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Exhibit 10.1
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of January 5, 2007
Among
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED HEREIN,
as the Lenders ;
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Administrative Agent ;
FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.,
as a Guarantor ;
and
FLEETWOOD HOLDINGS INC., and certain of its
Subsidiaries,
as the Borrowers .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
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2
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Total Facility
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2
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Revolving Loans
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3
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Initial Term Loan
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7
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Letters of Credit
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7
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Bank Products
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11
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Joint and Several Obligations; Contribution
Rights
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12
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Borrowing Agency Provisions
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16
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Senior Indebtedness
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18
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Delayed Draw Term Loan
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ARTICLE 2 INTEREST AND FEES
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20
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Interest
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20
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Continuation and Conversion Elections
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Maximum Interest Rate
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22
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Closing Fee
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23
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Unused Line Fee
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23
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Letter of Credit Fee
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[RESERVED]
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Substitution of Property
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ARTICLE 3 PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
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25
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Revolving Loans
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Termination of Facility
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Repayment of the Term Loan
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26
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Prepayments of the Loans
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26
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LIBOR Rate Loan Prepayments
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27
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Payments by the Borrowers
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Payments as Revolving Loans
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28
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Apportionment, Application and Reversal of
Payments
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Indemnity for Returned Payments
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29
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The Agent’s and Lenders’ Books and
Records; Monthly Statements
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29
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ARTICLE 4 TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY
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Taxes
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Illegality
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Increased Costs and Reduction of
Return
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32
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Funding Losses
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Inability to Determine Rates
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Certificates of the Agent
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Survival
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ARTICLE 5 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL
INFORMATION; NOTICES
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Books and Records
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Financial Information
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Notices to the Lenders
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37
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ARTICLE 6 GENERAL WARRANTIES AND
REPRESENTATIONS
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40
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Authorization, Validity, and Enforceability of
this Agreement and the Loan Documents
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Validity and Priority of Security
Interest
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Organization and Qualification
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Corporate Name; Prior Transactions
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Subsidiaries and Affiliates
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Financial Statements and Projections
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Capitalization
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42
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Solvency
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42
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Debt
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Distributions
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Real Estate; Leases
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Proprietary Rights
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Trade Names
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Litigation
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43
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Labor Disputes
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Environmental Laws
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No Violation of Law
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No Default
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ERISA Compliance
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Taxes
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Regulated Entities
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Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
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Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses,
etc
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No Material Adverse Change
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Full Disclosure
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Material Agreements
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Bank Accounts
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Governmental Authorization
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Senior Indebtedness
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ARTICLE 7 AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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Taxes and Other Obligations
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Legal Existence and Good Standing
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Compliance with Law and Agreements; Maintenance
of Licenses
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Maintenance of Property; Inspection of
Property
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Insurance
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Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds
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Environmental Laws
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Compliance with ERISA
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Mergers, Consolidations or Sales
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Distributions; Capital Change; Restricted
Investments
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Transactions Affecting Collateral or
Obligations
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Guaranties
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Debt
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Prepayment
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Investment Banking and Finder’s
Fees
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Business Conducted
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Liens
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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New Subsidiaries
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Fiscal Year
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Capital Expenditures
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[RESERVED]
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Minimum EBITDA
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Bank Accounts
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60
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Contribution of Management Fees
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61
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Use of Proceeds
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Further Assurances; Mortgages
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Subordinated Debt; Trust Securities
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ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS OF LENDING
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Conditions Precedent to Making of Loans on the
Closing Date
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Conditions Precedent to Each Loan
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66
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ARTICLE 9 DEFAULT; REMEDIES
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Events of Default
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Remedies
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70
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ARTICLE 10 TERM AND TERMINATION
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Term and Termination
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ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; PARTICIPATIONS;
ASSIGNMENTS; SUCCESSORS
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72
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Amendments and Waivers
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Assignments; Participations
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ARTICLE 12 THE AGENT
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Appointment and Authorization
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Delegation of Duties
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Liability of the Agent
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Reliance by the Agent
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Notice of Default
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Credit Decision
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Indemnification
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The Agent in Individual Capacity
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80
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Successor Agent
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80
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Withholding Tax
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Collateral Matters
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Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of
Payments
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Agency for Perfection
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84
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Payments by the Agent to Lenders
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Settlement
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85
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Letters of Credit; Intra-Lender Issues
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88
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Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan
Documents
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91
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Field Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer
by Lenders
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91
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Relation Among Lenders
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92
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Co-Agents
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Collateral Priority
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92
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Foreclosure/Environmental Reports
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ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS
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No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
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Severability
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92
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Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of
Process
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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94
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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Other Security and Guaranties
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94
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Fees and Expenses
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Notices
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Waiver of Notices
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Binding Effect
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96
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Indemnity of the Agent and the Lenders by the
Borrower
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97
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Limitation of Liability
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Final Agreement
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98
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Counterparts
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98
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Captions
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98
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Right of Setoff
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Confidentiality
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99
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Conflicts with Other Loan Documents
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99
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Reinstatement
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100
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ARTICLE 14 GUARANTY
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100
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Guaranty
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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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ANNEX A
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DEFINED TERMS
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EXHIBIT A-1
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FORM OF REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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EXHIBIT A-2
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FORM OF INITIAL TERM LOAN NOTE
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EXHIBIT A-3
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FORM OF DELAYED DRAW TERM LOAN NOTE
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EXHIBIT B
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[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT C
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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EXHIBIT D
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FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
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EXHIBIT E
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FORM OF NOTICE OF
CONTINUATION/CONVERSION
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EXHIBIT F
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE 1.1
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ASSIGNED CONTRACTS (ANNEX A – DEFINED
TERMS)
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SCHEDULE 1.2
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LENDERS’ COMMITMENTS (ANNEX A –
DEFINED TERMS)
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SCHEDULE 6.3
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ORGANIZATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS
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SCHEDULE 6.4
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CORPORATE NAMES; PRIOR TRANSACTIONS
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SCHEDULE 6.5
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SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
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SCHEDULE 6.7
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CAPITALIZATION
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SCHEDULE 6.9
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DEBT
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SCHEDULE 6.11
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REAL ESTATE(MORTGAGES); LEASES
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SCHEDULE 6.12
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PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
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SCHEDULE 6.13
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TRADE NAMES
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SCHEDULE 6.14
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LITIGATION
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SCHEDULE 6.15
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UNION CONTRACTS
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SCHEDULE 6.16
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
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SCHEDULE 6.19
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ERISA COMPLIANCE
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SCHEDULE 6.27
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BANK ACCOUNTS
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SCHEDULE 7.9
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ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
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SCHEDULE 7.12
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GUARANTIES
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SCHEDULE A
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COLI POLICIES
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SCHEDULE B
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NON FEE SIMPLE REAL ESTATE
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of
January 5, 2007 (this " Agreement "), among the financial
institutions from time to time parties hereto (such financial
institutions, together with their respective successors and
assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a "
Lender " and collectively as the " Lenders "); BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., with an office at 55 South Lake Avenue, Suite
900, Pasadena, California 91101, as the administrative agent for
the Lenders (in its capacity as administrative agent, the "
Agent "); FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (" Fleetwood "), as a Guarantor; FLEETWOOD
HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (" Holdings "); and
those Subsidiaries of Holdings set forth on the signature pages
hereto or which become parties hereto hereafter in accordance with
the requirements of this Agreement (each of Holdings and each such
Subsidiary individually, a " Borrower " and, collectively,
the " Borrowers "). Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in Annex A , which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein; the rules of construction contained therein
shall govern the interpretation of this Agreement, and all Annexes,
Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein by
reference.
W I T N E
S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement amended
and restated the Original Credit Agreement in its entirety on May
14, 2004.
WHEREAS, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
amended and restated the First Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement in its entirety on July 1, 2005.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement the Existing Lenders have extended credit in the form of,
among other things, Existing Loans.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested the Lenders continue to
make available to the Borrowers a revolving line of credit for
loans and letters of credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$185,000,000, to make an initial term loan to the Borrowers in the
aggregate principal amount of $18,071,425, and to make a delayed
draw term loan to the Borrowers in the aggregate principal amount
of $3,928,575, and which extension of credit the Borrowers will use
for the purposes permitted hereunder;
WHEREAS, Holdings and its Subsidiaries are wholly-owned
Subsidiaries of Fleetwood and all Borrowers are engaged in an
inter-related business enterprise with an identity of interests,
and accordingly the financing provided hereunder will directly and
indirectly benefit each of the Borrowers;
WHEREAS, neither Holdings nor its Subsidiaries would be able to
obtain sufficient working capital financing for their respective
businesses unless the individual Borrowers were jointly and
severally liable for the obligations of all Borrowers, and unless
Fleetwood guarantees the obligations of all Borrowers;
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties desire that (a) Lenders continue the
Existing Loans and Existing Commitments as Revolving Loans and
Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder
and (b) Lenders agree to amend and restate the
Original Credit Agreement (as the same has been previously amended
and restated by the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and
the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) in its entirety
for the purpose of making the amendments reflected
herein.
WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Original
Credit Agreement (as the same has been previously amended and
restated by the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) in its entirety for
the purpose of making the amendments reflected herein, which
amendment and restatement shall become effective on the Closing
Date upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
herein.
WHEREAS, the Term Lenders have agreed to make an initial term
loan and a delayed draw term loan to the Borrowers upon the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers desire to continue to guarantee and
secure all of the Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents to the extent so guaranteed and secured under the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, as in
effect prior to the date hereof, and as further provided
herein.
WHEREAS, the Guarantors have agreed to continue to guarantee and
secure the Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
to the extent so guaranteed and secured under the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, as in effect
prior to the date hereof, and as further provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and
agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Lenders, the Agent, Fleetwood and the Borrowers hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
1.1
Total Facility . Subject to all
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders agree to
make available a total credit facility of up to $182,000,000 (the
" Total Facility ") to the Borrowers from time to time during
the term of this Agreement; provided that the Total Facility
shall be increased to a total amount of up to $207,000,000 for the
period from and including December 1 through and including April 30
of each calendar year. The Total Facility shall be composed
of a revolving line of credit consisting of Revolving Loans and
Letters of Credit and the Initial Term Loan and Delayed Draw Term
Loan described herein. On the Closing Date (and effective as
of the execution hereof by each Lender), the Lenders (directly or
through funding and settlement by the Agent) shall purchase and
assume the Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and the Existing Loans from
the Existing Lenders at par, free and clear of adverse claims,
participations or other encumbrances, which Existing Commitments
and Existing Loans and the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement shall be (immediately upon such purchase and
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assumption by the Lenders) amended and restated
in their entirety as more particularly described herein, and
neither the Loan Parties nor the Lenders shall be subject to or
bound by any of the terms or provisions of the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (other than such terms or provisions that
are to survive termination of the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement or the payment of the Obligations as provided by
the express terms of the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement) and shall only be subject to or bound by the terms and
provisions of this Agreement in respect of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, Loans, other Obligations and the transactions
contemplated hereby, as set forth herein. Notwithstanding any
other provision herein to the contrary, no additional Notice of
Borrowing shall be required as of the Closing Date with respect to
any Existing Loan that shall continue as an amended and restated
Base Rate Loan or LIBOR Rate Loan under the terms of this Agreement
as more fully set forth herein. The parties acknowledge and
agree that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall continue to honor its
obligations under the Letters of Credit outstanding immediately
prior to the Closing Date under the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement as if such Letters of Credit had been requested
under and issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The
parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents do not constitute a novation, payment and
reborrowing or termination of the obligations under the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and that all such obligations
are in all respects continued and outstanding as obligations under
this Agreement and the Notes with only the terms being modified
from and after the Closing Date as provided in this Agreement, the
Notes and the other Loan Documents. All references in
the Notes and the other Loan Documents to (i) the "Credit
Agreement" shall be deemed to include references to this Agreement
and (ii) the "Lenders" or a "Lender" or to the "Agent" shall mean
such terms as defined in this Agreement. By its execution
hereof, each Lender consents to the amendment, amendment and
restatement, replacement or other modification to any other Loan
Document being so amended, amended and restated, replaced or
otherwise modified on the date hereof or on or prior to the Closing
Date in the form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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Revolving Loans .
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(a)
(i)
Amounts . Subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Article 8 , and except for Non-Ratable Loans and Agent
Advances, each Revolving Credit Lender severally, but not jointly,
agrees, upon a Borrower’s request from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the
Termination Date, to make revolving loans (the "
Revolving Loans ") to the Borrowers in aggregate
amounts not to exceed such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Availability. The Revolving Credit Lenders, however, in their
unanimous discretion, may elect to make Revolving Loans or issue or
arrange to have issued Letters of Credit in excess of the Borrowing
Base on one or more occasions, but if they do so, neither the Agent
nor the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed thereby to have
changed the limits of the Borrowing Base, or to be obligated to
exceed such limits on any other occasion.
(ii)
At the request of any Revolving Credit Lender, each
of the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender a single
note to evidence the Revolving Loans of that Lender. Each
note shall be in the principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit
Commitments,
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dated the date hereof and substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 (each such note, together with any
new note issued pursuant to Section 11.2 upon the assignment
of any portion of any Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving
Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment a " Revolving Loan
Note " and, collectively, the " Revolving Loan Notes
"). Each Revolving Loan Note shall represent the obligation
of FMC to pay the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitments, or, if less,
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans to FMC
together with interest thereon as prescribed in
Section 1.2 . The entire unpaid balance of the
Revolving Loans and all other non-contingent Obligations shall be
immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds
on the Termination Date.
(b)
Procedure for Borrowing .
