legal descendants of each, together with the brothers and sisters
of William R. Kelly and their legal descendants.
“ Kelly Trust ” means,
collectively, (i) the William R. Kelly Irrevocable Trust dated
July 14, 1972, (ii) the William R. Kelly Trust for
Terence E. Adderley, dated February 24, 1964, and
(iii) the Terence E. Adderley Revocable Trust B, dated
October 9, 2001, in each case as the same have been or shall
be amended from time to time.
“ LC
Exposure ” is defined in Section 2.17(c).
“ LC
Fee ” is defined in Section 2.19(d).
“ LC Issuer ” means any
Lender who agrees to be designated as an “LC Issuer”
hereunder and issue Facility LCs hereunder (or any Subsidiary or
affiliate of such Lender) upon request and approval of the Company
and the Agent; provided , that , no more than three
Lenders may be designated as “LC Issuers” at any
time.
“ LC Obligations ” means, at
any time, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate
undrawn stated amount under all Facility LCs outstanding at such
time plus (ii) the aggregate unpaid amount at such time of all
Reimbursement Obligations.
“ LC Payment Date ” is
defined in Section 2.19(e).
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“ Lenders ” means the lending
institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement and
their respective successors and, to the extent permitted by
Section 13.3, assigns. Unless otherwise specified, the term
“Lenders” includes JPMCB in its capacity as Swing Line
Lender.
“ Lending Installation ”
means, with respect to a Lender or the Agent, any office, branch,
subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Agent, as the case
may be.
“ Leverage Ratio ” means, as
of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Total
Indebtedness at such date to (b) Total Capitalization at such
date, in each case calculated on a consolidated basis for the
Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles.
“ Lien ” means any lien
(statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, fixed or
floating charge, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention
agreement); provided that the filing of financing statements solely
with respect to, or other lien or claim solely on, any interest in
Qualified Receivables Transaction Assets shall not be considered a
Lien.
“ Loan ” means, with respect
to a Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans or
Alternate Currency Loans, and, with respect to the Swing Line
Lender, Swing Line Loans.
“ Loan Documents ” means this
Agreement, the Guaranties, the Facility LC Applications, the
Alternate Currency Addendums, the Collateral Documents, any Notes
issued pursuant to Section 2.2(c) and the other agreements,
certificates and other documents contemplated hereby or executed or
delivered pursuant hereto by any Borrower or any Guarantor at any
time on or after the date of execution of this Agreement with or in
favor of the Agent or any Lender.
“
Margin Stock ” means margin stock as defined in
Regulations G, T, U or X.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, Property,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the
ability of the Guarantor to pay its Obligations under this
Agreement, including the Guaranty, or (iii) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement, including the Guaranty, the Notes
or the Alternate Currency Addendums.
“
Material Indebtedness ” is defined in
Section 7.5.
“
Material Plan ” is defined in
Section 7.10.
“
Modify ” and “ Modification ” are
defined in Section 2.19(a).
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.
“ More
Favorable Provision ” is defined in
Section 6.18.
“ Multiemployer Plan ” means
a plan defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the
Company or any member of the Controlled Group has an obligation to
contribute.
“ National Currency Unit ”
means the unit of currency (other than a Euro unit) of each member
state of the European Union that participates in the third stage of
Economic and Monetary Union.
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“ Net Mark-to-Market Exposure
” of a Person means, as of any date of determination, the
excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized
profits of such Person arising from Rate Management Transactions
and other Financial Contracts. “Unrealized losses”
means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing
such Rate Management Transaction or Financial Contract as of the
date of determination (assuming the Rate Management Transaction or
Financial Contract were to be terminated as of that date), and
“unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the
gain to such Person of replacing such Rate Management Transaction
or Financial Contract as of the date of determination (assuming
such Rate Management Transaction or Financial Contract were to be
terminated as of that date).
“ Net Worth ” means the
consolidated shareholder’s equity of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including minority interests, all on a consolidated
basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles,
provided that the amount of foreign currency translation
shall be excluded at all times.
“
Non-Excluded Taxes ” is defined in
Section 3.6(a).
“
Non-Paying Guarantor ” is defined in
Section 9.11.
“
Notes ” means the collective reference to the
Revolving Credit Notes.
“
Notice of Assignment ” is defined in
Section 13.3(b).
“ Notice of Drawdown ” means
a notice substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D.
“
Obligated Party” is defined in
Section 9.2.
“ Obligations ” of a Borrower
means, the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans of such
Borrower, all Reimbursement Obligations of such Borrower, all Rate
Management Obligations of such Borrower to any Lender and all other
obligations and liabilities of such Borrower under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation,
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this
Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after the maturity
of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate
provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement
of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
such Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out
of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents
or any other document made, delivered or given in connection
therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or
otherwise (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Agent or to the Lenders that are
required to be paid by such Borrower pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document). Obligations of the
Guarantors shall include collectively the Obligations of all of the
Borrowers and the obligations of all of the Guarantors under the
Guaranty as provided in this Agreement.
“ Off Balance Sheet Liability
” of a Person means (i) any repurchase obligation or
liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes
receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability under any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction which is not a Capitalized Lease,
(iii) any liability under any so-called “synthetic
lease” transaction entered into by such Person, or (iv) any
obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is
the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but
which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such
Person, but excluding from this clause (iv) Operating
Leases.
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“ Operating Lease ” of a
Person means any lease of Property (other than a Capitalized Lease)
by such Person as lessee.
“ Original Dollar Amount ”
means, in relation to an Advance, the amount thereof requested in
the Notice of Drawdown relating thereto or, if such Advance is not
denominated in Dollars, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such amount,
calculated as at the date of such Notice of Drawdown.
“ Outstanding Credit Exposure
” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of
(i) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such date of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of Loans outstanding in respect of such
Lender at such time, plus (ii) an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Share of the LC Obligations at such time, plus (iii) an amount
equal to its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of
Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time.
“
Participants ” is defined in
Section 13.2(a).
“
Paying Guarantor ” is defined in
Section 9.11.
“ Payment Date ” means each
February 28, May 30, August 30 and November 30
occurring after the Effective Date, commencing November 30,
2009.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
or any successor thereto.
“ Permitted Acquisition ”
means an Acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary in a
transaction that satisfies each of the following
requirements:
(a) such
Acquisition is not a hostile or contested acquisition;
(b) both before and after giving effect to
such Acquisition and the Loans (if any) requested to be made in
connection therewith, each of the representations and warranties in
the Loan Documents is true and correct and no Default or Unmatured
Default exists or would be caused thereby; and
(c) the total consideration (whether in
cash, by the incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness, by any
deferred payments or by the payment or transfer of any other
consideration) paid or payable for all Acquisitions made during the
term of this Agreement shall not exceed (i) $15,000,000 if the
Interest Coverage Ratio is less than 3.0 to 1.0 as calculated for
the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters as of the date of
determination at the time of the proposed Acquisition, or (y)
$50,000,000 if the Interest Coverage Ratio is greater than 3.0 to
1.0 as calculated for the most recent four consecutive fiscal
quarters as of the date of determination at the time of the
proposed Acquisition, in each case after giving effect to such
Acquisition.
