AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING
CREDIT
NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT,
INC.
SPARTON CORPORATION, SPARTON
ELECTRONICS FLORIDA, INC.,
SPARTRONICS, INC., SPARTON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., SPARTRONICS
VIETNAM CO., LTD., SPARTON TECHNOLOGY, INC. and SPARTON OF
CANADA,
LIMITED
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1.3. Uniform Commercial Code Terms
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1.4. Certain Matters of Construction
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2.2. Procedure for Revolving Advances
Borrowing
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2.8. Statement of Account
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2.10. Issuance of Letters of Credit
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2.11. Requirements For Issuance of Letters of
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2.12. Disbursements, Reimbursement
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2.13. Repayment of Participation
Advances
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Obligations
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2.18. Liability for Acts and
Omissions
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Monitoring Fee
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3.8. Basis For Determining Interest Rate
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3.11. Withholding Tax Exemption
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4.1. Security Interest in the
Collateral
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4.2. Perfection of Security Interest
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4.3. Disposition of Collateral
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4.4. Preservation of Collateral
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4.5. Ownership of Collateral
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4.6. Defense of Agent’s and Lenders’
Interests
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4.8. Financial Disclosure
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4.9. Compliance with Laws
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4.10. Inspection of Premises
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4.12. Failure to Pay Insurance
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4.14. Payment of Leasehold
Obligations
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4.17. Maintenance of Equipment
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4.18. Exculpation of Liability
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4.19. Environmental Matters
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4.20. Financing Statements
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V. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.3. Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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5.7. O.S.H.A. and Environmental
Compliance
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5.8. Solvency; No Litigation, Violation,
Indebtedness or Default
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5.9. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and
Licenses
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5.10. Licenses and Permits
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5.11. Default of Indebtedness
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5.13. No Burdensome Restrictions
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5.16. Investment Company Act
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5.18. [Intentionally Omitted]
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5.20. Conflicting Agreements
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5.21. Application of Certain Laws and
Regulations
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5.22. Business and Property of
Borrowers
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5.24. Anti-Terrorism Laws
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5.25. Trading with the Enemy
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5.26. Federal Securities Laws
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VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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6.2. Conduct of Business and Maintenance of
Existence and Assets
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6.4. Government Receivables
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6.6. Execution of Supplemental
Instruments
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6.7. Payment of Indebtedness
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6.8. Standards of Financial
Statements
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7.1. Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale
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7.6. Capital Expenditures
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7.10. Transactions with Affiliates
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7.13. Fiscal Year and Accounting
Changes
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7.15. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation,
By-Laws
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7.16. Compliance with ERISA
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7.17. Prepayment of Indebtedness
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7.18. Anti-Terrorism Laws
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7.19. Membership/Partnership
Interests
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7.20. Trading with the Enemy Act
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VIII. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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8.1. Conditions to Initial Advances
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8.2. Conditions to Each Advance
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IX. INFORMATION AS TO
BORROWERS
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9.1. Disclosure of Material Matters
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9.3. Environmental Reports
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9.5. Material Occurrences
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9.6. Government Receivables
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9.7. Annual Financial Statements
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9.8. Quarterly Financial Statements
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9.9. Monthly Financial Statements
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9.11. Additional Information
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9.12. Projected Operating Budget
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9.15. ERISA Notices and Requests
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9.16. Additional Documents
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PROCEEDINGS
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Identification Program
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Participants; US PATRIOT Act
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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Exhibits
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Borrowing Base
Certificate
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Revolving
Credit Note
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Financial
Projections
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Financial
Condition Certificate
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Commitment
Transfer Supplement
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Schedules
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Permitted
Encumbrances
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Equipment and
Inventory Locations
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Chief Executive
Offices
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Deposit and
Investment Accounts
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Real
Property
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Consents
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States of
Qualification and Good Standing
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Subsidiaries
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Federal Tax
Identification Number
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Prior
Names
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Litigation
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OSHA and
Environmental Compliance
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Plans
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Intellectual
Property, Source Code Escrow Agreements
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Licenses and
Permits
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Labor
Disputes
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Existing
Indebtedness
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING
CREDIT
AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement dated as of
August 14, 2009 among SPARTON CORPORATION , an Ohio
corporation (“ Sparton ”), SPARTON
ELECTRONICS FLORIDA, INC. , a Florida corporation (“
Sparton Florida ”), SPARTRONICS, INC., a
Michigan corporation (“ Spartronics ”),
SPARTON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., a Michigan corporation
(“ Sparton Medical ”), SPARTRONICS
VIETNAM CO., LTD., a corporation organized under the laws of
Vietnam (“ Sparton Vietnam ”), SPARTON
TECHNOLOGY, INC., a New Mexico corporation (“
Sparton Technology ”), and SPARTON OF
CANADA, LIMITED, an Ontario corporation (“ Sparton
Canada ”) (Sparton, Sparton Florida, Spartronics,
Sparton Medical, Sparton Vietnam, Sparton Technology, and Sparton
Canada, each a “ Borrower ”, and
collectively “ Borrowers ”), the
financial institutions which are now or which hereafter become a
party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders
” and individually a “ Lender ”)
and NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC. (“
NCBC ”), as agent for Lenders (NCBC, in such
capacity, the “ Agent ”).
The Promissory
Note and Promissory Note Covenant Exhibit, as amended, each dated
as of January 22, 2008, as amended by Master Amendment to Loan
Documents (Sparton Corporation — Line of Credit) dated as of
April 21, 2008 and effective as of March 31, 2008 (the
“ First Sparton Master Amendment ”), by
Second Master Amendment to Loan Documents (Sparton Corporation
— Line of Credit) dated as of July 31, 2008 and
effective as of June 30, 2008, by Third Master Amendment to
Loan Documents (Sparton Corporation — Line of Credit) dated
as of November 12, 2008, and by Fourth Master Amendment to
Loan Documents (Sparton Corporation — Line of Credit) dated
as of January 20, 2009, and by Modification Agreement dated as
of June 15, 2009, by and between Sparton and National City
Bank, which evidence a line of credit loan made available to
Sparton in the original principal amount of $20,000,000
(collectively, the “ Sparton Note ”),
together with all related loan and security documents, including
without limitation, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement
dated as of April 21, 2008 and effective as of March 31,
2008 (the “ Original Security Agreement
”), and those Commercial Security Guaranty agreements each
dated as of January 22, 2008, as amended by the First Master
Amendment, executed by Sparton Medical, Sparton Technology,
Spartronics, Sparton Florida and Sparton Canada (the “
Sparton Guaranties ”), have been assigned,
effective as of the Closing Date, to Agent in its capacity as
either a Lender hereunder or as Agent hereunder. The Promissory
Note dated May 30, 2006 and Promissory Note Covenant Exhibit
dated August 1, 2007, as amended by Master Amendment to Loan
Documents (Sparton Medical Systems — Term Loan) dated as of
April 21, 2008 and effective as of March 31, 2008 (the
“ First Sparton Medical Master Amendment
”), by Second Master Amendment to Loan Documents (Sparton
Medical Systems — Term Loan) dated as of July 31, 2008
and effective as of June 30, 2008, and by Third Master
Amendment to Loan Documents (Sparton Medical Systems — Term
Loan)_dated as of November 12, 2008, which evidences a term
loan made available to Sparton Medical in the original principal
amount of $10,000,000 (collectively, the “ Sparton
Medical Note ”), together with all related loan and
security documents, including without limitation those Commercial
Security Guaranty agreements each dated May 30, 2006, as
amended by the First Sparton Medical Master Amendment, executed by
Sparton, Sparton Technology, Sparton Florida
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and Sparton
Canada and the Guaranty of Spartronics dated April 21, 2008
(collectively, the “ Sparton Medical Guaranties
”), have been assigned, effective as of the Closing Date, to
Agent in its capacity as either a Lender hereunder or as Agent
hereunder. This Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security
Agreement amends and restates the Sparton Note, the Sparton Medical
Note, and the Original Security Agreement in their entirety. The
other loan documents assigned together with the Sparton Note and
the Sparton Medical Note have been amended or restated as of the
Closing Date, but all grants of security therein remain in full
force and effect and survive the amendment and restatement and the
Sparton Guaranties and the Sparton Medical Guaranties remain in
full force and effect and guaranty all of the
Obligations.
IN CONSIDERATION
of the mutual covenants and undertakings herein contained,
Borrowers, Lenders and Agent hereby agree as follows:
1.1. Accounting
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the Other Documents or any
certificate, report or other document made or delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.2 or
elsewhere in this Agreement and accounting terms partly defined in
Section 1.2 to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP; provided, however,
whenever such accounting terms are used for the purposes of
determining compliance with financial covenants in this Agreement,
such accounting terms shall be defined in accordance with GAAP as
applied in preparation of the audited financial statements of
Borrowers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
1.2. General
Terms . For purposes of this Agreement the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
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Accountants ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 9.7 hereof.
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Advance Rates ” shall mean, collectively, the
Receivables Advance Rate and the Inventory Advance Rate.
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Advances ” shall mean and include the Revolving
Advances and Letters of Credit.
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Affiliate ” of any Person shall mean
(a) any Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control
of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person,
or (b) any Person who is a director, managing member, general
partner or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any
Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in
clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of
a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote
5% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for
the election of directors of such Person or other Persons
performing similar functions for any such Person, or (y) to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person whether by ownership of Equity Interests, contract or
otherwise.
“
Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement and shall include its successors and
assigns.
“
Agent Advances ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.2(b) hereof.
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Agreement ” shall mean this Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
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Alternate Base Rate ” shall mean, for any day,
a rate per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Base Rate in
effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Open Rate in effect
on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (iii) the Daily LIBOR Rate plus
1%. For purposes of this definition, “Daily LIBOR Rate”
shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum determined by Agent by
dividing (x) the Published Rate by (y) a number equal to
1.00 minus the percentage prescribed by the Federal Reserve for
determining the maximum reserve requirements with respect to any
eurocurrency funding by banks on such day. For the purposes of this
definition, “Published Rate” shall mean the rate of
interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal
“Money Rates” listing under the caption “London
Interbank Offered Rates” for a one month period (or, if no
such rate is published therein for any reason, then the Published
Rate shall be the eurodollar rate for a one month period as
published in another publication determined by Agent). In no event,
however, shall the Alternate Base Rate be less than 3.00% for
purposes of this Agreement.
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Anti-Terrorism Laws ” shall mean any Applicable
Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive
Order No. 13224, the USA PATRIOT Act, the Applicable Laws
comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Applicable
Laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Asset Control (as any of the foregoing Applicable
Laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or
replaced).
“
Applicable Law ” shall mean all laws, rules and
regulations applicable to the Person, conduct, transaction,
covenant, Other Document or contract in question, including all
applicable common law and equitable principles; all provisions of
all applicable state, federal and foreign constitutions, statutes,
rules, regulations, treaties, directives and orders of any
Governmental Body, and all orders, judgments and decrees of all
courts and arbitrators.
