Confidential Treatment Requested
by Cash America International, Inc.
Confidential Portions of this document have been redacted and filed
separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL,
INC. ,
AS THE BORROWER,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY
HERETO
Dated as of November 21,
2008
[**Confidential Treatment Requested]
indicates that portions of this
document have been deleted and have been separately filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
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1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
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1.05 References to Agreements and
Laws
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ARTICLE II. THE TERM LOAN
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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations
of Term Loans
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2.03 Termination of Term Loan
Commitments
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2.04 Repayment of Term Loans
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2.08 Computation of Interest and Fees
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ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
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3.03 Inability to Determine Rates
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3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital
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3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO TERM LOAN
BORROWING
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4.01 Conditions of Term Loan
Borrowing
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4.02 Conditions to Term Loan Borrowing and all
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ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power;
Compliance with Laws
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5.02 Authorization; No Contravention
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5.03 Governmental Authorization
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5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse
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5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act;
Public Utility Holding Company Act
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5.15 No Financing of Corporate
Takeovers
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ARTICLE VII. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES
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8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default
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8.03 Application of Proceeds
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ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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9.01 Appointment and Authorization of
Administrative Agent
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9.03 Liability of Administrative
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by Administrative Agent
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9.07 INDEMNIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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9.08 Administrative Agent in its Individual
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9.09 Successor Administrative Agent
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9.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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Managers
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10.02 Notices and Other Communications;
Facsimile Copies
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10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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10.04 Attorney Costs, Expenses and
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10.05 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BORROWER
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10.10 Interest Rate Limitation
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10.16 Removal and Replacement of
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10.17 Exceptions to Covenants
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10.19 Waiver of Right to Trial by
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SCHEDULES
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1.01
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Subsidiary Groups (for Definitions)
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2.01
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Term Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
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Subsidiaries and Other Equity
Investments
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10.02
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Eurodollar and Domestic Lending Offices,
Addresses for Notices
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EXHIBITS
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Form of
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Assignment and Acceptance
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iv
This CREDIT
AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
November 21, 2008, among CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Texas corporation (the “ Borrower ”), each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “
Lenders ” and individually, a “ Lender
”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent.
The Borrower has
requested that the Lenders provide a term credit facility, and the
Lenders are willing to do so on and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
In consideration
of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
“ Act
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.20
hereof.
“
Administrative Agent ” means Wells Fargo in its
capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents,
or any successor administrative agent.
“
Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the
Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account
as set forth on Schedule 10.02 , or such other address
or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify
the Borrower and the Lenders.
“
Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct
or indirect common control with, such Person. A Person shall be
deemed to be “controlled by” any other Person if such
other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power (a) to
vote 10% or more of the Voting Shares (on a fully diluted basis) of
such Person; or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
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Affiliated IRP Agreement ” means an Interest Rate
Protection Agreement entered into between the Borrower and a Lender
or an Affiliate of a Lender, provided that such Lender was a
Lender hereunder at the time such Interest Rate Protection
Agreement was entered into.
“ Agent
Fee Letter ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.07 hereof.
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Agent-Related Persons ” means the Administrative Agent
(including any successor administrative agent), together with its
Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
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Aggregate Term Commitments ” means the aggregate
amount of Term Commitments of the Lenders, which initially shall be
$38,000,000, as the same may be increased or reduced from time to
time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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Agreement ” means this Credit Agreement.
“
Applicable Law ” means (a) in respect of any
Person, all provisions of Laws applicable to such Person, and all
orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or
actions to which the Person in question is a party and (b) in
respect of contracts made or performed in the State of Texas,
“ Applicable Law ” shall also mean the Laws of
the United States of America, including, without limitation the
foregoing, 12 USC Sections 85 and 86, as amended to the
date hereof and as the same may be amended at any time and from
time to time hereafter, and any other statute of the United States
of America now or at any time hereafter prescribing the maximum
rates of interest on loans and extensions of credit, and the Laws
of the State of Texas.
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Applicable Rate ” means (a) in respect of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, 3.50% per annum, and (b) in respect of a
Base Rate Loan, 3.50% per annum.
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Approved Fund ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.07(g) hereof.
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Assets ” means, as of any date, the assets which would
be reflected on a balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a combined and consolidated basis prepared as of
such date in accordance with GAAP.
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Assignment and Acceptance ” means an Assignment and
Acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit A
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Attorney Costs ” means and includes all reasonable
fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external
counsel.
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Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date,
(a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the
capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and
(b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the
capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the
relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were
accounted for as a capital lease.
“ Audited
Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007 and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for
such fiscal year of the Borrower.
“ Base
Rate ” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1 and
1/2 % and (b) the Prime Rate in effect for such day. Any
change in such rate announced by Wells Fargo shall take effect at
the opening of business on the day specified in the public
announcement of such change.
“ Base
Rate Loan ” means a Term Loan that bears interest at a
rate based on the Base Rate.
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Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States of America.
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Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
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Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to
close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where
the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which
dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in
the applicable offshore Dollar interbank market.
“ Capital
Lease ” means, as of any date, any lease of property,
real or personal, which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of
the lessee prepared as of such date, in accordance with GAAP,
together with any other lease by such lessee which is in substance
a financing lease, including without limitation, any lease under
which (a) such lessee has or will have an option to purchase
the property subject thereto at a nominal amount or an amount less
than a reasonable estimate of the fair market value of such
property as of the date such lease is entered into or (b) the
term of the lease approximates or exceeds the expected useful life
of the property leased thereunder.
“ Capital
Stock ” means, as to any Person, the equity interests in
such Person, including, without limitation, the shares of each
class of capital stock in any Person that is a corporation, each
class of partnership interest in any Person that is a partnership,
and each class of membership interest in any Person that is a
limited liability company, and any right to subscribe for or
otherwise acquire any such equity interests.
