LOAN
AGREEMENT
by and among
SCHIFF
NUTRITION GROUP, INC.
as Borrower
and the Lenders from
time to time party hereto, including
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
in its capacity as a
Lender and as administrative agent for the Lenders,
the
“Agent”
Dated as of August 18,
2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Accounting Terms and
Determinations
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Revolving Credit
Commitment.
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Discretionary Swing Line
Facility
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Letter of Credit
Commitment.
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Method of Borrowing –
Revolving Credit Loans; Swing Line Loans.
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Duration of Interest Periods and
Selection of Interest Rates.
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Interest Rates and Interest
Payments.
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Method of Making Interest and Other
Payments
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General Provisions as to
Payments
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Basis for Determining Interest Rate
Inadequate or Unfair
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ABR Loans Substituted for Affected
LIBOR Loans
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Discretion of Lenders as to Manner
of Funding
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Swing Line Loan Settlement After
Default
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Designation of Alternate Lending
Offices.
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Section 3. PRECONDITIONS TO LOANS
AND LETTERS OF CREDIT.
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Initial Loans and Letters of
Credit
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Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.
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Corporate Existence and
Power
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Pension and Welfare
Plans
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Compliance With Other Instruments;
None Burdensome
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Other Debt, Guarantees and
Capitalized Leases
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Multi-Employer Pension Plan
Amendments Act of 1980
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Investment Company Act of 1940;
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005
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Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Licenses, Etc
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Environmental and Safety and Health
Matters
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Purchase and Other Commitments and
Outstanding Bids
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Affirmative Covenants of
Borrower
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Negative Covenants of
Borrower
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Section 6. EVENTS OF
DEFAULT.
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No
Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc
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Action Upon Instructions of
Required Lenders
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Employment of Agents and
Counsel
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Reliance on Documents;
Counsel
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Independent Credit
Decision
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Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of
Jury Trial
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References; Headings for
Convenience
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NO
ORAL AGREEMENTS: ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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Resurrection of the
Borrower’s Obligations
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Independence of
Covenants
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Effect of Breach of Representation
or Warranty
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USA PATRIOT ACT
NOTIFICATION
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Schedule of Trust Deed
Properties
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Notice Of Authorized
Individuals
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Other Debt, Guarantees and
Capitalized Leases
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Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and
Licenses
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Environmental and Health and Safety
Matters
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Existing Affiliate Transactions and
Arrangements
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Borrower Investment
Policy
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FORM OF CONTINUING REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT FOR STANDBY LETTERS OF CREDIT
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FORM OF APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT
FOR STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENT
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JOINDER FOR INCREMENTAL
FACILITY
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LOAN
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of the 18th
day of August, 2009, by and among SCHIFF NUTRITION GROUP, INC., a
Utah corporation (“ Borrower ”), and the Lenders
from time to time party hereto, including U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as a Lender and as administrative
agent for the Lenders under this Agreement (in such capacity, the
“ Agent ”).
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS, Borrower has applied for a
revolving credit facility from the Lenders in the aggregate amount
of up to $80,000,000 (including a swingline subfacility thereunder
from U.S. Bank National Association in the principal amount of up
to $10,000,000 and a letter of credit subfacility thereunder from
U.S. Bank National Association in the principal amount of up to
$10,000,000); and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to
make the revolving credit facility available to Borrower upon, and
subject to, the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement
as hereinafter set forth,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower,
the Lenders and the Agent hereby mutually covenant and agree as
follows:
1.01
Definitions . In addition to the
terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Exhibit or
Schedule hereto, when used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings shall be equally
applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms used, as
the context requires):
ABR Loan shall mean any Loan or any portion
of any Loan bearing interest based on the Adjusted Base
Rate.
Acquisition shall mean any transaction or
series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of
this Agreement, by which Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or
indirectly (a) acquires all or substantially all of the assets
comprising one or more business units of any other Person, whether
through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b) acquires (in
one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of
transactions) at least (i) a majority (in number of votes) of the
stock and/or other securities of a corporation having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors (other than stock and/or
other securities having such power only by reason of the happening
of a contingency), (ii) a majority (by percentage of voting power)
of the outstanding partnership interests of a partnership or (iii)
a majority of the ownership interests in any organization or entity
other than a corporation or partnership.
Adjusted Base Rate
shall mean on any day
the Base Rate plus the Applicable ABR Margin in effect on
such day. The Adjusted Base Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
Base Rate and/or the Applicable ABR Margin.
Adjusted Daily LIBOR
Rate shall
mean with respect to each day the rate determined by dividing the
Daily LIBOR Rate in effect on such day by 1.00 minus the LIBOR
Reserve Percentage.
Affiliate shall mean any Person (a) which
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls,
is controlled by or is under common control with Borrower or any
Subsidiary, (b) which directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries beneficially owns or holds or has the power to
direct the voting power of Five Percent (5.0%) or
more of any class of capital stock
or other equity interests of Borrower or any Subsidiary, (c) which
has Five Percent (5.0%) or more of any class of its capital stock
or other equity interests beneficially owned or held, directly or
indirectly, by Borrower or any Subsidiary or (d) who is a director,
officer, manager or employee of Borrower or any
Subsidiary. For purposes of this definition,
“control” shall mean the power to direct the management
and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
Agent shall mean U.S. Bank National
Association in its capacity as agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement and certain of the other Transaction Documents and its
successors in such capacity.
Applicable ABR Margin, Applicable
LIBOR Margin, Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate
and Applicable
Standby Letter of Credit Commitment Fee Rate shall respectively
mean the per annum rate shown in the applicable column below based
on the applicable Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio:
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If Consolidated
Total
Leverage Ratio is, then
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Applicable
ABR
Margin
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Applicable
LIBOR Margin
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Applicable
Unused
Commitment Fee Rate is
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Applicable Standby
Letter of
Credit Commitment Fee Rate is
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1.75%
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3.75%
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0.50%
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3.75%
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≥ 2.00 to 1.00 but <2.50 to
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1.50%
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3.50%
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0.40%
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3.50%
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≥ 1.50 to 1.00 but <2.00 to
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1.25%
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3.25%
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3.25%
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≥ 1.00 to 1.00 but <1.50 to
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0.75%
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2.75%
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2.75%
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0.50%
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2.50%
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0.25%
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2.50%
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The determination of the Applicable
ABR Margin, the Applicable LIBOR Margin, the Applicable Unused
Commitment Fee Rate and the Applicable Standby Letter of Credit
Commitment Fee Rate as of any date shall be based on the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter of Borrower for which financial
statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been delivered to
the Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a), and shall be effective for
purposes of determining the Applicable ABR Margin, the Applicable
LIBOR Margin, the Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate and the
Applicable Standby Letter of Credit Commitment Fee Rate from and
after the first day of the first month immediately following the
date on which such delivery of financial statements is required
until the first day of the first month immediately following the
next such date on which delivery of financial statements of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries is so required. For
example, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the
fiscal quarter of Borrower ending August 31, 2009, will be
determined from the financial statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal quarter of Borrower ending
August 31,
2009 (which are required to be
delivered to the Agent on or before October 15, 2009), and will be
used in determining the Applicable ABR Margin, the Applicable LIBOR
Margin, the Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate and the
Applicable Standby Letter of Credit Commitment Fee Rate from and
after November 1, 2009. Until November 1, 2009, the
Applicable ABR Margin shall be 0.50%; the Applicable LIBOR Margin
shall be 2.50%; the Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate shall be
0.25%; and the Applicable Standby Letter of Credit Commitment Fee
Rate shall be 2.50%.
Attorneys’ Fees
shall mean (a) the
reasonable value of the services (and costs, charges and expenses
related thereto) of the attorneys and all paralegals employed by
the Agent (including, without limitation, attorneys and paralegals
who are employees of the Agent or are employees of any affiliate of
the Agent) from time to time in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution and/or administration of this Agreement
and/or any of the other Transaction Documents and (b) the
reasonable value of the services (and costs, charges and expenses
related thereto) of the attorneys and all paralegals employed by
the Agent or any of the Lenders (including, without limitation,
attorneys and paralegals who are employees of the Agent or any of
the Lenders or are employees of any affiliate of the Agent or any
of the Lenders) (i) in connection with the preparation, negotiation
or execution of any amendment, modification, extension, renewal
and/or restatement of this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents that has been requested by Borrower, (ii) in
connection with the preparation, negotiation or execution of any
waiver, consent or forbearance with respect to this Agreement or
any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) in connection with
the enforcement of this Agreement and/or any of the other
Transaction Documents, (iv) in connection with any Default or Event
of Default under this Agreement, (v) to represent the Agent or any
of the Lenders in any litigation, contest, dispute, suit or
proceeding, or to commence, defend or intervene in any litigation,
contest, dispute, suit or proceeding, or to file any petition,
complaint, answer, motion or other pleading or to take any other
action in or with respect to any litigation, contest, dispute, suit
or proceeding (whether instituted by the Agent, any of the Lenders,
Borrower or any other Person and whether in bankruptcy or
otherwise) in any way or respect relating to this Agreement or any
of the other Transaction Documents, Borrower, any other Obligor,
any Subsidiary, or any Collateral (but excluding any such fees,
costs, charges and/or expenses incurred with respect to a dispute
between the Agent and any one or more of the Lenders or with
respect to disputes solely between one or more of the Lenders),
(vi) to assert and protect the Agent’s and the Lenders’
rights in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (vii) to
protect, collect, lease, sell, take possession of or liquidate any
Collateral, (viii) to attempt to enforce any security interest in
or other Lien upon any Collateral or to give any advice with
respect to such enforcement and/or (ix) to enforce any of the
rights and/or remedies of the Agent or any of the Lenders to
collect any of the Borrower’s Obligations.
Authorized Person
shall mean each of the
individuals listed in Schedule 2.04 .
Base Rate shall mean as of any date of
determination the higher of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Fed Funds
Rate plus One-Half of One Percent (0.5%), and (c) the Adjusted
Daily LIBOR Rate in effect and reset each Eurodollar Business Day
plus Two Percent (2.0%).
Borrower shall mean the Borrower identified
in cover page to this Agreement, the preamble to this Agreement and
the signature pages to this Agreement.
Borrower’s
Obligations shall mean any and all present and
future Debt (principal, interest, fees, collection costs and
expenses, Attorneys’ Fees and other amounts), liabilities and
obligations (including, without limitation, letter of credit
reimbursement obligations and indemnity obligations) of Borrower to
the Agent and/or any one or more of the Lenders evidenced by or
arising under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes, the
Letter of Credit Applications and/or any of the other Transaction
Documents.
Capital Expenditure
shall mean any
expenditure to purchase or otherwise acquire a fixed asset (other
than a Capitalized Lease Obligation or an Intangible Capital
Expenditure) which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the Person making the
same.
Capitalized Lease
shall mean any lease of
Property, whether real and/or personal, by a Person as lessee which
in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on the
balance sheet of such Person.
Capitalized Lease
Obligations of any Person shall mean, as of the
date of any determination thereof, the amount at which the
aggregate rental obligations due and to become due under all
Capitalized Leases under which such Person is a lessee would be
reflected as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with GAAP.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute of similar
import, together with the regulations thereunder, in each case as
in effect from time to time. References to sections of
the Code shall be construed to also refer to any successor
sections.
