Exhibit 10.14
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE 1.
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DEFINITIONS AND
RULES OF INTERPRETATION
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Definitions
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Rules of
Interpretation
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ARTICLE 2.
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THE REVOLVING
CREDIT FACILITY
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Commitment to
Lend
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Revolving Loan
Commitment Fee
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Reduction of
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment
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The Revolving
Credit Note
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Requests for
Revolving Credit Loans
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Payment and
Sharing of Payment
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Change in
Borrowing Base
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28
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ARTICLE 3.
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REPAYMENT OF
THE REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS
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Maturity
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Mandatory
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans
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Optional
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans
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ARTICLE 4.
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TERM
LOANS
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Term Loan A;
Term Loan B; Commitment to Lend
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The Term
Notes
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Term Loans
Continuation
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ARTICLE 5.
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REPAYMENT OF
TERM LOAN
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Scheduled
Principal Amortization
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Optional
Prepayments
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Mandatory
Prepayments.
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Term Loan
Payments Settlement
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Late
Fee
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ARTICLE 6.
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CERTAIN GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Origination
Fee
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Interest on
Loans
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Funds for
Payments
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Computations
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Additional
Costs, Etc
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Capital
Adequacy
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Certificate
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Interest
Following Event of Default; Late Charge
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Inability to
Determine LIBOR
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Illegality
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36
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Indemnity
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36
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Taxes
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37
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General
Obligations
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Replacement of
Lender Due to Increased Costs
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ARTICLE
7.
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LETTERS OF
CREDIT SUBLIMIT; FOREIGN EXCHANGE SUBLIMIT
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Letter of
Credit Commitments
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Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrower
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40
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Letter of
Credit Payments
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Obligations
Absolute
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Reliance by
Issuer
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Letter of
Credit Fee
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Foreign
Exchange Facility
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ARTICLE
8.
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COLLATERAL
SECURITY
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ARTICLE
9.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Corporate
Authority
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Governmental
Approvals
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44
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Title to
Properties; Leases
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Financial
Statements and Projections
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45
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No Material
Changes, Etc
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Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, Etc
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Litigation
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No Materially
Adverse Contracts, Etc
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Compliance with
Other Instruments, Laws, Etc
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Tax
Status
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No Event of
Default
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Holding Company
and Investment Company Acts
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Absence of
Financing Statements, Etc
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Perfection of
Security Interest
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Certain
Transactions
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Regulations T,
U and X
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Environmental
Compliance
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Ownership;
Subsidiaries, Etc
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50
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Bank
Accounts
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Chief Executive
Offices
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Fiscal
Year
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50
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No Amendments
to Certain Documents
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Disclosure
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Representations
Under Purchase Agreement
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Insurance
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Foreign Assets
Control Regulation, Etc
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Use of
Proceeds
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Licenses and
Permits
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ARTICLE 10.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
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Punctual
Payment
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Maintenance of
Office
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Records and
Accounts
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Financial
Statements, Certificates and Information
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Notices
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Legal
Existence; Maintenance of Properties
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Insurance
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Taxes
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Inspection of
Properties and Books, Etc.
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Compliance with
Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Bank
Accounts
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Further
Assurances
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Use of
Proceeds
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IP Corrective
Measures
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ARTICLE
11.
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CERTAIN
NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
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Restrictions on
Indebtedness
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Restrictions on
Liens
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Restrictions on
Investments
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Restricted
Payments
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Merger,
Consolidation and Disposition of Assets
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Sale and
Leaseback
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Compliance with
Environmental Laws
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Modification of
Documents
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Negative
Pledges
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Upstream
Limitations
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Inconsistent
Agreements
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Bank
Accounts
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Restriction on
Subsidiaries
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Restrictions on
Loans and Advances
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Line of
Business
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Use of
Proceeds
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Activity of the
Holding Company
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ARTICLE
12.
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FINANCIAL
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
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Coverage
Ratios.
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Leverage
Ratio
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Capital
Expenditures
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Current
Ratio
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ARTICLE 13.
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CLOSING
CONDITIONS
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Loan
Documents
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Legal
Review
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Acquisition
Documents and Capitalization Documents
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Certified
Copies of Charter Documents
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68
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Corporate
Action
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68
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Incumbency
Certificate
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69
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Validity of
Liens
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69
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Perfection
Certificates and Lien Search Results
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69
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Officers
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Certificates of
Insurance
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69
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Pro Forma
Compliance
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69
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Solvency
Certificate
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69
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Opinion of
Counsel
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Disbursement
Instructions
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70
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Satisfaction of
Conditions of Purchase Agreement
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70
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Completion of
Acquisition, Etc
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70
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Capitalization
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Payment of
Fees
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70
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Material
Adverse Effect
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70
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Due Diligence
Exam/CPA Report
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70
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Absence of
Material Litigation
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70
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Appraisals
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70
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Governmental
Approvals
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71
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Consents
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71
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Availability
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71
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Environmental
Report
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71
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Real
Estate.
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71
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Borrowing Base
Report
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71
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Interest Rate
Protection
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Subordinated
Notes
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ARTICLE 14.
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CONDITIONS TO
ALL BORROWINGS
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Representations
True; No Event of Default
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No Legal
Impediment
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Governmental
Regulations
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72
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Proceedings and
Documents
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Borrowing Base
Certificate
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ARTICLE 15.
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EVENTS OF
DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC
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Events of
Default and Acceleration
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Termination of
Total Commitment.
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Remedies
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Distribution of
Collateral Proceeds
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ARTICLE 16.
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SETOFF
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ARTICLE 17.
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EXPENSES
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ARTICLE
18.
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INDEMNIFICATION
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78
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ARTICLE
19.
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SURVIVAL OF
COVENANTS, ETC
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ARTICLE
20.
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AGENT
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Appointment and
Authorization of Agent
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Delegation of
Duties
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Liability of
the Agents
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80
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Reliance by
Agent
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Notice of
Default
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81
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Credit
Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agent
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81
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Indemnification
of Agent
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Agent in its
Individual Capacity
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Successor
Agent
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Agent May File
Proofs of Claim
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Collateral and
Guaranty Matters
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Lender
Pledge
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84
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Return of
Payments; Defaulting Lender
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84
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Right to
Perform, Preserve and Protect
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Amendment of
Article 20
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ARTICLE
21.
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ASSIGNMENT AND
PARTICIPATION
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Conditions to
Assignment by any Lender
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Participations
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Disclosure
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Assignee or
Participant Affiliated with the Borrower
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Assignment by
the Borrower
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ARTICLE
22.
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NOTICES,
ETC
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ARTICLE
23.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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ARTICLE
24.
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HEADINGS
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87
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ARTICLE
25.
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COUNTERPARTS
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87
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ARTICLE
26.
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT, ETC
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87
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ARTICLE
27.
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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87
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ARTICLE
28.
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CONSENTS,
AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC
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88
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ARTICLE
29.
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SEVERABILITY
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List of
Exhibits and Schedules
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
A-1
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Form of
Revolving Credit Note
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Exhibit
A-2
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Form of Term A
Note
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Exhibit
A-3
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Form of Term B
Note
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Exhibit
B
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Form of Notice
of Borrowing (Revolving Loan)
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Exhibit
C
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Form of Notice
of Borrowing (Term Loans)
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Exhibit
D
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
E
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
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Exhibit
F
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Form of
Management Fees Subordination Agreement
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Schedules
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Schedule
9.3
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Title to
Property; Leases
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Schedule
9.5
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Material
Changes
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Schedule
9.6
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Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, Etc.
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Schedule
9.7
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Litigation
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Schedule
9.8
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No Materially
Adverse Contracts, Etc.
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Schedule
9.9
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Compliance with
Other Instruments, Laws, Etc.
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Schedule
9.19A
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Post-Closing
Capitalization of Borrower
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Schedule
9.19B
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Post-Closing
Capitalization of Holding Company
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Schedule
9.20
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Bank
Accounts
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Schedule
9.26
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Insurance
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Schedule
9.29
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Licenses and
Permits
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Schedule
10.15
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IP Corrective
Measures
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REVOLVING CREDIT
AND
TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
by and among
CYALUME TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS,
INC., as Guarantor
CYALUME TECHNOLOGIES, INC., as
Borrower
and the Subsidiary
Guarantors
from time to time party
hereto,
as Guarantors
and
TD BANK, N.A., as Agent and a
Lender
and
The Additional Lenders
From
Time to Time Party
Hereto
December 19, 2008
REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
This REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT is
made as of the 19th day of December, 2008, by and among CYALUME
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), CYALUME TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.,
formerly known as VECTOR INTERSECT SECURITY ACQUISITION CORP., a
Delaware corporation (the “Holding Company”), the
Lenders and the other financial institutions or other entities from
time to time parties hereto identified on the signature pages
hereto and TD Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Agent
and as Lender.
ARTICLE
1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF
INTERPRETATION.
Section 1.1
Definitions. The following terms shall have the
meanings set forth in this Article 1 or elsewhere in the provisions
of this Credit Agreement referred to below:
Account Debtor . Any Person who is or who may become
obligated under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account,
Chattel Paper, or a General Intangible.
Account(s) . As applied to any Person all now
owned or hereafter acquired right, title, and interest with respect
to “accounts” (as such term is defined from time to
time in the Uniform Commercial Code), and any and all supporting
obligations in respect thereof.
Acquired EBITDA . With respect to the twelve (12)
month period following the closing of a Permitted Acquisition, the
maximum, stipulated, pro forma amount approved by the Agent and the
Lenders which can be added to actual trailing twelve (12) month
EBITDA.
Acquisition . The acquisition by a Subsidiary of
the Holding Company on the Acquisition Closing Date of
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower.
Acquisition Closing Date
. The date on which the
conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied
and the Acquisition has been consummated.
Acquisition Documents
. Collectively, the
Purchase Agreement and all other agreements and documents required
to be entered into or delivered pursuant thereto or in connection
with the Acquisition, each in the form delivered to the Agent on
the Acquisition Closing Date and as amended as permitted
hereunder.
Adjusted EBITDA . With respect to any period, an
amount equal to EBITDA for such period plus to the extent
accounted for in EBITDA and without duplication, the sum of
(i) Management Fees (not to exceed $500,000 per fiscal year),
(ii) Acquired EBITDA and (iii) legal and professional
fees related to Permitted Acquisitions to the extent included in
Consolidated Net Income. For purposes of calculating
trailing twelve (12) month Adjusted EBITDA for a portion of the
first twelve months following Closing, the following shall
apply: $1,193,000 of restructuring expenses for the
quarter ending March 31, 2008 are added, $700,000 of the Holding
Company transaction expenses, and $443,000 of one time Acquisition
expenses are added, and $2,751,000 of gains on settlement of
lawsuit are subtracted.
Affiliate . As applied to any Person, any other
Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Person. For purposes
of this definition, “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Shares, by
contract, or otherwise; provided that, for purposes of
Section 11.11 hereof: (a) any Person which
owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the
partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as
a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed to control
such Person; (b) each director (or comparable manager) of
a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person; and
(c) each partnership or joint venture in which a Person is a
partner or joint venturer shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of
such Person.