“
Applicable Margin ” for Revolving Advances
shall mean, as of the Closing Date, the applicable percentage
specified below:
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APPLICABLE MARGINS FOR
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APPLICABLE MARGINS FOR
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DOMESTIC RATE LOANS
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EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS
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5.00%
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Thereafter,
effective as of the first Business Day following receipt by Agent
of the annual financial statements of Borrowers on a Consolidated
Basis for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 required under
Section 9.7, and thereafter upon receipt of the quarterly
financial statements of Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis required
under Section 9.8 for the previous fiscal quarter (each day of
such delivery, an “ Adjustment Date ”),
the Applicable Margin for each type of Advance shall be adjusted,
if necessary, to the applicable percent per annum set forth in the
pricing table set forth below corresponding to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the trailing twelve month period ending on the
last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter prior
to
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the applicable
Adjustment Date and maintained for two consecutive quarters (each
such period, a “ Calculation Period
”):
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APPLICABLE
MARGINS
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APPLICABLE
MARGINS
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FIXED
CHARGE
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FOR DOMESTIC
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COVERAGE
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LOANS
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Less than or
equal to 1.15 to 1.00
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4.0
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Greater than to
1.15 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 1.50:1.00
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3.75
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If the Borrowers
shall fail to deliver the financial statements, certificates and/or
other information required under Sections 9.7 or 9.8 by the
dates required pursuant to such sections, each Applicable Margin
shall be conclusively presumed to equal the highest Applicable
Margin specified in the pricing table set forth above until the
date of delivery of such financial statements, certificates and/or
other information, at which time the rate will be adjusted based
upon the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for two consecutive quarters
reflected in such statements.
If, as a result of
any restatement of, or other adjustment to, the financial
statements of Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis or for any other
reason, the Agent determines that (a) the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio as previously calculated as of any applicable date
was inaccurate, and (b) a proper calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in different pricing for
any period, then (i) if the proper calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for
such period, the Borrowers shall automatically and retroactively be
delegated to pay to the Agent, promptly upon demand by the Agent,
an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest that should
have been paid for such period over the amount of interest actually
paid for such period; and (ii) if the proper calculation of
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in lower
pricing for such period, Lenders shall repay excess interest to the
Borrowers.
“
Authority ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.19(d).
“ Base
Rate ” shall mean the base commercial lending rate of
NCB as publicly announced to be in effect from time to time, such
rate to be adjusted automatically, without notice, on the effective
date of any change in such rate. This rate of interest is
determined from time to time by NCB as a means of pricing some
loans to its customers and is neither tied to any external rate of
interest or index nor does it necessarily reflect the lowest rate
of interest actually charged by NCB to any particular class or
category of customers of NCB.
“
Blocked Accounts ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.15(h).
“
Blocked Account Bank ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.15(h).
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“
Blocked Person ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.24(b) hereof.
“
Borrower ” or “ Borrowers
” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement and shall extend to all permitted successors and assigns
of such Persons.
“
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis ” shall mean
the consolidation in accordance with GAAP of the accounts or other
items of the Borrowers and their respective
Subsidiaries.
“
Borrowers’ Account ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8.
“
Borrowing Agent ” shall mean Sparton
Corporation.
“
Borrowing Base Availability Block” shall means
$2,000,000, provided, that the Borrowing Base Availability Block
will be reduced to zero at such time (i) the Borrowers have
delivered to the Agent the consolidated audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, which
audited financial statements comply with Section 9.7 hereof
and are otherwise satisfactory to the Agent in its sole discretion,
(ii) the Borrowers have delivered to the Agent evidence
satisfactory to Agent that the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio has been
equal to or greater than 1.15:1.00 on a trailing twelve month basis
as of the end of the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters,
and (iii) at the time of such reduction of the Borrowing Base
Availability Block there is Undrawn Availability of not less than
$4,000,000.
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Borrowing Base Certificate ” shall mean a
certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.2 duly
executed by the President, Chief Financial Officer, Director of
Treasury, or Corporate Controller of the Borrowing Agent (each an
“Authorized Agent" ) and delivered to the
Agent, appropriately completed, by which such officer shall certify
to Agent the Formula Amount and calculation thereof as of the date
of such certificate.
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Business Day ” shall mean any day other than
Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are
authorized or required by law to be closed for business in
Brunswick, New Jersey and, if the applicable Business Day relates
to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, such day must also be a day on which
dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
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Capital Expenditures ” shall mean expenditures
made or liabilities incurred for the acquisition of any fixed
assets or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions
thereto which have a useful life of more than one year, including
the total principal portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations,
which, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as capital
expenditures.
“
Capitalized Lease Obligation ” shall mean any
Indebtedness of any Borrower represented by obligations under a
lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting
purposes in accordance with GAAP.
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CERCLA ” shall mean the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq.
“
Change of Control ” shall mean (a) the
acquisition of direct or indirect control of any Borrower by any
Person or group; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant
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seats) on the
board of directors of Sparton by Persons who were neither
(i) nominated by the board of directors of Sparton nor
(ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) any
merger or consolidation of or with any Borrower or sale of all or
substantially all of the property or assets or Equity Interests of
any Borrower except with or to another Borrower that is an entity
organized under the laws of any state in the United States .
For purposes of this definition, “control of Borrower”
shall mean the power, direct or indirect (x) to vote 50% or
more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors (or the individuals performing similar
functions) of any Borrower or (y) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of any Borrower by
contract or otherwise .
“
Charges ” shall mean all taxes, charges, fees,
imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net income,
gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added,
transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock, license,
withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation and property taxes, custom
duties, fees, assessments, liens, claims and charges of any kind
whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions
to tax or additional amounts, imposed by any taxing or other
authority, domestic or foreign (including the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation or any environmental agency or superfund),
upon the Collateral, any Borrower or any of its
Affiliates.
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Closing Date ” shall mean the date of this
Agreement or such other date as may be agreed to by the parties
hereto.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“
Collateral ” shall mean and include:
(c) all
General Intangibles;
(e) all
Investment Property;
(g) all
Subsidiary Stock;
(h) the
Leasehold Interests;
(i) all
of each Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located,
(i) its respective goods and other property including, but not
limited to, all merchandise returned or rejected by Customers,
relating to or securing any of the Receivables; (ii) all of
each Borrower’s rights as a consignor, a consignee,
an
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unpaid vendor,
mechanic, artisan, or other lienor, including stoppage in transit,
setoff, detinue, replevin, reclamation and repurchase;
(iii) all additional amounts due to any Borrower from any
Customer relating to the Receivables; (iv) other property,
including warranty claims, relating to any goods securing the
Obligations; (v) all of each Borrower’s contract rights,
rights of payment which have been earned under a contract right,
instruments (including promissory notes), documents, chattel paper
(including electronic chattel paper), warehouse receipts, deposit
accounts, letters of credit and money; (vi) all commercial
tort claims (whether now existing or hereafter arising);
(vii) if and when obtained by any Borrower, all real and
personal property of third parties in which such Borrower has been
granted a lien or security interest as security for the payment or
enforcement of Receivables; (viii) all letter of credit rights
(whether or not the respective letter of credit is evidenced by a
writing); (ix) all supporting obligations; and (x) any other
goods, personal property or real property now owned or hereafter
acquired in which any Borrower has expressly granted a security
interest or may in the future grant a security interest to Agent
hereunder, or in any amendment or supplement hereto or thereto, or
under any other agreement between Agent and any
Borrower;
(j) all
of each Borrower’s ledger sheets, ledger cards, files,
correspondence, records, books of account, business papers,
computers, computer software (owned by any Borrower or in which it
has an interest), computer programs, tapes, disks and documents
relating to (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or
(i) of this Paragraph; and
(k) all
proceeds and products of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
(i) and (j) in whatever form, including, but not limited
to: cash, deposit accounts (whether or not comprised solely of
proceeds), certificates of deposit, insurance proceeds (including
hazard, flood and credit insurance), negotiable instruments and
other instruments for the payment of money, chattel paper, security
agreements, documents, eminent domain proceeds, condemnation
proceeds and tort claim proceeds.
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Commitment Percentage ” of any Lender shall
mean the percentage set forth below such Lender’s name on the
signature page hereof as same may be adjusted upon any assignment
by a Lender pursuant to Section 16.3(c) or
(d) hereof.
“
Commitment Transfer Supplement ” shall mean a
document in the form of Exhibit 16.3 hereto, properly
completed and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Agent
by which the Purchasing Lender purchases and assumes a portion of
the obligation of Lenders to make Advances under this
Agreement.
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Compliance Certificate ” shall mean a
compliance certificate to be signed by the Chief Executive Officer,
President or Chief Financial Officer of Borrowing Agent, which
shall state that, based on an examination sufficient to permit such
officer to make an informed statement, no Default or Event of
Default exists, or if such is not the case, specifying such Default
or Event of Default, its nature, when it occurred, whether it is
continuing and the steps being taken by Borrowers with respect to
such default and, such certificate shall have appended thereto
calculations which set forth Borrowers’ compliance with the
requirements or restrictions imposed by Sections 6.5, 7.4,
7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10 and 7.11.
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Consents ” shall mean all filings and all
licenses, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations,
qualifications and orders of Governmental Bodies and other third
parties, domestic or foreign, necessary to carry on any
Borrower’s business or necessary (including to avoid a
conflict or breach under any agreement, instrument, other document,
license, permit or other authorization) for the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement or the Other Documents, including
any Consents required under all applicable federal, state or other
Applicable Law.
“
Consigned Inventory ” shall mean Inventory of
any Borrower that is in the possession of another Person on a
consignment, sale or return, or other basis that does not
constitute a final sale and acceptance of such
Inventory.
“
Controlled Group ” shall mean, at any time,
each Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations
and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control and all other entities which, together with any
Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414
of the Code.
“
Customer ” shall mean and include the account
debtor with respect to any Receivable and/or the prospective
purchaser of goods, services or both with respect to any contract
or contract right, and/or any party who enters into or proposes to
enter into any contract or other arrangement with any Borrower,
pursuant to which such Borrower is to deliver any personal property
or perform any services.
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Customs ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11(b) hereof.
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Default ” shall mean an event, circumstance or
condition which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“
Default Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.1 hereof.
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Defaulting Lender ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.24(a) hereof.
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Depository Accounts ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.15(h).
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Designated Lender ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.2(b) hereof.
“
Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1(c) hereof.
“
Dollar ” and the sign “ $
” shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
“
Domestic Rate Loan ” shall mean any Advance
that bears interest based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
“
Drawing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.12(b) hereof.
“
Early Termination Date ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 13.1 hereof.
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Earnings Before Interest and Taxes ” shall mean
for any period the sum of (i) net income (or loss) of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for such period (excluding
extraordinary gains, plus (ii) all interest expense of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for such period, plus
(iii) all charges against income of Borrowers on a
Consolidated Basis for such period for federal, state and local
taxes.