“ Change
of Control ” means, with respect to any Person, an event
or series of events by which any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit
plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity
acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such
person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “
option right ”), whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of 50% or more of the equity securities of such Person
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or
group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option
right).
“ Closing
Date ” means the first date all the conditions precedent
in Section 4.01 hereof are satisfied or waived in
accordance with Section 4.01 hereof (or, in the case of
Section 4.01(b) hereof, waived by the Person entitled
to receive the applicable payment).
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
“
Communications ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(c) hereof.
“
Compensation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10(d)(ii) hereof.
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Consequential Loss ” means, with respect to the
Borrower’s payment of all or any portion of the then
outstanding principal amount of a Lender’s Eurodollar Rate
Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
related thereto, any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender
as a result of the timing of such payment or in redepositing such
principal amount,
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expense or penalty incurred by such Lender on redepositing such
principal amount, but excluding any loss of the Applicable Rate on
the relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans.
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Contractual Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is
a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
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Creazione ” means Creazione Estilo, S.A. de C.V.,
SOFOM, E.N.R., a Mexican corporation.
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Creazione Acquisition ” means the purchase by Cash
America of Mexico, Inc. of not less than 80% of all authorized,
issued and outstanding equity interest of Creazione.
“
Creazione Acquisition Agreement ” means the Securities
Purchase Agreement entered into by and among Creazione, Cash
America of Mexico, Inc., Capital International S.ár.l., St.
Claire, S.A. de C.V., Gerardo Ciuk, INVECAMEX, S.A. de C.V., Arturo
Aguilar, an individual citizen of the United Mexican States,
Borrower and the other parties thereto.
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Creazione Acquisition Documents ” means Creazione
Acquisition Agreement and each other agreement required to be
delivered pursuant to the Creazione Acquisition Agreement as a
condition to the occurrence of the Creazione
Acquisition.
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Creazione Effective Time ” means the date and time at
which the Creazione Acquisition shall be consummated pursuant to
the Creazione Acquisition Documents.
“ Debtor
Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United
States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar
debtor relief Laws of the United States of America or other
applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting
the rights of creditors generally.
“
Default ” means any event that, with the giving of any
notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of
Default.
“ Default
Rate ” means an interest rate equal to (a) with
respect to a Base Rate Loan, (i) the Base Rate plus
(ii) the Applicable Rate, plus (c) 2% per annum, and
(b) with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (i) the
Eurodollar Rate, plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, plus
(iii) 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law.
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Disposition ” means the sale, transfer, license or
other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction,
but excluding a Dividend) of any property by any Person, including
any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without
recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and
claims associated therewith.
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Dollar ” and “ $ ” means lawful
money of the United States of America.
“ Dollar
Equivalent ” means, on any date, the amount of Dollars
into which an amount of applicable foreign currency may be
converted on such date.
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Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Borrower other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
“
Eligible Assignee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.07(g) hereof.
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Environmental Laws ” means all Laws relating to
environmental, health, safety and land use matters applicable to
any property.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 and any regulations issued pursuant thereto.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the
meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of
provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ ERISA
Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to
a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA
during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to
terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a
termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which might
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan, other
than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007
of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
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Eurodollar Rate ” means for any Interest Period with
respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan (rounded upward to the next
1/16th of 1%):
(a) the rate per
annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to
be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate screen
(or any successor thereto) that displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period, or
(b) if the rate
referenced in the preceding subsection (a) does not appear on
such page or service or such page or service shall cease to be
available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or
other service that displays an average British Bankers Association
Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period, determined as of
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approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period, or
(c) if the rates
referenced in the preceding subsections (a) and (b) are
not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Dollars for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds
in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made,
continued or converted by Wells Fargo and with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period would be offered by Wells Fargo’s London
Branch to major banks in the offshore Dollar market at their
request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“
Eurodollar Rate Loan ” means a Term Loan that bears
interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“ Event
of Default ” means any of the events or circumstances
specified in Section 8.01 .
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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
“ Federal
Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on
the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate charged to Wells Fargo on such day on
such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
“ Foreign
Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.15 hereof.
“ Foreign
Loans ” means intercompany loans and advances by the
Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“ Foreign
Plan ” means any pension plan or other deferred
compensation plan, program or arrangement maintained by a Foreign
Subsidiary which, under applicable local law, is required to be
funded through a trust or other funding vehicle.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means (a) each Subsidiary of the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate which is organized under the laws
of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any
State thereof, if any, and (b) each Subsidiary of the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate of which a majority of the revenues,
earnings or other total assets (determined on a consolidated basis
with its Subsidiaries) are located or derived from operations
outside of the United States of America, if any.
“
Fund ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.07(g) hereof.
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“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect in the United States as set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such
other principles as may be approved by a substantial segment of the
accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as
of the date of determination, consistently applied. If at any time
any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial
ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate
in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to
the approval of the Required Lenders such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld and no amendment fee will be payable to the
Lenders in connection with such amendment); provided that,
until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue
to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein
and (b) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required
under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting
forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government,
and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through
stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the
foregoing.
“
Guarantors ” means, collectively, each Domestic
Subsidiary.
“
Guaranty ” means the Guaranty made by one or more of
the Guarantors, substantially in the form of Exhibit B
.
“
Guaranty Obligation ” means, as to any Person,
(a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guarantying or having the economic effect of guarantying any
Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another
Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such
Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness
or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in
respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or
performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial
statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other
obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring
in any other manner the obligees in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligees against loss in respect thereof (in whole or
in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person
securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by
such Person; provided , however , that the term
“ Guaranty Obligation ” shall not include
(x) the purchase of instruments in respect of Investments
otherwise permitted by Section 7.03(a) of the
Incorporated Agreement and (y) endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
The
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amount of any
Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the
stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or
portion thereof, in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is
made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guarantying Person in good faith.
