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EXHIBIT
10.8
EXECUTION
COPY
SENIOR SECURED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 12,
2007
among
QUANTUM
CORPORATION,
as the Borrower,
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Administrative Agent,
Swing Line Lender and
an L/C Issuer,
The Other Lenders Parties
Hereto
and
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Collateral
Agent
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES
(USA) LLC,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole
Lead Arranger
and
SILVER POINT FINANCE,
L.L.C.,
as Syndication
Agent
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Section
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS |
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1.01
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Defined Terms
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1.02
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Other Interpretive Provisions
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28 |
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1.03
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Accounting Terms
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1.04
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Times of Day
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1.05
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Letter of Credit Amounts
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1.06
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Currency Equivalents
Generally
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30 |
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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2.01
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The Loans
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2.02
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Borrowings, Conversions and
Continuations of Loans
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30 |
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2.03
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Letters of Credit
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2.04
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Swing Line Loans
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36 |
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2.05
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Prepayments
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38 |
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2.06
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Termination or Reduction of
Commitments
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2.07
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Repayment of Loans
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2.08
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Interest
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2.09
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Fees
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2.10
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Computation of Interest and
Fees
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2.11
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Evidence of Indebtedness
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2.12
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Payments Generally; Administrative
Agent’s Clawback
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2.13
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Sharing of Payments by
Lenders
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| ARTICLE III |
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| TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY |
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3.01
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Taxes
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3.02
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Illegality
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3.03
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Inability to Determine Rates
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3.04
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Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar
Rate Loans
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3.05
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Compensation for Losses
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3.06
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Mitigation Obligations
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3.07
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Survival
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT
EXTENSIONS |
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4.01
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Conditions of Initial Credit
Extension
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4.02
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Conditions to All Credit
Extensions
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| ARTICLE V |
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| REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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5.01
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Existence, Qualification and Power;
Compliance with Laws
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5.02
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Authorization; No
Contravention
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5.03
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Governmental Authorization; Other
Consents
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5.04
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Binding Effect
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5.05
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Financial Statements; No Material
Adverse Effect
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5.06
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Litigation
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5.07
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No Default
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5.08
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Ownership of Property; Liens;
Investments
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5.09
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Environmental Compliance
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5.10
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Insurance
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5.11
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Taxes
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5.12
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Labor Matters
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5.13
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ERISA Compliance; Employee Benefit
Plans
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5.14
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Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan
Parties
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5.15
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Margin Regulations; Investment Company
Act
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5.16
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Disclosure
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5.17
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Intellectual Property; Licenses,
Etc.
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5.18
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Solvency
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5.19
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Casualty, Etc.
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5.20
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Validity, Priority and Perfection of
Security Interests in the Collateral
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5.21
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Senior Indebtedness
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.01
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Financial Statements
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6.02
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Certificates; Other
Information
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6.03
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Notices
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6.04
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Payment of Obligations
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6.05
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Preservation of Existence,
Etc.
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6.06
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Maintenance of Properties
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6.07
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Maintenance of Insurance
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6.08
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Compliance with Laws
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6.09
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Books and Records
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6.10
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Inspection Rights
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6.11
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Use of Proceeds
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6.12
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Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and
Give Security
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6.13
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Compliance with Environmental
Laws
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6.14
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Preparation of Environmental
Reports
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6.15
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Further Assurances
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6.16
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Compliance with Terms of
Leaseholds
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6.17
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Cash Collateral Accounts
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6.18
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Corporate Ratings
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6.19
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Interest Rate Hedging
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6.20
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Conditions Subsequent to
Closing
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6.21
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Cash Collateral
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.01
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Liens
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7.02
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Indebtedness
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7.03
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Investments
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7.04
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Fundamental Changes
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7.05
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Dispositions
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7.06
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Restricted Payments
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7.07
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Change in Nature of Business
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7.08
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Transactions with Affiliates
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7.09
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Burdensome Agreements
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7.10
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Financial Covenants
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7.11
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Capital Expenditures and Service Parts
Expenditures
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7.12
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Amendments of Organization
Documents
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7.13
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Accounting Changes
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7.14
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Prepayments, Amendments, Etc. of
Indebtedness
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7.15
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Amendment, Etc. of the Related
Documents
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7.16
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Partnerships, Etc.
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7.17
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Speculative Transactions
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7.18
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Formation of Subsidiaries
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7.19
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Designation as Designated Senior
Indebtedness
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7.20
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Excluded Subsidiaries.
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84 |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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| EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES |
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8.01
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Events of Default
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8.02
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Remedies upon Event of
Default
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8.03
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Application of Funds
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| ARTICLE IX |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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9.01
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Authorization and Action
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9.02
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Agent’s Reliance, Etc.
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9.03
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Credit Suisse and Affiliates
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9.04
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Lender Credit Decision
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9.05
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Indemnification of Agents
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9.06
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Successor Agents
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90 |
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9.07
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Arranger and Syndication Agent Have No
Liability
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9.08
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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9.09
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Collateral and Guaranty
Matters
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| ARTICLE X |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.01
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Amendments, Etc.
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10.02
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Notices and Other Communications;
Facsimile Copies
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10.03
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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10.04
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver; No
Liability of the L/C Issuer
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10.05
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Payments Set Aside
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10.06
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Successors and Assigns
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10.07
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Treatment of Certain Information;
Confidentiality
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10.08
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Right of Setoff
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10.09
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Interest Rate Limitation
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10.10
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Release of Collateral
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10.11
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Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness
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10.12
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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10.13
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Severability
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10.14
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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10.15
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Etc.
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10.16
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SIGNATURES
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SCHEDULES
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Guarantors
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II |
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Excluded Subsidiaries
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2.01 |
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Commitments and Applicable
Percentages
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5.03 |
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Certain Authorizations
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5.05 |
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Existing Indebtedness; Surviving
Indebtedness; Supplement to Interim Financial Statements
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5.08(b) |
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Existing Liens
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5.08(c) |
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Owned Real Property
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5.08(d) |
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Leased Real Property
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5.09 |
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Environmental Matters
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5.14 |
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Subsidiaries and Other Equity
Investments; Loan Parties
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5.17 |
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Intellectual Property Matters
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6.20(a) |
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Foreign Equity Interests
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6.20(c) |
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Material Leased Property
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6.20(d) |
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Mortgaged Property
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7.03(f) |
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Existing Investments
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7.11 |
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Capital Expenditure Projects
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10.02 |
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Administrative Agent’s Office,
Certain Addresses for Notices
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EXHIBITS
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Form of |
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Borrowing Notice
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Swing Line Loan Notice
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C-1 |
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Term Note
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C-2 |
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Revolving Credit Note
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D |
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Compliance Certificate
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E |
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Assignment and Assumption
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Subsidiary Guaranty
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Security Agreement
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Solvency Certificate
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Opinion Matters – Counsel to Loan
Parties
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Letter of Credit Application
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K |
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Administrative Questionnaire
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5
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SENIOR SECURED CREDIT
AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into
as of July 12, 2007, among QUANTUM CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, as the borrower (“ Borrower
”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively,
the “ Lenders ” and, individually, a
“ Lender ”), and CREDIT SUISSE, acting
through one or more of its branches, or any Affiliate thereof
(collectively, “ Credit Suisse ”), as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, an L/C Issuer and
Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 1.01 .
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
(1) Subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein, the Borrower has requested that
(a) the Term Lenders make term loans to the Borrower on the
Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount up to $400,000,000,
the proceeds of which will be used by the Borrower, subject to the
limitations and conditions set forth herein, to refinance the
Existing Credit Facility and to pay certain transaction fees and
expenses, and (b) from time to time after the Closing Date,
the Revolving Credit Lenders make revolving loans to the Borrower
and, in the case of the L/C Issuer, issue Letters of Credit for the
account of the Borrower, pursuant to a revolving credit facility
(with a subfacility for swingline loans) in an aggregate amount up
to $50,000,000, to be used for general corporate purposes of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(2) The Term Lenders and
Revolving Credit Lenders have indicated their willingness to so
lend and the L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to so issue
Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, including the granting of liens on
Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents and the making of
the guarantees pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty.
In consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties
hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
“ Administrative
Agent ” means Credit Suisse in its capacity as
administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any
successor administrative agent.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s address and, as appropriate, the account maintained
by the Administrative Agent with Credit Suisse as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower
and the Lenders.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire
in substantially the form of Exhibit K hereto.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person,
another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as applied
to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote
ten percent (10%) or more of the Equity Interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person,
or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
“ Agents
” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent.
“ Aggregate
Commitments ” means the Commitments of all the
Lenders.
“ Aggregate
Credit Exposures ” means, at any time, the sum of
(a) the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility then
in effect, (b) the unused portion of the Term Commitment then
in effect and (c) the Total Outstandings at such
time.
“
Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the
preamble hereto.
“ Applicable
Percentage ” means, (a) in respect of the
Term Facility, with respect to any Term Lender at any
time, the percentage of the Term Facility represented by
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such
Term Lender’s Term Commitment at such time and
(ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such
Term Lender’s Term Loans at such time, and
(b) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect
to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage of the
Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment at such time. If the Commitments of
each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to
make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.02 , or if the Aggregate Commitments have
expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be
determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most
recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments.
The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each
Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on
Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable.
“ Applicable
Rate ” means, (i) with respect to each of the
Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, (a) in the
case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, 3.50% per annum, and
(b) in the case of Base Rate Loans, 2.50% per annum and
(ii) with respect to the Commitment Fee, 0.50% per
annum.
