THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES,
INC.
GIBRALTAR STEEL CORPORATION OF
NEW YORK
collectively, as Borrowers
THE LENDERS NAMED
HEREIN
as Lenders
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Lead Arranger, Sole Book Runner and Administrative
Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.
as Co-Syndication Agent
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING,
INC.
as Co-Syndication Agent
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation Agent
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST
COMPANY
as Co-Documentation Agent
dated as of
July 24, 2009
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Section 1.2. Accounting Terms
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Section 1.3. Terms Generally
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Section 1.4. Confirmation of
Recitals
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ARTICLE II. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
CREDIT
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Section 2.1. Amount and Nature of
Credit
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Section 2.2. Revolving Credit
Commitment
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Section 2.3. Term Loan
Commitment
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Section 2.5. Evidence of
Indebtedness
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Section 2.6. Notice of Credit Event;
Funding of Loans
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Section 2.7. Payment on Loans and Other
Obligations
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Section 2.9. Facility and Other Fees;
Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitment
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Section 2.10. Computation of Interest and
Fees
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Section 2.11. Mandatory Payments
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Section 2.12. Liability of
Borrowers
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Section 2.13. Establishment of
Reserves
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Section 2.14. Addition of Collateral for
Fixed Asset Advance
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Section 2.15. Addition of Borrowing Base
Company
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Section 2.16. Record of Advances;
Application of Collections
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Section 2.17. Protective
Expenses
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ARTICLE III. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO
LIBOR FIXED RATE LOANS; INCREASED CAPITAL; TAXES
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Section 3.1. Requirements of Law
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Section 3.3. Funding Losses
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Section 3.4. Change of Lending
Office
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Section 3.5. Eurodollar Rate or Alternate
Currency Rate Lending Unlawful; Inability to Determine
Rate
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Section 3.6. Replacement of
Lenders
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Section 3.7. Discretion of Lenders as to
Manner of Funding
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section 4.1. Conditions to Each Credit
Event
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Section 4.2. Conditions to the First Credit
Event
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Section 4.3. Post-Closing
Conditions
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Section 5.2. Money Obligations
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Section 5.3. Financial Statements,
Collateral Reporting and Information
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Section 5.4. Financial Records
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Section 5.5. Franchises; Change in
Business
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Section 5.6. ERISA Pension and Benefit Plan
Compliance
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Section 5.7. Financial Covenants
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Section 5.10. Regulations T, U and
X
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Section 5.11. Investments, Loans and
Guaranties
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Section 5.12. Merger and Sale of
Assets
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Section 5.13. Acquisitions
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Section 5.15. Restricted
Payments
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Section 5.16. Environmental
Compliance
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Section 5.17. Affiliate
Transactions
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Section 5.18. Use of Proceeds
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Section 5.19. Corporate Names and Locations
of Collateral
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Section 5.20. Subsidiary Guaranties,
Security Documents and Pledge of Stock or Other Ownership
Interest
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Section 5.22. Returns of
Inventory
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Section 5.23. Acquisition, Sale and
Maintenance of Inventory
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Section 5.24. Property Acquired Subsequent
to the Closing Date and Right to Take Additional
Collateral
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Section 5.25. Restrictive
Agreements
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Section 5.26. Most Favored Covenant
Status
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Section 5.27. Pari Passu Ranking
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Section 5.28. Guaranty Under Material
Indebtedness Agreement
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Section 5.29. Amendments to Material
Indebtedness Agreements
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Section 5.30. Prepayments and Refinancings
of Other Debt
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Section 5.31. Amendment of Organizational
Documents
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Section 5.32. Fiscal Year of
Borrowers
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Section 5.33. Further Assurances
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ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 6.1. Corporate Existence;
Subsidiaries; Foreign Qualification
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Section 6.2. Corporate Authority
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Section 6.3. Compliance with Laws and
Contracts
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Section 6.4. Litigation and Administrative
Proceedings
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Section 6.5. Title to Assets
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Section 6.6. Liens and Security
Interests
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Section 6.8. Environmental Laws
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Section 6.10. Continued Business
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Section 6.11. Employee Benefits
Plans
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Section 6.12. Consents or
Approvals
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Section 6.14. Financial
Statements
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Section 6.15. Regulations
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Section 6.16. Material
Agreements
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Section 6.17. Intellectual
Property
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Section 6.19. Deposit and Securities
Accounts
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Section 6.20. Accurate and Complete
Statements
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Section 6.21. Investment Company; Other
Restrictions
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Section 6.22. Subordinated
Indenture
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ARTICLE VII. CASH MANAGEMENT AND
COLLATERAL
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Section 7.1. Cash Management
System
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Section 7.2. Collections and Receipt of
Proceeds by Agent
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Section 7.3. Agent’s Authority Under
Pledged Notes
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 8.2. Special Covenants
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Section 8.3. Other Covenants
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Section 8.4. Representations and
Warranties
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Section 8.5. Cross Default
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Section 8.6. Subordinated
Indenture
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Section 8.7. ERISA Default
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Section 8.8. Change in Control
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Section 8.11. Validity of Loan
Documents
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ARTICLE IX. REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
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Section 9.1. Optional Defaults
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Section 9.2. Automatic Defaults
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Section 9.3. Letters of Credit
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Section 9.5. Equalization
Provisions
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Section 9.7. Agent’s Rights to Occupy
and Use Property of Credit Parties
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Section 9.8. Other Remedies
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Section 9.9. Application of Certain
Payments and Proceeds
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Section 10.1. Appointment and
Authorization
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Section 10.2. Note Holders
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Section 10.3. Consultation With
Counsel
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Section 10.5. Agent and
Affiliates
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Section 10.6. Knowledge or Notice of
Default
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Section 10.7. Action by Agent
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Section 10.8. Release of Collateral or
Guarantor of Payment
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Section 10.9. Delegation of
Duties
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Section 10.10. Indemnification of
Agent
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Section 10.11. Successor Agent
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Section 10.12. Fronting Lender
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Section 10.13. Swing Line Lender
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Section 10.14. Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 10.15. No Reliance on Agent’s
Customer Identification Program
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Section 10.16. Delivery of Certain
Financial Information
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Section 10.17. Other Agents
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Section 11.1. Guaranty by
Borrowers
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Section 11.2. Additional
Undertaking
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Section 11.3. Guaranty
Unconditional
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Section 11.4. Borrowers’ Obligations
to Remain in Effect; Restoration
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Section 11.5. Certain Waivers
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Section 11.6. Subrogation
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Section 11.7. Effect of Stay
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ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 12.1. Lenders’ Independent
Investigation
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Section 12.2. No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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Section 12.3. Amendments or
Waivers
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Section 12.5. Costs, Expenses and
Documentary Taxes
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Section 12.6. Indemnification
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Section 12.7. Obligations Several; No
Fiduciary Obligations
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Section 12.8. Execution in
Counterparts
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Section 12.9. Binding Effect;
Borrowers’ Assignment
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Section 12.10. Lender
Assignments
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Section 12.11. Sale of
Participations
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Section 12.12. Replacement of Defaulting
Lenders or Insolvent Lenders
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Section 12.13. Patriot Act
Notice
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Section 12.14. Severability of Provisions;
Captions; Attachments
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Section 12.15. Investment
Purpose
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Section 12.16. Entire Agreement
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Section 12.17. Confidentiality
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Section 12.18. Limitations on Liability of
the Fronting Lenders
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Section 12.19. General Limitation of
Liability
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Section 12.21. Legal Representation of
Parties
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Section 12.23. Waiver of Financial Covenant
Defaults Existing Prior to the Closing Date
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Section 12.24. Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction
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Section 12.25. Designated Senior
Indebtedness
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Signature Page 1
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Form of
Revolving Credit Note
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Form of Swing
Line Note
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Form of Term
Note
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Form of Notice
of Loan
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
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Commitments of
Lenders
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Guarantors of
Payment
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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Designated
Hedge Agreements
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Borrowing Base
Companies
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Real
Property
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Pledged
Securities
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Indebtedness
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Liens
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Permitted
Foreign Subsidiary Loans and Investments
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Affiliate
Transactions
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Corporate
Existence; Subsidiaries; Foreign Qualification
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Litigation and
Administrative Proceedings
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Real Estate
Owned by the Companies
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Locations
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Employee
Benefits Plans
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Material
Agreements
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Intellectual
Property
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Insurance
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Deposit
Accounts
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“Credit
Facilities” under the Subordinated Indenture
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Pledged
Notes
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This THIRD AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as the same may from time to time be
further amended, restated or otherwise modified, this
“Agreement”) is made effective as of the 24
th day of July, 2009 among:
(a) GIBRALTAR
INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Gibraltar”);
(b) GIBRALTAR
STEEL CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, a New York corporation
(“GSNY” and, together with Gibraltar, collectively,
“Borrowers” and, individually, each a
“Borrower”);
(c) the lenders
listed or referenced on Schedule 1 hereto and each
other Eligible Transferee, as hereinafter defined, that from time
to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 12.10
hereof (collectively, the “Lenders” and, individually,
each a “Lender”);
(d) KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as the lead
arranger, sole book runner and administrative agent for the Lenders
under this Agreement (“Agent”);
(e) JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., a national banking association, and BMO CAPITAL MARKETS
FINANCING, INC., a Delaware corporation, each a co-syndication
agent under this Agreement (each a “Co-Syndication
Agent”); and
(f) HSBC BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, and
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York State banking
corporation, each a co-documentation agent under this Agreement
(each a “Co-Documentation Agent”).
WHEREAS, Borrowers
and Agent entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement with certain lenders party thereto, dated as of
December 8, 2005 (as amended, including that certain Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 31,
2007, collectively, the “Original Credit
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, this
Agreement amends and restates the body, exhibits and schedules of
the Original Credit Agreement in their entirety, and the Original
Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and bind all
of the Lenders to this Agreement as an amendment and restatement of
the Original Credit Agreement and, upon the effectiveness of this
Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Original Credit
Agreement shall be superseded hereby. All references to
“Credit Agreement” contained in the Loan Documents, as
defined in the Original Credit Agreement, delivered in connection
with the Original Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the
Original Credit Agreement by this Agreement, the obligations
outstanding (including, but not limited to, the letters of credit
issued and outstanding) under the Original Credit Agreement as of
July 24,
2009 shall
remain outstanding and constitute continuing Obligations hereunder.
Such outstanding Obligations and the guaranties of payment thereof
shall in all respects be continuing, and this Agreement shall not
be deemed to evidence or result in a novation or repayment and
re-borrowing of such Obligations. In furtherance of and, without
limiting the foregoing, from and after the date hereof and except
as expressly specified herein, the terms, conditions and covenants
governing the obligations outstanding under the Original Credit
Agreement shall be as set forth in this Agreement, which shall
supersede the Original Credit Agreement with respect
thereto;
WHEREAS, it is the
intent of Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders that the provisions of
this Agreement be effective commencing on the Closing Date;
and
WHEREAS,
Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders have contracted for the
establishment of credits in the aggregate principal amounts
hereinafter set forth, to be made available to Borrowers upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, it
is mutually agreed as follows:
Section 1.1.
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Account”
means an account, as that term is defined in the U.C.C.
“Account
Debtor” means an account debtor, as such term is defined in
the U.C.C., or any other Person obligated to pay all or any part of
an Account in any manner and includes (without limitation) any
Guarantor thereof.
“Acquisition”
means any transaction or series of related transactions for the
purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Person
(other than a Company), or any business or division of any Person
(other than a Company), (b) the acquisition of in excess of
fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock (or other
equity interest) of any Person (other than a Company), or
(c) the acquisition of another Person (other than a Company)
by a merger, amalgamation or consolidation or any other combination
with such Person.
“Additional
Fronting Lender” means a Lender that shall have
(a) agreed to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder in its own
name, but in each instance on behalf of the Lenders hereunder, and
(b) delivered to Agent an Additional Fronting Lender
Agreement.
“Additional
Fronting Lender Agreement” means an Additional Fronting
Lender Agreement, in form and substance acceptable to Agent, among
Borrowers, Agent and a Lender with respect to the issuance by such
Lender of Letters of Credit hereunder, whereby such Lender agrees
to become an Additional Fronting Lender hereunder.
2
“Administrative
Borrower” means Gibraltar.
“Advance
Record” means that term as defined in Section 2.16(a)
hereof.
“Advantage”
means any payment (whether made voluntarily or involuntarily, by
offset of any deposit or other indebtedness or otherwise) received
by any Lender (a) prior to an Equalization Event, in respect
of the Applicable Debt, if such payment results in that Lender
having less than its pro rata share (based upon its Applicable
Commitment Percentage) of the Applicable Debt then outstanding, and
(b) on and after an Equalization Event, in respect of the
Obligations, if such payment results in that Lender having less
than its pro rata share (based upon its Equalization Percentage) of
the Obligations then outstanding.
“Affected
Lender” means a Defaulting Lender, an Insolvent Lender or a
Downgraded Lender.
“Affiliate”
means any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled
by or under common control with a Company and “control”
(including the correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the power, directly
or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of a Company, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Affiliate
Transaction” means that term as defined in Section 5.17
hereof.
“Agent”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Agent Fee
Letter” means the Agent Fee Letter between Borrowers and
Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to
time be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Agreement”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Alternate
Currency” means Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Czech
Republic Koruna, Polish Zloty, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollars or
any other currency, other than Dollars, agreed to by Agent that
shall be freely transferable and convertible into
Dollars.
“Alternate
Currency Exposure” means, at any time and without
duplication, the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of Alternate Currency Loans outstanding
to Borrowers, and (b) the Letter of Credit Exposure that is
denominated in one or more Alternate Currencies.
“Alternate
Currency Loan” means a Revolving Loan described in
Section 2.2(a) hereof, that shall be denominated in an
Alternate Currency and on which Borrowers shall pay interest at a
rate based upon the Alternate Currency Rate applicable to such
Alternate Currency.
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“Alternate
Currency Maximum Amount” means Twenty-Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000).
“Alternate
Currency Rate” means, with respect to an Alternate Currency
Loan, for any Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the
greater of (a) the quotient obtained (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/16 th of
1%) by dividing (i) the rate of interest, determined by Agent
in accordance with its usual procedures (which determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error) as of approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period pertaining to such Alternate
Currency Loan, as listed on British Bankers Association Interest
Rate LIBOR 01 or 02 as provided by Reuters (or, if for any reason
such rate is unavailable from Reuters, from any other similar
company or service that provides rate quotations comparable to
those currently provided by Reuters) as the rate in the London
interbank market for deposits in the relevant Alternate Currency in
immediately available funds with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period, provided that, in the event that such rate
quotation is not available for any reason, then the Alternate
Currency Rate shall be the average (rounded upward to the nearest
1/16 th
of 1%) of the per annum rates at
which deposits in immediately available funds in the relevant
Alternate Currency for the relevant Interest Period and in the
amount of the Alternate Currency Loan to be disbursed or to remain
outstanding during such Interest Period, as the case may be, are
offered to Agent (or an affiliate of Agent, in Agent’s
discretion) by prime banks in any Alternate Currency market
reasonably selected by Agent, determined as of 11:00 A.M.
(London time) (or as soon thereafter as practicable), two Business
Days prior to the beginning of the relevant Interest Period
pertaining to such Alternate Currency Loan hereunder; by
(ii) 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage; or (b) one
hundred fifty (150.00) basis points.
“Applicable
Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender:
(a) with respect
to the Revolving Credit Commitment, the percentage, if any, set
forth opposite such Lender’s name under the column headed
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage”, as set forth
on Schedule 1 hereto; and
(b) with respect
to the Term Loan Commitment, the percentage, if any, set forth
opposite such Lender’s name under the column headed
“Term Loan Commitment Percentage”, as set forth in the
Register.
(a) with respect
to the Revolving Credit Commitment, collectively, (i) all
Indebtedness incurred by Borrowers to the Revolving Lenders
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
includes, without limitation, the principal of and interest on all
Revolving Loans and the Swing Loans and all obligations with
respect to Letters of Credit, (ii) each extension, renewal or
refinancing of the foregoing, in whole or in part, (iii) the
facility, prepayment and other fees and amounts payable hereunder
in connection with the Revolving Credit Commitment, and
(iv) all Related Expenses incurred in connection with the
foregoing; and
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(b) with respect
to the Term Loan Commitment, collectively, (i) all
Indebtedness incurred by Borrowers to the Term Lenders pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and includes, without
limitation, the principal of and interest on the Term Loan,
(ii) each extension, renewal or refinancing of the foregoing
in whole or in part, (iii) all prepayment and other fees and
amounts payable hereunder in connection with the Term Loan
Commitment, and (iv) all Related Expenses incurred in
connection with the foregoing.
