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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT

Loan Agreement

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 
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Title: SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Tennessee     Date: 9/22/2005
Industry: Healthcare Facilities     Sector: Healthcare

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 
REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT, Parties: american healthways inc , suntrust bank  , regions bank  , bank of america  n.a.  , national city bank  , us bank  n.a.
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Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT

dated as of September 19, 2005

among

AMERICAN HEALTHWAYS, INC.

as Borrower

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

and

SUNTRUST BANK

as Administrative Agent

and

REGIONS BANK

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Co-Documentation Agents

and

NATIONAL CITY BANK

and

US BANK, N.A.

as Co-Syndication Agents


SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY

a Division of SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.

as Lead Arranger


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION

 

1

 

         Section 1.1

 

Definitions

 

1

 

         Section 1.2

 

Classifications of Loans and Borrowings

 

20

 

         Section 1.3

 

Accounting Terms and Determination

 

20

 

         Section 1.4

 

Terms Generally

 

21

 

ARTICLE II

 

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS

 

21

 

         Section 2.1

 

General Description of Facilities

 

21

 

         Section 2.2

 

Revolving Loans

 

21

 

         Section 2.3

 

Procedure for Revolving Borrowings

 

21

 

         Section 2.4

 

Swingline Commitment

 

22

 

         Section 2.5

 

Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Etc

 

22

 

         Section 2.6

 

Intentionally Omitted

 

24

 

         Section 2.7

 

Intentionally Omitted

 

24

 

         Section 2.8

 

Funding of Borrowings

 

24

 

         Section 2.9

 

Interest Elections

 

25

 

         Section 2.10

 

Optional Reduction and Termination of Commitments

 

26

 

         Section 2.11

 

Repayment of Loans

 

26

 

         Section 2.12

 

Evidence of Indebtedness

 

26

 

         Section 2.13

 

Optional and Mandatory Prepayments

 

27

 

         Section 2.14

 

Interest on Loans

 

27

 

         Section 2.15

 

Fees

 

28

 

         Section 2.16

 

Computation of Interest and Fees

 

29

 

         Section 2.17

 

Inability to Determine Interest Rates

 

30

 

         Section 2.18

 

Illegality

 

30

 

         Section 2.19

 

Increased Costs

 

31

 

         Section 2.20

 

Funding Indemnity

 

32

 

         Section 2.21

 

Taxes

 

32

 

         Section 2.22

 

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

 

34

 

         Section 2.23

 

Mitigation of Obligations

 

35

 

         Section 2.24

 

Letters of Credit

 

35

 

         Section 2.25

 

Increase of Revolving Commitments; Additional Lenders

 

40

 

ARTICLE III

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

42

 

         Section 3.1

 

Conditions To Effectiveness

 

42

 

         Section 3.2

 

Each Credit Event

 

43

 

         Section 3.3

 

Delivery of Documents

 

43

 

ARTICLE IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

44

 

         Section 4.1

 

Existence; Power

 

44

 

         Section 4.2

 

Organizational Power; Authorization

 

44

 

         Section 4.3

 

Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

 

44

 

         Section 4.4

 

Financial Statements

 

44

 

         Section 4.5

 

Litigation and Environmental Matters

 

45

 

         Section 4.6

 

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

 

45

 

         Section 4.7

 

Investment Company Act, Etc

 

45

 

         Section 4.8

 

Taxes

 

45

 

         Section 4.9

 

Margin Regulations

 

46

 

         Section 4.10

 

ERISA

 

46

 

         Section 4.11

 

Ownership of Property

 

46

 

         Section 4.12

 

Disclosure

 

46

 

         Section 4.13

 

Labor Relations

 

47

 

         Section 4.14

 

Subsidiaries

 

47

 

ARTICLE V

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

47

 

         Section 5.1

 

Financial Statements and Other Information

 

47

 

         Section 5.2

 

Notices of Material Events

 

48

 

         Section 5.3

 

Existence; Conduct of Business

 

49

 

         Section 5.4

 

Compliance with Laws, Etc

 

49

 

         Section 5.5

 

Payment of Obligations

 

49

 

         Section 5.6

 

Books and Records

 

49

 

         Section 5.7

 

Visitation, Inspection, Etc

 

49

 

         Section 5.8

 

Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

 

50

 

         Section 5.9

 

Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit

 

50

 

         Section 5.10

 

Additional Subsidiaries

 

50

 

         Section 5.11

 

Additional Assets

 

50

 

ARTICLE VI

 

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 

51

 

         Section 6.1

 

Ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA

 

51

 

         Section 6.2

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

51

 

         Section 6.3

 

Consolidated Net Worth

 

51

 

ARTICLE VII

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

51

 

         Section 7.1

 

Indebtedness

 

51

 

         Section 7.2

 

Negative Pledge

 

52

 

         Section 7.3

 

Fundamental Changes

 

53

 

         Section 7.4

 

Investments, Loans, Etc

 

54

 

         Section 7.5

 

Restricted Payments

 

55

 

         Section 7.6

 

Sale of Assets

 

55

 

         Section 7.7

 

Transactions with Affiliates

 

56

 

         Section 7.8

 

Restrictive Agreements

 

56

 

         Section 7.9

 

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 

56

 

         Section 7.10

 

Hedging Agreements

 

57

 

         Section 7.11

 

Status of Incorporation and Formation

 

57

 

         Section 7.12

 

Accounting Changes

 

57

 

         Section 7.13

 

Permitted Subordinated Debt

 

57

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

57

 

         Section 8.1

 

Events of Default

 

57

 

ARTICLE IX

 

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

60

 

         Section 9.1

 

Appointment of Administrative Agent

 

60

 

         Section 9.2

 

Nature of Duties of Administrative Agent

 