“ Person ” means any natural
person, corporation, firm, joint venture, limited liability
company, partnership, association, enterprise, company or other
entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision
or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
“ Plan ” means an employee
pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or
subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of
the Code as to which the Company or any member of the Controlled
Group has any obligation to contribute to on or after the Effective
Date.
“ Pounds Sterling ” or
“ Pounds ” shall mean the lawful currency of the
United Kingdom.
“ Pricing Schedule ” means
the Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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“ Prime Rate ” means a rate
per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced from time
to time by JPMCB or its parent (which is not necessarily the lowest
rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said prime rate
changes.
“ Property ” of a Person
means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible,
intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased
or operated by such Person.
“ Pro Rata Share ” means, for
each Lender, the ratio of such Lender’s Commitment
(calculated using the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof) to the
Aggregate Commitments (calculated using the U.S. Dollar Equivalent
thereof), provided , that (a) with respect to Revolving
Credit Loans, LC Obligations and Swing Line Loans, Pro Rata Share
means, for each Lender, the ratio such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment bears to the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments, and (b) with respect to Alternate Currency Loans
for any Alternate Currency Facility, Pro Rata Share means, for each
Alternate Currency Lender for each Alternate Currency Facility, the
ratio such Alternate Currency Lender’s Alternate Currency
Commitment for such Alternate Currency Facility bears to the
aggregate Alternate Currency Commitments for such Alternate
Currency Facility. If at any time the Commitments have been
terminated, the amount of any Commitment for the purposes of this
definition of “Pro Rata Share” only shall be deemed
equal to the amount of such Commitment immediately prior to its
termination.
“
Purchasers ” is defined in
Section 13.3(a).
“ Qualified Receivables Transaction
” means any asset securitization transaction (i) by a
Securitization Entity, (ii) which is a sale or other transfer
of an interest in Qualified Receivables Transaction Assets to such
Securitization Entity, which Securitization Entity will in turn
sell certain of those Qualified Receivables Transaction Assets to a
special purpose entity or a commercial paper issuance vehicle or
conduit on terms and in a manner acceptable to the Agent,
(iii) which is otherwise permitted by the terms of this
Agreement and any other agreement binding on the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, (iv) under which 100% of the Equity
Interests of such Securitization Entity have been pledged on a
first priority basis to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral
Documents, and (v) which asset securitization transaction is
otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Agent.
“ Qualified Receivables Transaction
Assets ” means all Receivables and Related Rights that
are sold, purportedly sold, contributed, transferred, conveyed or
assigned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to the
Securitization Entity (regardless of whether such transfer is
characterized as a sale, a secured loan or contribution). For the
purposes hereof (i) “Receivables” means accounts or
notes receivable and (ii) “Related Rights” means
(a) the rights but not the obligations of, the Company or such
Subsidiary under all related security with respect to such
Receivables, (b) all monies due or to become due to the
Company or such Subsidiary with respect to such Receivables,
(c) all books and records related to such Receivables,
(d) all collections and other proceeds and products of any of
such Receivables, (e) and all right title and interest (but
not obligations) in and to the lockbox accounts, into which
collections or other proceeds with respect to such Receivables may
deposited, and any related investment property acquired with any
such collections or other proceeds.
“ Quotation Date ” means, in
relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be
determined hereunder, the day on which quotations would ordinarily
be given by prime banks in the London Interbank Market for deposits
in the currency in relation to which such rate is to be determined
for delivery on the first day of that period, provided that, if,
for any such period, quotations would ordinarily be given on more
than one date, the Quotation Date for that period shall be the last
of those dates.
“ Rate Management Obligations
” means any and all obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and
whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all
renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions
therefor), under (i) any and all Rate Management Transactions,
and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any Rate Management
Transactions.
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“ Rate Management Transaction
” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect
thereto) now existing or hereafter entered by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest
rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap
transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option
or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect
to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether
linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity
prices, equity prices or other financial measures, in each case
entered into to hedge a bona fide risk and not for purposes of
speculation.
“ Receivables Transaction Attributed
Indebtedness ” means the amount of obligations
outstanding under the legal documents entered into as part of any
Qualified Receivables Transaction on any date of determination that
would be characterized as principal if such Qualified Receivables
Transaction were structured as a secured lending transaction rather
than as a purchase.
“
Reference Lenders ” means JPMCB and Bank of America,
N.A.
“ Regulation D ” means
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or
other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of
Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member
banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“ Regulation G ” means
Regulation G of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of
Governors.
“ Regulation T ” means
Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of
Governors.
“ Regulation U ” means
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of
Governors.
“ Regulation X ” means
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of
Governors.
“ Reimbursement Obligations ”
means, at any time, the aggregate of all obligations of the Company
then outstanding under Section 2.19 to reimburse the LC Issuer
for amounts paid by the LC Issuer in respect of any one or more
drawings under Facility LCs.
“
Replaced Lender ” is defined in
Section 3.7.
“ Replacement Lender ” is
defined in Section 3.7.
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“ Reportable Event ” means a
reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued under such section with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation
waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be
notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event,
provided , however, that a failure to meet the minimum
funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of
Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of
the issuance of any such waiver of the notice requirement in
accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d)
of the Code.
“
Reports ” is defined in Section 10.7.
“
Request for a New Alternate Currency Facility ” is
defined in Section 2.1(d).
“ Required Lenders ” means
(a) at any time prior to the termination of the Commitments,
Lenders holding not less than 51% of the U. S. Dollar Equivalent of
the Aggregate Commitments of all Lenders; and (b) at any time
after the termination of the Commitments, Lenders whose Outstanding
Credit Exposure aggregates at least 51% of the Aggregate
Outstanding Credit Exposure of all Lenders.
“ Reserve Requirement ”
means, with respect to an Interest Period, the maximum aggregate
reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal
and other reserves) under any regulations of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System or other Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve
requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in
Regulation D).
“ Restricted Payment ” means
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in any
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or
similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such
Equity Interests in any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in any
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“ Revolving Credit Advance ”
means a borrowing hereunder (or continuation thereof) consisting of
the several Revolving Credit Loans made on the same Borrowing Date
(or date of continuation) by the Lenders to the Company of the same
type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, for the same Interest
Period.
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
” means, as to any Lender at any time, its obligation to make
Revolving Credit Loans to, and participate in Swing Line Loans and
Facility LCs issued upon the application of, the Company in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the U.S.
Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in
Schedule 1.1(a) under the heading “Revolving Credit
Commitments” or as otherwise established pursuant to
Section 13.3, as such amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to Sections 2.4, 13.3 and the other applicable
provisions hereof, and “Revolving Credit Commitments”
means the aggregate of all the Lenders’ Revolving Credit
Commitments.
“ Revolving Credit Loans ”
means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender’s loans made
pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“
Revolving Credit Note ” is defined in
Section 2.2(c).
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
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“ Sale and Leaseback Transaction
” means any sale or other transfer of Property by any Person
with the intent to lease such Property as lessee.
“ Section ” means a numbered
section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“ Secured Obligations ”
means, collectively, all (i) Obligations, (ii) the Term
Loan Debt, (iii) the Yen Loan Debt, (iv) Banking Services
Obligations, and (v) other indebtedness and obligations
defined as “Secured Obligations” in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Secured Parties ” means the
Collateral Agent, the Agent, the Lenders, the Term Loan Lenders,
the Yen Loan Lender and the other holders of the Secured
Obligations.