“Appraised
Inventory NOLV Percentage” means, as determined in the most
recent appraisal report of the Inventory of the Borrowing Base
Companies, completed on behalf of, and acceptable to, Agent, the
net orderly liquidation value (expressed as a percentage of cost)
of Eligible Inventory of the Borrowing Base Companies.
“Approved
Depository” means that term as defined in the definition of
Cash Equivalents.
“Asset
Disposition” means the sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition (including by means of sale and lease-back
transactions, and by means of mergers, consolidations,
amalgamations and liquidations of a corporation, partnership or
limited liability company of the interests therein of any Company)
by any Company to any Person of any of such Company’s assets;
provided that the term Asset Disposition specifically excludes
(a) any sales, transfers or other dispositions of Inventory,
or obsolete, worn-out or excess furniture, fixtures, Equipment or
other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, in each
case in the ordinary course of business, and (b) any Recovery
Event.
“Assignment
Agreement” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement in
the form of the attached Exhibit F .
“Authorized
Officer” means a Financial Officer or other individual
authorized by a Financial Officer in writing (with a copy to Agent)
to handle certain administrative matters in connection with this
Agreement.
“Auto
Program Lien Subordination Agreement” means (a) any Lien
Priority and Assignment of Proceeds Agreement entered into by and
among any Credit Party, Citibank, N.A, as servicer and creditor,
and Chrysler Receivables SPV LLC, (b) any Lien Priority and
Assignment of Proceeds Agreement entered into by and among any
Credit Party, Citibank, N.A, as servicer and creditor, and GM
Supplier Receivables LLC, and (c) in the event that any other
automobile company elects to participate in the Auto Supplier
Program (or an Auto Supplier Alternative Program), any Lien
Priority and Assignment of Proceeds Agreement entered into by and
among any Credit Party and the other parties thereto; provided that
any such Lien Priority and Assignment of Proceeds Agreement is in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent, in its sole
discretion.
“Auto
Program OEM Receivables” means, in respect of an Auto Program
Purchaser, the Eligible Receivables (as defined in the applicable
Auto Program Supplier Purchase Agreement).
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“Auto
Program Purchaser” means each of (a) Chrysler
Receivables SPV LLC, (b) GM Supplier Receivables LLC, and
(c) a special purpose vehicle formed by any other automobile
company for the purpose of participating in the Auto Supplier
Program (or an Auto Supplier Alternative Program), if applicable,
so long as such special purpose vehicle is a party to the
applicable Auto Program Lien Subordination Agreement and Auto
Program Supplier Purchase Agreement.
“Auto
Program Supplier Purchase Agreement” means (a) in
respect of Chrysler Receivables SPV LLC, a Supplier Purchase
Agreement entered into by and among any Credit Party, Citibank,
N.A. and Chrysler Receivables SPV LLC, (b) in respect of GM
Supplier Receivables LLC, a Supplier Purchase Agreement entered
into by and among any Credit Party, Citibank, N.A. and GM Supplier
Receivables LLC, and (c) in the event that any other
automobile company elects to participate in the Auto Supplier
Program (or an Auto Supplier Alternative Program), a Supplier
Purchase Agreement entered into by and among any Credit Party and
the other parties thereto; provided that each Supplier Purchase
Agreement shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, in
its sole discretion.
“Auto
Supplier Alternative Program” means a program substantially
similar to the Auto Supplier Program that goes into effect after
the Closing Date; provided that the terms and conditions of such
program are in form and substance substantially similar to the Auto
Supplier Program or otherwise reasonably acceptable to Agent, in
its sole discretion.
“Auto
Supplier Program” means the United States Department of
Treasury “Auto Supplier Support Program”.
“Bailee’s
Waiver” means a bailee’s waiver, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, delivered by a Company in connection with
this Agreement, as such waiver may from time to time be amended,
restated or otherwise modified.
“Bank
Product Agreements” means those certain cash management
service and other agreements entered into from time to time between
a Company and Agent or a Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender) in
connection with any of the Bank Products.
“Bank
Product Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities,
contingent reimbursement obligations, fees, and expenses owing by a
Company to Agent or any Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender)
pursuant to or evidenced by the Bank Product Agreements.
“Bank
Products” means any service or facility extended to a Company
by Agent or any Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender) including
(a) credit cards and credit card processing services,
(b) debit and purchase cards, (c) ACH transactions, and
(d) cash management, including controlled disbursement,
accounts or services.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy”, as now or hereafter in effect, or any
successor thereto, as hereafter amended.
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“Base
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the highest of
(a) the Prime Rate, (b) one-half of one percent (.50%) in
excess of the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (c) one
hundred (100.00) basis points in excess of the Eurodollar Rate for
loans with an Interest Period of one month. Any change in the Base
Rate shall be effective immediately from and after such change in
the Base Rate.
“Base Rate
Loan” means a Revolving Loan described in Section 2.2(a)
hereof or a portion of the Term Loan described in Section 2.3
hereof, that shall be denominated in Dollars and on which Borrowers
shall pay interest at a rate based on the Derived Base
Rate.
“Bond Letter
of Credit” means the irrevocable transferable letter of
credit in the initial stated amount of Eight Million Seventy-Six
Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($8,076,713) issued by
Harris N.A. (as successor by merger to Harris Trust and Savings
Bank) to secure the payment of the Bonds.
“Bonds”
means the Manhattan, Kansas Variable Rate Demand Industrial
Development Revenue Refunding Bonds (Florence Corporation of Kansas
Project), Series 2003.
“Borrower”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Borrowers”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Borrowing
Base” means an amount equal to the total of the
following:
(a) up to
eighty-five percent (85%) of the aggregate amount due and owing on
Eligible Accounts Receivable of each Borrowing Base Company;
plus
(b) up to
eighty-five percent (85%) of the aggregate face value of Auto
Program OEM Receivables sold to any Auto Program Purchaser pursuant
to, and in accordance with, the applicable Auto Program Supplier
Purchase Agreement (provided that the purchase price for such Auto
Program OEM Receivables shall not have yet been paid to the Credit
Parties); plus
(i) up to
sixty-five percent (65%) of the aggregate of the cost or market
value (whichever is lower), as determined on a first-in first-out
basis in accordance with GAAP, of the Eligible Inventory of each
Borrowing Base Company;
(ii) the cost or
market value (whichever is lower), as determined on a first-in
first-out basis in accordance with GAAP, of Eligible Inventory,
multiplied by up to eighty-five percent (85%) of the Appraised
Inventory NOLV Percentage; or
(iii) One Hundred
Million Dollars ($100,000,000); plus
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(d) the Fixed
Asset Advance; minus
(e) the principal
outstanding on the Term Loan; minus
(f) Reserves for
Designated Hedge Agreements established pursuant to
Section 2.13(b) hereof; minus
(g) other
Reserves, if any;
provided that,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent shall at all
times have the right to reduce such percentages or dollar amount
caps from time to time, in its reasonable credit
judgment.
“Borrowing
Base Certificate” means a Borrowing Base Certificate, in the
form of the exhibit attached to the Special Accounts and Borrowing
Base Certificate Letter.
“Borrowing
Base Company” means each Company listed in
Schedule 3 hereto, and each additional Company that
shall become a Borrowing Base Company pursuant to Section 2.15
hereof.
“Business
Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or
another day of the year on which national banks are authorized or
required to close in Cleveland, Ohio, and, in addition, (a) if the
applicable Business Day relates to a Eurodollar Loan, a day of the
year on which dealings in deposits are carried on in the London
interbank Eurodollar market, and (b) if the applicable
Business Day relates to an Alternate Currency, a day of the year on
which dealings in deposits are carried on in the relevant Alternate
Currency.
“Capital
Distribution” means a payment made, liability incurred or
other consideration given by a Company to any Person that is not a
Company, for the purchase, acquisition, redemption, repurchase,
payment or retirement of any capital stock or other equity interest
of such Company or as a dividend, return of capital or other
distribution (other than any stock dividend, stock split or other
equity distribution payable only in capital stock or other equity
of such Company) in respect of such Company’s capital stock
or other equity interest.
“Capital
Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee
that, in conformity with GAAP, should be accounted for as a capital
lease on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations” means obligations of the Companies for the
payment of rent for any real or personal property under leases or
agreements to lease that, in accordance with GAAP, have been or
should be capitalized on the books of the lessee and, for purposes
hereof, the amount of any such obligation shall be the capitalized
amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Cash
Collateral Account” means a commercial Deposit Account
designated “cash collateral account” and maintained by
GSNY (for the benefit of the Credit Parties) with Agent, without
liability by Agent or the Lenders to pay interest thereon, from
which account Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall have the
exclusive right to withdraw funds until all of the Secured
Obligations are paid in full.
“Cash
Dominion De-Activation Date” means, after a Cash Dominion
Effective Date, the last day of a thirty (30) consecutive day
period during which the Revolving Credit Availability shall have
been, at all times during such period, greater than Twenty-Five
Million Dollars ($25,000,000) and no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
“Cash
Dominion Effective Date” means a date that is the earlier of
(a) the occurrence of an Event of Default, or (b) the
Revolving Credit Availability shall be less than Twenty Million
Dollars ($20,000,000); and each successive Cash Dominion Effective
Date that occurs after a Cash Dominion De-Activation
Date.
“Cash
Dominion Period” means each period commencing on a Cash
Dominion Effective Date and ending on the first Cash Dominion
De-Activation Date occurring thereafter; provided that, should more
than two separate Cash Dominion Periods exist during any
twelve-month period, the existing Cash Dominion Period shall
continue indefinitely at the discretion of Agent.
“Cash
Equivalents” means any of the following:
(a) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not
more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(b) Dollar
denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit and
bankers’ acceptances of (i) any domestic commercial bank
of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of Five
Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000), or (ii) any bank (or
the parent company of such bank) whose short-term commercial paper
rating from S&P is at least A-1, A-2 or the equivalent thereof
or from Moody’s is at least P-1, P-2 or the equivalent
thereof (any such bank, an “Approved Depository”), in
each case with maturities of not more than one hundred eighty
(180) days from the date of acquisition;
(c) commercial
paper issued by an Approved Depository or by the parent company of
an Approved Depository and commercial paper issued by, or
guaranteed by, any industrial or financial company with a
short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-1 or the
equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent
thereof by Moody’s, or guaranteed by any industrial company
with a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least A or A2, or the
equivalent of each thereof, from S&P or Moody’s, as the
case may be, and in each case maturing within one hundred eighty
(180) days after the date of acquisition;
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(d) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements entered into with an Approved
Depository having a term of not more than thirty (30) days and
covering securities described in subpart (a) above;
(e) investments in
money market funds substantially all the assets of which are
comprised of securities of the types described in subparts
(a) through (d) above;
(f) investments in
money market funds access to which is provided as part of
“sweep” accounts maintained with an Approved
Depository;
(g) investments in
industrial development revenue bonds that (i) “re-set”
interest rates not less frequently than quarterly, (ii) are
entitled to the benefit of a remarketing arrangement with an
established broker dealer, and (iii) are supported by a direct
pay letter of credit covering principal and accrued interest that
is issued by an Approved Depository; and
(h) investments in
pooled funds or investment accounts consisting of investments of
the nature described in the foregoing subpart (g).
“Cash
Proceeds” means, with respect to (a) an Asset
Disposition, the aggregate cash payments (including any cash
received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable
issued in connection with such Asset Disposition, other than the
portion of such deferred payment constituting interest, but only as
and when so received) received by any Borrower or any other Company
from such Asset Disposition, and (b) any Recovery Event, the
aggregate cash payments, including all insurance proceeds and
proceeds of any award for condemnation or taking, received in
connection with such Recovery Event.
“Cash
Security” means all cash, instruments, Deposit Accounts and
other cash equivalents, whether matured or unmatured, whether
collected or in the process of collection, upon which a Credit
Party presently has or may hereafter have any claim, wherever
located, including but not limited to any of the foregoing that are
presently or may hereafter be existing or maintained with, issued
by, drawn upon, or in the possession of Agent or any
Lender.
“Change in
Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership or
voting control, directly or indirectly, beneficially (within the
meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, as then
in effect) or of record, on or after the Closing Date, by any
Person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13d and 14d of
the Exchange Act, as then in effect), of shares representing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate ordinary Voting Power
represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Gibraltar; (b) the occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors or other
governing body of Gibraltar by Persons who were neither
(i) nominated by the board of directors or other governing
body of Gibraltar nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated;
(c) if Gibraltar shall cease to own, directly or indirectly,
one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate ordinary Voting Power
represented by the issued and outstanding equity interests of GSNY;
or (d) the occurrence of a change in control, or other term of
similar import used therein, as defined in any Material
Indebtedness Agreement.
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“Closing
Date” means July 24, 2009.
“Closing
Available Liquidity” means, on the Closing Date, the sum of
(a) unrestricted and unencumbered cash on hand of the Credit
Parties held at financial institutions located in the United
States, plus (b) the Revolving Credit Availability; provided
that, for purposes of calculating the Revolving Credit Availability
under this definition, Revolving Credit Exposure shall include,
without duplication, (A) any fees and expenses due under
Section 4.2(z) hereof, (B) any accounts payable of a Credit
Party with balances over sixty (60) days past due, and (C)
Borrowers’ initial credit request under the Revolving Credit
Commitment.
“Closing Fee
Letter” means the Closing Fee Letter between Borrowers and
Agent, dated as of the Closing Date.
“Co-Documentation
Agent” means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Co-Syndication
Agent” means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral”
means (a) all of each Credit Party’s existing and future
(i) personal property, (ii) Accounts, Investment
Property, instruments, contract rights, chattel paper, documents,
supporting obligations, letter-of-credit rights, Pledged
Securities, Pledged Notes, if any, commercial tort claims, General
Intangibles, Inventory and Equipment, (iii) funds now or
hereafter on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account, if any, and
(iv) Cash Security; (b) the Real Property; and
(c) Proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Collection”
means any payment made from an Account Debtor to a Credit Party
including, but not limited to, cash, checks, drafts and any other
form of payment.
“Commitment”
means the obligation hereunder of the Lenders, during the
Commitment Period, to make Loans and to participate in the issuance
of Letters of Credit pursuant to the Revolving Credit Commitment
and the Term Loan Commitment, up to the Total Commitment
Amount.
“Commitment
Period” means the period from the Closing Date to
August 30, 2012, or such earlier date on which the Commitment
shall have been terminated pursuant to Article IX
hereof.
“Commodity
Hedging Device” means a forward commodity purchase agreement
or similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against
fluctuations in raw material or other commodity prices.
“Companies”
means all Borrowers and all Subsidiaries of all
Borrowers.
“Company”
means a Borrower or a Subsidiary of a Borrower.
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“Compliance
Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate, in the form of
the attached Exhibit E .
“Concentration
Account” means a commercial Deposit Account designated
“depository concentration account” and maintained by
GSNY (for the benefit of the Credit Parties) with Agent, without
liability by Agent or the Lenders to pay interest thereon, which
account shall be under the exclusive control of Agent and, other
than during a Cash Dominion Event, Agent shall transfer the funds
therein to the Operating Account, and during a Cash Dominion Event,
Agent shall have the exclusive right to withdraw funds and transfer
such funds to the Cash Collateral Account.
“Confidential
Information” means all confidential or proprietary
information about the Companies that has been furnished by any
Company to Agent or any Lender, whether furnished before or after
the Closing Date and regardless of the manner in which it is
furnished, but does not include any such information that
(a) is or becomes generally available to the public other than
as a result of a disclosure by Agent or such Lender not permitted
by this Agreement, (b) was available to Agent or such Lender
on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure to Agent or such
Lender, or (c) becomes available to Agent or such Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a Person other than a
Company.
“Consideration”
means, in connection with an Acquisition, the aggregate
consideration paid or to be paid, including borrowed funds, cash,
deferred payments, the issuance of securities or notes, the
assumption or incurring of liabilities (direct or contingent), the
payment of consulting fees or fees for a covenant not to compete
and any other consideration paid or to be paid for such
Acquisition.
“Consignee’s
Waiver” means a consignee’s waiver (or similar
agreement), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
delivered by a Company in connection with this Agreement, as such
waiver may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Consolidated”
means the resultant consolidation of the financial statements of
Gibraltar and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, including
principles of consolidation consistent with those applied in
preparation of the consolidated financial statements referred to in
Section 6.14 hereof.
