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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: BRV, LLC | COLLIER COUNTY PUBLISHING, LLC | DETROIT, INC | DIY INSURANCE COMPANY | EVANSVILLE COURIER COMPANY, INC | EW SCRIPPS COMPANY | FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NA | KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL COMPANY | MEDIA PROCUREMENT SERVICES, INC | MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY You are currently viewing:
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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/10/2009
Industry: Printing and Publishing     Law Firm: Baker Hostetler     Sector: Services

AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: brv  llc , collier county publishing  llc , detroit  inc , diy insurance company , evansville courier company  inc , ew scripps company , first tennessee bank  na , knoxville news-sentinel company , media procurement services  inc , memphis publishing company
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Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of August 5, 2009

among

THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

and

ITS SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF,
as Borrowers,

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agent

and

FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Syndication Agent

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION

 

 

1

 

Section 1.1. Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.2. Classifications of Loans and Borrowings

 

 

31

 

Section 1.3. Accounting Terms and Determination

 

 

31

 

Section 1.4. Terms Generally

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE REVOLVING COMMITMENTS

 

 

32

 

Section 2.1. General Description of Facilities

 

 

32

 

Section 2.2. Revolving Loans

 

 

32

 

Section 2.3. Procedure for Revolving Borrowings

 

 

35

 

Section 2.4. Swingline Commitment

 

 

35

 

Section 2.5. Funding of Borrowings

 

 

37

 

Section 2.6. Interest Elections

 

 

38

 

Section 2.7. Optional Reduction and Termination of Revolving Commitments

 

 

39

 

Section 2.8. Repayment of Loans

 

 

39

 

Section 2.9. Evidence of Indebtedness

 

 

40

 

Section 2.10. Optional Prepayments

 

 

40

 

Section 2.11. Mandatory Repayments

 

 

41

 

Section 2.12. Interest on Loans

 

 

42

 

Section 2.13. Fees

 

 

42

 

Section 2.14. Computation of Interest and Fees

 

 

44

 

Section 2.15. Inability to Determine Interest Rates

 

 

44

 

Section 2.16. Illegality

 

 

44

 

Section 2.17. Increased Costs

 

 

45

 

Section 2.18. Funding Indemnity

 

 

46

 

Section 2.19. Taxes

 

 

46

 

Section 2.20. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

 

 

48

 

Section 2.21. Letters of Credit

 

 

49

 

Section 2.22. Cash Collateralization of Defaulting Lender Commitment

 

 

54

 

Section 2.23. Increase of Revolving Commitments; Additional Lenders

 

 

55

 

Section 2.24. Mitigation of Obligations

 

 

56

 

Section 2.25. Replacement of Lenders

 

 

56

 

Section 2.26. Application of Payments

 

 

57

 

Section 2.27. Bank Products

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

 

59

 

Section 3.1. Conditions To Effectiveness

 

 

59

 

Section 3.2. Each Credit Event

 

 

62

 

Section 3.3. Delivery of Documents

 

 

63

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

63

 

Section 4.1. Existence; Power

 

 

63

 

Section 4.2. Organizational Power; Authorization

 

 

64

 

Section 4.3. Capital Stock and Related Matters

 

 

64

 

Section 4.4. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

 

 

64

 

Section 4.5. Financial Statements

 

 

65

 

Section 4.6. Liabilities, Litigation and Environmental Matters

 

 

65

 

Section 4.7. Compliance with Laws and Agreements

 

 

66

 

Section 4.8. Material Contracts

 

 

66

 

Section 4.9. Investment Company Act, Etc.

 

 

66

 

Section 4.10. Taxes

 

 

66

 

Section 4.11. Margin Regulations

 

 

67

 

Section 4.12. ERISA

 

 

67

 

Section 4.13. Ownership of Property

 

 

67

 

Section 4.14. Disclosure

 

 

67

 

Section 4.15. Labor Relations

 

 

68

 

Section 4.16. Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures

 

 

68

 

Section 4.17. Insolvency

 

 

68

 

Section 4.18. OFAC

 

 

68

 

Section 4.19. Patriot Act

 

 

68

 

Section 4.20. Real Property

 

 

69

 

Section 4.21. Security Interests

 

 

69

 

Section 4.22. Name of Borrowers

 

 

69

 

Section 4.23. Representations and Warranties Relating to Eligible Accounts

 

 

69

 

Section 4.24. Representations and Warranties Relating to Eligible Inventory

 

 

70

 

Section 4.25. No Fraudulent Conveyance

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

70

 

Section 5.1. Financial Statements and Other Information

 

 

70

 

Section 5.2. Notices of Material Events

 

 

72

 

Section 5.3. Existence; Conduct of Business

 

 

73

 

Section 5.4. Compliance with Laws, Etc.

 

 

73

 

Section 5.5. Payment of Obligations

 

 

73

 

Section 5.6. Books and Records

 

 

73

 

Section 5.7. Visitation, Inspection, Etc.

 

 

74

 

Section 5.8. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

 

 

74

 

Section 5.9. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit

 

 

75

 

Section 5.10. Further Assurances

 

 

75

 

Section 5.11. Lien Perfection

 

 

75

 

Section 5.12. Location of Collateral

 

 

75

 

Section 5.13. Protection of Collateral

 

 

76

 

Section 5.14. Assignments and Records of Accounts

 

 

76

 

Section 5.15. Administration of Accounts

 

 

77

 

Section 5.16. The Blocked Accounts

 

 

77

 

Section 5.17. Formation of Subsidiaries

 

 

78

 

Section 5.18. Borrowing Base Certificates

 

 

78

 

Section 5.19. Estoppel Certificates

 

 

79

 

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 

 

80

 

Section 6.1. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

80

 

Section 7.1. Indebtedness and Preferred Equity

 

 

80

 

Section 7.2. Liens

 

 

81

 

Section 7.3. Fundamental Changes

 

 

82

 

Section 7.4. Investments, Loans, Etc.

 

 

82

 

Section 7.5. Restricted Payments

 

 

83

 

Section 7.6. Sale of Assets

 

 

84

 

Section 7.7. Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

85

 

Section 7.8. Restrictive Agreements

 

 

85

 

Section 7.9. Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 

 

85

 

Section 7.10. Hedging Transactions

 

 

86

 

Section 7.11. Guaranties

 

 

86

 

Section 7.12. Accounting Changes

 

 

86

 

Section 7.13. Government Regulation

 

 

86

 

Section 7.14. ERISA Liability

 

 

86

 

Section 7.15. Waivers and Amendments

 

 

87

 

Section 7.16. Bank Accounts

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

87

 

Section 8.1. Events of Default

 

 

87

 

Section 8.2. Remedies

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

 

91

 

Section 9.1. Appointment of Administrative Agent

 

 

91

 

Section 9.2. Nature of Duties of Administrative Agent

 

 

92

 

Section 9.3. Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent

 

 

92

 

Section 9.4. Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent

 

 

93

 

Section 9.5. Reliance by Administrative Agent

 

 

93

 

Section 9.6. The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

 

 

93

 

Section 9.7. Successor Administrative Agent

 

 

93

 

Section 9.8. Authorization to Execute other Loan Documents

 

 

94

 

Section 9.9. Collateral

 

 

94

 

Section 9.10. Release of Collateral

 

 

95

 

Section 9.11. No Other Duties, etc.

 

 

95

 

Section 9.12. Withholding Tax

 

 

95

 

Section 9.13. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

96

 

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

97

 

Section 10.1. Notices

 

 

97

 

Section 10.2. Waiver; Amendments

 

 

99

 

Section 10.3. Expenses; Indemnification

 

 

100

 

Section 10.4. Successors and Assigns

 

 

102

 

Section 10.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

 

106

 

Section 10.6. Waiver Of Jury Trial

 

 

106

 

Section 10.7. Right of Setoff

 

 

107

 

Section 10.8. Counterparts; Integration

 

 

107

 

Section 10.9. Survival

 

 

107

 

Section 10.10. Severability

 

 

108

 

Section 10.11. Confidentiality

 

 

108

 

Section 10.12. Interest Rate Limitation

 

 

108

 

Section 10.13. Waiver of Effect of Corporate Seal

 

 

109

 

Section 10.14. Patriot Act

 

 

109

 

Section 10.15. The Administrative Borrower

 

 

109

 

Section 10.16. All Obligations to Constitute Joint and Several Obligations

 

 

109

 

Section 10.17. Waiver of Existing Defaults

 

 

111

 

Section 10.18. Waiver; Delivery of Notice under Existing Credit Agreement

 

 

111

 

Section 10.19. Knoxville Lease; Company Consent

 

 

111

 

 

iv


 

Schedules

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

 

Applicable Margin

Schedule II

 

 

Revolving Commitment Amounts

Schedule 1.1(a)

 

 

Certain Restructuring Charges

Schedule 1.1(b)

 

 

Denver Charges

Schedule 3.1

 

 

 

Real Estate Locations for Mortgage Filings

Schedule 4.3

 

 

Equity Interests

Schedule 4.6(a)

 

 

Litigation and Liabilities

Schedule 4.6(b)

 

 

Environmental Matters

Schedule 4.8

 

 

Material Contracts

Schedule 4.10

 

 

Taxes

Schedule 4.12

 

 

ERISA Matters

Schedule 4.13(b)

 

 

Intellectual Property

Schedule 4.13(c)

