Exhibit 10 (g)(iv)
SOUTH JERSEY GAS
COMPANY
and
TORONTO DOMINION (NEW YORK)
LLC
Dated as of December 15,
2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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SECTION I.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1
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1.1
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Terms
Defined
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1
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1.2
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Accounting
Principles
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1.3
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Construction
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SECTION II.
THE LOANS
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2.1
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Revolving
Credit – Description:
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2.2
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[Intentionally Omitted]
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2.3
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[Intentionally Omitted]
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13
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2.4
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Loans and
Payments:
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2.5
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Interest:
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2.6
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Additional
Interest Provisions:
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2.7
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Fees and
Charges:
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2.8
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Prepayments
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2.9
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[Intentionally Omitted]
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2.10
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Capital
Adequacy
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2.11
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Funding
Indemnity
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2.12
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Inability to
Determine Interest Rate
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2.13
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Illegality
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2.14
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Requirements
of Law:
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SECTION III.
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
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SECTION IV.
CLOSING AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS
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4.1
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Resolutions,
Opinions, and Other Documents
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4.2
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Absence of
Certain Events
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4.3
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Warranties
and Representations at Closing
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4.4
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Compliance
with this Agreement
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4.5
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Authorized
Officers’ Certificate
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4.6
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Closing
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4.7
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Waiver of
Rights
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4.8
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Conditions
for Future Loans
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SECTION V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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5.1
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Organization
and Validity
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5.2
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Pending
Litigation
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5.3
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Financial
Statements
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5.4
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Investment
Company Status
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5.5
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No Default
or Event of Default
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5.6
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Liens
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5.7
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Documentation
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5.8
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Government
Regulations, Etc.
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5.9
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Taxes
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5.10
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Solvency
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5.11
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Capital
Stock
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5.12
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Title to
Properties
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5.13
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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SECTION VI.
BORROWER’S AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1
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Preservation
of Existence, Etc.
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6.2
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Maintenance
of Properties, Etc.
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6.3
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Ownership
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6.4
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Compliance
with Material Contractual Obligations, Laws, Etc.
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6.5
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Insurance
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6.6
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Visitation
Rights; Keeping of Books
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6.7
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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6.8
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Use of
Proceeds
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6.9
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Loan
Documents
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6.10
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Risk
Management
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6.11
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OFAC
Compliance
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6.12
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Further
Assurances
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6.13
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Reporting
Requirements
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6.14
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Financial
Covenants
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6.15
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Replacement
Financing
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SECTION VII.
BORROWER’S NEGATIVE COVENANTS:
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7.1
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Liens,
Etc
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7.2
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Indebtedness
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7.3
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Obligation
to Ratably Secure
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7.4
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Mergers,
Etc
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7.5
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Sale of
Assets, Etc
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7.6
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Restricted
Investments
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7.7
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New
Business
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7.8
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Distributions
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7.9
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Compliance
with ERISA
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7.10
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Constituent
Documents, Etc
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7.11
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Fiscal
Year
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SECTION
VIII. DEFAULT
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8.1
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Events of
Default
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8.2
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Upon an
Event of Default
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8.3
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Nature of
Remedies
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8.4
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Set-Off:
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SECTION IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
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9.1
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Governing
Law
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9.2
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Integrated
Agreement
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9.3
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Waiver
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9.4
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Indemnity:
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9.5
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Time
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9.6
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Expenses of
Lender
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9.7
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Brokerage
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9.8
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Notices:
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9.9
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Headings
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9.10
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Survival
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9.11
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Successors
and Assigns
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9.12
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Duplicate
Originals
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9.13
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Modification
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9.14
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Signatories
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9.15
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Third
Parties
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9.16
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Discharge of
Taxes, Borrower’s Obligations, Etc.
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9.17
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Withholding
and Other Tax Liabilities
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9.18
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Consent to
Jurisdiction
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9.19
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Waiver of
Jury Trial
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9.20
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Consequential Damages
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9.21
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Nonliability
of Lender
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
I
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Ownership
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Schedule
II
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First
Mortgage Notes
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LOAN
AGREEMENT
This Loan Agreement (“Agreement”) is
dated this 15th day of December, 2008, by and between
South Jersey Gas
Company (“Borrower”), a New Jersey
corporation and Toronto
Dominion (New York) LLC
(“Lender”).