“Consolidated
Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the amount of
capital expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as
liabilities and including in all events amounts expended or
capitalized under Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases but excluding
any amount representing capitalized interest) by Gibraltar during
such period that, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP, are included (or are required to be included)
in the property, plant or equipment reflected in the Consolidated
balance sheet of Gibraltar.
“Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Charges” means, for any period,
the aggregate of all depreciation and amortization charges for
fixed assets, leasehold improvements
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and general
intangibles (specifically including goodwill) of Gibraltar for such
period, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, for any period, as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP:
(a) Consolidated
Net Earnings for such period plus, without duplication, the
aggregate amounts deducted in determining such Consolidated Net
Earnings in respect of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(ii) Consolidated Income Tax Expense, (iii) Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Charges, (iv) extraordinary and
other non-recurring non-cash losses and charges, and
(v) non-cash equity based compensation expenses;
minus
(b) to the extent
included in Consolidated Net Earnings for such period, gains on
sales of assets and other extraordinary gains and other
non-recurring gains not incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
provided that,
for purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio (and not for
any other calculation), Consolidated EBITDA for any such testing
period shall (A) include the appropriate financial items for
any Person or business unit that has been acquired by a Company for
any portion of such period prior to the date of such acquisition on
a pro forma basis (but excluding anticipated operating synergies),
and (B) exclude the appropriate financial items for any Person
or business unit that has been disposed of by a Company for the
portion of such period prior to the date of such disposition, in
each case subject to Agent’s reasonable discretion and
supporting documentation acceptable to Agent.
“Consolidated
Fixed Charges” means, for any period, as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, the aggregate,
without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense
(including, without limitation, the “imputed interest”
portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations, Synthetic Leases and
asset securitizations, if any), (b) Capitalized Lease
Obligations, (c) principal payments on Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness (other than optional prepayments of the Revolving
Loans and optional prepayments and Mandatory Prepayments of the
Term Loan), and (d) cash payments of deferred purchase price
obligations (such as earn-outs and similar obligations) incurred in
connection with Acquisitions.
“Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness” means, at any date, all Indebtedness
(including, but not limited to, short-term, long-term and
Subordinated Indebtedness, if any) of Gibraltar, as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Income Tax Expense” means, for any period, all provisions for
taxes based on the gross or net income of Gibraltar (including,
without limitation, any additions to such taxes, and any penalties
and interest with respect thereto), as determined on a Consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, the interest expense
(including, without limitation, that which is capitalized and that
which is attributable to Capital Leases or
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Synthetic
Leases) of Gibraltar for such period with respect to Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and
other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
net costs under Hedge Agreements) of Gibraltar, as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Earnings” means, for any period, the net income
(loss) of Gibraltar for such period, as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Working Capital” means, at any date, (a) the current
assets of Gibraltar (excluding cash and Cash Equivalents), minus
(b) the current liabilities of Gibraltar; as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Worth” means, at any date, the stockholders’ equity
of Gibraltar, determined as of such date on a Consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Unfunded Capital Expenditures” means, for any period,
Consolidated Capital Expenditures that are not directly financed by
the Companies with proceeds of Indebtedness (other than Revolving
Loans), as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
“Control
Agreement” means a Deposit Account Control Agreement or a
Securities Account Control Agreement.
“Controlled
Disbursement Account” means a commercial Deposit Account
designated “controlled disbursement account” and
maintained by one or more Credit Parties with Agent, without
liability by Agent to pay interest thereon.
“Controlled
Group” means a Company and each Person required to be
aggregated with a Company under Code Section 414(b), (c),
(m) or (o).
“Credit
Event” means the making by the Lenders of a Loan, the
conversion by the Lenders of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Loan,
the continuation by the Lenders of a Eurodollar Loan after the end
of the applicable Interest Period, the making by the Swing Line
Lender of a Swing Loan, or the issuance (or amendment or renewal)
by a Fronting Lender of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit
Party” means a Borrower and any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
that is a Guarantor of Payment.
“Currency
Hedge Agreement” means any currency swap agreement, forward
currency purchase agreement or similar arrangement or agreement
designed to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange rates
entered into by a Company.
“Default”
means an event or condition that constitutes, or with the lapse of
any applicable grace period or the giving of notice or both would
constitute, an Event of Default, and that has not been waived by
the Required Lenders (or, if applicable, all of the Lenders) in
writing.
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“Default
Rate” means (a) with respect to any Loan or other
Obligation, a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of
the rate otherwise applicable thereto, and (b) with respect to
any other amount, if no rate is specified or available, a rate per
annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the Derived Base Rate
for Revolving Loans from time to time in effect.
“Defaulting
Lender” means any Lender, as reasonably determined by Agent,
that (a) has failed (which failure has not been cured) to fund
any Loan or any participation interest in Letters of Credit
required to be made hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof
(unless such Lender shall have notified Agent and Administrative
Borrower in writing of its good faith determination that a
condition under Section 4.1 hereof to its obligation to fund
any Loan shall not have been satisfied); (b) has notified
Administrative Borrower or Agent in writing that it does not intend
to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement
or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not
intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement
or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend
credit; (c) has failed, within three Business Days after
receipt of a written request from Agent or Administrative Borrower
to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement
relating to its obligation to fund prospective Loans or
participations in Letters of Credit, and such request states that
the requesting party has reason to believe that the Lender
receiving such request may fail to comply with such obligation, and
states such reason; or (d) has failed to pay to Agent or any
other Lender when due an amount owed by such Lender to Agent or any
other Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, unless such
amount is subject to a good faith dispute or such failure has been
cured. Any Defaulting Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender
when Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such
Defaulting Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender based upon the
characteristics set forth in this definition.
“Deposit
Account” means a deposit account, as that term is defined in
the U.C.C.
“Deposit
Account Control Agreement” means each Deposit Account Control
Agreement among a Credit Party, Agent and a depository institution,
dated on or after the Closing Date, to be in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Derived
Alternate Currency Rate” means, with respect to an Alternate
Currency Loan, a rate per annum equal to three hundred twenty-five
(325.00) basis points in excess of the Alternate Currency Rate
applicable to the relevant Alternate Currency.
“Derived
Base Rate” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan
that is a Base Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to three hundred
twenty-five (325.00) basis points in excess of the Base Rate from
time to time in effect, or (b) with respect to any portion of
the Term Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to
three hundred seventy-five (375.00) basis points in excess of the
Base Rate from time to time in effect.
“Derived
Eurodollar Rate” means (a) with respect to a Revolving
Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum equal to three
hundred twenty-five (325.00) basis points in excess of the
Eurodollar Rate, or (b) with respect to any portion of the
Term Loan that is a
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Eurodollar
Loan, a rate per annum equal to three hundred seventy-five (375.00)
basis points in excess of the Eurodollar Rate.
“Designated
Hedge Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement (other than a
Commodity Hedge Device) to which any Credit Party is a party and as
to which a Lender or any of its affiliates is a counterparty that,
pursuant to a written instrument signed by Agent, has been
designated as a Designated Hedge Agreement, so that such Credit
Party’s counterparty’s credit exposure thereunder will
be entitled to share in the benefits of the Guaranties of Payment
and the Security Documents to the extent such Loan Documents
provide guarantees or security for creditors of such Credit Party
under Designated Hedge Agreements. Any such Hedge Agreement shall
cease to be a Designated Hedge Agreement if its termination date is
extended, notional amount increased, or fixed rate payable by a
Credit Party increased, without the prior written consent of
Agent.
“Designated
Hedge Creditor” means each Lender, or affiliate of a Lender,
that participates as a counterparty to a Credit Party pursuant to
any Designated Hedge Agreement with such Lender or affiliate of
such Lender.
“Designated
Hedge Document” means (a) each Designated Hedge
Agreement to which a Credit Party is now or may hereafter become a
party, and (b) each confirmation, transaction statement or
other document executed and delivered in connection therewith to
which a Credit Party is now or may hereafter become a
party.
“Designated
Hedge Obligations” means all obligations and liabilities of
one or more Credit Parties under Designated Hedge Documents, in all
cases whether now existing, or hereafter incurred or arising,
including any such amounts incurred or arising during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or
similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in
such proceeding or subject to an automatic stay under Section
362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Dollar”
or the $ sign means lawful money of the United States of
America.
“Dollar
Equivalent” means (a) with respect to an Alternate
Currency Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate
Currency, the Dollar equivalent of the amount of such Alternate
Currency Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate
Currency, determined by Agent on the basis of its spot rate at
approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date two
Business Days before the date of such Alternate Currency Loan, for
the purchase of the relevant Alternate Currency with Dollars for
delivery on the date of such Alternate Currency Loan or Letter of
Credit, and (b) with respect to any other amount, if such
amount is denominated in Dollars, then such amount in Dollars and,
otherwise the Dollar equivalent of such amount, determined by Agent
on the basis of its spot rate at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) on the date for which the Dollar equivalent amount of
such amount is being determined, for the purchase of the relevant
Alternate Currency with Dollars for delivery on such date; provided
that, in calculating the Dollar Equivalent for purposes of
determining (i) a Borrower’s obligation to prepay Loans
and Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.11(a) hereof, or
(ii) a Borrower’s ability to request additional Loans or
Letters of Credit pursuant to the Commitment, Agent may,
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in its
discretion, on any Business Day selected by Agent (prior to payment
in full of the Obligations), calculate the Dollar Equivalent of
each such Loan or Letter of Credit. Agent shall notify
Administrative Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate
Currency Loan or any other amount, at the time that such Dollar
Equivalent shall have been determined.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Downgraded
Lender” means any Lender that has a non-credit enhanced
senior unsecured debt rating below investment grade from either
Moody’s, S&P or any other nationally recognized
statistical rating organization recognized as such by the SEC. Any
Downgraded Lender shall cease to be a Downgraded Lender when Agent
determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Downgraded
Lender is no longer a Downgraded Lender based upon the
characteristics set forth in this definition.
“Eligible
Account Receivable” means an Account that is an account
receivable (i.e., each specific invoice) of a Borrowing Base
Company that, at all times until it is collected in full,
continuously meets the following requirements:
(a) is not subject
to any claim for credit, allowance or adjustment by the Account
Debtor or any defense, dispute, set-off or counterclaim;
(b) arose in the
ordinary course of business of such Borrowing Base Company from the
performance (fully completed) of services or bona fide sale of
goods that have been shipped to the Account Debtor, and not more
than ninety (90) days (except as provided in the Special
Accounts and Borrowing Base Certificate Letter) have elapsed since
the invoice date;
(c) is not owing
from an Account Debtor with respect to which such Borrowing Base
Company has received any notice or has any knowledge of insolvency,
bankruptcy or material financial impairment, or that has suspended
normal business operations (other than a temporary suspension
acceptable to Agent, in its sole discretion), dissolved, liquidated
or terminated its existence;
(d) is not subject
to an assignment, pledge, claim, mortgage, lien or security
interest of any type except that granted to or in favor of Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders;
(e) does not
relate to any goods repossessed, lost, damaged, rejected or
returned, or acceptance of which has been revoked or
refused;
(f) is not
evidenced by a promissory note or any other instrument or by
chattel paper;
(g) has not been
determined by Agent to be unsatisfactory in any respect in the
exercise of its reasonable credit judgment;
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(h) is not a
Government Account Receivable, unless the security interest of
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in such Government Account
Receivable is filed in accordance with the Federal Assignment of
Claims Act; provided that such requirement shall not be applicable
to Government Accounts Receivable payable from the United States
Postal Service except during a Cash Dominion Period;
(i) is not owing
from another Company, an Affiliate, an equity holder or an employee
of such Borrowing Base Company;
(j) is not a
Foreign Account Receivable, other than a Foreign Account Receivable
the payment of which is guaranteed by a letter of credit issued to
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as beneficiary, in form and
substance and issued by a financial institution satisfactory to
Agent, in its sole discretion;
(k) is not owing
from an Account Debtor that has failed to pay more than fifty
percent (50%) of its currently outstanding accounts receivable
within ninety (90) days of the invoice date;
(l) with respect
to an Account Debtor that, together with its affiliates, owes one
or more Borrowing Base Companies more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of all accounts receivable of the Borrowing Base Companies,
is not the portion of the Accounts that represents the excess of
twenty-five percent (25%) of such accounts receivable;
(m) is an Account
in which Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has a valid and
enforceable first security interest;
(n) has arisen in
connection with sales of goods that were not shipped or delivered
to an Account Debtor on consignment, a sale or return basis, a
guaranteed sale basis, a bill and hold basis, or on the basis of
any similar understanding;
(o) is not subject
to any provision prohibiting assignment or requiring notice of or
consent to such assignment;
(p) is not owing
from an Account Debtor located in a state that requires that such
Borrowing Base Company, in order to sue any Person in such
state’s courts, to either (i) qualify to do business in such
state or (ii) file a report with the taxation division of such
state for the then current year, unless, in each case, such
Borrowing Base Company has fulfilled such requirements to the
extent applicable for the then current year;
(q) is not an
Account with respect to which any of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement or
any of the Loan Documents are not or have ceased to be complete and
correct in all material respects, or have been breached;
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(r) is not an
Account that represents a progress billing (for the purposes
hereof, “progress billing” means any invoice for goods
sold or leased or services rendered under a contract or agreement
pursuant to which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay such
invoice is conditioned upon such Borrowing Base Company’s
completion of any further performance under the contract or
agreement);
(s) is not owing
by any state or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof
unless such Borrowing Base Company has complied with any applicable
statutory or regulatory requirements thereof in respect of the
security interest of Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as
granted hereunder;
(t) is not owing
from an Account Debtor that is also a supplier to or creditor of
any Borrowing Base Company to the extent of the amount owing to
such supplier or creditor;
(u) does not
represent a manufacturer’s or supplier’s credits,
discounts, incentive plans or similar arrangements entitling any
Borrowing Base Company to discounts on future purchases therefrom;
and
(v) such Account
Debtor is not an Auto Program Purchaser.
“Eligible
Equipment” means Equipment of a Credit Party that meets all
of the following conditions: (a) in which Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, has a first perfected security interest
(other than a possessory lien for the cost of repair of such
Equipment), (b) that is not subject to a certificate of title
or other instrument or document that evidences title, (c) that
has been appraised by an appraiser satisfactory to Agent,
(d) that is located on real property or facilities owned by a
Credit Party or, if located on real property or facilities leased
by a Credit Party, an acknowledged Landlord’s Waiver
satisfactory to Agent has been received by Agent, or reserves,
satisfactory to Agent, have been established with respect thereto,
and (e) that is otherwise considered eligible by Agent, in its
reasonable credit judgment.
“Eligible
Fixed Asset” means Eligible Equipment or Eligible Real
Property.
“Eligible
Fixed Asset Amount” means:
(a) for the period
from the Closing Date through October 23, 2009, the sum
of:
(i) up to seventy
percent (70%) of the fair market value of Eligible Real Property;
plus
(ii) up to eighty
percent (80%) of the net orderly liquidation value of Eligible
Equipment; and
(b) for the period
from October 24, 2009 and thereafter, the sum of:
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(i) up to seventy
percent (70%) of the fair market value of Eligible Real Property
(as determined on October 24, 2009); plus
(ii) up to eighty
percent (80%) of the net orderly liquidation value of Eligible
Equipment (as determined on October 24, 2009);
provided that
(A) if any Eligible Fixed Asset that was part of the Eligible
Fixed Asset Amount calculation is sold or otherwise disposed of
after October 24, 2009, the amount attributable to such
Eligible Fixed Asset in the calculation above shall be subtracted
from the Eligible Fixed Asset Amount, and
(B) Section 2.14 hereof shall permit certain additions to
the Eligible Fixed Asset Amount under the conditions set forth
therein.