“ Appropriate
Lender ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to
the Term Facility, a Lender that has a Term Loan outstanding at
such time (or, prior to the Closing Date, a Lender that has a Term
Commitment at such time), (b) with respect to the Revolving
Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or
Revolving Loan outstanding at such time, (c) with respect to
the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and
(ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) , the Revolving Credit Lenders and
(d) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the
Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are
outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a) , the Revolving
Credit Lenders.
“ Approved
Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed
by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or
(c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or
manages a Lender.
“
Arranger ” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC, in its capacity as sole bookrunner and sole lead
arranger.
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“ Assignee
Group ” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are
Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by
the same investment advisor.
“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption
entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent
of any party whose consent is required by
Section 10.06(b)) , and accepted by the Administrative
Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other
form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“ Attributable
Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) in
respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized
amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in
respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount
of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would
appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date
in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a
Capitalized Lease, and (c) all Synthetic Debt of such
Person.
“ Audited
Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2007, and the related consolidated
statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and
cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“ Availability
Period ” means, in the case of the Revolving Credit
Facility, the period commencing on the Closing Date and continuing
until the Maturity Date for such Facility.
“ Base
Rate ” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in
effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times
be equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest per
annum then most recently announced by Credit Suisse in New York,
New York, from time to time, as Credit Suisse’s prime rate
for Dollars loaned in the United States; and
(b) 1 / 2 of 1% per annum above the Federal Funds
Rate.
The Base Rate is an index
rate and is not necessarily intended to be the lowest or best rate
of interest charged to other customers in connection with
extensions of credit or to other banks.
“ Base Rate
Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest based on the
Base Rate.
“
Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the
recital of parties to this Agreement.
“
Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing,
a Swing Line Borrowing or the Term Borrowing, as the context may
require.
“ Borrowing
Notice ” means a notice of (a) the Term
Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c) a
conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to
Section 2.02(a) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
“ Business
Day ” means a day of the year on which banks are not
required or authorized by law to close in New York, New York and,
if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
Loans, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank
market.
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“ Capital
Expenditure Carryover Amount ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.11 .
“ Capital
Expenditures ” means, with respect to any Person for
any period, any expenditure in respect of the purchase or other
acquisition of any fixed or capital asset (excluding normal
replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current
operations). For purposes of this definition, (a) the purchase
price of equipment that is purchased substantially
contemporaneously with the trade-in or sale of similar equipment or
with insurance proceeds therefrom shall be included in Capital
Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount by which such
purchase price exceeds the credit granted by the seller of such
equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time or the
proceeds of such sale or the amount of such insurance proceeds, as
the case may be, and (b) the term “Capital
Expenditures” shall not include any expenditures (i) to
the extent such Person or its Subsidiaries are reimbursed in cash
by a third party (other than a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a
Loan Party) during the same period in which such expenditure was
made or (ii) that constitute a Permitted
Acquisition.
“ Capitalized
Leases ” means all leases that have been or should
be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized
leases.
“ Cash
Collateral ” means all unrestricted cash held in the
Cash Collateral Account.
“ Cash Collateral
Account ” means a deposit account to be maintained at
a commercial bank selected in compliance with
Section 6.17, in the name of the Collateral Agent and
under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, and
otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
“ Cash
Collateralize ” means, in respect of any L/C
Obligations or any other Obligations, that such Obligations are
secured by a first priority perfected security interest in a
deposit account maintained with the Collateral Agent in an amount
not less that 105% of the amount of such Obligations, which deposit
account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer,
and which security interest and all arrangements related thereto
shall be evidenced by such instruments and agreements and shall
otherwise be on such terms as the Collateral Agent and, in the case
of L/C Obligations, the L/C Issuer may reasonably require.
Derivatives of the term “Cash Collateralize” shall have
corresponding meanings.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means any of the following types of
Investments:
(a) readily marketable
obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date
of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support
thereof;
(b) time deposits with, or
insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of,
any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or
(B) is organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or is the
principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve
System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial
paper rated as described in clause (c) of this
definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at
least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than
360 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(c) commercial paper in an
aggregate amount of no more than $1,000,000 per issuer outstanding
at any time issued by any Person organized under the laws of any
state of the United States of America and rated at least
“Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by
Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent
grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more
than 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) Investments, classified
in accordance with GAAP as Current Assets of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by
financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from
either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are
limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and
maturity described in clauses (a) , (b) and
(c) of this definition; and
(e) other assets which
qualify as “marketable securities,” “short term
investments” or “cash equivalents” pursuant to
the investment policies adopted from time to time by the board of
directors of Borrower and are properly classified as
“marketable securities,” “cash equivalents”
or “short term investments” under GAAP; provided
that any changes made to such policies after the Closing Date are
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“ CERCLA
” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
“ CERCLIS
” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“ CFC
” means a controlled foreign corporation as defined in
Section 957(a) of the Code.
“ Change in
Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this
Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking
effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration,
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any
Governmental Authority.
“ Change of
Control ” means an event or series of events by
which:
(a) any “person”
or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or
group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of
all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
(such right, an “ option right ”),
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the
passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the
equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of
the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person
on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such
securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right); or
(b) during any period of 12
consecutive months, commencing after the occurrence of the August
2007 annual meeting of the Borrower, a majority of the
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members of the board of
directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease
to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that
board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that
board or other equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in
the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual
whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member
of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the
election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group
other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors
by or on behalf of the board of directors); or
(c) any Person or two or more
Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or
otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement
that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their
acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a
controlling influence over the management or policies of the
Borrower or control over the equity securities of such Person
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or
group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)
representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of such
securities; or
(d) a “change of
control” or any comparable event shall have occurred under,
and as defined in, any agreement evidencing Indebtedness of any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party in excess of
$15,000,000.
“ Closing
Date ” means the first date all the conditions
precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in
accordance with Section 10.01 .
“ Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“
Collateral ” means all of the
“Collateral” and “Mortgaged Property”
referred to in the Collateral Documents, the Mortgaged Properties
and all of the other property and assets that are or are intended
under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“ Collateral
Agent ” means Credit Suisse in its capacity as
collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
collateral agent.
“ Collateral
Documents ” means, collectively, the Security
Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the
Mortgages (if any), each of the mortgages, collateral assignments,
Security Agreement Supplements, IP Security Agreement Supplements,
security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements
delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
Section 6.12 , and each of the other agreements,
instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“
Commitment ” means a Term Commitment or a
Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.
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“ Commitment
Letter ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.11 .
“ Compliance
Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit D .
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any period, for the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to
Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated
Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period;
(ii) the provision for U.S. federal, state, local and foreign
income taxes payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period; (iii) depreciation and amortization expense;
(iv) other non-recurring or extraordinary non-cash charges or
expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries reducing such
Consolidated Net Income; (v) reasonable fees, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the Transaction in an amount
not to exceed $20,000,000; (vi) reasonable fees, costs and
expenses incurred prior to the Closing Date in connection with the
Borrower’s restructuring of its Subsidiaries in an amount not
to exceed $12,000,000; (vii) the capitalized debt issuance
costs of the acquisition of Advanced Digital Information
Corporation incurred in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008
in an amount not to exceed $9,000,000; (viii) reasonable fees,
costs and expenses incurred prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date
for the Term Facility in connection with restructuring charges in
an amount not to exceed $15,000,000, (ix) any write off of
capitalized assets existing on the Closing Date; (x) Stock
Based Compensation distributed during such period, and
(xi) any expenses deducted in calculating Consolidated Net
Income for such period and reimbursed during such period by third
parties (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and
minus (b) the following to the extent included in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) U.S. federal,
state, local and foreign income tax credits of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period; (ii) all non-recurring or
extraordinary non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for
such period; (iii) income from interest; and
(iv) earnings attributable to Investments in joint ventures
and partnerships to the extent not distributed in cash to the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries; provided that, solely for
purposes of calculating the covenants in
Section 7.10(a) and (b) , if the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries has made any Permitted Acquisition or any
Disposition of assets permitted by Section 7.05 outside
of the ordinary course of business during the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on any date during a relevant
period for testing compliance, Consolidated EBITDA for such period
shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect
thereto, with pro forma adjustments (A) arising
out of events which are directly attributable to a specific
transaction, which are factually supportable and are expected to
have a continuing impact, which pro forma adjustments
shall be certified on behalf of the Borrower by the chief financial
officer of the Borrower or (B) consented to by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, as if such
Permitted Acquisition or Disposition of assets (and any related
incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness, with any new
Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable
testing period in accordance with its terms, and assuming that any
Revolving Loans borrowed in connection with such acquisition are
repaid with excess cash balances when available) had occurred on
the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance (such
calculation being referred to herein as a calculation on a “
Pro Forma Basis ”). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters ending on
September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and
March 31, 2007 shall be $42,700,000, $39,000,000 and
$31,500,000, respectively, and pro forma Consolidated EBITDA shall
be based on the foregoing amounts.
“ Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of
determination, without duplication, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the
outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or
long-term, for borrowed money (including, without limitation,
Obligations hereunder) and outstanding principal amount of all
obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements
or other similar
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instruments, (b) all
purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations
arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable and other accrued expenses in the ordinary course
of business), (e) all Attributable Indebtedness, (f) all
Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, (g) all Guarantees with respect
to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses
(a) through (f) above of Persons other than
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (h) all Indebtedness of
the types referred to in clauses (a) through
(g) above of any partnership or joint venture (other
than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited
liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a
general partner or joint venturer, except for any portion of such
Indebtedness that is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary.