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EBITDA ” shall mean for any period the sum of
(i) Earnings Before Interest and Taxes for such period plus
(ii) depreciation expenses for such period, plus
(iii) amortization expenses for such period, plus
(iv) cash and non-cash restructuring charges of up to
$1,850,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $0 thereafter, plus
(v) cash and non-cash idled plant costs of up to $2,000,000 in
fiscal year 2010 and in an amount approved in writing by Agent in
its sole discretion thereafter, plus (vi) non-cash pension expense
as required under FAS 87-88, plus (vii) any other non-cash
items identified and mutually agreed to by the Borrowing Agent and
Agent.
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Eligible Inventory ” shall mean and include
Inventory, excluding work in process, with respect to each
Borrower, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined
on a first-in-first-out basis, which is not, in Agent’s
opinion, obsolete, slow moving or unmerchantable and which Agent,
in its sole discretion, shall not deem ineligible Inventory, based
on such considerations as Agent may from time to time deem
appropriate including whether the Inventory is subject to a
perfected, first priority security interest in favor of Agent and
no other Lien (other than a Permitted Encumbrance). In addition,
Inventory shall not be Eligible Inventory if it (i) does not
conform to all standards imposed by any Governmental Body which has
regulatory authority over such goods or the use or sale thereof,
(ii) is in transit, (iii) is located outside the
continental United States (including Canada and Vietnam) or at a
location that is not otherwise in compliance with this Agreement,
(iv) constitutes Consigned Inventory, (v) is the subject
of an Intellectual Property Claim; (vi) is subject to a
License Agreement or other agreement that limits, conditions or
restricts any Borrower’s or Agent’s right to sell or
otherwise dispose of such Inventory, unless Agent is a party to a
Licensor/Agent Agreement with the Licensor under such License
Agreement; (vii) or is situated at a location not owned by a
Borrower unless the owner or occupier of such location has executed
in favor of Agent a Lien Waiver Agreement; or (viii) is
related to production for the United States of America (unless
otherwise agreed in writing by Agent in its sole
discretion).
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Eligible Receivables ” shall mean and include
with respect to each Borrower, each Receivable of such Borrower
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and which Agent, in its
sole credit judgment, shall deem to be an Eligible Receivable,
based on such considerations as Agent may from time to time deem
appropriate. A Receivable shall not be deemed eligible unless such
Receivable is subject to Agent’s first priority perfected
security interest and no other Lien (other than Permitted
Encumbrances), and is evidenced by an invoice or other documentary
evidence satisfactory to Agent. In addition, no Receivable shall be
an Eligible Receivable if:
(a) it
arises out of a sale made by any Borrower to an Affiliate of any
Borrower or to a Person controlled by an Affiliate of any
Borrower;
(b) it
is due or unpaid more than (i) ninety (90) days after the
original invoice date or (ii) sixty (60) days after the
original due date;
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(c) fifty
percent (50%) or more of the Receivables from such Customer are not
deemed Eligible Receivables hereunder. Such percentage may, in
Agent’s sole discretion, be increased or decreased from time
to time;
(d) any
covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement
with respect to such Receivable has been breached;
(e) the
Customer shall (i) apply for, suffer, or consent to the
appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property or call a meeting of its
creditors, (ii) admit in writing its inability, or be
generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease
operations of its present business, (iii) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) commence a
voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now
or hereafter in effect), (v) be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, (vi) file a petition seeking to take advantage of
any other law providing for the relief of debtors,
(vii) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, any petition
which is filed against it in any involuntary case under such
bankruptcy laws, or (viii) take any action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(f) the
sale is to a Customer outside the continental United States of
America, or Canada (for clarity, if the underlying contract and
related invoices are with a continental United States domiciled
entity then that sale will not be treated as a sale outside the
continental United States) unless (i) the sale is on letter of
credit, guaranty or acceptance terms, in each case acceptable to
Agent in its sole discretion or (ii) otherwise agreed in
writing by Agent in its sole discretion;
(g) the
sale to the Customer is on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale,
sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment or any other
repurchase or return basis or is evidenced by chattel
paper;
(h) Agent
believes, in its Permitted Discretion, that collection of such
Receivable is insecure or that such Receivable may not be paid by
reason of the Customer’s financial inability to
pay;
(i) the
Customer is the United States of America, any state or any
department, agency or instrumentality of any of them, unless the
applicable Borrower assigns its right to payment of such Receivable
to Agent pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as
amended (31 U.S.C. Sub-Section 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C.
Sub-Section 15 et seq.) or has otherwise complied with other
applicable statutes or ordinances;
(j) the
goods giving rise to such Receivable have not been delivered to and
accepted by the Customer or the services giving rise to such
Receivable have not been performed by the applicable Borrower and
accepted by the Customer or the Receivable otherwise does not
represent a final sale;
(k) the
Receivables of the Customer exceed a credit limit determined by
Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, to the extent such Receivable
exceeds such limit;
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(l) the
Receivable is subject to any offset, deduction, defense, dispute,
or counterclaim, the Customer is also a creditor or supplier of a
Borrower or the Receivable is contingent in any respect or for any
reason;
(m) the
applicable Borrower has made any agreement with any Customer for
any deduction therefrom, except for discounts or allowances made in
the Ordinary Course of Business for prompt payment, all of which
discounts or allowances are reflected in the calculation of the
face value of each respective invoice related thereto;
(n) any
return, rejection or repossession of the merchandise has occurred
or the rendition of services has been disputed;
(o) such
Receivable is not payable to a Borrower; or
(p) such
Receivable is not otherwise satisfactory to Agent as determined in
good faith by Agent in the exercise of its discretion in a
reasonable manner.
“
Environmental Complaint ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.
“
Environmental Laws ” shall mean all federal,
state and local environmental, land use, zoning, health, chemical
use, safety and sanitation laws, statutes, ordinances and codes
relating to the protection of the environment and/or governing the
use, storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing,
handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Substances and the
rules, regulations, policies, guidelines, interpretations,
decisions, orders and directives of federal, state and local
governmental agencies and authorities with respect
thereto.
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Equipment ” shall mean and include as to each
Borrower all of such Borrower’s goods (other than Inventory)
whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located
including all equipment, machinery, apparatus, motor vehicles,
fittings, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, parts, accessories and
all replacements and substitutions therefor or accessions
thereto.
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Equity Interests ” of any Person shall mean any
and all shares, rights to purchase, options, warrants, general,
limited or limited liability partnership interests, member
interests, participation or other equivalents of or interest in
(regardless of how designated) equity of such Person, whether
voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock,
convertible securities or any other “equity security”
(as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules
and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange
Act).
“
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Eurodollar Rate ” shall mean for any Eurodollar
Rate Loan for the then current Interest Period relating thereto the
greater of (a) the interest rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by Agent by
dividing (i) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page
BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays
rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in
the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted
by another source selected by Agent which has been approved by the
British Bankers’ Association as an authorized information
vendor for the
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purpose of
displaying rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading
banks in the London interbank deposit market (an “
Alternative Source ”), at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time two (2) Business Days prior to
the first day of such Interest Period (or if there shall at any
time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or
any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable
replacement rate determined by the Agent at such time (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)) for an
amount comparable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a
borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period by
(ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage, and
(b) two percent (2%).
The Eurodollar
Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan
that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the
Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. The Agent shall give
prompt notice to the Borrowing Agent of the Eurodollar Rate as
determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. For avoidance of doubt,
in no event, however, shall the Eurodollar Rate be less than 2.00%
for purposes of this Agreement.
“
Eurodollar Rate Loan ” shall mean an Advance at
any time that bears interest based on the Eurodollar
Rate.
“
Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Article X hereof.
“
Exchange Act ” shall have the mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Executive Order No. 13224 ” shall mean the
Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective
September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter
be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“
Federal Funds Effective Rate ” for any day
shall mean the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and
actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%)
announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any
successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates
on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds
brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by
such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the
same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the
weighted average it refers to as the “Federal Funds Effective
Rate” as of the date of this Agreement; provided, if such
Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate
on any day, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such
day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on
which such rate was announced.
“
Federal Funds Open Rate ” for any day shall
mean the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual
days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted
by ICAP North America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the
Bloomberg Screen BTMM for that day opposite the caption
“OPEN” (or on such other substitute Bloomberg Screen
that displays such rate), or as set forth on such other recognized
electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate as
selected by PNC (an “ Alternate Source ”)
(or if such rate for such day does not appear on the Bloomberg
Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or on any Alternate Source,
or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a
Bloomberg
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Screen BTMM (or
any substitute screen) or any Alternate Source, a comparable
replacement rate determined by the NCB at such time (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error); provided
however, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds
Open Rate for such day shall be the “open” rate on the
immediately preceding Business Day. If and when the Federal Funds
Open Rate changes, the rate of interest with respect to any advance
to which the Federal Funds Open Rate applies will change
automatically without notice to the Borrowers, effective on the
date of any such change.
“
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” shall mean and
include, with respect to any fiscal period, the ratio of
(a) EBITDA, minus Unfinanced Capital Expenditures made during
such period, minus cash taxes paid during such period, minus all
stock repurchases during such period, minus all cash contributions
and payments with respect to pension obligations during such period
to (b) all Senior Debt Payments during such period.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” of any Person, shall mean
any Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or incorporated
in the United States or any State or territory thereof.
“
Formula Amount ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1(a).
“
GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America in effect from time to
time.
“
General Intangibles ” shall mean and include as
to each Borrower all of such Borrower’s general intangibles,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including all payment
intangibles, all choses in action, causes of action, corporate or
other business records, inventions, designs, patents, patent
applications, equipment formulations, manufacturing procedures,
quality control procedures, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, trade secrets, goodwill, copyrights, design rights,
software, computer information, source codes, codes, records and
updates, registrations, licenses, franchises, customer lists, tax
refunds, tax refund claims, computer programs, all claims under
guaranties, security interests or other security held by or granted
to such Borrower to secure payment of any of the Receivables by a
Customer (other than to the extent covered by Receivables) all
rights of indemnification and all other intangible property of
every kind and nature (other than Receivables).
“
Governmental Acts ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.17.
“
Governmental Body ” shall mean any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof or any
entity, authority, agency, division or department exercising the
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to a government.
“
Hazardous Discharge ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.
“
Hazardous Substance ” shall mean, without
limitation, any flammable explosives, radon, radioactive materials,
asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum products, methane, hazardous
materials, Hazardous Wastes, hazardous or Toxic Substances or
related materials as defined in CERCLA, the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, et
seq.), RCRA, Articles 15
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and 27 of the
New York State Environmental Conservation Law or any other
applicable Environmental Law and in the regulations adopted
pursuant thereto.