(i)
Subject to Section 1.1, each Borrowing shall be made
upon a Borrower’s irrevocable written notice delivered to the
Agent in the form of a notice of borrowing (" Notice of
Borrowing "), which must be received by the Agent prior to (i)
10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles time) three Business Days prior to the
requested Funding Date, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans and (ii)
10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles time) on the requested Funding Date, in the
case of Base Rate Loans, specifying:
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the amount of the Borrowing, which in the case of a
LIBOR Rate Loan must equal or exceed $1,000,000 (and increments of
$500,000 in excess of such amount);
(2)
the requested Funding Date, which must be a Business
Day;
(3)
whether the Revolving Loans requested are to be Base
Rate Revolving Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans (and if not specified, it
shall be deemed a request for a Base Rate Revolving Loan);
and
(4)
the duration of the Interest Period for LIBOR Rate
Loans (and if not specified, it shall be deemed a request for an
Interest Period of one month).
(ii)
In lieu of delivering a Notice of Borrowing, a
Borrower may give the Agent telephonic notice of such request for
advances to its Designated Account on or before the deadline set
forth above. The Agent at all times shall be entitled to rely
on such telephonic notice in making such Revolving Loans,
regardless of whether any written confirmation is
received.
(iii)
The Borrowers shall have no right to request a LIBOR
Rate Loan while a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
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Reliance upon Authority . Prior to
the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent a notice
setting forth the accounts of FMC (each, a " Designated Account
") to which the Agent is authorized to transfer the proceeds of the
Revolving Loans requested hereunder by the Borrowers. The
Borrowers may designate a replacement account from time to time by
written notice. All such Designated Accounts must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent is entitled
to rely conclusively on any person’s request for Revolving
Loans on behalf of any Borrower, so long as the proceeds thereof
are to be transferred to the applicable Designated Account.
The Agent has no duty to verify the identity of any individual
representing himself or herself as a person authorized by any
Borrower to make such requests on its behalf.
(d)
No Liability . The Agent shall not
incur any liability to the Borrowers as a result of acting upon any
notice referred to in Sections 1.2(b) and (c) , which
the Agent believes in good faith to have been given by an officer
or other person duly authorized by the applicable Borrower to
request Revolving Loans on its behalf. The crediting of
Revolving Loans to the applicable Designated Account conclusively
establishes the obligation of the applicable Borrowers to repay
such Revolving Loans as provided herein.
(e)
Notice Irrevocable . Any Notice of
Borrowing (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) made pursuant
to Section 1.2(b) shall be irrevocable. A Borrower
shall be bound to borrow the funds requested therein in accordance
therewith.
(f)
The Agent’s Election .
Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic
notice in lieu thereof), the Agent shall elect to have the terms
of Section 1.2(g) or the terms of Section 1.2(h) apply
to such requested Borrowing. If the Bank declines in its sole
discretion to make a Non-Ratable Loan pursuant to
Section 1.2(h) , the terms of
Section 1.2(g) shall apply to the requested
Borrowing.
(g)
Making of Revolving Loans . If the
Agent elects to have the terms of this Section 1.2(g) apply to
a requested Borrowing, then promptly after receipt of a Notice of
Borrowing or telephonic notice in lieu thereof, the Agent shall
notify the Revolving Credit Lenders by telecopy, telephone or
e-mail of the requested Borrowing. Each Revolving Credit
Lender shall transfer its Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing
to the Agent in immediately available funds, to the account from
time to time designated by the Agent, not later than 12:00 noon
(Los Angeles time) on the applicable Funding Date. After the
Agent’s receipt of all proceeds of such Revolving Loans, the
Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to
the applicable Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by
transferring same day funds to the Designated Account of the
applicable Borrower; provided , however , that the
amount of Revolving Loans so made on any date shall not exceed
Availability on such date, unless all of the Revolving Credit
Lenders otherwise agree.
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Making of Non-Ratable Loans .
(i)
If the Agent elects, with the consent of the Bank,
to have the terms of this Section 1.2(h) apply to a
requested Borrowing, the Bank shall make a Revolving Loan in the
amount of that Borrowing available to the applicable Borrower on
the applicable Funding Date by transferring same day funds to such
Borrower’s Designated Account. Each Revolving Loan made
solely by the Bank pursuant to this Section is herein referred to
as a " Non-Ratable Loan ", and such Revolving Loans are
collectively referred to as the " Non-Ratable Loans ."
Each Non-Ratable Loan shall be subject to all the terms and
conditions applicable to other Revolving Loans except that all
payments thereon shall be payable to the Bank solely for its own
account. The aggregate amount of Non-Ratable Loans
outstanding at any time shall not exceed $10,000,000. The
Agent shall not request the Bank to make any Non-Ratable Loan if
(1) the Agent has received written notice from any Revolving
Credit Lender that one or more of the applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Article 8 will not be satisfied
on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing, and
such conditions have not been waived in accordance with this
Agreement or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed
Availability on that Funding Date.
(ii)
The Non-Ratable Loans shall be secured by the
Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral and shall constitute
Base Rate Revolving Loans and Obligations hereunder.
(i)
The Agent Advances .
(i)
Subject to the limitations set forth below, the
Agent is authorized by the Borrowers and the Revolving Credit
Lenders, from time to time in the Agent’s sole discretion,
(A) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, or
(B) at any time that any of the other conditions precedent set
forth in Article 8 have not been satisfied, to make
Base Rate Revolving Loans to the Borrowers on behalf of the
Revolving Credit Lenders in an aggregate amount outstanding at any
time not to exceed $7,500,000 which the Agent, in its reasonable
business judgment, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or
protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (2) to enhance the
likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans
and other Obligations, or (3) to pay any other amount chargeable to
the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including
costs, fees and expenses as described in Section 13.7
(any of such advances are herein referred to as " Agent
Advances "); provided , that (x) in no event shall
the Aggregate Revolver Outstandings at any time exceed the
aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) the Majority
Lenders may at any time revoke the Agent’s authorization to
make Agent Advances. Any such revocation must be in writing
and shall become effective prospectively upon the Agent’s
receipt thereof.
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Initial Term Loan .
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(a)
Amount of Initial Term Loan .
Subject to Section 1.1, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a
term loan (any such term loan being referred to as an " Initial
Lender Term Loan " and such term loans being referred to
collectively as the " Initial Term Loan ") to the Borrowers
on the Closing Date, upon the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Article 8 , in an amount equal to
such Term Lender’s Pro Rata Share of $18,071,425. The
Initial Term Loan shall initially be a LIBOR Rate Loan.
(b)
Making of Term Loan . Subject to
Section 1.1, each Initial Lender Term Loan shall be made available
by each Term Lender to the Agent in same day funds, to the
Agent’s designated account, not later than 12:00 noon (Los
Angeles time) on the Closing Date. Subject to Section 1.1,
after the Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such Initial
Term Loan, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
in Article 8 , the Agent shall make the proceeds of such
Initial Term Loan available to the Borrowers on such date by
transferring same day funds equal to the proceeds of such Initial
Term Loan received by the Agent to the Borrowers’ Designated
Account or as the Borrowers shall otherwise instruct in
writing.
(c)
Term Loan Notes . At the request of
any Term Lender, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to Agent
on behalf of each Term Lender, on the Closing Date, a promissory
note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 attached hereto
and made a part hereof (such promissory notes, together with any
new notes issued pursuant to Section 11.2 upon the
assignment of any portion of any Lender Term Loan, being
hereinafter referred to collectively as the " Initial Term Loan
Notes " and each of such promissory notes being hereinafter
referred to individually as an " Initial Term Loan Note
"). The Initial Term Loan Notes, if any, shall evidence the
Initial Lender Term Loan of each Term Lender in an original
principal amount equal to that Term Lender’s Pro Rata Share
of $18,071,425 and with other appropriate insertions. Each
Initial Term Loan Note, if any, shall be dated the Closing Date and
shall mature on the Stated Termination Date. Each payment
shall be payable to the Agent for the account of the applicable
Term Lender. The Initial Term Loan shall be payable in full
on the earlier of (x) the date on which this Agreement is
terminated for any reason and (y) the date the Revolving Credit
Commitments are terminated or have expired. Payment or
prepayment of the Initial Term Loan may not be reborrowed.
1.4
Letters of Credit .
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and standby letters of credit (" Letter of
Credit ") and/or (ii) to provide credit support or other
enhancement to a Letter of Credit Issuer acceptable to the Agent,
which issues a Letter of Credit for the account of a Borrower (any
such credit support or enhancement being herein referred to as a "
Credit Support ") from time to time during the term of this
Agreement.
(b)
Amounts; Outside Expiration Date .
The Agent shall not have any obligation to issue or cause to be
issued any Letter of Credit or to provide Credit Support for any
Letter of Credit at any time if: (i) the maximum face amount of the
requested Letter of Credit is greater than the Unused Letter of
Credit Subfacility at such time; (ii) the maximum undrawn
amount of the requested Letter of Credit and all commissions, fees,
and charges due from the Borrowers in connection with the opening
thereof would exceed the Availability at such time or
(iii) such Letter of Credit has an expiration date less than
30 days prior to the Stated Termination Date or more than 12 months
from the date of issuance for standby letters of credit and 180
days for documentary letters of credit. With respect to any
Letter of Credit which contains any "evergreen" or automatic
renewal provision, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to
any such extension or renewal unless any Revolving Credit Lender
shall have provided to the Agent written notice that it declines to
consent to any such extension or renewal at least thirty (30) days
prior to the date on which the Letter of Credit Issuer is entitled
to decline to extend or renew the Letter of Credit. If all of
the requirements of this Section 1.4 are met and no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall
decline to consent to any such extension or renewal.
(c)
Other Conditions . In addition to
conditions precedent contained in Article 8 , the
obligation of the Agent to cause to be issued any Letter of Credit
or to provide Credit Support for any Letter of Credit is subject to
the following conditions precedent having been satisfied in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:
(i)
The applicable Borrower shall have delivered to the
Letter of Credit Issuer, at such times and in such manner as such
Letter of Credit Issuer may prescribe, an application in form and
substance satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer and
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent for the issuance of the Letter
of Credit and such other documents as may be required pursuant to
the terms thereof, and the form, terms and purpose of the proposed
Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and
the Letter of Credit Issuer; and
(ii)
As of the date of issuance, no order of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority shall purport by its terms to
enjoin or restrain money center banks generally from issuing
letters of credit of the type and in the amount of the proposed
Letter of Credit, and no law, rule or regulation applicable to
money center banks generally and no request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority
with jurisdiction over money center banks generally shall prohibit,
or request that the proposed Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from,
the issuance of letters of credit generally or the issuance of such
Letters of Credit.
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Issuance of Letters of Credit .
(i)
Request for Issuance . A Borrower
must notify the Agent of a requested Letter of Credit at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date.
Such notice shall be irrevocable and must specify the original face
amount of the Letter of Credit requested, the Business Day of
issuance of such requested Letter of Credit, whether such Letter of
Credit may be drawn in a single or in partial draws, the Business
Day on which the requested Letter of Credit is to expire, the
purpose for which such Letter of Credit is to be issued, and the
beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit. The Borrower
shall attach to such notice the proposed form of the Letter of
Credit.
(ii)
Responsibilities of the Agent; Issuance
. As of the Business Day immediately preceding the requested
issuance date of the Letter of Credit, the Agent shall determine
the amount of the applicable Unused Letter of Credit Subfacility
and the Availability. If (i) the face amount of the
requested Letter of Credit is less than the Unused Letter of Credit
Subfacility and (ii) the amount of such requested Letter of Credit
and all commissions, fees, and charges due from the Borrower in
connection with the opening thereof would not exceed the
Availability, the Agent shall cause the Letter of Credit Issuer to
issue the requested Letter of Credit on the requested issuance date
so long as the other conditions hereof are met.
(iii)
No Extensions or Amendment . The
Agent shall not be obligated to cause the Letter of Credit Issuer
to extend or amend any Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto
unless the requirements of this Section 1.4 are met as though a
new Letter of Credit were being requested and issued.
(e)
Payments Pursuant to Letters of Credit
. FMC agrees to reimburse immediately the Letter of Credit
Issuer for any draw under any Letter of Credit issued for its
benefit and the Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit
Lenders upon any payment pursuant to any Credit Support, and to pay
the Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of all other charges and
fees payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with any
Letter of Credit immediately when due, irrespective of any claim,
setoff, defense or other right which any Borrower may have at any
time against the Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Person.
Each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall constitute a request
by the applicable Borrower to the Agent for a Borrowing of a Base
Rate Revolving Loan in the amount of such drawing. The
Funding Date with respect to such borrowing shall be the date of
such drawing.
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Indemnification; Exoneration; Power of
Attorney .
(i)
Indemnification . In addition to
amounts payable as elsewhere provided in this Section 1.4 ,
each of FMC and Fleetwood agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and
save the Lenders and the Agent harmless from and against any and
all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) which any
Lender or the Agent (other than a Lender in its capacity as Letter
of Credit Issuer) may incur or be subject to as a consequence,
direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit or the
provision of any Credit Support or enhancement in connection
therewith. The Borrowers’ obligations under this
Section shall survive payment of all other Obligations.
(ii)
Assumption of Risk by the Borrowers
. As among the Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Agent but
subject to subsection (iv) below, the Borrowers assume all risks of
the acts and omissions of, or misuse of any of the Letters of
Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of
Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, subject to subsection (iv) below, the Lenders and
the Agent shall not be responsible for: (A) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
document submitted by any Person in connection with the application
for and issuance of and presentation of drafts with respect to any
of the Letters of Credit, even if it should prove to be in any or
all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or
forged; (B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason; (C) the failure of the beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit to comply duly with conditions required in
order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (D) errors, omissions,
interruptions, or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or
not they be in cipher; (E) errors in interpretation of technical
terms; (F) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of
any document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter
of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (G) the misapplication by the
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing
under such Letter of Credit; (H) any consequences arising from
causes beyond the control of the Lenders or the Agent, including
any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present
or future de jure or de facto
Governmental Authority; or (I) the Letter of Credit Issuer’s
honor of a draw for which the draw or any certificate fails to
comply in any respect with the terms of the Letter of Credit.
None of the foregoing shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting
of any rights or powers of the Agent or any Lender under this
Section 1.4(f) .
(iii)
Exoneration . Without limiting the
foregoing, no action or omission whatsoever by the Agent or any
Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit issued hereunder
(excluding any Lender in its capacity as a Letter of Credit Issuer)
shall result in any liability of the Agent and/or Lender to any
Borrower, or relieve any Borrower of any of its obligations
hereunder to any such Person.