BACKGROUND
A. Borrower
desires to establish financing arrangements with Lender and Lender
is willing to make loans and extensions of credit to Borrower under
the terms and provisions hereinafter set forth.
B. The
parties desire to define the terms and conditions of their
relationship in writing.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to
be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION I. DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
1.1
Terms Defined : As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the following respective meanings:
Adjusted LIBOR Rate – For the LIBOR Interest Period for each
LIBOR Rate Loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including
conversions, extensions and renewals), a per annum interest rate
determined pursuant to the following formula:
Adjusted LIBOR Rate
= London Interbank Offered Rate
1 – LIBOR Reserve
Percentage
Affiliate – With respect to any Person, (a) any
Person which, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person, or (b) any Person who is a director or
officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person,
or (iii) of any person described in clause (a)
above. For purposes of this definition, control of a
Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether
by contract or otherwise. Control may be by ownership,
contract, or otherwise.
Applicable Margin – For any Loan made to Borrower on any
date, the rate per annum as set forth below, determined by
reference to the Corporate Credit Ratings:
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Level
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Corporate Credit Rating
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Applicable Base Rate
Margin
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Applicable LIBOR
Margin
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I
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Greater than
BBB-/Baa3
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0.000%
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1.00%
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II
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Less than or equal to
BBB-/Baa3
or no rating
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0.000%
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1.25%
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Any change in the Applicable Margin will be
effective as of the date on which the applicable Selected Rating
Agency, as the case may be, announces the applicable change in the
Corporate Credit Ratings. Borrower shall notify Lender
in writing promptly after becoming aware of any change in the
Corporate Credit Ratings.
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if the
Corporate Credit Ratings established or deemed to have been
established by the Selected Rating Agencies shall fall within
different “Levels”, the lower rating will apply; (ii)
if only one of the Selected Rating Agencies maintains Corporate
Credit Ratings, then the rating of such single rating agency will
apply; and (iii) if the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or
Fitch shall change, or if Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall
cease to be in the business of providing Corporate Credit Ratings,
Borrower and Lender shall negotiate in good faith to amend this
definition to reflect such changed rating system or the
unavailability of ratings from Moody’s, S&P or Fitch,
and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Corporate
Credit Ratings shall be determined by reference to the Corporate
Credit Ratings most recently in effect prior to such change or
cessation.
a. in
the case of each Base Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal at all
times to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base
Rate Margin in effect from time to time;
b. in
the case of each LIBOR Rate Loan comprising part of the same Loan,
a rate per annum during each LIBOR Interest Period equal at all
times to the sum of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such LIBOR Interest
Period plus the Applicable LIBOR Margin in effect from time
to time during such LIBOR Interest Period.
Authorized Officer – Any officer (or comparable equivalent)
of Borrower authorized by specific resolution of Borrower to
request Loans or execute Quarterly Compliance Certificates as set
forth in the authorization certificate delivered to Lender
substantially in the form of Exhibit “A” attached
hereto.
Bank Affiliate – With respect to Lender, any
Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by, or is under common control with
Lender. For purposes of this definition, control of a
Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote 25% or
more of any class of Capital Stock having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons
performing similar functions for any such Person, or (y) to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person whether by ownership of Capital Stock, contract or
otherwise.
Bankruptcy Code – Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now or hereinafter in effect,
or any successor statute.
Base Rate – The highest of (a) the “Prime
Rate” of interest as published in the “Money
Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal on the
applicable date (or the highest “Prime Rate” if more
than one is published) as such rate may change from time to time;
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus fifty (50) basis points; or (c) the
Daily LIBOR Rate plus one hundred (100) basis points. If
The Wall Street Journal ceases to be published or goes on
strike or is otherwise not published, Lender may use a similar
published prime or base rate. The Base Rate is not
necessarily the lowest or best rate of interest offered by Lender
to any borrower or class of borrowers.
Base Rate Loans – That portion of the Loans accruing
interest based on a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate.
Business Day – (i) A day other than Saturday or Sunday
when Lender is open for business in New York, New York; or (ii)
with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, any day which is a Business
Day as described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading
by and between banks in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
Capital Expenditures – For any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures made in respect of the purchase, construction or other
acquisition of fixed or capital assets, determined in accordance
with GAAP.