“Eligible
Inventory” means all Inventory of a Borrowing Base Company in
which Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has a valid and
enforceable first security interest, except Inventory
that:
(a) is located
outside of the United States;
(b) is in the
possession of a bailee, consignee or other third party in
possession of Inventory of a Borrowing Base Company, unless
(i) reserves, satisfactory to Agent, have been established
with respect thereto; or (ii) (A) with respect to a consignee,
processor or bailee, a Consignee’s Waiver, Processor’s
Waiver or Bailee’s Waiver, as the case may be, has been
received by Agent, (B) such third party is listed on
Schedule 6.9 hereto, as amended from time to time, or
Agent has received prior written notice of such third party
location, (C) if required by Agent, proper notice has been
given to all secured parties of such third party that have filed
U.C.C. Financing Statements claiming a security interest in such
third party’s inventory, and (D) with respect to a
consignee or processor, Administrative Borrower has filed
appropriate U.C.C. Financing Statements to protect such Borrowing
Base Company’s interest therein, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent;
(c) is located on
facilities leased by such Borrowing Base Company, unless an
acknowledged Landlord’s Waiver has been received by Agent, or
reserves, satisfactory to Agent, have been established with respect
thereto;
(d) is
work-in-process, provided that Agent may, in its sole discretion,
deem certain work-in-process Inventory of Gibraltar Strip Steel,
Inc. (that has been appraised) to be Eligible Inventory so long as
the Borrowing Base contribution (after giving effect to its advance
rate) of such work-in-process Inventory does not exceed Ten Million
Dollars ($10,000,000);
(e) is
slow-moving, damaged, defective or obsolete;
(f) consists of
(i) goods not held for sale, such as labels, maintenance
items, supplies and packaging, or held for return to vendors, or
(ii) Inventory used in connection with research and
development;
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(g) is held for
return to vendors;
(h) is subject to
a Lien in favor of any Person other than Agent; or
(i) is determined
by Agent to be unsatisfactory in any respect, in the exercise of
its reasonable credit judgment.
“Eligible
Real Property” means real property of a Credit Party that
meets all of the following conditions: (a) in which Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders, has a first perfected Lien (subject
only to exceptions agreed to by Agent, which exceptions shall be
typical of transactions of this nature and shall not include the
securing of Indebtedness incurred for borrowed money),
(b) with respect to which an appraisal that meets the
requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989 has been obtained from an appraiser
satisfactory to Agent, and (c) that is otherwise considered
eligible (based upon environmental reports and other factors) by
Agent, in the exercise of its reasonable credit
judgment.
“Eligible
Transferee” means a commercial bank, financial institution or
other “accredited investor” (as defined in SEC
Regulation D) that is not a Borrower, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate.
“Environmental
Laws” means all provisions of law (including the common law),
statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, guidelines, policies,
procedures, orders in council, regulations, permits, licenses,
judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, awards and
standards promulgated by a Governmental Authority or by any court,
agency, instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any
of the foregoing concerning environmental health or safety and
protection of, or regulation of the discharge of substances into,
the environment.
“Environmental
Permits” means all permits, licenses, authorizations,
certificates, approvals or registrations required by any
Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws.
“Equalization
Event” means the earlier of (a) the occurrence of an
Event of Default under Section 8.12 hereof, or (b) the
acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations after the
occurrence of an Event of Default.
“Equalization
Maximum Amount” means that term as defined in
Section 9.5(b)(i) hereof.
“Equalization
Percentage” means that term as defined in
Section 9.5(b)(ii) hereof.
“Equipment”
means all equipment, as that term is defined in the
U.C.C.
“Equity
Interests” means (a) all of the issued and outstanding
shares of all classes of capital stock of any corporation at any
time owned by any Credit Party and the certificates representing
such capital stock, (b) all of the membership interests in a
limited liability company at any time owned or held by any Credit
Party, and (c) all of the equity interests in any other form
of organization at any time owned or held by any Credit
Party.
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“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto.
“ERISA
Event” means (a) the existence of a condition or event
with respect to an ERISA Plan that presents a risk of the
imposition of an excise tax or any other liability on a Company or
of the imposition of a Lien on the assets of a Company;
(b) the engagement by a Controlled Group member in a
non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined under
ERISA Section 406 or Code Section 4975) or a breach of a
fiduciary duty under ERISA that could result in liability to a
Company; (c) the application by a Controlled Group member for a
waiver from the minimum funding requirements of Code
Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or a Controlled Group
member is required to provide security under Code
Section 401(a)(29) or ERISA Section 307; (d) the
occurrence of a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan
as to which notice is required to be provided to the PBGC;
(e) the withdrawal by a Controlled Group member from a
Multiemployer Plan in a “complete withdrawal” or a
“partial withdrawal” (as such terms are defined in
ERISA Sections 4203 and 4205, respectively); (f) the
involvement of, or occurrence or existence of any event or
condition that makes likely the involvement of, a Multiemployer
Plan in any reorganization under ERISA Section 4241;
(g) the failure of an ERISA Plan (and any related trust) that
is intended to be qualified under Code Sections 401 and 501 to
be so qualified or the failure of any “cash or deferred
arrangement” under any such ERISA Plan to meet the
requirements of Code Section 401(k); (h) the taking by
the PBGC of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan or appoint a
trustee to administer a Pension Plan, or the taking by a Controlled
Group member of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan (other than
in the ordinary course of business in connection with an
Acquisition); (i) the failure by a Controlled Group member or
an ERISA Plan to satisfy in all material respects any requirements
of law applicable to an ERISA Plan; (j) the commencement,
existence or threatening of a claim, action or suit with respect to
an ERISA Plan, other than a routine claim for benefits; or
(k) any incurrence by or any expectation of the incurrence by
a Controlled Group member of any liability for post-retirement
benefits under any Welfare Plan, other than as required by ERISA
Section 601, et. seq. or Code
Section 4980B.
“ERISA
Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (within
the meaning of ERISA Section 3(3)) that a Controlled Group
member at any time sponsors, maintains, contributes to, has
liability with respect to or has an obligation to contribute to
such plan.
“Eurocurrency
Liabilities” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar”
means a Dollar denominated deposit in a bank or branch outside of
the United States.
“Eurodollar
Loan” means a Revolving Loan described in Section 2.2(a)
hereof, or a portion of the Term Loan described in Section 2.3
hereof, that in each case that shall be denominated in Dollars and
on which Borrowers shall pay interest at a rate based upon the
Derived Eurodollar Rate.
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“Eurodollar
Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, for any
Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the greater of
(a) the quotient obtained (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/16 th of
1%) by dividing (i) the rate of interest, determined by Agent
in accordance with its usual procedures (which determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error) as of approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period pertaining to such Eurodollar
Loan, as listed on British Bankers Association Interest Rate LIBOR
01 or 02 as provided by Reuters or Bloomberg (or, if for any reason
such rate is unavailable from Reuters or Bloomberg, from any other
similar company or service that provides rate quotations comparable
to those currently provided by Reuters or Bloomberg) as the rate in
the London interbank market for Dollar deposits in immediately
available funds with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period,
provided that, in the event that such rate quotation is not
available for any reason, then the Eurodollar Rate shall be the
average (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the per
annum rates at which deposits in immediately available funds in
Dollars for the relevant Interest Period and in the amount of the
Eurodollar Loan to be disbursed or to remain outstanding during
such Interest Period, as the case may be, are offered to Agent (or
an affiliate of Agent, in Agent’s discretion) by prime banks
in any Eurodollar market reasonably selected by Agent, determined
as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) (or as soon thereafter as
practicable), two Business Days prior to the beginning of the
relevant Interest Period pertaining to such Eurodollar Loan; by
(ii) 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage; or (b) one
hundred fifty (150.00) basis points.
“Event of
Default” means an event or condition that shall constitute an
event of default as defined in Article VIII hereof.
“Excess Cash
Flow” means, for any period, as determined on a Consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP, an amount equal to
(a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period; minus (b) the
sum for such period of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(ii) Consolidated Income Tax Expense, (iii) Consolidated
Capital Expenditures, (iv) the increase (or decrease), if any,
in Consolidated Net Working Capital, (v) scheduled or
mandatory repayments, prepayments or redemptions of the principal
of Indebtedness of Gibraltar so long as in the case of any
revolving credit facility there is a permanent reduction in the
commitment thereunder, (vi) without duplication of any amount
included under the preceding subpart (v), scheduled payments
representing the principal portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations
and Synthetic Leases, and (vii) Capital Distributions made in
cash pursuant to Section 5.15(b) hereof.
“Excess Cash
Flow Year” means that term as defined in
Section 2.11(c)(i) hereof.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Excluded
Taxes” means, in the case of Agent and each Lender, taxes
imposed on or measured by its overall net income or branch profits,
and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by
the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the
laws of which Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is
organized or in which its principal office is located, or, in the
case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is
located.
“Existing
Letter of Credit” means that term as defined in
Section 2.2(b)(vii) hereof.
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“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upward to the nearest one one-hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the
rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal
funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and
announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in
substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes
and announces the weighted average it refers to as the
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the Closing
Date.
“Financial
Officer” means any of the following officers: chief executive
officer, president, senior vice president, chief financial officer
or treasurer. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
Financial Officer in this Agreement shall refer to a Financial
Officer of Administrative Borrower.
“Fixed Asset
Advance” means an amount equal to the lesser of:
(a) the Eligible
Fixed Asset Amount; or
(b) Forty Million
Dollars ($40,000,000);
provided that
the Fixed Asset Advance shall be decreased on June 30, 2010
and on the last day of each fiscal quarter of Gibraltar thereafter
by an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Fixed Asset Advance
as determined on October 24, 2009.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as determined for the most
recently completed four fiscal quarters of Gibraltar, on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a)
(i) Consolidated EBITDA, minus (ii) Consolidated Unfunded
Capital Expenditures, minus (iii) Consolidated Income Tax Expense
paid in cash (net of tax refunds received in cash), minus (iv)
Capital Distributions; to (b) Consolidated Fixed
Charges.
“Foreign
Account Receivable” means an Account that arises out of
contracts with or orders from an Account Debtor that is not a
resident of the United States or Canada.
“Foreign
Benefit Plan” means each material plan, fund, program or
policy established under the law of a jurisdiction other than the
United States (or a state or local government thereof), whether
formal or informal, funded or unfunded, insured or uninsured,
providing employee benefits, including medical, hospital care,
dental, sickness, accident, disability, life insurance, pension,
retirement or savings benefits, under which one or more Companies
have any liability with respect to any employee or former employee,
but excluding any Foreign Pension Plan.
“Foreign
Pension Plan” means a pension plan required to be registered
under the law of a jurisdiction other than the United States (or a
state or local government thereof), that is maintained or
contributed to by one or more Companies for their employees or
former employees.
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“Foreign
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is organized under the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Fronting
Lender” means, (a) as to any Letter of Credit
transaction hereunder, Agent as issuer of the Letter of Credit, or,
in the event that Agent either shall be unable to issue or shall
agree that another Revolving Lender may issue, a Letter of Credit,
such other Revolving Lender as shall agree to issue the Letter of
Credit in its own name, but in each instance on behalf of the
Revolving Lenders hereunder, with such other Lender being an
Additional Fronting Lender, or (b) as to any Existing Letter
of Credit, including the Bond Letter of Credit, Harris N.A. (acting
as agent of BMO Capital Markets Financing, Inc. or any of its
affiliates that may become a Revolving Lender under this
Agreement).
“Fronting
Lender Fee” means the fee to be paid to the appropriate
Fronting Lender as described in the Agent Fee Letter.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
as then in effect, which shall include the official interpretations
thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, applied on a
basis consistent with the past accounting practices and procedures
of Gibraltar.
“General
Intangibles” means (a) general intangibles, as that term
is defined in the U.C.C.; and (b) choses in action, causes of
action, intellectual property, customer lists, corporate or other
business records, inventions, designs, patents, patent
applications, service marks, registrations, trade names,
trademarks, copyrights, licenses, goodwill, computer software,
rights to indemnification and tax refunds.
“Gibraltar”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Government
Account Receivable” means an Account that arises out of
contracts with or orders from the United States or any of its
departments, agencies or instrumentalities.
“Governmental
Authority” means any nation or government, any state,
province or territory or other political subdivision thereof, any
governmental agency, department, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other governmental entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any
securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization exercising
such functions.
“Guarantor”
means a Person that shall have pledged its credit or property in
any manner for the payment or other performance of the
indebtedness, contract or other obligation of another and includes
(without limitation) any guarantor (whether of payment or of
collection), surety, co-maker, endorser or Person that shall have
agreed conditionally or otherwise to make any purchase, loan or
investment in order thereby to enable another to prevent or correct
a default of any kind.
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“Guarantor
of Payment” means each of the Subsidiaries designated a
“Guarantor of Payment” on Schedule 2
hereto, each of which is executing and delivering a Guaranty of
Payment on the Closing Date, and any other Subsidiary that shall,
subsequent to the Closing Date, deliver a Guaranty of Payment, or
become a party by joinder to the Guaranty of Payment that was
executed on the Closing Date subsequent to the Closing
Date.
“Guaranty of
Payment” means the Third Amended and Restated Subsidiary
Guaranty executed and delivered on the Closing Date in connection
with this Agreement by the Guarantors of Payment (other than
Noll/Norwesco, LLC), the Noll/Norwesco Guaranty, and any other
guaranty of payment executed and delivered subsequent to the
Closing Date by a Guarantor of Payment, in each case, as the same
may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“GSNY”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Hedge
Agreement” means any Interest Rate Hedge Agreement, Currency
Hedge Agreement or Commodity Hedging Device.
“Immaterial
Deposit Account” means a Deposit Account maintained by a
Credit Party that, at all times, has a balance of less than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000); provided that the Immaterial Deposit
Accounts of all Credit Parties shall not, at any time, aggregate in
excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
“Indebtedness”
means, for any Company, without duplication, (a) all
obligations to repay borrowed money, direct or indirect, incurred,
assumed, or guaranteed, (b) all obligations in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and accrued
expenses and deferred taxes incurred and paid in the ordinary
course of business), (c) all obligations under conditional
sales or other title retention agreements, (d) all obligations
(contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit or
banker’s acceptance, (e) all net obligations under any
currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor
agreement or other interest rate management device or any Hedge
Agreement, (f) all Synthetic Leases, (g) all Capitalized
Lease Obligations, (h) all obligations of such Company with
respect to asset securitization financing programs to the extent
that there is recourse against such Company or such Company is
liable (contingent or otherwise) under any such program,
(i) all obligations to advance funds to, or to purchase
assets, property or services from, any other Person in order to
maintain the financial condition of such Person, (j) all
indebtedness of the types referred to in subparts (a) through
(i) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a
joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability
company) in which such Company is a general partner or joint
venturer, unless such indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse
to such Company, (k) any other transaction (including forward
sale or purchase agreements) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing of money entered into by such Company to finance its
operations or capital requirements, and (l) any guaranty of
any obligation described in subparts (a) through (k)
hereof.
“Insolvent
Lender” means a Lender that (a) has become or is not
Solvent or is the Subsidiary of a Person that has become or is not
Solvent; or (b) has become the subject of a
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proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or has had a
receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or
has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent
to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment, or is a Subsidiary of a Person that has become subject
of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian
appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or
indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such
proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be an
Insolvent Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition
of an equity interest in such Lender or a parent company thereof by
a governmental authority or an instrumentality thereof. Any
Insolvent Lender shall cease to be an Insolvent Lender when Agent
determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Insolvent
Lender is no longer an Insolvent Lender based upon the
characteristics set forth in this definition.
“Intellectual
Property Security Agreement” means an Intellectual Property
Security Agreement executed and delivered on or after the Closing
Date by a Borrower or Guarantor of Payment, wherein such Borrower
or Guarantor of Payment, as the case may be, has granted to Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all
intellectual property owned by such Borrower or Guarantor of
Payment, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated or
otherwise modified.
“Interest
Adjustment Date” means the last day of each Interest
Period.
“Interest
Period” means, with respect to a LIBOR Fixed Rate Loan, the
period commencing on the date such LIBOR Fixed Rate Loan is made
and ending on the last day of such period, as selected by
Administrative Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof, and,
thereafter (unless, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, such LIBOR
Fixed Rate Loan is converted to a Base Rate Loan), each subsequent
period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding
Interest Period and ending on the last day of such period, as
selected by Administrative Borrower pursuant to the provisions
hereof. The duration of each Interest Period for a LIBOR Fixed Rate
Loan shall be one month, two months, three months or six months, in
each case as Administrative Borrower may select upon notice, as set
forth in Section 2.6 hereof; provided that (a) if
Administrative Borrower shall fail to so select the duration of any
Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan at least three Business Days
prior to the Interest Adjustment Date applicable to such Eurodollar
Loan, Borrowers shall be deemed to have converted such Eurodollar
Loan to a Base Rate Loan at the end of the then current Interest
Period, and (b) each Alternate Currency Loan must be repaid on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
“Interest
Rate Hedge Agreement” means any hedge agreement, interest
rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement, or other interest rate
management device entered into by one or more Borrowers with any
Person in connection with any Indebtedness of Borrowers.
“Interim
Closing Date” means August 31, 2007.