“ Securitization Entity ”
means a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company that engages in no
activities other than Qualified Receivables Transactions and any
necessary related activities and owns no assets other than as
required for Qualified Receivables Transactions and no portion of
the Indebtedness (contingent or otherwise) of which is guaranteed
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or is recourse to
or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any
way, other than pursuant to customary representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities, performance guaranties and other
obligations entered into in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Transaction.
“ Security Agreements ” means
each security agreement, pledge agreement, pledge and security
agreement and similar agreement and any other agreement from the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor granting a Lien on any of its
personal property (including without limitation any Equity
Interests owned by the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor), each
in form and substance acceptable to the Agent and as amended or
modified from time to time, entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor at any time for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the
Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Single Employer Plan ”
means a Plan which is maintained by the Company or any member of
the Controlled Group for employees of the Company or any member of
the Controlled Group.
“ Subsidiary ” of a Person
means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or
by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or
more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture or similar business
organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or
controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references
herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the
Company.
“ Subsidiary Guarantor ”
means each present and future Domestic Subsidiary and their
respective successors and assigns; provided that (i) no
Inactive Subsidiary shall be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor,
but shall be required to have 100% of their Equity Interests
pledged to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents,
(ii) upon the closing of any Qualified Receivables
Transaction, (A) any Subsidiary Guarantor which will be a
Securitization Entity in connection with any Qualified Receivables
Transaction such shall be released from its obligations as a
Subsidiary Guarantor and any lien on its assets under any
Collateral Document shall be released, and (B) no newly formed
Subsidiary which will be Securitization Entity in connection with
any Qualified Receivables Transaction shall be required to be a
Subsidiary Guarantor so long as no assets are transferred to such
newly formed Subsidiary until simultaneously with the closing of
any Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided ,
that , each Securitization Entity will be required to have
100% of their Equity Interests pledged to the Collateral Agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) neither The Kelly
Services, Inc. Foundation, a non-profit Michigan corporation nor
The Kelly Relief Fund, a Michigan non-profit corporation, shall be
required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
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“ Substantial Portion ”
means, with respect to the Property of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, Property which (a) represents more than 15% of
the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the
twelve-month period ending with the month in which such
determination is made, or (b) is responsible for more than 15%
of the consolidated net sales or of the consolidated net income of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial
statements referred to in clause (a) above.
“
Supplemental Reports ” is defined in
Section 11.17.
“
Swing Line Exposure ” is defined in
Section 2.17(c).
“ Swing Line Lender ” means
JPMCB or such other Lender which may succeed to its rights and
obligations as Swing Line Lender pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“ Swing Line Loan ” means a
Loan made available to the Company by the Swing Line Lender
pursuant to Section 2.16.
“
Syndicated Currency ” means Dollars and any Foreign
Syndicated Currency.
“ Term Loan Agreement ” means
the Loan Agreement dated as of October 3, 2008 among the
Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as agent for such lenders, as amended, modified or restated from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Term Loans ” means
(i) the term loan made under the Term Loan Agreement in the
original principal amount of 9,000,000 Euros and (ii) the term
loan made under the Term Loan Agreement in the original principal
amount of 4,950,000 Pounds Sterling.
“ Term Loan Debt ” means the
indebtedness and other liabilities owing pursuant to any Term Loan
Documents at any time.
“ Term Loan Documents ” means
the Term Loan Agreement and all agreements and documents executed
in connection therewith at any time and as amended, modified or
restated from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“ Term
Loan Lenders ” means the holders of the Term Loan
Debt.
“ Total Assets ” means, as of
any date, the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis as of such date in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles.
“ Total Capitalization ”
means, as of any date, the sum of (a) the Net Worth at such
date plus (b) Total Indebtedness at such date.
“ Total Indebtedness ” means,
as of any date, all Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.
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“ Total Indebtedness to EBITDA
Ratio ” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the
ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date, to
(b) EBITDA calculated for the four consecutive fiscal quarters
then ending, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
“
Transferee ” is defined in
Section 13.4.
“ Type ” means, with respect
to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate Advance or a
Eurocurrency Advance and with respect to any Loan, its nature as a
Floating Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan.
“ Unfunded Liabilities ”
means the amount (if any) by which the actuarial present value of
all benefit liabilities under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the
fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefit
liabilities, all determined as of the then most recent valuation
date for such Plans using FASB actuarial assumptions for single
employer plan terminations.
“ Unmatured Default ” means
an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice,
or both, would constitute a Default.
“ U.S. Dollar Equivalent ” or
“ Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date, with
respect to any amount denominated in U.S. Dollars, such amount
denominated in U.S. Dollars, and, with respect to an amount
denominated in any currency other than U.S. Dollars, the equivalent
in U.S. Dollars of such amount determined at the Exchange Rate on
the date of determination of such equivalent. In making any
determination of the U.S. Dollar Equivalent for purposes of
calculating the amount of Loans to be borrowed from the respective
Lenders on any Borrowing Date (including any continuation or
conversion pursuant to Section 2.8), the Agent shall use the
relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date on which the interest
rate for such Loans (including any continuation or conversion
pursuant to Section 2.8) is determined pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
“ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ”
of a Person means (a) any Subsidiary of which 98% or more of
the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one
or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person
and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or
(b) any partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture or similar business organization 98% or more of the
ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at
the time be so owned or controlled.
“ Yen Loan Agreement ” means
the Credit Facility Letter dated November 7, 2007 between the
Company and the Yen Loan Lender, as amended, modified or restated
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Yen Loan ” means the term
loan made under the Yen Agreement in the original principal amount
of 5,451,052,623 Japanese Yen.
“ Yen Loan Debt ” means the
indebtedness and other liabilities owing pursuant to any Yen Loan
Documents at any time.
“ Yen Loan Documents ” means
the Yen Loan Agreement and all agreements and documents executed in
connection therewith at any time and as amended, modified or
restated from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“ Yen Loan Lender ” means The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined
terms.
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(a) From and including the Effective Date
and prior to the Facility Termination Date, each Lender severally
agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to
(i) make or allow there to be continued and converted
Revolving Credit Loans denominated in any Syndicated Currency to
the Company and (ii) participate in Swing Line Loans and
Facility LCs issued upon the request of the Company, from time to
time so long as after giving effect thereto (and to any other
Credit Extension to be advanced or continued and to any concurrent
repayment of Loans) (i) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the
Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender is
equal to or less than its Revolving Credit Commitment,
(ii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Outstanding
Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders does not exceed the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (iii) the U.S.
Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure of
all Lenders does not exceed the Aggregate Commitments. Subject to
the terms of this Agreement, the Company may borrow, repay and
reborrow Revolving Credit Loans at any time prior to the Facility
Termination Date. The Commitments to lend hereunder shall expire on
the Facility Termination Date (or such earlier date as may be
required pursuant to the provisions hereof). The LC Issuer will
issue Facility LCs hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth
in Section 2.19.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, from
and including the later of the date of this Agreement and the date
of execution of the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum and
prior to the Facility Termination Date (unless an earlier
termination date shall be specified in the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum), the Agent and the applicable Alternate Currency
Lenders severally agree, on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement and in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum,
to make or allow there to be continued Alternate Currency Advances
under such Alternate Currency Addendum to the applicable Borrower
party to such Alternate Currency Addendum from time to time in the
applicable Alternate Currency, in an amount not to exceed each such
Alternate Currency Lender’s applicable Alternate Currency
Commitment; provided , however , at no time shall (i)
the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Alternate Currency
Commitments exceed $10,000,000, (ii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of
the Alternate Currency Advances for any specific Alternate Currency
exceed the aggregate of the Alternate Currency Commitments for that
Alternate Currency, (iii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Alternate Currency
Loans under any Alternate Currency Facility of any Lender exceed
its Alternate Currency Commitment for such Alternate Currency
Facility, and (iv) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate
Outstanding Credit Exposure of all Lenders exceed the Aggregate
Commitments. Each Alternate Currency Advance shall consist of
Alternate Currency Loans made by each applicable Alternate Currency
Lender ratably in proportion to such Alternate Currency
Lender’s respective Alternate Currency Share. Subject to the
terms of this Agreement and the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum, the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Alternate
Currency Advances at any time prior to the Facility Termination
Date. On the Facility Termination Date, the outstanding principal
balance of the Alternate Currency Advances shall be paid in full by
the applicable Borrower and prior to the Facility Termination Date
prepayments of the Alternate Currency Advances shall be made by the
applicable Borrower if and to the extent required by this
Agreement.
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(c) If for any reason any applicable
Alternate Currency Lender fails to make payment to the Agent of any
amount due under this Agreement and the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum, the Agent shall be entitled to receive, retain
and apply against such obligation the principal and interest
otherwise payable to such Alternate Currency Lender hereunder until
the Agent receives such payment from such Alternate Currency Lender
or such obligation is otherwise fully satisfied. In addition to the
foregoing, if for any reason any Alternate Currency Lender fails to
make payment to the Agent of any amount due under this Agreement
and the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, such Alternate
Currency Lender shall be deemed, at the option of the Agent, to
have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the applicable
Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest in and
participation in the applicable Alternate Currency Advance in the
amount such Alternate Currency Lender was required to pay pursuant
to this Agreement and the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum,
and such interest and such participation may be recovered from such
Alternate Currency Lender together with interest thereon at the
rate per annum equal to the Agent’s cost of funds for each
day during the period commencing on the date of demand by the Agent
and ending on the date such obligation is fully
satisfied.
(d) The Company may, by written notice to
the Agent request the establishment of additional Alternate
Currency Facilities in additional Alternate Currencies (other than
Syndicated Currencies) provided the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate amount of all of the Alternate Currency Commitments does
not exceed $10,000,000 (“ Request for a New Alternate
Currency Facility ”). The Agent will promptly forward to
the Lenders any Request for a New Alternate Currency Facility
received from the Company; provided each Lender shall be
deemed not to have agreed to such request unless its written
consent thereto has been received by the Agent within ten
(10) Business Days from the date of such notification by the
Agent to such Lender; provided, further that any written
consent delivered after the passage of such ten (10) Business
Day period shall be effective with respect to such Lender. In the
event that at least one Lender consents to such Request for a New
Alternate Currency Facility, upon execution of the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum and the other documents, instruments
and agreements required pursuant to this Agreement and such
Alternate Currency Addendum, the new Alternate Currency Facility
shall be established. Upon the establishment of any Alternate
Currency Facility under this Section 2.1(d), the relevant
Borrower may, at its option and upon ten (10) Business Days
prior written notice to the Agent, activate the Alternate Currency
Commitments established under such Alternate Currency Facility,
which notice shall specify the Alternate Currency Commitment which
is being activated, the amount of such activation stated in U.S.
Dollars and the requested date of activation. (Such activation
notice may be provided to the Agent at the time of the Request for
a New Alternate Currency Facility in the event the Borrower desires
to activate the Alternate Currency Commitment immediately upon
establishment of the Alternate Currency Facility in which case no
waiting period shall be operative and only the advance notice
period required by Section 2.3(b)(ii) shall be required). Upon
activation of such Alternate Currency Commitment of any Alternate
Currency Lender, (i) Alternate Currency Loans may be made
under such Alternate Currency Facility, (ii) the amount of
such Alternate Currency Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment
shall be immediately reduced by the amount of such Lender’s
new Alternate Currency Commitment, (iii) the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments shall be immediately reduced by the
aggregate amount of such Alternate Currency Commitments, and
(iv) the Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment of
each Lender shall be recalculated by the Agent taking into effect
the reduced Revolving Credit Commitment of such Alternate Currency
Lender. After activation of any Alternate Currency Commitment, the
Borrower may from time to time thereafter deactivate such Alternate
Currency Commitment upon ten (10) Business Days prior written
notice to the Agent, specifying the Alternate Currency Commitment
which is being deactivated, the amount of the Alternate Currency
Commitment being deactivated stated in U.S. Dollars and the
requested date of such deactivation. Upon deactivation of such
Alternate Currency Commitment of any Alternate Currency Lender,
(i) the amount of such Alternate Currency Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment shall be immediately increased by the
amount of such Lender’s Alternate Currency Commitment
deactivated, (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
shall be immediately increased by the aggregate amount of such
Alternate Currency Commitments deactivated, and (iii) the Pro
Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender shall
be recalculated by the Agent taking into effect the increased
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Agent shall, upon any
activation or deactivation under this Section 2.1(d),
distribute a revised Schedule 1.1(a) to all of the Lenders
which shall indicate each Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment and, if any, Alternate Currency Commitments, together
with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate
Commitments and Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, which new
Schedule 1.1(a) shall automatically supersede any prior
Schedule 1.1(a). Alternate Currency Commitments may be
reactivated and deactivated from time to time pursuant to this
Section 2.1(d).
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(e) Except as otherwise required by
applicable law, in no event shall the Agent or Alternate Currency
Lenders have the right to accelerate the Alternate Currency
Advances outstanding under any Alternate Currency Addendum or to
terminate their Alternate Currency Commitments (if any), except
that such Agent and Alternate Currency Lenders shall, in each case,
have such rights upon an acceleration of the Loans and a
termination of the Commitments pursuant to
Section 8.1.
(f) Immediately and automatically upon the
occurrence of a Default under Sections 7.6 or 7.7,
(A) each Lender shall be deemed to have unconditionally and
irrevocably purchased from each Alternate Currency Lender, without
recourse or warranty, an undivided interest in and participation in
each Alternate Currency Loan ratably in accordance with such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Commitments,
(B) immediately and automatically all Alternate Currency Loans
shall be converted to and redenominated in Dollars equal to the U.
S. Dollar Equivalent of each such Alternate Currency Loan
determined as of the date of such conversion, and (C) each
Alternate Currency Lender shall be deemed to have unconditionally
and irrevocably purchased from each Lender, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided interest in and participation in each
Revolving Credit Loan and each LC Obligation ratably in accordance
with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate
Commitments. Each of the Lenders shall pay to the applicable
Alternate Currency Lender not later than two (2) Business Days
following a request for payment from such Lender, in Dollars, an
amount equal to the undivided interest in and participation in the
Alternate Currency Loan purchased by such Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.1(f), and each of the Alternate Currency Lenders
shall pay to the applicable Lender not later than two
(2) Business Days following a request for payment from such
Lender, in Dollars, an amount equal to the undivided interest in
and participation in the Revolving Credit Loans and LC Obligations
purchased by such Alternate Currency Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.1(f), it being the intent of the Lenders that
following such equalization payments, each Lender shall hold its
Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure based
on its Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Commitments. In the event
that any Lender fails to make payment to any other Lender of any
amount due under this Section 2.1(f), the Agent shall be
entitled to receive, retain and apply against such obligation the
principal and interest otherwise payable to such Lender hereunder
until the Agent receives from such Lender an amount sufficient to
discharge such Lender’s payment obligation as prescribed in
this Section 2.1(f) together with interest thereon at the rate per
annum equal to the Agent’s cost of funds for each day during
the period commencing on the date of demand by the Agent and ending
on the date such obligation is fully satisfied.
