SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
THE LENDING INSTITUTIONS LISTED
HEREIN,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Lead Arranger,
RBS SECURITIES CORPORATION d/b/a RBS
GREENWICH CAPITAL,
as Co-Lead Arranger
CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
as Syndication Agent
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 21,
2008
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
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1.2 Accounting Principles
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2.3 Voluntary Reduction or Increase of
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2.4 Advances, Conversions, Renewals and
Payments
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2.9 Special Provisions Governing LIBOR Based
Rate Advances
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2.10 Capital Requirements, Etc.
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2.11 Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment
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2.14 Change of Lending Office
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2.15 Replacement of a Lender in Certain
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVENESS AND CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO ADVANCES
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3.1 Conditions Precedent to
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3.2 Effective Date; Transitional
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3.3 Conditions Precedent to all
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
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4.1 Corporate Organization and
Validity
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4.10 Guarantees, Indebtedness, etc.
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4.11 Government Regulations, etc.
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4.15 Environmental Matters
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4.19 Interrelatedness of the Borrower and the
Guarantors
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SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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5.2 Maintenance of Properties and Corporate
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5.5 Employee Benefit Plans
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5.6 Financial and Business
Information
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5.7 Officers’ Certificates
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5.9 Tax Returns and Reports
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5.10 Information to Participants and
Assignees
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5.11 Material Adverse Developments
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5.12 Additional Parties; Release of Certain
Guarantors
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5.13 Performance of Obligations
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5.15 Evidence of Intercompany
Indebtedness
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5.16 Tax Shelter Regulations
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SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.4 Transactions With Affiliates or
Subsidiaries
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6.8 Amendment or Waivers of Certain
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6.12 Restrictions on Fundamental Changes; Asset
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6.13 Agreements Regarding Dividends
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6.14 Miscellaneous Covenants
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SECTION 7. FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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7.1 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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9.1 Appointment and Authorization
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9.3 Consultation with Counsel
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9.6 Responsibility of the Administrative
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9.12 Resignation of the Administrative
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.2 Integrated Agreement
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10.3 Omission or Delay Not Waiver
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10.5 Expenses of the Administrative Agent and
Lenders
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10.7 Notices; Lending Offices
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10.16 Discharge of Taxes, the Borrower’s
Obligations, Etc.
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10.17 Withholding and Other Tax
Liabilities
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10.18 Submission To Jurisdiction;
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10.21 Independence of Representations,
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10.22 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of
Lenders’ Rights
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10.23 Prior Understandings
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ANNEXES
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Lenders, Pro
Rata Shares, Pro Rata Percentages
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Applicable
Margins
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EXHIBITS
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Form of
Guarantee
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Form of
Revolving Credit Note
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Form of Swing
Line Note
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Form of Notice
of Borrowing
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Form of
Quarterly Compliance Certificate
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Form of
Certificate regarding Permitted Acquisitions
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Assignment Agreement
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Form of
Commitment and Acceptance
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Form of New
Lender Joinder
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SCHEDULES
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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Financial
Statements
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Material
Environmental Investigations, Studies, Audits, Etc.
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Business
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Proceedings, Litigation and Orders
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and Claims
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and Affiliates and Jurisdictions of Incorporation
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Guarantees, Investments and Borrowings
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ERISA
Matters
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Interruptions
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Schedule of
Names
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Patents and Copyrights
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Associations
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Stock
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN
AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 21,
2008 by and among CSS INDUSTRIES, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions
listed in Annex I attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference (each a “Lender” and collectively, the
“Lenders”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
a national banking association, as administrative agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).
A. The Borrower, the lenders from time to
time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, PNC Capital Markets
LLC, as Lead Arranger and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, Bank of
America, N.A. (as successor to Fleet National Bank) and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Managing Agents, entered into that
certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of
April 23, 2004 (as amended and modified prior to the date
hereof, the “Existing Loan Agreement”).
B. The Borrower has requested and certain
of the Lenders under the Existing Agreement and the additional
Lenders and other parties hereto have agreed to modify and amend
the credit facilities established under the Existing Loan Agreement
and to amend and restate the Existing Loan Agreement on the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to
be legally bound, hereby agree that, upon the Effective Date, the
Existing Loan Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated
to read in full as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION.
1.1 Terms Defined . As used in this
Agreement, the following terms have the following respective
meanings:
“ Accounts ”: All of the
“accounts” (as that term is defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania) of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries,
whether now existing or hereafter arising.
“ Accounts Receivable
Securitization ”: The trade receivables purchase facility
between the Borrower and Market Street Funding, LLC (f/k/a Market
Street Funding Corporation) on terms pursuant to which the Borrower
and certain of its Subsidiaries will sell or grant a security
interest in its accounts receivable or an undivided interest
therein, provided , that the aggregate Capital (as such term
is defined in the Accounts Receivable Securitization Documents)
shall not exceed $100,000,000.
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“ Accounts Receivable Securitization
Documents ”: The Receivable Purchase Agreement among the
Borrower, the Bankruptcy Remote Subsidiary, Market Street Funding
Corporation and PNC and any other documents executed in connection
with the Accounts Receivable Securitization as modified, amended or
restated from time to time.
“ Acquisition EBITDA ”:
Consolidated EBITDA for any applicable prior period attributable to
any Person or Property which is the subject of a Permitted
Acquisition, to the extent: (a) all such Property acquired in
any such Permitted Acquisition is owned by either (i) a
non-Material Subsidiary or (ii) the Borrower, a Guarantor, an
Additional Party in compliance with Section 5.12(b) hereof, or
a former Guarantor in compliance with Section 5.12(c) hereof,
and (b) that any Person acquired in any such Permitted Acquisition
is either (i) a non-Material Subsidiary or (ii) a
Material Subsidiary that executes a joinder to this Agreement or a
Guarantee or is an Additional Party in compliance with
Section 5.12(b) hereof.
“ Additional Pledge Agreement
”: The Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof, made by
the Borrower, Cleo, Inc. and Berwick Offray LLC, in favor of PNC
Bank, National Association, as collateral agent for the lenders and
other financial institutions parties to this Agreement and the
Noteholders, as the same may be modified, amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“ Adjusted EBITDA ”: For the
Borrower, for any period, the sum of (i) Consolidated EBITDA
plus (ii) pro forma adjustments for the relevant
periods as appropriate to reflect the Acquisition EBITDA
attributable to all Permitted Acquisitions as such Acquisition
EBITDA may be further adjusted in accordance with the following
sentence. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary (i) for any Permitted Acquisition with Consolidated
EBITDA in excess of 10% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower on a
consolidated basis prior to such Permitted Acquisition, Acquisition
EBITDA shall be equal to $0 unless (a) there are delivered to
the Administrative Agent either audited financial statements of the
acquired Person or Property to which the Acquisition EBITDA is
attributable for the relevant periods, or financial statements of
such Person or Property for the relevant periods validated by a
third party satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
(b) any adjustments to such Acquisition EBITDA are approved by
the Majority Lenders, and (ii) for any Permitted Acquisition
not subject to clause (i) above, the determination of and
substantiation for the amount of and any adjustments to Acquisition
EBITDA must be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion.
“ Adjusted LIBO Rate ”: As
applied to a LIBOR Based Rate Advance, for any LIBOR Interest
Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary to the
next 1/100 of 1%) determined pursuant to the following
formula:
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Adjusted LIBO
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For purposes
hereof, “LIBO Rate”, with respect to a LIBOR Interest
Period, shall mean the interest rate per annum which appears on the
Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or such other substitute Bloomberg page that
displays rates at which Dollar deposits are offered by leading
banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is
quoted by another source selected by the Agent which is approved by
the British Lenders’ Association, as an authorized
information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which
Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London
interbank deposit market (an “Alternate Source”), in
either case, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR
Interest Period for an amount comparable to such Advance and having
a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such LIBOR Interest
Period; provided , however , if there shall at any
time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or
any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable
replacement rate determined by the Agent at such time (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), as
determined by the Agent in accordance with its usual procedures
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error).
The LIBO Rate
shall be adjusted with respect to any LIBOR Based Rate Advance in
Dollars outstanding on the effective date of any change in the
Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrative
Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the LIBO Rate as
determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“ Adjusted Pro Rata Percentage
”: With respect to any non-Defaulting Lender, the quotient
(expressed as a percentage) of the Pro Rata Share of such
non-Defaulting Lender divided by the aggregate of the Pro Rata
Shares of all non-Defaulting Lenders.
“ Advance(s) ”: Any monies
advanced or credit extended to the Borrower by any Lender under the
Revolving Credit, including without limitation, cash Advances,
Swing Line Advances and the issuance by Fronting Lender of Letters
of Credit.
“ Affected Lender ”: As
defined in Section 2.15.
“ Affiliate ”: With respect
to any Person (the “Specified Person”), (a) any
Person which directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the Specified Person, and
(b) any director or officer (or, in the case of a Person which
is not a corporation, any individual having analogous powers) of
the Specified Person or of a Person who is an Affiliate of the
Specified Person within the meaning of the preceding clause (a);
provided, however, that no Lender nor any Affiliate of any Lender
shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
“control” of a Person shall mean (i) the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and (ii) in any case shall include direct or
indirect ownership (beneficially or of record) of, or direct or
indirect power to vote, 25% or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of Capital Stock of such Person (or in the case of a
Person that is not a corporation, 25%. or more of any class of
equity interest).
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“ Alternate Base Rate ”: For
any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the
highest of (i) the Prime Rate, (ii) the Federal Funds
Open Rate plus one half of one (0.5%) percent, and (iii) the
Daily LIBOR Rate plus one and one quarter percent (1.25%). The
calculation and determination of the rates described in subsections
(i), (ii) and (iii) above shall be made daily by the
Administrative Agent and such determination shall, absent manifest
error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto.
Changes in the Alternate Base Rate shall become effective on the
same day as the Administrative Agent changes its Prime Rate, a
change occurs in the Federal Funds Open Rate or there is a change
in the Daily LIBOR Rate, depending upon which rate is applicable on
that day to the determination of the Alternate Base
Rate.
“ Alternate Base Rate Advance
”: Any Advance on which interest accrues at the Alternate
Base Rate.
“ Anti-Terrorism Laws ”: Any
law relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive
Order No. 13224 and the USA Patriot Act.