61

 

         Section 9.3

 

Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent

 

61

 

         Section 9.4

 

Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent

 

61

 

         Section 9.5

 

Reliance by Administrative Agent

 

62

 

         Section 9.6

 

The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

 

62

 

         Section 9.7

 

Successor Administrative Agent

 

62

 

ARTICLE X

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

63

 

         Section 10.1

 

Notices

 

63

 

         Section 10.2

 

Waiver; Amendments

 

64

 

         Section 10.3

 

Expenses; Indemnification

 

65

 

         Section 10.4

 

Successors and Assigns

 

67

 

         Section 10.5

 

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

69

 

         Section 10.6

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

70

 

         Section 10.7

 

Right of Setoff

 

70

 

         Section 10.8

 

Counterparts; Integration

 

71

 

         Section 10.9

 

Survival

 

71

 

         Section 10.10

 

Severability

 

71

 

         Section 10.11

 

Confidentiality

 

71

 

         Section 10.12

 

Interest and Loan Charges Not to Exceed Maximum Amounts Allowed by Law

 

72

 

         Section 10.13

 

U.S. Patriot Act Notification

 

72

 

         Section 10.14

 

Prior Facility

 

73

 


 

 

 

Schedules

 

 

 

 

 

         Schedule I

 

-

 

Applicable Margin and Applicable Percentage

 

         Schedule 2.24

 

-

 

Existing Letters of Credit

 

         Schedule 4.5(a)

 

-

 

Litigation

 

         Schedule 4.14

 

-

 

Subsidiaries

 

         Schedule 7.1

 

-

 

Outstanding Indebtedness

 

         Schedule 7.2

 

-

 

Existing Liens

 

         Schedule 7.4

 

-

 

Existing Investments

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

         Exhibit A

 

-

 

Revolving Credit Note

 

         Exhibit B

 

-

 

Swingline Note

 

         Exhibit C

 

-

 

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

 

         Exhibit D

 

-

 

Form of Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement

 

         Exhibit E

 

-

 

Form of Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement

 

                                            

 

 

 

 

 

         Exhibit 2.3

 

-

 

Notice of Revolving Borrowing

 

         Exhibit 2.5

 

-

 

Notice of Swingline Borrowing

 

         Exhibit 2.9

 

-

 

Form of Continuation/Conversion

 

         Exhibit 3.1(b)(v)

 

-

 

Form of Officer's Certificate

 

         Exhibit 3.1(b)(viii)

 

-

 

Form of Responsible Officer's Certificate

 


SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT

         THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of September 19, 2005, by and among AMERICAN HEALTHWAYS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), SUNTRUST BANK, NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY, US BANK, N.A., REGIONS BANK (successor by merger to Union Planters Bank, N.A.), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A., FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, THE BANK OF NASHVILLE and the several other banks and financial institutions from time to time party hereto (the “ Lenders ”), and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders establish a $250,000,000 revolving credit facility with a swingline facility of $10,000,000 and a letter of credit sub-facility for an aggregate stated amount equal to $75,000,000, together with a incremental accordion facility for an additional $50,000,000 for the Borrower;

         WHEREAS , the Borrower, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders as defined therein (the “Prior Lenders ”) previously entered into that certain First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Loan Agreement dated October 29, 2004 (the “ Prior Facility ”) which established a $150,000,000 revolving credit facility;

         WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders severally, to the extent of their respective Commitments as defined herein, are willing to amend and restate the Prior Facility as set forth herein, and establish the requested revolving credit facility, swingline facility and letter of credit facility as a replacement of the Prior Facility;

         NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree that the Prior Facility is amended, restated and replaced in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.1 Definitions . In addition to the other terms defined herein, the following terms used herein shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

        “ Acquisition ” shall mean (a) any Investment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or shall be merged with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the assets of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) that constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprise a business unit of such Person.

         “Adjusted LIBO Rate ” shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage, to the extent Eurodollar reserves are maintained.

        “ Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph hereof.

        “ Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent duly completed by such Lender.

        “ Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person.

        “ Aggregate Revolving Commitments ” shall mean the sum of the Revolving Commitments of all Lenders at any time outstanding. On the Closing Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments equal $250,000,000.

        “ Applicable Lending Office” shall mean, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the “Lending Office” of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in the Administrative Questionnaire submitted by such Lender or such other office of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.

        “ Applicable Margin” shall mean with respect to all Loans outstanding on any date, the Base Rate Margin or the Eurodollar Margin, as applicable, equal to a percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA in effect on such date (for the four fiscal quarter period then most recently ended) as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto; provided , that a change in the Eurodollar Margin or Base Rate Margin resulting from a change in the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Borrower delivers the financial statements required by Section 5.1(a) or (b) , as applicable, and the compliance certificate required by Section 5.1(c) ; provided further , that if at any time the Borrower shall have failed to deliver such financial statements and such certificate, the Eurodollar Margin and Base Rate Margin shall be at Level V until such time as such financial statements and certificate are delivered, at which time the Eurodollar Margin and Base Rate Margin shall be determined as provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eurodollar Margin and Base Rate Margin from the Closing Date until the first financial statement and compliance certificate is delivered, shall be at Level I.

        “ Applicable Percentage” shall mean, with respect to the commitment fee or the letter of credit fee, as the case may be, as of any date, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA in effect on such date (for the four fiscal quarter period then most recently ended) as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto; provided , that a change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Borrower delivers the financial statements required by Section 5.1(a) or (b ), as applicable, and the compliance certificate required by Section 5.1 (c) ; provided, further , that if at any time the Borrower shall have failed to deliver such financial statements and such certificate, the Applicable Percentage shall be at Level V until such time as such financial statements and certificate are delivered, at which time the Applicable Percentage shall be determined as provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Percentage for both the commitment fee and the letter of credit fee from the Closing Date until the first financial statement and compliance certificate is delivered, shall be at Level I.

