Exhibit 10.4
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
And
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
Dated
as of February 11, 2008
Relating to:
$500,000,000
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
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1.1.
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Definitions. |
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Computation of Time Periods. |
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1.3.
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Terms Generally. |
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| SECTION 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE
OF NOTES |
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2.1.
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Authorization of Issue. |
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2.2.
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Sale and Purchase of the Notes. |
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2.3.
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Closing. |
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2.4.
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Signing Date Certificate. |
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| SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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3.1.
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No Violation; No Legal Constraints;
Consents, Authorizations and Filings, Etc. |
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3.2.
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Indebtedness. |
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3.3.
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Material Adverse Change. |
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3.4.
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Regulatory. |
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Fees and Expenses. |
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3.6.
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Holdco Audit/10-K/Absence of
Restatement. |
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3.7.
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Representations and Warranties. |
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3.8.
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Performance; No Default. |
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3.9.
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Equity Contribution. |
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3.10.
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Pre-Closing Certificate |
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3.11.
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Compliance Certificates. |
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3.12.
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Opinion of Counsel. |
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3.13.
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Financial Information. |
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3.14.
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Transaction Documents. |
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3.15.
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Execution and Authentication of
Indenture and Notes. |
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3.16.
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Security Documents and
Collateral. |
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3.17.
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Bank Clearing Arrangements. |
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3.18.
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Company Credit Facilities. |
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3.19.
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Pre-Closing Certificate |
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| SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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4.1.
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Disclosure. |
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4.2.
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Organization and Authority. |
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4.3.
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Holdco Subsidiaries. |
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4.4.
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Capitalization. |
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4.5.
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Authorization; No Default. |
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4.6.
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SEC Documents. |
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4.7.
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Taxes. |
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4.8.
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Ordinary Course. |
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4.9.
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Commitments and Contracts. |
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4.10.
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Litigation and Other
Proceedings. |
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4.11.
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Insurance. |
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4.12.
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Compliance with Laws. |
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4.13.
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Benefit Plans. |
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4.14.
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Environmental Liability. |
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4.15.
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Intellectual Property. |
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4.16.
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Board Approvals. |
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4.17.
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Brokers and Finders. |
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4.18.
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Collateral. |
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4.19.
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[Reserved]. |
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4.20.
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[Reserved]. |
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4.21.
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Disclosure. |
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4.22.
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[Reserved]. |
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4.23.
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Properties. |
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4.24.
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Solvency. |
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4.25.
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No Registration Required. |
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4.26.
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No Integration of Offerings or
General Solicitation. |
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4.27.
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Eligibility for Resale under Rule
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4.28.
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Margin Regulations. |
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4.29.
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Investment Company Act. |
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| SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES
AND AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASERS |
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5.1.
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Representation and Warranties. |
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5.2.
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Notice of Transfers of the
Notes. |
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| SECTION 6. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS |
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Access. |
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6.2.
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Investment Policy. |
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6.3.
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Ordinary Course. |
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| SECTION 7. POST-CLOSING AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS |
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7.1.
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Future Reports to Purchasers. |
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7.2.
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Patriot Act and Anti-Money
Laundering. |
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U.S. Economic Sanctions. |
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7.4.
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FCPA and Anti-Bribery
Limitations. |
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Export Control Limitations. |
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7.6.
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Customs and Trade Remedy Laws. |
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Anti-Boycott Laws. |
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Cross-Border Investment
Restrictions. |
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7.9.
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Information Related to Alternative
Transactions. |
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7.10.
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Board Observer Rights. |
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7.11.
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Changes to Investment Policy. |
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| SECTION 8. PROVISIONS RELATING TO
RESALES OF NOTES |
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8.1.
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Private Offerings. |
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8.2.
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Procedures and Management Cooperation
in Private Offerings. |
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8.3.
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No Integration. |
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| SECTION 9. EXPENSES AND
INDEMNIFICATION |
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9.1.
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Expenses. |
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9.2.
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Indemnification. |
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9.3.
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Waiver of Punitive Damages. |
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9.4.
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Survival. |
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Tax Treatment of Indemnification
Payments. |
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| SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.1.
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Notices. |
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10.2.
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Benefit of Agreement and
Assignments. |
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10.3.
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No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. |
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10.4.
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Amendments, Waivers and
Consents. |
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10.5.
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Counterparts. |
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10.6.
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Reproduction. |
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Headings. |
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Survival of Covenants and
Indemnities; Representations. |
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Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction; Venue. |
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Severability. |
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Entirety. |
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10.12.
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Construction. |
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10.13.
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Incorporation. |
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10.14.
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Confidentiality. |
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Termination; Survival. |
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10.16.
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Maximum Rate. |
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Patriot Act. |
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10.18.
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Currency. |
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Further Assurances. |
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A
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Form of Indenture |
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Exhibit B
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Form of Registration Rights
Agreement |
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Exhibit 2.4
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Form of Signing Date Certificate |
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Exhibit 3.11(a)
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Form of Secretary’s
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Exhibit 3.11(b)
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Form of Officer’s
Certificate |
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Exhibit 3.11(c)
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Form of Solvency Certificate |
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Exhibit 4
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Financial information |
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule I
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Holdco Disclosure Schedules |
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Schedule 2.2
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Information Relating to the
Purchasers |
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NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
February 11, 2008, among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
Moneygram International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“
Holdco ”), GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., an exempted
company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability
(“ GSMP Onshore ”), GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd., an
exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited
liability (“ GSMP Offshore ”) and GSMP V
Institutional US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the
Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP
Institutional ” and together with GSMP Onshore and GSMP
Offshore, the “ Purchasers ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2008 (such
agreement, together with all of the exhibits and schedules thereto,
in each case, as in effect on the date hereof, the “
Equity Purchase Agreement ”), between Holdco and the
parties named as “Investors” therein (the “
Equity Investors ”), Holdco has agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth therein, to issue and sell to the
Equity Investors, on the Closing Date, for an aggregate cash
purchase price as determined in the Equity Purchase Agreement (the
“ Equity Contribution ”), the number of shares
of Series C participating preferred stock of Holdco (the
“ Series C Preferred Stock ”),
Series D participating convertible preferred stock of Holdco
(the “ Series D Preferred Stock ”) and
common stock of Holdco (the “ Common Stock ”
and, together with the Series C Preferred Stock and the
Series D Preferred Stock issued at the closing pursuant to the
Equity Purchase Agreement, the “ Initial Equity
Securities ”) set forth in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
In accordance with the Equity Purchase Agreement, investment units
comprised of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, shares of
Series D Preferred Stock and Common Stock are to be exchanged,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, for shares
of Series B participating convertible preferred stock of
Holdco (the “ Series B Preferred Stock ”)
and shares of Series B-1 participating convertible preferred
stock of Holdco (“ Series B-1 Preferred Stock
”). The Equity Investors include investment funds affiliated
with Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. (the “ Lead Sponsor
”) and investment funds affiliated with GS Capital Partners
VI, L.P. (“ GSCP ” and, together with the Lead
Sponsor, the “ Sponsors ”) and also include the
Purchasers.