“ Consolidated
Interest Charges ” means, for any period, for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of
(a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees,
charges and related expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest)
or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in
each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with
GAAP, (b) the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries with respect to such period under Capitalized Leases
that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and
(c) the implied interest component of Synthetic Lease
Obligations (regardless of whether accounted for as interest
expense under GAAP), all commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptances and net costs in respect of Swap Contracts constituting
interest rate swaps, collars, caps or other arrangements requiring
payments contingent upon interest rates of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, excluding in any case amounts referred to in
Section 2.09(b) .
“ Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to
(b) Consolidated Interest Charges of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently
ended.
“ Consolidated
Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA
for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently
ended.
“ Consolidated
Net Income ” means, for any period, for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for that period.
“ Consolidated
Senior Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of
determination, without duplication, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness other than any such Indebtedness that by its terms is
expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent hereby confirms
that the Existing Notes are expressly subordinated to the
Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Consolidated
Senior Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior
Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA
for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently
ended.
“ Contractual
Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any provision
of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement,
instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
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“ Control
” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by
contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ”
and “ Controlled ” have meanings
correlative thereto.
“ Corporate
Rating ” means, as of any date of determination, the
corporate rating or corporate family rating as determined by either
S&P or Moody’s, respectively, of the Borrower;
provided that, if either S&P or Moody’s shall
change the basis on which ratings are established by it, each
reference to the Corporate Rating announced by S&P or
Moody’s shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P
or Moody’s, as the case may be.
“ Credit
Extension ” means each Borrowing and each L/C Credit
Extension.
“ Credit
Suisse ” has the meaning specified in the recital of
parties to this Agreement.
“ Current
Assets ” means, with respect to any Person, all
assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, would be
classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company
conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such
Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom
in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP,
but excluding cash.
“ Current
Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Person,
without duplication (a) all Indebtedness of such Person that
by its terms is payable on demand or matures within one year after
the date of determination (excluding the current portion of any
long-term Indebtedness and any Indebtedness renewable or
extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one
year from such date or arising under a revolving credit or similar
agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit
during a period of more than one year from such date), and
(b) all other items (including, without limitation, taxes
accrued as estimated and trade payables otherwise excluded from
Indebtedness under clause (d) of the definition
thereof) that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified on the
balance sheet of such Person as current liabilities of such
Person.
“ Debtor Relief
Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United
States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief
Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Default
” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of
time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“ Default
Rate ” means (a) when used with respect to
Obligations other than the accrual of Letter of Credit Fees (but
including interest payable on accrued Letter of Credit Fees not
paid when due), an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate
plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to
Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2.0% per annum;
provided , however , that with respect to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate
equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate)
otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum and
(b) when used with respect to the accrual of Letter of Credit
Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans
plus 2.0% per annum.
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“ Defaulting
Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed to
fund any portion of the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans,
participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line
Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day
of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder
within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of
a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or has
become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding.
“
Disposition ” or “ Dispose
” means the sale, transfer, license, lease (as lessor) or
other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of
any property by any Person (or the granting of any option or other
right to do any of the foregoing), including (a) any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse,
of any Equity Interests owned by such Person, or any notes or
accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith,
(b) any taking by condemnation or eminent domain or transfer
in lieu thereof, and (c) any total loss or constructive total
loss of property for which proceeds are payable in respect thereof
under any policy of property insurance.
“ Dollar
” and “ $ ” mean lawful money of
the United States.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.12 .
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means, with respect to any Facility, an
assignee to which an assignment thereunder is permitted under
Section 10.06(b) (and as to which any consents required
thereunder have been obtained).
“ Environmental
Laws ” means any and all Federal, state, local, and
foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, obligations contained in or required by permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection
of the environment or the release of any Hazardous Materials into
the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or
wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of
environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ Environmental
Permit ” means any permit, approval, identification
number, license or other authorization required under any
Environmental Law.
“ Equity
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of
the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other
rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable
for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the
purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such
other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit
interests in such Person (including, without limitation,
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partnership, member or trust
interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are
outstanding on any date of determination.
“ ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) under common control with any Loan Party within
the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions
relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ ERISA
Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with
respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by any Loan Party
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to
Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a
withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete
or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from
a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to
terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings
by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
(e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or
any ERISA Affiliate, (g) the failure of any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate to pay when due, after the expiration of any
applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to
its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a
Multiemployer Plan, or (h) the application for a minimum
funding waiver with respect to a Pension Plan.
“ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in
Regulation D of the FRB, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Eurodollar
Rate ” means for any Interest Period with respect to
any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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“ LIBO
Rate ” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, on the date that is two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the
British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for
deposits in dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg Information
Service or any successor thereto or any other service selected by
the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as an authorized information vendor for
the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such
Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an
interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this definition, the “LIBO
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Rate” shall be the
interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to
be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in dollars
are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the
London interbank market in London, England by the Administrative
Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is
two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest
Period.
“ Eurodollar Rate
Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest at the
Eurodollar Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate
Reserve Percentage ” for any Interest Period for each
Eurodollar Rate Loan means the reserve percentage applicable two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period under
regulations issued from time to time by the FRB (or any successor)
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without
limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in
New York City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting
of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any
other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference
to which the interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Loans is determined)
having a term equal to such Interest Period.
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01 .
“ Excess Cash
Flow ” means, for any fiscal year, (a) the sum,
without duplication, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such
fiscal year and (ii) the decrease, if any, in Current Assets
minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such
fiscal year minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of
(i) the amount of any Taxes payable in cash by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries with respect to such fiscal year,
(ii) Consolidated Interest Charges paid in cash by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries net of cash interest income received
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year,
(iii) Capital Expenditures and Service Parts Expenditures made
in cash during such fiscal year, except to the extent financed with
the proceeds of Indebtedness, (iv) permanent repayments of
Indebtedness (other than mandatory prepayments of Loans under
Section 2.05(b) ) made by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, but only to the extent that
such prepayments by their terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and
do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or any portion
of such Indebtedness, (v) the cash portion of any purchase
price payments made during such fiscal year by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or
Investment (net of the proceeds of any related financings with
respect to such Permitted Acquisition or Investment), and
(vi) the increase, if any, in Current Assets minus Current
Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal
year.
“ Excluded
Subsidiaries ” means the Subsidiaries set forth on
Schedule II that have been designated by the Borrower as
Excluded Subsidiaries (and as to which such designation has not
been withdrawn by the Borrower in a written notice to the
Administrative Agent or deemed withdrawn pursuant to
Section 7.20 ); provided that, (a) the
consolidated gross revenues of all Excluded Subsidiaries for the
period of four fiscal consecutive quarters most recently ended does
not exceed 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the consolidated
total assets of all Excluded Subsidiaries on the last day of the
fiscal quarter most recently ended is less than 5% of the
consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
such time, (c) no such Subsidiary owns, or possesses the right
to use, any IP Rights or other assets that are material to the
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
and (d) no such Subsidiary receives or generates any royalty
revenue.
“ Excluded
Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any
payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of
the
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Borrower hereunder,
(a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income
(however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu
of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) 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, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United
States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in
which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Lender
(other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 10.06(k) ), any U.S. federal withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such
Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office)
or is attributable to such Lender’s failure or inability
(other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with
Section 3.01(e) , except to the extent that such 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 3.01(a) .
“ Existing Credit
Facility ” means, collectively, (a) the $375.0
million Credit Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2006, and
(b) the $125.0 million Term Loan Agreement dated as of
August 22, 2006, each by and among the Borrower, the lenders
party thereto and KeyBank National Association, as
agent.
“ Existing
Indenture ” means the Borrower’s Indenture
dated as of July 30, 2003 with U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee, governing the Existing Notes.
“ Existing
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of each Loan Party
and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before the occurrence
of the Closing Date set forth in part (a) of
Schedule 5.05 .
“ Existing
Notes ” means the 4.375% convertible subordinated
notes issued by the Borrower on July 30, 2003 in a total
principal amount of $160,000,000 and due August 1, 2010 issued
under the Existing Indenture.
“ Existing Notes
Trigger Event ” means Existing Notes in an aggregate
principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 remain outstanding on
February 1, 2010.
“
Facility ” means the Term Facility, the
Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Sublimit or the Letter of
Credit Sublimit, as the context may require.
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
“ Fee
Letter ” means the letter agreement, dated
June 11, 2007 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Silver Point Finance,
L.L.C.
“ Foreign
Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is
resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
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“ FRB
” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States.
“ Fund
” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or
will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in
the ordinary course.
“ Funded
Debt ” of any Person means Indebtedness in respect of
the Credit Extensions, in the case of the Borrower, and all other
Indebtedness of such Person that by its terms matures more than one
year after the date of creation or matures within one year from
such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such
Person, to a date more than one year after such date or arises
under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the
lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one
year after such date.
“ GAAP
” means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as
may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States
or any other nation, or of 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
(including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or
the European Central Bank).
“ Granting
Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.06(i) .
