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Exhibit 10.1
RESTATED AGENTED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
RESTATED AGENTED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of the 31
st day of January, 2005, among SCS TRANSPORTATION,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and
BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A. , U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (as successor by merger to Bank One, NA),
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (individually a “Bank” and collectively
the “Banks”), and BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A. , as
agent for the Banks hereunder (in such capacity the
“Agent”).
RECITALS
A. Reference is made to the Agented Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of the 20 th day of September, 2002 and the
Amendment One to Agented Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the
14 th day of November, 2003, among Borrower, Banks
(other than LaSalle Bank National Association) and Agent (as
amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”) pursuant to
which a $75,000,000 Revolving Credit Loan (defined therein) was
established.
B. Borrower, Banks and Agent hereby intend to amend and
restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, and this
Agreement shall supercede the Existing Credit Agreement.
Article 1.
DEFINITIONS AND
ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.01
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the following meanings (terms defined in the singular to
have the same meaning when used in the plural and vice versa):
(1) “Additional Covenant” shall mean any
affirmative or negative covenant or similar restriction applicable
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (regardless of whether such
provision is labeled or otherwise characterized as a covenant) the
subject matter of which either (i) is similar to that of any
covenant in Article 5 or 6 of this Agreement, or related
definitions in Article 1 of this Agreement, but contains one
or more percentages, amounts or formulas that is more restrictive
than those set forth herein or more beneficial to the lenders under
the Prudential Agreement (and such covenant or similar restriction
shall be deemed an Additional Covenant only to the extent that it
is more restrictive or more beneficial) or (ii) is different
from the subject matter of any covenants in Article 5 or 6 of
this Agreement, or related definitions in Article 1 of this
Agreement.
(2) “Additional Default” shall mean any provision
contained in the Prudential Agreement to accelerate (with the
passage of time or giving of notice or both) the maturity thereof
or otherwise requires Borrower or any Subsidiary to purchase the
Indebtedness under the Prudential Agreement prior to the stated
maturity thereof and which either (i) is similar to any
Default or Event of Default contained in Article 7 of this
Agreement, or related definitions in Article 1 of this
Agreement, but contains one or more percentages, amounts or
formulas that is more restrictive or has a shorter grace period
than those set forth herein or is more beneficial to the lender
under the Prudential Agreement (and such provision shall be deemed
an Additional Default only to the extent that it is more
restrictive, has a shorter grace period or is more beneficial) or
(ii) is different from the subject matter of any Default or
Event of Default contained in Article 7 of this Agreement, or
related definitions in Article 1 of this Agreement.
(3)
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” shall have the meaning given in
Section 2.08.
(4)
“Adjusted Prime Rate” shall have the meaning given in
Section 2.08.
(5) “Affiliate” means any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under the direct or
indirect common control with, the Borrower, except a Subsidiary. A
Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such corporation,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
(6) “Agreement” means this Restated Agented
Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, or modified
from time to time.
(7) “Authorized Officer” shall mean, in the case
of the Borrower, its chief executive officer, its chief financial
officer or any vice president of the Borrower designated as an
“Authorized Officer” of the Borrower for the purpose of
this Agreement in an Officer’s Certificate executed by the
Borrower’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer
and delivered to Agent. Any action taken under this Agreement on
behalf of the Borrower by any individual who on or after the date
of this Agreement shall have been an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower and whom Agent in good faith believes to be an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower at the time of such action shall be binding
on the Borrower even though such individual shall have ceased to be
an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
(8) “Business Day” means any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in
Oklahoma are authorized or required to close under the laws of such
State and, if the applicable day relates to a LIBOR Loan, LIBOR
Interest Period, or notice with respect to a LIBOR Loan, a day on
which dealings in Dollar deposits are also carried on in the London
interbank market and banks are open for business in London.
(9) “Capital Lease” means all leases which have
been or should be capitalized on the books of the lessee in
accordance with GAAP.
(10) “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means any
rental obligation which, under GAAP, is or will be required to be
capitalized on the books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, taken
at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness (net of
interest expenses) in accordance with such principles.
(11) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations and
published interpretations thereof.
(12) “Commitment” means each Bank’s
obligation to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01 in the amount referred to therein.
(13) “Commonly Controlled Entity” means an entity,
whether or not incorporated, which is under common control with the
Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the
Code.
(14) “Consolidated” and “consolidated”
mean the consolidation of the accounts of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, including principles of
consolidation, consistent with those applied in the preparation of
the consolidated financial statements referred to in
Section 4.02.
(15) “Contingency Reserve” means accruals (other
than de minimis accruals) for matters of a contingent nature that
are generally infrequent or unusual and not in the ordinary course
of the Borrower’s business and shall not include reserves for
the Borrower’s workers’ compensation and bodily injury
and property damage programs.
(16) “Default” means any of the events specified
in Article 7, whether or not any requirement for the giving of
notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has
been satisfied.
(17)
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean lawful
money of the United States of America.
(18) “EBIT” means, for any period, EBITDAR
excluding (i) provisions for depreciation and
amortization and (ii) Rental Expense.
(19)
“EBITDA” means, for any period, EBITDAR
less Rental Expense.
(20) “EBITDAR” means, for any period, the sum of
Net Income plus , to the extent deducted in the
determination of Net Income, (i) all provisions for federal,
state and other income tax of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(ii) Interest Expense, and (iii) provisions for
depreciation and amortization and (iv) Rental Expense,
excluding (a) any gains or losses resulting from
the sale, conversion or other disposition of capital assets (i.e.,
assets other than current assets), (b) any gains resulting
from the write-up of assets, (c) any earnings of any Person
acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary through purchase, merger
or consolidation or otherwise for any period prior to the date of
acquisition, (d) any deferred credit representing the excess
of equity in any such Subsidiary at the date of acquisition over
the cost of the investment in such Subsidiary, (e) any gains
or losses from the acquisition of securities or the retirement or
extinguishment of Indebtedness, (f) any gains on collections
from the proceeds of insurance policies or settlements,
(g) any restoration to income of any Contingency Reserve,
except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out
of income accrued during such period, (h) any income or gain
during such period from any discontinued operations or the
disposition thereof, from any extraordinary items or from any prior
period adjustments, and (i) any equity of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in the undistributed earnings (but not losses) of any
corporation or other entity which is not a Subsidiary of the
Borrower, which in the aggregate will be deducted only to the
extent they are positive, adjusted for minority interests in
Subsidiaries.
(21) “Environmental Safety Laws” means all laws
relating to pollution, the release or other discharge, handling,
disposition or treatment of Hazardous Materials and other
substances or the protection of the environment or of employee
health and safety, including without limitation, CERCLA, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 1801
et. seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 7401 et. seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 401 et. seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. Section 2601 et. seq.), the Occupational Safety and
Health Act (29 U.S.C. Section 651 et. seq.) and the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 11001 et. seq.), each as the same may be amended and
supplemented.
(22) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations and published interpretations thereof.
(23) “ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation which
is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as the
Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, or any
trade or business which is under common control with the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code.
(24) “Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement” means, for
any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the daily average
of the stated maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which
reserves (including any marginal, supplemental, or emergency
reserves) are required to be maintained during such Interest Period
under Regulation D by member banks of the Federal Reserve
System in New York City with deposits exceeding One Billion Dollars
against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is
used in Regulation D), but without benefit or credit of
proration, exemptions, or offsets that might otherwise be available
from time to time under Regulation D. Without limiting the
effect of the foregoing, the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement shall
reflect any other reserves required to be maintained against
(1) any category of liabilities that includes deposits by
reference to which the LIBOR Rate for LIBOR Loans is to be
determined; or (2) any category of extension of credit or
other assets that include LIBOR Loans.
