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Exhibit 10.12
SENIOR SECURED
FLOATING RATE
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 24, 2003
among
AFFINITY
GROUP, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO,
THE NOTEHOLDERS PARTY
HERETO,
and
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF
COMMERCE,
as Syndication
Agent,
FLEET NATIONAL
BANK,
as Administrative
Agent,
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
as Documentation
Agent,
and
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP. and
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.,
as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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5 |
| 1.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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5 |
| 1.2 |
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Classification of Loans and
Borrowings |
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24 |
| 1.3 |
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Terms Generally |
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24 |
| 1.4 |
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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25 |
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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25 |
| 2.1 |
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Commitments |
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25 |
| 2.2 |
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Loans and Borrowings |
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25 |
| 2.3 |
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Requests for Borrowings |
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26 |
| 2.4 |
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[Reserved] |
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26 |
| 2.5 |
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Funding of Borrowings |
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26 |
| 2.6 |
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Interest Elections |
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27 |
| 2.7 |
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Termination of
Commitments |
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28 |
| 2.8 |
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[Reserved] |
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28 |
| 2.9 |
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Repayment of Term B2
Loans |
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28 |
| 2.10 |
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Prepayment of Term B2
Loans |
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28 |
| 2.11 |
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Fees |
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31 |
| 2.12 |
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Interest |
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31 |
| 2.13 |
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Alternate Rate of
Interest |
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32 |
| 2.14 |
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Increased Costs |
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32 |
| 2.15 |
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Break Funding Payments |
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33 |
| 2.16 |
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Taxes |
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34 |
| 2.17 |
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Payments Generally: Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs |
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34 |
| 2.18 |
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement
of Noteholders |
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35 |
ARTICLE III GUARANTEE BY GUARANTORS |
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36 |
| 3.1 |
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The Guarantee |
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36 |
| 3.2 |
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Obligations
Unconditional |
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36 |
| 3.3 |
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Reinstatement |
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37 |
| 3.4 |
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Subrogation |
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37 |
| 3.5 |
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Remedies |
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37 |
| 3.6 |
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Instrument for the Payment of
Money |
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37 |
| 3.7 |
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Continuing Guarantee |
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38 |
| 3.8 |
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Rights of Contribution |
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38 |
| 3.9 |
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General Limitation on Guarantee
Obligations |
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38 |
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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39 |
| 4.1 |
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Organization; Powers |
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39 |
| 4.2 |
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Authorization;
Enforceability |
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39 |
| 4.3 |
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Governmental Approvals; No
Conflicts |
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39 |
| 4.4 |
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Financial Condition; No Material
Adverse Change |
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39 |
| 4.5 |
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Properties |
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40 |
| 4.6 |
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Litigation and Environmental
Matters |
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40 |
| 4.7 |
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Compliance with Laws and
Agreements |
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41 |
| 4.8 |
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Investment and Holding Company
Status |
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41 |
| 4.9 |
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Taxes |
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41 |
| 4.10 |
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ERISA |
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| 4.11 |
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Disclosure |
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| 4.12 |
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Capitalization |
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42 |
| 4.13 |
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Subsidiaries |
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42 |
| 4.14 |
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Material Indebtedness, Liens and
Agreements |
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42 |
| 4.15 |
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Holding Company Notes
Indenture |
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43 |
| 4.16 |
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Federal Reserve
Regulations |
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43 |
| 4.17 |
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Burdensome Restrictions |
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43 |
| 4.18 |
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Force Majeure |
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43 |
| 4.19 |
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Labor and Employment
Matters |
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43 |
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS |
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44 |
| 5.1 |
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Effective Date |
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44 |
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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49 |
| 6.1 |
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Financial Statements and Other
Information |
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49 |
| 6.2 |
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Notices of Material
Events |
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52 |
| 6.3 |
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Existence; Conduct of
Business |
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52 |
| 6.4 |
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Payment of Obligations |
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53 |
| 6.5 |
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Maintenance of Properties;
Insurance |
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53 |
| 6.6 |
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Books and Records; Inspection
Rights |
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53 |
| 6.7 |
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Fiscal Year |
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53 |
| 6.8 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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53 |
| 6.9 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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53 |
| 6.10 |
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Certain Obligations Respecting
Subsidiaries and Collateral Security |
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54 |
| 6.11 |
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ERISA |
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54 |
| 6.12 |
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Environmental Matters;
Reporting |
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55 |
| 6.13 |
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Conforming Leasehold Interests;
Matters Relating to Additional Real Property Collateral |
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55 |
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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| 7.1 |
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Indebtedness |
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57 |
| 7.2 |
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Liens |
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57 |
| 7.3 |
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Contingent Liabilities |
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58 |
| 7.4 |
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Fundamental Changes |
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58 |
| 7.5 |
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Investments; Hedging
Agreements |
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59 |
| 7.6 |
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Restricted Junior Payments and Cash
Flow Distributions |
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60 |
| 7.7 |
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Transactions with
Affiliates |
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61 |
| 7.8 |
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Restrictive Agreements |
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61 |
| 7.9 |
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Certain Financial
Covenants |
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62 |
| 7.10 |
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Lines of Business |
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63 |
| 7.11 |
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Management Compensation |
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63 |
| 7.12 |
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Subordinated
Indebtedness |
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63 |
| 7.13 |
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Modifications of Certain
Documents |
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63 |
| 7.14 |
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Sale-Leaseback
Transactions |
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63 |
| 7.15 |
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Real Property Leases |
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64 |
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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| 8.1 |
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Events of Default |
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| 8.2 |
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Receivership |
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ARTICLE IX THE AGENTS |
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67 |
| 9.1 |
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Appointment and
Authorization |
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67 |
| 9.2 |
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Agents' Rights as
Noteholders |
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| 9.3 |
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Duties As Expressly
Stated |
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| 9.4 |
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Reliance By Agents |
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| 9.5 |
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Action Through
Sub-Agents |
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| 9.6 |
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Resignation of Agent and Appointment
of Successor Agent |
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| 9.7 |
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Noteholders' Independent
Decisions |
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69 |
| 9.8 |
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Documentation Agent |
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69 |
| 9.9 |
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Indemnification |
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69 |
| 9.10 |
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Consents Under Other Note Purchase
Documents |
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70 |
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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| 10.1 |
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Notices |
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70 |
| 10.2 |
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Waivers; Amendments |
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| 10.3 |
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Expenses; Indemnity: Damage
Waiver |
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71 |
| 10.4 |
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Successors and Assigns |
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72 |
| 10.5 |
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Survival |
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75 |
| 10.6 |
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Counterparts; Integration;
References to Agreement; Effectiveness |
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75 |
| 10.7 |
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Severability |
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75 |
| 10.8 |
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Right of Setoff |
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75 |
| 10.9 |
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent
to Service of Process |
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75 |
| 10.10 |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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76 |
| 10.11 |
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Headings |
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76 |
| 10.13 |
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Confidentiality |
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76 |
| 10.14 |
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Continued Effectiveness; No
Novation |
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
| Schedule 2.1 |
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List of Noteholders and Term B2 Loan
Commitments |
| Exhibit I |
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Form of Assignment and
Acceptance |
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SENIOR
SECURED FLOATING RATE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SENIOR SECURED
FLOATING RATE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of June 24,
2003 among AFFINITY GROUP, INC., THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE NOTEHOLDERS PARTY HERETO, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
("CIBC"), as Syndication Agent, FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as
Administrative Agent, and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Documentation Agent. This Agreement and the Credit Agreement (as
hereinafter defined) collectively amend and restate in its entirety
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
November 13, 1998 among Affinity Group, Inc., the
Guarantors party thereto, the Noteholders party thereto, The
Provident Bank, as Syndication Agent, Bank One, Kentucky, NA, as
Documentation Agent, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative
Agent, as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect on the date hereof immediately before giving effect
to the amendment and restatement contemplated hereby (the "Credit
Agreement") Obligations of the Credit Parties with respect to the
Loans and Letters of Credit (as such terms are defined in the
Credit Agreement) constitute "Permitted Indebtedness" under the
Holding Company Notes Indenture (as hereinafter defined), and the
obligations of the Credit Parties with respect to the Term B2 Loans
constitute "Refinancing Indebtedness" under such Indenture. The
Loans and Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement and the Term
B2 Loans are senior secured pan passu obligations.
The parties
hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended
and restated as of the date hereof (but subject to
Section 5.1) in its entirety as provided in the Credit
Agreement and as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1
Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement,
the following terms have the meanings specified below:
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Acquisition " means any
transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated
after the date hereof, by which (i) any Credit Party acquires
the business of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any
firm or corporation which is not a Credit Party, or any division of
such firm or corporation, located in a specific geographic area or
areas, whether through purchase of assets, purchase of stock,
merger or otherwise or (ii) any Person that was not
theretofore a Subsidiary of a Credit Party becomes a Subsidiary of
a Credit Party.
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Additional Mortgage "
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1
3(b)(i).
