FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 22,
2007
THE OTHER PERSONS PARTY HERETO
THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS CREDIT PARTIES,
THE LENDERS SIGNATORY
HERETO
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent, Agent and
Lender
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AMOUNT AND
TERMS OF CREDIT
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1.1
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Credit
Facilities
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1.2
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Letters of
Credit
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1.2A
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Swap Related
Reimbursement Obligations
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1.3
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Prepayments
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1.4
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Use of
Proceeds
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1.5
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Interest and
Applicable Margins
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1.6
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Eligible
Accounts
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1.7
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Eligible
Inventory
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1.8
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Cash Management
Systems
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1.9
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Fees
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1.10
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Receipt of
Payments
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1.11
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Application and
Allocation of Payments
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1.12
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Loan Account
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1.13
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Indemnity
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1.14
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Access
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1.15
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Taxes
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1.16
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Capital
Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality
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1.17
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Single
Loan
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2.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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2.1
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Conditions to
the Initial Loans
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2.2
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Further
Conditions to Each Loan
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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3.1
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Corporate
Existence; Compliance with Law
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3.2
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Executive
Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN
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3.3
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Corporate
Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations
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3.4
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Financial
Statements and Projections
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3.5
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Material
Adverse Effect
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3.6
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Ownership of
Property; Liens
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3.7
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Labor
Matters
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3.8
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Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and
Indebtedness
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3.9
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Government
Regulation
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3.10
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Margin
Regulations
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3.11
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Taxes
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3.12
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ERISA
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3.13
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No
Litigation
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3.14
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Brokers
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3.15
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Intellectual
Property
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3.16
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Full
Disclosure
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3.17
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Environmental
Matters
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3.18
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Insurance
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3.19
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Deposit and
Disbursement Accounts
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3.20
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Government
Contracts
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3.21
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Customer and
Trade Relations
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3.22
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Agreements and
Other Documents
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3.23
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Solvency
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3.24
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[Intentionally
Deleted]
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3.25
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Status of
Navarre CP, Navarre CLP and Navarre CS
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3.26
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Second Lien
Loan
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3.27
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Vendor
Advances
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
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4.1
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Reports and
Notices
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4.2
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Communication
with Accountants
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5.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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5.1
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Maintenance of
Existence and Conduct of Business
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5.2
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Payment of
Charges
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5.3
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Books and
Records
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5.4
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Insurance;
Damage to or Destruction of Collateral
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5.5
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Compliance with
Laws
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5.6
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Supplemental
Disclosure
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5.7
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Intellectual
Property
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5.8
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Environmental
Matters
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5.9
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Landlords’ Agreements
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5.10
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Further
Assurances
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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6.1
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Mergers,
Subsidiaries, Etc
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6.2
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Investments;
Loans and Advances
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6.3
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Indebtedness
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6.4
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Employee Loans
and Affiliate Transactions
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6.5
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Capital
Structure and Business
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6.6
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Guaranteed
Indebtedness
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6.7
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Liens and
Related Matters
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6.8
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Sale of Stock
and Assets
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6.9
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ERISA
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6.10
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Financial
Covenants
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6.11
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Hazardous
Materials
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6.12
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Sale-Leasebacks
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6.13
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Cancellation of
Indebtedness
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6.14
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Restricted
Payments
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6.15
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Change of
Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year
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6.16
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No Impairment
of Intercompany Transfers
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6.17
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No Speculative
Transactions
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6.18
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Leases; Real
Estate Purchases
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6.19
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Amendments
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6.20
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Navarre CP,
Navarre CLP and Navarre CS
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TERM
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7.1
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Termination
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7.2
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Survival of
Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements
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EVENTS OF
DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
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8.1
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Events of
Default
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Remedies
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8.3
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Waivers by
Credit Parties
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ASSIGNMENT AND
PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT
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9.1
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Assignment and
Participations
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9.2
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Appointment of
Agent
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9.3
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Agent’s
Reliance, Etc.
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9.4
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GE Capital and
Affiliates
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9.5
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Lender Credit
Decision
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9.6
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Indemnification
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9.7
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Successor
Agent
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9.8
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Setoff and
Sharing of Payments
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9.9
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Advances;
Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in
Concert
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9.10
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Intercreditor
Agreement
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SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS
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10.1
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Successors and
Assigns
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MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1
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Complete
Agreement; Modification of Agreement
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11.2
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Amendments and
Waivers
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11.3
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Fees and
Expenses
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11.4
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No
Waiver
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11.5
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Remedies
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11.6
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Severability
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11.7
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Conflict of
Terms
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11.8
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Confidentiality
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11.9
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GOVERNING
LAW
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11.10
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Notices
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11.11
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Section Titles
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11.12
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Counterparts
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11.13
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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11.14
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Press Releases
and Related Matters
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11.15
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Reinstatement
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11.16
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Advice of
Counsel
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11.17
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No Strict
Construction
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11.18
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Compliance with
Federal Law
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11.19
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Customer
Identification — USA Patriot Act Notice
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AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT
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12.1
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Interrelationship with the Existing Credit
Agreement
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Definitions
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Letters of
Credit
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—
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Cash Management
System
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Closing
Checklist
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Financial
Statements and Projections — Reporting
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Collateral
Reports
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Financial
Covenants
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Lenders’
Wire Transfer Information
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Notice
Addresses
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Annex J (from
Annex A-
Commitments definition)
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Commitments as
of Closing Date
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Form of Notice
of Revolving Credit Advance
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Form of
Revolving Note
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Form of Swing
Line Note
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Form of Notice
of Conversion/Continuation
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Form of
Borrowing Base Certificate
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Form of
Assignment Agreement
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Application for
Standby Letter of Credit
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Withdrawal From
Eligible Investment Funds
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Agent’s
Representatives
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Type of Entity;
State of Organization
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Executive
Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN
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Financial
Statement Exceptions
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(a)
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Financial
Statements
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(b)
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Projections
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(c)
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Pro
Forma
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Real Estate and
Leases
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Labor
Matters
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Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock
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Tax
Matters
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ERISA
Plans
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Litigation
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Intellectual
Property
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Hazardous
Materials
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Insurance
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Deposit and
Disbursement Accounts
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Government
Contracts
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Material
Agreements
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Vendor
Advances
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Trade
Names
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Indebtedness
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Disclosure
Schedule 6.4(a)
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Existing
Liens
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Texas Real
Estate Sale Transaction
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Eric
Paulson’s Deferred Compensation Payments
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vi
This
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of March 22, 2007, by and
among NAVARRE CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (“
Borrower ”), the Credit Parties signatory hereto,
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in
its individual capacity, “ GE Capital ”), for
itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders, and the other Lenders
signatory hereto from time to time.
WHEREAS,
Borrower, the other Credit Parties signatory thereto, Agent and the
Lenders signatory thereto are parties to that certain Third Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 1, 2005 (as
amended or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “
Existing Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
Borrower has requested that Lenders extend a revolving credit
facility to Borrower of up to Ninety Five Million Dollars
($95,000,000) in the aggregate for the purposes of
(a) providing working capital financing for Borrower and
Capital Expenditures for Borrower as permitted hereunder,
(b) providing funds for other general corporate purposes of
Borrower and (c) providing funds for other purposes permitted
hereunder; and for these purposes, Lenders are willing to make
certain loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower of up to
such amount upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS,
Borrower has agreed to secure all of its obligations under the Loan
Documents by granting to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and
Lenders, a security interest in and lien upon all of its existing
and after-acquired personal and real property;
WHEREAS,
the Credit Parties signatory hereto (other than Borrower) have
agreed to guarantee the Obligations and to grant to Agent, for the
benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in and lien upon
all of their existing and after-acquired personal and real property
to secure the Obligations; and
WHEREAS,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in Annex A and, for purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction
set forth in Annex A shall govern. All Annexes, Disclosure
Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments (collectively, “
Appendices ”) hereto, or expressly identified to this
Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together
with this Agreement, shall constitute but a single agreement. These
Recitals shall be construed as part of the Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the
Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety as set forth
herein:
1. AMOUNT AND
TERMS OF CREDIT
(a)
Revolving Credit Facility .
(i) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender agrees to
make available to Borrower from time to time until the Commitment
Termination Date its Pro Rata Share of advances (each, a “
Revolving Credit Advance ”). The Pro Rata Share of the
Revolving Loan of any Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed
its separate Revolving Loan Commitment. The obligations of each
Revolving Lender hereunder shall be several and not joint. Until
the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time
borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(a) ;
provided , that the amount of any Revolving Credit Advance
to be made at any time shall not exceed Borrowing Availability at
such time. Borrowing Availability may be further reduced by
Reserves imposed by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment for
reasons relating to any Credit Party, any Credit Party’s
business or industry and/or the Agent’s ability to collect or
realize the full value of any Collateral. Each Revolving Credit
Advance shall be made on notice by Borrower to one of the
representatives of Agent identified in Schedule 1.1 at
the address specified therein. Any such notice must be given no
later than (1) 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the Business
Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of an
Index Rate Loan, or (2) 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the
date which is 3 Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving
Credit Advance, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a
“ Notice of Revolving Credit Advance ”) must be
given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially
in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(i) , and shall include
the information required in such Exhibit and such other information
as may be required by Agent. If Borrower desires to have the
Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by reference to a LIBOR
Rate, it must comply with Section 1.5(e) .
(ii) Except
as provided in Section 1.12 , Borrower shall execute
and deliver to each Revolving Lender a note to evidence the
Revolving Loan Commitment of that Revolving Lender. Each note shall
be in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the
applicable Revolving Lender, dated the Closing Date and
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii) (each a
“ Revolving Note ” and, collectively, the
“ Revolving Notes ”). Each Revolving Note shall
represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or, if less, such
Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances to Borrower
together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5
. The entire unpaid balance of the Revolving Loan and all other
non-contingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in
full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination
Date.
(b)
Swing Line Facility .
(i) Agent
shall notify the Swing Line Lender upon Agent’s receipt of
any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. Subject to the terms and
conditions
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hereof, the
Swing Line Lender may, in its discretion, make available from time
to time until the Commitment Termination Date advances (each, a
“ Swing Line Advance ”) in accordance with any
such notice. The provisions of this Section 1.1(b)
shall not relieve Revolving Lenders of their obligations to make
Revolving Credit Advances under Section 1.1(a) ;
provided that if the Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line Advance
pursuant to any such notice, such Swing Line Advance shall be in
lieu of any Revolving Credit Advance that otherwise may be made by
Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to such notice. The aggregate
amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding shall not exceed at any
time the lesser of (A) the Swing Line Commitment and
(B) the lesser of the Maximum Amount and the Borrowing Base,
in each case, less the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan at
such time (“ Swing Line Availability ”). Until
the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time
borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(b) . Each
Swing Line Advance shall be made pursuant to a Notice of Revolving
Credit advance delivered by Borrower to Agent in accordance with
Section 1.1(a) . Any such notice must be given no later
than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the Business Day of the
proposed Swing Line Advance. Unless the Swing Line Lender has
received at least one Business Day’s prior written notice
from Requisite Lenders instructing it not to make a Swing Line
Advance, the Swing Line Lender shall, notwithstanding the failure
of any condition precedent set forth in Sections 2.2 ,
be entitled to fund that Swing Line Advance, and to have such
Revolving Lender make Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with
Section 1.1(b)(iii) or purchase participating interests
in accordance with Section 1.1(b)(iv) . Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
the Swing Line Loan shall constitute an Index Rate Loan. Borrower
shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing
Line Loan upon demand therefor by Agent.