Capital Stock – With respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options,
participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred
interest, any limited or general partnership interest and any
limited liability company membership interest.
Change in Control – (a) Parent ceasing at any time to own at
least 100% of the Capital Stock having voting rights of Borrower,
or (b) the occurrence of either of the following: (i) any entity,
person (within the meaning of Section 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)
or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) which theretofore was beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of less than 20% of
Parent’s then outstanding common stock either (x) acquires
shares of common stock of Parent in a transaction or series of
transactions that results in such entity, person or group directly
or indirectly owning beneficially 20% or more of the outstanding
common stock of Parent, or (y) acquires, by proxy or otherwise, the
right to vote for the election of directors, for any merger,
combination or consolidation of Parent or any of its direct or
indirect Subsidiaries, or, for any other matter or question, more
than 20% of the then outstanding voting securities of Parent; or
(ii) 20% or more of the directors of the board of directors of
Parent fail to consist of Continuing Directors.
Closing Date – Section 4.6.
Consolidated – When used with reference to any
accounting term, the amount described by such accounting term,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, after
elimination of intercompany items.
Consolidated Total Capitalization
– The sum of (i) Indebtedness
of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, plus (ii) the sum of
the Capital Stock (excluding treasury stock and capital stock
subscribed for and unissued) and surplus (including earned surplus,
capital surplus, translation adjustment, the balance of the current
profit and loss account not transferred to surplus and accumulated
comprehensive other income) accounts of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries appearing on a consolidated balance sheet
of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case
prepared as of the date of determination in accordance with GAAP,
after eliminating all intercompany transactions and all amounts
properly attributable to minority interests, if any, in the stock
and surplus of Subsidiaries.
Continuing Director – With respect to any Person as of any
date of determination, any member of the board of directors of such
Person who (a) was a member of such board of directors on the
Closing Date, or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such
board of directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such board at the time of
such nomination or election.
Corporate Credit Ratings – The ratings assigned to the corporate
credit of Borrower by the Selected Rating Agencies.
Daily LIBOR Rate - For any day, the rate per annum determined by
Lender by dividing (x) the Published Rate by (y) a number equal to
1.00 minus the percentage prescribed by the Federal Reserve for
determining the maximum reserve requirements with respect to any
eurocurrency funding by banks on such day.
Default – Any event, act, condition or occurrence
which with notice, or lapse of time or both, would constitute an
Event of Default hereunder.
Disclosure Documents – Collectively, Borrower’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, its
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
2006, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, and any Current Report
on Form 8-K delivered to Lender at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the date of this Agreement.
Environmental Laws – Any and all Federal, foreign, state,
local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes,
ordinances, codes, decrees and any and all common law requirements,
rules and bases of liability regulating, relating to or imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning pollution, protection
of the environment, or the impact of pollutants, contaminants or
toxic or hazardous substances on human health or the environment,
as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
ERISA – The Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as the same may be amended, from time to
time.
ERISA Affiliate – Any Person which for purposes of Title
IV of ERISA is a member of Borrower’s controlled group, or
under common control with Borrower, within the meaning of Section
414 of the Code, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
ERISA Event – (i) The occurrence of a reportable
event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, unless the
30-day notice requirement with respect thereto has been waived by
the PBGC; (ii) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a
notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to Section
4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a
plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (iii) the
cessation of operations at a facility in the circumstances
described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan during a
plan year for which it was a “substantial employer” as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (v) the failure by Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate to make a payment to a Plan required under
Section 302 of ERISA, which results in a lien pursuant to Section
302(f) of ERISA; (vi) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan
requiring the provision of security to such Plan, pursuant to
Section 307 of ERISA; or (vii) the institution by the PBGC of
proceedings to terminate a Plan, pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA,
or the occurrence of any event or condition which might reasonably
constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan by the
PBGC.
Event of Default – Section 8.1.
Federal Funds Rate – For any period, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Lender of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by Lender
from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
First Mortgage Notes – Those First Mortgage Notes identified on
Schedule II attached hereto, and subsequent
promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness of Borrower in
each case secured by first mortgages on real property owned by
Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
Fiscal Year – The fiscal year of Borrower, January 1
to December 31.
Fitch – Fitch Ratings, Inc.