“
Hazardous Wastes ” shall mean all waste
materials subject to regulation under CERCLA, RCRA or applicable
state law, and any other applicable Federal and state laws now in
force or hereafter enacted relating to hazardous waste
disposal.
“
Hedge Liabilities ” shall have the meaning
provided in the definition of “Lender-Provided Interest Rate
Hedge”.
“
Indebtedness ” of a Person at a particular date
shall mean all obligations of such Person which in accordance with
GAAP would be classified upon a balance sheet as liabilities
(except capital stock and surplus earned or otherwise) and in any
event, without limitation by reason of enumeration, shall include
all indebtedness, debt and other similar monetary obligations of
such Person whether direct or guaranteed, and all premiums, if any,
due at the required prepayment dates of such indebtedness, and all
indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets owned by such Person,
whether or not such indebtedness actually shall have been created,
assumed or incurred by such Person. Any indebtedness of such Person
resulting from the acquisition by such Person of any assets subject
to any Lien shall be deemed, for the purposes hereof, to be the
equivalent of the creation, assumption and incurring of the
indebtedness secured thereby, whether or not actually so created,
assumed or incurred.
“
Ineligible Security ” shall mean any security
which may not be underwritten or dealt in by member banks of the
Federal Reserve System under Section 16 of the Banking Act of
1933 (12 U.S.C. Section 24, Seventh), as amended.
“
Intellectual Property ” shall mean property
constituting under any Applicable Law a patent, patent application,
copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name, mask work, trade
secret or license or other right to use any of the
foregoing.
“
Intellectual Property Claim ” shall mean the
assertion by any Person of a claim (whether asserted in writing, by
action, suit or proceeding or otherwise) that any Borrower’s
ownership, use, marketing, sale or distribution of any Inventory,
Equipment, Intellectual Property or other property or asset is
violative of any ownership of or right to use any Intellectual
Property of such Person.
“
Interest Period ” shall mean the period
provided for any Eurodollar Rate Loan pursuant to
Section 2.2(b).
“
Interest Rate Hedge ” shall mean an interest
rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, adjustable strike cap, adjustable
strike corridor or similar agreements entered into by any Borrower
or its Subsidiaries in order to provide protection to, or minimize
the impact upon, such Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries of
increasing floating rates of interest applicable to
Indebtedness.
“
Inventory ” shall mean and include as to each
Borrower all of such Borrower’s now owned or hereafter
acquired goods, merchandise and other personal property, wherever
located, to be furnished under any consignment arrangement,
contract of service or held for sale or lease, all raw materials,
work in process, finished goods and materials and supplies of any
kind, nature
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or description
which are or might be used or consumed in such Borrower’s
business or used in selling or furnishing such goods, merchandise
and other personal property, and all documents of title or other
documents representing them.
“
Inventory Advance Rate ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1(a)(y)(ii) hereof.
“
Investment Property ” shall mean and include as
to each Borrower, all of such Borrower’s now owned or
hereafter acquired securities (whether certificated or
uncertificated), securities entitlements, securities accounts,
commodities contracts and commodities accounts.
“
Issuer ” shall mean NCB or any Person who
issues a Letter of Credit and/or accepts a draft pursuant to the
terms hereof.
“
Leasehold Interests ” shall mean all of each
Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the premises
located at 425 N. Martingale Road, Suite 2050, Schaumburg,
Illinois 60173.
“
Lender ” and “ Lenders
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
preamble to this Agreement and shall include each Person which
becomes a transferee, successor or assign of any Lender.
“
Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge ” shall
mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by any Lender and
with respect to which the Agent confirms meets the following
requirements: such Interest Rate Hedge (i) is documented in a
standard International Swap Dealer Association Agreement,
(ii) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable
amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and
customary manner, and (iii) is entered into for hedging
(rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities of any Borrower
to the provider of any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the
“ Hedge Liabilities ”) shall be “
Obligations ” hereunder and otherwise treated
as Obligations for purposes of each of the Other Documents. The
Liens securing the Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the
Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the
Other Documents.
“
Letter of Credit Fees ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3.2.
“
Letter of Credit Borrowing ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12(d).
“
Letter of Credit Sublimit ” shall mean
$2,000,000.
“
Letters of Credit ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.9.
“
License Agreement ” shall mean any agreement
between any Borrower and a Licensor pursuant to which such Borrower
is authorized to use any Intellectual Property in connection with
the manufacturing, marketing, sale or other distribution of any
Inventory of such Borrower or otherwise in connection with such
Borrower’s business operations.
“
Licensor ” shall mean any Person from whom any
Borrower obtains the right to use (whether on an exclusive or
non-exclusive basis) any Intellectual Property in connection
with
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such
Borrower’s manufacture, marketing, sale or other distribution
of any Inventory or otherwise in connection with such
Borrower’s business operations.
“
Licensor/Agent Agreement ” shall mean an
agreement between Agent and a Licensor, in form and content
satisfactory to Agent, by which Agent is given the unqualified
right, vis-a-vis such Licensor, to enforce Agent’s Liens with
respect to and to dispose of any Borrower’s Inventory with
the benefit of any Intellectual Property applicable thereto,
irrespective of such Borrower’s default under any License
Agreement with such Licensor.
“
Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (whether
statutory or otherwise), Charge, claim or encumbrance, or
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement held or asserted in respect of any asset of any kind or
nature whatsoever including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or
agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction.
“ Lien
Waiver Agreement ” shall mean an agreement which is
executed in favor of Agent by a Person who owns or occupies
premises at which any Collateral may be located from time to time
and by which such Person shall waive any Lien that such Person may
ever have with respect to any of the Collateral and shall authorize
Agent from time to time to enter upon the premises to inspect or
remove the Collateral from such premises or to use such premises to
store or dispose of such Inventory.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material
adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, assets, business, properties or prospects of
the Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis, (b) the
Borrowers’ ability on a Consolidated Basis to duly and
punctually pay or perform the Obligations in accordance with the
terms thereof, (c) the value of the Collateral, or
Agent’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of any such
Lien or (d) the practical realization of the benefits of
Agent’s and each Lender’s rights and remedies under
this Agreement and the Other Documents.
“
Maximum Face Amount ” shall mean, with respect
to any outstanding Letter of Credit, the face amount of such Letter
of Credit including all automatic increases provided for in such
Letter of Credit, whether or not any such automatic increase has
become effective.
“
Maximum Revolving Advance Amount ” shall mean
$20,000,000.
“
Maximum Undrawn Amount ” shall mean with
respect to any outstanding Letter of Credit, the amount of such
Letter of Credit that is or may become available to be drawn,
including all automatic increases provided for in such Letter of
Credit, whether or not any such automatic increase has become
effective.
“
Modified Commitment Transfer Supplement ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(d).
“
Mortgage ” shall mean, collectively, the
mortgages on the Real Property granted by certain of the Borrowers
to NCB to secure the Obligations, and further together with
all
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extensions,
renewals, amendments, supplements, modifications, substitutions and
replacements thereto and thereof.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean a
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Sections 3(37)
and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“
Multiple Employer Plan ” shall mean a Plan
which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Borrower
or any member of the Controlled Group) at least two of whom are not
under common control, as such a plan is described in
Section 4064 of ERISA.
“
NCB ” shall mean National City Bank, a national
banking association, and shall extend to its successors and
assigns.
“
Note ” shall mean the Revolving Credit
Note.
“
Obligations ” shall mean and include any and
all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties owing by any Borrower to Lenders or Agent or to any other
direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of Agent or any Lender
(including NCB, National City Commercial Capital Company, LLC, and
each other member of the PNC group of companies [for whom Agent is
also acting as agent) of any kind or nature, present or future
(including any interest or other amounts accruing thereon after
maturity, or 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 or other amounts is allowed in such
proceeding), whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or
other instrument, whether arising under any agreement, instrument
or document, (including this Agreement and the Other Documents)
whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason
of an extension of credit, opening of a letter of credit, loan,
equipment lease or guarantee, under any interest or currency swap,
future, option or other similar agreement, or in any other manner,
whether arising out of overdrafts or deposit or other accounts or
electronic funds transfers (whether through automated clearing
houses or otherwise) or out of the Agent’s or any Lenders
non-receipt of or inability to collect funds or otherwise not being
made whole in connection with depository transfer check or other
similar arrangements, whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assignment or participation), absolute or contingent,
joint or several, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter
arising, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated,
regardless of how such indebtedness or liabilities arise or by what
agreement or instrument they may be evidenced or whether evidenced
by any agreement or instrument, including, but not limited to, any
and all of any Borrower’s Indebtedness and/or liabilities
under this Agreement, the Other Documents or under any other
agreement between Agent or Lenders and any Borrower and any
amendments, extensions, renewals or increases and all costs and
expenses of Agent and any Lender incurred in the documentation,
negotiation, modification, enforcement, collection or otherwise in
connection with any of the foregoing, including but not limited to
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and all obligations
of any Borrower to Agent or Lenders to perform acts or refrain from
taking any action. Without limitation, Obligations include
Borrowers’ obligations with respect to the following three
letters of credit, which are Letters of Credit under this
Agreement: (1) letter credit No. SCL012618, as amended;
(2) letter of credit No. SCL008349, as amended; and
(3) letter of credit No. SCL015651.
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“
Ordinary Course of Business ” shall mean with
respect to any Borrower, the ordinary course of such
Borrower’s business as conducted on the Closing
Date.
“
Other Documents ” shall mean the Mortgage, the
Note, the Questionnaire, any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge
and any and all other agreements, instruments and documents,
including guaranties, pledges, powers of attorney, consents,
interest or currency swap agreements or other similar agreements
and all other writings heretofore, now or hereafter executed by any
Borrower and/or delivered to Agent or any Lender in respect of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“
Out-of-Formula Loans ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 16.2(b).
“
Overadvance Threshold Amount ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 16.2(b) hereof.
“
Parent ” of any Person shall mean a corporation
or other entity owning, directly or indirectly at least 50% of the
shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the directors of the Person, or other
Persons performing similar functions for any such
Person.
“
Participant ” shall mean each Person who shall
be granted the right by any Lender to participate in any of the
Advances and who shall have entered into a participation agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to such Lender.
“
Participation Advance ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.12(d).
“
Participation Commitment ” shall mean each
Lender’s obligation to buy a participation of the Letters of
Credit issued hereunder.
“
Payee ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.10.
“
Payment Office ” shall mean 1965 East 6
th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114; thereafter, such
other office of Agent, if any, which it may designate by notice to
Borrowing Agent and to each Lender to be the Payment
Office.
“
PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA
or any successor.
“
Pension Benefit Plan ” shall mean at any time
any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer
Plan, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of
ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under
Section 412 of the Code and either (i) is maintained by
any member of the Controlled Group for employees of any member of
the Controlled Group; or (ii) has at any time within the preceding
five years been maintained by any entity which was at such time a
member of the Controlled Group for employees of any entity which
was at such time a member of the Controlled Group.