“Inventory”
means inventory, as that term is defined in the U.C.C.
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“Investment
Property” means investment property, as that term is defined
in the U.C.C., unless the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
another jurisdiction would govern the perfection and priority of a
security interest in investment property, and, in such case,
“investment property” shall be defined in accordance
with the law of that jurisdiction as in effect from time to
time.
“KeyBank”
means KeyBank National Association, and its successors and
assigns.
“Landlord’s
Waiver” means a landlord’s waiver or mortgagee’s
waiver, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, delivered
by a Credit Party in connection with this Agreement, as such waiver
may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Lender”
means that term as defined in the first paragraph hereof and, as
the context requires, shall include the Fronting Lenders and the
Swing Line Lender.
“Lender
Credit Exposure” means, for any Lender, at any time, the
aggregate of such Lender’s respective pro rata shares of the
Revolving Credit Exposure and the Term Loan Exposure.
“Letter of
Credit” means a commercial documentary letter of credit or
standby letter of credit that shall be issued by a Fronting Lender
for the account of a Borrower or a Guarantor of Payment, including
amendments thereto, if any, and shall have an expiration date no
later than the earlier of (a) one year after its date of
issuance (provided that such Letter of Credit may provide for the
renewal thereof for additional one year periods), or (b) one
year after the last day of the Commitment Period.
“Letter of
Credit Commitment” means the commitment of Agent, as a
Fronting Lender, on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, to issue
Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount of up to Thirty
Million Dollars ($30,000,000).
“Letter of
Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of
the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all issued and
outstanding Letters of Credit, and (b) the aggregate of the
draws made on Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by
Borrowers or converted to a Revolving Loan pursuant to
Section 2.2(b)(v) hereof.
“LIBOR Fixed
Rate Loan” means a Eurodollar Loan or an Alternate Currency
Loan.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, lien
(statutory or other), charge, assignment, hypothecation,
encumbrance on, pledge or deposit of, or conditional sale, leasing
(other than Operating Leases), sale with a right of redemption or
other title retention agreement and any capitalized lease with
respect to any property (real or personal) or asset, and the filing
of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a
security interest or providing a notice filing (other than a notice
filing with respect to a bailment, a consignment or an operating
lease) of a lien or security interest under the law of any
jurisdiction.
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“Loan”
means a Revolving Loan, a Swing Loan or the Term Loan made to
Borrowers by the Lenders in accordance with Section 2.2(a),
2.2(c) or 2.3 hereof.
“Loan
Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note,
each Guaranty of Payment, all documentation relating to each Letter
of Credit, each Security Document, the Special Accounts and
Borrowing Base Certificate Letter, the Agent Fee Letter and the
Closing Fee Letter, as any of the foregoing may from time to time
be amended, restated or otherwise modified or replaced, and any
other document delivered pursuant thereto.
“Lockbox”
means the post office box rented by and in the name of one or more
Credit Parties in accordance with Section 7.1(a)
hereof.
“Mandatory
Prepayment” means that term as defined in
Section 2.11(c) hereof.
“Master
Agreement” means that Master Agreement entered into by and
among the Credit Parties and Agent in connection with the cash
management services undertaken by Agent on behalf of the
Companies.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means any or all of the following:
(a) any material adverse effect on the business, operations,
property, assets, liabilities, financial or other condition or
prospects of Borrowers, or Gibraltar and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole; (b) any material adverse effect on the ability of a
Borrower, or any other material Credit Party, to perform its
obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(c) any material adverse effect on the ability of Gibraltar
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to pay their liabilities
and obligations as they mature or become due; or (d) any
material adverse effect on the validity, effectiveness or
enforceability, as against any Credit Party, of any of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party.
“Material
Indebtedness Agreement” means any debt instrument, lease
(capital, operating or otherwise), guaranty, contract, commitment,
agreement or other arrangement evidencing or entered into in
connection with any Indebtedness of any Company or the Companies
equal to or in excess of the amount of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000).
“Maximum
Amount” means, for each Lender, the amount equal to the
aggregate of such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage
of the Maximum Revolving Amount and such Lender’s Applicable
Commitment Percentage of the principal balance of the Term Loan.
The Maximum Amount of each Lender shall be as set forth in the
Register.
“Maximum
Rate” means that term as defined in Section 2.4(e)
hereof.
“Maximum
Revolving Amount” means Two Hundred Million Dollars
($200,000,000), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.9(e) hereof.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to
such company.
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“Mortgage”
means each Open-End Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and
Security Agreement (or deed of trust or comparable document), dated
on or after the Closing Date, relating to the Real Property,
executed and delivered by a Credit Party, to further secure the
Secured Obligations, as the same may from time to time be amended,
restated or otherwise modified.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means a Pension Plan that is subject to the
requirements of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Net Cash
Proceeds” means, with respect to:
(a) any Asset
Disposition, the Cash Proceeds resulting therefrom net of
(i) reasonable and customary expenses of sale incurred in
connection with such Asset Disposition, and other reasonable and
customary fees and expenses incurred, and all state and local taxes
paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by such Person as a
consequence of such Asset Disposition and the payment of principal,
premium and interest of Indebtedness (other than the Obligations)
secured by the assets that are the subject of such Asset
Disposition and required to be, and that is, repaid under the terms
thereof as a result of such Asset Disposition, and
(ii) incremental federal, state and local income taxes paid or
payable as a result thereof; and
(b) any Recovery
Event, the Cash Proceeds resulting therefrom net of
(i) reasonable and customary expenses incurred in connection
with such Recovery Event, and local taxes paid or reasonably
estimated to be payable by such Person as a consequence of such
Recovery Event and the payment of principal, premium and interest
of Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) secured by the assets
that are the subject of such Recovery Event and required to be, and
that is, repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such
Recovery Event, and (ii) incremental federal, state and local
income taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Noll/Norwesco
Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty of Payment, dated
July 24, 2009, by Noll/Norwesco, LLC in favor of Agent, as the
same may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Non-Material
Subsidiary” means a Company that (a) is not a Credit
Party or the equity holder of a Credit Party, (b) has
aggregate assets of less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), and
has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries with aggregate assets, for
such Company and all such Subsidiaries, of more than One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000), and (c) has aggregate revenues of less
than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and has no direct or indirect
Subsidiaries with aggregate revenues, for such Company and all such
Subsidiaries, of more than One Million Dollars
($1,000,000).
“Non-U.S.
Lender” means that term as defined in Section 3.2(c)
hereof.
“Note”
means a Revolving Credit Note, the Swing Line Note or a Term Note,
or any other promissory note delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
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“Notice of
Loan” means a Notice of Loan in the form of the attached
Exhibit D .
“Obligations”
means, collectively, (a) all Indebtedness and other
obligations now owing or hereafter incurred by one or more
Borrowers to Agent, the Swing Line Lender, any Fronting Lender, or
any Lender (or any affiliate thereof) pursuant to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and includes the principal of and
interest on all Loans and all obligations pursuant to Letters of
Credit; (b) each extension, renewal, consolidation or
refinancing of any of the foregoing, in whole or in part;
(c) the facility and other fees, and any prepayment fees
payable pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(d) all fees and charges in connection with the Letters of
Credit; (e) every other liability, now or hereafter owing to
Agent or any Lender by any Company pursuant to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document; and (f) all Related
Expenses.
“Operating
Account” means a commercial Deposit Account designated
“master disbursement account” and maintained by GSNY
(for the benefit of the Credit Parties) with Agent, without
liability by Agent to pay interest thereon, from which account
Borrowers shall have the right to withdraw funds until Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, terminates such right after the occurrence
of a Default or an Event of Default.
“Operating
Leases” means all real or personal property leases under
which any Company is bound or obligated as a lessee or sublessee
and which, under GAAP, are not required to be capitalized on a
balance sheet of such Company; provided that Operating Leases shall
not include any such lease under which any Company is also bound as
the lessor or sublessor.
“Original
Closing Date” means December 8, 2005.
“Original
Credit Agreement” means that term as defined in the first
Whereas clause on the first page of this Agreement.
“Organizational
Documents” means, with respect to any Person (other than an
individual), such Person’s Articles (Certificate) of
Incorporation, operating agreement or equivalent formation
documents, and Regulations (Bylaws), or equivalent governing
documents, and any amendments to any of the foregoing.
“Other
Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise, ad valorem or property
taxes, goods and services taxes, harmonized sales taxes and other
sales taxes, use taxes, value added taxes, charges or similar taxes
or levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Overall
Commitment Percentage” means, for any Lender, the percentage
determined by dividing (a) the sum, based upon such
Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentages, of (i) the
principal outstanding under the Term Loan Commitment, (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding,
(iii) the Swing Line Exposure, and (iv) the Letter of
Credit
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Exposure; by
(b) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all
Loans outstanding, plus (B) the Letter of Credit
Exposure.
“Participant”
means that term as defined in Section 12.11 hereof.
“Patriot
Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act
of 2001, USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into
law October 26, 2001, as amended from time to time.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and its
successor.
“Pension
Plan” means an ERISA Plan that is a “pension
plan” (within the meaning of ERISA
Section 3(2)).
“Permitted
Foreign Subsidiary Loans and Investments” means:
(a) the
investments by Gibraltar or a Domestic Subsidiary in a Foreign
Subsidiary, existing as of the Closing Date and set forth on
Schedule 5.11 hereto;
(b) the loans by
Gibraltar or a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary, in such
amounts existing as of the Closing Date and set forth on
Schedule 5.11 hereto;
(c) any investment
by a Foreign Subsidiary in, or loan from a Foreign Subsidiary to,
or guaranty from a Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness of, a
Company;
(d) loans by a
Credit Party to, investments by a Credit Party in, and Letters of
Credit issued to or for the benefit of, a Foreign Subsidiary, so
long as all such loans, investments and Letters of Credit by all
Credit Parties to all Foreign Subsidiaries do not exceed the
aggregate (including any amounts set forth in
Schedule 5.11 hereto) amount of One Hundred Million
Dollars ($100,000,000) at any time outstanding; and
(e) guaranties by
a Credit Party of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary, not
otherwise permitted under this definition, so long as all such
guaranties by all Credit Parties for all Foreign Subsidiaries does
not exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) at any time
outstanding.
“Permitted
Investment” means an investment of a Company in the stock (or
other debt or equity instruments) of a Person (other than a
Company), so long as the aggregate amount of all such investments
of all Companies does not exceed, for any fiscal year of Gibraltar,
an aggregate amount of Twenty-Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000).
“Person”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, corporation, limited
liability company, unlimited liability company, institution, trust,
estate, Governmental Authority or any other entity.
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“Pledge and
Security Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated
Pledge and Security Agreement, executed and delivered by each
Credit Party in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Pledged
Entity” means the issuer of any Pledged
Securities.
“Pledged
Notes” means the promissory notes payable to a Credit Party,
as described on Schedule 7.3 hereto, and any additional
or future promissory notes that may hereafter from time to time be
payable to one or more Credit Parties.
“Pledged
Securities” means all of the Equity Interests now owned or
hereafter acquired by each Credit Party, and all of such Credit
Party’s other rights, title and interests in, or in any way
related to, each Pledged Entity to which any of such Equity
Interests relate, and all proceeds thereof; provided that Pledged
Securities shall exclude (a) shares of capital stock or other
equity interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a first-tier
Foreign Subsidiary, and (b) shares of voting capital stock or
other voting equity interests in any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary
in excess of sixty-five percent (65%) of the total outstanding
shares of voting capital stock or other voting equity interest of
such first-tier Foreign Subsidiary. ( Schedule 5 hereto
lists, as of the Closing Date, all of the Pledged
Securities.)
“Prime
Rate” means the interest rate established from time to time
by Agent as Agent’s prime rate, whether or not such rate
shall be publicly announced; the Prime Rate may not be the lowest
interest rate charged by Agent for commercial or other extensions
of credit. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective
immediately from and after such change.
“Proceeds”
means (a) proceeds, as that term is defined in the U.C.C., and
any other proceeds, and (b) whatever is received upon the
sale, exchange, collection or other disposition of Collateral or
proceeds, whether cash or non-cash. Cash proceeds include, without
limitation, moneys, checks and Deposit Accounts. Proceeds include,
without limitation, any Account arising when the right to payment
is earned under a contract right, any insurance payable by reason
of loss or damage to the Collateral, and any return or unearned
premium upon any cancellation of insurance. Except as expressly
authorized in this Agreement, the right of Agent and the Lenders to
Proceeds specifically set forth herein or indicated in any
financing statement shall never constitute an express or implied
authorization on the part of Agent or any Lender to a
Company’s sale, exchange, collection or other disposition of
any or all of the Collateral.
“Processor’s
Waiver” means a processor’s waiver (or similar
agreement), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
delivered by a Credit Party in connection with this Agreement, as
such waiver may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Protective
Expense” means a protective expense incurred by Agent in
accordance with Section 2.17 hereof for the following:
(a) to pay and
discharge past due taxes, assessments and governmental charges, at
any time levied on or with respect to any of the Collateral to the
extent that
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the applicable
Company has failed to pay and discharge the same in accordance with
the requirements of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents;
(b) to pay and
discharge any claims of other creditors that are secured by any
Lien on any Collateral, other than a Lien permitted by
Section 5.9 hereof;
(c) to pay for the
maintenance, repair, restoration and preservation of any Collateral
to the extent the Company that owns such Collateral fails to comply
with its obligations in regard thereto under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, or Agent reasonably believes payment of the
same is necessary or appropriate to avoid a material loss or
material diminution in value of such Collateral;
(d) to obtain and
pay the premiums on insurance for any Collateral to the extent the
Companies fail to maintain such insurance in accordance with the
requirements of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
or
(e) to otherwise
maintain, protect or preserve the Collateral or the rights of the
Lenders under the Loan Documents and is made to enhance the
likelihood of, or to maximize the amount of, repayment of the
Secured Obligations.
“Real
Property” means each parcel of real estate owned by a Credit
Party, as set forth on Schedule 4 hereto, together with
all improvements and buildings thereon and all appurtenances,
easements or other rights thereto belonging, and subject to a
Mortgage, and any other parcel of real estate owned by a Credit
Party and, after the Closing Date, subject to a
Mortgage.
“Recovery
Event” means, with respect to any property, (a) the
actual or constructive total loss of such property or the use
thereof, resulting from destruction, damage beyond repair, or the
rendition of such property permanently unfit for normal use from
any casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever, (b) the
destruction or damage of a portion of such property from any
casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever under circumstances in
which such damage cannot reasonably be expected to be repaired, or
such property cannot reasonably be expected to be restored to its
condition immediately prior to such destruction or damage, within
ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such destruction or
damage, (c) the condemnation, confiscation or seizure of, or
requisition of title to or use of, any property, or (d) in the
case of any property located upon a leasehold, the termination or
expiration of such leasehold.
“Register”
means that term as described in Section 12.10(i)
hereof.
“Regularly
Scheduled Payment Date” means the last day of each March,
June, September and December of each year.
“Related
Expenses” means (a) any and all costs, liabilities and
expenses (including, without limitation, losses, damages,
penalties, claims, actions, reasonable attorneys’ fees, legal
expenses, judgments, suits and disbursements) (i) incurred by
Agent, or imposed upon or asserted against Agent or any Lender, in
any attempt by Agent and the Lenders to (A) obtain, preserve,
perfect or enforce any Loan Document or any security interest
evidenced by any Loan
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Document;
(B) obtain payment, performance or observance of any and all
of the Obligations; or (C) maintain, insure, audit, collect,
preserve, repossess or dispose of any of the collateral securing
the Obligations or any part thereof, including, without limitation,
costs and expenses for appraisals, assessments and audits of any
Company or any such collateral; or (ii) incidental or related
to subpart (i) above, including, without limitation, interest
thereupon from the date incurred, imposed or asserted until paid at
the Default Rate; and (b) all Protective Expenses.
“Related
Writing” means each Loan Document, each Borrowing Base
Certificate and any other assignment, mortgage, security agreement,
guaranty agreement, subordination agreement, financial statement,
audit report or other writing furnished by any Credit Party, or any
of its officers, to Agent or the Lenders pursuant to or otherwise
in connection with this Agreement.
“Reportable
Event” means a reportable event as that term is defined in
Title IV of ERISA, except actions of general applicability by the
Secretary of Labor under Section 110 of such Act.
“Required
Lenders” means the holders of at least fifty-one percent
(51%) of the sum of (a) the principal outstanding under the
Term Loan Commitment, and (b) (i) during the Commitment
Period, the Maximum Revolving Amount, or (ii) after the
Commitment Period, the sum of (A) aggregate amount outstanding
on the Revolving Loans, (B) the Letter of Credit Exposure, and
(C) the Swing Line Exposure.
