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Title: Amended and Restated Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/2/2009
Industry: Printing and Publishing     Law Firm: Gibson Dunn;Wiley Rein;Cravath Swaine     Sector: Services

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Exhibit 10.1.3

     SECOND AMENDMENT, dated as of February 26, 2009 (this “ Amendment ”), to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of June 7, 2006 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among BELO CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Lenders party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank.

          WHEREAS the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

          WHEREAS the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Lenders whose signatures appear below, constituting at least the Required Lenders, are willing to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein, including in the recitals hereto, shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 2. Reduction in Commitments. Pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby notifies the Administrative Agent of its election to reduce the Commitments to the aggregate amount of $550,000,000, which reduction shall become effective as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below). For purposes hereof only, the Lenders party hereto waive the advance notice requirement set forth in the first sentence of Section 2.08(c) of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 3. Amendment and Restatement. Effective on (and subject to the occurrence of) the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form of Annex A hereto and each of the following new or restated Schedules are added to the Credit Agreement in the form of Annex B hereto: Schedules 2.01, 3.06, 6.01, 6.04, 6.07 and 6.11.

          SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to such parties that, as of the Amendment Effective Date:

     (a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions required for the lawful execution, delivery and performance thereof; this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower; and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitute legal, valid and

 


 

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binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

     (b) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the amendment and restatement contemplated by Section 3 (except to the extent that any representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty is true and correct as of such earlier date).

     (c) As of the Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the amendment and restatement contemplated by Section 3, no Default will have occurred and be continuing.

          SECTION 5. Effectiveness . This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “ Amendment Effective Date ”) on which (a) the Administrative Agent shall have executed a counterpart of this Amendment and shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Amendment executed on behalf of the Borrower and (ii) duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of Lenders constituting at least the Required Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment Effective Date and signed on behalf of the Borrower by a Financial Officer, confirming the accuracy of the representations set forth in Section 4 hereof, (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received payment of an amendment fee for each Lender that shall have delivered an executed signature page to this Amendment on or prior to noon, New York City time, on February 26, 2009, in an amount equal to 0.25% of such Lender’s Commitment immediately after giving effect to the reduction of such Commitment contemplated by Section 2 hereof and (d) the Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory opinions of counsel of the Borrower in connection therewith.

          SECTION 6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 7. Credit Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under, the Credit Agreement, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 


 

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          SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

          SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

          SECTION 10. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

 


 

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BELO CORP.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     /s/ Brenda Maddox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Brenda Maddox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: vice president/Treasurer and Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually, as
Administrative Agent and as Issuing Bank,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     /s/ Brian McDougal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Brian McDougal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 7, 2006, AMONG BELO CORP, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND ISSUING BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LENDER:                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 


 

ANNEX A

AMENDED AND RESTATED
FIVE-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE
AND
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

dated as of

February 26, 2009

among

BELO CORP.,
as Borrower,

The Lenders Party Hereto,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent

BNP PARIBAS,
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,
SUNTRUST BANK
and
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD,
as Co-Documentation Agents

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms

 

 

4

 

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings

 

 

22

 

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally

 

 

22

 

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP

 

 

23

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Credits

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01. Commitments

 

 

23

 

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings

 

 

23

 

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings

 

 

24

 

SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure

 

 

25

 

SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit

 

 

27

 

SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings

 

 

31

 

SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections

 

 

32

 

SECTION 2.08. Termination, Reduction and Extension of Commitments

 

 

33

 

SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

 

 

34

 

SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans

 

 

34

 

SECTION 2.11. Fees

 

 

35

 

SECTION 2.12. Interest

 

 

36

 

SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest

 

 

37

 

SECTION 2.14. Increased Costs

 

 

38

 

SECTION 2.15. Break Funding Payments

 

 

39

 

SECTION 2.16. Taxes

 

 

40

 

SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

 

 

41

 

SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

 