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Rights Against Letter of Credit Issuer
. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to limit a
Borrower’s rights, if any, with respect to the Letter of
Credit Issuer which arise as a result of the letter of credit
application and related documents executed by and between such
Borrower and the Letter of Credit.
(v)
Account Party . Each Borrower hereby
authorizes and directs any Letter of Credit Issuer to name such
Borrower as the "Account Party" therein and to deliver to the Agent
all instruments, documents and other writings and property received
by the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to the Letter of Credit,
and to accept and rely upon the Agent’s instructions and
agreements with respect to all matters arising in connection with
the Letter of Credit or the application therefor.
(g)
Supporting Letter of Credit; Cash
Collateral . If, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 1.4(b) and Section 10.1 , any Letter of Credit or
Credit Support is outstanding upon the termination of this
Agreement, then upon such termination FMC shall deposit with the
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Revolving
Credit Lenders, with respect to each Letter of Credit or Credit
Support then outstanding, cash (" Cash Collateral ") or a
standby letter of credit (a " Supporting Letter of Credit ")
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, issued by an
issuer satisfactory to the Agent, in each case in an amount equal
to the greatest amount for which such Letter of Credit or such
Credit Support may be drawn plus any fees and expenses associated
with such Letter of Credit or such Credit Support, under which
Supporting Letter of Credit the Agent is entitled to draw amounts
necessary to reimburse the Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders
for payments to be made by the Agent and the Revolving Credit
Lenders under such Letter of Credit or Credit Support and any fees
and expenses associated with such Letter of Credit or Credit
Support. Such Supporting Letter of Credit and/or Cash
Collateral shall be held by the Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as security for, and to
provide for the payment of, the aggregate undrawn amount of such
Letters of Credit or such Credit Support remaining outstanding.
1.5
Bank Products . A Borrower may
request and the Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
arrange for a Borrower to obtain from the Bank or the Bank’s
Affiliates Bank Products although no Borrower is required to do
so. If Bank Products so requested by a Borrower are provided
by an Affiliate of the Bank, each Borrower agrees to indemnify and
hold the Agent, the Bank and the Lenders harmless from any and all
costs and obligations now or hereafter incurred by the Agent, the
Bank or any of the Lenders which arise from any indemnity given by
the Agent to its Affiliates related to such Bank Products;
provided , however , nothing contained herein is intended to
limit the Borrower’s rights, with respect to the Bank or its
Affiliates, if any, which arise as a result of the execution of
documents by and between such Borrower and the Bank which relate to
Bank Products. The agreement contained in this Section
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Agreement. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the
obtaining of Bank Products from the Bank or the Bank’s
Affiliates (a) is in the sole and absolute discretion of the Bank
or the Bank’s Affiliates, and (b) is subject to all rules and
regulations of the Bank or the Bank’s Affiliates.
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the payment of the Obligations; (ii) any
rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to
departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including
provisions relating to Events of Default) of the Credit Agreement,
any of the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument
executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for
the Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such Loan Document or any agreement
relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the
Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being
found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect;
(iv) the application of payments received from any source to
the payment of any liability other than the Obligations, even
though the Lenders might have elected to apply such payment to any
part or all of the Obligations; (v) any consent by any Lender
or the Agent to the change, reorganization or termination of the
corporate structure or existence of any other Borrower, or any
other Person and to any corresponding restructuring of the
Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue
perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures
any of the Obligations; (vii) any defenses (except the defense
of final payment in full), set-offs or counterclaims which any
Borrower, any guarantor or any other Person may allege or assert
against the Agent or any Lender in respect of the Obligations,
including, for example, failure of consideration, breach of
warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and
satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or
omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might
in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Borrower as an
obligor in respect of the Obligations.
(d)
To the extent that any Borrower is a guarantor or a
surety as a result of the joint and several obligations hereunder,
to the maximum extent permitted by law, each such Borrower hereby
waives and agrees not to assert or take advantage of:
(i) any defense now existing or hereafter arising based upon
any legal disability or other defense of any other Borrower or any
guarantor or other Person, or by reason of the cessation or
limitation of the liability of any other Borrower or any guarantor
or other Person from any cause other than full payment and
performance of all obligations due under this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents; (ii) any defense based upon any lack
of authority of the officers, directors, partners or agents acting
or purporting to act on behalf of any other Borrower or any
guarantor or other Person, or any defect in the formation of any
other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person; (iii) the
unenforceability or invalidity of any security or guaranty or the
lack of perfection or continuing perfection, or failure of priority
of any security for the Obligations; (iv) any and all rights
and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the Agent or
any Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a
nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for an Obligation,
has destroyed such Borrower’s rights of subrogation and
reimbursement against the principal by the operation of Section
580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise;
(v) any defense based upon any failure to disclose to such
Borrower any information concerning the financial condition of any
other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person or any other
circumstances bearing on the ability of any other Borrower or any
guarantor or other Person to pay and perform all obligations due
under this Agreement or any
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of the other Loan Documents; (vi) any
failure by the Agent or any Lender to give notice to any Borrower
or any guarantor or other Person of the sale or other disposition
of security, and any defect in notice given by the Agent or any
Lender in connection with any such sale or disposition of security;
(vii) any failure of the Agent or any Lender to comply with
applicable laws in connection with the sale or disposition of
security, including, without limitation, any failure by the Lender
to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other disposition of
such security; (viii) any defense based upon any statute or
rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be
neither larger in amount nor in any other respects more burdensome
than that of a principal, or that reduces a surety’s or
guarantor’s obligations in proportion to the
principal’s obligation; (ix) any use of cash collateral
under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code; (x) any defense
based upon an election by the Agent or any Lender, in any
proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application
of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor
statute; (xi) any defense based upon any borrowing or any
grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy
Code; (xii) any right of subrogation, any right to enforce any
remedy which the Agent or any Lender may have against any other
Borrower or any guarantor or other Person and any right to
participate in, or benefit from, any security now or hereafter held
by the Agent or any Lender for the Obligations;
(xiii) presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind,
including notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of the
existence, creation or incurring of new or additional Obligations;
(xiv) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the
liability of any other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person,
enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, the
liability of any Borrower hereunder or the enforcement hereof;
(xv) all notices of intention to accelerate and/or notice of
acceleration of the Obligations; (xvi) relief from any
applicable valuation or appraisement laws; (xvii) any other
action by the Agent or any Lender, whether authorized by this
Agreement or otherwise, or any omission by the Agent or any Lender
or other failure of the Agent or any Lender to pursue, or delay in
pursuing, any other remedy in its power; (xviii) any and all claims
and/or rights of counterclaim, recoupment, setoff or offset; and
(xix) any defense based upon the application of the proceeds
of a Loan for purposes other than the purposes represented by the
Borrowers or intended or understood by the Agent or any Lender or
any Borrower. Each Borrower agrees that the payment and
performance of all Obligations or any part thereof or other act
which tolls any statute of limitations applicable to this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents shall similarly operate to toll the
statute of limitations applicable to such Borrower’s
liability hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing or any other provision hereof, each Borrower further
waives any and all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have
because the debt of the Borrowers is secured by real property of
other Borrowers; this means, among other things, that:
(1) the Lenders may collect from such Borrower without first
foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged by
any other Borrower, (2) if the Agent or any Lender forecloses
on any real property collateral pledged by any other Borrower, then
(A) the amount of the debt may be reduced only by the price
for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if
the collateral is worth
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more than the sale price, and (B) the Agent
or any Lender may collect from such Borrower even if the Agent or
any Lender, by foreclosing on the real property collateral, has
destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from any
other Borrower. The foregoing sentence is an unconditional
and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses each Borrower may
have because the Obligations are secured by real property of any
other Borrower. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
California Civil Code Section 2856 authorizes and validates waivers
of a guarantor’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement and
waivers of certain other rights and defenses available to a
guarantor under California law. Based on the preceding
sentence and without limiting the generality of the foregoing
waivers contained in this subparagraph or any other provision
hereof, each Borrower expressly waives to the extent permitted by
law any and all rights and defenses (except the defense of
indefeasible final payment in full), including without limitation
any rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution (except contribution pursuant to this Agreement),
which might otherwise be available to such Borrower under
California Civil Code Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, 2899 and
3433 and under California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580a,
580b, 580d and 726 (or any of such sections), or any other
jurisdiction to the extent the same are applicable to this
Agreement or the agreements, covenants or obligations of any
Borrower hereunder.
(e)
Each Borrower is fully aware of the financial
condition of the Borrowers, and is executing and delivering this
Agreement based solely upon such Borrower’s own independent
investigation of all matters pertinent hereto and is not relying in
any manner upon any representation or statement by the Agent or any
Lender. Each Borrower hereby assumes full responsibility for
obtaining any additional information concerning the financial
condition of the Borrowers or any other guarantor or their
respective properties, financial condition and prospects and any
other matter pertinent hereto as such Borrower may desire, and such
Borrower is not relying upon or expecting the Agent or any Lender
to furnish to such Borrower any information now or hereafter in the
possession of the Agent or any Lender concerning the same or any
other matter. By executing this Agreement, each Borrower
knowingly accepts the full range of risks encompassed within a
contract of this type, which risks such Borrower
acknowledges. No Borrower shall have the right to require the
Agent or any Lender to obtain or disclose any information with
respect to the Obligations, the financial condition or prospects of
any Borrower, the ability of any Borrower to pay or perform the
Obligations, the existence, perfection, priority or enforceability
of any collateral security for any or all of the Obligations, the
existence or enforceability of any other guaranties of all or any
part of the Obligations, any action or non-action on the part of
the Agent or any Lender, any Borrower or any other Person, or any
other event, occurrence, condition or circumstance
whatsoever.
(f)
To the extent that any Borrower is a guarantor or a
surety as a result of the joint and several obligations hereunder,
the Obligations of each such Borrower shall be limited in amount to
an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of such obligations and
liabilities that can be made or assumed by such
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Borrower without rendering such obligation or
liability void or voidable under applicable laws relating to
fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally, in each case giving
effect to all liabilities of such Borrower other than any
liabilities in respect of intercompany indebtedness to the extent
that it would be discharged in the amount paid by such Borrower
hereunder and giving effect to all rights of subrogation,
contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar rights pursuant
to applicable law or any agreement (the " Maximum Liability
").
(g)
Each Borrower hereby agrees that to the extent that
a Borrower makes any payment on behalf of FMC, such Borrower shall
be entitled to seek and receive contribution and indemnification
from and to be reimbursed by each other Borrower in an amount equal
to a fraction of such payment, the numerator of which is the
Maximum Liability of the Borrower making the payment and the
denominator of which is the Maximum Liability of all Borrowers as
of the date of determination. Each Borrower’s right of
contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 1.6(h) . The provisions of this Section
1.6(g)(i) shall in no respect limit the obligations and
liabilities of any Borrower to the Lenders and each Borrower shall
remain liable to the Lenders for the full amount of its liabilities
hereunder.
(h)
No Borrower shall be entitled to be subrogated to
any of the rights of the Agent or any Lender against or any other
Borrower or any collateral security or guarantee or right to offset
held by the Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations,
nor shall any Borrower seek or be entitled to seek any contribution
or reimbursement from or any other Borrower in respect of payments
made by such Borrower hereunder, until all amounts owing to the
Agent or any Lender on account of the Obligations are paid in full,
no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Revolving Credit
Commitments are terminated or have expired. If any amount
shall be paid to any Borrower on account of such subrogation rights
at any time not permitted hereunder, such amount shall be held by
such Borrower in trust for the Agent and the Lenders, segregated
from other funds of such Borrower, and shall, forthwith upon
receipt, be turned over to the Agent in the exact form received
(duly endorsed to the Agent, if required), to be applied against
the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the
Agent may determine.
1.7
Borrowing Agency Provisions .
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At the request of, and solely as an accommodation
to, Borrowers, the Lenders have agreed to make the Loans to, and to
issue Letters of Credit for the Borrowers on a joint and several
basis as co-borrowers. In order to facilitate the
co-borrowing arrangement, each Borrower hereby irrevocably
designates Holdings to be its agent and attorney-in-fact for
purposes of the Loan Documents, and each of them hereby irrevocably
authorizes such agent in such capacity to take such actions on
behalf of the applicable Borrower and to exercise such powers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on such
Borrower’s behalf as may otherwise be exercised by such
Borrower, together with such powers as are
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incidental thereto, including without limitation
to borrow Loans, to execute and deliver Notices of Borrowing,
Notices of Conversion/Continuation, requests for Letters of Credit,
Borrowing Base Certificates and such other documents, instruments
and certificates required by the Loan Documents in connection with
any Borrowing or repayment of the Loans, to borrow, repay,
reborrow, convert and continue Loans and to receive proceeds of
Loans and to give all other notices and consents hereunder.
Each Borrower further irrevocably authorizes the Agent to act on
all such documents, instruments and certificates delivered by such
agents and attorneys-in-fact, and to pay over and credit the
proceeds of any Loans so requested to the Designated Account of
Holdings and hereby accepts the appointment to act as agent and
attorney in fact for the Borrowers. The Agent and each Lender
shall be entitled to rely absolutely on the appointment and
authorization of Holdings to act on behalf of the Borrowers with
respect to all matters relating to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, whether or not any provision of this Agreement or
any other Loan Documents specifically provides that action may or
shall be taken by Holdings on behalf of the Borrowers. The
Agent and the Lenders may give all notices to any Borrower to
Holdings. Each Borrower agrees that each notice, election,
representation and warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking
made on its behalf by Holdings shall be deemed for all purposes to
have been made by such Borrower and shall be binding upon and
enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if the same
had been made directly by such Borrower.