WHEREAS, the consummation of the
Equity Contribution in accordance with the Equity Purchase
Agreement is subject to the consummation of certain concurrent
transactions (such transactions, together with the Equity
Contribution, the “ Transactions ”),
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that the Company shall have amended and restated the existing
$350 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 29, 2005, of Holdco, as amended through the date
hereof, in accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule D
to the Equity Purchase Agreement, to provide the Company with
amended and restated senior credit facilities consisting of
$300 million of term loans, of which $100 million has
been previously funded and $200 million of which shall be new
term loans to be funded on the Closing Date contemplated hereby,
and a $250 million revolving credit facility (of which no more
than $150 million will be drawn on the Closing Date)
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that Holdco shall have (A) on the Satisfaction Date,
accepted bids to sell the securities held in its investment
portfolio listed on Schedule B to the Equity Purchase
Agreement, (B) incurred a Total Loss of not more than
$1,700,000,000, and (C) on or prior to the Closing, received
full proceeds from such sales in accordance with the bids accepted
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that the Company shall have received the proceeds of the
issuance of its 13.25% senior secured second lien notes due 2018
(the “ Notes ”) issued pursuant to the indenture
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with its terms, the “ Indenture
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WHEREAS, the proceeds from the
purchase of the Notes will be used by the Company and its
Subsidiaries for investments in accordance with the provisions of
the Indenture to supplement the Company’s unrestricted
assets, to repay existing indebtedness and to pay related
transaction costs and expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
As used herein, defined terms which
are defined in the Indenture shall have, except where otherwise
expressly set forth herein, the same respective meanings as such
defined terms have in the Indenture, and, in addition, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified herein unless the
context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms
shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural
the singular):
“ Agreement ” is
defined in Section 10.4.
“ AML Laws ” means
any anti-money laundering law or regulation applicable to Holdco or
any Holdco Subsidiary.
“ Anti-boycott Laws
” means the Export Administration Act and the Internal
Revenue Code and any other applicable law regarding boycotts issued
by a foreign government and not endorsed by the United
States.
“Bank Secrecy
Act” means the Currency and Foreign Transactions Report
Act, as amended.
“ Bank Term Sheet
” means the term sheet relating to the Company Credit
Facilities set forth on Schedule D to the Equity Purchase
Agreement.
“Benefit Plan”
has the meaning given to it in Section 4.13(a).
“ Board of Directors
” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5(a).
“ Board Observer ”
has the meaning given to it in Section 7.10.
“ Board Papers ”
is defined in Section 7.10.
“ Certificate of
Designations ” has the definition given to it in the
Equity Purchase Agreement.
“ Closing ” is
defined in Section 2.3(a).
“ Closing Date ”
is defined in Section 2.3(a).
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“ Closing Payment
” means on the Closing Date, an amount equal to $15,000,000 (
i.e., representing 3.00% of the $500,000,000 of Notes
committed to be purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to the
Agreement, whether or not the Purchasers purchase all such
Notes).
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Section references to the Code are to the Code as in effect at the
date of this Agreement, and any subsequent provisions of the Code,
amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted
therefor.
“ Collateral ”
means the collateral described in the Security Documents.
“ Collateral Agent
” means the Trustee in its capacity as Collateral Agent under
the Indenture and under the Security Documents and any successor
thereto in such capacity.
“ Common Stock ”
is defined in the recitals.
“ Company Credit
Facilities ” is defined in the recitals.
“Contract” has
the meaning given to it in Section 4.5(b).
“ Credit Documents
” means the Company Credit Facilities and all agreements,
guarantees, collateral documents, certificates, instruments, and
other documents made or delivered in connection therewith.
“ Default ” has
the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
“ DTC ” means The
Depository Trust Company.
“ DTC Agreement ”
means a letter of representations between the Company and
DTC.
“ Environmental Claims
” means any administrative or judicial actions, suits,
orders, claims, proceedings or written notices of noncompliance by
or from any person alleging liability arising out of the Release of
Hazardous Materials or the failure to comply with Environmental
Law.
“ Environmental Law
” means any Law relating to pollution, the environment or
natural resources.
“ Equity Contribution
” is defined in the recitals.
“ Equity Documents
” means the Equity Purchase Agreement and all agreements,
certificates, instruments, and other documents made or delivered in
connection therewith.
“ Equity Interest
” is defined in the Indenture.
“ Equity Investors
” is defined in the recitals.
“ Equity Purchase
Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect at the date
of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory
thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefore.
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“ERISA Event ”
means (a) an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and
the regulations thereunder with respect to any Benefit Plan, other
than any event as to which the thirty day notice period has been
waived; or (b) the failure of any Benefit Plan to satisfy the
minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof
under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or
a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period
is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code or
Section 303 or 304 of ERISA.
“ Event of Default
” means “Event of Default”, as such term is
defined in the Indenture.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules
and regulations thereunder.
“ Export Administration
Act ” means The Export Administration Act of 1979, as
amended, and the executive orders, rules and regulations pursuant
to the President’s invocation of emergency powers under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
“ Fee Letter ”
means that certain Contingent Fee Letter dated as of the date
hereof by and between the Sponsors, the Purchasers, Holdco and the
Company.
“ Financing Documents
” means collectively, this Agreement, the Indenture, the
Notes, the Registration Rights Agreements, the Fee Letter and the
Management Rights Agreement, and all certificates, instruments, and
other documents made or delivered in connection herewith and
therewith.
“ Foreign Plan ”
means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or
agreement maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United
States.
