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Exhibit
10.1
$380,000,000
FIRST LIEN CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 14,
2007
among
GOLDEN NUGGET,
INC.,
as Borrower,
the Lenders referred to
herein,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent,
Issuing Bank and Swing Line
Bank,
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.
as Syndication
Agent,
and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL,
INC.
as Documentation
Agent
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and
Sole Bookrunner
Cahill Gordon &
Reindel LLP
80 Pine
Street
New York, New York
10005
847184
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page |
| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS |
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| SECTION
1.01. |
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Certain
Defined Terms |
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1 |
| SECTION
1.02. |
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Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional
Provisions |
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28 |
| SECTION
1.03. |
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Accounting Terms |
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29 |
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| ARTICLE II |
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AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES
AND THE LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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| SECTION
2.01. |
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The
Advances and the Letters of Credit |
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29 |
| SECTION
2.02. |
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Making
the Advances |
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30 |
| SECTION
2.03. |
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Issuance
of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of
Credit |
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33 |
| SECTION
2.04. |
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Repayment
of Advances |
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34 |
| SECTION
2.05. |
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Termination or Reduction of the Commitments |
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36 |
| SECTION
2.06. |
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Prepayments |
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37 |
| SECTION
2.07. |
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Interest |
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39 |
| SECTION
2.08. |
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Fees |
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40 |
| SECTION
2.09. |
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Conversion of Advances |
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41 |
| SECTION
2.10. |
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Increased
Costs, Etc. |
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42 |
| SECTION
2.11. |
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Payments
and Computations |
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44 |
| SECTION
2.12. |
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Taxes |
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46 |
| SECTION
2.13. |
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Sharing
of Payments, Etc. |
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48 |
| SECTION
2.14. |
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Use of
Proceeds |
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49 |
| SECTION
2.15. |
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Defaulting Lenders |
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49 |
| SECTION
2.16. |
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Evidence
of Debt |
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50 |
| SECTION
2.17. |
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Increase
in Term Commitments |
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50 |
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| ARTICLE III |
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CONDITIONS OF LENDING
AND
ISSUANCES OF LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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| SECTION
3.01. |
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Extension of Credit |
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52 |
| SECTION
3.02. |
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Additional Term
Advance |
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57 |
| SECTION
3.03. |
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Condition
Precedent to Each Additional Term Advance |
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| SECTION 3.04. |
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Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing and Issuance and
Renewal |
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59 |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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| SECTION
4.01. |
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Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties |
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59 |
| SECTION
4.02. |
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties, Etc. |
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66 |
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| ARTICLE V |
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| COVENANTS OF THE LOAN
PARTIES |
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| SECTION
5.01. |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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67 |
| SECTION
5.02. |
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Negative
Covenants |
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72 |
| SECTION
5.03. |
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Reporting
Requirements. |
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82 |
| SECTION
5.04. |
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Financial
Covenants |
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85 |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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| SECTION
6.01. |
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Events of
Default |
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86 |
| SECTION
6.02. |
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Actions
in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default |
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89 |
| SECTION
6.03. |
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Borrower’s Right to Cure. |
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90 |
| SECTION
6.04. |
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Parent
Capital Contribution |
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91 |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| THE AGENTS, ETC. |
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| SECTION
7.01. |
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Authorization and Action |
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91 |
| SECTION
7.02. |
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Agents’ Reliance, Etc. |
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91 |
| SECTION
7.03. |
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Wachovia
and Affiliates |
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92 |
| SECTION
7.04. |
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Lender
Party Credit Decision |
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92 |
| SECTION
7.05. |
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Indemnification |
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92 |
| SECTION
7.06. |
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Successor
Agents |
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93 |
| SECTION
7.07. |
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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| SECTION
7.08. |
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Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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94 |
| SECTION
7.09. |
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Other
Agents, Etc. |
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95 |
| SECTION
7.10. |
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Appointment of Supplemental Collateral Agents |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| SECTION
8.01. |
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Amendments, Etc. |
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96 |
| SECTION
8.02. |
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Notices,
Etc. |
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97 |
| SECTION
8.03. |
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No
Waiver; Remedies; Entire Agreement |
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98 |
| SECTION
8.04. |
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Costs and
Expenses |
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| SECTION 8.05. |
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Right of
Set-off |
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100 |
| SECTION
8.06. |
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Binding
Effect |
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100 |
| SECTION
8.07. |
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Successors and Assigns; Participations |
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101 |
| SECTION
8.08. |
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Execution
in Counterparts |
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103 |
| SECTION
8.09. |
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No
Liability of the Issuing Banks |
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103 |
| SECTION
8.10. |
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Confidentiality |
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103 |
| SECTION
8.11. |
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Release
of Collateral, Etc. |
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104 |
| SECTION
8.12. |
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Patriot
Act Notice |
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104 |
| SECTION
8.13. |
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Gaming
Authorities |
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104 |
| SECTION
8.14. |
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[Intentionally Omitted]. |
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104 |
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| SECTION
8.15. |
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No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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104 |
| SECTION 8.16. |
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Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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105 |
| SECTION
8.17. |
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GOVERNING
LAW |
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106 |
| SECTION
8.18. |
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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106 |
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SCHEDULES
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| Schedule
I |
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Commitments and Applicable Lending
Offices
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| Schedule 3.01(a)(xvi) |
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Mortgaged Real Property
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| Schedule
4.01(b) |
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Subsidiaries
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| Schedule
4.01(v) |
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Surviving Debt
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| Schedule
4.01(w) |
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Liens
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| Schedule
4.01(y) |
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Investments
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| Schedule
4.01(aa) |
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Material Contracts
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| Schedule
4.01(bb) |
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Collective Bargaining
Agreements
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| Schedule
4.01(dd) |
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Pending Litigation
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| Schedule
4.01(ll) |
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Gaming Matters
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| Schedule
5.01(u) |
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Post-Closing Matters
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| Schedule
5.02(c)(i) |
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Investments in Subsidiaries
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| Schedule 5.02(h)(B) |
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Transactions with Affiliates
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| EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit
A-1 |
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Form of Revolving Credit Note
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| Exhibit
A-2 |
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Form of Term Note
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| Exhibit
B-1 |
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Form of Notice of Borrowing
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| Exhibit
B-2 |
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[Reserved]
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| Exhibit
B-3 |
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Form of Notice of Prepayment
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| Exhibit
C |
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Form of Assignment and
Acceptance
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| Exhibit
D |
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Form of Security Agreement
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| Exhibit
E |
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Form of Guaranty
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| Exhibit
F |
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[Reserved]
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| Exhibit
G |
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[Reserved]
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| Exhibit
H |
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Form of Mortgage
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| Exhibit
I |
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Form of Compliance
Certificate
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| Exhibit
J |
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Form of Perfection
Certificate
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| Exhibit
K |
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Form of Intercreditor
Agreement
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT
AGREEMENT
FIRST LIEN CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of June 14, 2007 among GOLDEN
NUGGET, INC. , a Nevada corporation (the “
Borrower ”), each lender from time to time
party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders
” and individually, a “ Lender ”),
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“
Wachovia ”), as Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent , Swing Line Bank and Issuing Bank, BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A ., as syndication agent, WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL,
INC. , as documentation agent, and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC (“ WCM ”), as sole bookrunner and
sole lead arranger.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
(1) The Borrower desires to
obtain from the Lender Parties (such capitalized term, and all
other capitalized terms used in these Preliminary Statements
without definition, to have the meanings specified in
Section 1.01 below) financings (collectively, the “
Financings ”) in an aggregate principal amount
of $380,000,000, comprised of (a) $330,000,000 in a 7-year
First Lien Term Facility (of which $120,000,000 of the First Lien
Term Loan will be available on a delayed draw basis), and
(b) up to $50,000,000 in a 6-year First Lien Revolving
Facility, the proceeds of each of which, together with the proceeds
of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility to be entered by the Borrower
on the Closing Date, will be used for (i) the payment of a
one-time dividend (the “ Dividend ”) to
its parent Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “
Parent ”) or a designated Subsidiary of Parent
(as defined herein), (ii) the refinancing (the “
Refinancing ”) in full on the Closing Date of
certain of the Existing Debt, (iii) the construction of a
hotel tower at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas (the “ Hotel
Project ” and, together with the Dividend and the
Refinancing, the “ Transactions ”) and
(iv) in the case of such revolving facility, from and after
the Closing Date, working capital and general corporate purposes of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(2) The Lender Parties have
indicated their willingness to provide the Financings, but only on
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including the granting of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral
Documents and the making of the guarantees pursuant to the
Guaranties.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):
“ Additional Term
Advance ” means a Term Advance that takes place after
the Closing Date.
“ Administrative
Agent ” means Wachovia, in its capacity as
Administrative Agent hereunder or any successor thereto appointed
pursuant to Section 7.06.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Account ” means the account of the
Administrative Agent maintained by the Administrative Agent at its
office at 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina,
28288, Attention: Agency Services, and designated by the
Administrative Agent to the Lender Parties as the
“Administrative Agent’s Account” or such other
account for such purpose as the Administrative Agent shall specify
in writing to the Lender Parties.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire
in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Advance
” means a Term Advance, a Revolving Credit Advance, a Swing
Line Advance or a Letter of Credit Advance (and shall include any
Incremental Term Advances).
“
Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other
Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with such Person or is a director or
executive officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition,
the term “control” (including the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) of a Person means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 10% or more of
the Voting Interests of such Person or to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or
otherwise.
“
Agreement ” means this First Lien Credit
Agreement, as amended.
“ Agreement
Value ” means, for each Hedge Agreement, on any date
of determination, an amount equal to all obligations thereunder
(including the amount of any termination payments that would
payable on such date if the Hedge Agreement were
terminated).
“ Agents
” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent.
“ Applicable
First Lien Commitment Fee Percentage ” means, with
respect to commitment fees payable pursuant to
Section 2.08(a)(ii), (a) initially 1.50% per annum,
(b) following the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date,
1.75% per annum, and (c) following the first anniversary
of the Closing Date, 2.00% per annum.
“ Applicable
Law ” means all applicable provisions of
constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties,
regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and
orders of courts or Governmental Authorities and all orders and
decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
“ Applicable
Lending Office ” means, with respect to each Lender
Party, such Lender Party’s Domestic Lending Office in the
case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender Party’s
Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
Advance.
“ Applicable
Margin ” means, in respect of (a) the Term Facility,
(i) 0.75% per annum for Base Rate Advances and (ii) 2.00% per annum
for Eurodollar Rate Advances; provided that so long as the
Borrower’s corporate family rating is at least B1 (stable or
better outlook) by Moody’s and the Borrower’s corporate
credit rating is at least B+ (stable or better outlook) by S&P,
the Applicable Margin shall be (x) 0.50% per annum for Base Rate
Advances and (y) 1.75% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Advances;
provided further , that if the Borrower’s
rating shall change during an Interest Period, the revised
Applicable Margin will not take effect until the beginning of the
next Interest Period in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances and
Base Rate Advances will be adjusted the following Business Day
after the Administrative Agent received notice of the ratings
change, and (b) the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) until the second
Business Day after the date on which the Administrative Agent
receives the financial statements (together with the applicable
schedule and certificates) of the Borrower for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2007 pursuant to Section 5.03(b), (A) 0.75% per
annum for Base Rate Advances and (B) 2.00%
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per annum for Eurodollar Rate Advances,
and (ii) thereafter for the Revolving Credit Facility only,
the percentage per annum set forth below, as determined by
reference to the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent
financial statements (together with the applicable schedule and
certificates) of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable:
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Leverage
Ratio
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Revolving Credit Facility |
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Base
Rate Advances
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Eurodollar
Rate Advances
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Level 1
equal to or higher than
5.5:1.0
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0.75 |
% |
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2.00 |
% |
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Level 2
lower than 5.5:1.0 but equal
to or higher than 5.0:1.0
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0.50 |
% |
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1.75 |
% |
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Level 3
lower than 5.0:1.0 but equal
to or higher than 4.5:1.0
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0.25 |
% |
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1.50 |
% |
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Level 4
lower than 4.5:1.0 but equal
to or higher than 4.0:1.0
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0.00 |
% |
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1.25 |
% |
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Level 5
lower than 4.0:1.0
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0.00 |
% |
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1.00 |
% |
Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio
shall become effective as of the second Business Day after the date
the financial statements (together with the applicable schedule and
certificates) of the Borrower are delivered pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable; provided ,
however , that in the event that the Borrower fails to
timely provide the financial statements (together with the
applicable schedule and certificates) pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable, the Applicable Margin
at Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date
on which such financial statements (together with the applicable
schedule and certificates) were required to have been delivered
until the actual delivery of such financial statements (together
with the applicable schedule and certificates).