(g) The Company may, with the consent of
the Agent, from time to time elect to increase the Aggregate
Commitments so long as, after giving effect thereto, the total
amount of the Aggregate Commitments does not exceed $150,000,000.
The Company may arrange for any such increase to be provided by one
or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing, electing in its sole
discretion, to an increase in its Commitment, an “
Increasing Lender ”), or by one or more banks,
financial institutions or other entities (each such bank, financial
institution or other entity, an “ Augmenting Lender
”), to increase their existing Commitments, or extend
Commitments, provided that (i) each Augmenting Lender,
shall be subject to the approval of the Company and the Agent and
(ii) the Company and each applicable Increasing Lender or
Augmenting Lender shall execute all such documentation as the Agent
shall reasonably specify as necessary to give effect to such
increase. Increases and new Commitments created pursuant to this
clause (g) shall become effective on the date agreed by the
Company, the Agent and the relevant Increasing
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Lenders and
Augmenting Lenders, and the Agent shall notify each affected Lender
thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the
Aggregate Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Increasing
Lender or Augmenting Lender), shall become effective under this
Section 2.1(g) unless, (i) on the proposed date of the
effectiveness of such increase, the conditions set forth
Section 4.2 shall be satisfied and the Agent shall have
received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed
by a responsible officer of the Company. On the effective date of
any increase in the Aggregate Commitments, (i) each relevant
Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the
Agent such amounts in immediately available funds and in the
relevant currency or currencies as the Agent shall determine, for
the benefit of the other relevant Lenders, as being required in
order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of
such amounts to make payments to such other relevant Lenders, each
Lender’s portion of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure
to equal its Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit
Exposure and (ii) the Company shall be deemed to have repaid
and reborrowed all outstanding Loans as of the date of any increase
in the relevant Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of
the Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified
in a notice delivered by the Company in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.3). The deemed payments made
pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence
in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan shall be subject to
indemnification by the Company pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.4 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the
last day of the related Interest Periods. On the effective date of
any increase in the Aggregate Commitments, each Augmenting Lender
and each Increasing Lender shall be deemed a Lender for purposes of
this Agreement. The Agent shall promptly distribute a revised
Schedule 1.1(a) to all of the Lenders, which new
Schedule 1.1(a) shall automatically supercede any prior
Schedule 1.1(a).
(h) During the period from the Effective
Date through the date on which the Total Indebtedness to EBITDA
Ratio shall be equal to or less than 3.0 to 1.0 for two
(2) consecutive fiscal quarters, at no time shall the amount
of the Aggregate Outstanding Senior Indebtedness exceed the
Borrowing Base. The Company agrees that if at any time during such
period an excess shall arise, it shall on the next Business Day pay
to the Agent the amount necessary to eliminate such excess, without
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind from the Agent
or any Lender, all of which the Company expressly
waives.
2.2
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt; Types of Advances
.
(a) The Aggregate Outstanding Credit
Exposure and all other unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full to
the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders by the relevant Borrower
on the Facility Termination Date. Each Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Agent for the account of
each Lender in U.S. Dollars or the applicable Foreign Currency, as
the case may be, for such Loan, the then unpaid principal amount of
each Loan of such Lender to such Borrower on the Facility
Termination Date and on such other dates and in such other amounts
as may be required from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.
Each Borrower hereby further agrees to pay to the Agent for the
account of each Lender interest in U.S. Dollars or the applicable
Foreign Currency, as the case may be, for such Loan, on the unpaid
principal amount of the Loans advanced to it and from time to time
outstanding until payment thereof in full at the rates per annum,
and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.9.
(b) The books and records of the Agent and
of each Lender shall, absent manifest error, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers
therein recorded; provided , however , that the
failure of any Lender or the Agent to maintain any such books and
records or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrowers to repay (with applicable interest) the
Loans made to such Borrowers by such Lender in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
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(c) The Company agrees that, upon the
request to the Agent by any Lender, the Company will execute and
deliver to such Lender promissory notes of the Company evidencing
the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C with appropriate insertions as to date and
principal amount (each, a “ Revolving Credit Note
”); provided , that the delivery of such Notes shall
not be a condition precedent to the Effective Date.
(d) The Advances may be Floating Rate
Advances or Eurocurrency Advances, or a combination thereof,
selected by the Company, provided, that Floating Rate Advances must
be denominated in Dollars.
2.3
Procedures for Borrowing.
(a) The Company may borrow under the
Commitments from time to time prior to the Facility Termination
Date on any Business Day. The Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers may
borrow under the Alternate Currency Commitments from time to time
prior to the Facility Termination Date on any Business
Day.
(b) (i) The Company may from time to
time request the making of a Revolving Credit Advance by giving
irrevocable notice (a “Borrowing Notice”) to the Agent
(which notice must be received by the Agent prior to
10:00 A.M., local time of the Applicable Lending Installation
of the Agent, on the same Business Day of the Borrowing Date of
each Floating Rate Advance and not less than three Business Days
prior to the requested Borrowing Date of each Eurocurrency Advance)
specifying in each case (i) the amount to be borrowed,
(ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business
Day), (iii) the currency in which such Loan shall be
denominated and its Original Dollar Amount, and (iv) in the
case of each Eurocurrency Advance, the length of the initial
Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing shall be in Dollars or a
Foreign Syndicated Currency the amounts of which shall be (a) (if
less than the Aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments)
equal to or greater than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of
$500,000 thereafter (or, if the Advance is to be denominated in a
Foreign Syndicated Currency, such comparable and convenient amount
thereof as the Agent may from time to time specify) or
(b) equal to the amount of the Aggregate Available Revolving
Credit Commitments. Upon receipt of any such notice from the
Company relating to a Revolving Credit Advance, the Agent shall
promptly notify the Lenders. Not later than 1:00 P.M., local time
at the Agent’s funding office for the Company, on the
requested Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make an amount equal to
its Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of each Revolving Credit
Advance requested to be made on such Borrowing Date available to
the Agent at the Agent’s funding office for the Company
specified by the Agent from time to time by notice to the Lenders
and in immediately available or other same day funds customarily
used for settlement in Dollars or in the relevant Foreign
Syndicated Currency (as the case may be). The amounts made
available by each Lender will then be made available to the Company
at the funding office for the Company and in like funds as received
by the Agent.