“Permitted Discretion” means a
determination made in the exercise of Agent’s business
judgment from the perspective of a prudent, secured, asset-based
lender.
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“
Permitted Encumbrances ” shall mean:
(a) Liens
in favor of Agent for the benefit of Agent and Lenders;
(b) Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not delinquent
or being Properly Contested;
(c) Liens
disclosed in the financial statements referred to in
Section 5.5, the existence of which Agent has consented to in
writing;
(d) deposits
or pledges to secure obligations under worker’s compensation,
social security or similar laws, or under unemployment
insurance;
(e) deposits
or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts
for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety
and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) Liens
arising by virtue of the rendition, entry or issuance against any
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any property of any Borrower or any
Subsidiary, of any judgment, writ, order, or decree for so long as
each such Lien (x) is in existence for less than 20
consecutive days after it first arises or is being Properly
Contested and (y) is at all times junior in priority to any
Liens in favor of Agent;
(g) mechanics’,
workers’, materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in
the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to obligations which
are not due or which are being Properly Contested;
(h) Liens
placed upon fixed assets hereafter acquired to secure a portion of
the purchase price thereof, provided that (x) any such lien
shall not encumber any other property of any Borrower and
(y) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens
incurred as a result of such purchases during any fiscal year shall
not exceed the amount provided for in Section 7.6;
(i) other
Liens incidental to the conduct of any Borrower’s business or
the ownership of its property and assets which were not incurred in
connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances
or credit, and which do not in the aggregate materially detract
from Agent’s or Lenders’ rights in and to the
Collateral or the value of any Borrower’s property or assets
or which do not materially impair the use thereof in the operation
of any Borrower’s business; and
(j) Liens
disclosed on Schedule 1.2; provided that such Liens
shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the
Closing Date and shall not subsequently apply to any other property
or assets of any Borrower.
“
Person ” shall mean any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
institution, public benefit corporation, joint
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venture, entity
or Governmental Body (whether federal, state, county, city,
municipal or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division,
agency, body or department thereof).
“
Plan ” shall mean any employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a
Pension Benefit Plan), maintained for employees of any Borrower or
any member of the Controlled Group or any such Plan to which any
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group is required to
contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“ Pro
Forma Financial Statements ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.5(b) hereof.
“
Properly Contested ” shall mean, in the case of
any Indebtedness or Lien, as applicable, of any Person (including
any taxes) that is not paid as and when due or payable by reason of
such Person’s bona fide dispute concerning its liability to
pay same or concerning the amount thereof, (i) such
Indebtedness or Lien, as applicable, is being properly contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently conducted; (ii) such Person has established
appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with GAAP;
(iii) the non-payment of such Indebtedness will not have a
Material Adverse Effect and will not result in the forfeiture of
any assets of such Person; (iv) no Lien is imposed upon any of
such Person’s assets with respect to such Indebtedness unless
such Lien is at all times junior and subordinate in priority to the
Liens in favor of the Agent (except only with respect to property
taxes that have priority as a matter of applicable state law) and
enforcement of such Lien is stayed during the period prior to the
final resolution or disposition of such dispute; (v) if such
Indebtedness or Lien, as applicable, results from, or is determined
by the entry, rendition or issuance against a Person or any of its
assets of a judgment, writ, order or decree, enforcement of such
judgment, writ, order or decree is stayed pending a timely appeal
or other judicial review; and (vi) if such contest is
abandoned, settled or determined adversely (in whole or in part) to
such Person, such Person forthwith pays such Indebtedness and all
penalties, interest and other amounts due in connection
therewith.
“
Projections ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 5.5(b) hereof.
“
Purchasing CLO ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.3(d) hereof.
“
Purchasing Lender ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.3(c) hereof.
“
Questionnaire ” shall mean the Documentation
Information Questionnaire and the responses thereto provided by
Borrowers and delivered to Agent.
“
RCRA ” shall mean the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., as same may be
amended from time to time.
“ Real
Property ” shall mean all of each Borrower’s
right, title and interest in and to the owned and leased premises
identified on Schedule 4.19 hereto or which is hereafter owned
or leased by any Borrower.
“
Receivables ” shall mean and include, as to
each Borrower, all of such Borrower’s accounts, contract
rights, instruments (including those evidencing indebtedness owed
to such
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Borrower by its
Affiliates), documents, chattel paper (including electronic chattel
paper), general intangibles relating to accounts, drafts and
acceptances, credit card receivables and all other forms of
obligations owing to such Borrower arising out of or in connection
with the sale or lease of Inventory or the rendition of services,
all supporting obligations, guarantees and other security therefor,
whether secured or unsecured, now existing or hereafter created,
and whether or not specifically sold or assigned to Agent
hereunder.
“
Receivables Advance Rate ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(y)(i) hereof.
“
Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 16.3(e).
“
Reimbursement Obligation ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12(b)hereof.
“
Release ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.7(c)(i) hereof.
“
Reportable Event ” shall mean a reportable
event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“
Required Lenders ” shall mean Lenders holding
at least 51% of the Advances and, if no Advances are outstanding,
shall mean Lenders holding 51% of the Commitment Percentages;
provided, however, if there are fewer than three (3) Lenders,
Required Lenders shall mean all Lenders.
“
Reserve Percentage ” shall mean as of any day
the maximum percentage in effect on such day as prescribed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor)
for determining the reserve requirements (including supplemental,
marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “
Eurocurrency Liabilities ”).
“
Revolving Advances ” shall mean Advances made
other than Letters of Credit.
“
Revolving Credit Note ” shall mean the amended
and restated promissory note referred to in Section 2.1(a)
hereof.
“
Revolving Interest Rate ” shall mean an
interest rate per annum equal to (a) the sum of the Alternate
Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin with respect to Domestic Rate
Loans and (b) the sum of the Eurodollar Rate plus the
Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans.
“
SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor thereto.
“
Section 20 Subsidiary ” shall mean the
Subsidiary of the bank holding company controlling PNC, which
Subsidiary has been granted authority by the Federal Reserve Board
to underwrite and deal in certain Ineligible Securities.
“
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
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“
Senior Debt Payments ” shall mean and include
all cash actually expended by any Borrower to make
(a) interest payments on any Advances hereunder, plus
(b) payments for all fees, commissions and charges set forth
herein and with respect to any Advances, plus (c) capitalized
lease payments, plus (d) payments with respect to any other
Indebtedness for borrowed money, including all payments with
respect to the two following promissory notes: (1) $3,750,000
Secured Promissory Note, dated May 31, 2006, payable to D.
Wood Holdings, LLC and (2) $3,750,000 Secured Promissory Note,
dated May 31, 2006, payable to H. Waldman Holdings,
LLC.
“
Settlement Date ” shall mean the Closing Date
and thereafter Wednesday or Thursday of each week or more
frequently if Agent deems appropriate unless such day is not a
Business Day in which case it shall be the next succeeding Business
Day.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person shall mean a
corporation or other entity of whose Equity Interests having
ordinary voting power (other than Equity Interests having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a
majority of the directors of such corporation, or other Persons
performing similar functions for such entity, are owned, directly
or indirectly, by such Person.
“
Subsidiary Stock ” shall mean all of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of any Subsidiary owned by any
Borrower (not to exceed 65% of the Equity Interests of any Foreign
Subsidiary).
“
Term ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1 hereof.
“
Termination Event ” shall mean (i) a
Reportable Event with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
(ii) the withdrawal of any Borrower or any member of the
Controlled Group from a Plan or Multiemployer Plan during a plan
year in which such entity was a “substantial employer”
as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (iii) the
providing of notice of intent to terminate a Plan in a distress
termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the
institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (v) any event or condition (a) which
might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (b) that may result in
termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A
of ERISA; or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal within
the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, of any
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group from a Multiemployer
Plan.
“
Toxic Substance ” shall mean and include any
material present on the Real Property or the Leasehold Interests
which has been shown to have significant adverse effect on human
health or which is subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., applicable
state law, or any other applicable Federal or state laws now in
force or hereafter enacted relating to toxic substances.
“Toxic Substance” includes but is not limited to
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead-based
paints.
“
Trading with the Enemy Act ” shall mean the
foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any
enabling legislation or executive order relating
thereto.
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“
Transferee ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 16.3(d) hereof.
“
Undrawn Availability ” at a particular date
shall mean an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the
Formula Amount or (ii) the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount,
minus (b) the sum of (i) the outstanding amount of
Advances plus (ii) all amounts due and owing to any
Borrower’s trade creditors which are outstanding 60 days
beyond normal trade terms, plus (iii) fees and expenses for
which Borrowers are liable but which have not been paid or charged
to Borrowers’ Account.
“
Unfinanced Capital Expenditures ” shall mean
all Capital Expenditures of Borrower other than those made
utilizing financing provided by Lenders, the applicable seller or
third party lenders, provided, that Capital Expenditures made by a
Borrower utilizing Revolving Advances shall be deemed Unfinanced
Capital Expenditures.
“
Uniform Commercial Code ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 1.3 hereof.
“ USA
PATRIOT Act ” shall mean the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as
the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended,
amended or replaced.
“
Week ” shall mean the time period commencing
with the opening of business on a Wednesday and ending on the end
of business the following Tuesday.
1.3. Uniform
Commercial Code Terms . All terms used herein and defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York
from time to time (the “ Uniform Commercial
Code ”) shall have the meaning given therein unless
otherwise defined herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the terms
“accounts”, “chattel paper”,
“commercial tort claims”, “instruments”,
“general intangibles”, “goods”,
“payment intangibles”, “proceeds”,
“supporting obligations”, “securities”,
“investment property”, “documents”,
“deposit accounts”, “software”,
“letter of credit rights”, “inventory”,
“equipment” and “fixtures”, as and when
used in the description of Collateral shall have the meanings given
to such terms in Articles 8 or 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. To
the extent the definition of any category or type of collateral is
expanded by any amendment, modification or revision to the Uniform
Commercial Code, such expanded definition will apply automatically
as of the date of such amendment, modification or
revision.
