NOTE AND EQUITY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
GLOBAL DOSIMETRY SOLUTIONS,
INC.,
AMERICAN CAPITAL FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC.,
AS AGENT
PURCHASERS IDENTIFIED ON
ANNEX A HERETO
AMENDMENT NO. 1
to the
AMENDED AND RESTATED
NOTE AND EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO.
1, dated October 14, 2005 (this “ Amendment
No. 1 ”), amends THE AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE AND
EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated November 10, 2004 (the
“ Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement ”),
and is made by and among Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the
securities purchasers that are now and hereafter at any time
parties thereto and are listed in Annex A (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) attached thereto (each a “
Purchaser ” and collectively, “
Purchasers ”), and AMERICAN CAPITAL FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ ACFS
”), as administrative agent for Purchasers (in such capacity
“ Agent ”).
A. The
parties hereto were party to a Note and Equity Purchase Agreement,
dated as of September 30, 2003 (the “ Original
Purchase Agreement ”);
B. The
parties hereto are party to the Amended and Restated Purchase
Agreement, pursuant to which the Original Purchase Agreement was
amended and restated;
C. The
Company, Purchasers and the Agent have agreed to enter into this
Amendment No. 1 to amend the Amended and Restated Purchase
Agreement, in order to (i) issue and sell the Senior Term D
Notes (as defined herein) (ii) establish the Revolving Loan
(as defined herein), (iii) issue and sell shares of the
Series B Preferred Stock (as defined herein) and
(ix) amend of certain other terms of the Amended and Restated
Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the parties hereto, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
their mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth and
intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not defined
elsewhere in this Amendment are as defined in the Agreement (as
amended by this Amendment No. 1).
2.
Amendments . The Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
(a) The
following definitions set forth in Section 1.1 of the Amended
are hereby amended and restated in their entirety:
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Agreement, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 and as may be further amended amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
LIBOR Period ” means each month commencing on the
Closing Date, the Additional Closing Date, in the case of the
Senior Term C Notes, or the Term D Closing Date, in the case of the
Senior Term D Notes (or if the Closing Date, the Additional Closing
Date or
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Term Closing
Date is not a LIBOR Business Day, the next succeeding LIBOR
Business Day) and ending one month thereafter; provided ,
that the foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is
subject to the following:
(a) if any LIBOR
Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business
Day, such LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
LIBOR Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
carry such LIBOR Period into another calendar month in which event
such LIBOR Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR
Business Day;
(b) any LIBOR
Period that would otherwise extend beyond the maturity date of the
Notes shall end on such date; and
(c) any LIBOR
Period that begins on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Period) shall
end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month.
“
Notes ” shall mean, collectively, the Original Notes,
the Senior Term C Notes, the Senior Term D Notes and the Revolving
Notes.”
“
Original Securities ” shall mean the Original Notes,
the Series A Preferred Stock, the Common Stock, and the Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
“
Preferred Stock ” shall mean (a) only for the
purposes of Section 2.7 hereof, the Series A Preferred
Stock and (b) for all other purposes under this Agreement, the
Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred
Stock.
“
Revolving Notes ” shall mean those notes issued in
connection with the Revolving Loans.
“
Securities ” shall mean collectively the Original
Securities, the Additional Securities, the Senior Term D Notes, the
Revolving Notes and the Series B Preferred Stock.
“
Senior Debt ” shall mean the Senior Financing and the
Senior Term Loan C.
“
Senior Financing ” means the indebtedness incurred
under the Revolving Loans and the Senior Term D Loans.
“
Senior Term Loans ” shall mean the Senior Term C Loans
and the Senior Term D Loans.
“
Senior Financing Blocking Notice ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in
Section 13.2(b)(i).
“
Senior Term Notes ” shall mean the Senior Term C Notes
and the Senior Term D Notes.
“
Subordinated Debt ” shall mean and include
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(a) all
obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the Company now or
hereafter existing, whether for principal, prepayment premium, if
any, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, under or arising out of
or relating to the Subordinated Notes, and
(b) any claims
arising in respect of any breach of this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the breach of any representation or warranty
under this Agreement), and any claims in respect of indemnification
obligations in respect of or arising out of this Agreement, in each
case to the extent related to the Subordinated Notes, it being
understood that no obligations, liabilities, indebtedness or claims
under, arising out of or relating to the Senior Financing shall be
considered Subordinated Debt.