“ Applicable Available Commitment Fee
Percentage ”: The Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage
determined by reference to the table set forth on Annex II based
upon the Borrower’s compliance with the Pricing Leverage
Ratio at the levels set forth in such table as such Pricing
Leverage Ratio is shown on the Quarterly Compliance Certificate
delivered in accordance with Section 5.7. The Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage shall be applied on:
(a) the first day of the calendar month
immediately following the calendar month in which the
Administrative Agent receives the Quarterly Compliance Certificate
delivered in respect of the first three fiscal quarters in any
fiscal year, or
(b) with respect to the Quarterly
Compliance Certificate delivered in respect of the last fiscal
quarter in any fiscal year, the earlier to occur of (i) the
first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar
month in which the Administrative Agent shall have received from
the Borrower such Quarterly Compliance Certificate or (ii) the
first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar
month in which the date 75 days after the end of the fiscal
year of the Borrower most recently ended occurs;
provided , however , that no such changes shall
occur (x) until the Borrower has delivered its Quarterly
Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending March 31,
2009 and (y) unless no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, the Applicable
Available Commitment Fee Percentage may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent or at the direction of the Majority Lenders,
be increased (and shall automatically be so increased if the
Default or Event of Default is a payment Default) to the margin
described as Level III on Annex II (in addition to institution of
the Default Rate, if applicable) and shall be applied retroactively
to the date of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default
(or in the event of a Default in respect of the obligation to
deliver a Quarterly Compliance Certificate for the last fiscal
quarter in each fiscal year, the first day of the calendar month
immediately following the calendar month in which the date
75 days after the end of the last fiscal year of the Borrower
occurs). The Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower acknowledge
that, on the date hereof, the Applicable Available Commitment Fee
Percentage is the margin described as Level I on Annex II, which
Level shall remain applicable at all times through the first day of
the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in
which the Administrative Agent shall have received from the
Borrower the Quarterly Compliance Certificate for the quarter ended
March 31, 2009.
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“ Applicable Base Rate Margin
”: As set forth in Annex II.
“ Applicable LIBO Rate Margin
”: As set forth in Annex II.
“ Applicable Margins ”: The
respective Applicable Base Rate Margin or Applicable LIBO Rate
Margin determined by reference to the table set forth on Annex II
based upon the Borrower’s compliance with the Pricing
Leverage Ratio at the levels set forth in such table as such
Pricing Leverage Ratio is shown on the Quarterly Compliance
Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 5.7. The
Applicable Margin shall be applied on:
(a) the first day of the calendar month
immediately following the calendar month in which the
Administrative Agent receives the Quarterly Compliance Certificate
delivered in respect of the first three fiscal quarters in any
fiscal year or,
(b) with respect to the Quarterly
Compliance Certificate delivered in respect of the last fiscal
quarter in any fiscal year, the earlier to occur of (i) the
first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar
month in which the Administrative Agent shall have received from
the Borrower such Quarterly Compliance Certificate or (ii) the
first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar
month in which the date 75 days after the end of the fiscal
year of the Borrower most recently ended occurs;
provided,
however , that no such
changes shall occur (x) until the Borrower has delivered its
Quarterly Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2009 and (y) unless no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, the
Applicable Margin may, in the discretion of the Administrative
Agent or at the direction of the Majority Lenders, be increased
(and shall automatically be so increased if the Default or Event of
Default is a payment default) to the margins described as Level III
on Annex II (in addition to institution of the Default Rate, if
applicable) and shall be applied retroactively to the date of the
occurrence of such Default or Event of Default (or in the event of
a Default in respect of the obligation to deliver a Quarterly
Compliance Certificate for the last fiscal quarter in each fiscal
year, the first day of the calendar month immediately following the
calendar month in which the date 75 days after the end of the
latest fiscal year of the Borrower occurs). The Administrative
Agent, Lenders and Borrower acknowledge that, on the date hereof,
the Applicable Margin is the margin described as Level I on Annex
II above, which Level shall remain applicable at all times through
the first day of the calendar month immediately following the
calendar month in which the Administrative Agent shall have
received from the Borrower the Quarterly Compliance Certificate for
the quarter ended March 31, 2009 (unless a Default or an Event
of Default earlier occurs in which case the Applicable Margin shall
be adjusted as set forth above).
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“ Asset Sale ”: The sale,
transfer or other disposition by the Borrower to any Person other
than a Restricted Subsidiary or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower
to any Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of
(a) any of the existing or future Capital Stock (other than an
original issue of the Capital Stock of a Person where the issued
Capital Stock is issued to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary)
of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b) any other Property,
now owned or hereafter acquired, of any nature whatsoever in any
transaction or series of related transactions (including any or all
assets and business of any division or line of business and further
including intangible assets) of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, excluding sales, transfers or other dispositions of
inventory or other Property in the ordinary course of business of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the trade-in or
replacement of assets in the ordinary course of business of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ Authorized Officer ”: Any
of the President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and
Treasurer of the Borrower.
“ Available Commitment ”:
$110,000,000, as the same may be increased or reduced pursuant to
Section 2.3.
“ Available Commitment Fee ”:
As defined in Section 2.6(a).
“ Average Consolidated Funded Debt
”: For the Borrower, on any date, the average daily
Consolidated Funded Debt for the four consecutive fiscal quarters
ending on such date.
“ Bankruptcy Remote Subsidiary
”: Means CSS Funding, LLC.
“ Blocked Person ”: As
defined in Section 4.20(ii).
“ Borrowing ”: The making,
pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing and the terms of this Agreement,
of a cash Advance to the Borrower from all of the Lenders on a pro
rata basis on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a
given date) having, in the case of LIBOR Based Rate Advances, the
same LIBOR Interest Periods.
“ Business Day ”: A day other
than Saturday or Sunday when banks are generally open for business
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, provided , that when used in
connection with a LIBOR Based Rate Advance, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“ Capital Stock ”: Any and
all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of
the foregoing. Unless otherwise qualified, references to Capital
Stock herein shall refer to Capital Stock of the
Borrower.
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“ Change of Control ”: If
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such
terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
excluding Jack Farber and/or any member(s) of his immediately
family, and/or any trust under which Jack Farber and/or any
member(s) of his immediate family hold the legal and equitable
interests, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial
ownership” of all securities that such person has the right
to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than
50% of the total voting power of the issued and outstanding voting
Capital Stock of the Borrower normally entitled to vote in the
election of directors of the Borrower or (b) during any
consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constituted the Board of Directors of Borrower
(together with any new directors whose election to the Board of
Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of
the Borrower was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors
then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors then in office.
“ Closing ”: As defined in
Section 3.2.
“ Code ”: As defined in
Section 2.12(b).
“ Commitment and Acceptance
”: A Commitment and Acceptance among a Lender, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit G, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“ Consolidated Amortization Expense
”: For any Person, for any period, the consolidated
amortization expense of such Person for such period, determined on
a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries.
“ Consolidated Capital Expenditures
”: For any Person, for any period, the aggregate gross
increase during that period in the property, plant or equipment
reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, but excluding expenditures made in
connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of
assets (a) to the extent financed from insurance proceeds paid
on account of the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced or
restored or (b) with awards of compensation arising from the
taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the assets being
replaced; provided , however , that
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” shall in any event
exclude the purchase price paid in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions to the extent allocable to property, plant and
equipment.
“ Consolidated Depreciation Expense
”: For any Person, for any period, the consolidated
depreciation expense of such Person for such period, determined on
a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries.
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“ Consolidated EBITDA ”: For
any Person, for any period, the sum of the amounts for such period
of (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus
(ii) Consolidated Tax Expense, plus
(iii) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus
(iv) Consolidated Amortization Expense, plus
(v) Consolidated Depreciation Expense, plus
(vi) all non-cash charges resulting from the application of
Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 plus
(vii) all Consolidated Stock Compensation Expense, all as
determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its
consolidated Subsidiaries.
“ Consolidated Funded Debt ”:
For any Person, on any date, without duplication, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of (i) Indebtedness recorded on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP,
(ii) the items described in clause (c) of the definition
of “Indebtedness” whether or not recorded on a balance
sheet of such Person and (iii) all Capital (as that term is
defined in the Accounts Receivable Securitization Documents) under
the Accounts Receivable Securitization; in each case of such Person
and its consolidated Subsidiaries, all determined on a consolidated
basis after elimination of all intercompany items.
“ Consolidated Interest Expense
”: For any Person, for any period, the total interest expense
of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as would be shown
on an income statement prepared in accordance with GAAP, and in any
event including interest in respect of the Revolving Credit and
Discount (as that term is defined in the Accounts Receivable
Securitization Documents) payable in respect of the Accounts
Receivable Securitization whether or not such interest is shown on
such income statement.
“ Consolidated Net Income ”:
For any Person, for any period, the net income (or loss) of such
Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period
taken as a single accounting period determined on a consolidated
basis for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that there shall be excluded
(a) the income (or loss) of any other Person (other than
Subsidiaries of such Person) in which any third Person (other than
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest,
except to the extent of the amount of cash dividends or other cash
distributions actually paid to such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries by such other Person during such period (subject to
clause (c) below), (b) the income (or loss) of any other
Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a consolidated
Subsidiary of such Person or is merged into or consolidated with
such Person or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or such other
Person’s assets are acquired by such Person or any of its
consolidated Subsidiaries, except (with respect to a Subsidiary
previously accounted for on the equity basis of accounting) to the
extent of the income (or loss) actually paid to such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries by such other Person relating to such period in
cash, and (c) the income of any consolidated Subsidiary of
such Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that consolidated Subsidiary
of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the
terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable
to that consolidated Subsidiary, except to the extent of the cash
dividends or cash distributions actually paid to such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries by such other Person during such period;
provided, however, that income generated in connection with a
waiver of any of the provisions hereof shall not be included for
any purposes hereof.
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“ Consolidated Stock Compensation
Expense ”: For any Person, for any period, the
consolidated non-cash charges resulting from the application of
Financial Accounting Standard No. 123R for such period, determined
on a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries.
“ Consolidated Tax Expense ”:
For any Person, for any period, the consolidated income tax expense
and/or benefit of such Person for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries less any tax expense associated with gains on
sales (excluding sales in the ordinary course of business) of fixed
assets and other extraordinary gains to the extent such gains are
included in Consolidated Net Income.
“ Daily LIBOR Rate ”: For any
day, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by
dividing (a) the Published LIBOR Rate by (b) a number
equal to 1.00 minus the percentage prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor or any
other banking authority) to which a Lender (or any Affiliate of
such Lender if applicable pursuant to Section 2.9(e)) is
subject, including any board or governmental or administrative
agency of the United States or any other jurisdiction to which a
Lender (or any Affiliate of such Lender if applicable pursuant to
Section 2.9(e)) is subject, for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including without limitation any basic,
supplemental, marginal or emergency reserves) for (i) deposits of
United States dollars or (ii) Eurocurrency Liabilities as
defined in Regulation D, provided , that if such day is
not a Business Day, the Daily LIBOR Rate for such day shall be the
Daily LIBOR Rate on the immediately preceding Business
Day.
“ Default ”: Any event, act,
condition or occurrence, which with notice, or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder.
“ Defaulting Lender ” means
any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that has
(a) failed to fund any portion of its Advances or
participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans within
three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it
hereunder, (b) notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Fronting Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any Lender in writing
that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding
obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to
the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding
obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which
it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within three Business
Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it
will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its
obligations to fund prospective Advances, including any
participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line
Advances, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date
when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e)
(i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has
become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver,
conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken
any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment
or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator,
trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
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“ EBITDA ”: Shall have the
meaning ascribed to the term “Consolidated EBITDA” as
set forth herein except the calculation of EBITDA (including the
calculation of each of its components) shall be done on an
unconsolidated basis.