In the event that any
financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) or (c) is shown to be inaccurate
(regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in
effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if
corrected would have led to a higher Applicable Margin for any
period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than
the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then
(i) Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative
Agent a correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period,
(ii) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if Level 1
were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (iii) Borrower
shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the additional
interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for
such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by
the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof. This
paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders hereunder.
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“ Applicable
Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage ” means, with
respect to commitment fees payable pursuant to
Section 2.08(a)(i), (a) until the second Business Day
after the date on which the Administrative Agent receives the
financial statements (together with the applicable schedule and
certificates) of the Borrower for the fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 2007 pursuant to Section 5.03(b), 0.50% per
annum, and (b) thereafter, the percentage per annum set forth
below, as determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as set
forth in the most recent financial statements (together with the
applicable schedule and certificates) of the Borrower delivered
pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable:
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Leverage
Ratio
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Commitment Fee |
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Level 1
equal to or higher than
5.5:1.0
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0.50 |
% |
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Level 2
lower than 5.5:1.0 but equal
to or higher than 5.0:1.0
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0.50 |
% |
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Level 3
lower than 5.0:1.0 but equal
to or higher than 4.5:1.0
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0.375 |
% |
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Level 4
lower than 4.5:1.0 but equal
to or higher than 4.0:1.0
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0.375 |
% |
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Level 5
lower than 4.0:1.0
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0.375 |
% |
Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage resulting from a change in the
Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the second Business Day
after the date the financial statements (together with the
applicable schedule and certificates) of the Borrower are delivered
pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable;
provided , however , that in the event that the
Borrower fails to timely provide the financial statements (together
with the applicable schedule and certificates) pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable, the Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage at Level 1 shall apply as of the first
Business Day after the date on which such financial statements
(together with the applicable schedule and certificates) were
required to have been delivered until the actual delivery of such
financial statements (together with the applicable schedule and
certificates).
“ Appropriate
Lender ” means, at any time, with respect to
(a) any of the Term Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility,
a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility at
such time, (b) the Letter of Credit Facility, (i) any
Issuing Bank and (ii) if the other Revolving Credit Lenders
have made Letter of Credit Advances pursuant to
Section 2.03(c) that are outstanding at such time, each such
other Revolving Credit Lender and (c) the Swing Line Facility,
(i) any Swing Line Bank and (ii) if the other Revolving
Credit Lenders have made Swing Line Advances pursuant to
Section 2.02(b) that are outstanding at such time, each such
other Revolving Credit Lender.
“ Approved
Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed
by (a) a Lender Party, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender Party
or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers
or manages a Lender Party.
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“
Arranger ” means WCM in its capacity as sole
lead arranger and sole bookrunner.
“ Asset
Disposition ” means the disposition of any or all of
the assets (including, without limitation, the Equity Interests of
a Subsidiary or any ownership interest in a joint venture) of any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof whether by sale, lease,
transfer or otherwise, in a single transaction, or in a series of
related transactions, excluding any Asset Disposition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to
Section 5.02(e)(i) , (ii) , and (iv) .
The term “Asset Disposition” shall not include any
Equity Issuance.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender Party and an Eligible Assignee, and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with
Section 8.07 and in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto
or as otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.
“ Availability
Period ” means the period from and including the
Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the second anniversary of
Closing Date and (ii) the date of termination of the
commitments of the Term Lenders to make Term Advances pursuant to
Section 6.01.
“ Available
Amount ” of any Letter of Credit means, at any time,
the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit at such time (assuming compliance at such time with all
conditions to drawing).
“ Bankruptcy
Law ” means any proceeding of the type referred to in
Section 6.01(s) or Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
foreign, federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“ Base
Rate ” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in
effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times
be equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest
established by Wachovia in Charlotte, North Carolina, from time to
time, as its prime rate for dollars loaned in the United States of
America; and
(b) 1 / 2 of 1% per annum above the Federal Funds
Rate.
The Base Rate is an index
rate and is not necessarily intended to be the lowest or best rate
of interest charged to other customers in connection with
extensions of credit or to other banks. Any change in the Base Rate
due to change in prime rate or Federal Funds Rate shall be
effective on the date of such change, as the case may
be.
“ Base Rate
Advance ” means an Advance that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.07(a)(i).
“
Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the
recital of parties to this Agreement.
“
Borrower’s Account ” means the account of
the Borrower maintained by the Borrower with the Administrative
Agent at its office at 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28288, and designated between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent as the “Borrower’s Account”,
or such other account for such purpose as the Borrower shall
specify in writing to the Administrative Agent.
“
Borrowing ” means a Term Borrowing or a
Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing.
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“ Business
Day ” means a day of the year on which banks are not
required or authorized by law to close in New York, New York or
Charlotte, North Carolina and, if the applicable Business Day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings are
carried on in the London interbank market.
“ Capital
Expenditures ” means, with respect to any Person for
any period, any expenditure in respect of the purchase or other
acquisition of any fixed or capital asset (excluding normal
replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current
operations) as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Capitalized
Leases ” means all leases that have been or should
be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized
leases.
“ CERCLA
” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to
time.
“ CERCLIS
” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“ Certificate of
Occupancy ” means a temporary or permanent
certificate of occupancy, in either case, for the Hotel Project
issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority, pursuant to
Applicable Law which permanent or temporary certificate of
occupancy shall permit the Hotel Project to be used for its
respective intended purposes and shall be in full force and effect
and, in the case of a temporary certificate of occupancy, if such
temporary certificate of occupancy shall provide for an expiration
date, any items which must be completed in order for such temporary
certificate of occupancy to be renewed or extended shall be
completed no later than 15 days prior to the applicable expiration
date.
“ CFC
” means an entity that is a controlled foreign corporation
under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following: (a) any Person or two or more Persons acting in
concert other than any Permitted Holder shall have acquired
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Interests of the
Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Voting
Interests) representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of
all Voting Interests of the Borrower; or (b) during any period
of up to 24 consecutive months, commencing after the date of this
Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such 24-month period
were directors of the Borrower shall cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower;
(c) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert other
than any Permitted Holder shall have acquired by contract or
otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement
that, upon consummation, will result in its or their acquisition of
control over Voting Interests of the Borrower (or other securities
convertible into such Voting Interests) representing 40% or more of
the combined voting power of all Voting Interests of the Borrower;
or (d) prior to an initial public offering of Borrower’s
Equity Interests Parent ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests
of the Borrower, or following an initial public offering of
Borrower’s Equity Interests Parent ceases to own more than
50% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“ Closing
Date ” means the date of this Agreement or such later
Business Day upon which the conditions set forth in
Section 3.01 shall have been satisfied.
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“
Collateral ” means all “Collateral”
referred to in the Collateral Documents and all “Mortgaged
Property” or “Trust Property” referred to in each
Mortgage and all other property that is subject to any Lien in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“ Collateral
Account ” has the meaning specified in the Security
Agreement.
“ Collateral
Agent ” shall mean Wachovia in its capacity as
collateral agent hereunder.
“ Collateral
Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the
Intercreditor Agreement, each of the collateral documents,
instruments and agreements delivered pursuant to Sections 3.01,
5.01(l) or (m), and each other agreement that creates or purports
to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties.
“
Commitment ” means a Term Commitment, a
Revolving Credit Commitment, a Swing Line Commitment, a Letter of
Credit Commitment or any Commitment to make Term Advances as
provided in Section 2.17 .
“
Completion ” means, with respect to the Hotel
Project, completion in substantial conformance with the Project
Plans such that when completed, a Certificate of Occupancy will be
issued.
“ Completion
Certificate ” means a written certificate executed by
the architect, General Contractor and the Lenders’ Consultant
certifying that the applicable Project has been completed in all
material respects (subject to customary punch list items) in
accordance with its Project Plans together with a certificate
executed by a Responsible Officer to that effect.
“ Compliance
Certificate ” means a certificate of a Financial
Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit I .
“ Confidential
Information ” means information that any Loan Party
furnishes to any Agent or any Lender Party in a writing designated
as confidential or is known by the Lender Parties to be material
non-public information, but does not include any such information
that is or becomes generally available to the public or that is or
becomes available to such Agent or such Lender Party from a source
other than the Loan Parties.
“
Consolidated ” means, when used with reference
to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person,
such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with
applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any period, the sum of (without
duplication) (a) Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Net
Loss, as the case may be, for such period plus (b) the
sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) income and
franchise taxes, (iii) depreciation expense,
(iv) amortization expense, (v) extraordinary losses,
(vi) one time costs related to the Refinancing, including
without limitation tender premiums, and (vii) non-cash items,
in each case, which were deducted in determining Consolidated Net
Income or Consolidated Net Loss, as the case may be, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such
period minus (c) to the extent included in determining
Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Net Loss, as the case may
be, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis
for such period, (i) non-cash gains, (ii) gains arising
from asset dispositions not in the ordinary course of business and
(iii) non-cash gains under Hedge Agreements. The historical
Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant measurement period of entities
(A) that are acquired by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries after the Closing Date as permitted under the Loan
Documents will be included in the calculation
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of Consolidated EBITDA for the entire
period of determination on a pro forma basis (determined in
accordance with adjustments reasonably agreed by the Administrative
Agent based on demonstrated cost savings and excluding
extraordinary items) and (B) that are disposed of by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date for the
entire period of determination following such disposition, in each
case, will be excluded in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA;
provided that, in the case of entities that are acquired by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders are furnished with audited
financial statements, or if audited financial statements are not
available, other financial statements reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, of such entities (or
if the acquisition is of a division or branch of a larger business
or a group of businesses, the audited financial statements, or if
audited financial statements are not available, other financial
statements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders, of such larger business or group of
businesses, so long as the individual activities of the acquired
entity are clearly reflected in such financial statements, together
with a certificate certifying that the Borrower has reviewed the
historical financial statements of the division or branch and that
they reflect proper divisional accounting in relation to the large
business or group of businesses), reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in all respects,
confirming such historical results.
“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” means, with respect to the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the gross interest
expense (including, without limitation, interest expense
attributable to Capital Leases and all net payment obligations
pursuant to Hedge Agreements and excluding non-cash amortization of
loan costs) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all determined
for such period on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated
Net Income ” and “ Consolidated Net
Loss ” mean, with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, for any period of determination, the net income (or
loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net
Income (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than
a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in
which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest
with a third party, except to the extent such net income is
actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by
dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net
income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes
a Subsidiary of such Person or is merged into or consolidated with
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s
assets are acquired by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a),
(c) the net income (if positive) of any Subsidiary to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time
permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute rule or
governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or
(ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends
or distributions, and (d) cash and non-cash losses related to
The Fremont Street Experience Limited Liability Company in an
amount not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal
year.