“ Highest
Lawful Rate ” at the particular time in question the
maximum rate of interest which, under Applicable Law, any Lender is
then permitted to charge on the Obligations. If the maximum rate of
interest which, under Applicable Law, any Lender is permitted to
charge on the Obligations shall change after the date hereof, the
Highest Lawful Rate shall be automatically increased or decreased,
as the case may be, from time to time as of the effective time of
each change in the Highest Lawful Rate without notice to the
Borrower. For purposes of determining the Highest Lawful Rate under
Applicable Law, the indicated rate ceiling shall be the lesser of
(a)(i) the “ weekly ceiling ”, as such
ceiling is computed in Section 303.003 of the Texas Finance
Code, as amended, or (ii) if available in accordance with the
terms thereof and at the Administrative Agent’s option after
notice to the Borrower and otherwise in accordance with the terms
of Section 303.103 of the Texas Finance Code, as amended, the
“ annualized ceiling ”, as such ceiling is
determined in accordance with Section 303.009 of the Texas
Finance Code, as amended, and (b)(i) if the amount outstanding
under this Agreement is less than $250,000, twenty-four percent
(24%), or (ii) if the amount outstanding under this Agreement
is equal to or greater than $250,000, twenty-eight percent (28%)
per annum.
“
Incorporated Agreement ” means that certain First
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
February 24, 2005, among the Borrower, each lender from time
to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National
Association, KeyBank National Association and Union Bank of
California, N.A., as Co-documentation Agents, as amended by that
certain First Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2007, that certain Commitment
Increase Agreement, dated as of February 29, 2008, that
certain Second Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2008, and that certain Third
Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of November 21, 2008. Unless otherwise specified herein, all
references to the Incorporated Agreement shall mean the
Incorporated Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, without
giving effect to any amendment, supplement or other modification
thereto or thereof after the date hereof.
“
Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(d) hereof.
“
Indebtedness ” means, as to any Person at a particular
time, all of the following:
(a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) any direct or
contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of
credit (including standby and commercial), banker’s
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar
instruments;
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(c) net
obligations under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement in an
amount equal to (i) if such Interest Rate Protection Agreement
has been closed out, the unpaid Termination Value thereof, or
(ii) if such Interest Rate Protection Agreement has not been
closed out, the mark-to-market value thereof determined on the
basis of readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Interest Rate Protection Agreement;
(d) whether or not
so included as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, all obligations
of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services, and indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon)
secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such
Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or
other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness
shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in
recourse;
(e) accrued
obligations in respect of earnout or similar payments payable in
cash or which may be payable in cash at the seller’s or
obligee’s option;
(f) Capital Lease
and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
(g) any Redeemable
Stock of such Person;
(h) any
Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness; and
(i) all Guaranty
Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing.
For all
purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person except
for customary exceptions reasonably acceptable to the Required
Lenders. The amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease
Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of
Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such
date.
“
Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.05 hereof.
“
Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.05 hereof.
“
Information ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.08 hereof.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means, (a) as to any Term
Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such Term Loan; and (b) as to any Base
Rate Loan, each Quarterly Date and the Maturity Date.
“
Interest Period ” means as to each Eurodollar Rate
Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan
is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one month thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower in its Term Loan Notice; provided that:
(i) any Interest
Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in
the case
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of a Eurodollar
Rate Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day;
(ii) any Interest
Period of one month pertaining to a Eurodollar Rate 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 the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period; and
(iii) no Interest
Period shall extend beyond the scheduled Maturity Date.
“
Interest Rate Protection Agreement ” means
(a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity
swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or
equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward
bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign
exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, any cancellations,
buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any of the
foregoing, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master
Agreement ”), including any such obligations or
liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“
Interest Rate Protection Obligations ” means any and
all obligations of the Borrower to any Lender or an Affiliate of a
Lender under any Affiliated IRP Agreement.
“
Investment ” means, as to any Person, any acquisition
or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the
purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities
of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution
(including a contribution of property) to, Guaranty Obligation with
respect to the debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person,
including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other
Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another
Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant
compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount
actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or
decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ IRS
” means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
“
Laws ” means, collectively, all international,
foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules,
guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with
the enforcement, interpretation or administration
thereof,
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and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
“
Lender ” has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereto.
“ Lender
Fee Letter ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.07 hereof.
“ Lending
Office ” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices
of such Lender described as such on Schedule 10.02 , or
such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time
notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment as security for Indebtedness, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other
security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable
Laws of any jurisdiction), including the interest of a purchaser of
accounts receivable.
“
Litigation ” means any proceeding, claim, lawsuit,
arbitration, and/or investigation by or before any Governmental
Authority, including, without limitation, proceedings, claims,
lawsuits, and/or investigations under or pursuant to any
environmental, occupational, safety and health, antitrust, unfair
competition, securities, tax or other Law, or under or pursuant to
any contract, agreement or other instrument.
“ Loan
Documents ” means this Agreement, the Term Loan Notes,
the Lender Fee Letter, the Agent Fee Letter, each Guaranty, each
Term Loan Notice, and any other agreement executed, delivered or
performable by any Loan Party in connection herewith or as security
for the Obligations.
