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Exhibit
10.37
Published CUSIP Number:
22026DAE5
Revolving Credit CUSIP
Number: 22026DAF2
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of October 25,
2006,
among
CHOICEPOINT SERVICES
INC.,
as Borrower,
CHOICEPOINT
INC.,
as Parent,
THE LENDERS LISTED
HEREIN,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative
Agent,
and
SUNTRUST
BANK,
as Syndication
Agent,
and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC and SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
as Co-Lead
Arrangers
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC,
as Sole Book
Runner
Table of
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS;
CONSTRUCTION
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Section 1.01 |
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Definitions |
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Section
1.02 |
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Accounting Terms and Determination |
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Section
1.03 |
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Other
Definitional Terms |
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Section
1.04 |
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Exhibits
and Schedules |
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ARTICLE II SYNDICATED LOANS AND SWING
LINE LOANS
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Section
2.01 |
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Description of Revolving Credit Facilities; Use of
Proceeds |
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Section
2.02 |
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Syndicated Loans |
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Section
2.03 |
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Syndicated Notes; Repayment of Principal |
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Section
2.04 |
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Voluntary
Reduction of Syndicated Loan Commitments |
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Section
2.05 |
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Increase
of Syndicated Loan Commitments |
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Section
2.06 |
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Syndicated Loan Funding Notices |
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Section
2.07 |
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Swing
Line Loans |
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ARTICLE IIA. LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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Section 2A.01 |
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L/C
Commitment. |
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Section
2A.02 |
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Procedure
for Issuance of Letters of Credit |
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Section
2A.03 |
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Commissions and Other Charges. |
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Section
2A.04 |
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L/C
Participations |
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Section
2A.05 |
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Reimbursement Obligation of Borrower |
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Section
2A.06 |
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Obligations Absolute. |
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Section
2A.07 |
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Effect of
Letter of Credit Application. |
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Section
2A.08 |
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Appointment and Duties of Additional Issuing
Lenders. |
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ARTICLE III GENERAL LOAN
TERMS
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Section
3.01 |
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Disbursement of Funds |
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Section
3.02 |
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Interest |
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Section
3.03 |
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Interest
Periods |
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Section
3.04 |
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Fees |
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Section
3.05 |
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Prepayments of Borrowings |
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Section
3.06 |
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Payments,
etc |
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Section
3.07 |
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Interest
Rate Not Ascertainable, etc |
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Section
3.08 |
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Illegality |
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Section
3.09 |
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Increased
Costs |
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Section
3.10 |
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Lending
Offices |
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Section
3.11 |
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Funding
Losses |
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Section
3.12 |
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Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar
Advances |
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Section
3.13 |
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Apportionment of Payments |
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Section
3.14 |
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Sharing
of Payments, Etc. |
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Section 3.15 |
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Alternative Currency Matters |
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Section
3.16 |
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Benefits
to Guarantors |
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45 |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS TO BORROWINGS AND
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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Section 4.01
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans and Letters of
Credit. |
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Section 4.02
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Conditions to All Loans |
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47 |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 5.01
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Corporate
Existence; Compliance with Law |
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Section 5.02
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Corporate
Power; Authorization |
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Section 5.03
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Enforceable Obligations |
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48 |
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Section 5.04
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No
Contractual or Legal Bar |
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Section 5.05
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No
Material Litigation or Investigations |
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Section 5.06
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Investment Company Act, Etc |
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Section 5.07
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Margin
Regulations |
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49 |
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Section 5.08
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Compliance With Environmental Laws |
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Section 5.09
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Insurance |
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Section 5.10
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No
Default |
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Section 5.11
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No
Burdensome Restrictions |
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Section 5.12
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Taxes |
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Section 5.13
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Subsidiaries |
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50 |
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Section 5.14
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Financial
Statements |
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Section 5.15
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ERISA |
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Section 5.16
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Possession of Franchises, Licenses, Etc. |
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Section 5.17
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Patents,
Trademarks, Licenses, Etc |
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Section 5.18
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Ownership
of Property |
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Section 5.19
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Financial
Condition |
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Section 5.20
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Labor
Matters |
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Section 5.21
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Payment
or Dividend Restrictions |
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Section 5.22
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Outstanding Indebtedness |
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Section 5.23
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Disclosure |
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Section 5.24
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OFAC |
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ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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Section 6.01
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Corporate
Existence, Etc |
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Section 6.02
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Compliance with Laws, Etc |
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Section 6.03
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Payment
of Taxes and Claims, Etc |
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Section 6.04
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Keeping
of Books |
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Section 6.05
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Visitation, Inspection, Etc |
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Section 6.06
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Insurance; Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 6.07
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Reporting
Covenants |
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Section 6.08
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Financial
Covenants |
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Section 6.09
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Additional Credit Parties |
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Section 6.10
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Intellectual Property |
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ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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Section
7.01 |
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Liens |
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Section
7.02 |
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Guaranties |
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61 |
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Section
7.03 |
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Mergers,
Consolidations |
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Section
7.04 |
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Asset
Sales |
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Section
7.05 |
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Investments, Loans, Etc |
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Section
7.06 |
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Sale and
Leaseback Transactions |
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Section
7.07 |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section
7.08 |
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ERISA |
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Section
7.09 |
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Additional Negative Pledges |
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65 |
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Section
7.10 |
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Changes
in Business |
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65 |
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Section
7.11 |
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Limitation on Payment Restrictions Affecting Consolidated
Companies |
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Section
7.12 |
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Actions
Under Certain Documents |
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66 |
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Section
7.13 |
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Amendments; Payments and Prepayments of Subordinated
Debt |
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Section
7.14 |
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Changes
in Fiscal Year |
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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Section
8.01 |
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Payments |
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66 |
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Section
8.02 |
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Covenants
Without Notice |
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66 |
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Section
8.03 |
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Other
Covenants |
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67 |
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Section
8.04 |
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Representations |
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67 |
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Section
8.05 |
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Non-Payments of Other Indebtedness |
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67 |
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Section
8.06 |
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Defaults
Under Other Agreements |
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67 |
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Section
8.07 |
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Bankruptcy |
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67 |
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Section
8.08 |
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Money
Judgment |
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68 |
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Section
8.09 |
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Change in
Control of Parent or Borrower |
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68 |
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Section
8.10 |
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Default
Under Other Credit Documents |
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68 |
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Section
8.11 |
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Attachments |
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69 |
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Section
8.12 |
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Remedies |
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69 |
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Section
8.13 |
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Crediting
of Payments and Proceeds |
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70 |
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Section
8.14 |
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Judgment
Currency |
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70 |
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ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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Section
9.01 |
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Appointment of Administrative Agent |
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70 |
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Section
9.02 |
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Nature of
Duties of Administrative Agent |
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71 |
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Section
9.03 |
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Lack of
Reliance on the Administrative Agent |
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71 |
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Section
9.04 |
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Certain
Rights of the Administrative Agent |
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71 |
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Section
9.05 |
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Reliance
by the Administrative Agent |
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72 |
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Section
9.06 |
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Indemnification of the Administrative Agent |
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72 |
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Section
9.07 |
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The
Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity |
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72 |
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Section
9.08 |
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Holders
of Notes |
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72 |
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Section
9.09 |
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Successor
Administrative Agent |
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73 |
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Section
9.10 |
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No Other
Duties |
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73 |
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Section
9.11 |
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Release
of Guarantors |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.01 |
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Notices |
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Section 10.02 |
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Amendments, Etc |
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Section 10.03 |
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No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
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76 |
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Section 10.04 |
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Payment
of Expenses; Indemnity |
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Section 10.05 |
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Right of
Setoff |
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Section 10.06 |
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Benefit
of Agreement |
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Section 10.07 |
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Governing
Law |
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Section 10.08 |
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Jurisdiction and Venue |
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81 |
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Section
10.09 |
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Binding
Arbitration; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section
10.10 |
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Reversal
of Payments |
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82 |
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Section
10.11 |
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Injunctive Relief; Punitive Damages |
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83 |
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Section
10.12 |
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Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights |
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83 |
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Section
10.13 |
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Release
of Guarantors |
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83 |
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Section
10.14 |
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Counterparts |
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83 |
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Section
10.15 |
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Patriot
Act |
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Section
10.16 |
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Effectiveness; Survival. |
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Section
10.17 |
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Severability |
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Section
10.18 |
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Independence of Covenants |
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Section
10.19 |
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Headings
Descriptive; Entire Agreement |
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SCHEDULES
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| Schedule
1.1(a) |
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Syndicated Lenders and Syndicated Loan Commitments |
| Schedule 1.1(b) |
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Existing
Letters of Credit |
| Schedule
1.1(c) |
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Mandatory
Cost Formulae |
| Schedule
5.13 |
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Organization and Ownership of Subsidiaries |
| Schedule
5.22 |
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Outstanding Indebtedness |
| Schedule
7.01 |
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Existing
Liens |
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| EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit
A |
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Form of
Syndicated Note |
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B |
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Form of
Swing Line Note |
| Exhibit
C |
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Form of
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement |
| Exhibit
D |
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Form of
Contribution Agreement |
| Exhibit
E |
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Form of
Parent Guaranty Agreement |
| Exhibit
F |
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Form of
Closing Certificate |
| Exhibit
G-1 |
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Form of
Opinion of Jones Day |
| Exhibit
G-2 |
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Form of
Opinion of in-house general counsel |
| Exhibit
H |
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement |
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I |
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Form of
Compliance Certificate |
| Exhibit
J |
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Form of
Notice of Borrowing |
| Exhibit
K |
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Form of
Notice of Conversion/Continuation |
| Exhibit
L |
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Form of
Notice of Account Designation |
| Exhibit
M |
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Form of
Notice of Prepayment |
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT made and entered into as of October 25, 2006, by
and among CHOICEPOINT INC., a Georgia corporation (“
Parent ”), CHOICEPOINT SERVICES INC., a Georgia
corporation (“ Borrower ”), WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“
Wachovia ”), the other banks and lending institutions
listed on the signature pages hereof, and any assignees of
Wachovia, or such other banks and lending institutions which become
“Lenders” as provided herein (Wachovia, and such other
banks, lending institutions and assignees are referred to
collectively herein as the “ Lenders ”), and
Wachovia, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders
and each successor Administrative Agent for such Lenders as may be
appointed from time to time pursuant to Article IX hereof
(the “ Administrative Agent ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , the Borrower
has requested and the Lenders have agreed, to extend certain credit
facilities to the Borrower on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS;
CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01
Definitions . In addition to the other terms defined herein,
the following terms used herein shall have the meanings herein
specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined):
“ Additional Issuing
Lenders ” means any Lenders designated as additional
issuers of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2A.08
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“ Administrative
Agent ” shall mean Wachovia in its capacity as
Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor Administrative
Agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.09 .