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Additional Mortgage Policies
" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.1 3(b)(vi).
"
Additional Mortgaged Property
" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.13(b).
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Adjusted Base Rate "
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus
1 / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Adjusted
Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate, respectively.
"
Adjusted LIBO Rate "
means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1 / 16 of 1%) equal to
(a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by
(b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
"
Administrative Agent "
means Fleet in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
Noteholders hereunder, and shall include any successor to the
Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to
Section 9.6.
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Administrative Questionnaire
" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
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Affiliate " means, with
respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) no individual shall be an
Affiliate solely by reason of his or her being a director, officer
or employee of any Credit Party and (b) none of the Credit
Parties shall be Affiliates.
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Affiliate Subordination Agreement
" means the Amended and Restated Affiliate
Subordination Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, among the
Holding Company, the Borrower, the Parent, Stephen Adams and the
Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit F
annexed to the Credit Agreement, as such agreement may thereafter
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"
Agent " means each of
the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, and the
Documentation Agent.
"
Agreement " means this
Senior Secured Floating Rate Note Purchase Agreement, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
"
Applicable Percentage "
means with respect to any Noteholder in respect of any indemnity
claim under Section 10.3(c) arising out of an action or
omission of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the
percentage of the total Term B2 Loan Commitments or Term B2 Loans
hereunder represented by the aggregate amount of such Noteholder's
Term B2 Loan Commitment or Term B2 Loans.
"
Applicable Margin "
means (i) 3.00% in the case of Base Rate Loans and
(ii) 4.00% in the case of Eurodollar Loans.
"
Approved Fund " means,
with respect to any Noteholder, any fund that invests (in whole or
in part) in commercial loans and is managed, advised or serviced by
such Noteholder or the same investment advisor as such Noteholder
or by an Affiliate of such Noteholder or such investment
advisor.
"
Assignment and Acceptance " means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a
Noteholder and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 10.4), and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit I annexed hereto
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"
Base Rate " when used
in reference to any Term B2 Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Term B2 Loan, or the Term B2 Loans comprising such Borrowing,
are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted Base Rate.
"
Basic Documents " means
the Loan Documents, the Note Purchase Documents, the Holding
Company Notes Indenture and any related agreement.
"
Board " means the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
"
Borrower " means
Affinity Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"
Borrowing " means Term
B2 Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same
date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect.
"
Borrowing Request "
means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.3.
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"
Business Day " means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in Boston, Massachusetts or New York City are
authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when
used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Day shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in U.S.
dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
"
Camping World " means,
collectively, CWI, Inc., a Kentucky corporation and a Wholly-
Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, and Camping World, mc, a Kentucky
corporation and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
CWI, Inc.
"
Capital Expenditures "
means, for any period, (A) the sum for the Credit Parties
(determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in
accordance with GAAP of the aggregate amount of expenditures
(including the aggregate amount of Capital Lease Obligations
incurred during such period) made to acquire or construct fixed
assets, plant and equipment (including renewals, improvements and
replacements, but excluding repairs) during such period computed in
accordance with GAAP; provided that such term shall not include any
such expenditures in connection with any replacement or repair of
Property affected by a Casualty Event minus (B) any Net Cash
Payments from a Disposition permitted hereunder (other than a
Sale-Leaseback Transaction) reinvested pursuant to
Section 2.lO(b)(iii) not in excess of the aggregate
amount of Capital Expenditures previously made in respect of assets
subject to such Disposition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
purchase price of any Acquisition shall not be deemed a "Capital
Expenditure" for purposes hereof.
"
Capital Lease Obligations " of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement
conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall
be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"
Cash Equivalents "
means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable
securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally
guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States
Government, (b) issued by any agency of the United States the
obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States, in each case maturing within one year after such
date; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state
of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any
such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case
maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of
the acquisition thereof, the highest rating obtainable from either
Standard & Poor's ("S&P") or Moody's Investors
Service, Inc. ("Moody's"); (iii) commercial paper
maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof
and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at
least A-i from S&P or at least P-i from Moody's;
(iv) certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing
within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any
Noteholder or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia that (1) is at least "adequately capitalized" (as
defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking
regulator) and (2) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such
regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (v) shares of
any money market mutual fund that (1) has at least 95% of its
assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred
to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (2) has net assets
of not less than $500,000,000, and (3) has the highest rating
obtainable from either S&P or Moody's, or (c) other cash
equivalent investments agreed to from time to time between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
"
Cash Interest Expense "
means, for any period, the sum, for the Credit Parties (determined
on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with
GAAP) of the following: (a) all interest in respect of
Indebtedness actually paid during such period pjj (b) the
amount of
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Restricted Junior Payments made to the Holding
Company pursuant to Section 7.6(a)(i) and
Section 7.6(a)(iii) (excluding the portion of such Restricted
Junior Payment in respect of the Holding Company Notes Refunding on
account of principal or premium) during such period p (c) the
net amounts paid in cash under Hedging Agreements during such
period including, fees, but excluding legal fees and other similar
transaction costs and payments made in cash by reason of the early
termination of Hedging Agreements in effect on the Effective Date
piia (d) all fees, including letter of credit fees and
expenses, paid hereunder or under the Credit Agreement after the
Effective Date but excluding all fees, commissions and expenses
(including reimbursement of legal fees and similar transaction
costs) paid on the Effective Date in respect of this Agreement or
the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained in the
foregoing which may be to the contrary, deferred financing costs or
intangible assets which are written off as a consequence of the
repayment and discharge of Indebtedness under the Existing Credit
Agreement shall not be included in Cash Interest
Expense.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if during any period for which Cash Interest Expense
is being determined, any Credit Party shall have consummated any
Acquisition, then, for all purposes of this Agreement with the
exception of the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, any Indebtedness
incurred in connection with such Acquisition shall be deemed to
have incurred on a pro-forma basis, as if such Acquisition had been
consummated on the first day of such period and under the
assumption that interest for such period had been equal to the
actual weighted average interest rate in effect for the Revolving
Credit Loans and the Term Loans on the date of such
Acquisition.
"
Casualty Event " means,
with respect to any Property of any Person, any loss of or damage
to, or any condemnation or other taking of, such Property for which
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds,
or proceeds of a condemnation award or other
compensation.
"
Change in Law " means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after
Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation
or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) after the
Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Noteholder (or, for
purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such
Noteholder or by such Noteholder' s holding company, if any) with
any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the Effective Date.
"
Code " means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"
Co-Lead Arrangers "
means, collectively, CIBC World Markets Corp., and Fleet
Securities, Inc.
"
Collateral " means,
collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property
(including capital stock and other equity interests) in which Liens
are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as
security for all obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder and
under the Credit Agreement.
"
Collateral Documents "
means the Holding Company Collateral Documents, the Pledge
Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Trademark Security
Agreement, the Mortgages, and all other agreements, instruments or
documents delivered by any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof
pursuant to this Agreement, any of the other Note Purchase
Documents, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
in order to grant to the Administrative Agent a Lien on any real,
personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for any
of its obligations hereunder and under the Credit
Agreement.
"
Compliance Certificate " means a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the
Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1 annexed to
the Credit Agreement, (i) certifying as to whether
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a Default has occurred and, if a Default has
occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or
proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth
reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
Section 7.9 (including a statement of the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio for purposes of the definition of Applicable
Margin), and, if such certificate is accompanying the annual
financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1(a), setting forth a reasonably detailed
calculation of the amount of Excess Cash Flow for the Borrower's
most recently completed fiscal year for the purpose of
Section 2.10 (b)(iv), and (iii) stating whether any
change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the
date of the audited financial statements referred to in
Section 4.4 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying
the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying
such certificate.
"
Conforming Leasehold Interest
" means any Recorded Leasehold Interest as to which
the lessor has agreed in writing for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent (which writing has been delivered to the
Administrative Agent), whether under terms of the applicable lease,
under the terms of a Landlord Consent and Estoppel, or otherwise,
to the matters described in the form of Landlord Consent and
Estoppel approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion, which interest, if a subleasehold interest or
sub-subleasehold interest, is not subject to any contrary
restrictions contained in a superior lease or sublease.
"
Consolidated Fixed Charges Ratio
" means, as at any date, the ratio of (a) the
total of (i) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such date p
(ii) Related Retail Sale-Leaseback Proceeds but only to the
extent that such proceeds are received by a Credit Party and the
Construction Capital Expenditures for the property which is the
subject of the Sale-Leaseback Transaction were made during such
period minus (iii) the aggregate amount of all Non-Financed
Capital Expenditures made during such period p (iv) any
increase in Deferred Revenues during such period minus
(iv) any decrease in Deferred Revenues during such period, to
(b) the sum for the Credit Parties (determined on a
consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) of
the following: (i) Cash Interest Expense for such period, p
(ii) all regularly scheduled payments of principal on any
Indebtedness (including the Term Loans and the principal component
of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations, but
excluding any prepayments pursuant to Section 2.10) for such
period (iii) the aggregate amount paid, or required to be paid
(without duplication as between fiscal periods), in cash in respect
of income, franchise and other like taxes (excluding real estate
taxes) for such period (to the extent not deducted in determining
EBITDA for such period) p (iv) Permitted Tax
Distributions to the extent paid in cash during such period
(v) any payments in respect of deferred compensation or the
Phantom Stock Agreements, in each case, to the extent paid in cash
during such period.