Agent . TD Bank, N.A., solely in its
capacity as agent and collateral agent for the Lenders hereunder
and any other holder of Obligations, and any successor
thereto.
Agent Approved Subordination
Agreement . A subordination agreement in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent, in its sole discretion,
which contains such payment, remedy blockages and standstill
provisions and other such terms as the Agent may require or may
deem acceptable.
Agent’s Head Office
. The Agent’s
office located at 370 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608 or such
other location as the Agent may designate from time to
time.
Agent’s Special Counsel
. Choate, Hall &
Stewart LLP or such other counsel as may be approved by the
Agent.
Anti-Terrorism Laws . Any Laws relating to terrorism or
money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224
(effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the Laws
comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws
administered by OFAC.
Applicable Margin . For the period commencing on the
Closing Date and ending on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the Agent’s
receipt, pursuant to Section 10.4, of the officer’s
certificate for the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending March
31, 2009, a per annum percentage equal to that specified for Level
II below, and thereafter as of any date, so long as no Event of
Default exists and subject to the terms of this definition, the
applicable per annum percentage set forth below; provided ,
that if any Event of Default exists the applicable per annum
percentage shall be that specified for Level II.
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Any change in
the Applicable Margin required pursuant to the foregoing shall
become effective on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the Agent receives the
Borrower’s officer’s certificate under Section 10.4 for
the Borrower’s fiscal quarter or year-end, as the case may
be, in question; provided that interest rate reductions
shall become final only on the basis of Borrower’s annual
audited financial statements and (a) in the event that such
annual audited financial statements establish that the Borrower was
not entitled to a rate reduction which was previously granted, the
Borrower shall, upon written demand by the Agent, repay to the
Agent an amount equal to the excess of (i) interest at the
rate which should have been charged based on such annual audited
financial statement(s) to (ii) the rate actually charged
on the basis of the Borrower’s quarterly financial
statement(s) and (b) in the event that such annual
audited financial statements establish the Borrower was entitled to
a rate reduction which was previously not granted, the Agent shall,
upon written demand by the Borrower, apply the excess of
(i) the rate actually charged on the basis of the
Borrower’s quarterly financial statement(s) to
(ii) interest at the rate which should have been charged based
on such annual audited financial statement(s), to the payment of
principal outstanding under the Term A Note and if no amounts are
outstanding thereunder, under the Term B Note, in inverse
order of maturity without the payment of any premium of penalty and
if not amounts are outstanding thereunder to the payments of the
Revolving Credit Loans and if no Revolving Credit Loans are
outstanding such excess shall be remitted to the Borrower;
provided , that in the event of a dispute as to the
appropriate fiscal quarter as to which any adjustment should be
allocated, the decision of the independent accountants of the
Borrower shall be made in accordance with GAAP and shall be binding
upon the Agent and the Borrower absent manifest error; and,
provided further , that in the event that the
Borrower fails to provide any financial statements or
officer’s certificate on a timely basis in accordance with
Section 10.4, any interest rate increase payable as a result
thereof shall be retroactively effective to the date on which the
financial statements or officer’s certificate, as the case
may be, should have been received by the Agent in accordance with
Section 10.4 and the Borrower shall pay any amount due as a result
thereof upon written demand from the Agent . The Agent
shall send the Borrower a written acknowledgement of each change in
the Applicable Margin in accordance with the Agent’s
customary procedures as in effect from time to time, but the
failure to send such acknowledgement shall have no effect on the
effectiveness or applicability of the foregoing provisions of this
definition or the Borrower’s obligations with respect to
payment and calculation of interest on the Loans.
Availability . As of any date of determination, if
such date is a Business Day, and determined at the close of
business on the immediately preceding Business Day, if such date of
determination is not a Business Day, the amount that the Borrower
is entitled to borrow as Revolving Credit Loans under
Section 2.1, after giving effect to all then outstanding
Obligations and all sublimits applicable
hereunder.
Balance Sheet Date . December 31, 2007.
Bankruptcy Code . The provisions of Title 11 of the
United States Code, 11 U.S.C., §§101 et seq., as now
and hereafter in effect, any successors to such statute and any
other applicable insolvency or similar law of any jurisdiction
including, without limitation, any law of any jurisdiction
permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims
of its creditors against it.
Base Rate . The term “Base Rate”
shall mean the sum of (x) the greater of: (A) variable annual
rate of interest designated from time to time by the Wall Street
Journal in the so-called “Money Rates Section” as being
the “Prime Rate” of interest or, if the “Prime
Rate” ceases to be so published, the rate which is in
replacement thereof or substitution therefor, such interest rate to
be adjusted on the effective date of any change thereof and (B)
three percent (3%) per annum, plus (y) three percent
(3%). The Agent shall not be required to notify the
Borrower of adjustments in said interest rate. The Base
Rate is only available for Revolving Credit Loans.
Base Rate Loan(s) . Any Revolving Credit Loans bearing
interest determined with reference to the Base Rate.
Blocked Person . Any
Person: (i) listed in the annex to, or is otherwise
subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224;
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on
behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is
otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order
No. 13224; (iii) a Person with which any Lender is
prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by
any Anti-Terrorism Law; (iv) a Person that commits, threatens
or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as
defined in Executive Order No. 13224; or (v) a Person
that is named a “specially designated national” or
“blocked person” on the most current list published by
OFAC or other similar list.
Borrower . See the preamble hereto.
Borrower’s Key Officers
. Derek Dunaway, Thomas
McCarthy, Earl Cranor and Michael Bielonko.
Borrowing Base . At the relevant time of reference
thereto, an amount determined by the Agent by reference to the most
recent Borrowing Base Report delivered to the Agent pursuant to
§10.4(h), as adjusted pursuant to the provisions below, which
is equal to the sum of: 80% of Eligible Accounts
Receivable plus the lesser of (i) $2,500,000 or
(ii) 50% of Eligible Raw Material and Finished
Goods Inventory.
The Required Lenders may, in their reasonable
discretion, from time to time, in accordance with
§2.7: (x) reduce the lending formula with
respect to any Eligible Accounts Receivable to the extent that the
Required Lenders reasonably determine that: (i) the
dilution with respect of the Accounts Receivable for any period has
increased in any material respect or may be reasonably anticipated
to increase in any material respect above historical levels, or
(ii) the general creditworthiness of account debtors or other
obligors of the Borrower has declined materially or (y) reduce
the lending formula with respect to any Eligible Raw Material and
Finished Goods Inventory to the extent that the Required Lenders
determine that: (i) the number of days of the
turnover of the inventory owned by Borrower for any period has
changed in any material adverse respect, (ii) the liquidation
value of any Eligible Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventory, or
any category thereof, has materially decreased, or (iii) the
nature and quality of the inventory has changed materially and
adversely. In determining whether to reduce the lending
formula(s), the Required Lenders may consider events, conditions,
contingencies or risks which are also considered in determining
Eligible Accounts Receivable and Eligible Raw Material and Finished
Goods Inventory.
Borrowing Base Report . A Borrowing Base Report signed by
the Chief Financial Officer and in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto.
Business Day . Any day (other than Saturday,
Sunday or holiday) on which the Agent is open and conducting
its customary banking transactions in The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Capital Assets . Fixed assets, both tangible (such
as land, buildings, fixtures, machinery and equipment) and
intangible (such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchises and
goodwill).
Capital Expenditures . For any date of determination, the
aggregate amount of payments made by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries for the rental, lease, purchase, construction, or use
of any property, the value or cost of which under GAAP would appear
on the Borrower’s balance sheet in the category of property,
plant or equipment or intangibles, minus the sum
of: (i) expenditures made in Permitted
Acquisitions, including, without limitation, reasonable capitalized
transaction costs related thereto and approved by the Required
Lenders and (ii) capitalized transaction costs related to the
obtaining and closing of the Loans approved by the Required
Lenders.
Capitalization Documents . The Charter Documents of the
Holding Company.
Capitalized Lease(s) . Leases under which the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or obligor, the discounted
future rental payment obligations under which are required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in
accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
CERCLA . See Section 9.18(a).
Change of Control . The occurrence of any one of the
following events: (i) the common stock of Holding
Company is no longer publicly traded or held under the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934; (ii) the Holding Company shall cease
to own 100% of the Shares of the Borrower; (iii) there is a
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or
(iv) any “person” or “group” (as such terms
are used in Sections 15(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 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 40% or more of the equity interests of the Holding
Company on a fully diluted basis, provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, until March 19, 2009, GMS
Acquisition Partners Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, may hold up to fifty-five percent (55%) of the equity
interests of the Holding Company on a fully-diluted
basis.
Charter Documents . With respect to a Person which is a
corporation, its Certificate of Incorporation as amended with the
consent of the Required Lenders and in effect from time to
time.
Chattel Paper . All now owned or hereafter acquired
right, title and interest with respect to “chattel
paper” including, without limitation, “tangible chattel
paper” and “electronic chattel paper”, as such
terms are defined from time to time in the UCC and any and all
supporting obligations in respect thereof.
Closing Date . The first date on which the
conditions set forth in Article 13 have been satisfied and any
Revolving Credit Loans and/or any Term Loans are to be made or any
Letter of Credit issued or Foreign Exchange Contract entered
into.
Code . The Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
Collateral . All of the property, rights and
interests of the Borrower and each Guarantor that are or are
intended to be subject to the security interests and mortgages
created by the Security Documents.
Collateral Access Agreements
.
A waiver or consent in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent executed by any lessor of Real
Estate leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at which Real
Estate any Collateral is located.
Collateral Assignment of Acquisition
Documents . The Collateral Assignment of
Acquisition Documents dated or to be dated on or prior to the
Closing Date, between the Borrower and the Agent, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, as may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
Commitment Fee . See Section 2.2.
Consolidated or consolidated or Consolidating or
consolidating . With reference to any term defined
herein, shall mean that term as applied to the financial statements
of the Holding Company and its Subsidiaries, consolidated or
consolidating in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Consolidated Net Income (or
Deficit) . For any period the gross revenues
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during
such period, less all expenses and other proper charges (including
taxes on income), all determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, but in any event,
excluding: (i) any gain arising from any write down
or write-up of assets, except to the extent inclusion thereof shall
be approved in writing by the Required Lenders; (ii) earnings
of any Subsidiary accrued prior to the date it became a Subsidiary;
(iii) the net earnings of any business entity (other than a
Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an
ownership interest, except to the extent such net earnings shall
have actually been received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in
the form of cash distributions; (iv) the proceeds of any life
insurance policy; (v) any deferred or other credit
representing any excess of the equity of any Subsidiary at the date
of acquisition thereof over the amount invested in such Subsidiary;
and (vi) any reversal of any contingency reserve, except to
the extent that provision for such contingency reserve shall be
made from income arising during such period.
Consolidated Total Debt Service
. For any period, the sum
of: (i) Consolidated Total Interest Expense but
excluding deferred interest not paid in the applicable period plus
(ii) all scheduled installments of principal (which shall not
include the annual mandatory prepayment of Excess Cash Flow
required in Section 5.3(e)) or other like sums payable during
such period on all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries outstanding during all or any part of such
period.
