TERREMARK WORLDWIDE, INC., as
Issuer,
The Guarantors named
herein,
The Purchasers named
herein
Dated as of January 5,
2007
$10,000,000 Aggregate Principal
Amount of
Senior Subordinated Secured Notes due 2009
$4,000,000 Aggregate Principal
Amount of
Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2009
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SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions
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SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time
Periods
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms
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SECTION 2 AUTHORIZATION, ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.01. Authorization of Issue
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SECTION 3 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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SECTION 3.01. Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 3.02. Performance; No Default Under
Other Agreements
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SECTION 3.03. Compliance Certificates
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SECTION 3.04. Opinions of Counsel
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SECTION 3.05. Changes in Corporate
Structure
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SECTION 3.06. No Adverse Events
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SECTION 3.07. Financial Information; Capital
Structure
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SECTION 3.08. Proceedings and
Documents
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SECTION 3.09. Purchase Permitted by Applicable
Law, etc.
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SECTION 3.10. Basic Documents in Force and
Effect; Information
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SECTION 3.11. No Violation; No Legal
Constraints; Consents, Authorizations and Filings, etc.
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SECTION 3.12. Consummation of the
Transactions
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SECTION 3.14. CUSIP Numbers
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SECTION 3.15. Simultaneous Purchase
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SECTION 3.16. Delivery of Documents
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SECTION 3.17. Personal Property
Requirements
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SECTION 3.18. Financing Commitment
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SECTION 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
ISSUERS
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SECTION 4.01. Due Incorporation; Power and
Authority
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SECTION 4.02. Capitalization
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SECTION 4.03. Equity Interests and
Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.04. Due Authorization, Execution and
Delivery
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SECTION 4.05. Non-Contravention; Authorizations
and Approvals
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SECTION 4.06. Company Financial Statements;
Company Reports
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SECTION 4.07. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
or Events
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SECTION 4.08. No Actions or
Proceedings
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SECTION 4.10. Intellectual Property
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SECTION 4.12. Employee Benefit Plans
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SECTION 4.13. Private Offering; No Integration
or General Solicitation
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SECTION 4.14. Eligibility for Resale Under
Rule 144A
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SECTION 4.15. Status Under Certain
Statutes
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SECTION 4.17. Use of Proceeds; Margin
Regulations
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SECTION 4.18. Existing Indebtedness; Future
Liens
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SECTION 4.19. Compliance with Laws; Permits;
Environmental Matters
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SECTION 4.21. Affiliate Transactions
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SECTION 4.22. Material Contracts
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SECTION 4.23. No Changes to Applicable
Law
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SECTION 4.24. Indebtedness
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SECTION 4.26. Brokerage Fees
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SECTION 4.27. Documents and
Procedures
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SECTION 4.28. Absence of Labor
Dispute
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SECTION 4.29. No Unrelated
Liabilities
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SECTION 4.30. Full Disclosure
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SECTION 4.31. Assets Control Regulations and
Anti-Money Laundering
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SECTION 4.32. Certain Other Representations and
Warranties; Consummation of Transactions
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SECTION 4.33. Security Documents
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SECTION 4.34. Real Property Holding
Corporation
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SECTION 4.35. Activities of Certain
Subsidiaries
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SECTION 5 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE
PURCHASERS
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SECTION 5.01. Purchase for Investment
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SECTION 6 COVENANTS TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION
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SECTION 6.01. Future Reports to Series A
Noteholders
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SECTION 7 OTHER AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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SECTION 7.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest
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SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Corporate
Existence and Franchises
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SECTION 7.03. Maintenance of
Properties
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SECTION 7.05. Books, Records and
Access
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SECTION 7.06. Compliance with Law
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SECTION 7.08. Offer to Repurchase upon Change of
Control
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SECTION 7.09. Offer to Purchase by Application
of Excess Proceeds
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SECTION 7.10. Affirmative Covenants with Respect
to Leases
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SECTION 7.11. Further Assurances
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SECTION 7.12. Additional Collateral; Additional
Guarantors.
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SECTION 7.13. Security Interests; Further
Assurances
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SECTION 7.14. Information Regarding
Collateral
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SECTION 7.15. Designations of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries
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SECTION 7.16. Casualty Event
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SECTION 7.17. Offer to Repurchase under
Contemplated Lease Financings
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SECTION 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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SECTION 8.01. Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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SECTION 8.02. Restricted Payments
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SECTION 8.03. Dividend and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
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SECTION 8.04. Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock
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SECTION 8.05. Asset Sales
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SECTION 8.06. Transactions with
Affiliates
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SECTION 8.07. Limitation on Liens
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SECTION 8.08. Limitation on Issuances and Sales
of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries
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SECTION 8.09. Payments for Consents
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SECTION 8.10. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of
Assets
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SECTION 8.11. Conduct of Business
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SECTION 8.12. Limitation on Tax
Consolidation
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SECTION 8.13. Public Disclosures
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SECTION 8.14. Limitation on Repurchases and
other Repayments of Series A Notes
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SECTION 8.15. Limitation on
Activities
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SECTION 8.16. Limitation on Accounting
Changes
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SECTION 8.17. Fiscal Year
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SECTION 8.18. Amendments or Waivers of Certain
Documents
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SECTION 8.19. Amendments to Charter
Documents
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SECTION 8.20. No Integration
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SECTION 9.01. Form and Execution
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SECTION 9.02. Terms of the Notes
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SECTION 9.03. Denominations
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SECTION 9.04. Form of Legend for the
Notes
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SECTION 9.05. Payments and
Computations
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SECTION 9.06. Registration; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 9.07. Transfer Restrictions
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SECTION 9.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Notes
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SECTION 9.09. Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 9.10. Cancellation
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SECTION 9.11. Home Office Payment
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SECTION 10 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 10.01. Events of Default
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SECTION 10.03. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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SECTION 11.01. Right of Redemption
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SECTION 11.02. Partial Redemptions
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SECTION 11.03. Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 11.04. Notes Payable on Redemption
Date
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SECTION 11.05. Notes Redeemed in Part
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SECTION 12 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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SECTION 12.01. Subsidiary Guarantees
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SECTION 12.02. Execution and Delivery of
Subsidiary Guarantees
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SECTION 12.03. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc.
on Certain Terms
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SECTION 12.04. Releases of Subsidiary
Guarantees
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SECTION 12.05. Limitation on Guarantor
Liability
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SECTION 13 EXPENSES, INDEMNIFICATION AND
CONTRIBUTION, AND TERMINATION
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SECTION 13.02. Indemnification
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SECTION 13.03. Contribution
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SECTION 13.05. Termination
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SECTION 14.01. Appointment
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SECTION 14.02. Nature of Duties
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SECTION 14.03. Rights, Exculpation,
Etc.
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SECTION 14.05. Indemnification.
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SECTION 14.06. Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands
Branch Individually
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SECTION 14.07. Successor Agent
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SECTION 14.08. Collateral Matters
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SECTION 14.09. Agency for Perfection
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SECTION 14.10. Notice of Default
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SECTION 14.11. Series A Noteholder Actions
Against Collateral
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SECTION 14.12. Setoff and Sharing of
Payments
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SECTION 14.13. Withholding
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SECTION 15.02. Benefit of Agreement; Assignments
and Participations
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SECTION 15.03. No Waiver; Remedies
Cumulative
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SECTION 15.04. Amendments, Waivers and
Consents
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SECTION 15.05. Counterparts
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SECTION 15.06. Reproduction
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SECTION 15.08. Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction; Venue
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SECTION 15.09. Severability
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SECTION 15.11. Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 15.12. Incorporation
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SECTION 15.13. Certain Rights and Obligations
Among Noteholders
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Form of
Class A Note
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Form of
Subsidiary Guarantee
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Form of
Supplemental Agreement
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Form of
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement
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Form of
Indenture
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Form of
Registration Rights
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Form of
Landlord Access Agreement
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Form of
Mortgage
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Form of
Perfection Certificate
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Form of
Perfection Certificate Supplement
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Form of
Security Agreement
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Form of
Confidentiality Agreement
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Form of
Series B Subordination Agreement
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Form of
Officers’ Certificate
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Form of
Secretary’s Certificate
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Form of Company
Counsel Opinion
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Information
Relating to Purchasers
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Assets to be
Transferred to NAP Madrid
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List of Certain
Property
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Local
Counsel
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Adverse
Events
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Capitalization
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Equity
Interests
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Consents
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Authorizations
and Approvals
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Financial
Statements
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Liabilities
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Changes in
Business
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Governmental Actions
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Hazards
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Property — Claims
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Property — Violations
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Taxes
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Retiree Health
and Life Benefits
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Indebtedness
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Compliance with
Laws; Permits; Environmental Matters
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Affiliate
Transactions
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Material
Contracts
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Transaction
Fees
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Brokerage
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Documents and
Procedures
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Labor
Disputes
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Liens
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PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, dated as of January 5, 2007, by and among TERREMARK
WORLDWIDE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (each
a “ Guarantor ” and, collectively, the “
Guarantors ,” and together with the Company, the
“ Issuers ”), the Agent (defined below) and each
of the purchasers listed on Schedule A hereto (each a
“ Purchaser ” and, collectively, the “
Purchasers ”).
WHEREAS,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the Company has agreed to sell to the Purchasers, and
the Purchasers, acting severally and not jointly, have agreed to
purchase from the Company, an aggregate of (i) $10.0 million
aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Senior
Subordinated Secured Notes due 2009 in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (the “ Series A
Notes ”) and (ii) $4.0 million aggregate principal
amount of the Company’s Subordinated Convertible Notes due
2009 in the form attached to the Indenture (defined below) (the
“Series B Notes,” together with the Series A
Notes, the “ Notes ”);
WHEREAS
the obligations of the Company under this Agreement pertaining to
the Series A Notes and the Series A Notes will be
guaranteed (the “ Subsidiary Guarantees ”) by
the Guarantors, such Subsidiary Guarantees to be in the form of
Exhibit B hereto;
WHEREAS
the Company desires to secure all of its obligations under the
Basic Documents (as hereinafter defined) by granting to the Agent,
for the benefit of the Agent and the Series A Noteholders, a
security interest in and lien upon substantially all of its
personal and real property (including a pledge of all of the
Capital Stock (as hereinafter defined) of its Subsidiaries (as
hereinafter defined)) other than the Excluded Property (as defined
in the Security Agreement);
WHEREAS
each of the Guarantors (which excludes the SPV) is willing to grant
to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Series A
Noteholders, a security interest in and lien upon substantially all
of its personal and real property to secure such guaranty other
than the Excluded Property (as defined in the Security
Agreement);
WHEREAS
the Issuers have duly authorized the creation and issuance of the
Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, and the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents; and
WHEREAS
all things necessary to make this Agreement, the Notes (when issued
and delivered hereunder), the Subsidiary Guarantees (when validly
endorsed on the Series A Notes), and each other Basic Document
valid and binding obligations of each applicable Issuer in
accordance with their respective terms have been done;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Definitions . As used herein, the following terms
shall have the meanings specified herein unless the context
otherwise requires:
“
Accredited Investor ” means any Person that is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act.
“
Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person
(i) assumed in connection with an Asset Acquisition from such
Person or (ii) existing at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of any other Person (other than any Indebtedness
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Asset
Acquisition or such Person becoming such a Subsidiary). Acquired
Indebtedness shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the
related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the
acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may
be.
“
Affiliate ” means with respect to any specified
Person: (i) any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; (ii) any other Person that
owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of such specified
Person’s Capital Stock or any officer or director of any such
specified Person or other Person or, with respect to any natural
Person, any person having a relationship with such Person by blood,
marriage or adoption no more remote than first cousin; or
(iii) any other Person 5% or more of the Voting Stock of which
is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly by such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“
Agent ” means Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch. in
its capacity as Agent for the Series A Noteholders or its
successor appointed pursuant to Section 14.07.
“
Agreement ” is defined in
Section 15.04.
“
Applicable Law ” means all applicable laws, statutes,
treaties, rules, codes (including building codes), ordinances,
regulations, certificates, orders and licenses of, and
interpretations by, any Governmental Authority and judgments,
decrees, injunctions, writs, permits, orders or like governmental
action of any Governmental Authority (including any Environmental
Law and any laws pertaining to health or safety) applicable to the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their property or
operations.
“
Applicable Rate ” is defined in Exhibit A
.
“
Asset Acquisition ” means (i) an Investment by
the Company or any Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which
such Person will become a Subsidiary or will be merged or
consolidated with or into the Company or any Subsidiary or
(ii) the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
assets of any Person which constitute substantially all of
the
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assets of such
Person, or any division or line of business of such Person, or
which is otherwise outside of the ordinary course of
business.
“
Asset Sale ” means any sale, issuance, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition (including, without
limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) (collectively, a “ transfer ”),
directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions,
of: (i) any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary; (ii) all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of any division or
line of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or
(iii) any other properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business. For the
purposes of this definition, the term “Asset Sale”
shall not include any transfer of properties and assets
(a) that is governed by the provisions described under
Section 8.10; provided, however , that any transaction
consummated in compliance with Section 8.10 involving a
transfer of less than all of the properties or assets of the
Company shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale with respect to the
properties or assets of the Company that are not so transferred in
such transaction, (b) that is by the Company to any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, or by any Subsidiary to the
Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (c) that is of
obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business, (d) the
Fair Market Value of which in the aggregate does not exceed
$1,000,000 or (e) that is Excluded Real Property.
“
Asset Sale Offer ” is defined in
Section 7.09(a).
“
Asset Sale Offer Payment Date ” is defined in
Section 7.09(b).
“
Audit Date ” is defined in
Section 4.06(b).
“
Average Life to Stated Maturity ” means, when applied
to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by
dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount
of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the
products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity,
in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to
the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and
the making of such payment.
“
Bailee Letter ” shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in the Security Agreement.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the United States
Code or any similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other law for the relief of
debtors.
“
Basic Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement,
the Notes, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the
Subordination Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Indenture, the Post-Closing Letter, the Series B Subordination
Agreement and all certificates, instruments, financial and other
statements and other documents made or delivered in connection
herewith and therewith.
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“
Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of
the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, or
any authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal
Holiday.
“
Buy-Out Offer ” is defined in
Section 7.17(a).
“
Buy-Out Payment ” is defined in
Section 7.17(a).
“
Buy-Out Offer Payment Date ” is defined in
Section 7.17(b)(ii).
“
Capital Stock ” means (i) with respect to any
Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether
or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common
stock and preferred stock of such Person; (ii) with respect to
any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership,
membership or other equity interests of such Person; and
(iii) any rights, warrants or options exchangeable for or
convertible into any of the foregoing.
“
Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means any obligation
under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use)
any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is required to
be classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under
GAAP, and, for the purpose of this Agreement, the amount of such
obligation at any date shall be the capitalized amount thereof at
such date, determined in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied.