“ Effective Date ”: As
defined in Section 3.2.
“ Employee Benefit Plan ”: As
defined in Section 4.11(c).
“ Engagement Letter ”: As
defined in Section 10.23.
“ Environmental Authorizations
”: As defined in Section 4.15(a).
“ Environmental Laws ” The
common law and all applicable Federal, state, local and foreign
laws or regulations, codes, orders, decrees, judgments or
injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder,
now or hereafter in effect, relating to pollution or protection of
the environment or to health or safety as either relates to any
Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, laws relating
to (a) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases
of Hazardous Materials into the environment (including ambient air,
indoor air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
strata), (b) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, shipping or
handling of Hazardous Materials, and (c) underground and
above-ground storage tanks, and related piping, and emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases therefrom.
“ ERISA ”: The Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1972, as the same may be amended,
from time to time.
“ Event of Default ”: As
defined in Section 8.1.
“ Exchange Act ”: The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with all
rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith.
“ Executive Order No. 13224
”: Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing,
effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall
hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“ Existing Letters of Credit
”: Those Letters of Credit described on Schedule 1.1(a)
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
“ Existing Loan Agreement ”:
As defined in the Background hereto.
“ Existing Pledge Agreement
”: The Pledge Agreement dated as of October 27, 2004
made by the Borrower and Paper Magic Group, Inc. in favor of PNC
Bank, National Association, as collateral agent for the lenders and
other financial institutions parties to this Agreement and the
Noteholders, as the same may be modified, amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
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“ Existing Debt of the Borrower
”: The Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
set forth on Schedule 4.10 attached hereto.
“ Expenses ”: As defined in
Section 10.5.
“ Federal Funds Effective Rate
”: For any day, the rate per annum (based on a year of
360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average
of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by
federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and
announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in
substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes
and announces the weighted average it refers to as the
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the date of this
Agreement; provided , that if such Federal Reserve Bank (or
its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such all day shall
be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such
rate was announced.
“ Federal Funds Open Rate ”:
For any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on a year of
360 days and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal
funds open rate as quoted by ICAP North America, Inc. (or any
successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM for that day
opposite the caption “OPEN” (or on such other
substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or as set
forth on such other recognized electronic source used for the
purpose of displaying such rate as selected by the Administrative
Agent (an “Alternate Federal Funds Source”) (or if such
rate for such day does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or
any substitute screen) or on any Alternate Federal Funds Source, or
if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a
Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or any Alternate
Federal Funds Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by
the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error); provided , that if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate for such day
shall be the Federal Funds Open Rate on the immediately preceding
Business Day. If and when the Federal Funds Open Rate changes, the
rate of interest with respect to any Advance to which the Federal
Funds Open Rate applies will change automatically without notice to
the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
“ Financial Statements ”: The
financial statements of the Borrower previously furnished to the
Administrative Agent, as more fully described on
Schedule 1.1(b) attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
“ Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
”: For any period, the ratio of (a) the Borrower’s
Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) the sum of the
Borrower’s (i) current portion of principal on all
long-term Indebtedness (excluding the Revolving Credit) determined
at the beginning of such period, plus (ii) Consolidated
Interest Expense (including interest in respect of the Revolving
Credit and discount payable in respect of the Accounts Receivable
Securitization) for such period, plus
(iii) Consolidated Tax Expense for such period, plus
(iv) cash dividends paid by the Borrower to the holders of its
Capital Stock during such period.
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“ Fronting Fee ”: As defined
in Section 2.6(b)(ii).
“ Fronting Lender ”: PNC (or
an Affiliate of PNC, if applicable), as the issuer of Letters of
Credit under this Agreement.
“ GAAP ”: Generally accepted
accounting principles applied in a manner consistent with the most
recent audited financial statements of the Borrower prepared as of
March 31, 2008 and furnished to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Governmental Authority ”:
Any government or political subdivision or any agency, authority,
bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality of
either, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator (to the
extent binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), in each
case whether foreign or domestic.
“ Guarantee(s) ”: Guarantees
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
“ Guarantors ”: Each of Paper
Magic Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, Berwick Delaware,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Berwick Offray LLC, a Pennsylvania
limited liability company, Cleo Inc., a Tennessee corporation,
Philadelphia Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, LLM
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, The Paper Magic Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Lion Ribbon Company, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and C.R. Gibson, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and each Person which executes a Guarantee after the
Effective Date.
“ Hazardous Materials ”: Any
pollutant, contaminant, hazardous or toxic substance, hazardous
material, hazardous waste, hazardous constituent, asbestos or
asbestos-containing material, petroleum, including crude oil and
any fraction thereof, or other chemicals, substances or materials
subject to regulation under any Environmental Law.
“ Hedge Agreement ”: Any
contract or agreement providing for any rate swap transaction,
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, currency
swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap, currency swap or any
other similar transaction entered into to protect against the risk
of fluctuation in interest rates or foreign exchange
rates.
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“ Indebtedness ”: With
respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) the
deferred purchase price of assets or services which in accordance
with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the balance sheet of
such Person, (c) the face amount of all outstanding letters of
credit issued for the account of such Person and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (d) all Indebtedness
of a second Person secured by any Lien on any Property owned by
such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been
assumed by such first Person, limited to the fair market value of
the Property subject to such Lien, (e) all capitalized lease
obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person
to pay a specified purchase price for goods or services whether or
not delivered or accepted, i.e., take-or-pay and similar
obligations, (g) all obligations of such Person under interest
rate agreements, (h) without duplication, all contingent
obligations of such Person required to be reflected as a liability
on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments required to be
reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP, (j) all obligations of such
Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, and
(k) current obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem,
retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of
such Person (with redeemable preferred stock being valued at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus
accrued and unpaid dividends); provided, however, that Indebtedness
shall not include trade payables, accrued expenses, accrued
dividends, deferred compensation, accrued income taxes, deferred
income taxes and minority interests in Subsidiaries of such
Person.
“ Intercompany Notes ”: As
defined in Section 5.15.
“ Intercreditor Agreement ”:
The Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency
Agreement dated as of October 27, 2004 between the
Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Fronting Lender,
the Lenders and the Noteholders, as the same has been and may
hereafter be modified, amended, supplemented or
restated.
“ Interest Rate Determination Date
”: With respect to a LIBOR Based Rate Advance, the date which
is two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of the
LIBOR Interest Period for such Borrowing.
“ Inventory ”: All of the
“inventory” (as that term is defined in of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, whether now
existing or hereinafter acquired or created.
“ Investments ”: Investments
of any Person shall mean (i) any direct or indirect purchase
or other acquisition of any Capital Stock, evidence of Indebtedness
or other security issued by any other Person, (ii) any loan,
advance (other than advance to employees for travel expenses,
drawing accounts and similar expenditures extended in the ordinary
course and consistent with past practice) or extension of credit
(other than accounts receivable created in the ordinary course) to,
or contribution to the capital of any other Person, including any
guarantee or Indebtedness of any other Person and any joint
venture, (iii) any commitment or option to make an investment
if, in the case of an option, the consideration therefor exceeds
$1,000,000 and (iv) any capital contribution to any other
Person; and any of the foregoing shall be considered an Investment
whether such investment is acquired by purchase, exchange, issuance
of stock or other securities, merger, reorganization or any other
method. Notwithstanding the foregoing, non-speculative Hedge
Agreements shall not be considered Investments.
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“ Knowledge ”: Whenever used
in this Agreement, the actual knowledge of any executive officer of
the Borrower or of the president of any of the
Subsidiaries.
“ L/C Commitment ”:
$20,000,000.
“ L/C Fees ”: As defined in
Section 2.6(b)(i).
“ Lender(s) ”: The lending
institutions listed on Annex I attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference and any assignees thereof in accordance with
Section 10.10 hereof.
“ Letter of Credit or Letters of
Credit ”: (a) Standby letter or letters of credit,
and (b) commercial letter or letters of credit, in each case
issued or to be issued by the Fronting Lender for the account of
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2 herein.
“ Letter of Credit Coverage
Requirement ”: With respect to each Letter of Credit at
any time, 102% of the maximum amount available to be drawn
thereunder at such time (determined without regard to whether any
conditions to drawing could be met at such time).
“ Leverage Ratio ”: As of the
date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Funded Debt on
such date to Adjusted EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal
quarter period ending on such date.
“ LIBOR Based Rate ”: As
defined in Section 2.5(b)(i).
“ LIBOR Based Rate Advance ”:
Any Advance on which interest accrues at the LIBOR Based
Rate.
“ LIBOR Interest Period ”: As
defined in Section 2.5(b)(ii).
“ Lien ”: Other than as
expressly excluded in the next sentence, any interest in Property
securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than
the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the
common law, statute or contract, and including, but not limited to,
the security interest or lien arising from a mortgage, encumbrance,
pledge, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment
or bailment for security purposes. The term “Lien”
shall include without limitation, reservations, exceptions,
encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions,
restrictions, leases and other title exceptions and encumbrances
affecting Property other than Property which is leased by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for which the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries has an unexercised option to purchase such
Property and other than those which would not materially adversely
interfere with the Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ use of the Property and would not materially
detract from the value of the Property. For the purposes of this
Agreement, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries shall be
deemed to be the owner of any Property which it has acquired or
holds subject to a conditional sale agreement or other arrangement
pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or
vested in some other Person for security purposes.
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“ Loan Documents ”: This
Agreement, the Revolving Credit Notes, the Swing Line Note, the
Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and
all agreements, instruments and documents executed and/or delivered
in connection herewith or therewith, all as may be amended,
supplemented, replaced, restated or superseded from time to
time.
“ Losses ”: Of any Person,
the losses, liabilities, claims (including those based upon
negligence, strict or absolute liability and liability in tort),
damages, expenses, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments,
Liens, penalties, fines, suits, costs or disbursements of any kind
or nature whatsoever (including reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel in connection with any Proceeding commenced or threatened,
whether or not such Person shall be designated a party thereto) at
any time (including following the payment of the Obligations and/or
the termination of the Revolving Credit) incurred by, imposed on or
asserted against such Person.
“ Majority Lenders ”: The
Lenders holding Pro Rata Percentages aggregating more than
66 2
/ 3 %
of the total Revolving Credit.
“ Mandatory Loan ”: As
defined in Section 2.4(b)(iii)(B).