Consolidated Total Interest
Expense . For any period, the aggregate
amount of cash interest required to be paid or accrued by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period on all
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding
during all or any part of such period, whether such interest was or
is required to be reflected as an item of expense or capitalized
and including commitment fees, agency fees, facility fees, and
similar recurring fees in connection with the borrowing of
money.
Credit Agreement . This Revolving Credit and Term Loan
Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
CTSA . Cyalume Technologies, S.A., a
corporation organized under the laws of France and which is a
Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Current Assets . As of any date of determination, all assets of
the Holding Company and its Subsidiaries which would, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, be classified as
current assets at such date.
Current Liabilities . As of any date of determination,
all liabilities of the Holding Company and its Subsidiaries which
would, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
be classified as current liabilities at such date but excluding
therefrom the current maturities of long term debt but including
the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.
Current Ratio . As of any date of determination, the ratio
of: (i) Current Assets to (ii) Current
Liabilities.
Default . See Section 15.1.
Defaulting Lender . Any Lender that fails to make any
Revolving Credit Loan (or other extension of credit) that it
is required to make hereunder on the date that it is required to do
so hereunder.
Defaulting Lender Rate
. The interest rate then applicable to Revolving
Credit Loans that are either LIBOR Rate Loans (inclusive of the
LIBOR Rate Margin applicable thereto) or Base Rate Loans plus
two percent per annum.
Default Rate . See Section 6.8.
Derivative Contract . A forward contract, futures
contract, swap, option or other financing agreement or arrangement
(including, without limitation, caps, floors, collars and similar
agreements), the value of which is dependent upon interest rates,
currency exchange rates, commodities or other indices and the ISDA
Master Agreement dated as of December 19, 2008 by and between TD
Bank and the Borrower and all schedules thereto.
Derivative Termination Value
. In respect of any one or more
Derivative Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any
legally enforceable netting arrangement relating to such Derivative
Contracts, for any date of determination, such calculation shall be
made as if such Derivative Contracts have been closed out on such
date and termination value(s) determined in accordance
therewith as if terminated on such date.
Distribution . As to any Person, any of the
following: (i) the declaration or payment of any
dividend on or in respect of any Shares of the Borrower,
(ii) the purchase, redemption, or other retirement of any
Shares of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, through a
Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise, (iii) the return of
capital by the Borrower to its owners as such; or (iv) any
other distribution on or in respect of any ownership interests of
the Borrower.
Dollars or $ . Dollars in lawful currency of the
United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiaries
. A Subsidiary that is
organized under the laws of any state of the United States of
America.
Drawdown Date . The date on which any Revolving
Credit Loan or any Term Loan is made or is to be made.
EBITDA . With respect to any period, an
amount equal to the Consolidated Net Income of the Holding Company
and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus to the extent
accounted for in Consolidated Net Income during such period and
without duplication the sum of: (i) depreciation
and amortization, (ii) Consolidated Total Interest Expense for
such period, (iii) non-cash expenses, (iv) income tax
expense and (v) extraordinary losses (net of tax effects) approved
by the Agent in writing, all as determined in accordance with GAAP
minus the sum of: (a) interest and dividend
income during such period, (b) gain on the sale of assets
other than the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business
during such period, (c) extraordinary gains during such
period, and (d) any non-cash components of income during such
period.
Eligible Accounts Receivable
. The aggregate of the
unpaid portions of Accounts (net of any credits, rebates, offsets,
holdbacks or other adjustments or commissions payable to third
parties that are adjustments to such Accounts) (i) that
the Borrower reasonably and in good faith determines to be
collectible; (ii) that are with account debtors or other
obligors that (a) are not Affiliates of the Borrower;
(b) purchased the goods or services giving rise to the
relevant Account in an arm’s length transaction, (c) are
not insolvent or involved in any case or proceeding, whether
voluntary or involuntary, under any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt, dissolution,
liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction and (d) are, in
the Required Lenders’ reasonable judgment, creditworthy;
(iii) that are in payment of obligations that have been fully
performed, do not consist of progress billings to any Person
bill-and-hold guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval,
consignment or any other repurchase or return basis or is evidenced
by Chattel Paper; (iv) that are not subject to any pledge,
restriction, security interest or other lien or encumbrance other
than those created by the Loan Documents; (v) in which the
Agent has a valid and perfected first priority security interest;
(vi) that are not outstanding for more than sixty
(60) days from the due date; (vii) that are not due from
an account debtor or other obligor located in New Jersey or
Minnesota unless the Borrower (a) has received a certificate
of authority to do business and is in good standing in such state
or (b) has filed a notice of business activities report with
the appropriate office or agency of such state for the current
year; (viii) that are not due from any single account debtor
or other obligor if more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
aggregate amount of all Accounts owing from such account debtor or
other obligor would otherwise not be Eligible Accounts Receivable;
(ix) that are payable in Dollars; (x) that are not
payable from an office outside of the United States (including
Puerto Rico) and Canada; (xi) that are not secured by a letter
of credit unless the Agent has a prior, perfected security interest
in such letter of credit; (xii) that are accounts of the
Federal Government; provided , however , that such
accounts shall not be Eligible Accounts Receivable after February
19, 2009 unless the Borrower has been compliance with the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C.
Sub-Section 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C. Sub-Section 15 et.
seq.); (xiii) the account debtor has not asserted a right of
set off, has disputed liability or made any claim regarding its
obligation to repay and is not a contra account and (xiv) the
Account is not otherwise satisfactory to the Agent in its
reasonable discretion. The general criteria for Eligible
Accounts Receivable may be established and revised from time to
time by the Agent upon notice to the Borrower pursuant to
§2.7.
Eligible Assignee . Any of: (i) a
commercial bank or finance company or similar institutional lender
organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, and having total assets in excess of
$250,000,000; (ii) a savings and loan association or savings
bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, and having a net worth of at
least $250,000,000; (iii) a commercial bank organized under
the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”),
or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total
assets in excess of $250,000,000, provided that such bank is acting
through a branch or agency located in the country in which it is
organized or another country which is also a member of the OECD;
and (iv) if, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, any other bank, insurance company, commercial
finance company or other financial institution or other Person
approved by the Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Eligible Raw Material and Finished Goods
Inventory . Inventory valued at the lower of
cost or market value, determined in accordance with the first-in,
first-out method of inventory accounting, as reflected on the
Borrower’s books in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, of (i) finished
goods held for sale and (ii) raw materials used to produce the
Borrower’s Inventory, and excluding any work in process and
any slow-moving or unmerchantable goods, as to which the Borrower
has acquired title and the Agent has a valid and perfected first
priority security interest under all applicable law and as to which
the Borrower has furnished reasonably detailed information to the
Agent in a Borrowing Base Report, determined after taking into
account all charges and liens (other than those of the
Agent) of all kinds against finished goods and reductions in
the market value thereof, all as determined by the Required Lenders
in their reasonable discretion, which, absent manifest error, shall
be final and binding upon the Borrower. Inventory shall
not constitute Eligible Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventory
if it (i) does not conform to all standards imposed by any
Governmental Authority which has regulatory authority over such
goods or the use or sale thereof; (ii) is located outside the
United States of America; (ii) is consigned; (iv) is the
subject of any dispute; (v) is subject to a license agreement
or other agreement that limits, conditions or restricts the
Borrower or Agent’s right to sell or otherwise dispose of
such Inventory; (vi) is situated at a location not owned by
Borrower unless the owner or occupier of such location has executed
in favor of Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (vii) in
transit. Such finished goods inventory and raw materials
immediately loses the status of Eligible Raw Material and Finished
Goods Inventory if and when Borrower sells it, otherwise passes
title thereto, or consumes it or the Agent releases or transfers
its security interest therein, or if and when an Eligible Accounts
Receivable arises by virtue of constituting proceeds of such
inventory. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but without
duplication, Eligible Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventory
shall be reduced by the amount of any specific reserve with respect
to any Eligible Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventory,
including, without limitation, the reserve account for excess and
obsolete stock and stock not readily saleable in the U.S. domestic
market or no longer saleable in any market in which such stock was
customarily sold, established by the Borrower in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and any reserve account
for inventory adjustment, the amounts thereof being subject to
verification and adjustment from time to time based upon periodic
reviews conducted at the expense of the Borrowers by the Required
Lenders’ examiners. General criteria for Eligible
Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventory may be established and
revised from time to time by the Required Lenders upon notice to
the Borrower pursuant to §2.7.
Employee Benefit Plan
. Any employee benefit
plan within the meaning of Section (3) of ERISA maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a
Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental Laws . See Section 9.18(a).
ERISA . The Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate . Any Person which is treated as a
single employer with the Borrower under §414 of the
Code.
ERISA Reportable Event
. A reportable event with
respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of
§4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder as
to which the requirement of notice has not been waived.
Event of Default . See Section 15.1.
Excess Cash Flow . With respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, for any fiscal year of the Borrower, an amount equal
to EBITDA for such fiscal year minus Fixed Charges during
such fiscal year.
Extraordinary Receipts
. Any proceeds that the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives not in the ordinary
course of their respective businesses, including without
limitation, from (i) any casualty insurance policies
maintained by the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary which
the Agent is permitted hereunder to apply to the repayment of the
Obligations; (ii) tax refunds of the Borrower and its Domestic
Subsidiaries, (iii) pension plan reversions,
(iv) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof),
(v) indemnity payments or (vi) any extraordinary gains
realized by the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.
Following Business Day Convention
.
The convention for adjusting any
relevant date that would otherwise fall on a day that is not a
Business Day so that the date will be the first following day that
is a Business Day.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
. As of any date of
determination, the ratio of: (i) EBITDA for the
period of the four (4) fiscal quarters then ending to
(ii) Fixed Charges for such period.
Fixed Charges . For any applicable period, the sum,
without duplication, of: (i) Consolidated Total
Debt Service plus (ii) all income tax expenses for such
period (excluding deferred income taxes) plus
(iii) all Capital Expenditures made during such period
plus (iv) the amount of all Management Fees which are
distributed in a Distribution for such period.
Foreign Exchange Contracts
. See Section
7.7.1.
Foreign Exchange Limit
. At the time of any
determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the
Revolving Loan Commitment minus the sum of (i) the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans plus (ii) the
Foreign Exchange Reserve plus (iii) the Maximum Drawing
Amount and Unreimbursed Obligations; (y) the Borrowing Base
and (z) $500,000.
Foreign Exchange Reserve
. At the time of any
determination, an amount which equals ten percent (10%) of the
aggregate notional amount of all outstanding Foreign Exchange
Contracts.
Foreign Lender . See Section 6.12(c).
Foreign Lender Complete Exemption
Certificate . See Section 6.12(c).
Foreign Subsidiary . Any Subsidiary of the Borrower
which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
General Intangible
.