 

42

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers

 

 

43

 

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability

 

 

43

 

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

 

 

44

 

SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change

 

 

44

 

SECTION 3.05. Properties

 

 

44

 

SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Labor and Environmental Matters

 

 

44

 

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements

 

 

45

 

SECTION 3.08. Certain Legal Matters

 

 

45

 

SECTION 3.09. Taxes

 

 

45

 

SECTION 3.10. ERISA

 

 

45

 

SECTION 3.11. Disclosure

 

 

46

 

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Page

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01. Effective Date

 

 

46

 

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event

 

 

47

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information

 

 

47

 

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events

 

 

49

 

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business

 

 

49

 

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations

 

 

50

 

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

 

 

50

 

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights

 

 

50

 

SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws

 

 

50

 

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit

 

 

50

 

SECTION 5.09. Guarantee Requirement

 

 

51

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01. Liens

 

 

51

 

SECTION 6.02. Fundamental Changes

 

 

51

 

SECTION 6.03. Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

52

 

SECTION 6.04. Restrictive Agreements

 

 

52

 

SECTION 6.05. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions

 

 

53

 

SECTION 6.06. Leverage

 

 

53

 

SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Indebtedness

 

 

53

 

SECTION 6.08. Interest Coverage

 

 

54

 

SECTION 6.09. Restricted Payments

 

 

54

 

SECTION 6.10. Asset Sales

 

 

55

 

SECTION 6.11. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions

 

 

56

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Events of Default

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01. Notices

 

 

62

 

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments

 

 

63

 

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

 

 

63

 

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns

 

 

64

 

SECTION 9.05. Survival

 

 

67

 

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

 

 

67

 

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SECTION 9.07. Severability

 

 

67

 

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff

 

 

67

 

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

 

68

 

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

68

 

SECTION 9.11. Headings

 

 

69

 

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality

 

 

69

 

SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation

 

 

70

 

SECTION 9.14. USA Patriot Act

 

 

70

 

SECTION 9.15. No Fiduciary Relationship

 

 

70

 

SECTION 9.16. Release of Guarantees

 

 

70

 

Exhibits and Schedules

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B-1

 

Form of Opinion of Counsel — General Counsel of Belo Corp.

Exhibit B-2

 

Form of Opinion of Counsel — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Exhibit B-3

 

Form of Opinion of Regulatory Counsel — Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP

Schedule 2.01

 

Commitments

Schedule 3.06

 

Litigation, Labor and Environmental Matters

Schedule 6.01

 

Liens

Schedule 6.04

 

Restrictive Agreements

Schedule 6.07

 

Indebtedness

Schedule 6.11

 

Investments

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     AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of February 27, 2009, among BELO CORP.; the LENDERS party hereto; and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and as Issuing Bank (in such capacity, the “ Issuing Bank ”).

          The Borrower (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article I), certain of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to an Amended and Restated Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2006 (the “ Original Credit Agreement ”), and have agreed, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01, to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement in the form of this Amended and Restated Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement.

          The Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit to enable the Borrower to borrow on a revolving credit basis and to obtain Letters of Credit on and after the date hereof and at any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date. The Borrower has also requested the Lenders to establish procedures pursuant to which the Borrower may invite the Lenders to bid on an uncommitted basis on short-term borrowings by the Borrower maturing on or prior to the Maturity Date. The proceeds of borrowings hereunder will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, including acquisitions, stock repurchases, commercial paper backup and the funding of working capital requirements. Letters of Credit issued hereunder will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

          The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth.

          Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Definitions

           Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

          “ ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

          “ Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

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          “ Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

          “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

          “ Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1 / 2 of 1% per annum and (c) the LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1% per annum; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating the Alternate Base Rate, the LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the Reuters BBA Libor Rates page 3750 (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO Rate, respectively.