(b)
All Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the
Borrowers are engaged in an integrated operation that requires
financing on the basis of credit availability to each Borrower,
that the co-borrowing arrangement has been established at the
request of the Borrowers, and that each Borrower expects to derive,
directly or indirectly, benefit from such credit availability to
the other Borrowers. Neither the Agent nor the Letter of
Credit Issuer nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Borrowers
or any other Loan Party as a result of the co-borrowing arrangement
established by this Agreement and shall not have any liability or
responsibility to the Borrowers to inquire into the allocation,
apportionment or use of the proceeds of any Loans or extensions of
credit hereunder. To induce the Agent, the Letter of Credit
Issuer and the Lenders to establish this co-borrowing arrangement
and in consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby indemnifies the
Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and their
respective successors and assigns, and agrees to hold each of them
harmless from any and all liabilities, expenses, losses, damages
and claims asserted against them by any Person arising from or
incurred by reason of the handling of the financing arrangements of
the Borrowers as provided in this Agreement, any reliance by the
Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender on any document,
request or instruction given by the agents designated by the
Borrowers herein to act on their behalf or any other action taken
by the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Lenders with
respect to the co-borrowing arrangement; provided ,
however , that no Borrower shall have an obligation to
indemnify any of the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any
Lender under this Section 1.7 with respect to any
liabilities finally determined by a court of
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1.8
Senior Indebtedness . All
Obligations of Fleetwood under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and all rights of contribution, indemnity, subrogation
and reimbursement relating to the Obligations of any Loan Party
with respect to Fleetwood, are "Senior Indebtedness" under the 2003
Subordinated Debentures. All Obligations of Fleetwood under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the extent such
Obligations are (A) liabilities of Fleetwood for borrowed money or
under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit,
surety bond or similar instrument, or (B) liabilities of Fleetwood
evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or (C)
liabilities of others described in the preceding clauses (A) and
(B) that Fleetwood has guaranteed or that are otherwise its legal
liability, or (D) deferrals renewals, extensions or refundings of
any liability of the types referred to in clauses (A), (B) and (C)
above, are "Senior Indebtedness" under the 1998 Subordinated
Debentures and Fleetwood’s guaranty of the Trust
Securities.
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(b)
Procedure for Borrowing .
(i)
A single Borrowing shall be made upon a
Borrower’s irrevocable written notice delivered to the Agent
in the form of a Notice of Borrowing, which must be received by the
Agent prior to (i) 10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles time) three Business
Days prior to the requested Delayed Draw Date, in the case of LIBOR
Rate Loans and (ii) 10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles time) on the requested
Funding Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans,
specifying:
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the amount of the Borrowing under the Delayed Draw
Term Loan;
(2)
the requested Delayed Draw Date, which must be a
Business Day;
(3)
whether the Delayed Draw Term Loan requested is to
be a Base Rate Term Loan or LIBOR Rate Loan (and if not specified,
it shall be deemed a request for a Base Rate Term Loan);
and
(4)
the duration of the Interest Period for LIBOR Rate
Loans (and if not specified, it shall be deemed a request for an
Interest Period of one month);
provided , however , that if the Delayed Draw Date
is within three Business Days of the Closing Date, such Borrowings
will consist of Base Rate Revolving Loans only.
(ii)
The Borrowers shall have no right to request a LIBOR
Rate Loan while a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(c)
Reliance upon Authority . Prior to
the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent a notice
setting forth the Designated Accounts to which the Agent is
authorized to transfer the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan
requested hereunder by the Borrowers. The Borrowers may
designate a replacement account from time to time by written
notice. All such Designated Accounts must be reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent is entitled to rely
conclusively on any person’s request for the Delayed Draw
Term Loan on behalf of FMC, so long as the proceeds thereof are to
be transferred to the applicable Designated Account. The
Agent has no duty to verify the identity of any individual
representing himself or herself as a person authorized by FMC to
make such requests on its behalf.
(d)
No Liability . The Agent shall not
incur any liability to the Borrowers as a result of acting upon any
notice referred to in Sections 1.9(b) and (c) , which
the Agent believes in good faith to have been given by an officer
or
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other person duly authorized by FMC to request
the Delayed Draw Term Loan on its behalf. The crediting of
the Delayed Draw Term Loan to the applicable Designated Account
conclusively establishes the obligation of FMC to repay the Delayed
Draw Term Loan as provided herein.
(e)
Notice Irrevocable . Any Notice of
Borrowing (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) made pursuant
to Section 1.9(b) shall be irrevocable. FMC shall be
bound to borrow the funds requested therein in accordance
therewith.
(f)
Making of the Delayed Draw Term Loan
. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing or
telephonic notice in lieu thereof, the Agent shall notify the Term
Loan Lenders by telecopy, telephone or e-mail of the requested
Borrowing. Each Term Loan Lender shall transfer its Pro Rata
Share of the requested Borrowing to the Agent in immediately
available funds, to the account from time to time designated by the
Agent, not later than 12:00 noon (Los Angeles time) on the
applicable Delayed Draw Date. After the Agent’s receipt
of all proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan, the Agent shall make
the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan available to the
Borrowers on the Delayed Draw Date by transferring same day funds
to the Designated Account of the Borrowers; provided ,
however , that the amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan so
made on the Delayed Draw Date shall not exceed its Pro Rata Share
of the Delayed Draw Commitment Aggregate Availability on such
date.
ARTICLE 2
INTEREST AND FEES
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2.1
Interest .
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(a)
Interest Rates. All outstanding
Obligations shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount
thereof (including, to the extent permitted by law, on interest
thereon not paid when due) from the date made until paid in full in
cash at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate or the
LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin, but not to exceed the
Maximum Rate. If at any time Loans are outstanding with
respect to which a Borrower has not delivered to the Agent a notice
specifying the basis for determining the interest rate applicable
thereto in accordance herewith, those Loans shall bear interest at
a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate until notice to the
contrary has been given to the Agent in accordance with this
Agreement and such notice has become effective. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the outstanding Obligations shall bear
interest as follows:
(ii)
For all Base Rate Revolving Loans and other
Obligations (other than Base Rate Lender Term Loans and LIBOR Rate
Loans) at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable Margin;
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For all LIBOR Lender Term Loans at a per annum rate
equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin;
and
(iv)
For all LIBOR Revolving Loans at a per annum rate
equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable
Margin.
Each change in the Base Rate shall be reflected in the interest
rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as of the effective date of such
change. All interest charges shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed (which results in
more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day
year). The applicable Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for
the ratable benefit of the applicable Lenders, interest accrued on
all Base Rate Loans in arrears on the first day of each month
hereafter and on the Termination Date. The Borrowers shall
pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, interest on
all LIBOR Rate Loans in arrears on each LIBOR Interest Payment
Date.
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Default Rate . If any Default or
Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Agent or the
Majority Lenders in their discretion so elect, then, from the date
that the Agent gives written notice to Holdings of the
Agents’ or the Majority Lenders’ election and so long
as such Default or Event of Default is continuing, all of the
Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate applicable
thereto; provided that from the date of the occurrence of an
Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) with respect to any Term Loan
Obligation, the Term Loan Obligations shall automatically bear
interest at the Default Rate applicable thereto so long as any such
Event of Default is continuing.
2.2
Continuation and Conversion Elections
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The Borrowers may:
(i)
elect, as of any Business Day, in the case of Base
Rate Revolving Loans to convert any such Base Rate Revolving Loans
(or any part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000, or that
is in an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof) into
LIBOR Rate Loans; or
(ii)
elect, as of any Business Day, in the case of Base
Rate Lender Term Loans to convert any such Base Rate Lender Term
Loans (or any part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000,
or that is in an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof)
into LIBOR Rate Loans; or
(iii)
elect, as of the last day of the applicable Interest
Period, to continue any LIBOR Rate Loans having Interest Periods
expiring on such day (or any part thereof in an amount not less
than $1,000,000, or that is in an integral multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof);
provided , that if at any time the aggregate amount of
LIBOR Rate Loans in respect of any Borrowing is reduced, by
payment, prepayment, or conversion of part thereof to be less than
$1,000,000, such LIBOR Rate Loans shall automatically convert into
Base Rate Loans; provided further that if the notice
shall fail to specify the duration of the Interest Period, such
Interest Period shall be one month.
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The Borrowers shall deliver a notice of
continuation/conversion (" Notice of Continuation/Conversion
") to the Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles time) at
least three (3) Business Days in advance of the
Continuation/Conversion Date, if the Loans are to be converted into
or continued as LIBOR Rate Loans and specifying:
(i)
the proposed Continuation/Conversion
Date;
(ii)
the aggregate amount of Loans to be converted or
renewed;
(iii)
the type of Loans resulting from the proposed
conversion or continuation; and
(iv)
the duration of the requested Interest Period,
provided , however , the Borrowers may not select an
Interest Period that ends after the Stated Termination
Date.
(c)
If upon the expiration of any Interest Period
applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans, the Borrowers failed to select
timely a new Interest Period to be applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans
or if any Default or Event of Default then exists, the Borrowers
shall be deemed to have elected to convert such LIBOR Rate Loans
into Base Rate Loans effective as of the expiration date of such
Interest Period.
(d)
The Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of a Notice of Continuation/Conversion. All
conversions and continuations shall be made ratably according to
the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans with
respect to which the notice was given held by each
Lender.
(e)
There may not be more than seven (7) different LIBOR
Rate Loans in effect hereunder at any time.
2.3
Maximum Interest Rate . In
no event shall any interest rate provided for hereunder exceed the
maximum rate legally chargeable by any Lender under applicable law
for such Lender with respect to loans of the type provided for
hereunder (the " Maximum Rate "). If, in any month, any
interest rate, absent such limitation, would have exceeded the
Maximum Rate, then the interest rate for that month shall be the
Maximum Rate, and, if in future months, that interest rate would
otherwise be less than the Maximum Rate, then that interest rate
shall remain at the Maximum Rate until such time as the amount of
interest paid hereunder equals the amount of interest which would
have been paid if the same had not been limited by the Maximum
Rate. In the event that, upon payment in full of the
Obligations, the total amount of interest paid or accrued under the
terms of this Agreement is less than the total amount of interest
which would, but for this Section 2.3 , have been paid or
accrued if the interest rate otherwise set forth in this Agreement
had at all times been in effect, then the Borrowers shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, pay the Agent, for the account
of the Lenders, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the lesser of
(i) the amount of interest which would have been charged if
the Maximum Rate
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(ii) the amount of interest which would have accrued had the
interest rate otherwise set forth in this Agreement, at all times,
been in effect over (b) the amount of interest actually paid or
accrued under this Agreement. If a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that the Agent and/or any Lender has
received interest and other charges hereunder in excess of the
Maximum Rate, such excess shall be deemed received on account of,
and shall automatically be applied to reduce, the Obligations other
than interest, in the inverse order of maturity, and if there are
no Obligations outstanding, the Agent and/or such Lender shall
refund to the applicable Borrower(s) such excess.
2.4
Closing Fee . The Borrowers,
jointly and severally, agree to pay the Agent on the Closing Date a
closing fee (the " Closing Fee ") as set forth in the Fee
Letter. The Borrowers hereby authorize the Agent to charge
the Loan Account in an amount equal to the Closing Fee set forth in
such Fee Letter.
2.5
Unused Line Fee . On the first
day of each month and on the Termination Date the Borrowers,
jointly and severally, agree to pay to the Agent, for the account
of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares, an unused line fee (the " Unused
Line Fee ") equal to percentage per annum set forth in the
definition of Applicable Margin times the amount by which the
Maximum Revolver Amount exceeded the sum of the average daily
outstanding amount of Revolving Loans and the average daily undrawn
face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit, during the
immediately preceding month or shorter period if calculated for the
first month hereafter or on the Termination Date. The Unused
Line Fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual number of days elapsed. All principal payments
received by the Agent shall be deemed to be credited to the
applicable Borrowers’ Loan Account immediately upon receipt
for purposes of calculating the Unused Line Fee pursuant to this
Section 2.5 .
2.6
Letter of Credit Fee
. FMC agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of the
Revolving Credit Lenders, in accordance with their respective Pro
Rata Shares, for each Letter of Credit, a fee (the " Letter of
Credit Fee ") equal to the percentage per annum set forth in the
definition of Applicable Margin times the undrawn face amount of
each Letter of Credit and to the Agent for the benefit of the
Letter of Credit Issuer a fronting fee of one-eighth of one percent
(0.125%) per annum of the undrawn face amount of each Letter of
Credit, and to the Letter of Credit Issuer, all out-of-pocket
costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Letter of Credit Issuer in
connection with the application for, processing of, issuance of, or
amendment to any Letter of Credit. The Letter of Credit Fee
shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each month
following any month in which a Letter of Credit is outstanding and
on the Termination Date. The Letter of Credit Fee shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of
days elapsed.
2.7
[RESERVED].