“Required
Revolving Lenders” means the holders of at least fifty-one
percent (51%) of (a) during the Commitment Period, the Maximum
Revolving Amount, or (b) after the Commitment Period, the sum
of (i) the aggregate amount outstanding on the Revolving
Loans, (ii) the Letter of Credit Exposure, and (iii) the
Swing Line Exposure.
“Required
Term Lenders” means the holders of at least fifty-one percent
(51%) of the principal outstanding under the Term Loan
Commitment.
“Requirement
of Law” means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination or policy statement or interpretation
of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in
each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its
property.
“Reserve”
or “Reserves” means any amount that Agent reserves,
without duplication, pursuant to Section 2.13 hereof, against
the Borrowing Base.
“Reserve
Percentage” means, for any day, that percentage (expressed as
a decimal) that is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor)
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without
limitation, all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves
and taking into account any transitional adjustments or other
scheduled changes in reserve requirements) for a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System in Cleveland, Ohio, in respect of
Eurocurrency Liabilities. The Eurodollar Rate and the Alternate
Currency Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in the Reserve Percentage.
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“Restricted
Payment” means, with respect to any Company, (a) any
Capital Distribution, (b) any amount paid by such Company in
repayment, redemption, retirement or repurchase, directly or
indirectly, of any Subordinated Indebtedness, including, but not
limited to, the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the notes issued
in connection with the Subordinated Indenture, or (c) the
exercise by any Company of any right of defeasance or covenant
defeasance or similar right with respect to any Subordinated
Indebtedness, including but not limited to the Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to the notes issued in connection with the
Subordinated Indenture.
“Revolving
Credit Availability” means, at any time, the amount equal to
the Revolving Credit Commitment minus the Revolving Credit
Exposure.
“Revolving
Credit Commitment” means the obligation hereunder, during the
Commitment Period, of the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving
Loans, the Fronting Lenders to issue Letters of Credit and each
Revolving Lender to participate in Letters of Credit pursuant to
the Letter of Credit Commitment, and the Swing Line Lender to make
and each Revolving Lender to participate in Swing Loans pursuant to
the Swing Line Commitment; up to an aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any time equal to the lesser of (a) the
Borrowing Base, or (b) the Maximum Revolving
Amount.
“Revolving
Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of
the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving
Loans outstanding, (b) the Swing Line Exposure, and (c) the
Letter of Credit Exposure.
“Revolving
Credit Note” means a Revolving Credit Note, in the form of
the attached Exhibit A , executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.5(a) hereof.
“Revolving
Lender” means a Lender with a percentage of the Revolving
Credit Commitment as set forth on Schedule 1
hereto.
“Revolving
Loan” means a Loan made to Borrowers by the Revolving Lenders
in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of
McGraw-Hill, Inc., and any successor to such company.
“SEC”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
governmental body or agency succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
“Secured
Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations,
(b) the Designated Hedge Obligations, and (c) the Bank
Product Obligations.
“Securities
Account” means a securities account, as that term is defined
in the U.C.C.
“Securities
Account Control Agreement” means each Securities Account
Control Agreement among a Credit Party and a Securities
Intermediary, dated on or after the Closing
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Date, to be in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as the same may from time
to time be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Securities
Intermediary” means a clearing corporation or a Person,
including, without limitation, a bank or broker, that in the
ordinary course of its business maintains Securities Accounts for
others and is acting in that capacity.
“Security
Account” means a commercial Deposit Account maintained with
Agent, without liability by Agent to pay interest thereon, as
described in Section 7.1(f) hereof.
“Security
Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, each
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each Processor’s
Waiver, each Consignee’s Waiver, each Mortgage, each
Landlord’s Waiver, each Bailee’s Waiver, each Control
Agreement, each U.C.C. Financing Statement or similar filing as to
a jurisdiction located outside of the United States of America
filed in connection herewith or perfecting any interest created in
any of the foregoing documents, and any other document pursuant to
which any Lien is granted by a Company or any other Person to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as security for the Secured
Obligations, or any part thereof, and each other agreement executed
or provided to Agent in connection with any of the foregoing, as
any of the foregoing may from time to time be amended, restated or
otherwise modified or replaced.
“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value of
such Person’s assets is in excess of the total amount of such
Person’s debts, as determined in accordance with the
Bankruptcy Code, (b) the present fair saleable value of such
Person’s assets is in excess of the amount that will be
required to pay such Person’s debts as such debts become
absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon
its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such
liabilities mature in the normal course of business, (d) such
Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur
debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in business
or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a
transaction, for which its property would constitute an
unreasonably small amount of capital. As used in this definition,
the term “debts” includes any legal liability, whether
matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed
or contingent, as determined in accordance with the Bankruptcy
Code.
“Special
Accounts and Borrowing Base Certificate Letter” means that
certain Special Accounts and Borrowing Base Certificate Letter,
dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Administrative
Borrower and Agent, that sets forth certain special eligibility
requirements with respect to agreed upon specified Account Debtors,
as the same may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Specific
Commitment” means the Revolving Credit Commitment or the Term
Loan Commitment.
“Subordinated”
means, as applied to Indebtedness, Indebtedness that shall have
been subordinated (by written terms or written agreement being, in
either case, in form and substance
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satisfactory to
Agent and the Required Lenders) in favor of the prior payment in
full of the Obligations.
“Subordinated
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that shall have been
subordinated (by written terms or written agreement being, in
either case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the
Required Lenders) in favor of the prior payment in full of the
Obligations.
“Subordinated
Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the
December 8, 2005, among Gibraltar, the subsidiary guarantors
party thereto and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee, as the same may, from time to time be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified or replaced, pursuant
to which Gibraltar has issued 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due
2015.
“Subsidiary”
means (a) a corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Voting Power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a
Borrower or by one or more other subsidiaries of such Borrower or
by such Borrower and one or more subsidiaries of such Borrower,
(b) a partnership, limited liability company or unlimited
liability company of which a Borrower, one or more other
subsidiaries of such Borrower or such Borrower and one or more
subsidiaries of such Borrower, directly or indirectly, is a general
partner or managing member, as the case may be, or otherwise has an
ownership interest greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the
ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company
or unlimited liability company, or (c) any other Person (other
than a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
unlimited liability company) in which a Borrower, one or more other
subsidiaries of such Borrower or such Borrower and one or more
subsidiaries of such Borrower, directly or indirectly, has at least
a majority interest in the Voting Power or the power to elect or
direct the election of a majority of directors or other governing
body of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, references to
Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of Gibraltar.
“Supporting
Letter of Credit” shall mean a standby letter of credit, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the appropriate
Fronting Lender, issued by an issuer satisfactory to Agent and such
Fronting Lender.
“Swing Line
Commitment” means the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to
make Swing Loans to Borrowers up to the aggregate amount at any
time outstanding of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000).
“Swing Line
Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount
of all Swing Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line
Lender” means KeyBank, as holder of the Swing Line
Commitment.
“Swing Line
Note” means the Swing Line Note, in the form of the attached
Exhibit B , executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.5(b) hereof.
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“Swing
Loan” means a loan that shall be denominated in Dollars made
to Borrowers by the Swing Line Lender under the Swing Line
Commitment, in accordance with Section 2.2(c)
hereof.
“Swing Loan
Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Swing Loan, the
earlier of (a) fifteen (15) days after the date such
Swing Loan is made, or (b) the last day of the Commitment
Period.
“Synthetic
Lease” means any lease (a) that is accounted for by the
lessee as an Operating Lease, and (b) under which the lessee
is intended to be the “owner” of the leased property
for federal income tax purposes.
“Target
EBITDA” means, for any period, in accordance with GAAP, net
earnings for such period, plus the aggregate amounts deducted in
determining such net earnings in respect of (a) income taxes,
(b) interest expense, and (c) depreciation and
amortization charges.
“Taxes”
means any and all present or future taxes of any kind, including
but not limited to, levies, imposts, duties, surtaxes, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings now or hereafter imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority
(together with any interest, penalties, fines, additions to taxes
or similar liabilities with respect thereto) other than Excluded
Taxes.
“Term
Lender” means a Lender with a percentage of the Term Loan
Commitment as set forth on the Register.
“Term
Loan” means the Loan made to Borrowers by the Term Lenders in
the original principal amount of Fifty-Eight Million Seven Hundred
Thirty Thousand Dollars ($58,730,000), in accordance with
Section 2.3 hereof.
“Term Loan
Commitment” means the obligation hereunder of the Term
Lenders (or assignors of the Term Loan made under the Original
Credit Agreement to the Term Lenders) to have made the Term Loan on
the Original Closing Date, with each Term Lender’s obligation
to participate therein being in the amount set forth opposite such
Term Lender’s name under the column headed “Term Loan
Commitment Amount” as set forth in the Register, subject to
assignments of interests pursuant to Section 12.10
hereof.
“Term Loan
Exposure” means, at any time, the outstanding principal
amount of the Term Loan.
“Term
Note” means a Term Note, in the form of the attached
Exhibit C executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.5(c) hereof.
“Total
Commitment Amount” means the principal amount of Two Hundred
Fifty-Eight Million Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars
($258,730,000), or such lesser amount as shall be determined
pursuant to Section 2.9(e) hereof; provided that, for the
purposes of determining
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the Total
Commitment Amount, Agent may, in its discretion, calculate the
Dollar Equivalent of any Alternate Currency Loan on any Business
Day selected by Agent.
“Total
Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness (for the most recently completed fiscal quarter
of Gibraltar), to (b) Consolidated EBITDA (for the most
recently completed four fiscal quarters of Gibraltar).
“U.C.C.”
means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time
in the State of New York.
“U.C.C.
Financing Statement” means a financing statement filed or to
be filed in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code, as in
effect from time to time, in the relevant state or
states.
“Voting
Power” means, with respect to any Person, the exclusive
ability to control, through the ownership of shares of capital
stock, partnership interests, membership interests or otherwise,
the election of members of the board of directors or other similar
governing body of such Person. The holding of a designated
percentage of Voting Power of a Person means the ownership of
shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests or other interests of such Person sufficient to control
exclusively the election of that percentage of the members of the
board of directors or similar governing body of such
Person.
“Welfare
Plan” means an ERISA Plan that is a “welfare
plan” within the meaning of ERISA
Section 3(l).
Section 1.2.
Accounting Terms . Any accounting term not specifically
defined in this Article I shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto by GAAP.
Section 1.3.
Terms Generally . The foregoing definitions shall be
applicable to the singular and plural forms of the foregoing
defined terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Article I, terms
that are defined in the U.C.C. are used herein as so
defined.
Section 1.4.
Confirmation of Recitals . Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders
hereby confirm the statements set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
CREDIT
Section 2.1.
Amount and Nature of Credit .
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders, during
the Commitment Period and to the extent hereinafter provided, shall
make Loans to Borrowers, participate in Swing Loans made by the
Swing Line Lender to Borrowers, and issue or participate in Letters
of Credit at the request of Borrowers, in such aggregate amount as
Borrowers shall request pursuant to the Commitment; provided that
in no event shall the
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aggregate
principal amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding
under this Agreement be in excess of the Total Commitment
Amount.
(b) Each
Lender, for itself and not one for any other, agrees to make Loans,
participate in Swing Loans, and issue or participate in Letters of
Credit, during the Commitment Period, on such basis that,
immediately after the completion of any borrowing by Borrowers or
the issuance of a Letter of Credit:
(i) the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans
made by such Lender (other than Swing Loans made by the Swing Line
Lender), when combined with such Lender’s pro rata share, if
any, of the Letter of Credit Exposure and the Swing Line Exposure,
shall not be in excess of the Maximum Amount for such Lender,
provided that the Maximum Amount for the Swing Line Lender shall
exclude the Swing Line Commitment (other than its pro rata share),
and the Maximum Amount of a Fronting Lender shall exclude the
Letter of Credit Commitment (other than its pro rata share);
and
(ii) with respect
to each Specific Commitment, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Loans (other than Swing Loans) made by such Lender with
respect to such Specific Commitment shall represent that percentage
of the aggregate principal amount then outstanding on all Loans
(other than Swing Loans) within such Specific Commitment that shall
be such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage.
Within each
Specific Commitment, each borrowing (other than Swing Loans which
shall be risk participated on a pro rata basis) from the Lenders
shall be made pro rata according to the respective Applicable
Commitment Percentages of the Lenders.
(c) The Loans
may be made as Revolving Loans as described in Section 2.2(a)
hereof, and as the Term Loan as described in Section 2.3
hereof, as Swing Loans as described in Section 2.2(c) hereof,
and Letters of Credit may be issued in accordance with
Section 2.2(b) hereof.
Section 2.2.
Revolving Credit Commitment .
(a)
Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, during the Commitment Period, the Revolving Lenders
shall make a Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans to Borrowers in such
amount or amounts as Administrative Borrower, through an Authorized
Officer, may from time to time request, but not exceeding in
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding hereunder the
Revolving Credit Commitment, when such Revolving Loans are combined
with the Letter of Credit Exposure and the Swing Line Exposure;
provided that Borrowers shall not request any Alternate Currency
Loan (and the Lenders shall not be obligated to make an Alternate
Currency Loan) if, after giving effect thereto, the Alternate
Currency Exposure would exceed the Alternate Currency Maximum
Amount. Borrowers shall have the option, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, to borrow Revolving Loans, maturing on
the last day of the Commitment Period, by means of any combination
of Base Rate Loans, Eurodollar Loans or Alternate Currency Loans.
With respect to each Alternate Currency
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Loan, subject
to the other provisions of this Agreement, Borrowers shall receive
all of the proceeds of such Alternate Currency Loan in one
Alternate Currency and repay such Alternate Currency Loan in the
same Alternate Currency. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, Borrowers shall be entitled under this
Section 2.2(a) to borrow Revolving Loans, repay the same in
whole or in part and re-borrow Revolving Loans hereunder at any
time and from time to time during the Commitment Period.
(i)
Generally . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, during the Commitment Period, Agent (or another Fronting
Lender if agreed to by Agent) shall, in its own name, on behalf of
the Revolving Lenders, issue such Letters of Credit for the account
of a Credit Party, as Administrative Borrower may from time to time
request. Administrative Borrower shall not request any Letter of
Credit (and the Fronting Lenders shall not be obligated to issue
any Letter of Credit) if, after giving effect thereto, (A) the
Letter of Credit Exposure would exceed the Letter of Credit
Commitment, (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the
Revolving Credit Commitment, or (C) with respect to a request
for a Letter of Credit to be issued in an Alternate Currency, the
Alternate Currency Exposure would exceed the Alternate Currency
Maximum Amount. The issuance of each Letter of Credit shall confer
upon each Revolving Lender the benefits and liabilities of a
participation consisting of an undivided pro rata interest in the
Letter of Credit to the extent of such Revolving Lender’s
Applicable Commitment Percentage.
(ii) Request
for Letter of Credit . Each request for a Letter of Credit
shall be delivered to Agent (and to the applicable Fronting Lender,
if such Fronting Lender is a Lender other than Agent) by an
Authorized Officer not later than 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time)
three Business Days prior to the date of the proposed issuance of
the Letter of Credit. Each such request shall be in a form
acceptable to Agent (and the applicable Fronting Lender, if such
Fronting Lender is a Lender other than Agent) and shall specify the
face amount thereof, whether such Letter of Credit is a commercial
documentary or a standby Letter of Credit, the account party, the
beneficiary, the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension, the expiry date thereof, the Alternate Currency if a
Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate Currency is requested,
and the nature of the transaction or obligation to be supported
thereby. Concurrently with each such request, Administrative
Borrower, and any Credit Party for whose account the Letter of
Credit is to be issued, shall execute and deliver to the Fronting
Lender issuing such Letter of Credit an appropriate application and
agreement, being in the standard form of such Fronting Lender for
such letters of credit, as amended to conform to the provisions of
this Agreement if required by Agent. Agent shall give the Fronting
Lender and each Revolving Lender notice of each such request for a
Letter of Credit.