“ Construction
Contracts ” means any and all contracts, written or
oral, between the Borrower, any applicable Loan Party and any
contractor and any subcontractor and between any of the foregoing
and any other Person (including, without limitation, any architect
or engineer) relating in any way to the construction of the Hotel
Project, including the performing of labor or the furnishing of
standard or specially fabricated materials in connection therewith
or the preparation or furnishing of any drawings, renderings,
plans, design documents or other related items for the design,
architecture or construction of the Hotel Project.
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“ Contingent
Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any
obligation or arrangement of such Person to guarantee or intended
to guarantee any Debt, leases, dividends or other payment
obligations (“ primary obligations ”) of
any other Person (the “ primary obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
without limitation, (a) the direct or indirect guarantee,
endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), co making, discounting with recourse or sale
with recourse by such Person of the obligation of a primary
obligor, (b) the obligation to make take-or-pay or similar
payments, if required, regardless of nonperformance by any other
party or parties to an agreement or (c) any obligation of such
Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such
primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect
security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds
(A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation
or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency
of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, assets,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the
owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary
obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or
(iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of
any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in
respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less,
the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person
may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing
such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), as
determined by such Person in good faith.
“
Conversion ”, “ Convert
” and “ Converted ” each refer to a
conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type
pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10.
“ Cure
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.03(a).
“ Debt
” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
any date without duplication, the sum of the following calculated
in accordance with GAAP: (a) all liabilities, obligations and
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all
obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by more
than 90 days incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business), (c) all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all
obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property
acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all
obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases,
(f) all obligations of such Person under acceptance, letters
of credit or other similar arrangements or credit support
facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase,
redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of
any Equity Interests in such Person or any other Person or any
warrants, rights or options to acquire such Equity Interests,
valued, in the case of Redeemable Preferred Interests, at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference
plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all Contingent
Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations with respect to
underlying payment obligations for leases and other obligations
that are incurred in the ordinary course of business and are
otherwise not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement) and Off
Balance Sheet Obligations of such Person and (i) all
indebtedness and other payment obligations referred to in clauses
(a) through (h) above of another Person secured by (or
for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including,
without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such
Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such Debt or other payment
obligations.
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“ Debt for
Borrowed Money ” of any Person means, at any date of
determination, all items that, in accordance with GAAP, would be
classified as indebtedness for borrowed money on a Consolidated
balance sheet of such Person at such date but excluding any
intercompany debt between the Loan Parties.
“ Debt
Issuance ” shall mean the issuance of any Debt for
borrowed money by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
excluding any Equity Issuance, any issuance of Equity Interests of
the Borrower or Subsidiaries to Parent or any Loan Party, or any
Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred
pursuant to Section 5.02(a) .
“ Default
” means any Event of Default or any event that would
constitute an Event of Default but for the passage of time or the
requirement that notice be given or both.
“ Default
Interest ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(b).
“ Defaulting
Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15.
“ Disqualified
Stock ” means any capital stock that, by its terms
(or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or
for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the
holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after
the Termination Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely
because the holders thereof have the right to require the Borrower
to repurchase such capital stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the terms of such capital stock provide that the Borrower may not
repurchase or redeem any such capital stock pursuant to such
provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with
Section 5.02. The term “Disqualified Stock” shall
also include any options, warrants or other rights that are
convertible into Disqualified Stock or that are redeemable at the
option of the holder, or required to be redeemed, prior to the date
that is one year after the Termination Date.
“ Distribution
Amount ” means the sum of, without duplication,
(i) 50% of cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower
since the Closing Date or if such Consolidated Net Income is of a
deficit, 100% of such deficit, plus (ii) Parent
Qualified Contributions (excluding Parent Qualified Contributions
applied toward the Cure Amount and excludes Parent Qualified
Contributions used to consummate a Permitted Acquisition) after the
Closing Date to a Loan Party not otherwise prohibited by this
Agreement, minus (iii) the dollar amount of Restricted
Payments made pursuant to Section 5.02(f)(iv), plus
(iv) $10,000,000.
“
Dividend” has the meaning specified in the
Preliminary Statements.
“ Domestic
Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender
Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as its
“Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule
I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender Party, as the case may be, or such other office of
such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means (a) a Lender; (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; (d) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or
any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5 billion;
(e) a finance company, insurance company or other financial
institution
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or fund (whether a corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity) that is engaged in making,
purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the
ordinary course and having total assets in excess of $100,000,000
and (f) any other Person (other than a natural person)
approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) in the
case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, the
Issuing Banks and the Swing Line Banks, and (iii) the Borrower
(which approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that the Borrower shall not have any approval
rights in connection with any of the foregoing (x) if an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (y) to the
extent determined by the Administrative Agent to be reasonably
necessary to achieve a successful initial syndication of the
Commitments hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or
any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any
Person found unsuitable under any Gaming Laws.
“ Employee
Benefit Plan ” means any employee benefit plan within
the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which (a) is
maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate
or (b) has at any time within the preceding six (6) years
been maintained for the employees of any Credit Party or any
current or former ERISA Affiliate.
“ Environmental
Action ” means any action, suit, demand, demand
letter, claim, notice of non compliance or violation, notice of
liability or potential liability, investigation, proceeding,
consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any
Environmental Law, any Environmental Permit or Hazardous Material
or arising from alleged injury or threat to health, safety or the
environment, including, without limitation, (a) by any
governmental or regulatory authority for enforcement, cleanup,
removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and
(b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or third party
for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery,
compensation or injunctive relief.
“ Environmental
Law ” means any Federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or agency interpretation,
policy or guidance relating to pollution or protection of the
environment, health, safety or natural resources, including,
without limitation, those relating to the use, handling,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge
of Hazardous Materials.
“ Environmental
Permit ” means any permit, approval, identification
number, license or other authorization required under any
Environmental Law.
“ Equity
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or
other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of
(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants,
rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such
Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other
ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without
limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein),
whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares,
warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or
otherwise existing on any date of determination.
“ Equity
Issuance ” means any issuance by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to any Person which is not the Parent or a Loan Party of
(a) shares of its Equity Interests, (b) any shares of its
Equity Interests pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or
(c) any shares of its Equity Interests pursuant to the
conversion of any debt securities to equity. The term “Equity
Issuance” shall not include (i) any Asset Disposition or
(ii) any Debt Issuance.
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“ ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any Person that for purposes of
Title IV of ERISA is a member of the controlled group of any Loan
Party, or under common control with any Loan Party, within the
meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
“ ERISA
Event ” means (a) unless the applicable 30 day
notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by
the PBGC, (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan or
(ii) the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply
with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event
described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of
Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with
respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the
application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan;
(c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice
of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with
respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of
ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of any
Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by any Loan
Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a
plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for
imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have
been met with respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an
amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such
Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the
institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant
to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or
condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes
grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, such Plan.
“ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Regulation
D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
“ Eurodollar
Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender
Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as its
“Eurodollar Lending Office” opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to
which it became a Lender Party (or, if no such office is specified,
its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender
Party as such Lender Party may from time to time specify to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Eurodollar
Rate ” means a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) determined by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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“ Eurodollar Rate
Advance ” means an Advance that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.07(a)(ii).
“ Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage ” for any Interest Period for all
Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing
means the reserve percentage applicable two Business Days before
the first day of such Interest Period under regulations issued from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to
liabilities
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or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of
liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Advances is determined) having a
term equal to such Interest Period.
“ Events of
Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“ Excess Cash
Flow ” means, for any period of determination, the
sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without
duplication, in accordance with GAAP: (a) Consolidated EBITDA
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period minus
(b) the sum of the cash amounts expended during such period
for (i) expenditures made in connection with any acquisition
permitted under Section 5.02(c)(iii) and to the extent not
funded by Debt or equity, (ii) Investments made under other
clauses of Section 5.02(c) to the extent not funded by Debt or
equity, (iii) Restricted Payments made under
Section 5.02(f), (iv) Capital Expenditures,
(v) Consolidated Interest Expense, (vi) taxes paid in
cash during such period with respect to income of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, and (vii) regularly
scheduled and optional repayments or optional prepayments made with
respect to principal on outstanding Debt (other than revolving
Debt), as the case may be, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
plus or minus , as the case may be, any changes in
working capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period.
“ Existing
Debt ” means Debt of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before the occurrence of the
Closing Date, as set forth on Schedule 4.01(v).
“ Extraordinary
Receipt ” means any cash received by or paid to or
for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of
business, including, without limitation, pension plan reversions,
proceeds of insurance (including, without limitation, any key man
life insurance but excluding proceeds of business interruption
insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for
lost earnings), condemnation and casualty awards (and payments in
lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustment
received in connection with any purchase agreement, but in any
event excluding any tax refund; provided , however ,
that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, an Extraordinary Receipt shall not include cash
receipts received from proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards
(or payments in lieu thereof) or indemnity payments to the extent
that such proceeds, awards or payments (a) do not exceed,
individually or in the aggregate, $5,000,000 or (b) in respect
of loss or damage to equipment, fixed assets or real property are
applied (or in respect of which expenditures were previously
incurred) to replace or repair the equipment, fixed assets or real
property in respect of which such proceeds were received in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
“
Facility ” means the Term Facility, the
Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Facility or the Letter of
Credit Facility.
“ FDIC
” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
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“ Fee
Letter ” means the fee letter dated April 30,
2007, between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and WCM, as
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“ Financial
Performance Covenants ” means the covenants of the
Borrower set forth in Sections 5.04(a) and (b).
“
Financings ” has the meaning specified in the
Preliminary Statements.
“ FIRREA
” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
“ Financial
Officer ” of any person shall mean the chief
financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
controller of such person.
“ Fiscal
Year ” means a fiscal year of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries ending on December 31 in any
calendar year.
“ Force
Majeure ” means any cause beyond the reasonable
control of the Borrower and occurring without the Borrower’s
fault or negligence, including acts of God, unforeseen Government
restrictions (including the denial or cancellation of license),
wars or insurrections.
“ Foreign
Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is
resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“ Fronting
Fee” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(b).
“ Fund
” means any Person (other than an individual) that is or will
be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in
commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course.
“ Funded
Debt ” of any Person means Debt in respect of the
Loan Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents, in the case of
the Borrower, and all other Debt for Borrowed Money of such Person
that by its terms matures more than one year after the date of
determination or matures within one year from such date but is
renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date
more than one year after such date or arises under a revolving
credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to
extend credit during a period of more than one year after such
date.
“ GAAP
” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.
“ Gaming
Authority ” means any agency, authority, board,
bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality of any
nature whatsoever of the federal government or any state, county,
city or other political subdivision, whether now or hereafter in
existence, or any officer or official thereof, but only to the
extent that such agency, authority, board, bureau, commission,
department, office or instrumentality possesses authority to
regulate any gaming operation owned, managed or operated, or
proposed to be owned, managed or operated, by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries.
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“ Gaming
Laws ” means all applicable federal, state and local
laws, rules and regulations pursuant to which Gaming Authorities
possess regulatory, licensing or permit authority over the
ownership or operation of gaming facilities.
“ Gaming
License ” means any finding of suitability,
registration, license, franchise or other approval or authorization
issued by or from any Gaming Authority under Gaming Laws that is
required to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or manage the
gaming activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in any state
or jurisdiction in which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
conduct business.
“ General
Contractor ” means any Person who contracts for the
construction of any entire Project, rather than for a portion of
the work relating thereto and otherwise has the obligation to
retain and pay subcontractors and coordinates the work to be
performed.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any nation or government, any
state, province, city, municipal entity or other political
subdivision thereof, and any governmental, executive, legislative,
judicial, administrative or regulatory agency, department,
authority, instrumentality, commission, board, bureau or similar
body, whether federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or
foreign.
“ Governmental
Authorization ” means any authorization, approval,
consent, franchise, license, covenant, order, ruling, permit,
certification, exemption, notice, declaration or similar right,
undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing,
qualification or registration with, any Governmental
Authority.