        “ Asset Sale ” shall mean any Disposition or series of related Dispositions of any asset(s) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any such Disposition permitted by Section 7.6.

        “ Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4(b) herein) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

        “ Availability Period” shall mean the period from the Closing Date to the Commitment Termination Date.

        “ Base Rate” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing shall mean the higher of (i) the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent publicly announces from time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time, and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%), and refers to whether such Loan or Loans comprising such Borrowing bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate. The Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate charged to customers. The Administrative Agent may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate. Each change in the Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

        “ Base Rate Margin ” shall mean the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.

        “ Borrower” shall have the meaning in the introductory paragraph hereof.

         Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing consisting of (i) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and in case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (ii) a Swingline Loan.

        “ Business Day” shall mean (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Atlanta, Georgia or Nashville, Tennessee are authorized or required by law to close and (ii) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or interest on, a conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a Eurodollar Loan or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day on which dealings in Dollars are carried on in the London interbank market.

        “ Capital Expenditures ” shall mean for any period, without duplication, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period.

        “ Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

        “ Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (a) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower to any Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in effect on the date hereof), (b) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of 35% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Borrower; or (c) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the current board of directors or (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

        “ Change in Law” shall mean (i) the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof, by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or the Issuing Bank (or for purposes of Section 2.19(b) , by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if applicable) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

        “ Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans and when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or a Swingline Commitment.

        “ Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.2 .

        “ Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.

        “ Commitment ” shall mean a Revolving Commitment or a Swingline Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context shall permit or require).

        “ Commitment Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (i) September 19, 2010, (ii) the date on which the Revolving Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 2.10 and (iii) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

        “ Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization and (iv) all other non-cash charges (including non-cash expenses related to equity based compensation), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP in each case for such period. EBITDA shall include the pro forma EBITDA of any Acquisition annualized from the date of acquisition for a period not to exceed four fiscal quarters so long as the calculation thereof is done in a manner reasonably calculated to comply with GAAP and such calculation is detailed in the supporting calculations to a covenant compliance certificate as detailed and measured to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable satisfaction.

        “ Consolidated Fixed Charges ” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense paid in cash for such period, (b) scheduled principal payments made on Consolidated Total Debt during such period and (c) Restricted Payments paid during such period.

        “ Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) total interest expense, including without limitation the interest component of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) under Hedging Agreements during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period).

        “ Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein) (i) any extraordinary gains or losses, (ii) any gains attributable to write-ups of assets and (iii) any equity interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, (iv) any income attributable to any minority interest in a Subsidiary held by a Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary and (v) any income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

        “ Consolidated Net Worth” shall mean, as of any date, (i) the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would be reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet as of such date prepared in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of Subsidiaries, minus (ii) the sum of (x) the total liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would be reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet as of such date prepared in accordance with GAAP and (y) the amount of any write-up in the book value of any assets resulting from a revaluation thereof or any write-up in excess of the cost of such assets acquired reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.

        “ Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date.

        “ Consolidated Total Funded Debt ” shall mean at any time, all then currently outstanding obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of the types as described in the definition of Indebtedness herein (other than as described in subsections (vi), (vii) and (xi) of such definition), including but not limited to all Loans and Letters of Credit.

        “ Control” shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote 50% or more of securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of a Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “ Controlling ”, “ Controlled by ”, and “ under common Control with ” have meanings correlative thereto.

        “ Default” shall mean any condition or event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

        “ Default Interest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c) .

        “ Disposition ” shall mean any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of property, and the terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

        “ Dollar(s)” and the sign “ $ ” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

        “ Domestic Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

        “ Environmental Laws ” shall mean all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

        “ Environmental Liability ” shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation, costs of administrative oversight, fines, natural resource damages, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) any actual or alleged exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

        “ ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

        “ ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated), which, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for the purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

        “ ERISA Event shall mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator appointed by the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

        “ Eurodollar” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

        “ Eurodollar Rate Margin ” shall mean the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans.

        “ Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental, special or other marginal reserves) expressed as a decimal (rounded upwards to the next 1/100 th of 1%) in effect on any day to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” under Regulation D). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D. The Eurodollar Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any such reserve percentage.

        “ Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Article VIII.

         Excluded Taxes” shall mean with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income, excise or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income or assets by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its Applicable Lending Office is located, or by any other jurisdiction, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.23(b) ), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.21(e) , except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.21(a) .

         Existing Letters of Credit shall mean collectively those outstanding letters of credit issued by SunTrust Bank for the account of Borrower or its Subsidiaries under the Prior Facility as set forth in Schedule 2.24 . Such letters of credit shall be deemed issued under Section 2.24 as of the Closing Date.

        “ Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day or if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1% of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

        “ Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” shall mean, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period less the actual amount paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of Capital Expenditures (but excluding any Growth Capital Expenditures, which are not to be deducted in determining the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) and income taxes to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

        “ Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that of the Borrower. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia shall constitute one jurisdiction.

        “ Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

        “ GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis and subject to the terms of Section 1.3 .

        “ Governmental Authority ” shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

         “Growth Capital Expenditures” means any Capital Expenditures by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are incurred in connection with: (a) the acquisition, purchase, construction or equipping of additional call centers, or (b) the addition or expansion of calling capacity.

        “ Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly and including any obligation, direct or indirect, of the guarantor (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued in support of such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which Guarantee is made or, if not so stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

        “ Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

        “ Hedging Agreements ” shall mean (a) an agreement (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference therein) which is a rate swap agreement, basis swap, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange agreement, rate cap agreement, rate floor agreement, rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency option or any other similar agreement (including any option to enter into any of the foregoing); (b) any combination of the foregoing; or (c) a master agreement for any of the foregoing together with all supplements.