          “ Applicable Percentage ” means on any date, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan or with respect to the commitment fees referred to in Section 2.11(a), as the case may be, the applicable percentage set forth in the table below under the caption “ABR Spread”, “Eurodollar Spread” or “Commitment Fee Percentage”, as the case may be, based upon, at any time, the Leverage Ratio as of the then most recent date as of which the Leverage Ratio shall have been tested under Section 6.06:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitment Fee

 

Eurodollar

 

ABR

Leverage Ratio:

 

Percentage

 

Spread

 

Spread

Category 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than 4.50 to 1.00

 

 

0.375

%

 

 

2.500

%

 

 

1.500

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greater than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but less than 5.00 to 1.00

 

 

0.375

%

 

 

2.750

%

 

 

1.750

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greater than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00 but less than 5.50 to 1.00

 

 

0.375

%

 

 

3.250

%

 

 

2.250

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greater than or equal to 5.50 to 1.00 but less than 6.00 to 1.00

 

 

0.500

%

 

 

4.000

%

 

 

3.000

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greater than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00

 

 

0.500

%

 

 

4.750

%

 

 

3.750

%

For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and

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including the Business Day following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the consolidated financial statements indicating such change or pursuant to Section 5.01(c) of the compliance certificate delivered in respect of the applicable Credit Extension Date and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Percentage shall be based on the rates per annum set forth in Category 5 (i) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) or any compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c), in each case within three Business Days after the time periods specified herein for such delivery, during the period commencing on and including the day following such third Business Day and until the delivery thereof. In the event that any financial statement or certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), 5.01(b) or 5.01(c) shall prove to have been inaccurate (regardless of whether the Commitments are in effect or any Loans or Letters of Credit are outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy shall have resulted in the payment of any interest or fees at rates lower than those that would have been applicable for any period (based on the actual Leverage Ratio), then the Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected financial statement or certificate, as the case may be, and pay to the Agent, for distribution to the Lenders (or former Lenders) as their interests may appear, the accrued interest or fees that should have been paid but were not paid as a result of such inaccuracy of such financial statement or certificate (it being understood that nothing in this sentence shall limit the rights of the Agent or the Lenders under Section 2.12(d) or Article VII.

          “ Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

          “ Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

          “ Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

          “ Bond Payment ” means any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of any Bonds, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of any Bonds (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of interest, fees or expenses). “ Bonds ” means each of the Borrower’s 6-3/4% Senior Notes due 2013, 7-3/4% Senior Debentures due 2027 and 7-1/4% Senior Debentures due 2027 and any other notes or debentures issued by the Borrower after the Second Amendment Date in compliance with this Agreement.

          “ Borrower ” means Belo Corp., a Delaware corporation.

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          “ Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type made on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

          “ Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

          “ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

          “ Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ CFC ” means (a) each Person that is a “controlled foreign person” for purposes of the Code and (b) each Subsidiary of any such controlled foreign person.

          A “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the date hereof) other than officers of the Borrower and Continuing Directors shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, shares representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Borrower; or (b) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower shall at any time be occupied by persons who are not Continuing Directors.

          “ Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.14, by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any law, rule or regulation, or any guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority, or any request of any Governmental Authority with which such Lender or the Issuing Bank believes in good faith that it would be disadvantageous not to comply, in each case made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

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

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          “ Closing Date ” shall mean June 7, 2006.

          “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

          “ Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum permitted aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

          “ Competitive Bid ” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.04.

          “ Competitive Bid Rate ” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.

          “ Competitive Bid Request ” means a request by the Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with Section 2.04.

          “ Competitive Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.

          “ Consolidated Tangible Assets ” of any Person means at any time, the aggregate amount of assets (less accumulated depreciation and amortization, applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) of such Person and its subsidiaries, minus all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other intangible assets of such Person and its subsidiaries, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Continuing Directors ” means (i) the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower on the date hereof and (ii) future members of such Board of Directors who were nominated or appointed by a majority of the Continuing Directors at the date of their nomination or appointment.