(25) “Event of Default” means any of the events
specified in Article 7, provided that there has been satisfied
any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of
notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further
condition, event or act.
(26) “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such
period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding 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 of
the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
(27) “Funded Debt” means the Revolving Credit
Loans and any other obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which are considered to constitute debt in accordance
with GAAP, including indebtedness for borrowed money, interest
bearing liabilities, subordinated debt, indebtedness secured by
purchase-money security interests and the redemption price of any
securities issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary having
attributes substantially similar to debt (such as securities which
are redeemable at the option of the holder); but excluding accounts
payable and other short term non-interest bearing liabilities,
future income taxes (both current and long-term), obligations under
covenants not to compete and accrued liabilities.
(28) “Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio” means, on any
date of determination, the ratio of (i) Funded Debt on the last day
of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Borrower to
(ii) EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date.
(29)
“GAAP” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 1.02.
(30) “Guarantor” means, separately and
collectively, Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. (“Saia”), a
Louisiana corporation and Jevic Transportation, Inc.
(“Jevic”), a New Jersey corporation.
(31) “Guaranty” means, separately and
collectively, the Restated Guaranty Agreements in substantially the
form of Schedule “1.01(29)(a)” and Schedule
“1.01(29)(b)” to be delivered by the Guarantor
under the terms of this Agreement.
(32) “Hazardous Materials” means (i) any
material or substance defined as or included in the definition of
“hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,”
“hazardous material,” “toxic substances” or
any other formulations intended to define, list or classify
substances by reason of their deleterious properties, (ii) any
oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, (iii) any
flammable substances or explosives, (iv) any radioactive
materials, (v) asbestos in any form, (vi) electrical equipment
that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million,
(vii) pesticides or (viii) any other chemical, material
or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated
by any governmental agency or authority or which may or could pose
a hazard to the health and safety of persons in the vicinity
thereof.
(33) “Hostile Tender Offer” means, with respect to
the use of proceeds of any Loan, any offer to purchase, or any
purchase of, shares of capital stock of any corporation or equity
interests in any other entity, or securities convertible into or
representing the beneficial ownership of, or rights to acquire, any
such shares or equity interests, if such shares, equity interests,
securities or rights are of a class which is publicly traded on any
securities exchange or in any over-the-counter market, other than
purchases of such shares, equity interests, securities or rights
representing less than 5% of the equity interests or beneficial
ownership of such corporation or other entity for portfolio
investment purposes, and such offer or purchase has not been duly
approved by the board of directors of such corporation or the
equivalent governing body of such other entity prior to the date on
which the Borrower requests that Agent advance funds under such
Loan.
(34) “including” means, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise, “including without limitation”.
(35) “Indebtedness” means with respect to any
Person without duplication, (1) indebtedness or liability for
borrowed money; (2) obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes, or other similar instruments;
(3) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property
acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the
ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created
or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to any such property); (4) redemption
obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;
(5) obligations as lessee under Capital Leases;
(6) current liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits
under Plans covered by ERISA; (7) Swaps of such Person;
(8) obligations under letters of credit; (9) obligations
under acceptance facilities; (10) the outstanding balance of
the purchase price of uncollected accounts receivable of such
Person subject at such time to a sale of receivables or other
similar transaction, regardless of whether such transaction is
effected without recourse to such Person or in a manner which would
not be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance
with GAAP; (11) the present value of Rental Obligations
discounted at an annual rate of 10% per annum;
(12) obligations secured by any Liens, whether or not the
obligations have been assumed; and (13) all guaranties,
endorsements (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), and other contingent obligations to purchase,
to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any
Person or entity, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss
with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses
(1) through (7) and (9) through (12) above.
(36) “Interest Expense” means, with respect to any
period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) all interest and
prepayment charges in respect of any Total Indebtedness (including
imputed interest in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and
net costs of Swaps) deducted in determining Net Income for such
period, together with all interest capitalized or deferred during
such period and not deducted in determining Net Income for such
period, plus (ii) all debt discount and expenses
amortized or required to be amortized in the determination of Net
Income for such period.
(37) “Interest Period” means, with respect to any
LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is made and
ending, as the Borrower may select pursuant to Sections 2.04
and 2.06, on the numerically corresponding day in the first,
second, or third calendar month thereafter, except that each such
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on any day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month)
shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent
calendar month; provided that the foregoing provisions relating to
Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(a) No
Interest Period may extend beyond the Termination Date; and
(b) If an
Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next Business Day unless,
in the case of a LIBOR Loan, such Business Day would fall in the
next calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end
on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(38) “Lending Office” means, with respect to any
Bank the Lending Office of such Bank (or of an affiliate of such
Bank) designated on the signature pages hereof or such other office
of such Bank (or of an affiliate of such Bank) as that Bank may
from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent as the
office at which its Loans are to be made and maintained.
(39) “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit
issued pursuant to Section 2.02, for which, when issued, a
Letter of Credit Fee should be paid.
(40) “Letter of Credit Obligations” means the
aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit
and outstanding obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the Agent
for all drawings under a Letter of Credit.
(41) “LIBOR Rate” means, for each LIBOR Loan, the
rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100
of 1%) determined by the Agent to be equal to the quotient of (1)
the London Interbank Offered Rate for such LIBOR Loan for such
Interest Period divided by (2) one minus the Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirement for such Interest Period.
(42) “LIBOR Loan” means any Revolving Credit Loan
when and to the extent that the interest rate therefor is
determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
(43) “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), of preference,
priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement,
charge, or encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever (including,
without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable
law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing).
(44) “Loan(s)” means the Revolving Credit Loans
and any Letters of Credit or any or all of them as the context may
require.
(45) “Loan Document(s)” means this Agreement, the
Notes, any Letters of Credit (and the application and/or
reimbursement agreement executed by Borrower and required by the
Agent in connection with the issuance of same), the Guaranty and
any and all other instruments executed or delivered by the Borrower
and the Guarantor in connection with the foregoing, together with
all amendments, substitutions, renewals and extensions thereof.
(46) “London Interbank Offered Rate” applicable to
any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan means the rate per annum
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) quoted
at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, by the principal Loan
branch of the Agent two Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period for the offering to leading banks in the
London interbank market of Dollar deposits for a period, and in an
amount, comparable to the Interest Period and principal amount of
the LIBOR Loan which shall be made by Banks and outstanding during
such Interest Period.
(47) “Majority Banks” means at any time the Banks
holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the
then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes held by the
Banks, or, if no such principal amount is then outstanding, Banks
having at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the
aggregate Commitments.
(48)
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. and its successors.
(49) “Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan which is
a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(50) “Net Income” means, for any computation
period, with respect to the Borrower on a Consolidated basis with
its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary which is restricted
from declaring or paying dividends or otherwise advancing funds to
its parent whether by contract or otherwise), cumulative net income
earned during such period as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
(51) “Net Proceeds” means the net cash proceeds
from the sale or issuance of any equity securities, net of all
underwriters’ discounts and commissions, other marketing and
selling expenses.
(52) “Net Worth” means, at any time of
determination thereof, the consolidated stockholders’ equity
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(53)
“Note(s)” means the promissory notes described in
Section 2.11 hereof.
(54) “Officer’s Certificate” means a
certificate signed in the name of the Borrower by an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Schedule “1.01(52)” .