Collateral shall mean any Property of Borrower
or a Guarantor which now or at any time hereafter secures the
payment or performance of any of the Borrower’s
Obligations.
Commitments shall mean, collectively, the
Revolving Credit Commitments, which are identified by Lender on the
attached Schedule 1.01(a ).
Consolidated EBITDA
shall mean, for the
period in question, the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income during
such period plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining
such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest
Expense during such period, plus (ii) all provisions for any
federal, state, local and/or foreign income taxes made by Borrower
and its Subsidiaries during such period (whether paid or deferred),
plus (iii) all depreciation and amortization expenses of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, plus (iv)
all non-cash stock compensation expenses of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries during such period, plus (v) all other non-cash
expenses of Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period,
plus (vi) any extraordinary losses during such period
plus (vii) any losses from the sale or other disposition of
Property other than in the ordinary course of business during such
period, plus (viii) any expenses as approved by the Agent
related to an acquisition or potential acquisition, minus
(c) to the extent added in determining such Consolidated Net
Income, the sum of (i) any extraordinary gains during such period
plus (ii) any gains from the sale or other disposition of
Property other than in the ordinary course of business during such
period, all determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDAR
shall mean, for the
period in question, the sum of (a) Consolidated EBITDA during such
period plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining such
Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Operating Lease Expense during
such period, all determined on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio shall
mean, for the period in question, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated EBITDAR during such period, minus (i)
maintenance capital expenditures assumed for purposes of this ratio
calculation to be 50% of depreciation expense, prorated evenly for
the measurement periods required, minus (ii) all federal,
state, local and/or foreign income taxes paid or payable by
Borrower and its Subsidiaries paid in cash during such period, to
(b) Consolidated Fixed Charges during such period, all determined
on a trailing four-quarter basis, on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Fixed
Charges shall mean, for the period in
question, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all principal
payments required to be made by Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
all Debt during such period (including the principal portion of
payments in respect of Capitalized Leases), plus (b) all
obligations for interest paid or payable by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on all Debt in cash during such period (including,
without limitation, the interest portion of Capitalized Lease
Obligations paid or payable in cash and the interest portion of any
deferred payment obligation paid or payable in cash during such
period), plus (c) Consolidated Operating Lease Expense
during such period, all determined on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Funded
Debt shall
mean the sum of, without duplication, (a) all obligations of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries for borrowed money, including, but
not limited to the Total Revolving Credits Outstanding, plus
(b) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in respect of bankers acceptances or as an account
party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty,
plus (c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations; plus (d)
all Guarantees by Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the foregoing,
all determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated Interest
Expense shall mean, for the period in
question, without duplication, all gross interest expense of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on all Debt (including, without
limitation, all commissions, discounts and/or related amortization
and other fees and charges owed by Borrower and its Subsidiaries
with respect to letters of credit, the net costs associated with
any interest rate swap, interest rate cap or other interest rate
hedge obligations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, capitalized
interest expense, the interest portion of Capitalized Lease
Obligations and the interest portion of any deferred payment
obligation) for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Liquidity
shall mean all cash,
cash-equivalents, investment securities not constituting Restricted
Investments and the lesser of (a) unused availability under the
Commitments or (b) the amount that, when added to the numerator of
the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, would result in the maximum
Consolidated Total Leverage set forth in Section
5.01(o)(ii).
Consolidated Net Income
shall mean the
after-tax net income (or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
the period in question, determined on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Operating Lease
Expense shall mean, for the period in
question, the aggregate amount of all Operating Lease Expenses of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, all determined on
a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio shall
mean, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Funded Debt as of such day to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter
period of Borrower ending on such day.
Copyright Security
Agreement shall mean that certain Copyright
Security Agreement (as contemplated by the Security Agreement)
executed by Borrower, or as applicable, a Guarantor.
Daily LIBOR Rate
shall mean, with
respect to any date of determination, the average offered rate for
the deposits in United States dollar for delivery of such deposits
on a one-month basis, which appears on Renters Screen LIBOR01 Page
(or any successor thereto) as of 11:00 a.m., London time (or such
other time as of which such rate appears), or the rate for such
deposits determined by Agent at such time based on such other
published service of general application as shall be selected by
Agent for such purpose.
Debt of any Person shall mean, as of the
date of determination thereof, the sum of, without duplication, (a)
all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including,
without limitation, all of Borrower’s Obligations (other than
obligations for interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, interest
rate collars or interest rate hedges) hereunder), plus (b)
all Debt of such Person which has been incurred in connection with
the purchase or other acquisition of Property (other than unsecured
trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of
business), plus (c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of
such Person, plus (d) the aggregate undrawn face amount of
all letters of credit issued for the account and/or upon the
application of such Person together with all unreimbursed drawings
with respect thereto plus (e) all Guarantees by such
Person of Debt of others.
Default shall mean any event or condition
the occurrence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving
of notice or both, become an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender
shall mean any Lender
with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.
Defined Contribution
Plan shall
mean a “pension plan” as such term is defined in
Section 3(34) of ERISA and Section 414(i) of the Code.
Distribution
in respect of any
corporation or other entity shall mean: (a) dividends or other
distributions on or in respect of any of the capital stock or other
equity interests of such corporation or
other entity other than stock
dividends or stock splits; and (b) the redemption, repurchase or
other acquisition of any capital stock or other equity interests of
such corporation or other entity or of any warrants, rights or
other options to purchase any such capital stock or other equity
interests.
Domestic Business Day
shall mean any day
except a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday observed by the Agent or
any Lender.
Domestic Subsidiary
shall mean any
Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized in or under the laws
of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia.
Eligible Institution
means any commercial
bank, trust company, banking association, insurance company,
financial institution, mutual fund or pension or accredited
investor as defined in SEC Regulation D.
Environmental Claim
shall mean any
administrative, regulatory or judicial action, judgment, order,
consent decree, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, Lien, notice of
noncompliance or violation, investigation or other proceeding
arising (a) pursuant to any Environmental Law or governmental or
regulatory approval issued under any such Environmental Law, (b)
from the presence, use, generation, storage, treatment, release,
threatened release, disposal, remediation or other existence of any
Hazardous Substance, (c) from any removal, remedial, corrective or
other response action pursuant to an Environmental Law or the order
of any governmental or regulatory authority or agency, (d) from any
third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost
recovery, compensation, injunctive or other relief in connection
with a Hazardous Substance or arising from alleged injury or threat
of injury to health, safety, natural resources or the environment
or (e) from any Lien against any Property owned, leased or operated
by Borrower or any Subsidiary in favor of any governmental or
regulatory authority or agency in connection with a release,
threatened release or disposal of a Hazardous Substance.
Environmental Law
shall mean any and all
Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations,
ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions related to pollution and the protection
of the environment or the release of any materials into the
environment, including those related to hazardous substances or
wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute
of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder, in
each case as in effect from time to time. References to
sections of ERISA shall be construed to also refer to any successor
sections.
ERISA Affiliate
shall mean any
corporation, trade or business that is, along with Borrower or any
Subsidiary, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a
controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in Sections
414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Code or Section 4001 of
ERISA.
Eurodollar Business Day
shall mean any Domestic
Business Day on which commercial lenders are open for international
business (including dealings in dollar deposits) in
London.
Event of Default
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 6.
Excluded Subsidiaries
shall mean Weider
Nutrition (WNI) Limited, Weider Nutrition BV, Weider Nutrition
Italia, and Weider Nutrition GmbH.
Fed Funds Rate
shall mean a rate per
annum equal to U.S. Bank’s quoted rate as of the opening of
business by U.S. Bank on each Domestic Business Day for purchasing
overnight federal funds in the national market, which rate shall
fluctuate as and when said quoted rate shall change.
Foreign Subsidiary
shall mean a Subsidiary
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction which is not located in
the United States.
GAAP shall mean, at any time, generally
accepted accounting principles at such time in the United
States.
Guarantee by any Person shall mean any
obligation (other than endorsements of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business),
contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing, or in effect
guaranteeing, any Debt, liability, dividend or other obligation of
any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, all
obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise,
by such Person: (a) to purchase such Debt or obligation
or any Property constituting security therefor, (b) to advance or
supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such Debt or
obligation, (ii) to maintain working capital or other balance sheet
condition or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the
purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation, (iii) to lease
property or to purchase securities or other property or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
the Debt or obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure the owner of the
Debt or obligation of the primary obligor against loss in respect
thereof. For the purposes of all computations made under
this Agreement, a Guarantee in respect of any Debt for borrowed
money shall be deemed to be Debt equal to the then outstanding
principal amount of such Debt for borrowed money which has been
guaranteed or such lesser amount to which the maximum exposure of
the guarantor shall have been specifically limited, and a Guarantee
in respect of any other obligation or liability or any dividend
shall be deemed to be Debt equal to the maximum aggregate amount of
such obligation, liability or dividend or such lesser amount to
which the maximum exposure of the guarantor shall have been
specifically limited. Guarantee when used as a verb
shall have a correlative meaning.
Guaranties shall mean those certain guaranties
of Borrower’s Obligations dated as of the date hereof
executed respectively by a Guarantor other than a Subsidiary of
Borrower in existence as of the date hereof as the same may from
time to time be amended, and Guaranty shall mean any of
them; except where the context shall otherwise require, each of
“Guaranties” and “Guaranty” shall include
Subsidiary Guaranties or Subsidiary Guaranty, as
applicable.
Guarantor shall mean Parent and each
Subsidiary of Borrower (other than the Excluded Subsidiaries), as
to all of Borrower’s Obligations which as of such date such
Guarantor has executed and delivered to Agent for the ratable
benefit of each of the Lender s (i) its unlimited continuing
guaranty in form and substance acceptable to Agent and the Lenders;
and (ii) with respect to each Guarantor, its Guarantor Security
Agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent and the
Lenders.
Hazardous Substance
shall mean any
hazardous or toxic material, substance or waste, pollutant or
contaminant which is regulated under any Environmental Law or any
other statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any federal,
state, local, foreign or other body, instrumentality, agency,
authority or official having jurisdiction over any of the Property
owned, leased or operated by Borrower or any Subsidiary or its use,
including, without limitation, any material, substance or waste
which is: (a) defined as a hazardous substance under Section 311 of
the federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
§§1317), as amended; (b) regulated as a hazardous waste
under Section 1004 or Section 3001 of the federal Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (42 U.S.C. §§6901 et seq .), as
amended; (c) defined as a hazardous substance under Section 101 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq .),
as amended; or (d) defined or regulated as a hazardous substance or
hazardous waste under any rules or regulations promulgated under
any of the foregoing statutes.
Incremental Facility
or Incremental
Facilities shall have the meanings given in Section
2.30.
Intangible Capital
Expenditures shall mean any expenditure to
purchase or otherwise acquire an asset that is not classified by
GAAP as a “fixed asset”, but is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the Person making the
same.