(ii) A Borrower may from time to time
request the making of an Alternate Currency Loan by giving
irrevocable notice to the person to whom notice should be delivered
as provided in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum (which
notice must be received by such person prior to 10:00 A.M., local
time, not less than three Business Days prior to the requested
Borrowing Date) specifying in each case (i) the amount to be
borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a
Business Day falling one month or more before the Facility
Termination Date), (iii) the currency in which such Loan shall
be denominated and its Original Dollar Amount, (iv) the length
of the initial Interest Period therefor and, (v) such other
information as may be required pursuant to the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum. Each borrowing shall be in an Alternate Currency
the amounts of which shall be (a) (if less than the aggregate
Available Alternate Currency Commitments for the
applicable
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Alternate
Currency) equal to or greater than $1,000,000 and in integral
multiples of $500,000 thereafter (or, such comparable and
convenient amount thereof as the Agent or the Applicable Alternate
Currency Lenders may from time to time specify) or (b) equal
to the amount of the aggregate Available Alternate Currency
Commitments for the applicable Alternate Currency. Upon receipt of
any such notice from any such Borrower relating to an Alternate
Currency Loan, the person receiving such notice shall promptly
notify the applicable Alternate Currency Lenders. Not later than
2:00 P.M., local time at the funding office for such Borrower, on
the requested Borrowing Date, each applicable Alternate Currency
Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the
principal amount of each Alternate Currency Advance requested to be
made on such Borrowing Date available to the Borrower at the
person’s funding office for such Borrower specified by such
person from time to time by notice to the applicable Alternate
Currency Lenders and in immediately available or other same day
funds customarily used for settlement in the relevant Alternate
Currency. The amounts made available by each such Alternate
Currency Lender will then be made available to the relevant
Borrower at the funding office for such Borrower and in like funds
as received by such person. In the event of any conflict between
the terms and condition of this Section 2.3(b)(ii) and an
Alternate Currency Addendum, the terms of the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum shall control.
(c) If a Borrower requests that an Advance
be denominated in a Foreign Currency but the Agent is of the
reasonable opinion that it is not feasible for such Advance to be
denominated in such Foreign Currency, then the Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders not later than 11:00 a.m. local time
on the Quotation Date for such Advance and such Advance shall not
be made unless the Borrower and the Lenders agree that such Advance
shall be made in Dollars or another Foreign Currency which is not
similarly affected.
2.4 Termination or Reduction of
Commitments . The Company may permanently reduce the Revolving
Credit Commitments, in whole or in part, ratably among the Lenders
in integral multiples of $5,000,000, upon at least three Business
Days’ written notice to the Agent, and which notice shall
specify the amount of any such reduction, provided, however, that
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced below
the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders
and the Aggregate Commitments may not be reduced below the
Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure of all Lenders. In addition,
all accrued facility fees shall be payable on the effective date of
any termination of the Commitments.
2.5 Determination of Dollar Amounts . The
Agent will determine the Dollar Amount of:
(a) all outstanding Loans and LC
Obligations (i) on and as of the last day of each Interest
Period (but not less frequently than quarterly), (ii) on
receipt of any notice from the Company as to the reduction of the
Aggregate Commitments, (iii) in connection with each delivery
of a Borrowing Base Certificate; and (iv) on any other
Business Day elected by the Agent in its discretion or upon
instruction by the Required Lenders; and
(b) all outstanding Loans and LC
Obligations, on each Business Day during which Aggregate
Outstanding Credit Exposure exceeds 80% of the Aggregate
Commitments.
Each day upon or as of which the Agent
determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses
(a) and (b) is herein described as a “Computation
Date” with respect to each Advance for which a Dollar Amount
is determined on or as of such day. If at any time the Dollar
Amount of the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure
exceeds the Aggregate Commitments or the Dollar Amount of the
Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrowers shall
immediately repay Advances in an aggregate principal amount
sufficient to eliminate any such excess.
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2.6 Facility and Agent Fees .
(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Agent
for the account of each Lender a facility fee at the rate per annum
equal to the Applicable Fee Rate, on the average daily amount of
each Commitment of such Lender, whether used or unused, from and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the Facility
Termination Date, payable on each Payment Date hereafter and on the
Facility Termination Date. The facility fee shall be payable in
Dollars.
(b) The Company agrees to pay to the Agent
for its own account, such other fees as agreed to between the
Company and the Agent.
2.7 Optional
and Mandatory Principal Payments on All Loans .
(a) The Company may at any time and from
time to time prepay, without premium or penalty but upon payment of
any amount payable pursuant to Section 3.4, its Revolving
Credit Advances in whole or in part, upon at least three Business
Days’ irrevocable notice to the Agent specifying the date and
amount of prepayment. Partial payments of Revolving Credit Advances
shall be in an amount such that the Dollar Amount of the principal
of a Revolving Credit Loan will be reduced by $1,000,000 or any
integral multiple of $500,000 principal amount in excess thereof
(or, if such prepayment relates to a Loan denominated in a Foreign
Currency, such comparable and convenient amount thereof as the
Agent may from time to time specify). Prepayment of any Alternate
Currency Loan shall be subject to the provisions of the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum.
(b) Each prepayment and conversion pursuant
to this Section 2.7 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid
interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment and any
amounts payable under Section 3.4 in connection with such
payment.
(c) If, at any time as of any date of
determination, either (a) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit
Exposure of all Lenders exceed the Aggregate Commitments,
(b) the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure of all
Lenders exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, or (c)
the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Alternate Currency Advances in any Alternate Currency
exceeds the Aggregate Alternate Currency Commitments for such
Alternate Currency, then the Borrowers shall immediately prepay the
Advances in an amount at least equal to such excess.
(d) If at any time the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Aggregate Outstanding Senior
Indebtedness shall exceed the then Borrowing Base, the Company
shall forthwith pay to the Agent an amount for application to the
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, or
provide to the Agent cash collateral in respect of outstanding
Facility LCs in an amount, such that the aggregate amount of such
payments and such cash collateral is not less than the amount of
such excess.
(e) Prepayments pursuant to this
Section 2.7 shall be applied to prepay Loans made to such
Borrower in such order as the Company may direct.
(f) All amounts prepaid may be reborrowed
and successively repaid and reborrowed, subject to the other terms
and conditions in this Agreement.
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2.8 Conversion and Continuation of
Outstanding Advances . Floating Rate Advances shall continue as
Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances
are converted into Eurocurrency Advances pursuant to this
Section 2.8 or are repaid in accordance with Section 2.7.
Each Eurocurrency Advance shall continue as a Eurocurrency Advance
until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at
which time such Eurocurrency Advance shall be automatically
converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless (x) such
Eurocurrency Advance is or was repaid in accordance with
Section 2.7 or (y) the Borrower shall have given the
Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice (as defined below)
requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such
Eurocurrency Advance continue as a Eurocurrency Advance for the
same or another Interest Period. Subject to the terms of
Section 2.3, the Borrower may elect from time to time to
convert all or any part of a Floating Rate Advance into a
Eurocurrency Advance. The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable
notice (a “Conversion/Continuation Notice”) of each
conversion of a Floating Rate Advance into a Eurocurrency Advance
or continuation of a Eurocurrency Advance not later than
10:00 a.m. (local time of the Applicable Lending Installation
of the Agent) at least three Business Days prior to the date of the
requested conversion or continuation, specifying:
(i) the
requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion
or continuation,
(ii) the
aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to be converted
or continued, and
(iii) the amount of such Advance which is
to be converted into or continued as a Eurocurrency Advance and the
duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
2.9 Interest
Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis
.