As applied to any Person, all now
owned or hereafter acquired right, title, and interest with respect
to “general intangibles” (as such term is defined from
time to time in the UCC), and any and all supporting obligations in
respect thereof.
GAAP or generally accepted accounting
principles . (i) When used in this Credit
Agreement, whether directly or indirectly through reference to a
capitalized term used therein, means (x) principles that are
consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, in
effect for the fiscal year ended on the Balance Sheet Date, and
(y) to the extent consistent with such principles, the
accounting practice of the Borrower reflected in its financial
statements for the year ended on the Balance Sheet Date, and
(ii) when used in general, other than as provided above, means
principles that are (x) consistent with the principles
promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
and its predecessors, as in effect from time to time, and
(y) consistently applied with past financial statements of the
Borrower adopting the same principles; provided , that in
each case referred to in this definition of “generally
accepted accounting principles” a certified public accountant
would, insofar as the use of such accounting principles is
pertinent, be in a position to deliver an unqualified opinion
(other than a qualification regarding changes in generally accepted
accounting principles) as to financial statements in which
such principles have been properly applied.
Governmental Authority
. The government of the United States
of America or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
Guaranteed Pension Plan
. Any employee pension
benefit plan within the meaning of §3(2) of ERISA
maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination in full or in
part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a
Multiemployer Plan.
Guarantor . The Holding Company and each
Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower now or hereafter
existing.
Guaranty . The guaranty of any Guarantor in
form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders, as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
Hazardous Substances . See Section 9.18(b).
Holding Company . See the preamble hereto.
Indebtedness . As to any Person and whether
recourse is secured by or is otherwise available against all or
only a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not
contingent, but without duplication:
(i) every
obligation of such Person for money borrowed;
(ii) every
obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses
or secured by a lien or other encumbrance on any property of such
Person;
(iii) every
reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of
credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for
the account of such Person;
(iv) every
obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property or services (including securities
repurchase agreements but excluding trade accounts payable or
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business
which are not overdue or which are being contested in good
faith);
(v)
every obligation of such Person under any Capitalized
Lease;
(vi) every
obligation of such Person under any lease (a “synthetic
lease”) treated as an operating lease under generally
accepted accounting principles and as a loan or financing for U.S.
income tax purposes;
(vii) all
sales by such Person of: (x) accounts or general
intangibles for money due or to become due, (y) chattel paper,
instruments or documents creating or evidencing a right to payment
of money or (z) other receivables (collectively
“receivables”), whether pursuant to a purchase facility
or otherwise, other than in connection with the disposition of the
business operations of such Person relating thereto or a
disposition of defaulted receivables for collection and not as a
financing arrangement, and together with any obligation of such
Person to pay any discount, interest, fees, indemnities, penalties,
recourse, expenses or other amounts in connection
therewith;
(viii) every
obligation of such Person (an “equity related purchase
obligation”) to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire for value any shares of capital stock or membership
interests or membership units of any class issued by such Person,
any warrants, options or other rights to acquire any such shares,
or any rights measured by the value of such shares, warrants or
other similar right;
(ix) every
obligation of such Person under a Derivative Contract;
(x) every
obligation in respect of Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent that such Person is liable therefor as
a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other
relationship with such entity, except to the extent that the terms
of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable
therefor and such terms are enforceable under applicable law;
and
(xi) every
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing,
or having the economic effect of guarantying or otherwise acting as
surety for, any obligation of a type described in any of clauses
(i) through (x) (the “primary
obligation”) of another Person (the “primary
obligor”), in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person
(A) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase of) any security for the payment of such primary
obligation, (B) to purchase property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the payment of such primary obligation,
or (C) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such primary
obligation.
The
“amount” or “principal amount” of any
Indebtedness at any time of determination represented
by: (u) any Indebtedness, issued at a price that is
less than the principal amount at maturity thereof, shall be the
amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, (v) any
Capitalized Lease shall be the principal component of the aggregate
of the rentals obligation under such Capitalized Lease payable over
the term thereof that is not subject to termination by the lessee,
(w) any sale of receivables shall be the amount of unrecovered
capital or principal investment of the purchaser (other than the
Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) thereof,
excluding amounts representative of yield or interest earned on
such investment, (x) any synthetic lease shall be the
stipulated loss value, termination value or other equivalent
amount, (y) any Derivative Contract shall be the maximum
amount of any termination or loss payment required to be paid by
such Person if such Derivative Contract were, at the time of
determination, to be terminated by reason of any event of default
or early termination event thereunder, whether or not such event of
default or early termination event has in fact occurred and
(z) any equity related purchase obligation shall be the
maximum fixed redemption or purchase price thereof inclusive of any
accrued and unpaid dividends to be comprised in such redemption or
purchase price.
Indemnified Liabilities
. See Section
18.
Insolvency Proceeding
. Any proceeding
commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or
insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or
informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with
creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or
other similar relief.
Intercompany Agreement
. That certain
Intercompany Agreement between the Borrower and CTSA, dated as of
February 26, 2007, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time with the prior written consent of
the Agent.
Interest Period . With respect to each LIBOR Rate
Loan, a period of one, two or three months selected by the Borrower
(commencing on the date of such borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day, or if there is no numerically
corresponding day, on the last day). No Interest Period
may end beyond the Maturity Date of the applicable
Note. The term Interest Period with respect to each Base
Rate Loan shall mean consecutive periods of one (1) day
each.
Inventory . As applied to any Person, all now
owned or hereafter acquired right, title, and interest with respect
to inventory, including goods held for sale or lease or to be
furnished under a contract of service, goods that are leased by
such Person as lessor, goods that are furnished by such Person
under a contract of service, and raw materials, work in process, or
materials used or consumed in the business of such Person and as
such term is defined in the UCC.
Investments . All expenditures made and all
liabilities incurred (contingently or otherwise) for the
acquisition of stock, membership interests or membership units, or
Indebtedness of, or for loans, advances, capital contributions or
transfers of property to, or in respect of any guaranties (or other
commitments as described under Indebtedness), or obligations of,
any Person. In determining the aggregate amount of
Investments outstanding at any particular time: (i) the amount
of any Investment represented by a guaranty shall be taken at not
less than the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and
still outstanding; (ii) there shall be included as an
Investment all interest accrued with respect to Indebtedness
constituting an Investment unless and until such interest is paid;
(iii) there shall be deducted in respect of each such
Investment any amount received as a return of capital (but only by
repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend
or liquidating distribution); (iv) there shall not be deducted
in respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on
such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise,
except that accrued interest included as provided in the foregoing
clause (ii) may be deducted when paid; and (v) there
shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of Investments any
decrease in the value thereof.
Lender . Each of: (i) TD
Bank, (ii) each other Person party hereto in its capacity as a
lender, (iii) each other Eligible Assignee that becomes a
party hereto and (iv) the respective successors of all of the
foregoing, and “Lenders” means all of the
foregoing.
Letter of Credit . See §7.1.1.
Letter of Credit Application
. See
§7.1.1.
Letter of Credit Sublimit
. An amount equal to
$500,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and
not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment.
LIBO Rate or LIBOR . The term “LIBO Rate” or
“LIBOR” shall mean: the greater of
(x) with respect to each Interest Period, the rate per annum
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/32 of one
percent) as determined on the basis of the offered rates for
deposits in Dollars, for a period of time comparable to such
Interest Period which appears on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00
A.M. (London time) on the day that is two (2) Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period;
provided , however , that if the rate described above
does not appear on the Telerate System on any date of
determination, the LIBO Rate shall for such date will be the
arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in London,
selected by the Agent, (rounded upwards as described above, if
necessary) for deposits in Dollars for a period substantially
equal to the Interest Period, as of 11:00 A.M. (London
time) on the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to
the beginning of such Interest Period and (y) three percent
(3%) per annum, provided , however , for
purposes of a LIBOR Rate Loan associated with a Derivative
Contract, the three percent (3%) referred to in (y) immediately
preceding shall be disregarded.
LIBOR Rate Loan . Any portion of the Loans bearing
interest determined with reference to LIBOR.
Loan Documents . This Credit Agreement, the Notes,
the Guaranty, the Letters of Credit, the Foreign Exchange
Contracts, the Derivative Contracts, the Letter of Credit
Applications, and the Security Documents and each of the other
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith in favor of the Agent and/or the Lenders, as each may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Loans . Collectively, the Revolving Credit
Loans and the Term Loans.
London Banking Day . Any day on which dealings in
deposits in Dollars are transacted in the London interbank
market.
Management Agreement . A management agreement between
Selway or an Affiliate thereof and the Holding Company
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Lenders, as may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement,
which agreement and the Management Fees payable thereunder have
been subordinated pursuant to the Management Fee Subordination
Letter.
Management Fees . All fees or other compensation to
be paid to Selway pursuant to the Management Agreement.
Management Fee Subordination
Letter . The letter agreement among the
Holding Company, Selway or such Affiliate and the Agent
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F
, or such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Lenders with respect to the payment of Management Fees or any other
subordination agreement entered into with respect to Management
Fees, each as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
Mandatory Prepayments
. See Section
5.3.
Material Adverse Effect
. A material adverse
effect on: (a) the business condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, performance or properties, of the Holding
Company, the Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or the Collateral, (b) the rights and remedies of
the Agent under any Loan Document, or (c) the ability of the
Holding Company or any Subsidiary to perform its or their
obligations under the Loan Documents.
Maximum Drawing Amount
. The maximum aggregate
amount from time to time that the beneficiaries may draw under
outstanding Letters of Credit, as such aggregate amounts may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Letters of
Credit.
Mortgage . The mortgage dated or to be dated
on the Closing Date between the Borrower and Agent, pursuant to
which the Borrower grants a mortgage in all of the Borrower’s
right, title and interest in that certain real estate more commonly
known as 96 Windsor Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts,
together with the improvements thereon.
Multiemployer Plan . Any multiemployer plan within the
meaning of §3(37) of ERISA maintained or contributed to
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
Net Proceeds . With respect to any proceeds of
insurance or the sale, transfer or other disposition by any Person
of any group of Capital Assets (other than Inventory in the
ordinary course of business) means the amount of cash in
Dollars received by such Person from such insurance proceeds or
sale or other disposition after (i) provision for all income
or other taxes of such Person measured by or resulting from the
receipt of such insurance proceeds or as a result of such sale or
other disposition, (ii) payment of all reasonable brokerage
commissions, reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable fees and
expenses related to such insurance proceeds, sale or other
disposition including the tax benefit resulting from a loss on such
sale or other disposition as and when such tax benefit is realized,
(iii) deduction of such appropriate amount to be provided by
such Person as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
liabilities associated with such sale, transfer, or other
disposition and retained by such Person after such sale or other
disposition, (iv) transfer taxes, and (v) amounts payable
to holders of Permitted Liens to obtain a release of the Lien on
the asset sold.
Notes . The Revolving Credit Note and the
Term Notes.
Notice of Borrowing . A Notice of Revolving Credit Loan
Borrowing or Notice of Term Loan Borrowing, as
applicable.
Notice of Revolving Credit Loan
Borrowing . See Section 2.5(a).