"
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
" means, as at any date, the ratio of
(a) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
ending on or most recently ended prior to such date, to
(b) Cash Interest Expense for such period.
"
Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio
" means, as at any date, the ratio of
(a) Senior Debt minus cash and Cash Equivalents held by the
Credit Parties on such date to the extent to such cash and Cash
Equivalents are unrestricted and available for the payment of the
debts of the Credit Parties in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$10,000,000 to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such
date.
"
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio
" means, as at any date, the ratio of (a) the
sum of (i) the Indebtedness of the Credit Parties excluding
amounts described in clauses (d) and (g) of the
definition of "Indebtedness" (determined on a consolidated basis
without duplication in accordance with GAAP), including
Subordinated Indebtedness but excluding any amounts held in escrow
with the Administrative Agent or the Paying Agent for the Holding
Company Notes
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Indenture for the purpose of consummating the
Holding Company Notes Refunding, pi (ii) the Indebtedness of
the Holding Company in respect of the Holding Company Notes or the
Holding Company Notes Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case, on
such date minus (iii) cash and Cash Equivalents held by the
Credit Parties on such date to the extent to such cash and Cash
Equivalents are unrestricted and available for the payment of the
debts of the Credit Parties in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$10,000,000 to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such
date.
"
Construction Capital Expenditures
" means Capital Expenditures incurred by any Credit
Party to acquire property and/or construct improvements thereon for
use as retail outlets or distributions centers excluding the
Capital Expenditures incurred by any Credit Party for leasehold
improvements on any property if the costs for the construction of a
structure on such property (including costs of the common building
systems) were not funded with Capital Expenditures incurred by the
Credit Parties.
"
Control " means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. "and "have meanings correlative thereto.
"
Credit Agreement "
means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of the date hereof, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders
party thereto, CIBC, as Syndication Agent, Fleet, as Administrative
Agent and General Electric Capital Corporation, as Documentation
Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"
Credit Parties " means
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"
Default " means any
event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived,
become an Event of Default.
"
Deferred Revenues "
means that portion of subscription and membership revenues, product
and services revenues and publication revenues carried as a
liability by any of the Credit Parties on the balance sheet of that
Person, which will be recognized as revenue on that Person's
statement of operations in future periods, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"
Disclosed Matters "
means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed in Schedule 4.6 .
"
Disposition " means any
sale, assignment, lease, transfer or other disposition of any
property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) by any Credit
Party to any other Person excluding (a) the granting of Liens
to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Noteholders pursuant
to the Collateral Documents, and (b) any sale, assignment,
transfer or other disposition of(i) any property sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business and on ordinary
business terms, (ii) any property no longer used or useful in
the business of the Credit Parties and (iii) any Collateral
under and as defined in the Collateral Documents pursuant to an
exercise of remedies by the Administrative Agent
thereunder.
"
Disposition Investment " means, with respect to any Disposition, any promissory notes
or other evidences of indebtedness or Investments received by any
Credit Party in connection with such Disposition.
"
Documentation Agent "
means General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as
Documentation Agent for the Noteholders hereunder.
"
EBITDA " means, for any
period, operating income for the Credit Parties (determined on a
consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) for
such period (calculated after
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deduction for real estate taxes but before
deduction for (a) income, franchise and other like taxes
accrued during such period, interest, depreciation, amortization
and other write-offs of intangible assets such as goodwill and any
other non-cash income or charges accrued for such period (including
such charges in respect of Phantom Stock Accruals) and (except to
the extent received or paid in cash by the Credit Parties) income
or loss attributable to equity in Affiliates for such period) and
(b) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002 in an
aggregate amount not in excess of $2,300,000, restructuring costs,
severance costs and the costs for the relocation of management,
excluding from the calculation of such operating income any
extraordinary and unusual gains or losses during such period and
excluding from the calculation of such operating income the income
or loss from any Casualty Events and Dispositions. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any amounts accrued or paid with respect to any
deferred financing costs or tangible assets which are written off
as a result of the repayment and discharge of Indebtedness under
the Existing Credit Agreement shall not be deducted in determining
operating income.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if during any period for which EBITDA is being
determined, any Credit Party shall have consummated any Acquisition
and (if such acquisition is a stock or other equity Acquisition)
the company acquired in such Acquisition becomes a Subsidiary in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10(a) then, for
all purposes of this Agreement, with the exception of the
calculation of Excess Cash Flow, EBITDA shall be determined on a
pro forma basis as if such Acquisition had been made or consummated
on the first day of such period.
"
Effective Date " means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.1 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with the Intercreditor
Agreement).
"
Effective Date Mortgage " has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.1(0(i).
"
Effective Date Mortgage Policies
" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5. 1(f)(vi).
"
Effective Date Mortgaged Property
" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.1(0(i).
"
Environmental Laws "
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements
issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority,
relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release
of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety
matters.
"
Environmental Liability " means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of any Credit Party directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is
assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
"
Equity Rights " means,
with respect to any Person, any subscriptions, options, warrants,
commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including
any stockholders' or voting trust agreements) for the issuance or
sale of, or securities convertible into, any additional shares of
capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership
interests of any type in, such Person.
"
ERISA " means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
"
ERISA Affiliate " means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or,
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solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA
and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
"
ERISA Event " means
(a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan
(other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived),
(b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated
funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 4 12(d) of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination
of any Plan, (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice
relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (f) the incurrence
by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan
or Multiemployer Plan, or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any
notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be,
insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of
ERISA.
"
Eurodollar " when used
in reference to any Term B2 Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Term B2 Loan, or the Term B2 Loans comprising such Borrowing,
are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate.
"
Event of Default " has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.
"
Excess Cash Flow "
means, for each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2003 and for each fiscal year thereafter,
(a) the sum of EBITDA p Related Retail Sale-Leaseback Proceeds
received in such fiscal year minus (b) the sum of the
following (to the extent not deducted in computing EBITDA)
(i) Cash Interest Expense for such fiscal year ii
(ii) the aggregate amount of all Non-Financed Capital
Expenditures made during such fiscal year, (iii) all regularly
scheduled payments, mandatory prepayments and voluntary prepayments
(other than voluntary prepayments in respect of the Revolving
Credit Loans) of principal on any Indebtedness (including the Term
Loans and the principal component of any payments in respect of
Capital Lease Obligations for such fiscal year pij (iv) the
aggregate purchase price for Acquisitions consummated during such
fiscal year to the extent paid in cash during such fiscal year and
excluding the amount of such purchase price funded with purchase
money financing other than with the proceeds of the Revolving
Credit Loans or Term Loans (v) the aggregate amount paid, or
required to be paid, in cash in respect of income, franchise, and
other like taxes (excluding real estate taxes) for such fiscal year
(vi) all Permitted Tax Distributions to the extent paid in
cash during such fiscal year (vii) any payments in respect of
deferred compensation or the Phantom Stock Agreements, in each
case, to the extent paid in cash during such fiscal year minus
(c) any net increase in Working Capital during such fiscal
year pij (d) any net decrease in Working Capital during such
fiscal year.
"
Exchange Act " means
the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"
Excluded Taxes " means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Noteholder, or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income, net worth or
franchise taxes or any like taxes imposed on (or measured by) its
net income or net worth by the United States of America, or by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or
in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any
Noteholder, in which its applicable lending office is located or in
which it is taxable solely on account of some connection other than
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
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or the receipt of income hereunder, (b) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower
is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Noteholder (other
than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.18(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on
amounts payable to such Foreign Noteholder at the time such Foreign
Noteholder becomes a party to this Agreement or is attributable to
such Foreign Noteholder's failure or inability to comply with
Section 2.16(e), except to the extent that such Foreign
Noteholder' s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of
assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with
respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 2.16(a).
"
Existing Credit Agreement " has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"
Facilities " means any
and all real property (including, without limitation all buildings,
fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now or hereafter or
heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by any Credit Party or
any of their respective predecessors.
"
Facility Documents "
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
"
Federal Funds Effective Rate
" means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on
the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a
Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent.
"
Financial Officer "
means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
"
First Priority " means,
with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral
pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the most
senior Lien (other than Liens permitted pursuant to
Section 7.2 to the extent not perfected by filing of any UCC
financing statements) to which such Collateral is
subject.
"
Fleet " means Fleet
National Bank, a national bank.
"
Flood Hazard Property "
means a Mortgaged Property located in an area designated by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud
slide hazards.