“ Loan
Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower and each
Guarantor.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means any act or
circumstance or event which (a) causes an Event of Default or
causes a Default which could reasonably be expected to become an
Event of Default, (b) otherwise is material and adverse to the
consolidated financial condition or business operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and which could reasonably be
expected to result in a Default or an Event of Default, (c) in
any manner whatsoever materially and adversely affects the validity
or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents in a manner that
impairs the ability of the Lenders to exercise their remedies under
this Agreement or (d) impairs the ability of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries to perform its obligations under any of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party.
“
Maturity Date ” means (a) November 21, 2012,
or (b) such earlier date upon which all of the Outstanding
Amount shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” means any employee benefit plan
of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is
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obligated to
make contributions, or during the preceding three calendar years,
has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“ Net
Proceeds ” means, with respect to the Disposition of any
Asset (including Capital Stock) by or of, or the issuance of
Indebtedness to, any Person, the proceeds received by such Person
in connection with such transaction after deducting therefrom the
aggregate, without duplication, of the following amounts to the
extent properly attributable to such transaction or to any asset
that may be the subject thereof: (i) reasonable brokerage
commissions, legal fees, finder’s fees, financial advisory
fees, fees for solvency opinions, fairness opinions, accounting
fees, underwriting fees, investment banking fees, survey, title
insurance, appraisals, notaries and other similar commissions and
fees and expenses, in each case, to the extent paid, payable or
reimbursed by such Person; (ii) filing, recording or
registration fees or charges or similar fees or charges paid by
such Person; (iii) taxes paid or payable by such Person or any
shareholder, partner or member of such Person to governmental
taxing authorities as a result of such sale or other disposition
(after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions
or any tax sharing arrangements to the extent actually utilized);
and (iv) payment of the outstanding principal amount of,
premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other
than the Obligations) that is secured by a Lien on or otherwise
related or attributable to the stock or asset in question, to the
extent required or permitted pursuant to the documentation
evidencing such Indebtedness. To the extent that any note is
obtained in such Disposition, the proceeds received in respect
thereof shall be deemed to be the value of such note as determined
in accordance with GAAP. To the extent that any securities are
obtained in any such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition,
the proceeds received in respect thereof shall be deemed to be the
fair market value of such securities as of the date of such
disposition.
“ Note
Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain
Note Agreement dated as of August 12, 2002, entered into by
and between the Borrower and the “Purchasers” named
therein, as amended to the date of this Agreement and such other
further amendments not otherwise prohibited by
Section 7.15 of the Incorporated Agreement;
(b) that certain Note Agreement dated as of December 28,
2005, entered into by and between the Borrower and the
“Purchasers” named therein, as amended to the date of
this Agreement and such other further amendments not otherwise
prohibited by Section 7.15 of the Incorporated
Agreement; and (c) that certain Note Agreement dated as of
December 19, 2006, entered into by and between the Borrower
and the “Purchasers” named therein, as amended to the
date of this Agreement and such other further amendments not
otherwise prohibited by Section 7.15 of the
Incorporated Agreement..
“
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.02(c) hereof.
“
Obligations ” means all advances to, and debts,
liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party
arising under any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect
(including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent,
due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, “
Obligations ” includes all amounts which would be owed
by any Loan Party or any other Person (other than Administrative
Agent or Lenders) to Administrative Agent, Lenders or any Affiliate
of a Lender under any Loan Document, but for the fact that they are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a
bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Loan
Party or any other Person (including all such amounts which would
become due or would be secured but for the filing of
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any petition in
bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization
or like proceeding of any other Loan Party or any other Person
under any Debtor Relief Law).
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by the chief executive officer of the Borrower substantially
in the form of Exhibit E .
“
Organization Documents ” means, (a) with respect
to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation
and the bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the articles of formation and operating agreement; and
(c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or
other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or
other applicable agreement of formation and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation with the secretary of state or other
department in the state of its formation, in each case as amended
from time to time.
“ Other
Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(b) hereof.
“
Outstanding Amount ” means with respect to Term Loans
on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof
after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments
of Term Loans occurring on such date.
“
Participant ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.07(d) hereof.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
“ Pension
Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit
plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or
in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in
Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time
during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“
Person ” means any individual, trustee, corporation,
general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
bank, business association, firm, joint venture or Governmental
Authority.
“
Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan”
(as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“
Prepayment Amount ” means with respect to any
principal of the Term Loan that is prepaid, an amount equal to
1.00% of such principal amount.
“ Prime
Rate ” means, at any time, the rate of interest most
recently announced within Wells Fargo at its principal office in
San Francisco as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that Wells
Fargo’s Prime Rate is one of its base rates and serves as the
basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for
those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the
recording thereof after its announcement in such internal
publication or publications as Wells Fargo may designate. Any
change in such rate announced within Wells Fargo shall take effect
on the opening of business on the day such change is announced
within Wells Fargo.
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“ Pro
Rata Share ” means, with respect to each Lender, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the
Aggregate Term Commitments set forth opposite the name of such
Lender on Schedule 2.01 , as such share may be adjusted
as contemplated herein.
“
Property ” means any investment in any kind of
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible.
“
Quarterly Date ” means the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December during the term of this
Agreement.
“
Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness ” means
the amount of obligations outstanding under a receivables purchase
facility on any date of determination that would be characterized
as principal if such facility were structured as a secured lending
transaction other than a purchase.
“
Redeemable Stock ” means the portion of any Capital
Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which prior to the
Maturity Date is or may be (a) unilaterally redeemable (by
seeking final or similar payments or otherwise) upon the occurrence
of certain events or otherwise; (b) redeemable at the option
of the holder thereof or (c) convertible into
Indebtedness.
“
Register ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.07(c) hereof.
“ Release
Date ” shall mean the date upon which all Obligations and
all Interest Rate Protection Obligations are paid in full and the
Term Commitments are terminated.