GAAP – Generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect on the Closing Date applied in a manner consistent
with the most recent audited financial statements of Borrower
furnished to Lender and described in Section 5.3 herein.
Governmental Action – All authorizations, consents, approvals,
waivers, exceptions, variances, orders, licenses, exemptions,
publications, filings, notices to and declarations of or with any
Governmental Authority, other than routine reporting requirements
the failure to comply with which will not affect the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or have
a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Governmental Authority – Any federal, state or local government
or political subdivision, or any agency, authority, bureau, central
bank, commission, department or instrumentality of either, or any
court, tribunal, grand jury, or arbitration.
Hazardous Materials – Any petrochemical or petroleum products,
any flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials,
hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic
substances, or related or similar materials, asbestos or any
material containing asbestos, or any other substance or material as
so defined and regulated by any Federal, state or local
environmental law, ordinance, rule, or regulation including,
without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42
U.S.C. Sections 9601, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801,
et seq.), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 6901, et seq.), and the
regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant
thereto.
Hedging Obligations – With respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under any interest rate or currency swap
agreement, interest rate or currency future agreement, interest
rate collar agreement, swap agreement (as defined in 11
U.S.C. § 101), interest rate or currency hedge
agreement, and any put, call or other agreement or arrangement
designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest
rates or currency exchange rates.
Indebtedness – For any Person, all obligations of such
Person which in accordance with GAAP should be classified on a
balance sheet of such Person as liabilities of such Person, and in
any event shall include, without duplication, all (i) indebtedness
for borrowed money, (ii) obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) obligations
to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (iv)
obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should
be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (v)
obligations as lessee under operating leases which have been
recorded as off-balance sheet liabilities, (vi) obligations under
Hedging Obligations, (vii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or
otherwise) in respect of outstanding letters of credit, (viii)
indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi)
above secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has
an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any
lien or encumbrance on, or security interest in, property
(including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (ix) obligations
under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations
(contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (i) through (vii) above. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth above, Capital Stock, including
Capital Stock having a preferred interest, shall not constitute
Indebtedness for purposes of this Agreement.
Interest Hedging Instrument
– Any documentation evidencing
any interest rate swap, interest “cap” or
“collar” or any other interest rate hedging device or
swap agreement (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101
et. seq. ) between Borrower and Lender (or any
Affiliate of Lender).
IRS – Internal Revenue Service.
LIBOR Interest Period – As to LIBOR Rate Loans, a period of
fourteen days, one month, two months, three months or six months,
as selected by Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
(including continuations and conversions thereof); provided
however, (i) if any LIBOR Interest Period would end on a day which
is not a Business Day, such LIBOR Interest Period shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day (except that where the next
succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, then on the next preceding Business Day), (ii) no LIBOR
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date, and (iii) any LIBOR Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR
Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in
the calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period) shall
end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the
end of such LIBOR Interest Period.
LIBOR Rate Loans – That portion(s) of the Loans accruing
interest based on a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Reserve Percentage – For any day, that percentage (expressed
as a decimal) which is in effect from time to time under Regulation
D, as such regulation may be amended from time to time or any
successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement
(including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency,
special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to
Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D
(or against any other category of liabilities that includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate of LIBOR Rate
Loans is determined), whether or not Lender has any Eurocurrency
liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that
time. LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute
Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to
reserve requirements without benefits of credits for proration,
exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to
Lender. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
LIBOR Reserve Percentage.
Lien -
Any interest of any kind or nature in property securing an
obligation owed to, or a claim of any kind or nature in property
by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such
interest is based on the common law, statute, regulation or
contract, and including, but not limited to, a security interest or
lien arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale
or trust receipt, a lease, consignment or bailment for security
purposes, a trust, or an assignment. For the purposes of
this Agreement, Borrower shall be deemed to be the owner of any
Property which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional
sale agreement or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the
Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person for
security purposes.
Loan Request – Section 2.4(b)(ii).
Loans – The unpaid balance of cash advances by
Lender to Borrower under the Revolving Credit which may be Base
Rate Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans.
Loan Documents – Collectively, this Agreement, the Note,
and all agreements, instruments and documents executed and/or
delivered in connection therewith, all as may be supplemented,
restated, superseded, amended or replaced from time to
time.