“
Cash Equivalents ” means, at any time, (i) any
evidence of Indebtedness with a maturity of not more than one year
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof); (ii) certificates of deposit or acceptances with a
maturity of not more than one year of any financial institution
that is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$500,000,000; (iii) commercial paper with a maturity of not
more than one year issued by a corporation that is not an Affiliate
of the Company organized under the laws of any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia and rated at least A1 by
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at least P1 by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; and (iv) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (i) and
(ii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting
the qualifications specified in clause (ii) above.
“
Casualty Event ” shall mean any loss of title or any
loss of or damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or
other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any
property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. “Casualty
Event” shall include but not be limited to any taking of all
or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof,
in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant
to any Requirement of Law, or by reason of the temporary
requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any Real
Property of any person or any part thereof by any Governmental
Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in lieu
thereof.
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“
CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from
time to time, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.
“
CERCLIS ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“
Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following events (whether or not approved by the Board of Directors
of the Company): (i) any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, is or
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d3 and 13d5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of 331/3% or more of the total voting or economic power
of the Voting Stock of the Company; (ii) during any period of
two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company (together
with any new directors whose election to such board or whose
nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was
approved by a vote of 662/3% of the directors then still in office
who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such Board of
Directors then in office; (iii) the Company consolidates with
or merges with or into any Person or sells, assigns, conveys,
transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all
of its assets to any Person, or any corporation consolidates with
or merges into or with the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is
changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where the outstanding Voting Stock
of the Company is not changed or exchanged at all (except to the
extent necessary solely to reflect a change in the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company or where (A) no
“person” or “group,” other than Permitted
Holders, owns immediately after such transaction, directly or
indirectly, 331/3% or more of the total voting or economic power of
the Voting Stock of the surviving corporation and (B) the
holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to
such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a
majority of the total voting and economic power of the Voting Stock
of the surviving or transferee corporation immediately after such
transaction); or (iv) any order, judgment or decree shall be
entered against the Company decreeing the dissolution or split up
of the Company and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed
for a period in excess of sixty days.
“
Change of Control Offer ” is defined in
Section 7.08(a).
“
Change of Control Payment ” is defined in
Section 7.08(a).
“
Change of Control Payment Date ” is defined in
Section 7.08(b)(ii).
“
Closing Time ” is defined in
Section 2.03.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder from time to time.
“
Collateral ” shall mean, collectively, all of the
Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other
property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be
subject from time to time to a Lien under any Security
Document.
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“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this
Agreement such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
now assigned to it under the Exchange Act, the body performing such
duties at such time.
“
Common Stock ” has the meaning specified in the third
recital to this Agreement.
“
Company ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the preamble to this Agreement and its successors and permitted
assigns.
“Company Filings” means any filings or reports,
including exhibits, annexes and any amendments thereto, filed by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the
Commission.
“
Company Financial Statements ” is defined in
Section 4.06(a).
“
Company Party ” is defined in
Section 4.04(c).
“
Company Reports ” is defined in
Section 4.06(b).
“
Compliance Certificate ” is defined in
Section 6.01(f).
“
Consolidated ” or “ consolidated ”
(including the correlative term “ consolidating
”) or on a “ consolidated basis ,” when
used with reference to any financial term in this Agreement (but
not when used with respect to any Tax Return or Tax liability),
means the aggregate for two or more Persons of the amounts
signified by such term for all such Persons, with intercompany
items eliminated and, with respect to net income or earnings, after
eliminating the portion of net income or earnings properly
attributable to minority interests, if any, in the capital stock of
any such Person or attributable to shares of preferred stock of any
such Person not owned by any other such Person, in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period,
(i) the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such
period, taken as a single accounting period, of
(a) Consolidated Net Income, (b) to the extent reducing
Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Noncash Charges, (c) to
the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Interest
Expense, and (d) to the extent reducing Consolidated Net
Income, Consolidated Income Tax Expense less (ii) other
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such
period.
“
Consolidated Income Tax Expense ” means, for any
period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income
taxes payable by the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period
as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period,
without duplication, the sum of (a) the interest expense of
the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without
limitation, (i) any amortization of debt discount attributable
to such period, (ii) the net cost under or otherwise
associated with Hedging Obligations (in each case, including any
amortization of discounts), (iii) the interest portion of any
deferred payment obligation, (iv) all commissions, discounts
and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit
and bankers’ acceptance financing and (v)
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all capitalized
interest and all accrued interest, and (b) all but the
principal component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued
and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by the Company and the
Subsidiaries during such period and as determined on a consolidated
basis. Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a
Pro forma Basis to give effect to any Indebtedness incurred,
assumed or permanently repaid or extinguished during the relevant
Test Period in connection with any Asset Acquisitions and Asset
Sales as if such incurrence, assumption, repayment or extinguishing
had been effected on the first day of such period.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, adjusted, to
the extent included in calculating such net income (or loss), by
excluding, without duplication, (i) all extraordinary gains or
losses (net of all fees and expenses relating thereto),
(ii) the portion of net income (or loss) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis allocable to minority
interests in unconsolidated Persons, except to the extent that cash
dividends or distributions are actually received by the Company or
a Subsidiary, (iii) income of the Company and the Subsidiaries
derived from or in respect of Investments in Persons other than
Subsidiaries, except to the extent that cash dividends or
distributions are actually received by the Company or a Subsidiary,
(iv) net income (or loss) of any Person combined with the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries on a “pooling of
interests” basis attributable to any period prior to the date
of combination, (v) any gain or loss realized upon the
termination of any employee pension benefit plan, (vi) gains
(but not losses), net of all fees and expenses relating thereto, in
respect of any Asset Sales by the Company or a Subsidiary,
(vii) the net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the
declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that
Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or
indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its
stockholders, (viii) any restoration to income of any
contingency reserve except to the extent provision for such reserve
was made out of income accrued at any time following the Closing
Time, (ix) any gain, arising from the acquisition of any
securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness
of the Company and (x) the net gain resulting from any
prepayment or redemption premiums incurred with respect to
Indebtedness repaid with the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes
in accordance with this Agreement.
“
Contemplated Lease Financing ” means, with respect to
each of Property 1 and Property 2, respectively, the capital lease
transaction entered into in connection with the financing of the
acquisition of such respective property in accordance with the
terms of the commitment letter delivered pursuant to
Section 3.18; and “ Contemplated Lease Financings
” shall be a collective reference to both such financing
transactions together.
“
Contested Collateral Lien Conditions ” shall mean,
with respect to any Permitted Lien of the type described in clauses
(a), (b), (e) and (f) of Section 8.07, the following
conditions:
(a)
the Company shall cause any proceeding instituted contesting such
Lien to stay the sale or forfeiture of any portion of the
Collateral on account of such Lien;
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(b)
at the option and at the request of the Agent or the Required
Series A Noteholders, to the extent such Lien is in an amount
in excess of $500,000, the appropriate Issuer shall maintain cash
reserves in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge such Lien or
obtain a bond over such Lien and, in either case, the
Issuer’s reasonable estimate of all interest and penalties
related thereto; and
(c)
such Lien shall in all respects be subject and subordinate in
priority to the Lien and security interest created and evidenced by
the Security Documents, except if and to the extent that the
Requirement of Law creating, permitting or authorizing such Lien
provides that such Lien is or must be superior to the Lien and
security interest created and evidenced by the Security
Documents.
“
Contract ” is defined in Section 4.05.
“
Controlling Person ” is defined in
Section 13.02(a).
“
Custodian ” is defined in
Section 10.01.
“
Default ” means any event, act or condition that is,
or with the giving of notice, lapse of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default.
“
Designation ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.15.
“
Designation Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 7.15.
“
Disclosure Schedule ” means all numbered Schedules to
this Agreement.
“
Disinterested Director ” means, with respect to any
transaction or series of related transactions, a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company who does not have any material
direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such
transaction or series of related transactions.
“
Enforceability Exceptions ” means, with respect to any
specified obligation, any limitations on the enforceability of such
obligation due to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or general equity
principles (other than, in any such case, any Federal or state laws
relating to fraudulent transfers).
“
Environment ” shall mean ambient air, surface water
and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and
wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural
resources, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any
Environmental Law.
“
Environmental Action ” means (a) any action,
suit, written demand, written claim, written notice of
noncompliance or violation, written notice of liability or
potential liability, investigation, proceeding, consent order or
consent agreement relating to any Environmental Law, any Permit or
Hazardous Material, including, without limitation, (i) by any
Governmental Authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response,
remedial or other actions or damages and (ii) by any
Governmental Authority or third party for damages,
contribution,
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indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or
injunctive relief and (b) any investigation, monitoring,
removal or remediation activities undertaken by or on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not such activities
are carried out voluntarily.
“
Environmental Law ” means any federal, state, local or
foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or written agency
interpretation, policy or guidance that has the force and effect of
law relating to pollution or protection of the environment, public
health and safety or natural resources, including, without
limitation, those relating to the use, handling, transportation,
treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous
Materials, including, without limitation, CERCLA; RCRA; the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. ;
the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et
seq. ; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.
; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3803 et seq.
; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et
seq. ; the Emergency Planning and the Community Right-to-Know
Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq. ; the Hazardous
Material Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. ;
and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651
et seq. ; and any state and local or foreign counterparts or
equivalents, in each case as amended from time to time.
“
ERISA ” is defined in Section 4.12(a).
“
ERISA Affiliate ” is defined in
Section 4.12(b).
“
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ” is defined in
Exhibit A .
“
Eurodollar Base Rate ” is defined in
Exhibit A .
“
Eurodollar Rate ” is defined in Exhibit A
.
“
Event of Default ” is defined in
Section 10.01.
“
Excess Proceeds ” is defined in
Section 8.05(b).
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission thereunder.
“
Excluded Properties ” means both Property 1 and
Property 2, to the extent (but only to the extent) the acquisition
of such respective property was financed with the proceeds of a
Contemplated Lease Financing.
“
Existing Lien ” is defined in
Section 8.07(c).
“
Facility ” means the 750,000 square foot
telecommunications building in which NAP of the Americas, Inc., a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary, is housed as one of the tenants in Miami,
Florida.
“
Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset
or property, the price which could be negotiated in an
arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between an informed and
willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and
willing buyer under no compulsion to
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buy. Fair
Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company acting in good
faith evidenced by a board resolution thereof delivered to the
Noteholders.
“
Falcon Purchase Agreement ” means the purchase
agreement, dated as of December 31, 2004, by and among the
Company, the guarantors named therein, the agent named therein and
the purchasers named therein, including any related notes,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended,
modified, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from
time to time.
“
Fiscal Year ” means the Fiscal Year of the Company and
its Subsidiaries ending on March 31 of each calendar year,
except with respect to NAP Madrid and Terremark Latin America
(Brasil) Ltda., for which “Fiscal Year” means the
Fiscal Year ending on December 31 of each calendar year unless
and until such Subsidiary adopts March 31 of each calendar
year as its Fiscal Year.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any
Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any
state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory
thereof.
“
GAAP ” means, at any date of determination, generally
accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States which
are applicable at the date of determination and which are
consistently applied for all applicable periods.
“
Governmental Authority ” means (a) the government
of the United States or any State or other political subdivision
thereof, (b) any government or political subdivision of any
other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts
all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over
any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary or (c) any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to, any such
government.
“
guarantee ” means, as applied to any obligation,
(i) a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such
obligation and (ii) an agreement, direct or indirect,
contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure
in any way the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the
event of nonperformance) of all or any part of such obligation,
including, without limiting the foregoing, the payment of amounts
drawn down by letters of credit. A guarantee shall include, without
limitation, any agreement to maintain or preserve any other
Person’s financial condition or to cause any other Person to
achieve certain levels of operating results.
“
Guarantors ” means the Subsidiaries listed on the
signature pages hereto as guarantors to this Agreement and any
other Subsidiary which is a guarantor of the Series A Notes,
including any Person that executes or is required after the Closing
Time to execute a guarantee of the Series A Notes pursuant to the
covenant described under Section 7.12 until a successor
replaces such party pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement and, thereafter, shall mean such successor.
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“
Hazardous Materials ” means (a) any petroleum or
petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form
that is or is reasonably expected to become friable, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals,
materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of
“hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,”
“hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous
substances,” “restricted hazardous waste,”
“toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,”
“contaminants,” or “pollutants,” or words
of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and
(c) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to
which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental
authority under Environmental Laws.
“
Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any
Person, the net payment obligations of such Person under
(a) Interest Rate Agreements and (b) other agreements or
arrangements entered into in order to protect such Person against
fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates or currency
exchange rates.
“
incur ” is defined in Section 8.04(a).
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person,
without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current
liabilities incurred or arising in the ordinary course of business,
but including, without limitation, all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of credit,
bankers acceptance or other similar credit transaction and in
connection with any agreement to purchase, redeem, exchange,
convert or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such
Person, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital
Stock, now or hereafter outstanding, (ii) all obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar
instruments, (iii) all indebtedness created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and
remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event
of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course of
business, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person, (v) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses
(i) through (iv) above of other Persons and all dividends
of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or for which
the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or with respect to
property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract
rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness,
(vi) all guarantees of Indebtedness by such Person,
(vii) all Redeemable Capital Stock issued by such Person
(valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum
fixed repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends),
(viii) all Hedging obligations of such Person, and
(ix) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral,
renewal, extension, refunding or refinancing of any liability of
the types referred to in clauses (i) through (viii) above. For
purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price”
of any Redeemable Capital Stock which does not have a fixed
repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms
of such Redeemable Capital Stock as if such Redeemable Capital
Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be
required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and if such
price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such
Redeemable Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value to be determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such
Redeemable Capital Stock.
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“
Indenture ” means the Indenture between the Company
and The Bank of New York, as trustee, dated as of the date hereof
relating to the Series B Notes.
“
Independent Financial Advisor ” means an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm which is nationally recognized
within the United States of America (i) which does not, and
whose directors, officers and employees or Affiliates do not, have
a direct or indirect financial interest in the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (ii) which, in the judgment
of the Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent
and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be
engaged.
“
Institutional Investor ” means (a) any original
Purchaser of a Note and any transferee that is an Affiliate of any
original Purchaser, (b) any holder of a Note holding more than
25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, and (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan
association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any
investment company or investment fund, any insurance company, any
broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or
entity, regardless of legal form organized under the laws of the
United States or a State thereof, with capital and surplus in
excess of $50,000,000.
“
Insurance Policies ” means the insurance policies and
coverages required to be maintained by each Issuer which is an
owner of Mortgaged Property with respect to the applicable
Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 7.07 and all renewals
and extensions thereof.
“
Insurance Requirements ” means, collectively, all
provisions of the Insurance Policies, all requirements of the
issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and all orders, rules,
regulations and any other requirements of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar functions)
binding upon each Issuer which is an owner of Mortgaged Property
and applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition
thereof.