(ii) Borrower
shall execute and deliver to the Swing Line Lender a promissory
note to evidence the Swing Line Commitment. Such note shall be in
the principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment of the Swing Line
Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(b)(ii) (the “ Swing Line Note
”). The Swing Line Note shall represent the obligation of
Borrower to pay the amount of the Swing Line Commitment or, if
less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line
Advances made to Borrower together with interest thereon as
prescribed in Section 1.5 . The entire unpaid balance
of the Swing Line Loan and all other noncontingent Obligations
shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately
available funds on the Commitment Termination Date if not sooner
paid in full.
(iii) The
Swing Line Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole
and absolute discretion but at least once per week, may on behalf
of Borrower (and Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing
Line Lender to so act on its behalf) request each Revolving Lender
(including the Swing Line Lender) to make a Revolving Credit
Advance to Borrower (which shall be an Index Rate Loan) in an
amount equal to that Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
principal amount of the Swing Line Loan (the “ Refunded
Swing Line Loan ”) outstanding on the date such notice is
given. Unless any of the events described in
Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred (in which event
the procedures of Section 1.1(b)(iv) shall apply) and
regardless of whether
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the conditions
precedent set forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving
Credit Advance are then satisfied, each Revolving Lender shall
disburse directly to Agent, its Pro Rata Share of a Revolving
Credit Advance on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, prior to 2:00
p.m. (Chicago time), in immediately available funds on the Business
Day next succeeding the date that notice is given. The proceeds of
those Revolving Credit Advances shall be immediately paid to the
Swing Line Lender and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line
Loan.
(iv) If,
prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a Revolving Credit
Advance pursuant to Section 1.1(b)(iii) , one of the
events described in Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has
occurred, then, subject to the provisions of
Section 1.1(b)(v) below, each Revolving Lender shall,
on the date such Revolving Credit Advance was to have been made for
the benefit of Borrower, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an
undivided participation interest in the Swing Line Loan in an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan. Upon
request, each Revolving Lender shall, prior to 2:00 p.m. (Chicago
time) in immediately available funds on the Business Day next
succeeding the date such request is made, promptly transfer to the
Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of
its participation interest.
(v) Each
Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit
Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(b)(iii) and to
purchase participation interests in accordance with
Section 1.1(b)(iv) shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right that such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line
Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of
Default; (C) any inability of Borrower to satisfy the
conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement at
any time or (D) any other circumstance, happening or event
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If any
Revolving Lender does not make available to Agent or the Swing Line
Lender, as applicable, the amount required pursuant to
Sections 1.1(b)(iii) or 1.1(b)(iv) , as the case may
be, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount
on demand from such Revolving Lender, together with interest
thereon for each day from the date of non-payment until such amount
is paid in full at the Federal Funds Rate for the first two
Business Days and at the Index Rate thereafter.
(c)
Reliance on Notices . Agent shall be entitled to rely upon,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Notice of
Revolving Credit Advance, Notice of Conversion/Continuation or
similar notice believed by Agent to be genuine. Agent may assume
that each Person executing and delivering any notice in accordance
herewith was duly authorized, unless the responsible individual
acting thereon for Agent has actual knowledge to the
contrary.
1.2
Letters of Credit . Subject to and in accordance with the
terms and conditions contained herein and in Annex B ,
Borrower shall have the right to request, and Revolving Lenders
agree to incur, or purchase participations in, Letter of Credit
Obligations in respect of Borrower.
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1.2A
Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations .
(a) Borrower
agrees to reimburse GE Capital in immediately available funds in
the amount of any payment made by GE Capital under a Swap Related
L/C (such reimbursement obligation, whether contingent upon payment
by GE Capital under the Swap Related L/C or otherwise, being herein
called a “ Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation
”). No Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation for any Swap
Related L/C may exceed the amount of the payment obligations owed
by Borrower under the interest rate protection or hedging agreement
or transaction supported by the Swap Related L/C.
(b) A
Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation shall be due and payable by
Borrower within one (1) Business Day after the date on which
the related payment is made by GE Capital under the Swap Related
L/C.
(c) Any
Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation shall, during the period in
which it is unpaid, bear interest at the rate per annum equal to
the LIBOR Rate plus one percent (1%), as if the unpaid amount of
the Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation were a LIBOR Loan, and
not at any otherwise applicable Default Rate. Such interest shall
be payable upon demand. The following additional provisions apply
to the calculation and charging of interest on Swap Related
Reimbursement Obligations by reference to the LIBOR
Rate:
(i) The
LIBOR Rate shall be determined for each successive one-month LIBOR
Period during which the Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation is
unpaid, notwithstanding the occurrence of any Event of Default and
even if the LIBOR Period were to extend beyond the Commitment
Termination Date.
(ii) If
a Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation is paid during a monthly
period for which the LIBOR Rate is determined, interest shall be
pro-rated and charged for the portion of the monthly period during
which the Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation was unpaid.
Section 1.13(b) shall not apply to any payment of a
Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation during the monthly
period.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the last paragraph of the definition of “LIBOR Rate”,
if the LIBOR Rate is no longer available from Telerate News
Service, the LIBOR Rate with respect to Swap Related Reimbursement
Obligations shall be determined by GE Capital from such financial
reporting service or other information available to GE Capital as
in GE Capital’s reasonable discretion indicates GE
Capital’s cost of funds.
(d) Except
as provided in the foregoing provisions of this
Section 1.2A and in Section 11.3 , Borrower
shall not be obligated to pay to GE Capital or any of its
Affiliates any Letter of Credit Fee, or any other fees, charges or
expenses, in respect of a Swap Related L/C or arranging for any
interest rate protection or hedging agreement or transaction
supported by the Swap Related L/C. GE Capital and its Affiliates
shall look to the beneficiary of a Swap Related L/C for payment of
any such letter of credit fees or other fees, charges or expenses
and such beneficiary may factor such fees, charges, or expenses
into the pricing of any interest rate protection or hedging
arrangement or transaction supported by the Swap Related
L/C.
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(e) If
any Swap Related L/C is revocable prior to its scheduled expiry
date, GE Capital agrees not to revoke the Swap Related L/C unless
the Commitment Termination Date or an Event of Default has
occurred.
(f) GE
Capital or any of its Affiliates shall be permitted to
(i) provide confidential or other information furnished to it
by any of the Credit Parties (including, without limitation, copies
of any documents and information in or referred to in the Closing
Checklist, Financial Statements and Compliance Certificates) to a
beneficiary or potential beneficiary of a Swap Related L/C and
(ii) receive confidential or other information from the
beneficiary or potential beneficiary relating to any agreement or
transaction supported or to be supported by the Swap Related L/C.
However, no confidential information shall be provided to any
Person under this paragraph unless the Person has agreed to comply
with the covenant substantially as contained in
Section 11.8 of this Agreement.
(a)
Voluntary Prepayments; Reductions in Revolving Loan
Commitments . Borrower may at any time on at least five
(5) days’ prior written notice to Agent permanently
reduce (but not terminate) the Revolving Loan Commitment;
provided that (A) any such reductions shall be in a
minimum amount of $3,000,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in
excess of such amount, (B) the Revolving Loan Commitment shall
not be reduced to an amount less than the amount of the Revolving
Loan outstanding, and (C) after giving effect to such
reductions, Borrower shall comply with
Section 1.3(b)(i) . Borrower may at any time on at
least ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Agent
terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that upon
such termination all Loans and other Obligations shall be
immediately due and payable in full and all Letter of Credit
Obligations shall be cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied in
accordance with Annex B hereto. Any voluntary prepayment and
any reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment must
be accompanied by payment of the Fee required by
Section 1.9(c) , if any, plus the payment of any LIBOR
funding breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b) .
Upon any such reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan
Commitment, Borrower’s right to request Revolving Credit
Advances, or request that Letter of Credit Obligations be incurred
on its behalf, or request Swing Line Advances, shall simultaneously
be permanently reduced or terminated, as the case may be;
provided that a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan
Commitment shall require a corresponding pro rata reduction in the
L/C Sublimit. Each notice of partial prepayment shall designate the
Loan or other Obligations to which such prepayment is to be
applied.
(b)
Mandatory Prepayments .
(i) If
at any time the outstanding balances of the Revolving Loan and the
Swing Line Loan exceed the lesser of (A) the Maximum Amount
and (B) the Borrowing Base, Borrower shall immediately repay
the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances to the extent
required to eliminate such excess. If any such excess remains after
repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit
Advances, Borrower shall provide cash collateral for the Letter of
Credit Obligations in the manner set forth in Annex B to the
extent required to eliminate such excess.
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(ii) Immediately
upon receipt by any Credit Party of any proceeds of any asset
disposition (excluding proceeds of asset dispositions permitted by
Sections 6.8(a) and, as long as no Default or Event of
Default then exists, 6.8(d) , but including any sale of
Stock of any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, Borrower shall, unless
such prepayment is waived in writing by the Requisite Lenders,
prepay the Loans in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of
(A) commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction
costs, fees and expenses properly attributable to such transaction
and payable by Borrower in connection therewith (in each case, paid
to non-Affiliates), (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts
payable to holders of senior Liens (to the extent such Liens
constitute Permitted Encumbrances hereunder (but excluding, in any
event, Liens securing obligations under the Second Lien Credit
Agreement)), if any, and (D) an appropriate reserve for income
taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith. Any such
prepayment shall be applied in accordance with
Section 1.3(c) .
(iii) If
Borrower issues or incurs any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
permitted under Section 6.3 hereof), no later than the
Business Day following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof,
Borrower shall, unless such prepayment is waived in writing by the
Requisite Lenders, prepay the Loans in an amount equal to all such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other
reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. If
Borrower issues Stock, no later than the Business Day following the
date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, Borrower shall, unless
such prepayment is waived in writing by the Requisite Lenders,
prepay the Loans in an amount equal fifty percent (50%) of such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other
reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith.
Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with
Section 1.3(c) .
(c)
Application of Certain Mandatory Prepayments . Any
prepayments made by Borrower pursuant to
Sections 1.3(b)(ii) or (b)(iii) above shall be applied
as follows: first , to Fees and reimbursable expenses of
Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents;
second , to interest then due and payable on the Swing Line
Loan; third , to the principal balance of the Swing Line
Loan until the same has been repaid in full; fourth , to
interest then due and payable on the Revolving Credit Advances;
fifth , to the outstanding principal balance of Revolving
Credit Advances until the same has been paid in full; sixth
, to any Letter of Credit Obligations, to provide cash collateral
therefor in the manner set forth in Annex B , until all such
Letter of Credit Obligations have been fully cash collateralized in
the manner set forth in Annex B ; and seventh ,
pro rata to all other Obligations then due and owing.
The Revolving Loan Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the
amount of any such prepayments to the extent, when added to the
amount of prepayments made in accordance with
Section 5.4(d) , in excess of $5,000,000 in the
aggregate.