“
Total Funded Debt ” shall mean, for any date, the sum
of the outstanding balance on such date of (i) the obligations
outstanding hereunder and under the Notes and (ii) Capital
Leases.
“
Transactions ” shall mean the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (as amended by Amendment
No. 1), the Acquisition Agreement, the Proxtronics Acquisition
and the transactions contemplated by the LFA Acquisition
Agreement.
(b) The
following definitions are hereby inserted in
Section 1.1:
“
Amendment No. 1 ” shall mean Amendment No. 1
to this Agreement, dated October 14, 2005.
“ LFA
Acquisition Agreement ” shall mean that certain Asset
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 14, 2005, by and among
the Company, Jon Laeger, Brian Laeger and LFA
Corporation.
“ Loan
D Rate ” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR
Rate plus 6.5%.
“
Notice of Borrowing ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.5A(b).
“
Revolving Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.5A(a) hereof.
“
Revolving Loan Commitment ” shall mean the agreement
of certain Purchasers to make Revolving Loans up to the Revolving
Loan Commitment Amount outstanding at any time in accordance with
Section 2.5A.
“
Revolving Loan Commitment Amount ” shall mean
$6,000,000.
“
Revolving Loan Commitment Fee ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 3.16 hereof.
“
Revolving Loan Origination Fee ” shall mean a fee in
the amount equal to $180,000.
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“
Revolving Loan Rate ” shall mean a rate per annum
equal to the LIBOR Rate plus 4.0%.
“
Revolving Loan Termination Date ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5A(a).
“
Senior Term Loan D ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.3(c).
“
Senior Term D Notes ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.3(c).
“
Senior Term D Origination Fee ” shall mean a fee in an
amount equal to $810,000.
“
Series A Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Company’s Series A PIK Redeemable Preferred Stock, par
value $0.001 per share.
“
Series B Preferred Origination Fee ” shall mean a
fee in the amount equal to $280,000.
“
Series B Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Company’s Series B PIK Redeemable Preferred Stock, par
value $0.001 per share.
“ Term
D Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9(c).
“ Term
D Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9(c).
(c) The
following definitions are hereby deleted from
Section 1.1:
“
Intercreditor Agreement ”
“
Tranche A PIK Condition ”
“
Tranche B PIK Condition ”
(d) The term
“Senior Agent” shall be replaced with the term
“Agent” wherever in the Amended and Restated Purchase
Agreement it is found.
(e) Section 2.1
shall become Section 2.1(a) and the following is hereby
inserted as a new Section 2.1(b):
“(b) The
Company has duly authorized the issuance and sale, pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, of 7,000 shares of the
Series B Preferred Stock, having the rights, preferences,
privileges and restrictions set forth in the Charter of the Company
attached hereto as Exhibit A.”
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(f) A new
Section 2.3(c) is hereby inserted as set forth
below:
“(c)
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Purchasers agree to make a loan (“ Senior Term Loan D
”) to the Company on the Term D Closing Date in the principal
amount of $27,000,000. From and after the Term D Closing, the
Senior Term Loan D shall be evidenced by one or more promissory
notes made by the Company in favor of Purchasers in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B-3 (the “ Senior Term D
Notes ”) to be issued in tranches of $5,000,000,
$5,000,000, $5,000,000, $5,000,000, $5,000,000 and $2,000,000 and
delivered by the company at the Term D Closing.”
(g) A new
Section 2.5A is hereby inserted after Section 2.5 as set
forth below:
(a) Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on or after the
Term D Closing Date and to, but excluding, October 14, 2010,
unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms hereof (the “
Revolving Loan Termination Date ”), Purchasers
designated on Annex B shall, severally, on a pro rata basis
based on the percentages specified in Annex B , make loans
and advances to the Company on a revolving credit basis
(collectively, the “ Revolving Loans ”) in an
aggregate amount outstanding at any time up to the Revolving Loan
Commitment Amount. From and after the Term D Closing, the Revolving
Loans shall be evidenced by promissory notes made by the Company in
favor of Purchasers having Revolving Loan Commitments in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit K (together with any such notes
issued in substitution therefore pursuant to Sections 6.3 and 6.4,
“ Revolving Notes ”). The date and amount of
each Revolving Loan made by such Purchasers and each payment on
account of principal thereof shall be recorded by Agent on its
books; provided that, the failure of Agent to make any such
record shall not affect the obligations of the Company to make
payments when due of any amounts owing in respect of the Revolving
Loans.
