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CREDIT AGREEMENT

Loan Agreement

CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: KELLY SERVICES INC | BANK OF AMERICA | COMERICA BANK | DENMARK, INC | JP MORGAN SECURITIES INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KELLY PROPERTIES, LLC | KELLY RECEIVABLES SERVICES, LLC | KELLY SERVICES (AUSTRALIA), LTD | KELLY SERVICES (IRELAND), LTD | KELLY SERVICES (NEW ZEALAND), LTD | KELLY SERVICES CIS, INC | KELLY SERVICES, INC | KELLY STAFF LEASING, INC | KHCS, INC | KSI ACQUISITION CORPORATION | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION You are currently viewing:
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KELLY SERVICES INC | BANK OF AMERICA | COMERICA BANK | DENMARK, INC | JP MORGAN SECURITIES INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KELLY PROPERTIES, LLC | KELLY RECEIVABLES SERVICES, LLC | KELLY SERVICES (AUSTRALIA), LTD | KELLY SERVICES (IRELAND), LTD | KELLY SERVICES (NEW ZEALAND), LTD | KELLY SERVICES CIS, INC | KELLY SERVICES, INC | KELLY STAFF LEASING, INC | KHCS, INC | KSI ACQUISITION CORPORATION | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Title: CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Michigan     Date: 9/29/2009
Industry: Business Services     Sector: Services

CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: kelly services inc , bank of america , comerica bank , denmark  inc , jp morgan securities inc , jpmorgan chase bank  na , kelly properties  llc , kelly receivables services  llc , kelly services (australia)  ltd , kelly services (ireland)  ltd , kelly services (new zealand)  ltd , kelly services cis  inc , kelly services  inc , kelly staff leasing  inc , khcs  inc , ksi acquisition corporation , pnc bank  national association , royal bank of canada , us bank national association
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Exhibit 10.6

EXECUTION COPY

KELLY SERVICES, INC.

THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT

AND

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,

AS LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK RUNNER

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II. THE CREDITS

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1 Commitments

 

 

24

 

2.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt; Types of Advances

 

 

27

 

2.3 Procedures for Borrowing

 

 

28

 

2.4 Termination or Reduction of Commitments

 

 

29

 

2.5 Determination of Dollar Amounts

 

 

29

 

2.6 Facility and Agent Fees

 

 

30

 

2.7 Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments on All Loans

 

 

30

 

2.8 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances

 

 

31

 

2.9 Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis

 

 

31

 

2.10 Rates Applicable After Default

 

 

32

 

2.11 Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment

 

 

32

 

2.12 Telephonic Notices

 

 

32

 

2.13 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions

 

 

33

 

2.14 Lending Installations

 

 

33

 

2.15 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent

 

 

33

 

2.16 Swing Line Loans

 

 

33

 

2.17 Defaulting Lenders

 

 

35

 

2.18 Advances to be made in Euro

 

 

36

 

2.19 Facility LCs

 

 

36

 

2.20 Borrowing Base Adjustments

 

 

40

 

2.21 Collateral Security; Further Assurances

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III. CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, TAXES

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1 Yield Protection

 

 

42

 

3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations

 

 

42

 

3.3 Availability of Types of Advances

 

 

43

 

3.4 Funding Indemnification

 

 

43

 

3.5 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity

 

 

43

 

3.6 Taxes

 

 

44

 

3.7 Substitution of Lender

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1 Closing Conditions

 

 

46

 

4.2 Each Advance

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Corporate Existence and Standing

 

 

48

 

5.2 Authorization and Validity

 

 

48

 

5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent

 

 

49

 

5.4 Financial Statements

 

 

49

 

5.5 Material Adverse Change

 

 

49

 

5.6 Taxes

 

 

49

 

5.7 Litigation and Contingent Obligations

 

 

49

 

5.8 Subsidiaries

 

 

49

 

5.9 ERISA

 

 

50

 

 

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5.10 Accuracy of Information

 

 

50

 

5.11 Regulations T, U and X

 

 

50

 

5.12 Compliance With Laws

 

 

50

 

5.13 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions

 

 

50

 

5.14 Environmental Matters

 

 

50

 

5.15 Investment Company Act

 

 

51

 

5.16 Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers

 

 

51

 

5.17 Ownership of Properties

 

 

51

 

5.18 Reportable Transaction

 

 

51

 

5.19 Term Loans and Yen Loans

 

 

51

 

5.20 Borrowing Base

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI. COVENANTS

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1 Financial Reporting

 

 

52

 

6.2 Use of Proceeds

 

 

53

 

6.3 Notice of Default

 

 

53

 