 

 

Insurance

Schedule 4.16

 

 

Subsidiaries

Schedule 4.20

 

 

Real Property

Schedule 4.22

 

 

Prior Names

Schedule 5.12

 

 

Locations of Collateral

Schedule 5.16

 

 

Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts

Schedule 7.1

 

 

Outstanding Indebtedness

Schedule 7.2

 

 

Existing Liens

Schedule 7.7

 

 

Affiliate Transactions

Schedule 7.11

 

 

Existing Guarantees

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Form of Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note

Exhibit B

 

 

Form of Swingline Note

Exhibit C

 

 

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit D

 

 

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Exhibit E

 

 

Form of Joinder to Credit Agreement

Exhibit F

 

 

Form of Perfection Certificate

Exhibit 2.3

 

 

Form of Notice of Revolving Borrowing

Exhibit 2.4

 

 

Form of Notice of Swingline Borrowing

Exhibit 2.6

 

 

Form of Notice of Continuation/Conversion

Exhibit 3.1(b)(vii)

 

 

Form of Secretary’s Certificate

Exhibit 3.1(b)(x)

 

 

Form of Officer’s Certificate

Exhibit 5.1(c)

 

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

v


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of August 5, 2009, by and among THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (the “ Company ”), those Subsidiaries of the Company identified as “Borrowers” on the signature pages hereto (together with the Company, each a “ Borrower ” and collectively, the “ Borrowers ”), the several banks and other financial institutions and lenders from time to time party hereto (the “ Lenders ”), and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”), as issuing bank (the “ Issuing Bank ”) and as swingline lender (the “ Swingline Lender ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS , the Lenders have made available to the Company a revolving credit facility on the terms and conditions contained in that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2008 (as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”) by and among the Company, such Lenders and SunTrust Bank, as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender thereunder;

WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders are willing to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.1. Definitions . In addition to the other terms defined herein, the following terms used herein shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

20% Triggering Event ” shall mean any time during which Excess Availability is equal to or less than the greater of: (i) twenty percent (20%) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (ii) $30,000,000.

Account Debtor ” shall mean any Person who is obligated to make payments in respect of an Account.

 

 


 

Accounts ” shall mean all “accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC, of each Borrower whether now existing or hereafter created or arising, including, without limitation, (a) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by chattel paper (as defined in the UCC) or instruments (as defined in the UCC)) (including any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under the UCC), (b) all of each Borrower’s rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each Borrower’s rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all rights to payment due to a Borrower for property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to be provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered or to be rendered by such Borrower or in connection with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Borrower), (e) all health care insurance receivables and (f) all collateral security of any kind, given by any Account Debtor or any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

ACH Transactions ” shall mean any cash management or related services including the automated clearinghouse transfer of funds by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender) for the account of the Borrowers pursuant to agreement or overdrafts.

Additional Lender ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.23(b) .

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

Administrative Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Administrative Borrower ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.15 .

Administrative Questionnaire ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent duly completed by such Lender.

Affiliate ” shall mean, when used 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.

Agent Advance Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the principal amount of the Agent Advances in which such Lender is legally obligated to either make a Revolving Loan or to purchase a participation interest in accordance with Section 2.2(c) , which shall equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all outstanding Agent Advances.

Agent Advances ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c) .

 

2


 

Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount ” shall mean the aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments from time to time. On the Restatement Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount equals $150,000,000.

Aggregate Revolving Commitments ” shall mean, collectively, all Revolving Commitments of all Lenders at any time outstanding.

Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure ” shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at any time of determination.

Applicable Lending Office ” shall mean, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the “Lending Office” of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in the Administrative Questionnaire submitted by such Lender or such other office of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.

Applicable Margin ” shall mean, as of any date, with respect to interest on all Revolving Loans outstanding on any date or the letter of credit fee, as the case may be, a percentage per annum determined by reference to Average Excess Availability for the month most recently ended, from time to time in effect as set forth on Schedule I ; provided , that a change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Average Excess Availability shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Administrative Agent receives the Borrowers’ applicable Borrowing Base Certificate as required by Section 5.18 ; provided , further , that if at any time the Borrowers shall have failed to deliver such Borrowing Base Certificate when so required, the Applicable Margin shall be at Level I as set forth on Schedule I until such time as such Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered, at which time the Applicable Margin shall be determined as provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin from the Restatement Date until the Borrowing Base Certificate for the month ending September 30, 2009 is required to be delivered shall be at Level II as set forth on Schedule I .

Applicable Percentage ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the commitment fee: (a) if Average Utilization for any fiscal month is greater than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, 0.50% or (b) if Average Utilization for any fiscal month is less than or equal to 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, 0.75%; provided , that a change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Average Utilization shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Administrative Agent receives the Borrowing Base Certificate required by Section 5.18 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Percentage for the commitment fee from the Restatement Date until delivery of the Borrowing Base Certificate for the month ending September 30, 2009 shall be 0.75%.

Appraisal ” means, with respect to any Real Estate, an M.A.I. appraisal commissioned by and addressed to the Administrative Agent (acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to form, substance and appraisal date), prepared by a professional appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent, having at least the minimum qualifications required under applicable law governing the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, including without limitation, FIRREA, and determining the “as is” market value of such Real Estate as between a willing buyer and a willing seller.

 

3


 

Approved Fund ” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) a Lender Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or a Lender Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4(b) ) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Availability Period shall mean the period from the Restatement Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

Average Excess Availability ” shall mean, as of the end of each month, an amount equal to the sum of the actual amount of Excess Availability on each day during such period, as determined by the Administrative Agent, divided by the number of days in such period.

Average Utilization ” shall mean, for any fiscal month of the Borrowers, the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (other than with respect to any Swingline Loans) for each day during such fiscal month, divided by the number of days in such month.

Bank Product Documents ” shall mean all agreements entered into from time to time by the Borrowers (or any of them) evidencing Bank Products.

Bank Product Reserves ” means all reserves which the Administrative Agent from time to time establishes in its Permitted Discretion for the Bank Products then provided or outstanding; provided , that , if the Administrative Borrower and a Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender) mutually agree to establish a reserve with respect to a Bank Product, the Administrative Agent shall establish such reserve in an amount equal to the Bank Product Amount (as defined in the definition of “Bank Products”) or such other amount as may be agreed to by the Administrative Borrower and such Lender or Affiliate.

Bank Products ” shall mean each and any of the following types of services or facilities extended to the Borrowers by any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender: (a) commercial credit cards; (b) cash management services (including controlled disbursement services, ACH Transactions, and interstate depository network services), (c) return items; (d) Hedging Transactions; (e) pension related products and (f) foreign exchange; provided , however , that for any of the foregoing to be included as an “Obligation” for purposes of a distribution under Section 2.26 , the applicable Lender or Affiliate of any Lender providing such Bank Product must have previously provided written notice to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Administrative Borrower) of (i) the existence of such Bank Product, (ii) the maximum dollar amount of net obligations arising thereunder against which a reserve is required (“ Bank Product Amount ”), and (iii) the methodology to be used by such party in determining the Indebtedness owing from time to time in respect thereof, which written notice may be updated from time to time as determined by the applicable Lender or Affiliate of any Lender as to the then-current Bank Product Amount. No Bank Product Amount may be established or increased at any time that an Event of Default of which such Lender or Affiliate of any Lender has knowledge exists, or if a reserve in such amount would cause the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure to exceed the Borrowing Base.

 

4


 

Base Rate ” shall mean the highest of (i) the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum and (iii) LIBOR determined on a daily basis for a period of one (1) month, plus one percent (1.00%) per annum. The Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate. Each change in any of the rates described above in this definition shall be effective from and including the date such change is announced as being effective.

Blocked Account ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.16 .

Blocked Account Agreement ” shall mean any agreement executed by a depository bank and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, and acknowledged and agreed to by the applicable Borrower, in form acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Blocked Person ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.19 .

Borrower ” and “ Borrowers ” shall have the meanings specified in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Borrowing Base ” shall mean, at any particular time, the sum of:

 

(a)

 

the lesser of: (i) $20,000,000 and (ii) 100% of the amount of cash of the Borrowers, or any of them, held in a Blocked Account maintained with the Administrative Agent; plus

 

(b)

 

(i) from the Restatement Date to October 15, 2009, the lesser of: (x) $65,000,000 and (y) 60% of the net book value of all Accounts and (ii) after October 15, 2009, 85% of Eligible Accounts; plus

 

 

(c)

 

40% of the cost of Eligible Inventory; plus

 

(d)

 

(i) from the Restatement Date to October 15, 2009, $25,000,000 and (ii) after October 15, 2009, the lesser of: (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 50% of the Fair Market Value of Eligible Real Property; plus

 

 

(e)

 

the lesser of: (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) the Eligible Tax Refund; provided , that any amount under this clause (e) shall be reduced (x) to zero on October 20, 2009 (regardless of the amounts, if any, paid in respect of the Eligible Tax Refund) and (y) on a dollar-for-dollar basis in an amount equal to any and all amounts paid in respect of the Eligible Tax Refund (with each such reduction to occur on the date any such payment is received by the Company; minus

 

(f)

 

any Reserves.

 

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Borrowing Base Certificate ” shall mean a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Administrative Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit D .

Borrowing ” shall mean a borrowing consisting of (i) Revolving 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, or (ii) a Swingline Loan.