“GAAP” is defined
in Section 4.6.
“ German Antitrust Act
” means the German Act Against Restraints of Competition
(Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschrankungen).
“ Governmental Authority
” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state,
province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any
entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government, including a central bank or stock exchange.
“ Governmental Entity
” means any United States or foreign governmental or
regulatory agency, commission, court, body, entity or
authority.
“ GSCP ” is
defined in the recitals.
“ Guarantors ” has
the definition given to it in the Indenture.
“ Hazardous Materials
” means (x) petroleum and petroleum by-products,
asbestos that is friable, radioactive materials, medical or
infectious wastes or polychlorinated biphenyls and (y) any
other material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or
regulated by Environmental Law because of its hazardous, toxic or
deleterious properties or characteristics.
“ Holdco Disclosure
Schedule ” means a schedule attached hereto as
Schedule I setting forth, among other things, items the
disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response
to an
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express
disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an
exception to one or more of Holdco’s or the Company’s
representations or warranties contained in Section 4.
“ Holdco Intellectual
Property ” means all patents and patent applications
currently owned by Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries that are
material to the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, as currently conducted.
“Holdco
Subsidiary” is defined in Section 4.3.
“ HSR Act ” means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Infringe ”
means, in relation to Intellectual Property, infringing upon,
misappropriating or violating the rights of any third party.
“Indemnitee” has
the meaning given to it in Section 9.2.
“ Indenture ” has
meaning given to it in the recitals.
“ Initial Equity
Securities ” is defined in the recitals.
“ Intellectual Property
” means the following and all rights pertaining thereto:
(A) patents, patent applications, provisional patent
applications and statutory invention registrations (including all
utility models and other patent rights under the Laws of all
countries), (B) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos,
trade names, service names, corporate names, domain names and other
brand identifiers, registrations and applications for registration
thereof, (C) copyrights, proprietary designs, computer software,
mask works, databases, and registrations and applications for
registration thereof, (D) confidential and proprietary
information, trade secrets, know-how and show-how, and (E) all
similar rights, however denominated, throughout the world.
“ Investment Company Act
” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 as from time to
time in effect and any successor act to all or a portion
thereof.
“ Investment Policy
” is defined in Section 6.2.
“ Investors ” has
the definition given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
“IRS” means the
Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.
“ Law ” means any
federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, code, order, injunction, arbitration award,
writ, decree, agency requirement, license or permit of any
Governmental Entity.
“ Lead Sponsor ”
is defined in the recitals.
“ Management Rights
Agreement ” means the management rights agreement dated
as of the Closing Date among Holdco, the Company and GS Mezzanine
Partners V Institutional, L.P. (the indirect owner of GSMP
Institutional).
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means: (1) for any purpose under this
Agreement other than Section 7, any circumstance, event, change,
development or effect that, (a) is material and adverse to the
financial position, results of operations, business, assets or
liabilities of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken
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as a
whole, (b) would materially impair the ability of Holdco and
the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their
obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Documents, (c) would materially impair the rights and remedies
of the Purchasers under this Agreement or any of the other
Financing Documents, taken as a whole, or (d) would materially
impair the ability of Holdco to perform its obligations under the
Equity Purchase Agreement or otherwise materially threaten or
materially impede the consummation of the Purchase (as defined in
the Equity Purchase Agreement) and the other transactions
contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement; provided, however,
that the impact of the following matters shall be disregarded:
(i) changes in general economic, financial market, credit
market, regulatory or political conditions (whether resulting from
acts of war or terrorism, an escalation of hostilities or
otherwise) generally affecting the U.S. economy, foreign economies
or the industries in which Holdco or its Subsidiaries operate,
(ii) changes in generally accepted accounting principles,
(iii) changes in laws of general applicability or
interpretations thereof by any Governmental Authority,
(iv) any change in Holdco’s stock price or trading
volume, in and of itself, or any failure, in and of itself, by
Holdco to meet revenue or earnings guidance published or otherwise
provided to the Purchaser (provided that any fact, condition,
circumstance, event, change, development or effect underlying any
such failure or change, other than any of the foregoing that is
otherwise excluded pursuant to clauses (i) through
(viii) hereof, may be taken into account in determining
whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably
be expected to occur), (v) losses resulting from any change in
the valuations of Holdco’s portfolio of securities or sales
of such securities and any effect resulting from such changes or
sales, (vi) actions or omissions of Holdco or the Sponsors
taken as required by the Equity Purchase Agreement or with the
prior written consent of the Purchaser, (vii) public
announcement, in and of itself, by a third party not affiliated
with Holdco of any proposal to acquire the outstanding securities
or all or substantially all of the assets of Holdco and (viii) the
public announcement of the Equity Purchase Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby (provided that this clause
(viii) shall not apply with respect to
Sections 1.2(c)(v), 2.2(d), 2.2(h) and 2.2(k) of the Equity
Purchase Agreement); provided further, however, that Material
Adverse Effect shall be deemed not to include the impact of the
foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in each case only
insofar and to the extent that such circumstances, events, changes,
developments or effects described in such clauses do not have a
disproportionate effect on Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries
(exclusive of its payments systems business) relative to other
participants in the industry; and (2) for any purpose under
Section 7 of this Agreement, any circumstance, event, change,
development or effect that, (a) is material and adverse to the
financial position, results of operations, business, assets or
liabilities of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (b) would materially impair the ability of Holdco and
the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their
obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Documents, or (c) would materially impair the rights and
remedies of the Purchasers under this Agreement or any of the other
Financing Documents, taken as a whole.
“MSPI” means
MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” is defined in Section 4.13(e).
“ Notes ” is
defined in the recitals.
“ OFAC ” means the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury
Department.
“ Officer’s
Certificate ” is defined in Section 3.11(b).
“ Outside Receipt Date
” is defined in Section 3.6 (c).
“ Patriot Act ” is
defined in Section 10.17.
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“ Pre-Closing
Certificate ” is defined in Section 3.18
“ Preferred Stock
” means the Series B Preferred Stock, the
Series B-1 Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock
and the Series D Preferred Stock.