“ Material Adverse Effect ”:
With respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) any
material adverse effect (both before and after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents) with respect to the business, assets, properties,
financial condition, stockholders’ equity, contingent
liabilities, prospects, material agreements or results of
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as one
enterprise on a consolidated basis, or (b) any fact or
circumstance that, singly or in the aggregate with any other fact
or circumstance, has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in or
leading to (i) a material adverse effect hereunder or under
any other Loan Document or the inability of the Lenders to enforce
in any material respect their rights purported to be granted
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (ii) a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole on a consolidated basis to effect (including
hindering or unduly delaying) the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents on the terms contemplated
hereby and thereby.
“ Material Subsidiary ”: As
of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than CSS Funding
LLC) which either (i) owns five percent (5%) or more of the
assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (ii)
for the immediately preceding fiscal year had net income
representing 5% or more of the Consolidated Net Income of the
Borrower.
“ Maturity Date ”:
November 20, 2011 as the same may be extended pursuant to
Section 2.13.
“ Moody’s ”:
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
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“ New Lender Joinder ”: A New
Lender Joinder among a proposed Lender, the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit H, as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Noteholders ”: The note
purchasers from time to time parties to the Note Purchase
Agreement.
“ Note Purchase Agreement ”:
The Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December 12, 2002
among the Borrower and the Noteholders, as the same has been and
may hereafter be modified, amended, supplemented or
restated.
“ Note Purchase Documents ”:
The Note Purchase Agreement, the notes issued pursuant to the terms
thereof and the Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Notes ”: The Revolving
Credit Notes and the Swing Line Note.
“ Notice of Borrowing ”: As
defined in Section 2.4(b)(ii).
“ Obligations ”: All existing
and future liabilities and obligations of every kind or nature at
any time owing by the Borrower to any one or more of the Lenders,
the Fronting Lender or to the Administrative Agent, whether joint
or several, related or unrelated, primary or secondary, matured or
contingent, due or to become due, and whether principal, interest,
fees or Expenses, including, without limitation, liabilities and
obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit, whether related to
cash Advances or Letters of Credit (whether drawn or undrawn), and
under Hedge Agreements to which any Lender is a party.
“ Offered Amount ”: As
defined in Section 2.3(b).
“ Over-Limit Amount ”: As
defined in Section 2.3.
“ Outstandings ”: At any
time, the sum of the (a) aggregate amount of all cash Advances
outstanding hereunder, and (b) face amount of all Letters of
Credit and all outstanding Reimbursement Obligations.
“ Permitted Acquisitions ”:
As defined in Section 6.2.
“ Permitted Liens ”: As
defined in Section 6.3.
“ Person ”: An individual,
partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, trust, unincorporated association or
organization, joint venture or any other entity.
“ PNC ”: PNC Bank, National
Association.
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“ Pricing Leverage Ratio ”:
As of the end of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of Average
Consolidated Funded Debt determined as of such date to Adjusted
EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ending on
such date.
“ Prime Rate ”: That rate so
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its
prime rate of interest, which is not necessarily the lowest or best
rate of interest charged by the Administrative Agent.
“ Proposed New Lender ”: As
defined in Section 2.3(b).
“ Pro Rata Percentages ”: As
defined in Section 2.1(a)(i).
“ Pro Rata Shares ”: As
defined in Section 2.1(a)(i).
“ Proceeding ”: Any claim,
action, judgment, suit, hearing, governmental investigation,
arbitration (to the extent binding on the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries) or proceeding, including by or before any
Governmental Authority.
“ Property ”: Any existing or
future interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than the Bankruptcy Remote Subsidiary) in any existing or future
property or asset of any kind or nature, whether real, personal or
mixed, or tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired
or created (including without limitation the Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary of the Borrower).
“ Published LIBOR Rate ”: The
rate of interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street
Journal “Money Rates” listing under the caption
“London Interbank Offered Rates” for a one-month period
(or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then the
Published LIBOR Rate shall be the eurodollar rate for a one-month
period as published in another publication determined by the
Administrative Agent).
“ Quarterly Compliance Certificate
”: As defined in Section 5.7.
“ Real Property ”: All right,
title and interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(including any leasehold estate) in and to any parcel of real
property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries together with, in each case, all improvements and
appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and
other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or
operation thereof.
“ Regular Advances ”:
Advances other than Swing Line Advances.
“ Regulation D ”:
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, comprising Part 204 of Title 12, Code of Federal
Regulations, as amended, and any successor thereto.
“ Regulations ”: As defined
in Section 2.12(b).
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“ Reimbursement Obligations
”: As defined in Section 2.2(c).
“ Requested Increase ”: As
defined in Section 2.3(b).
“ Reserve ”: For any day,
that reserve (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect (whether
or not actually incurred) with respect to a Lender (or any
Affiliate of such Lender if applicable pursuant to
Section 2.9(e)) on such day, as prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor or any
other banking authority to which a Lender (or any Affiliate of such
Lender if applicable pursuant to Section 2.9(e)) is subject
including any board or governmental or administrative agency of the
United States or any other jurisdiction to which a Lender (or any
Affiliate of such Lender if applicable pursuant to
Section 2.9(e)) is subject), for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including without limitation any basic,
supplemental, marginal or emergency reserves) for Eurocurrency
Liabilities as defined in Regulation D.
“ Reserve Percentage ”: For a
Lender (or any Affiliate of such Lender if applicable pursuant to
Section 2.9(e)) on any day, that percentage (expressed as a
decimal) which is in effect on such day, prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor or any
other banking authority to which a Lender (or any Affiliate of such
Lender if applicable pursuant to Section 2.9(e)) is subject,
including any board or governmental or administrative agency of the
United States or any other jurisdiction to which a Lender (or any
Affiliate of such Lender if applicable pursuant to
Section 2.9(e)) is subject, for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including without limitation any basic,
supplemental, marginal or emergency reserves) for (a) deposits
of United States dollars or (b) Eurocurrency Liabilities as
defined in Regulation D, in each case applicable to a LIBOR Based
Rate Advance(s) subject to an Adjusted LIBO Rate. The Adjusted LIBO
Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective day
of any change in the Reserve Percentage.
“ Restricted Subsidiary ”:
Any Guarantor and any other Material Subsidiary which is not by
name included in the definition of “Guarantors”
hereunder and any other Material Subsidiary which does not, as
permitted by Section 5.12(b), become a Guarantor after the
date hereof, or as provided by Section 5.12(c), is released as
a Guarantor after the date hereof.
“ Revolving Credit ”: As
defined in Section 2.1.
“ Revolving Credit Notes ”:
As defined in Section 2.1(c)(i).
“ S&P ”: Standard &
Poor’s Corporation, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.
“ Securities Act ”: The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith.
“ Security Documents ”:
Collectively, the Existing Pledge Agreement and the Additional
Pledge Agreement.
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“ Subsidiary ”: With respect
to any Person at any time, (a) any corporation more than fifty
(50%) percent of whose voting stock is legally and beneficially
owned by such Person or owned by a corporation more than fifty
(50%) percent of whose voting stock is legally and beneficially
owned by such Person; (b) any trust of which a majority of the
beneficial interest is at such time owned directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person; and (c) any partnership, joint
venture or other entity of which ownership interests having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other Persons performing similar functions are at such time
owned directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by, or
which is otherwise controlled directly, indirectly or through one
or more intermediaries by, such Person or one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person.
“ Swing Line Advances ”:
Advances under the Swing Line Commitment made by the Swing Line
Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
“ Swing Line Commitment ”:
The amount set forth opposite the Swing Line Lender’s name on
Annex I attached hereto directly below the column entitled
“Swing Line Commitment”, as the same may be reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 8.
“ Swing Line Lender ”: PNC,
in its capacity as such, and its permitted successors and assigns
in such capacity.
“ Swing Line Note ”: As
defined in Section 2.1(c)(ii).
“ Taxes ”: As defined in
Section 2.12(a)
“ Transferee ”: As defined in
Section 10.10(d).
“ USA Patriot Act ”: The
Uniting Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public
Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed,
extended, amended or replaced.
“ Withholding Certificate ”:
As defined in Section 2.12(b).
1.2 Accounting Principles . Where the
character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or
expense is required to be determined or any consolidation or other
accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of
this Agreement, this shall be done in accordance with GAAP, to the
extent applicable, except where such principles are inconsistent
with the requirements of this Agreement.
2.1 Revolving Line of Credit . Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders hereby
establish for the benefit of the Borrower a revolving line of
credit (collectively, the “Revolving Credit”) which
shall include Advances extended by the Lenders to or for the
benefit of the Borrower from time to time hereunder, in aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding, not to exceed the then
Available Commitment in effect from time to time.
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(a) (i) Each Lender agrees severally
to make Regular Advances to the Borrower as a part of the Revolving
Credit, subject to the terms of this Agreement, up to the lesser of
the amounts (the “Pro Rata Shares”) or percentages (the
“Pro Rata Percentages”) of the Revolving Credit
opposite its name on Annex I attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
(ii) Regular Advances under the Revolving
Credit (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on
and after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date,
(B) may be made as Alternate Base Rate Advances or, at the
Borrower’s option and subject to the terms hereof, as LIBOR
Based Rate Advances or, at the Borrower’s option and subject
to the terms hereof, as Letters of Credit; provided that all
Advances made by all of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist
entirely of Advances of the same type, (C) may be repaid and
reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall
not, when aggregated with a Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of
other Advances then outstanding, exceed for such Lender, at any
time outstanding, the Pro Rata Share of such Lender, at such time
and (E) shall not be made if, at the time the requested
Advance is to be made, the aggregate Outstandings, after giving
effect to the Advance requested by the relevant Notice of
Borrowing, would exceed the Available Commitment in effect at such
time.
(iii) The failure of any Lender to perform
its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make
any Advance required to be made by such other Lender). Each Advance
shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 2.4.
(b) (i) The Swing Line Lender may, in
its sole and absolute discretion, make Swing Line Advances to the
Borrower as a part of the Revolving Credit, subject to the terms of
this Agreement, up to the Swing Line Commitment.
(ii) Swing Line Advances under the
Revolving Credit (A) shall be made at any time and from time
to time on and after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity
Date, (B) shall be made only in cash and as Alternate Base
Rate Advances and shall not be entitled to be converted into LIBOR
Based Rate Advances so long as they remain Swing Line Advances,
(C) shall be repaid on the earlier of (x) the Maturity Date or
(y) the seventh day after the date such Swing Line Advance was
made and may be reborrowed in accordance with the provisions
hereof, (D) shall not be made if the aggregate principal
amount of Swing Line Advances and the Swing Line Lender’s Pro
Rata Percentage of all other Advances then outstanding, after
giving effect to the Swing Line Advance requested by the relevant
Notice of Borrowing, would exceed the Swing Line Lender’s Pro
Rata Share and (E) shall not be made if the aggregate
principal amount of Swing Line Advances and all other Advances then
outstanding, after giving effect to the Swing Line Advance
requested by the relevant Notice of Borrowing, would exceed the
Available Commitment in effect at such time. In no event shall the
aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding at
any time exceed the Swing Line Commitment.
