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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
November
22, 2002, is among DMI FURNITURE, INC., a Delaware corporation,
the Lenders from
time to time party hereto, and BANK ONE, NA, a national banking
association
having its principal office in Chicago, Illinois, as Agent.
The Borrower and Bank One are parties to a certain Amended and
Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2001, as amended by a
First Amendment
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 3,
2002, and a
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of March 29,
2002, and by the Loan Modification Agreement (the "Modification
Agreement"), of
even date, among the Borrower, Bank One, and Fifth Third Bank,
Kentucky, Inc.
(the "Original Agreement").
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement:
"Acquisition" means any transaction, or any series of
related
transactions, consummated on or after the date of this
Agreement, by which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going
business or all or
substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or
limited liability
company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of
assets, merger or
otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one
transaction or as the
most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a
majority (in
number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have
ordinary voting
power for the election of directors (other than securities
having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority
(by percentage
or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a
partnership or
limited liability company.
"Advance" means a borrowing of the Revolving Loan or Term
Loan
hereunder, (i) made by the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date,
or (ii) converted
or continued by the Lenders on the same date of conversion or
continuation,
consisting, in either case, of the aggregate amount of the
several Loans of the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, for the same
Interest Period.
"Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling
Person owns 10% or
more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership
interests) of the
controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the
power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the
controlled Person,
whether through ownership of stock, by contract or
otherwise.
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"Agent" means Bank One in its capacity as contractual
representative of
the Lenders pursuant to Article X, and not in its individual
capacity as a
Lender, and any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Article
X.
"Aggregate Commitment" means the aggregate of the Commitments of
all
the Lenders, as reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure" means, at any time,
the
aggregate of the Outstanding Credit Exposure of all the
Lenders.
"Aggregate Term Loan Commitment" means, at any time, the
aggregate of
the Term Loan Commitments of all the Lenders.
"Agreement" means this credit agreement, as it may be amended
or
modified and in effect from time to time.
"Agreement Accounting Principles" means generally accepted
accounting
principles as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner
consistent with
that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in
Section 5.4.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate of interest per
annum
equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate for such day and (ii)
the sum of the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per
annum.
"Applicable Fee Rate" means, at any time, the percentage rate
per annum
at which commitment fees are accruing on the Unused Revolving
Loan Aggregate
Commitment at such time as set forth in the Pricing
Schedule.
"Applicable LC Fee" means at any time, with respect to the
1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit, the 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay
Letter of Credit, and
a Facility LC that is a standby letter of credit, the percentage
rate per annum
which is applicable at such time as set forth in the Pricing
Schedule.
"Applicable Margin" means, with respect to Advances of any Type
at any
time, the percentage rate per annum which is applicable at such
time with
respect to Advances of such Type as set forth in the Pricing
Schedule.
"Approved Fund" means any Fund that is administered or managed
by (a) a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an
Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
"Arranger" means Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors, in its capacity as Lead
Arranger and Sole Book
Runner.
"Article" means an article of this Agreement unless another
document is
specifically referenced.
"Authorized Officer" means any of the President or the Chief
Financial
Officer of the Borrower, acting singly.
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"Bank One" means Bank One, NA, a national banking association
having
its principal office in Chicago, Illinois, in its individual
capacity (successor
by merger with Bank One, Indiana, N.A.), and its successors.
"Bond Document" means any of the 1993 Bond Documents or any of
the 1994
Refunding Bond Documents as the context requires, and when used
in the plural
form, refers to all or any combination of the Bond Documents as
the context
requires.
"Borrower" means DMI Furniture, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and its
successors and assigns.
"Borrowing Base" means, at any date a determination thereof is
to be
made, an amount equal to the sum of: (i) Eighty Percent (80%) of
(a) the net
book value (as determined in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles) of
Eligible Accounts minus (b) an amount equal to the net book
value of all
Eligible Accounts owed by account debtors for goods supplied by
Borrower for use
in showroom or displays for which extended payment terms (i.e.,
payment terms
which are longer than customarily extended for purchases of
inventory from
Borrower on account) were given to the account debtor by the
Borrower,
determined as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Borrower
preceding the
date of determination; (ii) Fifty Percent (50%) of the Eligible
Finished Goods
Inventory Value and the Eligible Wood Stock Inventory Value;
(iii) Twenty-Five
Percent (25%) of the Eligible Miscellaneous Inventory Value; and
(iv) during the
period beginning on the first day of the fourth Fiscal Month of
each fiscal year
of the Borrower and ending on the last day of the sixth Fiscal
Month of the same
fiscal year of the Borrower, and during the period beginning on
the first day of
the eighth Fiscal Month of each fiscal year of the Borrower and
ending on the
last day of the tenth Fiscal Month of the same fiscal year of
the Borrower, the
sum of $1,000,000.00 (all of the foregoing as determined on the
basis of the
information contained in the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate provided to
the Agent or as determined by the Agent upon an inspection of
the Borrower's
books and records and inventory by the Agent or any other
representative of the
Lenders); provided, however, the Borrowing Base shall be $0
commencing five (5)
calendar days after the Borrower's failure to furnish to the
Agent a monthly
Borrowing Base Certificate within the period of time required
under Section 6.1
and continuing until the Agent shall have received a properly
completed and
certified Borrowing Base Certificate.
"Borrowing Base Certificate" means a certificate signed by
an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying the amount of the
Borrowing Base
and the Maximum Availability as of a stated date and in such
form and showing
such detail as the Agent reasonably may require from time to
time.
"Borrowing Date" means a date on which an Advance is made
hereunder.
"Borrowing Notice" is defined in Section 2.8.
"Business Day" means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment
or rate
selection of Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday
or Sunday) on
which banks generally are open in Chicago and New York City for
the conduct of
substantially all of their commercial lending activities,
interbank wire
transfers can be made on the Fedwire system and dealings in
United States
dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii)
for all other
purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
generally are
open in Indianapolis for the conduct of substantially all of
their commercial
lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on
the Fedwire
system.
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"Capital Expenditures" means, without duplication, any
expenditures for
any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be
classified as a
fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles,
including the amount capitalized under all Capital Leases.
"Capitalized Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property by
such
Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet
of such Person
prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" of a Person means the amount of
the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would
be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Cash Capital Expenditures" means Capital Expenditures that are
not
financed through the incurring of new Indebtedness.
"Cash Equivalent Investments" means (i) short-term obligations
of, or
fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii)
commercial paper rated
A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by Moody's, (iii)
demand deposit accounts
maintained in the ordinary course of business, and (iv)
certificates of deposit
issued by and time deposits with commercial banks (whether
domestic or foreign)
having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000; provided
in each case that
the same provides for payment of both principal and interest
(and not principal
alone or interest alone) and is not subject to any contingency
regarding the
payment of principal or interest.
"Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(i) Any "person", as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the
Borrower, any trustee or other fiduciary holding
securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Borrower, or any corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the shareholders of the Borrower in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership
of stock of the Borrower, or any of the existing
Series C Preferred shareholders), is or becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Borrower representing 40% or more
of the combined voting power of the Borrower's then
outstanding securities.
(ii) During any period of one year, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constitute the Board of
Directors of the Borrower cease to constitute at
least a majority thereof. If the election or
nomination for election by the Borrower's
shareholders of a new director (other than a director
designated by a person who has entered into an
agreement with the Borrower to effect a transaction
described in clause (a), (c) or (d) of this
definition) was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who
either were directors at the beginning of the period
or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved, that director shall not be
counted for purposes of the preceding sentence.
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(iii) The shareholders of the Borrower approve a merger or
consolidation of the Borrower with any other
corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation
which would result in the voting securities of the
Borrower outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the surviving entity) more than 80% of
the combined voting power of the voting securities of
the Borrower or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or
(B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a
recapitalization of the Borrower (or similar
transaction) in which no "person" (as hereinabove
defined) acquires more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the Borrower's then outstanding
securities.
(d) The shareholders of the Borrower approve a plan of
complete liquidation of the Borrower or an agreement
for the sale of disposition by the Borrower of all or
substantially all of the Borrower's asset.
(e) Any other transaction which is of a nature that would
be require to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of
Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
Exchange Act occurs.
"Change in Management" means neither (i) Donald D. Dreher nor
(ii)
Joseph G. Hill is a senior executive of the Borrower.
"City" means the City of Huntingburg, Indiana.
"Closing Date" means November 22, 2002.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
reformed or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Collateral Documents" means, collectively, the Security
Agreement, the
Mortgages, the Mortgage Assignment and the Guaranty.
"Collateral Shortfall Amount" is defined in Section 8.1.
"Commission Due Date" means the first Business Day of each
November,
February, May and August of each year.
"Commitment" means, for each Lender, the sum of its LC
Commitment and
its Revolving Commitment.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means with respect to any period,
Consolidated
Net Income plus, to the extent deducted from revenues in
determining
Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii)
expense for
taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization and
(v)
extraordinary losses incurred other than in the ordinary course
of business,
minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
extraordinary gains
realized other than in the ordinary course of business, all
calculated for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
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"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means with respect to any period,
the sum
of interest which was due and payable by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in
cash during such period, plus Cash Capital Expenditures made by
the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries during such period, plus scheduled principal
payments of
Indebtedness of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries which
were due and
payable in cash during such period (excluding payments to the
Designated Account
that are required under Section 2.21.1 or 2.22.1 to the extent
that such
payments are funded with Advances of the Term Loans, plus taxes
of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries which were due and payable during such
period, plus
dividends that were paid to the shareholders of the Borrower in
cash during such
period.
"Consolidated Funded Indebtedness" means at any time the
aggregate
dollar amount of the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries
calculated on a consolidated basis which has actually been
funded and is
outstanding at such time, whether or not such amount is due or
payable at such
time.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with reference to any
period,
the interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
calculated on a
consolidated basis for such period.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with reference to any period,
the net
income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated
on a
consolidated basis for such period.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means the consolidated
shareholders'
equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, less any allowance
for goodwill,
patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and any other assets which
would be
classified as intangible assets under Agreement Accounting
Principles, and less
the deferred tax asset arising from the recognition of net
operating loss carry
forward, and less the portion of "other comprehensive income"
(determined in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles and being either
a positive or
negative amount) which relates to interest rate swaps and
minimum pension
liabilities and which directly affects the equity section of the
balance sheet
without being reflected in the income statement, all determined
on a
consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Contingent Obligation" of a Person means any agreement,
undertaking or
arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses,
contingently
agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or
otherwise becomes or
is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any
other Person, or
agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other
financial condition
of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such
other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter,
operating
agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such
Person as general
partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the
partnership.
"Conversion/Continuation Notice" is defined in Section 2.9.
"Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group
of
corporations or other business entities and all trades or
businesses (whether or
not incorporated) under common control which, together with the
Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the
Code.
"Credit Enhancement Business Day" means a "Business Day," as
defined in
each of the Credit Enhancement Letters of Credit, as the context
requires.