“
Intellectual Property ” means (a) all inventions
and discoveries (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or
not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all
patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with
all reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions,
extensions and reexaminations thereof, (b) all trademarks,
service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names,
together with all translations, adaptations, derivations and
combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated
therewith, (c) all copyrightable works, all copyrights and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith,
(d) all broadcast rights, (e) all mask works and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith,
(f) all know-how, trade secrets and confidential business
information, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not
reduced to practice (including ideas, research and development,
know-how, formulas, compositions and manufacturing and production
process and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings,
specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost
information and business and marketing plans and proposals),
(g) all computer software (including data and related
documentation), (h) all other proprietary rights, (i) all
copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or
medium) and (j) all licenses and agreements in connection
therewith.
“
Interest Payment Date ” is defined in
Exhibit A .
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“
Interest Period ” is defined in Exhibit A
.
“
Interest Rate Agreements ” means one or more of the
following agreements which shall be entered into by one or more
financial institutions: obligations of any Person pursuant to any
arrangement with any other Person whereby, directly or indirectly,
such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic
payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate
of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic
payments made by such Person calculated by applying a fixed or a
floating rate of interest on the same notional amount or any other
arrangement involving payments by or to such Person based upon
fluctuations in interest rates (including, without limitation,
interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements)
and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements from time to
time.
“
Investment ” means, with respect to any Person, any
direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit
(including by means of a guarantee) or capital contribution to (by
means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any
payment for property or services for the account or use of others
or otherwise), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any
Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or
evidences of Indebtedness issued by any other Person and all other
items that would be classified as investments on a balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investments shall exclude
extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in
accordance with normal trade practices. In addition to the
foregoing, any Hedging Obligation or similar agreement shall
constitute an Investment. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any
direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, the Company no
longer owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to
have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition
equal to the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.
“
Issuers ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the preamble of this Agreement and their successors and
assigns.
“
Landlord Access Agreement ” shall mean a Landlord
Access Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit I , or such other form as may reasonably be
acceptable to the Agent and the Required Series A
Noteholders.
“
Leases ” shall mean any and all leases, subleases,
tenancies, options, concession agreements, rental agreements,
occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and
any other agreements (including all amendments, extensions,
replacements, renewals, modifications and/or guarantees thereof),
whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter
entered into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion
of any Real Property.
“
Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in The City of New York or at a place of
payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to
remain closed. If any payment date in respect of the Notes is a
Legal
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Holiday at a
place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage or deed of trust, charge,
pledge, lien (statutory or other), privilege, security interest,
hypothecation, cessation and transfer, lease of real property,
assignment for security, claim, deposit arrangement, or preference
or priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any
property of any kind (including any conditional sale, capital lease
or other title retention agreement, any leases in the nature
thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest), whether
real, personal or mixed, movable or immovable, now owned or
hereafter acquired. A Person shall be deemed to own subject to a
Lien any property which it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on (a) the business, management, operations, affairs,
condition (financial or otherwise), assets, property, prospects or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, (b) the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to
perform any of its material obligations under any of the Basic
Documents, or (c) the validity or enforceability of any Basic
Document.
“
Material Contracts ” means any agreements, contracts
or arrangements between the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and any third parties, on the other, that are included in any
of the Company Filings.
“
Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Note, means
the date on which the principal of such Note becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise (including in connection with any offer to purchase that
this Agreement requires the Company to make).
“
Maturity Date Extension Option ” is defined in
Exhibit A .
“
Mortgage ” shall mean an agreement, including, but not
limited to, a mortgage, deed of trust or any other document,
creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property, which shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit I or other form
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Series A
Noteholders, in each case, with such schedules and including such
provisions as shall be necessary to conform such document to
applicable local or foreign law or as shall be customary under
applicable local or foreign law.
“
Mortgaged Property ” shall mean (a) each Real
Property identified as a Mortgaged Property on
Schedule 8(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated the
Closing Time to the extent that such landlord consents to such
Mortgage and (b) each Real Property, if any, which shall be
subject to a Mortgage delivered after the Closing Time pursuant to
Section 7.12(c) and the Post-Closing Letter.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” means a “multiemployer
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of
ERISA.
“
NAP Madrid ” means NAP de las Americas Madrid
S.A.
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“
Net Cash Proceeds ” means
(a)
with respect to any Asset Sale by any Person, the proceeds thereof
(without duplication in respect of all Asset Sales) in the form of
cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred
payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are
financed or sold with recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary)
net of (i) brokerage commissions and other reasonable fees and
expenses (including fees and expenses of legal counsel and
investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale,
(ii) provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such
Asset Sale, (iii) payments made to retire Indebtedness where
payment of such Indebtedness is secured by the assets or properties
the subject of such Asset Sale, (iv) amounts required to be paid to
any Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) owning a
beneficial interest in or having a Lien on the assets subject to
the Asset Sale and (v) appropriate amounts to be provided by the
Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in
accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such
Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, as the
case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities
related to environmental matters and liabilities under any
indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale (
provided that the amount of any such reserves shall be
deemed to constitute Net Cash Proceeds at the time such reserves
shall have been released or are not otherwise required to be
retained as a reserve); and
(b)
with respect to any Casualty Event, the cash insurance proceeds,
condemnation awards and other compensation received in respect
thereof, net of all reasonable costs, expenses and taxes incurred
in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other
compensation in respect of such Casualty Event.
“
Noteholder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register from time to time.
“
Note Register ” has the meaning given to such term in
Section 9.06(a).
“
Notes ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“
NPL ” means the National Priorities List under
CERCLA.
“
Obligations ” means (i) any principal, premium
and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of
any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) on the Series A Notes, when and as due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) all other monetary obligations,
including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of
the Company and the other Issuers under this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents pertaining to the Series A Notes,
Subsidiary Guarantees or Security Documents and other
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documents
related thereto executed in connection therewith and (iii) the
due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements,
obligations and liabilities of the Company and the other Issuers
under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Basic Documents
pertaining to the Series A Notes, Subsidiary Guarantees or Security
Documents and other documents related thereto executed in
connection therewith.
“
Offer Amount ” is defined in
Section 7.09(b)(ii).
“
Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the
President, Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer
of such Person.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means, with respect to
any Person, a certificate signed by two Officers of such Person;
provided, however , that every Officers’ Certificate
with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided
for in this Agreement shall include (i) a statement that the
Officers making or giving such Officers’ Certificate have
read such condition and any definitions or other provisions
contained in this Agreement relating thereto and (ii) a
statement at to whether, in the opinion of the signers, such
condition has been complied with.
“
Operating Lease ” means all leases other than
Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“
outstanding ,” when used with respect to the
Series A Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all
Series A Notes theretofore executed and delivered under this
Agreement, except :
(i)
Series A Notes theretofore cancelled by the Company or
delivered to the Company for cancellation;
(ii)
Series A Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore set aside by the Company with
a third party in trust for the holders of such Series A Notes;
provided that if such Series A Notes are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given as provided
in this Agreement; and
(iii)
Series A Notes which have been paid pursuant to
Section 9.08 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Series A Notes have been executed and delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, other than any such Series A Notes in respect
of which there shall have been presented to the Company proof
satisfactory to it that such Series A Notes are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of
the Company;
provided,
however , that in
determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite principal
amount of the outstanding Series A Notes have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, Series A Notes owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Series A Notes or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding. Series A Notes so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Required Series A
Noteholders the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to
such Series A Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or
any other obligor upon the Series A Notes or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
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“
Patriot Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, P.L. 10756, as amended.
“
Payment Default ” is defined in
Section 10.01(f).
“
Pension Plan ” is defined in
Section 4.12(b).
“
Perfection Certificate ” shall mean a certificate in
the form of Exhibit J-1 or any other form approved by
the Agent and the Required Series A Noteholders, as the same
shall be supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate
Supplement or otherwise.
“
Perfection Certificate Supplement ” shall mean a
certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit J-2 or
any other form approved by the Agent and the Required Series A
Noteholders.
“
Permits ” means all licenses, permits, certificates of
need, approvals and authorizations from all Governmental
Authorities required to lawfully conduct a business as presently
conducted.
“
Permitted Collateral Liens ” means (i) Contested
Liens (as defined in the Security Agreement), (ii) the Liens
described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i),
(j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q) and (r) of
Section 8.07 and (iii) in the case of Mortgaged Property,
“Permitted Collateral Liens” shall mean the Liens
described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (g), (l) and
(q) of Section 8.07; provided, however , on the
Closing Time or upon the date of delivery of each additional
Mortgage under Section 7.12 or 7.13, Permitted Collateral
Liens shall mean only those Liens set forth in
Schedule B to the applicable Mortgage.
“
Permitted Holder ” means (i) Manuel D. Medina,
(ii) Francis Lee and (iii) any “controlled”
(as such term is defined in the definition of Affiliate) Affiliate
of Manuel D. Medina and/or Francis Lee.
“
Permitted Indebtedness ” is defined in
Section 8.04.
“
Permitted Investments ” means (a) any Investment
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the Company, a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or, to the extent no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
at such time and after giving effect to such Investment, Terremark
Latin America (Brasil) Ltda. or any future Wholly Owned Subsidiary
that is a Foreign Subsidiary; (b) any Investment in cash and
Cash Equivalents; (c) subject to the proviso in clause
(a) above, any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment
(i) such Person becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and a
Guarantor or (ii) such Person is merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;
(d) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in
compliance with the provisions of Section 8.05 hereof;
(e) other Investments in any Person (other than a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or, to the extent no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such
time
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and after
giving effect to such Investment, Terremark Latin America (Brasil)
Ltda. or any future Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Foreign
Subsidiary) having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the
date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (e) that are at the
time outstanding, not to exceed $10.0 million excluding the
Fair Market Value of any Common Stock used as consideration for
such Investments; provided that to the extent such
Investments are made in a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Capital Stock of such
non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary owned
directly or indirectly by the Company shall become Collateral
contemporaneously with the Investment in accordance with the
requirements of Section 7.12(b) to the extent required by
Section 7.12(b); (f) investments in securities of trade
creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or
insolvency of such trade creditors or customers; (g) Investments
represented by Hedging Obligations; provided that such
Hedging Obligations are otherwise incurred in compliance with the
terms of this Agreement; (h) Investments existing at the
Closing Time after giving effect to the Transaction and
(i) the transfer by TerraNAP Data Centers, Inc. of the assets
listed on Schedule B to NAP Madrid in exchange for
Preferred Stock of NAP Madrid.
“
Permitted Liens ” is defined in
Section 8.07.
“
Permitted Payment ” is defined in
Section 8.02(b).
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, association,
jointstock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“
Plan ” is defined in Section 4.12(a).
“
Post-Closing Letter ” means the Post-Closing Letter to
be executed by the Issuer as it may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Predecessor Note ” of any particular Note means every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note.
“
Preferred Stock ” means, with respect to any Person,
Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) of such
Person which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or
distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person,
over Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.
“
principal amount ” means, when used with respect to
any particular Note, the principal amount of such Note at its
Stated Maturity.
“
Pro forma Basis ” shall mean on a basis
in accordance with GAAP and Regulation SX.
“
Property 1 ” means the parcel of real property
described on Schedule C .
“Property 2 ” means the parcel of real property
described on Schedule C .
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“
Pro Rata Share ” means with respect to all payments,
computations and other matters, (i) for purposes of the
Series A Notes, the percentage obtained by dividing
(a) the aggregate principal amount of the Series A Notes
held by that Series A Noteholder by (b) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Series A Notes held by the
Series A Noteholders and (ii) for purposes of the
Series B Notes, the percentage obtained by dividing
(a) the aggregate principal amount of the Series B Notes
held by that Series B Noteholder by (b) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Series B Notes held by the
Series B Noteholders.
“
property ” means any interest in any kind of property
or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or
intangible.
“
Property Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the
meaning assigned thereto in the Mortgage.
“
Purchase Money Obligation ” means Indebtedness of a
Person incurred in the normal course of business of such Person for
the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price, or
the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any
property.
“
Purchase Price ” is defined in
Section 2.02.
“
Purchased Security ” means, individually, any of the
Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees; “ Purchased
Securities ” means, collectively, the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantees.
“
Purchaser Indemnified Person ” is defined in
Section 13.02(a).
“
Purchasers ” is defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Qualified Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and
all Capital Stock of such Person other than Redeemable Capital
Stock.
“
Qualified Institutional Buyer ” means any Person that
is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning
of Rule 144A.
“
Real Property ” shall mean, collectively, all right,
title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other
estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real
property owned, leased or operated by any person, whether by lease,
license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements,
hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements
and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and
contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the
ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“
Redeemable Capital Stock ” means any class or series
of Capital Stock to the extent that, either by its terms, by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable,
or by contract or otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event
or passage of time would be, required to be redeemed prior to any
Stated Maturity of the principal of the Notes or is redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such Stated
Maturity, or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt
securities at any time prior to such Stated Maturity.
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“
Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Note
to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Agreement.
“
Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note
to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Agreement.
“
refinancing ” is defined in
Section 8.04(a)(xiii).
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between the
Issuer and Credit Suisse, International.
“
Regular Record Date ” is defined in
Section 9.05.
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended
from time to time.
“
Release ” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage,
pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing,
emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into or
through the Environment.
“
Required Series A Noteholders ” means the
Series A Noteholders holding more than 50% of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Series A Notes at any
time.
“
Requirements of Law ” shall mean, collectively, any
and all requirements of any Governmental Authority including any
and all laws, judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances, rules,
regulations, statutes or case law.
“
Restricted Payments ” is defined in
Section 8.02(a).
“
Revocation ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.15.
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended
from time to time.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended
from time to time.
“
sale ” is defined in Section 9.07(a).
“
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” means any
arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any real or
tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be
sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to
such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“
Secured Obligations ” shall mean the Obligations for
the Series A Notes.
“
Secured Parties ” shall mean, collectively, the Agent
and the Series A Noteholders.
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“
Securities Act ” mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission thereunder.
“
Securities Collateral ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“
Security Agreement ” shall mean a Security Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit K among the
Issuers and Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“
Security Agreement Collateral ” shall mean all
property pledged or granted as collateral pursuant to the Security
Agreement delivered (a) on the Closing Time or
(b) thereafter pursuant to Section 7.12.
“
Security Documents ” shall mean the Security
Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security document or pledge
agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local or foreign
law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property
as collateral for the Secured Obligations, and all UCC or other
financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this
Agreement, the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other such
security document or pledge agreement to be filed with respect to
the security interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to
the Security Agreement or any Mortgage and any other document or
instrument utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or
grant a security interest or lien on any property as collateral for
the Secured Obligations.
“
Senior Indebtedness ” has the meaning given to such
term in the Subordination Agreement.
“
Series A Noteholders ” means the holders from
time to time of the Series A Notes.
“
Series B Noteholders ” means the holders from
time to time of the Series B Notes.
“
Series A Notes ” has the meaning specified in the
first recital to this Agreement.
“
Series B Notes ” has the meaning specified in the
first recital to this Agreement.