Business Day ” shall mean (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Atlanta, Georgia and New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close and (ii) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or interest on, a conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a Eurodollar Loan or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day on which banks are open for dealings in dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.

Capital Expenditures ” shall mean, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Borrowers, the aggregate of all expenditures made by the Borrowers during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are required to be included in or reflected on the consolidated balance sheet as a capital asset of the Borrowers, including, without limitation, Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Borrowers.

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) of 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 Collateralize ” shall mean, in respect of any obligations, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral for such obligations in Dollars, in an account maintained with the Administrative Agent, and pursuant to documentation in form and substance, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and “ Cash Collateralization ” has a corresponding meaning).

Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (a) the Trust or the beneficiaries thereof shall not be the direct or indirect owner, beneficially and of record, of at least 51% of the issued and outstanding Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share, of the Company and any other common stock at any time issued by the Company, other than the Company’s Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share, or (b) the Company ceases to directly or indirectly own and control one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding Equity Interests of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(a) and except for Non-Borrower Subsidiaries.

 

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Change in Law ” shall mean (i) the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof, by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or the Issuing Bank (or for purposes of Section 2.17(b) , by the parent corporation of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, if applicable) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

Class ,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.

Collateral ” shall mean all Property pledged as collateral security for the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise, and all other Property of any Borrower that is now or hereafter in the possession or control of any Lender, or on which any Lender has been granted a Lien.

Collateral Access Agreement ” shall mean any agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon or having rights or interests in, any of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, waiving or subordinating Liens or certain other rights or interests such Person may hold in regard to the Property of any Borrower and providing the Administrative Agent access to its Collateral.

Collateral Related Account ” shall mean all deposit, investment, collection, clearing and concentration accounts (other than petty cash accounts, trust accounts, payroll accounts and employee benefit accounts which at no time shall contain or relate to Collateral) into which any proceeds of Collateral are deposited, collected or invested (including all cash and other funds on deposit therein).

Compliance Certificate ” shall mean a certificate from the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Administrative Borrower in the form of, and containing the certifications set forth in, the certificate attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1(c) .

 

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Consolidated EBITDA ” shall mean, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (ii) to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period and without duplication, (A) Consolidated Interest Expense, (B) income tax expense determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (C) depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (D) unusual and non-recurring non-cash charges recorded during such period, (E) restructuring charges and related expenses incurred during such period; provided , that the amount of such restructuring charges and related expenses permitted pursuant to this clause (E) shall not: (1) for the Fiscal Quarters ending on December 31, 2008, March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, exceed the amounts set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) for each such Fiscal Quarter as specified therein, (2) for the period beginning on the Restatement Date and ending on December 31, 2009, exceed $11,500,000 in the aggregate and (3) for the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2010, exceed $22,000,000 in the aggregate, (F) those certain cash charges for the Fiscal Quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) for each such Fiscal Quarter as specified therein relating to the Company’s exit from the Denver, Colorado market and (G) non-cash compensation expenses arising from the issuance of stock, options to purchase stock and stock appreciation rights to the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, in each case for such period; provided , further , in no event shall (x) the add-backs provided for in clause (E)(2) or (E)(3) exceed $10,000,000 during any Fiscal Quarter for the periods described therein or (y) the add-backs provided for in clause (E)(1), (E)(2) or (E)(3) exceed $30,000,000 during any period of twelve consecutive fiscal months for any of the periods described therein.

Consolidated Interest Expense ” shall mean, for the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, total interest expense, including without limitation the interest component of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period).

Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean, for the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein) (i) any extraordinary gains or losses (other than losses arising out of discontinued operations), (ii) any gains attributable to write-ups of assets, (iii) any income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company on the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and (iv) any Equity Interest of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary.

Consolidated Total Debt ” shall mean, as of any date, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries measured on a consolidated basis as of such date, but excluding Indebtedness of the type described in subsection (xi) of the definition thereto.

Contractual Obligation ” of any Person shall mean any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking under which such Person is obligated or by which it or any of the property in which it has an interest is bound.

Control ” shall mean 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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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Default ” shall mean any condition or event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Default Interest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(c) .

Defaulting Lender ” shall mean, at any time, a Lender as to which the Administrative Agent has notified the Administrative Borrower that (i) such Lender has failed for three or more Business Days to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make a Loan, make a payment to the Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of Credit and/or make a payment to the Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline Loan (each a “ funding obligation ”), (ii) such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with any such funding obligation hereunder, (iii) such Lender has, for three or more Business Days, failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent, in response to a written request of the Administrative Agent, that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, (iv) a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender or (v) such Lender or its Parent Company has received a non-investment grade rating from Moody’s or S&P or another nationally recognized rating agency. Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (v) above will be made by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion acting in good faith. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the Administrative Borrower provided for in this definition. To the extent that any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender and all of its Revolving Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposure shall be excluded for purposes of determining Required Lenders.

Dollar(s) ” and the sign “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

Eligible Accounts ” shall mean, at any particular date, all Accounts of the Borrowers that the Administrative Agent, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, determines to be Eligible Accounts; provided , however , that, without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent to establish other criteria of ineligibility, Eligible Accounts shall not include any of the following Accounts:

(a) Accounts not arising from the bona fide sale and delivery of goods by a Borrower or rendition of services by such Borrower, in each case, relating to the business of advertising, marketing and related services, syndication or licensing of rights by such Borrower in the ordinary course of its business which transactions are completed in accordance with the terms and provisions contained in any documents related thereto;

(b) Accounts with respect to which more than ninety (90) days have elapsed since the original invoice or sixty (60) days since the due date of the original invoice; provided , Accounts consisting of national broadcast accounts which are unpaid more than ninety (90) days after the original due date thereof in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate shall not be deemed ineligible under this clause (b);

 

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(c) Accounts with respect to which any of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein or in the Security Agreement, as it relates to such Account, are not or have ceased to be correct or have been breached;

(d) Accounts with respect to which, in whole or in part, a check, promissory note, draft, trade acceptance or other instrument for the payment of money has been received, presented for payment and returned uncollected for any reason, unless the Account Debtor subsequently honors such check, note, draft, acceptance or instrument or pays such Account or part thereof paid therewith;

(e) Accounts as to which the applicable Borrower has not performed, as of the applicable date of calculation, all of its obligations then required to have been performed, including, without limitation, the delivery of merchandise or rendition of services applicable to such Accounts;

(f) Accounts as to which any one or more of the following events has occurred with respect to the Account Debtor on such Accounts: death or judicial declaration of incompetency of such Account Debtor who is an individual; the filing by or against such Account Debtor of a request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as a bankrupt, winding-up, or other relief under the bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws of the US, any state or territory thereof, or any foreign jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect; the making of any general assignment by such Account Debtor for the benefit of creditors; the appointment of a receiver or trustee for such Account Debtor or for any of the assets of such Account Debtor, including, without limitation, the appointment of or taking possession by a “custodian,” as defined in Bankruptcy Code; the institution by or against such Account Debtor of any other type of insolvency proceeding (under the bankruptcy laws of the US or otherwise) or of any formal or informal proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of, settlement of claims against, or winding up of affairs of, such Account Debtor; the sale, assignment, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of such Account Debtor unless the obligations of such Account Debtor in respect of the Accounts are assumed by and assigned to such purchaser or transferee; the nonpayment generally by such Account Debtor of its debts as they become due; or the cessation of the business of such Account Debtor as a going concern; provided, however , that the foregoing shall not include post-petition Accounts of an Account Debtor to the extent that (i) such Accounts constitute Accounts of such Account Debtor as a “debtor-in-possession” and (ii) such Accounts have been approved by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;

(g) Accounts of an Account Debtor for whom fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate Dollar amount of such Account Debtor’s outstanding Accounts are classified as ineligible under the criteria set forth in clause (b) hereof;

(h) Accounts which represent the remaining obligations for partially paid invoices;

(i) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor which: (i)(A) does not maintain its chief executive office or have a material presence in the United States of America or in Canada and (B) is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of Canada or any province thereof; or (ii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof; except to the extent that such Accounts are secured or payable by a letter of credit or acceptance, or insured under foreign credit insurance in each case, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;

 

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(j) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor which is an Affiliate or employee of any Borrower;

(k) Accounts which are owed by an Account Debtor to which any Borrower is indebted in any way, or which are subject to any right of setoff by the Account Debtor, including, without limitation, for co-op advertising, rebates, incentives and promotions, to the extent of such indebtedness or right of setoff and without duplication of any such indebtedness or right of setoff accounted for in any calculation of dilution made by the Administrative Agent;

(l) Accounts which are subject to any customer dispute, but only to the extent of the amount in dispute;

(m) Accounts which are owed by the federal government of the United States of America, or any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof and as to which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion that the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein is not or cannot be perfected or cannot be enforced against the applicable Account Debtor;

(n) Accounts which are owed by any state, municipality, territory or other non-federal governmental political entity to the extent such Accounts, in the aggregate, exceed $2,000,000 (and only the amount of such excess shall be ineligible);

(o) Accounts which represent third-party leasing transactions;

(p) Accounts which represent sales on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale and return, sale on approval, consignment or other repurchase or return basis;

(q) Accounts which represent any contractual obligation, based on a percentage of sales or otherwise, that must be collected from the Account Debtor and paid by a Borrower to a third party as a “pass-through” item, but only to the extent of the amount of such pass-through;