          “ Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

          “ Credit Extension Date ” means each date on which a Borrowing (other than any interest election pursuant to Section 2.07 that does not increase the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of any Lender) is requested to be made or upon which a Letter of Credit is requested to be issued or increased in amount.

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          “ Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

          “ Designated Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary, other than a CFC, (a) the consolidated total assets of which equal 5% or more of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower, (b) the consolidated revenues of which equal 5% or more of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower or (c) that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, accounts for more than 5% of Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow, in each case as of the end of or for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b); provided that if at the end of or for any such most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters the combined consolidated total assets or combined consolidated revenues or contribution on a consolidated basis to Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow of all Subsidiaries that under clauses (a), (b) and (c) above would not constitute Designated Subsidiaries shall have exceeded 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower or 10% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower or 10% of Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow, then one or more of such excluded Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be Designated Subsidiaries in descending order based on the amounts of their consolidated total assets or consolidated revenues or contribution to Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow, as the case may be, until such excess shall have been eliminated.

          “ Disclosed Matters ” means the actions, suits and proceedings, labor controversies and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06. The disclosure of information in Schedule 3.06 or in any other schedule or exhibit to the Loan Documents shall not constitute an admission by the Borrower that such information is material for any purpose, including applicable securities laws, other than the Loan Documents and the transactions provided for therein.

          “ dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

          “ Effective Date ” means the first date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

          “ Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

          “ Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual

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arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

          “ Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in limited liability companies, beneficial interests in trusts or other equity ownership interests in any Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holders thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interests.

          “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

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

          “ ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; or (f) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

          “ Eurodollar ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate.

          “ Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

          “ Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized or managed, or the jurisdiction in which its principal office is located, or any jurisdiction in which it is doing business other than solely by reason of this Agreement, or, in the case of any Lender, the jurisdiction in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)), any U.S. Federal withholding tax that (i) is in effect and would apply to

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amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, unless (and to the extent that) (A) such withholding tax liability arises or is increased by reason of a Change in Law occurring after such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement or (B) such Foreign Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax liability pursuant to Section 2.16(a) or (ii) is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender under this Agreement because of its failure or inability to comply with Section 2.16(e).

          “ FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission and any successors thereto.

          “ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

          “ Film Contracts ” mean contracts or agreements with suppliers which provide the right to broadcast certain specified film or video tape motion pictures.

          “ Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, vice president of finance, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

          “ First Amendment Date ” means February 4, 2008.

          “ Fitch ” shall mean Fitch Investors Service, Inc.

          “ Fixed Rate ” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a fixed rate, the fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.

          “ Fixed Rate Loan ” means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Fixed Rate.

          “ Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

          “ Funded Debt ” means without duplication, all Indebtedness, other than short-term obligations under Film Contracts.

          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America consistently applied.

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          “ Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

          “ Guarantee ” means any agreement by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes liable upon, the Indebtedness of another Person.

          “ Guarantee Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Annex B to the Second Amendment, together with all supplements thereto. 1

          “ Guarantee Requirement ” means, at any time, the requirement that:

     (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Designated Subsidiary either (i) a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Second Amendment Date, a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person;

     (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower a written notice identifying each Designated Subsidiary as of the Second Amendment Date and shall, if any Subsidiary shall have become a Designated Subsidiary by operation of the proviso in the definition of “Designated Subsidiary”, have provided an additional written notice identifying such additional Designated Subsidiary; and

     (c) each Designated Subsidiary shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of the Guarantee Agreement and the performance of its obligations thereunder.

          “ Hedging Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement or option, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

          “ Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials,

 

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The Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement will guarantee cash management services provided by any Lender or Lender Affiliate and Hedging Agreements with any Lender or Lender Affiliate as well as the Loan Documents Obligations.