(55) “Operating Lease” means any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) which in not a Capital
Lease.
(56) “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions
under ERISA.
(57) “Person” means an individual, partnership,
corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority,
or other entity of whatever nature.
(58) “Plan” means any pension plan which is
covered by Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower
or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
(59) “Preferred Stock” means any class of capital
stock of a corporation that is preferred over any other class of
capital stock of such corporation as to the payment of dividends or
the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such
corporation.
(60) “Prime Loan” means any Revolving Credit Loan
when and to the extent that the interest rate therefor is
determined by reference to the Prime Rate.
(61) “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest
announced by the Agent from time to time at its Principal Office as
its prime commercial lending rate, which rate is not intended to be
the lowest rate of interest charged by the Agent to its
borrowers.
(62) “Principal Office” means the principal office
of each Bank, as listed on the signature page hereof.
(63) “Prohibited Transaction” means any
transaction set forth in Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code.
(64) “Pro Rata Share” means the proportion which
each Bank’s Commitment bears to the Revolving Credit
Commitment at the time of determination thereof.
(65) “Prudential Agreement” means the Master Shelf
Agreement between Borrower and Prudential Investment Management,
Inc., dated September 20, 2002, as amended from time to
time.
(66) “Prudential Term Notes” means all promissory
notes issued under the terms of the Prudential Agreement.
(67) “Regulation D” means Regulation D
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as amended
or supplemented from time to time.
(68) “Related Party” means (i) any
Shareholder, (ii) any executive officer, director, agent or
employee of the Borrower, (iii) all persons to whom such
Persons are related by blood, adoption or marriage and
(iv) all Affiliates of the foregoing Persons.
(69) “Rental Expense” means with reference to any
period, the aggregate amount of all payments for rent or additional
rent (including all payments for taxes and insurance made directly
to the lessor, but excluding payments for maintenance, repairs,
alterations, construction, demolition and the like) for which the
Borrower or Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly liable (as
lessee or as guarantor or other surety) under all Operating Leases
in effect at any time during such period.
(70) “Rental Obligations” means with reference to
any period, the aggregate amount of all future payments for rent or
additional rent (including all payments for taxes and insurance
made directly to the lessor, but excluding payments for
maintenance, repairs, alterations, construction, demolition and the
like) for which the Borrower or Subsidiaries are directly or
indirectly liable (as lessee or as guarantor or other surety) under
all Operating Leases in effect at such period end that are not
cancelable.
(71) “Reportable Event” means any of the events
set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulation thereunder,
a withdrawal from a plan described in Section 4063 of ERISA,
or a cessation of operations described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA.
(72) “Responsible Officer” means the chief
executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer
or chief accounting officer of the Borrower or any other officer of
the Borrower involved principally in its financial administration
or its controllership function.
(73) “Revolving Credit Commitment” means the
obligation of the Banks to (i) make Revolving Credit Loans and
(ii) issue Letters of Credit upon the application of Borrower,
all in an aggregate amount not exceeding $110,000,000, as such
amount may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(74)
“Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
(75) “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and
its successors.
(76) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to the
function of the Securities and Exchange Commission).
(77) “Shareholder” means and includes any Person
who owns, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, at any
time during any year with respect to which a computation is being
made, either individually or together with all persons to whom such
Person is related by blood, adoption or marriage, 5% or more of the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower.
(78) “Subordinated Debt” means the 7% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures Due 2011 evidenced by the Indenture between
Borrower (formerly Preston Corporation) and Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Company, as Trustee, dated as of May 1, 1986.
(79) “Subsidiary” means any corporation organized
under the laws of any state of the United States of America, Canada
or any province of Canada, which conducts the major portion of its
business in and makes the major portion of its sales to Persons
located in the United States of America or Canada, and at least 51%
of the total combined voting power of all classes of Voting Stock
of which shall, at the time as of which any determination is being
made, be owned by the Borrower either directly or through
Subsidiaries.
(80) “Swaps” means, with respect to any Person,
payment obligations with respect to interest rate swaps, currency
swaps and similar obligations obligating such Person to make
payments, whether periodically or upon the happening of a
contingency. For the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of the
obligation under any Swap shall be the amount determined in respect
thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal
quarter of such Person, based on the assumption that such Swap had
terminated at the end of such fiscal quarter, and in making such
determination, if any agreement relating to such Swap provides for
the netting of amounts payable by and to such Person thereunder or
if any such agreement provides for the simultaneous payment of
amounts by and to such Person, then in each such case, the amount
of such obligation shall be the net amount so determined.
(81) “Tangible Assets” means the consolidated
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries less ,
without duplication (i) intangible assets including, without
limitation, goodwill, licenses, organizational expense, unamortized
debt discount and expense carries as an asset, all reserves and any
write-up in the book value of assets and (ii) all reserves for
depreciation and other asset valuation reserves (but excluding
reserves for federal, state, and other income taxes), net of
accumulated amortization.
(82) “Tangible Net Worth” means, without
duplication, as at any time of determination thereof, Net Worth
less (i) all intangible items, including,
without limitation, goodwill, licenses, organizational expense,
unamortized debt discount and expense carried as an asset, all
reserves and any write-up in the book value of assets, and
(ii) all reserves for depreciation and other asset valuation
reserves (but excluding reserves for federal, state, and other
income taxes), net of accumulated amortization.
(83)
“Termination Date” means January 31, 2008.
(84) “Total Indebtedness” means the Consolidated
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(85) “Transfer” means, with respect to any item,
the sale, exchange, conveyance, lease, transfer or other
disposition of such item.
(86)
“Unused Portion Fee” shall have the meaning given in
Section 2.10.
(87) “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any
corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose holders
are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election
of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the
time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
(88) “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect
to any corporation organized under the laws of any state of the
United States, Canada or any province of Canada, which conducts the
major portion of its business in and makes the major portion of its
sales to Persons located in the United States or Canada, all of the
stock of every class of which is, at the time as of which any
determination is being made, owned by the Borrower either directly
or through Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, and which has outstanding no
options, warrants, rights or other securities entitling the holder
thereof (other than the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to
acquire shares of capital stock of such corporation.
Section 1.02
Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations. All references
in this Agreement to " GAAP ” shall be deemed to refer
to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United
States on January 1, 2005. Unless otherwise specified herein,
all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all
determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall
be made, and all unaudited financial statements and certificates
and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished
hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a
basis consistent with the most recent audited financial statements
delivered pursuant to clause (2) of Section 5.01 or, if
no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited
financial statements referred to in clause (i) of
Section 4.02.
Article 2.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
THE LOANS
Section 2.01
Revolving Credit. Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make loans (each a
“Revolving Credit Loan” and collectively, the
“Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrower from time to
time during the period from the date of this Agreement up to but
not including the Termination Date, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount set
opposite such Bank’s name below, as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.03 (such Bank’s
“Commitment”), provided that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans and Letter
of Credit Obligations at anytime outstanding shall not exceed the
Revolving Credit Commitment.
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Name of Bank
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Amount |
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Bank of Oklahoma,
N.A.