(d)
Application of Prepayments from Insurance Proceeds and
Condemnation Proceeds . Prepayments from insurance or
condemnation proceeds in accordance with Section 5.4(d)
, shall, unless such prepayment is waived in writing by the
Requisite Lenders, be applied as follows: insurance proceeds from
casualties or losses to cash or Inventory shall be applied
first , to the Swing Line Loans and second , to the
Revolving Credit Advances. The Revolving Loan Commitment shall be
permanently reduced by the amount of any such prepayments to
the
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extent, when
added to the amount of prepayments made in accordance with
Sections 1.3(b)(ii) or (b)(iii) , in excess of $5,000,000 in
the aggregate.
(e)
No Implied Consent . Nothing in this Section 1.3
shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any
Lender’s consent to any transaction that is not permitted by
other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents.
Borrower
shall utilize the proceeds of the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line
Loan solely for the financing of Borrower’s ordinary working
capital, Capital Expenditures as permitted hereunder, and for other
general corporate purposes.
1.5
Interest and Applicable Margins .
(a) Borrower
shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in
accordance with the Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on
each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the Index Rate plus the
Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, at the election of
Borrower, at the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver
LIBOR Margin per annum, based on the aggregate Revolving Credit
Advances outstanding from time to time.
As
of the Closing Date, the Applicable Margins are as
follows:
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Applicable Revolver Index Margin
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0.75
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Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin
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2.00
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2.00
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Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin
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0.25
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%
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The
Applicable Margins shall be adjusted (up or down) prospectively on
a quarterly basis as determined based upon the average daily
Borrowing Availability for the then most recently ended Fiscal
Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending on
September 30, 2007. All adjustments in the Applicable Margins
thereafter shall be implemented quarterly on a prospective basis at
any time there is a need for an adjustment (the determination as to
whether an adjustment is necessary to be made by Agent in good
faith). Adjustments in Applicable Margins will be determined by
reference to the following grids:
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If average
daily Borrowing Availability for the Fiscal
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Level
of
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Quarter
is:
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Applicable
Margins:
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Level
I
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³ $35,000,000, but < $45,000,000
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Level
II
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³ $20,000,000, but < $35,000,000
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Level
III
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³ $7,500,000, but < $20,000,000
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Level
IV
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Applicable
Margins:
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V
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Applicable Revolver Index Margin
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If
any Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
at the time any reduction in the Applicable Margins is to be
implemented, that reduction shall be deferred until the first day
of the first calendar month following the date on which all
Defaults or Events of Default are waived or cured.
(b) If
any payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than
a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of
LIBOR Period) and, with respect to payments of principal, interest
thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
(c) All
computations of Fees calculated on a per annum basis and interest
shall be made by Agent on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case
for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which
such interest and Fees are payable. The Index Rate is a floating
rate determined for each day. Each determination by Agent of an
interest rate and Fees hereunder shall be final, binding and
conclusive on Borrower, absent manifest error.
(d) So
long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under
Section 8.1(a), (h) or (i) , or so long as any
other Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and at the election of Agent (or upon the written request of
Requisite Lenders) confirmed by written notice from Agent to
Borrower, the interest rates applicable to the Loans and the Letter
of Credit Fees shall be increased by two percentage points (2%) per
annum above the rates of interest or the rate of such Fees
otherwise applicable hereunder (“ Default Rate
”), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at
the Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest and
Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate shall accrue from the
initial date of such Default or Event of Default until that Default
or Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon
demand.
(e) Subject
to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 ,
Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any
Revolving Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert
at any time all or any part of outstanding Loans (other than the
Swing Line Loan) from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans,
(iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan,
subject
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to payment of
LIBOR breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b)
if such conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR
Period applicable thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion
of any Loan (other than the Swing Line Loan) as a LIBOR Loan upon
the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding
LIBOR Period of that continued Loan shall commence on the first day
after the last day of the LIBOR Period of the Loan to be continued.
Any Loan or group of Loans having the same proposed LIBOR Period to
be made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in
a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000
in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made by
11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the 3rd Business Day prior to
(1) the date of any proposed Advance which is to bear interest
at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with
respect to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the
date on which Borrower wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a
LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower in such
election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan
by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the 3rd Business Day prior to
the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if a Default
or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the
additional conditions precedent set forth in
Section 2.2 shall not have been satisfied), that LIBOR
Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its
LIBOR Period. Borrower must make such election by notice to Agent
in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the case of any
conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to
a written notice (a “ Notice of
Conversion/Continuation ”) in the form of Exhibit
1.5(e) .
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.5
, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final order
that the rate of interest payable hereunder exceeds the highest
rate of interest permissible under law (the “ Maximum
Lawful Rate ”), then so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate
would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder shall
be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. Thereafter, interest hereunder
shall be paid at the rate(s) of interest and in the manner provided
in Sections 1.5(a) through (e) , unless and until the
rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, and at that
time this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total
interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed
the amount that such Lender could lawfully have received had the
interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at
the Maximum Lawful Rate. If the Maximum Lawful Rate is calculated
pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be calculated at a
daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number
of days in the year in which such calculation is made. If,
notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.5(f) ,
a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that a
Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum
Lawful Rate, Agent shall, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, promptly apply such excess in the order specified in
Section 1.11 and thereafter shall refund any excess to
Borrower or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
order.
1.6
Eligible Accounts . All of the Accounts owned by one or more
of the Eligible Credit Parties and reflected in the most recent
Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower to Agent shall be
“ Eligible Accounts ” for purposes of this
Agreement, except any Account to which any of the exclusionary
criteria set forth below applies. Agent shall have the right to
establish or modify or eliminate Reserves against Eligible Accounts
from time to time in its reasonable credit judgment. In addition,
Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after
the Closing Date, to adjust any of the criteria set forth below, to
establish new criteria and to adjust advance rates with respect to
Eligible Accounts, in its reasonable credit
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judgment for
reasons relating to any Credit Party, any Credit Party’s
business or industry and/or the Agent’s ability to collect or
realize the full value of any Collateral, subject to the approval
of Supermajority Revolving Lenders in the case of adjustments or
new criteria or changes in advance rates or the elimination of
Reserves which have the effect of making more credit available.
Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account of any Eligible
Credit Party:
(a) that
does not arise from the sale of goods or the performance of
services by such Eligible Credit Party in the ordinary course of
its business;
(b)
(i) upon which the right of such Eligible Credit Party to
receive payment is not absolute or is contingent upon the
fulfillment of any condition whatsoever or (ii) as to which
such Eligible Credit Party is not able to bring suit or otherwise
enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial
process, or (iii) if the Account represents a progress billing
consisting of an invoice for goods sold or used or services
rendered pursuant to a contract under which the Account
Debtor’s obligation to pay that invoice is subject to such
Eligible Credit Party’s completion of further performance
under such contract or is subject to the equitable lien of a surety
bond issuer;
(c) to
the extent that any defense, counterclaim, setoff or dispute is
asserted as to such Account;
(d) that
is not a true and correct statement of bona fide indebtedness
incurred in the amount of the Account for merchandise sold to or
services rendered and accepted by the applicable Account
Debtor;
(e) with
respect to which an invoice has not been sent to the applicable
Account Debtor;
(f) that
(i) is not owned by such Eligible Credit Party or (ii) is
subject to any right, claim, security interest or other interest of
any other Person, other than Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of
itself and Lenders and Liens securing the obligations under the
Second Lien Credit Agreement, as long as such Liens are subject to
the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(g) that
arises from a sale to any director, officer, other employee or
Affiliate of any Credit Party, or to any entity that has any common
officer or director with any Credit Party;
(h) that
is the obligation of an Account Debtor that is the United States
government or a political subdivision thereof, or any state, county
or municipality or department, agency or instrumentality thereof
unless Agent, in its sole discretion, has agreed to the contrary in
writing and such Eligible Credit Party, if necessary or desirable,
has complied with respect to such obligation with the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, or any applicable state, county
or municipal law restricting the assignment thereof with respect to
such obligation;
(i) that
is the obligation of an Account Debtor located in a foreign country
other than Canada (excluding the province of Newfoundland, the
Northwest Territories and the Territory of Nunavit) unless payment
thereof is assured by a letter of credit assigned and delivered to
Agent, satisfactory to Agent as to form, amount and
issuer;
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(j) to
the extent such Eligible Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is
liable for goods sold or services rendered by the applicable
Account Debtor to such Eligible Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or a rebate but only to the extent of the potential
offset;
(k) that
arises with respect to goods that are delivered on a bill-and-hold,
cash-on-delivery basis or placed on consignment ( provided ,
that once consigned goods are actually sold by the relevant Account
Debtor, the Accounts generated by such sale shall not be deemed
ineligible pursuant to this clause (k)), guaranteed sale or other
terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor is or
may be conditional;
(l) that
is in default; provided , that , without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, an Account shall be deemed in default
upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) (x) the
Account owing by Account Debtors (other than Approved Obligors) is
not paid within the earlier of: 60 days following its due date
or 90 days following its original invoice date or (y) the
Account owing by Approved Obligors is not paid within the earlier
of: 60 days following its due date or 120 days following
its original invoice date;
(ii) the
Account Debtor obligated upon such Account suspends business, makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails to pay
its debts generally as they come due; or
(iii) a
petition is filed by or against any Account Debtor obligated upon
such Account under any bankruptcy law or any other federal, state
or foreign (including any provincial) receivership, insolvency
relief or other law or laws for the relief of debtors;
(m) that
is the obligation of an Account Debtor if 50% or more of the Dollar
amount of all Accounts owing by that Account Debtor are ineligible
under the other criteria set forth in this Section 1.6
;
(n) as
to which Agent’s Lien thereon, on behalf of itself and
Lenders, is not a first priority perfected Lien (or if the
applicable agreement would be breached, terminated, terminable or
in default as a result of the applicable Credit Party
(i) assigning its rights thereunder to the Agent or
(ii) granting a lien on the relevant Account to the
Agent);
(o) as
to which any of the representations or warranties in the Loan
Documents are untrue;
(p) to
the extent such Account is evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or
Chattel Paper;
(q) to
the extent such Account exceeds any credit limit established by
Agent, in its reasonable credit judgment;
(r) to
the extent that such Account, together with all other Accounts
owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates as of any date of
determination exceed 15% of all
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otherwise
Eligible Accounts ( provided , however , that
Accounts owing by (i) an Approved Obligor (other than Best Buy
Co., Inc. and its Affiliates) and its Affiliates which constitute
less than 25% of all otherwise Eligible Accounts shall not be
deemed ineligible pursuant to this clause (r) or (ii) Best Buy
Co., Inc. and its Affiliates which constitute less than 35% of all
otherwise Eligible Accounts shall not be deemed ineligible pursuant
to this clause (r));
(s) that
is payable in any currency other than Dollars or Canadian
Dollars;
(t) to
the extent such Account arises from the sale of goods if the
applicable Eligible Credit Party has not acquired title to such
goods pursuant to an agreement which is in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Agent; or
(u) that
is otherwise unacceptable to Agent in its reasonable credit
judgment for reasons relating to any Credit Party, any Credit
Party’s business or industry and/or the Agent’s ability
to collect or realize the full value of any Collateral.
