REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 26, 2009 (as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”), between THE TALBOTS,
INC., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Borrower
”), and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., a Japanese
banking corporation, acting through its New York Branch (together
with its successors and assigns, the “ Lender
”).
WHEREAS, the
Borrower desires to borrow, and the Lender agrees to extend,
revolving credit loans to the Borrower during the period from and
after the Closing Date (as hereafter defined) in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Borrower and the Lender hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions . As used in this Credit Agreement, unless
otherwise defined herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Affiliate”
shall mean, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity that,
directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition,
the term “control” (including
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) of a Person means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 10% or more of
the voting stock of such Person or to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Applicable
Spread” shall mean a percentage determined by the Lender in
its sole discretion upon at the time of each borrowing of Revolving
Loans; provided that the Applicable Spread shall not be lower than
0.625% and shall not be higher than 1.30%.
“Base
Rate” shall mean the rate, as determined by the Lender on a
daily basis, equal to the higher of (i) the rate per annum
established by the Lender from time to time as the reference rate
for short-term commercial loans in U.S. dollars to domestic
corporate borrowers (which the Borrower acknowledges is not
necessarily Lender’s lowest rate), and (ii) the federal
funds effective rate from time to time plus 0.5%.
“Borrower”
is defined in the preamble of this Credit Agreement.
“Borrowing
Date” shall mean the date on which a Revolving Loan is made
by the Lender in favor of the Borrower.
“Business
Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to
be closed in New York, New York.
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“Capitalized
Lease Obligations” shall mean obligations for the payment of
rent for any real or personal property under leases or agreements
to lease that, in accordance with GAAP, have been or should be
capitalized on the books of the lessee and, for purposes hereof,
the amount of any such obligation shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Closing
Date” shall mean February 26, 2009, or such other date
on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5
hereof have been satisfied in full or waived in accordance with the
terms hereof.
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereof.
“Commitment
Fee” is defined in Section 2.9 hereof.
“Commonly
Controlled Entity” shall mean an entity, whether or not
incorporated, which is under common control with the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the
Code.
“Cost of
Funds Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during an
Interest Period, the fixed rate per annum determined by the Lender
to be its effective cost of funding in Dollars the applicable
Revolver Loan for such Interest Period.
“Default”
means any event or circumstance that, with the giving of notice,
the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
“Dollars”
and the symbol “$” shall mean dollars in the lawful
money of the United States of America.
“Environmental
Action” shall mean any complaint, summons, citation, notice,
directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or
administrative proceeding, judgment, letter or other communication
from any governmental agency, department, bureau, office or other
authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental
Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials (i) from any assets,
properties or businesses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or any predecessor in interest, (ii) from properties or
businesses adjoining any properties or businesses of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest, or
(iii) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous
Materials generated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any predecessor in interest.
“Environmental
Law” shall mean any present or future statute, ordinance,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, permit, license or other
binding determination of any Governmental Authority imposing
liability or establishing standards of conduct for protection of
the environment as the same may be amended or supplemented from
time to time.
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“Environmental
Liabilities and Costs” shall mean all liabilities, monetary
obligations, remedial actions, losses, damages, punitive damages,
consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses
(including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of
counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigation and
feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest
incurred as a result of (i) any claim or demand by any
Governmental Authority or any third party which relates to any
environmental condition or a release of Hazardous Materials, or
(ii) any breach by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
any Environmental Law.
“Environmental
Lien” shall mean any Lien in favor of any Governmental
Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
“ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations and
published interpretations thereof.
“Event of
Default” is defined in Section 6 hereof.
“FAX”
is defined in Section 8.6 hereof.
“Fed Funds
Rate” shall mean, for any day, the average of the quotations
for such day of Federal Funds transactions with members of the
Federal Reserve System received by the Lender from three Federal
Funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Lender. If the
Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain
the Fed Funds Rate for any reason, including the inability or
failure of the Lender to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance
with the terms hereof, the Fed Funds Rate shall be the Base Rate
until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the interest rate on a Revolving Loan due to a
change in the Base Rate or the Fed Funds Rate shall be effective on
the effective date of such change in the Base Rate or the Fed Funds
Rate, as the case may be.
“GAAP”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States consistent with those utilized in preparing the audited
financial statements referred to in Section 4(a) hereof.