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$ |
24,000,000 |
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U.S. Bank National
Association
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$ |
18,000,000 |
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JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
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(successor by merger to Bank One,
NA)$23,000,000
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Harris Trust and
Savings Bank
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$ |
23,000,000 |
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LaSalle Bank
National Association
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$ |
22,000,000 |
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Total
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$ |
110,000,000.00 |
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Each
Revolving Credit Loan which shall not utilize the Revolving Credit
Commitment in full shall be in an amount not less than Two Hundred
Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($200,000.00) in the case of Prime
Loans, and Four Million and No/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00) in the
case of LIBOR Loans. Each advance made in respect of the Revolving
Credit Loans shall be made by each Bank in the proportion which
that Bank’s Commitment bears to the Revolving Credit
Commitment. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Revolving Credit Loans may be outstanding as Prime Loans or
LIBOR Loans. Each type of Revolving Credit Loan shall be made and
maintained at such Bank’s Lending Office for such type of
Loan. The failure of any Bank to make any requested Loan to be made
by it on the date specified for such Loan shall not relieve any
other Bank of its obligation (if any) to make such Loan on such
date, but no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Bank to make such Loans to be made by such other Bank.
Section 2.02
Letters of Credit.
(1)
Issuance . The Agent hereby agrees for its behalf and for
the other Banks, on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, to issue stand-by and commercial letters of credit
(each, a “Letter of Credit”) and to renew, extend,
increase, decrease or otherwise modify each Letter of Credit from
time to time from and including the date of this Agreement and
prior to the Termination Date upon the request of Borrower;
provided that immediately after each such Letter of Credit is
issued or modified, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Revolving Credit Loans and all outstanding Letter of Credit
Obligations shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment. Each
Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date not later than one year
from the date of issuance, subject to renewal terms allowing for
annual extensions, provided that in no event shall any Letter of
Credit have a final expiry which is later than the thirtieth
Business Day prior to the Termination Date.
(2)
Notice . Subject to Section 2.02(1), Borrower shall
give the Agent notice at least one (1) Business Days prior to
the proposed date of issuance or modification of each Letter of
Credit, specifying the account party (which must be Borrower or a
Subsidiary), the beneficiary, the proposed date of issuance (or
modification) and the expiry date of such Letter of Credit, and
describing the proposed terms of such Letter of Credit and the
nature of the transactions proposed to be supported thereby. The
issuance or modification by the Agent of any Letter of Credit
shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in
Article 3 (the satisfaction of which the Agent shall have no
duty to ascertain), be subject to the conditions precedent that
such Letter of Credit shall be satisfactory to the Agent and that
Borrower and the account party (if other than Borrower) shall have
executed and delivered such application agreement and/or such other
instruments and agreements relating to such Letter of Credit as the
Agent shall have reasonably requested (each, a “Letter of
Credit Application Agreement”). In the event of any conflict
between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Letter of
Credit Application Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall
control.
(3)
Letter of Credit Fees . Borrower shall pay a fee, for the
pro-rata benefit of all Banks, equal to, as of any date of
determination thereof, the following:
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(as determined using
Borrower’s most recent financial
statements [and, in the case of the year-end financial
statements, audit report] for the fiscal quarter then
ended)
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Letter of Credit Fee |
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Greater than or
equal to 2.25 to 1
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175 basis points |
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Greater than or
equal to 1.75 to 1 but less than 2.25 to 1
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150 basis points |
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Greater than or
equal to 1.25 to 1 but less than 1.75 to 1
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125 basis points |
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Greater than or
equal to .75 to 1 but less than 1.25 to 1
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100 basis points |
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Less than .75 to
1
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75 basis points |
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on the average daily
undrawn stated amount under all such Letters of Credit, such fee to
be calculated on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days,
and to be payable quarterly in arrears, on the 1 st day
of each quarterly period based starting from the issuance date of
the applicable Letter of Credit, commencing with the first full
quarterly period, and on the expiration date. Borrower shall also
pay to the Agent for its own account documentary and processing
charges in connection with the issuance or modification of and
draws under Letters of Credit in accordance with the Agent’s
standard schedule for such charges as in effect from time to
time.
(4)
Administration . Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any
demand for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Agent shall
promptly notify Borrower as to the amount to be paid by the Banks
as a result of such demand and the proposed payment date (each a
“Letter of Credit Payment Date”). Each Bank shall make
a Revolving Credit Loan based on its Pro Rata Share, the proceeds
of which shall be used to pay the applicable Letter of Credit. The
responsibility of the Agent to Borrower shall be only to determine
that the documents (including each demand for payment) delivered
under each Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment
shall be in conformity in all material respects with such Letter of
Credit.
(5)
Reimbursement . Borrower and any other applicable account
party shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to
reimburse the Agent on or by the applicable Letter of Credit
Payment Date for any amounts to be paid by the Agent upon any
drawing under any Letter of Credit, without presentment, demand,
protest or other formalities of any kind. All such amounts paid by
the Agent and remaining unpaid by Borrower and any other applicable
account party shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day
until paid at a rate per annum equal to (i) the applicable
Adjusted Prime Rate for such day if such day falls on or before the
applicable Letter of Credit Payment Date and (ii) the sum of
2% plus the Adjusted Prime Rate (defined in Section 2.08)
applicable for such day if such day falls after such Letter of
Credit Payment Date.
(6)
Increased Costs . If after the date hereof, the adoption of
any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in any
applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the
Agent with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency shall impose, modify or deem applicable any tax, reserve,
special deposit or similar requirement against or with respect to
or measured by reference to Letters of Credit issued or to be
issued hereunder, and the result shall be to increase the cost to
the Agent of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, or reduce
any amount receivable hereunder by the Agent in respect of any
Letter of Credit (which increase in cost, or reduction in amount
receivable, shall be the result of the Agent’s reasonable
allocation of the aggregate of such increases or reductions
resulting from such event), then, upon demand by the Agent,
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, from time to time as specified
by the Agent, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to
compensate the Agent for such increased costs or reductions in
amounts received by the Agent. A certificate of the Agent submitted
by the Agent to Borrower shall be conclusive as to the amount
thereof in the absence of manifest error.
(7)
Obligations Absolute . The obligations of Borrower and any
other applicable account parties under this Section 2.02 shall
be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and
irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment
which Borrower or any of the foregoing account parties may have or
have had against the Agent or any beneficiary of a Letter of
Credit. Borrower and the applicable account parties further agree
with the Agent that the obligation for reimbursement in respect of
any Letter of Credit shall not be affected by the validity or
genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even if
such documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects
invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among
Borrower and any other applicable account parties, or any of their
Affiliates, the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any
financing institution or other party to whom any Letter of Credit
may be transferred or any claims or defenses whatsoever of Borrower
or any other applicable account parties, or any of their
Affiliates, against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any
such transferee. The Agent shall not be liable for any error,
omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or
delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in
connection with any Letter of Credit. Borrower and any other
applicable account parties agree that any action taken or omitted
by the Agent under or in connection with each Letter of Credit and
the related drafts and documents, if done in good faith and without
gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding upon them
and shall not put the Agent under any liability to any of them.
(8)
Actions of Agent . The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and
shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Letter of Credit,
draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype
message, statement, order or other document believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the
Agent.