1.7
Eligible Inventory . All of the inventory owned by one or
more of the Eligible Credit Parties and reflected in the most
recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower to Agent
shall be “ Eligible Inventory ” for purposes of
this Agreement, except any Inventory to which any of the
exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Agent shall have the
right to establish, modify, or eliminate Reserves against Eligible
Inventory from time to time in its reasonable credit judgment. In
addition, Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to
time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the criteria set
forth below, to establish new criteria and to adjust advance rates
with respect to Eligible Inventory in its reasonable credit
judgment, subject to the approval of Supermajority Revolving
Lenders in the case of adjustments or new criteria or changes in
advance rates or the elimination of Reserves which have the effect
of making more credit available. Eligible Inventory shall not
include any Inventory of any Eligible Credit Party that:
(a) is
not owned by such Eligible Credit Party free and clear of all Liens
and rights of any other Person (including the rights of a purchaser
that has made progress payments and the rights of a surety that has
issued a bond to assure the performance of such Eligible Credit
Party with respect to that Inventory), except the Liens in favor of
Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders;
(b)
(i) is not located on premises owned, leased or rented by such
Eligible Credit Party and set forth in Disclosure Schedule
(3.2) or (ii) is stored at a leased location, unless Agent
has given its prior consent thereto and unless (x) a
reasonably satisfactory landlord waiver has been delivered to
Agent, or (y) Reserves satisfactory to Agent have been
established with respect thereto, (iii) is stored with a
bailee or warehouseman unless a reasonably satisfactory,
acknowledged bailee letter has been received by Agent and Reserves
reasonably satisfactory to Agent have been established with respect
thereto, or (iv) is located at an owned location subject to a
mortgage in favor of a lender other than Agent, unless a reasonably
satisfactory mortgagee waiver has been delivered to Agent, or
(v) is located at any site if the aggregate book value of
Inventory at any such location is less than $100,000;
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(c) is
placed on consignment or is in transit, except for Inventory in
transit between domestic locations of Credit Parties as to which
Agent’s Liens have been perfected at origin and
destination;
(d) is
covered by a negotiable document of title, unless such document has
been delivered to Agent with all necessary endorsements, free and
clear of all Liens except those in favor of Agent and
Lenders;
(e) is
delisted, excess, obsolete, unsalable, shopworn, seconds, damaged
or unfit for sale;
(f) consists
of display items or packing or shipping materials, manufacturing
supplies, work-in-process Inventory or replacement
parts;
(g) consists
of goods which have been returned by the buyer;
(h) is
not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of such Eligible
Credit Party’s business;
(i) is
not subject to a first priority Lien in favor of Agent on behalf of
itself and Lenders subject to Permitted Encumbrances described in
clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances and
Liens securing the obligations under the Second Lien Credit
Agreement, as long as such Liens are subject to the Second Lien
Intercreditor Agreement;
(j) breaches
any of the representations or warranties pertaining to Inventory
set forth in the Loan Documents;
(k) consists
of any costs associated with “freight-in”
charges;
(l) consists
of Hazardous Materials or goods that can be transported or sold
only with licenses that are not readily available;
(m) is
not covered by casualty insurance reasonably acceptable to
Agent;
(n) if
such Inventory is music related, it has been produced or published
by anyone other than one of the Major Labels;
(o) consists
of owned independent music; or
(p) the
Agent does not have the right, in Agent’s reasonable
determination, to freely transfer without the need for any license,
sublicense or consent which has not been obtained; or is otherwise
unacceptable to Agent in its reasonable credit judgment for reasons
relating to any Credit Party, any Credit Party’s business or
industry and/or the Agent’s ability to collect or realize the
full value of any Collateral.
1.8
Cash Management Systems . On or prior to the Closing Date,
Borrower will establish and will maintain until the Termination
Date, the cash management systems described in Annex C (the
“ Cash Management Systems ”).
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(a) Borrower
shall pay to GE Capital, individually, the Fees specified in the GE
Capital Fee Letter, at the times specified for payment
therein.
(b) As
additional compensation for the Revolving Lenders, Borrower shall
pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of such Lenders, in arrears,
on the first Business Day of each month prior to the Commitment
Termination Date and on the Commitment Termination Date, a Fee for
Borrower’s non-use of available funds in an amount equal to
the Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin per annum (calculated on the
basis of a 360 day year for actual days elapsed) multiplied by
the difference between (x) the Maximum Amount (as it may be reduced
from time to time) and (y) the average for the period of the
daily closing balances of the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line
Loan outstanding during the period for which the such Fee is
due.
(c) If,
on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, Borrower
prepays the Revolving Loan and/or reduces or terminates the
Revolving Loan Commitment, whether voluntarily or involuntarily and
whether before or after acceleration of the Obligations or if the
Revolving Loan Commitments are reduced or terminated, Borrower
shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders as liquidated
damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make
funds available hereunder an amount equal to the Applicable
Percentage (as defined below) multiplied by the amount of the
reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment. As used herein, the
term “ Applicable Percentage ” shall mean
(x) two percent (2%), in the case of a reduction on or prior
to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (y) one percent
(1%), in the case of a reduction after the first anniversary of the
Closing Date but on or prior to the second anniversary thereof and
(z) one half of one percent (0.5%), in the case of a reduction
after the second anniversary of the Closing Date but on or prior to
the third anniversary thereof. The Credit Parties agree that the
Applicable Percentages are a reasonable calculation of
Lenders’ lost profits in view of the difficulties and
impracticality of determining actual damages resulting from an
early termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no prepayment fee shall be payable by Borrower upon
a mandatory prepayment made pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)
1.16(c) or 5.4(d) ; provided that Borrower does not
permanently reduce or terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment upon
any such prepayment and, in the case of prepayments made pursuant
to Sections 1.3(b)(ii) or (b)(iii) , the transaction
giving rise to the applicable prepayment is a sale of a Subsidiary
or division of Borrower expressly permitted under
Section 6 .
(d) Borrower
shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Revolving Lenders,
the Letter of Credit Fee as provided in Annex B .
1.10
Receipt of Payments . Borrower shall make each payment under
this Agreement not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the day
when due in immediately available funds in Dollars to the
Collection Account. All payments (including prepayments) to be made
by Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees shall be
made without defense, set-off or counterclaim (except as provided
in Section 1.15). For purposes of computing interest and Fees
and determining Borrowing Availability as of any date, all payments
shall be deemed received on the first Business Day following the
Business Day on which immediately available funds therefor are
received in the Collection Account prior to 2:00 p.m. Chicago time.
Payments
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received after
2:00 p.m. Chicago time on any Business Day or on a day that is not
a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received on the
following Business Day.
1.11
Application and Allocation of Payments .
(a) So
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(i) payments consisting of proceeds of Accounts received in
the ordinary course of business shall be applied, first, to the
Swing Line Loan and, second, to the Revolving Loan;
(ii) voluntary prepayments shall be applied as determined by
Borrower, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3(a) ;
and (iii) mandatory prepayments shall be applied as set forth
in Sections 1.3(c) and 1.3(d) . All payments and
prepayments applied to a particular Loan shall be applied ratably
to the portion thereof held by each Lender as determined by its Pro
Rata Share. As to any other payment, and as to all payments made
when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
following the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower hereby
irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and
all payments received from or on behalf of Borrower, and Borrower
hereby irrevocably agrees that Agent shall have the continuing
exclusive right to apply any and all such payments against the
Obligations as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any
previous entry by Agent in the Loan Account or any other books and
records. In the absence of a specific determination by Agent with
respect thereto, payments shall be applied to amounts then due and
payable in the following order: first , to Fees and
Agent’s expenses reimbursable hereunder; second , to
interest on the Swing Line Loan; third , to principal
payments on the Swing Line Loan; fourth , to interest on the
other Loans and unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations,
ratably in proportion to the interest accrued as to each Loan and
unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation, as applicable;
fifth , to principal payments on the other Loans and unpaid
Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations and to provide cash
collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner described
in Annex B , ratably to the aggregate, combined principal
balance of the other Loans, unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement
Obligations and outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations; and
sixth , to all other Obligations including expenses of
Lenders to the extent reimbursable under
Section 11.3
(b) Agent
is authorized to, and at its sole election may, charge to the
Revolving Loan balance on behalf of Borrower and cause to be paid
all Fees, expenses, Charges, costs (including insurance premiums in
accordance with Section 5.4(a) ) and interest and
principal, other than principal of the Revolving Loan, owing by
Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents if
and to the extent Borrower fails to pay promptly any such amounts
as and when due, even if the amount of such charges would exceed
Borrowing Availability at such time. At Agent’s option and to
the extent permitted by law, any charges so made shall constitute
part of the Revolving Loan hereunder.
1.12
Loan Account and Accounting . Agent shall maintain a loan
account (the “ Loan Account ”) on its books to
record: all Advances, all payments made by Borrower, and all other
debits and credits as provided in this Agreement with respect to
the Loans or any other Obligations. All entries in the Loan Account
shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting
practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan
Account, as recorded on Agent’s most recent printout or other
written statement, shall, absent manifest error, be presumptive
evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent and Lenders by
Borrower; provided that any failure to so record or any
error in so recording shall not
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limit or
otherwise affect Borrower’s duty to pay the Obligations.
Agent shall render to Borrower a monthly accounting of transactions
with respect to the Loans setting forth the balance of the Loan
Account for the immediately preceding month. Unless Borrower
notifies Agent in writing of any objection to any such accounting
(specifically describing the basis for such objection), within
90 days after the date thereof, each and every such accounting
shall, absent manifest error, be deemed final, binding and
conclusive on Borrower in all respects as to all matters reflected
therein. Only those items expressly objected to in such notice
shall be deemed to be disputed by Borrower. Notwithstanding any
provision herein contained to the contrary, any Lender may elect
(which election may be revoked) to dispense with the issuance of
Notes to that Lender and may rely on the Loan Account as evidence
of the amount of Obligations from time to time owing to
it.
(a) Each
Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally
indemnify and hold harmless each of Agent, Lenders and their
respective Affiliates, and each such Person’s respective
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and
representatives (each, an “ Indemnified Person
”), from and against any and all suits, actions, proceedings,
claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs
of investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any
appeal) that may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by
any such Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been
extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and the administration of such credit, and in
connection with or arising out of the transactions contemplated
hereunder and thereunder and any actions or failures to act in
connection therewith, including any and all Environmental
Liabilities and legal costs and expenses arising out of or incurred
in connection with disputes between or among any
parties to any of the Loan Documents (collectively, “
Indemnified Liabilities ”); provided , that no
such Credit Party shall be liable for any indemnification to an
Indemnified Person to the extent that any such suit, action,
proceeding, claim, damage, loss, liability or expense results from
that Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO
ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON
ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT,
PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED
AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED
UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
(b) To
induce Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on the terms
provided herein, if (i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in
part prior to the last day of any applicable LIBOR Period (whether
that repayment is made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or occurs as a result of acceleration,
by operation of law or otherwise); (ii) Borrower shall default
in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest on any
LIBOR Loan; (iii) Borrower shall refuse to accept any borrowing of,
or shall request a termination of any borrowing, conversion into or
continuation of LIBOR Loans after Borrower has given notice
requesting the same in accordance herewith; or (iv) Borrower
shall
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fail to make
any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan after Borrower has given a notice
thereof in accordance herewith, then Borrower shall indemnify and
hold harmless each Lender from and against all losses, costs and
expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing. Such
indemnification shall include any loss (including loss of margin)
or expense arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or
from fees payable to terminate deposits from which such funds were
obtained. For the purpose of calculating amounts payable to a
Lender under this subsection, each Lender shall be deemed to have
actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase of a
deposit bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to
the amount of that LIBOR Loan and having a maturity comparable to
the relevant LIBOR Period; provided , that each Lender may
fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the
foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of
amounts payable under this subsection. This covenant shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Notes and
all other amounts payable hereunder. As promptly as practicable
under the circumstances, each Lender shall provide Borrower with
its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 1.13(b) , and such calculation shall be binding
on the parties hereto unless Borrower shall object in writing
within 10 Business Days of receipt thereof, specifying the basis
for such objection in detail.