“ Previously Disclosed
” means information: (i) set forth in the Holdco
Disclosure Schedule corresponding to the provision of this
Agreement to which such information relates (provided that any
disclosure with respect to a particular paragraph or section of
this Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to
be disclosed for other paragraphs and sections of this Agreement or
the Holdco Disclosure Schedule to the extent that the relevance of
such disclosure would be reasonably apparent to a reader of such
disclosure); or (ii) otherwise disclosed on a SEC Document,
prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any risk factor
disclosures contained in such documents and any disclosure of risks
included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer
or other statements that are similarly non-specific, predictive or
forward-looking in nature) (“Filed SEC
Documents”).
“ Private Offering
” means any offer and/or sale by one or more of the
Purchasers of some or all of the Notes without registration under
the Securities Act but in compliance with Rule 144A, Rule 144,
Regulation S, Section 4(1) or any other applicable rule
or provision under the Securities Act.
“ Purchase Price ”
is defined in Section 2.2(b).
“ Purchasers ” is
defined in the Preamble.
“ Qualified Institutional
Buyer ” means any Person that is a “qualified
institutional buyer” within the meaning of
Rule 144A.
“ Registration Rights
Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement among
the Company, Holdco and each Purchaser, to be dated as of the
Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“ Regulation D
” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any
successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
“ Regulation T
” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any
successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
“ Regulation U
” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any
successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
“ Regulation X
” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any
successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
“ Release ” means
any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, emitting,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or
migrating into or through the environment in derogation of
Environmental Law.
“ Responsible Officer
” means the chairman, the chief executive officer, the
president, the chief financial officer, the chief operating
officer, the chief accounting officer or the treasurer.
“ Rule 144 ”
has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
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“ Rule 144A ”
has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
“ Rule 502 ”
means Rule 502 of Regulation D under the Securities Act
as from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all
or a portion thereof.
“ Satisfaction Date
” has the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase
Agreement.
“SEC” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ SEC Documents ”
is defined in Section 4.6(a).
“ Securities ” has
the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
“ Security Documents
” means the security agreements, pledge agreements,
collateral assignments and related agreements, as amended,
supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured,
repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time,
creating the security intents in the Collateral as contemplated by
the Indenture, which will be identical to the agreement for the
First Priority Liens Obligations, but on a second priority lien
basis and shall be with respect to the Collateral as described in
the Bank Term Sheet.
“ Series B Preferred
Stock ” is defined in the recitals.
“Series B-1 Preferred
Stock” is defined in the recitals .
“Series C
Certificate” has the meaning given to it in the Equity
Purchase Agreement.
“ Series C Preferred
Stock ” is defined in the recitals.
“ Series D Preferred
Stock ” is defined in the recitals.
“ Shareholder Approval
” means the stockholder vote that will be necessary under the
Section 312.00 “Shareholder Approval Policy” of the New
York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual so that the Series C
Preferred Stock, the Series D Preferred Stock and the Common
Stock issued to the Investors at the Closing Date shall become
exchangeable for Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1
Preferred Stock, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Equity
Purchase Agreement and the terms of the Series C
Certificate.
“ Solvency Certificate
” is defined in Section 3.11(c).
“ Solvent ” means,
with respect to any Person, that (a) the sum of such
Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not
exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s
present assets; (b) such Person’s capital is not
unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated; and
(c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur,
or believe that it will incur, debts including current obligations
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at
maturity or otherwise). For purposes of this definition, the amount
of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed by Holdco
and the Company as the amount that, in light of all of the facts
and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that
such Person reasonably expects to become an actual or matured
liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet
the criteria for accrual under GAAP).
“ Sponsors ” is
defined in the recitals.
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“ State ” means
any of the jurisdictions listed on Section 3.3(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule (as defined in the Equity Purchase
Agreement).
“ Subsequent Purchaser
” means a purchaser of any Note who acquired such Note in a
Private Offering in accordance with Section 8.1.
“ Tax ” or “
Taxes ” means any and all domestic or foreign,
federal, state, local or other taxes of any kind (together with any
and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional
amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental
Entity, including taxes on or with respect to income, franchises,
windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use,
capital stock, payroll, employment, unemployment, social security,
workers’ compensation or net worth, and taxes in the nature
of excise, withholding, ad valorem or value added, and including
any liability in respect of any items described above as a
transferee or successor, pursuant to Section 1.1502-6 of the
Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign Law), or as an indemnitor, guarantor, surety or in a
similar capacity under any contract, arrangement, agreement,
understanding or commitment (whether oral or written)
“ Tax Return ”
means any return, report or similar filing, (including attached
schedules) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (and
any amendments thereto), including any information return, claim
for refund or declaration of estimated Taxes.
“ Termination Date
” is defined in Section 2.2(e).
“ Total First Lien
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination,
funded Total Indebtedness that in each case is secured by First
Priority Liens on property or assets of Holdco and its
Subsidiaries.
“Total Loss” has
the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
“ Transaction Documents
” means the Credit Documents, the Equity Documents and the
Financing Documents.
“ Transactions ”
is defined in the recitals.
“ Trustee ” means
Wells Fargo Bank National Association.
“ Unrestricted Assets
” has the meaning given to it in Schedule E to the
Equity Purchase Agreement.
“ U.S. Economic Sanction
” means any economic sanction imposed by any rule, regulation
or statute of the United States, including without limitation,
those administered by OFAC and any other applicable laws imposing
economic sanctions.
“U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act” is defined in Section 4.12(b)
1.2. Computation of Time
Periods .
For purposes of computation of
periods of time hereunder, the word “from” means
“from and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding.”
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1.3. Terms Generally .
Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term has the meaning
assigned to it;
(2) “or” is not
exclusive;
(3) an accounting term not
otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it, and shall be
construed, in accordance with GAAP;
(3) words in the singular
include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(4) “will” shall be
interpreted to express a command;
(5) the word
“including” means “including without
limitation”;
(6) any reference to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and
permitted assigns;
(7) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein);
(8) for purposes of computation
of periods of time hereunder, the word “from” means
“from and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding”;
and
(9) references to sections of or
rules under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act will be deemed
to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules
adopted by the SEC from time to time.
SECTION 2.
AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOTES
2.1. Authorization of Issue
.
On or prior to the Closing, the
Company will authorize the issuance and sale of the Notes. The
Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the
Indenture.
2.2. Sale and Purchase of the
Notes .