“
Reportable Event ” means any of the events set forth
in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the
30 day notice period has been waived.
“
Required Lenders ” means, as of any date of
determination, three or more Lenders whose Voting Percentages
aggregate more than 50%.
“
Responsible Officer ” means the chief executive
officer, president, chief financial officer, corporate controller,
treasurer, vice president of finance or corporate secretary of a
Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed
to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership
and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on
behalf of such Loan Party.
“
Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person, that the
fair value of the assets of such Person (both at fair valuation and
at present fair saleable value on a going concern basis) is, on the
date of determination, greater than the total amount of liabilities
(including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person
as of such date and that, as of such date, such Person is able to
pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and
such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which to
carry on its business. In computing the amount of contingent or
unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities will be
computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability
discounted to present value at rates believed to be reasonable by
such Person.
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“
Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or
other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) are at the time beneficially owned by such Person.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “
Subsidiary ” or to “ Subsidiaries ”
shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
“
Synthetic Lease Obligation ” means the monetary
obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic,
off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement
for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do
not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the
insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as
the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).
“
Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(a) hereof.
“ Term
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01 .
“ Term
Loan Borrowing ” means the borrowing of the Term Loans
pursuant to Section 2.01 .
“ Term
Loan Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, its
obligation to make a Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name
on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term Loan
Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Term
Loan Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower
in favor of a Lender evidencing the Term Loan made by such Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
“ Term
Loan Notice ” means a notice of the Term Loan Borrowing
or a change of Type of the Term Loan, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D .
“
Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or
more Interest Rate Protection Agreements, after taking into account
the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to
such Interest Rate Protection Agreements, (a) for any date on
or after the date such Interest Rate Protection Agreements have
been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance
therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date
prior to the date referenced in clause (a) the amount(s)
determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Interest Rate
Protection Agreements, as determined based upon one or more
mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any
recognized dealer in such Interest Rate Protection Agreements
(which may include any Lender).
“
Type ” means with respect to a Term Loan, its
character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“
Unfunded Pension Liability ” means the excess of a
Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under
Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan’s assets,
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determined in
accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan
year.
“ Voting
Percentage ” means, as to any Lender, (a) at any
time when the Term Commitments are in effect, such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share and (b) at any time after the termination of
the Term Commitments, the percentage (carried out to the ninth
decimal place) which (i) the Outstanding Amount of such
Lender’s Term Loan then constitutes of (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of all Term Loans; provided ,
however , that if any Lender has failed to fund any portion
of its Term Loan required to be funded by it hereunder, such
Lender’s Voting Percentage shall be deemed to be zero, and
the respective Pro Rata Shares and Voting Percentages of the other
Lenders shall be recomputed for purposes of this definition and the
definition of “ Required Lenders ” without
regard to such failing Lender’s Term Commitment or the
Outstanding Amount of its Term Loan.
“ Voting
Shares ” of any Person means any class or classes of
Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of at
least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors (or other
governing bodies) of such Person, other than Capital Stock having
such power by reason of the happening of a contingency.
“Wells
Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association.
1.02 Other
Interpretive Provisions.
(a) The
meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular
and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b)
(i) The words “herein” and “hereunder”
and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall
refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision thereof.
(ii) Unless
otherwise specified herein, Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule
references are to this Agreement.
(iii) The term
“ including ” is by way of example and not
limitation.
(iv) The term
“ documents ” includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced.
(c) In the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including;” the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding;” and
the word “through” means “to and
including.”
(d) Section
headings herein and the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
(e) Except as
otherwise provided herein, for the calculation of all covenants and
other provisions contained herein, any amounts included in such
calculation which are not Dollars
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calculated according to its Dollar Equivalent on the date of such
calculation in accordance with GAAP.
1.03
Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with,
and all financial data required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a
consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a
manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial
Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein.
1.04
Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing
the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the
result to one place more than the number of places by which such
ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the
nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
1.05
References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to agreements (including the
Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed
to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions,
supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent
that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and
other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and
(b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and
regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing,
supplementing or interpreting such Law.
ARTICLE II.
THE TERM LOAN
2.01 The Term
Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower
on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s
Term Loan Commitment (the “ Term Loans ”). The
Term Loan Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously
by the Lenders in accordance with the preceding sentence. Amounts
borrowed under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid
may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Term
Loans.
(a) The Term
Loan Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans from one Type to the
other, and each continuation of Term Loans as the same Type shall
be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone or electronic
mail. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
not later than 12:00 noon, Dallas, Texas time (i) two
Business Days prior to the requested date of the Term Loan
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) one Business Day prior to the requested date
of the Term Loan Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each such telephonic
notice or electronic mail must be confirmed promptly by delivery to
the Administrative Agent of a written Term Loan Notice
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. The Term Loan Borrowing of, and each conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof. The Term
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Loan Borrowing
of and each conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof. Each Term Loan Notice (whether telephonic, electronic or
written), shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting
the Term Loan Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans from one Type
to the other, or a continuation of Term Loans as the same Type,
(ii) the requested date of the Term Loan Borrowing, conversion
or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business
Day), (iii) the principal amount of the Term Loan Borrowing or
Term Loans to be converted or continued, (iv) the Type of the
Term Loan Borrowing or Term Loans to be converted or continued, and
(v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with
respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Term
Loan in a Term Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a
timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the
applicable Term Loans shall be made or continued as, or converted
to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate
Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period
then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate
Loans. If the Borrower requests the Term Loan Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such
Term Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will
be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one
month.