“ Administrative
Agent’s Correspondent ” shall mean Wachovia Bank,
National Association, London Branch, or any other financial
institution designated by the Administrative Agent to act as its
correspondent hereunder with respect to the distribution and
payment of Alternative Currency Loans.
“ Advance
” shall mean any principal amount advanced and remaining
outstanding at any time under (a) the Syndicated Loans, which
Advances shall be made or outstanding as Base Rate Advances or
Eurodollar Advances, as the case may be, and (b) the Swing
Line Loans, which Advances shall be made or outstanding as Swing
Line Advances.
“ Affiliate
” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling”, “controlled by”, and
“under common control with”) as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
that Person.
“ Agreement
” shall mean this Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended,
modified, restated, or supplemented from time to time.
“ Alternative
Currency ” shall mean (a) Euro, (b) Pounds
Sterling and (c) with the prior written consent of each
Lender, any other lawful currency (other than Dollars);
provided that such currency is freely transferable and
convertible into Dollars in the United States currency market and
freely available to each Lender in the London interbank deposit
market.
“ Alternative
Currency Amount ” shall mean, at any time, with respect
to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof
in the applicable Alternative Currency at the most favorable spot
exchange rate for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with
Dollars, as determined by the Administrative Agent or the
applicable Issuing Lender, as applicable, at approximately 11:00
a.m. (the time of the Administrative Agent’s Correspondent)
two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which the foreign
exchange computation is made.
“ Alternative
Currency Commitment ” shall mean the lesser of
(a) $300,000,000 and (b) the total Syndicated Loan
Commitments.
“ Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit ” shall mean any Letter of
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“ Alternative
Currency Loan ” shall mean any Syndicated Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“ Applicable
Commitment Percentage ” shall mean the percentage
designated on the chart set forth below based on Parent’s
ratio of Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA:
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Level
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Funded Debt to
Consolidated
EBITDA
Ratio
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Applicable Commitment
Percentage
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Greater than
or equal to 2.25 to 1.00 |
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0.150 |
% |
| II |
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Greater than
or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, but less than 2.25 to 1.00 |
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0.125 |
% |
| III |
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Greater than
or equal to 1.25 to 1.00, but less than 1.75 to 1.00 |
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0.100 |
% |
| IV |
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Greater than
or equal to 0.75 to 1.00, but less than 1.25 to 1.00 |
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0.080 |
% |
| V |
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Less than
0.75 to 1.00 |
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0.070 |
% |
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The Applicable Commitment Percentage
shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each a
“ Calculation Date ”) ten (10) Business
Days after the later of (i) receipt by the Administrative
Agent of the Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.07
for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent or
(ii) the date such Compliance Certificate is required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 6.07, provided that,
(a) the Applicable Commitment Percentage on the Closing Date
shall be based on Level IV until the first Calculation Date
following the receipt of the Compliance Certificate for the fiscal
quarter ending December 31, 2006 and thereafter the Pricing
Level shall be determined by reference to Parent’s ratio of
Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA as of the last day of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent preceding the
applicable Calculation Date and (b) if Borrower fails to
provide the Compliance Certificate and related financial statements
required by Section 6.07 for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter of the Parent preceding the applicable Calculation
Date, the Applicable Commitment Percentage from such Calculation
Date shall be based on Level I until such time as the appropriate
Compliance Certificate is provided, at which time the Pricing Level
shall be determined by reference to Parent’s ratio of Funded
Debt to Consolidated EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently
ended fiscal quarter of the Parent preceding such Calculation Date.
The Applicable Commitment Percentage shall be effective from one
Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date.
“ Applicable
Margin ” shall mean the percentage designated on the
chart set forth below based on Parent’s ratio of Funded Debt
to Consolidated EBITDA:
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Level
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Funded Debt to
Consolidated
EBITDA
Ratio
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Applicable Margin |
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I
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Greater than
or equal to 2.25 to 1.00 |
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0.600 |
% |
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II
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Greater than
or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, but less than 2.25 to 1.00 |
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0.500 |
% |
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III
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Greater than
or equal to 1.25 to 1.00, but less than 1.75 to 1.00 |
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0.400 |
% |
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IV
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Greater than
or equal to 0.75 to 1.00, but less than 1.25 to 1.00 |
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0.320 |
% |
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V
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Less than
0.75 to 1.00 |
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0.280 |
% |
The Applicable Margin shall be
determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each a “
Calculation Date ”) ten (10) Business Days after
the later of (i) receipt by the Administrative Agent of the
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.07 for the most
recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent or (ii) the date
such Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.07, provided that, (a) the Applicable
Margin on the Closing Date shall be based on Level IV until
the first Calculation Date following the receipt of the Compliance
Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006
and thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference
to Parent’s ratio of Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA as of
the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the
Parent preceding the applicable Calculation Date and (b) if
Borrower fails to provide the Compliance Certificate and
related
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financial statements required by
Section 6.07 for the most recently ended fiscal quarter
of the Parent preceding the applicable Calculation Date, the
Applicable Margin from such Calculation Date shall be based on
Level I until such time as the appropriate Compliance Certificate
is provided, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by
reference to Parent’s ratio of Funded Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter
of the Parent preceding such Calculation Date. The Applicable
Margin shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the next
Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the Applicable Margin shall be
applicable to all Loans and L/C Obligations then existing or
subsequently made or issued.
“ Application
” shall mean an application, in the form specified by the
applicable Issuing Lender from time to time, requesting the
applicable Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.
“ Asset Sale
” shall mean any sale or other disposition (or a series of
related sales or other dispositions), including without limitation,
loss, damage, destruction or taking to the extent not covered by
insurance, by any Consolidated Company to any Person other than a
Consolidated Company, of any property or asset (including Capital
Stock but excluding the issuance and sale by Parent of its own
Capital Stock), other than sales or other dispositions made in the
ordinary course of business of any Consolidated Company.
“ Asset
Securitization ” shall mean the asset securitization
program entered into by the Receivable Subsidiaries and Three
Pillars Funding Corporation; provided that the outstanding
attributed principal amount of such program shall not at any time
exceed $175,000,000.
“ Asset
Securitization Agreements ” shall mean those documents
which govern the Asset Securitization (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as
permitted by this Agreement).
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and substantially in the form of
Exhibit H .
“ Bankruptcy
Code ” shall mean The Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended
and in effect from time to time (11 U.S.C. § 101 et
seq.).
“ Base Rate
” shall mean the higher of (with any change in the Base Rate
to be effective as of the date of change of either of the following
rates):
(a) the rate which the
Administrative Agent so denominates and sets from time to time to
be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time,
and
(b) the Federal Funds Rate,
as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent
(0.50%) per annum.
The Administrative
Agent’s prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best rate charged to customers;
the Administrative Agent may
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make commercial loans or other loans at
rates of interest at, above or below the Administrative
Agent’s prime lending rate.
“ Base Rate
Advance ” shall mean an Advance made or outstanding as
(i) a Syndicated Loan bearing interest based on the Base Rate
or (ii) an Advance bearing interest at the rate agreed upon
between Borrower and the Lenders pursuant to
Section 3.07 , Section 3.08 or
Section 3.09 .
“ Bond
Obligations ” shall mean all obligations of the
Consolidated Companies arising under or pursuant to (a) that
certain Lease Agreement dated as of December 1, 2001, by and
between Development Authority of Fulton County, as lessor of
certain equipment described therein (the “ Lessor
”), and Parent, as lessee of such equipment (in such
capacity, the “ Lessee ”), and all other
instruments, documents, and agreements relating to such lease or
that certain $30,000,000 Development Authority of Fulton County
Taxable Industrial Development Revenue Bond (ChoicePoint Inc.
Project), Equipment Series (the “ Bond ”),
including, without limitation, that certain Bond Guaranty Agreement
dated as of December 31, 2001, issued by Parent, in its
capacity as guarantor (in such capacity, the “ Bond
Guarantor ”) in favor of Parent, in its capacity as
purchaser of the Bond (the “ Bond Purchaser ”)
pursuant to which the Bond Guarantor unconditionally guaranteed
payment and performance of the debt service on the Bond for the
benefit of the Bond Purchaser (the Bond Purchaser having financed
the acquisition by the Lessor of the equipment which was leased to
the Lessee); and (b) that certain Lease Agreement dated as of
December 22, 2005, by and between Development Authority of
Fulton County, as lessor of certain equipment described therein,
and Parent, as lessee of such equipment (in such capacity, the
“ 2005 Lessee ”), and all other instruments,
documents, and agreements relating to such lease or that certain
$60,000,000 Development Authority of Fulton County Taxable
Industrial Development Revenue Bond (ChoicePoint Inc. Project),
Equipment Series (the “ 2005 Bond ”); and, since
Parent is (i) the Lessee, the Bond Purchaser and the Bond
Guarantor with respect to the Bond and (ii) the 2005 Lessee
with respect to the 2005 Bond, the Bond Obligations are not
required to be classified as a liability of Parent in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Borrower
” shall mean ChoicePoint Services Inc., a Georgia
corporation, and its successors.