“
Series B Subordination Agreement ” means the
Subordination Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between
the Senior Creditors named therein, FMP Agency Services, LLC, the
Issuers and the Purchaser of the Series B Notes.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that
would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Article 1, Rule 102 of Regulation SX, promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
“
Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person as of the
date of any determination, that on such date (a) the fair
value of such Person’s assets is greater than the amount of
its liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated
liabilities), (b) the present fair saleable value of such
Person’s assets is not less than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability
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on such
Person’s debts as they become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person is able to pay its debts and other
liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they
mature in the normal course of business, (d) such Person does
not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts
and liabilities mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in
a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a
business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property
would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due
consideration to current and anticipated future capital
requirements and current and anticipated future business conduct
and the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is
engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any
time, such liabilities shall be computed as the amount which, in
light of the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
“
SPV ” means Technology Center of the Americas,
LLC.
“
SPV Financing Agreement ” means the financing
agreement, dated as of December 31, 2004, by and among
Technology Center of the Americas, LLC, as borrower, Citigroup
Global Markets Realty Corp. (“ Citigroup ”), as
administrative agent for the lenders named therein and the lenders
named therein, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith, and in each case as amended, modified, restated,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to
time.
“
Standard Rate ” is defined in
Exhibit A.
“
Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any
Series A Note or any installment of interest thereon, the
dates specified in such Series A Note as the fixed date on
which the principal of such Series A Note or such installment
of interest is due and payable, and when used with respect to any
other Indebtedness, means the date specified in the instrument
governing such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Indebtedness or any installment of interest is
due and payable.
“
Subordinated Indebtedness ” means, with respect to the
Company, Indebtedness of the Company which is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Series A Notes or,
with respect to any Guarantor, Indebtedness of such Guarantor which
is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Subsidiary
Guarantee of such Guarantor and which is subject to a subordination
agreement which contains subordination provisions substantially
similar to those contained in the Subordination
Agreement.
“
Subordination Agreement ” means the Subordination and
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between
the Senior Creditors named therein, FMP Agency Services, LLC, the
Issuers, the Purchaser of the Series A Notes and the
Agent.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person,
(a) any corporation of which the outstanding shares of Voting
Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast
in the election of directors shall at the time be owned, directly
or indirectly, by such Person, or (b) any other Person of
which at least a majority of the shares of Voting Stock are at the
time, directly or indirectly, owned by such first named Person. For
purposes of this Agreement, an
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“Unrestricted Subsidiary” of the
Company shall be deemed not to be a “Subsidiary” of the
Company.
“
Subsidiary Guarantees ” is defined in the fourth
recital to this Agreement.
“
Survey ” shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property
(and all improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a
surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the
jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located,
(ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to
the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred
within six months prior to such date of delivery any exterior
construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property or any
easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property
has been granted or become effective through operation of law or
otherwise with respect to such Mortgaged Property which, in either
case, can be depicted on a survey, in which events, as applicable,
such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of
such construction or if such construction shall not have been
completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than
20 days prior to such date of delivery, or after the grant or
effectiveness of any such easement, right of way or other interest
in the Mortgaged Property, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in
a manner reasonably acceptable to the Agent) to the Agent and the
Title Company, (iv) complying in all respects with the minimum
detail requirements of the American Land Title Association as such
requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such
survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all
standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or
commitment) relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue the
endorsements of the type required by Section 3.19(c) or
(b) otherwise acceptable to the Agent.
“
Tax Returns ” means all original, amended and
estimated reports, returns, information statements and related
documentation required to be filed with respect to the Taxes of the
Company or its Subsidiaries including, without limitation,
consolidated federal income tax returns of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
“
Taxes ” means (i) all federal, state, local or
foreign income, gross receipts, windfall profits, severance,
property, production, sales, use, license, excise, franchise,
employment, withholding, estimated or other taxes imposed on the
income, properties or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, together with any interest, additions or penalties
with respect thereto and any interest in respect of such additions
or penalties and (ii) all transferee, successor, joint and
several (including pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 1.15026 or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law), contractual or other liability for
any item described in clause (i) above.
“
Title Company ” shall mean any title insurance company
as shall be retained by the Company and reasonably acceptable to
the Agent and the Required Series A Noteholders.
“
Title Policy ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Post-Closing Letter.
“
Transactions ” means the transactions provided for in,
or contemplated by, the Basic Documents.
“
United States ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Regulation S.
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“
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary of the
Company designated as such pursuant to and in compliance with
Section 7.15. Any such designation may be revoked by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to
the Series A Noteholders, subject to the provisions of such
Section 7.15.
“
Voting Stock ” means any class or classes of Capital
Stock pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting
power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of
the Board of Directors, managers or trustees of any Person
(irrespective of whether or not, at the time, stock of any other
class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason
of the happening of any contingency).
“
Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of
which 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock is owned by the Company
and/or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary. For purposes of this
definition, any directors’ qualifying shares shall be
disregarded in determining the ownership of a
Subsidiary.
SECTION
1.02. 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.”
SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms . Accounting terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided by, and
be construed in accordance with, GAAP.
AUTHORIZATION, ISSUANCE AND SALE
OF SECURITIES
SECTION
2.01. Authorization of Issue . The Company has authorized
the issue and sale of (i) $10.0 million aggregate principal
amount of Series A Notes, each such Note to be in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, (ii) $4.0 million aggregate
principal amount of Series B Notes to be issued under the
Indenture, each such Note to be in the form attached to the
Indenture. Each Guarantor has authorized the issue of its
Subsidiary Guarantee of the Series A Notes, each such
Subsidiary Guarantee to be in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
SECTION
2.02. Sale . On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser, and
each Purchaser, acting severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Company, the aggregate principal amount of
Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, as applicable, as
set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such
Purchaser at 100% of the principal amount thereof in the case of
the Notes, (the “ Purchase Price ”). Unless
otherwise required by Applicable Law, the parties shall not take
any position inconsistent with the foregoing allocation for any
income tax purposes.
SECTION
2.03. Closing . The purchase and sale of the Purchased
Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall occur at the offices of
Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, New York, NY, at 9:00
a.m., New York City time, on January 5, 2007, or such
other
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time as shall
be agreed upon by the Purchasers and the Company (such time and
date of payment and delivery being herein called the “
Closing Time ”). At the Closing Time, the Company will
deliver to each Purchaser certificates for the Purchased Securities
to be purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing Time, in such
denominations (in the case of the Notes any integral multiple of
$1,000 principal amount) as such Purchaser may request at least two
Business Days prior to the Closing Time, dated the Closing Time and
registered in such Purchaser’s name, against payment by such
Purchaser to the Company or to its order by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in the amount of the Purchase Price to
be paid by such Purchaser therefor to such bank account or accounts
as the Company may request in writing at least two Business Days
prior to the Closing Time.
Each
Purchaser’s several obligation to purchase and pay for the
Purchased Securities to be purchased by it at the Closing Time is
subject to the satisfaction or waiver by each Purchaser prior to or
at the Closing Time of each of the conditions specified below in
this Section 3:
SECTION
3.01. Representations and Warranties . Each of the
representations and warranties of the Issuers in this Agreement and
in each of the other Basic Documents shall be true and correct in
all material respects (except that any representations and
warranties that are qualified as to “materiality” or
“Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct)
when made and at and as of the Closing Time as if made at and as of
the Closing Time (unless expressly stated to relate to a specific
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties
shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any
representations and warranties that are qualified as to
“materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”
shall be true and correct) as of such earlier date).
SECTION
3.02. Performance; No Default Under Other Agreements . The
Issuers and each of their respective Subsidiaries, to the extent
parties hereto or thereto, shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with all agreements and conditions contained in
this Agreement and each of the other Basic Documents required to be
performed or complied with by any of them prior to or at the
Closing Time and, after giving effect to the issue and sale of the
Purchased Securities and the other Transactions (and the
application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by
Section 4.17 hereof and the other Basic Documents), no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no
default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing
under any of the other Basic Documents.
SECTION
3.03. Compliance Certificates .
(a)
Officers’ Certificate . Each of the Issuers shall have
delivered to the Purchasers an Officers’ Certificate, dated
the Closing Time, in the form of Exhibit 3.03(a)
hereto, certifying that the conditions specified in
Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.05, 3.06 and 3.07 have been
fulfilled.
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(b)
Secretary’s Certificate . Each of the Issuers shall
have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate in the form of
Exhibit 3.03(b) hereto certifying as to such
Issuer’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws and resolutions
attached thereto, the incumbency and signatures of certain officers
of such Issuer, and other corporate proceedings of such Issuer
relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the
Purchased Securities, as applicable to such Issuer, this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents to which such Issuer is a
party.
SECTION
3.04. Opinions of Counsel . Such Purchaser shall have
received the favorable opinions in form and substance satisfactory
to it, dated the Closing Time, from Greenberg Traurig LLP, counsel
for the Issuers, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit 3.04(a)(i) and as to such other matters as such
Purchaser may reasonably request.
SECTION
3.05. Changes in Corporate Structure . None of the Issuers
nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall have changed their
respective jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any
merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part
of the liabilities of any other Person at any time following the
Audit Date and there shall have occurred no event which constitutes
a Change of Control of the Company and the Company shall not have
entered into any agreement or understanding which, if consummated,
would constitute a Change of Control of the Company.
SECTION
3.06. No Adverse Events . (i) None of the Issuers nor
any of their respective Subsidiaries shall have sustained since the
Audit Date any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree, and (ii) except as set forth in the
Company Reports or in Schedule 3.06 , since the Audit
Date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of any Issuer or any of their Subsidiaries or any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the business, management, operations, affairs, condition
(financial or otherwise), assets, property, prospects or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii) above, which, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.07. Financial Information; Capital Structure . Such
Purchaser shall have received (i) a pro forma
consolidated balance sheet for the Company and its Subsidiaries as
of the Closing Time after giving effect to the Transactions,
including the issuance of the Purchased Securities and the use of
the proceeds thereof, which have been certified by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company and which are in form and
substance satisfactory to such Purchaser and (ii) each of the
consolidated financial projections (including an operating budget
and a cash flow budget) of the Company pursuant to
Section 4.06, each of which is in form and substance
satisfactory to such Purchaser. The pro forma consolidated
capital structure of the Company, after giving effect to the
Transactions (including all adjustments permitted by
Regulation SX under the Securities Act), shall be consistent
in all material respects with the projections provided to such
Purchaser prior to the Closing Time and the capital structure
contemplated herein.
SECTION
3.08. Proceedings and Documents . All corporate and other
proceedings in connection with the Transactions and the other
transactions contemplated by this
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Agreement and
the other Basic Documents, and all documents and instruments
incident to such transactions and the terms thereof, shall be
reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser and the Purchaser’s
special counsel, and such Purchaser and the Purchaser’s
special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals
or certified or other copies of such documents (other than those
that are not required to be delivered by the Closing Time pursuant
to the Post-Closing Letter) as it or they may reasonably
request.
SECTION
3.09. Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, etc. At the
Closing Time, such Purchaser’s purchase of the Purchased
Securities shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations
of each jurisdiction to which it is subject, (b) not violate
any Applicable Law (including, without limitation,
Regulation U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax,
penalty or liability under or pursuant to any Applicable Law, which
Applicable Law was not in effect on the date hereof.
SECTION
3.10. Basic Documents in Force and Effect; Information
.
(a)
Basic Documents . The Purchasers shall have received true
and correct copies of all Basic Documents (other than those that
are not required to be delivered by the Closing Time pursuant to
the Post-Closing Letter) and (i) such documents (A) shall
have been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto,
(B) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Purchasers and (C) shall be valid and legally binding
obligations of the parties thereto enforceable against each of them
in accordance with its respective terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions, and (ii) there shall have been no
material amendments, alterations, modifications or waivers of any
provision thereof since the date of this Agreement.
(b)
Accuracy of Information . All written information (other
than projections) furnished by the Issuers and their respective
representatives to the Purchasers on or prior to the Closing Time
with respect to the business, management, operations, affairs,
condition (financial or otherwise), assets, property, prospects or
results of operations of the Issuers and their respective
Subsidiaries shall be accurate and complete in all material
respects.
SECTION
3.11. No Violation; No Legal Constraints; Consents,
Authorizations and Filings, etc.
(a) The
consummation by the Issuers and their respective Subsidiaries of
the Transactions shall not contravene, violate or conflict with any
Applicable Law, except for violations which, individually or in the
aggregate, do not and would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) All
consents, authorizations and filings, if any, required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each of
the Issuers and their respective Subsidiaries of the Basic
Documents (other than those that are not required to be delivered
by the Closing Time pursuant to the Post-Closing Letter) to which
it is a party shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full
force and effect, except for such consents, authorizations and
filings the failure of which to obtain or make, individually or in
the aggregate, does not and would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c) There
shall be no inquiry, injunction, restraining order, action, suit or
proceeding pending or entered or any statute or rule proposed,
enacted or promulgated by any Governmental Authority or any other
Person which, in the opinion of the Purchasers,
(i) individually or in the aggregate, has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which
seeks to enjoin or seek damages against any Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of the Purchasers as a result of the
Transactions, including the issuance of the Notes, or
(ii) relates to any of the Transactions and has or will have a
material adverse effect on any Purchaser or (iii) alleges
liability on the part of any Purchaser in connection with this
Agreement, any other Basic Documents or the Transactions or any of
the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or
(iv) would bar the issuance of the Purchased Securities or the
use of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
SECTION
3.12. Consummation of the Transactions .
The
Transactions shall be consummated concurrently with the issuance
and sale by the Company of the Purchased Securities hereunder, in
each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable Basic
Documents (without any amendment thereto or waiver thereunder
unless consented to by each Purchaser).
SECTION
3.13. Fees . The Company shall have paid all fees, costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses
and the fees and expenses of appraisers, consultants and other
advisors) and other compensation due and payable to each Purchaser
at the Closing Time, including, but not limited to, the delivery on
or prior to the Closing Time of the share certificates representing
145,985 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
SECTION
3.14. CUSIP Numbers . At or prior to the Closing Time, the
Company shall have requested and received from S&P a CUSIP
number for each of the Notes.
SECTION
3.15. Simultaneous Purchase . Each of the Purchasers shall
have simultaneously purchased the Purchased Securities to be
purchased by such Purchaser.
SECTION
3.16. Delivery of Documents . The Company shall have
delivered to each Purchaser such other certificates, documents and
agreements as the Purchasers may reasonably request.
