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
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.
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.
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.
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BELO
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/s/ Brenda
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Name: Brenda
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Title: vice
president/Treasurer and Tax
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JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., individually, as
Administrative Agent and as Issuing Bank,
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/s/ Brian
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Name: Brian
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Title: Vice
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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
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LENDER:
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Name:
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Title:
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For any Lender
requiring a second signature line:
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Name:
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Title:
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
FIVE-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE
AND
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
The Lenders Party Hereto,
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
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and
Borrowings
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SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
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SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving
Borrowings
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SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid
Procedure
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SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings
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SECTION 2.08. Termination, Reduction and
Extension of Commitments
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SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt
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SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans
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SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of
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SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata
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SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders
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Representations and Warranties
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SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization;
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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No
Conflicts
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SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material
Adverse Change
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Labor and
Environmental Matters
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SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and
Agreements
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SECTION 4.01. Effective Date
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other
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Events
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SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of
Business
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Insurance
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SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of
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SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage
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SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption
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Form of Opinion
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Form of Opinion
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Form of Opinion
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LLP
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Commitments
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Litigation,
Labor and Environmental Matters
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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:
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.
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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.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person,
another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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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