(9)
Indemnification . Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Agent, and its respective directors, officers and
employees from and against any and all claims and damages, losses,
liabilities, costs or expenses which the Agent may incur (or which
may be claimed against the Agent by any Person whatsoever) by
reason of or in connection with the execution and delivery or
transfer of or payment or failure to pay under any Letter of Credit
or any actual or proposed use of any Letter of Credit, including,
without limitation, any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs
or expenses which the Agent may incur by reason of or on account of
the Agent issuing any Letter of Credit which specifies that the
term “beneficiary” included therein includes any
successor by operation of law of the named beneficiary, but which
Letter of Credit does not require that any drawing by any such
successor beneficiary be accompanied by a copy of a legal document,
satisfactory to the Agent, evidencing the appointment of such
successor beneficiary; provided that Borrower shall not be required
to indemnify the Agent for any claims, damages, losses,
liabilities, costs or expenses (x) to the extent, but only to
the extent, caused by (i) the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of the Agent in determining whether a request presented
under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter
of Credit or (ii) the Agent’s failure to pay under any
Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a request strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit or
(y) which are the subject of or are incurred in connection
with any litigation or proceeding with respect to which
(i) Borrower or any other applicable account parties, or their
Affiliates, on the one hand, and (ii) the Agent, on the other
hand, are directly opposing parties and with respect to which a
final, non-appealable judgment has been rendered in favor of
Borrower or such other applicable account party or their Affiliates
by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this
Section 2.02(9) is intended to limit the obligations of
Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 2.03
Reduction of Commitment. The Borrower shall have the right,
upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Agent,
to terminate in whole or reduce in part the unused portion of the
Revolving Credit Commitment, provided that each partial reduction
shall be in the amount of at least One Million and No/100 Dollars
($1,000,000.00), and provided further that no reduction shall be
permitted if, after giving effect thereto, and to any prepayment
made therewith, the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit shall exceed the
Revolving Credit Commitment. Any reduction in part of the unused
portion of the Banks’ Commitments shall be made in the
proportion that each Bank’s Commitment bears to the Revolving
Credit Commitment. The Revolving Credit Commitment, once reduced or
terminated, may not be reinstated.
Section 2.04 Notice
and Manner of Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Agent
notice of any Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement prior to
10:00 a.m. on the day of each Prime Loan, and at least three
(3) Business Days before each LIBOR Loan, specifying:
(1) the date of such Loan; (2) the amount of such Loan;
(3) the type of Loan; and (4) in the case of a LIBOR
Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The
Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of each such notice. Not
later than 11:00 a.m. (Central time) on the date of such
Revolving Credit Loans, each Bank will make available to the Agent
at the Agent’s Principal Office in immediately available
funds, such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit
Loans. After the Agent’s receipt of such funds, not later
than 11:00 a.m. (Central time) on the date of such Revolving
Credit Loans and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article 3, the Agent will make such Revolving Credit
Loans available to the Borrower in immediately available funds by
crediting the amount thereof to the following account with the
Agent: Account styled SCS Transportation, Inc. Operating Account,
No. 209908769.
All
notices given under this Section 2.04 shall be irrevocable and
shall be given not later than 10:00 a.m. (Central time) on the
day which is not less than the number of Business Days specified
above for such notice.
Section 2.05
Non-Receipt of Funds by Agent. Unless the Agent shall have
received notice from a Bank prior to the date on which such Bank is
to provide funds to the Agent for a Loan to be made by such Bank
that such Bank will not make available to the Agent such funds, the
Agent may assume that such Bank has made such funds available to
the Agent on the date of such Loan in accordance with
Section 2.04 and the Agent in its sole discretion may, but
shall not be obligated to, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If
and to the extent such Bank shall not have so made such funds
available to the Agent, such Bank agrees to repay to the Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made
available to the Borrower by Agent until the date such amount is
repaid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate set by the Agent for
the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and
thereafter at the interest rate then applicable to the Revolving
Credit Loans. If such Bank shall repay to the Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such
Bank’s Loan for purposes of this Agreement. If such Bank does
not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Agent’s
demand therefor, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and
the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the
Agent with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount
is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is
repaid to the Agent, at the rate of interest applicable at the time
to such proposed Loan.
Unless the
Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume
that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on
such date and the Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall not
be obligated to, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be
distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the
amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent the Borrower shall
not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Bank shall
repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to
such Bank together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date such
Bank repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate set
by the Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three
Business Days and thereafter at the interest rate then applicable
to the Revolving Credit Loans.
Section 2.06
Conversions and Renewals. The Borrower may elect from time to
time to convert all or a part of one type of Loan into another type
of Loan or to renew all or part of a Loan by giving the Agent
written notice by submitting to Agent an Interest Rate Election
Notice, in form and content as set forth on Schedule
“2.06" hereto, at least one (1) Business Day before
conversion into a Prime Loan, at least three (3) Business Days
before conversion into or renewal of a LIBOR Loan, specifying:
(1) the renewal or conversion date; (2) the amount of the
Loan to be converted or renewed; (3) in the case of
conversions, the type of Loan to be converted into; and (4) in
the case of renewals of or a conversion into LIBOR Loans, the
duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided that
(a) the minimum principal amount of each Loan outstanding
after a renewal or conversion shall be Two Hundred Thousand and
No/100 Dollars ($200,000.00) in the case of Prime Loans, and Four
Million and No/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00) in the case of LIBOR
Loans; and (b) LIBOR Loans may be converted only on the last
day of the Interest Period for such Loan. The Agent shall promptly
notify each Bank of each such notice. All conversions and renewals
shall be made in the proportion that each Bank’s Loan bears
to the total amount of all the Banks’ Loans. All notices
given under this Section 2.06 shall be irrevocable and shall
be given not later than 10:00 a.m. (Central time) on the day
which is not less than the number of Business Days specified above
for such notice. If the Borrower shall fail to give the Agent the
notice as specified above for the renewal or conversion of a LIBOR
Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period with respect thereto,
such LIBOR Loan shall automatically be converted into a Prime Loan
on the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan.
Notwithstanding anything provided in this Section 2.06 or in
Section 2.04, Borrower shall have no more than four
(4) LIBOR Loans outstanding at any one time.
Section 2.07
Settlement . It is agreed that each Bank’s funded portion
of the Revolving Credit Loan is intended by the Banks to be equal
at all times to such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans. Notwithstanding such agreement, the Agent,
and the other Banks agree (which agreement shall not be for the
benefit of or enforceable by the Borrower) that in order to
facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, settlement among them as to the Revolving Credit Loans
shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the
following provisions:
(1) The Agent shall request settlement
(“Settlement”) with the Banks on a weekly basis, or on
a more frequent basis if so determined by the Agent, (1) with
respect to each outstanding Revolving Credit Loan, and
(2) with respect to collections received, in each case, by
notifying the Banks of such requested Settlement by telecopy,
telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested
Settlement, no later than 10:00 a.m. (Tulsa, Oklahoma time) on
the date of such requested Settlement (the “Settlement
Date”). Each Bank shall make the amount of such Bank’s
Pro Rata Share of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving
Credit Loan with respect to which Settlement is requested available
to the Agent in same day funds to such account of the Agent as the
Agent may designate, not later than 3:00 p.m. (Tulsa, Oklahoma
time), on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, regardless of
whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article 3
have then been satisfied. Such amounts made available to the Agent
shall be applied against the amount of the applicable Revolving
Credit Loan and, together with the portion of such Revolving Credit
Loan representing Bank’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall
constitute Revolving Credit Loans of such Banks. If any such amount
is not made available to the Agent by any Bank on the Settlement
Date applicable thereto, the Agent shall be entitled to recover
such amount on demand from such Bank together with interest thereon
at the Federal Funds Rate for the first three (3) days from
and after such demand and thereafter at the Interest Rate then
applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more than one
(1) Business Day after demand is made by the Agent, each other
Bank shall irrevocably and unconditionally purchase and receive
from the Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest
and participation in such Revolving Credit Loan to the extent of
such Bank’s Pro Rata Share thereof by paying to the Agent, in
same day funds, an amount equal to such Bank’s Pro Rata Share
of such Revolving Credit Loan. If such amount is not in fact made
available to the Agent by any Bank, the Agent shall be entitled to
recover such amount on demand from such Bank together with interest
thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for the first three (3) days
from and after such demand and thereafter at the Interest Rate then
applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans.