SECTION
3.17. Personal Property Requirements . The Agent shall have
received:
(a) all
certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing
the Securities Collateral (other than those that are not required
to be delivered by the Closing Time pursuant to the Post-Closing
Letter) accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers
undated and endorsed in blank, such certificates, agreements or
instruments to be held by the agent under the Falcon Purchase
Agreement as bailee for the Agent pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of the Subordination Agreement;
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(b) all other
certificates, agreements, including control agreements, or
instruments necessary to perfect the Agent’s security
interest in all Chattel Paper, all Instruments, all Deposit
Accounts and all Investment Property of each Issuer (as each such
term is defined in the Security Agreement and to the extent
required by the Security Agreement) such certificates, agreements
or instruments to be held by the agent under the Falcon Purchase
Agreement as bailee for the Agent pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of the Subordination Agreement;
(c) UCC financing
statements in appropriate form for filing under the UCC, filings in
appropriate form for filing with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office and such other
documents under applicable Requirements of Law in each jurisdiction
as may be necessary or appropriate or, in the opinion of the Agent,
desirable to perfect the Liens created, or purported to be created,
by the Security Documents (other than those that are not required
to be delivered by the Closing Time pursuant to the Post-Closing
Letter);
(d) certified
copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United
States Copyright Office, tax and judgment lien searches, bankruptcy
and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or searches,
each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements,
lien notices or comparable documents that name any Issuer as debtor
and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which
any property of any Issuer is located and the state and county
jurisdictions in which any Issuer is organized or maintains its
principal place of business and such other searches that the Agent
or the Required Series A Noteholders deem necessary or
appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or
intended to be covered by the Security Documents (other than
Permitted Collateral Liens or any other Liens acceptable to the
Agent); and
(e) evidence
acceptable to the Agent of payment or arrangements for payment by
the Issuers of all applicable recording taxes, fees, charges, costs
and expenses required for the recording of the Security Documents
(other than those that are not required to be delivered by the
Closing Time pursuant to the Post-Closing Letter).
SECTION
3.18. Financing Commitment . The Company shall have received
a commitment providing for the financing of the acquisition of each
of the Excluded Properties on terms and conditions satisfactory to
the Purchasers, and such commitment shall have been accepted in
writing by the Company.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE ISSUERS
Each
Issuer, acting jointly and severally, represents and warrants to
each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Time
that:
SECTION
4.01. Due Incorporation; Power and Authority . Each of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation or
limited liability company duly
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incorporated or
formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, (b) is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, other
than any failures to so qualify or to be in good standing which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, (c) has all requisite corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its businesses as they are currently conducted, and
(d) has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and perform its obligations under each of the Basic Documents
to which it is a party.
SECTION
4.02. Capitalization . As of the date of this Agreement the
authorized Capital Stock of the Company consists solely of
100,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, of which 44,658,162 shares
were issued and outstanding and 323 shares of its Series I
Preferred Stock, all of which were issued and outstanding. Except
as provided on Schedule 4.02 , no shares of the Common
Stock of the Company were held by the Company in its treasury or by
the Company’s Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.02 , since the Audit Date, the Company
(i) has not issued any shares of any class of its Capital
Stock and (ii) has not split, combined or reclassified any of
its shares of any class of its Capital Stock. All the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and
are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are free of
preemptive rights. Except as set forth in the Company Filings,
there are no securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any Capital
Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no options,
warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible securities, or other
rights, agreements or commitments which obligate the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any shares of
Capital Stock of, or other interests in, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in the Company Filings, there are
no outstanding obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares
of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any awards or
options outstanding under any stock option plans or agreements or
any other outstanding stock-related awards. Except as set forth in
the Company Filings, after the Closing Time, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any obligation to issue,
transfer or sell any shares of Capital Stock of the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.02 ,
there are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with
respect to the holding, voting or disposing of Capital Stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.02 , as of the date hereof, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any outstanding bonds,
debentures, notes or other obligations or other securities (other
than the Common Stock) that entitle the holders thereof to vote
with the stockholders of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on
any matter or which are convertible into or exercisable for
securities having such a right to vote.
SECTION
4.03. Equity Interests and Subsidiaries .
(a)
Equity Interests . Schedules 1(a) and 10(a) to
the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Time set forth a list
of (i) all the Subsidiaries of the Company and their
jurisdictions of organization as of the Closing Time and
(ii) the number of each class of its Capital Stock authorized,
and the number outstanding, at the Closing Time and the number of
shares covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of
conversion or purchase and similar
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rights at the
Closing Time. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.03(a) ,
all outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of the
Company are duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly
through Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.03(a) , each Issuer is the record and
beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the
Capital Stock pledged by it under the Security Agreement, free of
any and all Liens, rights or claims of other persons, except the
security interest created by the Security Agreement, and there are
no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or
shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with
respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires
the issuance or sale of, any such Capital Stock.
(b)
No Consent of Third Parties Required . Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.03(b) , no consent of any person including any
other general or limited partner, any other member of a limited
liability company, any other shareholder or any other trust
beneficiary is necessary (from the perspective of a secured party)
in connection with the creation, perfection or second priority
status of the security interest of the Agent in any Capital Stock
pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under
the Security Agreement or the exercise by the Agent of the voting
or other rights provided for in the Security Agreement or the
exercise of remedies in respect thereof.
SECTION
4.04. Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery .
(a)
Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each Issuer and constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of each Issuer, enforceable against such
Issuer in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability
Exceptions.
(b)
Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees . The Notes to be purchased
by the Purchasers from the Company are in the form contemplated by
this Agreement, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale
pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the
Company at the Closing Time as provided herein, will have been duly
executed, issued and delivered by the Company, and will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions. The Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed on
the Series A Notes are in the form contemplated by this
Agreement, have each been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to
this Agreement by each of the Guarantors and, when the
Series A Notes are executed by the Company, and delivered to
the Purchasers as provided for herein, will have been duly
executed, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against
the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions.
(c)
Other Basic Documents . Each Basic Document (other than
those referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 4.04 and other than those that are not required to be
delivered by the Closing Time pursuant to the Post-Closing Letter)
to which any Issuer or any of its respective Subsidiaries is a
party (each such party, a “ Company Party ”)
(i) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
Company Party and (ii) constitutes a valid and
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legally binding
obligation of each Company Party, enforceable against such Company
Party in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability
Exceptions.
SECTION
4.05. Non-Contravention; Authorizations and Approvals .
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.05 , neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable constituent
or governing documents) or (ii) in default (or, with the giving of
notice, lapse of time or both, would be in default) under any note,
bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement,
license, franchise, Permit, lease, contract or other agreement,
instrument, commitment or obligation to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its properties or assets is bound
(including, without limitation, the SPV Financing Agreement), or
under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its
properties or assets is entitled to a benefit (each, a “
Contract ”), except for any such defaults that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.05 , none of (a) the execution and
delivery by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any of the
Basic Documents to which it is a party, (b) the performance by
any of them of their respective obligations thereunder,
(c) the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
or (d) the issuance and delivery of the Purchased Securities
hereunder will: (i) violate, conflict with or result in a
breach of any provisions of the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws (or comparable constituent or governing documents) of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) violate, conflict
with, result in a breach of any provision of, constitute a default
(or an event which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, result in the termination or in a
right of termination of, accelerate the performance required by or
benefit obtainable under, result in the triggering of any payment
or other obligations (including any repurchase or repayment
obligations) pursuant to, result in the creation of any Lien upon
any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
under, or result in their being declared void, voidable, subject to
withdrawal, or without further binding effect, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any Contract, except for any such
violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, accelerations,
terminations or other matters which, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; (iii) require any consent, approval or authorization
of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any Governmental
Authority, except for those consents, approvals, authorizations,
declarations, filings or registrations which have been obtained or
made or the failure of which to obtain or make, individually or in
the aggregate, have not had and would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; or (iv) violate any Applicable Laws applicable to the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets, except for violations which, individually or
in the aggregate, have not had and would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION
4.06. Company Financial Statements; Company Reports
.
(a)
Company Financial Statements . The Company has delivered to
the Purchasers (collectively, the “ Company Financial
Statements ”) (i) complete and correct copies of the
audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 and the
related audited consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended,
including the footnotes thereto, certified by the Company’s
independent certified public accountants and (ii) complete and
correct copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2005
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and September
30, 2005 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the
quarter then ended. Each of the consolidated balance sheets
contained in the Company Financial Statements fairly presents the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows included in
the Company Financial Statements fairly presents the consolidated
results of operations and income, retained earnings and
stockholders’ equity or cash flows, as the case may be, of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods to which they
relate (subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial
statements, to normal yearend adjustments that will not be material
in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP applied
on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as noted
therein. All projections provided by the Company to the Purchasers
in connection with the Transactions have been prepared in good
faith based on assumptions believed by management of the Company to
be reasonable and subject to the reservations stated therein.
Attached hereto as Schedule 4.06 are true, correct and
complete copies of the Company Financial Statements and all
projections delivered to the Purchasers at or prior to the Closing
Time.
(b)
Company Reports . The Company has made available (including
being made available on EDGAR) to the Purchasers each registration
statement, report or information statement prepared by the Company
since March 31, 2006 (the “ Audit Date ”),
including (i) the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10K for the year ended March 31, 2006, and
(ii) the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10Q
for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and September 30,
2006, each in the form (including exhibits, annexes and any
amendments thereto) filed with the Commission (collectively,
including any such reports filed subsequent to the date hereof and
as amended, the “ Company Reports ”). As of
their respective dates (or, if amended, as of the date of such
amendment) the Company Reports did not, and any Company Reports
filed with the Commission subsequent to the date hereof will not,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which
they were made, not misleading. Each of the consolidated balance
sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Company
Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly
presents, or will fairly present, the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of its date and
each of the consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity or cash flows included in or
incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including any
related notes and schedules) fairly presents, or will fairly
present, the results of operations and income, retained earnings
and stockholders’ equity or cash flows, as the case may be,
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods to which they
relate (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal
yearend audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or
effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
during the periods involved, except as may be noted
therein.
SECTION
4.07. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities or Events
.
(a) Except
as set forth in Schedule 4.07(a) , neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations,
whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, except for
(i) liabilities and obligations in the respective amounts
reflected or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheet as
of the Audit Date included in the Company Financial Statements or
liabilities and obligations not required to be disclosed in the
consolidated balance sheet in
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accordance with
GAAP, or (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business since the Audit Date which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except
as set forth in Schedule 4.07(b) , (i) since the
Audit Date there has been no change in the business, management,
operations, affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), assets,
property, prospects or results of operations of the Company or its
Subsidiaries except for changes that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had or would not have a Material Adverse Effect
and (ii) there are no facts known to the Company that have had
or would have a Material Adverse Effect that have not been set
forth herein or in the Disclosure Schedule.
SECTION
4.08. No Actions or Proceedings . Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.08 , there are no legal or governmental actions,
suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of each Issuer’s
knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, any of their respective directors or officers (in
their capacities as such) or any of their respective properties or
assets which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would
have a Material Adverse Effect or prohibit, delay or materially
restrict the consummation of any of the Transactions or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents. To the knowledge of each Issuer, no Governmental
Authority has notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an
intention to conduct any audit, investigation or other review with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those
investigations or reviews which, individually or in the aggregate,
have not had or would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
4.09. Properties .
(a)
Generally . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property
material to its business, free and clear of all Liens except for,
in the case of Collateral, Permitted Collateral Liens and, in the
case of all other material property, Permitted Liens and minor
irregularities or deficiencies in title that, individually or in
the aggregate, do not interfere with its ability to conduct its
business as currently conducted or to utilize such property for its
intended purpose. The property of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, (i) is in good operating order, condition
and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and
(ii) constitutes all the property which is required for the
business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
presently conducted.
(b)
Real Property . Schedules 8(a) and 8(b) to the
Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Time contain a true and
complete list of each interest in Real Property (i) owned by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except the SPV) as of the
date hereof and describe the type of interest therein held by the
Company or such Subsidiary and whether owned Real Property is
leased and if leased whether the underlying Lease contains any
option to purchase all or any portion of such Real Property or any
interest therein or contains any right of first refusal relating to
any sale of such Real Property or any portion thereof or interest
therein and (ii) leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or
utilized by the Company or such Subsidiary, as lessee, sublessee,
franchisee or licensee, as of the date hereof and describe the type
of interest therein held by the Company or such Subsidiary and
whether any Lease requires the consent of the landlord or tenant
thereunder, or other party thereto, to the Transactions.
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(c)
No Casualty Event . Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice of, nor has any knowledge of,
the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Casualty Event
affecting all or any portion of its property. Except as noted on
Schedule 4.09(c) , no Mortgage encumbers improved Real
Property that is located in an area that has been identified by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having
special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such
Act has been obtained in accordance with
Section 7.07.
(d)
Collateral . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns
or has rights to use all of the Collateral and all rights with
respect to any of the foregoing used in, necessary for or material
to the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business as
currently conducted. The use by the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries of such Collateral and all such rights with respect to
the foregoing do not infringe on the rights of any Person other
than such infringement which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No claim has been made and remains outstanding that the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s use of any Collateral
does or may violate the rights of any third party that could,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
4.10. Intellectual Property .
(a)
Ownership/No Claims . Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use the Intellectual Property
necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted,
except for those the failure to own or license which, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.10(a) , no claim has been asserted and is
pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any
such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any
such Intellectual Property, nor does the Company or any of the
other Issuers know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use
of such Intellectual Property by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries does not to the knowledge of the Company and its
Subsidiaries infringe the rights of any Person, except for such
claims and infringements that, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)
Registrations . Except pursuant to licenses and other user
agreements entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business that are listed in
Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection
Certificate, on and as of the date hereof (i) each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries owns and possesses the right to use,
and has done nothing to authorize or enable any other person to
use, any copyright, patent or trademark (as such terms are defined
in the Security Agreement) listed in Schedule 12(a) or
12(b) to the Perfection Certificate and (ii) all
registrations listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b)
to the Perfection Certificate are valid and in full force and
effect.
(c)
No Violations or Proceedings . To each of the Issuers’
knowledge, on and as of the date hereof, there is no material
violation by others of any right of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to any copyright, patent or trademark
listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the
Perfection Certificate, pledged by it under the name of such Issuer
except as may be set forth on Schedule 4.10(c)
.
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SECTION
4.11. Taxes . Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.11 :
(a) all Tax
Returns that are required to be filed at or before the Closing Time
by or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, have
been or will be timely filed at or before the Closing Time (taking
into account all permitted extensions), and all such Tax Returns
are or will be true and complete in all material
respects;
(b) all Taxes
shown to be due on the Tax Returns referred to in clause
(a) and all other material Taxes due and payable through the
Closing Time have been or will be timely paid in full;
(c) adequate
provision has been made (or prior to the Closing Time will be made)
for the payment of Taxes for which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may be liable that are due and payable after the
Closing Time and which relate to periods (or portions thereof)
ending prior to the Closing Time;
(d) no examination
or audit of any Tax Return is ongoing. No legal proceeding relating
to such Tax Returns is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is being threatened by any relevant taxing authority against the
Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any material Tax. There are
no material unsatisfied liabilities for Taxes with respect to any
notice of deficiency or similar document received by the Company or
any Subsidiary with respect to any material Tax (other than
liabilities for Taxes asserted under any such notice of deficiency
or similar documents which are being contested in good faith and
with respect to which adequate reserves for payment have been
established in accordance with GAAP);
(e) no waivers of
statutes of limitation have been given by or requested with respect
to any Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) none of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be required, as a result of
(i) a change in accounting method to include any adjustment under
Section 481 of the Code (or any similar provision of state,
local or foreign law) in taxable income for any Tax period ending
at or after the Closing Time, (ii) any “closing
agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any
similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax law) or
(iii) any installment sale, receipt of prepaid income or open
transaction, to include any item of income in or exclude any item
of deduction from any Tax period ending at or after the Closing
Time;
(g) there are no
Liens on any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged
failure) to pay any Tax;
(h) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever been a member of an
affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax group for
purposes of filing any Tax Return, other than a group of which the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries is or was the common
parent;
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(i) no closing
agreements, private letter rulings, technical advance memoranda or
similar agreement or rulings have been entered into or issued by
any taxing authority with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(j) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessors to any of
such entities has made any consent under Section 341(f) of the Code
with respect to such Issuer or any such Subsidiary;
(k) the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects
with its withholding obligations in respect of Taxes;
and
(l) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any
“reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4 (or any predecessor
regulation) or any “confidential corporate tax shelter”
within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 301.6111-2 (or any predecessor
regulation).