(b) Following
receipt of the Term Loan Notice for the Term Loan Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its Pro
Rata Share of the Term Loan. Following receipt of a Term Loan
Notice related to the continuation or conversion of a Term Loan,
the Administrative Lender shall promptly notify each Lender of the
details of such continuation or conversion, and if no timely notice
of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any
automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding
subsection. Each Lender shall make the amount of its Term Loan
available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than
2:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas time, on the Business Day specified
in the applicable Term Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Sections 4.01 and
4.02 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds
so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by
the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account
of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the
amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in
each case in accordance with instructions provided to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(c) Except as
otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued
or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default or Event of
Default, no Term Loans may be requested as, converted to or
continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the
Required Lenders, and during the existence of an Event of Default,
the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then
outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans be converted immediately to Base
Rate Loans.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan
upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the
Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error.
(e) After
giving effect to the Term Loan Borrowing, all conversions of Term
Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term
Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than one Interest
Period in effect with respect to all Term Loans.
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2.03
Termination of Term Loan Commitments. The Aggregate Term Loan
Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero
on the date of the Term Loan Borrowing.
2.04 Repayment
of Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders the
aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on the
following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such
dates:
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(a) The
Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time
or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans in whole or in
part; provided that (i) such notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, Dallas,
Texas time, (A) two Business Days prior to any date of
prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (B) one Business Day
prior to the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any
prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount
of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof;
and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount
of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Term Loans to be prepaid. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of each such notice, and of such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower,
the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein. Any voluntary or mandatory prepayment of a Term
Loan shall be accompanied by (a) all accrued interest thereon,
(b) any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05 hereof, and (c) if such prepayment
occurs on or prior to November 20, 2009, and subject to
Section 10.10 , the Prepayment Amount with respect to
the amount of the Term Loan prepaid. Each such prepayment shall be
applied to the Term Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares. Any mandatory prepayment required
pursuant to Section 2.05(b) hereof shall not be subject
to any notice or minimum payment provisions of this
Section 2.05(a) .
(b) Within 10
Business Days of the receipt of Net Proceeds from the Disposition
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Assets other than
any Dispositions permitted under clauses (a) through
(e) of Section 7.05 of the Incorporated Agreement,
and clause (f) of Section 7.05 of the Incorporated
Agreement to the extent that a prepayment under this
Section 2.05(b) is not required, the Borrower shall
prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to 25% of
such Net Proceeds. Each such mandatory prepayment shall be made and
applied as provided in Section 2.05(a)
hereof.
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(a) Subject
to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per
annum equal to the lesser of (y) the Highest Lawful Rate and
(z) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans; and (ii) each Base
Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum
equal to the lesser of (y) the Highest Lawful Rate and
(z) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate
Loans.
(b) Upon the
request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists
or after acceleration, the Borrower shall pay interest on the
principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the lesser of
(y) the Highest Lawful Rate and (z) the Default Rate, to
the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law. Accrued and unpaid
interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest
on the Term Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as
may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and
payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after
judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.07 Fees.
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
Administrative Agent’s own account, the fees in the amounts
and at the times specified in the letter agreement, dated
November 21, 2008, between the Borrower and Wells Fargo (the
“ Agent Fee Letter ”). The Borrower shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Lenders,
the fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the letter
agreement, dated November 21, 2008, between the Borrower, the
Lenders and Wells Fargo (the “ Lender Fee Letter
”). Subject to Section 10.10 , such fees shall be
fully earned when paid and shall be nonrefundable for any reason
whatsoever.
2.08
Computation of Interest and Fees. Subject to
Section 10.10 hereof, computation of interest on
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
360 days and the actual number of days elapsed. Computation of
all other types of interest and all fees shall be calculated on the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and
the actual number of days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each
Term Loan for the day on which the Term Loan is made, and shall not
accrue on such Term Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on
which the Term Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Term
Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear
interest for one day.
2.09 Evidence
of Debt. The Term Loan made by each Lender shall be evidenced
by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by
the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The
accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each
Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of
the Term Loan made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest
and payments thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in
doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the
obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with
respect to the Term Loans. In the event of
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any conflict
between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such
matters, the accounts and records of such Lender shall control.
Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative
Agent, such Lender’s Term Loan may be evidenced by a Term
Loan Note in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may
attach schedules to its Term Loan Note and endorse thereon the
date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of the applicable
Term Loan and payments with respect thereto.
(a) All
payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition
or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the
Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is
owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in
immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m., Dallas,
Texas time, on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent
will promptly, and in any event within the same business day,
distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable
share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received
by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All
payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m.,
Dallas, Texas time, shall be deemed received on the next succeeding
Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to
accrue. The Borrower authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge
the account of the Borrower maintained with Wells Fargo (as of the
Closing Date, such account is number #4761053503) for each payment
of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due
hereunder.
(b) Subject
to the definition of “ Interest Period ,” if any
payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other
than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following
Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(c) If, at
any time after an Event of Default (but prior to (A) the
exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 or
(B) the Term Loans becoming automatically due and payable),
insufficient funds under this Agreement are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of
principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall
be applied (i) first , toward costs and expenses
(including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under
Article III ) incurred by the Administrative Agent and
each Lender in respect of this Agreement, (ii) second
, toward repayment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably
among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts
of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (iii)
third , toward repayment of principal then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the
amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(d) Unless
the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent
prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the
Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender,
as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative
Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may
be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so
required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding
amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that
such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds, then:
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(i) if the
Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith
on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such
assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in
immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in
respect of each day from and including the date such amount was
made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the
date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds, at the Federal Funds Rate from time to
time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender
failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand
pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately
available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from
the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent
to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the
Administrative Agent (the “ Compensation Period
”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from
time to time in effect. If such Lender pays such amount to the
Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Term Loan included in the Term Loan Borrowing. If
such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the
Administrative Agent’s demand therefore, the Administrative
Agent may make a demand therefore upon the Borrower, and the
Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent,
together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a
rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the Term
Loan. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its
obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitment or to prejudice any
rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have
against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender
hereunder.