“Governmental
Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof and any department, commission,
board, bureau, instrumentality, agency or other entity exercising
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of,
or pertaining to, government.
“Hazardous
Materials” shall mean (a) petroleum and petroleum
products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials,
asbestos-containing
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materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas, and (b) any other
chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or
regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant
under any Environmental Law.
“Hedge
Agreements” shall mean any interest rate, commodity or equity
swap, cap, floor or forward rate agreement or collar arrangements,
interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements,
currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements or
arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest
rates or currency, commodity or equity values, and any confirmation
executed in connection with any such agreement or
arrangement.
“Indebtedness”
shall mean with respect to any Person, without duplication,
(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of assets or services which in accordance with GAAP would be
shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of such Person,
(iii) all obligations of such Person under or evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or upon which
interest payments are customarily made, (iv) all obligations
and liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such
Person whether or not owing by such Person and even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for payment thereof,
(v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,
(vi) all obligations and liabilities of such Person created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to property used and/or acquired by such
Person, even though the rights and remedies of the lessor, seller
and/or lender thereunder are limited to repossession or sale of
such property, or agreements to pay a specified purchase price for
goods or services whether or not delivered or accepted, i.e.,
take-or-pay and similar obligations, (vii) all contingent
obligations of such Person, including, without limitation, the net
liabilities of such Person under any Hedge Agreements, as
calculated on a basis satisfactory to the Lender and in accordance
with accepted practice, (viii) all indebtedness of others
referred in this definition guaranteed directly or indirectly in
any manner by such Person, and (ix) all obligations referred
to in clauses (i) through (ix) of this definition of
another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such
indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien upon or in any property owned by such Person;
provided , however , that the term Indebtedness shall
not include trade payables and accrued expenses, in each case
arising in the ordinary course of business and not more than
60 days delinquent. The Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any partnership of, or joint venture in
which, such Person is a general partner or joint venture, as the
case may be.
“Interest
Period” shall mean such period as is mutually agreed upon by
the Borrower and the Lender; provided , however ,
that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than
a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in another
calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day, (ii) no Interest Period shall be
longer than 180 days, and (iii) no Interest Period shall
be selected which extends beyond the Revolving Credit Termination
Date and any Interest
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Period selected
that would otherwise extend beyond the Termination Date shall end
on the Termination Date.
“Lender”
is defined in the preamble of this Credit Agreement.
“Lien”
shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, lien (statutory or otherwise),
security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security or
preferential arrangement of any nature whatsoever.
“Loan
Account” is defined in Section 2.7 hereof.
“Loan
Documents” shall mean each of this Credit Agreement, the
Note, and each other document, instrument, agreement, and any
guaranty, letter of awareness, or any other credit support document
of any type or nature as support for the Revolving Loans or
obligations of the Borrower hereunder, at any time executed and
delivered pursuant to or in connection herewith or therewith, as
the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Material
Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on any
of (a) the operations, business, assets, properties, prospects
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (b) the
ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations
hereunder, under the Note or under any other Loan Document to which
it is a party, (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of
this Credit Agreement, the Note or any other Loan Document, or
(d) the rights and remedies of the Lender hereunder or under
any other Loan Document.
“Maturity
Date” shall mean for each Revolving Loan, the earlier of
(a) the last day of the Interest Period pertaining to such
Revolving Loan, and (b) the Revolving Credit Termination
Date.
“Multiemployer
Plan” shall mean a Plan described in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.
“Note”
shall mean the promissory note of the Borrower evidencing the
Revolving Loans, payable to the order of the Lender, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or any
substitute therefor.
“Notice of
Borrowing” is defined in Section 2.1.2
hereof.
“Other
Taxes” is defined in Section 7.2(b) hereof.
“Parent”
shall mean AEON Co., Ltd., a Japanese corporation which owns,
directly or indirectly, a majority of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Borrower.
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“PBGC”
shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Person”
shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or partnership, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“Plan”
shall mean any pension plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA
and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled
Entity is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5)
of ERISA.
“Prohibited
Transaction” shall mean any transaction set forth in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
“Release”
shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or
migration into the outdoor or indoor environment.
“Reportable
Event” shall mean any of the events set forth in
Section 4043 of ERISA.
“Revolving
Credit Termination Date” shall mean December 31, 2009,
or such earlier date on which the Revolving Loan Commitment is
terminated in full hereunder.