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"Credit Enhancement Letter of Credit" means the 1993 Direct-Pay
Letter
of Credit or the 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit as
the context
requires, and when used in the plural form, refers to both of
them.
"Credit Extension" means the making of an Advance or the
issuance of a
Facility LC hereunder.
"Credit Extension Date" means the Borrowing Date for an Advance
or the
issuance date for a Facility LC.
"Default" means an event described in Article VII.
"Designated Account" is defined in Section 2.21.1.
"Drawing" means an Interest Drawing, a Principal Drawing or
a
Remarketing Drawing, as the context requires, and when used in
the plural form,
means all or any combination of them as the context
requires.
"Eligible Accounts" means, at any date a determination thereof
is to be
made, all outstanding accounts receivable of the Borrower for
which the Borrower
shall have furnished to the Agent information adequate for
purposes of
identification at times and in form and substance as may be
reasonably requested
by the Agent; provided, however, that an account receivable
shall not constitute
an Eligible Account if it: (i) remains unpaid sixty (60) days
after the original
due date for its payment stated on the applicable invoice or one
hundred fifty
(150) days after the invoice date; (ii) is an account receivable
with respect to
which the account receivable debtor is the subject of a
bankruptcy or similar
insolvency proceeding or has made an assignment for the benefit
of creditors or
whose assets have been conveyed to a receiver or trustee or who
is no longer
conducting its customary business, except and to the extent the
Agent otherwise
agrees in writing; (iii) is an account receivable which is not
invoiced (and
dated as of the date of such invoice) and sent to the account
receivable debtor
within the ordinary course of the business of the Borrower and
in accordance
with customary billing practices after delivery of the
underlying goods to, or
performance of the underlying services for, the accounts
receivable debtor; (iv)
is an account receivable arising with respect to goods which
have not been
shipped or arising with respect to services which have not been
fully performed;
(v) is an account receivable with respect to which the account
receivable
debtor's obligation to pay the account receivable is conditional
upon the
account receivable debtor's approval or is otherwise subject to
any repurchase
obligation or return right, as with sales made on a
bill-and-hold, guaranteed
sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval or consignment basis;
(vi) is an account
receivable in which the Bank does not have a first priority,
perfected security
interest; (vii) is an account receivable due from any
Subsidiary, Affiliate,
employee or sales agent of the Borrower or which is due solely
from an accounts
receivable debtor which is a United States federal governmental
entity or
agency, except and to the extent the Bank otherwise agrees in
writing; or (viii)
is an account receivable evidenced by an instrument (as defined
in Article 9.1
of the Indiana Uniform Commercial Code). At any time more than
Twenty-Five
Percent (25%) of the aggregate amount of accounts receivable due
from an
accounts receivable debtor remain unpaid more than sixty (60)
days after the
date(s) due as stated on the original invoice(s) evidencing such
accounts
receivable, then no accounts receivable due the Borrower from
that accounts
receivable debtor shall constitute an Eligible Account; provided
that accounts
receivable from Sam's Club shall not be excluded from Eligible
Accounts unless
more than Fifty Percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of
accounts receivable due
from Sam's Club remain unpaid more than sixty (60) days after
the date(s) due
stated on the original invoice(s). Further, to the extent that
an Eligible
Account is subject to any set-off, offset, credit or other
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reduction right held by the account receivable debtor, then for
purposes of
determining the Borrowing Base the amount of such Eligible
Account shall be
reduced by the sum of all such offsets, credits and
reductions.
"Eligible Finished Goods Inventory Value" means, at any date
a
determination thereof is to be made, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) the
aggregate book value of the Borrower's finished goods inventory
(all as
determined and classified in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles)
but excluding all such inventory: (a) held by a third party on
consignment or
subject to any repurchase option or arrangement or return right,
as with sales
made on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale
on approval or
consignment basis; (b) located outside the United States of
America, except such
inventory with respect to which the Borrower has provided to the
Agent evidence
satisfactory to the Agent that the Agent holds a perfected,
first priority
security in such inventory, or (c) which does not comply with
any of the
following requirements:
(1) It is in good and merchantable condition for sale to
an end user and is readily marketable by the Borrower
in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business;
(2) It conforms in all material respects to all
applicable specifications, standards and
requirements; and
(3) It complies with or exceeds all standards, mandates
and requirements of Governmental Authority with which
it must be in compliance for it to be lawfully sold
to an end user in the United States of America;
and (ii) the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all
Facility LCs
issued by the LC Issuer against which a vendor may draw to
obtain payment of the
purchase price of finished goods inventory, minus the book value
of any such
inventory included in the calculation of the Eligible Finished
Goods Inventory
Value pursuant to clause (i) above as to which the vendors who
are the
beneficiaries of such Facility LCs have not yet presented or the
LC Issuer has
not yet honored a draft or demand for payment.
"Eligible Miscellaneous Inventory Value" means, at any date
a
determination thereof is to be made, an amount equal to the
aggregate book value
(as determined and classified in accordance with Agreement
Accounting
Principles) of the Borrower's raw material inventory, including
furniture
hardware which is not yet part of work in process or finished
goods, but
excluding all lumber (cut or uncut), board stock, timber, logs
and other wood.
"Eligible Wood Stock Inventory Value" means, at any date a
determination thereof is to be made, an amount equal to the
aggregate book value
of the Borrower's inventory of timber, logs, rough cut lumber
and full-board
stock (all as determined and classified in accordance with
Agreement Accounting
Principles) and that is readily marketable in established wood
markets in its
existing condition, but excluding all such lumber and board
stock which is not
in standard market dimensions.
"Enhancement Issuer" means Bank One, as issuer of the Credit
Enhancement Letters of Credit.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local
and
foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations,
ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits,
concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental
restrictions relating to
(i) the protection of the environment, (ii) the effect of the
environment on
human health, (iii) emissions,
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discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous
substances or
wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (iv) the
manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or
handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or
wastes or the
clean-up or other remediation thereof.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as
amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued
thereunder.
"Eurodollar Advance" means an Advance which, except as
otherwise
provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable
Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Base Rate" means, with respect to a Eurodollar
Advance for
the relevant Interest Period, the applicable British Bankers'
Association LIBOR
rate for deposits in U.S. dollars as reported by any generally
recognized
financial information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period, and having a
maturity equal to
such Interest Period, provided that, if no such British Bankers'
Association
LIBOR rate is available to the Agent, the applicable Eurodollar
Base Rate for
the relevant Interest Period shall instead be the rate
determined by the Agent
to be the rate at which Bank One or one of its Affiliate banks
offers to place
deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class banks in the London
interbank market
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days
prior to the first
day of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount of Bank
One's relevant
Eurodollar Loan and having a maturity equal to such Interest
Period.
"Eurodollar Loan" means a Loan which, except as otherwise
provided in
Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar
Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance
for the
relevant Interest Period, the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) the
Eurodollar Base
Rate applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (b) one
minus the Reserve
Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such Interest
Period, plus
(ii) the Applicable Margin.
"Excluded Taxes" means, in the case of each Lender or
applicable
Lending Installation and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall
net income, and
franchise taxes imposed on it, by (i) the jurisdiction under the
laws of which
such Lender or the Agent is incorporated or organized or (ii)
the jurisdiction
in which the Agent's or such Lender's principal executive office
or such
Lender's applicable Lending Installation is located.
"Exhibit" refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless
another
document is specifically referenced.
"Extension Request" is defined in Section 2.20.
"Facility LC" is defined in Section 2.19.1.
"Facility LC Application" is defined in Section 2.19.3.
"Facility LC Collateral Account" is defined in Section
2.19.11.
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"Facility Termination Date" means December 31, 2004 or any later
date
as may be specified as the Facility Termination Date in
accordance with Section
2.20, or any earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment is
reduced to zero
or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, an interest
rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if
such day is not a
Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately
10:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Agent
from three Federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent in
its sole
discretion.
"Fiscal Month" means a 4-week or 5-week period comprising a
fiscal
month of the Borrower.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to the
Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for any fiscal period, the ratio of
Consolidated EBITDA for
such period to Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.
"Floating Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to
(i) the
Alternate Base Rate for such day plus (ii) the Applicable
Margin, in each case
changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.
"Floating Rate Advance" means an Advance which, except as
otherwise
provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating
Rate.
"Floating Rate Loan" means a Loan which, except as otherwise
provided
in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating Rate.
"Fund" means any Person (other than a natural person) that is
(or will
be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its business.
"Guarantor" means DMI Management, Inc., a Kentucky corporation,
and its
successors and assigns.
"Guaranty" means that certain Second Amended and Restated
Guaranty
dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Guarantor in favor
of the Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders, as it may be amended or modified
and in effect
from time to time.
"Hazardous Substance" means any hazardous or toxic substance
regulated
by any Environmental Laws, including but not limited to the
Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and the Toxic Substance Control
Act, or by any
federal or state governmental agencies having jurisdiction over
the control of
any such substance including but not limited to the United
States Environmental
Protection Agency.
"Indebtedness" of a Person means such Person's (i) obligations
for
borrowed money, (ii) obligations representing the deferred
purchase price of
Property or services (other than accounts payable
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arising in the ordinary course of such Person's business payable
on terms
customary in the trade), (iii) obligations, whether or not
assumed, secured by
Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from Property
now or
hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (iv) obligations
which are evidenced
by notes, acceptances, or other negotiable instruments, (v)
obligations of such
Person to purchase securities or other Property arising out of
or in connection
with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or
Property, (vi)
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (vii) any other obligation for
borrowed money or
other financial accommodation which in accordance with Agreement
Accounting
Principles would be shown as a liability on the consolidated
balance sheet of
such Person, and (viii) Contingent Obligations.
"Interest Drawing" is used as defined in each of the Credit
Enhancement
Letters of Credit, as the context requires.
"Interest Payment Date" is used as defined in the 1993 Trust
Indenture
or the 1994 Refunding Trust Indenture, as the context
requires.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance, a
period
of one, two, three or six months commencing on a Business Day
selected by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. Such Interest Period shall
end on the day
which corresponds numerically to such date one, two, three or
six months
thereafter, provided, however, that if there is no such
numerically
corresponding day in such next, second, third or sixth
succeeding month, such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such next,
second, third
or sixth succeeding month. If an Interest Period would otherwise
end on a day
which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on
the next
succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that if said next
succeeding
Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Interest Period
shall end on
the immediately preceding Business Day.
"Investment" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the
ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than
accounts
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms
customary in the
trade) or contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds,
mutual funds,
partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities
owned by such
Person; any deposit accounts and certificate of deposit owned by
such Person;
and structured notes, derivative financial instruments and other
similar
instruments or contracts owned by such Person.
"LC Commitment" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such
Lender
to participate in Facility LCs, in an aggregate amount not
exceeding the amount
set forth opposite its signature below, as it may be modified as
a result of any
assignment that has become effective pursuant to Section 12.3.2
or as otherwise
modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"LC Fee" is defined in Section 2.19.4.