(3) From and after the date, if any, on which any Bank
purchases an undivided interest and participation in any Revolving
Credit Loan pursuant to subsection (ii) above, the Agent
shall, subject to reimbursement to Agent for any amounts due from
such Bank, promptly distribute to such Bank at such address as such
Bank may request in writing, such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of
all payments of principal and interest received by the Agent in
respect of such Revolving Credit Loan.
(4) The Agent shall record on its books the principal amount
of the Revolving Credit Loans owing to each Bank. In addition, each
Bank is authorized, at such Bank’s option, to note the date
and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of such
Bank’s Revolving Credit Loans in its books and records,
including computer records, such books and records constituting
rebuttably presumptive evidence, absent manifest error, of the
accuracy of the information contained therein.
(5) All Revolving Credit Loans shall be made by the Banks
simultaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is
understood that (a) no Bank shall be responsible beyond such
Bank’s Commitment set forth in Section 2.01 hereof for
any failure by any other Bank to perform its obligation to make any
Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, (b) no failure by any Banks
to perform its obligation to make any Revolving Credit Loan
hereunder shall excuse any other Bank from its obligation to make
any Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, and (c) the obligations
of each Bank hereunder shall be several, not joint and several.
Section 2.08
Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest to the Agent for the
account of each Bank on the outstanding and unpaid principal amount
of that Bank’s Revolving Credit Loans made under this
Agreement at a rate (“Note Rate”) at all times equal to
the Adjusted Prime Rate for each Prime Loan and the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate for each LIBOR Loan. The Adjusted Prime Rate and the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate shall be defined as and calculated, on any date of
determination thereof, as follows:
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Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio |
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Adjusted LIBOR Rate |
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Adjusted Prime Rate |
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LIBOR Rate plus 175
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Prime Rate |
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LIBOR Rate plus 150
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Prime Rate |
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LIBOR Rate plus 125
basis points |
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Prime Rate |
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LIBOR Rate plus 100
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Prime Rate |
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The Adjusted LIBOR Rate and Adjusted
Prime Rate shall be recalculated on not less than a quarterly
basis, on the date on which the Agent is in receipt of
Borrower’s most recent financial statements (and, in the case
of the year-end financial statements, audit report) for the fiscal
quarter then ended, pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof
(“Pricing Date”). From the date of this Agreement to
the first recalculation, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be set at
the LIBOR Rate plus one and one-quarter percent
(1.25%), and the Adjusted Prime Rate shall be set at the Prime
Rate. The Note Rate shall be established based on the Funded Debt
to EBITDA Ratio for the most recently completed fiscal quarter and
the Note Rate established on a Pricing Date shall remain in effect
until the next Pricing Date. If the Borrower has not delivered its
financial statements by the date such financial statements (and, in
the case of the year-end financial statements, audit report) are
required to be delivered under Section 5.01 hereof, until such
financial statements and audit report are delivered, the Note Rate
shall be the Prime Rate plus one quarter of one
percent (.25%). If the Borrower subsequently delivers such
financial statements before the next Pricing Date, the Note Rate
established by such late delivered financial statements shall take
effect from the date of delivery until the next Pricing Date. In
all other circumstances, the Note Rate established by such
financial statements shall be in effect from the Pricing Date that
occurs immediately after the end of the fiscal quarter covered by
such financial statements until the next Pricing Date. Each
determination of the Note Rate made by the Agent in accordance with
the foregoing shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and
the Banks if reasonably determined.
Any change
in the Note Rate resulting from a change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such
change in the Prime Rate becomes effective.
Interest
on each Loan shall be calculated on the basis of a year of three
hundred sixty (360) days for the actual number of days elapsed.
Interest
on the Loans shall be paid in immediately available funds to the
Agent at its Principal Office for the account of the applicable
Lending Office of each Bank as follows:
(1) For each Prime Loan on the first (1 st ) day of
each month commencing the first such date after such Loan and
continuing until the earlier of (i) the date such Prime Loan
is paid in full or (ii) the Termination Date.
(2) For each LIBOR Loan, on the earlier of (i) the last
day of the Interest Period with respect to such LIBOR Loan or
(ii) the Termination Date.
Section 2.09
Default rate; late payment fee. If any Event of Default occurs
hereunder, interest from the date of such default shall accrue on
the principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans and on any past
due interest thereon at the rate of two percent (2%) per annum
above the nondefault interest rate accruing hereunder. The Agent
may collect, for the benefit of each Bank based upon its Pro Rata
Share, a late charge not to exceed an amount equal to five percent
(5%) of the amount of any payment due hereunder which is not paid
within ten (10) days from the due date thereof, for the
purpose of covering extra expenses involved in handling delinquent
payments.
Section 2.10 Unused
Portion Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the
account of each Bank an Unused Portion Fee on the average daily
unused portion of such Bank’s Commitment from the date of
this Agreement until the Termination Date at a rate to be
calculated, on any date of determination thereof, as follows:
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Such Unused Portion Fee shall be payable on the
first (1 st ) day of each quarter during the term of
such Bank’s Commitment, ending on the Termination Date. Upon
receipt of any Unused Portion Fees, the Agent will promptly
thereafter cause to be distributed such payments to the Banks in
accordance with each Bank’s Pro Rata Share of such
payments.
Section 2.11
Notes. All Revolving Credit Loans made by each Bank under this
Agreement shall be evidenced by, and repaid with interest in
accordance with, a single promissory note of the Borrower in
substantially the form of Schedule “2.11" , duly
completed, dated the date of this Agreement, and payable to such
Bank for the account of its applicable Lending Office, such Note to
represent the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Revolving
Credit Loans. Each Bank is hereby authorized by the Borrower to
endorse on the schedule attached to the Note held by it the amount
and type of each Revolving Credit Loan and each renewal,
conversion, and payment of principal amount received by such Bank
for the account of its applicable Lending Office on account of its
Revolving Credit Loans, which endorsement shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive as to the outstanding balance of the
Revolving Credit Loans made by such Bank; provided, however, that
the failure to make such notation with respect to any Revolving
Credit Loan or renewal, conversion, or payment shall not limit or
otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement or the Note held by such Bank. All Revolving Credit Loans
shall be repaid on the Termination Date.
Section 2.12
Payments. The Borrower may, upon at least One (1) Business
Day’s notice to the Agent in the case of Prime Loans and at
least Three (3) Business Days’ notice to the agent in
the case of LIBOR Loans, pay the Notes, without premium or penalty,
in whole or in part with accrued interest to the date of such
payment on the amount paid, provided that LIBOR Loans may be paid,
without premium or penalty, only on the last day of the Interest
Period for such Loans. Upon receipt of any such payments, the Agent
will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed such payment to
each Bank for the account of its applicable Lending Office in the
proportion that each such Bank’s Loan to which the payment
applies bears to the total amount of all the Banks’ Loans to
which the payment applies.
