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Exhibit 10.1 EXECUTION VERSION
$125,000,000 REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT among CKX, INC., a Delaware
corporation, as Borrower, The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto, UBS SECURITIES LLC and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK,
as Co-Syndication Agents, LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER, INC. and CREDIT
SUISSE,
as Co-Documentation Agents, and BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING
INC.,
as Administrative Agent Dated as of May 24, 2006 BEAR,
STEARNS & CO. INC., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Defined Terms
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1.2 Other Definitional Provisions
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
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2.1 Revolving Commitments
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2.2 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing
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2.3 Swingline Commitment
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2.4 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline
Loans
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2.5 Commitment Fees, etc
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2.6 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments
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2.7 L/C Commitment
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2.8 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit
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2.9 Fees and Other Charges
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2.10 L/C Participations
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2.11 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower
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2.12 Obligations Absolute
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2.13 Letter of Credit Payments
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2.14 Applications
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2.15 Incremental Facilities
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SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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3.1 Optional Prepayments
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3.2 Conversion and Continuation Options
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3.3 Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches
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3.4 Interest Rates and Payment Dates
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3.5 Computation of Interest and Fees
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3.6 Inability to Determine Interest Rate
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3.7 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
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3.8 Requirements of Law
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3.9 Taxes
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3.10 Indemnity
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3.11 Change of Lending Office
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3.12 Replacement of Lenders
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3.13 Evidence of Debt
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3.14 Illegality
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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4.1 Financial Condition
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4.2 No Change
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4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law
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4.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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4.5 No Legal Bar
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4.6 Litigation
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4.7 No Default
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4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens
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4.9 Intellectual Property
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4.10 Taxes
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4.11 Federal Regulations
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4.12 Labor Matters
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4.13 ERISA
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4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
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4.15 Subsidiaries
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4.16 Use of Proceeds
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4.17 Environmental Matters
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4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc
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4.19 Security Documents
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4.20 Solvency
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4.21 Senior Indebtedness
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4.22 Foreign Assets Control Regulations and Anti-Money
Laundering
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4.23 Double Vision Film
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SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit
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5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit
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SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1 Financial Statements
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6.2 Certificates; Other Information
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6.3 Payment of Obligations
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6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance
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6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance
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6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
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6.7 Notices
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6.8 Intellectual Property
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6.9 Environmental Laws
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6.10 Interest Rate Hedging
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6.11 Additional Collateral, etc
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6.12 Further Assurances
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6.13 Use of Proceeds
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6.14 Post-Closing Obligations
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6.15 UK Financial Assistance
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SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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7.1 Financial Condition Covenants
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7.2 Indebtedness
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7.3 Liens
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7.4 Fundamental Changes
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7.5 Disposition of Property
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7.6 Restricted Payments
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7.7 Capital Expenditures
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7.8 Investments
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7.9 Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt
Instruments
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7.10 Transactions with Affiliates
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7.11 Sales and Leasebacks
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7.12 Hedge Agreements
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7.13 Changes in Fiscal Periods
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7.14 Negative Pledge Clauses
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7.15 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions
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7.16 Lines of Business
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7.17 Certain Amendments
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7.18 Accounting Changes
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7.19 Intellectual Property
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7.20 Hazardous Substances
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
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9.1 Appointment
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9.2 Delegation of Duties
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9.3 Exculpatory Provisions
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9.4 Reliance by Agents
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9.5 Notice of Default
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9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
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9.7 Indemnification
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9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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9.9 Successor Administrative Agent
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9.10 Agents Generally
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9.11 The Lead Arranger
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9.12 Withholding Tax
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1 Amendments and Waivers
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10.2 Notices
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10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties
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10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes
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10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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10.7 Adjustments; Set-off
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10.8 Counterparts
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10.9 Severability
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10.10 Integration
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10.11 GOVERNING LAW
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10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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10.13 Acknowledgments
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10.14 Releases of Guarantees and Liens
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10.15 Confidentiality
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10.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
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10.17 Delivery of Addenda
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10.18 USA PATRIOT Act
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ANNEX:
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Pricing Grid
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SCHEDULES:
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4.1
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Contingent Liabilities
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4.4
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Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
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4.13
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ERISA
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4.15
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Subsidiaries; Subscriptions, Warrants, Etc.
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4.19
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Filing Jurisdictions
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7.2(d)
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Existing indebtedness
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7.3(f)
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Existing Liens
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7.10
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Affiliate Transactions
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EXHIBITS:
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A
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Form of Addendum
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B
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
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Form of Compliance Certificate
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D-1
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Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
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D-2
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Form of UK Charge Over Shares
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D-3
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Form of UK Debenture
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[Reserved]
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[Reserved]
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G
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Form of Exemption Certificate
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H-1
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Form of Revolving Note
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H-2
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Form of Swingline Note
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Form of Closing Certificate
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J-1
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Form of Legal Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky
and Walker LLP
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J-2
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Form of Legal Opinion of Baker & McKenzie
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K
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Form of Solvency Certificate
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Subordination Provisions
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CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of May 24, 2006 (this " Agreement
"), among CKX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the " Borrower
"), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities
from time to time parties to this Agreement (the " Lenders
"), BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., as exclusive advisor, sole lead
arranger and sole bookrunner (in such capacity, the " Lead
Arranger "), UBS SECURITIES LLC and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as
co-syndication agents (in such capacity, the " Syndication
Agents "), LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER, INC. and CREDIT SUISSE, as
co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the " Documentation
Agents "), and BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the " Administrative
Agent ").
The
parties hereto hereby agree as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the terms listed
in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set
forth in this Section 1.1.