"
Foreign Noteholder "
means any Noteholder that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
"
GAAP " means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
"
Governmental Authority " means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government and the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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"
Guarantee " means a
guarantee, an endorsement, a contingent agreement to purchase or to
furnish funds for the payment or maintenance of, or otherwise to be
or become contingently liable under or with respect to, the
Indebtedness, other obligations, net worth, working capital or
earnings of any Person, or a guarantee of the payment of dividends
or other distributions upon the stock or equity interests of any
Person, or an agreement to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or
lessor) property, products, materials, supplies or services
primarily for the purpose of enabling a debtor to make payment of
such debtor's obligations or an agreement to assure a creditor
against loss, and including, without limitation, causing a bank or
other financial institution to issue a letter of credit or other
similar instrument for the benefit of another Person, but excluding
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The terms " Guarantee
" and " Guaranteed " used as a verb shall
have a correlative meaning.
"
Guaranteed Obligations " has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.1.
"
Guarantors " means the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"
Hazardous Materials "
means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos
containing materials, polychiorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of
any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"
Hedging Agreement "
means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency
exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other
interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging
arrangement.
"
Holding Company " means
Affinity Group Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation which
holds all the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower.
"
Holding Company Collateral Documents
" means the Amended and Restated Nonrecourse
Guaranty and Pledge Agreement executed and delivered by the Holding
Company on the Effective Date substantially in the form of
Exhibit A annexed to the Credit Agreement, as such agreement
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"
Holding Company Notes "
means the Holding Company's 11% Senior Notes due 2007 issued
pursuant to the Holding Company Notes Indenture.
"
Holding Company Notes Indenture
" means the Indenture dated as of April 2, 1997
between the Holding Company and United States Trust Company of New
York, as Trustee, as supplemented or amended from time to time but
excluding any supplement or amendment which increases the interest
rate or any premium applicable to the Holding Company Notes,
increases the principal amount outstanding of the Holding Company
Notes or creates sinking fund or other principal payment or offer
to purchase requirements.
"
Holding Company Notes Borrower Refinancing
Indebtedness " means any Indebtedness
(other than a Refunding Borrowing) incurred by any Credit Party
(a) to refinance, refund, repurchase, fund a tender offer for,
or redeem, all or any portion of the then-outstanding Holding
Company Notes, including the principal of such Holding Company
Notes and any amounts payable with respect thereto for reasonable
fees, expenses and premium and the amount of any accrued interest
thereon, or (b) for any other purpose, as long as such
Indebtedness (i) is unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness,
(ii) such Indebtedness has a final maturity date not earlier
than six months after the Term B2 Loan Maturity Date,
(iii) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for
scheduled principal payments thereon prior to the maturity date
thereof, (iv) after the incurrence thereof and after taking
effect of any prepayments required to be made from the proceeds
thereof under this Agreement and under the Credit Agreement, the
Credit Parties will be in compliance, on a pro
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forma basis, with the provisions of Sections 7.9
(b) and (c), and (v) has terms reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent.
"
Holding Company Notes Borrower Refinancing
Payment " means the portion of the Net
Cash Payments of any Holding Company Notes Borrower Refinancing
Indebtedness in excess of the amount applied to refinance, refund,
repurchase, fund a tender offer for, or redeem, all or any portion
of the then-outstanding Holding Company Notes, including the
outstanding principal amount of such Holding Company Notes, the
amount of any accrued interest thereon and premium, if
any.
"
Holding Company Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness " means any Indebtedness
incurred by the Holding Company (a) to refinance, refund,
repurchase, fund a tender offer for, or redeem, all or any portion
of the then-outstanding Holding Company Notes, including the
principal of such Holding Company Notes and any amounts payable
with respect thereto for reasonable fees, expenses and premium and
the amount of any accrued interest thereon, or (b) for any
other purpose, as long as (i) such Indebtedness is unsecured
and not guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (ii) such
Indebtedness has a final maturity date not earlier than six months
after the Term B2 Loan Maturity Date, (iii) the terms of such
Indebtedness do not provide for scheduled principal payments
thereon prior to the maturity date thereof, (iv) after the
incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving effect to any
prepayments required to be made from the proceeds thereof under
this Agreement and under the Credit Agreement, the Credit Parties
will be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the provisions of
Sections 7.9 (b) and (c), (v) the per annum rate of
interest, or imputed or accreted interest, with respect to such
Indebtedness does not exceed thirteen percent and (vi) the
covenants, events of default and mandatory prepayment requirements
(whether by sinking fund payments, mandatory redemptions or
repurchases or otherwise), of such Indebtedness are not more
restrictive on the Credit Parties than the covenants, events of
default and mandatory prepayment requirements customarily found in
notes of similar issuers issued under Rule 144A, or in a
public offering and not more restrictive on the Credit Parties than
the covenants, events of default and mandatory prepayment
requirements set forth in the Holding Company Notes Indenture, and
do not, in any event, impose restrictions such as the imposition of
any financial performance maintenance covenants (such as leverage
or coverage ratios), and to the extent of any debt incurrence test
such debt incurrence test expressly permits the incurrence and
refinancing of the Indebtedness under this Agreement and the Credit
Agreement up to an amount equal to the then current aggregate
amount of the loan commitments and Indebtedness hereunder and
thereunder.
"
Holding Company Notes Refinancing
Payment " means, with respect to any
Holding Company Notes Refinancing Indebtedness, the sum of(a) with
respect to any portion of the Excess Refinancing Amount (as defined
below) up to $50,000,000, 50% of such portion pi (b) with
respect to any portion of the Excess Refinancing Amount in excess
of $50,000,000, 100% of such portion. For purposes of this
definition " Excess Refinancing
Amount " means the difference of
(i) the Net Cash Payments actually received by the Holding
Company with respect to any Holding Company Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness minus (ii) the amount applied to refinance, refund, repurchase,
fund a tender offer for, or redeem, all or any portion of the then
outstanding Holding Company Notes, including the outstanding
principal amount of such Holding Company Notes, the amount of any
accrued interest, and premium, if any.
"
Holding Company Notes Refunding
" means the repurchase on the open market, tender
offer for, or the redemption pursuant to Article III of the
Holding Company Notes Indenture, by the Holding Company of up to
$30,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Holding Company Notes
currently outstanding and any amounts payable with respect thereto
for reasonable fees, expenses and premium and the amount of any
accrued interest thereon.
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"
Indebtedness " means,
for any Person: without duplication (a) obligations created,
issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money (whether by
loan, advance, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale
of Property to another Person subject to an understanding or
agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such Property
from such Person); (b) obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase or acquisition price of Property or services
(other than Phantom Stock Accruals), other than trade accounts
payable (other than for borrowed money) arising, and accrued
expenses incurred, in the ordinary course of business so long as
such trade accounts are payable within 120 days of the date
the respective goods are delivered or the respective services are
rendered; (c) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person;
(d) obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit
or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other
financial institutions for the account of such Person;
(e) Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on the Property
of such Person, whether or not the respective indebtedness so
secured has been assumed by such Person; (f) Indebtedness of
others Guaranteed by such Person; and (g) obligations under
Hedging Agreements (and for purposes hereof, the amount of
Indebtedness under a Hedging Agreement shall be deemed to be equal
to the aggregate maximum contingent amount or potential liability
under such Hedging Agreement). The Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's
ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity,
except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that
such Person is not liable therefor.
"
Indemnified Taxes "
means all Taxes other than (a) Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes
and (b) amounts constituting penalties or interest imposed
with respect to Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
"
Intercreditor Agreement " means the Senior Intercreditor and Agency Agreement dated as
of the date hereof among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (as
defined in the Credit Agreement), the Noteholders and the Credit
Parties.
"
Interest Election Request " means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.6.
"
Interest Payment Date "
means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, each Quarterly
Date and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last
Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of
which such Term B2 Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months'
duration, each Business Day prior to the last day of such Interest
Period that would have been the last day of the Interest Period for
such Eurodollar Loan had successive three month Interest Periods
been applicable to such Eurodollar Loan.
"Interest Period "
means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one,
two, three or six months (or, with the consent of each Noteholder,
nine or twelve months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect;
provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day
other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day
and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last
calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the
date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the
most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
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(x) [Reserved],
(y) no
Interest Period for any Term Loan may commence before and end after
any Quarterly Date unless, after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate principal amount of the Term B2 Loans having Interest
Periods that end after such Quarterly Date shall be equal to or
less than the aggregate principal amount of the Term B2 Loans
scheduled to be outstanding after giving effect to the payments of
principal required to be made on such Quarterly Date,
and
(z) notwithstanding
the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), no Interest Period shall
have a duration of less than one month and, if the Interest Period
for any Eurodollar Loan would otherwise be a shorter period, such
Term B2 Loan shall not be available hereunder as a Eurodollar Loan
for such period.