(b) Purchasers
having Revolving Loan Commitments shall make Revolving Loans
available to the Loan Parties up to a maximum of one draw per week,
in integral multiples of $100,000, provided that the
conditions set forth in Section 2.5A(a) hereof and this
Section 2.5A(b) have been satisfied. Before a Revolving Loan is
made (other than any Revolving Loan requested on the Term D Closing
Date), the Loan Parties shall have (i) provided Agent an
irrevocable written notice of borrowing in the form of
Exhibit L (a “ Notice of Borrowing
”) by facsimile or other means set forth in Section 14.6
so that such notice is received by Agent not later than five
(5) Business Days before the day on which the Revolving Loan
is to be made, and (ii) contacted Agent and received from
Agent either oral or written confirmation of Agent’s receipt
of the Notice of Borrowing not later than three (3) Business
Days before the date on which the Revolving Loan is to be made.
Agent and Purchasers having Revolving Loan Commitments shall be
entitled to rely conclusively on any Executive Officer’s
authority to deliver a Notice of Borrowing or other writing on
behalf of the Company and neither Agent nor any Purchaser having
Revolving Loan Commitments shall have any duty to verify the
identity or signature of any Person identifying himself as an
Executive Officer.”
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(h) A new
Section 2.7A is hereby inserted after Section 2.7 as set
forth below:
“2.7A
Sale and Purchase of Senior Term D Notes and Series B
Preferred Stock . Subject to the terms and conditions and in
reliance upon the representations, warranties and agreements set
forth herein, (a) the Company shall sell to Purchasers, and
Purchasers shall purchase from the Company, in an amount equal to
the pro rata portion of the Senior Term D Notes as set forth on
Annex B, the Notes in the aggregate principal amounts set forth in
Section 2.3(c) hereof and (b) the Company shall sell to
Purchasers, and Purchasers shall purchase from the Company, in an
amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Preferred Stock as set
forth on Annex B, 7,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock for
$7,000,000 in the aggregate.
(i) A new
Section 2.9(c) is hereby inserted as set forth
below:
“(c)
Delivery of and payment for the Senior Term D Notes, the
Series B Preferred Stock and any Revolving Notes issued in
connection with Amendment No. 1 (the “ Term D
Closing ”) shall be made at the offices of Weil, Gotshal
& Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153, commencing
at 10:00 a.m., local time, on October 14, 2005 or at such
place or on such other date as may be mutually agreeable to the
Company and Purchasers. The date and time of the Term D Closing as
finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.8(c) are
referred to herein as the “ Term D Closing Date
.” Delivery of the Senior Term D Notes, the Series B
Preferred Stock and any Revolving Notes issued at the Term D
Closing shall be made to Purchasers (or their designees) against
payment of the purchase price therefor, less any unpaid Senior Term
D Origination Fee, any unpaid Revolving Loan Origination Fee, any
unpaid Series B Preferred Origination Fee and any other
amounts due and payable pursuant to Section 4.1(i) hereof or
Section 3(f) of Amendment No. 1, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in the manner agreed to by the Company
and Purchasers. The Senior Term D Notes, the Series B
Preferred Stock and any Revolving Notes issued at the Term D
Closing shall be issued in such name or names and in such permitted
denomination or denominations as set forth in Annex B or as
Purchasers may request in writing not less than two (2) Business
Days before the Term D Closing Date.”
(j) Section 3.1(e) shall be amended
and restated as follows:
“(e)
[Intentionally omitted.]”
(k) A new
Section 3.1(g) and a new Section 3.1(h) is hereby
inserted as set forth below:
“(g)
Senior Term Loan D . The Company covenants and agrees to
make payments to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Purchasers, of
accrued interest on the Senior Term Loan D on the first Business
Day of each month commencing November 1, 2005 through the date
of repayment in full of the Senior Term Loan D. The Senior Term
Loan D shall bear interest on the outstanding principal thereof at
the Loan D Rate. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a year
of three hundred sixty (360) days, composed of twelve 30-day
months, and the actual number of days elapsed.”