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, on or prior to the Termination Date,
the Company will issue and sell to each of the Purchasers and each
of the Purchasers will purchase from the Company, at the Closing
provided for in Section 2.3, the Notes in the principal
amounts and for the portion of the Purchase Price as may be
allocated between the Purchasers in their sole discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event there is a Proceeds
Excess (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), the principal
amount of the Notes may, pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement,
be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the
Proceeds Excess and the amount by which the aggregate purchase
price of the Equity Contribution is reduced pursuant to the Equity
Purchase Agreement.
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(b) The aggregate cash purchase
price (the “ Purchase Price ”) for the Notes
shall be equal to the principal face amount of the Notes being so
purchased, net of the aggregate amount of the Closing
Payment.
(c) The parties agree to report
the sale and purchase of the Notes for all federal, state, local
and foreign Tax purposes in a manner consistent with the foregoing
and agree to take no position inconsistent with the foregoing,
except as required by applicable law.
(d) The obligations hereunder of
the Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes are several and
not joint and no Purchaser will have any liability to any Person
for the performance or non-performance by any other
Purchaser.
(e) The obligation of the
Purchasers to purchase the Notes and the obligation of the Company
to sell and issue the Notes in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement shall terminate on the date of the termination of the
Equity Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “
Termination Date ”).
2.3. Closing .
(a) The sale and purchase of the
Notes shall occur at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &
Katz located at 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York, commencing
at 10 a.m. local time, at a closing (the “ Closing
”) on the third Business Day following the date on which the
conditions set forth in Section 3 (other than those conditions
that are expressly required to be satisfied at the Closing, but
subject to fulfillment of those conditions) are satisfied or waived
by the Purchasers, but in any event the Closing shall be no later
than 10:00 a.m. CST on March 13, 2008, or at such other time
as mutually agreed by the Company and the Purchasers. The date and
time of the Closing is referred to herein as the “ Closing
Date ”.
(b) At the Closing, the Company
will deliver to each Purchaser purchasing Notes, in such
denominations as such Purchaser may request (subject to the terms
of the Indenture), representing in the aggregate the full principal
amount of Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on the Closing
Date, each such Note dated the Closing Date and registered in such
Purchaser’s name, against payment by such Purchaser to the
Company of the amount of the applicable portion of the Purchase
Price (as provided in Section 2.2) net of the applicable
Closing Payment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such bank account or accounts as the Company may request in writing
at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
(c) If at the Closing the
Company shall fail to deliver to the Purchasers the Notes as
provided in Section 2.3(b), or any of the conditions specified
in Section 3 shall not have been fulfilled to the
Purchasers’ reasonable satisfaction or waived, then each
Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further
obligations under this Agreement.
2.4. Signing Date Certificate
.
On the date of this Agreement, Holdco
shall deliver to the Purchasers a certificate, substantially in the
form of Exhibit 2.4 to this Agreement from Holdco, signed by
the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of
Holdco, certifying: (i) that each of the representations and
warranties contained in Sections 4.1 through 4.17, 4.23 and
4.29 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects (unless qualified by “material” or
“Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to
materiality, in which case such representations and warranties must
be true and correct in all respects) on or as of the execution date
of this Agreement as if made on and as of the execution date of
this Agreement (unless expressly stated to relate to a specific
earlier date, in which case each of such representations and
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warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects
(unless qualified by “material” or “Material
Adverse Effect” or similar references to materiality, in
which case the representation and warranties must be true and
correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), (ii) to the
knowledge of the applicable officer: (x) that none of the
written factual information and written data (taken as a whole)
furnished by or on behalf of Holdco or any of the Holdco
Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives
to the Purchasers on or before the date hereof for purposes of or
in connection with this Agreement contained, when furnished, any
untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any
material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as
a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the
circumstances under which such information or data was furnished,
it being understood and agreed that for purposes of such
certificate, such factual information and data shall not include
projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and/or any
other forward-looking information) and information of a general
economic or general industry nature, and (y) that the
projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other
forward-looking information) contained in the information and data
referred to in clause (ii)(x) above were based on good faith
estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable
at the time made, it being recognized by the Purchasers that such
projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and
that actual results during the period or periods covered by any
such projections may differ from the projected results, and
(iii) that the financial information, data and performance
information listed on Exhibit 4 hereto furnished by or
on behalf of Holdco or the Company to the Purchasers on or before
the date hereof for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement was true, complete and accurate as and when furnished to
the Purchasers.
2.5 Fees .
On the date of this Agreement, Holdco
shall pay the fees set forth, and otherwise satisfy the other terms
and conditions set forth in, the Fee Letter.
SECTION 3.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Subject to the final sentence of
Section 3.18, each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase
and pay for the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing is
subject to the reasonable satisfaction or waiver by it prior to or
at the Satisfaction Date (or the Closing Date if such condition
expressly requires that it be satisfied prior to or at the Closing
Date) of each of the conditions specified below in this
Section 3:
3.1. No Violation; No Legal
Constraints; Consents, Authorizations and Filings, Etc.
(a) the expiration or
termination of: (i) any applicable waiting period under the
HSR Act and (ii) any applicable waiting period under the
German Antitrust Act in each case, required to consummate the
purchase from Holdco at the Closing, of the Securities as
contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement and for the Investors
to own, and fully vote and convert into Common Stock, all of the
Securities;
(b) no provision of any
applicable Law or regulation and no judgment, injunction, order or
decree shall prohibit the Closing or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or shall
prohibit or restrict any Investor or its Affiliates from owning, or
fully voting and converting, the Securities to be acquired by such
Investor pursuant to the terms of such respective Securities, and
no lawsuit shall have been commenced by a Governmental Entity
seeking to effect any of the foregoing;
(c) On the Closing Date, each
Purchaser’s purchase of the Notes shall be permitted by all
applicable laws of each jurisdiction to which it is subject;
and
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(d) On the Closing Date, the
Purchasers shall have received a certificate signed for and on
behalf of Holdco by a senior executive officer of Holdco confirming
that prior to or concurrently with the Closing, Holdco shall have
(A) on the Satisfaction Date, accepted bids to sell the
securities held in its investment portfolio listed on
Schedule B to the Equity Purchase Agreement that if
consummated would result in Holdco incurring a Total Loss of not
more than $1,700,000,000, (B) incurred a Total Loss of not
more than $1,700,000,000, and (C) on or prior to the Closing,
received or receive, as the case may be, full proceeds from such
sales in accordance with the bids accepted on the Satisfaction
Date.