"LC Issuer" means Bank One (or any subsidiary or affiliate of
Bank One
designated by Bank One) in its capacity as issuer of Facility
LCs hereunder.
"LC Obligations" means, at any time, the sum, without
duplication, of
(i) the aggregate undrawn stated amount under all Facility LCs
and Credit
Enhancement Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, plus
(ii) the aggregate
unpaid amount at such time of all Reimbursement Obligations.
"LC Payment Date" is defined in Section 2.19.5.
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"Lenders" means the lending institutions listed on the signature
pages
of this Agreement (including any Lender in the capacity of LC
Issuer or
Enhancement Issuer) and their respective successors and
assigns.
"Lending Installation" means, with respect to a Lender or the
Agent,
the office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or
the Agent listed
on the signature pages hereof or on a Schedule or otherwise
selected by such
Lender or the Agent pursuant to Section 2.17.
"Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of calculation, the ratio
of (i)
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness outstanding on such date to
(ii) Consolidated
EBITDA for the period of twelve consecutive Fiscal Months ending
on the last day
of the most-recently ended fiscal quarter.
"Lien" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage,
pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or
preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest
of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other
title retention
agreement).
"Loan" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's loan
made
pursuant to Article II (or any conversion or continuation
thereof).
"Loan Documents" means the Modification Agreement, this
Agreement, the
Notes, the Facility LC Applications, the Collateral Documents
and the Guaranty.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i)
the
business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise), results
of operations,
or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (ii) the
ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents or
the Bond Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of
any of the Loan
Documents or the Bond Documents or the Bond Documents, or the
rights or remedies
of the Agent, the LC Issuer, the Enhancement Issuer or the
Lenders thereunder.
"Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness in an outstanding
principal
amount of $100,000.00 or more in the aggregate (or the
equivalent thereof in any
currency other than U.S. dollars).
"Material Indebtedness Agreement" means any agreement under
which any
Material Indebtedness was created or is governed or which
provides for the
incurrence of Indebtedness in an amount which would constitute
Material
Indebtedness (whether or not an amount of Indebtedness
constituting Material
Indebtedness is outstanding thereunder).
"Maximum Availability" means, as of any date of determination,
the
lesser of: (i) (a) during the period beginning July 31 of each
year until
January 30 of the following year, $20,000,000.00, and (b) during
the period
beginning on January 31 of each year until July 30 of that year,
$19,000,000.00;
and (ii) the Borrowing Base, minus the LC Obligations in respect
of Facility
LCs.
"Maximum Available Credit" means the sum of (i) the 1993
Maximum
Available Credit, plus (ii) the 1994 Refunding Maximum Available
Credit.
"Modification Agreement" is defined in the preamble of this
Agreement.
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"Modify" and "Modification" are defined in Section 2.19.1.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgages" means amendments and restatements of the 1992
Huntingburg
Mortgage, the 1993 Huntingburg Mortgage-Warehouse, the 1993
Huntingburg
Mortgage-Mfg., and the 1997 Project Mortgage, in form and
substance acceptable
to the Agent and the Lenders, providing for Liens granted to the
Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, to secure all of the Secured
Obligations.
"Mortgage Assignments" means assignments of the 1992
Huntingburg
Mortgage, the 1993 Huntingburg Mortgage-Warehouse, the 1993
Huntingburg
Mortgage-Mfg., and the 1997 Project Mortgage, in form and
substance acceptable
to the Agent and the Lenders, whereby the liens and rights of
Bank One
thereunder are assigned to the Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders, the LC
Issuer and the Enhancement Issuer, to secure all of the Secured
Obligations.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a Plan maintained pursuant to a
collective
bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the
Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one
employer is
obligated to make contributions.
"Non-U.S. Lender" is defined in Section 3.5(iv).
"Note" means any of the Revolving Note, the Term Notes, the
Remarketing
Reimbursement Notes-1993 Bonds, or the Remarketing Reimbursement
Notes-1994
Refunding Bonds.
"Obligations" means all unpaid principal of and accrued and
unpaid
interest on the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations, all
accrued and unpaid
fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other
obligations of the
Borrower to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Agent, the LC
Issuer, the
Enhancement Issuer, or any indemnified party arising under the
Loan Documents.
"Operating Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property (other
than a
Capitalized Lease) by such Person as lessee which has an
original term
(including any required renewals and any renewals effective at
the option of the
lessor) of one year or more.
"Original Agreement" is defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Other Taxes" is defined in Section 3.5(ii).
"Outstanding Credit Exposure" means, as to any Lender at any
time, the
sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of its Advances of the
Revolving Loan
outstanding at such time, plus (ii) an amount equal to its Pro
Rata Share of the
LC Obligations in respect of Facility LCs at such time.
"Participants" is defined in Section 12.2.1.
"Participation" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such
Lender
to participate in the Credit Enhancement Letters of Credit, the
Remarketing
Reimbursement Loans-1993 Bonds, and the Remarketing
Reimbursement Loans-1994
Refunding Bonds in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, as it
may
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be modified as a result of any assignment that has become
effective pursuant to
Section 12.3.2 or as otherwise modified from time to time
pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"Payment Date" means the last Business Day of each calendar
month.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any
successor
thereto.
"Permitted Liens" means Liens described in Section 6.15(i)
through
(vii).
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint
venture,
partnership, limited liability company, association, enterprise,
trust or other
entity or organization, or any government or political
subdivision or any
agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered
by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under
Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled
Group may have any
liability.
"Pricing Schedule" means the Schedule attached hereto identified
as
such.
"Prime Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of
interest
announced from time to time by Bank One or its parent (which is
not necessarily
the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as
said prime rate
changes.
"Principal Drawing" is used as defined in each of the Credit
Enhancement Letters of Credit, as the context requires.
"Pro Rata Share" means, with respect to a Lender, a portion
equal to a
fraction the numerator of which is the sum of such Lender's
Commitment and Term
Loan Commitment and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Aggregate
Commitment and the Aggregate Term Loan Commitment. The Pro Rata
Share of each
Lender as of the Closing Date, stated as a percentage, is set
forth opposite its
signature below.
"Property" of a Person means any and all property, whether
real,
personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or
other assets owned,
leased or operated by such Person.
"Purchasers" is defined in Section 12.3.1.
"Rate Management Obligations" of a Person means any and all
obligations
of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and
whensoever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals,
extensions and
modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any
and all Rate
Management Transactions, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy
backs,
reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management
Transactions.
"Rate Management Transaction" means any transaction (including
an
agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter
entered by the
Borrower which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity
swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or
equity index
option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange
transaction, cap
transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward
transaction,
currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap
transaction,
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currency option or any other similar transaction (including any
option with
respect to any of these transactions) or any combination
thereof, whether linked
to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity
prices, equity
prices or other financial measures.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any
successor thereto
or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of
Governors
relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of
the Federal
Reserve System.
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any
successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors
relating to the
extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin
stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Reimbursement Obligations" means, at any time, the aggregate of
(i)
all obligations of the Borrower then outstanding under Section
2.19 to reimburse
the LC Issuer for amounts paid by the LC Issuer in respect of
any one or more
drawings under Facility LCs, (ii) all obligations of the
Borrower then
outstanding under Sections 2.21 and 2.22 to reimburse the
Enhancement Issuer for
amounts paid by the Enhancement Issuer in respect of Drawings
under the Credit
Enhancement Letters of Credit, and (iii) the indebtedness
evidenced by all
Remarketing Reimbursement Notes-1993 Bonds and all Remarketing
Reimbursement
Notes-1994 Refunding Bonds.
"Remarketing Drawing" is used as defined in each of the
Credit
Enhancement Letters of Credit, as the context requires.
"Remarketing Reimbursement Loan - 1993 Bonds" is defined in
Section
2.21.3.
"Remarketing Reimbursement Note - 1993 Bonds" is defined in
Section
2.21.3.
"Remarketing Reimbursement Loan - 1994 Refunding Bonds" is
defined in
Section 2.22.3.
"Remarketing Reimbursement Note - 1994 Refunding Bonds" is
defined in
Section 2.22.3.
"Rentals" of a Person means the aggregate fixed amounts payable
by such
Person under any Operating Lease.
"Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in
Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with
respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by
regulation waived
the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified
within 30 days
of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a
failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of
Section 302 of ERISA
shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any
such waiver of the
notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of
ERISA or Section
412(d) of the Code.
"Reports" is defined in Section 9.6.
"Required Lenders" means Lenders in the aggregate holding at
least
sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Aggregate Commitment, Aggregate
Term Loan
Commitment, and the aggregate LC Obligations in
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respect of Credit Enhancement Letters of Credit, or if the
Aggregate Commitment
has been terminated, Lenders in the aggregate holding at least
sixty-seven
percent (67%) of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure,
Aggregate Term Loan
Commitment and the aggregate LC Obligations in respect of Credit
Enhancement
Letters of Credit.
"Reserve Requirement" means, with respect to an Interest Period,
the
maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic,
supplemental,
marginal and other reserves) which is imposed under Regulation D
on Eurocurrency
liabilities.
"Revolving Commitment" means, as to each Lender, the obligation
of such
Lender to make Advances to the Borrower under the Revolving
Loan, in an
aggregate amount not exceeding the amount set forth opposite its
signature
below, as it may be modified as a result of any assignment that
has become
effective pursuant to Section 12.3.2 or as otherwise modified
from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Revolving Loan" is defined in Section 2.2.
"Revolving Loan Maturity Date" means the earlier of (i) the
Facility
Termination Date, and (ii) that date upon which the Required
Lenders accelerate
payment of the Revolving Loan in accordance with Section 8.1 of
this Agreement.
"Revolving Notes" is defined in Section 2.13.
"S&P" means Standard and Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
"Schedule" refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement,
unless
another document is specifically referenced.
"Section" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless
another
document is specifically referenced.
"Secured Obligations" means, collectively, (i) the Obligations
and (ii)
all Rate Management Obligations owing to one or more
Lenders.
"Security Agreement" means that certain Second Amended and
Restated
Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by
Borrower in favor
of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as it may be
amended or modified
and in effect from time to time.
"Single Employer Plan" means a Plan maintained by the Borrower
or any
member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or
any member of
the Controlled Group.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50%
of the
outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which
shall at the time
be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or by one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or
(ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture or
similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership
interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at
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the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly
provided, all
references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary of
the Borrower.
"Substantial Portion" means, with respect to the Property of
the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which represents more
than 10% of the
consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or
property which is
responsible for more than 10% of the consolidated net sales or
of the
consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in
each case, as
would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the twelve-month period
ending with the
month in which such determination is made (or if financial
statements have not
been delivered hereunder for that month which begins the
twelve-month period,
then the financial statements delivered hereunder for the
quarter ending
immediately prior to that month).
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, duties,
levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all
liabilities with
respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes and Other
Taxes.
"Term Loan" is defined in Section 2.2.