Interest Period
shall mean:
(a) with
respect to each Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan:
(i) initially,
the period commencing on the date of such Loan and ending 1, 2, 3
or 6 months thereafter (or such other period agreed upon in writing
by Borrower and each Lender ), as Borrower may elect in the
applicable Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing; and
(ii) thereafter,
each period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding
Interest Period applicable to such Loan and ending 1, 2, 3 or 6
months thereafter (or such other period agreed upon in writing by
Borrower and each Lender ), as Borrower may elect pursuant
to Section 2.07(a);
(iii) subject
to clauses (iv) and (v) below, any Interest Period which would
otherwise end on a day which is not a Eurodollar Business Day shall
be extended to the next succeeding Eurodollar Business Day unless
such Eurodollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Eurodollar Business Day;
(iv) subject
to clause (v) below, any Interest Period which begins on the last
Eurodollar Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Eurodollar
Business Day of a calendar month; and
(v) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the last day of the Revolving
Credit Period; and
Investment shall mean any investment by
Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Person, whether payment therefor
is made in cash or capital stock of Borrower or any Subsidiary, and
whether such investment is by acquisition of stock or Debt, or by
loan, advance, transfer of Property out of the ordinary course of
business, capital contribution, equity or profit sharing interest
or extension of credit on terms other than those normal in the
ordinary course of business or otherwise.
Lender shall mean each Lender listed on
the signature pages hereof, and its successors and permitted
assigns; and Lenders shall mean all of the
Lenders.
Lender Default
shall mean (i) the
failure of a Lender to fund its portion of any Loans pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or to fund its portion of any
unreimbursed payment under Section 2.04(e) herein, (ii) failure of
a Lender to pay Agent or any other Lender an amount owed pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, when due, or (iii) a Lender has
been deemed insolvent or has become subject to a bankruptcy,
receivership or insolvency proceedings, or to a receiver, trustee,
or similar official.
Letter of Credit
and Letters of
Credit shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section
2.04(a).
Letter of Credit
Application shall mean, collectively, the
Continuing Reimbursement Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit in
the form of Exhibit F attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference and an Application and Agreement for Standby
Letter of Credit in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference (or such other forms as may
then be U.S. Bank’s standard form of application and
agreement for irrevocable standby letter of credit), in each case
executed by Borrower, as account party, and delivered to U.S. Bank
pursuant to Section 2.04, as the same may from time to time be
amended, modified, extended, renewed or restated.
Letter of Credit Commitment
Fee shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(d).
Letter of Credit Issuance
Fee shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(d).
Letter of Credit Request
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(a).
LIBOR Base Rate
shall mean, with
respect to the applicable Interest Period, (a) the LIBOR Index Rate
for such Interest Period, if such rate is available or (b) if the
LIBOR Index Rate is not available, the average of the respective
rates per annum of interest at which deposits in dollars are
offered to U.S. Bank in the London interbank market by two (2)
Eurodollar dealers of recognized standing, selected by U.S. Bank in
its sole discretion, at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
date two (2) Eurodollar Business Days before the first day of such
Interest Period, for delivery on the first day of the applicable
Interest Period for a number of days comparable to the number of
days in such Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal
to the principal amount of the LIBOR Loan to which such Interest
Period is to apply.
LIBOR Index Rate
shall mean, with
respect to the applicable Interest Period, a rate per annum equal
to the British Bankers’ Association interest settlement rates
for U.S. Dollar deposits for such Interest Period as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on the day two (2) Eurodollar Business Days before
the first day of such Interest Period as published by Bloomberg
Financial Services, Dow Jones Market Service, Reuters or any other
service from time to time used by U.S. Bank.
LIBOR Loan shall mean any Loan or portion of
any Loan bearing interest based on the LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate shall mean (a) the quotient of the
(i) LIBOR Base Rate divided by (ii) one minus the applicable LIBOR
Reserve Percentage plus (b) the Applicable LIBOR
Margin. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted automatically
on and as of the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve
Percentage and/or the Applicable LIBOR Margin.
LIBOR Reserve Percentage
shall mean for any day
that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such
day, as prescribed by The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor), for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any basic,
supplemental, emergency, special or marginal reserves) for a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System with respect to
“Eurocurrency liabilities” as defined in Regulation D
or with respect to any other category of liabilities which includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is
determined, whether or not any of the Lenders has any Eurocurrency
liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at such
time. LIBOR Loans shall be deemed to constitute
Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to
reserve requirements without the benefit of any credits for
proration, exceptions or offsets which may be available from time
to time to any of the Lenders. The LIBOR Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage.
Lien shall mean any interest in Property
securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than
the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on common
law, statute or contract, including, without limitation, any
security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
judgment lien or other lien or encumbrance of any kind or nature
whatsoever, any conditional sale or trust receipt, any lease,
consignment or bailment for security purposes and any Capitalized
Lease. The term “Lien” shall include
reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way,
covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases and other title
exceptions and encumbrances affecting Property.
Loan shall mean each Revolving Credit
Loan and each Swing Line Loan and Loans shall mean any or
all of the foregoing.
Material Adverse Effect
shall mean (a) a
material adverse effect on the Properties, assets, liabilities,
business, operations, prospects, income or condition (financial or
otherwise) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b)
material impairment of Borrower’s or any other
Obligor’s ability to perform any of its obligations under
this Agreement, any of the Notes, any of the Letter of Credit
Applications or any of the other Transaction Documents or (c)
material impairment of the enforceability
of
the rights of, or benefits available to, the Agent or any of the
Lenders under this Agreement, any of the Notes, any of the Letter
of Credit Applications or any of the other Transaction
Documents.
Moody’s
shall mean
Moody’s Investors Service.
Multi-Employer Plan
shall mean a
“multi-employer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA which is maintained for employees of Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has contributed in the past or
currently contributes.
Note shall mean each Revolving Credit
Note and Notes shall mean all of the foregoing.
Notice of Revolving Credit
Borrowing shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in Section 2.07(a).
Notice of Swing Line
Borrowing shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in Section 2.07(b).
Obligor shall mean Borrower, each Guarantor
and each other Person who is or shall at any time hereafter become
primarily or secondarily liable on any of the Borrower’s
Obligations or who grants the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders a Lien upon any of the Property of such Person as security
for any of the Borrower’s Obligations or any Guarantee
thereof.
Occupational Safety and Health
Laws shall
mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended,
and any other federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance,
code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to or
imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning employee
health and/or safety, as now or at any time hereafter in
effect.
Operating Lease
shall mean any lease of
Property for a term not less than one year, whether real and/or
personal, by a Person as lessee which is not a Capitalized
Lease.
Operating Lease Expenses
shall mean with respect
to any Person, for the period in question, the aggregate amount of
rental and other expenses incurred by such Person in respect of
Operating Leases during such period, all determined in accordance
with GAAP.
Parent shall mean Schiff Nutrition
International, Inc. a Delaware corporation.
Patent and Trademark Security
Agreement shall mean that certain Patent and
Trademark Security Agreement (as contemplated by the Security
Agreement) executed by Borrower or, as applicable, a
Guarantor.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to any or all of its
functions under ERISA.
Pension Plan
shall mean a
“pension plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(2)
of ERISA, which is established or maintained by Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multi-Employer
Plan.
Permitted Acquisitions
shall mean any
Acquisition in which the target company is in the same line of
business as Borrower with a positive EBITDA, as such calculation
may be adjusted with approval of Agent, on a trailing four-quarter
basis, the Acquisition is non-hostile, and either (a) in the event
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed Zero dollars ($0.00) or
in the event a Loan is needed to fund the Acquisition, the cash
portion of the purchase price for the Acquisition does not exceed
$25,000,000 or (b) in the event Total Revolving Credits Outstanding
equal Zero dollars ($0.00) and no Loan is needed to fund the
Acquisition, the cash portion of the Acquisition does not exceed
$50,000,000.
Furthermore, in either circumstance
of (a) or (b) set forth above, (i) the purchase price of the
Acquisition, when added to all previous Permitted Acquisitions,
shall not aggregate to an amount greater than $50,000,000, (ii)
after giving effect to the Acquisition, the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 2.50 to 1.00, (iii) no
later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of the
Acquisition, Borrower has provided Agent with pro forma financial
statements giving effect to the Acquisition, which demonstrate
compliance with the foregoing Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of
2.50 to 1.00 and continued compliance with the covenants set forth
in Section 5.02(o), (iv) the Borrower or a Subsidiary is the
surviving entity, and (v) the Acquisition would not otherwise
result in an Event of Default.
Permitted Distribution
shall mean a
Distribution made if (i) after giving effect thereto, the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio does not exceed 1.00 to 1.00,
(ii) no later than ten Domestic Business Days prior to the
Distribution, Borrower has provided to Agent with pro forma
financial statements giving effect to the Distribution which
demonstrates compliance with the foregoing Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio of no greater than 1.00 to 1.00 and continued
compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 5.02(o), and
(iii) the Distribution would not otherwise result in an Event of
Default.
Permitted Liens
shall mean any of the
following:
(a) Liens
on Property of a Subsidiary to secure obligations of such
Subsidiary to Borrower;
(b) Liens
for property taxes and assessments or governmental charges or
levies and Liens securing claims or demands of mechanics and
materialmen, provided payment thereof is not at the time required
by Section 5.01(d) and/or 5.01(e);
(c) Liens
(other than any Liens imposed by ERISA) incidental to the conduct
of business or the ownership of Properties and assets (including
Liens in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance and other like laws, warehousemen’s and
attorneys’ liens and statutory landlords’ liens) and
Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders or trade
contracts, or to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal
bonds or other Liens of like general nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business and not in connection with the
borrowing of money or the purchase or other acquisition of
Property; provided in each case the obligation secured is not
overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by
appropriate actions or proceedings being diligently conducted and
for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been
established;
(d) minor
survey exceptions or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations,
or rights of others for rights-of-way, utilities and other similar
purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
properties, which are necessary or desirable for the conduct of the
activities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or which customarily
exist on properties of corporations engaged in similar activities
and similarly situated and which do not in any event materially
impair the use of such real properties in the operation of the
business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(e) Liens
existing as of the date of this Agreement and listed on Schedule
4.12 attached hereto;
(f) Liens
in respect of Capitalized Leases;
(g) Liens
in respect of judgments with respect to which no Event of Default
would exist pursuant to Section 6.18 provided the Borrower or
Subsidiary against which any such pending non-appealed unsatisfied
judgment is entered maintains a reserve, bond or other surety in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders
in the amount of each such judgment;
(h) leases
(of real or personal property), subleases or licenses granted to
others which do not interfere in any material respect with the
business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole;
(i) Liens
in favor of the Agent and the Lenders;
(j) other
Liens not described in this definition of Permitted Liens in an
amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate;
(k) extensions
and renewals of the foregoing Permitted Liens, provided that the
aggregate amount of such extended or renewed Liens is not increased
and such extended or renewed Liens are on terms and conditions no
more restrictive than the terms and conditions of the Liens being
extended or renewed; and
(l) such
other Liens as the Required Lenders may approve in
writing.
Person shall mean any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, institution, entity or government (whether national,
federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including,
without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or
department thereof).
Prime Rate shall mean the interest rate
announced from time to time by U.S. Bank as its “prime
rate” on commercial loans (which rate shall fluctuate as and
when said prime rate shall change). Borrower
acknowledges that such “prime rate” is a reference rate
and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate offered
by U.S. Bank or any other Lender to its customers.
Property shall mean any interest in any kind
of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible
or intangible.
Properties shall mean the plural of
Property. For purposes of this Agreement, Borrower and
each Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property
which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale
agreement, financing lease or other arrangement pursuant to which
title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other
Person for security purposes.