        “ Indebtedness ” of any Person shall mean, without duplication (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided , that for purposes of Section 8.1(f) , trade payables overdue by more than 120 days shall be included in this definition except to the extent that any of such trade payables are being disputed in good faith and by appropriate measures), (iv) all obligations of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement(s) relating to property acquired by such Person, (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar extensions of credit, (vii) all Guarantees of such Person of the type of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vi) above and (xi) below, (viii) all Indebtedness of a third party secured by any Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, (ix) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any common stock of such Person, (x) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of such Person, and (xi) obligations under any Hedging Agreements. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent that applicable law or the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

        “ Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

        “ Indemnity and Contribution Agreement ” shall mean the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E , among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent.

        “ Information Memorandum ” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated August, 2005 relating to the Borrower and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

        “ Interest Period” shall mean with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, a period of one, two, three or six months, as the Borrower may request (and the Swingline Lender may agree in accordance with Section 2.5 for a Swingline Loan); provided, that:

 

    (i)        the initial Interest Period for such Borrowing shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of another Type) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day following the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;



 

    (ii)        if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period would end on the next preceding Business Day;



 

    (iii)        any Interest Period in respect of a Eurodollar Borrowing which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month; and



 

    (iv)        no Interest Period may extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date.



        “ Issuing Bank ” shall mean SunTrust Bank in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.24 .

        “ LC Commitment ” shall mean that portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments that may be used by the Borrower for the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $75,000,000.

        “ LC Disbursement ” shall mean a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

        “ LC Documents ” shall mean the Letters of Credit and all applications, agreements and instruments relating to the Letters of Credit.

        “ LC Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total LC Exposure at such time.

        “ Lenders ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph of this Agreement and shall include, where appropriate, the Swingline Lender.

        “ Letter of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.24 by the Issuing Bank for the account of the Borrower pursuant to the LC Commitment.

        “ LIBOR ” shall mean, for any applicable Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period appearing on the display designated as Page 3750 on the Dow Jones Markets Service (or such other page on that service or such other service designated by the British Banker’s Association for the display of such Association’s Interest Settlement Rates for Dollar deposits) as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the day that is two Business Days prior to the first day of the Interest Period, or if such Page 3750 is unavailable for any reason at such time, the corresponding rate which appears on the Reuters Screen ISDA Page as of such date and such time; provided , that if the Administrative Agent determines that the relevant foregoing sources are unavailable for the relevant Interest Period, LIBOR shall mean the rate of interest determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 th of 1%) of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered to the Administrative Agent two (2) Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period by leading banks in the London interbank market as of 10:00 a. m. for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of the Eurodollar Loan of the Administrative Agent.

        “ Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement or other arrangement having the practical effect of the foregoing or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

        “ Loan Documents ” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the LC Documents, all Notices of Borrowing, the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreements, the Indemnity and Contribution Agreement, the Security Documents and any and all other instruments, agreements, documents and writings executed in connection with any of the foregoing.

        “ Loan Parties ” shall mean the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

        “ Loans ” shall mean all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans in the aggregate or any of them, as the context shall require.

        “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, (i) the business, results of operations, financial condition, assets, liabilities or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform any of their respective obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents or (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.

        “ Material Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

        “ Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

        “ Multiemployer Plan ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

         “Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and cash equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, net of reasonable and customary attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other reasonable and customary fees and expenses, in each case, to the extent actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of equity securities or debt securities or instruments or the incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds and any non-cash consideration (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash consideration consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value (as determined by the Administrative Agent) in the case of other non-cash consideration) received from such issuance or incurrence, net of reasonable and customary attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable and customary fees and expenses, in each case, to the extent actually incurred in connection therewith.

        “ Notes ” shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.

        “ Notices of Borrowing ” shall mean, collectively, the Notices of Revolving Borrowing and the Notices of Swingline Borrowing.

        “ Notice of Conversion/Continuation ” shall mean the notice given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in respect of the conversion or continuation of an outstanding Borrowing as provided in Section 2.9(b) hereof.

        “ Notice of Revolving Borrowing ” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 2.3 .

        “ Notice of Swingline Borrowing ” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 2.5 .

        “ Obligations ” shall mean all amounts owing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any Loan Documents or any Hedging Agreement with a Lender (entered into in connection with interest rate risks with respect to this Agreement), including without limitation, all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), all reimbursement obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent and any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) incurred pursuant to this Agreement, any Loan Documents or such Hedging Agreements referred to in this definition), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings thereof.

         Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions which do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any liability of such Person under any so-called “synthetic” lease transaction or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.

        “ Other Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise (which do not constitute Excluded Taxes) or property taxes (which do not constitute Excluded Taxes), charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

        “ Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(c) .

        “ Payment Office ” shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 303 Peachtree Street, 25 th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, or such other location as to which the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders.

        “ PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, and any successor entity performing similar functions.

      “ Permitted Encumbrances ” shall mean:

 

    (i)        Liens imposed by law for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;



 

    (ii)        statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other Liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;



 

    (iii)        pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;



 

    (iv)        deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;



 

    (v)        judgment and attachment liens not giving rise to an Event of Default or Liens created by or existing from any litigation or legal proceeding that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;



 

    (vi)        easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;



 

    (vii)        Capital Lease Obligations to the extent permitted hereunder;



 

    (viii)        Liens securing purchase money indebtedness to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 hereunder;



 

    (x)        Liens created by the Security Documents or otherwise provided for in this Agreement for the benefit of the Lenders;



 

    (xi)        any Lien in favor of the United States of America or any department or agency thereof, in favor of any state government or political subdivision thereof, or in favor of a prime contractor under a government contract of the United States, or of any political subdivision thereof, and in each case, resulting from acceptance of partial progress, advance or other payments in the ordinary course of business under government contracts of the United States, or of any state government or political subdivision thereof, or subcontracts thereunder; and



 

    (xii)        statutory Liens arising under ERISA created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due and as to which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.