1.14
Access . Each Credit Party that is a party hereto shall,
during normal business hours, from time to time upon 5 Business
Day’s prior notice as frequently as Agent determines to be
appropriate: (a) provide Agent and any of its officers,
employees and agents access to its properties, facilities, advisors
and employees (including officers) of each Credit Party and to the
Collateral, (b) permit Agent, and any of its officers,
employees and agents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from any
Credit Party’s books and records, and (c) permit Agent,
and its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, review,
evaluate and make test verifications and counts of the Accounts,
Inventory and other Collateral of any Credit Party. If a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if access is
necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral as determined by
the Agent, each such Credit Party shall provide such access to
Agent and to each Lender at all times and without advance notice.
Furthermore, so long as any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower shall provide Agent and each Lender with
access to its suppliers and customers. Each Credit Party shall make
available to Agent and its counsel, as quickly as is possible under
the circumstances, originals or copies of all books and records
that Agent may reasonably request. Each Credit Party shall deliver
any document or instrument necessary for Agent, as it may from time
to time request, to obtain records from any service bureau or other
Person that maintains records for such Credit Party, and shall
maintain duplicate records or supporting documentation on media,
including computer tapes and discs owned by such Credit Party.
Agent will give Lenders at least 5 days’ prior notice
(10 days’ prior notice for any audit to be commenced
during the period from and including October 1 through and
including January 15) of regularly scheduled audits.
Representatives of other Lenders may accompany Agent’s
representatives on regularly scheduled audits at no charge to
Borrower.
(a) Any
and all payments by Borrower hereunder or under the Notes shall be
made, in accordance with this Section 1.15 , free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future
Taxes. If Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes
from or in
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respect of any
sum payable hereunder or under the Notes, (i) the sum payable
shall be increased as much as shall be necessary so that after
making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 1.15 ) Agent
or Lenders, as applicable, receive an amount equal to the sum they
would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, and
(iii) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable
law. Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes,
Borrower shall furnish to Agent the original or a certified copy of
a receipt evidencing payment thereof. Agent and Lenders shall not
be obligated to return or refund any amounts received pursuant to
this Section.
(b) Each
Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall indemnify and, within
10 days of demand therefor, pay Agent and each Lender for the
full amount of Taxes (including any Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 1.15
) paid by Agent or such Lender, as appropriate, and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted.
(c) Each
Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States (a “ Foreign Lender ”) as to which
payments to be made under this Agreement or under the Notes are
exempt from United States withholding tax under an applicable
statute or tax treaty shall provide to Borrower and Agent a
properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or
other applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the
IRS or the United States certifying as to such Foreign
Lender’s entitlement to such exemption (a “
Certificate of Exemption ”). Any foreign Person that
seeks to become a Lender under this Agreement shall provide a
Certificate of Exemption to Borrower and Agent prior to becoming a
Lender hereunder. No foreign Person may become a Lender hereunder
if such Person fails to deliver a Certificate of Exemption in
advance of becoming a Lender.
1.16
Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality .
(a) If
any Lender shall have determined that any law, treaty, governmental
(or quasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order
regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar
requirements or compliance by any Lender with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or
similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law), in
each case, adopted after the Closing Date, from any central bank or
other Governmental Authority increases or would have the effect of
increasing the amount of capital, reserves or other funds required
to be maintained by such Lender and thereby reducing the rate of
return on such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its
obligations hereunder, then Borrower shall from time to time upon
demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent) pay to
Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A
certificate as to the amount of that reduction and showing the
basis of the computation thereof submitted by such Lender to
Borrower and to Agent shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(b) If,
due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law
or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) 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), in each case adopted after the Closing Date,
there shall be any increase in the cost
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to any Lender
of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan,
then Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender
(with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for the account
of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of
such increased cost, submitted to Borrower and to Agent by such
Lender, shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower for all
purposes, absent manifest error. Each Lender agrees that, as
promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances
referred to above which would result in any such increased cost,
the affected Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such
Lender’s internal policies of general application, use
reasonable commercial efforts to minimize costs and expenses
incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this
Section 1.16(b) .
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if the introduction of
or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the
interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank
or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful,
for any Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund
or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that Lender is able to
make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at
another branch or office of that Lender without, in that
Lender’s opinion, adversely affecting it or its Loans or the
income obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by
such Lender to Borrower through Agent, (i) the obligation of
such Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or
maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and (ii) Borrower shall
forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing to such
Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless
Borrower, within 5 Business Days after the delivery of such notice
and demand, converts all LIBOR Loans into Index Rate
Loans.
(d) Within
15 days after receipt by Borrower of written notice and demand
from any Lender (an “ Affected Lender ”) for
payment of additional amounts or increased costs as provided in
Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) or 1.16(b) , Borrower may, at
its option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of its intention
to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower, with the consent
of Agent, may obtain, at Borrower’s expense, a replacement
Lender (“ Replacement Lender ”) for the Affected
Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to
Agent. If Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within 90 days
following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender
must sell and assign its Loans and Commitments to such Replacement
Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans
held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and Fees with
respect thereto through the date of such sale; provided ,
that Borrower shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the
additional amounts or increased costs that it is entitled to
receive under this Agreement through the date of such sale and
assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not have
the right to obtain a Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender
rescinds its demand for increased costs or additional amounts
within 15 days following its receipt of Borrower’s
notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore,
if Borrower gives a notice of intention to replace and does not so
replace such Affected Lender within 90 days thereafter,
Borrower’s rights under this Section 1.16(d)
shall terminate and Borrower shall promptly pay all increased costs
or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender pursuant to
Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) and 1.16(b) .
1.17
Single Loan . All Loans to Borrower and all of the other
Obligations of Borrower arising under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall
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constitute one
general obligation of Borrower secured, until the Termination Date,
by all of the Collateral.
2.1
Conditions to the Initial Loans . No Lender shall be
obligated to make any Loan or incur any Letter of Credit
Obligations on the Closing Date, or to take, fulfill, or perform
any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have
been satisfied or provided for in a manner satisfactory to Agent,
or waived in writing by Agent and Requisite Lenders:
(a)
Credit Agreement; Loan Documents . This Agreement or
counterparts hereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered
to, Borrower, Agent and Lenders; and Agent shall have received such
documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as Agent
shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including all those listed in the Closing Checklist attached hereto
as Annex D , each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.
(b)
Approvals . Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory
evidence that the Credit Parties have obtained all required
consents and approvals of all Persons including all requisite
Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
consummation of the Related Transactions or (ii) an
officer’s certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent affirming that no such consents or approvals
are required.
(c)
Payment of Fees . Borrower shall have paid the Fees required
to be paid on the Closing Date in the respective amounts specified
in Section 1.9 (including the Fees specified in the GE
Capital Fee Letter), and shall have reimbursed Agent for all fees,
costs and expenses of closing presented as of the Closing
Date.
(d)
Capital Structure: Other Indebtedness . The capital
structure of each Credit Party and the terms and conditions of all
Indebtedness of each Credit Party shall be acceptable to Agent in
its sole discretion.
(e)
Due Diligence . Agent shall have completed its business and
legal due diligence with results reasonably satisfactory to
Agent.
(f)
Consummation of Related Transactions . Agent shall have
received fully executed, final and complete copies of each of the
Related Transactions Documents, each of which shall be in full
force and effect in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Agent. The Related Transactions shall have been consummated in
accordance with the terms of the Related Transactions Documents.
The Second Lien Loan shall have been funded.
(g)
Total Indebtedness . After giving effect to the Loans and
the Related Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses
in connection therewith, the aggregate Indebtedness of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not exceed
$70,000,000.
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(h)
Opening Availability . The Eligible Accounts and Eligible
Inventory supporting the initial Revolving Credit Advance and the
initial Letter of Credit Obligations incurred and the amount of the
Reserves to be established on the Closing Date shall be sufficient
in value, as determined by Agent, to provide Borrower with
Borrowing Availability, after giving effect to the initial
Revolving Credit Advance, the incurrence of any initial Letter of
Credit Obligations and the consummation of the Related Transactions
(on a pro forma basis, with trade payables being paid currently
consistent with past practice, and expenses and liabilities being
paid in the ordinary course of business and without acceleration of
sales) of at least $15,000,000.
2.2
Further Conditions to Each Loan . Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, no Lender shall be obligated to fund any
Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any
Letter of Credit Obligation, if, as of the date thereof:
(a) any
representation or warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or
in any other Loan Document is untrue or incorrect as of such date,
except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly
relates to an earlier date and except for changes therein expressly
permitted or expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and Agent or
Requisite Lenders have determined not to make such Advance, convert
or continue any Loan as LIBOR Loan or incur such Letter of Credit
Obligation as a result of the fact that such warranty or
representation is untrue or incorrect;
(b) any
event or circumstance having a Material Adverse Effect has occurred
since the date hereof as determined by the Requisite Lenders, and
Agent or Requisite Lenders have determined not to make such
Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur such
Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such event
or circumstance has occurred;
(c) any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would
result after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any
Letter of Credit Obligation), and Agent or Requisite Lenders shall
have determined not to make any Advance, convert or continue any
Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation as a
result of that Default or Event of Default;
(d) after
giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of
Credit Obligations), the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loan would exceed the lesser of the Borrowing Base and
the Maximum Amount, in each case, less the then outstanding
principal amount of the Swing Line Loan; or
(e) Borrower
shall have paid all Fees owing and payable to GE Capital, Agent and
Lenders as of such date under this Agreement and the GE Capital Fee
Letter.
The request and
acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance, the
incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations or the conversion or
continuation of any Loan into, or as, a LIBOR Loan shall be deemed
to constitute, as of the date thereof, (i) a representation
and warranty by Borrower that the conditions in this
Section 2.2 have been satisfied and (ii) a
reaffirmation by Borrower of the granting and continuance of
Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to
the Collateral Documents.
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3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To
induce Lenders to make the Loans and to incur Letter of Credit
Obligations, the Credit Parties executing this Agreement, jointly
and severally, make the following representations and warranties to
Agent and each Lender with respect to all Credit Parties, each and
all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
3.1
Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law . Each Credit Party
(a) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.1) ;
(b) is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good
standing in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would
not result in exposure to losses, damages or liabilities in excess
of $50,000; (c) has the requisite power and authority and the
legal right to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber and
operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under
lease and to conduct its business as now, heretofore and proposed
to be conducted; (d) subject to specific representations
regarding Environmental Laws, has all material licenses, permits,
consents or approvals from or by, and has made all material filings
with, and has given all material notices to, all Governmental
Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such
ownership, operation and conduct; (e) is in compliance with
its charter and bylaws or partnership or operating agreement, as
applicable; and (f) subject to specific representations set
forth herein regarding ERISA, Environmental Laws, tax and other
laws, is in compliance with all applicable provisions of law,
except where the failure to comply, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.2
Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN . As of the
Closing Date, each Credit Party’s name as it appears in
official filings in its state of incorporation or organization,
state of incorporation or organization, organization type,
organization number, if any, issued by its state incorporation or
organization, and the current location of each Credit Party’s
chief executive office and the warehouses and premises at which any
Collateral is located are set forth in Disclosure Schedule
(3.2) , and none of such locations has changed within
12 months preceding the Closing Date. In addition,
Disclosure Schedule (3.2) lists the federal employer
identification number of each Credit Party.