"
Investment " means, for
any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, Property,
services or securities or otherwise) of capital stock, bonds,
notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or
other securities of any other Person or any agreement to make any
such acquisition (including, without limitation, any "short sale"
or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are
not owned by the Person entering into such short sale);
(b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other
extension of credit to, or for the benefit of, any other Person
(including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to
an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell
such Property to such Person, but excluding any such advance, loan
or extension of credit having a term not exceeding 180 days
representing the purchase price of inventory or supplies sold by
such Person in the ordinary course of business); or (c) the
entering into of any Guarantee of, or other contingent obligation
with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other
Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be
advanced, lent or extended to such Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Capital Expenditures and Acquisitions shall not be
deemed "for purposes hereof.
"
IP Collateral " means,
collectively, the Collateral under the Trademark Security
Agreement.
"
KEYSOP Plan " means the
AGI Holding Corp. Key Employee Security Plan for the benefit of key
employees of the Credit Parties.
"
Landlord Consent and Estoppel
" means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, a
letter, certificate or other instrument in writing from the lessor
under the related lease, in such form as may be approved by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
"
Leasehold Property "
means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under
any lease of real property, other than any such leasehold interest
designated from time to time by Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion as not being required to be included in the
Collateral.
"Rate means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period,
the rate appearing on Dow Jones Markets Page 3750 (or on any
successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to
or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such
Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to
time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to U.S. dollar deposits in the London interbank market)
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for
U.S. dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time
for any reason, then the "Rate with respect to such Eurodollar
Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which U.S.
dollar deposits of $5,000,000, and for a maturity comparable to
such Interest Period, are offered by the principal London office of
the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
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Lien " means, with
respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor
under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (other than an operating lease) (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the
case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a
third party with respect to such securities.
"
Loan Documents " has
the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit
Agreement.
"
Material Adverse Effect " means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
assets (including intangible assets), operations or condition
(financial or otherwise), of the Credit Parties taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of any Credit Party to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other
Facility Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available
to the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders under this
Agreement and the other Facility Documents.
"
Material Indebtedness "
means Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Credit Loans, Term
Loans, and the letters of credit issued in accordance with the
Credit Agreement), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging
Agreements, of any one or more of the Credit Parties in an
aggregate principal amount exceeding $1,000,000. For purposes of
determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the
obligations of any Person in respect of any Hedging Agreement at
any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to
any netting agreements) that such Person would be required to pay
if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
"
Material Leasehold Property
" means a Leasehold Property which (a) is a
retail or super store or distribution center or (b) has been
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be of material
value as Collateral or of material importance to the operations of
the Credit Parties after weighing the value of such property as
additional Collateral against the costs and expenses associated
with satisfying the requirements of Section 6.13.
"
Mortgage " means
(i) a security instrument (whether designated as a deed of
trust or a mortgage, leasehold mortgage, collateral assignment of
leases and rents or by any similar title) executed and delivered by
any Credit Party in such form as may be approved by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, in each case with such
changes thereto as may be recommended by Administrative Agent's
local counsel based on local laws or customary local practices,
(ii) or at Administrative Agent's option, in the case of an
Additional Mortgaged Property, an amendment to an existing
Mortgage, in form satisfactory to Administrative Agent, adding such
Additional Mortgaged Property to the Real Property Assets
encumbered by such existing Mortgage, in either case as such
security instrument or amendment may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time. "means all such instruments,
including Effective Date Mortgages and any Additional Mortgages,
collectively.
"
Mortgaged Property "
means an Effective Date Mortgaged Property or an Additional
Mortgaged Property.
"
Multiemployer Plan "
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 400 l(a)(3)
of ERISA.
"
Net Cash Payments "
means,
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(i) with
respect to any Casualty Event, the aggregate amount of proceeds of
insurance, condemnation awards and other compensation received by
any Credit Party in respect of such Casualty Event net of
(A) reasonable expenses incurred by any Credit Party in
connection therewith and (B) contractually required repayments
of Indebtedness to the extent secured by
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a Lien on such property and any income and
transfer taxes payable by any Credit Party in respect of such
Casualty Event;
(ii) with
respect to any Disposition, the aggregate amount of all cash
payments received by any Credit Party directly or indirectly in
connection with such Disposition, whether at the time of such
Disposition or after such Disposition under deferred payment
arrangements or Investments entered into or received in connection
with such Disposition (including, without limitation, Disposition
Investments); provided that
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(A) Net
Cash Payments shall be net of (I) the amount of any legal,
title, transfer and recording tax expenses, commissions and other
fees and expenses payable by any Credit Party in connection with
such Disposition and (II) any Federal, state and local income
or other taxes estimated to be payable by any Credit Party as a
result of such Disposition, but only to the extent that such
estimated taxes are in fact paid to the relevant Federal, state or
local governmental authority within twelve months of the date of
such Disposition; and
(B) Net
Cash Payments shall be net of any repayments by any Credit Party of
Indebtedness to the extent that (I) such Indebtedness is
secured by a Lien on the property that is the subject of such
Disposition and (II) the transferee of (or holder of a Lien
on) such property requires that such Indebtedness be repaid as a
condition to the purchase of such property; and
(iii) with
respect to any offering of debt or equity securities, the aggregate
amount of all cash proceeds received by any Credit Party (or the
Holding Company with respect to any Holding Company Notes
Refinancing Indebtedness) therefrom less all legal, underwriting
and similar fees and expenses incurred in connection
therewith.
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Non-Financed Capital Expenditures
" means, for any period, all Capital Expenditures
made during such period that have not been funded with the proceeds
of purchase money financing (including, without limitations,
capital leases) other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans
or Term Loans.
"
Noteholder " means,
(a) initially, a Noteholder that has purchased a Term B2 Note
on the Effective Date, and (b) thereafter, the Noteholders
from time to time holding Term B2 Notes after giving effect to any
assignments thereof permitted by Section 10.4, other than any
such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to any such
assignment.
"
Note Purchase Documents " means this Agreement, the Term B2 Notes, the Collateral
Documents, the Affiliate Subordination Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement, and any other instruments or documents delivered or to
be delivered by any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof from time to
time pursuant to this Agreement.
"
Other Taxes " means any
and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and
the other Note Purchase Documents, provided that there shall be
excluded from "Other Taxes" all Excluded Taxes.
"
Parent " means AGI
Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation which holds all the
outstanding capital stock of the Holding Company.
"
Paying Agent " shall
have the meaning set forth in the Holding Company Notes
Indenture.
"
Permitted Cash Flow Distribution
" means that portion of Excess Cash Flow in any
fiscal year permitted to be distributed to the Holding Company
pursuant to Section 7.6(b).
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Permitted Investments "
means:
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(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on
which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of
America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof;
(b) investments
in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of
acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the
highest credit rating obtainable from Standard and Poor's Ratings
Service or from Moody's Investors Service, Inc.;
(c) investments
in certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances and time deposits
maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof
issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit
accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and
surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000;
and
(d) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than
30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and
entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria
described in clause (c) above.
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Permitted Tax Distributions
" means, for so long as the Borrower is an "S
corporation" or a substantially similar pass-through entity for
federal income tax purposes, distributions to the Holding Company
(or any successor entity or other entity that owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of the Borrower) in
respect of any fiscal year equal to the amount based on reasonable
estimates, of federal, state and local income taxes that the
Borrower would be required to pay with respect to such fiscal year
calculated as if, for such fiscal year, the Borrower were treated
as a "C corporation" domiciled in the State of California rather
than as an "S corporation", and assuming further, solely for the
purpose of the tax calculation herein, that any and all amounts
paid or payable as interest on the Holding Company Notes are paid
or payable by the Borrower.
"
Person " means any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
"
Phantom Stock Accruals " means the amounts shown as liabilities in the Borrower's
general ledger account captions "Deferred Phantom Compensation" to
the extent (i) such general ledger account is kept and
adjusted in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with
GAAP and the Borrower's past practices, and (ii) such deferred
compensation is payable under "phantom stock agreements" between a
Credit Party and key employees of such Credit Party entered into in
the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the
Borrower's practices prior to the effective date thereof, in
substantially the form of the phantom stock agreements in existence
on the Effective Date, or in such other form as shall be approved
by the Administrative Agent.
"
Phantom Stock Agreements " means the phantom stock agreements referred to in the
definition of Phantom Stock Accruals and described in
Schedule 4.14 annexed to the Credit Agreement.
"
Plan " means any
employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to
the provisions of Title W of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code
or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would
under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
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"
Pledge Agreement "
means the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement executed and
delivered by all of the Credit Parties on the Effective Date and
thereafter in accordance with Section 6.10, substantially in
the form of Exhibit B annexed to the Credit Agreement, as such
agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
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Post-Default Rate "
means, for Base Rate Loans, a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted
Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin plus
2%, and, for Eurodollar Loans, a rate per annum
equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin
plus 2%.
"
Prime Rate " means the
rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
Fleet National Bank, as its prime rate in effect at its principal
office in Boston, Massachusetts; each change in the Prime Rate
shall be effective from and including the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.
"
Property " means any
interest of any kind in property or assets, whether real, personal
or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.
"
PTO " means the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or any successor or substitute
office in which filings are necessary or, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent, desirable in order to create or perfect Liens
on any IP Collateral.