1.4. Certain
Matters of Construction . The terms “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular section, paragraph or subdivision. All references herein
to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement. Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all
genders. Wherever appropriate in the context, terms used herein in
the singular also include the plural and vice versa. All references
to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of
same and any successor statutes and regulations. Unless otherwise
provided, all references to any instruments or agreements to which
Agent is a party, including references to any of the Other
Documents, shall include any and all modifications or amendments
thereto and any and all extensions or renewals thereof. All
references herein to the time of day shall mean the time in New
York, New
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York. Unless
otherwise provided, all financial calculations shall be performed
with Inventory valued on a first-in, first-out basis. Whenever the
words “including” or “include” shall be
used, such words shall be understood to mean “including,
without limitation” or “include, without
limitation”. A Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to
exist at all times during the period commencing on the date that
such Default or Event of Default occurs to the date on which such
Default or Event of Default is waived in writing pursuant to this
Agreement or, in the case of a Default, is cured within any period
of cure expressly provided for in this Agreement; and an Event of
Default shall “continue” or be “continuing”
until such Event of Default has been waived in writing by the
Required Lenders. Any Lien referred to in this Agreement or any of
the Other Documents as having been created in favor of Agent, any
agreement entered into by Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any
of the Other Documents, any payment made by or to or funds received
by Agent pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the Other Documents, or any act taken or omitted to be taken by
Agent, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be created,
entered into, made or received, or taken or omitted, for the
benefit or account of Agent and Lenders. Wherever the phrase
“to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge” or words of
similar import relating to the knowledge or the awareness of any
Borrower are used in this Agreement or Other Documents, such phrase
shall mean and refer to (i) the actual knowledge of a senior
officer of any Borrower or (ii) the knowledge that a senior officer
would have obtained if he had engaged in good faith and diligent
performance of his duties, including the making of such reasonably
specific inquiries as may be necessary of the employees or agents
of such Borrower and a good faith attempt to ascertain the
existence or accuracy of the matter to which such phrase relates.
All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that
if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such
covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to,
or otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not
avoid the occurrence of a default if such action is taken or
condition exists. In addition, all representations and warranties
hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular
representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is breached,
the fact that another representation or warranty concerning the
same or similar subject matter is correct or is not breached will
not affect the incorrectness of a breach of a representation or
warranty hereunder.
2.1. Revolving
Advances .
(a)
Amount of Revolving Advances . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement including
Section 2.1(b), each Lender, severally and not jointly, will
make Revolving Advances to Borrowers in aggregate amounts
outstanding at any time equal to such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage of the lesser of (x) the Maximum Revolving Advance
Amount less the aggregate Maximum Undrawn Amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit or (y) an amount equal to the sum
of:
(i) up
to 85%, subject to the provisions of Section 2.1(b) hereof
(“ Receivables Advance Rate ”), of
Eligible Receivables (other than those owed to Sparton of Canada,
Limited), plus
(ii) up
to the lesser of (A) 60%, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.1(b) hereof, of the value of the Eligible Inventory
(other than Inventory owned by Sparton of
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Canada,
Limited) (“ Inventory Advance Rate ” and
together with the Receivables Advance Rate, collectively, the
“ Advance Rates ”), (B) 85% of the
appraised net orderly liquidation value of Eligible Inventory (as
evidenced by an Inventory appraisal satisfactory to Agent in its
sole discretion exercised in good faith) or (C) $12,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time, minus
(iii) the
Borrowing Base Availability Block, minus
(iv) the
aggregate Maximum Undrawn Amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit, minus
(v) such
reserves as Agent may reasonably deem proper and necessary from
time to time. For clarity, if a Reserve arises in connection with a
monetary obligation owed by Borrowers, then that Reserve will be
reduced as the monetary obligation is paid by Borrowers.
The amount derived
from (A) the sum of Sections 2.1(a)(y)(i) and (ii), minus
(B) the sum of Sections 2.1 (a)(y)(iii), (iv) and
(v) at any time and from time to time shall be referred to as
the “ Formula Amount ”. The Revolving
Advances shall be evidenced by one or more secured amended and
restated promissory notes (collectively, the “
Revolving Credit Note ”) substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1(a).
(b)
Discretionary Rights . The Advance Rates may be increased or
decreased by Agent at any time and from time to time in the
exercise of its Permitted Discretion. Each Borrower consents to any
such increases or decreases and acknowledges that decreasing the
Advance Rates or increasing or imposing reserves may limit or
restrict Advances requested by Borrowing Agent. The rights of Agent
under this subsection are subject to the provisions of
Section 16.2(b).
2.2. Procedure
for Revolving Advances Borrowing .
(a) Borrowing
Agent on behalf of any Borrower may notify Agent prior to
11:00 a.m. on a Business Day of a Borrower’s request to
incur, on that day, a Revolving Advance hereunder. Should any
amount required to be paid as interest hereunder, or as fees or
other charges under this Agreement or any other agreement with
Agent or Lenders, or with respect to any other Obligation, become
due, same shall be deemed a request for a Revolving Advance
maintained as a Domestic Rate Loan as of the date such payment is
due, in the amount required to pay in full such interest, fee,
charge or Obligation under this Agreement or any other agreement
with Agent or Lenders, and such request shall be
irrevocable.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection (a) above, in the event any
Borrower desires to obtain a Eurodollar Rate Loan, Borrowing Agent
shall give Agent written notice by no later than 10:00 a.m. on
the day which is three (3) Business Days prior to the date
such Eurodollar Rate Loan is to be borrowed, specifying
(i) the date of the proposed borrowing (which shall be a
Business Day), (ii) the type of borrowing and the amount on
the date of such Advance to be borrowed, which amount shall be in
an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $1,000,000 and
integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof, and
(iii) the duration of the first Interest Period therefor.
Interest Periods for Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be for one, two or
three months; provided , if an Interest Period would end on
a day that is not a Business Day, it
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shall end on
the next succeeding Business Day unless such day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month in which case the Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day. No Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall be made available to any Borrower during the continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default. After giving effect to each
requested Eurodollar Rate Loan, including those which are converted
from a Domestic Rate Loan under Section 2.2(d), there shall
not be outstanding more than three Eurodollar Rate Loans, in the
aggregate.
(c) Each
Interest Period of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall commence on the
date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made and shall end on such date
as Borrowing Agent may elect as set forth in subsection (b)(iii)
above provided that the exact length of each Interest Period shall
be determined in accordance with the practice of the interbank
market for offshore Dollar deposits and no Interest Period shall
end after the last day of the Term.
Borrowing Agent
shall elect the initial Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar
Rate Loan by its notice of borrowing given to Agent pursuant to
Section 2.2(b) or by its notice of conversion given to Agent
pursuant to Section 2.2(d), as the case may be. Borrowing
Agent shall elect the duration of each succeeding Interest Period
by giving irrevocable written notice to Agent of such duration not
later than 10:00 a.m. on the day which is three
(3) Business Days prior to the last day of the then current
Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan. If Agent
does not receive timely notice of the Interest Period elected by
Borrowing Agent, Borrowing Agent shall be deemed to have elected to
convert to a Domestic Rate Loan subject to Section 2.2(d)
hereinbelow.
(d) Provided
that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Borrowing Agent may, on the last Business Day of the then current
Interest Period applicable to any outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan,
or on any Business Day with respect to Domestic Rate Loans, convert
any such loan into a loan of another type in the same aggregate
principal amount provided that any conversion of a Eurodollar Rate
Loan shall be made only on the last Business Day of the then
current Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan. If
Borrowing Agent desires to convert a loan, Borrowing Agent shall
give Agent written notice by no later than 10:00 a.m.
(i) on the day which is three (3) Business Days’
prior to the date on which such conversion is to occur with respect
to a conversion from a Domestic Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan, or (ii) on the day which is one (1) Business Day
prior to the date on which such conversion is to occur with respect
to a conversion from a Eurodollar Rate Loan to a Domestic Rate
Loan, specifying, in each case, the date of such conversion, the
loans to be converted and if the conversion is from a Domestic Rate
Loan to any other type of loan, the duration of the first Interest
Period therefor.
(e) At
its option and upon written notice given prior to 10:00 a.m.
(New York time) at least three (3) Business Days’ prior
to the date of such prepayment, any Borrower may prepay the
Eurodollar Rate Loans in whole at any time or in part from time to
time with accrued interest on the principal being prepaid to the
date of such repayment. Such Borrower shall specify the date of
prepayment of Advances which are Eurodollar Rate Loans and the
amount of such prepayment. In the event that any prepayment of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan is required or permitted on a date other than
the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto, such Borrower shall indemnify Agent and Lenders
therefor in accordance with Section 2.2(f) hereof.
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(f) Each
Borrower shall indemnify Agent and Lenders and hold Agent and
Lenders harmless from and against any and all losses or expenses
that Agent and Lenders may sustain or incur as a consequence of any
prepayment, conversion of or any default by any Borrower in the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Eurodollar Rate Loan
or failure by any Borrower to complete a borrowing of, a prepayment
of or conversion of or to a Eurodollar Rate Loan after notice
thereof has been given, including, but not limited to, any interest
payable by Agent or Lenders to lenders of funds obtained by it in
order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder. A
certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to the
foregoing sentence submitted by Agent or any Lender to Borrowing
Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(g) Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, if any Applicable Law, or any change
therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make
it unlawful for any Lender (for purposes of this subsection (g),
the term “ Lender ” shall include any
Lender and the office or branch where any Lender or any corporation
or bank controlling such Lender makes or maintains any Eurodollar
Rate Loans) to make or maintain its Eurodollar Rate Loans, the
obligation of Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder shall
forthwith be cancelled and Borrowers shall, if any affected
Eurodollar Rate Loans are then outstanding, promptly upon request
from Agent, either pay all such affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or
convert such affected Eurodollar Rate Loans into loans of another
type. If any such payment or conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan
is made on a day that is not the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, Borrowers shall pay Agent,
upon Agent’s request, such amount or amounts as may be
necessary to compensate Lenders for any loss or expense sustained
or incurred by Lenders in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan as a
result of such payment or conversion, including (but not limited
to) any interest or other amounts payable by Lenders to lenders of
funds obtained by Lenders in order to make or maintain such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. A certificate as to any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence submitted by Lenders to
Borrowing Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
2.3.
Disbursement of Advance Proceeds . All Advances shall be
disbursed from whichever office or other place Agent may designate
from time to time and, together with any and all other Obligations
of Borrowers to Agent or Lenders, shall be charged to
Borrowers’ Account on Agent’s books. During the Term,
Borrowers may use the Revolving Advances by borrowing, prepaying
and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. The proceeds of each Revolving Advance requested by
Borrowing Agent on behalf of any Borrower or deemed to have been
requested by any Borrower under Section 2.2(a) hereof shall,
with respect to requested Revolving Advances to the extent Lenders
make such Revolving Advances, be made available to the applicable
Borrower on the day so requested by way of credit to such
Borrower’s operating account at NCB, or such other bank as
Borrowing Agent may designate following notification to Agent, in
immediately available federal funds or other immediately available
funds or, with respect to Revolving Advances deemed to have been
requested by any Borrower, be disbursed to Agent to be applied to
the outstanding Obligations giving rise to such deemed
request.
2.4.
Intentionally Omitted .
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2.5. Maximum
Advances . The aggregate balance of Revolving Advances
outstanding at any time shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the
Maximum Revolving Advance Amount less the aggregate Maximum Undrawn
Amount of all issued and outstanding Letters of Credit or
(b) the Formula Amount.
2.6. Repayment
of Advances .
(a) The
Revolving Advances shall be due and payable in full on the last day
of the Term subject to earlier prepayment as herein
provided.