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“(h)
Revolving Loans . The Company covenants and agrees to make
payments to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Purchasers making
Revolving Loans, of accrued interest on the Revolving Loans monthly
in arrears on the first LIBOR Business Day of each LIBOR Period,
commencing on the first LIBOR Business Day after completion of the
first LIBOR Period after a Revolving Loan is advanced, through the
date of repayment of the Revolving Loans in full. The Revolving
Loans will bear interest on the outstanding principal thereof at
the Revolving Loan Rate.”
(l) A new
Section 3.5A and a new Section 3.5B is hereby inserted
after Section 3.5 as set forth below:
“3.5A
Repayment of Senior Term D Notes . The Company covenants and
agrees to repay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Purchasers
holding Senior Term D Notes, the Senior Term D Notes in accordance
with the amortization schedule set forth on Annex C attached
hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing schedule, the Company
covenants and agrees to repay any and all unpaid principal on the
Senior Term D Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest,
fees and other amounts due in connection with the Senior Term Loan
D Notes upon maturity of the Senior Term D Notes on
October 14, 2011.”
“3.5B
Repayment of Revolving Loans; Reduction or Termination of
Revolving Loan Commitment .
(a) The Company
covenants and agrees to pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of
Purchasers, the Revolving Loans in full together with all accrued
and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts due hereunder in
respect thereof on the Revolving Loan Termination Date or on such
earlier date that the Revolving Loan Commitment is terminated
pursuant to Section 3.5B(b).
(b) The Company
may, upon notice to Agent, terminate the commitments hereunder to
make Revolving Loans, or from time to time permanently reduce the
Revolving Loan Commitment, in each case without prepayment premium
or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice
shall be received by Agent not later than thirty (30) days
prior to the date of such termination or reduction, (ii) any
partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000
(or, if less, the then remaining commitments to make Revolving
Loans) or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and
(iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving
Loan Commitment if, after giving effect thereto and to any
concurrent prepayments hereunder, the aggregate amount of Revolving
Loans outstanding would exceed the then outstanding Revolving Loan
Commitment. Agent will promptly notify Purchasers participating in
the Revolving Loan Commitment of any notice of termination or
reduction in the Revolving Loan Commitment, and any such reduction
shall be applied to the portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment of
each Purchaser making such commitments on a pro rata
basis.”
(m) Section 3.6 is hereby amended and
restated as follows:
“3.6
Optional Prepayment of the Notes . Subject to the terms of
this Section 3.8, the Company may prepay to Agent, for the
ratable benefit of Purchasers, the outstanding
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principal
amount of the Senior Term Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes and
the Junior Subordinated Notes in whole or in part in multiples of
$100,000, or such lesser amount as is then outstanding on any of
such Notes, at any time at a price equal to (i) the accrued
interest on such Note, if any, to the date set for prepayment,
plus, (ii) a prepayment fee representing the amortization of
certain of Purchasers’ costs incurred in connection with the
purchase of such Notes, equal to the principal amount prepaid on
such Note multiplied by the following percentage:
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If Prepaid During
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the 12-Month Period
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Ending on September 30
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of the Following Years:
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Percentage
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2006
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3%
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2007
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2%
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2008
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1%;
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provided , however , that in any case,
(a) the Subordinated Notes may not be prepaid so long as any
Senior Term Notes remain outstanding and (b) the Junior
Subordinated Notes may not be prepaid so long as any Senior
Subordinated Notes remain outstanding. All such prepayments
(A) shall be applied by Agent to the outstanding principal of
the Notes in order of priority set forth above and in the inverse
order of maturity after application of such prepayment to any
accrued interest and prepayment premium payable in connection
therewith, and (B) in connection with the Senior Term Loans,
shall be applied first to the Senior Term Loan D and second, so
long as no Senior Term D Notes remain outstanding, to the Senior
Term Loan C.”
(n) Section 3.8(b) is hereby amended
and restated as follows:
“(b)
Excess Cash Flow . The Company shall prepay the outstanding
amount of the Senior Term Notes in an amount equal to 75% of Net
Cash Flow for each fiscal year commencing on or after
December 31, 2004, payable upon delivery of the financial
statements to the Agent referred to in and required by
Section 7.1(e)(i) for such fiscal year but in any event not
later than ninety (90) days after the end of each such
subsequent fiscal year. All such prepayments shall be applied by
Agent to the outstanding principal of Senior Term Loan D, and then
to the outstanding principal of Senior Term Loan C, in each case in
the inverse order of maturity after application of such prepayment
to any accrued interest payable in connection
therewith.”