      “ Permitted Investments ” shall mean:

 

    (i)        direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;



 

    (ii)        commercial paper having a rating of at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s, at the time of acquisition thereof, and in either case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;



 

    (iii)        certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within one year of the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;



 

    (iv)        fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 90 days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above;



 

    (v)        mutual funds investing solely in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.



 

    (vi)        investments in obligations the return with respect to which is excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Code, having a maturity of not more than one year or providing the holder the right to put such obligations for purchase at par upon not more than twenty-eight (28) days’ notice, and which are rated at least P-1 by S&P or Vmig 1 by Moody’s;



 

    (vii)        investments in taxable money market funds all of whose assets consist of securities have a rating of at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s and investments in tax free money market funds all of whose assets consist of securities of the types described in the foregoing clause (vi) above;



 

    (viii)        investments, redeemable upon not more than seven (7) days’ notice, in money market preferred municipal bond funds that are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s;



 

    (ix)        obligations of domestic corporations with a term of not more than one year, with a long term debt rating of no less than A by S&P and A by Moody’s; and



 

    (x)        investments in money market funds that either (a) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) both (A) provide for daily liquidity and (B) have the highest rating by at least one nationally recognized rating agency.



        “ Permitted Subordinated Debt ” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) that matures by its terms no earlier than six months after the Commitment Termination Date then in effect with no scheduled principal payments permitted prior to such maturity, and (iii) that is evidenced by an indenture or other similar agreement that is in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

        “ Person ” shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity, or any Governmental Authority.

        “ Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

        “ Pro Forma Basis ” means, for purposes of calculating compliance with respect to a proposed Acquisition, that such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the four fiscal-quarter period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end preceding the date of such transaction. For purposes of any such calculation in respect of any Acquisition as referred to in Section 7.4(g) , (a) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such transaction which is not retired in connection with such transaction (i) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (ii) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination, (b) income statement items (whether positive or negative) and capital expenditures attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included beginning as of the first day of the applicable period and (c) pro forma adjustments may be included to the extent that such adjustments are calculated in a manner not inconsistent with GAAP and would give effect to events that are (i) directly attributable to such transaction and (ii) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower.

         “Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with any Acquisition as referred to in Section 7.4(g) , and containing a reasonably detailed calculation of compliance with the ratio requirement of Section 7.4(g), upon giving effect to the applicable transaction on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the most recent fiscal quarter end preceding the date of the applicable transaction.

        “ Pro Rata Share ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time and the denominator of which shall be the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Commitments at such time; or if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or if the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders.

        “ Recovery Event ” shall mean any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any eminent domain proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

        “ Regulation D ” shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.

        “ Reinvestment Deferred Amount ” shall mean, with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection therewith that are not immediately applied to prepay Loans or reduce the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.13 as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.

        “ Reinvestment Event ” shall mean any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.

        “ Reinvestment Notice ” shall mean a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly, or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire replacement assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

        “ Reinvestment Prepayment Amount ” shall mean, with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amounts expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

        “ Reinvestment Prepayment Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after such Reinvestment Event, and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to acquire assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

        “ Related Parties ” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

        “ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within any building, structure, facility or fixture.

        “ Required Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure at such time, or if the Lenders have no Revolving Credit Exposure outstanding, then Lenders holding more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

        “ Responsible Officer ” shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the controller or an executive vice president of the Borrower or such other representative of the Borrower as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the Administrative Agent; and, with respect to the financial covenants only, the president, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer or the controller of the Borrower.

         Restricted Payment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5 .

        “ Restricted Subsidiaries ” shall mean American Healthways Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation and Axonal Information Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, unless and until such time as any such entity shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party under Section 5.10 .

        “ Revolving Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower and to participate in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount set forth with respect to such Lender on the signature pages to this Agreement, or in the case of a Person becoming a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount of the assigned “Revolving Commitment” as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement executed by such Person as an assignee, as the same may be changed pursuant to terms hereof.

        “ Revolving Credit Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, such Lender’s LC Exposure and such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.

        “ Revolving Credit Note ” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of a Lender in the principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in substantially the form of Exhibit A .

        “ Revolving Loan ” shall mean a loan made by a Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) to the Borrower under its Revolving Commitment, which may either be a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

        “ S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

        “ Security Documents ” shall mean the Assignment and Security Agreements executed by the Borrower and all other Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent dated as of the date hereof, as amended or restated from time to time, and all financing statements filed in connection with such Assignment and Security Agreements.

        “ Subordinated Debt Documents ” shall mean any indenture, agreement or similar instrument governing any Permitted Subordinated Debt.

        “ Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”), any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the applicable date, as well as any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power, or in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “Subsidiary” hereunder shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Subsidiary” shall exclude any Restricted Subsidiary.

        “ Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement” shall mean the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D , made by the Subsidiary Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.

        “ Subsidiary Loan Party ” shall mean any presently existing or hereafter created Subsidiary of Borrower, other than a Restricted Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary.

        “ Swingline Commitment ” shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000.

        “ Swingline Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the principal amount of the Swingline Loans in which such Lender is legally obligated either to make a Base Rate Loan or to purchase a participation in accordance with Section 2.5 , which shall equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all outstanding Swingline Loans.

        “ Swingline Lender ” shall mean SunTrust Bank.