“ Governmental
Real Property Disclosure Requirements ” shall mean
any requirement of any Governmental Authority requiring
notification of the buyer, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or other
transferee of any Real Property, facility, establishment or
business, or notification, registration or filing to or with any
Governmental Authority, in connection with the sale, lease,
mortgage, assignment or other transfer (including any transfer of
control) of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business,
of the actual or threatened presence or release or discharge in or
into the Environment, or the use, disposal or handling of Hazardous
Materials on, at, under or near the Real Property, facility,
establishment or business to be sold, leased, mortgaged, assigned
or transferred.
“
Guarantors ” means the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
“
Guaranties ” means, collectively, the Guaranty
made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit E,
together with each guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(l) or (m).
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means (a) petroleum or petroleum
products, by-products or breakdown products, radioactive materials,
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon
gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances
designated, classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a
pollutant or contaminant under any Environmental Law.
“ Hedge
Agreements ” means interest rate, commodity or
currency swap, cap or collar agreements, future or option contracts
and other hedging agreements (including, without limitation, all
“swap agreements” as defined in 11 U.S.C. §
101).
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“ Hedge
Bank ” means any Lender Party or Affiliate of a
Lender Party in its capacity as a party to a Secured Hedge
Agreement and any counterparty to such Secured Hedge Agreement that
was a Lender Party or Affiliate of a Lender Party at the time such
Secured Hedge Agreement was entered into.
“Hotel
Project” has the meaning specified in the Preliminary
Statements.
“ Increase
Effective Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.17(a) .
“ Increase
Joinder ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.17(c) .
“ Incremental
Term Advance ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.17(c) .
“ Incremental
Term Advance Commitment ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.17(a) .
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.04(b).
“ Information
Memorandum ” means the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated May 2007, used by the Arranger in connection with
the syndication of the Commitments.
“ Initial
Additional Term Advance ” means the first Additional
Term Advance to take place.
“ Initial
Extension of Credit ” means the earlier to occur of
the initial Borrowing and the initial issuance of a Letter of
Credit hereunder.
“ Initial Term
Borrowing ” means the Term Borrowing that takes place
on the Closing Date.
“
Insufficiency ” means, with respect to any
Plan, the amount, if any, by which its benefit liabilities, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, determined using the
actuarial assumptions used for funding purposes in the most recent
actuarial report prepared for such Plan, exceeds the fair market
value of such Plan’s assets.
“ Insurance and
Condemnation Event ” means the receipt by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds
or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical
destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any
of their respective property or assets.
“ Intellectual
Property Security Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a)(iii).
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement among
Borrower, Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent (as defined
under the Second Lien Loan Documents) to be dated the Closing Date
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K.
“ Interest
Coverage Ratio ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(b).
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“ Interest
Period ” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the
date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion
of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar Rate Advance, and
ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower
pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent
period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding
Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected
by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of
each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six months
(nine or twelve months if agreed to by all participating lenders),
as the Borrower may, upon notice received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period,
select; provided , however , that:
(a) the Borrower may not
select any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate
Advance under a Facility that ends after any principal repayment
installment date for such Facility unless, after giving effect to
such selection, the aggregate principal amount of Base Rate
Advances and of Eurodollar Rate Advances having Interest Periods
that end on or prior to such principal repayment installment date
for such Facility shall be at least equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Advances under such Facility due and payable on
or prior to such date;
(b) Interest Periods
commencing on the same date for Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising
part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same
duration;
(c) whenever the last day of
any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a
Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be
extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day,
provided , however , that, if such extension would
cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next
following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period
shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and
(d) whenever the first day of
any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of
months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such
succeeding calendar month.
“ Internal
Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated
and rulings issued thereunder.
“
Investment ” in any Person means any loan or
advance to such Person, any purchase or other acquisition of any
Equity Interests or Debt or the assets comprising a division or
business unit or a substantial part or all of the business of such
Person, any capital contribution to such Person or any other direct
or indirect investment in such Person, including, without
limitation, any acquisition by way of a merger or consolidation (or
similar transaction) and any arrangement pursuant to which the
investor incurs Debt of the types referred to in clause (h) or
(i) of the definition of “Debt” in respect of such
Person.
“ Issuing
Bank ” means Wachovia, in its capacity as issuer of
any Letter of Credit, or any successor thereto.
“Issuing Bank
Fee” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(c)
“ L/C Collateral
Account ” has the meaning specified in the Security
Agreement.
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“ L/C
Disbursement ” shall mean a payment or disbursement
made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“ L/C Related
Documents ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(c)(i)(A).
“ Lender
Party ” means any Lender, Swing Line Bank or Issuing
Bank.
“ Lenders
” means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender
(including, without limitation, the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line
Bank unless the context otherwise requires) set forth on the
signature pages hereto and each Person that shall become a Lender
hereunder pursuant to Section 8.07 hereunder.
“Lenders’
Consultant” means a consulting engineer selected by
the Administrative Agent.
“ Letter of
Credit Advance ” means an advance made by any Issuing
Bank or any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to
Section 2.03(c).
“ Letter of
Credit Agreement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(a).
“ Letter of
Credit Commitment ” means, with respect to any
Issuing Bank at any time, the amount set forth opposite such
Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption
“Letter of Credit Commitment” or, if such Issuing Bank
has entered into an Assignment and Acceptance, set forth for such
Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 8.07(d) as such Issuing Bank’s
“Letter of Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be
reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“ Letter of
Credit Facility ” means, at any time, an amount equal
to the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the Issuing
Banks’ Letter of Credit Commitments at such time and
(b) $25,000,000, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to
such time pursuant to Section 2.05.
“ Letter of
Credit Fees ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(b).
“ Letters of
Credit ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(c).
“ Leverage
Ratio ” means, at any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) total Debt for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of the four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then most recently
ended; provided that for purposes of determining the
Leverage Ratio at any date, such Debt for Borrowed Money shall
include, with respect to any entities acquired by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date as permitted under
the Loan Documents, the Debt for Borrowed Money of such entities as
of the date of determination.
“ LIBOR
” means the rate of interest per annum determined on the
basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at
least $1,000,000 for a period equal to the applicable Interest
Period which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%). If, for any
reason, such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page,
then “LIBOR” shall be determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which
deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $1,000,000
would
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be offered by first class banks in the
London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a
period equal to such Interest Period. Each calculation by the
Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
“ Lien
” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest
or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of
preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien
or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any
easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real
property.
“ Loan
Documents ” means (a) this Agreement,
(b) the Notes, (c) the Collateral Documents, (d) the
Guaranties, (e) the Fee Letter, (f) each Letter of Credit
Agreement, and (g) any certificate, letter or other document
executed in connection herewith or therewith or pursuant hereto or
thereto, excluding, in each case, any Secured Hedge
Agreement.
“ Loan
Parties ” means the Borrower and the
Guarantors.
“ Margin
Stock ” has the meaning specified in Regulation
U.
“ Material
Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on
(a) the business, operations, condition, assets or liabilities
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of any Loan Party to any Loan Documents or any
document related thereto to perform its obligations thereunder or
(c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Documents or
the rights and remedies of the Lender Parties.
“ Material
Contract ” means, with respect to any Person, each
contract to which such Person is a party involving aggregate
consideration payable to or by such Person of $5,000,000 or more in
any year or otherwise material to the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), operations, performance or properties of
such Person.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc.
“
Mortgages ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a)(xv).
“ Mortgaged
Property ” shall mean each Real Property, if any,
which shall be subject to a Mortgage delivered on or after the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.01(l) .
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years
made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
“ Multiple
Employer Plan ” means a single employer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is
maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
and at least one Person other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA
Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which
any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been
or were to be terminated.
“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means, with respect to (a) any sale,
lease, transfer or other disposition of any asset, (b) the
incurrence or issuance of any Debt, (c) the sale or issuance
of any Equity Interests
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(including, without limitation, any
capital contribution) by any Person, or (d) any Extraordinary
Receipt received by or paid to or for the account of any Person,
the aggregate amount of cash received from time to time (whether as
initial consideration or through payment or disposition of deferred
consideration) by or on behalf of such Person in connection with
such transaction after deducting therefrom only (without
duplication) (i) reasonable and customary brokerage
commissions, underwriting fees and discounts, legal fees,
finder’s fees and other similar fees, commissions, costs and
expenses directly relating to such transaction, (ii) the
amount of taxes payable in connection with or as a result of such
transaction and (iii) the amount of any Debt secured by a Lien
on such asset that, by the terms of the agreement or instrument
governing such Debt, is required to be repaid upon such
disposition, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such
cash, actually paid to a Person that is not an Affiliate of such
Person or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party and are
properly attributable to such transaction or to the asset that is
the subject thereof; provided , however , that in the
case of taxes that are deductible under clause (ii) above but
for the fact that, at the time of receipt of such cash, such taxes
have not been actually paid or are not then payable, such Loan
Party or such Subsidiary may deduct an amount (the “
Reserved Amount ”) equal to the amount reserved
in accordance with GAAP for such Loan Party’s or such
Subsidiary’s reasonable estimate of such taxes, other than
taxes for which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary is indemnified,
provided further , however , that, at the time such
taxes are paid, an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which the
Reserved Amount for such taxes exceeds the amount of such taxes
actually paid shall constitute “Net Cash Proceeds” of
the type for which such taxes were reserved for all purposes
hereunder; provided further that, so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Net Cash Proceeds shall not
include any cash receipts from any transaction described in clause
(a) above to the extent the proceeds of such cash receipts
(individually or in the aggregate) shall not exceed
$1,000,000.
“ Non-Consenting
Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10(f).
“ Note
” means a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note.
“ Notice of
Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02(a).
“ Notice of
Issuance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(a).
“ Notice of
Prepayment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.06(a) .
“ Notice of
Renewal ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(c).
“ Notice of Swing
Line Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02(b).
“ Notice of
Termination ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(c).
“ NPL
” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“
Obligation ” means, with respect to any Loan
Party under any and all of the Loan Documents, (a) the
obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit
commissions, reimbursement amounts, charges, expenses, fees,
attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other
amounts payable by such Loan Party under any Loan Document and
(b) the obligation of such Loan Party to reimburse any amount
in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender Party, in its
sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan
Party.
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“ Off Balance
Sheet Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person,
any obligation of such Person under a synthetic lease, tax
retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar
off-balance sheet financing classified as an operating lease in
accordance with GAAP, if such obligations would give rise to a
claim against such Person in a proceeding referred to in
Section 6.01(s).
“ Other
Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(b).
“
Parent” has the meaning specified in the
Preliminary Statements.
“Parent Qualified
Contributions ” means the amount of Net Cash Proceeds
actually received by the Borrower or any Guarantor from the
issuance of any Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Stock),
and any capital contribution from Parent in respect
thereof.
“ Patriot
Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law
October 26, 2001.
“ PBGC
” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any
successor).
“ Perfection
Certificate ” means a perfection certificate,
executed by the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit
J.