3.3
Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations .
The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party and the creation of all Liens
provided for therein: (a) are within such Person’s
power; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action;
(c) do not contravene any provision of such Person’s
charter, bylaws or partnership or operating agreement as
applicable; (d) do not violate any law or regulation, or any
order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority; (e) do
not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of,
constitute a default under or accelerate or permit the acceleration
of any performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is
a party or by which such Person or any of its property is bound;
(f) do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon any of the property of such Person other than those in favor
of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to
the
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Loan Documents;
and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those referred
to in Section 2.1(c) , all of which will have been duly
obtained, made or complied with prior to the Closing Date. Each of
the Loan Documents shall be duly executed and delivered by each
Credit Party that is a party thereto and each such Loan Document
shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Credit Party enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms.
3.4
Financial Statements and Projections . Except for the
Projections and except as described in Disclosure
Schedule 3.4 , all Financial Statements concerning
Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are referred to below have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout
the periods covered (except as disclosed therein and except, with
respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of
footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly
in all material respects the financial position of the Persons
covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results of their
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
(a)
Financial Statements . The following Financial Statements
attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)) have been
delivered on the date hereof:
(i) The
audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets at
March 31, 2006 and the related statements of income and cash
flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year 2006
then ended, certified by Grant Thornton, LLP.
(ii) The
unaudited balance sheet(s) at December 31, 2006 and the
related statement(s) of income and cash flows of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the nine month period then ended.
(b)
Projections . The Projections delivered on the date hereof
and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(b)) have
been prepared by Borrower in light of the past operations of its
businesses, and reflect projections for the period beginning on
January 1, 2007 and ending on March 31, 2011 on a
month-by-month basis through March 31, 2008 and on a
year-by-year basis thereafter. The Projections are based upon
estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Borrower
believes to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions
and current facts known to Borrower and, as of the Closing Date,
reflect Borrower’s good faith and reasonable estimates of the
future financial performance of Borrower and of the other
information projected therein for the period set forth
therein.
(c)
Pro Forma . The Pro Forma delivered on the date hereof and
attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(c)) was prepared
by Borrower giving pro forma effect to the Related
Transactions, was based on the unaudited consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated
January 31, 2007 and was prepared in accordance with GAAP,
with only such adjustments thereto as would be required in
accordance with GAAP.
3.5
Material Adverse Effect . Between March 31, 2006 and
the Closing Date, (a) no Credit Party has incurred any
obligations, contingent or noncontingent liabilities, liabilities
for Charges, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term
commitments that, alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
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(b) no
contract, lease or other agreement or instrument has been entered
into by any Credit Party or has become binding upon any Credit
Party’s assets and no law or regulation applicable to any
Credit Party has been adopted that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) no Credit
Party is in default and to the best of Borrower’s knowledge
no third party is in default under any material contract, lease or
other agreement or instrument, that alone or in the aggregate could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Between
March 31, 2006 and the Closing Date no event has occurred,
that alone or together with other events, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.6
Ownership of Property; Liens . As of the Closing Date, the
real estate (“ Real Estate ”) listed in
Disclosure Schedule (3.6) constitutes all of the real
property owned, leased, subleased, or used by any Credit Party.
Each Credit Party owns good and marketable fee simple title to all
of its owned Real Estate, and valid and marketable leasehold
interests in all of its leased Real Estate, all as described on
Disclosure Schedule (3.6) , and copies of all such leases or
a summary of terms thereof reasonably satisfactory to Agent have
been delivered to Agent. Disclosure Schedule (3.6) further
describes any Real Estate with respect to which any Credit Party is
a lessor, sublessor or assignor as of the Closing Date. Each Credit
Party also has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all of its personal property and assets. As of the
Closing Date, none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party
are subject to any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, and
there are no facts, circumstances or conditions known to any Credit
Party that may result in any Liens (including Liens arising under
Environmental Laws) other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each Credit
Party has received all deeds, assignments, waivers, consents,
nondisturbance and attornment or similar agreements, bills of sale
and other documents, and has duly effected all recordings, filings
and other actions necessary to establish, protect and perfect such
Credit Party’s right, title and interest in and to all such
Real Estate and other properties and assets. Disclosure Schedule
(3.6) also describes any purchase options, rights of first
refusal or other similar contractual rights pertaining to any Real
Estate. As of the Closing Date, no portion of any Credit
Party’s Real Estate has suffered any material damage by fire
or other casualty loss that has not heretofore been repaired and
restored in all material respects to its original condition or
otherwise remedied. As of the Closing Date, all material permits
required to have been issued or appropriate to enable the Real
Estate to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for
which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued
and are in full force and effect.
3.7
Labor Matters . As of the Closing Date (a) no strikes
or other material labor disputes against any Credit Party are
pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened;
(b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each
Credit Party comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and each
other federal, state, local or foreign law applicable to such
matters; (c) all payments due from any Credit Party for
employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as
a liability on the books of such Credit Party; (d) except as
set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.7) , no Credit Party is
a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement,
management agreement, consulting agreement, employment agreement,
bonus, restricted stock, stock option, or stock appreciation plan
or agreement or any similar plan, agreement or arrangement (and
true and complete copies of any agreements described on
Disclosure Schedule (3.7) have been delivered to Agent);
(e) there is no organizing activity involving any Credit Party
pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by
any labor union or group of employees; (f) there are no
representation proceedings pending or, to any
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Credit
Party’s knowledge, threatened with the National Labor
Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of
any Credit Party has made a pending demand for recognition; and
(g) except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.7) ,
there are no material complaints or charges against any Credit
Party pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened
to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on,
arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the
employment or termination of employment by any Credit Party of any
individual.
3.8
Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and
Indebtedness . Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule
(3.8) , as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has any
Subsidiaries, is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with
any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other Person. All of
the issued and outstanding Stock of each Credit Party is owned by
each of the Stockholders and in the amounts set forth in
Disclosure Schedule (3.8) . Except as set forth in
Disclosure Schedule (3.8) , there are no outstanding rights
to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or agreements
pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell,
repurchase or redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or
any Stock or other equity securities of its Subsidiaries. All
outstanding Indebtedness and Guaranteed Indebtedness of each Credit
Party as of the Closing Date (except for the Obligations) is
described in Section 6.3 (including Disclosure
Schedule (6.3) ).
3.9
Government Regulation . No Credit Party is an
“investment company” or an “affiliated
person” of, or “promoter” or “principal
underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. No
Credit Party is subject to regulation under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, or any other
federal or state statute that restricts or limits its ability to
incur Indebtedness or to perform its obligations hereunder. The
making of the Loans by Lenders to Borrower, the incurrence of the
Letter of Credit Obligations on behalf of Borrower, the application
of the proceeds thereof and repayment thereof and the consummation
of the Related Transactions will not violate any provision of any
such statute or any rule, regulation or order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
3.10
Margin Regulations . No Credit Party is engaged, nor will it
engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of
“purchasing” or “carrying” any
“margin stock” as such terms are defined in
Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as now and from time
to time hereafter in effect (such securities being referred to
herein as “ Margin Stock ”). No Credit Party
owns any Margin Stock, and none of the proceeds of the Loans or
other extensions of credit under this Agreement will be used,
directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any Margin Stock, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any
Indebtedness that was originally incurred to purchase or carry any
Margin Stock or for any other purpose that might cause any of the
Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement to be
considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of
Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board. No Credit Party
will take or permit to be taken any action that might cause any
Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve
Board.
3.11
Taxes . All tax returns, reports and statements, including
information returns, required by any Governmental Authority to be
filed by any Credit Party
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have been filed
with the appropriate Governmental Authority and all Charges have
been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or
late charge may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof (or any
such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss has been paid),
excluding Charges or other amounts being contested in accordance
with Section 5.2(b) . Proper and accurate amounts have
been withheld by each Credit Party from its respective employees
for all periods in full and complete compliance with all applicable
federal, state, local and foreign laws and such withholdings have
been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities.
Disclosure Schedule (3.11) sets forth as of the Closing Date
those taxable years for which any Credit Party’s tax returns
are currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable
Governmental Authority and any assessments or threatened
assessments in connection with such audit, or otherwise currently
outstanding. Except as described in Disclosure Schedule
(3.11) , no Credit Party has executed or filed with the IRS or
any other Governmental Authority any agreement or other document
extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for
assessment or collection of any Charges. None of the Credit Parties
and their respective predecessors are liable for any Charges:
(a) under any agreement (including any tax sharing agreements)
or (b) to each Credit Party’s knowledge, as a
transferee. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has agreed or
been requested to make any adjustment under IRC
Section 481(a), by reason of a change in accounting method or
otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(a)
Disclosure Schedule (3.12) lists all Plans and separately
identifies all Pension Plans, including Title IV Plans,
Multiemployer Plans, ESOPs and Welfare Plans, including all Retiree
Welfare Plans. Copies of all such listed Plans, together with a
copy of the latest form. IRS/DOL 5500-series for each such Plan
have been delivered to Agent. Except with respect to Multiemployer
Plans, each Qualified Plan has been determined by the IRS to
qualify under Section 401 of the IRC, the trusts created thereunder
have been determined to be exempt from tax under the provisions of
Section 501 of the IRC, and nothing has occurred that would
cause the loss of such qualification or tax-exempt status. Each
Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and
the IRC, including the timely filing of all reports required under
the IRC or ERISA, including the statement required by 29 CFR
Section 2520.104-23. Neither any Credit Party nor ERISA
Affiliate has failed to make any contribution or pay any amount due
as required by either Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of
ERISA or the terms of any such Plan. Neither any Credit Party nor
ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a “prohibited
transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the IRC, in connection with any Plan, that
would subject any Credit Party to a material tax on prohibited
transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the IRC.
(b) Except
as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.12) : (i) no
Title IV Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (ii) no
ERISA Event or event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA with
respect to any Title IV Plan has occurred or is reasonably expected
to occur; (iii) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of
any Credit Party, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits
in the normal course), sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or
instituted against any Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor
of any Plan; (iv) no Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has
incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability as a result
of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan;
(v) within the last five years no Title IV Plan
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of any Credit
Party or ERISA Affiliate has been terminated, whether or not in a
“standard termination” as that term is used in
Section 404(b)(1) of ERISA, nor has any Title IV Plan of any
Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate (determined at any time within the
past five years) with Unfunded Pension Liabilities been transferred
outside of the “controlled group” (within the meaning
of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of any Credit Party or ERISA
Affiliate; (vi) except in the case of any ESOP, Stock of all
Credit Parties and their ERISA Affiliates makes up, in the
aggregate, no more than 10% of fair market value of the assets of
any Plan measured on the basis of fair market value as of the
latest valuation date of any Plan; and (vii) no liability
under any Title IV Plan has been satisfied with the purchase of a
contract from an insurance company that is not rated AAA by the
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or an equivalent rating by
another nationally recognized rating agency.