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polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

          “ Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, the Borrower’s and each Subsidiary’s (a) obligations for borrowed money, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property (including, without limitation, Film Contracts) other than accounts payable arising in connection with the purchase of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens on or payable out of the proceeds or production from property now or hereafter owned or acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (d) obligations created under any conditional purchase or other title retention agreements, (e) Capital Lease Obligations, letters of credit, bonds or similar instruments and bankers’ acceptances, (f) obligations under Guarantees; provided , however , that Indebtedness shall not include obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in connection with the self-insurance program or employee benefit plans and programs of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries, and (g) obligations to make payments that would be required to be made in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is being determined, in respect of outstanding Hedging Agreements.

          “ Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

          “ Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.

          “ Interest Expense ” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for any period, the interest expense of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, (a) the amortization of debt discounts, (b) the amortization of all fees (including, without limitation, fees with respect to interest rate protection agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness and (c) the portion of any Capital Lease Obligation allocable to interest expense.

          “ Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days’ duration (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with respect to such Borrowing.

          “ Interest Period ” means (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending one week thereafter or on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or

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six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, and (b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than 7 days or more than 360 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

          “ Investment ” means, with respect to a specified Person, any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or any capital contribution or loans or advances (other than advances made in the ordinary course of business that would be recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP) to, or Guarantees of any Indebtedness or other financial obligations of, any other Person that are held or made by the specified Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (a) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, (b) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of a Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of Borrower)), (c) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair market value (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of Borrower) of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, without any adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write offs with respect to, such Investment, (d) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus the cost of all additions, at or prior to such date, thereto, and minus the amount, as of such date, of any portion of such Investment repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, as the case may be, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment, and (e) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above) by the specified Person in any other Person resulting from the issuance by such other Person of its Equity Interests to the specified Person shall be the

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fair market value (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of Borrower) of such Equity Interests at the time of the issuance thereof.

          “ Issuing Bank ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

          “ Joint Venture ” means a Subsidiary organized or purchased after the date hereof by the Borrower (or one or more Subsidiaries) and one or more third parties owning equity interests in such Subsidiary to engage in one or more business ventures permitted under Section 6.02(b).

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

          “ LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Participation Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

          “ Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

          “ Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

          “ Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Funded Debt of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, as of such date, to (b) Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date for which consolidated financial statements have been delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).

          “ LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Reuters BBA Libor Rates page 3750 (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “ LIBO Rate ” with respect to such Eurodollar

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Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered to the principal London office of the Administrative Agent or any Affiliate designated by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

          “ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

          “ Loan Documents ” means this Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement.

          “ Loan Documents Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee Agreement.

          “ Loan Parties ” means the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party.

          “ Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

          “ Margin ” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.

          “ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its payment obligations under this Agreement or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement.

          “ Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans) of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a principal amount for any such Indebtedness in excess of $20,000,000 or in an aggregate principal amount for all such Indebtedness in excess of $35,000,000.

          “ Material Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary other than Subsidiaries that, (a) individually do not account for more than (i) 2% of the assets or (ii) 2% of the net revenues and (b) in the aggregate do not account for more than (i) 5% of the assets or (ii) 5% of the net revenues, in each case, at the end of or for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

          “ Maturity Date ” means June 7, 2011.

          “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

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          “ Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

          “ Operating Cash Flow ” means, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any relevant period, on a consolidated basis, the sum of (i) earnings before income taxes for such period (without taking into account extraordinary or nonrecurring items), plus (ii) depreciation and amortization expense during such period, plus (iii) Interest Expense actually incurred or accrued during such period, determined in accordance with GAAP plus (iv) noncash charges to the extent deducted in computing earnings (provided that any cash payment made with respect to any noncash charge that has been added pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be subtracted in computing Operating Cash Flow for the period in which such cash payment is made); provided , however , that Operating Cash Flow shall not include (i) any income or loss attributable to any investment accounted for on the “equity” method of accounting or (ii) losses not in excess of $10,000,000 during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, or $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all periods after March 31, 2005, that in either case are associated with new business development investments.

          “ Original Credit Agreement ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

          “ Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.