(r) Accounts which are evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or by chattel paper;

(s) Accounts as to which the applicable Account Debtor has not been sent an invoice or for which are partially billed;

(t) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is located in a state or jurisdiction that requires, as a condition to access to the courts of such jurisdiction, that a creditor qualify to transact business, file a business activities report or other report or form, or take one or more other actions, unless the applicable Borrower has so qualified, filed such reports or forms, or taken such actions (and, in each case, paid any required fees or other charges), except to the extent that such Borrower may qualify subsequently as a foreign entity authorized to transact business in such state or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without incurring any cost or penalty viewed by the Administrative Agent to be significant in amount, and such later qualification cures any bar to access to such courts to enforce payment of such Account;

 

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(u) Accounts which are not a bona fide, valid and, to the best of the Borrowers’ knowledge, enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor thereunder;

(v) Accounts which are owed by an Account Debtor with whom any Borrower has any agreement or understanding for deductions from the Accounts, except for discounts or allowances which are made in the ordinary course of business for prompt payment or volume purchases and which discounts or allowances are reflected in the calculation of the face value of each invoice related to such Accounts, or Accounts with respect to which a debit or chargeback has been issued or generated, in each case to the extent of such deduction and without duplication of any such deduction accounted for in any calculation of dilution by the Administrative Agent;

(w) Accounts which are not subject to a valid and continuing first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to the Security Documents as to which all action necessary or desirable to perfect such security interest shall have been taken, and to which the Borrowers have good and marketable title, free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens);

(x) Accounts which are owed by an Account Debtor to the extent that such Account, together with all other Accounts owing by the same Account Debtor and its Affiliates, exceed fifteen percent (15%) of all Eligible Accounts;

(y) Accounts which represent rebates, refunds or other similar transactions, but only to the extent of the amount of such rebate, refund or similar transaction;

(z) Accounts as to which a security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation statement is on file or of record in any public office, except pursuant to the Security Documents and except related to a Permitted Lien, and any such with respect to a Lien granted by an Account Debtor in favor of a Borrower;

(aa) Accounts as to which there are facts, events or occurrences which in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion would impair the validity, enforceability or collectability of such Accounts or reduce the amount payable or delay payment thereunder;

(bb) Accounts owed by Account Debtors whose total indebtedness to such Borrower exceeds the credit limit with respect to such Account Debtors as determined by such Borrower from time to time, to the extent such credit limit as to any Account Debtor is established consistent with the current practices of such Borrower as of the Restatement Date and such credit limit is acceptable to the Administrative Agent (but the portion of the Accounts not in excess of such credit limit may be deemed Eligible Accounts if such Accounts are otherwise Eligible Accounts); and

 

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(cc) Accounts owed by Account Debtors not deemed creditworthy at any time by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

Eligible Inventory ” shall mean, as of any particular date, the portion of the Inventory of the Borrowers that the Administrative Agent, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, determines to be Eligible Inventory; provided , however , that without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent to establish other criteria of ineligibility, Eligible Inventory shall not include any of the following Inventory:

(a) Inventory that is not owned solely by a Borrower;

(b) Inventory that does not conform to all of the warranties and representations regarding the same which are set forth in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents;

(c) Inventory that is not located in the continental US either (i) on Real Estate or (ii) on leased premises; provided , that if the landlord with respect to any leased premises thereof has a priming Lien (statutory or otherwise) with respect to the Inventory at such location then the Inventory at such location shall not be deemed “Eligible Inventory” unless such Person, and any bailee, warehouseman or similar party that will be in possession of such Inventory, shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or with respect to which the Administrative Agent has established a Rent Reserve, in each case at the option of the Administrative Borrower;

(d) Inventory at any location where the fair market value of the Inventory stored or located at such location is $100,000 or less;

(e) Inventory in the possession of any bailee, warehouseman or similar party unless such Person shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement;

(f) Inventory that is subject to any claim of reclamation, Lien (other than the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent), adverse claim, interest or right of any other Person;

(g) Inventory that has been consigned to or by any Person;

(h) Inventory that is not in good condition or does not meet all standards imposed by any Person having regulatory authority over such goods or their use and/or sale, or Inventory that is not currently saleable or useable in the normal course of a Borrower’s business;

(i) Inventory that consists of work-in-process, supplies or finished goods;

(j) Inventory scheduled for return to vendors, Inventory which is obsolete or slow-moving (for purposes of this subsection, what constitutes “obsolete or slow-moving” Inventory shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion), display items, packaging materials, labels or name plates or similar supplies;

 

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(k) Inventory that is not personal property in which a Borrower has granted a valid and continuing first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to the Security Documents, or as to which all action necessary to perfect such security interest has not been taken;

(l) Inventory that is covered, in whole or in part, by any security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation statement which is on file or of record in any public office, except such as may have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to the Security Documents;

(m) Inventory that is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement with any third party requiring the payment of royalties or fees or requiring the consent of the licensor for a sale thereof by the Administrative Agent and is not subject to a Licensor Consent Agreement that has been requested by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; or

(n) Inventory that constitutes In-Transit Inventory.

Eligible Real Property ” shall mean, at all times, Real Estate which satisfies all of the following requirements as confirmed by the Administrative Agent: (a) such Real Estate is owned in fee simple by a Borrower; (b) such Real Estate is located in a state of the United States of America or in the District of Columbia; (c) a Borrower has the right to take the following actions without the need to obtain the consent of any Person: (i) to create Liens on such Real Estate as security for Indebtedness of such Borrower, and (ii) to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Real Estate; (d) such Real Estate is subject to neither (i) any Lien other than Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the Mortgage relating to such Real Estate) or (ii) any negative pledge; (e) such Real Estate is free of all structural defects, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters except for defects, conditions or matters which are not individually or collectively material to the profitable operation of such Real Estate and (f) such Real Estate is subject to a Mortgage creating a perfected first-priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent in all of such Borrower’s right title and interest in such Real Estate.

Eligible Tax Refund ” shall mean the tax refund receivable by the Company for the 2008 tax year.

Environmental Laws ” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Environmental Law” in the Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

Environmental Liability ” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Losses” in the Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated), which, together with any Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for the purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

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ERISA Event ” shall mean (i) 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); (ii) the failure of any Plan to meet the minimum funding standard applicable to the Plan for a plan year under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (iii) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (iv) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (v) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator appointed by the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (vi) the incurrence by any 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 (vii) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any 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.

Equity Interests ” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any capital stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other equity interests of such Person, regardless of class or designation, and all warrants, options, purchase rights, conversion or exchange rights, voting rights, calls or claims of any character with respect thereto.

Eurodollar ” when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing of a Revolving Loan, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental, special or other marginal reserves) expressed as a decimal (rounded upwards to the next 1/100 th of 1%) in effect on any day to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” under Regulation D, T, U and X). 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 Lender under Regulation D, T, U and X. The Eurodollar Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning provided in Article VIII .

Excess Availability ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount (if any) by which (a) the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount on such date of determination and (ii) the Borrowing Base as most recently reported by the Borrowers on or prior to such date of determination, exceeds (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures for all Lenders on such date of determination.

 

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Excluded Accounts ” shall mean account number 2000017533432 maintained at Wachovia Bank, N.A. and account number 6007631 maintained at Bank of America, N.A., each in the name of D.I.Y. Insurance Company.

Excluded Taxes ” shall mean with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income 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 Lender, in which its Applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which any Lender is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that (i) is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (ii) is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at any time that such Foreign Lender designates a new lending office, other than taxes that have accrued prior to the designation of such lending office that are otherwise not Excluded Taxes, and (iii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.19(e) .

Fair Market Value ” shall mean with respect to any Real Estate, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, as may be determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion based upon Appraisals and such other assessments or factors as may be employed from time to time by the Administrative Agent.

Federal Funds Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day or if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1% of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

Fee Letter ” shall mean that certain fee letter, dated as of July 8, 2009, executed by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and accepted by the Company related to the Administrative Agent’s fees.

Financial Covenant ” shall mean the financial covenant applicable to the Borrowers from time to time pursuant to Section 6.1 .

 

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Financial Covenant Threshold Amount ” shall mean an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” shall mean, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal month of the Borrowers on any date of determination, for the twelve-month period then ended, the ratio of (a) (x) Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus (y) the sum of (A) Capital Expenditures made during such period which were funded in cash and (B) cash tax payments made during such period (which shall not be less than zero) to (b) the sum of (i) scheduled payments of principal made with respect to Indebtedness during such period, (ii) Interest Expense during such period and (iii) Restricted Payments made during such period.

Fiscal Quarter ” shall mean any fiscal quarter of the Company.

Fiscal Year ” shall mean any fiscal year of the Company.

Foreign Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis and subject to the terms of Section 1.3 .

Governmental Authority ” shall mean 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.

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly and including any obligation, direct or indirect, of the guarantor (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued in support of such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which Guarantee is made or, if not so stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

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Hazardous Substances ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (i) any and all Hedging Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging Transactions.