3.2. Indebtedness .
On the Closing Date, the Company and
Holdco shall have (i) (A) amended Holdco’s existing
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29,
2005, in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule D to
the Equity Purchase Agreement, such other material alterations or
additional material terms as are acceptable to both the Company and
the Purchasers (each acting in their sole discretion), and such
other non-material terms and conditions as are acceptable to the
Company (acting reasonably); provided, further that the parties
acknowledge that each of the terms set forth on Schedule D to
the Equity Purchase Agreement are material, (B) received an
additional $200 million of term loans (less any original issue
discount otherwise permitted under the Equity Purchase Agreement)
under its existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement following
such amendment described in clause (A) above; (C) never
borrowed any funds under, and shall have terminated, its existing
364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2007, as
amended; (ii) the Purchasers shall have received final drafts of
the Company Credit Facilities, five (5) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date; and (iii) no Indebtedness (as determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) shall remain
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the Transaction
other than: (x) the loans under the Company Credit Facilities
and (y) the Notes and (z) indebtedness incurred in the
ordinary course of business not to exceed, individually or in the
aggregate, $5 million. After giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, there shall not exist (pro forma for such
transactions and the financing thereof) any Default or Event of
Default under the Indenture or the Notes.
3.3. Material Adverse Change
.
Except as Previously Disclosed, since
September 30, 2007, no change or event shall have occurred and
no circumstances shall exist which have had, or would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. With respect to matters which have been Previously
Disclosed, in determining whether this condition is satisfied, any
circumstance, event or condition occurring after the date hereof
shall be taken into account, including any deterioration, worsening
or adverse consequence of such Previously Disclosed matters
occurring after the date hereof.
3.4. Regulatory .
None of the Company or MPSI shall
have received written or oral notice from any State to the effect
that such State has determined, that the Company or MPSI can no
longer conduct their money transfer or payment systems businesses
in such State or has revoked, or intends to revoke, the
Company’s or MPSI’s license to conduct such businesses
in such State, or imposed or intends to impose, one or more
conditions on the Company’s or MPSI’s license to
conduct businesses in such State (which conditions are materially
adverse to the Company or MPSI and are not generally applicable to
other persons conducting money transfer or payments systems
businesses in such State).
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3.5. Fees and Expenses .
(a) At the Closing each
Purchaser shall have received from the Company, the Closing
Payments required to be paid under Section 2.3(b), by netting
such amounts from the applicable portion of the principal amount of
the Notes being purchased by such Purchaser, as provided in
Section 2.3(b).
(b) At the Closing, all the fees
and expenses payable by Holdco and the Company to the Purchasers
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation, the fees and expenses of each Purchaser and counsel for
the Purchasers for which invoices have been presented (including
the fees of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP,
counsel to the Purchasers), shall have been paid in full.
3.6. Holdco Audit/10-K/Absence of
Restatement .
(a)(i) On or prior to the
Satisfaction Date, Holdco (x) shall have received from
Deloitte & Touche LLP an unqualified opinion regarding the
consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its subsidiaries as
of and for the year ended December 31, 2007, prepared in
accordance with GAAP (which opinion shall not contain any going
concern modification or qualification or other explanatory
paragraph) (such an opinion referred to herein as a “
Satisfactory Audit Opinion ”) and (y) shall have
filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K in compliance with all
applicable rules promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) if
the conditions set forth in clause (a)(i) of this sentence have not
been satisfied on or prior to the Satisfaction Date, then:
(A) the Purchasers shall have
received, (v) at least two (2) business days prior to the
Satisfaction Date, a draft of Holdco’s Annual Report on Form
10-K delivered by Holdco in substantially complete form, and
(w) at least two (2) business days prior to the
Satisfaction Date, a draft opinion from Deloitte & Touche LLP
to Holdco regarding the consolidated financial statements of Holdco
and its subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31,
2007, prepared in accordance with GAAP (which draft opinion shall
be unqualified, except that it may contain a going concern
qualification referring solely to Holdco’s need to raise
additional capital to address the reduced valuation of
Holdco’s investment portfolio and shall not contain any other
going concern modification or similar qualification or other
explanatory paragraph) (such a draft opinion referred to herein as
a “ Draft Audit Opinion ”), (x) verbal
confirmation (on both the date the draft opinion referred to in
clause (w) is delivered and on the Satisfaction Date) from
Deloitte & Touche LLP to the effect that the Draft Audit
Opinion is in a final form that could be delivered to Holdco as of
the Satisfaction Date, and if the Draft Audit Opinion contains a
Going Concern qualification, verbal confirmation from Deloitte
& Touche LLP that the sale of portfolio securities and the
receipt of the funds from the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents will result in a Satisfactory Audit Opinion,
with an assumption that the amount of the Total Loss does not
exceed $1,700,000,000 (provided, however, that on the Satisfaction
Date such assumption shall take into account any actual securities
sold and the bids received on the securities to be sold),
(y) on both the date the draft opinion referred to in clause
(w) is delivered and on the Satisfaction Date, a written
description delivered by Deloitte & Touche LLP to Holdco as of
these dates of all remaining audit procedures that need to be
completed for Deloitte & Touche LLP to issue a Satisfactory
Audit Opinion, which procedures relate solely to confirming the
receipt of funds from the sale of portfolio securities and receipt
of the funds from the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents; and (z) at least two (2) business days prior
to the Satisfaction Date, a written description from Holdco, based
on discussions with Deloitte & Touche LLP, of all steps Holdco
and Deloitte & Touche LLP will take in order for Holdco to
obtain from Deloitte & Touche LLP a Satisfactory Audit Opinion
on or prior to the Outside Receipt Date; and
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(B) each of the Purchasers shall have
determined (and shall have notified Holdco not later than the
Satisfaction Date that it has determined) in its sole judgment and
discretion that Holdco will obtain from Deloitte & Touche LLP,
a Satisfactory Audit Opinion on or prior to March 14, 2008
(“ Outside Receipt Date ”) and will file its
Annual Report on Form 10-K in compliance with all applicable rules
promulgated under Exchange Act on or prior to the Outside Receipt
Date; it being understood that in making the determination, the
Purchasers shall be entitled to consider the foregoing information
delivered under clause (A) above, as well as any other factors
as they deem relevant, including without limitation any and all
information obtained through Holdco’s full compliance with
Section 3.2 of the Equity Purchase Agreement and
Section 6.1 of this Agreement;
(b) each of the Purchasers shall
have had a full and complete opportunity to review Holdco’s
books and records, internal controls and procedures, and to
interview current and former Holdco personnel as determined to be
necessary by each of the Purchasers, and will have determined (and
shall have notified Holdco not later than the Satisfaction Date
that this condition has been satisfied) that Holdco’s books
and records, internal controls and procedures, as well as
Holdco’s prior disclosures, are acceptable to each Purchaser
in its sole judgment and discretion; and it is understood and
agreed that such determination by the Purchasers shall be based on,
among other things, but not limited to, the subjective view of each
of the Purchasers of Holdco’s potential exposure, if any, to
claims and investigations related in any to Holdco’s books
and records, internal controls and procedures, and prior
disclosures;
(c) neither Deloitte &
Touche LLP nor any other accounting firm shall have issued to
Holdco any opinion regarding the consolidated financial statements
of Holdco and its subsidiaries as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2007 which is not a Satisfactory Audit
Opinion;
(d) there shall not have been a
restatement (nor shall any restatement be under consideration by
Holdco, its external auditors or, to the knowledge of Holdco, the
SEC) of any prior period financial statements of Holdco; and
(e) Holdco shall have resolved
to the satisfaction of the SEC (including having taken any and all
corrective action requested by the Staff of the SEC, if any) all
comments received by Holdco from the SEC on the SEC
Documents.