        “ Swingline Loan ” shall mean a loan made to the Borrower by the Swingline Lender under the Swingline Commitment.

        “ Swingline Note ” shall mean the promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of the Swingline Lender in the principal amount of the Swingline Commitment, in substantially the form of Exhibit B .

        “ Swingline Rate ” shall mean the Base Rate, or such other interest rate (and with respect to a Swingline Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan, for any Interest Period) as may be mutually agreed between the Swingline Lender and the Borrower.

        “ Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of the execution, delivery, or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any payment to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or the Issuing Bank hereunder or thereunder.

        “ Type ”, when used in reference to a Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Base Rate.

        “ Withdrawal Liability ” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Section 1.2 Classifications of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. a “Revolving Loan” or “Swingline Loan”) or by Type (e.g. a “Eurodollar Loan” or “Base Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g. “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g. ” Revolving Eurodollar Borrowing”).

Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Determination . Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent (except for such changes approved by the Borrower’s independent public accountants) with the most recent audited consolidated financial statement of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) ; provided , that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article VI to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article VI for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders.

Section 1.4 Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as it was originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement and (v) all references to a specific time shall be construed to refer to Central Daylight time or Central Standard time, as applicable, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

ARTICLE II

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS

Section 2.1 General Description of Facilities . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Lenders hereby establish in favor of the Borrower a revolving credit facility pursuant to which the Lenders severally agree (to the extent of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share up to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment) to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2 , (ii) the Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.24 , (iii) the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.4 , and (iv) each Lender agrees to purchase a participation interest in the Letters of Credit and the Swingline Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof; provided , that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and outstanding LC Obligations exceed at any time the Aggregate Revolving Commitments from time to time in effect.

Section 2.2 Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower, from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (b) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. During the Availability Period, the Borrower shall be entitled to borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided , that the Borrower may not borrow or reborrow should there exist a Default or Event of Default.

Section 2.3 Procedure for Revolving Borrowings . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Revolving Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3 attached hereto (a “ Notice of Revolving Borrowing ”) (x) prior to 11:00 a.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of each Base Rate Borrowing and (y) prior to 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of each Eurodollar Borrowing. Each Notice of Revolving Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing, (ii) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the Type of such Revolving Loan comprising such Borrowing and (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the duration of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto (subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period). Each Revolving Borrowing shall consist entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as the Borrower may request. The aggregate principal amount of each Revolving Eurodollar Borrowing shall be not less than $2,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000, and the aggregate principal amount of each Revolving Base Rate Borrowing shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a larger multiple of $100,000; provided , that Revolving Base Rate Loans made pursuant to Section 2.5 or Section 2.24(d) may be made in lesser amounts as provided therein. At no time shall the total number of Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding at any time exceed nine. Promptly following the receipt of a Notice of Revolving Borrowing in accordance herewith, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.

Section 2.4 Swingline Commitment . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower, from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the lesser of (i) the Swingline Commitment then in effect and (ii) the difference between the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders; provided , that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. The Borrower shall be entitled to borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 2.5 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Etc.

(a)

The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Swingline Borrowing (“ Notice of Swingline Borrowing ”) prior to 10:00 a.m. on the requested date of each Swingline Borrowing, unless such Swingline Borrowing is a Eurodollar Loan and in such case the request shall be three Business Days prior to such Eurodollar Borrowing. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify: (i) the principal amount of such Swingline Loan, (ii) the date of such Swingline Loan (which shall be a Business Day) and the applicable Interest Period if it is a Eurodollar Loan and (iii) the account of the Borrower to which the proceeds of such Swingline Loan should be credited. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender, of each Notice of Swingline Borrowing. Each Swingline Loan shall accrue interest at the Base Rate or any other interest rate as agreed between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender and, if a Eurodollar Loan, shall have an Interest Period (subject to the definition thereof) as agreed between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender. The aggregate principal amount of each Swingline Loan shall be not less than $100,000 or a larger multiple of $50,000, or such other minimum amounts agreed to by the Swingline Lender and the Borrower. The Swingline Lender will make the proceeds of each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower in Dollars in immediately available funds at the account specified by the Borrower in the applicable Notice of Swingline Borrowing not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested date of such Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders on a quarterly basis if any Swingline Loans occurred during such quarter.



(b)

The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion, may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), give a Notice of Revolving Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) to make Base Rate Loans in an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of any Swingline Loan. Each Lender will make the proceeds of its Revolving Base Rate Loan included in such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender in accordance with Section 2.8 , which will be used solely for the repayment of such Swingline Loan.



(c)

If for any reason a Revolving Base Rate Borrowing may not be (as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), or is not, made in accordance with the foregoing provisions, then each Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) shall purchase an undivided participating interest in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof on the date that such Revolving Base Rate Borrowing should have occurred. On the date of such required purchase, each Lender shall promptly transfer, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participating interest to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender. If such Swingline Loan bears interest at a rate other than the Base Rate, such Swingline Loan shall automatically become a Base Rate Loan on the effective date of any such participation and interest shall become payable on demand.



(d)

Each Lender’s obligation to make a Revolving Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.5(b) or to purchase the participating interests pursuant to Section 2.5(c) 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 that such Lender or any other Person may have or claim against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the existence of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (iii) the existence (or alleged existence) of any event or condition which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If such amount is not in fact made available to the Swingline Lender by any Lender, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon for each day from the date of demand thereof at the Federal Funds Rate. Until such time as such Lender makes its required payment, the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to continue to have outstanding Swingline Loans in the amount of the unpaid participation for all purposes of the Loan Documents. In addition, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Loans and any other amounts due to it hereunder, to the Swingline Lender to fund the amount of such Lender’s participation interest in such Swingline Loans that such Lender failed to fund pursuant to this Section, until such amount has been purchased in full.