(b) Each
Borrower recognizes that the amounts evidenced by checks, notes,
drafts or any other items of payment relating to and/or proceeds of
Collateral may not be collectible by Agent on the date received. In
consideration of Agent’s agreement to conditionally credit
Borrowers’ Account as of the Business Day on which Agent
receives those items of payment, each Borrower agrees that, in
computing the charges under this Agreement, all items of payment
shall be deemed applied by Agent on account of the Obligations one
(1) Business Day after (i) the Business Day Agent
receives such payments via wire transfer or electronic depository
check or (ii) in the case of payments received by Agent in any
other form, the Business Day such payment constitutes good funds in
Agent’s account. Agent is not, however, required to credit
Borrowers’ Account for the amount of any item of payment
which is unsatisfactory to Agent and Agent may charge
Borrowers’ Account for the amount of any item of payment
which is returned to Agent unpaid.
(c) All
payments of principal, interest and other amounts payable
hereunder, or under any of the Other Documents shall be made to
Agent at the Payment Office not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York
time) on the due date therefor in lawful money of the United States
of America in federal funds or other funds immediately available to
Agent. Agent shall have the right to effectuate payment on any and
all Obligations due and owing hereunder by charging
Borrowers’ Account or by making Advances as provided in
Section 2.2 hereof.
(d) Borrowers
shall pay principal, interest, and all other amounts payable
hereunder, or under any related agreement, without any deduction
whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any deduction for any
setoff or counterclaim.
2.7. Repayment
of Excess Advances . The aggregate balance of Advances
outstanding at any time in excess of the maximum amount of Advances
permitted hereunder shall be immediately due and payable without
the necessity of any demand, at the Payment Office, whether or not
a Default or Event of Default has occurred.
2.8. Statement
of Account . Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its
customary procedures, a loan account (“
Borrowers’ Account ”) in the name of
Borrowers in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each
Advance made by Agent and the date and amount of each payment in
respect thereof; provided, however, the failure by Agent to record
the date and amount of any Advance shall not adversely affect Agent
or any Lender. Each month, Agent shall send to Borrowing Agent a
statement showing the accounting for the Advances made, payments
made or credited in respect thereof, and other transactions between
Agent and Borrowers during such month. The monthly statements shall
be deemed correct and binding
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upon Borrowers
in the absence of manifest error and shall constitute an account
stated between Lenders and Borrowers unless Agent receives a
written statement of Borrowers’ specific exceptions thereto
within thirty (30) days after such statement is received by
Borrowing Agent. The records of Agent with respect to the loan
account shall be conclusive evidence absent manifest error of the
amounts of Advances and other charges thereto and of payments
applicable thereto.
2.9. Letters of
Credit . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Agent
shall cause NCB to issue standby letters of credit (“
Letters of Credit ”) for the account of any
Borrower; provided, however, that Agent will not be required to
cause to be issued any Letters of Credit to the extent that the
issuance thereof would then cause the sum of (i) the
outstanding Revolving Advances plus (ii) the Maximum Undrawn
Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit to exceed the lesser of
(x) the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount or (y) the Formula
Amount. The Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding Letters of Credit
shall not exceed in the aggregate at any time the Letter of Credit
Sublimit. All disbursements or payments related to Letters of
Credit shall be deemed to be Domestic Rate Loans consisting of
Revolving Advances and shall bear interest at the Revolving
Interest Rate for Domestic Rate Loans; Letters of Credit that have
not been drawn upon shall not bear interest.
2.10. Issuance
of Letters of Credit .
(a) Borrowing
Agent, on behalf of Borrowers, may request Agent to cause the
issuance of a Letter of Credit by delivering to Agent at the
Payment Office, prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York time), at least
five (5) Business Days’ prior to the proposed date of
issuance, Agent’s form of Letter of Credit Application (the
“ Letter of Credit Application ”)
completed to the satisfaction of Agent; and, such other
certificates, documents and other papers and information as Agent
may reasonably request. Borrowing Agent, on behalf of Borrowers,
also has the right to give instructions and make agreements with
respect to any application, any applicable letter of credit and
security agreement, any applicable letter of credit reimbursement
agreement and/or any other applicable agreement, any letter of
credit and the disposition of documents, disposition of any
unutilized funds, and to agree with Agent upon any amendment,
extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit.
(b) Each
Letter of Credit shall, among other things, (i) provide for
the payment of sight drafts, other written demands for payment, or
acceptances of usance drafts when presented for honor thereunder in
accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the
documents described therein and (ii) have an expiry date not
later than twenty-four (24) months after such Letter of
Credit’s date of issuance and in no event later than the last
day of the Term. Each standby Letter of Credit shall be subject
either to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce
at the time a Letter of Credit is issued (the “
UCP ”) or the International Standby Practices
(ISP98-International Chamber of Commerce Publication Number 590)
(the “ ISP98 Rules ”)), and any
subsequent revision thereof at the time a standby Letter of Credit
is issued, as determined by Agent, and each trade Letter of Credit
shall be subject to the UCP.
(c) Agent
shall use its reasonable efforts to notify Lenders of the request
by Borrowing Agent for a Letter of Credit hereunder.
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2.11.
Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit .
(a) Borrowing
Agent shall authorize and direct any Issuer to name the applicable
Borrower as the “ Applicant ” or “
Account Party ” of each Letter of Credit. If
Agent is not the Issuer of any Letter of Credit, Borrowing Agent
shall authorize and direct the Issuer to deliver to Agent all
instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by
the Issuer pursuant to the Letter of Credit and to accept and rely
upon Agent’s instructions and agreements with respect to all
matters arising in connection with the Letter of Credit and the
application therefor.
(b) In
connection with all Letters of Credit issued or caused to be issued
by Agent under this Agreement, each Borrower hereby appoints Agent
and Issuer, or their designee, as its attorney, with full power and
authority if an Event of Default shall have occurred, (i) to
sign and/or endorse such Borrower’s name upon any warehouse
or other receipts, letter of credit applications and acceptances,
(ii) to sign such Borrower’s name on bills of lading;
(iii) to clear Inventory through the United States of America
Customs Department (“ Customs ”) in the
name of such Borrower or Agent or Agent’s designee, and to
sign and deliver to Customs officials powers of attorney in the
name of such Borrower for such purpose; and (iv) to complete
in such Borrower’s name or Agent’s or Issuer’s,
or in the name of Agent’s or Issuer’s designee, any
order, sale or transaction, obtain the necessary documents in
connection therewith, and collect the proceeds thereof. Neither
Issuer, Agent nor their respective attorneys will be liable for any
acts or omissions nor for any error of judgment or mistakes of fact
or law, except for Agent’s or its attorney’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence. This power, being coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable as long as any Letters of Credit remain
outstanding.
2.12.
Disbursements, Reimbursement .
(a) Immediately
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be
deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
purchase from Agent a participation in such Letter of Credit and
each drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the Maximum Face Amount of such Letter of
Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively.
(b) In
the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by
the beneficiary or transferee thereof, Agent will promptly notify
Borrowing Agent. Provided that Borrowing Agent shall have received
such notice, the Borrowers shall reimburse (such obligation to
reimburse Agent shall sometimes be referred to as a “
Reimbursement Obligation ”) Agent prior to
12:00 Noon, New York time on each date that an amount is paid by
Agent under any Letter of Credit (each such date, a “
Drawing Date ”) in an amount equal to the
amount so paid by Agent. In the event Borrowers fail to reimburse
Agent for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit
by 12:00 Noon, New York time, on the Drawing Date, Agent will
promptly notify each Lender thereof, and Borrowers shall be deemed
to have requested that a Revolving Advance maintained as a Domestic
Rate Loan be made by the Lenders to be disbursed on the Drawing
Date under such Letter of Credit, subject to the amount of the
unutilized portion of the lesser of Maximum Revolving Advance
Amount or the Formula Amount and subject to Section 8.2
hereof. Any notice given by Agent pursuant to this
Section
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2.12(b) may be
oral if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of
such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness
or binding effect of such notice.
(c) Each
Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.12(b) make
available to Agent an amount in immediately available funds equal
to its Commitment Percentage of the amount of the drawing,
whereupon the participating Lenders shall (subject to
Section 2.12(d)) each be deemed to have made a Revolving
Advance maintained as a Domestic Rate Loan to Borrowers in that
amount. If any Lender so notified fails to make available to Agent
the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such
amount by no later than 2:00 p.m., New York time on the Drawing
Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lender’s obligation
to make such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date on which
such Lender makes such payment (i) at a rate per annum equal
to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first three days
following the Drawing Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal
to the rate applicable to Revolving Advances maintained as a
Domestic Rate Loan on and after the fourth day following the
Drawing Date. Agent will promptly give notice of the occurrence of
the Drawing Date, but failure of Agent to give any such notice on
the Drawing Date or in sufficient time to enable any Lender to
effect such payment on such date shall not relieve such Lender from
its obligation under this Section 2.12(c), provided that such
Lender shall not be obligated to pay interest as provided in
Section 2.12(c) (i) and (ii) until and commencing
from the date of receipt of notice from Agent of a
drawing.
(d) With
respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not converted into a
Revolving Advance maintained as a Domestic Rate Loan to Borrowers
in whole or in part as contemplated by Section 2.12(b), because of
Borrowers’ failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Section 8.2 (other than any notice requirements) or for any
other reason, Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from Agent
a borrowing (each a “ Letter of Credit
Borrowing ”) in the amount of such drawing. Such
Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand
(together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate per
annum applicable to a Revolving Advance maintained as a Domestic
Rate Loan. Each Lender’s payment to Agent pursuant to
Section 2.12(c) shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of
its participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing and shall
constitute a “ Participation Advance ”
from such Lender in satisfaction of its Participation Commitment
under this Section 2.12.
(e) Each
Lender’s Participation Commitment shall continue until the
last to occur of any of the following events: (x) Agent ceases
to be obligated to issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit
hereunder; (y) no Letter of Credit issued or created hereunder
remains outstanding and uncancelled and (z) all Persons (other
than the Borrowers) have been fully reimbursed for all payments
made under or relating to Letters of Credit.
2.13. Repayment
of Participation Advances .
(a) Upon
(and only upon) receipt by Agent for its account of immediately
available funds from Borrowers (i) in reimbursement of any
payment made by the Issuer or Agent under the Letter of Credit with
respect to which any Lender has made a Participation Advance to
Agent, or (ii) in payment of interest on such a payment made
by Agent under such a Letter of Credit, Agent will pay to each
Lender, in the same funds as those received by Agent, the amount of
such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such funds, except
Agent shall retain
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the amount of
the Commitment Percentage of such funds of any Lender that did not
make a Participation Advance in respect of such payment by
Agent.