Notice of Term Loan Borrowing
.
See Section 4.3.
OFAC . The U.S. Department of Treasury
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
OFAC Lists . Collectively, the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (Sept.
25, 2001) and/or any other list of terrorists or other
restricted Persons maintained pursuant to any of the rules and
regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable Executive
Orders.
Obligations . All indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of the Holding Company, the Borrower and the
Borrower’s Subsidiaries to the Lenders, individually or
collectively, existing on the date of this Credit Agreement or
arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise, arising or incurred under this Credit Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made
or Reimbursement Obligations incurred or any of the Notes, Letters
of Credit, Letter of Credit Applications, Foreign Exchange
Contracts, the Derivative Contracts, or other instruments at any
time evidencing any thereof.
Operating Account . A demand deposit account of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintained by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries at TD Bank and designated by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as their primary operating account.
Origination Fee . See Section 6.1.
Outstanding . With respect to the Loans, the
aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of any date of
determination.
PBGC . The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA and any successor entity
or entities having similar responsibilities.
Perfection Certificate
. The Perfection
Questionnaire as defined in the Security Agreement.
Permitted Acquisitions
. Acquisitions of a
business in the national security or homeland security industries
approved by the Required Lenders in writing.
Permitted Acquisition
Indebtedness . Indebtedness incurred (other than
hereunder) or assumed in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition approved by the Required Lenders in writing and all of
the documents, instruments or agreements evidencing or with respect
to the payment of any Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness are
subject to an Agent Approved Subordination Agreement; and
(iv) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time such Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness is
incurred or assumed.
Permitted Liens . Liens, security interests and other
encumbrances permitted by Section 11.2.
Person . Any individual, corporation,
partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business, limited
liability company or other legal entity, and any government or any
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge Agreement . The Pledge Agreement dated or to be
dated on or prior to the Closing Date, between the Holding Company
and the Agent, pursuant to which the Holding Company pledges to the
Agent all of the Shares of the Borrower, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders, as may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
Pro Rata Share . (i) with respect to a Term A
Lender’s right to receive payments of principal and interest
with respect to Term Loan A, the Term Loan A Commitment
Percentage of such Term A Lender, (ii) with respect to a Term
B Lender’s right to receive payments of principal and
interest with respect to Term Loan B, the Term Loan B Commitment
Percentage of such Term B Lender, (iii) with respect to a
Revolving Credit Lender’s right to receive payments of
principal and interest with respect thereto, the right to receive
the Commitment Fee and its obligation to make Revolving Credit
Loans, the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment Percentage of such
Revolving Credit Lender.
Purchase Agreement
. That certain Stock Purchase
Agreement dated February 14, 2008, as amended, among the Holding
Company, the Borrower, Cyalume Acquisition Corp. and GMS
Acquisition Partners Holdings, LLC.
Real Estate . All real property owned or leased
(as lessee or sublessee) by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Record . The grid attached to a Note, or the
continuation of such grid, or any other similar record, including
computer records, maintained by the Agent with respect to any Loan
referred to in such Note.
Reemployment Period . See Section 6.11.
Reimbursement Obligation
. The Borrower’s
obligation to reimburse the Bank on account of any drawing under
any Letter of Credit as provided in §7.2.
Rental Obligations . All present or future obligations
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any rental
agreements or leases of real or personal property, other
than: (a) obligations that can be terminated by the
giving of notice without liability to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary in excess of the liability for rent due as of the date
on which such notice is given and under which no penalty or premium
is paid as a result of any such termination, and
(b) obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases.
Required Lenders . Lenders holding an aggregate Pro
Rata Share of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans in an
amount equal to or in excess of 51% of the total outstanding
principal balance of the Loans and if there is no outstanding
principal balance of the Loans, Lenders having at least 51% of the
Revolving Credit Loan Commitments.
Reserve Adjusted LIBOR
. As applied to any
Interest Period, shall mean a rate per annum determined pursuant to
the following formula:
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RAL =
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[LIBOR]
|
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[1.00 – RP]
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RAL = Reserved Adjusted
LIBOR
LIBOR = as defined herein
The amount in
brackets shall be rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher
1/100 of 1%. Reserve Adjusted LIBOR shall be adjusted
automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve
Percentage.
Reserve Percentage . As applied to any Interest Period,
the rate (expressed as a decimal rounded upward to the nearest 1/32
of 1%) applicable to any Lender during such Interest Period
under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic,
supplemental, emergency or marginal reserve requirement) of
such Lender with respect to “Eurocurrency Liabilities”
as that term is defined under such regulations.
Restricted Payment . As to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, each of the following: (i) any Distribution,
(ii) any loan, advance or other payment to the holders of any
Shares of the Borrower (which payments shall not include salaries
or reasonable compensation paid to any such holder other than to a
Borrower Key Officer pursuant to such holder’s employment
arrangement with the Borrower, such employment arrangement to be
approved by the board of directors of the Borrower) or to any
Affiliate of Borrower, or to any Guarantor, (iii) any payment
of any compensation, management fee or expense, investment banking
fee or similar amount to any Affiliate of the Borrower,
(iv) any payment under the Purchase Agreement after the
Closing Date, or (v) any payment to the holders of any
Subordinated Debt except in accordance with the Agent Approved
Subordination Agreement applicable thereto.
Revolving Credit Lender
.
All Lenders committed to make,
subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, Revolving
Credit Loans hereunder.
Revolving Credit Loan(s)
. Revolving credit loans
made or to be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders to the Borrower
pursuant to Article 2.
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment
. The Revolving Credit
Lenders’ several commitments to make Revolving Credit Loans
to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in the
maximum outstanding principal amount of $5,000,000, subject to the
limitations herein contained, as the same may be reduced from time
to time, or if such commitment is terminated pursuant to the
provisions hereof, zero.
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment
Percentage . As to any Revolving Credit
Lender: (i) on the Closing Date, the percentage set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 of the
Commitment Annex under the column “Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment Percentage” (if such Lender’s name is not so
set forth thereon, then, on the Closing Date, such percentage for
such Lender shall be deemed to be zero) and (ii) on any
date following the Closing Date, the percentage equal to the
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment Amount of such Revolving Credit
Lender on such date divided by the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment
on such date.
Revolving Credit Loan Maturity
Date . December 19, 2011, unless sooner
occurring following acceleration.
Revolving Credit Note
. See Section
2.4.
Revolving Credit Note Record
. A Record with respect
to a Revolving Credit Note.
SCP Holders . Each of Winston J. Churchill, Yaron
Eitan, Thomas J. Rebar and Wayne B. Weisman, as holders of the SCP
Subordinated Notes, their successors, assigns, heirs, executors and
administrators.
SCP Partners . A general partnership consisting
of, inter alia , Winston J. Churchill, Yaron Eitan,
Thomas J. Rebar and Wayne B. Weisman.
SCP Subordinated Notes
. Those unsecured
subordinated promissory notes each dated December 19, 2008, in the
original principal amounts and held by the respective SCP Holder as
follows: $650,000 held by Winston J. Churchill, $150,000
held by Yaron Eitan, $100,000 held by Thomas J. Rebar and $100,000
held by Wayne B. Weisman, each in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent.
Selway . Selway Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation which is an Affiliate of SCP Partners.
Security Agreement(s)
. The Pledge and Security
Agreement(s), dated or to be dated on or prior to the Closing Date,
between the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and each
Guarantor and the Agent, pursuant to which the Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries and each Guarantor grants a security interest in
all of its tangible and intangible personal property, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lenders, as may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time.
Security Documents . The Security Agreements, the
Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Documents, the Pledge
Agreement, the Collateral Access Agreements, the Mortgage, the
Collateral Assignment of Leases and all other security agreements
between the Agent and any Subsidiary of the Holding Company and any
Guarantor entered into on or after the Closing Date.
Seller . GMS Acquisition Partners Holdings,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Seller Notes . Those certain subordinate
promissory notes payable to a seller in a Permitted Acquisition
executed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, which are in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, which are subject to
and the holder of such notes shall have executed and delivered, an
Agent Approved Subordination Agreement.
Senior Funded Debt . Shall mean all of:
(i) Indebtedness
in respect of borrowed money other than the Subordinated
Debt;
(ii) Indebtedness
in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(iii) Indebtedness
in respect of the deferred purchase price of assets (other than
normal trade accounts payable in the ordinary cause of
business);
(iv) Indebtedness
in respect of unfunded pension liabilities;
(v) Any
guaranties or any agreement having the economic affect of
guarantying or otherwise acting as a surety for any of the
foregoing (i) through (iv) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including, without limitation, any
obligation (A) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such
primary obligation, (B) to purchase property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the payment of such primary
obligation, or (C) to maintain working capital, equity capital
or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor to pay such primary obligation;
(vi) For
purposes of calculating the financial covenants in Article 12,
Indebtedness in the amount of the aggregate
Derivative Termination Value of all Derivative Contracts under
which the Agent is not the counterparty; and
(vii) Indebtedness
(other than the Loans) incurred at the time of, or within 20
days after, the acquisition of fixed assets for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the acquisition cost
thereof.
Senior Leverage Ratio
. As of any date of
determination, the ratio of: (i) Senior Funded Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of
any date of determination to (ii) Adjusted EBITDA of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the
period of the four (4) consecutive quarters then
ended.
Services Agreement . That certain Services Agreement
between the Borrower and CTSA, dated as of January 1, 2007, as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
with the prior written approval of the Agent.
Settlement Date . See Section 2.7.
Shares . With respect to the Borrower, the
Holding Company or any other Person, any and all shares of capital
stock or other shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated of any class) in the capital
of or other ownership interests therein.
Subordinated Debt . The unsecured Indebtedness of the
Borrower that is expressly subordinated and made junior to the
payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, and is
either (x) evidenced by any Seller Notes, (y) Permitted
Acquisition Indebtedness or any other indebtedness approved by
the Agent and the Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion
subordinated to the obligations pursuant to an Agent Approved
Subordination Agreement or (z) is evidenced by the SCP Subordinated
Notes.
Subordinated Debt Documents
. Collectively: any
Seller Notes, any notes evidencing any other Subordinated Debt, and
the Agent Approved Subordination Agreements relating
thereto.
Subsidiary . Any corporation, limited liability
company, association, trust or other business entity of which the
Holding Company shall at any time own directly or indirectly
through a subsidiary or subsidiaries at least a majority (by number
of votes) of the outstanding Voting Stock.
TD Bank. TD Bank, N.A., a national banking
association organized under the laws of the United States in its
capacity as a Lender hereunder.
Telerate Page 3750 . The display designated as
“Page 3750” on the Dow Jones Telerate Service (or such
other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such other
service as may be nominated by the British Bankers’
Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying
British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for
U.S. Dollar Deposits).
Term A Note . See Section 4.2(a).
Term B Note . See Section 4.2(b).
Term Loan A . The term loan in the original
aggregate principal amount of up to $25,500,000 made severally by
the Term A Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section
4.1(a) and subject to the limitations contained
herein.