“Revolving
Loan” is defined in Section 2.1.1 hereof.
“Revolving
Loan Commitment” is defined in Section 2.1.1
hereof.
“Solvent”
shall mean, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that
on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is
not less than the total amount of its liabilities of such Person,
(b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such
Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of such Person on its existing debts as they
become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to
realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities,
contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the
normal course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to,
and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in
business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business
or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute unreasonably small capital.
“Subsidiary”
shall mean, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity of
which capital stock or other ownership interests having (in the
absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect at least a
majority of the board of directors
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(or persons
performing similar functions) of such corporation or other entity
is, at the time of determination, owned directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, by such Person.
“Taxes”
is defined in Section 7.2(a) hereof.
“USA Patriot
Act” is defined in Section 3(r) hereof.
2.1.1 The
Revolving Loan Commitment . On the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Credit Agreement, the Lender agrees, from time
to time on any Business Day during the period commencing on the
date hereof up to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination
Date, to make revolving loans (the “ Revolving Loans
”) to the Borrower in amounts, which in the aggregate shall
not exceed the principal amount of $15,000,000 (the
“Revolving Loan Commitment”). The Revolving Loan
Commitment shall be subject to reduction and/or termination as
herein provided (including, without limitation, pursuant to
Sections 2.5 and 6.2 hereof). On the terms and subject to the
conditions hereof, the Borrower may from time to time borrow,
prepay, and re-borrow the Revolving Loans. Any such borrowing may
be denominated in Dollars, as hereinafter provided, and shall be in
the aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or any whole multiple
thereof in excess of $100,000. On the Revolving Credit Termination
Date the Revolving Loan Commitment shall terminate and the Lender
shall have no obligation whatsoever to make any further Revolving
Loans to the Borrower.
2.1.2. Making
the Revolving Loans . Each Revolving Loan shall be made upon
written notice (in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, a
“Notice of Borrowing”), given by the Borrower to the
Lender no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) one Business
Day prior to the proposed borrowing date thereof. Each Notice of
Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify therein
(A) the proposed borrowing date, which shall be a Business
Day, (B) the principal amount of such Revolving Loan and
(C) the duration of the Interest Period therefor. Upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 5 hereof (or the waiver thereof by the Lender as
herein prescribed), the Lender will make the proceeds of such
Revolving Loan available to the Borrower on the Borrowing Date by
crediting the Borrower’s deposit account at Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company, or at such other place as the
Lender shall designate in writing to the Borrower by 3:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the borrowing date. The Lender shall notify the
Borrower of the Applicable Spread with respect to such Revolving
Loan on or prior to the Borrowing Date with respect to such
Revolving Loan; provided that the Lender’s failure to notify
the Borrower of the Applicable Spread shall not affect the validity
of such Revolving Loan or any obligations of the Borrower hereunder
or under any Loan Document.
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(a) Each
Revolving Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to
the sum of (a) the Cost of Funds Rate, and (b) the
Applicable Spread.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.4 hereof, interest shall be payable on each
Revolving Loan (i) in arrears on the last day of each Interest
Period, and (ii) on the date on which the principal amount of
such Revolving Loan becomes due and payable hereunder (whether at
stated maturity, by mandatory prepayment, optional prepayment by
acceleration or otherwise).
(c) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, all accrued interest shall be
payable on each date principal is payable hereunder pursuant to
Sections 2.3 and 2.5 hereof or such earlier date as herein
required.
(d) Interest
shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period
to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
2.3 Principal
Repayment; Note . (a) The Borrower shall repay to the
Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on
the Maturity Date for such Revolving Loan.
(b) The
Borrower’s obligations to the Lender with respect to the
payment of interest and principal with respect to the Revolving
Loans shall be evidenced by this Credit Agreement and the Note. The
Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower to endorse on the
schedule attached to the Note (or on a continuation of such
schedule attached to the Note and made a part thereof) an
appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of each
Revolving Loan, the date and amount of each principal payment and
prepayment with respect thereto and the interest rate applicable
thereto; provided , however , that the failure of the
Lender to make any such notation (or any error in such notation)
shall not affect any obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under
the Note. The Note and the books and records of the Lender shall be
conclusive evidence of the information set forth therein absent
manifest error.