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(c) (i) At Closing, the Borrower shall
execute and deliver its promissory note to each Lender in the
principal amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share, each in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 (as amended, replaced,
restated or superseded from time to time, collectively the
“Revolving Credit Notes”) to evidence their
unconditional obligation to repay each Lender for all Advances made
under the Revolving Credit, with interest as herein and therein
provided. Each Advance under the Revolving Credit shall be deemed
evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes, which are deemed
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
(ii) At Closing, the Borrower shall execute
and deliver its promissory note to the Swing Line Lender in the
principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B-2 (as amended, replaced, restated or superseded
from time to time, the “Swing Line Note”) to evidence
their unconditional obligation to repay the Swing Line Lender for
all Swing Line Advances made under the Revolving Credit, with
interest as herein and therein provided. Each Swing Line Advance
under the Revolving Credit shall be deemed evidenced by the Swing
Line Note, which is deemed incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof.
(d) The term of the Revolving Credit shall
expire on the Maturity Date unless earlier terminated in accordance
with the terms hereof. On such date, unless having been sooner
accelerated by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms
hereof, the Revolving Credit shall be terminated and all of the
Obligations shall be due and payable in full, and as of which date,
no further Advances shall be available from the Lenders.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Advance
that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lender’s pro rata portion of such
Advance, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date
of such borrowing in accordance with this subsection and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If
and to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower
(without prejudice to the Borrower’s rights against such
Lender) severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made
available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to
the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate applicable at the time to the Advance comprising
such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate, provided , that , if
such Lender shall not pay such amount within three
(3) Business Days of such Advance, the interest rate on such
overdue amount shall, at the expiration of such three-Business Day
period, be the rate per annum applicable to the Advance comprising
such Borrowing. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative
Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Advance as part of such Borrowing for purposes of
this Agreement.
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(a) As part of the Revolving Credit and
subject to its terms and conditions and the customary terms,
conditions and procedures of the Fronting Lender, the Fronting
Lender, shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent and on
behalf of and for the benefit of the Lenders, make available to the
Borrower (either for its own account or, at the Borrower’s
request, as a co-applicant with any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
each of which is authorized to request the issuance of a Letter of
Credit) Letters of Credit which shall not exceed, in the aggregate
at any one time outstanding, the L/C Commitment. All Letters of
Credit issued under the Revolving Credit shall reduce dollar for
dollar the amount available to be borrowed by the Borrower under
the Available Commitment. No standby Letter of Credit shall be
issued with an expiry date later than the earlier of: (i) one
(1) year from the date of issuance and (ii) except as
provided in Section 2.2(h), the Maturity Date. No commercial
Letter of Credit shall be issued with an expiry date later than the
earlier of: (i) one hundred twenty (120) days from the
date of issuance and (ii) except as provided in
Section 2.2(h), the Maturity Date. The Borrower shall, and
shall cause any Restricted Subsidiary which is a co-applicant as to
any Letter of Credit to, execute and deliver to the Fronting Lender
all letter of credit agreements and other documents, instruments
and agreements customarily required by the Fronting Lender for such
purposes. All such documents, instruments and agreements shall be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Fronting Lender. The
Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued
pursuant to this Agreement and shall be Letters of Credit for all
purposes hereunder.
(b) Immediately upon the issuance of any
Letter of Credit, the Fronting Lender is deemed to have granted to
each Lender, and each Lender is hereby deemed to have irrevocably
acquired, an individual participating interest (without recourse or
warranty), in accordance with each Lender’s respective Pro
Rata Percentage, in all of the Fronting Lender’s rights and
liabilities with respect to such Letter of Credit. Each Lender
shall be directly, irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to the
Fronting Lender, according to its Pro Rata Percentage, to reimburse
the Fronting Lender for any draws made at any time without regard
to the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default (including
without limitation, following the commencement of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, receivership, liquidation or dissolution proceeding
with respect to the Borrower) under any Letter of Credit
outstanding under the L/C Commitment not immediately reimbursed by
the Borrower.
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(c) In the event of any request for drawing
under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the Fronting
Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall
immediately reimburse the Fronting Lender on the day when such
drawing is honored, by either a cash payment by the Borrower, or in
the absence of such payment by the Borrower, by the Lenders
automatically making, or having been deemed to have made, (without
further request or approval of the Borrower) a cash Advance under
the Revolving Credit on such date which shall accrue interest at
the Alternate Base Rate. All Advances which constitute a
reimbursement for a draw under a Letter of Credit shall be shared
by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Percentages. If, for any reason, proceeds of Advances are not
received by the Fronting Lender on the date a drawing under a
Letter of Credit is honored in an amount equal to the amount of
such drawing, the Borrower shall reimburse the Fronting Lender, on
the Business Day immediately following the date of such drawing, in
an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of
such drawing over the amount of such proceeds, if any, that are so
received, plus accrued interest on such amount at the Alternate
Base Rate. The Borrower’s reimbursement obligation for draws
under Letters of Credit along with their obligation to pay L/C Fees
and Fronting Fees shall herein be referred to collectively as the
Borrower’s “Reimbursement Obligations”. All of
the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations hereunder with
respect to Letters of Credit shall apply unconditionally and
absolutely to, and shall be joint and several with respect to,
Letters of Credit issued hereunder on behalf of the Borrower, as a
co-applicant with any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as if such
Letters of Credit had been issued for the account of the Borrower
alone and the term “Reimbursement Obligations” as used
throughout this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
deemed to include the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations
and its obligation to pay L/C Fees and Fronting Fees with respect
to all such Letters of Credit.
(d) (i) In the event that the Borrower
shall fail to reimburse the Fronting Lender as provided in
Section 2.2(c) in an amount equal to the amount of the drawing
honored by the Fronting Lender under a Letter of Credit, the
Fronting Lender shall promptly notify each Lender of the
unreimbursed amount of such drawing and of such Lender’s
participation therein based on such Lender’s Pro Rata
Percentage. Each Lender shall make available to the Fronting Lender
an amount equal to its respective participation in same day funds,
at the office of the Fronting Lender specified in such notice, not
later than 1:00 p.m. (Philadelphia time) on the Business Day after
the date notified by the Fronting Lender. In the event that any
Lender fails to make available to such Fronting Lender the amount
of such Lender’s participation based on such Lender’s
Pro Rata Percentage in such Letter of Credit, as provided in this
Section 2.2(d), the Fronting Lender shall be entitled to
recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest at the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate for the
first three (3) days and at the Alternate Base Rate for each
day thereafter. The Fronting Lender shall distribute to each other
Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this
Section 2.2(d) with respect to any Letter of Credit, such
other Lender’s share, based on such Lender’s Pro Rata
Percentage, of all payments received by the Fronting Lender from
the Borrower in reimbursement of drawings honored by the Fronting
Lender under such Letter of Credit, when such payments are
received. Nothing in this Section 2.2(d) shall be deemed to
relieve any Lender from its obligation to pay all amounts payable
by it under this Section 2.2(d) with respect to any Letter of
Credit issued by the Fronting Lender or to prejudice any rights
that the Borrower or any other Lender may have against a Lender as
a result of any default by such Lender hereunder and no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to pay its
respective participation, based on its Pro Rata Percentage, payable
under this Section 2.2(d).
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(ii) In connection with the failure of any
Lender to make available to the Fronting Lender the amount of such
Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit, such Lender
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, and save the Fronting Lender
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, allocated costs of
internal counsel and the costs (including judgments) in connection
with any related litigation) which the Fronting Lender may incur or
be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the failure
of such Lender to make available its participation in such Letter
of Credit.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 2.2(d), each Lender providing its
participation in any Letter of Credit shall have no obligation to
indemnify the Fronting Lender in respect of any liability incurred
by the Fronting Lender arising solely out of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Fronting Lender.
(e) The obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse the Fronting Lender for drawings made under the Letters
of Credit and the obligations of the Lenders to the Fronting Lender
under Section 2.2(d) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances including, without limitation,
the following circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability
of any Letter of Credit;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff,
defense or other right that the Borrower or any Affiliate of the
Borrower or any other Person may have at any time against a
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any
Persons for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting),
the Fronting Lender, any Lender or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated
herein or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or any
other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) payment by the Fronting Lender under
any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or
certificate or other document that does not comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit unless the Fronting Lender shall have
acted in the absence of good faith or with willful misconduct or
gross negligence in issuing such payment; or
(v) the fact that a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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(f) If by reason of (i) any change
after the Effective Date in applicable law, regulation, rule,
decree or regulatory requirement or any change in the
interpretation or application by any judicial or regulatory
authority of any law, regulation, rule, decree or regulatory
requirement or (ii) compliance by the Fronting Lender or any
Lender with any direction, reasonable request or requirement
(whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental or
monetary authority including, without limitation,
Regulation D:
(A) the Fronting Lender or any Lender shall
be subject to any tax or other levy or charge of any nature or to
any variation thereof (except for changes in the rate of any tax on
the net income of the Fronting Lender or any Lender or its
applicable lending office) or to any penalty with respect to the
maintenance or fulfillment of its obligations under this
Section 2.2, whether directly or by such being imposed on or
suffered by the Fronting Lender or any Lender;
(B) any reserve, deposit or similar
requirement is or shall be applicable, imposed or modified in
respect of any Letter of Credit issued by the Fronting Lender or
participations therein purchased by any Lender; or
(C) there shall be imposed on the Fronting
Lender or any Lender any other condition regarding this
Section 2.2, any Letter of Credit or any participation
therein;
and the result
of the foregoing is to directly or indirectly increase the cost to
the Fronting Lender or any Lender of issuing, creating, making or
maintaining any Letter of Credit or of purchasing or maintaining
any participation therein, or to reduce the amount receivable in
respect thereof by the Fronting Lender or any Lender, then and in
any such case the Fronting Lender or such Lender shall, within
90 days after the additional cost is incurred or the amount
received is reduced, notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall pay
on demand such amounts as may be necessary to compensate the
Fronting Lender or such Lender on an after-tax basis for such
additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such
amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a
rate per annum equal at all times to the Alternate Base Rate. A
certificate signed by an officer of the Lender as to the amount of
such increased cost or reduced receipt showing in reasonable detail
the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent by the Fronting Lender or any Lender,
as the case may be, shall, except for manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(g) In addition to amounts payable as
elsewhere provided in this Section 2.2, without duplication,
the Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save the
Fronting Lender harmless from and against any and all claims,
demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable
allocated costs of internal counsel) which the Fronting Lender may
incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of
(i) the issuance of the Letters of Credit or (ii) the
failure of the Fronting Lender to honor a drawing under any Letter
of Credit as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or
wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government
or Governmental Authority (all such acts or omissions herein called
“Government Acts”).