“ Borrowing
” shall mean the incurrence by Borrower under any Facility of
Advances of one Type concurrently having the same Interest Period
or the continuation or conversion of an existing Borrowing or
Borrowings in whole or in part.
“ Business Day
” shall mean any day which is neither a Saturday or Sunday
nor a legal holiday on which banks are required or authorized to
close in Charlotte, North Carolina and New York, New
York.
“ Capital Stock
” shall mean (a) in the case of a corporation, all
capital stock of such Person, whether voting or nonvoting,
including common stock and preferred stock of such Person
(b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and
all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a
partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited),
(d) in the case of a limited
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liability company, membership interests
and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“ Change in Control
Provision ” shall mean any term or provision contained in
any indenture, debenture, note, or other agreement or document
evidencing or governing Indebtedness of Parent evidencing debt or a
commitment to extend loans in excess of $5,000,000 which requires,
or permits the holder(s) of such Indebtedness of Parent to require
that such Indebtedness of Parent be redeemed, repurchased,
defeased, prepaid or repaid, either in whole or in part, or the
maturity of such Indebtedness of Parent to be accelerated in any
respect, as a result of a change in ownership of the Capital Stock
of Parent or voting rights with respect thereto.
“ Closing Date
” shall mean the date of this Agreement or such later
Business Day upon which the conditions set forth in
Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with
Section 10.02 .
“ Commitment
” shall mean (i) for any Syndicated Lender at any time,
its Syndicated Loan Commitment, (ii) for the Swing Line Lender
at any time, its Swing Line Commitment, and (iii) for the
applicable Issuing Lender at any time, its L/C Commitment, in each
case as the context may require.
“ Compliance
Certificate ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.07(c) .
“ Consolidated
Companies ” shall mean, collectively, Parent and all of
its Subsidiaries other than the Receivables
Subsidiaries.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” shall mean, for any fiscal period of Parent, an
amount, determined without duplication, equal to (A) the sum
for such fiscal period of Consolidated Net Income (Loss) and, to
the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income
(Loss), provisions for (i) taxes based on income,
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense and (iii) depreciation
and amortization expense, minus (B) any items of gain
(or plus any items of loss) which were included in
determining such Consolidated Net Income (Loss) and were
(x) not realized in the ordinary course of business (whether
or not classified as “ordinary” by GAAP), (y) the
result of any sale of assets, or (z) resulting from minority
investments, together with in the case of (x), (y) or (z), any
related provision for taxes included in Consolidated Net Income
(Loss) with respect thereto, plus (C) non-recurring
non-cash charges, including without limitation, accruals related to
any acquisition and earnouts incurred in connection with any
acquisition to the extent not paid in cash. For purposes of this
Agreement, Consolidated EBITDA shall be adjusted on a pro
forma basis, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, to exclude, as of the first day of any
applicable period, any Asset Sale closed during such period and to
include, as of the first day of any applicable period, any
acquisition of any Person which became a Subsidiary and any assets
acquired by any Consolidated Company during such period, including,
without limitation, adjustments reflecting any non-recurring costs
and any extraordinary expenses of any such Asset Sale or
acquisition closed during such period calculated on a basis
consistent with GAAP and Regulation S-X of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or as approved by the Administrative
Agent.
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“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” shall mean, for any fiscal period of
Parent, total interest expense of the Consolidated Companies and
the Receivables Subsidiaries (including, without limitation,
interest expense attributable to capitalized leases, all net
payment obligations pursuant to swap agreements (as defined in 11
U.S.C. § 101), all commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to bankers acceptance financing, and
total interest expense (whether shown as interest expense or as
loss and expenses on sale of receivables) under a receivables
purchase facility (including, without limitation, the Asset
Securitization)) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income (Loss) ” shall mean, for any fiscal period of
Parent, the net income (or loss) of the Consolidated Companies and
the Receivables Subsidiaries for such period (taken as a single
accounting period), but excluding therefrom (to the extent
otherwise included therein) the income of any Consolidated Company
or any Receivables Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Consolidated
Company or Receivables Subsidiary of that income is not at the time
permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation.
“ Consolidated Net
Worth ” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date
of determination, shareholders’ equity of the Consolidated
Companies, determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with
GAAP.
“ Contractual
Obligation ” of any Person shall mean any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument
or undertaking under which such Person is obligated or by which it
or any of the property owned by it is bound.
“ Credit
Documents ” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the
Notes, the Applications, the Guaranty Agreements, and all other
documents, instruments, certificates and opinions executed and
delivered in connection with the foregoing.
“ Credit Parties
” shall mean, collectively, each of Borrower, the Guarantors,
and every other Person who from time to time executes a supplement
to the Guaranty Agreements with respect to all or any portion of
the Obligations.
“ Default
” shall mean any condition or event which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
“ Defaulting
Lender ” shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed
to fund any portion of the Syndicated Loans, participations in L/C
Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be
funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required
to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay
over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day
of the date when due, unless such amount is the subject of a good
faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
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“ Dollar ”
and “ U.S. Dollar ” and the sign “
$ ” shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
“ Dollar Amount
” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any
amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with
respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the
equivalent amount thereof in Dollars at the most favorable spot
exchange rate for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative
Currency, as determined by the Administrative Agent or the
applicable Issuing Lender, as applicable, at approximately 11:00
a.m. (the time of the Administrative Agent’s Correspondent)
two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which the foreign
exchange computation is made.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” shall mean any of the following (i) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or
any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of
$100,000,000; (ii) a savings and loan association or savings
bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State
thereof, and having total assets in excess of $100,000,000;
(iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other
country having total assets in excess of $100,000,000, provided
that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the
United States; (iv) a finance company, insurance company or
other financial institution, lender or fund (whether a corporation,
partnership or other entity) which is engaged in making, purchasing
or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course
of its business, and having total assets in excess of at least
$100,000,000; (v) any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender;
or (vi) any other Person consented to by Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, such consent not unreasonably to be
withheld.
“ EMU ”
shall mean economic and monetary union as contemplated in the
Treaty on European Union.
“ EMU
Legislation ” shall mean legislative measures of the
Council of European Union for the introduction of, change over to
or operation of the Euro.
“ Environmental
Laws ” shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign
statutes and codes or regulations, rules or ordinances issued,
promulgated, or approved thereunder, now or hereafter in effect
(including, without limitation, those with respect to asbestos or
asbestos containing material or exposure to asbestos or asbestos
containing material), relating to pollution or protection of the
environment and relating to public health and safety, relating to
(i) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of
pollutants, contaminants, chemicals or industrial toxic or
hazardous constituents, substances or wastes, including without
limitation, any Hazardous Substance, petroleum including crude oil
or any fraction thereof, any petroleum product or other waste,
chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Law into the
environment (including without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), or
(ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
any Hazardous Substance, petroleum including crude oil or any
fraction thereof, any petroleum product or other waste, chemicals
or substances regulated by any Environmental Law, and
(iii) underground storage tanks and related piping, and
emissions, discharges and releases or threatened releases
therefrom, such Environmental Laws to include, without limitation
(i) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. ),
(ii) the Clean Water
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Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq. ), (iii) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. ), (iv) the Toxic
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. ),
(v) the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. ), and
(vi) all applicable national and local laws or regulations
with respect to environmental control (including applicable laws of
the Federal Republic of Germany or any applicable international
agreements).
“ ERISA ”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended and in effect from time to time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, each
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member
of a group of which that Person is a member and which is under
common control within the meaning of the regulations promulgated
under Section 414 of the Tax Code.
“ Euro ”
shall mean the single currency to which the Participating Member
States of the EMU have converted.
“ Eurodollar
Advance ” shall mean an Advance made or outstanding as a
Syndicated Loan bearing interest based on LIBOR.
“ Eurodollar
Business Day ” shall mean a Business Day (a) on
which trading is carried on by and between banks in deposits for
the applicable Permitted Currency in the London interbank market
and (b) on which banks are open for the conduct of their
domestic and international banking business in the place where the
Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent’s
Correspondent shall make available Loans in such Permitted
Currency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any amount
denominated or to be denominated in the Euro, any reference to a
“Business Day” shall be construed as a reference to a
TARGET Day.
“ Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage ” shall mean, for any Lender which is a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System and with respect to any
Eurodollar Advance denominated in Dollars, on any day that
percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day,
as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirement
for such Lender in respect of “Eurocurrency
liabilities” (or in respect of any other category of
liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate on Eurodollar Advances is determined or any category
of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a
non-United States office of any Lender to United States
residents).
“ Event of
Default ” shall have the meaning provided in Article
VIII .
“ Exchange Act
” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
“ Executive
Officer ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, Chief
Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer and any Person holding comparable offices or
duties.
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“ Existing Credit
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2004, by and among Parent,
the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as administrative agent, and, SunTrust Bank, as
syndication agent, as amended by the First Amendment to Revolving
Credit Agreement, dated as of February 18, 2005, as further
amended by the Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement,
dated as of December 16, 2005, and as otherwise amended as of
the date hereof.
“ Existing Letters
of Credit ” shall mean all letters of credit identified
on Schedule 1.1(b) .
“ Facility
” or “ Facilities ” shall mean the credit
facilities made available to Borrower pursuant to the Syndicated
Loan Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment, and the L/C Facility,
as the context may indicate.
“ Facility Fee
” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.04 .
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” shall mean, the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) representing the
daily effective federal funds rate as quoted by the Administrative
Agent and confirmed in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release
H.15 (519) or any successor or substitute publication selected
by the Administrative Agent. If, for any reason, such rate is not
available, then “Federal Funds Rate” shall mean a daily
rate which is determined, in the opinion of the Administrative
Agent, to be the rate at which federal funds are being offered for
sale in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (Charlotte
time). Rates for weekends or holidays shall be the same as the rate
for the most immediately preceding Business Day.