2.4 Default
Interest . Any principal, interest or other amount which is not
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by mandatory prepayment,
by acceleration or otherwise, shall bear interest from the day when
due until such principal, interest or other amount is paid in full,
payable on demand, at a rate equal at all times to the Base Rate
plus 2% per annum. In no event, however, shall any interest rate
hereunder exceed the highest rate of interest allowed to be charged
by law.
2.5
Termination, Reduction or Extension of Revolving Loan
Commitment; Prepayment .
(a) The
Borrower shall have the right at any time or from time to time,
without premium or penalty, upon not less than three
(3) Business Days’ prior
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irrevocable
written notice to the Lender, to terminate or reduce the Revolving
Loan Commitment. Any such reduction of the Revolving Loan
Commitment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of
$100,000 and not less than $100,000. Any termination or reduction
of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall be permanent.
(b)
Prepayment . Upon three (3) Business Days’ prior
irrevocable written notice by the Borrower received by the Lender,
the Borrower may (and if such notice is given, shall), without
penalty or premium, prepay all or any portion of the principal
amount outstanding of any Revolving Loans together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid;
provided , however , that (i) prepayments of
Revolving Loans prior to the Maturity Date shall not reduce the
Revolving Loan Commitment; and (ii) all prepayments shall be
in amounts not less than the lesser of $100,000 or an integral
multiple thereof or the amount of any Revolving Loan being prepaid.
Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.5(b) shall be
accompanied by the payment of (i) accrued interest to the date
of such prepayment on the amount prepaid, (ii) any and all
payments required pursuant to Section 7.1(d) hereof in respect
of such prepayment, and (iii) any other amounts then due and
owing hereunder.
(c) If
the Borrower receives notice from the Lender that the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding hereunder
exceeds at any time $15,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay
Revolving Loans, together with all accrued interest thereon and any
amounts due under Section 7.1(d) hereof, as necessary to
eliminate such excess within 2 Business Days after receipt of such
notice.
(d) The
Revolving Credit Termination Date may be extended any number of
times as follows:
i. The
Borrower shall give the Lender an irrevocable written request
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto at least one
year and 30 days before the Revolving Credit Termination Date
then in effect.
ii. Upon
receipt of such request the Lender shall consider and determine
whether to grant such request and shall give a written notice of
its decision on or prior to the day one year before the Revolving
Credit Termination Date then in effect.
iii. In
the event the Lender grants the Borrower’s request the
Revolving Credit Termination Date then in effect shall be extended
for one year. Otherwise the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall
remain unchanged.
(a) All
sums payable by the Borrower to the Lender hereunder or under the
Note shall be payable in New York, New York, in Dollars, in
immediately available funds and without any defense, set-off or
counterclaim no later than 12:00 noon (New
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York time) on
the day when due, for the account of and as directed by the Lender.
Any payments made after 12:00 noon (New York time) on any day shall
be deemed to have made on the immediately following Business
Day.
(b) Any
payments shall be applied first to default charges, indemnities,
expenses and other non-principal and interest amounts owed under
any of the Loan Documents, if any, then to interest due and payable
on the Revolving Loans, and thereafter to the principal amount of
the Revolving Loans due and payable.
(c) All
computations of interest and fees shall be made by the Lender on
the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in
the period for which such amount is payable; provided ,
however , that if a Revolving Loan is repaid on the same day
on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on such
Revolving Loan. Each change in the Base Rate shall immediately and
simultaneously result in a corresponding change in the Default
Rate.
(d) Whenever
any payment to be made hereunder or under any instrument delivered
hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
the computation of the payment of interest; provided ,
however , that if such extension would cause such payment to
be made in a new calendar month or beyond the Maturity Date, such
payment shall be made on the next preceding Business
Day.
(e) The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender, if and to the extent payment
is not made when due under any Loan Document, to charge from time
to time against any account of the Borrower with the Lender or any
of its affiliates any amount so due. The Lender agrees to promptly
notify the Borrower of any such charge made by the Lender;
provided , however , that the Lender shall incur no
liability for failing to do so and the failure of the Lender to so
notify the Borrower shall in no event diminish the Lender’s
right to make such charge under this Section 2.6(e).
2.7. Loan
Account . The Lender maintains on its books a loan account in
the Borrower’s name (the “ Loan Account
”), showing the Revolving Loans, prepayments, the computation
and payment of interest, and any other amounts due and sums paid
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The entries made by
the Lender in the Loan Account shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrower and the Lender as to the amount at any time due from
the Borrower, absent manifest error.