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As between the Borrower and the Fronting Lender,
the Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or
misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by the Fronting Lender by,
the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Fronting
Lender shall not be responsible: (i) for the form, validity,
sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document
submitted by any party in connection with the application for and
issuance of such Letters of Credit, even if it should in fact prove
to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate,
fraudulent or forged; (ii) for the validity or sufficiency of
any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer
or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove
to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) for failure
of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully
with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of
Credit; (iv) for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable,
telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they are in cipher,
unless any of the foregoing are caused by the Fronting
Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; (v) for
errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) for any loss
or delay in the transmission of any document required in order to
make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds
thereof, unless caused by the Fronting Lender’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct; (vii) for the misapplication
by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of
any drawing under such Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any
consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Fronting
Lender, including, without limitation, any Government Acts. None of
the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of
the Fronting Lender’s rights or powers hereunder.
In furtherance and extension and not in
limitation of the specific provisions hereinabove set forth, any
action taken or omitted by the Fronting Lender in connection with
the Letters of Credit issued by it or the related certificates, if
taken or omitted in good faith, shall not create any liability on
the part of the Fronting Lender to the Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 2.2(g), the Borrower shall have no
obligation to indemnify the Fronting Lender in respect of any
liability incurred by the Fronting Lender arising solely out of the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Fronting
Lender.
(h) If the expiration date for any Letter
of Credit requested by the Borrower to be issued, or extended or
renewed, pursuant to Section 2.2(a) is later than the Maturity
Date, the Fronting Lender may nonetheless issue, or extend or
renew, such Letter of Credit notwithstanding that such expiration
date is later than the Maturity Date, provided that Borrower shall
on or before five (5) days prior to the Maturity Date deposit with
the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations, cash in
an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Coverage Requirement with
respect to each such Letter of Credit which remains outstanding on
such date, which cash shall be deposited with, pledged to and held
by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in the
same manner as provided in Section 8.2(c).
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2.3 Voluntary Reduction or Increase of
Commitment .
(a) The Borrower may, at any time, without
premium or penalty, permanently reduce the Available Commitment
then available. The exercise of the foregoing option shall be
evidenced by the Borrower giving the Administrative Agent written
notice of the Borrower’s election to do so (as evidenced for
the purposes of this Section by a written acknowledgment of receipt
executed by such officer of the Administrative Agent as the
Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower in writing) of
such reduction request. Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the extent to which the reduction should be applied to the
Available Commitment, the date upon which such reduction shall be
effective (which effective date shall be a Business Day and shall
be no less than 5 days after receipt of such notice by the
Administrative Agent) and the amount thereof, which shall be in
integral multiples of $1,000,000. In the event of such a reduction
in the Available Commitment, Advances in an aggregate outstanding
principal amount that is in excess of the Available Commitment, as
so reduced (the “Over-Limit Amount”), shall be
simultaneously paid on the effective date of such reduction, with
interest accrued on the amount so paid or prepaid to the date of
such reduction. On the effective date of such reduction, the
Borrower shall cash collateralize Letters of Credit, on terms
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in the amount, if any, by
which the Over-Limit Amount exceeds the amount of non-Letter of
Credit Advances then outstanding and shall execute such documents,
instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall deem
necessary to perfect a security interest in such cash collateral. A
reduction in the Available Commitment shall reduce each
Lender’s Pro Rata Share in accordance with its respective Pro
Rata Percentage.
(b) The Borrower may at any time and from
time to time, subject to clause (d) of this Section 2.3,
request an increase in the Available Commitment of the Lenders by
sending a written notice thereof from the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent. Such notice shall specify the total amount of
the increase requested by the Borrower (the “Requested
Increase”), which amount shall be at least $10,000,000 and
not exceed $50,000,000. The Administrative Agent shall notify each
Lender of the Requested Increase upon receipt of the
Borrower’s notice thereof. Each Lender shall respond in
writing to the Borrower (with a copy simultaneously sent to the
Administrative Agent), within thirty (30) days of receipt of
notice from the Administrative Agent of a Requested Increase (or
such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
shall agree), stating the maximum amount, if any, by which such
Lender is willing to increase its Pro Rata Share (the
“Offered Amount”). If the total of the Offered Amount
for all of the Lenders is greater than the Requested Increase, the
Requested Increase shall be allocated among the offering Lenders as
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree or, absent
any such agreement, pro rata based on each Lender’s
then existing Pro Rata Percentage. Any Lender that increases its
Pro Rata Share shall execute and deliver a Commitment and
Acceptance. If the total of the Offered Amount for all the Lenders
is equal to or less than the Requested Increase, (x) unless
the Borrower and Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree, each
Lender’s Pro Rata Share shall increase by its Offered Amount
and (y) the Borrower may offer the difference, if any, between
the Requested Increase and the
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amount of the
increase in the Pro Rata Shares pursuant to clause (x) above
to one or more new lenders reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent (each, a “Proposed New Lender”).
If the Borrower requests that a Proposed New Lender join this
Agreement and provide Advances hereunder, the Borrower shall, at
least seven (7) days prior to the date (or such other period
as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall agree) on which
the Proposed New Lender proposes to join the Agreement, notify the
Administrative Agent of the name of the Proposed New Lender and the
amount of its proposed Pro Rata Share and deliver a duly completed
New Lender Joinder with respect to such Proposed New Lender. Upon
the consent of the Administrative Agent to a Proposed New Lender
joining this Agreement, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, such Proposed New Lender shall join this Agreement
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10(e), including that
its minimum Pro Rata Share be $5,000,000 or such lesser amount as
the Administrative Agent shall agree. The Borrower may make
multiple requests for Requested Increases during the period from
the Effective Date to the Maturity Date provided , that the
Available Commitment shall not be increased pursuant to such
requests by more than $50,000,000 in the aggregate.
(c) Following any increase in the Available
Commitment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.3, the
Administrative Agent shall send to the Lenders and the Borrower a
revised Annex I setting forth the new Pro Rata Shares and Pro Rata
Percentages of the Lenders. Such revised Annex I shall replace the
existing Annex I if no Lender objects thereto within 10 days
of its receipt thereof.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 2.3, (i) the Borrower may not
request an increase in the Available Commitment if at the time of
such request a Default or Event of Default shall exist and
(ii) no increase in the Available Commitment (including by way
of addition of a Proposed New Lender) shall become effective if on
the date that such increase would become effective, a Default or
Event of Default shall exist.
2.4 Advances, Conversions, Renewals and
Payments .
(a) Except to the extent otherwise set
forth in this Agreement, all payments of principal and of interest
on the Revolving Credit, the Available Commitment Fee, the L/C
Fees, all other charges, Expenses and any other Obligations of the
Borrower hereunder, shall be made to the Administrative Agent at
its main Philadelphia banking office, 1600 Market Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (or such other office as may be
designated by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower in writing),
in immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States
of America. The Administrative Agent shall have the unconditional
right and discretion to charge the Borrower’s operating
account with the Administrative Agent (or any of the
Borrower’s Subsidiaries’ operating account with the
Administrative Agent, if so directed by the Borrower or if an Event
of Default has occurred hereunder) for all of the Borrower’s
Obligations as they become due from time to time under this
Agreement, including without limitation, interest, principal, fees
and reimbursement of Expenses.
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(b) (i) Advances (except Letters of
Credit) which may be made by the Lenders from time to time under
the Revolving Credit shall be made available by crediting such
proceeds to the Borrower’s operating account with the
Administrative Agent or to such other Persons or accounts as may be
specified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in
writing.
(ii) All Regular Advances (except Letters
of Credit) requested by the Borrower must be in the minimum amount
of (A) $2,000,000 (unless the Swing Line Lender shall refuse to, or
is unable, to make a Swing Line Advance for a lesser amount in
which case such minimum amount shall be $500,000) and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess of such amount for Alternate Base
Rate Advances (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent
in its sole and absolute discretion) and (B) $5,000,000 and
integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of such amount for LIBOR
Based Rate Advances. All Swing Line Advances must be in the minimum
amount of $50,000 and in integral multiples of $10,000. All
Advances must be requested:
(A) For all Alternate Base Rate Advances
(other than Swing Line Advances) by eleven o’clock (11:00)
A.M., Philadelphia time, on the date such Advance is to be
made;
(B) For all Swing Line Advances by two
o’clock (2:00) P.M., Philadelphia time, on the date such
Swing Line Advance is to be made; and
(C) For all LIBOR Based Rate Advances or
any Letter of Credit, by ten o’clock (10:00) A.M.,
Philadelphia time, at least three (3) Business Days before
such Advance is to be made.
All requests
for an Advance are to be made by telephone immediately confirmed in
writing by letter, facsimile or telex in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C and made a part hereof (“Notice of
Borrowing”) which form is to be executed by an Authorized
Officer. Such request may be sent by telecopy or facsimile
transmission provided that receipt of such request shall not be
effective unless confirmed via telephone by the Administrative
Agent. Once made, Advance requests are irrevocable. Each request
must indicate the amount of such Advance, the date of such Advance,
and whether or not the requested Advance is a LIBOR Based Rate
Advance or an Alternate Base Rate Advance or a conversion or
renewal of an existing Advance, and in the case of a LIBOR Based
Rate Advance, must specify the applicable LIBOR Interest Period.
Upon receiving a request for an Advance in accordance with this
subparagraph (ii) on the date of such request, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify all Lenders of the
request.
(iii) (A) Each Lender shall advance
its applicable Pro Rata Percentage of a requested Regular Advance
(and in the case of a Swing Line Advance, the Swing Line Lender
shall advance the amount of the requested Swing Line Advance) to
the Administrative Agent by remitting federal funds immediately
available to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
Administrative Agent’s instructions prior to three
o’clock (3:00) p.m. Philadelphia time on the date of the
Advance. Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions
hereof and receipt by the Administrative Agent of all required
funds from the other Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall make
the requested Advance available to the Borrower by crediting such
amount to such account as the Borrower has advised the
Administrative Agent as soon as is reasonably practicable
thereafter on the day the requested Advance is to be
made.
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(B) (1) The Swing Line Lender shall,
so long as and to the extent that amounts are available to be
borrowed under the Available Commitment (whether or not any
conditions precedent thereto can be or are met) and to the extent
any Swing Line Advances are not repaid by the Borrower with its own
funds, require each other Lender, and each other Lender hereby
agrees, subject to this Section 2.4(b)(iii)(B), on such date (which
shall be a Business Day) as designated by the Swing Line Lender in
writing to the Borrower and the other Lenders, to make a Regular
Advance, which shall be an Alternate Base Rate Advance, in an
amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the
amount of the Swing Line Advances specified in such notice (each a
“Mandatory Loan”). If Alternate Base Rate Advances are
made by the Lenders other than the Swing Line Lender under the
immediately preceding sentence, each such Lender shall make the
amount of its Regular Advance available to the Administrative
Agent, in same day funds, at the Administrative Agent’s
office, not later than 2:00 p.m. (Philadelphia time) on the
Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The
conversion of Swing Line Advances to Regular Advances will not
require the Borrower to comply with the conditions set forth in
Section 3 hereof or the notice requirements of
Section 2.4(b) hereof or require any other action on the part
of the Borrower. The proceeds of such Regular Advances shall be
immediately delivered to the Swing Line Lender (and not to the
Borrower) and applied to repay the outstanding Swing Line Advances.