"
Quarterly Dates " means
the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Credit Parties,
the first of which shall be the first such day after the Effective
Date of this Agreement.
"
Real Estate Holdings "
has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.1(o).
"
Real Property Asset "
means, at any time of determination, any fee ownership or leasehold
interest then owned by any Credit Party in any real
property.
"
Recorded Leasehold Interest
" means a Leasehold Property with respect to which a
Recorded Document (as hereinafter defined) has been recorded in all
places necessary or desirable, in the Administrative Agent's
reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice of such Leasehold
Property to third-party purchasers and encumbrancers of the
affected real property. For purposes of this definition, the term
"Document means, with respect to any Leasehold Property,
(a) the lease evidencing such Leasehold Property or a
memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by the owner of the
affected real property, as lessor, or (b) if such Leasehold
Property was acquired or subleased from the holder of a Recorded
Leasehold Interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document,
executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form
sufficient to give such constructive notice upon recordation and
otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
"
Register " has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.4(d).
"
Reimbursement Obligation " has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.4(e).
"
Related Parties "
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person's
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's
Affiliates.
"
Related Retail Sale-Leaseback Proceeds
" means the proceeds received after the Effective
Date by the Credit Parties (net of all transactional and related
expenses) in any Sale Leaseback Transaction involving a Camping
World retail outlet or distribution center (excluding any retail
outlet or distribution center if the costs for the construction of
a structure on such property (including costs of the common
building systems) were not funded with Capital Expenditures
incurred by the Credit Parties) acquired or constructed by any such
party after the Effective Date by the Credit Parties, but only to
the extent proceeds do not exceed the aggregate amount of Capital
Expenditures incurred for the purpose of building out such
store.
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Rental Obligations "
means the maximum fixed rentals paid or payable by a lessee under
any Operating Lease during a specified period, excluding amounts
paid or payable on account of maintenance, utilities, ordinary
repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments and other similar charges,
whether or not designated as rental or additional
rental.
"
Required Senior Lenders " has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
"
Required Term Loan Lenders " has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
"
Restricted Junior Payment " means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or
indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of any
Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend
payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of
that class, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or
similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or
indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of any Credit Party
now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment made to
retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants,
options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of
any Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding, and (iv) any
payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, or redemption purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-
substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment
with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness.
"
Revolving Credit Loans " has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit
Agreement.
"
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
" means any sales or transfers of any real or
tangible personal property owned by any Person in order to lease
such property for substantially the same purpose as the property
being sold or transferred; provided that such sale or transfer is
at fair market value and such lease is at fair rental
value.
"
Sarbanes-Oxley Act "
has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.1(a).
"
Security Agreement "
means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement executed and
delivered by all of the Credit Parties on the Effective Date and
thereafter in accordance with Section 6.10, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C annexed to the Credit Agreement, as such
agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"
Senior Debt " means the
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties as described in clauses (a),
(b), and (c) of the definition of "Indebtedness" (determined
on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with
GAAP), excluding any Subordinated Indebtedness.
"
Senior Loans " has the
meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
"
Special Counsel " means
Palmer & Dodge LLP, in its capacity as special counsel to
Fleet, as Administrative Agent and CIBC as Syndication
Agent.
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Statutory Reserve Rate " means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages
(including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which
the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in
Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall
include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding
and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of
or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be
available from time to time to any Noteholder under such
Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory
Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
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"
Subordinated Indebtedness " means any Indebtedness of any Credit Party which matures in
its entirety later than the Senior Loans and by its terms (or by
the terms of the instrument under which it is outstanding and to
which appropriate reference is made in the instrument evidencing
such Subordinated Indebtedness) is made subordinate and junior in
right of payment to the Senior Loans and to such Credit Party's
other obligations to the Noteholders hereunder by provisions
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative
Agent, the Syndication Agent and Special Counsel.
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Subsidiary " means,
with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those
of the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if
such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as
of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more
than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date,
owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date,
otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of
the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the
parent. References herein to "shall, unless the context requires
otherwise, be deemed to be references to Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
"
Swing Loans " has the
meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.
"
Syndicated Agent "
means Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in its capacity as
Syndication Agent for the Noteholders hereunder.
"
Taxes " means any and
all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
"
Term B1 Loan " has the
meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.
"
Term B2 Loan " has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b).
"
Term B2 Loan Commitment " means, with respect to each Noteholder, the agreement of such
Noteholder to purchase a Term B2 Note from the Borrower on the
Effective Date. The amount of each Noteholder's Term B2 Loan
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.1 The aggregate original
amount of the Term B2 Loan Commitments is $100,000,000.
"
Term B2 Loan Maturity Date " means June 24, 2009.
"
Term B2 Notes " has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b).
"
Term Loans " means,
collectively, the Term B 1 Loans and the Term B2 Loans. The
aggregate original amount of the Term Loans, assuming the Holding
Company Notes Refunding has been consummated, is
$140,000,000.
"
Test Date " has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2. 7(a).
"
Title Company " means,
collectively, Lawyer's Title Insurance Corporation, and one or more
other title insurance companies reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
"
Trademark Security Agreement
" means the Amended and Restated Trademark Security
Agreement executed and delivered by all of Credit Parties on the
Effective Date and thereafter in accordance with Section 6.10,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D annexed to the Credit
Agreement, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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Transactions " means
(a) with respect to the Borrower, the execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of the Facility Documents to which it
is a party, the borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans. Term Bi Loans
and the Term B2 Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof, and the
issuance of letters of credit under the Credit Agreement and
(b) with respect to any Credit Party (other than the
Borrower), the execution, delivery and performance by such Credit
Party of the Facility Documents to which it is a party.
"
Type " when used in
reference to any Term B2 Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the
rate of interest on such Term B2 Loan, or on the Term B2 Loans
comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Adjusted Base Rate.
"
UCC " means the Uniform
Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
"
U.S. dollars " or
" $ " refers to
lawful money of the United States of America.
"
Wholly Owned Subsidiary " means, with respect to any Person at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity of which securities or other ownership interests
representing 100% of the equity or ordinary voting power (other
than directors' qualifying shares) or, in the case of a
partnership, 100% of the general partnership interests are, as of
such date, directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held by such
Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or
by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person.
"
Withdrawal Liability "
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete
or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms
are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of
ERISA.
"
Working Capital "
means, at any date, the difference between the aggregate current
assets and the aggregate current liabilities (excluding current
maturities of long term Indebtedness and the current portion of
Deferred Revenues) of the Credit Parties at such date (determined
on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with
GAAP.)
1.2
Classification of Loans
and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Term B2
Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a "Base Rate
Loan" or a "Eurodollar Loan"). In similar fashion, Borrowings may
be classified and referred to by Type.
1.3
Terms
Generally. The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation". The word "will" shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word "shall". Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person's successors and assigns,
(c) the words "herein", "hereof' and "hereunder", and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement (except that
references to Exhibits and Schedules shall be, where appropriate,
references to Exhibits and Schedules to the Credit Agreement) and
(e) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights. References in Articles VI
and VII in respect of the affirmative and negative covenants to be
performed by the Credit Parties shall be
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interpreted to mean, with respect to
Article VI, that the Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to comply with such covenant, and, with respect to
Article VII, that the Borrower will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, violate such covenant.
1.4
Accounting Terms;
GAAP. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or
financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in
effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies
the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to
any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application
thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Senior
Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such
purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become
effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
2.1
Commitments.
(a) [Reserved]
(b)
Term B2 Notes . The Borrower will authorize the issue
of its senior secured floating rate term notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the Term B2 Loan Commitments (all such
notes, whether initially issued or issued in exchange or
substitution for, any such note, in each case in accordance with
this Agreement, collectively, the "B2 Notes"). Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, on the Effective Date, the
Borrower agrees to issue to each Noteholder and in consideration
for such issuance, each Noteholder agrees to advance to the
Borrower an amount equal to such Noteholder's Term B2 Loan
Commitment (such advance shall be deemed to be a Borrowing
hereunder and shall be referred to herein as a "B2 Loan" provided
that the Term B2 Loans made on the Effective Date shall not exceed
an aggregate amount equal to the total amount of the Term B2 Loan
Commitments. The principal amounts of Term B2 Loans which have been
repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
2.2
Loans and
Borrowings.
(a) Each
Term B2 Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing made by the
Noteholders ratably in accordance with their respective Term B2
Loan Commitments. The failure of any Noteholder to make any Term B2
Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other
Noteholder of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Term B2
Loan Commitments of the Noteholders are several and no Noteholder
shall be responsible for any other Noteholder's failure to make
Term B2 Loans as required.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.13, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in
accordance herewith. Each Noteholder at its option may make any
Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Noteholder to make such Term B2 Loan; provided
that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of
the Borrower to repay such Term B2 Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) At
the commencement of each Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount at least
equal to $500,000 or any greater multiple of $100,000. At the time
that each Base Rate Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in
an aggregate amount that is at least equal to $100,000 or any
greater multiple of $100,000. Borrowings of more than one Type
may
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be outstanding at the same time; provided that
there shall not at any time be more than a total of [Eurodollar
Borrowings outstanding.