2.8. Use of
Proceeds . The Borrower shall apply the proceeds of the
Revolving Loans towards working capital; provided ,
however , that no proceeds of any of the Revolving Loans may
be used to acquire or carry any equity security of a class which is
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended and as in effect from time to time, or any
“Margin Stock”, as defined in Federal Reserve Board
Regulation U or otherwise be used in a manner which would
violate or be
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inconsistent
with Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended and as in effect from time to time, or any regulations
issued pursuant thereto, or any regulations issued pursuant thereto
or the provisions of the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board
or any Governmental Authority.
2.9 Commitment
Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the Lender on the last Business
Day of each March and September commencing on March 31, 2009,
and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date while the Revolving
Loan Commitment is in effect, a non-refundable commitment fee in
arrears in an amount equal to 0.3125% per annum of the average
daily unadvanced amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment from time
to time in effect from (and including) the date hereof to (but
excluding) the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
3.
Representations and Warranties . The Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:
(a)
Organization of Borrower . The Borrower is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware.
(b)
Power and Authority . The Borrower has full legal right,
power and authority to carry on its present business, to own its
property and assets and to execute, deliver and perform this Credit
Agreement, the Note and each other Loan Document to which it is a
party. The Borrower is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign
corporation authorized to conduct its activities and is in good
standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of the
properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the activities
conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary
except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c)
Authorization of Borrowing . All appropriate and necessary
corporate, shareholder and other actions and approvals (including
any governmental or regulatory approvals) have been taken or
obtained by the Borrower to authorize the execution and delivery of
this Credit Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party and to authorize the performance and observance
of the terms of each.
(d)
Agreement Binding; No Conflicts . This Credit Agreement
constitutes, and the Note and each other Loan Document when
executed and delivered pursuant hereto will constitute, the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against
the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms except as
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws and general equity
principles affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights
generally. The execution, delivery and performance of this Credit
Agreement, the Note and each other Loan Document to which the
Borrower is a party and the use of the proceeds of any Revolving
Loan do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with any
provisions of law or any order, rule, directive or regulation of
any court or other
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Governmental
Authority, the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents
of the Borrower or any agreement, document or instrument to which
the Borrower is a party or by which its assets or properties are
bound, (ii) constitute a default or an event or circumstance
that, with the giving of notice or the passing of time, or both,
would constitute a default under any such agreement, document or
instrument, (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any
assets or properties of the Borrower, or (iv) result in any
suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any
permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its
operations or any of its properties.
(e)
Compliance with Law . There does not exist any conflict with
or violation or breach of any law or any regulation, order, writ,
injunction or decree of any court or governmental
instrumentality.
(f)
Taxes . The Borrower has filed all tax returns (federal,
state and local) required to be filed and has paid all taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges due by the
Borrower with respect to the conduct of its operations or otherwise
the failure of which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(g)
Governmental Consents . No consent, approval, authorization
or order of, notice to or declaration or filing with, any
administrative body or agency or other Governmental Authority on
the part of the Borrower is required for the valid execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Credit Agreement,
the Note or any other Loan Document to which the Borrower is a
party.
(h)
Litigation . There are no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, threatened legal actions, suits, claims or
administrative, arbitration or other proceedings against the
Borrower that if adversely determined could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, a Default or Event of
Default.
(i)
Other Obligations . The Borrower is not in default in any
material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of
any obligation, covenant or condition in any agreement, document or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound.
(j)
Financial Information . (i) All financial information
provided to the Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly
presents, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, the
consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal periods ended on such respective dates.
Except as fully disclosed in such financial information, there were
no liabilities or obligations with respect to the Borrower of any
nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise and whether or not due) which, either individually or in
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Borrower.
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(ii) Since
February 2, 2008, there has been no material adverse change in
the operations, condition (financial or otherwise), business,
assets or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on an
individual basis.
(k)
Accuracy of Information . All factual information heretofore
or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to
the Lender for purposes of, or in connection with, this Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any transaction contemplated
hereby or thereby (true and complete copies of which were furnished
to the Lender in connection with its execution and delivery hereof)
is, and all other factual information hereafter furnished by or on
behalf of the Borrower to the Lender will be, true and accurate in
every material respect on the dat
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