On the day such Regular Advances are made, the Swing Line
Lender’s Swing Line Advances shall be deemed to be paid with
the proceeds of a Regular Advance made by the Lenders and such
portion of the Swing Line Advances deemed to be so paid shall no
longer be outstanding as Swing Line Advances, shall no longer be
due under the Swing Line Note and shall be due under the respective
Revolving Credit Notes issued to the Lenders to the extent of each
Lender’s Pro Rata Share. If any portion of any such amount
paid to the Swing Line Lender should be recovered by or on behalf
of the Borrower from the Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy, by
assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of
the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all of the
Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 9.7 hereof. Each
Lender’s obligation to make the Regular Advances referred to
in this paragraph shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation,
(i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the
Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default; (iii) the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect
with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (iv) any
breach of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Lender; or (v) any
other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
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(2) In the event that any Mandatory Loan
cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above
(including, without limitation, as a result of the commencement of
a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the
Borrower), then each Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith
purchase (as of the date the Mandatory Loan would otherwise have
occurred, but adjusted for any principal payments received by the
Swing Line Lender relating to the Swing Line Advance from the
Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the
Swing Line Lender, such participations in the outstanding Swing
Line Advances as shall be necessary to cause such Lenders to share
in such Swing Line Advances ratably based upon their respective Pro
Rata Percentages; provided, however, that (x) all interest
payable on the Swing Line Advances shall be for the account of the
Swing Line Lender until the date as of which the respective
participation required to be purchased is paid and, to the extent
attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to
the participant from and after such date and (y) at the time
any purchase of participations pursuant to this sentence is
actually made, the purchasing Lender shall be required to pay the
Swing Line Lender interest on the principal amount of the
participation purchased for each day from and including the day in
which the Mandatory Loan would otherwise have occurred to but
excluding the date of payment for such participation, at a rate per
annum equal to (I) the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate
for the first three (3) days and (II) at the Alternate
Base Rate for each day thereafter.
(3) A copy of each notice given by the
Swing Line Lender to the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.4(b)(iii)(B)(1) shall be promptly delivered by the Swing Line
Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Upon the
making of a Regular Advance by a Lender pursuant to this Section
2.4(b)(iii)(B), the amount so funded shall become due under such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Note and shall no longer be owed
under the Swing Line Note.
(C) Neither the Administrative Agent nor
any other Lender shall be obligated, for any reason whatsoever, to
advance the share of any other Lender (including, any
Lender’s share of funding obligations with respect to Letters
of Credit). If such corresponding amount is not made available to
the Administrative Agent by such Lender on the date the Advance is
made and the Administrative Agent elects (at its sole and absolute
discretion, without any obligation to do so) to make such
Lender’s share of the Advance available to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on
demand from such Lender, or from the Borrower, together with
interest thereon in respect of each day during the period
commencing on the date such amount was made available to the
Borrower and ending on (but excluding) the date the Administrative
Agent recovers such amount, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Effective Rate, for each such day (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day). The
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover any and all
losses and damages (including without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs) from any Lender failing to so
advance upon demand of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent may set off the obligations of a Lender under this paragraph
against any distributions or payments of the Obligations which the
Administrative Agent would otherwise make available to such Lender.
To the extent any Lender fails to provide its respective Pro Rata
Percentage of any requested Advance, such Lender’s Pro Rata
Percentage of all payments of the Obligations shall decrease to
reflect the actual percentage which its actual outstanding Advances
bears to the total outstanding Advances of all Lenders.
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2.5 Interest . The unpaid principal
balance of the Revolving Credit shall bear interest, subject to the
terms hereof, on one of the two bases selected by the Borrower from
among the borrowing options set forth below, it being understood
that subject to the provisions hereof, the Borrower may select
different options to apply simultaneously to different parts of the
outstanding Revolving Credit.
(a) Alternate Base Rate Option .
Interest on the outstanding Alternate Base Rate Advances under the
Revolving Credit will accrue at the rate equal to the sum of
(A) the Alternate Base Rate plus (B) the
Applicable Base Rate Margin. Interest on all Alternate Base Rate
Advances shall be payable quarterly, in arrears, on the first day
of each January, April, July and October beginning on
January 1, 2009.
(i) Interest on the outstanding LIBOR Based
Rate Advances under the Revolving Credit shall accrue at the rate
(the “LIBOR Based Rate”) equal to the sum of
(A) the Adjusted LIBO Rate as determined by the Administrative
Agent on the Interest Rate Determination Date plus
(B) the Applicable LIBO Rate Margin.
(ii) Those portions of the Revolving Credit
subject to this option shall be selected and outstanding for either
a one (1) month, two (2) month, three (3) month, or
six (6) month period from the date such LIBOR Based Rate
Advance is made or renewed or an Advance is converted to a LIBOR
Based Rate Advance (“LIBOR Interest Period”) and must
be repaid in full on the last day of such applicable period with
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Interest shall also be due
and payable, for LIBOR Based Rate Advances having a LIBOR Interest
Period of three (3) months or greater, on each date occurring
at three-month intervals after the first day of such LIBOR Based
Rate Advance Period. No LIBOR Interest Period may end after the
Maturity Date. Subject to all of the terms and conditions
applicable to a request for a new Advance which the Borrower
desires to select as a LIBOR Based Rate Advance, the Borrower may
convert any Advance to a LIBOR Based Rate Advance or extend a LIBOR
Based Rate Advance as of the last day of the LIBOR Interest Period
to a new LIBOR Based Rate Advance.
(iii) No more than seven (7) portions
(tranches) of principal of LIBOR Based Rate Advances may be
outstanding at any one time.
(iv) The initial LIBOR Interest Period for
any Borrowing of LIBOR Based Rate Advances shall commence on the
date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a
Borrowing of an Alternate Base Rate Advance) and each LIBOR
Interest Period occurring thereafter (including continuations
thereof) in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the date on
which the next preceding LIBOR Interest Period expires.
(v) If any LIBOR Interest Period relating
to a Borrowing of LIBOR Based Rate Advances begins on a date for
which there is no numerically corresponding date in the calendar
month in which such LIBOR Interest Period ends, such LIBOR Interest
Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar
month.
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(vi) If any LIBOR Interest Period would
otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day, such LIBOR
Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day;
provided that if any LIBOR Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR
Based Rate Advance would otherwise expire on a day which is not a
Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further
Business Day occurs in such month, such LIBOR Interest Period shall
expire on the next preceding Business Day.
(c) Calculation of Interest .
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year
(or a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in the case
of all Advances based on the Prime Rate) and charged on the actual
days elapsed.
(d) Failure to Specify Rate . All
Advances for which an interest rate option is not specifically
designated by the Borrower, pursuant to the terms hereof, or not
requested in conformity with the terms hereof, shall be Alternate
Base Rate Advances.
(e) Default Rate . After the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
hereunder, the per annum effective rate of interest on all Advances
may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent or at the
direction of the Majority Lenders, be increased (and shall be
automatically so increased if the Event of Default is a payment
default) by two (2%) percentage points and may be applied
retroactively to the date of the occurrence of such Event of
Default. Upon an acceleration of the obligations by the
Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders hereunder, the
Administrative Agent may (and shall, at the direction of the
Majority Lenders), automatically and without prior notice to the
Borrower, convert each LIBOR Based Rate Advance to an Alternate
Base Rate Advance. The Administrative Agent will subsequently give
notice to the Borrower of such conversion.
(f) Continuation of Interest
Charges . All rates of interest charged on Advances under the
Revolving Credit shall, until such Advances are paid, continue to
accrue at the applicable contract rate provided in this Agreement
and be paid even after the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default, or after maturity, acceleration, recovery of judgment,
bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings of any kind or the happening of
any event or occurrence similar or dissimilar.
(g) Applicable Interest Limitations
. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest hereunder and charged or collected pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible
under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a
final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such
court determines the Lenders have charged or received interest
hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the Lenders
shall apply and set off such excess interest received by the
Lenders against other Obligations due or to become due and such
rate shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted
by such law.
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(a) So long as the Revolving Credit is
outstanding and has not been terminated, the Borrower shall
unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, a non-refundable fee (the “Available
Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Available Commitment Fee Percentage from time to time in effect on
the average daily unused amount of the Available Commitment (giving
effect to any reductions or increases therein) of such Lender
during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the
date hereof or ending with the Maturity Date or any date on which
the Available Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated). All
Available Commitment Fees shall be computed and paid on a quarterly
basis in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July and
October, beginning on January 1, 2009, in each case for the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days. The
Available Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to
accrue on the date hereof, and shall cease to accrue on the
Maturity Date and the termination of the Available Commitment of
such Lender as provided herein. Solely for the purposes of
calculating the distributive share of the Available Commitment Fee
to be remitted to each Lender, the daily unused Available
Commitment shall be determined (the “Fee
Determination”) as if no Swing Line Advances were outstanding
during such period and the share of such fee owing to the Swing
Line Lender shall be reduced to the extent necessary for each
Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender) to receive its share of
such fee based on such Fee Determination.
(b) (i) The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
non-refundable letter of credit fees equal to (A) one quarter
of one (.25%) percent of the face amount of each commercial letter
of credit, which shall be paid upon negotiation of the letter of
credit and (B) for each day, the Applicable LIBO Rate Margin
multiplied by the aggregate undrawn face amount of the outstanding
standby letters of credit (collectively, the “L/C
Fees”) which shall be computed and paid on a quarterly basis,
in arrears, on the first day of each January, April, July and
October, beginning on January 1, 2009, in each case for the
actual number of days elapsed over a 360 day year.
(ii) In addition to the foregoing, the
Borrower shall pay to the Fronting Lender, for its own account,
(A) a fee (the “Fronting Fee”) equal to one eighth
of one (1/8%) percent per annum of the aggregate face amount of the
outstanding Letters of Credit which shall be computed and paid on a
quarterly basis, in arrears, on the first day of each January,
April, July and October, beginning on January 1, 2009 in each
case for the actual number of days elapsed over a 360 day
year, and (B) customary issuance, amendment, extension,
cancellation and administration fees and charges for each Letter of
Credit, due and payable upon demand of the Fronting
Lender.
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(a) The Borrower shall have the right at
any time and at its option from time to time to prepay the Advances
in whole or in part without premium or penalty, subject to
reimbursement of the Lender’s re-deployment costs of
prepayments of LIBOR Based Rate Advances in accordance with
Section 2.9. Whenever the Borrower desires to prepay any part
of the Advances, the Borrower shall provide a prepayment notice to
the Administrative Agent by eleven o’clock (11:00) A.M.,
Philadelphia time, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
date of prepayment of any LIBOR Based Rate Advances and no later
than two o’clock (2:00) P.M., Philadelphia time, on the date
of prepayment of any Alternate Base Rate Advances, setting forth
(i) the date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the
proposed prepayment is to be made; (ii) a statement indicating
the application of the prepayment between the Regular Advances and
the Swing Line Advances and (iii) the total principal amount
of such prepayment, the amount of which shall not be less than
$1,000,000 in the case of Regular Advances and $10,000 in the case
of Swing Line Advances.