3.13
No Litigation . No action, claim, lawsuit, demand,
investigation or proceeding is now pending or, to the knowledge of
any Credit Party, threatened against any Credit Party, before any
Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or panel of
arbitrators (collectively, “ Litigation ”),
(a) that challenges any Credit Party’s right or power to
enter into or perform any of its obligations under the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, or the validity or enforceability
of any Loan Document or any action taken thereunder, or
(b) that has a reasonable risk of being determined adversely
to any Credit Party and that, if so determined, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on
Disclosure Schedule (3.13) , as of the Closing Date there is
no Litigation pending or threatened that seeks damages in excess of
$500,000 or injunctive relief against, or alleges criminal
misconduct of, any Credit Party.
3.14
Brokers . No broker or finder acting on behalf of any Credit
Party or Affiliate thereof brought about the obtaining, making or
closing of the Loans or the Related Transactions, and no Credit
Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in
respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection
therewith.
3.15
Intellectual Property . As of the Closing Date, each Credit
Party owns or has rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary
to continue to conduct its business as now or heretofore conducted
by it or proposed to be conducted by it, and each Patent,
Trademark, Copyright and License is listed, together with
application or registration numbers, as applicable, in
Disclosure Schedule (3.15) . Each Credit Party conducts its
business and affairs without infringement of or interference with
any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material
respect. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule (3.15) ,
no Credit Party is aware of any infringement claim by any other
Person with respect to any Intellectual Property that
(i) seeks damages in excess of $250,000 or (ii) pursuant
to a formal proceeding, seeks injunctive relief.
3.16
Full Disclosure . No information contained in this
Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any Projections,
Financial Statements, Pro Forma or Collateral Reports or other
written reports from time to time delivered hereunder or any
written statement furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to
Agent or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of
the circumstances under which they were made. Projections from time
to
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time delivered
hereunder are or will be based upon the estimates and assumptions
stated therein, all of which Borrower believed at the time of
delivery to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions
and current facts known to Borrower as of such delivery date, and
reflect Borrower’s good faith and reasonable estimates of the
future financial performance of Borrower and of the other
information projected therein for the period set forth therein. The
Liens granted to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant
to the Collateral Documents will at all times be fully perfected
first priority Liens in and to the Collateral described therein,
subject, as to priority, only to Permitted Encumbrances. After
giving effect to the Related Transactions, no default or event of
default under or with respect to any of the Related Transactions
Documents has occurred and is continuing.
3.17
Environmental Matters .
(a) Except
as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.17) , as of the
Closing Date: (i) the Credit Parties are and have been in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for such
noncompliance that would not result in Environmental Liabilities
which could reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000;
(ii) the Credit Parties have obtained, and are in compliance
with, all Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws for
the operations of their respective businesses as presently
conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure
to so obtain or comply with such Environmental Permits would not
result in Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be
expected to exceed $100,000, and all such Environmental Permits are
valid, uncontested and in good standing; (iii) no Credit Party
is involved in operations or knows of any facts, circumstances or
conditions, including any Releases of Hazardous Materials, that are
likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities of such Credit
Party which could reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000, and no
Credit Party has permitted any current or former tenant or occupant
of the Real Estate to engage in any such operations;
(iv) there is no Litigation arising under or related to any
Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or Hazardous Material
that seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or expenses in excess
of $25,000 or injunctive relief against, or that alleges criminal
misconduct by, any Credit Party; (v) no notice has been
received by any Credit Party identifying it as a “potentially
responsible party” or requesting information under CERCLA or
analogous state statutes, and to the knowledge of the Credit
Parties, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that may
result in any Credit Party being identified as a “potentially
responsible party” under CERCLA or analogous state statutes;
and (vi) the Credit Parties have provided to Agent copies of
all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all
written information pertaining to actual or potential Environmental
Liabilities, in each case relating to any Credit Party.
(b) Each
Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that Agent (i) is
not now, and has not ever been, in control of any of the Real
Estate or any Credit Party’s affairs, and (ii) does not
have the capacity through the provisions of the Loan Documents or
otherwise to influence any Credit Party’s conduct with
respect to the ownership, operation or management of any of its
Real Estate or compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental
Permits.
3.18
Insurance . Disclosure Schedule (3.18) lists all
insurance policies of any nature maintained, as of the Closing
Date, for current occurrences by each Credit Party, as well as a
summary of the terms of each such policy.
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3.19
Deposit and Disbursement Accounts . Disclosure Schedule
(3.19) lists all banks and other financial institutions at
which any Credit Party maintains deposit or other accounts as of
the Closing Date, including any Disbursement Accounts, and such
Schedule correctly identifies the name, address and telephone
number of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a
description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account
number therefor.
3.20
Government Contracts . Except as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule (3.20) , as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party is a
party to any contract or agreement with any Governmental Authority
and no Credit Party’s Accounts are subject to the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section 3727) or any
similar state or local law.
3.21
Customer and Trade Relations . As of the Closing Date, there
exists no actual or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party,
threatened termination or cancellation of, or any material adverse
modification or change in: the business relationship of any Credit
Party with any customer or group of customers whose purchases
during the preceding 12 months caused them to be ranked among
the ten largest customers of such Credit Party; or the business
relationship of any Credit Party with any supplier material to its
operations.
3.22
Agreements and Other Documents . As of the Closing Date,
each Credit Party has provided to Agent or its counsel, on behalf
of Lenders, accurate and complete copies (or summaries) of all of
the following agreements or documents to which it is subject and
each of which is listed in Disclosure Schedule (3.22) :
supply agreements and purchase agreements involving transactions in
excess of $5,000,000 per annum; agreements relating to Vendor
Advances in excess of $2,000,000; leases of Equipment having a
remaining term of one year or longer and requiring aggregate rental
and other payments in excess of $1,000,000 per annum; licenses and
permits held by the Credit Parties, the absence of which could be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; instruments
and documents evidencing any Indebtedness or Guaranteed
Indebtedness of such Credit Party and any Lien granted by such
Credit Party with respect thereto; and instruments and agreements
evidencing the issuance of any equity securities, warrants, rights
or options to purchase equity securities of such Credit
Party.
3.23
Solvency . Both before and after giving effect to
(a) the Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations to be made or
incurred on the Closing Date or such other date as Loans and Letter
of Credit Obligations requested hereunder are made or incurred,
(b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to
the instructions of Borrower, (c) the consummation of the
other Related Transactions, and (d) the payment and accrual of
all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Credit
Party is and will be Solvent.
3.24
[Intentionally Deleted] .
3.25
Status of Navarre CP, Navarre CLP and Navarre CS . None of
Navarre CP, Navarre CLP and Navarre CS has engaged in any business
or incurred any Indebtedness or any other liabilities (except in
connection with its corporate formation, the Related Transactions
Documents and this Agreement).
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3.26
Second Lien Loan . As of the Closing Date, Borrower shall
have delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of the Second
Lien Credit Agreement and all related documents (including all
schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications,
assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or
in connection therewith). Borrower has the corporate power and
authority to incur the Second Lien Loan. All Obligations hereunder,
including the Letter of Credit Obligations, constitute First Lien
Obligations (as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement)
and are entitled to the benefits of the provisions thereof.
Borrower acknowledges that Agent and each Lender are entering into
this Agreement and are extending the Commitments in reliance upon
the subordination provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor
Agreement and this Section 3.26 .
3.27
Vendor Advances . As of the last day of the last month to
end prior to the Closing Date, Disclosure Schedule 3.27
sets forth an accurate listing of all outstanding Vendor
Advances.
4. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
4.1
Reports and Notices .
(a) Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and
after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall
deliver to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as required, the
Financial Statements, notices, Projections and other information at
the times, to the Persons and in the manner set forth in Annex
E .
(b) Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and
after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall
deliver to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as required, the various
Collateral Reports (including Borrowing Base Certificates in the
form of Exhibit 4.1(b) ) at the times, to the Persons
and in the manner set forth in Annex F .
4.2
Communication with Accountants . Each Credit Party executing
this Agreement authorizes (a) Agent and (b) so long as an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Lender, to
communicate directly with the partner in charge of such Credit
Party’s audit at such Credit Party’s independent
certified public accountants, and authorizes and shall request
those accountants and advisors to communicate to Agent and each
Lender information relating to any Credit Party with respect to the
business, results of operations and financial condition of any
Credit Party.
Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees
as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof and
until the Termination Date:
5.1
Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business . Each
Credit Party shall: do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and its rights and franchises; continue to conduct its business
substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder;
at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its assets and
properties used or useful in the conduct of its business, and keep
the same in good repair, working order and condition in all
material respects (taking
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into
consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to time make,
or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs,
replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry
practices; and transact business only in such corporate and trade
names as are set forth in Disclosure Schedule (5.1)
.
(a) Subject
to Section 5.2(b) , each Credit Party shall pay and
discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all Charges
payable by it, including (i) Charges imposed upon it, its
income and profits, or any of its property (real, personal or
mixed) and all Charges with respect to tax, social security and
unemployment withholding with respect to its employees, (ii) lawful
claims for labor, materials, supplies and services or otherwise,
and (iii) all storage or rental charges payable to
warehousemen and bailees, in each case, before any thereof shall
become past due.
(b) Each
Credit Party may in good faith contest, by appropriate proceedings,
the validity or amount of any Charges, Taxes or claims described in
Section 5.2(a) ; provided , that
(i) adequate reserves with respect to such contest are
maintained on the books of such Credit Party, in accordance with
GAAP; (ii) no Lien shall be imposed to secure payment of such
Charges (other than payments to warehousemen and/or bailees) that
is superior to any of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations
and such contest is maintained and prosecuted continuously and with
diligence and operates to suspend collection or enforcement of such
Charges, (iii) none of the Collateral becomes subject to
forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest, (iv) such
Credit Party shall promptly pay or discharge such contested
Charges, Taxes or claims and all additional charges, interest,
penalties and expenses, if any, and shall deliver to Agent evidence
reasonably acceptable to Agent of such compliance, payment or
discharge, if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely
to such Credit Party or the conditions set forth in this
Section 5.2(b) are no longer met, and (v) Agent
has not advised Borrower in writing that Agent reasonably believes
that nonpayment or nondischarge thereof could have or result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.3
Books and Records . Each Credit Party shall keep adequate
books and records with respect to its business activities in which
proper entries, reflecting all financial transactions, are made in
accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the Financial
Statements attached as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)
).
5.4
Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral
.
(a) The
Credit Parties shall, at their sole cost and expense, maintain the
policies of insurance described on Disclosure Schedule
(3.18) as in effect on the date hereof or otherwise in form and
amounts and with insurers reasonably acceptable to Agent. Such
policies of insurance (or the loss payable and additional insured
endorsements delivered to Agent) shall contain provisions pursuant
to which the insurer agrees to provide 30 days prior written
notice to Agent in the event of any non-renewal, cancellation or
amendment of any such insurance policy. If any Credit Party at any
time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the
policies of insurance required above or to pay all premiums
relating thereto, Agent may at any time or times thereafter obtain
and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such
premiums
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and take any
other action with respect thereto that Agent deems advisable. Agent
shall have no obligation to obtain insurance for any Credit Party
or pay any premiums therefor. By doing so, Agent shall not be
deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from
any Credit Party’s failure to maintain such insurance or pay
any premiums therefor. All sums so disbursed, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, court costs and other charges related
thereto, shall be payable on demand by Borrower to Agent and shall
be additional Obligations hereunder secured by the
Collateral.