London Interbank Offered Rate
– With respect to any LIBOR
Rate Loan for the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto, the
rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR
Rate (“BBA LIBOR”) as published by Bloomberg (or such
other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA
LIBOR as designated by Lender from time to time) at approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first day of
such LIBOR Interest Period for a term comparable to such LIBOR
Interest Period; provided however, if more than one BBA LIBOR Rate
is specified, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of
all such rates. If, for any reason, such rate is not
available, the term London Interbank Offered Rate shall mean, with
respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan for the LIBOR Interest Period
applicable thereto, the rate of interest per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by
Lender to be the average rates per annum at which deposits in
dollars are offered for such LIBOR Interest Period to major banks
in the London Interbank market in London, England at approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first
day of such LIBOR Interest Period for a term comparable to such
LIBOR Interest Period.
Material Adverse Effect – A material adverse effect with respect
to (a) the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise),
liabilities (actual or contingent), or prospects of (i) Borrower or
(ii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or (b)
Borrower’s ability to pay the Obligations in accordance with
the terms hereof, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights and
remedies of Lender hereunder or thereunder.
Maximum Revolving Credit Amount
– The sum of Forty Million
Dollars ($40,000,000), as such amount may be reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.9.
Moody’s – Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,
or any successor thereto.
Multiemployer Plan – A multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA
and to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing
an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the
preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions, such plan being maintained pursuant to one or more
collective bargaining agreements.
Note – The Revolving Credit Note.
Notice of Conversion/Extension
— A written notice of
conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, or of a Base
Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or extension of a LIBOR Rate Loan,
in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit “C”
attached hereto.
Obligations – All debts, liabilities and obligations
of every kind or nature at any time owing by Borrower to Lender or
any other subsidiary of Lender or Bank Affiliate, under this
Agreement, or any other existing or future instrument, document or
agreement, between Borrower or Lender or any other subsidiary of
Lender or Bank Affiliate which is related to or permitted under
this Agreement, and whether principal, interest, fees,
indemnification obligations hereunder or Expenses (specifically
including interest accruing after the commencement of any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to
Borrower, whether or not a claim for such post-commencement
interest is allowed), including, without limitation, debts,
liabilities and obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit, and
any extensions, modifications, substitutions, increases and
renewals thereof; any amount payable by Borrower or any Subsidiary
of Borrower pursuant to an Interest Hedging Instrument; the payment
of all amounts advanced by Lender or any other subsidiary of Lender
or Bank Affiliate to preserve, protect and enforce rights
hereunder; and all Expenses incurred by Lender or any other
subsidiary of Lender or Bank Affiliate. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, Obligations shall include any
other debts, liabilities or obligations owing to Lender or any
other subsidiary of Lender or Bank Affiliate in connection with any
lockbox, cash management, or other services (including electronic
funds transfers or automated clearing house transactions) provided
by Lender or any other subsidiary of Lender or Bank Affiliate to
Borrower.
Parent – South Jersey Industries, Inc.
PBGC – The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
Permitted Indebtedness – Any of the following:
(1) Indebtedness
under this Agreement;
(2) Indebtedness
of Borrower under the First Mortgage Notes existing as of the
Closing Date and as identified on Schedule II attached hereto, and
subsequent First Mortgage Notes, so long as before and immediately
after the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Borrower is in
compliance with Section 6.14;
(3) Any
Indebtedness of Borrower so long as before and immediately after
the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Borrower is in compliance with
Section 6.14;
(4) Indebtedness
of Borrower under Hedging Obligations covering a notional amount
not to exceed the face amount of outstanding
Indebtedness.
Permitted Investments – (1) Noncallable, direct general
obligations of, or obligations the payment of the principal of and
interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America; (2) bonds, participation certificates or other
obligations of Federal National Mortgage Association, Government
National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation which are owned as of the Closing Date; (3)
certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances or other
obligations issued by commercial banks which are fully insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or certificates of
deposit, bankers’ acceptances or other deposit obligations
issued by commercial banks whose unsecured obligations are rated in
one of the two highest rating categories by Moody’s or
S&P; (4) obligations issued or guaranteed by a state or
political subdivision of a state rated in one of the two highest
rating categories by Moody’s or S&P; or (5) any other
investments permitted under this Agreement and which Lender has
approved in writing.