“ Permitted
Acquisition ” means any investment by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary in the form of acquisitions of all or substantially
all of the business or a line of business (whether by the
acquisition of capital stock, assets or any combination thereof) of
any other Person if each such acquisition meets all of the
following requirements:
(a) no less than ten
(10) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such
acquisition, the Borrower shall have delivered written notice of
such acquisition to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which
notice shall include the proposed closing date of such
acquisition;
(b) such acquisition shall
not be hostile;
(c) the Person or business to
be acquired shall be in a substantially similar line of business as
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to
Section 5.02(1);
(d) if such transaction is a
merger or consolidation, the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall be the
surviving Person and no Change of Control shall have been effected
thereby;
(e) the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent such documents reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
(through the Administrative Agent) pursuant to Section 5.01(l)
to be delivered at the time required pursuant to
Section 5.01(1);
(f) no later than five
(5) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such
acquisition, the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders Compliance Certificate for the
most recent fiscal quarter end preceding such acquisition
demonstrating, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
thereto, (A) pro forma compliance (as of the date of the
acquisition and after giving effect thereto and any Extensions of
Credit made or to be made in connection therewith) with each
covenant contained in Section 5.04;
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(g) no later than five
(5) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such
acquisition the Borrower, to the extent requested by the
Administrative Agent, shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent promptly upon the finalization thereof copies of
substantially final Permitted Acquisition Documents;
(h) no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing both before and after giving effect
to such acquisition;
(i) the Borrower shall have
obtained the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders prior to the consummation of such acquisition
if (A) the Permitted Acquisition Consideration for any such
acquisition (or series of related acquisitions), together with all
other acquisitions consummated during the previous twelve
(12) month period, and (B) the Permitted Acquisition
Consideration for all acquisitions (or series of related
acquisitions), together with all other acquisitions consummated
during the term of this Agreement exceeds $100,000,000 in the
aggregate.
(j) the Borrower shall
provide such other documents and other information available to it
as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) in connection
with the consummation of the acquisition no later than ten
(10) days prior to the acquisition.
“ Permitted
Acquisition Consideration ” means the aggregate
amount of the purchase price (including, but not limited to, any
assumed debt, earn-outs (valued at the maximum amount payable
thereunder), deferred payments, or Equity Interests of the
Borrower, net of the applicable acquired company’s cash
(including investments of the type described in
Section 5.02(c)(vi) ) balance as shown on its most
recent financial statements delivered in connection with the
applicable Permitted Acquisition) to be paid on a singular basis in
connection with any applicable Permitted Acquisition as set forth
in the applicable Permitted Acquisition Documents executed by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to consummate the
applicable Permitted Acquisition.
“ Permitted
Acquisition Documents ” means, with respect to any
acquisition proposed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, final
copies or substantially final drafts if not executed at the
required time of delivery of the purchase agreement, sale
agreement, merger agreement or other agreement evidencing such
acquisition, including, without limitation, all legal opinions and
each other document executed, delivered, contemplated by or
prepared in connection therewith and any amendment, modification or
supplement to any of the foregoing.
“ Permitted
Holder ” means Tilman J. Fertitta and his estate,
spouse and lineal descendants, and the legal representatives of any
of the foregoing, and the trustees of any bona fide trusts of which
any of the foregoing are the sole beneficiaries and grantors, or
any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or
similar entity, all of the Voting Interests of which are owned by
any of the foregoing.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means the Liens permitted pursuant to
Section 5.02(b).
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“ Person
” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity,
or a government or any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
“ Plan
” means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer
Plan.
“ Pledged
Debt ” has the meaning specified in the Security
Agreement.
“ Pledged
Equity ” has the meaning specified in the Security
Agreement.
“ Preferred
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, Equity
Interests issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference
or priority over any other Equity Interests issued by such Person
upon any distribution of such Person’s property and assets,
whether by dividend or upon liquidation.
“ Pro Rata
Share ” of any amount means, with respect to any
Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the product of such amount
times a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time (or,
if the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated pursuant
to Section 2.05 or 6.01, such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such expiration or
termination) and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time (or, if the
Commitments shall have expired or been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.01, the Revolving Credit Facility as in
effect immediately prior to such termination).
“ Project
Budget ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(d).
“ Project
Construction Schedule ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(c).
“ Project
Cost ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(d).
“ Project
Documents ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(g).
“ Project
Plans ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(b).
“ Real
Property ” shall mean, collectively, all right, title
and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in
and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned,
leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or
other means, together with, in each case, all easements,
hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements
and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and
contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the
ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“
Redeemable ” means, with respect to any Equity
Interest, any Debt or any other right or obligation, any such
Equity Interest, Debt, right or obligation that (a) the issuer
has undertaken to redeem at a fixed or determinable date or dates,
whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise, or upon the
occurrence of a condition not solely within the control of the
issuer or (b) is redeemable at the option of the
holder.
“
Refinancing ” has the meaning specified in the
Preliminary Statements.
“
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.07(c).
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“ Regulation
U ” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Related
Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“ Required
Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders owed or holding
at least a majority in interest of the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding at such
time, (b) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit outstanding at such time, (c) the aggregate unused Term
Commitments at such time and (d) the aggregate Unused
Revolving Credit Commitments at such time; provided ,
however , that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at
such time, there shall be excluded from the determination of
Required Lenders at such time (i) the aggregate principal
amount of the Advances owing to such Lender (in its capacity as a
Lender) and outstanding at such time, (ii) such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit outstanding at such time, (iii) the aggregate unused
Term Commitment of such Lender at such time and (iv) the
Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender at such time. For
purposes of this definition, the aggregate principal amount of
Swing Line Advances owing to any Swing Line Bank and of Letter of
Credit Advances owing to any Issuing Bank and the Available Amount
of each Letter of Credit shall be considered to be owed to the
Revolving Credit Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Revolving Credit Commitments.
“ Required
Revolving Credit Lenders ” means, at any time,
Revolving Credit Lenders owed or holding at least a majority in
interest of the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of
the Revolving Credit Advances outstanding at such time,
(b) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
outstanding at such time and (c) the aggregate Unused
Revolving Credit Commitments at such time; provided ,
however , that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at
such time, there shall be excluded from the determination of
Required Revolving Credit Lenders at such time (i) the
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances owing
to such Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at
such time, (ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at
such time and (iii) the Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of
such Lender at such time. For purposes of this definition, the
aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Advances owing to any
Swing Line Bank and of Letter of Credit Advances owing to any
Issuing Bank and the Available Amount of each Letter of Credit
shall be considered to be owed to the Revolving Credit Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit
Commitments.
“ Required Term
Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders owed or holding
at least a majority in interest of the aggregate principal amount
of the Term Advances outstanding at such time; provided ,
however , that if any Lender making Term Advances shall be a
Defaulting Lender at such time, there shall be excluded from the
determination of Required Term Lenders at such time the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Advances owing to such Lender (in its
capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time.
“ Responsible
Officer ” means the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer, chief administrative officer,
treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document
delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a
Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized
by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the
part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be
conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan
Party.
“ Restricted
Payment ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(f).
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“ Revolving
Credit Advance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(b).
“ Revolving
Credit Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made by the
Revolving Credit Lenders.
“ Revolving
Credit Commitment ” means, with respect to any
Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption
“Revolving Credit Commitment” or, if such Lender has
entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances, set forth for
such Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 8.07(d) as such Lender’s
“Revolving Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be
reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“ Revolving
Credit Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit
Commitments at such time. As of the Closing Date, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is
$50,000,000.
“ Revolving
Credit Lender ” means any Lender that has a Revolving
Credit Commitment.
“ Revolving
Credit Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower
payable to the order of any Revolving Credit Lender, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A 1 hereto, evidencing the
aggregate Debt of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the
Revolving Credit Advances, Letter of Credit Advances and Swing Line
Advances made by such Lender, as amended, endorsed or
replaced.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“
Sale-and-Leaseback Transaction ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.02(r).
“ Second Lien
Administrative Agent ” means Wachovia as
Administrative Agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, and
any successor administrative agent thereunder.
“ Second Lien
Credit Agreement ” means the Second Lien Credit
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower,
the lenders party thereto and the Second Lien Administrative Agent,
as in effect on the date hereof.
“ Second Lien
Loan Documents ” means Loan Documents as defined in
the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“ Second Lien
Secured Parties ” means Secured Parties as defined in
the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“ Secured Hedge
Agreement ” means any Hedge Agreement permitted by
Article V that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and
any Hedge Bank and that is secured by the Collateral
Documents.
“ Secured
Obligations ” means, collectively, the “Secured
Obligations” defined in Section 2 of the Security
Agreement.
“ Secured
Parties ” means the Agents, the Lender Parties, the
Indemnified Parties and the Hedge Banks.
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“ Securities
Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Security
Agreement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a)(ii).
“ Single Employer
Plan ” means a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person
other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or
(b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Loan Party
or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069
of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Solvent
” and “ Solvency ” mean, with
respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date
(a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater
than the total amount of liabilities, including, without
limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the
present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not
less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not
believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such
Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they
mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a
transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a
transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent
liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in
the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of
(a) the issued and outstanding capital stock (or membership
interests) having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Person
(irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such Person shall or might have voting power
upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in
the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or
limited liability company or (c) the beneficial interest in
such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its
other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other
Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, The Fremont Street
Experience Limited Liability Company is not a Subsidiary of any
Loan Party.
“ Subordinated
Debt ” means the collective reference to any Debt of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary subordinated in right and time of
payment to the Obligations and containing such other terms and
conditions, in each case as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
“ Supplemental
Collateral Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 7.10(a).
“ Survey
” shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all
improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a
surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the
jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located,
(ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to
the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred
within six months prior to such date of delivery any exterior
construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property or any
easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property
has been granted or become effective through operation of law or
otherwise with respect to such Mortgaged Property which, in either
case, can be depicted on a survey, in which events, as applicable,
such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of
such construction or if such construction shall not have been
completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days
prior to such date of delivery, or after the grant or effectiveness
of any such easement, right of way or
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other interest in the Mortgaged
Property, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Title Company,
(iv) complying in all respects with the minimum detail
requirements of the American Land Title Association as such
requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such
survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all
standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or
commitment) relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue the
endorsements of the type required by Section 3.01(xvi) or
(b) otherwise acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
“ Surviving
Debt ” means Debt of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before and after giving effect
to the Initial Extension of Credit.
“ Swing Line
Advance ” means an advance made by (a) any Swing
Line Bank pursuant to Section 2.01(d) or (b) any
Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to
Section 2.02(b).
“ Swing Line
Bank ” means Wachovia in its capacity as swing line
lender hereunder or any Lender that becomes a Swing Line Bank upon
Wachovia’s resignation as Administrative Agent.
“ Swing Line
Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of a Swing
Line Advance made by any Swing Line Bank pursuant to
Section 2.01(d) or the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.02(b).
“ Swing Line
Commitment ” means, with respect to any Swing Line
Bank at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Swing Line
Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption
“Swing Line Commitment” or, if such Swing Line Bank has
entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances, set forth for
such Swing Line Bank in the Register maintained by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.07(d) as such Swing
Line Bank’s “Swing Line Commitment”, as such
amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“ Swing Line
Facility ” means, at any time, an amount equal to the
lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the Swing Line
Banks’ Swing Line Commitments at such time and
(b) $10,000,000, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to
such time pursuant to Section 2.05.
“ Taxes
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(a).
“ Term
Advance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(a) or an Incremental Term Advance.
“ Term
Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Term Advances of the same Type made by the Term
Lenders.
“ Term
Commitment ” means, with respect to any Term Lender
at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name
on Schedule I hereto under the caption “Term
Commitment”, by an Increase Joinder or, if such Lender has
entered into one of more Assignment and Acceptances, set forth for
such Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 8.07(d) as such Lender’s “Term
Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to
such time pursuant to Section 2.05.
“ Term
Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount
of the Term Lenders’ Term Commitments at such
time.
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“ Term
Lender ” means any Lender that has a Term Commitment
or has made Term Advances.
“ Term
Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower
payable to the order of any Term Lender, in substantially the form
of Exhibit A-2 hereto, evidencing the Debt of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from the Term Advance made by such Lender, as
amended, endorsed or replaced.
“ Termination
Date ” means the earlier of (a) the date of
termination in whole of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swing
Line Commitments, the Letter of Credit Commitment and the Term
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01 and (b)(i) for
purposes of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Facility
and the Letter of Credit Facility, June 30, 2013, and
(ii) for purposes of the Term Facility, the earlier of
(A) the payment in full of the Term Facility and
(B) June 30, 2014.