(a) Each Floating Rate Advance shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day
from and including the date such Advance is made or is
automatically converted from a Eurocurrency Advance into a Floating
Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.8, to but excluding the
date it is paid or is converted into a Eurocurrency Advance
pursuant to Section 2.8 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to
the Floating Rate for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on
that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance
will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate
Base Rate. Each Eurocurrency Advance shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not
including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest
rate determined by the Agent as applicable to such Eurocurrency
Advance based upon the Borrower’s selections under
Sections 2.3 and 2.8 and otherwise in accordance with the
terms hereof. No Interest Period may end after the Facility
Termination Date. Each Alternate Currency Advance shall bear
interest as specified in the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum.
(b) Interest accrued on each Loan shall be
payable on each Interest Payment Date, commencing with the first
such date to occur after the Effective Date and at
maturity.
(c) Interest shall be payable for the day
an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment of principal
on the amount paid if payment is received prior to noon (local
time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or
interest on an Advance or of any fee shall become due on a day
which is not a Business Day, except as otherwise provided in the
definition of Interest Period, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal
payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing
interest in connection with such payment.
(d) All interest and fees (including LC
Fees and facility fees) shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the
last day) occurring during the period such interest or fee is
payable over a year comprised of 360 days (or in the case of
interest denominated in Pounds Sterling, 365 days or as may be
otherwise specified in any Alternate Currency Addendum) or, in any
case where market practice differs, in accordance with market
practice. No Interest Period may end after the Facility Termination
Date. No more than thirty (30) Revolving Credit Advances shall
be permitted to exist hereunder at any one time.
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2.10 Rates Applicable After Default .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, during the continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default
the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Company
(which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring
unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or continued
(after the expiration of the current Interest Period) as a
Eurocurrency Advance. Upon and during the continuance of any
Default, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to
the Company (which notice may be revoked at the option of the
Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders as to changes and
interest rates) declare that (i) each Eurocurrency Advance
shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest
Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period
(with the Applicable Margin automatically adjusted to the highest
amount possible, notwithstanding where the Applicable Margin would
otherwise be set) plus 2% per annum, (ii) each Floating Rate
Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
Floating Rate in effect from time to time plus 2% per annum, and
(iii) the LC Fee payable with respect to each Facility LC
shall be increased by 2% per annum provided that, upon and during
the continuance of any acceleration for any reason of any of the
Obligations, the interest rate set forth above shall be applicable
to all Advances without any election or action on the part of the
Agent or any Lender.
2.11 Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment
. Each borrowing of an Advance by a Borrower from the Lenders shall
be made pro rata according to the Pro Rata Shares of such Lenders
in effect on the date of such borrowing. Each payment by the
Company on account of any facility fee shall be allocated by the
Agent among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro
Rata Shares. Any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall
be allocated by the Agent among the Lenders pro rata according to
the Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders with respect thereto. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, each optional prepayment by
the Company on account of principal or interest on its Revolving
Credit Advances shall be allocated by the Agent pro rata according
to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. All
payments (including prepayments) to be made by a Borrower hereunder
in respect of amounts denominated in Dollars, whether on account of
principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made, without
setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds
to the Agent at the Agent’s address specified pursuant to
Article XIV, or at any other Lending Installation of the Agent
specified in writing by the Agent to the Company, by
10:00 A.M. (local time) on the date when due. Each payment
delivered to the Agent for the account of any Lender shall be
delivered promptly by the Agent to such Lender in the same type of
funds that the Agent received at its address specified pursuant to
Article XIV or at any Lending Installation specified in a
notice received by the Agent from such Lender. All payments
(including prepayments) to be made by a Borrower on account of an
Advance denominated in a Foreign Currency, whether on account of
principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without
setoff, deduction, or counterclaim in the currency of such Advance
(in same day or other funds customarily used in the settlement of
obligations in such currency) to the Agent for the account of the
Lenders, at the payment office for such Advances specified from
time to time by the Agent by notice to the Borrowers prior to
10:00 A.M. local time at such payment office on the due date
thereof. The Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of
the Company maintained with JPMCB for each payment of principal,
interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder unless otherwise
directed by the Company.
2.12 Telephonic Notices . Each Borrower
hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Agent to extend, convert or
continue Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic notices
made by any person or persons the Agent or any Lender reasonably
and in good faith believes to be an Authorized Officer. Each
Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Agent a written
confirmation, if such confirmation is requested by the Agent or any
Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer.
If the written confirmation differs in any material respect from
the action taken by the Agent and the Lenders, the records of the
Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest
error.
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2.13 Notification of Advances, Interest
Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions . Promptly after
receipt thereof, the Agent will notify each Lender of the contents
of each Commitment reduction notice, Borrowing Notice, and
repayment notice received by it hereunder. The Agent will notify
each Lender and the relevant Borrower of the interest rate
applicable to each Advance promptly upon determination of such
interest rate. Promptly after notice from the LC Issuer, the Agent
will notify each Lender of the contents of each request for
issuance of a Facility LC hereunder.
2.14 Lending Installations . Each Lender
may make and book its Loans and its participation in any LC
Obligations and the LC Issuer may book the Facility LCs at any
Lending Installation(s) selected by such Lender or the LC Issuer,
as the case may be, and may change its Lending Installation(s) from
time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such
Lending Installation(s) and the Loans, Facility LCs, participations
in LC Obligations and the Notes, if any, shall be deemed held by
each Lender or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, for the benefit
of such Lending Installation(s). Each Lender and the LC Issuer may,
by written or telex notice to the Agent and the applicable
Borrower, designate one or more Lending Installations which are to
make and book Loans or issue Facility LCs and for whose account
Loan payments or payments with respect to Facility LCs are to be
made.
2.15 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent .
Unless a Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the
Agent prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to
the Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a
Loan or (b) in the case of a Borrower, a payment of principal,
interest or fees to the Agent for the account of the Lenders, that
it does not intend to make such payment, the Agent may assume that
such payment has been made. The Agent may, but shall not be
obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the
intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender
or Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment
to the Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the
Agent, repay to the Agent the amount so made available together
with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period
commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the
Agent until the date the Agent recovers such amount at a rate per
annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such
day or (ii) in the case of payment by a Borrower, the interest
rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
(a) Making of Swing Line Loans .
The Swing Line Lender may elect in its sole discretion to make
revolving loans denominated in Dollars and any other currency which
is acceptable to the Swing Line Lender (the “ Swing Line
Loans ”) to the Company solely for the Swing Line
Lender’s own account, from time to time prior to the Facility
Termination Date up to an aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of $15,000,000 or the
Aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line
Lender may make Swing Line Loans (subject to the conditions
precedent set forth in Article IV), provided that the
Agent and the Swing Line Lender have received a request in writing
or via telephone from an Authorized Officer of the Company for
funding of a Swing Line Loans no later than 11:00 A.M., London
time, or noon (Chicago time) (as determined by reference to the
Applicable Lending Installation as described below in this
Section 2.16(a)), on the Business Day on which such Swing Line
Loans is requested to be made with respect to each currency
designated as “Same Day” on Schedule 2.16 and
11:00 A.M., London time one Business Day prior to the Business
Day on which such Swing Line Loan is requested to be made with
respect to each currency designated as “One Day Notice”
on Schedule 2.16, which notice shall specify the requested
duration of such Swing Line Loans, not to exceed ten (10) days
unless otherwise agreed by the Swing Line Lender. All notices to
the Agent and the Swing Line Lender shall be delivered by the
Company (i) with respect to Swing
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Line Loans
denominated in Dollars, to the Agent’s and the Swing Line
Lender’s Lending Installation in Chicago, Illinois, and
(ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans denominated in any
currency other than Dollars, to the Agent’s and the Swing
Line Lender’s Lending Installation in London, United Kingdom,
unless and until otherwise directed by the Agent and the Swing Line
Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall not make any Swing Line Loans
in the period commencing one Business Day after the Swing Line
Lender becomes aware that one or more of the conditions precedent
contained in Section 4.2 are not satisfied and ending upon the
satisfaction or waiver of such condition(s). Each outstanding Swing
Line Loan shall be payable on the earlier of (i) the maturity
date agreed to between the Swing Line Lender and the Company or
(ii) the Facility Termination Date, with interest at the rate
agreed to between the Swing Line Lender and the Company accrued
thereon and shall otherwise be subject to all the terms and
conditions applicable to Loans, except that all interest thereon
shall be payable to the Swing Line Lender solely for its own
account.