3.7. Representations and
Warranties .
Each of the representations and
warranties contained herein shall be true and correct in all
material respects (unless qualified by “material” or
“Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to
materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must
be true and correct in all respects) on or as of the Satisfaction
Date as if made on and as of the Satisfaction Date (unless
expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which
case each of such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects (unless qualified by
“material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or
similar references to materiality, in which case the representation
and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) as of such
earlier date), in each case after giving pro forma effect to
the consummation on the Closing Date of the Transactions, the
issuance of the Notes to be issued on the date hereof and the
application of the proceeds thereof.
3.8. Performance; No Default
.
The Company and Holdco shall have
performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements
and covenants contained herein and therein required to be performed
or complied with by them prior to or at the Closing (or such
compliance shall have been waived on terms and conditions
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reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers) and, as of the
Satisfaction Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the
issuance of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof,
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
3.9. Equity Contribution
.
At the Closing, the Equity
Contribution shall have been made to Holdco in accordance with the
Equity Purchase Agreement, and Holdco shall have received the
Equity Contribution. All conditions precedent set forth in the
Equity Documents shall have been satisfied or waived (with the
prior consent of the Purchasers if the Purchasers reasonably
determine such waiver is adverse to the Purchasers).
3.10. Pre-Closing
Certificate
(a) The Pre-Closing Certificate
shall have been delivered by the Company and acknowledged by the
Purchasers pursuant to Section 3.18 on the Satisfaction
Date.
(b) The Purchasers shall have
received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a senior
executive officer confirming that the Pre-Closing Certificate was
true and accurate when delivered and that each of the conditions
set forth in Sections 3.1(c), 3.1(d), 3.2, 3.5, 3.9, 3.11(c),
3.12, and 3.15 have been satisfied, or as applicable, will be
satisfied simultaneously with, and are satisfied as of the Closing
Date.
3.11. Compliance Certificates
.
(a) Secretary’s
Certificate . The Company and each Guarantor
shall have delivered to the Purchasers a Secretary’s
Certificate, dated as of the Satisfaction Date (the “
Secretary’s Certificate ”), in the form of
Exhibit 3.11(a) hereto, certifying, among other things, as to
(i) the Company’s and the Guarantors’ certificate
or articles of incorporation or deed of incorporation (or, if an
unlimited liability company, limited liability company or limited
partnership, certificate of formation) and bylaws or articles of
association (or, if an unlimited liability company or limited
liability company, unlimited or limited liability company
agreement, or, if a limited partnership, limited partnership
agreement), (ii) the incumbency and signatures of certain
officers of the Company and the Guarantors and (iii) the
corporate proceedings of the Company and the Guarantors (including
a Board consent in a form reasonably agreed to by the Purchasers)
relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes,
this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party.
(b) Officer’s
Certificate . The Company shall have delivered
to the Purchasers an Officer’s Certificate, each dated as of
the Satisfaction Date (the “ Officer’s
Certificate ”), in the form of Exhibit 3.11(b)
hereto, certifying, on and as of the Satisfaction Date (after
giving “ pro forma” effect to the consummation
on the Closing Date of the Transactions, the issuance of the Notes
to be issued on the Closing Date and the application of the
proceeds thereof) as to (i) the representations and warranties
of the Company, (ii) the performance and compliance in all
material respects with all agreements and covenants contained
herein, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing under the Indenture or the Notes.
(c) Solvency Certificate and
Solvency Opinion . On the Closing Date, the
Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate from
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the
Satisfaction Date (the “ Solvency Certificate
”), in the form of Exhibit 3.11(c), and (if and to the
extent delivered under the Company Credit Facilities) letters from
a nationally recognized appraisal firm or valuation consultant
satisfactory to the Purchasers, in each case certifying or
attesting, as applicable, that the Company on a consolidated basis
with its Subsidiaries immediately after giving effect to the
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consummation of the Transactions, the issuance and sale of the
Notes and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of
Notes, will be Solvent.
3.12. Opinion of Counsel
.
On the Closing Date, the Purchasers
shall have received an opinion from Kirkland & Ellis LLP,
special New York counsel for the Company, or another counsel for
the Company acceptable to the Purchasers, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.
3.13. Financial Information
.