“
Guarantee ” means, as to any Person,
(a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness payable by another Person (the “ primary
obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or
indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness, (ii) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose
of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the
payment of such Indebtedness, (iii) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition
or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness, or
(iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness of any other Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person (or any right,
contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to
obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee at any time
shall be deemed to be an amount then equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion
thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made (or, if such
Guarantee is limited by its terms to a lesser amount, such lesser
amount) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as
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determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith; provided that, in the
case of any Guarantee of the type set forth in
clause (b) above, if recourse to such Person for such
Indebtedness is limited to the assets subject to such Lien, then
such Guarantee shall be a Guarantee hereunder solely to the extent
of the lesser of (A) the amount of the Indebtedness secured by
such Lien and (B) the value of the assets subject to such
Lien. The term “ Guarantee ” 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, toxic mold,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, hazardous wastes and all
other substances, wastes and materials that are considered or
deemed to be, or regulated as, hazardous or toxic under applicable
Environmental Law.
“ Hedge
Bank ” means any Person that is the Arranger, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender or an
Affiliate of any of the foregoing (or was the Arranger, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender or an
Affiliate of any of the foregoing at the time it entered into a
Secured Hedge Agreement), in its capacity as a party to a Secured
Hedge Agreement.
“
Indebtedness ” means, as to any Person at a
particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether
or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with
GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other
similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount of all
direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under
letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such
Person on a marked-to-market basis under any Swap
Contract;
(d) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not
outstanding for more than 75 days after the same are billed or
invoiced or 135 days after the same are created);
(e) indebtedness (excluding
prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising
under conditional sales or other title retention agreements);
provided that if such indebtedness shall not have been
assumed by such Person and is otherwise non-recourse to such
Person, the amount of such obligation treated as Indebtedness shall
not exceed the value of such property securing such
obligations;
(f) all Attributable
Indebtedness and all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities;
(g) all obligations of such
Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any
payment (other than any payment made solely with common Equity
Interests or Qualified Preferred Equity Interests of such Person)
in respect of (i) any Equity Interests in such Person or any
other Person or (ii) any warrants, rights or options to
acquire such Equity Interests, in either case valued, in the case
of redeemable preferred interests, at its liquidation preference
plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
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(h) all Guarantees of such
Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is
itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the
extent that such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to
such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap
Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination
Value thereof as of such date.
“ Indemnified
Costs ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.05(a) .
“ Indemnified
Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded
Taxes.
“
Indemnitee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(b) .
“
Information ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.07 .
“ Information
Memorandum ” means the information memorandum to be
used by the Arranger in connection with the syndication of the
Commitments and the Loans.
“ Intellectual
Property Security Agreement ” means an intellectual
property security agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C to the Security Agreement, together with each
other intellectual property security agreement and IP Security
Agreement Supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.12
, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“ Interest
Payment Date ” means, (a) as to any Loan other
than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under
which such Loan was made; provided , however , that
if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three
months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment
Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing
Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September
and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such
Loan is outstanding.
“ Interest
Period ” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is
disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Notice, or, with consent
of all Lenders, nine or twelve months thereafter if requested by
the Borrower in its Borrowing Notice; provided
that:
(i) any Interest Period that
would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business
Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(i) any Interest Period that
begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period; and
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(iii) no Interest Period
shall extend beyond the Scheduled Maturity Date of the Facility
under which such Loan was made.
“
Investment ” means, as to any Person, any
direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person,
whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of
Equity Interests or debt of another Person, (b) a loan,
advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt
of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity
participation or interest in, another Person, including any
partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any
arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs debt of the type
referred to in clause (h) of the definition of
“Indebtedness” set forth in this
Section 1.01 in respect of such Person, or (c) the
purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a
business unit of, or all of a substantial part of the business
being conducted by, such Person. For purposes of covenant
compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount
actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or
decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ IP
Rights ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.17 .
“ IP Security
Agreement Supplement ” has the meaning specified in
Section (1)(g)(vi) of the Security Agreement.
“ IRS
” means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
“ ISDA Master
Agreement ” means the Master Agreement
(Multicurrency-Cross Border) published by the International Swap
and Derivatives Association, Inc., as in effect from time to
time.
“ ISP
” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
“International Standby Practices 1998” published by the
Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
“ Laws
” means, collectively, all international, foreign, U.S.
federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines,
regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with
the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
“ L/C
Advance ” means an advance made by the L/C Issuer or
any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(c)
.
“ L/C
Borrowing ” means an extension of credit resulting
from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been
reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving
Credit Borrowing.
“ L/C Credit
Extension ” means, with respect to any Letter of
Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date
thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
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“ L/C
Disbursement ” means a payment or disbursement made
by the L/C Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“ L/C
Issuer ” means Credit Suisse in its capacity as
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, any successor issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder and any other Lender that is approved
by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to issue Letters of
Credit. The term “L/C Issuer” shall mean the applicable
issuer of the relevant Letters of Credit as the context may
require.
“ L/C
Obligations ” means, as at any date of determination,
the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit
plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including
all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any
date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms
but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the
operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining
available to be drawn.
“ L/C Related
Documents ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c) .
“ Lender
” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line
Lender.
“ Lending
Office ” means, as to any Lender, the office or
offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s
Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a
Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
“ Letter of
Credit ” means any standby letter of credit issued
hereunder.
“ Letter of
Credit Application ” means an application and
agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in
substantially the form of Exhibit J hereto or such other
form as may be agreed between the Borrower and the L/C
Issuer.
“ Letter of
Credit Fee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(j)(i) .
“ Letter of
Credit Sublimit ” means an amount equal to
$35,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“ Lien
” means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt,
pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or charge or preference or
priority over assets or other security interest or preferential
arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other
encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Loan
” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower
under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, a Revolving
Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
“ Loan
Documents ” means, collectively, (a) for
purposes of this Agreement and the Notes, if any, and any
amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification hereof or
thereof and for all other purposes other than for purposes of the
Subsidiary Guaranty and the Collateral Documents and the definition
of “Obligations”, (i) this Agreement,
(ii) the Notes, (iii) the Subsidiary Guaranty,
(iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) each L/C Related
Document, (vi) the
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Fee Letter and (vii) the
Commitment Letter, and (b) for purposes of the Subsidiary
Guaranty and the Collateral Documents and the definition of
“Obligations”, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the
Notes, (iii) the Subsidiary Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral
Documents, (v) each L/C Related Document, (vi) each
Secured Hedge Agreement, (vii) the Fee Letter and
(viii) the Commitment Letter.
“ Loan
Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower, each
Subsidiary Guarantor and each Excluded Subsidiary that is required
to execute and deliver a pledge agreement pursuant to
Section 6.12 , if any.
“ Material
Adverse Effect ” means (a) the occurrence of an
event or condition that has had, or would reasonably be expected to
have, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect
upon, the business, assets, liabilities, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or operating results of the Borrower and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (b) a material
impairment of the rights and remedies of any Agent or any Lender
under any Loan Document, or of the ability of any Loan Party to
perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a
party.
“ Maturity
Date ” means (a) with respect to the Revolving
Credit Facility, the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of
the Closing Date (the “ Scheduled Maturity Date
” for the Revolving Credit Facility), (ii) the date of
termination in whole of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.06 or 8.02 or the
acceleration of the Revolving Credit Loans or the Swing Line Loans
pursuant to Section 8.02 , and (iii) the
occurrence of the Existing Notes Trigger Event, and (b) with
respect to the Term Facility, the earlier of (i) the seventh
anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Scheduled
Maturity Date ” for the Term Facility), (ii) the
date of the acceleration of the Term Loans pursuant to
Section 8.02, and (iii) the occurrence of the
Existing Notes Trigger Event.
“ Maximum
Rate ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.09 .
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“
Mortgage ” means a mortgage, deed of trust,
deed to secure debt or similar document, together with any
assignment of leases and rents referred to therein, in each case in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agents.
“ Mortgage
Policy ” means an ALTA extended coverage
lender’s policy of title insurance or such other form of
policy as the Administrative Agent may require, in each case from
an issuer, in such amount and with such coverages and endorsements
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require and otherwise in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Mortgaged
Properties ” the properties listed on Schedule
5.08(c) hereto and all other real properties that are subject to a
Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent from time to
time.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means any employee benefit plan of the type
described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan
Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make
contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or
been obligated to make contributions.
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“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means:
(a) with respect to any
Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including
any Disposition of Equity Interest in any Subsidiary of the
Borrower), the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash
Equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including
any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment
pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise,
but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of
(A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured
by the applicable asset and that is, or is required to be, repaid
in connection with such transaction (other than Indebtedness under
the Loan Documents), (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and
expenses incurred by any Loan Party or such Subsidiary in
connection with such transaction, (C) taxes reasonably
estimated to be actually payable within one year of the date of the
relevant transaction as a result of any gain recognized in
connection therewith ( provided that any such estimated
taxes not actually due or payable by the end of such one-year
period shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds upon the earlier of the
date that such taxes are determined not to be actually payable and
the end of such one-year period), and (D) reasonable reserves
in accordance with GAAP for any liabilities or indemnification
payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s
indemnities and representations and warranties to purchasers in
respect of such Disposition undertaken by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries in connection with such Disposition,
provided that to the extent that any such amount ceases to
be so reserved, the amount thereof shall be deemed to be Net Cash
Proceeds of such Disposition at such time; and
(b) with respect to the
incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by any Loan Party or any
of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and
Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction over
(ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and other
reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses, incurred by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection therewith.
“ New Subsidiary
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.12.
“ Note
” means a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the
context may require.
“ Notice of
Issuance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(b) .
“ Notice of
Renewal ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(a) .
“ Notice of
Termination ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(a) .