(iii)
Commercial Documentary Letters of Credit . With respect to
each Letter of Credit that shall be a commercial documentary letter
of credit and the drafts thereunder, whether issued for the account
of a Borrower or any other Credit Party, Borrowers agree to
(A) pay to Agent, for the pro rata benefit of the Revolving
Lenders, a
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non-refundable
commission based upon the face amount of such Letter of Credit,
which shall be paid quarterly in arrears, on each Regularly
Scheduled Payment Date, at a rate per annum equal to three hundred
twenty-five (325.00) basis points multiplied by the face amount of
such Letter of Credit; (B) pay to Agent, for the sole benefit
of the Fronting Lender issuing such Letter of Credit, the Fronting
Lender Fee; and (C) pay to Agent, for the sole benefit of the
Fronting Lender issuing such Letter of Credit, such other issuance,
amendment, renewal, negotiation, draw, acceptance, telex, courier,
postage and similar transactional fees as are customarily charged
by such Fronting Lender in respect of the issuance and
administration of similar letters of credit under its fee schedule
as in effect from time to time.
(iv) Standby
Letters of Credit . With respect to each Letter of Credit that
shall be a standby letter of credit and the drafts thereunder, if
any, whether issued for the account of a Borrower or any other
Credit Party, Borrowers agree to (A) pay to Agent, for the pro
rata benefit of the Revolving Lenders, a non-refundable commission
based upon the face amount of such Letter of Credit, which shall be
paid quarterly in arrears, on each Regularly Scheduled Payment
Date, at a rate per annum equal to three hundred twenty-five
(325.00) basis points multiplied by the face amount of such Letter
of Credit; (B) pay to Agent, for the sole benefit of the
Fronting Lender issuing such Letter of Credit, the Fronting Lender
Fee; and (C) pay to Agent, for the sole benefit of the
Fronting Lender issuing such Letter of Credit, such other issuance,
amendment, renewal, negotiation, draw, acceptance, telex, courier,
postage and similar transactional fees as are customarily charged
by such Fronting Lender in respect of the issuance and
administration of similar letters of credit under its fee schedule
as in effect from time to time.
(v) Refunding
of Letters of Credit with Revolving Loans . Whenever a Letter
of Credit shall be drawn, Borrowers shall reimburse the Fronting
Lender for the amount drawn. In the event that the amount drawn
shall not have been reimbursed by Borrowers within one Business Day
of the date of the drawing of such Letter of Credit, at the sole
option of Agent (and the Fronting Lender, if the Fronting Lender is
a Lender other than Agent), Borrowers shall be deemed to have
requested a Revolving Loan, subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.2(a) and 2.6 hereof (other than the requirement set
forth in Section 2.6(d) hereof), in the amount drawn. Such
Revolving Loan shall be evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes
(or, if a Lender has not requested a Revolving Credit Note, by the
records of Agent and such Lender). Each Revolving Lender agrees to
make a Revolving Loan on the date of such notice, subject to no
conditions precedent whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges
and agrees that its obligation to make a Revolving Loan pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) hereof when required by this Section 2.2(b)(v)
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default, and
that its payment to Agent, for the account of the Fronting Lender
that issued such Letter of Credit, of the proceeds of such
Revolving Loan shall be made without any offset, abatement,
recoupment, counterclaim, withholding or reduction whatsoever and
whether or not the Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been
reduced or terminated. Borrowers irrevocably authorize
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and instruct
Agent to apply the proceeds of any borrowing pursuant to this
Section 2.2(b)(v) to reimburse, in full (other than such
Fronting Lender’s pro rata share of such borrowing), such
Fronting Lender for the amount drawn on such Letter of Credit. Each
such Revolving Loan shall be deemed to be a Base Rate Loan unless
otherwise requested by and available to Borrowers hereunder. Each
Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to record on its records
relating to its Revolving Credit Note (or, if such Lender has not
requested a Revolving Credit Note, its records relating to
Revolving Loans) such Revolving Lender’s pro rata share of
the amounts paid and not reimbursed on the Letters of
Credit.
(vi)
Participation in Letters of Credit . If, for any reason,
Agent (and the applicable Fronting Lender if such Fronting Lender
is a Lender other than Agent) shall be unable to or, in the opinion
of Agent, it shall be impracticable to, convert any Letter of
Credit to a Revolving Loan pursuant to the preceding subsection, or
if the amount not reimbursed is a Letter of Credit drawn in an
Alternate Currency, Agent (and such Fronting Lender if the Fronting
Lender is a Lender other than Agent) shall have the right to
request that each Revolving Lender fund a participation in the
amount due with respect to such Letter of Credit, and Agent shall
promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof (by facsimile or
email (confirmed by telephone) or telephone (confirmed in
writing)). Upon such notice, but without further action, such
Fronting Lender hereby agrees to grant to each Revolving Lender,
and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees to acquire from such
Fronting Lender, an undivided participation interest in the amount
due with respect to such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to
such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of
the principal amount due with respect to such Letter of Credit. In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving
Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt
of notice as provided above, to pay to Agent, for the account of
such Fronting Lender, such Revolving Lender’s ratable share
of the amount due with respect to such Letter of Credit (determined
in accordance with such Revolving Lender’s Applicable
Commitment Percentage). Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and
agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in the amount
due under any Letter of Credit that is drawn but not reimbursed by
Borrowers pursuant to this subsection (vi) shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including, without limitation, the occurrence and
continuance of a Default or Event of Default, and that each such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, recoupment,
counterclaim, withholding or reduction whatsoever and whether or
not the Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been reduced or
terminated. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation
under this subsection (vi) by wire transfer of immediately
available funds (in Dollars, except in the case of a Letter of
Credit issued and drawn in an Alternate Currency, and, in such
case, in such Alternate Currency), in the same manner as provided
in Section 2.6 hereof with respect to Revolving Loans. Each
Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to record on its records such
Revolving Lender’s pro rata share of the amounts paid and not
reimbursed on the Letters of Credit. In addition, each Lender
agrees to risk participate in the Existing Letters of Credit as
provided in subsection (vii) below.
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(vii) Existing
Letters of Credit . Schedule 2.2 hereto contains a
description of all letters of credit (including the Bond Letter of
Credit) outstanding on, and to continue in effect after, the
Closing Date. Each such letter of credit issued by a bank that is
or becomes a Revolving Lender (provided that, for purposes of this
Agreement, the Bond Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have been
issued by BMO Capital Markets Financing, Inc. (or any of its
affiliates that may become a Revolving Lender under this Agreement)
through its affiliate, Harris N.A.) under this Agreement on the
Closing Date (each, an “Existing Letter of Credit”)
shall constitute a “Letter of Credit” for all purposes
of this Agreement, issued, for purposes of Section 2.2(b)(vi)
hereof, on the Closing Date. Borrowers, Agent and the Revolving
Lenders hereby agree that, from and after such date, the terms of
this Agreement shall apply to the Existing Letters of Credit,
superseding any other agreement theretofore applicable to them to
the extent inconsistent with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any reimbursement agreement applicable
to the Existing Letters of Credit, the fees payable in connection
with each Existing Letter of Credit to be shared with the Revolving
Lenders shall accrue from the Closing Date at the rates provided in
Section 2.2(b)(iii) and (iv) hereof.
(viii)
Auto-Renewal Letters of Credit . If Administrative Borrower
so requests, a Letter of Credit shall have an automatic renewal
provision; provided that any Letter of Credit that has an automatic
renewal provision must permit Agent (or the applicable Fronting
Lender if such Fronting Lender is a Lender other than Agent) to
prevent any such renewal by giving prior notice to the beneficiary
thereof not later than thirty (30) days prior to the renewal
date of such Letter of Credit. Once any such Letter of Credit that
has automatic renewal provisions has been issued, the Revolving
Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require)
Agent (and such Fronting Lender) to permit at any time the renewal
of such Letter of Credit to an expiry date not later than one year
after the last day of the Commitment Period.
(ix) Letters of
Credit Outstanding Beyond the Commitment Period . If any Letter
of Credit is outstanding upon the termination of the Commitment,
then, upon such termination, Borrowers shall deposit with Agent,
for the benefit of the Fronting Lender, with respect to all
outstanding Letters of Credit, either cash or a Supporting Letter
of Credit, which, in each case, is (A) in an amount equal to
one hundred five percent (105%) of the undrawn amount of the
outstanding Letters of Credit, and (B) free and clear of all
rights and claims of third parties. The cash shall be deposited in
an escrow account at a financial institution designated by the
applicable Fronting Lender. Such Fronting Lender shall be entitled
to withdraw (with respect to the cash) or draw (with respect to the
Supporting Letter of Credit) amounts necessary to reimburse such
Fronting Lender for payments to be made under the Letters of Credit
and any fees and expenses associated with such Letters of Credit,
or incurred pursuant to the reimbursement agreements with respect
to such Letters of Credit. Borrowers shall also execute such
documentation as Agent or the applicable Fronting Lender may
reasonably require in connection with the survival of the Letters
of Credit beyond the Commitment or this Agreement. After expiration
of all undrawn Letters of Credit, the Supporting Letter of Credit
or the remainder of the cash, as the case may be, shall promptly be
returned to Administrative Borrower.
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(x) Requests
for Letters of Credit where One or More Revolving Lenders are
Affected Lenders . No Letter of Credit shall be requested or
issued hereunder if any Revolving Lender is at such time an
Affected Lender hereunder, unless Agent (and the applicable
Fronting Lender) has entered into satisfactory (to Agent)
arrangements, including, without limitation, the posting of cash
collateral, with Borrowers or such Revolving Lender to eliminate
the reimbursement risk with respect to such Affected
Lender.
(i)
Generally . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, during the Commitment Period, the Swing Line Lender
shall make a Swing Loan or Swing Loans to Borrowers in such amount
or amounts as Administrative Borrower, through an Authorized
Officer, may from time to time request; provided that
Administrative Borrower shall not request any Swing Loan if, after
giving effect thereto, (A) the Revolving Credit Exposure would
exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, or (B) the Swing Line
Exposure would exceed the Swing Line Commitment. Each Swing Loan
shall be due and payable on the Swing Loan Maturity Date applicable
thereto. Each Swing Loan shall be made in Dollars.
(ii) Refunding
of Swing Loans . If the Swing Line Lender so elects, by giving
notice to Administrative Borrower and the Revolving Lenders,
Borrowers agree that the Swing Line Lender shall have the right, in
its sole discretion, to require that any Swing Loan be refinanced
as a Revolving Loan. Such Revolving Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan
unless otherwise requested by and available to Borrowers hereunder.
Upon receipt of such notice by Administrative Borrower and the
Revolving Lenders, Borrowers shall be deemed, on such day, to have
requested a Revolving Loan in the principal amount of the Swing
Loan in accordance with Sections 2.2(a) and 2.6 hereof (other
than the requirement set forth in Section 2.6(d) hereof). Such
Revolving Loan shall be evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes
(or, if a Revolving Lender has not requested a Revolving Credit
Note, by the records of Agent and such Revolving Lender). Each
Revolving Lender agrees to make a Revolving Loan on the date of
such notice, subject to no conditions precedent whatsoever. Each
Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that such Revolving
Lender’s obligation to make a Revolving Loan pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) hereof when required by this
Section 2.2(c)(ii) is absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without
limitation, the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of
Default, and that its payment to Agent, for the account of the
Swing Line Lender, of the proceeds of such Revolving Loan shall be
made without any offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim,
withholding or reduction whatsoever and whether or not the
Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated.
Borrowers irrevocably authorize and instruct Agent to apply the
proceeds of any borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.2(c)(ii)
to repay in full such Swing Loan. Each Revolving Lender is hereby
authorized to record on its records relating to its Revolving
Credit Note (or, if such Revolving Lender has not requested
a
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Revolving
Credit Note, its records relating to Revolving Loans) such
Revolving Lender’s pro rata share of the amounts paid to
refund such Swing Loan.
(iii)
Participation in Swing Loans . If, for any reason, Agent is
unable to or, in the opinion of Agent, it is impracticable to,
convert any Swing Loan to a Revolving Loan pursuant to the
preceding Section 2.2(c)(ii), then on any day that a Swing
Loan is outstanding (whether before or after the maturity thereof),
Agent shall have the right to request that each Revolving Lender
fund a participation in such Swing Loan, and Agent shall promptly
notify each Revolving Lender thereof (by facsimile or email
(confirmed by telephone) or telephone (confirmed in writing)). Upon
such notice, but without further action, the Swing Line Lender
hereby agrees to grant to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving
Lender hereby agrees to acquire from the Swing Line Lender, an
undivided participation interest in the right to share in the
payment of such Swing Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of the principal
amount of such Swing Loan. In consideration and in furtherance of
the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to Agent, for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender, such
Revolving Lender’s ratable share of such Swing Loan
(determined in accordance with such Revolving Lender’s
Applicable Commitment Percentage). Each Revolving Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations in Swing Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.2(c)(iii) is absolute and unconditional and shall
not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without
limitation, the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event
of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any
offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim, withholding or
reduction whatsoever and whether or not the Revolving Credit
Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated. Each Revolving
Lender shall comply with its obligation under this
Section 2.2(c)(iii) by wire transfer of immediately available
funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.6 hereof
with respect to Revolving Loans to be made by such Revolving
Lender.
(iv) Requests
for Swing Loan where One or More Revolving Lenders are Affected
Lenders . No Swing Loan shall be requested or issued hereunder
if any Revolving Lender is at such time an Affected Lender
hereunder, unless Agent has entered into satisfactory (to Agent)
arrangements, including, without limitation, the posting of cash
collateral, with Borrowers or such Revolving Lender to eliminate
the reimbursement risk with respect to such Affected
Lender.
Section 2.3.
Term Loan Commitment . The Term Loan was made to Borrowers
on the Original Closing Date. As of the Closing
Date, the Term Lenders hold the Term Loan in the
amount of the Term Loan Commitment, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. The Term Loan is hereafter payable in
thirteen (13) consecutive quarterly installments of Five
Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($575,000), commencing
September 30, 2009, and continuing on each Regularly Scheduled
Payment Date thereafter, with the balance thereof payable in full
on December 8, 2012. Administrative Borrower shall notify Agent, in
accordance with the notice provisions of Section 2.6 hereof,
whether the Term Loan will be a Base Rate
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Loan or one or
more Eurodollar Loans. The Term Loan may be a mixture of a Base
Rate Loan and Eurodollar Loans.
(i) Base Rate
Loans . Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan outstanding
from time to time from the date thereof until paid at the Derived
Base Rate for Revolving Loans from time to time in effect. Interest
on such Base Rate Loan shall be payable, commencing
September 30, 2009, and continuing on each Regularly Scheduled
Payment Date thereafter and at the maturity thereof.
(ii) Eurodollar
Loans . Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan outstanding
from time to time, fixed in advance on the first day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto through the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, at the Derived Eurodollar Rate
for Revolving Loans. Interest on such Eurodollar Loan shall be
payable on each Interest Adjustment Date with respect to an
Interest Period (provided that if an Interest Period shall exceed
three months, the interest must be paid every three months,
commencing three months from the beginning of such Interest
Period).
(iii) Alternate
Currency Loans . Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Revolving Loan that is an Alternate
Currency Loan outstanding from time to time, fixed in advance on
the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto through the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, at the Derived
Alternate Currency Rate. Interest on such Alternate Currency Loan
shall be payable on each Interest Adjustment Date with respect to
an Interest Period (provided that if an Interest Period shall
exceed three months, the interest must be paid every three months,
commencing three months from the beginning of such Interest
Period).
(b) Swing
Loans . Borrowers shall pay interest to Agent, for the sole
benefit of the Swing Line Lender (and any Revolving Lender that
shall have purchased a participation in such Swing Loan), on the
unpaid principal amount of each Swing Loan outstanding from time to
time from the date thereof until paid at the Derived Base Rate for
Revolving Loans from time to time in effect. Interest on Swing
Loans shall be payable on each Regularly Scheduled Payment Date.
Each Swing Loan shall bear interest for a minimum of one
day.
(i) Base Rate
Loan . With respect to any portion of the Term Loan that is a
Base Rate Loan, Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount thereof outstanding from time to time from the
date thereof until paid, commencing September 30, 2009, and
continuing on each Regularly Scheduled Payment Date thereafter and
at
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the maturity
thereof, at the Derived Base Rate for the Term Loan from time to
time in effect.
(ii) Eurodollar
Loans . With respect to any portion of the Term Loan that is a
Eurodollar Loan, Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan outstanding from time to
time, fixed in advance on the first day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto through the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, at the Derived Eurodollar Rate for the Term
Loan. Interest on such Eurodollar Loan shall be payable on each
Interest Adjustment Date with respect to an Interest Period
(provided that if an Interest Period shall exceed three months, the
interest must be paid every three months, commencing three months
from the beginning of such Interest Period).