Hedging Transaction ” of any Person shall mean (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect to any such transaction) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot transaction, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Indebtedness ” of any Person shall mean, without duplication (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables and obligations regarding programming rights incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided , that for purposes of Section 8.1(g) , trade payables and obligations regarding programming rights overdue by more than 120 days shall be included in this definition except to the extent that any of such trade payables and obligations regarding programming rights are being disputed in good faith and by appropriate measures), (iv) all obligations of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement(s) relating to property acquired by such Person, (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar extensions of credit, (vii) all Guarantees of such Person of the type of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, (viii) all Indebtedness of a third party secured by any Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, (ix) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Interests of such Person, (x) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, (xi) all Hedging Obligations of such Person in an amount which exceeds $15,000,000 and (xii) any debt, liability or obligation arising from or in connection with any Bank Products. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, except to the extent that the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. For purposes of this Agreement, the amount of any Indebtedness referred to in clause (xi) of the preceding sentence shall be amounts, including any termination payments, required to be paid to a counterparty after giving effect to any contractual netting arrangements, and not any notional amount with regard to which payments may be calculated.

 

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Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Interest Expense ” shall mean, for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, for any period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) interest expense and loan fees, including capitalized and non-capitalized interest and the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations (whether or not actually paid during such period) and (ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) under any Hedging Transaction during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period).

Interest Period shall mean with respect to (i) any Swingline Borrowing, such period as the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Borrower shall mutually agree and (ii) any Eurodollar Borrowing, a period of one, two, three or six months; provided , that:

(i) the initial Interest Period for such Borrowing shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of another Type), and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;

(ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period would end on the next preceding Business Day;

(iii) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month; and

(iv) no Interest Period may extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

Investments ” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 7.4 .

In-Transit Inventory ” shall mean Inventory of a Borrower that is currently in transit (whether by vessel, air or land) from (i) a location outside the United States to a location in the United States or (ii) a location in the United States to another location in the United States.

Inventory ” shall mean all new and unused paper owned by any Borrower, aged less than one year from date of receipt from the manufacturer and utilized in the publication of various newsprint media as well as advertisements within such publications, and wherever located.

 

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Issuing Bank ” shall mean SunTrust Bank or any other Lender, each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.21 .

LC Commitment ” shall mean that portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount that may be used by the Company for the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $50,000,000.

LC Disbursement ” shall mean a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Documents ” shall mean all applications, agreements and instruments relating to the Letters of Credit (but excluding the Letters of Credit).

LC Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of any Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total LC Exposure at such time.

Lender Affiliate ” shall mean, as to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “Control” shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of a Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by control, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling”, “Controlled by”, and “under common Control with” shall have the meanings correlative thereto.

Lender Insolvency Event ” shall mean that (i) a Lender or its Parent Company is insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (ii) such Lender consummates or enters into a commitment to consummate a forced (in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent) liquidation, merger, sale of assets or other transaction resulting, in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent, in a change of ownership or operating control of such Lender supported in whole or in part by guaranties, assumption of liabilities or other comparable credit support of (including without limitation the nationalization or assumption of ownership or operating control by) any Governmental Authority or (iii) such Lender or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its Parent Company, or such Lender or its Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.

Lenders ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph of this Agreement and shall include, where appropriate, the Swingline Lender and each Additional Lender that joins this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.23 .

 

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Letter of Credit ” shall mean any stand-by letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.21 by the Issuing Bank for the account of any Borrower pursuant to the LC Commitment.

Letter of Credit Reserve Account ” shall mean any account maintained by the Administrative Agent the proceeds of which shall be applied as provided in Section 8.2(d) .

LIBOR ” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period. If for any reason such rate is not available, LIBOR shall be, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which Dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Loan comprising part of such borrowing would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request at or about 10:00 a.m. two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period.

Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, or other arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan Documents ” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Blocked Account Agreements, the Fee Letter, all Collateral Access Agreements, all Borrowing Base Certificates, the LC Documents, the Security Documents, the Post-Closing Matters Agreement, all Notices of Borrowing, all Notices of Conversion/Continuation, all Compliance Certificates and any and all other instruments, agreements, documents and writings executed by and among any Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank in connection with any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any environmental indemnities related to Real Estate; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Bank Product Documents shall constitute Loan Documents.

Loans ” shall mean all Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Agent Advances in the aggregate or any of them, as the context shall require.

Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singularly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, (i) the business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, operations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrowers to pay any of their obligations under the Loan Documents or perform any of their obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender, and the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or (v) the attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien of the Administrative Agent under the Security Documents on a material portion of the Collateral.

 

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Material Contracts ” shall mean, collectively, all contracts, leases, instruments, guaranties, licenses or other arrangements (other than the Loan Documents) to which any Borrower is or becomes a party and which are required to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Regulation S-K.

Material Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in an aggregate committed or outstanding principal amount exceeding $7,500,000.

Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage ” shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar security instrument made or to be made by a Person owning an interest in real property granting a Lien on such interest in real estate as security for the payment of Indebtedness.

Multiemployer Plan ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

Necessary Authorizations ” shall mean all material authorizations, consents, permits, approvals, licenses, and exemptions from, and all filings and registrations with, and all reports to, any Governmental Authority whether federal, state, local, and all agencies thereof, which are required for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the conduct of the businesses and the ownership (or lease) of the properties and assets of the Borrowers.

Net Cash Proceeds ” shall mean, with respect to any sale, lease, transfer, casualty loss or other disposition or loss of assets by any Borrower or any issuance by any Borrower of any Equity Interests or the incurrence by any Borrower of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations), the aggregate amount of cash received for such assets or Equity Interests, or as a result of such Indebtedness, net of reasonable and customary transaction costs properly attributable to such transaction and payable by such Borrower to a non-Affiliate in connection with such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets or the issuance of any Equity Interests or the incurrence of any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, sales commissions and underwriting discounts.

Non-Borrower Subsidiaries ” shall mean the following Subsidiaries of the Company: The Boulder Publishing Company, LLC, The Denver Publishing Company, Hall Systems, Inc., United Media KK, Longview Holdings and Citywide InfoTech Co. Ltd.

Non-Defaulting Lender ” shall mean, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Notes ” shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.

Notices of Borrowing ” shall mean, collectively, the Notices of Revolving Borrowing, and the Notices of Swingline Borrowing.

Notice of Conversion/Continuation ” shall mean the notice given by the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent in respect of the conversion or continuation of an outstanding Borrowing as provided in Section 2.6(b) .

Notice of Revolving Borrowing ” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 2.3 .

Notice of Swingline Borrowing ” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 2.4 .

Obligations ” shall mean (a) all amounts owing by any Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, including without limitation, all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to any Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), all reimbursement obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) incurred pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, and (b) all obligations of any Borrower in respect of Bank Products between any Borrower and any Lender or Affiliate of any Lender, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the foregoing.

OFAC ” shall mean the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities ” of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any Synthetic Lease Obligation or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.

OSHA ” shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Other Taxes ” shall mean 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 under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

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Organizational Documents ” means (i) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or comparable documents, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

Overadvances ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) .

Parent Company ” shall mean, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.

Participant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(d) .

Patriot Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.14 .

Payment Office ” shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308, or such other location as to which the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the Administrative Borrower and the other Lenders.

PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Perfection Certificate ” shall mean a certificate or certificates of the Borrowers in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto.

Permitted Discretion ” shall mean a determination made by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of reasonable commercial discretion in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions from time to time.

Permitted Investments ” shall mean:

(i) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

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(ii) commercial paper having the highest rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of S&P or Moody’s and in either case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof;

(iii) certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days of 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 or any state thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(iv) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above; and

(v) mutual funds investing solely in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

Permitted Liens ” shall mean, as applied to any Person:

(a) Any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender given to secure the Obligations;

(b) (i) Liens on real estate for real estate taxes not yet delinquent and (ii) Liens for taxes, assessments, judgments, governmental charges or levies, or claims not yet delinquent or the non-payment of which is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been set aside on such Person’s books;

(c) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, laborers, suppliers, workers and materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due or being diligently contested in good faith, if such reserve or appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits;

(e) Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning or deed restrictions), and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of such Person;

(f) Purchase money security interests and Liens securing Capitalized Lease Obligations provided that such Lien attaches only to the asset (which asset shall not constitute Inventory) so purchased or leased by such Person and secures only Indebtedness incurred by such Person in order to purchase or lease such asset, but only to the extent permitted by Section 7.1 ;

 

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(g) Deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, tenders, sales, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Liens on assets of the Borrowers existing as of the Restatement Date which are set forth on Schedule 7.2 ;

(i) Statutory Liens in favor of landlords with respect to Inventory at leased premises in a state that provides for statutory Liens in favor of landlords or Liens arising under leases entered into by a Borrower in the ordinary course of business;

(j) with respect to Real Estate subject to a Mortgage, Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in such Mortgage); and

(k) judgment and attachment liens not giving rise to an Event of Default or Liens created by or existing from any litigation or legal proceeding that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.

Person ” shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity, or any Governmental Authority.

Plan ” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any 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.

Post Closing Matters Agreement ” shall mean that certain Post-Closing Matters Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.

Pro Forma Basis ” shall mean, in connection with any calculation of compliance with any financial covenant in Article VI hereof, the calculation thereof after giving effect on a pro forma basis to (x) the incurrence, assumption, acquisition or repayment of any Indebtedness after the first day of the relevant period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters (the “Relevant Period”) (including any incurrence of Indebtedness to finance a transaction or payment giving rise for the need to make such determination) as if such Indebtedness had been incurred, assumed, acquired or repaid on the first day of such Relevant Period, (y) the making of any Restricted Payment or Investment after the first day of the Relevant Period as if such Restricted Payment or Investment had been made on the first day of such Relevant Period and (z) the sale or other disposition of assets (including sales in connection with a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) after the first day of the Relevant Period as if such asset sale had been made as of the first day of such Relevant Period.