2.8
Substitution of Property . The
Borrowers may from time to time provide substitute real property
collateral (the " Substituted Property ") for any real property
Collateral; provided that for each such substitution (a "
Property Substitution ") the following conditions are
satisfied with respect to such Property Substitution and the
applicable Substituted Property:
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no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing both before and after giving effect to such Property
Substitution;
(b)
the Flexibility Conditions are satisfied as of the
date of and both before and immediately after giving effect to such
Property Substitution;
(c)
the applicable Substituted Property is free and
clear of all Liens other than Liens described in clauses (a), (b)
and (e) of the definition of Permitted Liens;
(d)
Agent shall have received an appraisal (in form and
substance and by an appraiser reasonably satisfactory to the Agent)
for the applicable Substituted Property (the " Substituted
Property Appraisal "), dated no more than six (6) months prior
to the date of such Property Substitution;
(e)
the appraised value of the applicable Substituted
Property, as set forth in the Substituted Property Appraisal shall
be equal to or greater than the value, as reasonably determined by
the Agent, of the portion of the Collateral being replaced (the "
Replaced Property ");
(f)
the Agent shall have received each of the
following:
(i)
a fully executed Mortgage (the " Substituted
Property Mortgage ") with respect to each parcel of the
Substituted Property, in substantially the form of the Mortgages
delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, with such modifications
thereto as shall be advisable and are reasonably acceptable to the
Agent with respect to the local jurisdictions in which the
Substitute Property is located;
(ii)
an ALTA extended coverage title policy or policies,
in form and substance and in amounts and with such endorsements as
are reasonably acceptable to the Agent, with respect to each
Substituted Property Mortgage;
(iii)
duly executed UCC-3 Termination Statements or such
other instruments or evidence, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent, as shall be necessary to terminate and satisfy all
Liens, if any, on the Substituted Property; and
(iv)
to the extent reasonably requested by the Agent or
the Majority Lenders, environmental audits, surveys, title reports
and any other document reasonably requested by the Agent, the
Majority Lenders or any Lender, as applicable, with respect to the
Substituted Property, in each case in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, the Majority Lenders and such Lender, as
applicable; and
(v)
opinions of counsel for the Borrower which is the
owner of the Substituted Property as the Agent shall reasonably
request, in a form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent and its counsel;
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Borrowers shall have paid all reasonable costs
related to such Property Substitution, including, but not limited
to, reasonable attorney’s fees or fees related to appraisers,
and consultants, filing fees and the cost of ALTA extended coverage
title policies for the Substituted Property required above, in
connection with any request for Property Substitution, and as a
condition to such substitution, the Borrowers shall have provided
evidence to the Agent that Borrowers have paid, or made arrangement
satisfactory to the Agent for the payment of, all such costs which
became due and payable prior to or concurrently with such Property
Substitution; and
(h)
the Borrowers shall execute such other documents and
agreements as the Agent may require to encumber the Substituted
Property and amend the Loan Documents to reflect the replacement of
the Substitute Property for the Replaced Property; and
(i)
no default or event of default has occurred and is
continuing both before and after giving effect to such Property
Substitution under the terms of any Subordinated Debt.
Upon a substitution of Substituted Property pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 2.8 , all Liens on the Replaced
Property in favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself and the
Lenders shall be released and the Lenders hereby authorize the
Agent to execute such documents and take such further action as
reasonably requested by the Borrowers or determined by the Agent,
in furtherance of this Section 2.8 . For the avoidance
of doubt, following the substitution of any Replaced Property with
any Substituted Property in accordance with this Section 2.8
, such Replaced Property shall no longer constitute Mortgaged
Property, Term Loan Collateral or Real Estate Subfacility Assets
for any purpose under this Agreement and Schedule 6.11 shall
be deemed modified accordingly.
ARTICLE 3
PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
3.1
Revolving Loans . FMC shall
repay the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans made
to it, plus all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, on the
Termination Date. Any Borrower may prepay Revolving Loans at
any time, and reborrow subject to the terms of this
Agreement. In addition, and without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, upon demand FMC shall pay to the Agent, for
account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, the amount, without
duplication, by which the Aggregate Revolver Outstandings exceeds
the lesser of the Borrowing Base or the Maximum Revolver
Amount.
3.2
Termination of Facility .
The Borrowers may terminate this Agreement upon at least thirty
days’ notice to the Agent and the Lenders, upon (a) the
payment in full of all outstanding Revolving Loans, together with
accrued interest thereon, and the cancellation and return of all
outstanding Letters of Credit (or the provision of Cash Collateral
or a Supporting Letter of Credit in accordance with Section
1.4(g) above), (b) the prepayment in full of the Term Loan,
together with accrued interest thereon, (c) the payment of the
early termination fee set forth below, (d) the payment in full in
cash of all reimbursable expenses and other Obligations,
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and (e) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loans
prepaid, payment of the amounts due under Section 4.4 , if
any. If this Agreement is terminated prior to the first
anniversary of the Closing Date, whether pursuant to this
Section 3.2 or pursuant to Section 9.2 , Borrowers
shall pay to the Agent, for the accounts of the Lenders, in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares, an early
termination fee equal to one percent (1%) of the Total
Facility. If this Agreement is terminated on or after the
first anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, whether pursuant to this
Section 3.2 or pursuant to Section 9.2 , Borrowers
shall pay to the Agent, for the accounts of the Lenders, in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares, an early
termination fee equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the
Total Facility. No early termination fee shall be payable if
this Agreement is terminated after the second anniversary of the
Closing Date. The foregoing notwithstanding, no early
termination fee shall be payable hereunder in connection with a
refinancing of the Obligations with a credit facility arranged or
provided by another lending department of the Agent.
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(c)
Immediately upon any receipt by any Loan Party of
proceeds of any disposition of any Term Loan Collateral, FMC shall
repay the Term Loan in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of
(A) commissions and other customary transaction costs, fees and
expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by a
Loan Party in connection therewith (other than any amounts payable
to any Affiliate), (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to
holders of senior Liens (to the extent that such Liens are
Permitted Liens), if any and (D) an appropriate reserve for income
taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith (the " Net
Proceeds "). After the Term Loan has been repaid in full,
any remaining Net Proceeds shall be applied to the Revolving Loans,
but without reduction of the Revolving Credit
Commitments.
(d)
Immediately upon any receipt by any Loan Party of
proceeds (other than assets or other property received in exchange
for any Equipment sold, traded-in or exchanged pursuant to
Section 7.9(b ) hereof) of any assets (other than Inventory
sold in the ordinary course of business), the Borrowers shall repay
the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of
(A) commissions and other customary transaction costs, fees and
expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by a
Loan Party in connection therewith (other than any amounts payable
to any Affiliate), (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to
holders of senior Liens (to the extent that such Liens are
Permitted Liens), if any, and (D) an appropriate reserve for income
taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith (the " Net
Proceeds "), but without reduction of the Revolving Credit
Commitments.
(e)
[RESERVED].
(f)
[RESERVED].
(g)
[RESERVED].
(h)
[RESERVED].
(i)
No provision contained in this Section 3.4
shall constitute a consent to an asset disposition that is
otherwise not permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
3.5
LIBOR Rate Loan Prepayments . In
connection with any prepayment, if any LIBOR Rate Loans are prepaid
prior to the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, the applicable Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Credit
Lenders the amounts described in Section 4.4 .
3.6
Payments by the Borrowers .
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All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be
made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers
shall be made to the Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit
Lenders or Term Lenders, as applicable, at the account
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designated by the Agent and shall be made in
Dollars and in immediately available funds, no later than 12:00
noon (Los Angeles time) on the date specified herein. Any
payment received by the Agent after such time shall be deemed (for
purposes of calculating interest only) to have been received on the
following Business Day and any applicable interest shall continue
to accrue.
(b)
Subject to the provisions set forth in the
definition of " Interest Period ", whenever any payment is
due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be due
on the following Business Day, and such extension of time shall in
such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, as
the case may be.
3.7
Payments as Revolving Loans . At the
election of the Agent, all payments of principal of or interest on
the Revolving Loans, reimbursement obligations in connection with
Letters of Credit and Credit Support for Letters of Credit, fees,
premiums, reimbursable expenses and other sums payable hereunder
(other than the Term Loan) may be paid from the proceeds of
Revolving Loans made hereunder. Proceeds of Revolving Loans
may be used to make payments of the Term Loan Obligations only if:
(a) for payments of the Term Loan Obligations under Section
3.3(a)(i), no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and
(b) for payments of Term Loan Obligations under Section 3.3(a)(ii),
(x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (y) a
Minimum Liquidity Event, as of the date of such prepayment, shall
not have occurred, after giving effect to such prepayment.
Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to
charge the applicable Loan Account for the purpose of paying all
amounts from time to time due from FMC or any Borrower and agrees
that all such amounts charged shall constitute Revolving Loans
(including Non-Ratable Loans and Agent Advances).
3.8
Apportionment, Application and Reversal of
Payments . Principal and interest payments shall be
apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid
principal balance of the Loans to which such payments relate held
by each Lender). All payments shall be remitted to the Agent
and all such payments not relating to principal or interest of
specific Loans, or not constituting payment of specific fees, and
all proceeds of Accounts, or except as set forth below with respect
to Term Loan Collateral, other Collateral received by the Agent,
shall be applied, ratably, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, first , to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense
reimbursements (other than amounts related to Bank Products) then
due to the Agent or the Lenders from the Borrowers; second ,
to pay interest due from such Borrower in respect of all Loans,
including Non-Ratable Loans and Agent Advances; third , to
pay or prepay principal of the Non-Ratable Loans and Agent Advances
owed by the Borrowers; fourth , to pay or prepay principal
of the Revolving Loans (other than Non-Ratable Loans and Agent
Advances) and unpaid reimbursement obligations in respect of
Letters of Credit; fifth , if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing to pay an amount to the Agent equal to
all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations of the Borrowers to be
held as cash collateral for such Obligations; sixth , to pay
or prepay, ratably, principal of the Term Loan owed by the
Borrowers; seventh , to the payment of any other Obligation
(other than amounts related to Bank Products) due to the Agent or
any Lender by the Borrowers and eighth , to pay any fees,
indemnities or expense
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reimbursements related to Bank Products due to
the Agent from the Borrowers. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
until the Term Loan has been paid in full, proceeds of the Term
Loan Collateral shall be applied first to pay, ratably, any
fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements relating to the Term
Loan or the Term Loan Collateral then due to the Agent or the
Lenders; second , to pay, ratably, interest due from FMC in
respect to the Term Loan; third , to pay or prepay principal
of the Term Loan; and fourth , to all other Obligations in
accordance with the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so
directed by the applicable Borrowers, or unless an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, neither the Agent nor any Lender
shall apply any payments which it receives to any LIBOR Rate Loan,
except (a) on the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable
to any such LIBOR Rate Loan, or (b) in the event, and only to
the extent, that there are no outstanding Base Rate Loans and, in
any event, the Borrowers shall pay LIBOR breakage losses in
accordance with Section 4.4 . Upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default and, prior thereto
in order to correct any error, the Agent and the Lenders shall have
the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply
any and all such proceeds and payments to any portion of the
Obligations.
3.9
Indemnity for Returned Payments . If
after receipt of any payment which is applied to the payment of all
or any part of the Obligations, the Agent, any Lender, the Bank or
any Affiliate of the Bank is for any reason compelled to surrender
such payment or proceeds to any Person because such payment or
application of proceeds is invalidated, declared fraudulent, set
aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference,
impermissible setoff, or a diversion of trust funds, or for any
other reason, then the Obligations or part thereof intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued and this Agreement shall
continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not been
received by the Agent, such Lender, the Bank or any Affiliate of
the Bank and the Borrowers shall be liable to pay to the Agent and
the Lenders, and hereby indemnify the Agent and the Lenders and
hold the Agent and the Lenders harmless for the amount of such
payment or proceeds surrendered. The provisions of this
Section 3.9 shall be and remain effective notwithstanding any
contrary action which may have been taken by the Agent or any
Lender, the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank in reliance upon such
payment or application of proceeds, and any such contrary action so
taken shall be without prejudice to the Agent’s and the
Lenders’ rights under this Agreement and shall be deemed to
have been conditioned upon such payment or application of proceeds
having become final and irrevocable. The provisions of this
Section 3.9 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
3.10
The Agent’s and Lenders’ Books and
Records; Monthly Statements . The Agent shall record
the principal amount of the Loans owing to each Lender, the undrawn
face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate
amount of unpaid reimbursement obligations outstanding with respect
to the Letters of Credit from time to time on its books. In
addition, each Lender may note the date and amount of each payment
or prepayment of principal of such Lender’s Loans in its
books and records. Failure by the Agent or any Lender to make
such notation shall not affect the obligations of the applicable
Borrower with respect to the Loans or the Letters of Credit.
Each Borrower agrees that the Agent’s and each Lender’s
books and records showing the Obligations and the transactions
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
admissible in any action or proceeding arising therefrom, and shall
constitute rebuttably presumptive proof thereof, irrespective of
whether any Obligation is also evidenced by a promissory note or
other instrument. The Agent will provide to the Borrowers a
monthly statement of Loans, payments, and other transactions
pursuant to this Agreement. Such statement shall be deemed
correct, accurate, and binding on the Borrowers and an account
stated (except for reversals and reapplications of payments made as
provided in
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Section 3.8 and corrections of
errors discovered by the Agent), unless the Borrowers notify the
Agent in writing to the contrary within thirty (30) days after such
statement is rendered. In the event a timely written notice
of objections is given by the Borrowers, only the items to which
exception is expressly made will be considered to be disputed by
the Borrowers.
ARTICLE 4
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
4.1
Taxes .
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Any and all payments by the Borrowers to each Lender
or the Agent under this Agreement and any other Loan Document shall
be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for
any Taxes. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay all Other
Taxes.
(b)
Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Lender and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other
Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by any
Lender or the Agent and any liability (including penalties,
interest, additions to tax and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were
correctly or legally asserted. Payment under this
indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date such
Lender or the Agent makes written demand therefor.
(c)
If a Borrower shall be required by law to deduct or
withhold any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum
payable hereunder to any Lender or the Agent, then:
(i)
the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so
that after making all required deductions and withholdings
(including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) such Lender or the Agent, as the
case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions or withholdings been
made;
(ii)
such Borrower shall make such deductions and
withholdings;
(iii)
such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable law; and
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such Borrower shall also pay to each Lender or the
Agent for the account of such Lender, at the time interest is paid,
all additional amounts which the respective Lender specifies as
necessary to preserve the after-tax yield such Lender would have
received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been
imposed.
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At the Agent’s request, within 30 days after
the date of any payment by a Borrower of Taxes or Other Taxes, such
Borrower shall furnish the Agent the original or a certified copy
of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, or other evidence of
payment satisfactory to the Agent. If any Borrower determines
in good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any
Taxes or Other Taxes, at the request of such Borrower, the relevant
Lender shall cooperate with such Borrower in challenging such Tax
or Other Tax at such Borrower’s expense (but shall have no
obligation to disclose any confidential information with respect to
such Lender). No Lender shall have any obligation to contest
any Tax or Other Tax, except to cooperate with the Borrowers in any
contest requested by a Borrower as provided herein. If any
Lender becomes aware that it has received a refund for any Tax or
Other Tax for which a payment has been made to it by the Borrowers
under this Section, which in the good faith judgment of such Lender
is allocable to such payment, the amount of such refund shall be
paid to the applicable Borrower(s) to the extent that such
Borrower(s) have paid in full the payments required by this
Section 4.1
(e)
If a Borrower is required to pay additional amounts
to any Lender or the Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of
this Section, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts
(consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the
jurisdiction of its lending office so as to eliminate any such
additional payment by such Borrower which may thereafter accrue, if
such change in the judgment of such Lender is not otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.