Section 2.13 Method
of Payment. The Borrower shall make each payment under this
Agreement and under the Notes not later than 3:00 p.m. (Central
time) on the date when due in lawful money of the United States to
the Agent at its Principal Office for the account of the applicable
Lending Office of each Bank in immediately available funds. The
Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed
(1) such payments of principal and interest in like funds to
each Bank for the account of its applicable Lending Office based
upon its Pro Rata Share thereof and (2) other fees payable to
any Bank to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Borrower hereby authorizes each Bank, if and to the
extent payment is not made when due under this Agreement or under
the Notes, to charge from time to time against any account of the
Borrower with such Bank any amount as due. Whenever any payment to
be made under this Agreement or under the Notes shall be stated to
be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be
made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of
time shall be included in the computation of the payment of
interest and the commitment fee, as the case may be, except, in the
case of a LIBOR Loan, if the result of such extension would be to
extend such payment into another calendar month, such payment shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Section 2.14 Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loan hereunder shall be used by
the Borrower for general corporate purposes including, without
limitation, working capital, letters of credit and capital
expenditures. The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use
any part of such proceeds for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to extend
credit to any Persons for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
such margin stock, or for any purpose which violates, or is
inconsistent with, Regulation X of such Board of
Governors.
Section 2.15
Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Agreement, if any Bank determines that any applicable law, rule, or
regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank, or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such
Bank (or its Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central
bank, or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for
such Bank (or its Lending Office) to maintain or fund its LIBOR
Loans, then upon thirty (30) days notice to the Borrower (with
a copy to the Agent) by such Bank the outstanding principal amount
of all LIBOR Loans, together with interest accrued thereon, and any
other amounts payable to each Bank under this Agreement shall be
repaid (a) immediately upon demand of such Bank if such change
or compliance with such request, in the judgment of such Bank,
requires immediate repayment, or (b) at the expiration of the
last Interest Period to expire before the effective date of any
such change or request.
Section 2.16
Disaster. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if
the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive)
that:
(1) Quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits
referred to in the definition of LIBOR Rate, are not being provided
in the relevant amounts or for the relative maturities for purposes
of determining the rate of interest on a LIBOR Loan as provided in
this Agreement; or
(2) If the Majority Banks determine (which determination shall
be conclusive) that the relevant rates of interest referred to in
the definition of LIBOR Rate, upon the basis of which the rate of
interest for any such type of Loan is to be determined do not
accurately cover the cost to the Banks of making or maintaining
such type of Loans;
then the Agent shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower, whereupon
(a) the obligation of the Banks to make LIBOR Loans, shall be
suspended until the Agent notifies the Borrower that the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, and
(b) the Borrower shall repay in full the then outstanding
principal amount of each LIBOR Loan, together with accrued interest
thereon, on the last day of the then current Interest Period
applicable to such Loan.
Section 2.17
Increased Cost. From time to time upon a thirty (30) day
notice to the Borrower from a Bank (with a copy to the Agent) the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the applicable
Bank such amounts as any Bank may determine to be necessary to
compensate such Bank for any costs incurred by such Bank which such
Bank determines are attributable to its making or maintaining any
LIBOR Loans hereunder or its obligation to make any such Loans
hereunder, or any reduction in any amount receivable by such Bank
under this Agreement or its Note in respect of any such Loans or
such obligation (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts
receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”),
resulting from any change after the date of this Agreement in U.S.
federal, state, municipal, or foreign laws or regulations
(including Regulation D), or the adoption or making after such
date of any interpretations, directives, or requirements applying
to a class of banks including such Bank of or under U.S. federal,
state, municipal, or foreign laws or regulations (whether or not
having the force of law) by any court or governmental or monetary
authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof
(“Regulatory Change”), which: (1) changes the
basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Bank under this
Agreement or its Note in respect of any of such Loans (other than
taxes imposed on the overall net income of such Bank or of its
Lending Office for any of such Loans by the jurisdiction where the
Principal Office or such Lending Office is located); or
(2) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, or similar requirements relating to any extensions
of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other
liabilities of, such Bank (including any of such Loans or any
deposits referred to in the definition of LIBOR Rate); or
(3) imposes any other condition affecting this Agreement or
its Note (or any of such extensions of credit or liabilities). Such
Bank will notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) of any
event occurring after the date of this Agreement which will entitle
such Bank to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.17 as
promptly as practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and
determines to request such compensation.
Determinations by any Bank for purposes of this Section 2.17
of the effect of any Regulatory Change on its costs of making or
maintaining Loans or on amounts receivable by it in respect of
Loans, and of the additional amounts required to compensate any
such Bank in respect of any Additional Costs, shall be conclusive,
provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable
basis.
Section 2.18
Risk-Based Capital. In the event that any Bank determines that
(1) compliance with any judicial, administrative, or other
governmental interpretation of any law or regulation or (2)
compliance by such Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) has
the effect of requiring an increase in the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by such Bank or any
corporation controlling such Bank, and such Bank determines that
such increase is based upon its obligations hereunder, and other
similar obligations, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the
account of the applicable Bank, such additional amount as shall be
certified by the Bank to be the amount allocable to such
Bank’s obligations to the Borrower hereunder. Such Bank will
notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) of any event
occurring after the date of this Agreement that will entitle such
Bank to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.18 as promptly
as practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to
request such compensation.
Determinations by any Bank for purposes of this Section 2.18
of the effect of any increase in the amount of capital required to
be maintained by such Bank and of the amount allocable to such
Bank’s obligations to the Borrower hereunder shall be
conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a
reasonable basis.
Section 2.19
Funding Loss Indemnification. Upon notice to the Borrower from
a Bank (with a copy to the Agent) the Borrower shall pay to the
Agent for the account of the applicable Bank, such amount or
amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of such
Bank) to compensate it for any loss, cost, or expense incurred as a
result of:
(1) Any payment of a LIBOR Loan on a date other than the last
day of the Interest Period for such Loan including, but not limited
to acceleration of the Loans by the Agent pursuant to Section 7.01
or any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan under Sections 2.15 or 2.16;
or
(2) Any failure by the Borrower to borrow or convert, as the
case may be, a LIBOR Loan on the date for borrowing or conversion,
as the case may be, specified in the relevant notice under
Section 2.06.
Article 3.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
Section 3.01
Conditions Precedent to Initial Loan. The obligation of each
Bank to advance funds under the initial Revolving Credit Loan to
the Borrower and of the Agent to issue a Letter of Credit is
subject to the conditions precedent that the Agent shall have
received on or before the day of such Revolving Credit Loan or date
of issuance of such Letter of Credit each of the following, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel and (except
for the Notes) in sufficient copies for each Bank:
(1)
Notes. The Note of each Bank duly executed by the
Borrower;
(2)
Evidence of all corporate action by the Borrower. Certified
(as of the date of this Agreement) copies of all corporate action
taken by the Borrower, including resolutions of its Board of
Directors, authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and each other document
to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement;
(3)
Borrower organizational documents. A certified copy of
Borrower’s Articles of Organization, and a copy of
Borrower’s Bylaws, with any amendments or modifications
thereto.
(4)
Incumbency and signature certificate of Borrower. A
certificate (dated as of the date of this Agreement) of the
Secretary of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures
of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and the other documents to be
delivered by the Borrower under this Agreement;
(5)
Opinion of counsel for Borrower. A favorable opinion of
counsel for the Borrower, in substantially the form of Schedule
“3.01(5)” , and as to such other matters as the
Bank may reasonably request;
(6)
Guaranty. A Guaranty duly executed by each Guarantor;
(7)
Evidence of all corporate action by Guarantor. Certified (as
of the date of this Agreement) copies of all corporate action taken
by each Guarantor, including resolutions of its Board of Directors,
authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of the
Guaranty;
(8)
Guarantor organizational documents. A certified copy of each
Guarantor’s Articles of Organization, and a copy of each
Guarantor’s Bylaws, with any amendments or modifications
thereto.