Permitted Lien – With respect to any Person, any of the
following:
(1) Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not delinquent or
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and
for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are maintained
on such Person’s books;
(2) Liens
arising out of deposits in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other
social security or retirement benefits legislation;
(3) Deposits
or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts
for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety
and appeal bonds, and other obligations of like nature arising in
the ordinary course of such Person’s business;
(4) Liens
imposed by law, such as mechanics’, workers’,
materialmen’s, carriers’ or other like liens arising in
the ordinary course of such Person’s business which secure
the payment of obligations which are not past due or which are
being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are
maintained on such Person’s books;
(5) Rights
of way, zoning restrictions, easements and similar encumbrances
affecting such Person’s real property which do not materially
interfere with the use of such property;
(6) Liens
securing Permitted Indebtedness of the type described in clause (2)
of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(7) Liens
securing Permitted Indebtedness, described in clause (3) of the
definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” not in excess
of $12,500,000 in the aggregate; and
(8) Purchase
money security interests for the purchase of equipment to be used
in Borrower’s business, encumbering only the equipment so
purchased, and which secures only the purchase-money Indebtedness
incurred to acquire the equipment so purchased, which Indebtedness
qualifies as Permitted Indebtedness.
Person – An individual, partnership, corporation,
trust, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
unincorporated association or organization, joint venture or any
other entity.
Plan – A Single Employer Plan or a Multiple
Employer Plan.
Property – Any interest of Borrower in any kind of
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or
intangible.
Published Rate - The rate of interest published each Business
Day in The Wall Street Journal “Money Rates”
listing under the caption “London Interbank Offered
Rates” for a one month period (or, if no such rate is
published therein for any reason, the Published Rate shall be the
eurodollar rate for a one month period as published in another
publication determined by Lender).
Quarterly Compliance Certificate
– Section 6.13.
Regulation D – Regulation D of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System comprising Part 204 of Title 12, Code
of Federal Regulations, as amended, and any successor
thereto.
Requirement of Law – As to any Person, each law, treaty, rule
or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
Revolving Credit – Section 2.1(a).
Revolving Credit Closing Fee
– Section 2.7(a).
Revolving Credit Exposure
– At any time, the aggregate
amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by Lender then
outstanding.
Revolving Credit Maturity Date
– December 14,
2009.
Revolving Credit Note – Section 2.1(b).
S&P – Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
Selected Rating Agencies – Any two of Moody’s, S&P, Fitch
or any other nationally recognized rating agency selected by
Borrower from time to time; provided that for any such selection to
be valid, Borrower shall have notified Lender of such selection
prior to such selection taking effect and if Borrower has not
notified Lender of any such selection, then Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected Moody’s and S&P.
Significant Subsidiary – With respect to any Person, a Subsidiary
which meets any of the following conditions:
(a) such
Person’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in and
advances to the Subsidiary exceed 10% of the total assets of such
Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of the most
recently completed fiscal quarter;
(b) such
Person’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate
share (as determined by ownership interests) of the total assets
(after intercompany eliminations) of the Subsidiary exceeds 10% of
the total assets of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter;
or
(c) such
Person’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate
share (as determined by ownership interests) in the income from
continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles of the
Subsidiary exceeds 10% of such income of such Person and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for the most recently completed fiscal
quarter.
Single Employer Plan – A single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA
and which (i) is maintained for employees of Borrower or an ERISA
Affiliate and no Person other than Borrower and its ERISA
Affiliates or (ii) was so maintained and in respect of which
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section
4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
Solvent – With respect to any Person, that such
Person (a) has capital sufficient to carry on its business and
transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about
to engage and is able to pay its debts as they mature, (b) owns
property having a value, both at fair valuation and at present fair
saleable value, greater than the amount required to pay its
probable liabilities (including contingencies), and (c) does not
believe that it will incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability
to pay such debts or liabilities as they mature.
Subsidiary – With respect to any Person, any
corporation or unincorporated entity of which more than 50% of the
outstanding capital stock (or comparable interest) having ordinary
voting power (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock (or
comparable interest) of any other class or classes of such
corporation or entity shall or might have voting power upon the
occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned by said Person (whether directly or through one of
more other Subsidiaries). In the case of an
unincorporated entity, a Person shall be deemed to have more than
50% of interests having ordinary voting power only if such
Person’s vote in respect of such interests comprises more
than 50% of the total voting power of all such interests in the
unincorporated entity.