Term Loan A Commitment Percentage
. As to any Term Loan A
Lender, the percentage set forth opposite such Term Loan A
Lender’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column
“Term Loan A Commitment Percentage” (if such
Lender’s name is not so set forth thereon, then, on the
Closing Date, such percentage for such Term Loan A Lender shall be
deemed to be zero).
Term Loan A Lenders . All Lenders committed to make,
subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, Term Loan A
advances hereunder.
Term Loan A Maturity Date
. December 19, 2013,
unless sooner occurring following acceleration.
Term Loan B . The commercial real estate mortgage
term loan in the original aggregate amount of up to $2,500,000 made
severally by the Term B Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section
4.1(b) and subject to the limitations contained
herein.
Term Loan B Commitment Percentage
. As to any Term Loan B
Lender, the percentage set forth opposite such Term Loan B
Lender’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column
“Term Loan B Commitment Percentage” (if such
Lender’s name is not so set forth thereon, then, on the
Closing Date, such percentage for such Term Loan B Lender shall be
deemed to be zero).
Term Loan B Lenders . All Lenders committed to make,
subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, Term Loan B
advances hereunder.
Term Loan B Maturity Date
. December 19, 2013,
unless sooner occurring following acceleration.
Term Loans . Collectively, the Term Loan A and
Term Loan B in the original aggregate principal amount of up to
$28,000,000 made severally by the applicable Lenders to the
Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.1 and subject to
the limitations contained herein.
Term Notes . Collectively, the Term A
Note(s) and the Term B Note(s).
Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio
. As of any date of
determination, the ratio of: (i) Adjusted EBITDA
for the period of the two (2) fiscal quarters then ending to
(ii) Consolidated Total Debt Service for such
period.
Uniform Commercial Code
. The Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect on the date hereof in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts at Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 106 §1-101
et. seq., as may be amended from time to time.
Uniform Customs . With respect to any Letter of
Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
(1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No.
500 or any successor version thereto adopted by TD Bank in the
ordinary course of its business as a letter of credit issuer and in
effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit.
Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation
. Any Reimbursement
Obligation for which the Borrower does not reimburse the TD Bank on
the date specified in, and in accordance with,
§7.2.
Voting Stock . Shares or similar interests, of any
class or classes (however designated), the holders of which are at
the time entitled, as such holders, to vote for the election of a
majority of the directors (or persons performing similar
functions) of the corporation, association, trust or other
business entity involved, whether or not the right so to vote
exists by reason of the happening of a contingency.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary
. With respect to any
Subsidiary, one hundred percent (100%) of the Shares of such
Subsidiary are owned directly by the Holding Company.
Section
1.2 Rules of
Interpretation.
(a) A
reference to any document or agreement shall include such document
or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Credit
Agreement.
(b) The
singular includes the plural and the plural includes the
singular.
(c) A
reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such
law.
(d) A
reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and
permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them by generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they
refer.
(f) The
words “include”, “includes” and
“including” are not limiting.
(g) All
terms not specifically defined herein or by generally accepted
accounting principles, which terms are defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
have the meanings assigned to them therein, with the term
“instrument” being that defined under Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code.
(h) Reference
to a particular “Section” refers to that section of
this Credit Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(i) The
words “herein”, “hereof”,
“hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to
this Credit Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section
or subdivision of this Credit Agreement.
(j) Unless
otherwise expressly indicated, 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.”
(k) This Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several different
limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar
matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements
are, however, cumulative and are to be performed in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(l) This
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of
negotiation among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among
others, the Lenders and the Borrower and are the product of
discussions and negotiations among all
parties. Accordingly, this Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed against the
Lenders merely on account of the Agent’s involvement in the
preparation of such documents.
(m) Reference to
a “schedule” in Article 9 hereof shall be deemed to
include updates of such schedule or the information disclosed
thereon which update may be provided in writing from the Borrower
to the Agent in accordance with Article 22 hereof.
(n) Reference
to a statute or regulation in this Credit Agreement shall mean such
statute or regulation and any statute or regulation which is
enacted in replacement or substitution thereof or as a successor
thereto.
ARTICLE
2. THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY.
Section 2.1
Commitment to Lend. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each Revolving
Credit Lender severally agrees to lend to the Borrower and the
Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow from time to time between
the Closing Date and the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date upon
notice by the Borrower to the Agent given in accordance with
Section 2.5, (each a “Revolving Loan” and collectively
“Revolving Credit Loans”) such sums equal to such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan Commitment
Percentage requested by Borrower hereunder; provided , that
the sum of the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans
(after giving effect to all amounts requested) plus
the Foreign Exchange Reserve plus the Maximum Drawing Amount
and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, shall not at any time exceed
the lesser of (a) the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment and
(b) the Borrowing Base. Each request for a
Revolving Credit Loan or the entering into a Foreign Exchange
Contract or the submission of an application for the issuance of a
Letter of Credit hereunder shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower that the conditions set forth in Article
13, in the case of the initial Revolving Credit Loans to be made on
the Closing Date, and Article 14, in the case of all others have
been satisfied on the date of such request.
Section 2.2
Revolving Loan Commitment Fee. The Borrower
shall pay to the Agent for the benefit of all Revolving Credit
Lenders, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share of the
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment, a commitment fee (the
“Commitment Fee”) in the amount calculated by
multiplying: (i) one half of one percent
(0.50%) per annum and (ii) the average daily amount
during each calendar quarter or portion thereof from the Closing
Date to the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date by which the
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment exceeds the outstanding amount of
Revolving Credit Loans during such calendar quarter or portion
thereof. The Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly
in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter or portion
thereof for the immediately preceding calendar quarter such payment
commencing on December 31, 2008, with a final payment on the
Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date or any earlier date on which
the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment shall terminate.
Section 2.3
Reduction of Revolving Credit Loan Commitment.
Subject to the payment of any fees, indemnities, costs
and expenses for prepaying any LIBOR Rate Loans as required
hereunder, the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from
time to time upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Agent to reduce by $100,000 or an integral multiple
thereof or terminate entirely the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment,
whereupon the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment shall be reduced
pro rata in accordance with the Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders by the amount specified
in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated; provided
, that the Borrower shall not reduce the Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment more than twice prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date and provided , further , that the Revolving
Credit Loan Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount less than
the Foreign Exchange Reserve. Upon the effective date of
any such reduction or termination, the Borrower shall pay to the
Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders the full
amount of any commitment fee then accrued on the amount of such
reduction. No reduction or termination of the Revolving
Credit Loan Commitment may be reinstated.
Section 2.4
The Revolving Credit Note. The Revolving Credit
Loans made by each Revolving Credit Lender shall be evidenced by a
promissory note of the Borrower in favor of such Revolving Credit
Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto (the
“Revolving Credit Note”), in the amount of such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving
Credit Loan Commitment dated as of the Closing Date and completed
with appropriate insertions. The Revolving Credit Note
shall be payable to the order of each Revolving Credit Lender in
the principal amount of their Pro Rata Share of the Revolving
Credit Loan Commitment. The Borrower irrevocably
authorizes the Agent to make or cause to be made, at or about the
time of the Drawdown Date of any Revolving Credit Loan or at the
time of receipt of any payment of principal, an appropriate
notation on each Lender’s Revolving Credit Note Record
reflecting the making of such Revolving Credit Loan or (as the case
may be) the receipt of such payment. The
outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans set forth on each
Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Note Record or
other records of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be, absent
manifest error, prima facie evidence of the principal amount
thereof owing and unpaid to such Revolving Credit Lender, but the
failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Note Record
shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower
hereunder or under any Revolving Credit Note to make payments of
principal of, or interest on, any Revolving Credit Note when
due.
Section
2.5 Requests for Revolving
Loans; Continuation and Conversion.
(a) Whenever
the Borrower desires to obtain or to continue a Revolving Credit
Loan hereunder or convert an outstanding Revolving Credit Loan into
a Revolving Credit Loan of another type, the Borrower shall notify
(“Notice of Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing) in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit B as of the date of the Notice of
Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing, the Agent by written notice (which
notice shall be irrevocable and may be provided by telecopy)
received no later than 1:00 p.m. Boston time on the Business Day on
which the requested Revolving Credit Loan is to be made or
continued as or converted to a Base Rate Loan and in the case of a
LIBOR Rate Loan received no later than 11:00 p.m. Boston time on
the date two (2) Business Days before the day on which the
requested Revolving Credit Loan is to be made or continued as or
converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan. For purposes of the
Notice of Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing for a LIBOR Rate Loan,
such notice must specify: the minimum of the outstanding
principal the Borrower wishes the LIBOR Rate to apply to, provided
such borrowing shall be in the minimum amount of $500,000 and in
integrals of $125,000 above such amount. All LIBOR Rate
Loans hereunder shall be limited to not more than four (4)
different maturities at any time. If the Agent does not
receive a Notice of Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing containing an
Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan within the applicable time
limits set forth herein, or if when a Notice of Revolving Credit
Loan Borrowing must be given, a Default exists or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have elected to borrow or to convert such Revolving
Credit Loan, in whole, into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the
then current Interest Period. Each Notice of Revolving
Credit Loan Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept the Revolving
Credit Loan requested from the Lenders on the applicable Drawdown
Date. Each Revolving Credit Loan will be made at the
Agent’s Head Office by depositing the amount thereof into the
Operating Account.
(b) Promptly
after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing, the
Agent shall notify each Revolving Credit Lender by telephone, telex
or telecopy of the proposed borrowing. Each Revolving
Credit Lender agrees that after its receipt of notification from
the Agent of the Agent’s receipt of a Notice of Revolving
Credit Loan Borrowing, such Revolving Credit Lender shall send its
Pro Rata Share (or such portion thereof as may be necessary to
provide the Agent with such Pro Rata Share in Dollars and in
immediately available funds, without consideration or use of any
contra accounts of any Revolving Credit Lender) of the
requested Revolving Credit Loan by wire transfer to the Agent so
that the Agent receives such Pro Rata Share in Dollars and in
immediately available funds not later than 12:00 p.m. (Boston,
Massachusetts time) on the Business Day for such Revolving
Credit Loan set forth in the Notice of Revolving Credit Loan
Borrowing. The Agent shall advance funds to the
Borrower’s by depositing such funds in the Operating Account
upon the Agent’s receipt of such Pro Rata Shares in the
amount of the Pro Rata Shares of such Revolving Credit Loan in the
Agent’s possession. Unless the Agent shall have
been notified by any Revolving Credit Lender (which notice may be
telephonic if confirmed promptly in writing) in respect of any
Revolving Credit Loan which such Revolving Credit Lender is
obligated to make under this Credit Agreement, that such Revolving
Credit Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Revolving
Credit Loan on such date, the Agent may assume that such Revolving
Credit Lender has made such amount available to the Agent on such
date and the Agent, in its sole discretion may, but shall not be
obligated to, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount
on such date. If such corresponding amount is not in
fact made available to the Agent by such Revolving Credit Lender,
the Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount
from such Revolving Credit Lender promptly upon demand by the Agent
together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until
the date such amount is paid to the Agent, at the Defaulting Lender
Rate. If such Revolving Credit Lender does not pay such
corresponding amount forthwith upon the Agent’s demand
therefor, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Borrower shall promptly pay such corresponding amount to the
Agent. Nothing contained in this Section
2.5(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Revolving Credit Lender
from its obligation to fulfill its obligations hereunder or to
prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any
Revolving Credit Lender as a result of any default by such
Revolving Credit Lender hereunder.