“ NPL
” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“
Obligations ” means all advances to, and debts,
liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party
arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any
Loan or Letter of Credit or Secured Hedge Agreement, whether direct
or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement
by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the
debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and
fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties
under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation to pay
principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, charges,
expenses, fees, premiums, attorneys’ fees and disbursements,
indemnities, settlement amounts and other termination payments and
other
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amounts payable by any Loan
Party under any Loan Document (including any Secured Hedge
Agreement) and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party to
reimburse any amount in respect of any obligation described in
clause (a) that any Lender, in its sole discretion to
the extent not expressly prohibited by the Loan Documents, may
elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party;
provided that the obligations of any Excluded Subsidiary
shall be limited to the obligations of such Loan Party as set forth
in a pledge agreement delivered pursuant to
Section 6.12 , if any, to which it is a
party.
“ Off-Balance
Sheet Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Person
as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication and to
the extent not included as a liability on the consolidated balance
sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP:
(a) with respect to any asset securitization transaction
(including any accounts receivable purchase facility) (i) the
unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of assets so
transferred and (ii) any other payment, recourse, repurchase,
hold harmless, indemnity or similar obligation of such Person or
any of its Subsidiaries in respect of assets transferred or
payments made in respect thereof, other than limited recourse
provisions that are customary for transactions of such type and
that neither (A) have the effect of limiting the loss or
credit risk of such purchasers or transferees with respect to
payment or performance by the obligors of the assets so transferred
nor (B) impair the characterization of the transaction as a
true sale under applicable Laws (including Debtor Relief Laws);
(b) the monetary obligations under any financing lease or
so-called “synthetic,” tax retention or off-balance
sheet lease transaction which, upon the application of any Debtor
Relief Law to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, would be
characterized as indebtedness; or (c) the monetary obligations
under any sale and leaseback transaction which does not create a
liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries.
“ Organization
Documents ” means, (a) with respect to any
corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the
bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with
respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any
limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation
or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect
to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of
formation or organization of such entity.
“ Other
Taxes ” means all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes (including
any intangible or mortgage recording taxes), charges or similar
levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other
Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“ Outstanding
Amount ” means (a) with respect to Term Loans,
Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect
to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans,
Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be,
occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C
Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such
date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on
such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any
reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
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“ Patriot
Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.14 .
“ PBGC
” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“ Pension
Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit
plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title
IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a
multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a)
of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately
preceding five plan years.
“ Permitted
Acquisition ” means the purchase or other acquisition
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of all of the Equity
Interests in, or all or substantially all of the property and
assets of (or all or substantially all of the property and assets
constituting a separate business unit of), any Person that, upon
the consummation thereof, will be wholly owned directly by the
Borrower or one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, as a result of a merger or
consolidation or the purchase or other acquisition of all or a
substantial portion of the property and assets of a Person);
provided that, with respect to each such purchase or other
acquisition: (a) any such newly created or acquired Domestic
Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party and comply with the requirements
of Section 6.12 ; (b) the lines of business of the
Person to be (or the property and assets of which are to be) so
purchased or otherwise acquired shall be substantially the same
lines of business as one or more of the principal businesses of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course or lines of
business not prohibited by Section 7.07 of this
Agreement; (c) such purchase or other acquisition shall not
include or result in any contingent liabilities that could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business, financial condition or operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the
board of directors (or the persons performing similar functions) of
the Borrower or such Subsidiary if the board of directors is
otherwise approving such transaction and, in each other case, by a
Responsible Officer); (d) immediately before and immediately
after giving effect to any such purchase or other acquisition on a
Pro Forma Basis, (i) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (ii) in the case of any such purchase or other
acquisition made (x) during the period commencing on the
Closing Date and ending on the last day of the sixth fiscal quarter
following the Closing Date, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall
be at least 0.25x less than the applicable ratio set forth in
Section 7.10, and (y) thereafter, the Borrower
shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set
forth in Section 7.10 , in each case after giving
effect to such purchase or acquisition on such date; and
(iii) the Borrower shall have availability to borrow under the
Revolving Credit Facility of not less than $25,000,000 on such
date; (e) the board of directors of such acquired Person or
its selling shareholders in existence at the time such purchase or
acquisition is commenced shall have approved such purchase or other
acquisition; and (f) such Loan Party shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, at least five
Business Days (or a shorter period approved by the Administrative
Agent) prior to the date on which any such purchase or other
acquisition is to be consummated, a certificate of a Responsible
Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set
forth in clauses (a) - (f) and in
Section 7.03(i) have been satisfied or will be
satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other
acquisition.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means Liens permitted under
Section 7.01 of this Agreement.
“ Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness
(“ Refinancing Indebtedness ”) issued or
incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of
existing
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Indebtedness) to refinance,
refund, extend, renew or replace existing Indebtedness (“
Refinanced Indebtedness ”); provided
that (a) the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness
is not greater than the principal amount of such Refinanced
Indebtedness plus the amount of any premiums or penalties
and accrued and unpaid interest paid thereon and reasonable fees
and expenses, in each case associated with such Refinancing
Indebtedness, (b) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity that is no sooner than, and a weighted average life to
maturity that is no shorter than, such Refinanced Indebtedness,
(c) if such Refinanced Indebtedness or any Guarantees thereof
or any security therefor are subordinated to the Obligations or
subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, such Refinancing
Indebtedness and any Guarantees thereof and security therefor
remain so subordinated on terms no less favorable to the Lenders
and the other Secured Parties or are subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement, as the case may be, (d) the obligors in respect of
such Refinanced Indebtedness immediately prior to such refinancing,
refunding, extending, renewing or replacing are the only obligors
on such Refinancing Indebtedness and (e) such Refinancing
Indebtedness contains covenants and events of default and is
benefited by Guarantees, if any, which, taken as a whole, are
determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
to be no less favorable to the Borrower or the applicable
Subsidiary and the Lenders and the other Secured Parties in any
material respect than the covenants and events of default or
Guarantees, if any, in respect of such Refinanced
Indebtedness.
“ Person
” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, trust (including a business trust), joint venture,
association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“ Plan
” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term
is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by any Loan
Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA
Affiliate.
“ Pledged
Debt ” has the meaning specified in Section
(1)(d)(iv) of the Security Agreement.
“ Pledged
Interests ” has the meaning specified in Section
(1)(d)(iii) of the Security Agreement.
“ Pro Forma
Basis ” has the meaning specified in the definition
of Consolidated EBITDA.
“ Qualified
Preferred Equity Interests ” means preferred Equity
Interests that (a) have no mandatory redemption feature
exercisable on a date earlier than 180 days after the Maturity
Date, (b) have no requirements for the payment of dividends or
other distributions in cash on a date earlier than 180 days after
the Scheduled Maturity Date for the Term Facility and
(c) contain covenants, if any, no more restrictive than those
customarily found in a high-yield debt offering.
“ Refinanced
Indebtedness ” has the meaning specified in the
definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.
“ Refinancing
Indebtedness ” has the meaning specified in the
definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.
“
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.06(d) .
“ Related
Documents ” means the Existing Notes and the Existing
Notes Indenture.
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“ Related
Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the partners, members, directors,
officers, employees, agents, trustees, attorneys and advisors of
such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates and the
successors and assigns of each such Person.
“ Reportable
Event ” means any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the
30-day notice period has been waived.
“ Request for
Credit Extension ” means (a) with respect to a
Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving
Credit Loans, a Borrowing Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C
Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with
respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“ Required
Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination,
Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total
Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing
Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for
purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused
Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused
Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.
“ Required
Revolving Credit Lenders ” means, as of any date of
determination, Revolving Credit Lenders owed or holding at least a
majority in interest of the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at such time,
(b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time
and (c) the aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments at
such time; provided , however , that the unused
Revolving Credit Commitment of, the aggregate principal amount of
the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and owing to, and the
Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations of, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for
purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit
Lenders.
“ Required Term
Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination,
Term Lenders owed or holding at least a majority in interest of the
aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding at such
time; provided , however , that the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding and owing to any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Term Lenders.
“ Responsible
Officer ” means the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer, vice president of finance,
treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary of
a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed
to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership
and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on
behalf of such Loan Party.
“ Restricted
Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any
capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or
other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance,
acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock
or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to
the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the
equivalent of any thereof), or on account of any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any such dividend or other distribution or
payment.
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“ Revolving
Credit Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the
case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made
by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(b) .
“ Revolving
Credit Commitment ” means, as to each Revolving
Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) ,
(b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and
(c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit
Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to
which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such
amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“ Revolving
Credit Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit
Commitments at such time.
“ Revolving
Credit Lender ” means, at any time, any Lender that
has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
“ Revolving
Credit Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(b) .
“ Revolving
Credit Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower
payable to the order of any Revolving Credit Lender, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans
made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
“ Scheduled
Maturity Date ” has the meaning specified in the
definition of Maturity Date.
“ SEC
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
“ Secured Hedge
Agreement ” means any interest rate Swap Contract
required or permitted under Article VI or VII that is
entered into by and between the Borrower and any Hedge
Bank.
“ Secured
Obligations ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2 of the Security Agreement.
“ Secured
Parties ” means, collectively, the Agents, the
Arranger, the Lenders, each L/C Issuer and the Hedge
Banks.
“ Security
Agreement ” means a security agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto, together with each other
security agreement and Security Agreement Supplement delivered
pursuant to Section 6.12 , in each case as
amended.