Section 2.6 Intentionally Omitted.

Section 2.7 Intentionally Omitted.

Section 2.8 Funding of Borrowings.

(a)

Each Lender will make available each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m. to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office; provided , that the Swingline Loans will be made as set forth in Section 2.5 . The Administrative Agent will give each Lender reasonable notice of Borrower’s Notice of Revolving Borrowing and will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts that it receives, in like funds by the close of business on such proposed date, to an account maintained by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent or at the Borrower’s option, by effecting a wire transfer of such amounts to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.



(b)

Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to 5 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date of a Borrowing in which such Lender is participating that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance on such assumption, may make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for up to two (2) days and thereafter at the rate specified for such Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent together with interest at the rate specified for such Borrowing. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.



(c)

All Revolving Borrowings shall be made by the Lenders on the basis of their respective Pro Rata Shares. No Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligations hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make its Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to make its Loans hereunder.



Section 2.9 Interest Elections.

(a)

Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing into a different Type or to continue such Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. Swingline Borrowings may not be converted or continued.



(b)

To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing (a “ Notice of Conversion/Continuation ”) that is to be converted or continued, as the case may be, (x) prior to 10:00 a.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of a conversion into a Base Rate Borrowing and (y) prior to 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to a continuation of or conversion into a Eurodollar Borrowing. Each such Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the Borrowing to which such Notice of Continuation/Conversion applies and if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof that are to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing); (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Notice of Continuation/Conversion, which shall be a Business Day, (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of “Interest Period”. If any such Notice of Continuation/Conversion requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. The principal amount of any resulting Borrowing shall satisfy the minimum borrowing amount for Eurodollar Borrowings and Base Rate Borrowings set forth in Section 2.3 .



(c)

If, on the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Borrowing, the Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/ Continuation, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing. No Borrowing may be converted into, or continued as, a Eurodollar Borrowing if a Default or an Event of Default exists, unless the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall have otherwise consented in writing. No conversion of any Eurodollar Loans shall be permitted except on the last day of the Interest Period in respect thereof.



(d)

Upon receipt of any Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.



Section 2.10 Optional Reduction and Termination of Commitments.

(a)

Unless previously terminated, all Revolving Commitments and the Swingline Commitment shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.



(b)

Upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be irrevocable), the Borrower may reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in part or terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in whole; provided , that (i) any partial reduction shall apply to reduce proportionately and permanently the Revolving Commitment of each Lender, (ii) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be in an amount of at least $2,000,000 and any larger multiple of $1,000,000, and (iii) no such reduction shall be permitted which would reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments to an amount less than the outstanding Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders.



Section 2.11 Repayment of Loans.

(a)

The outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the Commitment Termination Date.



(b)

The principal amount of each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable (together with accrued interest thereon) on the earlier of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, if any, and (ii) the Commitment Termination Date.



Section 2.12 Evidence of Indebtedness.

(a)

Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice appropriate records evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable thereon and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall maintain appropriate records in which shall be recorded (i) the Revolving Commitment of each Lender, (ii) the amount of each Loan made hereunder by each Lender, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the date of each continuation thereof pursuant to Section 2.9 , (iv) the date of each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type pursuant to Section 2.9 , (v) the date and amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder in respect of such Loans and (vi) both the date and amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower in respect of the Loans and each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. The entries made in such records shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided , that the failure or delay of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in maintaining or making entries into any such record or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans (both principal and unpaid accrued interest) of such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.



(b)

The Borrower will execute and deliver to each Lender a Revolving Credit Note and, in the case of the Swingline Lender only, a Swingline Note, payable to the order of such Lender.



Section 2.13 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments.

(a)

The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, by giving irrevocable written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent no later than (i) in the case of prepayment of any Eurodollar Borrowing, 11:00 a.m. not less than three (3) Business Days prior to any such prepayment, (ii) in the case of any prepayment of any Base Rate Borrowing, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment, and (iii) in the case of Swingline Borrowings, prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed date of such prepayment and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any such prepayment. If such notice is given, the aggregate amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date designated in such notice, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount so prepaid in accordance with Section 2.14(d) ; provided , that if a Eurodollar Borrowing is prepaid on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay all amounts required pursuant to Section 2.20 . Each partial prepayment of any Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type pursuant to Section 2.2 or in the case of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.5 . Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans comprising such Borrowing.



(b)

If on any date the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $5,000,000 in any fiscal year from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall have been delivered previously to the Administrative Agent in respect thereof, such Net Cash Proceeds shall immediately be applied to the prepayment of Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments; provided , that on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied to the prepayment of Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments.



Section 2.14 Interest on Loans.

(a)

The Borrower shall pay interest on each Base Rate Loan at the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus, in each case, the Base Rate Margin in effect from time to time and on each Eurodollar Loan at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the applicable Interest Period in effect for such Loan, plus , in each case, the Eurodollar Margin in effect from time to time.



(b)

The Borrower shall pay interest on each Swingline Loan at the Swingline Rate.



(c)

While an Event of Default exists or after acceleration, at the option of the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall pay interest (“ Default Interest ”) with respect to all Eurodollar Loans at the rate otherwise applicable for the then-current Interest Period plus an additional 2% per annum until the last day of such Interest Period, and thereafter, and with respect to all Base Rate Loans and all other Obligations hereunder (other than Loans), at the rate in effect for Base Rate Loans, plus an additional 2% per annum.