(b) Agent
reserves the right at any time upon any change in any Credit
Party’s risk profile (including any change in the product mix
maintained by any Credit Party or any laws affecting the potential
liability of such Credit Party) to require additional forms and
limits of insurance to, in Agent’s reasonable opinion,
adequately protect both Agent’s and Lender’s interests
in all or any portion of the Collateral and to ensure that each
Credit Party is protected by insurance in amounts and with coverage
customary for its industry. If reasonably requested by Agent, each
Credit Party shall deliver to Agent from time to time a report of a
reputable insurance broker, reasonably satisfactory to Agent, with
respect to its insurance policies.
(c) Borrower
shall deliver to Agent, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, endorsements to (i) all “All
Risk” and business interruption insurance policies naming
Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as loss payee, and
(ii) all general liability and other liability policies naming
Agent and Lenders, as additional insured.
(d) Solely
with respect to such “All Risk” and other casualty
insurance policies, Borrower irrevocably makes, constitutes and
appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by
Agent), so long as any Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or the anticipated insurance proceeds under such
insurance policies exceed $1,000,000, as Borrower’s true and
lawful agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making,
settling and adjusting claims under such “All Risk”
policies, endorsing the name of Borrower on any check or other item
of payment for the proceeds of such “All Risk” policies
and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to
such “All Risk” policies. Agent shall have no duty to
exercise any rights or powers granted to it pursuant to the
foregoing power-of-attorney. Borrower shall promptly notify Agent
of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount
of $250,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance. After
deducting from such proceeds the expenses, if any, incurred by
Agent in the collection or handling thereof, Agent may, at its
option, apply such proceeds to the reduction of the Obligations in
accordance with Section 1.3(d) , or permit or require
Borrower to use such money, or any part thereof, to replace,
repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral in a diligent and
expeditious manner with materials and workmanship of substantially
the same quality as existed before the loss, damage or destruction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the casualty giving rise to such
insurance proceeds could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and such insurance proceeds do not exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate, Agent shall permit Borrower to
replace, restore, repair or rebuild the Collateral; provided
that if Borrower has not completed or entered into binding
agreements to complete such replacement, restoration, repair or
rebuilding within 180 days of such casualty, Agent may apply
such insurance proceeds to the Obligations in accordance with
Section 1.3(d) . All insurance proceeds that are to be made
available to Borrower to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the
Collateral shall be applied by Agent to reduce the outstanding
principal balance of the Revolving Loan (which
application
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shall not
result in a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment)
and upon such application, Agent shall establish a Reserve against
the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to the amount of such
proceeds so applied. All insurance proceeds made available to any
Credit Party that is not a Borrower to replace, repair, restore or
rebuild Collateral shall be deposited in a cash collateral account.
Thereafter, such funds shall be made available to Borrower to
provide funds to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral
as follows: (i) Borrower shall request a Revolving Credit
Advance be made to Borrower in the amount requested to be released;
(ii) so long as the conditions set forth in Section 2.2
have been met, Revolving Lenders shall make such Revolving Credit
Advance or Agent shall release funds from the cash collateral
account; and (iii) in the case of insurance proceeds applied
against the Revolving Loan, the Reserve established with respect to
such insurance proceeds shall be reduced by the amount of such
Revolving Credit Advance. To the extent not used to replace,
repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral, such insurance proceeds
shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(d)
.
5.5
Compliance with Laws . Each Credit Party shall comply with
all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
applicable to it (including, without limitation, rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring the
filing of certain financial and other information or materials),
including those relating to ERISA and labor matters and
Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, except to the extent
that the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.6
Supplemental Disclosure . From time to time as may be
reasonably requested by Agent (which request will not be made more
frequently than once each year absent the occurrence and
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default), the Credit
Parties shall supplement each Disclosure Schedule hereto, or any
representation herein or in any other Loan Document, with respect
to any matter hereafter arising that, if existing or occurring at
the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set
forth or described in such Disclosure Schedule or as an exception
to such representation or that is necessary to correct any
information in such Disclosure Schedule or representation which has
been rendered inaccurate thereby (and, in the case of any
supplements to any Disclosure Schedule, such Disclosure Schedule
shall be appropriately marked to show the changes made therein);
provided that (a) no such supplement to any such
Disclosure Schedule or representation shall amend, supplement or
otherwise modify any Disclosure Schedule or representation, or be
or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event of Default resulting
from the matters disclosed therein, except as consented to by Agent
and Requisite Lenders in writing, and (b) no supplement shall
be required or permitted as to representations and warranties that
relate solely to the Closing Date.
5.7
Intellectual Property . Each Credit Party will conduct its
business and affairs without infringement of or interference with
any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material
respect.
5.8
Environmental Matters . Each Credit Party shall and shall
cause each Person within its control to: (a) conduct its
operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in compliance with
all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits other than
noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (b) implement any and all
investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that
are
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appropriate or
necessary to maintain the value and marketability of the Real
Estate or to otherwise comply with Environmental Laws and
Environmental Permits pertaining to the presence, generation,
treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release of any
Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any
of its Real Estate; (c) notify Agent promptly after such
Credit Party becomes aware of any violation of Environmental Laws
or Environmental Permits or any Release on, at, in, under, above,
to, from or about any Real Estate that is reasonably likely to
result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $25,000; and
(d) promptly forward to Agent a copy of any order, notice,
request for information or any communication or report received by
such Credit Party in connection with any such violation or Release
or any other matter relating to any Environmental Laws or
Environmental Permits that could reasonably be expected to result
in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $50,000, in each case
whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency or any
Governmental Authority has taken or threatened any action in
connection with any such violation, Release or other matter. If
Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there may
be a violation of any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits
by any Credit Party or any Environmental Liability arising
thereunder, or a Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under,
above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate, that, in each
case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, then each Credit Party shall, upon Agent’s written
request (i) cause the performance of such environmental audits
including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and
preparation of such environmental reports, at Borrower’s
expense, as Agent may from time to time reasonably request, which
shall be conducted by reputable environmental consulting firms
reasonably acceptable to Agent and shall be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Agent, and (ii) permit Agent or its
representatives to have access to all Real Estate for the purpose
of conducting such environmental audits and testing as Agent deems
appropriate, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater.
Borrower shall reimburse Agent for the costs of such audits and
tests and the same will constitute a part of the Obligations
secured hereunder.
5.9
Landlords’ Agreements . Each Credit Party shall obtain
a landlord’s agreement, mortgagee agreement and bailee letter
as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property, mortgagee
of owned property or bailee with respect to any warehouse,
processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral
is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall contain a
waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord,
mortgagee or bailee may assert against the Collateral at that
location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to Agent. With respect to such locations or warehouse
space leased or owned as of the Closing Date and thereafter, if
Agent has not received a landlord or mortgagee agreement or bailee
letter as of the Closing Date (or, if later, as of the date such
location is acquired or leased), Borrower’s Eligible
Inventory at that location shall, in Agent’s discretion, be
excluded from the Borrowing Base or be subject to such Reserves as
may be established by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment.
After the Closing Date, no real property or warehouse space shall
be leased by any Credit Party and no Inventory shall be shipped to
a processor or converter under arrangements established after the
Closing Date without the prior written consent of Agent (which
consent, in Agent’s discretion, may be conditioned upon the
exclusion from the Borrowing Base of Eligible Inventory at that
location or the establishment of Reserves acceptable to Agent) or,
unless and until a satisfactory landlord agreement or bailee
letter, as appropriate, shall first have been obtained with respect
to such location. Each Credit Party shall timely and fully pay and
perform its obligations under all
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leases and
other agreements with respect to each leased location or public
warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located. To the extent
permitted hereunder, if any Credit Party proposes to acquire a fee
ownership interest in Real Estate after the Closing Date, it shall
first provide to Agent a mortgage or deed of trust granting Agent a
first priority Lien on such Real Estate, together with
environmental audits, mortgage title insurance commitment, real
property survey, local counsel opinion(s), and, if required by
Agent, supplemental casualty insurance and flood insurance, and
such other documents, instruments or agreements reasonably
requested by Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.
5.10
Further Assurances . Each Credit Party executing this
Agreement agrees that it shall and shall cause each other Credit
Party to, at such Credit Party’s expense and upon request of
Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and
delivered, to Agent such further instruments and do and cause to be
done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in the
reasonable opinion of Agent to carry out more effectively the
provisions and purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees
as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof until
the Termination Date:
6.1
Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc. Without the prior written
consent of the Requisite Lenders (which consent may be provided or
withheld in the Requisite Lender’s sole discretion), no
Credit Party shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or
otherwise, (a) form or acquire any Subsidiary, (b) merge
with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the
assets or Stock of, or otherwise combine with or acquire, any
Person, or (c) other than purchases of Inventory and licenses
of Intellectual Property, in each case in the ordinary course of
business consistent with practices as in effect on the date hereof,
purchase assets from any Person if (i) such purchase is not a
Capital Expenditure or (ii) the amount paid for such purchase
does not reduce the EBITDA, during the period such purchase is made
and by the amount paid for such purchase, of the Credit Party which
makes such purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Parties
may form one or more new wholly-owned Subsidiaries as long as
(i) no more than ten (10) new subsidiaries are formed
after the date hereof; (ii) as of the date of such formation
of such new Subsidiary, no Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing; (iii) pursuant to documentation acceptable to
the Agent, each of such new Subsidiaries at the time it is formed
becomes a Credit Party (each, a “ New Credit Party
”) under this Agreement; and (iv) at the time that such
New Credit Party is formed, all Credit Parties, including each such
New Credit Party, shall have executed and delivered such
amendments, restatements or other supplements to this Agreement
and/or the other existing Loan Documents, and such new Loan
Documents and other notes, documents, certificates, opinions and
agreements as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate, including,
without limitation, (a) a joinder agreement with respect to
this Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Guaranty and a
Mortgage, as applicable, together with all necessary financing
statements and/or fixture filings, as applicable, by each New
Credit Party to ensure that the Obligations are secured by first
priority Liens on substantially all of the assets of such New
Credit Party and that each New Credit Party is guarantying the
Obligations, (b) a Pledge Amendment to the Pledge Agreement
pledging 100% of the Stock of each such New Credit Party to Agent,
and (c) formation and organization
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documents,
certificates, resolutions and legal opinions with respect to the
foregoing which shall, in each case, be in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent.
6.2
Investments; Loans and Advances . No Credit Party shall make
or permit to exist any investment in, or make, accrue or permit to
exist loans or advances of money to, any Person, through the direct
or indirect lending of money, holding of securities or otherwise,
except that: (a) Credit Parties may hold investments comprised
of notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account
Debtors to such Credit Party, as applicable pursuant to negotiated
agreements with respect to settlement of such Account
Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of business, so long
as the aggregate amount of such Accounts so settled by the Credit
Parties does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate outstanding at
any time (in the aggregate for the Credit Parties combined);
(b) each Credit Party may maintain its existing equity
investments in its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date;
(c) Borrower may maintain Eligible Certificate of Deposits;
(d) so long as no Default or Event of Def |