Pro Rata Share
shall mean for the item
at issue, with respect to each Lender, a percentage, the numerator
of which is the portion of such item owned or held by such Lender
and the denominator of which is the total amount of such item owned
or held by all of the Lenders.
Regulation D
shall mean Regulation D
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as from
time to time amended.
Regulatory Change
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 2.21.
Reportable Event
shall have the meaning
given to such term in ERISA.
Required Lenders
shall mean:
(a) except as provided in (b),
Lenders having more than Fifty Percent (50.0%) of the aggregate
amount of Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) then outstanding or,
if no Loans are then outstanding, then more than Fifty Percent
(50.0%) of the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lenders; provided, however, that if there are three or fewer
Lenders, Required Lenders shall mean all of the Lenders,
and
(b) all of the Lenders with respect
to any amendment or waiver that (a) reduces the principal amount of
or rate of interest on any Loan or any fees under this Agreement,
(b) postpones the date fixed for any payment of principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fees under this Agreement, (c) changes
the definition of “Required Lenders” or other
provisions in this Agreement that make reference to the rights of
Required Lenders, (d) voluntarily releases or subordinates any
Collateral (except as may be expressly contemplated by the
Transaction Documents), (e) voluntarily releases any Obligor, (f)
amends Section 2.26, (k) amends Section 2.28, or (g) amends Section
8.10.
Responsible Officer
, with respect to
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, means any individual holding
the following one or more of the following offices: president,
chief executive officer, chief operational officer, or chief
financial officer.
Restricted Investment
shall mean any
Investment, or any expenditure or any incurrence of any liability
to make any expenditure for an Investment, other than:
(a) loans
and/or advances by any Subsidiary to Borrower which are
subordinated in writing to the payment of the Borrower’s
Obligations in form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Lenders;
(b) direct
obligations of the United States of America or any instrumentality
or agency thereof, the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States of America or any instrumentality
or agency thereof (all of which Investments must mature within
thirty-six (36) months from the time of acquisition
thereof);
(c) Investments
in readily marketable commercial paper which, at the time of
acquisition thereof by Borrower or any Subsidiary, is rated A-1 or
better by S&P and P-1 or better by Moody’s and which
matures within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof,
provided that the issuer of such commercial paper shall, at the
time of acquisition of such commercial paper, have a senior
long-term debt rating of at least A by S&P and
Moody’s;
(d) negotiable
certificates of deposit or negotiable bankers acceptances issued by
any Lender or any other bank or trust company organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, which
bank or trust company (other than the Lenders to which such
restrictions shall not apply) is a member of both the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve System and
has a Fitch Rating of “B” or better (all of which
Investments must mature within thirty-six (36) months from the time
of acquisition thereof);
(e) repurchase
agreements, which shall be collateralized for at least 102% of face
value, issued by any Lender or any other bank or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof,
which bank or trust company (other than the Lenders to which such
restrictions shall not apply) is a member of both the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve System and
has a Fitch Rating of “B” or better (all of which
Investments must mature within thirty-six (36) months from the time
of acquisition thereof);
(f) Investments
existing as of the date hereof as described in Schedule 4.18
attached hereto, and any future retained earnings in respect
thereof;
(g) Investments
of the type described on Schedule 5.02(k) attached
hereto;
(h) Permitted
Acquisitions;
(i) loans
and advances to employees of Borrower made in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed $100,000 in any individual case and
$500,000 in the aggregate; and
(j) such
other Investments as the Required Lenders may approve in
writing.
Revolving Credit ABR
Loan shall
mean any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest based on the
Adjusted Base Rate.
Revolving Credit
Commitment shall mean, subject to any
reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section
2.01 and to any assignments of the Revolving Credit Commitments by
the Lenders to the extent permitted by Section 8.12, with respect
to each Lender, its then Pro Rata Share of an aggregate maximum
principal amount equal to $80,000,000.
Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan shall
mean any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest based on the LIBOR
Rate.
Revolving Credit Loan
and Revolving Credit
Loans shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section
2.01.
Revolving Credit Notes
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 2.08(a).
Revolving Credit Period
shall mean the period
commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the
Revolving Maturity Date.
Revolving Maturity Date
shall mean August 18,
2012.
S&P shall mean Standard and
Poor’s Ratings Group.
Security Agreement
shall mean that certain
Security Agreement dated the date hereof and executed by Borrower,
Parent and each subsidiary of Borrower in existence as of the date
hereof (other than Excluded Subsidiaries), together with any
subsidiary created or acquired subsequent to the date of this
Agreement, which pursuant to Section 5.02(m), has executed a
joinder thereto, in favor of the Agent for the benefit of each of
the Lenders, as the same may from time to time be amended,
modified, extended, renewed or restated.
Subsidiary shall mean any corporation or other
entity of which more than Fifty Percent (50%) of the issued and
outstanding capital stock or other equity interests entitled to
vote for the election of directors or persons performing similar
functions (other than by reason of default in the payment of
dividends or other distributions) is at the time owned directly or
indirectly by Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Guaranties
shall mean those
certain guaranties of Borrower’s Obligations dated as of the
date hereof executed respectively by Borrower’s Subsidiaries
in existence as of the date hereof (other than the Excluded
Subsidiaries) and the guaranties of any subsequently created or
acquired Subsidiary of Borrower executed and delivered to Agent
hereafter pursuant to Section 5.02(m), all as the same may from
time to time be amended, and Subsidiary Guaranty shall mean
any of them.
Swing Line Facility
shall mean
$5,000,000.
Swing Line Loan
and Swing Line
Loans shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section
2.02.
Swing Line Note
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 2.08(b).
Tangible Net Worth
shall mean the sum
of the following: capital, capital surplus and retained earning,
less the sum of the value on the Borrower’s books of all
intangible assets including but not limited to: goodwill, patents,
franchises, trademarks, copyrights and the write-up in the book
value of any assets resulting therefrom after
acquisition.
Total Revolving Credit
Outstandings shall mean, as of any date, the sum
of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans
outstanding as of such date, plus (b) the aggregate
principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding as of such
date plus (c) the aggregate undrawn face amount of all
Letters of Credit outstanding as of such date plus all
unreimbursed drawings with respect thereto.
Transaction Documents
shall mean this
Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Applications, the
Security Agreement, The Copyright Security Agreement, Patent and
Trademark Security Agreement, the Trust Deeds, the Subsidiary
Guaranties, the Guaranties, the subordination agreements signed on
behalf of Agent or Lenders and any and all other agreements,
documents and instruments heretofore, now or hereafter delivered to
the Agent or any of the Lenders with respect to or in connection
with or pursuant to this Agreement, any Loans made hereunder, any
Letters of Credit issued hereunder, any of the other
Borrower’s Obligations and/or any Guarantee of any or all of
the Borrower’s Obligations, and executed by or on behalf of
Borrower and/or any other Obligor, including, without limitation,
any agreement, document or instrument heretofore, now or hereafter
executed by Borrower with or in favor of the Agent or any Lender
(or any affiliate of any Lender) providing for any interest rate
swap, interest rate cap, interest rate collar or other interest
rate hedge, all as the same may from time to time be amended,
modified, extended, renewed or restated.
Trust Deeds shall mean the trust deeds or
mortgages executed in favor of Agent encumbering the real property
listed on Schedule 1.01(b) attached hereto and incorporated
herein.
United States
shall mean the United
States of America.
U.S. Bank shall mean U.S. Bank National
Association, in its individual corporate capacity as a Lender
hereunder and not as Agent hereunder.
Unused Commitment Amount
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 2.12.
Unused Commitment Fee
shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 2.12.
Voting Stock
shall mean, with
respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation
whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for
the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of
whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency).
Welfare Plan
shall mean a
“welfare plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(1)
of ERISA, which is established or maintained by Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multi-Employer
Plan.
1.02
Accounting Terms and
Determinations . Except as otherwise
specified in this Agreement, all accounting terms used in this
Agreement shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations under
this Agreement shall be made and all financial statements required
to be delivered under this Agreement shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on
consistent basis (except for changes approved by the Required
Lenders and by Borrower’s independent certified public
accountants).
2.01
Revolving Credit
Commitment .
Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and so long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, during the
Revolving Credit Period, each Lender severally agrees to make such
loans to Borrower (individually, an “Revolving Credit
Loan” and collectively, the “Revolving Credit
Loans”) as Borrower may from time to time request pursuant to
Section 2.07. Each Revolving Credit Loan under this
Section 2.01 which is a Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan shall be for an
aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 or any larger
multiple of $100,000. Each Revolving Credit Loan under
this Section 2.01 which is a Revolving Credit ABR Loan shall be for
an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000 or any larger
multiple of $25,000.
The aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Credit Loans that each Lender shall be required to have
outstanding under this Agreement as of any date shall not exceed
the product of (i) a percentage equal to such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lenders multiplied by (ii) the sum of (A) the total
Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders as of such date,
minus (B) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans
outstanding as of such date minus (C) the aggregate undrawn
face amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding as of such date
plus all unreimbursed drawings with respect thereto;
provided, however, that in no event shall (i) the
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings as of any date
exceed the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders
as of such date or (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans made by any Lender
plus (B) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
outstanding Swing Line Loans plus (B) such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit plus all unreimbursed drawings with
respect thereto exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment. Each Revolving Credit Loan under this
Section 2.01 shall be made from the several Lenders ratably in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares. Within
the foregoing limits, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01,
prepay under Section 2.14 and reborrow at any time during the
Revolving Credit Period under this Section
2.01. All Revolving Credit Loans not paid
prior to the last day of the Revolving Credit Period, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and other
amounts owing by Borrower to the Agent and/or the Lenders with
respect thereto, shall be due and payable on the last day of the
Revolving Credit Period. The failure of any Lender to
make any Revolving Credit Loan required under this Agreement shall
not release any other Lender from its obligation to make Revolving
Credit Loans as provided herein.
If the total Revolving Credit
Commitments of all of the Lenders on any date should be less than
the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings on such date, whether as a
result of Borrower’s election to decrease the amount of the
Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders pursuant to following
paragraph or otherwise, Borrower shall be automatically required
(without demand or notice of any kind by the Agent or any Lender,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower) to
immediately repay the Revolving Credit Loans and/or the Swing Line
Loans and/or surrender for cancellation the outstanding Letters of
Credit, in either case in an amount sufficient to reduce the amount
of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings to an amount equal to or
less than the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lenders.
Borrower may, upon three (3)
Domestic Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent and
each Lender, terminate entirely at any time, or proportionately
reduce from time to time on a pro rata basis among the Lenders
based on their respective Pro Rata Shares by an aggregate amount of
$500,000 or any larger multiple of $25,000 the unused portions of
the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, however, that (i) at no
time shall the Revolving Credit Commitments be reduced to a figure
less than the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings, (ii) at no time
shall the Revolving Credit Commitments be reduced to a figure not
less than $25,000,000 and (iii) any such termination or reduction
shall be permanent and Borrower shall have no right to thereafter
reinstate or increase, as the case may be, the Revolving Credit
Commitment of any Lender.
2.02
Discretionary Swing Line
Facility . Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement and so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
(provided, however, that U.S. Bank shall have no liability to any
other Lender for making a Swing Line Loan to Borrower after the
occurrence or during the continuance of any Default or Event of
Default unless U.S. Bank has previously received notice in writing
from Borrower or any other Lender of the occurrence of such Default
or Event of Default), during the Revolving Credit Period, U.S.