A notice of the
Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect to any amount owing
under this subsection (d) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(e) If any
Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any
Term Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II , and the conditions to
the Term Loan Borrowing set forth in Article IV are not
satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as
received from such Lender) to such Lender, without
interest.
(f) The
obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make its Term Loan are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make its Term
Loan on the date required hereunder shall not relieve any other
Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and
no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender
to so make its Term Loan.
(g) Nothing
herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds
for its Term Loan in any particular place or manner or to
constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or
will obtain the funds for its Term Loan in any particular place or
manner.
2.11 Sharing
of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere
herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of its Term Loan any
payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of
any right of set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share
(or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall
immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact,
and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such
participations
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in the Term
Loans made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing
Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Term Loan pro
rata with each of them; provided , however , that if
all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered
from the purchasing Lender, such purchase shall to that extent be
rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing
Lender the purchase price paid therefore, together with an amount
equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s
required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from
the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or
payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so
recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a
participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the
right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.09 hereof
with respect to such participation) as fully as if such Lender were
the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which
shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error)
of participations purchased under this Section and will in each
case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.
Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section
shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all
notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications
under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations
purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were
the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
ARTICLE III.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
(a) Any and
all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be
made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all
present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all
liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured
by its net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws
of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may
be, is organized or maintains a lending office or any other
jurisdictions in which the Administrative Agent or such Lender
transacts business (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar
charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “
Taxes ”). If the Borrower shall be required by any
Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
(i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the
Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the
Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such
payment, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent
(which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a
certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future
stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property
taxes or charges or similar levies which
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arise from any
payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise
with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as
“ Other Taxes ”).
(c) If the
Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall also
pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account of such Lender) or
to such Lender, at the time interest on the Obligations is paid,
such additional amount that such Lender specifies as reasonably
necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all
taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) such
Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not
been imposed, with the computation of such additional amount to be
set forth in writing, certified by such Lender, and delivered to
the Borrower.
(d) The
Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes
(including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by the
Administrative Agent and such Lender, (ii) amounts payable
under Section 3.01(c) hereof and (iii) any
liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. Payment under this
subsection (d) shall be made within 30 days after the
date the Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand
therefore.
(e) Each
Lender (and the Administrative Agent with respect to payments to
the Administrative Agent for its own account) agrees that
(i) it will take all reasonable actions by all usual means to
maintain all exemptions, if any, available to it from United States
withholding taxes (whether available by treaty, existing
administrative waiver, or by virtue of the location of any
Lender’s Lending Office) and (ii) otherwise cooperate
with the Borrower to minimize amounts payable by the Borrower under
this Section 3.01 ; provided , however ,
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated by
reason of this Section 3.01(e) to contest the payment
of any Taxes or Other Taxes or to disclose any information
regarding its tax affairs or tax computation or reorder its tax or
other affairs or tax or other planning. Subject to the foregoing,
to the extent the Borrower pays sums pursuant to this
Section 3.01 and the Lender or the Administrative Agent
receives a refund of any or all of such sums, such refund shall be
applied to reduce any amounts then due and owing under this
Agreement or, to the extent that no amounts are due and owing under
this Agreement at the time such refunds are received, the party
receiving such refund shall promptly pay over all such refunded
sums to the Borrower, provided no Default or Event of Default is in
existence at such time.
3.02
Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it
unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it
is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to
make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or materially
restricts the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to
take deposits of, Dollars in the applicable offshore Dollar market,
or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar
Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower
through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to
make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate
Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the
circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer
exist.
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Upon receipt of
such notice, with the computation of such additional amount to be
set forth in writing, certified by such Lender, and delivered to
the Borrower, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if
applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to
Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period
thereof, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such
Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender
may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay
interest then accrued on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each
Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such
designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in
the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Lender.
3.03 Inability
to Determine Rates. If the Administrative Agent determines in
connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a
conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits
are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore Dollar
market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such
Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Rate
Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan
does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of
funding such Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will
promptly notify the Borrower and all Lenders. Thereafter, the
obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent revokes such
notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any
pending request for the Term Loan Borrowing or any request for a
conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing
that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request
for the Term Loan Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount
specified therein, provided that the Borrower shall not be liable
for any Consequential Loss in connection with any such deemed
conversion.
3.04 Increased
Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar
Rate Loans.
(a) If any
Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any
change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such
Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in
the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or
maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans or (as the case may be) issuing
or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount
received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the
foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any
such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from
(i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01
hereof shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of
overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or
any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either
thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its
Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by
Section 3.04(c) hereof), then from time to time upon
demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduction, with the computation of such
additional amount to be set forth in writing, certified by such
Lender, and delivered to the Borrower. The affected Lender will as
soon as practicable notify the Borrower of any event of which it
has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle
such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section and designate
a different
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Lending Office
if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount
of, such compensation and will not, in the good faith judgment of
such Lender, be materially disadvantageous to such
Lender.
(b) If any
Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding
capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation
thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office)
therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender
with respect to this Agreement as a consequence of such
Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its
policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s
desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of
such Lender, with the computation of such additional amount to be
set forth in writing, certified by such Lender, and delivered to
the Borrower (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative
Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional
amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
reduction.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be
required under regulations of the Board to maintain reserves with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “
Eurocurrency liabilities ”), additional costs on the
unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the
actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Term Loan by such
Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which
determination shall be controlling, in absence of error), which
shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable
on such Term Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received
at least 15 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender,
with the computation of such additional amount to be set forth in
writing, certified by such Lender, and delivered to the Borrower.