(a) The Purchasers shall have
received: (a) as soon as monthly and quarterly financial
statements are available to Holdco and its subsidiaries, unaudited
consolidated financial statements for any interim period or periods
of Holdco and its Subsidiaries ended after the date of the most
recent audited financial statements; and (b) customary pro
forma consolidated financial statements. The most recent financial
statements will show on a pro forma basis on the Closing Date:
(i) funded Total Indebtedness of no more than
$950 million plus indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed, individually or in the aggregate,
$5 million; (ii) Total First Lien Indebtedness of no more
than $450 million; (iii) the Leverage Ratio (but
excluding for purposes of the calculation thereof from the
definition of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Indenture) any
gains or losses associated with the sale of securities held in
Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries investment portfolio listed on
Schedule B to the Equity Purchase Agreement for Holdco and its
Subsidiaries, as at the Closing Date, after giving pro forma effect
to the Transactions, for the last twelve-month period then ended
for which internal financial statements are then available (but in
any event the latest internal financial statement for the most
recently ended month immediately prior to the Closing Date shall be
available within 10 days after the end of such month) is not
greater than: (A) if such last 12 month period ends in
January 2008, 3.8:1.00 or (B) if such last 12 month
period ends in February 2008, 3.85:1.00 and (iv)(A) the
transaction volumes generated from the “Money Transfer”
business segment shall be no less than 3,170,700 for the month
ended January, 2008 and 3,238,200 for the month ended February,
2008, and (B) the net revenue generated from the “Money
Transfer” and the “Express Payment” business
segments on a combined basis shall be no less than $35,063,244 for
the month ended January 2008 and no less than $35,737,927 for
the month ended February, 2008. For purposes of clause (iv)(A) and
(iv)(B) of this Section 3.13, the internal monthly financial
statements for the months ended January 2008 and
February 2008 shall be prepared on the same basis in all
material respects to the monthly budgets for January 2008 and
February 2008 and the historical monthly results previously
provided to the Purchasers and included on Exhibit 4 to this
Agreement.
(b) After giving effect to the
Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses payable by Holdco
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Equity
Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, the expenses incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated by clause (iv) of
Section 1.2(c) of the Equity Purchase Agreement, the expenses
contemplated by Section 5.3 of the Equity Purchase Agreement
and the Exclusivity Agreement (as defined in the Equity Purchase
Agreement), the fees and expenses of Holdco’s advisors, and
the fees and expenses of each Purchaser and counsel for the
Purchasers, on a pro forma basis, Holdco shall have (x) at
least $150,000,000 in Unrestricted Assets and no more than
$150,000,000 will be drawn on the Closing Date, under
Holdco’s revolving credit facility (which availability, for
the purposes of this Section 3.13(b) shall take into account
all letters of credit outstanding either through such facility or
otherwise).
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3.14. Transaction Documents
.
On the Satisfaction Date, the
Purchasers shall have received true and correct copies of all
Transaction Documents (including without limitation, the Indenture,
the Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Management
Rights Agreement and the other Financing Documents, all of which
shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Purchasers) and such documents (i) shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by parties thereto; and
(ii) shall be valid and binding obligations of the parties
thereto, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its
respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles
of equity. Without limiting the generality of the preceding
sentence, the Purchasers shall have received all such counterpart
originals or certified or other copies of this Agreement and the
other Financing Documents required to be delivered on the Closing
Date.
3.15. Execution and Authentication
of Indenture and Notes .
On the Closing Date, the Trustee
shall have executed the Indenture and authenticated the Notes to be
purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement.
3.16. Security Documents and
Collateral .
On the Satisfaction Date, the
Trustee, as Collateral Agent, shall have received all Security
Documents duly executed by all parties thereto and the provisions
of the Security Documents shall create legal, valid and continuing
second-priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens) on all the
Collateral described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers securing the
Obligations (as defined in the Security Documents), enforceable
against Holdco, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries, as
applicable, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and subject to general principles of equity, which
Security Documents and Collateral shall be substantially similar to
the Security Documents (as defined in the Company Credit
Facilities) and Collateral (as defined in the Company Credit
Facilities) provided to the Lenders (as defined in the Company
Credit Facilities) under the Company Credit Facilities and shall be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers in their
reasonable discretion.
3.17. Bank Clearing
Arrangements .
The Company shall have demonstrated
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Purchasers that adequate bank
clearing arrangements are in effect on the Satisfaction Date.
3.18. Company Credit
Facilities .
(a) Holdco shall not have
incurred (or become obligated to incur) fees of more than
$7,000,000 relating to the transactions described in
Section 1.2(c)(iv) of the Equity Purchase Agreement (other
than clauses (D) and (E)) of the Equity Purchase Agreement
plus annual administrative agency fees in an amount not exceeding
$150,000 per annum payable quarterly; and
(b) the Applicable Margin (as
defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase Agreement) on the
Term B Loans (as defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase
Agreement) shall not have been increased by more than 1.25% per
annum (all of which may take the form of original issue discount
over a four-year life to maturity (i.e. 5% or $10,000,000));
provided that any increase shall have been necessary in the
reasonable discretion of the Lead Arranger (as defined in
Schedule D to the Equity
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Purchase
Agreement) to place the Term B Loans and the Lead Arranger shall
first consider (in consultation with Holdco and the Investors)
using increases in the margin prior to imposing original issue
discount.
3.19. Pre-Closing Certificate
. At the opening of business on the Satisfaction
Date, the Company shall deliver to each of the Purchasers a
certificate (the “ Pre-Closing Certificate ”)
signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive officer of
the Company confirming that each of the conditions set forth in
Section 3 (other than those conditions that are expressly
required hereunder to be satisfied on the Closing Date; provided,
however, the certificate must confirm that such conditions would be
satisfied in the hypothetical event that the Closing Date had taken
place on the Satisfaction Date) have been satisfied and are
satisfied as of the Satisfaction Date. Provided that each
Purchaser, in its good faith determination, has no reason to
believe at such that time any of the Company’s statements in
the Pre-Closing Certificate are false or inaccurate, each Purchaser
shall provide an acknowledgement that at such time it has no reason
to believe that each of the conditions set forth in Section 3
(other than those conditions that are expressly required hereunder
to be satisfied on the Closing Date) are not satisfied at such
time. After each Purchaser has provided such acknowledgment,
provided that the Pre-Closing Certificate was true and correct when
delivered and that the conditions in Sections 3.1(c), 3.1(d),
3.2, 3.5, 3.9. 3.10, 3.11(c), 3.12, and 3.15 are satisfied as of
the Closing Date, the Company and each of the Purchasers shall be
required to effect the Closing on the Closing Date.
SECTION 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Except as Previously Disclosed (but
only with respect to Sections 4.2 through and including 4.17),
each of Holdco and the Company represents and warrants to the
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