(c) Within
ten (10) days after any Revolving Credit Lender notifies the Agent
that such Revolving Credit Lender does not intend to make available
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share (which notice
Agent shall promptly (but in no event more than one (1) day after
receipt) provide to the Borrower), the Borrower may, at its option,
so long as no Default or no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, notify such Defaulting Lender and Agent of its
intention to obtain, at Defaulting Lender’s expense, a
replacement lender (“Replacement Lender”) for such
Revolving Credit Lender, which Replacement Lender must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. In the event the
Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within ninety (90) days
following notice of its intention to do so, Defaulting Lender shall
sell, at par, Defaulting Lender’s interest in the Revolving
Credit Loans, the Obligations related thereto and its rights
hereunder as a Revolving Credit Lender arising from and after the
date of such sale (but not its rights and liabilities in respect
thereof or under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
for obligations, indemnities and other matters arising or matters
occurring before the date of such sale) shall terminate on the date
of such sale, and Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all
documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such
interest. Upon any such sale and payment, such replaced
Defaulting Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender”
for purposes hereof (except to the extent that such Lender is also
a Term Loan A Lender or a Term Loan B Lender), other than with
respect to such rights and obligations that survive termination as
set forth herein. Without in any manner limiting the
remedies of Lenders, the obligations of a Defaulting Lender to sell
and assign its Pro Rata Share under this Section 2.5(c) shall be
specifically enforceable by the Borrower, Agent and/or the other
Lenders, by an action brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction for such purpose, it being acknowledged and agreed
that, in light of the disruption in the administration of the Loans
and the other terms of the Loan Documents that a Defaulting Lender
may cause, damages and other remedies at law are not
adequate.
Section 2.6
Payment and Sharing of Payment .
(a) On a
Business Day of each week as selected from time to time by the
Agent, or more frequently (including daily), if the Agent so elects
(each such day being a “Settlement Date”), the Agent
will advise each Revolving Credit Lender by telephone, facsimile or
e-mail of the amount of each such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Loan balance as of the close
of business of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Settlement Date. In the event that payments are
necessary to adjust the amount of such Revolving Credit
Lender’s actual Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Loan
balance to such Revolving Credit Lender’s required Pro Rata
Share of the Revolving Credit Loan balance as of any Settlement
Date, the party from which such payment is due shall pay the Agent,
without setoff or discount, not later than noon (Boston
time) on the Business Day following the Settlement Date the
full amount necessary to make such adjustment. Any
obligation arising pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance whatsoever. In the event settlement
shall not have occurred by the date and time specified in the
second preceding sentence, interest shall accrue on the unsettled
amount at the Defaulting Lender Rate, until paid.
(b) On
each Settlement Date, the Agent shall advise each Revolving Credit
Lender by telephone, facsimile or e-mail of the amount of such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal,
interest and fees paid for the benefit of Revolving Credit Lenders
with respect to each applicable Revolving Credit Loan, to the
extent of such Revolving Credit Lender’s credit exposure with
respect thereto, and shall make payment to such Revolving Credit
Lender not later than noon (Boston time) on the Business Day
following the Settlement Date of such amounts in accordance with
wire instructions delivered by such Revolving Credit Lender to the
Agent, as the same may be modified from time to time by written
notice to the Agent; provided, that, in the case such Revolving
Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Agent shall be entitled
to set off the funding short-fall against that Defaulting
Lender’s respective share of all payments received from the
Borrower.
(c) The
provisions of this Section 2.6 shall be deemed to be binding
upon the Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders notwithstanding the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, or any Insolvency
Proceeding pertaining to Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Section 2.7
Change in Borrowing Base. The Borrowing Base
shall be determined monthly (or at such other interval as may be
specified pursuant to Section 10.4(h) by the Agent by
reference to the Borrowing Base Report delivered to the Agent
pursuant to Section 10.4(h). The Agent shall give
written notice to the Borrower of any change in the Borrowing Base
as determined by the Required Lenders. In the case of a
reduction in the lending formula with respect to Eligible Accounts
Receivable or Eligible Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventory,
such notice shall be effective two (2) days after its receipt
by the Borrower, and in the case of any change in the general
criteria for Eligible Accounts Receivable or Eligible Raw Material
and Finished Goods Inventory, such notice shall be effective upon
its receipt by the Borrower. Prior to the time that such
notice becomes effective, the Borrowing Base shall be computed as
it would have been computed in the absence of such
notice.
ARTICLE
3. REPAYMENT OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT
LOANS.
Section 3.1
Maturity. The Borrower promises to pay on the
Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date, and there shall become
absolutely due and payable on the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity
Date, all of the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date,
together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon.
Section 3.2
Mandatory Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans
. If at any time, the sum of the outstanding amount of
the Revolving Credit Loans plus the Maximum Drawing Amount
and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations plus the Foreign
Exchange Reserve exceeds the lesser of (i) the Revolving
Credit Loan Commitment and (ii) the Borrowing Base, then the
Borrower shall immediately pay the amount of such excess to the
Agent for application: first, to any Unpaid
Reimbursement Obligations, second to the Revolving Credit Loans for
the accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders for application to
their Pro Rata Share; and third, to provide TD Bank cash collateral
for Reimbursement Obligations as contemplated by Section
7.2(b) and (c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that the sum of the outstanding amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans plus the Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid
Reimbursement Obligations plus the Foreign Exchange Reserve
exceeds the lesser of (i) the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment and
(ii) the Borrowing Base as a result of a change in the Borrowing
Base pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, the Borrower shall not be
required to make such mandatory repayment until the date that any
Borrowing Base Report immediately following the date of such change
in the Borrowing Base is required to be delivered.
Section 3.3
Optional Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans.
The Borrower may, at any time or from time to time,
prepay the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, as a
whole or in part, at any time without penalty or
premium. The Borrower shall give the Agent, no later
than 11:00 a.m. (Boston time) at least one (1) Business
Day’s prior written notice, by facsimile or otherwise
(confirmed in writing), of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this
Section 3.3 of any Revolving Credit Loans specifying the proposed
date of prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans and the principal
amount to be prepaid. Partial prepayments of the
Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an integral multiple of $50,000
or any multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof.
Section
4.1 Term Loan A;
Term Loan B; Commitment to Lend.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement,
each of the Term Loan A Lenders severally agrees to lend its Term
Loan A Commitment Percentage in one advance on the
Closing Date, in an aggregate principle amount for all Term Loan A
Lenders not to exceed $25,500,000. The proceeds of Term
Loan A shall be used exclusively for the Acquisition.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement,
each of the Term Loan B Lenders severally agrees to lend its Term
Loan B Commitment Percentage in one advance on the Closing Date, in
an aggregate principle amount for all Term Loan B Lenders not to
exceed $2,500,000. The proceeds of Term Loan B shall be
used exclusively for the Acquisition, fees and expenses with
respect to the Acquisition and fees and expenses with respect to
the Loans.
(c) Once
repaid, none of the Term Loans may be reborrowed.
Section
4.2 The Term
Notes.
(a) The
Term Loan A made by each Term Loan A Lender shall be evidenced by a
promissory note of the Borrower in favor of such Term Loan A
Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto (the
“Term A Note”) in the amount of such Term Loan A
Lender’s Term Loan A Commitment Percentage dated as of the
Closing Date and completed with appropriate insertions.
(b) The
Term Loan B made by each Term Loan B Lender shall be evidenced by a
promissory note of the Borrower in favor of such Term Loan B
Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto (the
“Term B Note”) in the amount of such Term Loan B
Lender’s Term Loan B Commitment Percentage dated as of the
Closing Date and completed with appropriate insertions.
Section 4.3
Term Loans Continuation. Whenever the Borrower
desires to continue a Term Loan hereunder, the Borrower shall
notify (“Notice of Term Loan Borrowing) in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit C as of the date of the Notice of
Term Loan Borrowing, the Agent by written notice (which notice
shall be irrevocable and may be provided by telecopy) received
no later than 11:00 p.m. Boston time on the date two
(2) Business Days before the day on which the requested Term
Loan is to be continued. For purposes of the Notice of
Term Loan Borrowing for a LIBOR Rate Loan, such notice must
specify: the minimum of the outstanding principal the
Borrower wishes the LIBOR Rate to apply to, provided such borrowing
shall be in the minimum amount of $500,000 and in integrals of
$125,000 above such amount. All LIBOR Rate Loans
hereunder shall be limited to not more than five (5) different
maturities at any time. If the Agent does not receive a
Notice of Term Loan Borrowing containing an Interest Period for a
LIBOR Rate Loan within the applicable time limits set forth herein,
or if when a Notice of Term Loan Borrowing must be given, a Default
exists or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Borrower shall be deemed to continue such Term Loan, in whole with
the same Interest Period, on the last day of the then current
Interest Period.
ARTICLE
5. REPAYMENT OF TERM LOAN.
Section
5.1 Scheduled
Principal Amortization.
(a)
Term Loan A Note . The Borrower promises to make,
in addition to interest thereon, principal payments to the Term
Loan A Lenders, monthly as follows commencing with the payment on
February 1, 2009 and on the first day of each month thereafter
through and including the Term Loan A Maturity Date:
|
Period
|
|
Monthly Principal
Payment Required
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 2009
– January 2010
|
|
$
|
318,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 2010
– January 2011
|
|
$
|
340,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 2011
– January 2012
|
|
$
|
382,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 2012
– January 2013
|
|
$
|
425,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 2013
– November 2013
|
|
$
|
467,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Term Loan A
Maturity Date
|
|
All remaining
outstanding principal
|
|
(b)
Term Loan B Note . The Borrower promises to make,
in addition to interest thereon, principal payments to the Term
Loan B Lenders monthly commencing with the payment o on February 1,
2009 and on the first day of each month thereafter through and
including the Term Loan B Maturity Date, in equal principal amounts
of $10,416.67 with all remaining outstanding principal thereunder
due and payable on the Term Loan B Maturity Date.
Section 5.2
Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, at any
time or from time to time, subject to also making the payments
required under this Section 5.2, upon not less than three
(3) Business Days irrevocable written notice to the Agent in
respect of LIBOR Rate Loans, prepay any Term Loan in whole or in
part, in the minimum amount of $100,000 (or the remainder if less),
and all other charges provided in this Section 5.2. Such
notice of prepayment shall specify the date and amount of such
prepayment and the portion of the Term Loan being
prepaid. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the
Borrower shall make such prepayment and the prepayment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein, together, with accrued interest to each such
date on the amount prepaid and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans any
amounts required to be paid under Article 6 hereof for prepayment
of any LIBOR Rate Loans other than on the last day of an Interest
Period. Optional prepayments of the Term Loan shall be
applied to principal payment installments in their inverse order of
maturity.