“ Title
Company ” shall mean any title insurance company as
shall be retained by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
“ Title
Policy ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 3.01(xvi) .
“
Transactions ” has the meaning specified in the
Preliminary Statements.
“ Type
” refers to the distinction between Advances bearing interest
at the Base Rate and Advances bearing interest at the Eurodollar
Rate.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time
to time, in the State of New York.
“ Unused
Revolving Credit Commitment ” means, with respect to
any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, an amount equal to
(a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such
time minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances and Letter of
Credit Advances made by or deemed to be purchased by such Lender
(in its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time
plus (ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
(A) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
outstanding at such time, and (B) the aggregate principal
amount of all Swing Line Advances made by the Swing Line Banks
pursuant to Section 2.01(d) and outstanding at such
time.
“ Voting
Interests ” means shares of capital stock issued by a
corporation, or equivalent Equity Interests in any other Person,
the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or
persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the
right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a
contingency.
“
Wachovia ” has the meaning specified in the
recital of parties to this Agreement.
“ WCM
” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this
Agreement.
“ Withdrawal
Liability ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4201(b) of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Computation
of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions . In this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “ from ” means “from and
including” and the words “ to ” and
“ until ” each mean “to but
excluding”. References in the Loan Documents to any agreement
or contract “ as amended ” shall mean and
be a reference to such agreement or contract as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with its terms. All notices shall be required to be
in writing.
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting
Terms . All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in effect from time to time in the United States of
America (“ GAAP ”). If, at any time after
the date of this Agreement, any material change is made to GAAP or
the Borrower’s accounting practices that would affect in any
material respect the determination of compliance with the covenants
set forth in this Agreement, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of the change and the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such
covenant to restore the Borrower and the Lenders to the position
they occupied before the implementation of such material change in
GAAP or accounting practices; provided that if the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent are unable to reach agreement within
30 days following the implementation of such material change, the
Administrative Agent shall be permitted, acting in good faith, to
make such amendments to the covenants set forth in this Agreement
as it reasonably determines are necessary to restore the Borrower
and the Lenders to the position they occupied prior to the
implementation thereof.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES
AND THE LETTERS OF
CREDIT
SECTION 2.01. The Advances
and the Letters of Credit .
(a) The Term Advances
. Each Term Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make loans to the Borrower
from time to time (each, a “ Term Advance
”) on any Business Day during the Availability Period for the
Term Facility, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such
Lender’s Term Commitment at such time. The Initial Term
Borrowing shall consist of a Term Advance of $210,000,000 made on
the Closing Date by the Term Lenders ratably according to their
Term Commitments. Additional Term Advances shall not exceed
$120,000,000, provided that (i) any such Borrowing
shall be in a minimum amount of $20,000,000 and (ii) the
Borrower may make a maximum of five such Borrowings. Amounts
borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may
not be reborrowed.
(b) The Revolving Credit
Advances . Each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make advances
(each a “ Revolving Credit Advance ”) to
the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the Closing Date until the Termination Date in respect
of the Revolving Credit Facility in an amount for each such Advance
not to exceed such Lender’s Unused Revolving Credit
Commitment at such time. Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Advances or $1,000,000 in the case of Base Rate Advances, or in
each case an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
(other than a Borrowing the proceeds of which shall be used solely
to repay or prepay in full outstanding Letter of Credit Advances)
and shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances made simultaneously
by the Revolving Credit Lenders ratably according to their
Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the limits of each Revolving
Credit Lender’s Unused Revolving Credit Commitment in effect
from time to time, the Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01(b), prepay pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and
reborrow under this Section 2.01(b).
(c) The Letters of
Credit . The Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to issue or renew (or cause any Affiliate
that is a commercial bank to issue or renew
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on its behalf) standby letters of credit
and commercial letters of credit (together, the “
Letters of Credit ”) in United States dollars
for the account of the Borrower from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Closing Date until 30 days before
the Termination Date in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility in
an aggregate Available Amount (i) for all Letters of Credit
not to exceed at any time the lesser of (x) the Letter of
Credit Facility at such time and (y) such Issuing Bank’s
Letter of Credit Commitment at such time and (ii) for each
such Letter of Credit not to exceed the Unused Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders at such time. No Letter
of Credit shall have an expiration date (including all rights of
the Borrower or the beneficiary to require renewal) later than the
earlier of (a) one year after the date of issuance thereof and
(b) the date that is 30 days before the Termination Date in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, but may by its terms be
renewable annually upon written notice (a “ Notice of
Renewal ”) given to the Issuing Bank that issued such
Letter of Credit and the Administrative Agent on or prior to any
date for notice of renewal set forth in such Letter of Credit but
in any event at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed renewal of such Letter of Credit and upon fulfillment of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III unless such
Issuing Bank has notified the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date for notice of
termination set forth in such Letter of Credit but in any event at
least 30 Business Days prior to the date of automatic renewal of
its election not to renew such Letter of Credit (a “
Notice of Termination ”); provided that
the terms of each Letter of Credit that is automatically renewable
annually shall (x) require the Issuing Bank that issued such
Letter of Credit to give the beneficiary named in such Letter of
Credit notice of any Notice of Termination, (y) permit such
beneficiary, upon receipt of such notice, to draw under such Letter
of Credit prior to the date such Letter of Credit otherwise would
have been automatically renewed and (z) not permit the
expiration date (after giving effect to any renewal) of such Letter
of Credit in any event to be extended to a date later than 30 days
before the Termination Date in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility. If either a Notice of Renewal is not given by the
Borrower or a Notice of Termination is given by the Issuing Bank
that issued a Letter of Credit pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence, such Letter of Credit shall expire on the date
on which it otherwise would have been automatically renewed. Within
the limits of the Letter of Credit Facility, and subject to the
limits referred to above, the Borrower may request the issuance of
Letters of Credit under this Section 2.01(c), repay any Letter
of Credit Advances resulting from drawings thereunder pursuant to
Section 2.03(c) and request the issuance of additional Letters
of Credit under this Section 2.01(c).
(d) The Swing Line
Advances . Each Swing Line Bank agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Swing Line Advances to
the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the date hereof until the Termination Date in an amount
for each such Advance not to exceed the lesser of (i) such
Swing Line Bank’s Swing Line Commitment at such time and
(ii) the aggregate Unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such
time. No Swing Line Advance shall be used for the purpose of
funding the payment of principal of any other Swing Line Advance.
Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be made
as a Base Rate Advance. Within the limits of the Swing Line
Facility and within the limits referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above, the Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01(d), repay pursuant to Section 2.04(d) or
prepay pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(d).
SECTION 2.02. Making the
Advances .
(a) Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.02(b) or 2.03, each Borrowing shall be
made on notice, given not later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed
Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate
Advances, or the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing in the case
of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Appropriate
Lender
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prompt notice thereof. Each such notice
of a Borrowing (a “ Notice of Borrowing
”) shall be in writing or electronic mail or by telephone,
confirmed immediately in writing, or telecopier or electronic
communication, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto,
specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing,
(ii) Facility under which such Borrowing is to be made,
(iii) Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing,
(iv) aggregate amount of such Borrowing and (v) in the
case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, initial
Interest Period for each such Advance. Each Appropriate Lender
shall, before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such
Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative
Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s
ratable portion of such Borrowing in accordance with the respective
Commitments under the applicable Facility of such Lender and the
other Appropriate Lenders. Upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will
make such funds available to the Borrower by crediting the
Borrower’s Account; provided , however , that,
in the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent shall first make a portion of such funds equal to the
aggregate principal amount of any Swing Line Advances and Letter of
Credit Advances made by any Swing Line Bank or any Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, and by any other Revolving Credit Lender and
outstanding on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, plus
interest accrued and unpaid thereon to and as of such date,
available to such Swing Line Bank or such Issuing Bank, as the case
may be, and such other Revolving Credit Lenders for repayment of
such Swing Line Advances and Letter of Credit Advances.
(b) Each Swing Line Borrowing
shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing, by the
Borrower to any Swing Line Bank and the Administrative Agent. Each
such notice of a Swing Line Borrowing (a “ Notice of
Swing Line Borrowing ”) shall be in writing or by
telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, or telecopier or
electronic communication, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1
hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such
Borrowing, (ii) amount of such Borrowing and
(iii) maturity of such Borrowing (which maturity shall be no
later than the seventh day after the requested date of such
Borrowing). Swing Line Bank will make the amount thereof available
to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s
Account, in same day funds. After the Administrative Agent’s
receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will
make such funds available to the Borrower by crediting the
Borrower’s Account. Upon written demand by any Swing Line
Bank with an outstanding Swing Line Advance, with a copy of such
demand to the Administrative Agent, or automatically upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default described in
Section 6.01(k), (s) or (t) each other Revolving
Credit Lender shall purchase from such Swing Line Bank, and such
Swing Line Bank shall sell and assign to each such other Revolving
Credit Lender, such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such
outstanding Swing Line Advance as of the date of such demand, by
making available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office
to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Swing Line
Bank, by deposit to the Administrative Agent’s Account, in
same day funds, an amount equal to the portion of the outstanding
principal amount of such Swing Line Advance to be purchased by such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to each such sale and
assignment. Each Revolving Credit Lender agrees to purchase its Pro
Rata Share of an outstanding Swing Line Advance on the Business Day
on which demand therefor is made by the Swing Line Bank that made
such Advance, provided that notice of such demand is given
not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on such Business Day
or the first Business Day next succeeding such demand if notice of
such demand is given after such time or, in the case of the
occurrence of an Event of Default described in
Section 6.01(k), (s) or (t) on the date of such
occurrence. Upon any such assignment by a Swing Line Bank to any
other Revolving Credit Lender of a portion of a Swing Line Advance,
such Swing Line Bank represents and warrants to such other Lender
that such Swing Line Bank is the legal and beneficial owner of such
interest being assigned by it, but makes no other representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to such Swing
Line Advance, the Loan Documents or any Loan Party. If and to the
extent that any Revolving Credit Lender
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shall not have so made the amount of
such Swing Line Advance available to the Administrative Agent, such
Revolving Credit Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such amount together with interest thereon, for
each day from the date of demand by such Swing Line Bank until the
date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the
Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent such amount for the account of such Swing Line Bank on any
Business Day, such amount so paid in respect of principal shall
constitute a Swing Line Advance made by such Lender on such
Business Day for purposes of this Agreement, and the outstanding
principal amount of the Swing Line Advance made by such Swing Line
Bank shall be reduced by such amount on such Business
Day.
(c) Anything in subsection
(a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the
Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Borrowing
if the aggregate amount of such Borrowing is less than $1,000,000
or if the obligation of the Appropriate Lenders to make Eurodollar
Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.09
or 2.10 and (ii) the Advances may not be outstanding as part
of more than 8 separate Borrowings with more than 8 different
Interest Periods.
(d) Each Notice of Borrowing
and Notice of Swing Line Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding
on the Borrower. In the case of any Borrowing that the related
Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate
Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Appropriate Lender
against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a
result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in
such Notice of Borrowing for such Borrowing the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation,
any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits
or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Advance to be
made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Advance, as
a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(e) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received written notice from an Appropriate Lender
prior to the date of any Borrowing under a Facility under which
such Lender has a Commitment that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable
portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative
Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsection
(a) of this Section 2.02 and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent
that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to repay or pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount and to pay interest
thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available
to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid or paid to the
Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable at such time under Section 2.07 to
Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of
such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate for 3 days, and then the
interest rate applicable at such time under Section 2.07 to
Advances comprising such Borrowing. If such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid
shall constitute such Lender’s Advance as part of such
Borrowing for all purposes.
(f) The failure of any Lender
to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder
to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make
the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any
Borrowing.