(o) A new
Section 3.16 is hereby inserted as set forth below:
“3.16
Revolving Loan Commitment Fee . In consideration of the
Revolving Loan Commitment, the Company shall pay to Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Purchasers making Revolving Loan
Commitments, a commitment fee (the “ Revolving Loan
Commitment Fee ”) in an amount equal to 0.5% per annum on
the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment
Amount. The Revolving Loan Commitment Fee shall be payable monthly
in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar
month,
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commencing on
November 1, 2004 and ending on the Revolving Loan Termination
Date.]”
(p) The first
sentence of Section 5.1(d) is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
“(d)
Capitalization and Related Matters . As of the Term D
Closing Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
by Amendment No. 1, the authorized capital stock of the
Company will consist of 200,000 shares of Common Stock of which
17,580 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding and of
which 88,967 shares of Common Stock of the Company have been
reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants, and 35,000
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, 20,092 of which are issued
and outstanding and 15,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock,
7,000 of which are issued and outstanding.”
(q) Section 7.2(a)(ii)
is hereby amended and restated as follows:
“(ii)
[Intentionally omitted.]”
(r) Section 7.2(b)(v)
is hereby amended and restated as follows:
“(v)
[Intentionally omitted.]”
(s) Section 7.3(c)
is hereby amended and restated as follows:
“(c)
Senior Leverage Ratio . Maintain a Senior Leverage Ratio for
the Company on a Consolidated Basis as of the end of each fiscal
quarter set forth below for the respective period set forth below
of not greater than the ratio set forth below:
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Leverage Ratio
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3.00 to 1.0
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3.00 to 1.0
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2.75 to 1.0
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2.75 to 1.0
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2.75 to 1.0
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2.50 to 1.0
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2.50 to 1.0
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(t) Article 13
is hereby amended and restated as follows:
13.1
General . The Subordinated Debt is subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Financing and the Senior Term C
Loans to the extent provided in this Article
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13. The Junior
Subordinated Notes are subordinate and junior in right of payment
to the Senior Subordinated Notes to the extent provided in this
Article 13.
13.2 Default
in Respect of Senior Financing .
(a) Senior
Financing Payment Default . In the event of a Senior Financing
Payment Default then, unless and until such Senior Financing
Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property
or by set-off or otherwise, except that payment may be made by
delivery of Notes of the same type) shall be made on account of the
principal of, or prepayment premium, if any, or any other amount in
respect of, or interest on, any Subordinated Debt, or as a sinking
fund for any Subordinated Debt, or in respect of any redemption,
retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated Debt,
during any period:
(i) commencing on
the date such Senior Financing Payment Default shall first occur
and ending on the date on which such Senior Financing Payment
Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist; or
(ii) in which any
judicial proceeding or any other proceeding or action (whether
judicial or otherwise) seeking to foreclose or otherwise realize on
any collateral shall be pending in respect of such Senior Financing
Payment Default, or in which the maturity of such Senior Financing
shall have been accelerated in respect of such Senior Financing
Payment Default and such acceleration shall not have been
annulled.
(b) Senior
Financing Covenant Default . In the event of a Senior Financing
Covenant Default, then, unless and until such Senior Financing
Covenant Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property
or by set-off or otherwise, except that payment may be made by
delivery of Notes of the same type) shall be made on account of the
principal of, or prepayment premium, if any, or any other amount in
respect of, or interest on, any Subordinated Debt, or as a sinking
fund for any Subordinated Debt, or in respect of any redemption,
retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated Debt,
during any period:
(i) of one hundred
eighty (180) days after written notice (a “ Senior
Financing Blocking Notice ”) of such Senior Financing
Covenant Default shall have been given to the Company and to the
Purchasers by the Senior Agent, provided that only one
(1) such Senior Financing Blocking Notice shall be given
pursuant to the terms of this Section 13.2(b)(i) in any three
hundred sixty (360) day period; or
(ii) in which any
judicial proceeding or any other proceeding or action (whether
judicial or otherwise) seeking to foreclose or otherwise realize on
any collateral shall be pending in respect of such Senior Financing
Covenant Default, or in which an effective notice of acceleration
of the maturity of such Senior Financing shall have been
transmitted to the Company and each of the holders of the Notes in
respect of such Senior Financing Covenant Default and
such
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acceleration
shall not have been annulled, or in which notice of the failure to
pay such Senior Financing upon its final maturity shall have been
transmitted to the Company and each of the holders of the Notes and
such failure shall be continuing;
provided , that no Senior Financing Covenant Default that
served as the basis for, or existed at the time of, a previous
Senior Financing Blocking Notice, shall provide the basis for a
subsequent Senior Financing Blocking Notice unless such Senior
Financing Covenant Default has been cured or waived for a period of
at least one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.