6.4 Conduct of Business

 

 

53

 

6.5 Taxes

 

 

53

 

6.6 Insurance

 

 

53

 

6.7 Compliance with Laws

 

 

53

 

6.8 Maintenance of Properties

 

 

53

 

6.9 Inspection

 

 

54

 

6.10 Merger

 

 

54

 

6.11 Sale of Assets

 

 

54

 

6.12 Indebtedness

 

 

54

 

6.13 Liens

 

 

55

 

6.14 Affiliates

 

 

56

 

6.15 Financial Contracts

 

 

56

 

6.16 Restricted Payments

 

 

56

 

6.17 Investments and Acquisitions

 

 

57

 

6.18 Additional Covenants

 

 

58

 

6.19 Financial Covenants

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII. DEFAULTS

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII. ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1 Acceleration; Facility LC Collateral Account

 

 

61

 

8.2 Amendments

 

 

62

 

8.3 Preservation of Rights

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX. GUARANTEE

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1 Guaranty

 

 

63

 

9.2 Guaranty of Payment

 

 

63

 

9.3 No Discharge or Diminishment of Guaranty

 

 

63

 

9.4 Defenses Waived

 

 

64

 

9.5 Rights of Subrogation

 

 

64

 

9.6 Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration

 

 

65

 

9.7 Information

 

 

65

 

9.8 Termination

 

 

65

 

9.9 Taxes

 

 

65

 

9.10 Maximum Liability

 

 

65

 

9.11 Contribution

 

 

66

 

9.12 Liability Cumulative

 

 

66

 

 

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ARTICLE X. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1 Survival of Representations

 

 

66

 

10.2 Governmental Regulation

 

 

66

 

10.3 Taxes

 

 

66

 

10.4 Headings

 

 

67

 

10.5 Entire Agreement

 

 

67

 

10.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement

 

 

67

 

10.7 Expenses; Indemnification

 

 

67

 

10.8 Numbers of Documents

 

 

67

 

10.9 Accounting

 

 

68

 

10.10 Severability of Provisions

 

 

68

 

10.11 Nonliability of Lenders

 

 

68

 

10.12 Confidentiality

 

 

68

 

10.13 Nonreliance

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship

 

 

69

 

11.2 Powers

 

 

69

 

11.3 General Immunity

 

 

69

 

11.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc

 

 

70

 

11.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders

 

 

70

 

11.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel

 

 

70

 

11.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel

 

 

70

 

11.8 Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification

 

 

71

 

11.9 Notice of Default

 

 

71

 

11.10 Rights as a Lender

 

 

71

 

11.11 Lender Credit Decision

 

 

71

 

11.12 Successor Agent

 

 

71

 

11.13 Delegation to Affiliates

 

 

72

 

11.14 Arranger, Syndication Agents and Documentation Agents

 

 

72

 

11.15 Execution of Collateral Documents

 

 

72

 

11.16 Collateral Releases

 

 

72

 

11.17 Collateral; Reports

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII. SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG LENDERS

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.1 Setoff

 

 

73

 

12.2 Ratable Payments

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.1 Successors and Assigns

 

 

74

 

13.2 Participations

 

 

74

 

13.3 Assignments

 

 

75

 

13.4 Dissemination of Information

 

 

76

 

13.5 Tax Treatment

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIV. NOTICES

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.1 Notices

 

 

76

 

14.2 Change of Address

 

 

76

 

 

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ARTICLE XV. COUNTERPARTS

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XVI. CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.1 CHOICE OF LAW

 

 

77

 

16.2 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

77

 

16.3 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

 

 

77

 

16.4 Acknowledgments

 

 

78

 

16.5 Power of Attorney

 

 

78

 

16.6 Judgment

 

 

78

 

16.7 USA PATRIOT Act

 

 

78

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A — PRICING SCHEDULE

 

EXHIBIT B — JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

EXHIBIT C — REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

 

EXHIBIT D — NOTICE OF DRAWDOWN

 

EXHIBIT E — OPINION OF COUNSEL

 

EXHIBIT F — COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

EXHIBIT G — ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

EXHIBIT H — ALTERNATE CURRENCY ADDENDUM

 

EXHIBIT I — BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(a)

 

COMMITMENTS

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(b)

 

FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(c)

 

INACTIVE SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2.16

 

SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.7

 

LITIGATION

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.8

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.12

 

EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.13

 

EXISTING LIENS

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.17

 

EXISTING INVESTMENTS

 

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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:

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

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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ARTICLE II.
THE CREDITS

2.1 Commitments .

(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.

2.16 Swing Line Loans .

(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.

2.19 Facility LCs .

(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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