“ Foreign Plan
” shall mean any pension, profit sharing, deferred
compensation, or other employee benefit plan, program or
arrangement maintained by any Foreign Subsidiary which, under
applicable local law, is required to be funded through a trust or
other funding vehicle, but shall not include any benefit provided
by a foreign government or its agencies.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” shall mean each Consolidated Company that is
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States of America or any State thereof.
“ Funded Debt
” shall mean all Indebtedness for money borrowed,
Indebtedness evidenced or secured by purchase money Liens,
capitalized leases, outstandings under asset securitization
vehicles, conditional sales contracts and similar title retention
debt instruments, including any current maturities of the
foregoing, which by its terms matures more than one year from the
date of any calculation thereof or which is renewable or extendable
at the option of the obligor to a date beyond one year from such
date. The calculation of Funded Debt shall include (i) all
Funded Debt of the Consolidated Companies and the Receivables
Subsidiaries, plus (ii) all Funded Debt of other
Persons to the extent guaranteed by a Consolidated Company or a
Receivables Subsidiary, to the extent supported by a letter of
credit issued for the account of a Consolidated Company or a
Receivables Subsidiary, or as to which and to the extent which a
Consolidated Company or a Receivables Subsidiary or their
respective assets otherwise have become liable for payment thereof,
plus (iii) the redemption amount with respect to the
stock of Parent required to be redeemed during the next succeeding
twelve months at the option of the holder or its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Funded Debt” shall
exclude (x) the
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Lease Obligations, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $100,000,000 (but Lease Obligations in excess
of $100,000,000 shall be included in “Funded Debt”),
and (y) all operating lease obligations.
“ GAAP ”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession,
which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination.
“ Guarantors
” shall mean, collectively, Parent and all Material
Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date and listed on
Schedule 5.13 , and all other Material Subsidiaries formed,
acquired or existing after the Closing Date, but excluding all
Foreign Subsidiaries and those Guarantors released from the
Guaranty Agreements pursuant to Section 10.13 or
otherwise.
“ Guaranty
” shall mean any contractual obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of a Person with respect to any Indebtedness or other
obligation or liability of another Person, including without
limitation, any such Indebtedness, obligation or liability directly
or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made or discounted or sold
with recourse by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is
otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including contractual
obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising through any agreement
to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness,
obligation or liability or any security therefor, or any agreement
to provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof (whether in
the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions
or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income, or
other financial condition, or to make any payment other than for
value received. The amount of any Guaranty shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which guaranty is made or, if not so
stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to
perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good
faith.
“ Guaranty
Agreements ” shall mean, collectively, (i) the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
executed by each of the Guarantors (other than Parent) in favor of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form
of Exhibit C , as the same may be amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time, (ii) the Contribution
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by each of the
Guarantors (including the Parent) and Borrower in favor of the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D , as the same may be amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time, and (iii) the Parent Guaranty
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E
.
“ Hazardous
Substances ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986.
“ Indebtedness
” of any Person shall mean, without duplication (i) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money and for the deferred
purchase price of property or services, and
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obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (ii) all
rental obligations under leases required to be capitalized under
GAAP; (iii) all Guaranties of such Person; (iv) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person relative to
the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn,
including, without limitation (but without duplication), any
Reimbursement Obligations, and banker’s acceptances issued
for the account of such Person; (v) Indebtedness of others
secured by any Lien upon property owned by such Person, whether or
not assumed; (vi) obligations or other liabilities under
currency contracts, interest rate hedging contracts, or similar
agreements or combinations thereof to the extent required to be
disclosed in such Person’s financial statements in accordance
with GAAP; (vii) the Lease Obligations and (viii) the
outstanding attributed principal amount under the Asset
Securitization or similar financing. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Indebtedness” shall exclude the Bond Obligations to
the extent not required to be classified as a liability in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Interest
Period ” shall mean as to any Eurodollar Advances, the
interest period selected by Borrower pursuant to
Section 3.03(a) .
“ Investment
” shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, any
direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit
(other than the creation of receivables in the ordinary course of
business) or capital contribution by such Person (by means of
transfers of property to others or payments for property or
services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) to any
Person, or any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by
such Person of, or of a beneficial interest in, Capital Stock,
partnership interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities
issued by any other Person. Each Investment shall be valued as of
the date made; provided that any Investment or portion of an
Investment consisting of Debt shall be valued at the outstanding
principal balance thereof as of the date of
determination.
“ ISP98 ”
shall mean the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision,
effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 590.
“ Issuing Lender
” shall mean (a) with respect to the Existing Letters of
Credit, Wachovia, in its capacity as issuer thereof, or any
successor thereto and (b) with respect to Letters of Credit
issued hereunder on or after the Closing Date, Wachovia or an
Additional Issuing Lender, as applicable, in its capacity as issuer
of such Letter of Credit.
“ L/C Commitment
” shall mean the lesser of (a) $50,000,000 and
(b) the total Syndicated Loan Commitments.
“ L/C Facility
” shall mean the letter of credit facility established
pursuant to Article IIA hereof.
“ L/C
Obligations ” shall mean at any time, an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of
the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate
amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been
reimbursed pursuant to Section 2A.05.
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“ L/C
Participants ” shall mean the collective reference to all
the Lenders other than the applicable Issuing Lender.
“ Lease
Documents ” shall mean, collectively, (i) that
certain Lease Agreement, dated as of July 31, 1997, by and
between Parent, as lessee, and SunTrust Banks, Inc., as lessor,
pursuant to which Parent has leased its office building located at
1000 Alderman Drive, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005, (ii) that
certain Master Agreement, dated as of July 31, 1997, by and
among Parent as lessee, SunTrust Banks, Inc., as lessor and
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as Agent, (iii) that certain Lease
Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2001, by and between Parent
and certain of its Subsidiaries, as lessees, and Atlantic Financial
Group, Ltd., as lessor, as amended and restated by that certain
Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement, dated as of
June 26, 2003, by and between Parent, as lessee and SunTrust
Equity Funding, LLC, as lessor, pursuant to which Parent has leased
certain real property located at 1100 Alderman Drive, Alpharetta,
GA 30005, (iv) that certain Master Agreement, dated as of
August 29, 2001, by and among Parent and certain of its
Subsidiaries, as lessees, Parent, as guarantor, Atlantic Financial
Group, Ltd., as lessor, and SunTrust Bank, as Agent, as amended and
restated by that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement,
dated as of June 26, 2003, by and among Parent as lessee,
SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as lessor and SunTrust Bank, as
Agent, (v) Lease Agreement by the Development Authority of
Fulton County, as lessor, and Atlantic Financial Group, Ltd., as
lessee, dated as of December 1, 2001, wherein, in connection
with a Development Authority of Fulton County Taxable Industrial
Development Revenue Bond (ChoicePoint Inc. Project), Building
Series, which bond is in the maximum principal amount of
$52,200,000, the property subject to the Master Agreement and the
Lease Agreement described in clauses (iii) and (iv) was
transferred by Atlantic Financial Group, Ltd. to Development
Authority of Fulton County, leased back by Atlantic Financial
Group, Ltd. and subleased by Parent from Atlantic Financial Group,
Ltd., still subject to such Master Agreement and the terms
contained in such Lease Agreement and with respect to which
Atlantic Financial Group, Ltd. subsequently assigned its rights,
title and interests to SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC,
(vi) Lease Agreement, Common Definitions and Provisions
Agreement, Purchase Agreement, TI Authorization and Funding
Agreement, and Closing Certificate and Agreement, each between
Parent, as lessee, and BNP Paribas Leasing Corporation, as lessor,
dated as of June 1, 2006, pursuant to which Parent has leased
certain real property located at Bluegrass Promenade, 1200
Bluegrass Lakes Parkway, Cumming, Georgia, (vii) Lease
Agreement (Headquarters), Common Definitions and Provisions
Agreement, Purchase Agreement, and Closing Certificate and
Agreement, each between Parent, as lessee, and BNP Paribas Leasing
Corporation, as lessor, to be executed and delivered on or about
November 30, 2006, pursuant to which the Lease Documents
described in clauses (i) and (ii) will be replaced as to
the property described therein, such Lease Documents described in
clauses (i) and (ii) to be assigned by SunTrust Equity
Funding, LLC to BNP Paribas Leasing Corporation and then amended
and restated thereby, (viii) Sublease Agreement (Data Center),
Common Definitions and Provisions Agreement, Purchase Agreement,
and Closing Certificate and Agreement, each between Parent, as
sublessee, and BNP Paribas Leasing Corporation, as sublessor, to be
executed and delivered on or about November 30, 2006, pursuant
to which the Lease Documents described in clauses (iii) and
(iv) will be replaced as to the property described therein,
such Lease Documents described in clauses (iii) and
(iv) to be assigned (together with the Lease Agreement
described in clause (v)) by SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC to BNP
Paribas Leasing Corporation and then amended and restated thereby,
and (ix ) all other documents,
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instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as permitted
by this Agreement).
“ Lease
Obligations ” shall mean the obligations of Parent under
the Lease Documents in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$100,000,000, as such amount may be increased pursuant to
Section 7.12 .
“ Lender ”
or “ Lenders ” shall mean Wachovia, SunTrust
Bank and the other banks and lending institutions listed on the
signature pages hereof, each other bank or financial institution
which becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to
Section 2.05(c) , and each assignee thereof, if any,
pursuant to Section 10.06(c) .
“ Lending Office
” shall mean for each Lender the office such Lender may
designate in writing from time to time to Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with respect to each Type of Loan.
“ Letters of
Credit ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2A.01 and shall include the Existing Letters of
Credit.
“ LIBOR ”
shall mean, for any Interest Period, with respect to Eurodollar
Advances under the Syndicated Loan Commitments, the offered rate
for deposits in the Permitted Currency in which such Eurodollar
Advance is to be made, for a period comparable to the Interest
Period and in an amount comparable to the Administrative
Agent’s portion of such Advances, appearing on Telerate Page
3750 (or the applicable Reuters Screen Page, as determined by the
Administrative Agent) as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on
the day that is two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the first day
of the Interest Period. If two or more of such rates appear on such
Telerate Page, the rate shall be the arithmetic mean of such rates.