Pro Rata Share ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment (or if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure) and the denominator of which shall be the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Commitments (or if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders funded under such Revolving Commitments).

 

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Property ” shall mean any real property or personal property, plant, building, facility, structure, underground storage tank or unit, equipment, Inventory or other asset owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any surface water thereon or adjacent thereto, and soil and groundwater thereunder).

Real Estate ” means a parcel (or group of related parcels) of real property owned by a Borrower.

Regulation D, T, U and X ” shall mean Regulation D, T, U and X, respectively, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.

Related Parties ” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors or other representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Release ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

Rent Reserve ” shall mean, with respect to any leased real property an amount equal to three (3) months rental expense for such leased real property (or such other amount as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate in its Permitted Discretion based on the circumstances).

Required Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Commitments at such time or if the Lenders have no Revolving Commitments outstanding, then Lenders holding more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Exposure; provided , that if at any time only two (2) Lenders exist hereunder, Required Lenders shall mean both such Lenders.

Requirement of Law ” for any Person shall mean the Organizational Documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Reserves ” shall mean reserves that the Administrative Agent may establish from time to time in its Permitted Discretion for such purposes as the Administrative Agent shall deem necessary. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following reserves shall be deemed an exercise of the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion: (a) reserves for price adjustments and damages, (b) reserves for obsolescence of Inventory; (c) reserves for special order goods and deferred shipment sales; (d) reserves for potential dilution related to Accounts; (e) reserves for accrued but unpaid ad valorem, excise and personal property tax liability; (f) Bank Product Reserves; (g) reserves for accrued, unpaid interest on the Obligations; (h) reserves for landlord’s, warehousemen’s, bailees’, shippers’, brokers’ or carriers’ charges; (i) with respect to Eligible Inventory, reserves for any required royalty or similar licensing payments, (j) Rent Reserves; (k) reserves for liabilities arising as a result of the occurrence of an ERISA Event and (l) reserves for any other matter that has a negative impact on the value of the Collateral.

 

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Responsible Officer ” shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or a vice president of the Company or such other representative of the Borrowers as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the Administrative Agent; and, with respect to the financial covenants, Borrowing Base Certificate and Compliance Certificate, Responsible Officer shall mean only the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Company or such other officer of the Company as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent.

Restatement Date ” shall mean the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.2 .

Restricted Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5 .

Revolving Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount set forth with respect to such Lender on Schedule II , as such schedule may be amended pursuant to Section 2.23 , or in the case of a Person becoming a Lender after the Restatement Date through an assignment of an existing Revolving Commitment, the amount of the assigned “Revolving Commitment” as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Person as an assignee, in each case as such commitment may be subsequently increased or deceased pursuant to terms hereof.

Revolving Commitment Termination Date ” shall mean the earliest of (i) June 30, 2013, (ii) the date on which the Revolving Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 2.7 and (iii) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

Revolving Credit Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, Agent Advance Exposure, LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure.

Revolving Credit Note ” shall mean an amended and restated promissory note of the Borrowers payable to the order of a requesting Lender in the principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in substantially the form of Exhibit A .

Revolving Loan ” shall mean a loan made by a Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) to the Borrowers under its Revolving Commitment, which may either be a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

 

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Sanctioned Country ” shall mean a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/index.html , or as otherwise published from time to time.

Sanctioned Person ” shall mean (i) a Person named on the list of “ Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons ” maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sdn/index.html , or as otherwise published from time to time, or (ii) (A) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (B) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (C) a person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 .

Security Agreement ” shall mean that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders.

Security Documents ” shall mean, collectively, the Security Agreement, all UCC-1 financing statements, any Mortgages relating to Real Estate and any other document, instrument or agreement granting Collateral for the Obligations, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”), any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, 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, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or 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 (ii) 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. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “Subsidiary” hereunder shall mean a Subsidiary of a Borrower.

Swingline Commitment ” shall mean the commitment, if any, of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans. As of the Restatement Date, the Swingline Commitment is equal to $15,000,000.

Swingline Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the principal amount of the Swingline Loans in which such Lender is legally obligated either to make a Base Rate Loan or to purchase a participation in accordance with Section 2.4 , which shall equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all outstanding Swingline Loans.

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Swingline Loan ” shall mean a loan made to the Borrowers by the Swingline Lender under the Swingline Commitment.

Swingline Note ” shall mean the promissory note of the Borrowers payable to the order of the Swingline Lender in the principal amount of the Swingline Commitment, substantially the form of Exhibit B .

Swingline Rate ” shall mean, for any Interest Period, the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin.

Synthetic Lease ” shall mean a lease transaction under which the parties intend that (i) the lease will be treated as an “operating lease” by the lessee pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended and (ii) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.

Synthetic Lease Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all remaining rental obligations of such Person as lessee under Synthetic Leases which are attributable to principal and, without duplication, (ii) all rental and purchase price payment obligations of such Person under such Synthetic Leases assuming such Person exercises the option to purchase the lease property at the end of the lease term.

Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges, assessments or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interests, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Trust ” shall mean The Edward W. Scripps Trust, being that certain trust for the benefit of descendants of Edward W. Scripps and owning shares of capital stock of the Company.

Type ,” when used in reference to a Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Base Rate.

UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided , that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; provided further , that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Administrative Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

Withdrawal Liability ” shall mean 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.

 

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Section 1.2. Classifications of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. a “Revolving Loan” or a “Swingline Loan”) or by Type (e.g. a “Eurodollar Loan” or a “Base Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g. “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving Eurodollar Borrowing”).

Section 1.3. Accounting Terms and Determination . Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statement of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) ; provided , that if the Administrative Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers wish to amend any covenant in Article VI to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Administrative Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article VI for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Borrower and the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

Section 1.4. 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”. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) 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 it was originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof, and (iv) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement. To the extent that any of the representations and warranties contained in Article IV under this Agreement is qualified by “Material Adverse Effect”, then the qualifier “in all material respects” contained in Section 3.2 and the qualifier “in any material respect” contained in Section 8.1(c) shall not apply. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references to dollar amounts shall mean Dollars. In determining whether any individual event, act, condition or occurrence of the foregoing types could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notwithstanding that a particular event, act, condition or occurrence does not itself have such effect, a Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to have occurred if the cumulative effect of such event, act, condition or occurrence and all other such events, acts, conditions or occurrences of the foregoing types which have occurred could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE II

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE REVOLVING COMMITMENTS

Section 2.1. General Description of Facilities . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Lenders hereby establish in favor of the Borrowers a revolving credit facility pursuant to which each Lender severally agrees (to the extent of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment) to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.2 , (ii) the Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.21 , (iii) the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.4 , and (iv) each Lender agrees to purchase a participation interest in the Letters of Credit and the Swingline Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof; provided , that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and outstanding LC Exposure exceed at any time the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount from time to time in effect.

Section 2.2. Revolving Loans .

(a)  Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans, ratably in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, to the Borrowers, from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base then in effect or (c) Excess Availability being less than zero. During the Availability Period, the Borrowers shall be entitled to borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided , that the Borrowers may not borrow or reborrow should there exist a Default or Event of Default at the time of the proposed Borrowing.

 

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(b) Overadvances.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the limitations set forth in this subsection (b), at the request of the Administrative Borrower, the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion (but without any obligation to do so), make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers, on behalf of the Lenders, in amounts that exceed Excess Availability (any such excess Revolving Loans are herein referred to collectively as “ Overadvances ”); provided that (i) the aggregate amount of Overadvances outstanding at any time, together with the aggregate amount of Agent Advances outstanding at such time, shall not exceed $7,500,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding Overadvances plus the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (iii) the Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, pay all Overadvances on the earlier of demand by the Administrative Agent and 30 days after such Overadvances were funded. Overadvances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have not been satisfied. All Overadvances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall constitute Obligations hereunder. All Overadvances shall be Base Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent’s authorization to make Overadvances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof.

(ii) Upon the making of an Overadvance (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default), each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Overadvance in proportion to its Pro Rata Share. The Administrative Agent may, at any time (and shall, on at least a weekly basis when any Overadvance is outstanding), require the Lenders to fund their participations. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its participation in any Overadvance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Overadvance.

(c) Agent Advances .

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the limitations set forth in this subsection (c), the Administrative Agent is authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to do so), (A) at any time that a Default exists, or (B) at any time that any of the other conditions precedent set forth in Article III have not been satisfied, to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis) on behalf of all Lenders, which the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (2) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations, or (3) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including costs, fees, and expenses as provided under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (any of such advances are herein referred to as “ Agent Advances ”); provided , that (i) the aggregate amount of Agent Advances outstanding at any time, together with the aggregate amount of Overadvances outstanding at such time shall not exceed $7,500,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding Agent Advances plus the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (iii) the Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, pay all Agent Advances on the earlier of demand by the Administrative Agent and 30 days after such Agent Advances were funded. Agent Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have not been satisfied. All Agent Advances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall constitute Obligations hereunder. All Agent Advances shall bear interest as Base Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent’s authorization to make Agent Advances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly provide to the Administrative Borrower written notice of any Agent Advance.