SECTION
4.12. Employee Benefit Plans . Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.12 ,
(a) there has been
no failure by any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), which is
maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries contributes (each a “
Plan ”) to comply with the applicable requirements of
ERISA and the Code other than any such failures that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. There is no material pending or, to the knowledge
of any Issuer threatened, litigation relating to the Plans. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a
transaction with respect to any Plan that, assuming the taxable
period of such transaction expired as of the date hereof, could
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a tax or penalty
imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i)
of ERISA other than those that, individually or in the aggregate,
have not had and would not have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(b) no liability
under Subtitle C or D of Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected
to be incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to any ongoing, frozen or terminated “single-employer
plan,” within the meaning of Section 4001 (a)(15) of
ERISA, currently or formerly maintained by any of them, or the
single-employer plan of any entity which is considered one employer
with the Company under Section 4001 of ERISA or
Section 414 of the Code (an “ ERISA Affiliate
”). Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor an ERISA
Affiliate has contributed to a Multiemployer Plan, at any time on
or after September 26, 1980. No notice of a “reportable
event,” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA for
which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived, has
been required to be filed for any Plan which is an “employee
pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2)
of ERISA (“ Pension Plan ”) or by any ERISA
Affiliate within the 12-month period ending on the date
hereof;
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(c) neither any
Pension Plan nor any single-employer plan of an ERISA Affiliate has
an “accumulated funding deficiency” (whether or not
waived) within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA and no ERISA Affiliate has an outstanding
funding waiver. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
provided, or is required to provide, security to any Pension Plan
or to any single-employer plan of an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to
Section 401(a)(29) of the Code;
(d) under each
Pension Plan which is a single-employer plan, as of the last day of
the most recent plan year ended prior to the date hereof, the
actuarially determined present value of all “benefit
liabilities,” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(16)
of ERISA (as determined on the basis of the actuarial assumptions
contained in the Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation), did
not exceed the then current value of the assets of such Plan, and
there has been no material change in the financial condition of
such Plan since the last day of the most recent plan year;
and
(e) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations for retiree
health and life benefits under any Plan, except as required by
applicable law. The Company or the Subsidiaries, as applicable, may
amend or terminate any such Plan at any time without incurring any
liability thereunder.
SECTION
4.13. Private Offering; No Integration or General
Solicitation .
(a) Subject
to compliance by the Purchasers with the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 5 hereof, it is not necessary
in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Purchased
Securities to the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement to register the Purchased Securities under the Securities
Act.
(b) No
Issuer has, directly or indirectly, offered, sold or solicited any
offer to buy, and no Issuer will, directly or indirectly, offer,
sell or solicit any offer to buy, any security of a type or in a
manner which would be integrated with the sale of the Purchased
Securities and require the Purchased Securities to be registered
under the Securities Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates or
any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the
Purchasers, as to whom the Issuers make no representation or
warranty) has engaged or will engage in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule
502(c) under the Securities Act) in connection with the offering of
the Purchased Securities.
SECTION
4.14. Eligibility for Resale Under Rule 144A . The
Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will
not, at the Closing Time, be of the same class as securities listed
on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6
of the Exchange Act or quoted on a U.S. automated interdealer
quotation system.
SECTION
4.15. Status Under Certain Statutes . Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is or, after receipt of payment for the
Purchased Securities and the consummation of the other transactions
contemplated by the Basic Documents, will be (a) subject to
regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Interstate Commerce
Act, as amended or (b) an “investment company”
registered or required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, or controlled by such a
company.
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SECTION
4.16. Insurance . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
is insured by financially sound institutions with policies in such
amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are
generally deemed adequate for their businesses including, but not
limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or
leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries against theft, damage,
destruction and acts of vandalism.
SECTION
4.17. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations . The Company will
apply the proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Securities to pay
for (i) certain infrastructure and equipment-related capital
expenditures, (ii) fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the Transactions and (iii) development expenses,
including architects’ fees and permitting expenses and
certain marketing activities. No part of the proceeds from the sale
of the Purchased Securities hereunder will be used, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock
within the meaning of Regulation U, or for the purpose of
buying or carrying or trading in any securities. Margin stock does
not constitute more than 5% of the value of the consolidated assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company has no present
intention that margin stock will constitute more than 5% of the
value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms
“margin stock” and “purpose of buying or
carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in
Regulation U.
SECTION
4.18. Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens .
Schedule 4.18 sets forth a complete and correct list of all
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries that will be
outstanding immediately after the consummation of the Transactions
except for any such Indebtedness not so scheduled which, in the
aggregate, does not exceed $50,000. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company is in default, and no waiver of default
is currently in effect, in the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and
no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that would permit (or
that with notice, lapse of time or both, would permit) any Person
to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its
Stated Maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed or
consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a
contingency or otherwise) any of its property or assets, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that would
be prohibited by this Agreement if incurred after the first
issuance of Notes.
SECTION
4.19. Compliance with Laws; Permits; Environmental Matters .
Except as provided in Schedule 4.19 , (a) each of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied, and is in
compliance, in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and
has all Permits material to, and necessary in, the conduct of its
business as currently conducted and all such Permits are in full
force and effect, (b) no violations have been recorded in
respect of any such Permits, and no proceeding is pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Issuers, threatened to revoke or limit
any Permit, except for violations and proceedings which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not and would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, (c) all past Environmental Actions
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
properties have been resolved without ongoing obligations or costs,
and no circumstances exist that could (i) form the basis of an
Environmental Action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their properties or (ii) cause any such properties
to be subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or
transferability under any Environmental Law, (d) (i) none of
the properties
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currently or,
to the knowledge of the Issuers without inquiry, formerly owned or
operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or
proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous
foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property,
(ii) there are no and, to the knowledge of the Issuers without
inquiry, never have been any underground or aboveground storage
tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or
lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been
treated, stored or disposed of on any property currently owned or
operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best
knowledge of the Issuers without inquiry, on any property formerly
owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) to the best knowledge of the Issuers without inquiry,
there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any
property currently owned or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not been
released, discharged or disposed of on any property currently or,
to the best knowledge of the Issuers without inquiry, formerly
owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
(e) all Hazardous Materials transported to or from any
property currently or, to the best knowledge of the Issuers without
inquiry, formerly owned or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner not expected to
result in any liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Schedule 4.19 sets forth a list of all such Permits and
the expiration dates thereof.
SECTION
4.20. Solvency . The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and
after giving effect to the Transactions will be,
Solvent.
SECTION
4.21. Affiliate Transactions . Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.21(a) or, with respect to transactions
occurring at or after the Closing Time, as permitted by Section
8.06 hereof: (a) there is no Indebtedness between the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any officer,
stockholder, director or Affiliate (other than the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries) of the Company, on the other, (b) no such
officer, stockholder, director or Affiliate provides or causes to
be provided any assets, services or facilities to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate,
are material to the business, management, operations, affairs,
condition (financial or otherwise), assets, property, prospects or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
(c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries provides
or causes to be provided any assets, services, or facilities to any
such officer, stockholder, director or Affiliate which,
individually or in the aggregate, are material to the business,
management, operations, affairs, condition (financial or
otherwise), assets, property, prospects or results of operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, (d) neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, any
investment in or issued by any such officer, director or Affiliate,
and (e) no such officer, stockholder, director or Affiliate
has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any Person with
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries competes or has a
business relationship.
SECTION
4.22. Material Contracts . Schedule 4.22
contains a true, correct and complete list of all Material
Contracts in effect at the Closing Time. Except as described on
Schedule 4.22 , as of the Closing Time (a) each
Material Contract is in full force and effect and no material
defaults enforceable against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
currently exist thereunder and (b) neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or other
communication regarding any actual or possible violation or breach
of, or default under, any Material Contract. To the best knowledge
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, no
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party to any
Material Contract is currently in default under, or intends to
terminate, such Material Contract.
SECTION
4.23. No Changes to Applicable Law . To the best knowledge
of the Issuers, no changes to Applicable Law affecting the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries have occurred since the Audit Date or
are currently pending or threatened, in each case other than those
which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and other than the currently proposed
changes to GAAP for accounting of employee stock option
consideration.
SECTION
4.24. Indebtedness . At the Closing Time, after consummation
of the Transactions, the consolidated Indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries will not exceed
$187.0 million.
SECTION
4.25. Fees . All fees and other expenses payable in
connection with the consummation of the Transactions by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries are disclosed in
Schedule 4.25 .
SECTION
4.26. Brokerage Fees . Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.26 , neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has paid, or is obligated to pay, to any Person any
brokerage or finder’s fees in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Basic
Documents.
SECTION
4.27. Documents and Procedures . Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.27 , the agreements, instruments and
documents used and the procedures followed by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the conduct of their business are sufficient to
effect the transactions purported to be effected by such
agreements, instruments and documents and to perfect the Liens or
security interests purported to be created by such agreements,
instruments and documents, except for failures to effect such
transactions or perfect such security interests which, individually
or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
4.28. Absence of Labor Dispute . Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.28 , no labor dispute with the employees of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the best
knowledge of the Issuers, is imminent, and no Issuer is aware of
any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees,
principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in any case, would have
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
4.29. No Unrelated Liabilities . As of the Closing Time,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any
liability unrelated to the business or operations conducted by the
Company and its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has made, or will prior to the Closing Time make, any
payment with respect to any such liability.
SECTION
4.30. Full Disclosure . Each Issuer has disclosed to the
Purchasers all agreements, instruments and corporate or other
restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters known to
it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could result in a
Material Adverse Effect. None of the representations or warranties
made by any Issuer or any of its Affiliates in
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any Basic
Document, and none of the statements contained in each exhibit,
report, statement, certificate or other information furnished by or
on behalf of any Issuer or any of its Affiliates to the Purchasers
in connection with the purchase by the Purchasers of the Purchased
Securities (including, without limitation, any offering and
disclosure materials delivered by or on behalf of any Issuer to any
Purchaser prior to the Closing Time) or delivered hereunder (as
modified or supplemented by other information so furnished)
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. From and after the date
of effective delivery of written notice from the Agent in
accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01, to the effect
that the Purchasers have elected to not receive material nonpublic
information regarding one or more of the Issuers , no Issuer shall
disclose to any Noteholder material nonpublic information regarding
any Issuer.
SECTION
4.31. Assets Control Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering
.
(a)
OFAC . None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(i) is a person whose property or interest in property is
blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property
and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to
Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)),
(ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by
Section 2 of such executive order, or is otherwise associated
with any such person in any manner violative of Section 2, or
(iii) is a person on the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the limitations or
prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation or executive
order.
(b)
Patriot Act; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material
respects, with the Patriot Act. No part of the proceeds of the
Notes will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any
governmental official or employee, political party, official of a
political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else
acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or
direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of
the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended.
SECTION
4.32. Certain Other Representations and Warranties; Consummation
of Transactions .
(a) (i) Each
of the representations and warranties contained in each of the
other Basic Documents made by the Issuers and their respective
Affiliates is true and correct in all material respects (except
that any representations and warranties that are qualified as to
“materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”
shall be true and correct) when made and at and as of the Closing
Time as if made at and as of the Closing Time (unless expressly
stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except that any representations and warranties
that are qualified as to “materiality” or
“Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct) as
of such earlier date) and (ii) to the knowledge of the Issuers
without obligation for inquiry, each of the representations and
warranties contained in the other Transaction Agreements made by
Persons other than the Issuers and their Affiliates is true and
correct in all material respects (except that any representations
and
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warranties that
are qualified as to “materiality” or “Material
Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct). The Issuers agree
that, by this reference, such representations and warranties
contained in the other Basic Documents delivered by any Issuer,
without limiting any of the representations and warranties
otherwise contained herein, hereby are incorporated herein, mutatis
mutandis, for the benefit of the Purchasers.
(b) All
conditions precedent to the other Basic Documents other than those
that are not required to be delivered by the Closing Time pursuant
to the Post-Closing Letter (other than conditions related to this
Agreement) have been fulfilled or (with the prior written consent
of the Purchasers) waived, the other Basic Documents have not been
amended or otherwise modified from the executed copies (or latest
drafts received by the Purchasers in the case of draft documents),
and there has been no breach of any material term or condition of
the other Basic Documents.
SECTION
4.33. Security Documents . (a) Security Agreement .
The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and
enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security
Agreement Collateral and, when (i) financing statements and
other filings in appropriate form are filed in the offices
specified on Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate
and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Agent
of the Security Agreement Collateral with respect to which a
security interest may be perfected only by possession or control
(which possession or control shall be given to the agent under the
Falcon Purchase Agreement as bailee for the Agent pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms of the Subordination Agreement), the
Liens created by the Security Agreement shall constitute fully
perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and
interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security Agreement
Collateral (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which
a security interest cannot be perfected under the UCC as in effect
at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in each case
subject to no Liens other than Permitted Collateral
Liens.
(b)
Copyright Office Filing . When the Security Agreement or a
short form thereof is filed in the United States Copyright Office,
the Liens created by such Security Agreement shall constitute fully
perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and
interest of the grantors thereunder in the Registered Copyrights
and Registered Copyright Licenses (each as defined in such Security
Agreement), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted
Collateral Liens.
(c)
Valid Liens . Each Security Document delivered pursuant to
Sections 7.12 and 7.13 will, upon execution and delivery
thereof, be effective to create in favor of the Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens
on, and security interests in, all of the Issuers’ right,
title and interest in and to the Collateral thereunder, and when
all appropriate filings or recordings are made in the appropriate
offices as may be required under applicable law, such Security
Document will constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security
interests in, all right, title and interest of the Issuers in such
Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than the
applicable Permitted Collateral Liens.
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SECTION
4.34. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not
and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds from the
sale of the Purchased Securities and the Transactions will not be a
United States Real Property Holding Corporation (a
“USRPHC”) within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2)
the Code, and does not currently expect to become a USRPHC for the
foreseeable future.