If the foregoing rate is unavailable from Telerate for any reason,
then such rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent from
the Reuters Screen LIBO Page or, if such rate is also unavailable
on such service, then on any other interest rate reporting service
of recognized standing designated in writing by the Administrative
Agent to Borrower and the other Lenders; in any such case rounded,
if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 th
of 1%, if the
rate is not such a multiple.
“ LIBOR Market Index
Rate ” means, for any date, a rate equal to LIBOR for an
Interest Period of one month.
“ Lien ”
shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, title retention,
preferential property right, trust or other arrangement having the
practical effect of the foregoing and shall include the interest of
a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capitalized lease or other title retention agreement.
“ Loans ”
shall mean, collectively, the Syndicated Loans and the Swing Line
Loans.
“ Mandatory Cost
” shall mean the percentage rate per annum calculated by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Schedule 1.1(c)
.
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“ Margin
Regulations ” shall mean Regulation T, Regulation U and
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as the same may be in effect from time to time.
“ Margin Stock
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Margin
Regulations.
“ Materially Adverse
Effect ” shall mean any materially adverse change in
(i) the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or
results of operations of the Consolidated Companies, taken as a
whole, (ii) the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, or (iii) the ability of the other Credit
Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations
under the Credit Documents.
“ Material
Subsidiary ” shall mean each Subsidiary of Parent, now
existing or hereafter established or acquired, that at any time
prior to the Maturity Date (i) has or acquires assets which
constitute fifteen percent (15%) or more of the Total Assets
or (ii) accounts for or produces fifteen percent (15%) or
more of Consolidated EBITDA during any period of four
(4) consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent; provided ,
that “Material Subsidiaries” (collectively with
Borrower) shall at all times constitute more than seventy-five
percent (75%) of Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four
(4) consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent.
“ Maturity Date
” shall mean the earlier of (i) October 25, 2011, and
(ii) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this
Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and
payable pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII
.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“ Notes ”
shall mean, collectively, the Syndicated Notes and the Swing Line
Note.
“ Notice of Account
Designation ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 3.01(a) .
“ Notice of
Borrowing ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.06(a) .
“ Notice of
Conversion/Continuation ” shall have the meaning provided
in Section 2.06(b) .
“ Notice of
Prepayment ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 3.05(a)(ii) .
“ Obligations
” shall mean all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, including without limitation, all Loans (including
all principal and interest payments due thereunder), L/C
Obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement
payments, indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations of the Credit
Parties, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising, together with all
renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings thereof, and
all existing and future obligations of Borrower under any swap
agreement (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101) with any Lender or
any Affiliate of a Lender at the time such swap agreement is
executed.
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“ OFAC ”
means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign
Assets Control.
“ Parent ”
shall mean ChoicePoint Inc., a Georgia corporation, and its
successors.
“ Parent Guaranty
Agreement ” shall mean the Parent Guaranty Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E (modified as appropriate for execution by Parent)
executed by Parent in favor of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent, as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented from
time to time, executed by Parent in favor of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Participant
” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 10.06(e) .
“ Participating
Member State ” shall mean each state so described in any
EMU Legislation.
“ Payment Office
” shall mean the office specified as the “Payment
Office” for the Administrative Agent in
Section 10.01(c) , or such other location as to which
the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to
Borrower and the Lenders.
“ PBGC ”
shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
“ Permitted
Currency ” shall mean Dollars or any Alternative
Currency, or each such currency, as the context
requires.
“ Permitted
Liens ” shall mean those Liens expressly permitted by
Section 7.01 .
“ Person ”
shall mean any individual, limited liability company, partnership,
firm, corporation, association, joint venture, trust or other
entity, or any government or political subdivision or agency,
department or instrumentality thereof.
“ Plan ”
shall mean any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA), including, but not limited to, any
defined benefit pension plan, profit sharing plan, money purchase
pension plan, savings or thrift plan, stock bonus plan, employee
stock ownership plan, Multiemployer Plan, or any plan, fund,
program, arrangement or practice providing for medical (including
post-retirement medical), hospitalization, accident, sickness,
disability, or life insurance benefits, but shall exclude any
Foreign Plan.
“ Pounds
Sterling ” shall mean, at any time of determination, the
then official currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
“ Pro Rata Share
” shall mean, with respect to each of the Syndicated Loan
Commitments of each Syndicated Lender and each Syndicated Loan to
be made by and each payment (including, without limitation, any
payment of principal, interest or fees) to be made to each such
Lender, the percentage designated as such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of such Commitments, such Loans or such payments, as
applicable, set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) , as such
percentage may change based upon amendments, assignments or
reductions made pursuant to this Agreement.
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“ Receivables
Subsidiaries ” shall mean, collectively, ChoicePoint
Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation and ChoicePoint Financial,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Regulation D
” shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to
time.
“ Reimbursement
Obligation ” shall mean the obligation of Borrower to
reimburse each Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2A.05 for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“ Required
Lenders ” shall mean at any time prior to the termination
of the Syndicated Loan Commitments, Lenders holding more than 50%
of the then aggregate amount of the Syndicated Loan Commitments,
or, following the termination of the Syndicated Loan Commitments
hereunder, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the
aggregate outstanding Dollar Amount of Loans and L/C Obligations;
provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the
Loans and L/C Obligations of, as applicable, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.
“ Requirement of
Law ” for any person shall mean the articles or
certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
governmental authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
“ Reuters Screen
” shall mean, when used in connection with any designated
page and LIBOR, the display page so designated on the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace that
page on that service for the purpose of displaying rates comparable
to LIBOR).
“ Revaluation
Date ” shall mean (a) with respect to any
Alternative Currency Loan, each of the following: (i) each
date of a borrowing of such Alternative Currency Loan,
(ii) each date of a continuation of such Alternative Currency
Loan, and (iii) following the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, such additional dates as the
Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall
require; and (b) with respect to any Alternative Currency
Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of
issuance of such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit,
(ii) each date of an amendment of such Alternative Currency
Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof
(solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date
of any payment by any Issuing Lender of any drawing under any
Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, and (iv) following the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such
additional dates as the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender
shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“ Sanctioned
Entity ” shall mean (i) an agency of the government
of, (ii) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by,
or (iii) a person resident in a country that is subject to a
sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and
available at
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http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs ,
or as otherwise published from time to time as such program may be
applicable to such agency, organization or person.
“ Sanctioned
Person ” shall mean a person named on the list of
Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by
OFAC available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/
enforcement/ofac/sdn/index.html , or as otherwise published
from time to time.
“ SEC ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto
or an analogous governmental authority).
“ Solvent
” shall mean, as to Borrower or any Guarantor at any time,
that (i) each of the fair value and the present fair saleable
value of such Person’s assets (including any rights of
subrogation or contribution to which such Person is entitled, under
any of the Credit Documents or otherwise) is greater than such
Person’s debts and other liabilities (including contingent,
unmatured and unliquidated debts and liabilities) and the maximum
estimated amount required to pay such debts and liabilities as such
debts and liabilities mature or otherwise become payable;
(ii) such Person is able and expects to be able to pay its
debts and other liabilities (including, without limitation,
contingent, unmatured and unliquidated debts and liabilities) as
they mature; and (iii) such Person does not have unreasonably
small capital to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed
to be conducted.
“ Subsidiary
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
other entity (including, without limitation, partnerships, joint
ventures, and associations) regardless of its jurisdiction of
organization or formation, at least a majority of the total
combined voting power of all classes of voting stock or other
ownership interests of which shall, at the time as of which any
determination is being made, be owned by such Person, either
directly or indirectly through one or more other Subsidiaries;
provided , that the Receivables Subsidiaries shall not be
deemed to be Subsidiaries of Parent hereunder.
“ Swing Line
Advance ” shall mean a Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.07 consisting of a Swing Line Loan made by
the Swing Line Lender to Borrower bearing interest based on the
Base Rate or the LIBOR Market Index Rate as provided in
Section 3.02 .
“ Swing Line
Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing consisting or to
consist of a Swing Line Advance.
“ Swing Line
Commitment ” shall mean the commitment of the Swing Line
Lender to make Swing Line Loans in an aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of
(a) $50,000,000 and (b) the total Syndicated Loan
Commitments.
“ Swing Line
Facility ” shall mean the credit facility described in
Section 2.07 .
“ Swing Line
Lender ” shall mean Wachovia in its capacity as Swing
Line Lender hereunder or any successor Lender extending to Borrower
the Swing Line Commitment hereunder.
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“ Swing Line
Loans ” shall mean, collectively, the loans made to
Borrower by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to
Section 2.07 .
“ Swing Line
Note ” shall mean the promissory note evidencing the
Swing Line Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit B and
duly completed in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Syndicated
Advance ” shall mean a Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.02 consisting of the aggregate amount of
Syndicated Loans made by the Syndicated Lenders to Borrower at the
same time, on the same interest rate basis and, if made as a
Eurodollar Advance, for the same Interest Period.
“ Syndicated
Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing consisting or to
consist of a Syndicated Advance.
“ Syndicated
Facility ” shall mean the credit facility made available
by the Syndicated Lenders to Borrower as described in
Section 2.02(a) .
“ Syndicated
Lenders ” shall mean, collectively, the Lenders extending
the Syndicated Loan Commitments to Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.02(a) .
“ Syndicated Loan
Commitments ” shall mean, at any time for any Syndicated
Lender, the amount of such commitment set forth on Schedule
1.1(a) , as the same may be increased or decreased from time to
time as a result of any reduction thereof pursuant to
Section 2.04 , any assignment thereof pursuant to
Section 10.06 , or any amendment thereof pursuant to
Section 10.02 . On the Closing Date, the aggregate
principal amount of all Syndicated Loan Commitments of the
Syndicated Lenders shall be $600,000,000.