2.3
Requests for
Borrowings.
(a) To
request the only Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
Boston, Massachusetts time, three Business Days before the date of
the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request
shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent
and signed by the Borrower.
(b) Each
such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with
Section 2.2:
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(i) the
aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(ii) the
date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing;
(iv) in
the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to
be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the
definition of the term "Interest Period";
(v) the
location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds are to
be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.5.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is
specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Base Rate
Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any
requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance
with this Section 2.3, the Administrative Agent shall advise
each Noteholder of the details thereof and of the amount of such
Noteholder's Term B2 Loan to be made as part of the requested
Borrowing.
(c) Unless
otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, prior to ten Business Days after the Effective Date, no
Interest Period of more than one month may be elected.
2.4
[Reserved
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2.5
Funding of
Borrowings.
(a) Each
Noteholder shall make each Term B2 Loan to be made by it hereunder
on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately
available funds by 12:00 noon, Boston, Massachusetts time, to the
account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it
for such purpose by notice to the Noteholders. The Administrative
Agent will make such Term B2 Loans available to the Borrower by
promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an
account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in
Boston, Massachusetts and designated by the Borrower in the
applicable Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Noteholder prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such
Noteholder will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Noteholder's share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Noteholder has made such share available on such
date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.5
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Noteholder has
not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to
the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Noteholder and the
Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
made available to the
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Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to
the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If
such Noteholder pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then
such amount shall constitute such Noteholder's Term B2 Loan
included in such Borrowing.
2.6
Interest
Elections.
(a) Each
Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the
applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in
such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such
Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect
Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this
Section 2.6. The Borrower may elect different options for
continuations and conversions with respect to different portions of
the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Noteholders holding the Term B2 Loans
comprising such Borrowing, and the Term B2 Loans comprising each
such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To
make an election pursuant to this Section 2.6, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone
by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under
Section 2.3 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the
Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date
of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request
shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative
Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with
Section 2.2:
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(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if
different options for continuations or conversions are being
elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions
thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and
(iv) below shall be specified for each resulting
Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if
the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest
Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term "Interest Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a
Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then
the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of
one month's duration.
(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Noteholder of the details
thereof and of such Noteholder's portion of each resulting
Borrowing.
(e) If
the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request
with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is
repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such
Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if a Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the
request of the Required Senior Lenders, so notifies the Borrower,
then, so long as a Default is continuing (i) no outstanding
Borrowing may be converted to or
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continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and
(ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be
converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
2.7
Termination of
Commitments. Unless previously terminated, the Term
B2 Loan Commitments shall terminate if and to the extent that the
Term B2 Loans have not been made on or prior to the Effective
Date.
2.8
[Reserved]
2.9
Repayment of Term B2
Loans.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay on each Quarterly
Date, commencing with the first such date occurring after the
Effective Date, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Noteholders quarterly principal payments in an aggregate amount
equal to $250,000. To the extent not previously paid, all Term B2
Loans shall be due and payable on the Term B2 Loan Maturity
Date.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if on any Test Date, the maturity date for any
then-outstanding Holding Company Notes is scheduled to occur within
six months after the Test Date then the Term B2 Loans shall be paid
in full on the Test Date.
(c) Each
Noteholder shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to
such Noteholder resulting from each Term B2 Loan made by such
Noteholder, including the amounts of principal and interest payable
and paid to such Noteholder from time to time hereunder.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Term B2 Loan made hereunder and
the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Borrower to each Noteholder hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Noteholders and each Noteholder' s share
thereof.
(e) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section 2.9 shall be
prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any
Noteholder or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of
the Borrower to repay the Term B2 Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(f) [Reserved].
2.10
Prepayment of Term B2
Loans.
(a) Optional
Prepayments The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from
time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without
premium or penalty (other than Eurodollar Loan breakage costs as
provided in Section 2.15), subject to prior notice in
accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section 2.10;
provided that each prepayment in respect of the Term Loans shall be
in an amount that is at least equal to $1,000,000 or any greater
multiple of $500,000. Each optional prepayment of Term B2 Loans
shall be applied to reduce all remaining unpaid installments
thereof in inverse order of maturity.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below,
the Borrower shall make prepayments of the Term B2 Loans hereunder
as follows:
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(i) Casualty
Events Upon the date 90 days following the receipt by any
Credit Party of the proceeds of insurance, condemnation award or
other compensation in respect of any Casualty Event affecting any
property of any Credit Party (or upon such earlier date as such
Credit Party, as
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the case may be, shall have determined not to
repair or replace the property affected by such Casualty Event),
the Borrower shall prepay the Term B2 Loans, in an aggregate amount
equal to 100% of the Net Cash Payments from such Casualty Event not
theretofore applied or committed to be applied to the repair or
replacement of such property (it being understood that if Net Cash
Payments committed to be applied are not in fact applied within
twelve months of the respective Casualty Event, then such proceeds
shall be applied to the prepayment of Term B2 Loans as provided in
this clause (i) at the expiration of such twelve-month
period), such prepayment and reduction to be effected in each case
in the manner and to the extent specified in
Section 2.10(c).
(ii) Offering
of Debt or Equity Without limiting the obligation of the Borrower
to obtain the consent of the Required Senior Lenders to any
incurrence of Indebtedness or sale of securities not otherwise
permitted hereunder, the Borrower agrees, on or prior to the
closing of any sale of debt or equity securities (other than debt
incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement) by any Credit Party
after the Effective Date, to deliver to the Administrative Agent a
statement certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, in form
and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of
the estimated amount of the Net Cash Payments of such sale of
securities that will (on the date of such sale of securities) be
received by any Credit Party (or in the case of Holding Company
Notes Refinancing Indebtedness, by the Holding Company) in cash and
the Borrower will prepay the Term B2 Loans hereunder, upon the date
of such sale of securities, in an aggregate amount equal to
(x) in the case of a sale of equity securities, 50% of the
actual amount of the Net Cash Payments of such sale of equity
securities received by any Credit Party in an aggregate amount in
excess of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year, and (y) in the case
of the incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred
under Section 7.1(e)), 100% of the actual amount of the Net
Cash Payments of such incurrence of Indebtedness received by any
Credit Party (or in the case of Holding Company Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness, by the Holding Company), in each case, such
prepayment to be effected in each case in the manner and to the
extent specified in Section 2.10(c); provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, (q) in the event any Credit
Party receives Net Cash Payments from the incurrence of Holding
Company Notes Borrower Refinancing Indebtedness, the amount of the
Term B2 Loans required to be prepaid pursuant to this
Section 2.10(b)(ii) shall be equal to the Holding Company
Notes Borrower Refinancing Payment and (r) in the event the
Holding Company receives Net Cash Payments from the incurrence of
Holding Company Notes Refinancing Indebtedness, the amount of the
Term B2 Loans required to be prepaid pursuant to this
Section 2.10(b)(ii) shall be equal to the Holding Company
Notes Refinancing Payment.
(iii) Sale
of Assets Without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to obtain
the consent of the Required Senior Lenders to any Disposition not
otherwise permitted hereunder, the Borrower agrees, on or prior to
the occurrence of any Disposition (other than a Sale-Leaseback
Transaction) by any Credit Party, to deliver to the Administrative
Agent a statement certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower,
in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, of the estimated amount of the Net Cash Payments of such
Disposition that will (on the date of such Disposition) be received
by any Credit Party in cash, indicating on such certificate,
whether the Borrower intends to reinvest such Net Cash Payments or
will be prepaying the Term B2 Loans, as hereinafter provided, and
the Borrower will be obligated to either (A) reinvest such Net
Cash Payments within 180 days after receipt (or, if within
such 180 day period the Borrower or any Credit Party enters
into contracts related to the reinvestment of such Net Cash
Payments, such longer period not to exceed 365 days after the
original date of receipt of such Net Cash Payments as is
contemplated by such contracts) into assets used in a line of
business permitted hereunder or (B) prepay the Term B2 Loans
hereunder as follows:
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related to the reinvestment of such Net Cash
Payments) if the Borrower had indicated on the certificate
delivered as hereinabove required that it intended to reinvest the
Net Cash Payments of such Disposition, in an aggregate amount equal
to 100% of the amount of such Net Cash Payments, to the extent
received by any Credit Party in cash on the date of such
Disposition or, if applicable, the Reinvestment Date to the extent
of any Net Cash Payments not so reinvested; and
(y) thereafter,
quarterly, on the date of the delivery by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1 of the financial
statements for any quarterly fiscal period or fiscal year, to the
extent any Credit Party shall receive Net Cash Payments during the
quarterly fiscal period ending on the date of such financial
statements in cash under deferred payment arrangements or
Disposition Investments entered into or received in connection with
any Disposition, an amount equal to (A) 100% of the aggregate
amount of such Net Cash Payments minus (B) any transaction
expenses associated with Dispositions and not previously deducted
in the determination of Net Cash Payments (or minus as the case may
be) (C) any other adjustment received or paid by any Credit
Party pursuant to the respective agreements giving rise to
Dispositions and not previously taken into account in the
determination of the Net Cash Payments; provided that if prior to
the date upon which the Borrower would otherwise be required to
make a prepayment under this clause (y) with respect to any
quarterly fiscal period the aggregate amount of such Net Cash
Payments (after giving effect to the adjustments provided for in
this clause (y)) shall exceed $4,000,000, then the Borrower
shall within three Business Days make a prepayment under this
clause (y) in an amount equal to such required
prepayment.