(d)
Default Rate . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if an Event of Default shall occur, upon the
election of Agent or the Required Lenders (i) the principal of
each Loan and the unpaid interest thereon shall bear interest,
until paid, at the Default Rate, (ii) the fee for the
aggregate undrawn amount of all issued and outstanding Letters of
Credit shall be increased by two percent (2%) in excess of the rate
otherwise applicable thereto, and (iii) in the case of any
other amount not paid when due from Borrowers hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, such amount shall bear interest at the
Default Rate; provided that, during an Event of Default under
Section 8.1 or 8.12 hereof, the applicable Default Rate shall
apply without any election or action on the part of Agent or any
Lender.
(e)
Limitation on Interest . In no event shall the rate of
interest hereunder exceed the maximum rate allowable by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan
Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan
Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”). If Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an
amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be
applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid
principal, refunded to the Administrative Borrower for distribution
to Borrowers, as appropriate. In determining whether the interest
contracted for, charged, or received by Agent or a Lender exceeds
the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, (i) characterize any payment that is not
principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest,
(ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof,
and (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or
unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the
contemplated term of the Obligations.
Section 2.5.
Evidence of Indebtedness .
(a)
Revolving Loans . Upon the request of a Revolving Lender, to
evidence the obligation of Borrowers to repay the Revolving Loans
made by such Revolving Lender and to pay interest thereon,
Borrowers shall execute a Revolving Credit Note, payable to the
order of such Revolving Lender in the principal amount equal to its
Applicable Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitment
Amount, or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender; provided that the
failure of a Revolving
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Lender to
request a Revolving Credit Note shall in no way detract from
Borrowers’ obligations to such Revolving Lender
hereunder.
(b) Swing
Loans . Upon the request of the Swing Line Lender, to evidence
the obligation of Borrowers to repay the Swing Loans and to pay
interest thereon, Borrowers shall execute a Swing Line Note,
payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender in the principal
amount of the Swing Line Commitment, or, if less, the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of Swing Loans made by the Swing Line
Lender; provided that the failure of the Swing Line Lender to
request a Swing Line Note shall in no way detract from
Borrowers’ obligations to the Swing Line Lender
hereunder.
(c) Term
Loan . Upon the request of a Term Lender, to evidence the
obligation of Borrowers to repay the portion of the Term Loan made
by such Term Lender and to pay interest thereon, Borrowers shall
execute a Term Note, payable to the order of such Term Lender in
the principal amount of its Applicable Commitment Percentage of the
Term Loan Exposure; provided that the failure of such Term Lender
to request a Term Note shall in no way detract from
Borrowers’ obligations to such Term Lender
hereunder.
Section 2.6.
Notice of Credit Event; Funding of Loans .
(a)
Notice of Credit Event . Administrative Borrower, through an
Authorized Officer, shall provide to Agent a Notice of Loan prior
to (i) 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the proposed date of
borrowing of, or conversion of a Loan to, a Base Rate Loan,
(ii) 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) three Business Days prior
to the proposed date of borrowing of, continuation of, or
conversion of a Loan to, a Eurodollar Loan,
(iii) 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) three Business Days prior
to the proposed date of borrowing of an Alternate Currency Loan,
and (iv) 2:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on the proposed date of
borrowing of a Swing Loan (or such later time as agreed to from
time to time by the Swing Line Lender); provided, however, that an
Authorized Officer of Administrative Borrower may verbally request
a Loan, so long as a Notice of Loan is received by the end of the
same Business Day, and, if Agent or any Lender provides funds or
initiates funding based upon such verbal request, Administrative
Borrower shall bear the risk with respect to any information
regarding such funding that is later determined to have been
incorrect. Borrowers shall comply with the notice provisions set
forth in Section 2.2(b) hereof with respect to Letters of
Credit.
(b)
Funding of Loans . Agent shall notify the appropriate
Lenders of the date, amount, type of currency and Interest Period
(if applicable) promptly upon the receipt of a Notice of Loan
(other than for a Swing Loan, or a Revolving Loan to be funded as a
Swing Loan), and, in any event, by 2:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on the
date such Notice of Loan is received. On the date that the Credit
Event set forth in such Notice of Loan is to occur, each such
Revolving Lender shall provide to Agent, not later than 3:00 P.M.
(Eastern time), the amount in Dollars, or, with respect to an
Alternate Currency, in the applicable Alternate Currency, in
federal or other immediately available funds, required of it. If
Agent shall elect to advance the proceeds of such Loan prior to
receiving funds from such Revolving Lender, Agent shall have the
right, upon prior notice to Administrative Borrower, to debit any
account of a Credit Party or otherwise receive such amount from
Borrowers, promptly after demand, in the
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event that such
Revolving Lender shall fail to reimburse Agent in accordance with
this subsection. Agent shall also have the right to receive
interest from such Revolving Lender at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate in the event that such Revolving Lender shall fail to provide
its portion of the Loan on the date requested and Agent shall elect
to provide such funds.
(c)
Conversion and Continuation of Loans .
(i) At the request
of Administrative Borrower to Agent, subject to the notice and
other provisions of this Section 2.6, the appropriate Lenders
shall convert a Base Rate Loan to one or more Eurodollar Loans at
any time and shall convert a Eurodollar Loan to a Base Rate Loan on
any Interest Adjustment Date applicable thereto. Swing Loans may be
converted by the Swing Line Lender to Revolving Loans in accordance
with Section 2.2(c)(ii) hereof. No Alternate Currency Loan may
be converted to a Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Loan and no Base
Rate Loan or Eurodollar Loan may be converted to an Alternate
Currency Loan.
(ii) At the
request of Administrative Borrower to Agent, subject to the notice
and other provisions of this Section 2.6, the appropriate
Lenders shall continue one or more Eurodollar Loans as of the end
of the applicable Interest Period as a new Eurodollar Loan with a
new Interest Period.
(d)
Minimum Amount for Loans . Each request for:
(i) a LIBOR Fixed
Rate Loan shall be in an amount (or, with respect to an Alternate
Currency Loan, such approximately comparable amount as shall result
in a rounded number) of not less than Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000), increased by increments of One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) (or, with respect to an Alternate Currency Loan, such
approximately comparable amount as shall result in a rounded
number); and
(ii) a Swing Loan
shall be in an amount of not less than Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000), or such lower amount as may be agreed to by the
Swing Line Lender.
(e)
Interest Periods . Administrative Borrower shall not request
that Eurodollar Loans be outstanding for more than eight different
Interest Periods at the same time.
Section 2.7.
Payment on Loans and Other Obligations .
(a)
Payments Generally . Each payment made hereunder by a Credit
Party shall be made without any offset, abatement, recoupment,
counterclaim, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(b)
Payments in Alternate Currency . With respect to any
Alternate Currency Loan or any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit,
all payments (including prepayments) to any Lender of the principal
of or interest on such Alternate Currency Loan or Alternate
Currency Letter of
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Credit shall be
made in the same Alternate Currency as the original Loan or Letter
of Credit. All such payments shall be remitted by Borrowers to
Agent, at the address of Agent for notices referred to in
Section 12.4 hereof (or at such other office or account as
designated in writing by Agent to Administrative Borrower), for the
account of the Revolving Lenders (or the appropriate Fronting
Lender or the Swing Line Lender, as appropriate) not later than
11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the due date thereof in same day
funds. Any such payments received by Agent after 11:00 A.M.
(Eastern time) shall be deemed to have been made and received on
the next Business Day.
(c)
Payments in Dollars from Borrowers . With respect to
(i) any Loan (other than an Alternate Currency Loan), or
(ii) any other payment to Agent and the Lenders that shall not
be covered by subsection (b) above, all such payments
(including prepayments) to Agent of the principal of or interest on
such Loan or other payment, including but not limited to principal,
interest, fees or any other amount owed by Borrowers under this
Agreement, shall be made in Dollars. All payments described in this
subsection (c) shall be remitted to Agent, at the address of
Agent for notices referred to in Section 12.4 hereof for the
account of the appropriate Lenders (or the appropriate Fronting
Lender or the Swing Line Lender, as appropriate) not later than
11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the due date thereof in immediately
available funds. Any such payments received by Agent (or such
Fronting Lender or the Swing Line Lender) after 11:00 A.M.
(Eastern time) shall be deemed to have been made and received on
the next Business Day.
(d)
Payments to Lenders . Upon Agent’s receipt of payments
hereunder, Agent shall immediately distribute to the appropriate
Lenders (except with respect to Swing Loans, which shall be paid to
the Swing Line Lender and any Lender that has funded a
participation in the Swing Loans, or, with respect to Letters of
Credit, certain of which payments shall be paid to the Fronting
Lender issuing such Letter of Credit) their respective ratable
shares, if any, of the amount of principal, interest, and facility
and other fees received by Agent for the account of such Lender.
Payments received by Agent in Dollars shall be delivered to the
Lenders in Dollars in immediately available funds. Payments
received by Agent in any Alternate Currency shall be delivered to
the Lenders in such Alternate Currency in same day funds. Each
appropriate Lender shall record any principal, interest or other
payment, the principal amounts of Base Rate Loans, LIBOR Fixed Rate
Loans and Swing Loans and Letters of Credit, the type of currency
for each Loan, all prepayments and the applicable dates, including
Interest Periods, with respect to the Loans made, and payments
received by such Lender, by such method as such Lender may
generally employ; provided that failure to make any such entry
shall in no way detract from the obligations of Borrowers under
this Agreement or any Note. The aggregate unpaid amount of Loans,
types of Loans, Interest Periods and similar information with
respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit set forth on the records
of Agent shall be rebuttably presumptive evidence with respect to
such information, including the amounts of principal, interest and
fees owing to each Lender.
(e)
Timing of Payments . Whenever any payment to be made
hereunder, including, without limitation, any payment to be made on
any Loan, shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next Business Day and such
extension of time shall in each case be included in the computation
of the interest payable on such Loan; provided that, with respect
to a LIBOR Fixed Rate Loan, if the next Business Day shall fall
in
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the succeeding
calendar month, such payment shall be made on the preceding
Business Day and the relevant Interest Period shall be adjusted
accordingly.
(f)
Affected Lender . To the extent that Agent receives any
payments or other amounts for the account of a Revolving Lender
that is an Affected Lender, such Affected Lender shall be deemed to
have requested that Agent use such payment or other amount to cash
collateralize its unfunded risk participation in Swing Loans and
the Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.2(b)(vi) and
2.2(c)(iii) hereof.
Section 2.8.
Prepayment .
(i) Borrowers
shall have the right at any time or from time to time to prepay, on
a pro rata basis for all of the appropriate Lenders (except with
respect to Swing Loans, which shall be paid to the Swing Line
Lender and any Lender that has funded a participation in such Swing
Loan), all or any part of the principal amount of the Loans, as
designated by Administrative Borrower, representing the obligations
under any Specific Commitment with the proceeds of such prepayment
to be distributed on a pro rata basis to the holders of the
Specific Commitment being prepaid. Such payment shall include
interest accrued on the amount so prepaid to the date of such
prepayment and any amount payable under Article III hereof
with respect to the amount being prepaid. Prepayments of Base Rate
Loans shall be without any premium or penalty. Each prepayment of a
Term Loan shall be applied to the principal installments thereof in
the inverse order of their respective maturities.
(ii) Borrowers
shall have the right, at any time or from time to time, to prepay,
for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender (and any Lender that has
funded a participation in such Swing Loan), all or any part of the
principal amount of the Swing Loans then outstanding, as designated
by Administrative Borrower, plus interest accrued on the amount so
prepaid to the date of such prepayment.
(iii)
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.8 or otherwise to
the contrary, at the discretion of Agent, in order to prepay
Revolving Loans that were not advanced pro rata by all of the
Revolving Lenders, any prepayment of a Loan shall first be applied
to Revolving Loans made by the Revolving Lenders during any period
in which a Defaulting Lender or Insolvent Lender shall
exist.
(b)
Notice of Prepayment . Administrative Borrower shall give
Agent irrevocable written notice of prepayment of a Base Rate Loan
or Swing Loan by no later than 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) one
Business Day before the Business Day on which such prepayment is to
be made and written notice of the prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan
not later than 1:00 P.M. (Eastern time) three Business Days before
the Business Day on which such prepayment is to be made; provided
that this notice requirement shall not be applicable, during a Cash
Dominion Period, with respect to the daily application of funds in
the Cash Collateral Account to prepay the Loans.
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(c)
Minimum Amount . Each prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan shall
be in the principal amount of not less than Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000), or the principal amount of such Loan (or, with
respect to an Alternate Currency Loan, the Dollar Equivalent
(rounded to a comparable amount) of such amount), except in the
case of a mandatory payment pursuant to Section 2.11 or
Article III hereof.
Section 2.9.
Facility and Other Fees; Reduction of Revolving Credit
Commitment .
(a)
Facility Fee . Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable
account of the Revolving Lenders, as a consideration for the
Revolving Credit Commitment, a facility fee from the Closing Date
to and including the last day of the Commitment Period, payable
quarterly, at a rate per annum equal to (i) fifty (50.00)
basis points, multiplied by (ii) the average daily Maximum
Revolving Amount in effect during such quarter. The facility fee
shall be payable in arrears, on September 30, 2009 and
continuing on each Regularly Scheduled Payment Date thereafter, and
on the last day of the Commitment Period.
(b) Agent
Fee . Borrowers shall pay to Agent the fees set forth in the
Agent Fee Letter.
(c)
Collateral Audit and Appraisal Fees . Borrowers shall
reimburse Agent, for its sole benefit, for all expenses relating to
any collateral assessment, that may be conducted from time to time
by or on behalf of Agent, the scope and frequency of which shall be
in Agent’s sole discretion (but is generally expected to be
conducted no less frequently than two collateral field audits per
year and one Inventory appraisal per year); provided that, absent
an Event of Default, Borrowers need not reimburse Agent
(i) for more than three collateral field audits during a
calendar year, or (ii) one Inventory appraisal during a
calendar year. The costs and expenses for field audits and
appraisals performed by Agent during the absence of an Event of
Default shall be as set forth in the Agent Fee Letter.
(d)
Authorization to Debit Account . Each Credit Party hereby
agrees that Agent has the right to debit from any Deposit Account
of one or more Credit Parties, amounts owing to Agent by any
Borrower under this Agreement and the Loan Documents for payment of
fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
(e)
Optional Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitment .
Borrowers may at any time and from time to time permanently reduce
in whole or ratably in part the Maximum Revolving Amount to an
amount not less than the then existing Revolving Credit Exposure,
by giving Agent not fewer than five Business Days’ (or thirty
(30) days if the Total Commitment Amount is to be reduced or
terminated in its entirety) written notice of such reduction,
provided that any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate
amount, for all of the Lenders, of not less than Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000), increased in increments of One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000). Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving
Lender of the date of each such reduction and such Revolving
Lender’s proportionate share thereof. After each such partial
reduction, the facility fees payable hereunder shall be calculated
upon the Maximum Revolving Amount as so reduced. If Borrowers
reduce in whole the Revolving Credit Commitment, on the
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of such reduction (the Borrowers having prepaid in full the unpaid
principal balance, if any, of the Loans, together with all interest
(if any) and facility and other fees accrued and unpaid with
respect thereto, and provided that no Letter of Credit Exposure or
Swing Line Exposure shall exist), all of the Revolving Credit Notes
shall be delivered to Agent marked “Canceled” and Agent
shall redeliver such Revolving Credit Notes to Administrative
Borrower. Any partial reduction in the Maximum Revolving Amount
shall be effective during the remainder of the Commitment
Period.
Section 2.10.
Computation of Interest and Fees . With the exception of
Base Rate Loans, interest on Loans, Letter of Credit fees, Related
Expenses and facility and other fees and charges hereunder shall be
computed on the basis of a year having three hundred sixty
(360) days and calculated for the actual number of days
elapsed. With respect to Base Rate Loans, interest shall be
computed on the basis of a year having three hundred sixty-five
(365) days or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the
case may be, and calculated for the actual number of days
elapsed.
Section 2.11.
Mandatory Payments .
(i) Revolving
Credit Exposure . If, at any time, the Revolving Credit
Exposure shall exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, Borrowers
shall, as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the
next Business Day, pay an aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Loans sufficient to bring the Revolving Credit Exposure
within the Revolving Credit Commitment.
(ii) Term Loan
Exposure . If, at any time, the Revolving Credit Exposure shall
be Zero Dollars ($0) and the Term Loan Exposure shall exceed the
Borrowing Base, Borrowers shall, as promptly as practicable, but in
no event later than the next Business Day, pay an aggregate
principal amount of the Term
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