 

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(ii) Upon the making of an Agent Advance by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Agent Advance in proportion to its Pro Rata Share. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its participation in any Agent Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Agent Advance.

(iii) Each Agent Advance shall be subject to all terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to Revolving Loans, except that all payments thereon shall be made to the Administrative Agent solely for its own account and the making of any Agent Advance shall not require the consent of the Borrowers. The Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to make any Agent Advance hereunder.

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender no less frequently than weekly, as determined by the Administrative Agent, of the principal amount of Agent Advances outstanding as of 12:00 noon as of such date, and each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. Each Lender shall before 2:00 p.m. on such Business Day make available to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, the amount of its Pro Rata Share of such principal amount of Agent Advances outstanding. Upon such payment by a Lender, such Lender shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan to the Borrowers, notwithstanding any failure of the Borrowers to satisfy the conditions in Section 3.2 . The Administrative Agent shall use such funds to repay the principal amount of Agent Advances. Additionally, if at any time any Agent Advances are outstanding, any of the events described in Section 8.1(h) or Section 8.1(i) shall have occurred, then each Lender shall automatically, upon the occurrence of such event, and without any action on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers or the Lenders, be deemed to have purchased an undivided participation in the principal and interest of all Agent Advances then outstanding in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share and each Lender shall, notwithstanding such Event of Default, immediately pay to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender’s participation (and upon receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Lender, a loan participation certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds in such amount). The disbursement of funds in connection with the settlement of Agent Advances hereunder shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.5 .

 

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(d)  Loans in excess of Excess Availability . If at any time the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Borrowing Base or any other applicable limitation set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the limitations on Swingline Loans, Agent Advances, Overadvances and Letters of Credit) such excess shall nevertheless constitute a portion of the Obligations that are secured by the Collateral and are entitled to all benefits thereof. In no event, however, shall the Borrowers have any right whatsoever to (i) receive any Revolving Loan, (ii) receive any Swingline Loan, or (iii) request the issuance or renewal of any Letter of Credit if, before or after giving effect thereto, there shall exist a Default, and in no event shall the Borrowers have any right whatsoever to receive any Agent Advance or Overadvance. In the event that (1) the Lenders shall make any Revolving Loans, (2) the Swingline Lender shall make any Swingline Loan, (3) the Administrative Agent shall make any Agent Advances or Overadvances or (4) the Issuing Bank shall agree to the issuance or renewal of any Letter of Credit, which in any such case gives rise to the Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Borrowing Base or any other applicable limitation set forth in this Agreement, the Borrowers shall make, on demand, a payment on the Obligations to be applied to the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Agent Advances and the Overadvances, as appropriate, in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess.

Section 2.3. Procedure for Revolving Borrowings . The Administrative Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Revolving Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3 (a “ Notice of Revolving Borrowing ”) (x) prior to 11:00 a.m. on the requested date of each Base Rate Borrowing and (y) prior to 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of each Eurodollar Borrowing. Each Notice of Revolving Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing, (ii) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the Type of such Revolving Loan comprising such Borrowing and (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the duration of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto (subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period). Each Revolving Borrowing shall consist entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as the Administrative Borrower may request. The aggregate principal amount of each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be not less than $1,000,000 or a larger multiple of $500,000, and there shall be no minimum aggregate principal amount or minimum increment for Base Rate Borrowings. At no time shall the total number of Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding at any time exceed six. Promptly following the receipt of a Notice of Revolving Borrowing in accordance herewith, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.

Section 2.4. Swingline Commitment .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrowers, from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the lesser of (i) the Swingline Commitment then in effect and (ii) the difference between (x) the lesser of (1) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount and (2) the Borrowing Base minus (y) Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure; provided , that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. The Borrowers shall be entitled to borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

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(b) The Administrative Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Swingline Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.4 attached hereto (“ Notice of Swingline Borrowing ”) prior to 10:00 a.m. on the requested date of each Swingline Borrowing. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify: (i) the principal amount of such Swingline Loan, (ii) the date of such Swingline Loan (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) the account of the Borrowers to which the proceeds of such Swingline Loan should be credited. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of each Notice of Swingline Borrowing. Each Swingline Loan shall accrue interest at the Swingline Rate and shall have an Interest Period (subject to the definition thereof) as agreed between the Administrative Borrower and the Swingline Lender. The aggregate principal amount of each Swingline Loan shall be not less than $100,000 or a larger multiple of $50,000, or such other minimum amounts agreed to by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Borrower. The Swingline Lender will make the proceeds of each Swingline Loan available to the Borrowers in Dollars in immediately available funds at the account specified by the Borrowers in the applicable Notice of Swingline Borrowing not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

(c) The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion, may, on behalf of the Administrative Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), give a Notice of Revolving Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) to make Base Rate Loans in an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of any Swingline Loan. Each Lender will make the proceeds of its Base Rate Loan included in such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender in accordance with Section 2.5 , which will be used solely for the repayment of such Swingline Loan.

(d) If for any reason a Base Rate Borrowing may not be (as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), or is not, made in accordance with the foregoing provisions, then each Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) shall purchase an undivided participating interest in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof on the date that such Base Rate Borrowing should have occurred. On the date of such required purchase, each Lender shall promptly transfer, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participating interest to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender. If such Swingline Loan bears interest at a rate other than the Base Rate, such Swingline Loan shall automatically become a Base Rate Loan on the effective date of any such participation and interest shall become payable on demand.

 

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(e) Each Lender’s obligation to make a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.4(c) or (d) or to purchase the participating interests pursuant to Section 2.4(d) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including without limitation (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender or any other Person may have or claim against the Swingline Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the existence of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (iii) the existence (or alleged existence) of any event or condition which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If such amount is not in fact made available to the Swingline Lender by any Lender, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon for each day from the date of demand thereof (i) at the Federal Funds Rate until the second Business Day after such demand and (ii) at the Base Rate at all times thereafter. Until such time as such Lender makes its required payment, the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to continue to have outstanding Swingline Loans in the amount of the unpaid participation for all purposes of the Loan Documents. In addition, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Loans and any other amounts due to it hereunder, to the Swingline Lender to fund the amount of such Lender’s participation interest in such Swingline Loans that such Lender failed to fund pursuant to this Section 2.4 , until such amount has been purchased in full.

Section 2.5. Funding of Borrowings .

(a) Each Lender will make available (i) each Eurodollar Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m. to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office and (ii) each Base Rate Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m. to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office; provided , that the Swingline Loans will be made as set forth in Section 2.4 . The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrowers by promptly crediting the amounts that it receives, in like funds by the close of business on such proposed date, to an account maintained by the Borrowers with the Administrative Agent or at the Administrative Borrower’s option, by effecting a wire transfer of such amounts to an account designated by the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to 5:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date of a Borrowing (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans, prior to 3:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing) in which such Lender is to participate that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance on such assumption, may make available to the Borrowers (but shall have no obligations to make available to any Borrower) on such date a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate until the second Business Day after such demand and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Administrative Borrower, and the Borrowers shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent together with interest at the rate specified for such Borrowing. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrowers may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

 

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(c) All Revolving Borrowings shall be made by the Lenders on the basis of their respective Pro Rata Shares. No Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligations hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make its Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to make its Loans hereunder.

Section 2.6. Interest Elections .

(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, the Administrative Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing into 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 Administrative Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall NOT apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.6 , the Administrative Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.6 attached hereto (a “ Notice of Conversion/Continuation ”) that is to be converted or continued, as the case may be, (x) prior to 10:00 a.m. on the requested date of a conversion into a Base Rate Borrowing and (y) prior to 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to a continuation of or conversion into a Eurodollar Borrowing. Each such Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the Borrowing to which such Notice of Conversion/Continuation applies and if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof that are to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing); (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Notice of Conversion/Continuation, 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 to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of “Interest Period”. If any such Notice of Conversion/Continuation requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, the Administrative Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. The principal amount of any resulting Borrowing shall satisfy the minimum borrowing amount for Eurodollar Borrowings and Base Rate Borrowings set forth in Section 2.3 .

(c) If, on the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Borrowing, the Administrative Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, the Administrative Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing. No Borrowing may be converted into, or continued as, a Eurodollar Borrowing if a Default or an Event of Default exists, unless the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall have otherwise consented in writing. No conversion of any Eurodollar Loans shall be permitted except on the last day of the Interest Period in respect thereof.

 

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(d) Upon receipt of any Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

Section 2.7. Optional Reduction and Termination of Revolving Commitments .

(a) Unless previously terminated, all Revolving Commitments, Swingline Commitments and LC Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

(b) Upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be irrevocable), the Administrative Borrower may reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in part or terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in whole; provided , that (i) any partial reduction shall apply to reduce proportionately and permanently the Revolving Commitment of each Lender, (ii) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be in an amount of at least $5,000,000 and any larger multiple of $1,000,000, and (iii) no such reduction shall be permitted which would reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount to an amount less than the outstanding Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders. Any such reduction in the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount below the sum of the principal amount of the Swingline Commitment and the LC Commitment shall result in a proportionate reduction (rounded to the next lowest integral multiple of $100,000) in the Swingline Commitment and the LC Commitment.

