AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 5,
2009
ITS SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON
THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF,
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTY HERETO,
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agent
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Syndication Agent
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY,
INC.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
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1
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1
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Section 1.2. Classifications of Loans and
Borrowings
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31
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Section 1.3. Accounting Terms and
Determination
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Section 1.4. Terms Generally
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ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE REVOLVING
COMMITMENTS
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32
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Section 2.1. General Description of
Facilities
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Section 2.2. Revolving Loans
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Section 2.3. Procedure for Revolving
Borrowings
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Section 2.4. Swingline
Commitment
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Section 2.5. Funding of
Borrowings
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Section 2.6. Interest Elections
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38
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Section 2.7. Optional Reduction and
Termination of Revolving Commitments
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39
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Section 2.8. Repayment of Loans
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Section 2.9. Evidence of
Indebtedness
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Section 2.10. Optional
Prepayments
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Section 2.11. Mandatory
Repayments
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Section 2.12. Interest on Loans
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Section 2.14. Computation of Interest and
Fees
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Section 2.15. Inability to Determine
Interest Rates
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Section 2.17. Increased Costs
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Section 2.18. Funding Indemnity
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Section 2.20. Payments Generally; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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Section 2.21. Letters of Credit
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49
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Section 2.22. Cash Collateralization of
Defaulting Lender Commitment
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54
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Section 2.23. Increase of Revolving
Commitments; Additional Lenders
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55
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Section 2.24. Mitigation of
Obligations
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56
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Section 2.25. Replacement of
Lenders
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56
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Section 2.26. Application of
Payments
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57
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Section 2.27. Bank Products
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59
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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59
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Section 3.1. Conditions To
Effectiveness
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Section 3.2. Each Credit Event
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62
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Section 3.3. Delivery of
Documents
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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63
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Section 4.1. Existence; Power
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63
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Section 4.2. Organizational Power;
Authorization
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64
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Section 4.3. Capital Stock and Related
Matters
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64
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Section 4.4. Governmental Approvals; No
Conflicts
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64
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Section 4.5. Financial
Statements
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65
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Section 4.6. Liabilities, Litigation and
Environmental Matters
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65
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Section 4.7. Compliance with Laws and
Agreements
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66
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Section 4.8. Material Contracts
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66
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Section 4.9. Investment Company Act,
Etc.
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66
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Section 4.11. Margin Regulations
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67
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Section 4.13. Ownership of
Property
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67
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Section 4.15. Labor Relations
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68
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Section 4.16. Subsidiaries and Joint
Ventures
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68
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Section 4.19. Patriot Act
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Section 4.20. Real Property
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69
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Section 4.21. Security Interests
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69
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Section 4.22. Name of Borrowers
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69
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Section 4.23. Representations and
Warranties Relating to Eligible Accounts
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69
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Section 4.24. Representations and
Warranties Relating to Eligible Inventory
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70
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Section 4.25. No Fraudulent
Conveyance
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70
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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70
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Section 5.1. Financial Statements and Other
Information
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70
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Section 5.2. Notices of Material
Events
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72
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Section 5.3. Existence; Conduct of
Business
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73
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Section 5.4. Compliance with Laws,
Etc.
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73
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Section 5.5. Payment of
Obligations
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73
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Section 5.6. Books and Records
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Section 5.7. Visitation, Inspection,
Etc.
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74
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Section 5.8. Maintenance of Properties;
Insurance
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74
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Section 5.9. Use of Proceeds and Letters of
Credit
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Section 5.10. Further Assurances
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75
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Section 5.11. Lien Perfection
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Section 5.12. Location of
Collateral
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Section 5.13. Protection of
Collateral
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76
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Section 5.14. Assignments and Records of
Accounts
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76
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Section 5.15. Administration of
Accounts
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77
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Section 5.16. The Blocked
Accounts
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Section 5.17. Formation of
Subsidiaries
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Section 5.18. Borrowing Base
Certificates
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Section 5.19. Estoppel
Certificates
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ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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Section 6.1. Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio
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80
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ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 7.1. Indebtedness and Preferred
Equity
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Section 7.3. Fundamental Changes
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Section 7.4. Investments, Loans,
Etc.
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Section 7.5. Restricted Payments
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Section 7.6. Sale of Assets
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Section 7.7. Transactions with
Affiliates
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Section 7.8. Restrictive
Agreements
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Section 7.9. Sale and Leaseback
Transactions
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Section 7.10. Hedging
Transactions
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Section 7.12. Accounting Changes
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Section 7.13. Government
Regulation
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Section 7.14. ERISA Liability
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Section 7.15. Waivers and
Amendments
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Section 7.16. Bank Accounts
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 8.1. Events of Default
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ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Section 9.1. Appointment of Administrative
Agent
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Section 9.2. Nature of Duties of
Administrative Agent
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Section 9.3. Lack of Reliance on the
Administrative Agent
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Section 9.4. Certain Rights of the
Administrative Agent
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Section 9.5. Reliance by Administrative
Agent
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Section 9.6. The Administrative Agent in
its Individual Capacity
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Section 9.7. Successor Administrative
Agent
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Section 9.8. Authorization to Execute other
Loan Documents
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Section 9.10. Release of
Collateral
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Section 9.11. No Other Duties,
etc.
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Section 9.12. Withholding Tax
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Section 9.13. Administrative Agent May File
Proofs of Claim
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Section 10.2. Waiver; Amendments
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99
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Section 10.3. Expenses;
Indemnification
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100
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Section 10.4. Successors and
Assigns
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102
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Section 10.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process
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106
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Section 10.6. Waiver Of Jury
Trial
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Section 10.7. Right of Setoff
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Section 10.8. Counterparts;
Integration
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107
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Section 10.10. Severability
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Section 10.11. Confidentiality
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108
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Section 10.12. Interest Rate
Limitation
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108
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Section 10.13. Waiver of Effect of
Corporate Seal
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109
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Section 10.14. Patriot Act
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109
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Section 10.15. The Administrative
Borrower
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109
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Section 10.16. All Obligations to
Constitute Joint and Several Obligations
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109
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Section 10.17. Waiver of Existing
Defaults
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111
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Section 10.18. Waiver; Delivery of Notice
under Existing Credit Agreement
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111
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Section 10.19. Knoxville Lease; Company
Consent
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Applicable
Margin
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Revolving
Commitment Amounts
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Certain
Restructuring Charges
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Denver
Charges
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Real Estate
Locations for Mortgage Filings
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Equity
Interests
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Litigation and
Liabilities
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Environmental
Matters
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Material
Contracts
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Taxes
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ERISA
Matters
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Intellectual
Property
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Insurance
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Subsidiaries
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Real
Property
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Prior
Names
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Locations of
Collateral
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Deposit
Accounts and Securities Accounts
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Outstanding
Indebtedness
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Existing
Liens
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Affiliate
Transactions
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Existing
Guarantees
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Form of Amended
and Restated Revolving Credit Note
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Form of
Swingline Note
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of
Borrowing Base Certificate
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Form of Joinder
to Credit Agreement
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Form of
Perfection Certificate
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Form of Notice
of Revolving Borrowing
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Form of Notice
of Swingline Borrowing
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Form of Notice
of Continuation/Conversion
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Form of
Secretary’s Certificate
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Form of
Officer’s Certificate
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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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 ”).
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:
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) .
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“ 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.
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“ 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.
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“ 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:
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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
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(b)
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(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
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(c)
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40% of the cost of Eligible
Inventory; plus
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(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
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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
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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.
“
Swingline Lender ” shall mean SunTrust
Bank.
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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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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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(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.
(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.
(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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