If a Lender fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant
Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and
payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 3.04 , the
Borrower shall not be liable with respect to any amounts that were
incurred or accrued more than (90) days prior to the date of
the sending of the notice to the Borrower under
subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section 3.04 , as the case may be.
3.05 Funding
Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall
promptly compensate such Lender for the Consequential Loss incurred
by it as a result of:
(a) any
continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar
Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
for such Eurodollar Rate Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory,
automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any
failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of
such Lender to make its Term Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or
convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan on the date or in the amount
notified by the Borrower; or
(c) any
assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last
day of the Interest Period therefore as a result of a request by
the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.16
hereof.
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For purposes of
calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under
this Section 3.05 , each Lender shall be deemed to have
funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate
for such Term Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the
applicable offshore Dollar interbank market for a comparable amount
and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate
Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06 Matters
Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.
(a) A
certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming
compensation under this Article III and setting forth
the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder and the
detailed computation of such amount or amounts shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, the
Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable
averaging and attribution methods.
(b) Upon any
Lender’s making a claim for compensation under
Section 3.01 , 3.02 or 3.04 hereof, the
Borrower may remove or replace such Lender in accordance with
Section 10.16 hereof.
3.07
Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this
Article III shall survive termination of the Term
Commitments and payment in full of all the other
Obligations.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO TERM LOAN BORROWING
4.01
Conditions of Term Loan Borrowing. The obligation of each
Lender to make its Term Loan as provided in
Section 2.01 is subject to satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent:
(a) Unless
waived by all the Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with
respect to immaterial matters or items specified in
clause (iv) or (v) below with respect to which the
Borrower has given assurances satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent that such items shall be delivered promptly following the
Closing Date), the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the
following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed
promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly
executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each
dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of
governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and
each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed
counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty, sufficient in
number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender
and the Borrower;
(ii) Term Loan
Notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender, each in a
principal amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan
Commitment;
(iii) such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency
certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of
each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require to
establish the identities of and verify the authority and capacity
of
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each
Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible
Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
(iv) such evidence
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to verify that
each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, validly existing, in
good standing and qualified to engage in business in each
jurisdiction in which it is required to be qualified to engage in
business, including certified copies of each Loan Party’s
Organization Documents, certificates of good standing and/or
qualification to engage in business and tax clearance
certificates;
(v) a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying
(A) that the conditions specified in
Sections 4.02(a) and (b) hereof have been
satisfied, and (B) that there has been no event or
circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements
which has or could be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(vi) opinions of
counsel to each Loan Party in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(vii) evidence
that any Indebtedness not otherwise permitted hereunder has been or
concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated and all
obligations thereunder have been or concurrently with the Closing
Date are being paid in full;
(viii) a copy of
all Creazione Acquisition Documents, certified as complete and
correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and of Cash
America of Mexico, Inc.;
(ix) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all
necessary consents have been obtained from and all necessary notice
filings have been made with all Governmental Authorities related to
the transactions the subject of the Creazione Acquisition
Documents;
(x) the
Officer’s Certificate executed by the chief executive officer
of the Borrower; and
(xi) such other
assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably may
require.
(b) All fees
under the Agent Fee Letter required to be paid on or before the
Closing Date shall have been paid.
(c) Unless
waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid
all Attorney Costs of the Administrative Agent to the extent
invoiced at least two days prior to the Closing Date, plus such
additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute its
reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by
it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate
shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
(d) The
Closing Date shall have occurred on or before January 31,
2009.
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4.02
Conditions to Term Loan Borrowing and all Conversions and
Continuations. The obligation of each Lender to make its Term
Loan as provided in Section 2.01 and to honor any
request for the continuation of or conversion to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The
representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in
Article V , or which are contained in any document
furnished at any time under or in connection herewith, shall be
true and correct on and as of the date of the Term Loan Borrowing
or such continuation or conversion, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier
date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date, and except for purposes of this
Section 4.02 , the representations and warranties
contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 5.05 hereof shall be deemed to refer to the
most recent financial statements furnished pursuant to
clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01
of the Incorporated Agreement.
(b) No
Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from the
Term Loan Borrowing or such continuation or conversion.
(c) After
giving effect to the Term Loan Borrowing, the aggregate amount of
outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is
permitted under the Note Agreements.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Term Loan Notice in
accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Term Loan
Notice submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in
Sections 4.02(a) and (b) hereof have been
satisfied on and as of the date of the Term Loan Borrowing,
continuation or conversion, as applicable.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that:
5.01
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each
Loan Party (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited
liability company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in
good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and
authority and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents
and approvals necessary to (i) own its assets, carry on its
business and (ii) execute, deliver, and perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
(c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing
under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification or license, and (d) is in compliance with
all Laws (including, without limitation, all federal and state
registrations required by any anti-money laundering Laws), except
in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c) or this
clause (d), to the extent that failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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5.02
Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such
Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not
(a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s
Organization Documents; (b) materially conflict with or result
in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien
under, any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is
a party or any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority to which such Person or its property is
subject; or (c) violate any Law.
5.03
Governmental Authorization. No approval, consent, exemption,
authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with,
any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection
with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
5.04 Binding
Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document,
when delivered hereunder, will have been duly executed and
delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement
constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan
Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in
accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement of remedies to
(a) any Debtor Relief Laws and (b) general principles of
equity, whether applied by a court of law or equity.
5.05 Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The
Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered
thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein;
(ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except
as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all
material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent,
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof,
including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and
Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the period covered thereby.
(b) Since the
date of the Audited Fina
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