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(g) The Administrative Agent
may conclusively rely on the purported genuineness of all
telephonic notices, without any responsibility or liability, except
for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 2.03. Issuance of
and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit
.
(a) Request for
Issuance . Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice,
given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the fifth
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed issuance of such
Letter of Credit, by the Borrower to the Issuing Bank that shall
issue such Letter of Credit, which shall give to the Administrative
Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender prompt notice thereof by
telecopier or electronic communication. Each such notice of
issuance of a Letter of Credit (a “ Notice of
Issuance ”) shall be in writing or electronic mail or
by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, or telecopier or
electronic communication, specifying therein the requested
(i) date of such issuance (which shall be a Business Day),
(ii) Available Amount of such Letter of Credit (which amount
shall not be less than $1,000,000), (iii) expiration date of
such Letter of Credit, (iv) name and address of the
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and (v) form of such
Letter of Credit, and shall be accompanied by such Issuing
Bank’s customary application and agreement for letter of
credit as the applicable Issuing Bank may specify to the Borrower
for use in connection with such requested Letter of Credit (a
“ Letter of Credit Agreement ”). If the
requested form of such Letter of Credit is acceptable to the
applicable Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion, such Issuing
Bank will, upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth
in Article III, make such Letter of Credit available to the
Borrower at its office referred to in Section 8.02 or as
otherwise agreed with the Borrower in connection with such
issuance. In the event and to the extent that the provisions of any
Letter of Credit Agreement shall conflict with this Agreement, the
provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
(b) Letter of Credit
Reports . Each Issuing Bank shall furnish (i) to the
Administrative Agent on or about the first Business Day of each
week a written report summarizing issuance and expiration dates of
Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the previous
week and drawings during such week under all Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank and (ii) to the Administrative
Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender on or about the first
Business Day of each calendar quarter a written report setting
forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the
preceding calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit.
(c) Participations in
Letters of Credit . Upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit by
any Issuing Bank under Section 2.03(a), such Issuing Bank
shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to
have sold to each Revolving Credit Lender, and each such Revolving
Credit Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party
hereto, to have purchased from such Issuing Bank, a participation
in such Letter of Credit in an amount for each Revolving Credit
Lender equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Available
Amount of such Letter of Credit, effective upon the issuance of
such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
each L/C Disbursement made by any Issuing Bank and not reimbursed
by the Borrower forthwith on the date due as provided in
Section 2.04(c) (or which has been so reimbursed but must be
returned or restored by such Issuing Bank because of the occurrence
of an event specified in Section 6.01(f) or otherwise) by
making available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office
to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank by
deposit to the Administrative Agent’s Account, in same day
funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
such L/C Disbursement. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges
and agrees that its obligation to acquire and pay for
participations pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) in respect of
Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
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including the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any
off-set, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If and to
the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have so made
the amount of such L/C Disbursement available to the Administrative
Agent, such Revolving Credit Lender agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such L/C Disbursement
is due pursuant to Section 2.04(c) until the date such amount
is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for
its account or the account of such Issuing Bank, as applicable. If
such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent such amount for
the account of such Issuing Bank on any Business Day, such amount
so paid in respect of principal shall constitute a Letter of Credit
Advance made by such Lender on such Business Day for purposes of
this Agreement, and the outstanding principal amount of the Letter
of Credit Advance made by such Issuing Bank shall be reduced by
such amount on such Business Day.
(d) Drawing and
Reimbursement . The payment by any Issuing Bank of a draft
drawn under any Letter of Credit shall constitute for all purposes
of this Agreement the making by such Issuing Bank of a Letter of
Credit Advance, which shall be a Base Rate Advance and reimbursed
in accordance with Section 2.04(c), in the amount of such
draft.
(e) Failure to Make Letter
of Credit Advances . The failure of any Lender to make the
Letter of Credit Advance to be made by it on the date specified in
Section 2.03(c) shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligation hereunder to make its Letter of Credit Advance on such
date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make the Letter of Credit Advance to be made by
such other Lender on such date.
(f) Applicability of ISP98
(ICC Publication No. 590) . Unless otherwise expressly
agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a
Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the “International
Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of
International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later
version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) shall
apply to each Letter of Credit.
SECTION 2.04. Repayment of
Advances .
(a) Term Advances .
The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable account of the Term Lenders the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Term Advances on the following dates in the
amounts specified below (which amounts shall be increased as a
result of Additional Term Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.01
or reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in
accordance with Section 2.06):
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Date
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Amount |
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September 30, 2009
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
September 30, 2010
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
December 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
March 31, 2011
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
June 30, 2011
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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September 30, 2011
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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December 31, 2011
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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|
|
|
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Date
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|
Amount |
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March 31, 2012
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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June 30, 2012
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
September 30, 2012
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
December 31 2012
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
March 31, 2013
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
June 30, 2013
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
September 30, 2013
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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March 31, 2014
|
|
$ |
525,000 |
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Termination Date
|
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$ |
200,025,000 |
Additional Term Advances shall amortize
in equal quarterly installments equal to 0.25% of such Additional
Term Advances commencing with the first full quarter after such
borrowing until the Termination Date, it being understood that the
final principal installment shall be repaid on the Termination Date
in respect of the Term Facility and in any event shall be in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Term Advances
outstanding on such date.
(b) Revolving Credit
Advances . The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent
for the ratable account of the Revolving Credit Lenders on the
Termination Date in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility the
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances then
outstanding.
(c) Letter of Credit
Advances . The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Issuing Bank and each other Revolving
Credit Lender that has made a Letter of Credit Advance on the
earlier of demand and the Termination Date in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility the outstanding principal amount of each
Letter of Credit Advance made by each of them.
(i) The Obligations of the
Borrower and the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders with
respect to Letters of Credit under this Agreement, any Letter of
Credit Agreement and any other agreement or instrument relating to
any Letter of Credit (including any and all reimbursement
obligations payable to the Issuing Banks) shall be unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such Letter of Credit Agreement and such
other agreement or instrument under all circumstances, including,
without limitation, the following circumstances:
(A) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document, any Letter of Credit
Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto (all of the foregoing being,
collectively, the “ L/C Related Documents
”);
(B) any change in the time,
manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of any L/C Related
Document or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
departure from all or any of the L/C Related Documents;
(C) the existence of any
claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have
at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter
of Credit (or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any
such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Bank or any other
Person, whether in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the L/C Related Documents or any unrelated transaction;
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(D) any statement or any
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect;
(E) payment by any Issuing
Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft,
certificate or other document that does not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(F) any exchange, release or
non perfection of any Collateral or other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the
Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations
of the Borrower in respect of the L/C Related Documents;
or
(G) any other circumstance or
happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, any other circumstance
that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrower or a guarantor.
(d) Swing Line
Advances . The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Swing Line Bank and each other Revolving
Credit Lender that has made a Swing Line Advance the outstanding
principal amount of each Swing Line Advance made by each of them on
the earlier of the maturity date specified in the applicable Notice
of Swing Line Borrowing and the Termination Date.
SECTION 2.05. Termination
or Reduction of the Commitments .
(a) Optional . The
Borrower may, upon at least five Business Days’ written
notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in
part the unused portions of the Swing Line Commitments and the
Letter of Credit Facility and the Unused Revolving Credit
Commitments; provided , however , that each partial
reduction of a Facility (i) shall be in an aggregate amount of
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and (ii) shall be made ratably among the Appropriate Lenders
in accordance with their Commitments with respect to such
Facility.
(b) Mandatory .
(i) The Term Commitments shall be automatically and
permanently reduced to zero on the last day of the Availability
Period of the Term Facility.
(ii) The Letter of Credit
Facility shall be permanently reduced from time to time on the date
of each reduction in the Revolving Credit Facility by the amount,
if any, by which the amount of the Letter of Credit Facility
exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility after giving effect to such
reduction of the Revolving Credit Facility.
(iii) The Swing Line Facility
shall be permanently reduced from time to time on the date of each
reduction in the Revolving Credit Facility by the amount, if any,
by which the amount of the Swing Line Facility exceeds the
Revolving Credit Facility after giving effect to such reduction of
the Revolving Credit Facility.
(iv) The Revolving Credit
Facility shall be (subject to the proviso below) reduced, on a pro
rata basis, on each date on which prepayment thereof is required to
be made pursuant to Section 2.06(b) in an amount equal to the
amount of such prepayment, provided that (A) each such
reduction of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be made ratably
among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their
Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) such reductions shall
not, reduce the aggregate amount
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of the Revolving Credit Facility (or
such lower amount resulting from any such reductions made during
the continuance of an Event of Default) provided, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Revolving Credit
Facility shall be automatically and permanently reduced by the
amount of such prepayment.
SECTION 2.06.
Prepayments .
(a) Optional . The
Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-3 (a “ Notice of Prepayment ”)
stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the
prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay
the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Advances
comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part,
together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on
the aggregate principal amount prepaid; provided ,
however , that (i) each partial prepayment shall be in
an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Advances and $1,000,000 in the case of Base Rate
Advances, in each case an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof and (ii) if any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate
Advance is made on a date other than the last day of an Interest
Period for such Advance, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts
owing pursuant to Section 8.04(d). Each such prepayment of any
Term Advances shall be applied ratably to the installments
thereof.
(b) Mandatory
.
(i) (A) Debt Issuances
. The Borrower shall prepay the Advances in the manner set forth in
clause (F) below in amounts equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Debt
Issuance. Such prepayment shall be made within three
(3) Business Days after the date of receipt of Net Cash
Proceeds of any such transaction.
(B) Equity Issuances .
The Borrower shall prepay the Advances in the manner set forth in
clause (F) below in amounts equal to fifty percent
(50%) of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Equity
Issuance or capital contribution to any of the Loan Parties other
than (i) sales or issuances of Equity Interests by Borrower or
its Subsidiaries as part of employee benefit plan in existence from
time to time or (ii) conversion to equity of any debt
securities in connection with which a prepayment under
Section 2.06(b)(i)(A) has been made. Such prepayment shall be
made within three (3) Business Days after the date of receipt
of Net Cash Proceeds of any such transaction; provided that,
no such prepayment shall be required hereunder in connection with
Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower from a Parent Qualified
Contribution made pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(D), 6.03 or
6.04.
(C) Asset Dispositions
. The Borrower shall prepay the Advances in the manner set forth in
clause (F) below in amounts equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset
Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Such
prepayments shall be made within three (3) Business Days after
receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of any such transaction by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, no
prepayments shall be required hereunder for (i) aggregate
Asset Dispositions of less than $10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year and
(ii) from Asset Dispositions which is reinvested within one
hundred and eighty (180) days after receipt of such Net Cash
Proceeds by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in similar
replacement assets, or (ii) in connection with Asset
Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
(D) Insurance and
Condemnation Events . The Borrower shall prepay the Advances in
the manner set forth in clause (F) below in amounts equal to
one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds
from any Insurance and Condemnation Event by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries. Such prepayments shall be made within three
(3) Business Days after receipt of Net Cash
Proceeds
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of any such transaction by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, if no Default or
Event of Default has then occurred and remains continuing, then no
such prepayment shall be required hereunder in connection with Net
Cash Proceeds from Insurance and Condemnation Events received by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries if the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries commits to reinvest to repair, replace or
construct the property damaged within three hundred sixty-five
(365) days (for the avoidance of doubt the three hundred
sixty-five days applies to the commitment to use the funds and not
to the completion of such reinvestment). Upon making such
commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds as described above,
to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds
exceed $20,000,000, the Borrower shall remit such excess to the
Administrative Agent to be held as cash collateral for the
Obligations hereunder, and thereafter, the excess Net Cash Proceeds
shall be remitted to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at
such time the Administrative Agent determines that such Net Cash
Proceeds are adequate (when taken together with any Parent
Qualified Contributions agreed to by the Borrower and any other
cash resources reasonably available to Borrower) to so repair,
replace or construct the property damaged (it being understood that
the Administrative Agent shall not unreasonably withhold or delay
its approval).