4.2
Illegality .
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If any Revolving Credit Lender determines that the
introduction of any Requirement of Law, or any change in any
Requirement of Law, or in the interpretation or administration of
any Requirement of Law, has made it unlawful, or that any central
bank or other Governmental Authority has asserted that it is
unlawful, for any Revolving Credit Lender or its applicable lending
office to make LIBOR Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof by that
Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrowers through the Agent, any
obligation of that Revolving Credit Lender to make LIBOR Rate Loans
shall be suspended until that Revolving Credit Lender notifies the
Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist.
(b)
If a Revolving Credit Lender determines that it is
unlawful to maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrowers shall, upon
receipt of notice of such fact and demand from such Revolving
Credit Lender (with a copy to the Agent), prepay in full such LIBOR
Rate Loans of that Revolving Credit Lender then outstanding,
together with interest accrued thereon and amounts required under
Section 4.4 , either on the last day of the Interest Period
thereof, if that Revolving Credit Lender may lawfully continue to
maintain such LIBOR Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if that
Revolving Credit Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such
LIBOR Rate Loans. If the Borrowers are required to so prepay
any LIBOR Rate Loans, then concurrently with such prepayment, the
applicable Borrower shall borrow from the affected Revolving Credit
Lender, in the amount of such repayment, a Base Rate
Loan.
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4.3
Increased Costs and Reduction of Return
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If any Lender determines that due to either
(i) the introduction of any Requirement of Law, or any change
in any Requirement of Law, or any change in the interpretation of
any Requirement of Law or (ii) the compliance by that Lender
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing
to make or making, funding or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loans,
then the Borrowers shall be liable for, and shall from time to
time, upon demand (with a copy of such demand to be sent to the
Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, additional
amounts as are sufficient to compensate such Lender for such
increased costs.
(b)
If any Lender shall have determined that (i) the
introduction of any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in
any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (iii) any change in the
interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy Regulation
by any central bank or other Governmental Authority charged with
the interpretation or administration thereof, or (iv) compliance by
such Lender or any corporation or other entity controlling such
Lender with any Capital Adequacy Regulation, affects or would
affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained
by such Lender or any corporation or other entity controlling such
Lender and (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s or other entity’s policies with respect
to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on
capital) determines that the amount of such capital is increased as
a consequence of its Revolving Credit Commitments, Loans, credits
or obligations under this Agreement, then, upon demand of such
Lender to the Borrowers through the Agent, the Borrowers shall pay
to such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such
increase.
4.4
Funding Losses . FMC shall reimburse
each Revolving Credit Lender and hold each Revolving Credit Lender
harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or
incur as a consequence of:
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the failure of the applicable Borrower(s) to make on
a timely basis any payment of principal of any LIBOR Rate
Loan;
(b)
the failure of the applicable Borrower(s) to borrow,
continue or convert a Loan after such Borrower has given (or is
deemed to have given) a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of
Continuation/Conversion; or
(c)
the prepayment or other payment (including after
acceleration thereof) of any LIBOR Rate Loans on a day that is not
the last day of the relevant Interest Period;
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including any such loss of anticipated profit and
any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of
funds obtained by it to maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans or from fees
payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. The Borrowers shall also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by any Lender in connection with the
foregoing.
4.5
Inability to Determine Rates . If
the Agent determines that for any reason adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for determining the LIBOR Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan, or that
the LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a
proposed LIBOR Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to the Revolving Credit Lenders of funding such Loan, the
Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Revolving
Credit Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Revolving
Credit Lenders to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder shall
be suspended until the Agent revokes such notice in writing; and
the Agent shall promptly deliver such notice after it determines
that the reason for such suspension no longer exists. Upon
receipt of such notice of suspension, Borrowers may revoke any
Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Continuation/Conversion then
submitted by it. If the applicable Borrower does not revoke
such Notice, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall make, convert or
continue the Loans, as proposed by the applicable Borrower, in the
amount specified in the applicable notice submitted by such
Borrower, but such Loans shall be made, converted or continued as
Base Rate Loans instead of LIBOR Rate Loans.
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to the Assuming Lender or Assuming Lenders in
accordance with Section 11.2. On the date of any such
assignment, the Affected Lender which is being so replaced shall
cease to be a "Lender" for all purposes of this Agreement and shall
receive (x) from the Assuming Lender or Assuming Lenders the
principal amount of its outstanding Loans and (y) from Borrowers
all interest and fees accrued and then unpaid with respect to such
Loans, together with any other amounts then payable to such Lender
by Borrowers.
4.7
Survival . The agreements and
obligations of the Borrowers in this Article 4 shall survive
the payment of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE 5
BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; NOTICES
5.1
Books and Records .
Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
maintain, at all times, correct and complete books, records and
accounts in which complete, correct and timely entries are made of
its transactions in accordance with GAAP applied consistently with
the audited Financial Statements required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 5.2(a) . Fleetwood shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, by means of appropriate entries,
reflect in such accounts and in all Financial Statements proper
liabilities and reserves for all taxes and proper provision for
depreciation and amortization of property and bad debts, all in
accordance with GAAP. Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each
Loan Party to maintain at all times books and records pertaining to
the Collateral in such detail, form and scope as the Agent or any
Lender shall reasonably require, including, but not limited to,
records of (a) all payments received and all credits and extensions
granted with respect to the Accounts; (b) the return, rejection,
repossession, stoppage in transit, loss, damage, or destruction of
any Inventory; and (c) all other dealings affecting the Collateral
in any material respect.
5.2
Financial Information .
Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
promptly furnish to each Lender, all such financial information as
the Agent shall reasonably request. Without limiting the
foregoing, Fleetwood and the Borrowers will furnish to the Agent,
in sufficient copies for distribution by the Agent to each Lender,
in such detail as the Agent or the Lenders shall request, the
following:
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As soon as available, but in any event not later
than ninety (90) days after the close of each Fiscal Year,
consolidated audited balance sheets, and income statements, cash
flow statements and changes in stockholders’ equity for
Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, and the
accompanying notes thereto, setting forth in each case in
comparative form figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in
reasonable detail, fairly presenting the financial position and the
results of operations of Fleetwood and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and for the Fiscal Year then
ended, and prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such statements
shall be examined in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards by and, in the case of such statements performed on a
consolidated basis, accompanied by a report thereon unqualified in
any respect of independent certified public accountants selected by
Fleetwood and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Fleetwood
and the Borrowers hereby authorize the
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Agent to communicate directly with their
certified public accountants and, by this provision, authorize
those accountants to disclose to the Agent any and all financial
statements and other supporting financial documents and schedules
relating to Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries and to discuss directly
with the Agent, in the presence of Fleetwood, the finances and
affairs of Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries.
(b)
As soon as available, but in any event not later
than forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three Fiscal
Quarters of any Fiscal Year, consolidated unaudited balance sheets
of Fleetwood and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of
such Fiscal Quarter, and consolidated unaudited income statements
and cash flow statements for Fleetwood and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the
beginning of the Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, all
in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the financial position and
results of operations of Fleetwood and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and for such periods, and, in
each case, in comparable form, figures for the corresponding period
in the prior Fiscal Year, and prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently with the audited Financial Statements required
to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) .
Fleetwood shall certify by a certificate signed by its chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer that all such
statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present
fairly the financial position of Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries as
at the dates thereof and its results of operations for the periods
then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and to the
absence of footnotes required by GAAP.
(c)
As soon as available, but in any event no later than
30 days (or, in the case of the first fiscal month after the end of
each Fiscal Year, 60 days) after the end of each fiscal month
(other than any month which is also the end of a Fiscal Quarter),
consolidated unaudited balance sheets of Fleetwood and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal month, and
consolidated unaudited income statements and consolidated unaudited
cash flow statements for Fleetwood and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for such fiscal month and for the period from the
beginning of the Fiscal Year to the end of such fiscal month, all
in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the financial position and
results of operations of Fleetwood and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and for such periods, and, in
each case, in comparable form, figures for the corresponding period
in the prior Fiscal Year, and prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently with the audited Financial Statements required
to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) . Fleetwood
shall certify by a certificate signed by its chief financial
officer or chief accounting officer that all such statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly the
financial position of Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates thereof and its results of operations for the periods then
ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of
footnotes required by GAAP.
(d)
With each of the audited Financial Statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) , a certificate of
the independent certified public accountants that
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examined such statement to the effect that they
have reviewed and are familiar with this Agreement and that, in
examining such Financial Statements, they did not become aware of
any fact or condition which then constituted a Default or Event of
Default with respect to a financial covenant, except for those, if
any, described in reasonable detail in such certificate.
(e)
With each of the annual audited Financial Statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) , and within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a
certificate of the chief financial officer, chief accounting
officer, vice president-treasurer or vice president-controller of
Fleetwood setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations
required to establish that Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries were in
compliance with the covenants set forth in
Sections 7.22 and, if applicable, 7.24 during
the period covered in such Financial Statements and as at the end
thereof. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal
month, a certificate of the chief financial officer, chief
accounting officer, vice president-treasurer or vice
president-controller of Fleetwood setting forth in reasonable
detail the calculations required to establish whether a Minimum
Liquidity Event shall have occurred as set forth in Section
7.24 . Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
Fiscal Quarter, a certificate of the chief financial officer, chief
accounting officer, vice president-treasurer or vice
president-controller of Fleetwood stating that, except as explained
in reasonable detail in such certificate, (A) all of the
representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are correct and
complete in all material respects as at the date of such
certificate as if made at such time, except for those that speak as
of a particular date, which shall have been true and correct as of
such date, (B) the Loan Parties are, at the date of such
certificate, in compliance in all material respects with all of
their respective covenants and agreements in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, (C) no Default or Event of Default then
exists or existed during the period covered by the Financial
Statements for such Fiscal Quarter, (D) describing and analyzing in
reasonable detail all material trends, changes, and developments in
each and all Financial Statements; and (E) explaining the variances
of the figures in the corresponding Latest Projections and prior
Fiscal Year financial statements. If any such certificate
discloses that a representation or warranty is not correct or
complete, or that a covenant has not been complied with, or that a
Default or Event of Default existed or exists, such certificate
shall set forth what action Loan Parties have taken or propose to
take with respect thereto.
(f)
No sooner than sixty (60) days prior to and not more
than thirty (30) days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year,
annual forecasts (to include forecasted consolidated balance
sheets, income statements and consolidated cash flow statements)
for Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries as at the end of and for each
quarter of such Fiscal Year.
(g)
A copy of each annual report or other filing filed
with the PBGC or the IRS with respect to each Plan of Fleetwood and
its Subsidiaries (A) upon the request of the Agent or (B) in the
event such filing reflects a significant change with respect to the
matters covered thereby, within three (3) Business Days after the
filing thereof.
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(h)
If requested by the Agent, promptly upon the filing
thereof, copies of all reports, if any, to or other documents filed
by Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, and all reports,
notices, or statements sent or received by Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries to or from the holders of any equity interests of
Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries (other than routine
non-material correspondence sent by shareholders of Fleetwood to
Fleetwood) or any such Subsidiary or of any Debt of Fleetwood or
any of its Subsidiaries registered under the Securities Act or to
or from the trustee under any indenture under which the same is
issued.
(i)
As soon as available, but in any event not later
than 15 days after any Loan Party’s receipt thereof, a copy
of all management reports and management letters prepared for any
Loan Party by any independent certified public
accountants.
(j)
If requested by the Agent, promptly after their
preparation, copies of any and all proxy statements, financial
statements, and reports which Fleetwood makes available to its
shareholders.
(k)
If requested by the Agent, promptly after filing
with the IRS, a copy of each tax return filed by Fleetwood or by
any of its Subsidiaries.
(l)
No later than Wednesday of each week, a schedule of
the Borrowers’ Accounts created, credits given, cash
collected and other adjustments to Accounts since the last
schedule, together with a Borrowing Base Certificate as of the end
of the preceding week (a " Weekly Borrowing Base Certificate
") and all supporting information in accordance with Section 9 of
the Security Agreement.
(m)
Not later than the 15 th day after each Fiscal Quarter, a
report, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, with
respect to the Repurchase Obligations.
(n)
[RESERVED].
(o)
Such additional information as any Agent and/or any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request regarding the
financial and business affairs of Fleetwood or any
Subsidiary.
