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Title: SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/9/2007
Industry: Computer Storage Devices     Law Firm: Latham Watkins;Shearman Sterling     Sector: Technology

SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: credit suisse securities (usa) llc , quantum corporation , silicon valley bank , silver point finance  llc , spcp group iii  llc , spcp group  llc , wachovia bank  na
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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

 

Section

        Page
ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS   

1.01

  

Defined Terms

   1

1.02

  

Other Interpretive Provisions

   28

1.03

  

Accounting Terms

   29

1.04

  

Times of Day

   29

1.05

  

Letter of Credit Amounts

   29

1.06

  

Currency Equivalents Generally

   30

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

  

2.01

  

The Loans

   30

2.02

  

Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans

   30

2.03

  

Letters of Credit

   32

2.04

  

Swing Line Loans

   36

2.05

  

Prepayments

   38

2.06

  

Termination or Reduction of Commitments

   41

2.07

  

Repayment of Loans

   41

2.08

  

Interest

   42

2.09

  

Fees

   42

2.10

  

Computation of Interest and Fees

   43

2.11

  

Evidence of Indebtedness

   43

2.12

  

Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback

   44

2.13

  

Sharing of Payments by Lenders

   45
ARTICLE III   
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY   

3.01

  

Taxes

   46

3.02

  

Illegality

   48

3.03

  

Inability to Determine Rates

   48

3.04

  

Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans

   49

3.05

  

Compensation for Losses

   50

3.06

  

Mitigation Obligations

   50

3.07

  

Survival

   51
ARTICLE IV   
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS   

4.01

  

Conditions of Initial Credit Extension

   51

4.02

  

Conditions to All Credit Extensions

   54

 


ARTICLE V   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

5.01

  

Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws

   54

5.02

  

Authorization; No Contravention

   55

5.03

  

Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

   55

5.04

  

Binding Effect

   55

5.05

  

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

   55

5.06

  

Litigation

   57

5.07

  

No Default

   57

5.08

  

Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments

   57

5.09

  

Environmental Compliance

   57

5.10

  

Insurance

   58

5.11

  

Taxes

   58

5.12

  

Labor Matters

   58

5.13

  

ERISA Compliance; Employee Benefit Plans

   58

5.14

  

Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan Parties

   59

5.15

  

Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

   60

5.16

  

Disclosure

   60

5.17

  

Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

   60

5.18

  

Solvency

   61

5.19

  

Casualty, Etc.

   61

5.20

  

Validity, Priority and Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral

   61

5.21

  

Senior Indebtedness

   61
ARTICLE VI   
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS   

6.01

  

Financial Statements

   61

6.02

  

Certificates; Other Information

   62

6.03

  

Notices

   64

6.04

  

Payment of Obligations

   65

6.05

  

Preservation of Existence, Etc.

   65

6.06

  

Maintenance of Properties

   65

6.07

  

Maintenance of Insurance

   65

6.08

  

Compliance with Laws

   66

6.09

  

Books and Records

   66

6.10

  

Inspection Rights

   66

6.11

  

Use of Proceeds

   66

6.12

  

Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security

   66

6.13

  

Compliance with Environmental Laws

   69

6.14

  

Preparation of Environmental Reports

   70

6.15

  

Further Assurances

   70

6.16

  

Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds

   70

6.17

  

Cash Collateral Accounts

   71

6.18

  

Corporate Ratings

   71

6.19

  

Interest Rate Hedging

   71

6.20

  

Conditions Subsequent to Closing

   71

6.21

  

Cash Collateral

   72

 

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ARTICLE VII   
NEGATIVE COVENANTS   

7.01

  

Liens

   72

7.02

  

Indebtedness

   74

7.03

  

Investments

   76

7.04

  

Fundamental Changes

   77

7.05

  

Dispositions

   77

7.06

  

Restricted Payments

   79

7.07

  

Change in Nature of Business

   80

7.08

  

Transactions with Affiliates

   80

7.09

  

Burdensome Agreements

   80

7.10

  

Financial Covenants

   80

7.11

  

Capital Expenditures and Service Parts Expenditures

   83

7.12

  

Amendments of Organization Documents

   83

7.13

  

Accounting Changes

   83

7.14

  

Prepayments, Amendments, Etc. of Indebtedness

   83

7.15

  

Amendment, Etc. of the Related Documents

   83

7.16

  

Partnerships, Etc.

   84

7.17

  

Speculative Transactions

   84

7.18

  

Formation of Subsidiaries

   84

7.19

  

Designation as Designated Senior Indebtedness

   84

7.20

  

Excluded Subsidiaries.

   84
ARTICLE VIII   
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES   

8.01

  

Events of Default

   84

8.02

  

Remedies upon Event of Default

   86

8.03

  

Application of Funds

   87
ARTICLE IX   
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT   

9.01

  

Authorization and Action

   88

9.02

  

Agent’s Reliance, Etc.

   88

9.03

  

Credit Suisse and Affiliates

   89

9.04

  

Lender Credit Decision

   89

9.05

  

Indemnification of Agents

   89

9.06

  

Successor Agents

   90

9.07

  

Arranger and Syndication Agent Have No Liability

   91

9.08

  

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

   91

9.09

  

Collateral and Guaranty Matters

   91
ARTICLE X   
MISCELLANEOUS   

10.01

  

Amendments, Etc.

   92

10.02

  

Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies

   94

10.03

  

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

   95

10.04

  

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver; No Liability of the L/C Issuer

   96

 

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10.05

  

Payments Set Aside

   98

10.06

  

Successors and Assigns

   98

10.07

  

Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

   102

10.08

  

Right of Setoff

   103

10.09

  

Interest Rate Limitation

   103

10.10

  

Release of Collateral

   104

10.11

  

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

   104

10.12

  

Survival of Representations and Warranties

   104

10.13

  

Severability

   104

10.14

  

USA PATRIOT Act Notice

   105

10.15

  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

   105

10.16

  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

   106

SIGNATURES

   S-1

 

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SCHEDULES

 
      I  

Guarantors

      II  

Excluded Subsidiaries

      2.01  

Commitments and Applicable Percentages

      5.03  

Certain Authorizations

      5.05  

Existing Indebtedness; Surviving Indebtedness; Supplement to Interim Financial Statements

      5.08(b)  

Existing Liens

      5.08(c)  

Owned Real Property

      5.08(d)  

Leased Real Property

      5.09  

Environmental Matters

      5.14  

Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments; Loan Parties

      5.17  

Intellectual Property Matters

      6.20(a)  

Foreign Equity Interests

      6.20(c)  

Material Leased Property

      6.20(d)  

Mortgaged Property

      7.03(f)  

Existing Investments

      7.11  

Capital Expenditure Projects

      10.02  

Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

 
      Form of
      A  

Borrowing Notice

      B  

Swing Line Loan Notice

      C-1  

Term Note

      C-2  

Revolving Credit Note

      D  

Compliance Certificate

      E  

Assignment and Assumption

      F  

Subsidiary Guaranty

      G  

Security Agreement

      H  

Solvency Certificate

      I  

Opinion Matters – Counsel to Loan Parties

      J  

Letter of Credit Application

      K  

Administrative Questionnaire

 

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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.

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:

 

Eurodollar Rate =

  

                    LIBO Rate

  
   1.00 – Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage   

Where,

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.

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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).

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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;

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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.

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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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