“ Security
Agreement Supplement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 24(b) of the Security Agreement.
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“ Service Parts
Expenditures ” means for any period, the aggregate of
all expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such
period determined on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with
GAAP, are or should be included in “service parts for
maintenance” or similar items reflected in the consolidated
statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
“ Solvent
” and “ Solvency ” mean, with
respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such
date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is
greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without
limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the
present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that
it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s
ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature,
(d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction,
and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which
such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small
capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and
liabilities as the same become due and payable. The amount of
contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount
that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at
such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability.
“ SPC
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(i)
.
“ Stock Based
Compensation ” means for any period, the aggregate of
all stock based compensation charges reported by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“
Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of
which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
governing body (other than securities or interests having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the
time beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or
to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Subsidiary
Guarantors ” means the Subsidiaries of the Borrower
listed on Schedule I and each other Subsidiary of the
Borrower that shall be required to execute and deliver a guaranty
or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 6.12
.
“ Subsidiary
Guaranty ” means the Subsidiary Guaranty made by the
Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit
F , together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement
delivered pursuant to Section 6.12 .
“ Surviving
Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of each Loan
Party and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before and after
giving effect to the occurrence of the Closing Date and described
in part (b) of Schedule 5.05 hereto.
“ Swap
Contract ” means (a) any and all rate swap
transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward
rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond
or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap
transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency
swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions,
currency
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options, spot contracts, or
any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the
foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the
foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or
subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
ISDA Master Agreement, including any such obligations or
liabilities under any ISDA Master Agreement.
“ Swap
Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or
more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any
legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap
Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined
in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and
(b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause
(a) , the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s)
for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more
mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any
recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include the
Arranger, a Lender or any Affiliate of the Arranger or a
Lender).
“ Swing Line
Borrowing ” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan
pursuant to Section 2.04 .
“ Swing Line
Lender ” means Credit Suisse in its capacity as
provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender
hereunder.
“ Swing Line
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(a) .
“ Swing Line Loan
Notice ” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.04(b) , which, if in writing,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
“ Swing Line
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of
(a) $5,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments.
The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the
Revolving Credit Commitments.
“ Syndication
Agent ” means Silver Point Finance, L.L.C.
“ Synthetic Lease
Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a
Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or
tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on
the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or
bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).
“ Taxes
” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges
imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest,
additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“ Term
Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a)
.
“ Term
Commitment ” means, as to each Term Lender, its
obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term
Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to
which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such
amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
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“ Term
Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate Term
Commitments or Term Loans, as applicable, of all Lenders at such
time.
“ Term
Lender ” means, at any time, any Lender that has a
Term Commitment or Term Loan, as applicable, at such
time.
“ Term
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(a) .
“ Term
Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower
payable to the order of any Term Lender, in substantially the form
of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate
indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from the
Term Loans made by such Term Lender.
“ Total
Outstandings ” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount
of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“
Transaction ” means, collectively,(a) the
entering into the Loan Documents by the Loan Parties, (b) the
repayment in full and termination of all Existing Indebtedness that
is not Surviving Indebtedness and (c) the payment of the fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the
foregoing.
“ Type
” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a
Eurodollar Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan.
“ Unaccrued
Indemnity Claims ” means claims for indemnification
that may be asserted by the Agents, any L/C Issuer, any Lender or
any other Indemnitee under the Loan Documents that are unaccrued
and contingent and as to which no claim, notice or demand has been
given to or made on the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) within five Business Days after the Borrower’s request
therefor to the Administrative Agent (unless the making or giving
thereof is prohibited or enjoined by any applicable Law or any
order of any Governmental Authority); provided that the
failure of any Person to make or give any such claim, notice or
demand or otherwise to respond to any such request shall not be
deemed to be a waiver and shall not otherwise affect any such claim
for indemnification.
“ United
States ” and “ U.S. ” mean
the United States of America.
“ Unreimbursed
Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(e) .
1.02 Other Interpretive
Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other
Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) 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 .” Unless
the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including
any Organization Document and this Agreement) shall be construed as
referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended,
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supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(iii) the words “ herein ,” “
hereof ” and “ hereunder ,” and
words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be
construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to
any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a
Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Preliminary
Statements, Recitals and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Preliminary Statements,
Recitals and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such
references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include
all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending
replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or
regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
(vi) the words “ asset ” and “
property ” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights, and (vii) any certification hereunder
required to be given by a corporate officer shall be deemed to be
made on behalf of the applicable Loan Party and not in the
individual capacity of such officer.
(b) In the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “ from ” means “ from and
including ”; the words “ to ” and
“ until ” each mean “ to but
excluding ”; and the word “ through ”
means “ to and including .”
(c) Section headings herein
and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting Terms
.
(a) Generally. All accounting
terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including
financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be
submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in
preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at
any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any
financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and
either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate
in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to
the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so
amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required
under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting
forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
1.04 Times of Day .
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day
shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.05 Letter of Credit
Amounts . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to
mean the maximum face amount of such
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Letter of Credit after giving effect to
all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the
L/C Related Documents related thereto therefor, whether or not such
maximum face amount is in effect at such time.
1.06 Currency Equivalents
Generally . Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than
in Articles II, IX and X) or any of the other Loan Documents to be
in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any
currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be
determined at the rate of exchange quoted by Credit Suisse in New
York, New York at the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding any date of determination thereof, to prime
banks in New York, New York for the spot purchase in the New York
foreign exchange market of such amount in Dollars with such other
currency.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
2.01 The Loans
.
(a) The Term Borrowing.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the
Closing Date each Term Lender severally agrees to make a loan (each
such loan, a “ Term Loan ”) to the
Borrower; provided that the aggregate amount of the Term Borrowing
under the Term Facility shall not exceed $400,000,000. The Term
Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the
Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable
Percentage of the Term Facility. Amounts borrowed under this
Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate
Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The Revolving Credit
Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each
such loan, a “ Revolving Credit Loan ”)
to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any
Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings under
the Revolving Credit Facility shall not exceed the aggregate
Commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, and (ii) the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any
Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line
Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions
hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01(b) , prepay under Section 2.05
, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b) . Revolving
Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as
further provided herein.
2.02 Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Loans .
(a) The Term Borrowing, each
Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received
by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m.
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) one Business Day prior to the requested date
of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if the
Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest
Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as
provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the
applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not
later than 2:00 p.m., four Business
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Days prior to the requested date of such
Borrowing, conversion or continuation having an Interest Period
other than one, two, three or six months in duration, whereupon the
Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable
Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested
Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than
2:00 p.m., three Business Days before the requested date of
such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone)
whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to
by all the Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000
or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Except as
provided in Sections 2.03(f) and 2.04(c) , each
Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof. Each Borrowing Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting
a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of
Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or
a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested
date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may
be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount
of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type
of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable,
the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto and
(vi) remittance instructions. If the Borrower fails to specify
a Type of Loan in a Borrowing Notice or if the Borrower fails to
give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then
the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made
as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion
to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the
Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable
Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such
Borrowing Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will
be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one
month.
(b) Following receipt of a
Borrowing Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender in writing or by telecopier or other electronic
communication of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the
applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, and if no timely
notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender in writing or by
telecopier or other electronic communication of the details of any
automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in
Section 2.02(a) . In the case of a Term Borrowing or a
Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the
amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s
Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in
the applicable Borrowing Notice. Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and,
if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension,
Section 4.01 ), the Administrative Agent shall make all
funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as
received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds
to an account designated by the Borrower in writing, in each case
in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably
acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided,
however, that if, on the date the Borrowing Notice with respect to
any Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are
L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing,
first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C
Borrowings and, second, shall be made available to the Borrower as
provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise
provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued upon the
expiration of any applicable Interest Period or converted only on
the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.
During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be
requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of the Required Lenders. During the existence
of a Default that is not an Event of Default, no Loans may be
requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of the Required Lenders, unless converted to or
continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans with Interest Periods of one
month.
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(d) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders (in writing or
by telecopier or other electronic communication) of the interest
rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base
Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Credit Suisse’s
prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the
announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to
the Term Borrowing, all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all
conversions of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type
to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans or Revolving
Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than six
Interest Periods in effect.
(f) The failure of any Lender
to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder
to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan
to be made by such other Lender on the date of any
Borrowing.
(g) Anything in this
Section 2.02 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate for any Borrowing if the
obligation of the Appropriate Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 3.02 or
3.03 .
2.03 Letters of Credit
.