5.3
Notices to the Lenders
. Fleetwood or the Borrowers shall notify the Agent and the
Lenders in writing of the following matters at the following
times:
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Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default;
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Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after becoming aware of the assertion by the holder of any
Capital Stock of Fleetwood or of any Subsidiary or the holder of
any Debt of Fleetwood or any Subsidiary in a face amount in excess
of $1,000,000 that a default exists with respect thereto or that
Fleetwood or such Subsidiary is not in compliance with the terms
thereof, or the threat or commencement by such holder of any
enforcement action because of such asserted default or
non-compliance; and promptly, but, in any event within two (2)
Business Days, after becoming aware of the assertion that any
Repurchase Obligations of $500,000 or more payable in cash shall
have become due and payable;
(c)
Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after becoming aware of any event or circumstance (other than
general economic trends) which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)
Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after becoming aware of any pending or threatened action,
suit, or proceeding, by any Person, or any pending or threatened
investigation by a Governmental Authority, which if adversely
determined would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e)
Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after becoming aware of any pending or threatened strike,
work stoppage, unfair labor practice claim, or other labor dispute
affecting Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(f)
Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after becoming aware of any violation of any law, statute,
regulation, or ordinance of a Governmental Authority affecting
Fleetwood or any Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g)
Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after receipt of any notice of any violation by Fleetwood or
any of its Subsidiaries of any Environmental Law which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that
any Governmental Authority has asserted in writing that Fleetwood
or any Subsidiary is not in compliance in any material respect with
any Environmental Law or is investigating Fleetwood’s or such
Subsidiary’s compliance therewith;
(h)
Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after receipt of any written notice that Fleetwood or any of
its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of
the Release or threatened Release of any Contaminant or that
Fleetwood or any Subsidiary is subject to investigation by any
Governmental Authority evaluating whether any remedial action is
needed to respond to the Release or threatened Release of any
Contaminant which, in either case, is reasonably likely to give
rise to liability in excess of $1,000,000;
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Promptly, and, in any event, within two (2) Business
Days, after receipt of any written notice of the imposition of any
Environmental Lien against any property of Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(j)
Any change in any Loan Party’s name, state of
organization, locations of Collateral, or form of organization,
trade names under which it will sell Inventory or create Accounts,
or to which instruments in payment of Accounts may be made payable,
in each case at least thirty (30) days prior thereto;
(k)
Within ten (10) Business Days after Fleetwood or any
ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know, that an ERISA Event or
a prohibited transaction (as defined in Sections 406 of ERISA and
4975 of the Code) has occurred, and, when known, any action taken
or threatened by the IRS, the DOL or the PBGC with respect
thereto;
(l)
Upon request, or, in the event that such filing
reflects a significant change with respect to the matters covered
thereby, within three (3) Business Days after the filing thereof
with the PBGC, the DOL or the IRS, as applicable, copies of the
following: (i) each annual report (form 5500 series),
including Schedule B thereto, filed with the PBGC, the DOL or the
IRS with respect to each Plan, (ii) a copy of each funding waiver
request filed with the PBGC, the DOL or the IRS with respect to any
Plan and all communications received by Fleetwood or any ERISA
Affiliate from the PBGC, the DOL or the IRS with respect to such
request, and (iii) a copy of each other filing or notice filed with
the PBGC, the DOL or the IRS, with respect to each Plan by either
Fleetwood or any ERISA Affiliate;
(m)
Upon request, copies of each actuarial report for
any Plan or Multi-employer Plan and annual report for any
Multi-employer Plan; and within three (3) Business Days after
receipt thereof by Fleetwood or any ERISA Affiliate, copies of the
following: (i) any notices of the PBGC’s intention
to terminate a Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer
such Plan; (ii) any favorable or unfavorable determination
letter from the IRS regarding the qualification of a Plan under
Section 401(a) of the Code; or (iii) any notice from a
Multi-employer Plan regarding the imposition of withdrawal
liability;
(n)
Within three (3) Business Days after the occurrence
thereof: (i) any changes in the benefits of any existing Plan which
increase the annual costs of Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries with
respect thereto by an amount in excess of $1,000,000 or the
establishment of any new Plan or the commencement of contributions
to any Plan to which Fleetwood or any ERISA Affiliate was not
previously contributing; or (ii) any failure by Fleetwood or any
ERISA Affiliate to make a required installment or any other
required payment under Section 412 of the Code on or before the due
date for such installment or payment; or
(o)
Within three (3) Business Days after Fleetwood or
any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any of the
following events has or will occur: (i) a Multi-employer Plan
has been or will be terminated; (ii) the administrator or plan
sponsor of a Multi-employer Plan intends to terminate a
Multi-employer Plan; or (iii) the PBGC has instituted or will
institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate a
Multi-employer Plan.
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Each notice given under this Section shall
describe the subject matter thereof in reasonable detail, and shall
set forth the action that Fleetwood, its Subsidiary, or any ERISA
Affiliate, as applicable, has taken or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE 6
GENERAL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
Fleetwood and the Borrowers warrant and represent to the Agent
and the Lenders that except as hereafter disclosed to and accepted
by the Agent and the Majority Lenders in writing:
6.1
Authorization, Validity, and Enforceability of
this Agreement and the Loan Documents . Each Loan
Party has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party,
to incur the Obligations, and to grant to the Agent Liens upon and
security interests in the Collateral. Each Loan Party has
taken all necessary action (including obtaining approval of its
stockholders if necessary) to authorize its execution, delivery,
and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by each Loan Party which is a party thereto, and
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan
Party, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective
terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium
and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and to
the effect of general principles of equity. Each Loan
Party’s execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party do
not and will not conflict with, or constitute a violation or breach
of, or result in the imposition of any Lien upon the property of
Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries, by reason of the terms of
(a) any material contract, mortgage, lease, agreement,
indenture, or instrument to which Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or which is binding upon it, the breach of
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (b) any Requirement of Law applicable to Fleetwood or any
of its Subsidiaries, the violation of which could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) the
certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws or the
limited liability company or limited partnership agreement (or
other organizational documents) of Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries.
6.2
Validity and Priority of Security Interest
. The provisions of this Agreement, the Mortgages, and the
other Loan Documents (upon recordation thereof) create legal and
valid Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders or
the Term Lenders, as the case may be, and, when properly filed and,
where applicable recorded, such Liens constitute perfected and
continuing Liens on all the Collateral, having priority over all
other Liens on the Collateral (except for Permitted Liens) securing
all the Obligations, and enforceable against the Loan Parties and
all third parties. The Liens on the Collateral constitute
first priority perfected Liens in favor of the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, except in each case
for Permitted
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Liens and except to the extent permitted by the
Security Agreement; provided that, as between the Lenders, the
Liens created on the Collateral other than the Term Loan Collateral
constitute (x) first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Revolving
Credit Lenders, and (y) second priority, perfected Liens in favor
of the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Term
Lenders, and the Liens created on the Term Loan Collateral
constitute (x) first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Term Lenders,
and (y) second priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Agent, for
the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Revolving Credit
Lenders.
6.3
Organization and Qualification .
Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized or incorporated and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the state of
its organization or incorporation, (b) is qualified to do
business and is in good standing in the jurisdictions set forth
on Schedule 6.3 hereto which are the only jurisdictions in
which qualification is material to the conduct of its business and
(c) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its
business and to own its property.
6.4
Corporate Name; Prior Transactions .
Except as set forth on Schedule 6.4 hereto no Loan Party has,
during the five (5) years prior to the Closing Date, been known by
or used any other corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to
any merger or consolidation, or acquired all or substantially all
of the assets of any Person, or acquired any of its property
outside of the ordinary course of business.
6.5
Subsidiaries and Affiliates .
Schedule 6.5 hereto, and as the same may be amended after the
Closing Date with the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld), is a correct and complete list of the name
and relationship to Fleetwood of each and all of its Subsidiaries
and, to the knowledge of Fleetwood and the Borrowers, their other
Affiliates. Each Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party is (a)
duly incorporated or organized and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of its state of incorporation or
organization set forth on Schedule 6.5 hereto, and as same
may be amended after the Closing Date with the consent of the Agent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and (b) qualified
to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on any such
Subsidiary’s business, operations, property, or condition
(financial or otherwise) and (c) has all requisite power and
authority to conduct its business and own its property.
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material respects the financial position of
Fleetwood and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof
and their results of operations for the periods then ended, subject
in the case of the unaudited statements to normal year end audit
adjustments and to the omission of footnotes required by
GAAP.
(b)
The Latest Projections when submitted to the Lenders
as required herein represent the good faith estimate by the
Borrowers of the future financial performance of Fleetwood and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein.
The Latest Projections have been prepared on the basis of the
assumptions set forth therein, which the Borrowers believe are fair
and reasonable in light of current and reasonably foreseeable
business conditions at the time submitted to the
Lenders.
6.7
Capitalization . Schedule 6.7
hereto sets forth the capitalization of Fleetwood and its
Subsidiaries and all of the authorized and issued Capital Stock of
each such Person. All outstanding Capital Stock has been
validly issued, and is fully paid and non-assessable. All of
the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries is owned, beneficially and of
record, by the Person set forth on such Schedule 6.7 .
6.8
Solvency . Each of Fleetwood and
Holdings is, and upon the incurrence of any Obligations by such
Loan Party will be, Solvent. FMC, taken as a whole, is, and
upon the incurrence of any Obligations by any Loan Party will be
Solvent.
6.9
Debt . After giving effect to the
Revolving Loans outstanding as of and the making of the Term Loan
on the Closing Date, Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries have no Debt on
the Closing Date, except (a) the Obligations, (b) the Subordinated
Debt existing on the Closing Date in an amount (including principal
and accrued but unpaid interest) of not more than $261,000,000, and
the Trust Securities in relation thereto also outstanding on the
Closing Date, (c) Debt described on Schedule 6.9 hereto, (d)
Guaranties entered into in accordance with Section 7.12 and
(e) other Debt in an aggregate amount of not more than
$5,000,000.
6.10
Distributions . Since June 12, 2001,
no Distribution has been declared, paid, or made upon or in respect
of any Capital Stock or other securities of Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries, except as permitted by Section 7.10 .
6.11
Real Estate; Leases . Schedule
6.11 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a correct and complete
list of all Real Estate owned in fee simple by Fleetwood or any of
its Subsidiaries, all leases and subleases of real or personal
property held by Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee or
sublessee (other than leases of personal property as to which
Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries is lessee or sublessee for
which the value of such personal property covered by such lease in
the aggregate is less than $500,000), and all leases and subleases
of real or personal property held by Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries as lessor, or sublessor. Each of such leases and
subleases is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and
is in full force and effect, and to the knowledge of Fleetwood and
the Borrowers no material default by any party to any such lease or
sublease exists. Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to the Real Estate identified on
Schedule 6.11 as owned by Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries, or valid leasehold interests in all Real Estate
designated
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therein as "leased" by Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries and Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries have good,
indefeasible, and merchantable title to all of its other property
reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered to the
Agent and the Lenders, except as disposed of in the ordinary course
of business or as otherwise permitted by Section 7.9 since
the date thereof, free of all Liens except Permitted
Liens.
6.12
Proprietary Rights . Schedule
6.12 hereto and as the same may be amended after the Closing Date
with the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld), sets forth a correct and complete list of all of the
Proprietary Rights of the Loan Parties that are material to the
conduct of the businesses of the Loan Parties (other than
commercially available third party software). As of the
Closing Date, none of such Proprietary Rights is subject to any
licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as set forth on
Schedule 6.12 and as the same may be amended after the
Closing Date with the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld). To the knowledge of Fleetwood and the
Borrowers, none of the Proprietary Rights infringes on or conflicts
with any other Person’s property, and, to the knowledge of
Fleetwood and the Borrowers no other Person’s property
infringes on or conflicts with such Proprietary Rights, except in
each case where such infringement or conflict could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
Proprietary Rights described on Schedule 6.12 and as the
same may be amended after the Closing Date with the consent of the
Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), constitute
all of the property of such type material to the current and
anticipated future conduct of the business of the Loan Parties.
6.13
Trade Names . All material
trade names or styles under which any Loan Party will sell
Inventory or create Accounts, or to which instruments in payment of
Accounts may be made payable, are listed on Schedule 6.13
hereto.
6.14
Litigation . Except as set forth
on Schedule 6.14 and as the same may be amended after the
Closing Date with the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld), there is no pending, or to the best
knowledge of Fleetwood and the Borrowers threatened, action, suit,
proceeding, or counterclaim by any Person, or to the best knowledge
of Fleetwood and the Borrowers, investigation by any Governmental
Authority, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.15
Labor Disputes . Except as set forth
on Schedule 6.15 hereto (a) there is no collective bargaining
agreement or other labor contract covering employees of Fleetwood
or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) no such collective bargaining
agreement or other labor contract is scheduled to expire during the
term of this Agreement, (c) no union or other labor organization is
seeking to organize, or to be recognized as, a collective
bargaining unit of employees of Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries or for any similar purpose, and (d) there is no
pending or (to the best knowledge of the Borrowers) threatened,
strike, work stoppage, material unfair labor practice claim, or
other material labor dispute against or affecting Fleetwood or its
Subsidiaries or their employees.
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6.16
Environmental Laws . Except as
otherwise disclosed on Schedule 6.16 hereto:
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Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries have complied in all
material respects with all Environmental Laws and neither Fleetwood
nor any Subsidiary nor any of its presently owned real property or
presently conducted operations, nor its previously owned real
property or prior operations, is subject to any enforcement order
from or liability agreement with any Governmental Authority or
private Person respecting (i) compliance with any Environmental Law
or (ii) any potential liabilities and costs or remedial action
arising from the Release or threatened Release of a
Contaminant.
(b)
Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries have obtained all
permits necessary for their current operations under Environmental
Laws, the absence of which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and all such permits are in good standing
and Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all
material terms and conditions of such permits.
(c)
Neither Fleetwood nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor,
to the best knowledge of Fleetwood and the Borrowers, any of its
predecessors in interest, has stored, treated or disposed of any
hazardous waste in violation of applicable law, except for any such
violation as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(d)
Neither Fleetwood nor any of its Subsidiaries has,
as of the Closing Date, received any summons, complaint, order or
similar written notice indicating that it is not currently in
compliance with, or that any Governmental Authority is
investigating its compliance with, any Environmental Laws or that
it is or may be liable to any other Person as a result of a Release
or threatened Release of a Contaminant.
(e)
To the best knowledge of Fleetwood and the
Borrowers, as of the Closing Date, none of the present or past
operations of Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries is the subject of any
investigation by any Governmental Authority evaluating whether any
remedial action is needed to respond to a Release or threatened
Release of a Contaminant.
(f)
There is not now, nor to the best knowledge of
Fleetwood and the Borrowers has there ever been on or in the Real
Estate:
(i)
any underground storage tanks or other than those
maintained and/or closed in compliance in all material respects
with applicable laws or surface impoundments,
(ii)
any asbestos-containing material that is friable,
except such as has been removed in compliance in all material
respects with Environmental Laws, or
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any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) used in
hydraulic oils, electrical transformers or other equipment, other
than those maintained in compliance in all material respects with
Environmental Laws.
(g)
Neither Fleetwood nor any of its Subsidiaries has
filed any notice under any requirement of Environmental Law
reporting a spill or accidental and unpermitted Release or
discharge of a Contaminant into the environment.