Section
5.3 Mandatory
Prepayments.
The Borrower shall be required to make
prepayments of the Term Loans as set forth below (each a
“Mandatory Prepayment”), such payments being due and
payable on the date on which any amount described below is received
by the Borrower or the Borrower is entitled to receive cash
payments therefor to be applied first to the repayment of the Term
Loan A and when the Term Loan A has been repaid in full then
to the repayment of the Term Loan B:
(a) an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds received by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries from the sale or other disposition of
any of its Capital Assets, except for (i) sales of inventory
in the ordinary course of business or (ii) sales of any assets
no longer used or useful in the conduct of such business,
provided , with respect to clause (ii) immediately
preceding, that no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
exist after giving effect to such use of Net Proceeds, the value of
such assets does not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year, the
Borrower or such Subsidiary uses the cash proceeds of any such sale
to purchase replacement or other equipment within 120 days of such
sale, and such sales are at fair market value;
(b) subject
to Section 11.1, an amount equal to 100% of the proceeds received
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from (i) the
incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than
borrowings hereunder) or (ii) the issuance of any Shares
of the Borrower other than (A) with respect to a Permitted
Acquisition and all of the proceeds of such issuance are used in
such Permitted Acquisition, or (B) with respect to issuance of
shares of the Borrower for an aggregate consideration of up to
$500,000, to the holder of any Permitted Indebtedness as
consideration for the issuance, refinancing or restructuring of
such Permitted Indebtedness, or (C) if no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the issuance of shares of
the Holding Company so long as no Change of Control results after
giving effect to such issuance or series of related issuances, in
each case, excluding reasonable fees and expenses incurred by such
Person relating to the incurrence of such Indebtedness or issuance
of Shares.
(c) an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds received by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries as insurance proceeds or condemnation
awards, other than insurance proceeds or condemnation awards not in
excess of an aggregate amount of $500,000 in respect of loss or
damage to equipment, Inventory, fixed assets or real property to
the extent such cash proceeds are applied to replace or repair the
equipment, Inventory, fixed assets or real property in respect of
which such proceeds were received, so long as such application is
made within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the
occurrence of such loss, damage, or condemnation;
(d) an
amount equal to 100% of all Extraordinary Receipts received by the
Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(e) commencing
with a payment on May 1, 2010 and on each May 1 thereafter, an
amount equal to 75% of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately
preceding fiscal year of the Borrower, for application to the
prepayment of the Term Loan A and thereafter to the Term Loan B as
provided above. The payment of such Excess Cash Flow
shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any monthly
amortization payment required hereunder.
(f) the
proceeds derived under (a) – (d) above shall be applied
first, to the extent possible, to prepay any Base Rate Loans and
then to prepay LIBOR Rate Loans ( provided , that upon
Borrower’s written request, so long as no Default or no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to hold such proceeds as cash
collateral, so long as such proceeds are in a segregated account to
which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no access or
withdrawal rights, to be used to prepay LIBOR Rate Loans to
minimize breakage costs).
Section 5.4
Term Loan Payments Settlement .
(a) Payments of principal, interest and fees
in respect of the Term Loans will be settled on the date of receipt
if received by Agent on the first Business Day of a month or on the
Business Day immediately following the date of receipt if received
on any day other than the first Business Day of a month.
(a) Any
amounts required to be paid under Section 5.3 shall be applied to
the prepayment of the Term Loan pro rata in
accordance with each Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan
and if the Term Loan shall have been repaid, then such payments
shall be applied pro rata in accordance with each
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment.
Section 5.5
Late Fee. The Borrower will pay on demand a late
charge for payments of interest and principal which are not made
when due and payable assessed at five percent (5%) of the
overdue payment. Such late charge payments are made for
the purpose of compensating the Lenders for their administrative
costs and expenses in handling late payments, losses in connection
therewith and increased risk. If Lender elects to charge
such late fee, then the outstanding Loans shall not accrue interest
at the Default Rate.
ARTICLE
6. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 6.1
Origination Fee. The Borrower will pay to the
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on the Closing Date an
origination fee (the “Origination Fee”) in the
amount of Four Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars
($415,000). The Origination Fee shall be deemed fully
earned on the Closing Date and shall not be subject to rebate or
return, in whole or in part under any circumstances.
Section
6.2 Interest on
Loans.
(a) Unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and the Default Rate
applies, the outstanding principal of the Term Loans shall bear
interest at the Reserve Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin
for the LIBOR Rate Loans.
(b) Unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and the Default Rate
applies, the outstanding principal of the Revolving Credit Loans
shall bear interest at a rate per annum selected by the Borrower
equal to:
(ii) Reserve
Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin for the LIBOR Rate
Loans.
(c) The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the outstanding amount of each
Revolving Credit Loan, in arrears, on the first day of each
calendar month commencing with the payment to be made on February
1, 2009 (subject to the Following Business Day
Convention).
(d) The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the outstanding amount of each
of the Term Loans, in arrears, on the first day of each calendar
month commencing with the payment to be made on February 1, 2009
(subject to the Following Business Day Convention).
Section
6.3 Funds for
Payments.
(a) All
payments of principal, interest, commitment fees, facility fees and
any other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents shall be made to the Agent at the Agent’s Head
Office, in each case in immediately available funds.
(b) All
payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan
Documents to or for the account of any Lender or the Agent
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made
without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without
deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans, restrictions or
conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any
jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing or
other authority therein unless the Borrower is compelled by law to
make such deduction or withholding. If any such
obligation is imposed upon the Borrower with respect to any amount
payable by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents,
the Borrower will pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
on the date on which such amount is due and payable hereunder or
under such other Loan Document, such additional amount in Dollars
as shall be necessary to enable each Lender to receive the same net
amount which such Lender would have received on such due date had
no such obligation been imposed upon the Borrower.
Section 6.4
Computations. All computations of interest on
the Loans and of other fees to the extent applicable shall be based
on a 360-day year and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
for LIBOR Rate Loans. Whenever a payment hereunder or
under any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is
not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall, except as
otherwise provided in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during
such extension.
Section 6.5
Additional Costs, Etc. If any present or future
applicable law, which expression, as used herein, includes
statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations
thereof by any competent court or by any governmental or other
regulatory body or official charged with the administration or the
interpretation thereof and requests, directives, instructions and
notices at any time or from time to time hereafter made upon or
otherwise issued to any Lender by any central bank or other fiscal,
monetary or other authority (whether or not having the force of
law), shall:
(a) subject
any Lender to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction
or withholding of any nature with respect to this Credit Agreement,
the other Loan Documents, the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment or
the Loans, any Letters of Credit or any Foreign Exchange Contracts
(other than taxes based upon or measured by the income or profits
of a Lender or taxes in lieu thereof), or
(b) materially
change the basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on income
or profits) of payments to any Lender of the principal of or
the interest on any Loans or any other amounts payable to any
Lender under this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
or
(c) impose
or increase or render applicable (other than to the extent
specifically provided for elsewhere in this Credit
Agreement) any special deposit, reserve, assessment,
liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar requirements (whether
or not having the force of law) against assets held by, or
deposits in or for the account of, or loans, Letters of Credit or
Foreign Exchange Contracts by, or commitments of an office of a
Lender, or
(d) impose
on any Lender any other conditions or requirements with respect to
this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, the
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment, or any class of loans or
commitments of which any of the Loans or the Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment forms a part;
and the result
of any of the foregoing is:
(i) to
increase the cost to such Lender of making, funding, issuing,
renewing, extending or maintaining any of the Loans or the
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment issuing the Letter of Credit or
enter into the Foreign Exchange Contract, or
(ii) to
reduce the amount of principal, interest or other amount payable to
such Lender hereunder on account of the Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment or any of the Loans, or
(iii) to
require such Lender to make any payment or to forego any interest
or other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which payment or
foregone interest or other sum is calculated by reference to the
gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed received by such
Lender from the Borrower hereunder,
then, and in
each such case, the Borrower will, upon demand made by such Lender
at any time and from time to time and as often as the
occasion therefor may arise, pay to such Lender such additional
amounts as will be sufficient to compensate such Lender for such
additional cost, reduction, payment or foregone interest or
Reimbursement Obligation or other sum. Such Lender shall
allocate such cost increases among its customers in good faith and
on an equitable basis.
Section 6.6 Capital
Adequacy. If any present or future law,
governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) or the interpretation
thereof by a court or Governmental Authority with appropriate
jurisdiction affects the amount of capital required or expected to
be maintained by any Lender or any corporation controlling any
Lender determines that the amount of capital required to be
maintained by it is increased by or based upon the existence of
such Loans made or deemed to be made pursuant hereto (or any
issuance of any Letter of Credit or entering into any Foreign
Exchange Contract), then such Lender may notify the
Borrower of such fact, and the Borrower shall pay to such Lender
from time to time on demand, as an additional fee payable
hereunder, such amount as such Lender shall determine in good faith
and certify in a notice to the Borrower to be an amount that will
adequately compensate such Lender in light of these circumstances
for its increased costs of maintaining such
capital. Such Lender shall allocate such cost increases
among its customers in good faith and on an equitable
basis.
Section 6.7
Certificate. A certificate setting forth any
additional amounts payable pursuant to Sections 6.5 or 6.6 and a
brief explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted by such
Lender to the Borrower, shall be prima facie evidence that such
amounts are due and owing.
Section 6.8
Interest Following Event of Default; Late Charge.
At the option of the Lenders, overdue principal and (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) interest on the Loans
and all other overdue amounts payable hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents and all amounts outstanding after the
occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing, shall bear
interest payable on demand at a rate (“Default
Rate”) per annum equal to two percent (2%) above
the highest rate then otherwise applicable on the Loans until such
amount shall be paid in full (after as well as before
judgment) or the Borrower shall pay on demand therefor by the
Agent, to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, a late fee of
five percent (5%) of the amount which is overdue which late
fee is not a penalty but is a liquidated damages payment to
compensate the Lenders for such late payments. The
imposition of the Default Rate or the charge of such late fee shall
not cure any Event of Default which was caused by the failure to
make such timely payment.
Section 6.9
Inability to Determine LIBOR. In the event,
prior to the commencement of any Interest Period relating to any
LIBOR Rate Loan, the Agent shall determine that adequate and
reasonable methods do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate
that would otherwise determine the rate of interest to be
applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan during any Interest Period, the
Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination (which
shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the
Lenders) to the Borrower and the Lenders. In such
event: (a) any Notice of Borrowing with respect to
LIBOR Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn and the LIBOR
Rate Loan shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan, (b) each
LIBOR Rate Loan will automatically, on the last day of the then
current Interest Period thereof, be converted into a Base Rate
Loan, and (c) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR
Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Agent determines that the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist,
whereupon the Agent shall so notify the Borrower and the
Lenders.
Section 6.10 Illegality
. Notwithstanding any other provisions
herein, if any present or future law, regula