Bank, in its sole discretion, may make such loans to Borrower
(individually, a “ Swing Line Loan ” and
collectively, the “ Swing Line Loans ”) as
Borrower may from time to time request or otherwise authorize
pursuant to Section 2.07. Each Swing Line Loan under
this Section 2.02, if permitted, shall be for an aggregate
principal amount of at least $100,000 or any larger multiple of
$10,000. The aggregate principal amount of Swing Line
Loans which U.S. Bank may permit to have outstanding under this
Agreement as of any date shall not exceed the amount of the Swing
Line Facility as of such date; provided, however, that in no event
shall the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings on any given day
exceed the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lender(s) on such day. Within the foregoing limits and
subject to U.S. Bank’s discretion, Borrower may borrow under
this Section 2.02, prepay under Section 2.14 and reborrow at any
time during the Revolving Credit Period under this Section
2.02. All Swing Line Loans not paid prior to the last
day of the Revolving Credit Period, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and all fees and other amounts owing by
Borrower to U.S. Bank with respect thereto, shall be due and
payable on the last day of the Revolving Credit Period.
2.04
Letter
of Credit Commitment .
(a)
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
(provided, however, that U.S. Bank shall have no liability to any
other Lender for issuing a Letter of Credit after the occurrence or
during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default unless
U.S. Bank has previously received notice in writing from Borrower
or any other Lender of the occurrence of such Default or Event of
Default), during the Revolving Credit Period, U.S. Bank hereby
agrees to issue irrevocable standby letters of credit for the
account of Borrower (individually, a “ Letter of
Credit ” and collectively, the “ Letters of
Credit ”) in an amount and for the term specifically
requested by Borrower by notice in writing to U.S. Bank in the form
of Exhibit I attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference (a “ Letter of Credit Request ”) at
least five (5) Domestic Business Days prior to the requested
issuance thereof; provided, however, that:
(i)
Borrower
shall have executed and delivered to U.S. Bank a Letter of Credit
Application with respect to such Letter of Credit;
(ii)
the term
of any such Letter of Credit shall not extend beyond the earlier of
(A) the date one (1) year after the date of issuance thereof or (B)
the last day of the Revolving Credit Period;
(iii)
any
Letter of Credit may only be utilized to guaranty the payment of
obligations of Borrower or a Subsidiary to third
parties;
(iv)
after
giving effect to the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit,
the sum of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit does not exceed $10,000,000;
(v)
after
giving effect to the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit,
the sum of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit plus all unreimbursed drawings with
respect thereto must not exceed the lesser of the difference
between (1) the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lenders at such time and (2) the sum of the outstanding principal
amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and the outstanding principal
amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time; and
(vi)
the text
of any such Letter of Credit is provided to U.S. Bank no less than
five (5) Domestic Business Days prior to the requested issuance
date, which text must be acceptable to U.S. Bank in its sole and
absolute discretion.
(b)
The
payment of drafts under each Letter of Credit shall be made in
accordance with the terms thereof and, in that connection, U.S.
Bank shall be entitled to honor any drafts and accept any documents
presented to it by the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit in
accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit and believed in
good faith by U.S. Bank to be genuine. U.S. Bank shall
not have any duty to inquire as to the accuracy or authenticity of
any draft or other drawing document that may be presented to it
other than the duties contemplated by the applicable Letter of
Credit Application. If U.S. Bank shall have received
documents that in its good faith judgment constitute all of the
documents that are required to be presented before payment or
acceptance of a draft under a Letter of Credit, it shall be
entitled to pay or accept such draft provided such documents
conform on their face to the requirements of such Letter of Credit
in all material respects.
(c)
In the
event of any payment by U.S. Bank of a draft presented under a
Letter of Credit, Borrower agrees to pay to U.S. Bank in
immediately available funds at the time of such drawing an amount
equal to the sum of such drawing plus U.S. Bank’s
customary published negotiation, processing and other fees related
thereto. Borrower hereby authorizes U.S. Bank to charge
or cause to be charged each Borrower’s bank accounts at U.S.
Bank to the extent there are balances of immediately available
funds therein, in an amount equal to the sum of such drawing
plus U.S. Bank’s customary published negotiation,
processing and other fees related thereto (and U.S. Bank agrees to
give such Borrower prompt written notice of any amount so charged
to any Lender account of Borrower at U.S. Bank), and Borrower
agrees to pay the amount of any such drawing (and/or U.S.
Bank’s customary published negotiation, processing and other
fees related thereto) not so charged prior to the close of business
of U.S. Bank on the day of such drawing. In the event
any payment under a Letter of Credit is made by U.S. Bank prior to
receipt of payment from Borrower, such payment by U.S. Bank shall
constitute a request by Borrower for a Revolving Credit Loan under
Section 2.01 above (and the Lenders will make such Revolving Credit
Loan to Borrower regardless of whether any Default or Event of
Default under this Agreement has occurred and is continuing and
regardless of whether such Revolving Credit Loan would
otherwise be permitted under the requirements of Sections 2.01 of
this Agreement) and the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loan
shall be paid directly to U.S. Bank and applied by U.S. Bank to the
payment of any amounts owed by Borrower to U.S. Bank under this
Section 2.04.
(d)
Borrower
hereby further agrees to pay to the order of U.S. Bank:
(i)
with
respect to each Letter of Credit, (whether standby or commercial)
an issuance fee and, if applicable, annual renewal fee in an amount
equal to One-Eighth of One Percent (1/8%), calculated on an actual
day, 360-day year basis (the “ Letter of Credit Issuance
Fees ”), which Letter of Credit Issuance Fees shall be
due and payable on the date of issuance of each such Letter of
Credit and, if applicable, on each annual renewal of any such
Letter of Credit;
(ii)
with
respect to each Letter of Credit which is a standby Letter of
Credit, a nonrefundable commitment fee at a rate per annum equal to
Applicable Standby Letter of Credit Commitment Fee Rate (calculated
on an actual day, 360-day year basis) on the face amount of each
such Letter of Credit (“ Letter of Credit Commitment
Fee ”), which Letter of Credit Commitment Fee shall be
due and payable quarterly in arrears; and
(iii)
with
respect to each Letter of Credit, such other fees as may be charged
by U.S. Bank from time to time in accordance with U.S. Bank’s
published schedule of fees in effect from time to time, which fees
shall be due and payable on demand by U.S. Bank.
(e)
Upon the
issuance of a Letter of Credit by U.S. Bank, an undivided
participation interest therein (including, without limitation, an
undivided participation interest in the reimbursement risk relating
to such Letter of Credit, in all payments made by U.S. Bank in
connection with such Letter of Credit and in all collateral for
such Letter of Credit) shall automatically be granted by U.S. Bank
to and accepted by each of the other Lenders in an amount equal to
each such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share (based on such other
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments) of the face amount of
such Letter of Credit. If U.S. Bank shall make payment
on any draft presented or accepted under a Letter of Credit, U.S.
Bank shall give notice of such payment to the other Lenders, and
each of the other Lenders hereby authorizes and requests U.S. Bank
to advance for their respective accounts, pursuant to the terms
hereof, their respective shares of any such payment based upon
their respective Pro Rata Shares of such Letter of
Credit. If such drawing is not paid by Borrower in
immediately available funds prior to the close of business of U.S.
Bank on the date of such drawing, U.S. Bank shall promptly so
notify the other Lenders and each of the other Lenders agrees to
immediately reimburse U.S. Bank in immediately available funds for
its Pro Rata Share of the amount of such drawing, plus interest
calculated on its Pro Rata Share of such amount at a rate per annum
equal to the Fed Funds Rate calculated from the date of such
payment by U.S. Bank to but excluding the date of reimbursement by
such other Lender and on an actual-day, 360-day year
basis. Each of the other Lenders will be entitled to its
Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Commitment Fees paid by
Borrower, but such other Lenders shall have no right to share in
any Letter of Credit Issuance Fees or any other fees paid by
Borrower to U.S. Bank in connection with any of the Letters of
Credit.
(f)
Notwithstanding any provision
contained in this Agreement or any of the Letter of Credit
Applications to the contrary: (i) if any of the Letters
of Credit remain outstanding on the Revolving Maturity Date,
Borrower shall, on or before 12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time) on
the Revolving Maturity Date, (A) surrender the originals of the
applicable Letter(s) of Credit to U.S. Bank for cancellation or (B)
provide U.S. Bank with cash collateral (or other collateral
acceptable to each Lender in its sole and absolute discretion) in
an amount at least equal to One Hundred Five Percent (105%) of the
aggregate undrawn face amount of all Letter(s) of Credit which
remain outstanding at such time plus all unreimbursed
drawings with respect thereto and execute and deliver to U.S. Bank
such agreements as the Required Lenders may require to grant U.S.
Bank a first priority perfected security interest in such cash or
other collateral; and (ii) upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
Borrower’s failure to comply with the requirements of clause
(i) above), at U.S. Bank’s option (and with the consent of
the Required Lenders) and without demand or further notice to
Borrower, an amount equal to the aggregate undrawn face amount of
all Letter(s) of Credit then outstanding plus all
unreimbursed drawings with respect thereto shall be deemed (as
between Borrower and the Agent and the Lenders) to have been paid
or disbursed by U.S. Bank under such Letter(s) of Credit)
(notwithstanding that such amounts may not in fact have been so
paid or disbursed by U.S. Bank), and a Revolving Credit Loan to
Borrower in such amount to have been made and accepted by Borrower,
which Revolving Credit Loan shall be immediately due and
payable. Any such collateral and/or any amounts received
by U.S. Bank in payment of the Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant
to this Section 2.04(f) shall be held by U.S. Bank in a separate
account at U.S. Bank appropriately designated as a cash collateral
account in relation to this Agreement and the Letters of Credit and
retained by U.S. Bank as collateral security for the payment of the
Borrower’s Obligations. Cash amounts delivered to
U.S. Bank pursuant to the foregoing requirements of this Section
2.04(f) shall be invested, at the request and for the account of
Borrower, in investments of a type and nature and with a term
acceptable to the Required Lenders. Such amounts,
including in
the case of cash amounts invested
in the manner set forth above, shall not be used by U.S. Bank to
pay any amounts drawn or paid under or pursuant to any Letter of
Credit, but may be applied to reimburse U.S. Bank for drawings or
payments under or pursuant to such Letters of Credit which U.S.
Bank has paid, or if no such reimbursement is required to the
payment of such of the other Borrower’s Obligations as the
Required Lenders shall determine. Any amounts remaining
in any cash collateral account established pursuant to this Section
2.04(f) after the payment in full of all of the Borrower’s
Obligations and the expiration or cancellation of all of the
Letters of Credit shall be returned to Borrower (after deduction of
U.S. Bank reasonable expenses, if any).
2.07
Method
of Borrowing – Revolving Credit Loans; Swing Line
Loans .