(9)
Incumbency and signature certificate of Guarantor. A
certificate (dated as of the date of this Agreement) of the
Secretary of each Guarantor certifying the names and true
signatures of the officers of the Guarantor authorized to sign the
Guaranty;
(10)
Opinion of counsel for Guarantor. A favorable opinion of
counsel for the Guarantor, in substantially the form of Schedule
“3.01(10)” , and as to such other matters as any
Bank may reasonably request; and
(11)
Related proceedings. The Prudential Agreement, as amended,
shall be in full force and effect.
(12)
Additional items . Additional documents or certificates with
respect to legal matters or corporate or other proceedings related
to the transactions contemplated hereby as may be reasonably
requested by the Agent or the Banks.
(13)
Fee. Borrower shall pay Agent at closing a fee as set forth
in the letter agreement of even date between Borrower and Agent, to
be distributed to the Banks based upon their Pro Rata Share.
Section 3.02
Conditions Precedent to All Loans. The obligation of each Bank
to make each Revolving Credit Loan (including the initial Revolving
Credit Loan) and of the Agent to issue any Letter of Credit shall
be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of
such Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit:
(1) The following statements shall be true and the Agent shall
have received a certificate signed by a duly Authorized Officer of
Borrower dated the date of such Revolving Credit Loan, stating
that:
(a) The
representations and warranties contained in Article 4 of this
Agreement, and in the Guaranty are correct on and as of the date of
such Loans as though made on and as of such date; and
(b) No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from such Loans; and
(2) The Agent shall have received such other approvals,
opinions, or documents as any Bank through the Agent may reasonably
request.
Article 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
The
Borrower represents, covenants and warrants as follows (all
references to “ Subsidiary ” and "
Subsidiaries ” in this Article 4 shall be deemed
omitted if the Borrower has no Subsidiaries at the time the
representations herein are made and repeated):
Section 4.01
Organization The Borrower is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, each Subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
organized, and the Borrower has and each Subsidiary has the power
to own its respective property and to carry on its respective
business as now being conducted. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes are
within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action.
Section 4.02
Financial Statements. The Borrower has furnished to Agent the
following financial statements, certified by a principal financial
officer of the Borrower: (i) a consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, in each
of the two fiscal years of the Borrower most recently completed
prior to the date as of which this representation is made or
repeated (other than fiscal years completed within 90 days
prior to such date for which audited financial statements have not
been released) and consolidated statements of income, cash flows
and a consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each such year, all reported on
by KPMG LLP or another nationally recognized public accounting firm
(for periods on and after January 1, 2002); and (ii) a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the end of the quarterly period (if any) most recently completed
prior to such date and after the end of such fiscal year (other
than quarterly periods completed within 45 days prior to such date
for which financial statements have not been released) and the
comparable quarterly period in the preceding fiscal year and
consolidated statements of income, cash flows and a consolidated
statement of shareholders’ equity for the periods from the
beginning of the fiscal years in which such quarterly periods are
included to the end of such quarterly periods, prepared by the
Borrower. Such financial statements (including any related
schedules and/or notes) are true and correct in all material
respects (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting
from audits and year-end adjustments), have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently followed throughout the periods
involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance
with such principles. The balance sheets fairly present the
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates
thereof, and the statements of income, cash flows and
stockholders’ equity fairly present the results of the
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their cash
flows for the periods indicated. There has been no material adverse
change in the business, property or assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) operations or prospects of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole since the end of the most recent
fiscal year for which such audited financial statements have been
furnished.
Section 4.03
Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, investigation or
proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any properties
or rights of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, by or before
any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which
might result in any material adverse change in the business,
property or assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or,
to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries which purports to affect the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any Note.
Section 4.04
Outstanding Indebtedness. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries has outstanding any Indebtedness except as permitted
by Section 6.03. There exists no default under the provisions
of any instrument evidencing such Indebtedness or of any agreement
relating thereto.
Section 4.05 Title
to Properties. The Borrower has and each of its Subsidiaries
has good and indefeasible title to its respective real properties
(other than properties which it leases) and good title to all of
its other respective properties and assets, including the
properties and assets reflected in the most recent audited balance
sheet referred to in Section 4.02 (other than properties and
assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), subject to
no Lien of any kind except Liens permitted by Section 6.02.
All leases necessary in any material respect for the conduct of the
respective businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are
valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect.
Section 4.06
Taxes. The Borrower has and each of its Subsidiaries has filed
all federal, state and other income tax returns which, to the best
knowledge of the officers of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, are
required to be filed, and each has paid all taxes as shown on such
returns and on all assessments received by it to the extent that
such taxes have become due, except such taxes as are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which
adequate reserves have been established in accordance with
GAAP.
Section 4.07
Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters. Neither the Borrower
nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement
or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which
materially and adversely affects its business, property or assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or operations. Neither the
execution nor delivery of this Agreement or the Notes, nor
fulfillment of nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof
and of the Notes will conflict with, or result in a breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any
Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any award of any arbitrator or
any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders),
instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or
regulation to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any
instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or
agreement (including its charter) which limits the amount of, or
otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of
the Borrower of the type to be evidenced by the Notes except as set
forth in the agreements listed in Schedule “4.07"
attached hereto.
Section 4.08
Offering of Notes. Neither the Borrower nor any agent acting on
its behalf has, directly or indirectly, offered the Notes or any
similar security of the Borrower for sale to, or solicited any
offers to buy the Notes or any similar security of the Borrower
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect thereto
with, any Person other than institutional investors, and neither
the Borrower nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will
take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the
Notes to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or
to the provisions of any securities or Blue Sky law of any
applicable jurisdiction.
Section 4.09 Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds of the Notes will be used for general
corporate purposes including working capital, letter of credit and
capital expenditures. None of the proceeds of the Notes will be
used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate,
incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any “margin
stock” as defined in Regulation U (12 CFR Part 221)
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“
margin stock ”) or for the purpose of maintaining,
reducing or retiring any Indebtedness which was originally incurred
to purchase or carry any stock that is then currently a margin
stock. Neither the Borrower nor any agent acting on its behalf has
taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement or
the Notes to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or any
other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect
now or as the same may hereafter be in effect.
Section 4.10
ERISA. No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section
302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived,
exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan).
No liability to the PBGC has been or is expected by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other
than a Multiemployer Plan) by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any
ERISA Affiliate which is or would be materially adverse to the
business, property or assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Neither the Borrower, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred or presently expects to incur any withdrawal liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan
which is or would be materially adverse to the business, property
or assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the issuance of the Notes will be
exempt from or will not involve any transaction which is subject to
the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA and will not involve any
transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed
under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to
section 4975 of the Code.
Section 4.11
Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of the Borrower or of
any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective businesses or
properties, nor any relationship between the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection
with the delivery of the Notes is such as to require any
authorization, consent, approval, exemption or any action by or
notice to or filing with any court or administrative or
governmental or regulatory body in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the delivery of the Notes or
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof
or of the Notes.
Section 4.12
Environmental Compliance. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
all of their respective properties and facilities have complied at
all times and in all respects with all federal, state, local and
regional statutes, laws, ordinances and judicial or administrative
orders, judgments, rulings and regulations relating to protection
of the environment except, in any such case, where failure to
comply could not result in a material adverse effect on the
business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.13
Utility Borrower Status. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary is a (i) “holding company,” a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”
or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or
of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding
company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended or (ii) public utility
within the meaning of the Federal Power Act, as amended.
Section 4.14
Investment Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary is an “investment
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