"Term Loan Commitment" means, for each Lender, the obligation of
such
Lender to make Advances of the Term Loan, in an aggregate amount
not exceeding
the amount set forth opposite its signature below, as it may be
modified as a
result of any assignment that has become effective pursuant to
Section 12.3.2 or
as otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"Term Loan Maturity Date" means the earlier of (i) September 30,
2006,
and (ii) that date upon which the Required Lenders accelerate
payment of the
Term Loan in accordance with Section 8.1 of this Agreement.
"Term Notes" is defined in Section 2.13.
"Total Credit Exposure" means, as to any Lender at any time, the
sum of
(i) its Outstanding Credit Exposure, (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal
amount of its Advances of the Term Loan at such time, and (iii)
an amount equal
to its Pro Rata Share of LC Obligations in respect of Credit
Enhancement Letters
of Credit at such time.
"Transferee" is defined in Section 12.4.
"Type" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a
Floating
Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Advance and with respect to any
Loan, its nature as
a Floating Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
"Unfunded Liabilities" means the amount (if any) by which the
present
value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all
Single Employer
Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets
allocable to such
benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation
date for such
Plans using PBGC actuarial assumptions for single employer plan
terminations.
"Unmatured Default" means an event which but for the lapse of
time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
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"Unused Revolving Loan Commitment" means, on any day, the
positive
difference, if any, which results from subtracting from the
Maximum Availability
on such day the outstanding principal balance on such day of
Advances of the
Revolving Loan.
"1992 Huntingburg Mortgage" means a Mortgage, Security
Agreement,
Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated December 4, 1992,
and recorded on
December 7, 1992, as Document No. 168207 in Mortgage Book 281,
Page 97, as
amended by a First Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement,
Assignment of
Rents and Fixture Filing effective as of November 12, 1993, and
recorded on
November 12, 1993, as Document No. 174844, in Mortgage Book 304,
Page 390, by a
Second Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of
Rents and
Fixture Filling dated June 9, 1994, and recorded on June 13,
1994, as Document
No. 178773 in Mortgage book 318, Page 25, by a Third Amendment
to Mortgage,
Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing,
dated as of October
11, 1994, recorded on October 28, 1994, as Document No. 181216,
in Mortgage Book
325, Page 158, by a Fourth Amendment to Mortgage, Security
Agreement, Assignment
of Rents and Fixture Filing, dated as October 2, 1997, recorded
on October 29,
1997, as Instrument No. 202983, in Mortgage Record 400, Page
150, by a Fifth
Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents
and Fixture
Filing, dated as of August 27, 1998, recorded on April 19, 1999,
as Instrument
No. 217033, in Mortgage Record 459, Page 224, and by a Sixth
Amendment to
Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture
Filing, dated as
of October 23, 2001, recorded on November 8, 2001, as Document
No. 239916, with
all recording occurring in the Office of the Recorder of Dubois
County, Indiana,
as the same has been or hereafter may be amended, modified,
supplemented and/or
restated from time to time and at any time.
"1993 Bond Documents" means the 1993 Bonds, the 1993 Trust
Indenture,
the 1993 Loan Agreement and any other documents or agreement
executed by the
Borrower as an incident to the issuance of the 1993 Bonds (other
than the Loan
Documents), as the same have been and hereafter may be amended,
modified,
supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at any
time.
"1993 Bonds" means the $3,420,000 in original principal amount
of City
of Huntingburg, Indiana, Adjustable Rate Economic Development
Revenue Bonds,
(DMI Furniture, Inc. Project) Series 1993 issued by the City
pursuant to the
1993 Trust Indenture, as the same have been and hereafter may be
amended,
modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at
any time.
"1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit" is defined in Section
2.21.
"1993 Huntingburg Mortgage-Warehouse" means a Mortgage,
Security
Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated November
10, 1993, and
recorded on November 12, 1993, as Document No. 17845, in
Mortgage book 304, Page
393, as amended by a First Amendment to Mortgage, Security
Agreement, Assignment
of Rents and Fixture Filing dated June 9, 1994, and recorded on
June 14, 1994,
as Document No. 178806, in Mortgage Book 318, Page 108, by a
Second Amendment to
Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture
Filing, dated as
of October 10, 1994, recorded on October 28, 1994, as Document
No. 181214 in
Mortgage Book 325, Page 152, by a Third Amendment to Mortgage,
Security
Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing, dated as of
October 2, 1997,
recorded on October 28, 1997, as Instrument No. 202981, in
Mortgage Record 400,
Page 142, by a Fourth Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement,
Assignment of
Rents and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 27, 1998, recorded
on April 19,
1999, as Instrument No. 217035, in Mortgage Record 459, Page
232, and by a Fifth
Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents
and Fixture
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Filing, dated as of October 23, 2001, recorded on October 30,
2001, as Document
No. RD239558, with all recording occurring in the Office of the
Recorder of
Dubois County, Indiana, as the same has been and hereafter may
be amended,
modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at
any time.
"1993 Huntingburg Mortgage-Mfg." means a Mortgage, Security
Agreement,
Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated December 15, 1993,
and recorded on
December 16, 1993, as Document No. 175583 in Mortgage Book 307,
Page 154, as
amended by a First Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement,
Assignment of
Rents and Fixture Filing dated June 9, 1994, and recorded on
June 14, 1994, as
Document No. 178807, in Mortgage book 318, Page 111, by a Second
Amendment to
Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture
Filing, dated as
of October 11, 1994, recorded on October 28, 1994, as Document
No. 181215, in
Mortgage Book 325, Page 155, by a Third Amendment to Mortgage,
Security
Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing, dated as of
October 3, 1997,
recorded on October 28, 1997, as Instrument No. 202982, in
Mortgage Record 400,
Page 146, by a Fourth Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement,
Assignment of
Rents and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 27, 1998, recorded
on April 19,
1999, as Instrument No. 217034, in Mortgage Record 459, Page
228, and by a Fifth
Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents
and Fixture
Filing, dated as of October 23, 2001, recorded October 30, 2001,
as Document No.
RD239557, with all recording occurring in the Office of the
Recorder of Dubois
County, Indiana, as the same has been and hereafter may be
amended, modified,
supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at any
time.
"1993 Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement dated as of
October 1,
1993, between the Borrower and the City as an incident to the
issuance of the
1993 Bonds, as the same has been and hereafter may be amended,
modified,
supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at any
time.
"1993 Maturity Date" means October 1, 2003.
"1993 Maximum Available Credit" meant initially the sum of
$3,462,750.00, and thereafter shall mean the maximum amount
available to be
drawn by the 1993 Trustee under the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of
Credit for payment
of principal and interest due on the 1993 Bonds, whether such
payments become
due as scheduled, upon mandatory or optional redemption of the
1993 Bonds, or on
account of acceleration of the 1993 Bonds following the
occurrence of an "Event
of Default" as defined in the 1993 Trust Indenture.
"1993 Trust Indenture" means the Trust Indenture entered into by
the
City and the 1993 Trustee dated as of October 1, 1993 pursuant
to which the City
issued the 1993 Bonds, as the same has been and hereafter may be
amended,
modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at
any time.
"1993 Trustee" means PNC Bank, Indiana, Inc., in its capacity
as
Trustee under the 1993 Trust Indenture, or any successor Trustee
under the 1993
Trust Indenture.
"1994 Maturity Date" means June 1, 2004.
"1994 Refunding Bond Documents" means the 1994 Refunding Bonds,
the
1994 Refunding Trust Indenture, the 1994 Refunding Loan
Agreement and any other
document or agreement executed by the Borrower as an incident to
the issuance of
the 1994 Refunding Bonds (other than the Loan Documents), as the
same have been
and hereafter may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from time
to time and at any time.
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"1994 Refunding Bonds" means the $2,940,000 in original
principal
amount of City of Huntingburg, Indiana, Adjustable Rate Economic
Development
Revenue Refunding Bonds, (DMI Furniture, Inc. Project) Series
1994, issued by
the City pursuant to the 1994 Refunding Trust Indenture, as the
same have been
and hereafter may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from time
to time and at any time.
"1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit" is defined in
Section
2.22.
"1994 Refunding Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement dated
as of
June 1, 1994, between the Borrower and the City as an incident
to the issuance
of the 1994 Refunding Bonds, as the same has been and hereafter
may be amended,
modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at
any time.
"1994 Refunding Maximum Available Credit" means initially the
sum of
$2,976,750, and thereafter shall mean the maximum amount
available to be drawn
by the 1994 Refunding Trustee under the 1994 Refunding
Direct-Pay Letter of
Credit for principal and interest due on account of the 1994
Refunding Bonds
upon (i) mandatory or optional redemption of the 1994 Refunding
Bonds, or (ii)
on account of acceleration of the 1994 Refunding Bonds following
the occurrence
of an "Event of Default" as defined in the 1994 Refunding Trust
Indenture.
"1994 Refunding Trust Indenture" means the Trust Indenture
entered into
between the City and the 1994 Refunding Trustee dated as of June
1, 1994,
pursuant to which the City is issuing the 1994 Refunding Bonds,
as the same has
been and hereafter may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from
time to time and at any time.
"1994 Refunding Trustee" means PNC Bank, Indiana, Inc., in its
capacity
as Trustee under the 1994 Refunding Trust Indenture, or any
successor Trustee
under the 1994 Refunding Trust Indenture.
"1997 Project Mortgage" means the Mortgage, Security Agreement
and
Assignment of Leases and Rents dated as of October 23, 2001,
recorded on October
30, 2001 as Document No. RD239559, in the Office of the Recorder
of Dubois
County, Indiana, as the same may be amended, modified,
supplemented and/or
restated from time to time and at any time.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both
the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1. Commitments, Term Loan Commitments, and Participations.
From
and including the date of this Agreement, each Lender severally
agrees, on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to (i) make
Loans to the
Borrower, (ii) participate in Facility LCs issued upon the
request of the
Borrower and (iii) participate in the Credit Enhancement Letters
of Credit,
provided that, (x) after giving effect to the making of each
such Advance of the
Revolving Loan and the issuance of each such
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Facility LC, such Lender's Outstanding Credit Exposure shall not
exceed its
Commitment, and (y) after giving effect to the making of each
Advance of the
Term Loan, the aggregate principal amount of its Advances of the
Term Loan
outstanding shall not exceed its Term Loan Commitment. The
Lender will make
Loans on the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2. The
LC Issuer will
issue Facility LCs and the Lenders will participate in Facility
LCs on the terms
and conditions set forth in Section 2.19. The Enhancement Issuer
will maintain
the Credit Enhancement Letters of Credit previously issued by
the Enhancement
Issuer for the account of the Borrower and the Lenders will
participate in the
Credit Enhancement Letters of Credit on the terms and conditions
set forth in
Sections 2.21, 2.22 and 2.23.