Total Common Equity – The sum of the Capital Stock (excluding
treasury stock and capital stock subscribed for and unissued) and
surplus (including earned surplus, capital surplus, translation
adjustment, the balance of the current profit and loss account not
transferred to surplus and accumulated comprehensive other income)
accounts of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries appearing on
a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, in each case prepared as of the date of determination
in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all intercompany
transactions and all amounts properly attributable to minority
interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of
Subsidiaries.
Unused Revolving Credit Commitment
– At any particular time, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Maximum Revolving Credit
Amount at such time over the Revolving Credit Exposure at such
time.
1.2
Accounting Principles : Where the character or amount of any
asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be
determined or any consolidation or other accounting computation is
required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement, this shall
be done in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date,
to the extent applicable, except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement. If there are any changes in GAAP after
the Closing Date that would affect the computation of the financial
covenants in Section 6.14, such changes shall only be followed,
with respect to such financial covenants, from and after the date
this Agreement shall have been amended to take into account any
such changes.
1.3
Construction : No doctrine of construction of ambiguities in
agreements or instruments against the interests of the party
controlling the drafting shall apply to any Loan
Documents.
SECTION II. THE
LOANS
2.1
Revolving Credit – Description:
a. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender hereby
establishes for the benefit of Borrower a revolving credit facility
(collectively, the “Revolving Credit”) which shall
include cash Loans extended by Lender to Borrower from time to time
hereunder. The aggregate principal amount of Loans shall
not at any time exceed the Maximum Revolving Credit
Amount. Subject to such limitation, the outstanding
balance of Loans under the Revolving Credit may fluctuate from time
to time, to be reduced by repayments made by Borrower, to be
increased by future Loans which may be made by Lender, to Borrower,
and, subject to the provisions of Section 8 below, shall be due and
payable on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The
aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding at any time cannot
exceed the Maximum Revolving Credit Amount.
b. At
Closing, Borrower shall execute and deliver a promissory note to
Lender for the Maximum Revolving Credit Amount (“Revolving
Credit Note”). The Revolving Credit Note shall
evidence Borrower’s unconditional obligation to repay Lender
for all Loans made under the Revolving Credit, with interest as
herein provided. Each Loan under the Revolving Credit
shall be deemed evidenced by the Revolving Credit Note, which is
deemed incorporated herein by reference and made part
hereof. The Revolving Credit Note shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender.
c. The
term of the Revolving Credit shall expire on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date. On such date, unless having been sooner
accelerated by Lender pursuant to the terms hereof (i) all
principal, interest and other fees, Expenses and other Obligations
owing under the Revolving Credit shall be due and payable in full,
and (ii) Lender’s commitment to make Loans under the
Revolving Credit shall terminate. As of and after such
date Borrower shall not request and Lender shall not make any
further Loan under the Revolving Credit.
2.2
[ Intentionally Omitted]
2.3
[ Intentionally Omitted]
a. Except
to the extent otherwise set forth in this Agreement (or in the case
of an Interest Hedging Instrument under the applicable agreements),
all payments of principal and of interest on the Revolving Credit,
and all Expenses, fees, indemnification obligations and all other
charges and any other Obligations of Borrower, shall be made to
Lender at such office or account as Lender may direct from time to
time, in United States dollars, in immediately available
funds. Lender shall have the unconditional right and
discretion and Borrower hereby authorizes Lender) to charge
Borrower’s operating and/or deposit account(s) for all of
Borrower’s Obligations as they become due from time to time
under this Agreement including, without limitation, interest,
principal, fees, indemnification obligations and reimbursement of
Expenses. Alternatively, Lender may in its sole and
absolute discretion (and Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to) make
a Loan under the Revolving Credit in a sum sufficient to pay all
interest accrued and payable on the Obligations and to pay all
costs, fees and Expenses owing hereunder. Any payments
received prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business
Day shall be deemed received on such Business Day. Any
payments (including any payment in full of the Obligations),
received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business
Day shall be deemed received on the immediately following Business
Day.
b. Loans
which may be made by Lender from time to time under the Revolving
Credit shall be made available by crediting such proceeds to
Borrower’s operating account with Lender or such other
account designated by Borrower to Lender in writing.