“ Syndicated
Loans ” shall mean, collectively, the loans made to
Borrower by the Syndicated Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.02 .
“ Syndicated
Notes ” shall mean, collectively, the promissory notes
evidencing the Syndicated Loans in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A duly completed in accordance with the terms
hereof, either as originally executed or as hereafter amended,
modified or substituted.
“ TARGET Day
” shall mean any day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system
(or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other
payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent
to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of
payments in Euro.
“ Tax Code
” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
and in effect from time to time.
“ Taxes ”
shall mean any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
fees, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other charges of
whatever nature, including without limitation, income, receipts,
excise, property, sales, transfer, license, payroll, withholding,
social security and franchise taxes now or hereafter imposed or
levied by the United States, or any state, local or
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foreign government or by any department,
agency or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or therein and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and
similar liabilities with respect thereto.
“ Telerate
” shall mean, when used in connection with any designated
page and LIBOR, the display page so designated on the Dow Jones
Markets Screen (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for the purpose of displaying rates comparable to
LIBOR).
“ Total Assets
” shall mean the total assets of the Consolidated Companies,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Treaty on European
Union ” shall mean the Treaty of Rome of March 25,
1957, as amended by the Single European Act of 1986 and the
Maastricht Treaty (signed February 7, 1992), as amended from
time to time.
“ Type ”
of Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate
Advances, Eurodollar Advances, or Swing Line Advances.
“ Uniform
Customs ” shall mean the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), effective January 1994
International Chamber of Commerce Publication
No. 500.
Section 1.02 Accounting
Terms and Determination . Unless otherwise defined or
specified herein, all accounting terms shall be construed herein,
all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, all
financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be
prepared, and all financial records shall be maintained in
accordance with, GAAP, except that financial records of Foreign
Subsidiaries may be maintained in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the
jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary;
provided , however , that compliance with the
financial covenants and calculations set forth in
Section 6.08 , Article VII and elsewhere herein,
and in the definitions used in such covenants and calculations,
shall be calculated, made and applied in accordance with GAAP and
such generally accepted accounting principles in such foreign
jurisdictions, as the case may be, as in effect on the date of this
Agreement applied on a basis consistent with the preparation of the
financial statements referred to in Section 5.14 unless
and until Borrower and the Required Lenders enter into an amendment
with respect thereto in accordance with Section 10.02
.
Section 1.03 Other
Definitional Terms . The words “hereof”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement, and Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit and like
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any of
the terms defined in Section 1.01 may, unless the
context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural
depending on the reference.
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Section 1.04 Exhibits
and Schedules . All Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto
are by reference made a part hereof.
ARTICLE II
SYNDICATED LOANS AND SWING
LINE LOANS
Section 2.01
Description of Revolving Credit Facilities; Use of
Proceeds .
(a) Subject to and upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Syndicated
Lenders hereby establish in favor of Borrower a revolving credit
facility pursuant to which such Syndicated Lenders agree to make
Syndicated Loans to Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.02 , (ii) the Issuing Lenders hereby
establish in favor of Borrower a letter of credit facility pursuant
to which the Issuing Lenders agree to issue Letters of Credit on
behalf of Borrower in accordance with Article IIA hereof, and
(iii) the Swing Line Lender hereby establishes in favor of
Borrower a swing line credit facility pursuant to which the Swing
Line Lender agrees to make Swing Line Loans to Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.07; provided , however
, that (i) in no event may the aggregate principal Dollar
Amount of all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations exceed at any
time the total Syndicated Loan Commitments from time to time in
effect, (ii) in no event may the aggregate principal Dollar
Amount of all outstanding Alternative Currency Loans and L/C
Obligations with respect to Alternative Currency Letters of Credit
exceed at any time the Alternative Currency Commitment and
(iii) in no event may the aggregate outstanding principal
Dollar Amount of the Syndicated Loans of each Syndicated Lender
plus such Syndicated Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
outstanding principal Dollar Amount of Swing Line Loans and
outstanding L/C Obligations exceed such Syndicated Lender’s
Syndicated Loan Commitment.
(b) The proceeds of the
Syndicated Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Swing Line Loans
shall be used to refinance existing indebtedness of Parent under
the Existing Credit Agreement, for share repurchases, as working
capital and for other general corporate purposes of Parent and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, including without limitation, capital
expenditures in the ordinary course of business otherwise permitted
hereunder, acquisitions of the assets of, or the Capital Stock of,
any other Person permitted hereunder and the payment of reasonable
fees and expenses related to the Facilities.
(c) At no time shall the
number of outstanding Borrowings comprised of Eurodollar Advances
exceed ten (10).
Section 2.02 Syndicated
Loans .
(a) Subject to and upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth (including the limitation set
forth in Section 2.01 ), each Syndicated Lender
severally agrees to make to Borrower, from time to time on and
after the Closing Date, but prior to the Maturity Date, Syndicated
Loans in a Permitted Currency in an aggregate principal Dollar
Amount outstanding at any time not to exceed an amount equal to
such Syndicated Lender’s Syndicated Loan Commitment
less such Syndicated Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
outstanding principal Dollar Amount of Swing Line Loans and
outstanding L/C Obligations. Borrower shall be entitled
to
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repay and reborrow Syndicated Loans in
accordance with the provisions, and subject to the limitations, set
forth herein (including the limitation set forth in
Section 2.01 ).
(b) Each Syndicated Loan
shall, at the option of Borrower, be made or continued as, or
converted into, part of one or more Borrowings that shall consist
entirely of Base Rate Advances or Eurodollar Advances;
provided that all Alternative Currency Loans shall be made
as Eurodollar Advances only and shall be subject to the customary
terms and procedures of the Administrative Agent with respect
thereto. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of
Syndicated Loans shall be not less than $5,000,000 or a greater
integral multiple of $500,000 (or, in each case, the Alternative
Currency Amount thereof), provided that each Borrowing of
Syndicated Loans comprised of Base Rate Advances shall be not less
than $1,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of
$100,000.
Section 2.03 Syndicated
Notes; Repayment of Principal .
(a) Borrower’s
obligations to pay the principal of, and interest on, the
Syndicated Loans to each Syndicated Lender shall be evidenced by
the records of the Administrative Agent and such Lender and by the
Syndicated Note payable to such Lender (or the assignor of such
Lender) completed in conformity with this Agreement.
(b) All outstanding principal
amounts under the Syndicated Loan Commitments shall be due and
payable in full on the Maturity Date.
Section 2.04 Voluntary
Reduction of Syndicated Loan Commitments . Upon at least
three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, Borrower shall have the right, without
premium or penalty, to terminate the unutilized Syndicated Loan
Commitments, in part or in whole, provided that (i) any such
termination shall apply to proportionately and permanently reduce
the Syndicated Loan Commitments of each of the Syndicated Lenders,
and (ii) any partial termination pursuant to this
Section 2.04 shall be in an amount of at least
$5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000. Any portion of the
Syndicated Loan Commitments terminated pursuant to this
Section 2.04 may not be reinstated.
Section 2.05 Increase
of Syndicated Loan Commitments .
(a) At any time within four
(4) years of the Closing Date and so long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may,
by written notice to the Syndicated Lenders and in consultation
with the Administrative Agent, request increases in the Syndicated
Loan Commitments; provided that the aggregate amount of the
Syndicated Loan Commitments of the Syndicated Lenders, as
increased, shall not exceed $750,000,000 (each, a “
Requested Commitment Increase ”). Each Requested
Commitment Increase shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000. No
Syndicated Lender (or any successor thereto) shall have any
obligation to increase its Syndicated Loan Commitment or its other
obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
and any decision by a Syndicated Lender to increase its Syndicated
Loan Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently
from any other Syndicated Lender. Within fifteen (15) Business
Days from each Syndicated Lender’s
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receipt of such request from Borrower,
each Syndicated Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent in
writing of whether or not it will agree to increase its Syndicated
Loan Commitment and by what amount it will agree to increase its
Syndicated Loan Commitment, up to its Pro Rata Share of the
Requested Commitment Increase. Decisions to increase a Syndicated
Loan Commitment must be affirmatively communicated in writing and
shall not be presumed based upon a failure to respond to
Borrower’s request.
(b) In the event that the
aggregate amount to which the Syndicated Lenders are willing to
increase their Syndicated Loan Commitments is less than the
Requested Commitment Increase based on the written notices
delivered by the Syndicated Lenders to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall
first offer to the Syndicated Lenders who have agreed to increase
their Syndicated Loan Commitments the opportunity to further
increase their Syndicated Loan Commitments up to an amount equal to
the Requested Commitment Increase. Such Syndicated Lenders shall
promptly respond in writing to the Administrative Agent (but, in
any event, within five (5) Business Days from each Syndicated
Lender’s receipt of such notice) of whether or not it will
agree to further increase its Syndicated Loan Commitment and by
what amount it will agree to further increase its Syndicated Loan
Commitment. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of all
responses from such Syndicated Lenders, the Administrative Agent
shall inform Borrower and all Syndicated Lenders in writing of the
amount by which each Syndicated Lender will increase its Syndicated
Loan Commitment.
(c) In the event that the
aggregate amount to which the Syndicated Lenders are willing to
increase their Syndicated Loan Commitments is less than the
Requested Commitment Increase based on the notice from the
Administrative Agent to Borrower and all Syndicated Lenders
pursuant to clause (b) above, Borrower shall have the right,
within sixty days (60) after receipt of such notice from the
Administrative Agent, to obtain commitments from new banks or
financial institutions in an aggregate amount such that the
existing Syndicated Loan Commitments, plus the aggregate principal
amount by which the Syndicated Lenders are willing to increase
their Syndicated Loan Commitments, plus the aggregate principal
amount of the new commitments by the new banks or financial
institutions does not exceed the Requested Commitment Increase;
provided , however , that (i) the new banks or
financial institutions must be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion, which acceptance will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, and (ii) the new banks or
financial institutions must become parties to this Agreement
pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, pursuant to
which (x) they shall be granted all of the rights that
existing Lenders have under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents and (y) they shall assume the same liabilities and
obligations that the existing Lenders have under this
Agreement.