2.2. Revolving Loan Facility and Term Loan Facility.
(i) The Revolving Loan. The Lenders agree to make Advances to
the
Borrower on a revolving basis (collectively, the "Revolving
Loan") from time to
time from and after the Closing Date until the Revolving Loan
Maturity Date, in
an amount not exceeding in the aggregate at any time outstanding
the Maximum
Availability, provided that all of the conditions of lending
stated in Sections
4.1 and 4.2 applicable to the Revolving Loan have been fulfilled
at the time of
each such Advance. Proceeds of the Revolving Loan from and after
the Closing
Date may be used by the Borrower only to fund working capital
requirements. So
long as no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and
be continuing
and until the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the Borrower may
borrow, repay
(subject to the requirements of Section 2.7(iii) of this
Agreement) under the
Revolving Loan on any Business Day, provided that the Borrower
shall not be
entitled to receive and the Lenders shall not be obligated to
make any Advance
under the Revolving Loan: (i) if the making of such Advance
would cause or
result in a Default or an Unmatured Default; or (ii) if after
making such
Advance the principal balance of the Revolving Loan would exceed
the Maximum
Availability.
The Revolving Loan under this Agreement is a continuation, on
amended
terms, of the "Revolving Loan" extended to the Borrower by Bank
One under the
Original Agreement and the Borrower affirms, acknowledges and
agrees that (a)
the principal balance thereof as of the Closing Date is
$16,207,762.00, and
that, accordingly, the initial unpaid principal balance of the
Revolving Loan on
the Closing Date is also such amount, (b) all outstanding
advances thereof shall
constitute Advances of the Revolving Loan under this Agreement,
and (c) all
interest which is accrued and unpaid thereon shall be due and
payable on the
Closing Date.
(ii) The Term Loan. Each Lender agrees, subject to the terms
and
conditions of this Agreement, to make a term loan to the
Borrower to be advanced
and re-advanced as hereinafter provided, in principal amounts
not exceeding in
the aggregate at any time for all Lenders the sum of Four
Million Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($4,020,000.00) for the term period beginning
on the Closing
Date and ending on the Term Loan Maturity Date (collectively,
the "Term Loan").
On the Closing Date, initial Advances of the Term Loan will be
made for the
purpose of paying off the unpaid balance of the "Term Loan"
extended to the
Borrower by Bank One under the Original Agreement, and the
Borrower affirms,
acknowledges and agrees that the unpaid principal balance of
such term loan, as
of the Closing Date, is $1,239,833.40, which shall be the
aggregate amount of
the initial Advances of the Term Loan.
In addition to the initial Advances of the Term Loan on the
Closing
Date, each Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement,
to make not more than two (2) Advances to the Borrower under the
Term Loan, in a
principal amount not to exceed in the aggregate for all Lenders
the sum of
$4,250,000.00 to be used in their entirety by the Borrower as
follows: (A) to
pay an amount not to exceed $2,230,000.00 to fund the portion of
the Borrower's
deposit to the Designated Account required
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under Section 2.21.1 which is equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the
1993 Bonds due on the 1993 Maturity Date; and (B) to pay an
amount not to exceed
$2,020,000.00 to fund the portion of the Borrower's deposit to
the Designated
Account required under Section 2.22.1 which is equal to the
outstanding
principal amount of the 1994 Refunding Bonds due on the 1994
Maturity Date. So
long as no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and
be continuing,
the Borrower may request such additional Advances of the Term
Loan not earlier
than three (3) Business Days prior to the date the deposit to
the relevant
Designated Account related to the 1993 Maturity Date or the 1994
Maturity Date,
as applicable, is required to be made, provided that the
Borrower shall not be
entitled to receive and the Lenders shall not be obligated to
make any such
additional Advance of the Term Loan: (1) if the making of such
Advance would
cause or result in a Default or an Unmatured Default; or (2) if
after making
such Advance the principal balance of the Term Loan would exceed
$4,020,000.00.
2.3. Ratable Loans. Each Advance hereunder shall consist of
Loans
made by the several Lenders ratably according to their Pro Rata
Shares.
2.4. Types of Advances. The Advances may be Floating Rate
Advances
or Eurodollar Advances, or a combination thereof, selected by
the Borrower in
accordance with Sections 2.8 and 2.9.
2.5. Commitment Fee; Reductions in Aggregate Commitment. The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of each
Lender according to
its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee at a per annum rate equal
to the Applicable
Fee Rate on the average daily Unused Revolving Loan Commitment
from the date
hereof to and including the Facility Termination Date, payable
quarterly and on
the Facility Termination Date. The commitment fees for each
fiscal quarter shall
be due and payable within ten (10) days following the Agent's
submission,
following the close of such quarter, of a statement of the
amount due. The
Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment in
whole, or in part
ratably among the Lenders in integral multiples of
$1,000,000.00, upon at least
five Business Days' written notice to the Agent, which notice
shall specify the
amount of any such reduction, provided, however, that the amount
of the
Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the Aggregate
Outstanding Credit
Exposure. All accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the
effective date of
any termination of the Commitments of all Lenders.
2.6. Minimum Amount of Each Advance. Each Eurodollar Advance
shall
be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000.00, and each Floating
Rate Advance shall
be in the minimum amount of $50,000.00, provided, however, that
any Floating
Rate Advance may be in the amount of the Unused Revolving Loan
Commitment.
2.7. Principal Payments.
(i) The principal of the Revolving Loan shall be due and
payable
in full on the Revolving Loan Termination Date.
(ii) If at any time a determination thereof is to be made,
the
principal balance of the Revolving Loan outstanding at such time
exceeds the
Maximum Availability, the Borrower shall immediately repay the
Revolving Notes
in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess. If at any
time a
determination thereof is to be made, the principal balance of
the Term Loan
outstanding at such time exceeds $4,020,000, the Borrower shall
immediately
repay the Term Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
such excess.
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(iii) The principal of the Term Loan shall be payable in
equal
monthly installments, each in the amount of $77,500, due and
payable on the last
Business Day of November, 2002, and on the last Business Day of
each successive
calendar month thereafter until (unless the Term Loan shall have
been earlier
paid in full) the Term Loan Maturity Date, at which time the
entire principal
balance of the Term Loan and all unpaid, accrued interest
thereon, shall be due
and payable in full without demand. Subject to Section 2.7(iv)
and Section 3.4,
the principal of the Term Loan may be prepaid at any time in
whole or in part,
provided that all partial prepayments shall be applied to the
latest maturing
installments of principal payable under the Term Loan in inverse
order of
maturity.
(iv) The Borrower may from time to time pay, without penalty
or
premium, all outstanding Floating Rate Advances, or, in a
minimum aggregate
amount of $100,000.00 or any integral multiple of $25,000.00 in
excess thereof,
any portion of the outstanding Floating Rate Advances upon two
Business Days'
prior notice to the Agent. The Borrower may from time to time
pay, subject to
the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by
Section 3.4 but
without penalty or premium, all outstanding Eurodollar Advances,
or, in a
minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000.00 or any integral
multiple of
$100,000.00 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding
Eurodollar
Advances upon three Business Days' prior notice to the
Agent.
2.8. Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New
Advances. The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in
the case of each
Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto from
time to time.
The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable notice (a
"Borrowing Notice") not
later than 12:00 noon (Indianapolis time) on the Borrowing Date
of each Floating
Rate Advance and three Business Days before the Borrowing Date
for each
Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of
such
Advance,
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance,
(iii) the Type of Advance selected, and
(iv) in the case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest
Period
applicable thereto.
Not later than 2:00 p.m. (Indianapolis time) on each Borrowing
Date, each Lender
shall make available its Loan or Loans in funds immediately
available in
Indianapolis to the Agent at its address specified pursuant to
Article XIII. The
Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available
to the Borrower
at the Agent's aforesaid address.
2.9. Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances.
Floating
Rate Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless
and until such
Floating Rate Advances are converted into Eurodollar Advances
pursuant to this
Section 2.9 or are repaid in accordance with Section 2.7. Each
Eurodollar
Advance shall continue as a Eurodollar Advance until the end of
the then
applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such
Eurodollar Advance shall
be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless
(x) such
Eurodollar Advance is or was repaid in accordance with Section
2.7 or (y) the
Borrower shall have given the Agent a Conversion/Continuation
Notice (as defined
below) requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such
Eurodollar
Advance continue as a Eurodollar Advance for the same or another
Interest
Period. Subject to the terms of Section 2.6, the Borrower may
elect from time to
time to convert all or any part of a Floating Rate Advance into
a Eurodollar
Advance. The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable notice
(a
"Conversion/Continuation Notice") of each
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conversion of a Floating Rate Advance into a Eurodollar Advance
or continuation
of a Eurodollar Advance not later than 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time)
at least three
Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or
continuation,
specifying:
(i) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of
such
conversion or continuation,
(ii) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to
be
converted or continued, and
(iii) the amount of such Advance which is to be converted into
or
continued as a Eurodollar Advance and the duration of the
Interest Period applicable thereto.
2.10. Changes in Interest Rate, etc. Each Floating Rate
Advance
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof,
for each day
from and including the date such Advance is made or is
automatically converted
from a Eurodollar Advance into a Floating Rate Advance pursuant
to Section 2.9,
to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted into a
Eurodollar Advance
pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the
Floating Rate
for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of
any Advance
maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect
simultaneously with each
change in the Alternate Base Rate. Each Eurodollar Advance shall
bear interest
on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including
the first day of
the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including)
the last day of
such Interest Period at the interest rate determined by the
Agent as applicable
to such Eurodollar Advance based upon the Borrower's selections
under Sections
2.8 and 2.9 and otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof.
No Interest
Period selected with respect to an Advance of the Revolving Loan
may end after
the Facility Termination Date, and no Interest Period selected
with respect to
an Advance of the Term Loan may end after September 30,
2006.
2.11. Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything
to
the contrary contained in Section 2.8, 2.9 or 2.10, during the
continuance of a
Default or Unmatured Default the Required Lenders may, at their
option, by
notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the
option of the
Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2
requiring
unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that no
Advance may be made as, converted into or continued as a
Eurodollar Advance.
During the continuance of a Default the Required Lenders may, at
their option,
by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the
option of the
Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2
requiring
unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that (i)
each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest for the remainder of
the applicable
Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such
Interest Period plus 2%
per annum, (ii) each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest
at a rate per
annum equal to the Floating Rate in effect from time to time
plus 2% per annum
and (iii) the LC Fee shall be increased by 2% per annum,
provided that, during
the continuance of a Default under Section 7.6 or 7.7, the
interest rates set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above and the increase in the LC
Fee set forth in
clause (iii) above shall be applicable to all Credit Extensions
without any
election or action on the part of the Agent or any Lender.
2.12. Method of Payment. All payments of the Obligations
hereunder
shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in
immediately
available funds to the Agent at the Agent's address specified
pursuant to
Article XIII, or at any other Lending Installation of the Agent
specified in
writing by the Agent to the Borrower, by noon (local time) on
the date when due
and shall (except in the case of Reimbursement Obligations for
which the LC
Issuer or the Enhancement Issuer, as applicable, has not been
fully indemnified
by the Lenders, or as otherwise specifically required hereunder)
be applied
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ratably by the Agent among the Lenders. Each payment delivered
to the Agent for
the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the
Agent to such
Lender in the same type of funds that the Agent received at its
address
specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending
Installation specified in a
notice received by the Agent from such Lender. The Agent is
hereby authorized to
charge the account of the Borrower maintained with Bank One for
each payment of
principal, interest, Reimbursement Obligations and fees as it
becomes due
hereunder. Each reference to the Agent in this Section 2.12
shall also be deemed
to refer, and shall apply equally, (i) to the LC Issuer, in the
case of payments
required to be made by the Borrower to the LC Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.19.6
and (ii) to the Enhancement Issuer, in the case of payments
required to be made
by the Borrower to the Enhancement Issuer pursuant to Section
2.21 and Section
2.22.