(b) All prepayment notices shall be
irrevocable. The principal amount of the Advances for which a
prepayment notice is given, together with interest on such
principal amount except with respect to Alternate Base Rate
Advances, shall be due and payable on the date specified in such
prepayment notice as the date on which the proposed prepayment is
to be made. Unless the Borrower indicates otherwise in the
prepayment notice, prepayments shall be applied, first, to reduce
Alternate Base Rate Advances and, second, to reduce LIBOR Based
Rate Advances. Any prepayment hereunder shall be subject to the
Borrower’s obligation to indemnify the Lenders under Section
10.15.
2.8 Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the
Lenders’ Advances shall be used by the Borrower solely:
(i) to provide Letters of Credit to be used by the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries solely in the ordinary course of
its business and (ii) for working capital needs and general
corporate purposes, including the funding of Permitted
Acquisitions, permitted dividends and permitted stock repurchases,
not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement.
2.9 Special Provisions Governing LIBOR Based
Rate Advances . Notwithstanding other provisions of this
Agreement, the following provisions shall govern with respect to
LIBOR Based Rate Advances as to the matters covered:
(a) On the Interest Rate Determination Date
the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination
shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon
all parties hereto) the interest rate which shall apply to the
LIBOR Based Rate Advances for which an interest rate is then being
determined for the applicable LIBOR Interest Period and shall
promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed
in writing or by facsimile) to the Borrower and to each
Lender.
(b) In the event that (x) in the case
of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or (y) in
the case of clause (ii) or (iii) below, any Lender, shall
have determined (which determination shall, absent manifest error,
be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties
hereto):
(i) at any time that a LIBO Rate is to be
determined by the Administrative Agent that, by reason of any
changes arising on or after the Effective Date affecting the
interbank Eurodollar market, adequate and fair means do not exist
for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided
for in the definition of Adjusted LIBO Rate;
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(ii) at any time that such Lender shall
incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or
receivable hereunder with respect to any Lender on its obligation
to make LIBOR Based Rate Advances (which increase in cost or
reduction in receivables shall be calculated in accordance with
such Lender’s reasonable averaging and attribution methods)
because of (x) any change since the Effective Date (including
changes proposed or published prior to the Effective Date but not
reflected in the pricing of the Advances) in any applicable law or
governmental (or quasi-governmental or other body or entity
accorded the status of a rule or regulation making authority) rule,
regulation, guideline or order, whether or not having the force of
law, or in the interpretation or administration thereof and
including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule,
regulation, guideline or order, such as, for example, but not
limited to: (A) a change in the basis of taxation of payments
to any Lender of the principal of or interest on the Revolving
Credit Notes or any other amounts payable hereunder (except for
changes in the rate of tax on, or determined by reference to, the
net income or profits of such Lender) or (B) a change in
official reserve requirements, but, in all events, excluding
reserves required under Regulation D to the extent included in
the computation of the LIBO Rate and/or (y) other
circumstances since the date of this Agreement affecting such
Lender or the interbank Eurodollar market or the position of such
Lender in such market; or
(iii) at any time that the making or
continuance of any LIBOR Based Rate Advance has become unlawful by
compliance by such Lender in good faith with any applicable law or
governmental (or quasi-governmental or other body or entity
accorded the status of a rule or regulation making authority) rule,
regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the
force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not
be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a
contingency occurring after the Effective Date which materially and
adversely affects the interbank eurodollar market;
then, and in
any such event, the Administrative Agent in the case of clause
(i) above or such Lender in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii) above shall on such date give notice (by telephone
confirmed in writing or by facsimile) to the Borrower of the
Advance(s) affected and, in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii) to the Administrative Agent, of such determination
(which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to
each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of
clause (i) above, LIBOR Based Rate Advances shall no longer be
available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such
notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist, and any Notice
of Borrowing given by the Borrower with respect to the borrowing of
or conversion into (including continuance of) LIBOR Based Rate
Advances which have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded
by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender, upon written demand therefor,
such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a
different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such
Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be
required to compensate such Lender on an after-tax basis for such
increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (a
written certificate signed by an officer of such Lender as to the
additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable
detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the
Borrower by such Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (z) in the
case of clause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the
actions specified in Section 2.9(c) as promptly as possible and, in
any event, within the time period required under Section 2.9(c) or,
if earlier, the time period required by law. All demands for
payment hereunder shall be given no more than ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of the change in law or other event giving
rise to such demand; provided however , that failure
to deliver notice on a timely basis shall not constitute a waiver
of any Lender’s right to receive payment for any costs
relating to the 90-day period preceding the date of demand and any
costs incurred after the giving of such notice.
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(c) At any time that any LIBOR Based Rate
Advance is affected by the circumstances described in
Section 2.9(b)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case
of a LIBOR Based Rate Advance affected pursuant to
Section 2.9(b)(iii) shall) either (i) if a Notice of
Borrowing has been given with respect to the affected LIBOR Based
Rate Advance, cancel said Notice of Borrowing by giving the
Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in
writing or by facsimile) thereof on the same date that the Borrower
was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(ii) or
(iii), or (ii) if the affected LIBOR Based Rate Advance is
then outstanding, upon at least three (3) Business Days’
notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to
convert each such LIBOR Based Rate Advance into an Alternate Base
Rate Advance or prepay such LIBOR Based Rate Advance on the last
day of the current LIBOR Interest Period therefor unless earlier
payment is required by law; provided that if more than one
Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be
treated the same pursuant to this Section 2.9(c); and
provided, further, that the Borrower shall compensate any such
affected Lenders as set forth in Section 2.9(f).
(d) Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if, on any Interest Rate Determination Date, no
LIBO Rate is available by reason of any changes arising on or after
the Effective Date affecting the interbank Eurodollar market or
adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the
applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the
definition of LIBO Rate, the Administrative Agent shall give the
Borrower and each Lender prompt notice thereof and the Advances
requested to be made as LIBOR Based Rate Advances shall, subject to
the applicable notice requirements, be made as Alternate Base Rate
Advances.
(e) Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as
practicable after it has actual knowledge of the occurrence of any
event or the existence of a condition that would cause it to be an
affected Lender under Section 2.9(b)(ii) or (iii), it will, to
the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal
policies, use reasonable efforts to make, fund or maintain the
affected LIBOR Based Rate Advances of such Lender through another
lending office of such Lender if as a result thereof the additional
moneys which would otherwise be required to be paid in respect of
such Advances pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(ii) would be
materially reduced or the illegality or other adverse circumstances
which would otherwise require prepayment of such Advances pursuant
to Section 2.9(b)(iii) would cease to exist, and if, as
determined by such Lender, in its reasonable discretion, the
making, funding or maintaining of such Advances through such other
lending office would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to promptly pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Lender in utilizing another
lending office of such Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.9(e).
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(f) The Borrower shall compensate each
Lender, upon written request by that Lender, for all reasonable
losses, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation,
such factors as any interest paid by that Lender to lenders of
funds borrowed by it to make or carry its LIBOR Based Rate Advances
and any loss sustained by the Lender in connection with
re-deployment of such funds (based upon the difference between the
amount earned in connection with the re-deployment of such funds
and the amount payable by the Borrower if such funds had been
borrowed or remained outstanding, but not for loss of profit))
which that Lender may sustain with respect to the Borrower’s
LIBOR Based Rate Advances: (i) if for any reason attributable
to the Borrower, a Borrowing of any LIBOR Based Rate Advance does
not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or
a telephonic request for borrowing or conversion, or a successive
LIBOR Interest Period does not commence after notice therefor is
given or is deemed to have been given pursuant to Section 2.4
(b) (whether or not withdrawn by the Borrower or deemed withdrawn
pursuant to clause (x) of the last paragraph of
Section 2.9(b)); or (ii) if any prepayment or repayment
(in accordance with Section 2.7 or this Section 2.9, by
acceleration or otherwise) or conversion of any of such
Lender’s LIBOR Based Rate Advances occurs on a date which is
not the last day of the LIBOR Interest Period applicable to that
advance; or (iii) if any prepayment or repayment of any such
Lender’s LIBOR Based Rate Advances is not made on any date
specified in a notice of prepayment or repayment given by the
Borrower; or (iv) as a consequence of (x) any other
failure by the Borrower to repay such Lender’s LIBOR Based
Rate Advances when required by the terms of this Agreement or
(y) any election made pursuant to Section 2.9(c).
Compensation owing under this Section 2.9(f) shall be equal to
the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount of
principal prepaid or repaid or converted or not borrowed for the
period from the date of such prepayment or repayment or conversion
or failure to borrow to the last day of the then current LIBOR
Interest Period for the relevant LIBOR Based Rate Advance (or, in
the case of a failure to borrow, the LIBOR Interest Period for such
LIBOR Based Rate Advance which would have commenced on the date of
such failure to borrow) at the applicable rate of interest for such
LIBOR Based Rate Advance provided for herein minus any amount such
Lender, in good faith and in its sole discretion (absent manifest
error), determines is realizable upon the re-deployment of such
funds. A certificate signed by an officer of the Lender as to the
amount of such losses, expenses and liabilities, showing in
reasonable detail the calculation thereof and submitted to the
Borrower by such Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding of all purposes.
(g) Any Lender may make, carry or transfer
LIBOR Based Rate Advances at, to, or for the account of any of its
branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of that Lender;
provided that any increased costs associated therewith shall be
borne by such Lender except as provided in Section 2.9(e)
above.
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(h) During the continuance of a Default or
an Event of Default, the Borrower may not elect to have an Advance
made or maintained as, or converted into, a LIBOR Based Rate
Advance after the expiration of any LIBOR Interest Period then in
effective for that Advance.
(i) Calculation of all amounts payable to
the Lender under this Section 2.9 in respect of LIBOR Based
Rate Advances shall be made as though the Lender had actually
funded its relevant LIBOR Based Rate Advance through the purchase
of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the LIBO Rate
applicable to such LIBOR Based Rate Advance of such Eurodollar
deposit from an offshore office of the applicable Lender to a
domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America;
provided , however , that the Lenders may fund each
of their LIBOR Based Rate Advances in any manner they deem fit and
the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation
of amounts payable under this Section 2.9.
2.10 Capital Requirements, Etc. If the
adoption or effectiveness after the Effective Date of any
applicable law or governmental (or quasi-governmental or other body
or entity accorded the status of a rule or regulation making
authority) rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any
change therein, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank
or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by such Lender or such
Lender’s direct or indirect parent with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency (including in each case any such change proposed or
published prior to the date hereof but not reflected in the
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