(b) Swing Line Loans Borrowing
Requests . The Company agrees to deliver promptly to the Agent
and the Swing Line Lender a written confirmation of each telephonic
notice for Swing Line Loans signed by an Authorized Officer. If the
written confirmation differs in any material respect from the
action taken by the Swing Line Lender, the records of the Swing
Line Lender shall govern, absent manifest error.
(c) Repayment of Swing Line Loans .
At any time after making a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender
may request the Company to, and upon request by the Agent the
Company shall, promptly request an Advance from all Lenders to the
Company and apply the proceeds of such Advance to the repayment of
any Swing Line Loans owing by the Company not later than the
Business Day following the Swing Line Lender’s or
Agent’s request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the
earlier to occur of (a) one Business Day after demand is made
by the Swing Line Lender, and (b) the Facility Termination
Date, each Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender) shall
irrevocably and unconditionally purchase from the Swing Line
Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation in such Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loans and promptly
pay such amount to the Swing Line Lender in immediately available
funds. Such payment shall be made by the other Lenders whether or
not a Default is then continuing or any other condition precedent
set forth in Section 4.2 is then met and whether or not the
Company has then requested an Advance in such amount; and such
Swing Line Loans shall thereupon be deemed to be a Loan hereunder
made on the date of such purchase (except, as aforesaid, with
respect to the existence of any Default or the meeting of any
condition precedent specified in Section 4.2 on such date). If
any Lender fails to make available to the Swing Line Lender, any
amounts due to the Swing Line Lender from such Lender pursuant to
this Section, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover
such amount, together with interest thereon at the rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three
Business Days after such Lender receives notice of such required
purchase and thereafter, at the rate applicable to such Loan,
payable (i) on demand, (ii) by setoff against any
payments made to the Swing Line Lender for the account of such
Lender or (iii) by payment to the Swing Line Lender by the
Swing Line Lender of amounts otherwise payable to such Lender under
this Agreement. The failure of any Lender to make available to the
Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share of any unpaid Swing Line Loans
shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to
make available to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share of any
unpaid Swing Line Loans on the date such payment is to be made, but
no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender
to make available to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share of
any unpaid Swing Line Loans.
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2.17 Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall
apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the
unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender
pursuant to Section 2.6;
(b) the Commitments and Outstanding Credit
Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in
determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken
or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any
amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 8.2), provided that
any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all
Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting
Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the
consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(c) if the Pro Rata Share of the
outstanding Swing Line Loans (such Lender’s “Swing Line
Exposure”) or the Pro Rata Share of the outstanding LC
Obligations (such Lender’s “LC Exposure”) is
greater than zero at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender
then:
(i) all or any part of such Swing Line
Exposure and LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the
non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Shares but only to the extent (x) the sum of all
non-Defaulting Lenders’ Outstanding Credit Exposures plus
such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and LC Exposure
does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’
Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 are satisfied at such time; and
(ii) if the reallocation described in
clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected,
the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the
Agent (x) first, prepay such Swing Line Exposure and
(y) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s
LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation
pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 8.1 for so long as such LC
Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes
any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant
to Section 8.1, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any
fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.19(d)
with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during
the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash
collateralized;
(iv) if the LC Exposure of the
non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this Section
2.17(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.6 and Section 2.19(d) shall be adjusted in
accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Pro Rata Shares;
or
(v) if any Defaulting Lender’s LC
Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to
Section 2.17(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or
remedies of the LC Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all facility
fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting
Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting
Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such LC Exposure)
and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.19(d) with
respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be
payable to the LC Issuer until such LC Exposure is cash
collateralized and/or reallocated;
(d) so long as any Lender is a Defaulting
Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any
Swing Line Loan and the LC Issuer shall not be required to issue,
amend or increase any Facility LC, unless it is satisfied that the
related exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the
non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by
the Borrower in accordance with Section 8.1, and participating
interests in any such newly issued or increased Facility LC or
newly made Swing Line Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting
Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.17(c)(i) (and
Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein); and
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(e) any amount payable to such Defaulting
Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees
or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be
payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 but
excluding Section 3.7) shall, in lieu of being distributed to
such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Agent in a segregated
account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be
applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent
(i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such
Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro
rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender
to the LC Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder, (iii) third,
to the funding of any Loan or the funding or cash collateralization
of any participating interest in any Swing Line Loan or Facility LC
in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its
portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the
Agent, (iv) fourth, if so determined by the Agent and the
Borrower, held in such account as cash collateral for future
funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender under this Agreement,
(v) fifth, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing to
the Borrower or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower or any Lender
against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting
Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement and
(vi) sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed
by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment
is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans or
reimbursement obligations in respect of LC Disbursements which a
Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and
(y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 are satisfied, such payment shall be applied
solely to prepay the Loans of, and reimbursement obligations owed
to, all non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to
the prepayment of any Loans, or reimbursement obligations owed to,
any Defaulting Lender.
In the event that the Agent, the Borrower, the
LC Issuer and the Swing Line Lender each agrees that a Defaulting
Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender
to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swing Line Exposure and LC
Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the
inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such
Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders
(other than Swing Line Loans) as the Administrative shall determine
may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in
accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
2.18 Advances to be made in Euro . If any
Advance made (or to be made) would, but for this provision, be
capable of being made either in the Euro or in a National Currency
Unit, such Advance shall be made in the Euro.
(a) Issuance . The LC Issuer hereby
agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to
issue standby and commercial letters of credit (each, a
“Facility LC”) and to renew, extend, increase, decrease
or otherwise modify each Facility LC (“Modify,” and
each such action a “Modification”), from time to time
from and including the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Facility Termination Date upon the request of the Company;
provided that immediately after each such Facility LC is
issued or Modified, (i) the aggregate amount of the
outstanding LC Obligations shall not exceed $60,000,000,
(ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure shall not
exceed the Aggregate Commitment and (iii) the Aggregate
Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. No Facility LC shall have
an expiry date later than the earlier of (x) the fifth
Business Day prior to the Facility Termination Date and (y) one
year after its issuance or, if agreed by the LC Issuer, eighteen
(18) months after its issuance.
(b) Participations . Upon the
issuance or Modification by the LC Issuer of a Facility LC in
accordance with this Section 2.19, the LC Issuer shall be
deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have
unconditionally and irrevocably sold to each Lender, and each
Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto,
to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the LC
Issuer, a participation in such Facility LC (and each
Modific
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