2.13. Evidence of Indebtedness. (i) Each Lender shall maintain
in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the
indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each
Loan made by
such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest
payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(ii) The Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will
record
(a) the amount of each Advance made hereunder, the Type thereof
and the Interest
Period with respect thereto, (b) the amount of any principal or
interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each
Lender hereunder,
(c) the original stated amount of each Facility LC and the
amount of LC
Obligations outstanding at any time, and (d) the amount of any
sum received by
the Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender's share
thereof.
(iii) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant
to
paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall be prima facie evidence of
the existence and
amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided, however,
that the failure
of the Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any
error therein shall
not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
the Obligations
in accordance with their terms.
(iv) The obligation of the Borrower to repay the Revolving
Loan
shall be evidenced by promissory notes executed by Borrower to
each of the
Lenders in substantially the form and substance of Exhibit E
attached hereto (as
the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, and/or restated
from time to
time and at any time, the "Revolving Notes").
(v) The obligation of the Borrower to repay the Term Loan shall
be
evidenced by promissory notes executed by the Borrower to each
of the Lenders in
the form of Exhibit F attached hereto (as the same may be
amended, modified,
extended, renewed, supplemented, replaced and/or restated from
time to time and
at any time, the "Term Notes").
2.14. Telephonic Notices. The Borrower hereby authorizes the
Lenders
and the Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect
selections of
Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic
notices made by any
person or persons the Agent or any Lender in good faith believes
to be acting on
behalf of the Borrower, it being understood that the foregoing
authorization is
specifically intended to allow Borrowing Notices and
Conversion/Continuation
Notices to be given telephonically. The Borrower agrees to
deliver promptly to
the Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is
requested by the Agent
or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized
Officer. If the
written confirmation differs in any material respect from the
action taken by
the Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Agent and the
Lenders shall govern
absent manifest error.
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2.15. Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.
Interest
accrued on each Floating Rate Advance shall be payable on each
Payment Date,
commencing with the first such date to occur after the date
hereof and at
maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance shall be
payable on the
last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which
the Eurodollar
Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at
maturity.
Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance having an Interest
Period longer
than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each
three-month
interval during such Interest Period. Interest, commitment fees,
LC Fees and
commissions payable to the Enhancement Issuer under Section 2.21
and 2.22 shall
be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day
year. Interest
shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the
day of any
payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to noon
(local time) at
the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest
on an Advance
or under any of the Notes shall become due on a day which is not
a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day
and, in the case
of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included
in computing
interest in connection with such payment.
2.16. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments
and
Commitment Reductions. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent
will notify
each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Commitment
reduction notice,
Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment
notice received
by it hereunder. Promptly after notice from the LC Issuer, the
Agent will notify
each Lender of the contents of each request for issuance of a
Facility LC
hereunder. The Agent will notify each Lender of the interest
rate applicable to
each Eurodollar Advance promptly upon determination of such
interest rate and
will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the
Alternate Base Rate.
2.17. Lending Installations. Each Lender may book its Loans and
its
participation in any LC Obligations, the LC Issuer may book the
Facility LCs,
and the Enhancement Issuer may book the Credit Enhancement
Letters of Credit at
any Lending Installation selected by such Lender or the LC
Issuer or Enhancement
Issuer, as the case may be, and may change its Lending
Installation from time to
time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such
Lending Installation
and the Loans, Facility LCs, Credit Enhancement Letters of
Credit,
participations in LC Obligations and any Notes issued hereunder
shall be deemed
held by each Lender, the LC Issuer, or Enhancement Issuer as the
case may be,
for the benefit of any such Lending Installation. Each Lender,
the LC Issuer,
and the Enhancement Issuer may, by written notice to the Agent
and the Borrower
in accordance with Article XIII, designate replacement or
additional Lending
Installations through which Loans will be made by it or Facility
LCs will be
issued by it or by which its participation in LC Obligations
will be held, and
for whose account Loan payments or payments with respect to
Reimbursement
Obligations are to be made.
2.18. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent. Unless the Borrower or
a
Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Agent prior to the date
on which it is
scheduled to make payment to the Agent of (i) in the case of a
Lender, the
proceeds of a Loan or funding of its participation in Facility
LCs or its
Participation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of
principal,
interest or fees to the Agent for the account of the Lenders,
that it does not
intend to make such payment, the Agent may assume that such
payment has been
made. The Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the
amount of such
payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon
such assumption. If
such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact
made such
payment to the Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on
demand by the
Agent, repay to the Agent the amount so made available together
with interest
thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on
the date such
amount was so made available by the Agent until the date the
Agent recovers such
amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of payment
by a
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Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day for the
first three days
and, thereafter, the interest rate applicable to the relevant
Loan or (y) in the
case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to
the relevant
Loan.
2.19. Facility LCs.
2.19.1. Issuance. The LC Issuer hereby agrees, on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to issue standby
and
commercial letters of credit (each, a "Facility LC") and to
renew,
extend, increase, decrease or otherwise modify each Facility
LC
("Modify," and each such action a "Modification"), from time to
time
from and including the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Facility
Termination Date upon the request of the Borrower; provided
that
immediately after each such Facility LC is issued or Modified,
(i) the
aggregate amount of the outstanding LC Obligations shall not
exceed the
lesser of (a) $3,000,000.00 and (b) the Borrowing Base, minus
the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Advances of the
Revolving
Loan; and (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure shall
not
exceed the Aggregate Commitment. No Facility LC shall have an
expiry
date later than the earlier of (x) the fifth Business Day prior
to the
Facility Termination Date and (y) one year after its issuance
or
Modification.
2.19.2. Participations. Upon the issuance or Modification by
the LC Issuer of a Facility LC in accordance with this Section
2.19,
the LC Issuer shall be deemed, without further action by any
party
hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably sold to each
Lender,
and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any
party
hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from
the LC
Issuer, a participation in such Facility LC (and each
Modification
thereof) and the related LC Obligations in proportion to its Pro
Rata
Share.
2.19.3. Notice. Subject to Section 2.19.1, the Borrower
shall
give the LC Issuer notice prior to 10:00 a.m. (Indianapolis
time) at
least five Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance
or
Modification of each Facility LC, specifying the beneficiary,
the
proposed date of issuance (or Modification) and the expiry date
of such
Facility LC, and describing the proposed terms of such Facility
LC and
the nature of the transactions proposed to be supported thereby.
Upon
receipt of such notice, the LC Issuer shall promptly notify the
Agent,
and the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, of the
contents
thereof and of the amount of such Lender's participation in
such
proposed Facility LC. The issuance or Modification by the LC
Issuer of
any Facility LC shall, in addition to the conditions precedent
set
forth in Article IV (the satisfaction of which the LC Issuer
shall have
no duty to ascertain), be subject to the conditions precedent
that such
Facility LC shall be satisfactory to the LC Issuer and that
the
Borrower shall have executed and delivered such application
agreement
and/or such other instruments and agreements relating to such
Facility
LC as the LC Issuer shall have reasonably requested (each, a
"Facility
LC Application"). In the event of any conflict between the terms
of
this Agreement and the terms of any Facility LC Application, the
terms
of this Agreement shall control.
2.19.4. LC Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for
the
account of the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Pro
Rata Shares, (i) with respect to each standby Facility LC, a
letter of
credit fee at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable LC Fee on
the
average daily undrawn stated amount under such standby Facility
LC,
such fee to be payable in arrears on each Payment Date, and (ii)
with
respect to each commercial Facility LC, a one-time letter of
credit fee
in an amount equal to 1.0% per annum of the initial stated
amount (or,
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respect to a Modification of any such commercial Facility LC
which
increases the stated amount thereof, such increase in the
stated
amount) for the period from the date of issuance until its
expiration
date (or in the case of an extension of the expiration date,
from the
existing expiration date to the new expiration date), such fee
to be
payable on the date of such issuance, increase or extension
(each such
fee described in this sentence an "LC Fee"). The Borrower shall
also
pay to the LC Issuer for its own account (x) at the time of
issuance of
each Facility LC, a fronting fee in an amount equal to .125% of
the
stated amount of such Facility LC, and (y) documentary and
processing
charges in connection with the issuance or Modification of and
draws
under Facility LCs in accordance with the LC Issuer's standard
schedule
for such charges as in effect from time to time.
2.19.5. Administration; Reimbursement by Lenders. Upon
receipt from the beneficiary of any Facility LC of any demand
for
payment under such Facility LC, the LC Issuer shall notify the
Agent
and the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each other
Lender
as to the amount to be paid by the LC Issuer as a result of such
demand
and the proposed payment date (the "LC Payment Date"). The
responsibility of the LC Issuer to the Borrower and each Lender
shall
be only to determine that the documents (including each demand
for
payment) delivered under each Facility LC in connection with
such
presentment shall be in conformity in all material respects with
such
Facility LC. The LC Issuer shall endeavor to exercise the same
care in
the issuance and administration of the Facility LCs as it does
with
respect to letters of credit in which no participations are
granted, it
being understood that in the absence of any gross negligence or
willful
misconduct by the LC Issuer, each Lender shall be
unconditionally and
irrevocably liable without regard to the occurrence of any
Default or
any condition precedent whatsoever, to reimburse the LC Issuer
on
demand for (i) such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the amount of
each
payment made by the LC Issuer under each Facility LC to the
extent such
amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.19.6
below, plus (ii) interest on the foregoing amount to be
reimbursed by
such Lender, for each day from the date of the LC Issuer's
demand for
such reimbursement (or, if such demand is made after 11:00
a.m.
(Indianapolis time) on such date, from the next succeeding
Business
Day) to the date on which such Lender pays the amount to be
reimbursed
by it, at a rate of interest per annum equal to the Federal
Funds
Effective Rate for the first three days and, thereafter, at a
rate of
interest equal to the rate applicable to Floating Rate
Advances.