(a) Issuance of Letters of
Credit. Each L/C Issuer agrees, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to issue (or cause any of its Affiliates
that constitute a commercial bank to issue on its behalf) Letters
of Credit in Dollars for the account of the Borrower from time to
time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date
until the day that is thirty days prior to the Scheduled Maturity
Date for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day); provided that after
giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension, (i) the Total
Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments,
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment, and (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C
Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. No
Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date (including all
rights of the Borrower or the beneficiary to require renewal) later
than the earlier of (x) 12 months after the date of its
issuance or (y) five Business Days before the Scheduled
Maturity for the Revolving Credit Facility, but may by its terms be
renewable annually upon written notice (a “ Notice of
Renewal ”) given to the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent on or prior to any date for notice of renewal
set forth in such Letter of Credit but in any event at least three
Business Days prior to the date of the proposed renewal of such
Letter of Credit and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions
set forth in Article IV unless the L/C Issuer has notified the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on or prior to
the date for notice of termination set forth in such Letter of
Credit but in any event at least 30 days prior to the date of
automatic renewal of its election not to renew such Letter of
Credit (a “ Notice of Termination ”);
provided that the terms of each Letter of Credit that is
automatically renewable annually shall (A) require the L/C
Issuer to give the beneficiary named in such Letter of Credit
notice of any Notice of Termination, (B) permit such
beneficiary, upon receipt of such notice, to draw under such Letter
of Credit prior to the date such Letter of Credit otherwise would
have been automatically renewed and (C) not permit the
expiration date (after
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giving effect to any renewal) of such
Letter of Credit in any event to be extended to a date later than
five Business Days before the Scheduled Maturity Date for the
Revolving Credit Facility. If either a Notice of Renewal is not
given by the Borrower or a Notice of Termination is given by the
L/C Issuer pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, such
Letter of Credit shall expire on the date on which it otherwise
would have been automatically renewed. Within the limits of the
Letter of Credit Facility, and subject to the limits referred to
above, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit
under this Section 2.03(a ), repay any L/C Advances
resulting from drawings thereunder pursuant to
Section 2.03(e) and request the issuance of additional
Letters of Credit under this Section 2.03(a
).
(b) Request for Issuance.
Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice, given not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the third Business Day prior to the date of
the proposed issuance of such Letter of Credit, by the Borrower to
the L/C Issuer, which shall give to the Administrative Agent (who
in turn shall give to each Revolving Credit Lender) prompt notice
thereof by telecopier or electronic communication. Each such notice
of issuance of a Letter of Credit (a “ Notice of
Issuance ”) may be by telephone, confirmed
immediately in writing, or telecopier or electronic communication,
specifying therein the requested (i) date of such issuance
(which shall be a Business Day), (ii) amount of such Letter of
Credit, (iii) expiration date of such Letter of Credit,
(iv) name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of
Credit and (v) form of such Letter of Credit, and shall be
accompanied by a Letter of Credit Application. If (1) the
requested form of such Letter of Credit is acceptable to the L/C
Issuer in its sole discretion and (2) it has not received
notice of objection to such issuance from the Required Lenders, the
L/C Issuer will, upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article IV, make such Letter of Credit available to the
Borrower at its office referred to in Schedule 10.02 or as
otherwise agreed with the Borrower in connection with such
issuance. In the event and to the extent that the provisions of any
Letter of Credit Application shall conflict with this Agreement,
the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
(c) L/C Advances.
(i) The Borrower shall repay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each L/C Issuer and
each other Revolving Credit Lender that has made an L/C Advance, on
the same day that an L/C Advance is made or on the next Business
Day, the outstanding principal amount of each L/C Advance made by
each of them.
(ii) The Obligations of the
Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Agreement, any
Letter of Credit Application and any other agreement or instrument
relating to any Letter of Credit shall be unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such Letter of Credit Application and such
other agreement or instrument under all circumstances, including,
without limitation, the following circumstances:
(A) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document, any Letter of Credit
Application, any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto (all of the foregoing being,
collectively, the “ L/C Related Documents
”);
(B) any change in the time,
manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of any L/C Related
Document or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
departure from all or any of the L/C Related Documents;
(C) the existence of any
claim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at
any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter
of
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Credit (or any Persons for
which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting),
the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the L/C Related Documents or any
unrelated transaction;
(D) any statement or any
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect;
(E) payment by the L/C Issuer
under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft,
certificate or other document that does not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(F) any exchange, release or
non-perfection of any Collateral or other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the
Subsidiary Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the
Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the L/C Related
Documents; or
(G) any other circumstance or
happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, any other circumstance
that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrower or a guarantor.
The foregoing provisions of
this Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall not impair any claim of
the Borrower as provided in Section 10.04(d)
.
(d) Letter of Credit Reports.
In addition to notifying the Administrative Agent of each new,
expired, modified or terminated Letter of Credit at the time such
Letter of Credit is issued, modified, terminated or expires, each
L/C Issuer shall furnish (i) to the Administrative Agent (who
shall furnish to each Revolving Credit Lender) and the Borrower on
or about the last Business Day of each calendar month and each
calendar quarter a written report summarizing issuance and
expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer
during the preceding month and quarter, as the case may be, and
drawings during such calendar month or quarter under all Letters of
Credit issued by such L/C Issuer and (ii) to the
Administrative Agent (who shall furnish to each Revolving Credit
Lender) and the Borrower on the last Business Day of each calendar
quarter a written report setting forth the average daily aggregate
amount of Letters of Credit available to be drawn during such
calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit issued by such L/C
Issuer.
(e) Participations in Letters
of Credit. Upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit by the L/C
Issuer under Section 2.03(b) , the L/C Issuer shall be
deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to
each Revolving Credit Lender, and each such Revolving Credit Lender
shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to
have purchased from the L/C Issuer, a participation in such Letter
of Credit in an amount for each Revolving Credit Lender equal to
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of such
Letter of Credit available to be drawn, effective upon the issuance
of such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of
the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by the L/C Issuer and not
reimbursed by the Borrower forthwith on the date due as provided in
Section 2.03(c) (or which has been so reimbursed but
must be returned or restored by the L/C Issuer because of the
occurrence of an event specified in Section 8.01(f) or
otherwise) (an “ Unreimbursed Amount ”)
by making available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer by deposit to the Administrative Agent’s account, in
same day funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such L/C Disbursement. Each
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Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and
agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to
this Section 2.03(e) in respect of Letters of Credit is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any
off-set, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If and to
the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have so made
the amount of such L/C Disbursement available to the Administrative
Agent, such Revolving Credit Lender agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such L/C Disbursement
is due pursuant to Section 2.03(c) until the date such
amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds
Rate for its account or the account of the L/C Issuer. If such
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent such amount for the
account of the L/C Issuer on any Business Day, such amount so paid
in respect of principal shall constitute an L/C Advance made by
such Lender on such Business Day for purposes of this Agreement,
and the outstanding principal amount of an L/C Advance made by the
L/C Issuer shall be reduced by such amount on such Business
Day.
(f) Drawing and
Reimbursement. The payment by the L/C Issuer of a draft drawn under
any Letter of Credit shall constitute for all purposes of this
Agreement the making by the L/C Issuer of an L/C Advance, which
shall be a Base Rate Loan, in the amount of such draft.
(g) Failure to Make L/C
Advances. The failure of any Lender to make an L/C Advance to be
made by it on the date specified in Section 2.03(e)
shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to
make its L/C Advance on such date, but no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the L/C
Advance to be made by such other Lender on such date.
(h) Cash Collateral. Upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, if, as of the date five
Business Days prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date for the
Revolving Credit Facility, any L/C Obligation for any reason
remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately
Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations.
(i) Applicability of ISP98.
Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the
Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP
shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(j) Letter of Credit Fees,
Etc.
(i) The Borrower shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit
Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a per annum
Letter of Credit fee (the “ Letter of Credit
Fee ”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the
Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans times the daily
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.
Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable (A) on a
quarterly basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each
quarter, commencing on the last Business Day of September, 2007 and
(B) on the Maturity Date in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility, in each case on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed over a 360-day year. If there is any change in the
Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of
each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the
Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that
such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, while any Event of Default exists, all
Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(ii) The Borrower shall pay
to the L/C Issuer, for its own account, such commissions, issuance
fees, fronting fees, transfer fees and other fees and charges in
connection with the issuance or administration of each Letter of
Credit as the Borrower and the L/C Issuer shall agree, with the
initial fronting fee equal to an amount to be agreed but not to
exceed 0.25% per annum
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on the maximum amount
available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit issued by the L/C
Issuer payable (A) on a quarterly basis in arrears on the last
Business Day of each quarter, commencing on the last Business Day
of September, 2007 and (B) on the Maturity Date in respect of
the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.
2.04 Swing Line Loans
.
(a) The Swing Line. The Swing
Line Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, to make loans (each such loan, a “ Swing Line
Loan ”) to the Borrower from time to time on any
Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line
Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when
aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting
as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment; provided , however , that after giving
effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings of
the Revolving Credit Loans shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders, and
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment, and provided further that the Borrower shall not
use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any
outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may
borrow under this Section 2.04 , prepay under
Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base
Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each
Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender
a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the
amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures.
Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s
irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such
notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested
borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be
borrowed, which shall be in an amount of $250,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested
borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic
notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line
Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice
(by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent
(including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to
2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing
(a) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing
Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso
to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) , or
(b) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will make the amount
of the requested Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower as
designated in the Notice of Swing Line Borrowing, in same day
funds.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line
Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at
any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf
of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line
Lender to so request on its behalf), or in any event automatically
upon the maturity of each Swing Line
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Loan as set forth in
Section 2.07(c) , that each other Revolving Credit
Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line
Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing
(which written request shall be deemed to be a Borrowing Notice for
purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.02 , without regard to the minimum and
multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate
Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish
the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Notice
promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.
Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its
Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Borrowing
Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the
Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 11:00 a.m. on
the Business Day specified in such Borrowing Notice, whereupon,
subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii) , each Revolving Credit
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a
Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative
Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line
Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any
Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the
request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as
set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line
Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such
Swing Line Loan, each such Revolving Lender shall thereupon fund
the full amount of such participation in the manner provided in
Section 2.04(c)(i) , and each Revolving Credit
Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i)
shall be deemed payment in respect of such
participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit
Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by
such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.04(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date
on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line
Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. A
certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts
owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to
purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant
to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line
Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever,
(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing. No such funding of risk
participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of
the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.