          “ Participation Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Participation Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

          “ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

          “ Permitted Investments ” means:

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

     (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or Moody’s;

     (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition

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thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

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

     (e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and

     (f) in the case of any Subsidiary organized outside the United States, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes.

          “ Permitted Liens ” means (a) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, mechanic’s Liens and materialman’s, shipper’s or warehouseman’s Liens for services or materials and landlord’s Liens for rental amounts for which payment is not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Liens securing any purchase money Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations relating to assets acquired after the date hereof) if such Liens do not encumber any property other than the property for the purchase of which such purchase money Indebtedness was incurred, (c) the currently existing Liens described in Schedule 6.01 hereto, or, with respect to any Indebtedness that shall have been extended, renewed or refinanced in accordance with Section 6.07, Liens on the same assets of the same Persons securing Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (d) pledges or deposits made to secure payment of worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions, or other social security programs, (e) good-faith pledges or deposits made to secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), or leases, or to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, or indemnity, performance, or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of business, (f) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, utility district assessments or other restrictions on the use of property, none of which materially impairs the operation by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) of their business, and none of which is violated by existing or proposed structures or land use where such violation would materially impair the operation by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) of their business, (g) the following, if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith and by appropriate and lawful proceedings and so long as levy and execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed, or they do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of any material assets or the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole: claims and Liens for Taxes due and payable; claims and Liens upon, and defects of title to, property, including any attachment of property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits; claims and Liens of mechanics,

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materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, landlords, or other Liens; and judgment Liens; (h) any Lien or encumbrance deemed to exist by virtue of any agreement or arrangement expressly permitted by Section 6.04; and (i) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time the Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, or, with respect to any Indebtedness that shall have been extended, renewed or refinanced in accordance with Section 6.07, Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.

          “ Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

          “ Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

          “ Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

          “ Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow ” means, for any relevant period, Operating Cash Flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis adjusted to include the Operating Cash Flow of any operating units or entities acquired during such relevant period and to exclude the Operating Cash Flow of any operating units or entities divested or sold during such relevant period (in each case, as if the acquisition or divestiture had occurred at the beginning of such relevant period); provided , that (a) for purposes of determining Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow, that portion of total Operating Cash Flow attributable to any Restricted Joint Venture shall, to the extent positive, and subject to clause (b) below, be excluded to the extent required in order that not more than 5% of total Operating Cash Flow shall be attributable to any one or more Restricted Joint Ventures, and (b) any portion of Operating Cash Flow attributable to a Restricted Joint Venture that would otherwise be excluded under the preceding proviso may nevertheless be included in Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow to the extent it does not exceed the cash dividends or other cash distributions received by the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries from such Restricted Joint Venture during the relevant period.

          “ Refinancing Indebtedness ” means, in respect of any Indebtedness (the “ Original Indebtedness ”), any Indebtedness that extends, renews or refinances such Original Indebtedness (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided that

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(a) the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount of such Original Indebtedness; (b) the maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be earlier, and the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be shorter, than that of such Original Indebtedness; (c) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an event of default or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Original Indebtedness) prior to the earlier of (i) the maturity of such Original Indebtedness and (ii) the date 180 days after the Maturity Date; (d) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation of any Subsidiary that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become) an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness, and shall not constitute an obligation of the Borrower if the Borrower shall not have been an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness, and, in each case, shall constitute an obligation of such Subsidiary or of the Borrower only to the extent of their obligations in respect of such Original Indebtedness; (e) if such Original Indebtedness shall have been subordinated to the Loan Documents Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Loan Documents Obligations on terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders; and (f) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset other than the assets that secured such Original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such Original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof) or, in the event Liens securing the Original Indebtedness shall have been contractually subordinated to any Lien securing the Loan Documents Obligations, by any Lien that shall not have been contractually subordinated to at least the same extent.

          “ Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

          “ Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

          “ Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 51% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, the outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the Required Lenders.