Prepayments of
Term B2 Loans shall be effected in each case in the manner and to
the extent specified in Section 2.10(c); provided that if at
the time of any such Disposition an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Credit Parties shall not have the
right to reinvest any Net Cash Payments and shall instead prepay
the Term B2 Loans by 100% of the amount of Net Cash Payments
received from such Disposition.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Borrower shall not be required to make any prepayment pursuant
to this clause (iii) with respect to the first $10,000,000 of
Net Cash Payments from any Disposition which are not reinvested
pursuant to this clause (iii).
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(iv) Excess
Cash Flow Not later than the date 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower for which Excess Cash Flow exceeds
$1,000,000 commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31,
2003, the Borrower shall prepay the Term B2 Loans in an amount
equal to (A) 75% of Excess Cash Flow if the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio (in each case pursuant to this clause (iv), as
reported on the Compliance Certificate delivered with the financial
statements required by Section 6.1(a) for such fiscal year) is
greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 for such fiscal year, or
(B) 50% of Excess Cash Flow if the Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1.00 but less than 4.00 to 1.00, with
respect to such fiscal year.
(c)
Application.
In the event of any
mandatory prepayment of Term B2 Loans pursuant to subsections
(b)(i) through (b)(iv) of this Section 2.10, the
proceeds of such prepayment shall be applied as follows:
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(i) first
to the extent that a repayment of Swing Loans shall at such time be
required pursuant to Section 2.9(a), to the repayment of Swing
Loans, but only to such extent;
(ii) second
to the extent that Revolving Credit Exposure (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) shall at such time exceed the total Revolving
Credit Commitments (as defined in the Credit Agreement), to the
repayment of Revolving Credit Loans equal in amount to such
excess;
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(iii) third
to the prepayment of the Term Loans, ratably in accordance with the
then-outstanding aggregate amounts thereof, such prepayments to be
applied to remaining unpaid installments of the Term Loans pro rata
in inverse order of maturity; and
(iv) fourth
after prepayment in full of the Term Loans, to the repayment of
Revolving Credit Loans (and to provide cover for LC Exposure (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) (and to an equal reduction of the
Revolving Credit Commitments in the case of prepayments pursuant to
subsections (b)(i) and (b)(iii) of this
Section 2.10).
(d)
Notification of
Prepayments. The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the
case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, three Business Days
before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of
prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, one Business Day
before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal
amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Each
partial prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) of
this Section 2.10 shall be in an amount that would be
permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type
as provided in Section 2.2.
(e)
Prepayments Accompanied
by Interest and other Payments. Prepayments shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and
any compensation required by Section 2.15.
2.11
Fees.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own
account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately
agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
(d) All
fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds. Fees paid shall not be refundable
under any circumstances, absent manifest error in the determination
thereof.
2.12
Interest.
(a) The
Term B2 Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Base Rate the
Applicable Margin.
(b) The
Term B2 Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for
the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing p the Applicable
Margin.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) all amounts which are not paid when due
shall bear interest until paid in full at the Post-Default Rate and
(ii) during the period when any Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing for a period of 30 or more days (and the
Administrative Agent, acting on the instructions of the Required
Senior Lenders, shall have notified the Borrower that the
Post-Default Rate shall apply), the principal of all Term B2 Loans
hereunder shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at
the Post-Default Rate.
(d) Accrued
interest on the Term B2 Loans shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date for the Term B2 Loan; provided that
(i) interest accrued at the Post- Default Rate shall be
payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Term B2 Loan, accrued interest on the principal
amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such
repayment or prepayment, (iii) in the event of any conversion
of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest
Period therefor, accrued interest on such Term B2 Loan shall be
payable on the effective date of such conversion, (iv) [and
(v) all accrued interest on the Term B2 Loans shall be payable
on the maturity date thereof.
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(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the
Adjusted Base Rate at times when the Adjusted Base Rate is based on
the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of
365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case
shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Adjusted
Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by
the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) In
no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest hereunder or under any promissory note and
charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
pursuant to such note exceed the highest rate permissible under any
law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a
court determines that the Noteholders have charged or received
interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the
Noteholders shall promptly refund such excess interest to the
Borrower and such rate shall automatically he reduced to the
maximum rate permitted by such law.
2.13
Alternate Rate of
Interest. If
prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing:
(a) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the
LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Term Loan Lenders,
that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for
such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Noteholders of making or maintaining their Eurodollar
Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest
Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice
thereof to the Borrower and the affected Noteholders by telephone
or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and such Noteholders
that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist,
(i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion
of any such Borrowing to, or continuation of any such Borrowing as,
a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any
Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing
shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.
2.14
Increased
Costs.
(a) If
any Change in Law shall:
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(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended by, any Noteholder (except any such reserve
requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii) impose
on any Noteholder or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such
Noteholder or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be
to increase the cost to such Noteholder of making or maintaining
any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any
such Eurodollar Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received
or receivable by such Noteholder hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such
Noteholder such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Noteholder for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
(b) If
any Noteholder reasonably determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Noteholder's capital
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or on the capital of such Noteholder's holding
company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Term B2
Loans made by such Noteholder, to a level below that which such
Noteholder or such Noteholder's holding company could have achieved
but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Noteholder's policies and the policies of such Noteholder's holding
company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time
the Borrower will pay to such Noteholder such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Noteholder or such Noteholder's
holding company, for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Noteholder setting forth the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Noteholder or its holding company, as
the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 2.14 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall
be conclusive so long as it reflects a reasonable basis for the
calculation of the amounts set forth therein and does not contain
any manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Noteholder the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days
after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Noteholder to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not constitute a waiver of
such Noteholder's right to demand such compensation; provided that
the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Noteholder
pursuant to this Section 2.14 for any increased costs or
reductions incurred more than six months prior to the date that
such Noteholder notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Noteholder's
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if
the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions
is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall
be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
2.15
Break Funding
Payments.
(a) In
the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any
Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default),
(ii) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan
on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto
(regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable and
is revoked in accordance herewith) or (iv) the assignment of
any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the
Borrower shall compensate each Noteholder for the loss, cost and
expense attributable to such event.
(b) In
the case of a Eurodollar Loan, the loss to any Noteholder
attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount
determined by such Noteholder to be equal to the excess, if any,
of
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(i) the
amount of interest that such Noteholder would pay for a deposit
equal to the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan for the
period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or
assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for
such Eurodollar Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that would
have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if
the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period,
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(c) A
certificate of any Noteholder setting forth any amount or amounts
that such Noteholder is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such
Noteholder the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
10 days after receipt thereof.
2.16
Taxes.
(a) Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower
shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section 2.16) the Administrative Agent or any Noteholder
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such
deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
(c) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each
Noteholder within 10 days after written demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) paid
or payable by the Administrative Agent or such Noteholder (and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto during the period prior to the Borrower making
the payment demanded under this paragraph (c)), whether or not
such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered
to the Borrower by a Noteholder or by the Administrative Agent on
its own behalf or on behalf of a Noteholder shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
(d) As
soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a
certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such
payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any
Foreign Noteholder that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in
which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this
Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by
applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such
properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by
applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate.
2.17
Payments Generally: Pro
Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or under
Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon,
Boston, Massachusetts time, on the date when due, in immediately
available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts
received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next
succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest
thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative
Agent at such of its offices in Boston, Massachusetts as shall be
notified to the relevant parties from time to time except that
payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.3 shall be
made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative
Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it
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the account of any other Person to the
appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof, and the
Borrower shall have no liability in the event timely or correct
distribution of such payments is not so made. If any payment
hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the
date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest
thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All
payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars.
(b) Except
to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) the Borrowing of
Term B2 Loans from the Noteholders under Section 2.1 shall be
made from the Noteholders, pro rata according to the amounts of
their respective Term B2 Loan Commitments; (ii) Eurodollar
Loans having the same Interest Period shall be allocated pro raw
among the Noteholders according to the amounts of their Term B2
Loan Commitments (in the case of the making of Term B2 Loans) or
their respective Term B2 Loans (in the case of conversions and
continuations of Eurodollar Loans); (iii) each payment or
prepayment by the Borrower of principal of Term B2 Loans shall be
made for account of the Noteholders pro rata in accordance with the
respective unpaid principal amounts of the Term B2 Loans held by
such Noteholders; and (iv)&nb
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