(b) If
Agent is required at any time to return to any Borrower, or to a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any
insolvency proceeding, any portion of the payments made by
Borrowers to Agent pursuant to Section 2.13(a) in
reimbursement of a payment made under the Letter of Credit or
interest or fee thereon, each Lender shall, on demand of Agent,
forthwith return to Agent the amount of its Commitment Percentage
of any amounts so returned by Agent plus interest at the Federal
Funds Effective Rate.
2.14.
Documentation . Each Borrower agrees to be bound by the
terms of the Letter of Credit Application and by Agent’s
interpretations of any Letter of Credit issued on behalf of such
Borrower and by Agent’s written regulations and customary
practices relating to letters of credit, though Agent’s
interpretations may be different from such Borrower’s own. In
the event of a conflict between the Letter of Credit Application
and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood
and agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful
misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a
final non-appealable judgment), Agent and Issuer shall not be
liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of
omission or commission, in following the Borrowing Agent’s or
any Borrower’s instructions or those contained in the Letters
of Credit or any modifications, amendments or supplements
thereto.
2.15.
Determination to Honor Drawing Request . In determining
whether to honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit
by the beneficiary thereof, Issuer and Agent shall be responsible
only to determine that the documents and certificates required to
be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and
that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter
of Credit and that any other drawing condition appearing on the
face of such Letter of Credit has been satisfied in the manner so
set forth.
2.16. Nature of
Participation and Reimbursement Obligations . Each
Lender’s obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make
the Revolving Advances or Participation Advances as a result of a
drawing under a Letter of Credit, and the obligations of Borrowers
to reimburse Agent upon a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.16
under all circumstances, including the following
circumstances:
(i) any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Lender may have against Agent, any Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the
failure of any Borrower or any other Person to comply, in
connection with a Letter of Credit Borrowing, with the conditions
set forth in this Agreement for the making of a Revolving Advance,
it being acknowledged that such conditions are not required for the
making of a Letter of Credit Borrowing and the obligation of the
Lenders to make Participation Advances under Section
2.12;
(iii) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit;
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(iv) any
claim of breach of warranty that might be made by Borrower or any
Lender against the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the
existence of any claim, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim,
cross-claim, defense or other right which any Borrower or any
Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary, any successor
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit or the
proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may
be acting), Agent or any Lender or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated
herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying
transaction between any Borrower or any Subsidiaries of such
Borrower and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was
procured);
(v) the
lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in or
forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack
of validity, sufficiency, accuracy, enforceability or genuineness
of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document
presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, or any
fraud or alleged fraud in connection with any Letter of Credit, or
the transport of any property or provisions of services relating to
a Letter of Credit, in each case even if Issuer or Agent or any of
their respective Affiliates has been notified thereof;
(vi) payment
by Agent or Issuer under any Letter of Credit against presentation
of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) the
solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any
transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit, or the
existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other
characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of
Credit;
(viii) any
failure by the Agent, Issuer or any of Agent’s Affiliates to
issue or cause to be issued any Letter of Credit in the form
requested by Borrowing Agent, unless the Agent has received written
notice from Borrowing Agent of such failure within three
(3) Business Days after the Agent shall have furnished
Borrowing Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit and such error is
material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of
such notice;
(ix) any
Material Adverse Effect on any Borrower;
(x) any
breach of this Agreement or any Other Document by any party
thereto;
(xi) the
occurrence or continuance of an insolvency proceeding with respect
to any Borrower;
(xii) the
fact that a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(xiii) the
fact that the Term shall have expired or this Agreement or the
Obligations hereunder shall have been terminated; and
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(xiv) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar
to any of the foregoing.
2.17.
Indemnity . In addition to amounts payable as provided in
Section 16.5, each Borrower hereby agrees to protect,
indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuer, Agent and any of
Agent’s Affiliates that have issued a Letter of Credit from
and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages,
taxes, penalties, interest, judgments, losses, costs, charges and
expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Issuer,
Agent or any of Agent’s Affiliates may incur or be subject to
as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter
of Credit, other than as a result of (A) the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Agent or Issuer as determined by a
final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction or (b) the wrongful dishonor by the Issuer, Agent
or any of Agent’s Affiliates of a proper demand for payment
made under any Letter of Credit, except if such dishonor resulted
from any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any
present or future de jure or de facto Governmental Body (all such
acts or omissions herein called “ Governmental
Acts ”).
2.18. Liability
for Acts and Omissions . As between Borrowers and Agent and
Lenders, each Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions
of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective
beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the respective foregoing, Issuer and Agent shall not
be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency,
accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by
any party in connection with the application for an issuance of any
such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any
or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or
forged (even if Agent shall have been notified thereof);
(ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or
proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the failure of
the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any other party to
which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully
with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of
Credit or any other claim of any Borrower against any beneficiary
of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute
between or among any Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of
Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, facsimile, telex or otherwise, whether or
not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of
technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under
any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof;
(vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter
of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of
Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond
the control of Issuer or Agent, including any governmental acts,
and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the
vesting of, any of Agent’s rights or powers hereunder.
Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve Issuer or Agent
from liability for Issuer’s or Agent’s gross negligence
or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment) in connection with
actions or omissions described in such clauses (i) through
(viii) of such sentence. In no event shall Issuer, Agent or
Agent’s Affiliates be liable to any Borrower for any
indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special
damages or expenses (including without limitation attorneys’
fees), or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of
any property relating to a Letter of Credit.
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Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, Issuer, Agent and each of its
Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other communication believed
in good faith by Issuer, Agent or such Affiliate to have been
authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a Letter
of Credit, (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents
presented appear on their face substantially to comply with the
terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit;
(iii) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a
Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court
order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or
otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same
extent as if such presentation had initially been honored, together
with any interest paid by Agent or its Affiliates; (iv) may
honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement
advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement
(even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is
being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any
failure of any such draft or other document to arrive, or to
conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may
pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully
honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank is
located; and (vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand
made on Agent or its Affiliate in any way related to any order
issued at the applicant’s request to an air carrier, a letter
of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar
document (each an “ Order ”) and honor
any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the
subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other
documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail
to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.
In furtherance and
extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set
forth above, any action taken or omitted by Issuer or Agent under
or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or any
documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or
omitted in good faith and without gross negligence (as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable
judgment), shall not put Issuer or Agent under any resulting
liability to any Borrower or any Lender.
2.19.
Additional Payments . Any sums expended by Agent or any
Lender due to any Borrower’s failure to perform or comply
with its obligations under this Agreement or any Other Document
including any Borrower’s obligations under Sections 4.2,
4.4, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 6.1 hereof, may be charged to
Borrowers’ Account as a Revolving Advance and added to the
Obligations.
2.20. Manner of
Borrowing and Payment .
(a) Each
borrowing of Revolving Advances shall be advanced according to the
applicable Commitment Percentages of Lenders.
(b) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by any Borrower on account of
the principal of and interest on the Revolving Advances, shall be
applied to the Revolving Advances pro rata according to the
applicable Commitment Percentages of Lenders. Except as expressly
provided herein, all payments (including prepayments) to be made by
any Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees shall be
made without set off or counterclaim and shall be made to Agent on
behalf of the Lenders to the Payment Office, in each case on or
prior to 1:00 P.M., New York time, in Dollars and in immediately
available funds.
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(c)
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Sections 2.20(a) and (b) hereof, commencing with the
first Business Day following the Closing Date, each borrowing of
Revolving Advances shall be advanced by Agent and each payment by
any Borrower on account of Revolving Advances shall be applied
first to those Revolving Advances advanced by Agent. On or before
1:00 P.M., New York time, on each Settlement Date commencing with
the first Settlement Date following the Closing Date, Agent and
Lenders shall make certain payments as follows: (I) if the
aggregate amount of new Revolving Advances made by Agent during the
preceding Week (if any) exceeds the aggregate amount of repayments
applied to outstanding Revolving Advances during such preceding
Week, then each Lender shall provide Agent with funds in an amount
equal to its applicable Commitment Percentage of the difference
between (w) such Revolving Advances and (x) such
repayments and (II) if the aggregate amount of repayments
applied to outstanding Revolving Advances during such Week exceeds
the aggregate amount of new Revolving Advances made during such
Week, then Agent shall provide each Lender with funds in an amount
equal to its applicable Commitment Percentage of the difference
between (y) such repayments and (z) such Revolving
Advances.
(ii) Each
Lender shall be entitled to earn interest at the applicable
Revolving Interest Rate on outstanding Advances which it has
funded.
(iii) Promptly
following each Settlement Date, Agent shall submit to each Lender a
certificate with respect to payments received and Advances made
during the Week immediately preceding such Settlement Date. Such
certificate of Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error.
(d) If
any Lender or Participant (a “ benefited Lender
”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of
its Advances, or interest thereon, or receive any Collateral in
respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by
set-off) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and
Collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such
other Lender’s Advances, or interest thereon, and such
greater proportionate payment or receipt of Collateral is not
expressly permitted hereunder, such benefited Lender shall purchase
for cash from the other Lenders a participation in such portion of
each such other Lender’s Advances, or shall provide such
other Lender with the benefits of any such Collateral, or the
proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such benefited
Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such Collateral
or proceeds ratably with each of the other Lenders; provided,
however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or
benefits is thereafter recovered from such benefited Lender, such
purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits
returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Each Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s
Advances may exercise all rights of payment (including rights of
set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender
were the direct holder of such portion.
(e) Unless
Agent shall have been notified by telephone, confirmed in writing,
by any Lender that such Lender will not make the amount which would
constitute its applicable Commitment Percentage of the Advances
available to Agent, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
assume that such Lender shall make such amount available to Agent
on the next Settlement Date and, in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to Borrowers a corresponding amount. Agent will
promptly notify Borrowing Agent of its receipt of any such notice
from a Lender. If such amount is made available to Agent on a date
after such next
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Settlement
Date, such Lender shall pay to Agent on demand an amount equal to
the product of (i) the daily average Federal Funds Rate
(computed on the basis of a year of 360 days) during such
period as quoted by Agent, times (ii) such amount, times
(iii) the number of days from and including such Settlement
Date to the date on which such amount becomes immediately available
to Agent. A certificate of Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph (e) shall be
conclusive, in the absence of manifest error. If such amount is not
in fact made available to Agent by such Lender within three
(3) Business Days after such Settlement Date, Agent shall be
entitled to recover such an amount, with interest thereon at the
rate per annum then applicable to such Revolving Advances
hereunder, on demand from Borrowers; provided, however, that
Agent’s right to such recovery shall not prejudice or
otherwise adversely affect Borrowers’ rights (if any) against
such Lender.
2.21. Mandatory
Prepayments. Subject to Section 4.3 hereof, when any Borrower
sells or otherwise disposes of any Collateral other than Inventory
in the Ordinary Course of Business, Borrowers shall repay the
Advances in an amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale (i.e.,
gross proceeds less the reasonable costs of such sales or other
dispositions), such repayments to be made promptly but in no event
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