(d)

Interest on the principal amount of all Loans shall accrue from and including the date such Loans are made to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof. Interest on all outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the Commitment Termination Date. Interest on all outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and, in the case of any Eurodollar Loans having an Interest Period in excess of three months or 90 days, respectively, on each day which occurs every three months or 90 days, as the case may be, after the initial date of such Interest Period, and on the Commitment Termination Date. Interest on each Swingline Loan shall be payable on the maturity of such Loan, which shall be the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and on the Swingline Termination Date. Interest on any Loan which is converted into a Loan of another Type or which is repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such conversion or on the date of any such repayment or prepayment (on the amount repaid or prepaid) thereof. All Default Interest shall be payable on demand.



(e)

The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans hereunder and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of such rate in writing (or by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing). Any such determination shall be presumed correct for all purposes, absent manifest error.



Section 2.15 Fees.

(a)

Administrative Agent’s Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account, fees in the amounts and at the times previously agreed upon the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.



(b)

Commitment Fee . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Percentage (on an annualized basis but determined daily in accordance with Schedule I ) on the daily amount of the unused Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the Availability Period; provided , that if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after the Commitment Termination Date, then the commitment fee shall continue to accrue on the amount of such Lender’s unused Revolving Commitment from and after the Commitment Termination Date to the date that all of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure has been paid in full. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year and on the Commitment Termination Date, commencing on the first such date after the Closing Date; provided further , that any commitment fees accruing after the Commitment Termination Date shall be payable on demand. For purposes of computing commitment fees with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender, however Swingline Loans shall not be deemed usage of Revolving Commitments. The Commitment Fee shall initially be at Level I.



(c)

Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a letter of credit fee with respect to its participation in each Letter of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Percentage (on an annualized basis but determined daily in accordance with Schedule I ) then in effect on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to such Letter of Credit during the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the date on which such Letter expires or is drawn in full (including without limitation any LC Exposure that remains outstanding after the Commitment Termination Date) and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the Availability Period (or until the date that such Letter of Credit is irrevocably canceled, whichever is later), as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.



(d)

Payments . Accrued fees under subsection (b) and (c)(i) of this Section shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on September 30, 2005 and on the Commitment Termination Date (and if later, the date the Loans and LC Exposure shall be repaid in their entirety). Fees under subsection (c)(ii) of this Section shall be payable in advance on the date of the issuance of the Letter of Credit for the term of such Letter of Credit. Interest shall accrue on any unpaid fee at the rate in effect for Base Rate Loans, plus an additional 2% per annum.



Section 2.16 Computation of Interest and Fees.

        To the extent permitted by applicable law, all computations of fees and interest under this Agreement payable in respect of any period shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such fees or interest are payable; provided, however, that computations regarding interest accruing with reference to the Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a 365-day (or 366-day, as applicable) year and the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which interest is payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest amount or fee hereunder shall be made in good faith and, except for manifest error, shall be presumed correct for all purposes.

Section 2.17  Inability to Determine Interest Rates . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing,

 

(i)

the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower ) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant interbank market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or



 

(ii)

the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender, as the case may be) of making, funding or maintaining their (or its, as the case may be) Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period,



the Administrative Agent shall give written notice (or telephonic notice, promptly confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. In the case of Eurodollar Loans, until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Revolving Loans or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended and (ii) all such affected Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrower prepays such Loans in accordance with this Agreement. Unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day before the date of any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing for which a Notice of Revolving Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, then such Revolving Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing .

Section 2.18 Illegality . If any Change in Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or fund any Eurodollar Loan and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and the other Lenders, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make Eurodollar Revolving Loans, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans, shall be suspended. In the case of the making of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Lender’s Revolving Loan shall be made as a Base Rate Loan as part of the same Revolving Borrowing for the same Interest Period and if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, such Loan shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan either (i) on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loan to such date or (ii) immediately if such Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loan to such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the affected Lender shall, prior to giving such notice to the Administrative Agent, designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation would avoid the need for giving such notice and if such designation would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in the good faith exercise of its discretion.

Section 2.19 Increased Costs.

(a)

If any Change in Law shall:



 

(i)

impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBO Rate hereunder against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or



 

(ii)

impose on any Lender or on the Issuing Bank or the eurodollar interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or any participation therein;



 

and the result of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining a Eurodollar Loan or to increase the actual cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in or issuing any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then the Borrower shall promptly pay, upon written notice from and demand by such Lender on the Borrower (with a copy of such notice and demand to the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, within five Business Days after the date of such notice and demand, additional amount or amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs actually incurred or reduction actually suffered.



(b)

If any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that on or after the date of this Agreement any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital (or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation) as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies or the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation with respect to capital adequacy) then, from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of written demand by such Lender (with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation for any such reduction suffered.



(c)

A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation, as the case may be, specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall be presumed correct, absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay any such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such amount or amounts within 10 days after receipt thereof.



(d)

Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation.



Section 2.20 Funding Indemnity . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of a Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of a Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (c) the failure by the Borrower to borrow, prepay, convert or continue any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any applicable notice (regardless of whether such notice is withdrawn or revoked), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender, within five (5) Business Days after written demand from such Lender, for any loss, cost or expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (A) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan if such event had not occurred at the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan) over (B) the amount of interest that would accrue on the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan for the same period if the Adjusted LIBO Rate were set on the date such Eurodollar Loan was prepaid or converted or the date on which the Borrower failed to borrow, convert or continue such Eurodollar Loan. A certificate as to any additional amount payable under this Section 2.20 submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be presumed correct, absent manifest error.

Section 2.21 Taxes.

(a)

Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided , that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (as the case may be) shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.



(b)

In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.



(c)

The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within five (5) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto as a result of the Borrower’s failure to comply with this Section 2.21(c) in a timely manner, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.



(d)

As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.



(e)

Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, e


 
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