2.19.6. Reimbursement by Borrower. The Borrower shall be
irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the LC
Issuer on
or before the applicable LC Payment Date for any amounts to be
paid by
the LC Issuer upon any drawing under any Facility LC,
without
presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind;
provided
that neither the Borrower nor any Lender shall hereby be
precluded from
asserting any claim for direct (but not consequential) damages
suffered
by the Borrower or such Lender to the extent, but only to the
extent,
caused by (i) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the
LC
Issuer in determining whether a request presented under any
Facility LC
issued by it complied with the terms of such Facility LC or (ii)
the LC
Issuer's failure to pay under any Facility LC issued by it after
the
presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the
terms and
conditions of such Facility LC. All such amounts paid by the LC
Issuer
and remaining unpaid by the Borrower shall bear interest,
payable on
demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to (x)
the
rate applicable to Floating Rate Advances for such day if such
day
falls on or before the applicable LC Payment Date and (y) the
sum of 2%
plus the rate applicable to Floating Rate Advances for such day
if such
day falls after such LC Payment Date. The LC Issuer will pay to
each
Lender
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ratably in accordance with its Pro Rata Share all amounts
received by
it from the Borrower for application in payment, in whole or in
part,
of the Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Facility LC
issued
by the LC Issuer, but only to the extent such Lender has made
payment
to the LC Issuer in respect of such Facility LC pursuant to
Section
2.19.5. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement
(including without limitation the submission of a Borrowing
Notice in
compliance with Section 2.8 and the satisfaction of the
applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Article IV), the Borrower may
request
an Advance hereunder for the purpose of satisfying any
Reimbursement
Obligation.
2.19.7. Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations
under this Section 2.19 shall be absolute and unconditional
under any
and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff,
counterclaim or
defense to payment which the Borrower may have or have had
against the
LC Issuer, any Lender or any beneficiary of a Facility LC. The
Borrower
further agrees with the LC Issuer and the Lenders that the LC
Issuer
and the Lenders shall not be responsible for, and the
Borrower's
Reimbursement Obligation in respect of any Facility LC shall not
be
affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness
of
documents or of any endorsements thereon, even if such documents
should
in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, fraudulent
or
forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower, any of
its
Affiliates, the beneficiary of any Facility LC or any
financing
institution or other party to whom any Facility LC may be
transferred
or any claims or defenses whatsoever of the Borrower or of any
of its
Affiliates against the beneficiary of any Facility LC or any
such
transferee. The LC Issuer shall not be liable for any error,
omission,
interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of
any
message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any
Facility
LC. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the
LC
Issuer or any Lender under or in connection with each Facility
LC and
the related drafts and documents, if done without gross
negligence or
willful misconduct, shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall
not
put the LC Issuer or any Lender under any liability to the
Borrower.
Nothing in this Section 2.19.7 is intended to limit the right of
the
Borrower to make a claim against the LC Issuer for damages
as
contemplated by the proviso to the first sentence of Section
2.19.6.
2.19.8. Actions of LC Issuer. The LC Issuer shall be
entitled
to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
Facility LC,
draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit,
letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype
message,
statement, order or other document believed by it to be genuine
and
correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper
Person or
Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel,
independent
accountants and other experts selected by the LC Issuer. The LC
Issuer
shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action
under this Agreement unless it shall first have received such
advice or
concurrence of the Required Lenders as it reasonably deems
appropriate
or it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction
by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be
incurred
by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.19, the LC
Issuer
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from
acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of
the
Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or
failure to
act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Lenders and any
future
holders of a participation in any Facility LC.
2.19.9. Indemnification. The Borrower hereby agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, the LC Issuer and the
Agent,
and their respective directors, officers, agents and
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employees from and against any and all claims and damages,
losses,
liabilities, costs or expenses which such Lender, the LC Issuer
or the
Agent may incur (or which may be claimed against such Lender,
the LC
Issuer or the Agent by any Person whatsoever) by reason of or
in
connection with the issuance, execution and delivery or transfer
of or
payment or failure to pay under any Facility LC or any actual
or
proposed use of any Facility LC, including, without limitation,
any
claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which
the LC
Issuer may incur by reason of or in connection with (i) the
failure of
any other Lender to fulfill or comply with its obligations to
the LC
Issuer hereunder (but nothing herein contained shall affect any
rights
the Borrower may have against any defaulting Lender) or (ii) by
reason
of or on account of the LC Issuer issuing any Facility LC
which
specifies that the term "beneficiary" included therein includes
any
successor by operation of law of the named beneficiary, but
which
Facility LC does not require that any drawing by any such
successor
beneficiary be accompanied by a copy of a legal document,
satisfactory
to the LC Issuer, evidencing the appointment of such
successor
beneficiary; provided that the Borrower shall not be required
to
indemnify any Lender, the LC Issuer or the Agent for any
claims,
damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses to the extent,
but only
to the extent, caused by (x) the willful misconduct or gross
negligence
of the LC Issuer in determining whether a request presented
under any
Facility LC complied with the terms of such Facility LC or (y)
the LC
Issuer's failure to pay under any Facility LC after the
presentation to
it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions
of
such Facility LC. Nothing in this Section 2.19.9 is intended to
limit
the obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of
this
Agreement.
2.19.10. Lenders' Indemnification Each Lender shall, ratably
in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, indemnify the LC Issuer,
its
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents
and
employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against
any
cost, expense (including reasonable counsel fees and
disbursements),
claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as result
from
such indemnitees' gross negligence or willful misconduct or the
LC
Issuer's failure to pay under any Facility LC after the
presentation to
it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions
of the
Facility LC) that such indemnitees may suffer or incur in
connection
with this Section 2.19 or any action taken or omitted by
such
indemnitees hereunder.
2.19.11. Facility LC Collateral Account. The Borrower agrees
that it will, upon the request of the Agent or the Required
Lenders and
until the final expiration date of any Facility LC and
thereafter as
long as any amount is payable to the LC Issuer or the Lenders
in
respect of any Facility LC, maintain a special collateral
account
pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Agent (the
"Facility LC
Collateral Account") at the Agent's office at the address
specified
pursuant to Article XIII, in the name of such Borrower but under
the
sole dominion and control of the Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders
and in which such Borrower shall have no interest other than as
set
forth in Section 8.1. The Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and
grants
to the Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders
and the LC Issuer, a security interest in all of the Borrower's
right,
title and interest in and to all funds which may from time to
time be
on deposit in the Facility LC Collateral Account to secure the
prompt
and complete payment and performance of the Obligations. The
Agent will
invest any funds on deposit from time to time in the Facility
LC
Collateral Account in certificates of deposit of Bank One having
a
maturity not exceeding 30 days. Nothing in this Section 2.19.11
shall
either obligate the Agent to require the Borrower to deposit any
funds
in the Facility LC Collateral Account or limit the right of the
Agent
to release any funds held in the Facility LC Collateral Account
in each
case other than as required by Section 8.1.
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2.19.12. Rights as a Lender. In its capacity as a Lender,
the
LC Issuer shall have the same rights and obligations as any
other
Lender.
2.20. Extension of Facility Termination Date. The Borrower
may
request a one-year extension of the Facility Termination Date by
submitting a
request for an extension to the Agent (an "Extension Request")
no more than 90
and no less than 30 days prior to the second anniversary of the
closing of this
Agreement. Promptly upon receipt of an Extension Request, the
Agent shall notify
each Lender thereof and shall request each Lender to approve the
Extension
Request. Each Lender approving the Extension Request shall
deliver its written
consent no later than 15 days prior to such second anniversary
of the closing of
this Agreement. If the consent of each of the Lenders is
received by the Agent,
the Facility Termination Date shall be extended by one year and
the Agent shall
promptly notify the Borrower and each Lender of the new Facility
Termination
Date.
2.21. The 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit. The Enhancement
Issuer
previously has issued its Letter of Credit No. ST04689 (as the
same has been or
hereafter may be amended, modified, extended, supplemented
and/or restated from
time to time and at any time, the "1993 Direct-Pay Letter of
Credit") in the
original principal amount of $3,462,750.00 in favor of the 1993
Trustee. On the
Closing Date, the Enhancement Issuer shall issue an amendment to
the 1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit extending the expiration date
thereof to December
31, 2003. The 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit secures payment
of the 1993 Bonds
and is subject to the terms stated therein. The 1993 Direct-Pay
Letter of Credit
is subject to the following terms and conditions and all other
terms and
conditions of this Agreement concerning the Borrower's
obligations with respect
to the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit:
2.21.1 Reimbursement. So long as the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter
of Credit is outstanding, the Borrower will maintain a demand
deposit
account with the Agent (the "Designated Account") which the
Borrower
shall designate as the account through which the transactions
described
in this Section 2.21 will regularly be accomplished. On the
Credit
Enhancement Business Day of each calendar month which is two (2)
Credit
Enhancement Business Days prior to an Interest Payment Date for
the
1993 Bonds, the Borrower will deposit into the Designated
Account such
amount as may be necessary to cause the balance of the
Designated
Account to be not less than the sum of (i) the anticipated
amount of
interest that will be due on account of the 1993 Bonds at the
next
Interest Payment Date for the 1993 Bonds, plus (ii) the amount
of the
transaction fee provided for in Section 2.21.2 which will be due
upon
the Enhancement Issuer's payment of the related Drawing or
Drawings
under the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit, plus (iii) any
balance
required under other provisions of this Agreement. On the
Credit
Enhancement Business Day which is two (2) Credit Enhancement
Business
Days prior to the 1993 Maturity Date, the Borrower will deposit
into
the Designated Account such amount as may be necessary to cause
the
balance of the Designated Account to be not less than the sum of
: (i)
any amount required by this Section 2.21.2 to be deposited
in
connection with the payment of interest on the 1993 Bonds, plus
(ii)
the amount of outstanding principal of the 1993 Bonds that will
be due
on the 1993 Maturity Date, plus (iii) the amount of the
transaction fee
provided for in Section 2.21.2 which will be due upon the
Enhancement
Issuer's payment of the related Drawing or Drawings under the
1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit, plus (iv) any balance required
under other
provisions of this Agreement. Only after honoring a Drawing,
the
Enhancement Issuer shall be entitled, without further
authorization
from the Borrower, (1) to direct the Agent to charge, whereupon
the
Agent shall charge the amount of such Drawing and the
related
transaction fee to the Designated Account and shall remit such
amount
to the Enhancement Issuer, and (2) to the extent that the
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balance of the Designated Account is insufficient to cover such
Drawing
and the related transaction fee, to charge the amount of such
Drawing
and the related transaction fee to any other deposit account
maintained
by the Borrower with the Enhancement Issuer. Should the
Borrower's
deposit balances with the Enhancement Issuer be insufficient
to
reimburse the Enhancement Issuer for any Drawing under the
1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit, together with the related
transaction fee,
then the Borrower shall pay to the Enhancement Issuer
immediately and
unconditionally upon demand, an amount equal to the
unreimbursed
portion of such Drawing and the related transaction fee,
together with
interest on such amount at the Floating Rate, plus Two Percent
(2%) per
annum from the date of payment of such Drawing until the amount
thereof
is reimbursed to the Enhancement Issuer. In the case of any
Remarketing
Drawing, the Borrower shall unconditionally pay to the
Enhancement
Issuer on the ninetieth (90th) day following payment by the
Enhancement
Issuer of such Drawing, or if such ninetieth day is not a
Business Day,
then on the next following Business Day, any balance of the
amount of
such Drawing which shall not then have been reimbursed to
the
Enhancement Issuer by the payment of remarketing proceeds to
the
Enhancement Issuer or otherwise, together with interest on
such
portions of such Remarketing Drawing as shall not, from time to
time,
have been reimbursed to the Enhancement Issuer, accrued at the
Floating
Rate, plus One Percent (1%) per annum, and with interest
thereafter
accrued at the Floating Rate, plus Three Percent (3%) per annum.