(d) The outstanding
Syndicated Loans will be reallocated on the effective date of such
increase among the Syndicated Lenders in accordance with their
revised Syndicated Loan Commitments and Pro Rata Shares (and the
Syndicated Lenders agree to make all payments and adjustments
necessary to effect the reallocation and Borrower shall pay any and
all costs required pursuant to Section 3.11 in
connection with such reallocation as if such reallocation were a
repayment; provided , that the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower shall cooperate in scheduling the effective date of such
increase so as to eliminate or minimize the amount of any such
funding losses to the extent reasonably practicable). Each
Requested Commitment Increase
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granted pursuant to this Section shall
result in a corresponding increase in the availability of
Alternative Currency Loans by an amount equal to 50% of such
Requested Commitment Increase.
Section 2.06 Syndicated
Loan Funding Notices .
(a) Whenever Borrower desires
to obtain a Syndicated Loan with respect to the Syndicated Loan
Commitments (other than one resulting from a conversion or
continuation pursuant to Section 2.06(b) ), it shall
give the Administrative Agent prior written notice of such
Borrowing substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit J (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) (a “ Notice of Borrowing ”), such
Notice of Borrowing to be given prior to 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte,
North Carolina time) at its Payment Office (x) four
(4) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the requested date of
such Borrowing in the case of Eurodollar Advances denominated in an
Alternative Currency, (y) three (3) Eurodollar Business
Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing in the case of
Eurodollar Advances denominated in Dollars, and (z) on the
date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) in the case
of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances. Notices received
after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.
Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
aggregate principal amount of the Borrowing, the date of Borrowing
(which shall be a Business Day), and whether the Borrowing is to
consist of Base Rate Advances or Eurodollar Advances and (in the
case of Eurodollar Advances) the Permitted Currency in which such
Borrowing is to be denominated and the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto.
(b) Whenever Borrower desires
to convert all or a portion of an outstanding Borrowing under the
Syndicated Loan Commitments, consisting of Base Rate Advances into
one or more Borrowings consisting of Eurodollar Advances, or to
continue outstanding a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Advances
for a new Interest Period, it shall give the Administrative Agent
at least four (4) Eurodollar Business Days’ (with
respect to an Alternative Currency Loan) and three
(3) Eurodollar Business Days’ (with respect to a Loan
denominated in Dollars) prior written notice substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit K (or telephonic notice
promptly confirmed in writing) (a “ Notice of
Conversion/Continuation ”). Such notice shall be given
prior to 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the date
specified at the Payment Office of the Administrative Agent. Each
such Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable and
shall specify the aggregate principal amount of the Advances to be
converted or continued, the date of such conversion or
continuation, whether the Advances are being converted into or
continued as Eurodollar Advances, the Permitted Currency in which
such Advances are denominated and the Interest Period applicable
thereto. If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect
of any Borrowing, Borrower shall have failed to deliver the Notice
of Conversion/Continuation, Borrower shall be deemed to have
elected to convert or continue such Borrowing to a Borrowing
consisting of Base Rate Advances in Dollars. So long as any Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no
Borrowing may be converted into or continued as (upon expiration of
the current Interest Period) Eurodollar Advances unless the
Administrative Agent and each of the Syndicated Lenders shall have
otherwise consented in writing. No conversion of any Borrowing of
Eurodollar Advances shall be permitted except on the last day of
the Interest Period in respect thereof.
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(c) Without in any way
limiting Borrower’s obligation to confirm in writing any
telephonic notice, the Administrative Agent may act without
liability upon the basis of telephonic notice believed by the
Administrative Agent in good faith to be from Borrower prior to
receipt of written confirmation. In each such case, Borrower hereby
waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s
records of the terms of such telephonic notice, absent manifest
error.
(d) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly give each Syndicated Lender notice by telephone
(confirmed in writing) or by telecopy or facsimile transmission of
the matters covered by the notices given to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Section 2.06 with respect to the
Syndicated Loan Commitments.
Section 2.07 Swing Line
Loans .
(a) Subject to and upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth (including the limitation set
forth in Section 2.01 ), the Swing Line Lender agrees
to make to Borrower, from time to time prior to the Maturity Date,
Swing Line Loans in Dollars for periods of up to ninety
(90) days in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any
time not to exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in effect.
Borrower shall be entitled to repay and reborrow Swing Line Loans
in accordance with the provisions, and subject to the limitations,
set forth herein (including the limitation set forth in
Section 2.01 ). The aggregate principal amount of each
Swing Line Loan shall be not less than $100,000 or a greater
integral multiple of $100,000.
(b) Each Swing Line Loan
shall be made as a Swing Line Advance.
(c) Whenever Borrower desires
to make a Swing Line Borrowing, it shall give the Swing Line Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent, unless the Administrative
Agent is also the Swing Line Lender) prior written notice in the
form of a Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing) of such Swing Line Borrowing prior to 12:00
noon (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the date of such Swing
Line Borrowing, specifying the aggregate principal amount of the
Swing Line Borrowing, the date of such Swing Line Borrowing (which
shall be a Business Day) and whether such Swing Line Borrowing
shall bear interest at the Base Rate or the LIBOR Market Index
Rate.
(d) Borrower’s
obligations to pay the principal of, and interest on, the Swing
Line Loans shall be evidenced by the records of the Administrative
Agent and the Swing Line Lender and by the Swing Line Note payable
to the Swing Line Lender (or the assignor of such Swing Line
Lender) completed in conformity with this Agreement.
(e) The outstanding principal
amount under each Swing Line Loan shall be due and payable in full
on the Maturity Date.
(f) At any time on the
request of the Swing Line Lender, each Syndicated Lender other than
the Swing Line Lender shall purchase a participating interest in
all outstanding Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Share (based upon on its respective Syndicated Loan Commitment) of
such Swing Line Loans, and the Swing Line Lender shall furnish each
Syndicated Lender with a certificate evidencing such participating
interest. Such purchase shall
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be made on the third Business Day after
such request is made; provided , however , that
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the
date such request is made, the purchase of a participating interest
in any Swing Line Loan outstanding as a Swing Line Advance shall
not be required to be made until the expiration of the current
interest period in effect for such Swing Line Loan. On the date of
such required purchase, each Syndicated Lender will immediately
transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds,
the amount of its participation. Whenever, at any time after the
Swing Line Lender has received from any such Syndicated Lender the
funds for its participating interest in a Swing Line Loan, the
Administrative Agent receives any payment on account thereof, the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Syndicated Lender its
participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in
the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during
which such Syndicated Lender’s participating interest was
outstanding and funded); provided , however , that if
such payment received by the Administrative Agent is required to be
returned, such Syndicated Lender will return to the Administrative
Agent any portion thereof previously distributed by the
Administrative Agent to it. Each Syndicated Lender’s
obligation to purchase such participating interests shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including without limitation (i) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such
Syndicated Lender or any other Person may have against the Swing
Line Lender requesting such purchase or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuation of a
Default or an Event of Default or the termination of any of the
Commitments, (iii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of Borrower, any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, or any other Person, (iv) any breach of this
Agreement by Borrower, any other Credit Party, or any other Lender,
or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided ,
however , that no such obligation shall exist (A) to
the extent that the aggregate Swing Line Loans were advanced in
excess of the Swing Line Commitment then in effect, or in excess of
the limitation set forth in Section 2.01 , or
(B) with respect to any Swing Line Loan where the Swing Line
Lender actually advanced to Borrower net proceeds from the Swing
Line Loan (and therefore was not refunding a previous Swing Line
Loan) at a time when (x) the Swing Line Lender had actual
knowledge that an Event of Default had occurred and then existed,
and (y) the Required Lenders had not agreed to waive such
Event of Default for purposes of funding such Swing Line
Loan.
ARTICLE
IIA.
LETTERS OF
CREDIT
Section 2A.01 L/C
Commitment .
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Issuing Lenders, in reliance on the
agreements of the other Lenders set forth in
Section 2A.04 , agree to issue standby letters of
credit (“ Letters of Credit ”) for the account
of Borrower on any Business Day from the Closing Date through but
not including the Maturity Date in such form as may be approved
from time to time by the such Issuing Lender; provided ,
that no Issuing Lender shall have any obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance,
(a) the aggregate outstanding principal Dollar Amount of the
L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment, (b) the
aggregate outstanding principal Dollar Amount of Alternative
Currency Loans and L/C Obligations with respect to Alternative
Currency Letters of Credit would exceed the Alternative Currency
Commitment, or (c)
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the aggregate outstanding
principal Dollar Amount of Loans and L/C Obligations would exceed
the total Syndicated Loan Commitments. Each Letter of Credit shall
(i) be denominated in a Permitted Currency in a minimum amount
of $100,000 (or the Alternative Currency Amount thereof, as
applicable), (ii) be a standby letter of credit issued to
support obligations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
contingent or otherwise, incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (iii) expire on a date satisfactory to the
applicable Issuing Lender, which date shall be no later than the
earlier of (i) one year after its date of issuance and
(ii) the fifth (5 th ) Business Day prior to the Maturity
Date and (iv) be subject to the Uniform Customs and/or ISP 98,
as set forth in the Application or as determined by the applicable
Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the
laws of the State of Georgia. The applicable Issuing Lender shall
not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit
hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such
Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed
by, any Requirement of Law. References herein to
“issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters
of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any
existing Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires.
Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a Letter of
Credit issued and outstanding under this Agreement on and after the
Closing Date.
Section 2A.02
Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit .
(a) Borrower may from time to
time request that an Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by
delivering to such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent an
Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing
Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and
information as such Issuing Lender may request (which information
shall include the Permitted Currency in which the Letter of Credit
shall be denominated). Upon receipt of any Application, the
applicable Issuing Lender shall process such Application and the
certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered
to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary
procedures and shall, after approving the same and receiving
confirmation from the Administrative Agent that sufficient
availability exists under the Syndicated Facility for the issuance
of such Letter of Credit, subject to Section 2A.01 and
Article IV hereof, promptly issue the Letter of Credit
requested thereby (but in no event shall any Issuing Lender be
required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than four
(4) Business Days after its receipt of the Application
therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other
papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of
such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise
may be agreed by the applicable Issuing Lender and Borrower. The
applicable Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to Borrower and
the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit. Upon
receipt of such Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the issuance and upon request by any
Lender, furnish to such Lender a copy of such Letter of Credit and
the amount of such Lender’s participation therein,
provided that the Administrative Agent shall be obligated to
deliver the foregoing with respect to a Letter of Credit issued by
an Additional Issuing Lender only after receipt by the
Administrative Agent of all notices required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent with respect thereto.
Section 2A.03
Commissions and Other Charges.
(a) Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing
Lender and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit commission with
respect to each Letter of
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Credit in an amount equal to the face
amount of such Letter of Credit multiplied by the Applicable Margin
with respect to Eurodollar Advances (determined on a per annum
basis). Such commission shall be payable quarterly in arrears on
the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the Maturity
Date. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, distribute to the applicable Issuing Lender and
the L/C Participants all commissions received pursuant to this
Section 2A.03 in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
(b) In addition to the
foregoing commission, for Letters of Credit issued by Wachovia, the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
such Issuing Lender, a fronting fee, with respect to each Letter of
Credit in an amount equal to the face amount of such Letter of
Credit multiplied by 0.125% per annum. Such issuance fee shall
be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
calendar quarter commencing with the first such date to occur after
the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Maturity Date and
thereafter on demand of the Administrative Agent. For Letters of
Credit issued by Additional Issuing Lenders, the Borrower shall pay
to the applicable Additional Issuing Lender such issuance fees as
shall be agreed to by the Borrower and such Additional Issuing
Lender.
(c) In addition to the
foregoing fees and commissions, Borrower shall pay or reimburse the
applicable Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and
expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in
issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise
administering any Letter of Credit.
(d) The commissions, fees,
charges, costs and expenses payable pursuant to this
Section 2A.03 shall be payable in the Permitted
Currency in which the applicable Letter of Credit is
denominated.
Section 2A.04 L/C
Participations
(a) The applicable Issuing
Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C
Participant, and, to induce the applicable Issuing Lender to issue
Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably
agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from
such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk, an
undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Pro Rata
Share of such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under
and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the
amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each
L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the
applicable Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter
of Credit for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full
by Borrower through a Syndicated Loan or otherwise in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to
such Issuing Lender in the applicable Permitted Currency upon
demand at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified
herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Pro Rata
Share of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is
not so reimbursed.
(b) Upon becoming aware of
any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the
applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2A.04(a)
in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such
Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, such Issuing Lender
shall notify the Administrative Agent and each L/C Participant of
the amount and due date of such
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required payment and such L/C
Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender in the applicable
Permitted Currency the amount specified on the applicable due date.
If any such amount is paid to the applicable Issuing Lender after
the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to
such Issuing Lender in the applicable Permitted Currency on demand,
in addition to such amount, the product of (i) such amount,
times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate as
determined by the Administrative Agent during the period from and
including the date such payment is due to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender,
times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator
of which is 360. A certificate of the applicable Issuing Lender
with respect to any amounts owing under this
Section 2A.04 shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. With respect to payment to the applicable Issuing
Lender of the unreimbursed amounts described in this
Section 2A.04 , if the L/C Participants receive notice
that any such payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on any Business Day, such payment
shall be due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on any Business Day, such payment
shall be due on the following Business Day.
(c) Whenever, at any time
after the applicable Issuing Lender has made payment under any
Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its Pro
Rata Share of such payment in accordance with this
Section 2A.04 , such Issuing Lender receives any
payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from
Borrower or otherwise), or any payment of interest on account
thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C
Participant its Pro Rata Share thereof; provided ,
that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing
Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender,
such L/C Participant shall return to the applicable Issuing Lender
the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender
to it.
Section 2A.05
Reimbursement Obligation of Borrower .
(a) Reimbursement by
Borrower . In the event of any drawing under any Letter of
Credit, Borrower agrees to reimburse (either with the proceeds of a
Syndicated Loan as provided for in this Section 2A.05
or with funds from other sources), in same day funds in the
applicable Permitted Currency in which such Letter of Credit was
denominated, the applicable Issuing Lender on each date on which
such Issuing Lender notifies Borrower of the date and amount of a
draft paid under any Letter of Credit for the amount of
(i) such draft so paid and (ii) any amounts referred to
in Section 2A.03(c) or Section 3.15(e)
incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such
payment.
(b) Reimbursement from
Syndicated Borrowing . Unless Borrower shall immediately notify
the applicable Issuing Lender that Borrower intends to reimburse
such Issuing Lender for such drawing from other sources or funds,
Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing
to the Administrative Agent requesting that the Lenders make a Base
Rate Advance on such date in the Dollar Amount of (a) such
draft so paid and (b) any amounts referred to in
Section 2A.03(c) or Section 3.15(e)
incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment,
and the Lenders shall make a Base Rate Advance in such Dollar
Amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied to reimburse such
Issuing Lender for the amount of the related drawing and costs and
expenses. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to fund a Syndicated Loan in accordance with this
Section 2A.05 to reimburse the applicable Issuing
Lender for any draft paid under a Letter of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any
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circumstance whatsoever, including,
without limitation, non-satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 2.06(a) or Article IV . If Borrower has
elected to pay the amount of such drawing with funds from other
sources and shall fail to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender
as provided above, the unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall
bear interest at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding
Base Rate Advance which were then overdue from the date such
amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) until payment in full.
Section 2A.06
Obligations Absolute. Borrower’s obligations under
this Article IIA (including without limitation the
Reimbursement Obligation) shall be absolute and unconditional under
any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off,
counterclaim or defense to payment which Borrower may have or have
had against the applicable Issuing Lender or any beneficiary of a
Letter of Credit or any other Person. Borrower also agrees that the
applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be
responsible for, and Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligation
under Section 2A.05 shall not be affected by, among
other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any
endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact
prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between
or among Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or
any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred
or any claims whatsoever of Borrower against any beneficiary of
such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The applicable
Issuing Lender and the Administrative 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, except for errors or
omissions caused by such Issuing Lender or Administrative
Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Borrower
agrees that any action taken or omitted by the applicable Issuing
Lender or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any
Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding
on Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing
Lender, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Participant to
Borrower. The responsibility of the applicable Issuing Lender and
the Administrative Agent to Borrower in connection with any draft
presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition
to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of
Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including
each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection
with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter of
Credit.
Section 2A.07
Effect of Letter of Credit Application. To the extent
that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of
Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article
IIA , the provisions of this Article IIA shall
apply.
Section 2A.08
Appointment and Duties of Additional Issuing Lenders.
With the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may
appoint a Lender as an Additional Issuing Lender by delivering
written notice to the Administrative Agent at least two
(2) Business Days before the issuance of any Letters of Credit
by such Additional Issuing Lender. Any Lender designated as an
Additional Issuing Lender shall remain as such until the Borrower
gives written notice to the Administrative Agent that such Lender
is no longer an Additional Issuing Lender; provided that no
L/C Obligations remain outstanding with respect to such Additional
Issuing Lender. Each Additional Issuing Lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days before
(a) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by such Additional
Issuing
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Lender and (b) any amendment or
modification to any Letter of Credit issued by such Additional
Issuing Lender.
ARTICLE III
GENERAL LOAN
TERMS
Section 3.01
Disbursement of Funds .
(a) No later than 1:00 p.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the date of each Syndicated
Loan denominated in Dollars pursuant to the Syndicated Loan
Commitments (other than one resulting from a conversion or
continuation pursuant to Section 2.06(b) ), each Lender
will make available its Pro Rata Share of such Syndicated Loan in
Dollars in immediately available funds at the Payment Office of the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will make available
to Borrower the aggregate of the amounts (if any) so made available
by the Syndicated Lenders to the Administrative Agent by crediting
or wiring such amounts to an account specified by Borrower in the
most recent notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit L (a “ Notice of Account
Designation ”), delivered by Borrower to the
Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, by the close of business on such
Business Day. In the event that the Syndicated Lenders do not make
such amounts available to the Administrative Agent by the time
prescribed above, but such amount is received later that day, such
amount may be credited to Borrower in the manner described in the
preceding sentence on the next Business Day (with interest on such
amount to begin accruing hereunder on such next Business
Day).
(b) No later than 11:00 a.m.
(the time of the Administrative Agent’s Correspondent) on the
date of each Alternative Currency Loan pursuant to the Syndicated
Loan Commitments (other than one resulting from a conversion or
continuation pursuant to Section 2.06(b) ), each Lender
will make available its Pro Rata Share of such Alternative Currency
Loan in the requested Alternative Currency in immediately available
funds at the office of the Administrative Agent’s
Correspondent. The Administrative Agent will make available to
Borrower the aggregate of the amounts (if any) so made available by
the Syndicated Lenders to the Administrative Agent by crediting or
wiring such amounts to the account specified by Borrower in the
most recent Notice of Account Designation, by the close of business
on such Business Day. In the event that the Syndicated Lenders do
not make such amounts available to the Administrative Agent by the
time prescribed above, but such amount is received later that day,
such amount may be credited to Borrower in the manner described in
the preceding sentence on the next Business Day (with interest on
such amount to begin accruing hereunder on such next Business
Day).
(c) No later than 2:00 p.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the date of each Swing Line
Loan, the Swing Line Lender will make available the principal
amount of the Swing Line Loan available to Borrower in Dollars by
crediting or wiring such amounts to the account specified by
Borrower in the most recent Notice of Account
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