(a)
Borrower
shall give notice (a “ Notice of Revolving Credit
Borrowing ”), which, in the instance of a Revolving
Credit LIBOR Loan, must be in writing) to the Agent by 12:00 noon
(Salt Lake City time) on the Domestic Business Day of each
Revolving Credit ABR Loan to be made to Borrower, and by 12:00 noon
(Salt Lake City Time) at least three (3) Eurodollar Business Days
before each Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan to be made to Borrower,
specifying:
(i)
the date
of such Revolving Credit Loan, which shall be a Domestic Business
Day in the case of a Revolving Credit ABR Loan and a Eurodollar
Business Day in the case of a Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan,
(ii)
the
aggregate principal amount of such Revolving Credit
Loan,
(iii)
whether
such Revolving Credit Loan is to be a Revolving Credit ABR Loan or
a Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan,
(iv)
in the
case of a Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan, the duration of the initial
Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of
the definition of Interest Period.
(b)
Borrower
shall give notice (a “ Notice of Swing Line Borrowing
”) to U.S. Bank by 12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time) on the
Domestic Business Day of each Swing Line Loan,
specifying:
(i)
the date
of such Swing Line Loan, which shall be a Domestic Business Day,
and
(ii)
the
principal amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(c)
Upon
receipt of a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing given to it, the
Agent shall notify each Lender by 12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time)
on the date of receipt of such Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
by the Agent (which must be a Domestic Business Day) of the
contents thereof and of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such
Revolving Credit Loan. A Notice of Borrowing shall not
be revocable by Borrower.
(d)
Not later
than 2:00 p.m. (Salt Lake City time) on the date of each Revolving
Credit Loan, each Lender shall make available its Pro Rata Share of
such Revolving Credit Loan, in immediately available funds in Salt
Lake City, Utah, to the Agent at its address specified in or
pursuant to Section 8.07. Unless the Agent determines
that any applicable condition specified in Section 3 has not been
satisfied, the Agent will make the funds so received from the
Lenders available to Borrower by 3:00 p.m. (Salt Lake City time) by
crediting such funds to a demand deposit account of Borrower at
U.S. Bank specified by Borrower (or such other account mutually
agreed upon in writing between the Agent and
Borrower). The Agent shall not
be required to make any amount available to Borrower hereunder
except to the extent the Agent shall have received such amounts
from the Lenders as set forth herein, provided, however, that
unless the Agent shall have been notified by a Lender prior to the
time a Revolving Credit Loan is to be made hereunder that such
Lender does not intend to make its Pro Rata Share of such Revolving
Credit Loan available to the Agent, the Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such Pro Rata Share available to the Agent prior to
such time, and the Agent may in reliance upon such assumption make
available to Borrower a corresponding amount. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by
such Lender and the Agent has made such amount available to
Borrower, the Agent shall be entitled to receive such amount from
such Lender forthwith upon its demand, together with interest
thereon in respect of each day during the period from and including
the date such amount was made available to Borrower to but
excluding the date the Agent recovers such amount from such Lender
at a rate per annum equal to the Fed Funds Rate.
(e)
Unless
U.S. Bank determines that any applicable condition specified in
Section 3 has not been satisfied, U.S. Bank will make the proceeds
of each Swing Line Loan available to Borrower by 3:00 p.m. (Salt
Lake City time) by crediting such funds to a demand deposit account
at U.S. Bank specified by Borrower (or such other account mutually
agreed upon in writing between U.S. Bank and Borrower). Borrower
and U.S. Bank anticipate that through a treasury management
services agreement and related agreements, Borrower will request
and authorize U.S. Bank (A) to apply any collected balances (after
funding advances) in excess of a mutually predetermined amount (the
“Target Balance”) remaining at the end of any day in
Borrower’s designated operating account to the repayment of
the principal balance of Borrower’s Obligations outstanding
as Swing Line Loans under the Swing Line Note and (B) in U.S.
Bank’s sole and absolute discretion, to make a Swing Line
Loan to Borrower hereunder on any Domestic Business Day where at
the end of the prior Domestic Business Day, Borrower shall have an
overdraft (negative ledger balance) or a balance otherwise less
than the Target Balance in such operating account (a
“Deficiency Amount”) with U.S. Bank after crediting all
deposits received in immediately available funds and debiting all
withdrawals made and checks presented against such operating
account and honored by U.S. Bank as of such date, which Swing Line
Loan shall be in the amount of the Deficiency Amount, without any
other request or authorization therefore from Borrower and without
notice to Borrower. A Notice of Swing Line Borrowing
shall not be required in connection with a Swing Line Loan made to
cover any Deficiency Amount in Borrower’s operating account
as set forth in the preceding sentence.
(f)
If any
Lender makes a new Revolving Credit Loan to Borrower hereunder on a
day on which Borrower is required to or has elected to repay all or
any part of an outstanding Revolving Credit Loan to Borrower from
such Lender, such Lender shall apply the proceeds of its new
Revolving Credit Loan to make such repayment and only an amount
equal to the difference (if any) between the amount being borrowed
and the amount being repaid shall be made available by such Lender
to the Agent as provided in subsection (d) of this Section, or
remitted by Borrower to the Agent as provided in Section 2.16,
as the case may be.
(g)
If U.S.
Bank makes a new Swing Line Loan to Borrower hereunder on a day on
which Borrower is required to or has elected to repay all or any
part of an outstanding Swing Line Loan to Borrower from U.S. Bank,
U.S. Bank shall apply the proceeds of its new Swing Line Loan to
make such repayment and only an amount equal to the difference (if
any) between the amount being borrowed and the amount being repaid
shall be made available by U.S. Bank to Borrower as provided in
subsection (e) of this Section, or remitted by Borrower to U.S.
Bank as provided in Section 2.16, as the case may be.
(h)
Borrower
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to rely on telephonic,
telegraphic, telecopy, telex or written instructions of any person
identifying himself or herself as an Authorized Person listed on
Schedule 2.04 attached hereto with respect to any request to
make a
Revolving Credit Loan, a Swing Line
Loan or a repayment hereunder, and on any signature which the Agent
believes to be genuine, and Borrower shall be bound thereby in the
same manner as if such individual were actually authorized or such
signature were genuine. Borrower also agrees that each
Authorized Person is authorized to execute notices, documentation
and agreements in the name of Borrower, with such notice, document
and agreement to be binding on Borrower whether such Authorized
Person is an officer, or, if applicable, a manger of such
Borrower. Borrower also hereby agrees to defend and
indemnify the Agent and each Lender and hold the Agent and each
Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, demands,
damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including,
without limitation, Attorneys’ Fees and expenses) relating to
or arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of
instructions purportedly given by any Authorized Person for making
Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans or repayments
hereunder.
(a)
The
Revolving Credit Loans of each Lender to Borrower shall be
evidenced, respectively, by a Revolving Credit Note of Borrower
payable to the order of such Lender in principal amounts equal to
the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, each
shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference with appropriate
insertions (the “ Revolving Credit Note ” and,
collectively, as the same may from time to time be amended,
modified, extended, renewed, restated or replaced (including,
without limitation, any Revolving Credit Note issued in full or
partial replacement as a result of an assignment by a Lender), the
“ Revolving Credit Notes ”).
(b)
The Swing
Line Loans of U.S. Bank to Borrower shall be evidenced by a Swing
Line Note of Borrower payable to the order of U.S. Bank in a
principal amount equal to the amount of the Swing Line Commitment,
which Swing Line Note shall be in substantially the form of
Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference (with appropriate insertions) (as the same may from time
to time be amended, modified extended, renewed or restated, the
“ Swing Line Note ”).
(c)
Each
Lender shall record in its books and records the date, amount, type
and maturity of each Loan made by it and the date and amount of
each payment of principal and/or interest made by Borrower with
respect thereto; provided, however, that the obligation of Borrower
to repay each Loan made to Borrower under this Agreement shall be
absolute and unconditional, notwithstanding any failure of such
Lender to make any such recordation or any mistake by such Lender
in connection with any such recordation. The books and
records of each Lender showing the account between such Lender and
Borrower shall be, to the extent they are made in accordance with
the terms of the Transaction Documents, conclusive evidence of the
items set forth therein in the absence of demonstrable
error.
2.09
Duration of Interest Periods and
Selection of Interest Rates .
The duration of the
initial Interest Period for each Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan shall
be as specified in the applicable Notice of Revolving Credit
Borrowing. Borrower shall elect the duration of each
subsequent Interest Period applicable to such Revolving Credit
LIBOR Loan and the interest rate to be applicable during such
subsequent Interest Period (and Borrower shall have the option (i)
in the case of any Revolving Credit ABR Loan, to elect that such
Revolving Credit Loan become a Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan and the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto, and (ii) in the case of
any Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan, to elect that such Revolving
Credit LIBOR Loan become a Revolving Credit ABR Loan), by giving
notice of such election to the Agent by 12:00 noon (Salt Lake City
time) on the Domestic Business Day of, in the case of the election
of the Adjusted Base Rate, and by 12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time)
at least three (3) Eurodollar Business Days before, in the case of
the election of the LIBOR Rate, the end of the immediately
preceding Interest Period applicable thereto, if any; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to and
without limiting the rights and remedies of the Agent and the
Lenders under
Section 6 hereof, so long as any
Default or Event of Default under this Agreement has occurred and
is continuing, Borrower shall not be permitted to renew any
Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan as a Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan or to
convert any Revolving Credit ABR Loan into a Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan. Upon receipt of any such notice given by Borrower
to the Agent under this Section 2.09, the Agent shall notify each
Lender by 1:00 p.m. (Salt Lake City time) on the date of receipt of
such notice (which must be a Domestic Business Day) of the contents
thereof. If the Agent does not receive a notice of
election for a Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan pursuant to this Section
2.09 within the applicable time limits specified herein, Borrower
shall be deemed to have elected to pay such Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan in whole pursuant to Section 2.14 on the last day of the
current Interest Period with respect thereto and to reborrow the
principal amount of such Revolving Credit LIBOR Loan on such date
as a Revolving Credit ABR Loan.
2.10
Interest Rates and Interest
Payments .
(a)
Revolving Credit ABR
Loan . So long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Revolving Credit
ABR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day from the date such Revolving Credit Loan is
made or converted until it becomes due or converted, at a rate per
annum equal to the Adjusted Base Rate. So long as any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Revolving
Credit ABR Loan shall thereafter accrue interest at a rate per
annum equal to Three Percent (3%) over and above the Adjusted Base
Rate until such time as the Event of Default is waived by the
Required Lenders or a cure is permitted by the Required
Lenders. Such interest shall be payable monthly in
arrears on the first (1st) day of each month, so long as such
Revolving Credit ABR Loan is outstanding, and at the maturity (or
upon the acceleration) of the Revolving Credit
Notes. From and after the Maturity Date (or upon
acceleration of the outstanding principal), each Revolving Credit
ABR Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day until
paid, at a rate per annum equal to Three Percent (3%) over and
above the Adjusted Base Rate.
(b)
Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan . So long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, each Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per
annum equal to the applicable LIBOR Rate. So long as any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Revolving
Credit LIBOR Loan shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to Three Percent (3%) over and above the applicable
LIBOR Rate until such time as the Event of Default is waived by the
Required Lenders or a cure is permitted by the Required
Lenders. Interest shall be payable for each Interest
Period on the last day thereof, unless the duration of such
Interest Period exceeds three (3) months, in which case such
interest shall be payable at the end of the first three (3) months
of such Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest
Period, and at the Maturity Date (whether by reason of acceleration
or otherwise). From and after the Maturity Date (or upon
an acceleration of the outstanding principal), each Revolving
Credit LIBOR Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each
day until paid, at a rate per annum equal to Three Percent (3%)
over and above the higher of (i) the LIBOR Rate for the immediately
preceding Interest Period applicable to such Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan or (ii) the Adjusted Base Rate.