(c) Notice by
the Company . The Company shall give written notice to each
holder of Subordinated Debt of any Senior Financing Payment Default
(and any acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness as a
result thereof) and the receipt of any notice under
Section 13.2(b)(i) or Section 13.2(b)(ii) immediately
upon the occurrence or receipt thereof, as the case may
be.
13.3 Default in
Respect of Senior Term C Loans .
(a) Senior Term
C Loans Payment Default . In the event of a Senior Term C Loans
Payment Default then, unless and until such Senior Term C Loans
Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property
or by set-off or otherwise, except that payment may be made by
delivery of Notes of the same type) shall be made on account of the
principal of, or prepayment premium, if any, or any other amount in
respect of, or interest on, any Subordinated Notes, or as a sinking
fund for any Subordinated Notes, or in respect of any redemption,
retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated
Notes, during any period:
(i) commencing on
the date such Senior Term C Loans Payment Default shall first occur
and ending on the date on which such Senior Term C Loans Payment
Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist; or
(ii) in which any
judicial proceeding or any other proceeding or action (whether
judicial or otherwise) seeking to foreclose or otherwise realize on
any collateral shall be pending in respect of such Senior Term C
Loans Payment Default, or in which the maturity of such Senior Term
Notes shall have been accelerated in respect of such Senior Term C
Loans Payment Default and such acceleration shall not have been
annulled.
(b) Senior Term
C Loans Covenant Default . In the event of a Senior Term C
Loans Covenant Default, then, unless and until such Senior Term C
Loans Covenant Default shall have been cured or waived or shall
have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash,
property or by set-off or otherwise, except that payment may be
made by delivery of Subordinated Notes) shall be made on account of
the principal of, or prepayment premium, if any, or any other
amount in respect of, or interest on, any
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Subordinated
Notes, or as a sinking fund for any Subordinated Notes, or in
respect of any redemption, retirement, purchase or other
acquisition of any Subordinated Notes, during any
period:
(i) of one hundred
eighty (180) days after written notice (a “ Senior
Term C Loans Blocking Notice ”) of such Senior Term C
Loans Covenant Default shall have been given to the Company and to
the Purchasers by the Agent, provided that only one (1) such
Senior Term C Loans Blocking Notice shall be given pursuant to the
terms of this Section 13.3(b)(i) in any three hundred sixty
(360) day period; or
(ii) in which any
judicial proceeding or any other proceeding or action (whether
judicial or otherwise) seeking to foreclose or otherwise realize on
any collateral shall be pending in respect of such Senior Term C
Loans Covenant Default, or in which an effective notice of
acceleration of the maturity of such Senior Term Notes shall have
been transmitted to the Company and each of the holders of the
Subordinated Notes in respect of such Senior Term C Loans Covenant
Default and such acceleration shall not have been annulled, or in
which notice of the failure to pay such Senior Term Notes upon its
final maturity shall have been transmitted to the Company and each
of the holders of the Subordinated Notes and such failure shall be
continuing;
provided , that no Senior Term C Loans Covenant Default
that served as the basis for, or existed at the time of, a previous
Senior Term C Loans Blocking Notice, shall provide the basis for a
subsequent Senior Term C Loans Blocking Notice unless such Senior
Term C Loans Covenant Default has been cured or waived for a period
of at least one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.
(c) Notice by
the Company . The Company shall give written notice to each
holder of Subordinated Notes of any Senior Term C Loans Payment
Default (and any acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness
as a result thereof) and the receipt of any notice under
Section 13.3(b)(i) or Section 13.3(b)(ii) immediately
upon the occurrence or receipt thereof, as the case may
be.
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