          “ Reportable Event ” means any reportable event as defined by Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such Section with respect to a Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan), excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation or by technical update waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event; provided that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and Section

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302 of ERISA shall be a reportable event regardless of the issuance of any waiver in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Code.

          “ Restricted Payment ” means (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (b) any Bond Payment.

          “ Restricted Joint Venture ” means a Joint Venture that is subject to any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon its ability, or the ability of the Borrower or a Subsidiary to cause it, to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its shares of capital stock or other equity interests.

          “ Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amounts of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.

          “ Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

          “ S&P ” shall mean Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

          “ Second Amendment ” means the Second Amendment to this Agreement dated as of February 27, 2009.

          “ Second Amendment Date ” means February 27, 2009.

          “ subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

          “ Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

          “ Subsidiary Loan Party ” means each Subsidiary that is a party to the Guarantee Agreement.

          “ Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

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          “ Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, the borrowing of the Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

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

          “ Unrestricted Cash ” means unrestricted cash and cash equivalents owned by the Loan Parties and not controlled by or subject to any Lien or other preferential arrangement in favor of any creditor other than (a) Liens created under the Loan Documents and (b) Liens constituting banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions; provided that such deposit accounts or funds are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness and are not subject to restrictions on access by Borrower or any Subsidiary in excess of those required by applicable banking regulations.

          “ USA Patriot Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

          “ Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

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

           Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same

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meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (f) all references herein to the “date hereof”, the “date of this Agreement” and similar locutions shall mean June 7, 2006, absent an express indication to the contrary.

           Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

The Credits

           Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in dollars in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

           Loans and Borrowings . (i) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Participation Percentages. Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

          Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith, and (ii) each Competitive Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided further , that if the designation of any such foreign branch or Affiliate shall result in any costs, reductions or Taxes which would not

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otherwise have been applicable and for which such Lender would, but for this proviso, be entitled to request compensation under Section 2.14 or 2.16, such Lender shall not be entitled to request such compensation unless it shall in good faith have determined such designation to be necessary or advisable to avoid any material disadvantage to it.

          At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is (i) equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or (ii) required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Competitive Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

           Requests for Revolving Borrowings . In order to request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing (including an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e)), not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

     the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

     the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

     whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

     in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

     the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.

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If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

           Competitive Bid Procedure . (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period the Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans; provided that the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans at any time shall not exceed the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Competitive Loans at the discretion of the Lenders that elect to make Competitive Bids in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. In order to request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request, unless any and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

     the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

     the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

     whether such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing;

     the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

     the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.

Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.

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          Each Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids to the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative Agent by telecopy, in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the form approved by the Administrative Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof.

          The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower by telecopy of the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such Competitive Bid.

          Subject only to the provisions of this paragraph (d), the Borrower may accept or reject any Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject each Competitive Bid, in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided , that (i) the failure of the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Borrower may accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided further that if a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than $5,000,000 because of the provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to integral

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multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner determined by the Borrower. A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be irrevocable.

          The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.

          If any Lender that is the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

           Letters of Credit. (i) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in dollars for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

           Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least three Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $35,000,000, and (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans shall not exceed the total Commitments.

           Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such

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renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. Any Letter of Credit may provide by its terms that it may be extended for additional successive one-year periods on terms reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Bank. Any Letter of Credit providing for automatic extension shall be extended upon the then current expiration date without any further action by any person unless the Issuing Bank shall have given notice to the applicable beneficiary (with a copy to the Borrower) of the election by the Issuing Bank not to extend such Letter of Credit by a time agreed upon by the Borrower and the Issuing Bank and set forth in such Letter of Credit, provided , that no Letter of Credit may be extended automatically or otherwise beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. For clarification purposes only and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, a Letter of Credit for which the Borrower has deposited cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (j) of this Section in an amount equal to the full undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding until its stated expiration date.

           Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Participation Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Participation Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

           Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s

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obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Participation Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Participation Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuin


 
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