(c)
Swing
Line Loan . So long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, each Swing Line Loan shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each
day from the date such Swing Line Loan is made until it becomes
due, at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Base
Rate. So long as any Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, each Swing Line Loan shall, unless otherwise agreed
to in writing by each of the Lenders, bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from the date
such Swing Line Loan is made and continuing during the Event of
Default Period, at a rate per annum equal to Three Percent (3%)
over and above the Adjusted Base Rate. Such interest
shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first (1st) day of each
month, commencing on the first such date after such Swing Line Loan
is made, and at the maturity of the Swing Line Note (whether by
reason of acceleration or otherwise). From and after the
maturity of the Swing Line Note, whether by reason of acceleration
or otherwise, each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest, payable on
demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to Three
Percent (3%) over and above the Adjusted Base Rate.
(d)
The Agent
shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans
hereunder and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the
absence of demonstrable error.
2.11
Computation of Interest
. Interest
on ABR Loans shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days
and paid for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day). Interest on LIBOR Loans
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for
the actual number of days elapsed, calculated as to each Interest
Period from and including the first day thereof to but excluding
the last day thereof.
(a)
On the
first Domestic Business Day of each calendar quarter, and on the
Revolving Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the
account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a
nonrefundable fee (the “Unused Commitment Fee”) equal
to the Unused Commitment Amount for the immediately preceding
calendar quarter (or portion thereof) at the Applicable Unused
Commitment Fee Rate, calculated on a daily basis. As
used in this Agreement, the “Unused Commitment Amount”
means the sum of the difference on each day in the immediately
preceding quarter (or, in the case of the fee payable on the
Revolving Maturity Date, on each day after the end of the prior
quarter through the Revolving Maturity Date) between (a) the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments and (b) the
aggregate principal amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit
outstanding, calculated on an actual day, 360-day year
basis.
(b)
Borrower
agrees to pay the Agent certain fees in the amounts set forth in a
letter agreement between Borrower and the Agent dated April 20,
2009, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified,
extended, renewed or restated as mutually agreed. All
obligations of Borrower under such letter agreement shall survive
the execution of this Agreement.
2.13
Method
of Making Interest and Other Payments . Borrower
agrees to authorize the Agent in writing to debit a designated
account at Agent for all interest and other payments under this
Agreement. The Agent may, at its option, deem interest and other
amounts payable by Borrower under this Agreement (other than the
principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Line
Loans) to be paid by causing the Lenders to make a Revolving Credit
ABR Loan to Borrower in such amount(s). The Agent agrees
to give Borrower prompt written notice of any Revolving Credit ABR
Loan made by the Lenders under this Section 2.13.
2.14
Voluntary Prepayments
.
(a)
Borrower
may, upon notice to U.S. Bank specifying that it is paying the
Swing Line Loans, prepay without penalty or premium the Swing Line
Loans in whole at any time or in part from time to time, by paying
the principal amount to be paid, which notice must be received by
12:00 noon Salt Lake City time on such prepayment date.
(b)
Borrower
may, upon notice to the Agent specifying that it is paying the
Revolving Credit ABR Loans, pay without penalty or premium the
Revolving Credit ABR Loans in whole at any time or in part from
time to time, by paying the principal amount to be paid, which
notice must be received by 12:00 noon Salt Lake City time on such
prepayment date. Each such optional payment shall be
applied to pay the Revolving Credit ABR Loans of the several
Lenders in proportion to their respective Pro Rata
Shares.
(c) Borrower may,
upon at least three (3) Eurodollar Business Day’s notice to
the Agent (which notice must be received by 12:00 noon (Salt Lake
City time) on such day) specifying that it is paying the Revolving
Credit LIBOR Loans, pay the Revolving Credit LIBOR Loans to which a
given Interest Period applies, in whole, or in part in amounts
aggregating $250,000 or any larger multiple of $25,000, by paying
the principal amount to be paid together with all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to and including the date of payment and
any funding losses and other amounts payable under
Section 2.17; provided, however, that in no event may Borrower
make a partial payment of Revolving Credit LIBOR Loans which
results in the total outstanding Revolving Credit LIBOR Loans with
respect to which a given Interest Period applies being less than
$1,000,000. Each such optional payment shall be applied
to pay the Revolving Credit LIBOR Loans of the several Lenders in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(d)
Upon
receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section, the
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and
of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment and such
notice shall not thereafter be revocable by Borrower.
2.16
General Provisions as to
Payments . Borrower shall make
each payment of principal of, and interest on, the Loans and of
fees and all other amounts payable by Borrower as applicable, under
this Agreement, not later than 12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time) on
the date when due and payable, in immediately available funds in
Salt Lake City, Utah, to the Agent at its address referred to in
Section 8.07. All payments received by the Agent after
12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time) shall be deemed to have been
received by the Agent on the next succeeding Domestic Business
Day. The Agent will distribute to each Lender in
immediately available funds its Pro Rata Share of each such payment
received by the Agent for the account of the Lenders by 2:00 p.m.
(Salt Lake City time) on the day of receipt of such payment by the
Agent if such payment is received by the Agent from Borrower by
12:00 noon (Salt Lake City time) on such day or by 12:00 noon (Salt
Lake City time) on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day if
such payment is received by the Agent from Borrower after 12:00
noon (Salt Lake City time) on such day. Any such payment
owed by the Agent to any Lender which is not paid within the
applicable time period shall bear interest (payable by the Agent)
until paid at the Fed Funds Rate. Whenever any payment
of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or of fees shall be due
on a day which is not a Domestic Business Day, the date for payment
thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business
Day. If the date for any payment of principal is
extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest thereon, at the
then applicable rate, shall be payable for such extended
time.
2.17
Funding Losses
. Notwithstanding any
provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) if
Borrower makes any payment of principal with respect to any LIBOR
Loan (pursuant to Sections 2 or 6 or otherwise) on any day other
than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or if
Borrower fails to borrow or pay any LIBOR Loan after notice has
been given by Borrower as applicable to the Agent in accordance
with Section 2.07, 2.09, 2.14 or otherwise, Borrower shall
reimburse each Lender on demand for any resulting losses and
expenses incurred by it, including, without limitation, any losses
incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from third
parties and any loss of margin for the period after any such
payment, provided that such Lender shall have delivered to
Borrower, a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
calculation of the amount of such losses and expenses, which
calculation shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable
error.
2.18
Basis
for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
. If with
respect to any Interest Period:
(a)
deposits
in dollars (in the applicable amounts) are not being offered to any
Lender in the relevant market for such Interest Period,
or
(b)
any
Lender determines that the LIBOR Rate as determined pursuant to the
definition thereof will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost
to such Lender of maintaining or funding the LIBOR Loans for such
Interest Period, such Lender shall forthwith give notice thereof to
Borrower, which notice shall set forth in detail the basis
for
such notice, whereupon until such
Lender notifies Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension no longer exist, (i) the LIBOR Rate shall not be
available to Borrower as an interest rate option on any Loans made
by such Lender, all of the then outstanding Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loans made by such Lender shall automatically convert to Revolving
Credit ABR Loans on the last day of the then current Interest
Period applicable to each such Revolving Credit LIBOR
Loan. Interest accrued on each such LIBOR Loan prior to
any such conversion shall be due and payable on the date of such
conversion together with any funding losses and other amounts due
under Section 2.17.
2.19
Illegality . If, after the date of
this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or
regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or
regulatory authority, central bank or comparable agency charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by
any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such governmental or regulatory authority,
central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or
impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or fund its LIBOR Loans
to Borrower, such Lender shall forthwith give notice thereof to
Borrower. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower shall
convert all then outstanding LIBOR Loans from such Lender on either
(a) the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to
such LIBOR Loan if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain
and fund such LIBOR Loan to such day or (b) immediately if such
Lender may not lawfully continue to fund and maintain such LIBOR
Loan to such day, to a ABR Loan of the same type (i.e., a Revolving
Credit ABR Loan) in an equal principal amount. Interest
accrued on each such LIBOR Loan prior to any such conversion shall
be due and payable on the date of such conversion together with any
funding losses and other amounts due under Section 2.17.
(a)
If (i)
Regulation D or (ii) after the date hereof, the adoption of any
applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental or regulatory authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof,
or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) of any such governmental or
regulatory authority, central bank or comparable agency (a “
Regulatory Change ”):
(A) shall
subject any Lender to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to
its LIBOR Loans, its Notes or its obligation to make LIBOR Loans,
or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender of
the principal of or interest on its LIBOR Loans or any other
amounts due under this Agreement in respect of its LIBOR Loans or
its obligation to make LIBOR Loans (except for taxes on or changes
in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
or
(B) shall
impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without
limitation, any reserve imposed by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), special deposit, capital or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended or committed to be extended by, any Lender or
shall, with respect to any Lender impose, modify or deem applicable
any other condition affecting such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, such
Lender’s Notes or such Lender’s obligation to make
LIBOR Loans;
and the result of any of the
foregoing is to increase the cost to (or in the case of Regulation
D, to impose a cost on or increase the cost to) such Lender of
making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan, or to reduce the amount of
any sum received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement
or under any of its Notes with respect thereto, by an amount deemed
by such Lender to be material, and if such Lender is not otherwise
fully compensated for such increase in cost or reduction in amount
received or receivable by virtue of the
inclusion of the reference to
“LIBOR Reserve Percentage” in the calculation of the
LIBOR Rate, then upon notice by such Lender to Borrower, which
notice shall set forth such Lender’s supporting calculations
in reasonable detail and the details of the Regulatory Change,
Borrower shall pay such Lender, as additional interest, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for
such increased cost or reduction. The determination by
any Lender under this Section of the additional amount or amounts
to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of
demonstrable error. In determining such amount or
amounts, the Lenders may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.
(b)
If any
Lender demands compensation under Section 2.20(a) above, Borrower
may at any time, upon at least three (3) Eurodollar Business
Day’s prior notice to such Lender, convert its then
outstanding LIBOR Loans to ABR Loans of the same type (i.e., a
Revolving Credit ABR Loan) in an equal principal
amount. Interest accrued on each such LIBOR Loan prior
to any such conversion shall be due and payable on the date of such
conversion together with any funding losses and other amounts due
under Section 2.17 and this Section 2.20.
2.21
ABR
Loans Substituted for Affected LIBOR Loans . If notice has been
given by a Lender pursuant to Sections 2.18 or 2.19 or by Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.20 requiring LIBOR Loans of any Lender to be
repaid, then, unless and until such Lender notifies Borrower that
the circumstances giving rise to such repayment no longer apply,
all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender to Borrower
as LIBOR Loans shall be made instead as ABR Loans. Such
Lender shall promptly notify Borrower if and when the circumstances
giving rise to such repayment no longer apply.
2.22
Capital Adequacy
. If, after
the date of this Agreement, any Lender shall have determined in
good faith that the adoption of any applicable law, rule,
regulation or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or any change
therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration
thereof by any governmental or regulatory authority, central bank
or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by such Lender with any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency, has or will have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender’s capital in respect of its
obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender could
have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking
into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to
capital adequacy), then from time to time Borrower shall pay to
such Lender upon demand such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such reduction. All
determinations made in good faith by such Lender of the additional
amount or amounts required to compensate such Lender in respect of
the foregoing shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable
error. In determining such amount or amounts, such
Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods.