(E) Excess Cash Flow .
No later than five (5) days after the date set forth for
delivery of annual financials pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) the Borrower (commencing after the
Completion) shall make mandatory principal prepayments of the
Advances in the manner set forth in clause (F) below in an
amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of Excess Cash Flow, if
any, for such Fiscal Year; provided that such percentage
shall be reduced to twenty-five percent (25%) if the Leverage
Ratio is less than 5.00:1.00 but greater than or equal to
4.00:1.00, and zero percent (0%) if the Leverage Ratio is less than
4.00:1.00, in each case based on the most recent financial
statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable; provided further
that first prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.06 (b)(i)(E)
shall be for the period commencing the first full quarter after
Completion until the end of such Fiscal Year.
(F) Notice; Manner of
Payment . Upon the occurrence of any event triggering the
prepayment requirement under clauses (A) through and including
(E) above, the Borrower shall promptly deliver a Notice of
Prepayment to the Administrative Agent and upon receipt of such
notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the
Lenders. Each prepayment of the Advances under this Section shall
be applied as follows: first , to the Term Facility on a pro
rata basis to the remaining installments thereof and second
, to the Revolving Credit Facility to be applied as set forth in
clause (iv) below.
(ii) The Borrower shall, on
each Business Day, prepay an aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings,
the Swing Line Advances and the Letter of Credit Advances in an
amount equal to the amount by which (A) the sum of the
aggregate principal amount of (x) the Revolving Credit
Advances, (y) the Swing Line Advances and (z) the Letter
of Credit Advances then outstanding plus the aggregate Available
Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding exceeds
(B) the Revolving Credit Facility on such Business
Day.
(iii) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, the
Borrower shall, on each Business Day, pay to the Administrative
Agent for deposit in the L/C Collateral Account an amount
sufficient to cause the aggregate amount on deposit in the L/C
Collateral Account to equal the amount by which the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding exceeds
the Letter of Credit Facility on such Business Day.
(iv) Prepayments of the
Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to clause (A) through
(E) shall be first applied to prepay Letter of Credit
Advances then outstanding until such Advances are paid in full,
second applied to prepay Swing Line Advances then
outstanding until such Advances
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are paid in full, third applied
to prepay Revolving Credit Advances then outstanding comprising
part of the same Borrowings until such Advances are paid in full
and fourth upon the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or an Event of Default, deposited in the L/C Collateral Account to
cash collateralize 100% of the Available Amount of the Letters of
Credit then outstanding. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit
for which funds are on deposit in the L/C Collateral Account, such
funds shall be applied to reimburse the Issuing Bank that issued
such Letter of Credit or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as
applicable.
(c) All prepayments under
this subsection (b) shall be made together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount
prepaid, together with any amounts owing pursuant to
Section 8.04(d). If any payment of Eurodollar Rate Advances
otherwise required to be made under Section 2.06(b) would be
made on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest
Period therefor, the Borrower may direct the Administrative Agent
to (and if so directed, the Administrative Agent shall) deposit
such payment in the Collateral Account until the last day of the
applicable Interest Period at which time the Administrative Agent
shall apply the amount of such payment to the prepayment of such
Advances; provided , however , that such Advances
shall continue to bear interest as set forth in Section 2.07
until the last day of the applicable Interest Period
therefor.
(d) No prepayment made
pursuant to this Section 2.06, no repayment or acceleration
under this Agreement and no change in the terms hereof shall affect
the obligations of each Loan Party under any Secured Hedge
Agreement, which obligations shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such prepayment, repayment, acceleration or change,
subject to the terms of such Hedge Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Interest
.
(a) Scheduled Interest
. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Advance owing to each Lender from the date of such Advance
until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following
rates per annum:
(i) Base Rate Advances
. During such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a
rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of (A) the Base
Rate in effect from time to time plus (B) the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears
quarterly on the last day of each March, June, September and
December during such periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance
shall be Converted or paid in full.
(ii) Eurodollar Rate
Advances . During such periods as such Advance is a Eurodollar
Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each
Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of (A) the
Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period for such Advance
plus (B) the Applicable Margin in effect on the first
day of such Interest Period, payable in arrears on the last day of
such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of
more than three months, on each day that occurs during such
Interest Period every three months from the first day of such
Interest Period and on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall
be Converted or paid in full.
(b) Default Interest .
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Required
Lenders, shall require that the Borrower pay interest (“
Default Interest ”) on (i) the unpaid
principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender Party at a
rate per annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the
rate per annum required to be paid on such Advance pursuant to
clause (i) or (ii) of Section 2.07(a), as
applicable, and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, the amount of any interest, fee or other amount
payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any
Agent or any Lender Party that is not paid when due,
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from the date such amount shall be due
until such amount shall be paid in full, payable at a rate per
annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per
annum required to be paid, in the case of interest, on the Type of
Advance on which such interest has accrued pursuant to clause
(i) or (ii) of Section 2.07(a), as applicable, and,
in all other cases, on Base Rate Advances pursuant to clause
(i) of Section 2.07(a); provided , however
, that following the acceleration of the Advances, or the giving of
notice by the Administrative Agent to accelerate the Advances,
pursuant to Section 6.01, Default Interest shall accrue and be
payable hereunder whether or not previously required by the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Notice of Interest
Period and Interest Rate . Promptly after receipt of a Notice
of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02(a), a notice of
Conversion pursuant to Section 2.09 or a notice of selection
of an Interest Period pursuant to the terms of the definition of
“Interest Period”, the Administrative Agent shall give
notice to the Borrower and each Appropriate Lender of the
applicable Interest Period and the applicable interest rate
determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of clause
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above.
SECTION 2.08. Fees
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(a) Commitment Fee .
(i) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Revolving Credit Lenders a commitment fee, from and
including the date hereof in the case of each Revolving Credit
Lender or from the effective date specified in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each
other Lender, and in each case until the Termination Date, payable
in arrears quarterly (calculated on a 360 day basis) on the last
day of each March, June, September and December, commencing
September 30, 2007, and on the Termination Date in respect of
the Revolving Credit Facility, at the Applicable Revolving
Commitment Fee Percentage of the average daily Unused Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender (it being understood and agreed
that any outstanding Swing Line Advances shall not constitute usage
of the Revolving Credit Commitment of any of the Lenders for such
purposes).
(ii) The Borrower shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Lender a
commitment fee, from and including the date hereof in the case of
each Term Lender or from the effective date specified in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in
the case of each other Lender, and in each case until the last day
of the Availability Period, payable in arrears quarterly on the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and December,
commencing September 30, 2007, and on the last day of the
Availability Period, at the Applicable First Lien Commitment Fee
Percentage of the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Term
Commitments exceed the aggregate amount of Term Advances. In each
case, the commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears
(calculated on a 360 day basis).
(b) Letter of Credit Fees,
Etc . In consideration of the Letter of Credit Commitments, the
Borrower agrees to pay the Issuing Bank a fee (the “
Letter of Credit Fee ”) equal to the Applicable
Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances under the Revolving Credit
Facility per annum on the average daily maximum amount available to
be drawn under each Letter of Credit from the date of issuance to
the date of expiration. In addition to such Letter of Credit Fee,
the Issuing Bank may charge, and retain for its own account without
sharing by the other Lenders, an additional fronting fee (the
“ Fronting Fee ”) of one-eight of one
percent (0.125%) on the face amount of each Letter of Credit at the
time such Letter of Credit is issued and at any time such Letter of
Credit is renewed. The Issuing Bank shall promptly pay over to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Revolving
Lenders (including the Issuing Bank), the Letter of Credit Fee. The
Letter of Credit fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and December
during the term of this Agreement and on the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date.
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(c) Issuing Bank Fees
. In addition to the Letter of Credit Fees and the Fronting Fees
payable pursuant to subsection (b) hereof, the Borrower shall
pay to the Issuing Bank for its own account without sharing by the
other Lenders the reasonable and customary charges, from time to
time, of the Issuing Bank with respect to the amendment, transfer,
administration, cancellation and conversion of, and drawing under,
such Letter of Credit (collectively, the “ Issuing Bank
Fees ”)
(d) Upfront Fees . The
Borrower shall pay to each Revolving Credit Lender on the Closing
Date on such Revolving Credit Lender’s final allocation with
respect to the Revolving Credit Facility upfront fees equal to the
amounts previously agreed with such Revolving Credit
Lender.
(e) Agents’ Fees
. The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative
Agent for their respective own accounts such fees as may from time
to time be agreed between the Borrower and such Agent.
SECTION 2.09. Conversion
of Advances .
(a) Optional . The
Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed
Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.07 and 2.10,
Convert all or any portion of the Advances of one Type comprising
the same Borrowing into Advances of the other Type; provided
, however , that any Conversion of Eurodollar Rate Advances
into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last day of an
Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances, any Conversion
of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be in an
amount not less than the minimum amount specified in
Section 2.02(c), no Conversion of any Advances shall result in
more separate Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(c)
and each Conversion of Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing under any Facility shall be made ratably among the
Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their Commitments under such
Facility. Each such notice of Conversion shall, within the
restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such
Conversion, (ii) the Advances to be Converted and
(iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Advances, the
duration of the initial Interest Period for such Advances. Each
notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower.
(b) Mandatory .
(i) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising any Borrowing shall be
reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than
$1,000,000, such Advances shall automatically Convert into Base
Rate Advances at the end of the applicable Interest
Period.
(i) If the Borrower shall
fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions
contained in the definition of “Interest Period” in
Section 1.01, the Administrative Agent will forthwith so
notify the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders, whereupon each
such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall automatically, on the last day
of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base
Rate Advance.
(ii) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Default or any Event of Default,
(A) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the
last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert
into a Base Rate Advance and (B) the obligation of the Lenders
to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances
shall be suspended.
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SECTION 2.10. Increased
Costs, Etc .
(a) If, due to either
(i) the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender Party of
agreeing to make or of making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar
Rate Advances or of agreeing to issue or of issuing or maintaining
or participating in Letters of Credit or of agreeing to make or of
making or maintaining Letter of Credit Advances (excluding, for
purposes of this Section 2.10, any such increased costs
resulting from (x) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which
Section 2.12 shall govern) and (y) changes in the basis
of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the
United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the
laws of which such Lender Party is organized or has its Applicable
Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof), then the
Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender Party
(with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender Party
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender Party for
such increased cost incurred by such Lender Party; provided
, however , that a Lender Party claiming additional amounts
under this Section 2.10(a) agrees to (x) use reasonable
efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable
Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost that may
thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such
Lender Party, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender Party and
(y) promptly notify the Borrower of the circumstances. A
certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to
the Borrower by such Lender Party, shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If, due to either
(i) the introduction or effectiveness of or any change in or
in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law), there shall be any increase in the amount of capital required
or expected to be maintained by any Lender Party or any corporation
controlling such Lender Party as a result of or based upon the
existence of such Lender Party’s commitment to lend or to
issue or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder and other
commitments of such type or the issuance or maintenance of or
participation in the Letters of Credit (or similar contingent
obligations), then, upon demand by such Lender Party or such
corporation (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative
Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender Party, from time to time as specified by
such Lender Party after notice to the Borrower, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Lender Party in the light of such
circumstances, to the extent that such Lender Party reasonably
determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the
existence of such Lender Party’s commitment to lend or to
issue or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder or to the
issuance or maintenance of or participation in any Letters of
Credit. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Borrower
by such Lender Party shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) If, with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Advances under any Facility, Lenders owed at least
51% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof notify
the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest
Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to
such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their Eurodollar
Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the
Administrative
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