i. All
Loans requested by Borrower under the Revolving Credit that are (a)
LIBOR Rate Loans must be in the minimum amount of One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000) and integral multiples of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in excess thereof and (b) Base Rate
Loans must be in the minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000) and integrated multiples of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000) in excess thereof.
ii. All
Loans requested by Borrower under the Revolving Credit are to be in
writing pursuant to a written request (“Loan Request”)
executed by an Authorized Officer in the form of
Exhibit ”B” attached hereto. Requests
for Base Rate Loans must be requested by 11:00 A.M., Eastern time,
on the date such Loan is to be made. Requests for LIBOR
Rate Loans must be requested three (3) Business Days in advance and
must specify the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan and the LIBOR
Interest Period. If no LIBOR Interest Period is
specified, the LIBOR Interest Period shall be deemed to be a one
month period.
iii. Upon
receiving a request for a Loan in accordance with subparagraph (ii)
above, and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Lender shall make the requested Loan available to Borrower as soon
as is reasonably practicable thereafter on the day the requested
Loan is to be made.
a. The
unpaid principal balance of Loans under the Revolving Credit shall
bear interest, subject to the terms hereof, at a per annum rate
equal to the Applicable Rate.
b. Interest
on Base Rate Loans shall be payable quarterly, in arrears, on
January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, and on the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall
be payable on the last day of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period
or, in the case of a LIBOR Interest Period which is six months, at
the end of the three month period, and on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date.
c. Borrower
may, in the case of Revolving Credit Loans, elect from time to time
to convert Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Rate Loans, by delivering a
Notice of Conversion/Extension to Lender at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the proposed date of
conversion. In addition, Borrower may elect from time to
time to convert all or any portion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base
Rate Loan by giving Lender irrevocable written notice thereof by
12:00 noon one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed date of
conversion. LIBOR Rate Loans may only be converted to
Base Rate Loans on the last day of the applicable LIBOR Interest
Period. If the date upon which a LIBOR Rate Loan is to
be converted to a Base Rate Loan is not a Business Day, then such
conversion shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and
during the period from such last day of a LIBOR Interest Period to
such succeeding Business Day such Loan shall bear interest as if it
were a Base Rate Loan. All or any part of outstanding
Base Rate Loans may be converted as provided herein; provided that
no Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
d. Borrower
may continue any LIBOR Rate Loans upon the expiration of a LIBOR
Interest Period with respect thereto by delivering a Notice of
Conversion/Extension to Lender at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the proposed date of extension; provided that no LIBOR
Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case such Loan
shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of
the applicable LIBOR Interest Period with respect
thereto. If Borrower shall fail to give timely notice of
an election to continue a LIBOR Rate Loan, or the continuation of
LIBOR Rate Loans is not permitted hereunder, each such LIBOR Rate
Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan at the
end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period with respect
thereto.
e. Borrower
may not have more than four (4) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any
time.
2.6
Additional Interest Provisions:
a. Interest
on the LIBOR Rate Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a year
of three hundred sixty (360) days but charged for the actual number
of days elapsed. Interest on the Base Rate Loans shall
be calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty five
(365) or three hundred sixty six (366) days, as the case may be,
but charged for the actual number of days elapsed.
b. After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
hereunder, the per annum effective rate of interest on all
outstanding principal under the Loans, shall be increased by two
hundred (200) basis points. All such increases may be
applied retroactively to the date of the occurrence of the Event of
Default. Borrower agrees that the default rate payable
to Lender is a reasonable estimate of Lender’s damages and is
not a penalty.
c. All
contractual rates of interest chargeable on outstanding principal
under the Loans shall continue to accrue and be paid even after
Default, an Event of Default, maturity, acceleration, judgment,
bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings of any kind or the happening of
any event or occurrence similar or dissimilar.
d. In
no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest hereunder and charged or collected pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible
under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a
final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the
event that such court determines Lender has charged or received
interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, Lender
shall apply, in its sole discretion, and set off such excess
interest received by Lender against other Obligations due or to
become due and such rate shall automatically be reduced to the
maximum rate permitted by such law.
e. Borrower
shall not request and Lender shall not make or continue, or convert
any Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan while a Default or an Event of
Default exists.
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