2.23
Survival of Indemnities
. All
indemnities and all provisions relating to reimbursement to the
Lenders of amounts sufficient to protect the yield to the Lenders
with respect to the Loans, including, without limitation, Sections
2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 and 2.22 of this Agreement, shall survive
the payment of the Notes and the other Borrower’s Obligations
and the Maturity Date. The Agent and the Lenders agree
to include any funding losses owed by Borrower under Section 2.17
in connection with any prepayment of any LIBOR Loans in any payoff
letter requested by Borrower.
2.24
Discretion of Lenders as to Manner
of Funding . Notwithstanding any
provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender
shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any
part of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it elects, it being
understood, however, that for purposes of this Agreement all
determinations hereunder (including, without limitation, the
determination of each Lender’s funding losses and expenses
under Section 2.17) shall be made as if such Lender had actually
funded and maintained each LIBOR Loan through the purchase of
deposits having a maturity corresponding to the maturity of the
applicable Interest Period relating to the applicable LIBOR Loan
and bearing an interest rate equal to the applicable LIBOR Base
Rate.
2.25
Swing
Line Loan Settlement After Default . Upon the occurrence of
any Event of Default, unless otherwise requested by U.S. Bank, the
Agent shall promptly notify the other Lenders in writing of the
aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans from U.S. Bank
then outstanding, and each of the other Lenders hereby irrevocably
agrees to immediately purchase from U.S. Bank with immediately
available funds its ratable share of the amount of all such Swing
Line Loans (based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Revolving Credit Commitments), plus accrued and unpaid interest
calculated on such Pro Rata Share of such principal amount at a
rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Base
Rate. Following such advance by each Lender to U.S. Bank
of its Pro Rata Share of any such Swing Line Loans pursuant to the
preceding sentence, each such Lender shall thereafter receive its
Pro Rata Share of all principal payments, interest payments, fees
and other amounts due with respect to such Swing Line Loans as and
when paid by Borrower to U.S. Bank hereunder. Such Swing
Line Loans shall thereafter be evidenced by the Revolving Credit
Notes of each of the Lender(s). U.S. Bank agrees that it
will not make any Swing Line Loan to Borrower after U.S. Bank has
received notice in writing from Borrower or any other Lender that a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing without
the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
2.26
Sharing of Payments
. The
Lenders agree among themselves that, in the event that any Lender
shall directly or indirectly obtain any payment (whether voluntary,
involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff,
banker’s lien or counterclaim, through the realization,
collection, sale or liquidation of any collateral or otherwise) on
account of or in respect of any of the Loans or any of the other
Borrower’s Obligations, in excess of its Pro Rata Share of
all such payments, such Lenders shall immediately purchase from the
other Lenders participations in the Loans or other Borrower’s
Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and make
such other adjustments from time to time, as shall be equitable to
the end that the Lenders share such payment ratably in accordance
with their respective Pro Rata Shares of the outstanding Loans and
other Borrower’s Obligations. The Lenders further
agree among themselves that if any such excess payment to a Lender
shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored, the other Lenders
which shall have shared the benefit of such payment shall, by
repurchase of participation theretofore sold, or otherwise, return
its share of that benefit to the Lender whose payment shall have
been rescinded or otherwise restored. Borrower agrees
that any Lenders so purchasing a participation in the Loans or
other Borrower’s Obligations to the other Lenders may
exercise all rights of setoff, banker’s lien and/or
counterclaim as fully as if such Lenders were a holder of such Loan
or Borrower’s Obligations in the amount of such
participation. If under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law any Lender receives a secured claim
in lieu of a setoff to which this Section 2.26 would apply, such
Lenders shall, to the extent practicable, exercise their rights in
respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the
rights of the Lenders entitled under this Section 2.26 to share in
the benefits of any recovery of such secured claim.
2.27
Designation of Alternate Lending
Offices .
(a)
Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, no Lender shall be entitled to
compensation under Sections 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22 for any
amounts incurred or accruing more than 180 days prior to the giving
of notice to the Borrower by such Lender of its entitlement to
additional costs or other reimbursements of the types described in
such Sections.
(b)
Each
Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to
the operation of Sections 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22 with
respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use
reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of
such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans
affected by such event or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates if it
would eliminate or reduce further the amounts payable under
Sections 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22, provided that such
designation or assignment is made only if the Lender and its
lending office would suffer no material economic, legal or
regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the
consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such
Section. The Agent agrees that no assignment fee shall
be payable to it
pursuant to Section 8.12(c) in
connection with such designation or assignment. Nothing
in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of
Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.17,
2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 2.27, each Lender agrees that such Lender shall not
exercise any of its rights under Section 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or
2.22 with respect to Borrower if it shall not at the time be the
general policy or practice of such Lender to exercise its rights
under provisions in other credit agreements similar to Section
2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22 against other Borrower in
substantially similar circumstances.
2.28
Replacement of Lenders
. If (i)
any Lender (or its holding company, if any), requests compensation
under Section 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22 and Borrower is
required to pay an additional amount to any Lender or any
governmental authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22 in excess of amounts being
charged generally by the Lenders, (ii) any Lender shall give any
notice to the Borrower or the Agent pursuant to Section 2.17, 2.18,
2.19, 2.20 or 2.22, (iii) if a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,
or (iv) in the case of a refusal by a Lender to consent to a
proposed change, waiver or termination with respect to this
Agreement which has been approved by the Required Lenders, then, in
each such case, provided that no Event of Default
shall then exist and be continuing, during the 120-day period after
the receipt of such request, Borrower, at the sole cost, expense
and effort of Borrower, may, upon notice to the Agent, require such
Lender to assign (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 8.12) all of its rights and
obligations under the Transaction Documents to any other Lender (or
affiliate thereof), or to any other Eligible Institution identified
by the Borrower if such other Lender (or affiliated thereof) or
such Eligible Institution agrees to assume all of the obligations
of such Lender for consideration equal to the outstanding principal
amount of such Lender’s Loans and all unreimbursed sums paid
by such Lender under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents, together with interest thereon to the date of such
transfer and all other amounts payable under the Transaction
Documents to such Lender on or prior to the date of such transfer
(including any fees accrued hereunder and any amounts which would
be payable under Section 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.22 as if all
of such Lender’s Loans were being prepaid in full on such
date). In the event of a transfer to any other Eligible
Institution, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions of
Section 8.12, such Eligible Institution shall be a
“Lender” for all purposes hereunder. Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of Borrower
hereunder, the agreements of Borrower contained in Section 8.04 and
Section 8.05 (without duplication of any payments made to such
Lender by Borrower or such other Eligible Institution) shall
survive for the benefit of any Lender replaced under this Section
2.28 with respect to the time prior to such
replacement. In connection with any transfer pursuant to
this Section 2.28, Borrower shall be obligated to pay the
assignment fee referred to in Section 8.12.
2.29
Interest Rate
Protection . No later than ninety
(90) days following the closing of any Permitted Acquisition that
results in the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings to exceed
$50,000,000, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent an executed
hedging agreement providing for interest rate protection in a
notional amount and for a period acceptable to Borrower and Agent
and with a counterparty acceptable to the Agent and in form and
substance acceptable to the Agent and Borrower.
2.30
Incremental Facility
. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, upon the
request of the Borrower and so long as no Default or Event of
Default then exists hereunder or would be created by the extension
of such additional commitments or the making of such additional
Loans, Borrower may request, without obligation: (i) one or more
increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments of one or more of the
Lenders or (ii) an additional Revolving Credit Commitment from any
Eligible Institution which may hereafter become a Lender and a
party to this Agreement, or (iii) any combination of (i) and (ii)
above, such that the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all
of the Lenders (including any Eligible Institution which may
hereafter become a Lender pursuant to this Section) may be
increased to $125,000,000 (such increases of the Revolving
Credit
Commitment(s), and/or any such new
Revolving Credit Commitment are hereinafter referred to as the
“Incremental Facilities” or each as an
“Incremental Facility”), provided
that (a) any such requested Incremental Facility
shall have been approved by the Agent, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, (b) the amount of a Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment may not be increased without the prior written
consent of such Lender, (c) the principal amount of any such
Incremental Facility requested by Borrower shall not be less than
$10,000,000, (d) the aggregate principal amount of all such
Incremental Facilities shall not exceed $45,000,000 in the
aggregate, and (e) each Incremental Facility shall bear interest at
the interest rates applicable hereunder to the other Revolving
Credit Loans of the Lenders to the Borrower (with such interest
payable on the dates set forth herein for interest on the other
Revolving Credit Loans), shall mature and be payable at the end of
the Revolving Credit Period, and shall have other terms applicable
to such Incremental Facility the same as those applicable to the
other Revolving Credit Loans hereunder. The Incremental
Facilities do not need to be funded by the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Pro Rata Shares provided they otherwise
comply with the terms of this Section, and the definitions of
“Revolving Credit Commitments,” “Notes,”
“Pro Rata Shares” and other similar provisions of this
Agreement shall be amended as necessary to accommodate each such
Incremental Facility as shall be described in writing by the Agent
to the Borrower and the Lenders. In the event the
Lenders, in their discretion, decline to provide the full amount of
any Incremental Facility requested by Borrower, the Agent may
obtain commitments from one or more other Eligible Institutions
willing to provide such requested Incremental Facility and may have
such new Eligible Institutions become parties to this Agreement as
Lenders hereunder (with Revolving Credit Commitments in the amount
or amounts agreed to by Borrower, Agent and such Eligible
Institutions) by having such other Eligible Institutions execute a
Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit L attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference. With respect
to each Incremental Facility, Borrower covenants and agrees to
execute and deliver to the Agent and the Lenders such additional
Notes or amended and restated Notes payable to the respective
orders of each of the Lenders participating therein as may be
necessary to evidence such Incremental Facility, together with such
other resolutions, documents and agreements as may be required by
the Agent or any of the Lenders in connection therewith, including,
but not limited to any required amendments to this Agreement and
any opinions of counsel which Agent and the Lenders may require
with respect thereto. All Collateral shall secure all of
Borrower’s Obligations, including, without limitation, any
such Borrower’s Obligations incurred as a part of any such
Incremental Facility.
Section 3.
PRECONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS
OF CREDIT .
3.01
Initial Loans and Letters of
Credit . Notwithstanding any
provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the
Lenders shall have any obligation to make the initial Loan(s) under
this Agreement and U.S. Bank shall have no obligation to issue the
initial Letter(s) of Credit under this Agreement unless the Agent
shall have first received:
(a)
this
Agreement and the Notes, each duly executed by Borrower;
(b)
the
Security Agreement duly executed by Borrower and the Guarantors (in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and each Lender) and
other documents as the Agent or any Lender may require in
connection therewith, each duly executed by Borrower and
Guarantors;
(c)
the
Copyright Security Agreement (which must be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and each Lender) duly executed by
Borrower or one or more of the Guarantors as applicable;
(d)
the
Patent and Trademark Security Agreement (which must be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent and each Lender) duly executed
by Borrower or one or more of the Guarantors as
applicable;
(e)
the
Guaranties and the Subsidiary Guaranties (each of which must be in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent) each duly executed by
each respective Guarantor;
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