(h)
Neither Fleetwood nor any of its Subsidiaries has
entered into any negotiations or settlement agreements with any
Person (including the prior owner of its property) imposing
material obligations or liabilities on Fleetwood or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to any remedial action in response to the
Release of a Contaminant or environmentally related
claim.
(i)
None of the products currently manufactured,
distributed or sold by Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries contain
asbestos containing material.
(j)
No Environmental Lien has attached to the Real
Estate.
6.17
No Violation of Law . Neither
Fleetwood nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any law,
statute, regulation, ordinance, judgment, order, or decree
applicable to it which violation could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.18
No Default . Neither Fleetwood nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in default with respect to any note,
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease, deed, or other
agreement to which Fleetwood or such Subsidiary is a party or by
which it is bound, which default could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.19
ERISA Compliance . Except as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.19 hereto:
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Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal
or state law. Each Plan which is intended to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS and to the best knowledge of Fleetwood and the
Borrowers, nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such
qualification. Fleetwood and each ERISA Affiliate has made
all required contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412 of
the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension
of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has
been made with respect to any Plan.
(b)
There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of
Fleetwood and Borrowers, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or
action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan
which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited
transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with
respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension
Liability; (iii) neither Fleetwood nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title
IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums
due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither
Fleetwood nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which,
with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result
in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect
to a Multi-employer Plan; and (v) neither Fleetwood nor any ERISA
Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.20
Taxes . Fleetwood and its
Subsidiaries have filed all federal income and other material
federal, provincial, state and other tax returns required by law to
be filed, and have paid all federal income and other material
taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or
imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise
due and payable unless such unpaid taxes and assessments would
constitute a Permitted Lien or are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings. Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries have
withheld and paid over all taxes required to have been withheld and
paid over, and complied in all material respects with all
information reporting requirements in connection with amounts paid
or owing, to any employee, creditor, independent contractor or
other third party.
6.21
Regulated Entities . None of
Fleetwood, any Person controlling Fleetwood, or any Subsidiary, is
an "Investment Company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940. No Loan Party is subject to regulation
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal
Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public utilities
code or law, or any other federal or state statute or regulation
limiting its ability to incur indebtedness.
6.22
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
. The proceeds of the Loans are to be used solely for the
repayment of Debt, working capital and other general corporate
purposes. Neither Fleetwood nor any Subsidiary is engaged in
the business of purchasing or selling Margin Stock or extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin
Stock.
6.23
Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses,
etc. Each Loan Party owns or is licensed or otherwise
has the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, licenses, rights
of way, authorizations and other rights that are reasonably
necessary for the operation of its businesses, without known
conflict in any material respect with the rights of any other
Person. To the knowledge of Fleetwood and the Borrowers, no
slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method,
substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated
to be employed, by Fleetwood or any Subsidiary infringes upon any
rights held by any other Person in any manner that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No claim
or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the
knowledge of Fleetwood and the Borrowers, threatened, and to the
knowledge of Fleetwood and the Borrowers no patent, invention,
device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule,
regulation, standard or code is pending or, to the knowledge of
Fleetwood and the Borrowers, proposed, which, in either case, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.24
No Material Adverse Change . No
Material Adverse Effect has occurred since April 30, 2006.
6.25
Full Disclosure . None of the
representations or warranties made by Fleetwood or any Subsidiary
in the Loan Documents as of the date such representations and
warranties are made or deemed made, and none of the statements
contained in any exhibit, report, written statement or certificate
furnished by or on behalf of Fleetwood or any Subsidiary in
connection with the Loan Documents (including the offering and
disclosure materials delivered by or on behalf of Fleetwood or any
of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date),
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or, when
considered as a whole, omits any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading as of the time when made or delivered.
6.26
Material Agreements . There are no
agreements, contracts and other documents that are material to
Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries other than the Material
Contracts.
6.27
Bank Accounts . Schedule 6.27
hereto contains a complete and accurate list of all bank accounts
maintained by any Loan Party with any bank or other financial
institution.
6.28
Governmental Authorization . No
approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or
notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other
Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, Fleetwood or
any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
6.29
Senior Indebtedness . All
Obligations of Fleetwood under the Loan Documents are "Senior
Indebtedness" under the 2003 Subordinated Debentures. All
Obligations of Fleetwood under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to the extent such Obligations are (A) liabilities of
Fleetwood for borrowed money or under any reimbursement obligation
relating to a letter of credit, surety bond or similar instrument,
or (B) liabilities of Fleetwood evidenced by a bond, note,
debenture or similar instrument, or (C) liabilities of others
described in the preceding clauses (A) and (B) that Fleetwood has
guaranteed or that are otherwise its legal liability, or (D)
deferrals renewals, extensions or refundings of any liability of
the types referred to in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, are
"Senior Indebtedness" under the 1998 Subordinated Debentures and
Fleetwood’s guaranty of the Trust Securities.
ARTICLE 7
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Fleetwood and the Borrowers covenant to the Agent and each
Lender that until the payment in full in cash of all of the
Obligations:
7.1
Taxes and Other Obligations .
Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
(a) file when due (subject to any extensions thereof) all tax
returns and other reports which it is required to file; (b) pay, or
provide for the payment, when due (subject to permitted
extensions), of all material taxes, fees, assessments and other
governmental charges against it or upon its property, income and
franchises, make all required withholding and other
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tax deposits, and establish adequate reserves for
the payment of all such items, and provide to the Agent and the
Lenders, upon request, satisfactory evidence of its timely
compliance with the foregoing; and (c) pay when due all Debt
owed by it and all claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
warehousemen, landlords, processors and other like Persons, and all
other indebtedness owed by it if failure to pay such Debt or such
claims would otherwise result in an Event of Default and perform
and discharge in a timely manner all other obligations undertaken
by it; provided , however , so long as Fleetwood has
notified the Agent in writing, neither Fleetwood nor any of its
Subsidiaries need pay any amount pursuant to clauses (b) or (c)
above (i) it is contesting in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently pursued, (ii) as to which Fleetwood or its
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established proper reserves as
required under GAAP, and (iii) the nonpayment of which does
not result in the imposition of a Lien (other than a Permitted
Lien).
7.2
Legal Existence and Good Standing .
Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, maintain
its legal existence (except as permitted by Section 7.9 ) and
its qualification and good standing in all jurisdictions in which
the failure to maintain such existence and qualification or good
standing would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.3
Compliance with Law and Agreements; Maintenance
of Licenses . Fleetwood shall comply, and shall cause
each Subsidiary to comply, in all material respects with all
Requirements of Law of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over it or its business (including the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act and all Environmental Laws). Fleetwood
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, obtain and
maintain all licenses, permits, franchises, and governmental
authorizations necessary to own its property and to conduct its
business as conducted on the Closing Date, except where the failure
to obtain or maintain such licenses, franchises and governmental
authorizations could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Fleetwood shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, modify, amend or alter its certificate or
articles of incorporation, or its limited liability company
operating agreement, limited partnership agreement or other
organizational documents, as applicable, other than in a manner
which does not adversely affect the rights of the Lenders or the
Agent.
7.4
Maintenance of Property; Inspection of
Property .
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Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain all of its property necessary and useful
in the conduct of its business, in good operating condition and
repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted and except where the
failure to maintain any such property would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each of the Loan
Parties to, permit representatives and independent contractors of
the Agent (at the expense of the Borrowers and not to exceed two
(2) times per year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing) to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine
its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies
thereof or abstracts therefrom and to discuss its affairs, finances
and accounts with its directors,
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officers and independent public accountants (and,
in the case of discussions with the Borrowers’ accountants,
with the Borrowers present), at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as soon as may be reasonably desired, upon
reasonable advance; provided , however , that
representatives and independent contractors of each Lender may, at
such Lender’s own expense, accompany the Agent’s
representatives and independent contractors on such visits and
inspections. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when an Event of
Default exists, the Agent or any Lender may do any of the foregoing
at the expense of the Borrowers at any time during normal business
hours and without advance notice.
7.5
Insurance .
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Fleetwood shall maintain, and shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable
insurers having a rating of at least A+ or better by Best Rating
Guide, insurance against loss or damage by fire with extended
coverage; theft, burglary, pilferage and loss in transit; public
liability and third party property damage; larceny, embezzlement or
other criminal liability; business interruption; public liability
and third party property damage; and such other hazards or of such
other types as is customary for Persons engaged in the same or
similar business, in amounts customary for Persons engaged in the
same or similar business, and under policies acceptable to the
Agent and the Majority Lenders. Without limiting the
foregoing, in the event that any improved Real Estate covered by
the Mortgages is determined to be located within an area that has
been identified by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as a Special Flood Hazard Area (" SFHA "), the
applicable Loan Party shall purchase and maintain flood insurance
on the improved Real Estate and any Equipment and Inventory located
on such Real Estate to the extent required by applicable law.
The amount of said flood insurance will be reasonably determined by
the Agent, and shall, at a minimum, comply with applicable federal
regulations as required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973, as amended. Except as otherwise approved by the Agent,
the Loan Parties shall also maintain flood insurance for all
Inventory and Equipment which is, at any time, located in a
SFHA.
(b)
Fleetwood shall cause the Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, to be named as secured party
or mortgagee and sole loss payee or additional insured, in a manner
acceptable to the Agent. Each policy of insurance shall
contain a clause or endorsement requiring the insurer to give not
less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Agent
in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason
whatsoever and a clause or endorsement stating that the interest of
the Agent shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or
neglect of Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries or the owner of any
Real Estate for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by such
policy. All premiums for such insurance shall be paid by
Fleetwood and its
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Subsidiaries when due, and certificates of
insurance and, if requested by the Agent or any Lender, photocopies
of the policies, shall be delivered to the Agent, in each case in
sufficient quantity for distribution by the Agent to each of the
Lenders. If Fleetwood and its Subsidiaries fail to procure
such insurance or to pay the premiums therefor when due, the Agent
may, and at the direction of the Majority Lenders shall, do so from
the proceeds of Revolving Loans.
7.6
Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds
. The Borrowers shall promptly notify the Agent and the
Lenders of any material loss, damage, or destruction to the
Collateral, whether or not covered by insurance. The Agent is
hereby authorized to collect all insurance and condemnation
proceeds in respect of Collateral directly and to apply or remit
them as follows:
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With respect to insurance and condemnation proceeds
relating to Collateral other than Fixed Assets, after deducting
from such proceeds the reasonable expenses, if any, incurred by the
Agent in the collection or handling thereof, the Agent shall apply
such proceeds to the Revolving Loans.
(b)
With respect to insurance and condemnation proceeds
relating to Collateral consisting of Fixed Assets, the Agent shall
permit or require the Loan Parties to use such proceeds, or any
part thereof, to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the relevant
Fixed Assets in a diligent and expeditious manner with materials
and workmanship of substantially the same quality as existed before
the loss, damage or destruction so long as (1) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) the
Loan Parties first (i) provide the Agent and the Majority
Lenders with plans and specifications for any such repair or
restoration which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Majority
Lenders (such satisfaction not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) and (ii) demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Majority Lenders (such satisfaction not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) that the funds available to it will be
sufficient to complete such project in the manner provided
therein. In all other circumstances, the Agent shall hold all
such insurance and condemnation proceeds as Collateral or, if
directed by the Majority Lenders, apply such insurance and
condemnation proceeds (a) if such Fixed Assets are Term Loan
Collateral, to the Term Loan or (b) otherwise, to the Revolving
Loans (but without reduction of the Revolving Loan
Commitments). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no insurance or
condemnation proceeds relating to the Term Loan Collateral may be
used to replace, repair, restore or rebuild without the prior
written consent of Majority Term Lenders (such consent not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
7.7
Environmental Laws .
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Fleetwood shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in compliance in all material
respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to it, including
those relating to the generation, handling, use, storage, and
disposal of any Contaminant. Fleetwood shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, take prompt and appropriate action to
respond to any non-compliance with Environmental Laws and shall
regularly report to the Agent on such responses to any material
non-compliance with Environmental Laws.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Fleetwood shall submit to the Agent and the Lenders annually,
commencing on the first Anniversary Date, and on each Anniversary
Date thereafter, an update of the status of each environmental
compliance or liability issue. The Agent or any Lender may
request copies of technical reports prepared by Fleetwood or any of
its Subsidiaries and its communications with any Governmental
Authority to determine whether Fleetwood or any of its Subsidiaries
is proceeding reasonably to correct, cure or contest in good faith
any alleged non-compliance or environmental liability.
Fleetwood shall, at the Agent’s or the Majority
Lenders’ request and at the Borrowers’ expense,
(i) retain an independent environmental engineer acceptable to
the Agent to evaluate the site, including tests if appropriate,
where the non-compliance or alleged non-compliance with
Environmental Laws has occurred and prepare and deliver to the
Agent, in sufficient quantity for distribution by the Agent to the
Lenders, a report setting forth the results of such evaluation, a
proposed plan for responding to any environmental problems
described therein, and an estimate of the costs thereof, and (ii)
provide to the Agent and the Lenders a supplemental report of such
engineer whenever the scope of the environmental problems, or the
response thereto or the estimated costs thereof, shall increase in
any material respect.
(c)
The Agent and its representatives will have the
right at any reasonable time to enter and visit the Real Estate and
any other place where any property of any Loan Party is located
(such right limited to twice within any twelve (12) month period or
any time following notice of any notice of any non-compliance with
Environmental Law) for the purposes of observing the Real Estate,
taking and removing soil or groundwater samples, and conducting
tests on any part of the Real Estate. The Agent is under no
duty, however, to visit or observe the Real Estate or to conduct
tests, and any such acts by the Agent will be solely for the
purposes of protecting the Agent’s Liens and preserving the
Agent and the Lenders’ rights under the Loan Documents.
No site visit, observation or testing by the Agent and the Lenders
will result in a waiver of any default or impose any liability on
the Agent or the Lenders. In no event will any site visit,
observation or testing by the Agent be a representation that
hazardous substances are or are not present in, on or under the
Real Estate, or that there has been or will be compliance with any
Environmental Law. Neither Fleetwood nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor any other party is entitled to rely on any site
visit, observation
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