(c) With the written approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers may terminate (on a non-ratable basis) the unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.22 will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrowers for the account of any such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts), provided that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.

Section 2.8. Repayment of Loans .

(a) The outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in the event that at any time and for any reason there shall exist an Overadvance, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, an amount equal to the Overadvance, which payment shall constitute a mandatory payment of the Revolving Loans, Agent Advances, Swingline Loans and Letter of Credit Reserve Account, as appropriate.

 

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(b) The principal amount of each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the earlier of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing and (ii) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

Section 2.9. Evidence of Indebtedness . (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice appropriate records evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable thereon and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall maintain appropriate records in which shall be recorded (i) the Revolving Commitment of each Lender, (ii) the amount of each Loan made hereunder by each Lender, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the date of each continuation thereof pursuant to Section 2.6 , (iv) the date of each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type pursuant to Section 2.6 , (v) the date and amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder in respect of such Loans and (vi) both the date and amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrowers in respect of the Loans and each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. The entries made in such records shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided , that the failure or delay of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in maintaining or making entries into any such record or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans (both principal and unpaid accrued interest) of such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) At the request of any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) at any time, the Borrowers agree that they will execute and deliver to such Lender a Revolving Credit Note and, in the case of the Swingline Lender only, a Swingline Note, payable to the order of such Lender.

Section 2.10. Optional Prepayments . The Borrowers 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, by giving irrevocable written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent no later than (i) in the case of prepayment of any Eurodollar Borrowing, 11:00 a.m. not less than three (3) Business Days prior to any such prepayment, (ii) in the case of any prepayment of any Base Rate Borrowing, 11:00 a.m. on the date of such prepayment, and (iii) in the case of Swingline Borrowings, prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed date of such prepayment and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Prepayments of Base Rate Borrowings or Eurodollar Borrowings shall be in minimum amounts of $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $500,000. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any such prepayment. If such notice is given, the aggregate amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date designated in such notice, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount so prepaid in accordance with Section 2.12(e) ; provided , that if a Eurodollar Borrowing is prepaid on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrowers shall also pay all amounts required pursuant to Section 2.18 . Each partial prepayment of any Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type pursuant to Section 2.2 or in the case of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.4 . Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans comprising such Borrowing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall not make any repayment or prepayment of the Revolving Loans unless and until the balance of the Swingline Loans and the Agent Advances then outstanding is zero.

 

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Section 2.11. Mandatory Repayments .

(a) In the event that after the Restatement Date, any Borrower shall issue any Equity Interests or shall incur any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) ), one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Borrower from such issuance or incurrence shall be paid on the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof by such Borrower to the Lenders as a mandatory payment of the Loans. Any payment due hereunder shall be applied first to repay outstanding Agent Advances, second to repay outstanding Swingline Loans and third to repay outstanding Revolving Loans. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such other Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.26(a) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default exists, all Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.26(b) . The Aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any payment of the Agent Advances, Swingline Loans or Revolving Loans due under this Section 2.11(a) . Nothing in this Section shall authorize any Borrower to incur any Indebtedness except as permitted by this Agreement or to issue any Equity Interests except to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement.

(b) One hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition, or casualty or condemnation loss of any Collateral or other assets of any Borrower (other than sales or dispositions permitted pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (e) of Section 7.6 ) shall be paid on the date of receipt thereof by the Borrowers as a mandatory payment of the Obligations. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied first to repay outstanding Agent Advances, second to repay outstanding Swingline Loans and third to repay outstanding Revolving Loans. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such other Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.26(a) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default exists, all Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.26(b) . The Aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any payment of the Agent Advances, Swingline Loans or Revolving Loans due under this Section 2.11(b) .

(c) One hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from the Eligible Tax Refund shall be paid on the date of receipt thereof by the Borrowers as a mandatory payment of the Obligations. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied first to repay outstanding Agent Advances, second to repay outstanding Swingline Loans and third to repay outstanding Revolving Loans. So long as no Event of Default exists, all such other Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.26(a) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default exists, all Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.26(b) . The Aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any payment of the Agent Advances, Swingline Loans or Revolving Loans due under this Section 2.11(c) .

 

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Section 2.12. Interest on Loans .

(a) The Borrowers shall pay interest on each Base Rate Loan at the Base Rate in effect from time to time and on each Eurodollar Loan at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the applicable Interest Period in effect for such Loan, plus , in each case, the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.

(b) The Borrowers shall pay interest on each Swingline Loan at the Swingline Rate in effect from time to time.

(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the option of the Required Lenders, and after acceleration, the Borrowers shall pay interest (“ Default Interest ”) with respect to all Eurodollar Loans at the rate per annum equal to 2.0% above the otherwise applicable interest rate for such Eurodollar Loans for the then-current Interest Period until the last day of such Interest Period, and thereafter, and with respect to all Base Rate Loans and all other Obligations hereunder (other than Loans), at the rate per annum equal to 2.0% above the otherwise applicable interest rate for Base Rate Loans.

(d) Interest on the principal amount of all Loans shall accrue from and including the Restatement Date (in the case of Loans outstanding on the Restatement Date) and the date such Loans are made to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof. Interest on all outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each calendar month and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. Interest on all outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and, in the case of any Eurodollar Loans having an Interest Period in excess of one month or 30 days, respectively, on each day which occurs each month or 30 days, as the case may be, after the initial date of such Interest Period, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, in each case in arrears. Interest on each Swingline Loan shall be payable monthly in arrears. Interest on any Loan which is converted into a Loan of another Type or which is repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such conversion or on the date of any such repayment or prepayment (on the amount repaid or prepaid) thereof. All Default Interest shall be payable on demand.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans hereunder and shall promptly notify the Administrative Borrower and the Lenders of such rate in writing (or by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing). Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 2.13. Fees .

(a) The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account fees in the amounts and at the times previously agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Percentage per annum on the average daily amount of the unused Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the Availability Period. For purposes of computing commitment fees with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, but not Swingline Exposure or Agent Advance Exposure of such Lender.

(c) The Borrowers agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a letter of credit fee with respect to its participation in each Letter of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans then in effect on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure attributable to such Letter of Credit during the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the date on which such Letter of Credit expires or is drawn in full (including without limitation any LC Exposure that remains outstanding after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date) and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for its own account a facing fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the Availability Period (or until the date that such Letter of Credit is irrevocably cancelled, whichever is later), as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Required Lenders elect to increase the interest rate on the Loans to the Default Interest pursuant to Section 2.12(c) , the rate per annum used to calculate the letter of credit fee pursuant to clause (i) above shall automatically be increased by an additional 2% per annum.

(d) The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of each Lender, the amendment fee previously agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent, which shall be due and payable on the Restatement Date.

(e) Accrued fees (i) under paragraph (b) above shall be payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month and (ii) under paragraph (c) above shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter, in each case commencing on September 30, 2009 and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (and if later, the date the Loans and LC Exposure shall be repaid in their entirety); provided , that any such fees accruing after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall be payable on demand.

(f) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender will not be entitled to any fees accruing during such period pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of this Section (without prejudice to the rights of the Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders in respect of such fees), or any amendment fees hereafter offered to any Lender, and the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.20 will automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section.

 

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Section 2.14. Computation of Interest and Fees .

All computations of interest and fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable (to the extent computed on the basis of days elapsed). Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest amount or fee hereunder shall be made in good faith and, except for manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

Section 2.15. Inability to Determine Interest Rates . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing,

(i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant interbank market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or

(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period,

the Administrative Agent shall give written notice (or telephonic notice, promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Borrower and to the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. In the case of Eurodollar Loans, until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Administrative Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Revolving Loans or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended and (ii) all such affected Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrowers prepay such Loans in accordance with this Agreement. Unless the Administrative Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day before the date of any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing for which a Notice of Revolving Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, then such Revolving Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.

Section 2.16. Illegality . If any Change in Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or fund any Eurodollar Loan and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Borrower and the other Lenders, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make Eurodollar Revolving Loans, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans, shall be suspended. In the case of the making of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Lender’s Revolving Loan shall be made as a Base Rate Loan as part of the same Revolving Borrowing for the same Interest Period and if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, such Loan shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan either (i) on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loan to such date or (ii) immediately if such Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loan to such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the affected Lender shall, prior to giving such notice to the Administrative Agent, designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation would avoid the need for giving such notice and if such designation would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in the good faith exercise of its discretion.

 

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Section 2.17. Increased Costs .

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBO Rate hereunder against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

(ii) subject any Lender or the Issuing Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the Issuing Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 2.19 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or on the Issuing Bank or the eurodollar interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or any participation therein;

and the result of either of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining a Eurodollar Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in or issuing any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then the Borrowers shall promptly pay, upon written notice from and demand by such Lender on the Administrative Borrower (with a copy of such notice and demand to the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, within five Business Days after the date of such notice and demand, additional amount or amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that on or after the date of this Agreement any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital (or on the capital of the Parent Company of such Lender or the Issuing Bank’s) as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Parent Company of such Lender or the Issuing Bank could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies or the policies of the Parent Company of such Lender or the Issuing Bank with respect to capital adequacy) then, from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Administrative Borrower of written demand by such Lender (with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Parent Company of such Lender or the Issuing Bank for any such reduction suffered.

 

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(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth: (i) the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Parent Company of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.17 and (ii) in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the Administrative Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall be conclusive, absen


 
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