SECTION
4.35. Activities of Certain Subsidiaries . None of Terremark
Asia Company, Ltd., Terremark Latin America de Mexico or Terremark
Latin America de Argentina, SA is engaged in any business or
business activity other than the activities related to its
existence. None of Terremark Asia Company, Ltd., Terremark Latin
America de Mexico or Terremark Latin America de Argentina, SA has
any assets, liabilities or obligations (other than the liabilities
imposed by law, including Tax and other liabilities related to its
existence).
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE
PURCHASERS
Each
Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to the
Issuers as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Time as
follows:
SECTION
5.01. Purchase for Investment .
(a) Such
Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Securities for its own
account, for investment and not with a view to any distribution
thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.
(b) Such
Purchaser understands that (i) the Purchased Securities have
not been registered under the Securities Act and are being issued
by the Company in transactions exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) the Purchased
Securities may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or
pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration under the
Securities Act.
(c) Such
Purchaser further understands that the exemption from registration
afforded by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act depends
on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable,
Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited
amounts.
(d) Such
Purchaser did not employ any broker or finder in connection with
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(e) Such
Purchaser is an Accredited Investor and Qualified Institutional
Buyer.
(f) Such
Purchaser has been given the opportunity to ask questions of and
receive answers from the Company concerning the terms and
conditions of the Purchased Securities, and has been given the
opportunity to obtain additional information necessary
to
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verify the
accuracy of the information contained in the Company Reports or
such other information as it desired in order to evaluate its
investment.
COVENANTS TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION
Each
Issuer covenants and agrees with each Series A Noteholder that
until the principal amount of (and premium, if any, on) all the
Series A Notes, and all interest and other obligations
hereunder in respect thereof, shall have been paid in
full:
SECTION
6.01. Future Reports to Series A Noteholders . (a)
Monthly Statements . As soon as available but in any event
within thirty (30) days after the end of each month (except
for any month that ends a quarter, in which case, the Company will
have forty-five (45) days after the end of such month), the
Company shall deliver to each Series A Noteholder (unless such
Series A Noteholder has requested that it not receive)
duplicate copies of:
(i) consolidated
and consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such month, and
(ii) consolidated
and consolidating statement of income, consolidated statements of
stockholders’ equity and cash flows and consolidating
schedule of investment activities for purchases of property and
equipment of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such month and
for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such
month,
in each case
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods in the prior Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures for
the consolidated plan and financial forecast to the current Fiscal
Year delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d), all in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP (except with respect to
the related footnotes), and fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Persons being reported on
and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes
resulting from normal yearend adjustments that will not be material
in amount or effect, and accompanied by a certificate of the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company to the foregoing
effect.
(b)
Quarterly Statements . As soon as available, but in any
event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
quarter, the Company shall deliver to each Series A Noteholder
duplicate copies of:
(i) consolidated
and consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and
(ii) consolidated
and consolidating statement of income, consolidated statements of
stockholders’ equity and cash flows and consolidating
schedule of investment activities for purchases of property and
equipment of the Company and its
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Subsidiaries,
for such quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with
such quarter,
in each case
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods in the prior Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures for
the consolidated plan and financial forecast for the current Fiscal
Year delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d), all in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to periodic
financial statements generally, and fairly presenting, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Persons being
reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject
to changes resulting from normal yearend adjustments that will not
be material in amount or effect, and accompanied by (x) a
certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the
foregoing effect and (y) a narrative report (in the form of
management’s discussion and analysis of such operations which
would comply with the disclosure requirements of the Exchange Act
with respect to management’s discussion and analysis set
forth in quarterly reports on Form 10Q) describing in
reasonable detail the operations, cash flows and financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared for such
quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current
Fiscal Year to the end of such quarter; provided, however ,
that if the Company is then subject to the reporting requirements
under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
delivery by the Company to each Series A Noteholder of a
Quarterly Report on Form 10Q or any successor form within the
time periods above described shall satisfy the requirements of this
Section 6.01(b). The consolidating balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows and
consolidating schedule of investment activities for purchases of
property and equipment required by this paragraph may be in the
form contained in the notes to the financial statements included in
the Company’s Form 10Q.
(c)
Annual Statements . As soon as available, but in any event
within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of
the Company, the Company shall deliver to each Series A
Noteholder duplicate copies of:
(i) consolidated
and consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and
(ii) consolidated
and consolidating statement of income, consolidated statements of
stockholders’ equity and cash flows and consolidating
schedule of investment activities for purchases of property and
equipment of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
year,
in each case
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the prior Fiscal
Year and, commencing with Fiscal Year 2007, the corresponding
figures from the consolidated plan and financial forecast for the
current Fiscal Year delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d), all
in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, fairly
presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Persons being reported on and their results of operations and cash
flows, and accompanied by:
(A) an opinion
thereon of independent certified public accountants of recognized
national standing, which opinion (i) shall state that such
financial statements (other than consolidating statements) present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial
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position of the
Persons being reported upon and their results of operations and
cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that
the examination of such accountants in connection with such
financial statements (other than consolidating statements) has been
made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in
the United States, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis
for such opinion in the circumstances, and (ii) shall not at
any time following the second anniversary of the Closing Time
contain a “going concern” or like qualification, or any
exception or other qualification arising out of the scope of the
audit,
(B) a certificate
of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company stating that such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applicable to periodic financial statements generally and fairly
present, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Persons being reported on and their results of operations and cash
flows, and
(C) a narrative
report (in the form of management’s discussion and analysis
of such operations which would comply with the disclosure
requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to management’s
discussion and analysis set forth in quarterly reports on
Form 10Q) describing in reasonable detail the operations, cash
flows and financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries
prepared for such Fiscal Year,
provided,
however , that if the
Company is then subject to the reporting requirements under Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the delivery by the
Company to such Series A Noteholder of an Annual Report on
Form 10K or any successor form within the time periods above
described shall satisfy the requirements of this
Section 6.01(c). The consolidating balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows and
consolidating schedule of investment activities for purchases of
property and equipment required by this paragraph may be in the
form contained in the notes to the financial statements included in
Company’s Form 10K.
If
the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information
required by clauses (b) and (c) above will include a
reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the
financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results
of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
separate from the financial condition and results of operations of
the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company; provided
however that it is expressly understood that in order to comply
with the requirements of this paragraph the Company need only
provide a supplemental schedule to such Series A Noteholder
with this information and need not actually include such
information in any form filed with the Commission.
(d)
Forecasts . As soon as practicable but in any event no later
than the last day of each Fiscal Year the Company shall prepare a
forecast for each of the next succeeding twelve months of the
consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated statements of
income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and the consolidating balance sheet and the
consolidating statements of income and cash flows of each of the
Company
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and its
Subsidiaries, together with an outline of the major assumptions
upon which the forecast is based.
(e)
Telephonic Conference . Within five Business Days after the
delivery of the financial statements referred to in paragraphs (a),
(b), (c) and (d) above, the Chief Financial Officer of
the Company shall participate in a telephonic conference with the
Series A Noteholders upon the request of the Series A
Noteholders holding not less than 25% of the then outstanding
Series A Notes.
(f)
Chief Financial Officer Certificates . Concurrently with the
delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections
(a) through (c) of this Section 6.01, the Company
shall deliver to each Series A Noteholder a compliance
certificate (“ Compliance Certificate ”) in the
form of Exhibit G hereto and signed by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company stating that, to the best of such
Chief Financial Officer’s knowledge after due inquiry, each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has observed or performed all
of its covenants and other agreements, satisfied every condition,
contained in this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to be
observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Chief
Financial Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event
of Default except as specified in such Compliance
Certificate.
(g)
Auditors’ Reports . Promptly upon receipt thereof, the
Company shall deliver to each Series A Noteholder copies of
all final reports submitted to the Company or to any of its
Subsidiaries by independent certified public accountants in
connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made by such accountants,
including, without limitation, any final comment letter submitted
by such accountants to management in connection with their annual
audit.
(h)
Other Information . Promptly upon their becoming available,
the Company shall deliver or make available to each Series A
Noteholder (including by being made available on EDGAR;
provided that the Company gives prompt notice of such filing
with EDGAR to each such Series A Noteholders) copies of all
financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent to
its securityholders or made available generally by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries and all regular and periodic reports and
all registration statements and final prospectuses, if any, filed
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities
exchange or with the Commission or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its functions and, promptly upon request, such
additional financial and other information as any Series A
Noteholder may from time to time reasonably request. For the
benefit of the Series A Noteholders and beneficial owners from
time to time of any Series A Note, the Issuers shall, upon the
request of any such Series A Noteholder, furnish, at the
Issuers’ expense, to Series A Noteholders and beneficial
owners of any Series A Note and prospective purchasers of such
securities information satisfying the requirements of subsection
(d)(4) of Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
(i)
Notice of Default or Event of Default . Promptly, but in any
event within three (3) Business Days, after any officer of the
Company becomes aware of the existence of any Default or Event of
Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any other
action with respect to a claimed Default or Event of Default, the
Company shall deliver a written notice
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thereof to the
Series A Noteholders specifying the nature and existence
thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
(j)
Additional Information to Series A Noteholders of Other
Indebtedness . Simultaneously with the furnishing of such
information to any other holder of Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall deliver to each
Series A Noteholder (i) copies of all other financial
statements, reports or projections with respect to the Company or
its Subsidiaries which are broader in scope or on a more frequent
basis than the Company is required to provide under this Agreement
and (ii) copies of all studies, reviews, reports or
assessments relating to environmental matters that reveal
circumstances, events or other matters that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k)
Changes to Indebtedness . At least 10 days prior
thereto, written notice to the Series A Noteholders of any
proposed extension, renewal, refinancing or modification of any
indebtedness exceeding $500,000 of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(l)
ERISA Matters . (a) As soon as possible and in any
event within ten (10) days after any Issuer or any ERISA
Affiliate thereof knows or has reason to know that (A) any
Reportable Event with respect to any Employee Plan has occurred,
(B) any other termination event with respect to any Employee
Plan has occurred, or (C) an accumulated funding deficiency
has been incurred or an application has been made to the Secretary
of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding
standard (including installment payments) or an extension of any
amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect
to an Employee Plan, an Officers’ Certificate of the Company
setting forth the details of such occurrence and the action, if
any, which such Issuer or such ERISA Affiliate proposes to take
with respect thereto, (b) promptly and in any event within
three (3) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Issuer or
any ERISA Affiliate thereof from the PBGC, copies of each notice
received by any Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of the
PBGC’s intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee
appointed to administer any Plan, (c) promptly and in any
event within 10 days after any Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate
thereof knows or has reason to know that a required installment
within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code has not been
made when due with respect to an Employee Benefit Plan,
(d) promptly and in any event within three (3) Business Days
after receipt thereof by any Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate thereof
from a sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan or from the PBGC, a copy of
each notice received by any Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate thereof
concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability under
Section 4202 of ERISA or indicating that such Multiemployer
Plan may enter reorganization status under Section 4241 of
ERISA, and (e) promptly and in any event within 10 days
after any Issuer sends notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (as
defined in WARN) to employees, copies of each such notice sent by
such Issuer.
(m)
Management Report . Promptly upon receipt thereof, each
Issuer shall deliver to each Series A Noteholder copies of all
detailed financial and management reports submitted to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries by independent auditors in connection
with each annual or interim audit made by such auditors of the
books of the Company or such Subsidiary.
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(n)
Litigation and Other Material Events . Promptly after the
commencement thereof, the Company shall deliver to each
Series A Noteholder notice of (i) all actions, suits,
investigations, litigation, arbitrations and proceedings known to
the Issuers against or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of the property or assets thereof in any court
or before any arbitrator or by or before any Governmental Authority
or court of any kind not previously disclosed by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that either individually or in the aggregate,
would have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the occurrence of a
Casualty Event; and (iii) (x) the incurrence of any material
Lien (other than Permitted Collateral Liens) on, or claim asserted
against any of the Collateral or (y) the occurrence of any
other event which could materially affect the value of the
Collateral.
OTHER AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
Issuer further covenants and agrees with each Series A
Noteholder that until the principal amount of (and premium, if any,
on) all the Series A Notes, and all interest and other
obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to
the extent no claim has been asserted) hereunder in respect
thereof, shall have been paid in full:
SECTION
7.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . The
Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and all interest on the Series A Notes in
accordance with the terms of the Series A Notes and this
Agreement.
The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal (including
post-petition interest on a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law),
and interest on overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate
specified in the Series A Notes.
SECTION
7.02. Preservation of Corporate Existence and Franchises .
Subject to Section 8.05 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect (a) its corporate existence, and the corporate,
partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in
accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the
same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such
Subsidiary and (b) the rights (charter and statutory),
licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided, however , that the Company shall not be required
to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate,
partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries if
(i) the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and
(ii) the loss thereof would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
7.03. Maintenance of Properties . The Company shall cause
all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the
business of any of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in
good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all
necessary equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary
repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously
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conducted at
all times; provided, however , that the foregoing shall not
prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance
of any of such properties if (i) the Board of Directors
determines that such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary and (ii) such
discontinuance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and
would not be adverse in any material respect to any Series A
Noteholder.
(a)
Payment of Taxes . The Company shall pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) all lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become
a lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided, however , that the Company shall not be required
to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
provided that appropriate reserves therefor are established in the
Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance
with GAAP.
(b)
Tax Returns . The Company and its Subsidiaries shall timely
file or cause to be filed when due all Tax Returns that are
required to be filed by or with respect to the Company for taxable
years ending after the Closing Time and shall pay any Taxes due in
respect of such Tax Returns.
(c)
Contest Provisions . The Company shall promptly notify the
Series A Noteholders in writing upon receipt by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates of notice of any
pending or threatened federal, state, local or foreign income or
franchise tax audits or assessments which may materially affect the
tax liabilities of the Company.
SECTION
7.05. Books, Records and Access . The Company, both with
respect to itself and with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and each Subsidiary shall
keep complete and accurate books and records of their transactions
in accordance with good accounting practices on the basis of GAAP
applied on a consistent basis (including the establishment and
maintenance of appropriate reserves); provided that with
respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, the immediately preceding
reference to GAAP shall be deemed to be to generally accepted
accounting principles in effect in such Foreign Subsidiary’s
jurisdiction. To the extent reasonably required in connection with
any resale of any of the Purchased Securities and upon reasonable
notice, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to,
subject to compliance with Applicable Laws, execute, and each
Series A Noteholder seeking to sell or transfer the Purchased
Securities shall execute a confidentiality agreement substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit L or as otherwise
mutually acceptable to the Company and the Agent. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries shall provide each Series A
Noteholder that is not a competitor of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in any material respect (and, in each case, any sales
or placement agent or underwriter participating in such resale) and
their authorized representatives reasonable access during normal
business hours to all contracts, books, records, personnel, offices
and other facilities and properties of the
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Company and its
Subsidiaries and their legal advisors, accountants and, to the
extent available to the Company after the Company uses reasonable
efforts to obtain them, the accountants’ work papers, permit
each Series A Noteholder (and any such sales or placement
agent or underwriter) to make such copies and inspections thereof
as such Series A Noteholder may reasonably request and furnish
such Series A Noteholder (and any such sales or placement
agent or underwriter) with such financial and operating data and
other information with respect to the business and properties of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as such Series A Noteholder
(and any such sales or placement agent or underwriter) may from
time to time reasonably request. Any such visits will be at the
expense of such Series A Noteholder.