Upon
being reimbursed in full with interest as provided in this
Agreement
for any Remarketing Drawing, the Enhancement Issuer shall
deliver any
Pledged Bonds that were purchased by the 1993 Trustee with the
proceeds
of such Remarketing Drawing, and which shall not have previously
been
delivered by the Enhancement Issuer upon sale by the Remarketing
Agent,
to the 1993 Trustee for cancellation pursuant to the terms of
the 1993
Trust Indenture. As used in this paragraph (and in Section 2.23,
as the
context requires), the term "remarketing proceeds" means
proceeds from
the resale of Pledged Bonds by the Remarketing Agent, which
Pledged
Bonds shall have been tendered or deemed tendered to the 1993
Trustee
for repurchase pursuant to the terms of the 1993 Trust
Indenture.
2.21.2 Commission and Transaction Fees. On each Commission
Due Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Enhancement Issuer a
commission
for maintaining the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit, computed
on the
adjusted 1993 Maximum Available Credit at a rate per annum equal
to the
Applicable LC Fee in effect for each Commission Due Date, for
the
period beginning on the Commission Due Date and ending on the
next
following Commission Due Date. As used in the preceding
sentence, the
term "adjusted 1993 Maximum Available Credit" means the 1993
Maximum
Available Credit as it is scheduled to increase and decrease
during the
period beginning on a Commission Due Date and ending on the
following
Commission Due Date by reason of anticipated draws for
scheduled
payments of principal and interest on the 1993 Bonds, and
assuming the
reinstatement of the availability of all Interest Drawings to
the
extent provided for in the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit,
provided
that for purposes of computing each annual commission, the
amount of an
Interest Drawing which is subject to automatic reinstatement
will be
considered to be reinstated as of the date of such Drawing.
There shall
be no reduction in the amount of commission due and payable on
any
Commission Due Date, nor shall any refund of commission be due
the
Borrower on account of full or partial prepayment of the 1993
Bonds or
because of the cancellation of the Pledged Bonds purchased with
the
proceeds of a Remarketing Drawing during the year following
the
Commission Due Date as of which the amount of such commission
is
established or on account of the election of the Bank not to
restore
the availability of any Interest Drawing. The amount of
commission due
and payable as of any Commission Due Date shall not be reduced,
nor
shall any refund of the commission be due
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because of cancellation or termination of the 1993 Direct-Pay
Letter of
Credit for whatever reason, except that, so long as the
Borrower's
fiscal year ends on or about August 31, upon delivery to the
Agent by
the Borrower of the Borrower's annual audited Financial
Statements for
the Borrower's fiscal year ended prior to any Commission Due
Date in
any calendar year, the commission due on that Commission Due
Date shall
be recalculated on the basis of the Leverage Ratio as indicated
by such
audited Financial Statements. If the amount of the commission as
so
recalculated is greater or less than the amount of commission
paid on
such Commission Due Date, then the Enhancement Issuer will
refund to
the Borrower the excess of the amount of the commission paid on
such
Commission Due Date over the commission determined in accordance
with
such recalculation (and each Lender shall pay to the Agent, for
the
account of the Enhancement Issuer, its Pro Rata Share of the
Enhancement Issuer's refund to the Borrower), or the Borrower
will pay
to the Enhancement Issuer the excess of the commission
determined in
accordance with such recalculation over the commission paid on
such
Commission Due Date, such refund or such payment of
additional
commission to be due within ten (10) days following delivery of
such
annual audited Financial Statements. A transaction fee shall be
payable
by the Borrower to the Enhancement Issuer (solely for its own
account)
for each Drawing under the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit in
the
amount of One-Eighth of One Percent (1/8%) of the amount of the
Drawing
or Sixty-Five Dollars ($65.00), whichever is greater.
Transaction fees
on account of Drawings shall be due on the day when the Drawing
is paid
by the Bank. On the Business Day preceding each Commission Due
Date,
the Borrower shall deposit into the Designated Account such
amount as
may be necessary to cause the balance of the Designated Account
to be
not less than the amount of commission due on such Commission
Due Date,
plus any other amounts required to be on deposit in the
Designated
Account on such date pursuant to other provisions of this
Agreement.
The Enhancement Issuer shall be entitled, without further
authorization
from the Borrower, to direct the Agent to charge the amount of
the
commission due on each Commission Due Date to the Designated
Account,
and if the balance of the Designated Account is insufficient to
satisfy
the entire amount then due to the Enhancement Issuer on account
of the
commission, the Enhancement Issuer may, without further
authorization
of the Borrower, charge such deficiency to any other deposit
account of
the Borrower maintained with the Enhancement Issuer. All
commissions
and fees payable under the terms of this Section 2.21(ii) shall
be
payable with interest at the Floating Rate, plus Two Percent
(2%) per
annum from the date due until paid. If the 1993 Direct-Pay
Letter of
Credit is transferred to a new beneficiary pursuant to the
terms
thereof, then the Borrower covenants and agrees to pay to
the
Enhancement Issuer (solely for its own account) promptly upon
its
demand a transfer fee in the amount then customarily assessed by
the
Enhancement Issuer for transfers of letters of credit of the
same type
and amount as the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit.
2.21.3 Remarketing Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds. At the
option of the Borrower exercised by a written notice to the
Enhancement
Issuer given not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration
of a
period of ninety (90) days following a Remarketing Drawing on
the 1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit (which expiration date is
hereafter
referred to in this subsection as the "reimbursement due date"),
the
Enhancement Issuer shall make a loan (a "Remarketing
Reimbursement
Loan-1993 Bonds") to the Borrower on the reimbursement due
date,
provided that the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit as it may
have been
extended from time to time shall not then have expired or
been
terminated, and provided further that no Default or Unmatured
Default
shall have occurred and is then continuing. Each Remarketing
Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds shall be in an amount not in
excess of
the amount due to the Enhancement Issuer from the Borrower on
the
related reimbursement due date on account of the portion of
the
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Remarketing Drawing representing the Principal Amount. The
term
"Principal Amount" is used in the preceding sentence as that
term is
defined in the 1993 Direct-Pay Letter of Credit. Proceeds of
the
Remarketing Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds shall be used solely
to
reimburse the Enhancement Issuer for all or a portion of the
Principal
Amount of the related Remarketing Drawing for the 1993 Bonds
which have
not been sold by the Remarketing Agent subsequent to the
Remarketing
Drawing. Each Remarketing Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds shall
be
represented by the promissory note of the Borrower (a
"Remarketing
Reimbursement Note-1993 Bonds"), delivered to the Enhancement
Issuer
contemporaneously with the making of the Remarketing
Reimbursement
Loan-1993 Bonds, with each such note substantially in the form
of the
Term Note, with the following exceptions:
(a) No Remarketing Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds will be
made
after the earlier of the expiration or termination of the
1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit;
(b) The final maturity of such Remarketing Reimbursement
Note-1993
Bonds shall be a date which is the earlier of (1) 288 days
after the date the Remarketing Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds
evidenced by such Note was made, or (2) the date that the
1993
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit (as it may have been extended
from
time to time in the Required Lenders' sole discretion)
expires
or is terminated;
(c) Each Remarketing Reimbursement Note-1993 Bonds shall
bear
interest prior to maturity at a per annum rate equal to the
Floating Rate plus One Percent (1%) and after maturity at a
per annum rate equal to the Floating Rate plus Three Percent
(3%) per annum;
(d) All accrued interest on the outstanding principal balance
of
the Remarketing Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds is due and
payable prior to maturity on each Payment Date, and after
maturity, all interest is due and payable as accrued and
without demand; and
(e) The principal of each Remarketing Reimbursement
Note-1993
Bonds shall be payable prior to maturity on the same dates
as
the scheduled principal payments under the 1993 Bonds
purchased with the related Remarketing Drawing would have
become due and payable, and the principal amount payable on
each such date shall be equal to the principal payments
scheduled to have been paid on the same date on the 1993
Bonds
redeemed with the related Remarketing Drawing.
2.22 The 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit. The
Enhancement Issuer previously has issued its Letter of Credit
No. ST04846 (as
the same has been or hereafter may be amended, modified,
extended, supplemented
and/or restated from time to time and at any time, the "1994
Refunding
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit") in the original principal amount
of $2,976,750 in
favor of the 1994 Refunding Trustee for the account of the
Borrower. On the
Closing Date, the Enhancement Issuer shall issue an amendment to
the 1994
Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit extending the expiration
date thereof to
September 1, 2004. The 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of
Credit secures
payment of the 1994 Refunding Bonds and is subject to the terms
stated therein.
The 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit is subject to the
following terms
and conditions, and all other terms and conditions of this
Agreement concerning
the Borrower's obligations with respect to the 1994 Refunding
Direct-Pay Letter
of Credit:
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2.22.1 Reimbursement. So long as the 1994 Refunding
Direct-Pay Letter of Credit is outstanding, the Borrower will
maintain
the Designated Account through which the transactions described
in this
Section 2.22 will regularly be accomplished. On the Credit
Enhancement
Business Day of each calendar month which is two (2) Credit
Enhancement
Business Days prior to an Interest Payment Date for the 1994
Refunding
Bonds, the Borrower will deposit into the Designated Account
such
amount as may be necessary to cause the balance of the
Designated
Account to be not less than the sum of (i) the anticipated
amount of
interest that will be due on account of the 1994 Refunding Bonds
at the
next Interest Payment Date for the 1994 Refunding Bonds, plus
(ii) the
amount of the transaction fee provided for in Section 2.22.2
which will
be due upon the Enhancement Issuer's payment of the related
Drawing or
Drawings under the 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit,
plus
(iv) any balance required under other provisions of this
Agreement. On
the Credit Enhancement Business Day which is two (2) Credit
Enhancement
Business Days prior to the 1994 Maturity Date, the Borrower
will
deposit into the Designated Account such amount as may be
necessary to
cause the balance of the Designated Account to be not less than
the sum
of: (a) any amount required by this Section 2.22.1 to be
deposited in
connection with the payment of interest on the 1994 Refunding
Bonds,
plus (b) the amount of outstanding principal of the 1994
Refunding
Bonds that will be due on the 1994 Maturity Date, plus (c) the
amount
of the transaction fee provided for in Section 2.22.2 which will
be due
upon the Enhancement Issuer's payment of the related Drawing
or
Drawings under the 1994 Refunding Direct-Pay Letter of Credit,
plus (d)
any balance required under other provisions of this Agreement.
Only
after honoring a Drawing, the Enhancement Issuer shall be
entitled,
without further authorization from the Borrower, (1) to direct
the
Agent to charge, whereupon the Agent shall charge the amount of
such
Drawing and the related transaction fee to the Designated
Account and
shall remit such amount to the Enhancement Issuer, and (2) to
the
extent that the balance of the Design
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