(d) Repayment of
Participations. If any payment received by the Administrative Agent
in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is
required to be returned by the Administrative Agent under any of
the circumstances described in Section 10.05 , each
Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage
thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest
thereon from the date of such
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demand to the date such amount is
returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The
Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the
Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this
subsection shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and
the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of
Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for
invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until
each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to
refinance such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing
Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall
be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 Prepayments
.
(a) Optional.
(i) The Borrower may, upon
notice to the Administrative Agent at any time or from time to
time, voluntarily prepay Term Loans in whole or in part subject to
the premium set forth in Section 2.05(d) and Revolving
Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;
provided that (A) such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (1) three
Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate
Loans and (2) one Business Day Prior to any date of prepayment
of Base Rate Loans; and (B) any partial prepayment shall be in
a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof
then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and
amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid.
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such
notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such
prepayment, the payment amount specified in such notice shall be
due and payable on the date specified therein and each such
prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon,
together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05 . Each prepayment of the outstanding Term
Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied
pro rata to the remaining principal repayment installments thereof;
provided that such prepayment shall be applied first to Base
Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to
Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner that minimizes the
amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 3.05(a) .
(ii) The Borrower may, upon
notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing
Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;
provided that (A) such notice must be received by the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00
p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such
prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $250,000. Each
such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.
If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make
such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice
shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(iii) No Lender may reject
any voluntary prepayment pursuant to this
Section 2.05(a) .
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(b) Mandatory
.
(i) Within five Business Days
(subject to Section 2.05(c) ) after the date the
Borrower is required to deliver financial statements pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate
pursuant to Section 6.02(b) , the Borrower shall prepay
an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to the amount by which
(i) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year covered by
such financial statements (commencing with the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2008) exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount of all
voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans and, to the extent that any
prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans resulted in corresponding
permanent reductions of Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving
Credit Loans made during such fiscal year pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) , in each case to the extent such
payments were not and have not been funded with additional
Indebtedness and are not otherwise financed; provided that
(A) the percentage in this Section 2.05(b)(i)
shall be reduced to 25% if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio on the
date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto) is no greater
than 2.5 to 1.0 but greater than 1.5 to 1.0 and (B) no
prepayment shall be required under this
Section 2.05(b)(i) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto) is not
greater than 1.5 to 1.0.
(ii) If any Loan Party or any
of its Subsidiaries Disposes of any property or assets (including
proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the
Borrower and insurance and condemnation proceeds) (other than any
Disposition of any property or assets permitted by
Section 7.05(b) , (c) , (d) , (e)
, (f) , (g) , (h) , (i), (j) or
(k) ) and the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the
Loan Parties and such Subsidiaries in any fiscal year exceeds
$6,000,000 for all such sales, the Borrower shall immediately
(subject to Section 2.05(c) ) prepay an aggregate
principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds;
provided , however , that, with respect to any Net
Cash Proceeds realized under a Disposition described in this
Section 2.05(b)(ii) , (A) at the option of the
Borrower (as elected by the Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such Disposition),
and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such
Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets so long as (1) within
180 days following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, a definitive
agreement for the purchase of such assets with such proceeds shall
have been entered into (as certified by the Borrower in writing to
the Administrative Agent), and (2) within 270 days after the
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such purchase shall have been
consummated (as certified by the Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent); provided further ,
however , that any Net Cash Proceeds that are not subject to
such definitive agreement within the applicable timeframe set forth
above or that are not so reinvested within the applicable timeframe
set forth above shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of
the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05 ; and
(B) any amount reinvested under clause (A) shall
not be included in determining the amount of any required
prepayment of the Loans under this Section 2.05(b)(ii)
.
(iii) Upon the incurrence or
issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of
the definition of “Indebtedness” (other than
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to
Section 7.02) , the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate
principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds
received therefrom immediately (subject to
Section 2.05(c) ) upon receipt thereof by any Loan
Party or such Subsidiary.
(iv) If for any reason the
Total Outstandings under the Revolving Credit Facility at any time
exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the
Borrower shall immediately prepay the Revolving Credit Loans and/or
Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal
to such excess.
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(v) Each mandatory prepayment
of Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) , (ii)
or (iii) shall be applied on a pro rata basis to
the remaining principal repayment installments due in respect of
the Terms Loans of the Term Lenders that accept such prepayments
until all such installments are paid in full. Each such mandatory
prepayment of Loans shall be applied, first , on a pro rata
basis to the then outstanding Term Loans being prepaid,
irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are Base Rate
Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans; provided that if no Lenders
exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the
Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c) , then, with
respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory
prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans that are Base Rate
Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans
that are Eurodollar Rate Loans in a manner that minimizes the
amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 3.05(a) , and, thereafter , ratably
to the Revolving Credit Facility without a permanent reduction in
the Revolving Credit Commitments.
(vi) Prepayments of the
Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to this
Section 2.05(b) , first , shall be applied to
prepay L/C Borrowings outstanding at such time until all such L/C
Borrowings are paid in full, second , shall be applied to
prepay Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time until all such
Swing Line Loans are paid in full, third , shall be applied
to prepay Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at such time until all
such Revolving Credit Loans are paid in full and, fourth ,
shall be used to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations; and, in
the case of prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility required
pursuant to clause (i) , (ii) or (iii)
of this Section 2.05(b) , the amount remaining,
if any, after the prepayment in full of all Loans and L/C
Borrowings outstanding at such time and the L/C Obligations have
been Cash Collateralized in full may be retained by the Borrower
for use in the ordinary course of its business. Upon the drawing of
any Letter of Credit which has been Cash Collateralized, such funds
shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or
from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the L/C
Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable.
(c) Term Lender
Opt-out . With respect to any prepayment of the Term Facility
pursuant to Section 2.05(b ), any Term Lender, at its
option, may elect not to accept such prepayment. Upon the date set
forth in Section 2.05(b ) for any such prepayment of
the Term Facility, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent of the amount that is available to prepay the Term Loans.
Promptly after the date of receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall provide written notice (the “
First Offer ”) to the Term Lenders of the
amount available to prepay the Term Loans. Any Lender declining
such prepayment (a “ Declining Lender ”)
shall give written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by
11:00 a.m. no later than two Business Days after the date of such
notice from the Administrative Agent. On such date, the
Administrative Agent shall then provide written notice (the “
Second Offer ”) to the Term Lenders other than
the Declining Lenders (such Lenders being the “
Accepting Lenders ”) of the additional amount
available (due to such Declining Lenders’ declining such
prepayment) to prepay Term Loans owing to such Accepting Lenders.
Any Lender declining prepayment pursuant to such Second Offer shall
give written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by 11:00
a.m. no later than one Business Day after the date of such notice
of a Second Offer. The Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth
in Section 2.05(b) within three Business Days after its
receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent of the aggregate
amount of such prepayment. Amounts remaining after the allocation
of accepted amounts with respect to the First Offer and the Second
Offer to Accepting Lenders shall be used by the Borrower to prepay
loans under the Revolving Credit Facility as provided in
Section 2.05(b)(vi) above.
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(d) Call Premium . Any
voluntary prepayment of the Term Loans made pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) or mandatory assignment of Term Loans
pursuant to Section 10.06(k) or permanent reduction in
the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to
Section 2.06(a) shall be subject to the payment by the
Borrower of a premium equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of
such Term Loans prepaid or assigned or Revolving Credit Commitment
reduced during the first year following the Closing
Date.
2.06 Termination or
Reduction of Commitments .
(a) Optional. The Borrower
may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the
unused portions of the Term Commitments, the Letter of Credit
Sublimit or the unused Revolving Credit Commitments, or from time
to time permanently reduce the unused portions of the Term
Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the unused Revolving
Credit Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five
Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction,
(ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate
amount of at least $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof, and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or
reduce the unused portions of the Term Commitments, the Letter of
Credit Sublimit, or the unused Revolving Credit Commitments if,
after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments
hereunder, the Total Outstandings under the Revolving Credit
Facility would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments.
(b) Mandatory.
(i) The Term Commitments
shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the
Closing Date but after the disbursement of the Term
Loans.
(ii) If after giving effect
to any reduction or termination of unused Revolving Credit
Commitments under this Section 2.06 , the Letter of
Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, such Sublimit shall be
automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(c) Application of Commitment
Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly
notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused
portions of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the unused Revolving
Credit Commitment under this Section 2.06 . Upon any
reduction of unused Commitments under a Facility, the Commitment of
each Lender under such Facility shall be reduced by such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount by which such
Facility is reduced. All fees accrued until the effective date of
any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the
effective date of such termination.
2.07 Repayment of
Loans .
(a) Term Loans. The Borrower
shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of
the Term Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans
outstanding in quarterly payments of $1,000,000 (which amount shall
be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in
accordance with Section 2.05 ) on
March 31, June 30, September 30, and
December 31 of each year, commencing on September 30,
2007 (provided that if such date is not a Business Day, then such
payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day);
provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment
of the Term Loans shall be paid on the Maturity Date for the Term
Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such
date.
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(b) Revolving Credit Loans.
The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable account of the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity
Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such
date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. The
Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
account of the Swing Line Lender and any Revolving Credit Lender
that has purchased a participation in a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04 the outstanding principal amount of each
Swing Line Loan on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit
Facility.
2.08 Interest
.
(a) Subject to the provisions
of Section 2.08(b) , (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for
each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period plus t
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