SECTION
7.06. Compliance with Law . The Company shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Applicable Laws
and shall obtain and maintain, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to obtain and maintain, all Permits necessary to the
ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their
respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to
ensure that any such noncompliance with Applicable Law or any
failure to obtain or maintain such Permits, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
7.07. Insurance .
(a)
Generally . The Company shall, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries to, keep its insurable property adequately insured at
all times by financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain
such other insurance, to such extent and against such risks as is
customary with companies in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations, including insurance
with respect to Mortgaged Properties and other properties material
to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries against such
casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts
with such deductibles as is customary in the case of similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including
(i) physical hazard insurance on an “all risk”
basis, (ii) commercial general liability against claims for bodily
injury, death or property damage covering any and all insurable
claims, (iii) explosion insurance in respect of any boilers,
machinery or similar apparatus constituting Collateral,
(iv) business interruption insurance, (v) worker’s
compensation insurance and such other insurance as may be required
by any Requirement of Law and (vi) such other insurance
against risks as the Series A Noteholders may from time to
time require (such policies to be in such form and amounts and
having such coverage as may be reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Series A Noteholders and the Agent); provided
that with respect to physical hazard insurance, neither the Agent
nor the Company or such Subsidiary shall agree to the adjustment of
any claim thereunder without the consent of the other (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided,
further , that no consent of the Company or any Subsidiary
shall be required during an Event of Default.
(b)
Requirements of Insurance . On or prior to the expiration of
the time period set forth in the Post-Closing Letter, all such
insurance in the name of any Issuer shall (i) provide that no
cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in
coverage thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days
after receipt by the Agent of written notice thereof,
(ii) name the Agent as mortgagee (in the case of property
insurance for Mortgaged Property) or additional insured on behalf
of the Secured Parties (in the case of liability insurance) or loss
payee (in the case of property insurance for Mortgaged Property),
as applicable, (iii) if
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reasonably
requested by the Agent, include a breach of warranty clause and
(iv) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the
Agent.
(c)
Notice to Agent . The Company shall notify the Series A
Noteholders and the Agent immediately whenever any separate
insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss
with that required to be maintained under this Section 7.07 is
taken out by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and promptly
deliver to the Series A Noteholders and the Agent a duplicate
original copy of such policy or policies.
(d)
Flood Insurance . The Company shall, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries to, with respect to each Mortgaged Property, obtain
flood insurance in such total amount as the Required Series A
Noteholders may from time to time require, if at any time the area
in which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property is
designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance
Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or
any successor agency), and otherwise comply with the National Flood
Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973, as amended from time to time.
(e)
Broker’s Report . The Company shall deliver to the
Agent and the Series A Noteholders a report of a reputable
insurance broker with respect to such insurance and such
supplemental reports with respect thereto as the Required
Series A Noteholders or the Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
(f)
Mortgaged Properties . No Issuer that is an owner of
Mortgaged Property shall take any action that is reasonably likely
to be the basis for termination, revocation or denial of any
insurance coverage required to be maintained under such
Issuer’s respective Mortgage or that could be the basis for a
defense to any claim under any Insurance Policy maintained in
respect of the Premises, and each Issuer shall otherwise comply in
all material respects with all Insurance Requirements in respect of
the Premises; provided, however , that each Issuer may, at
its own expense and after written notice to the Series A
Noteholders, (i) contest the applicability or enforceability
of any such Insurance Requirements by appropriate legal
proceedings, the prosecution of which does not constitute a basis
for cancellation or revocation of any insurance coverage required
under this Section 7.07 or (ii) cause the Insurance
Policy containing any such Insurance Requirement to be replaced by
a new policy complying with the provisions of this
Section 7.07.
SECTION
7.08. Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control
.
(a) Subject
to compliance with the Subordination Agreement, upon the occurrence
of a Change of Control, the Company shall make an offer (a “
Change of Control Offer ”) to each Series A
Noteholder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) of each Series A Noteholder’s
Series A Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof as of the Change of Control Payment Date
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Change of
Control Payment Date (the “ Change of Control Payment
”). The Company shall comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
Series A Notes as a result
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of a Change of
Control, and the Company shall not be in violation of this
Agreement by reason of any act required by such rule or other
Applicable Law.
(b) Within
five (5) Business Days following any Change of Control, the
Company shall send, by first-class mail, a notice to each
Series A Noteholder stating:
(i) that the
Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 7.08 and that all Series A Notes tendered will be
accepted for payment;
(ii) the purchase
price and the purchase date, the latter of which shall be at least
30 but no more than 45 days from the date on which the Company
mails notice of the Change of Control (the “ Change of
Control Payment Date ”);
(iii) that any
Series A Notes not tendered will continue to accrue
interest;
(iv) that, unless
the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control
Payment, all Series A Notes accepted for payment pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after
the Change of Control Payment Date;
(v) that
Series A Noteholders electing to have any Series A Notes
purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required
to surrender the Series A Notes, with the form entitled
“Option of Noteholder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse
of the Series A Notes completed, to the Company or its
designated agent for such purpose at the address specified in the
notice prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Business Day
preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(vi) that
Series A Noteholders will be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Company or its designated agent for such purpose
receives, not later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the second
Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the Series A Noteholder, the principal amount of
Series A Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that
such Series A Noteholder is withdrawing his election to have
the Series A Notes purchased; and
(vii) that
Series A Noteholders whose Series A Notes are being
purchased only in part will be issued new Series A Notes equal
in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Series A
Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to
$1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple
thereof.
(c) On
the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all Series A Notes
or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer, (ii) mail to each Series A Noteholder so
tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Series A Notes
plus all accrued and unpaid interest to the Change of Control
Payment Date, and (iii) execute and mail to each Series A
Noteholder a new Series A Note equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of the Series A Notes surrendered, if
any; provided, however , that each such new Series A
Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof. The Company shall inform the Series A
Noteholders in
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writing of the
results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable
after the Change of Control Payment Date.
SECTION
7.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds .
(a) Subject to compliance with the Subordination Agreement, in
the event that, pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof, the Company
shall be required to commence an offer to all Series A
Noteholders to purchase Series A Notes (an “ Asset
Sale Offer ”), it shall follow the procedures specified
in this Section 7.09. The Company shall comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws
and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of
the Series A Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, and the
Company shall not be in violation of this Agreement by reason of
any act required by such rule or other Applicable Law.
(b) Within
five (5) Business Days following each date on which the
Company’s obligation to make an Asset Sale Offer is
triggered, the Company shall send, by first-class mail, a notice to
each Series A Noteholder stating:
(i) that the Asset
Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 7.09 and
Section 8.05;
(ii) that the
Company shall purchase the principal amount of Series A Notes
required to be purchased pursuant to Section 8.05 (the “
Offer Amount ”), the purchase price per Series A
Note and the purchase date, which shall be at least 30 but no more
than 45 days from the date on which the Company mails notice
of the Asset Sale Offer (the “ Asset Sale Offer Payment
Date ”);
(iii) that any
Series A Notes not tendered will continue to accrue
interest;
(iv) that, unless
the Company defaults in payment of the Offer Amount on the Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date, all Series A Notes accepted for
payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue
interest after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(v) that
Series A Noteholders electing to have any Series A Notes
purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer shall be required to
surrender the Series A Notes, with the form entitled
“Option of Noteholder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse
of the Series A Notes completed, to the Company or its
designated agent for such purpose at the address specified in the
notice prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Business Day
preceding the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(vi) that
Series A Noteholders will be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Company or its designated agent for such purpose
receives, not later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the second
Business Day preceding the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the Series A Noteholder, the principal amount of
Series A Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that
such Series A Noteholder is withdrawing his election to have
the Series A Notes purchased;
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(vii) that, if the
aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes surrendered by
Series A Noteholders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company
shall select the Series A Notes to be purchased on a pro
rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate
by the Company so that only Series A Notes in denominations of
$1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased);
and
(viii) that
Series A Noteholders whose Series A Notes are being
purchased only in part will be issued new Series A Notes equal
in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Series A
Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to
$1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple
thereof.
On
the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, (i) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to
the extent necessary, all Series A Notes or portions thereof
properly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer up to the
principal amount of Series A Notes equal to the Offer Amount,
or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all
Series A Notes tendered, (ii) mail to each holder of a
Series A Note so tendered the purchase price for such
Series A Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest to the
Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, (iii) execute and mail to each
Series A Noteholder a new Series A Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Series A
Notes surrendered, if any, and (iv) deliver to the
Series A Noteholders an Officers’ Certificate stating
that such Series A Notes or portions thereof were accepted for
payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Section 7.09. The Company shall inform the Series A
Noteholders in writing of the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or
as soon as practicable after the Asset Sale Offer Payment
Date.
SECTION
7.10. Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases . With
respect to each Lease entered into by an Issuer relating to Real
Property owned in fee by such Issuer, the respective Issuer shall
perform all the obligations imposed upon the landlord under such
Lease and enforce all of the tenant’s obligations thereunder,
except where the failure to so perform or enforce could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Property Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
7.11. Further Assurances . The Company shall, upon the
request of any Series A Noteholder, execute and deliver such
further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the provisions of
this Agreement.
SECTION
7.12. Additional Collateral; Additional
Guarantors.
(a) Subject
to this Section 7.12 and the Post-Closing Letter, with respect
to any property acquired after the Closing Time by any Issuer that
is intended to be subject to the Lien created by any of the
Security Documents but is not so subject, such Issuer shall
promptly (and in any event within 30 Business Days after the
acquisition thereof) (i) execute and deliver to the
Series A Noteholders and the Agent such amendments or
supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other
documents as the Required Series A Noteholders or the Agent
shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Agent, for its
benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a Lien on
such property subject to no Liens other than Permitted Collateral
Liens, and (ii) take all actions necessary to cause such Lien
to be duly perfected to the extent required by such Security
Document in accordance with all applicable Requirements of
Law,
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including the
filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be
reasonably requested by the Required Series A Noteholders.
Borrower shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or
deliver to the Agent such documents as the Required Series A
Noteholders or the Agent shall require to confirm the validity,
perfection and priority of the Lien of the Security Documents
against such after-acquired properties.
(b) With
respect to any person that is or becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
after the Closing Time (and in any event within 30 Business Days
after such person becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary), the Company
shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to promptly deliver to the
agent under the Falcon Purchase Agreement, as bailee for the Agent
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Subordination
Agreement, the certificates, if any, representing all of the
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, together with undated stock
powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and
delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of
such Capital Stock, and all intercompany notes owing from such
Subsidiary to any Issuer together with instruments of transfer
executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of
such Issuer and (ii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to
execute and deliver to the Series A Noteholders a Subsidiary
Guarantee of the Series A Notes in the form of
Exhibit B hereto and a supplemental agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto pursuant
to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Company’s obligations under the Series A Notes on the
terms set forth in such supplemental agreement and a joinder
agreement to the applicable Security Agreement, substantially in
the form annexed thereto, or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary,
execute a security agreement compatible with the laws of such
Foreign Subsidiary’s jurisdiction in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (B) to take all
actions necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Required
Series A Noteholders or the Agent to cause the Lien created by
the applicable Security Agreement to be duly perfected to the
extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable
Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements
in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the
Required Series A Noteholders or the Agent; provided,
however, that the obligation of the Company to deliver or to
cause any Subsidiary to comply with the requirements of this
Section 7.12(b) shall be limited to the same extent that the
Company and such Subsidiary are required to comply with provisions
analogous to this Section 7.12(b) contained in the Falcon
Purchase Agreement.
(c) Each
Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
grant to the Agent, within 60 days of the acquisition thereof,
a security interest in and Mortgage on (i) each Real Property
owned in fee by such Issuer as is acquired by such Issuer after the
Closing Time and that, together with any improvements thereon,
individually has a fair market value based on the good faith
estimate of the Company of at least $500,000, and (ii) unless
the Required Series A Noteholders otherwise consent, each
leased Real Property of such Issuer which lease individually has a
fair market value based on the good faith estimate of the Company
of at least $500,000, in each case, as additional security for the
Secured Obligations (unless the subject property is already
mortgaged to a third party to the extent permitted by
Section 8.07). Such Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to
documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Required Series A Noteholders and the Agent and shall
constitute valid and enforceable perfected Liens subject only to
Permitted Collateral Liens or other Liens acceptable to the Agent.
The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded
or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law
to establish, perfect, preserve and protect
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the Liens in
favor of the Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages
and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection
therewith shall be paid in full. Such Issuer shall otherwise use
its commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions and
execute and/or deliver to the Agent such documents as the Required
Series A Noteholders or the Agent shall require to confirm the
validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing
Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after-acquired Real Property
(including a Title Policy, a Survey and local counsel opinion (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Series A Noteholders and the Agent) in respect of such
Mortgage).
SECTION
7.13. Security Interests; Further Assurances . Promptly,
upon the reasonable request of the Agent or any Required
Series A Noteholders, at the Company’s expense, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgment and
delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to
be registered, filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental
office, any document or instrument supplemental to or confirmatory
of the Security Documents or otherwise deemed by the Required
Series A Noteholders or the Agent reasonably necessary or
desirable for the continued validity, perfection and priority of
the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject to no other
Liens except as permitted by the applicable Security Document, or
obtain any consents or waivers as may be necessary or appropriate
in connection therewith. Deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Series A Noteholders and the Agent from time to time such
other documentation, consents, authorizations, approvals and orders
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Series A Noteholders and the Agent as the Required
Series A Noteholders and the Agent shall reasonably deem
necessary to perfect or maintain the Liens on the Collateral
pursuant to the Security Documents. Upon the exercise by the Agent
or any Series A Noteholder of any power, right, privilege or
remedy pursuant to any Basic Document which requires any consent,
approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any
Governmental Authority execute and deliver all applications,
certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the
Agent or such Series A Noteholder may require. If the Agent or
the Required Series A Noteholders determine that they are
required by a Requirement of Law to have appraisals prepared in
respect of the Real Property of any Issuer constituting Collateral,
the Company shall provide to the Agent appraisals that satisfy the
applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform
Amendments of FIRREA and are otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Series A Noteholders and the
Agent.
SECTION
7.14. Information Regarding Collateral .
(a) The
Company shall not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to
effect any change (i) in any Issuer’s legal name,
(ii) in the location of any Issuer’s chief executive
office, (iii) in any Issuer’s identity or organizational
structure, (iv) in any Issuer’s Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number or organizational identification number, if
any, or (v) in any Issuer’s jurisdiction of organization
(in each case, incl |