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Acquired Indebtedness ": Indebtedness of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries
after the Closing Date in connection with a Permitted Acquisition
or Permitted Joint Venture, but only to the extent such
Indebtedness was outstanding prior to giving effect to such
Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture and was not
incurred in contemplation of or for purposes of consummating such
Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture.
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Addendum ": an instrument, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A, by which a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement
as of the Closing Date.
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Additional Extensions of Credit ": as defined in
Section 10.1. " Adjustment Date ": as defined in the
Pricing Grid.
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Administrative Agent ": as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
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Affiliate ": as to any Person, any other Person that,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control" of a Person means the power, directly or
indirectly, either to (a) vote 5.0% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or
persons performing similar functions) of such Person or
(b) direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
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Agents ": the collective reference to the Syndication
Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Lead Arranger and the
Administrative Agent, which term shall include, for purposes of
Section 9 only, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender.
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Aggregate Exposure ": with respect to any Lender at any
time, an amount equal to the aggregate then unpaid principal amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if
the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
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Aggregate Exposure Percentage ": with respect to any Lender
at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such
Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate
Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
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Agreement ": this Credit Agreement.
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Applicable Margin ": the rate per annum equal to
(a) 1.50% in the case of Eurodollar Loans and (b) .50% in the
case of Base Rate Loans; provided , that, on and after the
first Adjustment Date occurring after the Closing Date, the
Applicable Margin will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.
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Application ": an application, in such form as the Issuing
Lender may specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender
to open a Letter of Credit.
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Approved Fund ": (a) a CLO and (b) with respect to
any Lender that is a fund that invests in commercial loans, any
other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or
advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
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Asset Sale ": any Disposition of Property or series of
related Dispositions of Property (including, without limitation,
the sale of Capital Stock in any Subsidiary and the issuance by any
Subsidiary of its own Capital Stock) that yields gross proceeds to
any Group Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in
the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt
securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other
non-cash proceeds) in excess of $1,000,000.
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Assignee ": as defined in Section 10.6(a).
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Assignment and Assumption ": an Assignment and Assumption,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
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Available Revolving Commitment ": as to any Revolving Lender
at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of
(a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect
over (b) such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of
Credit then outstanding; provided that, in calculating any
Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of
determining such Lender’s Available Revolving Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.5, the aggregate principal amount of
Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.
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Base Rate ": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%. For
purposes hereof: " Prime Rate " shall mean the rate of
interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the
Reference Lender as its prime rate in effect at its principal
office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be
the lowest rate of interest charged by the Reference Lender in
connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change in the
Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on
the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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Base Rate Loans ": Loans the rate of interest applicable to
which is based upon the Base Rate.
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Benefited Lender ": as defined in Section 10.7(a).
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Board ": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States (or any successor).
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Borrower ": as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
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Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations ": as defined in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
"
Borrower Obligations ": as defined in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement.
"
Borrowing Date ": any Business Day specified by the Borrower
as a date on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to
make Loans or issue Letters of Credit hereunder.
"
Business ": as defined in Section 4.17(b).
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Business Day ": a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or
required by law to close, provided , that with respect to
notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of
principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day
for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the
interbank eurodollar market.
"
Capital Expenditures ": for any period, with respect to any
Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its
Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital
lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment
(including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements
during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
"
Capital Lease Obligations ": as to any Person, the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a
balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of
this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be
the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in
accordance with GAAP.
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Capital Stock ": any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, whether or not
presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.
"
Cash Equivalents ": (a) marketable direct obligations
issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within
one
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year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of
deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank
deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
or the District of Columbia having combined capital and surplus of
not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer
rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s, or carrying
an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if
both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of
commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six months
from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of
any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of
clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than
30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed
or insured by the United States government; (e) securities
with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition
issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing
authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any
foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth,
territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign
government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or
A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six
months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby
letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank
satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition;
or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which
invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses
(a) through (f) of this definition or money market funds that
(i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and
Exchange Commission
Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by
Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least
$5,000,000,000.
"
CKX UK Holdings ": CKX UK Holdings Limited, a company
incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05389449.
"
Closing Date ": the date on which the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied or waived,
which date is May 24, 2006.
"
Code ": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"
Collateral ": all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or
hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by
any Security Document.
"
Commitment ": as to any Lender, the Revolving Commitment of
such Lender.
"
Commitment Fee Rate ": (a) 0.375% per annum at such
times as (i) the Facility is rated at least BB- by S&P and
at least Ba3 by Moody’s, in each case, with a stable outlook,
and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of
Credit is not less than 50% of the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Commitments and (b) at all other times, 0.50% per
annum.
"
Commonly Controlled Entity ": an entity, whether or not
incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within
the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
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"
Compliance Certificate ": a certificate duly executed by a
Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
"
Conduit Lender ": any special purpose entity organized and
administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans
otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such
Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld); provided , that the designation by
any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating
Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this
Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any
such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender)
shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all
consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement
with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided ,
further , that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled
to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 3.8, 3.9,
3.10 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled
to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such
Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
"
Consolidated EBITDA ": for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus , without duplication and to the
extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated
Net Income for such period (and provided that to the extent that
all or any portion of the income of any Subsidiary or other Person
is excluded from Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the definition
thereof for such period or portion thereof, any amounts set forth
in the following clauses (a) through (g) that are
attributable to such Subsidiary or other Person shall not be
included for purposes of such clauses for such period or portion
thereof) the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest
expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt
issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans),
(c) depreciation and amortization expense,
(d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited
to, goodwill) and organizational costs, (e) any extraordinary
charges or losses determined in accordance with GAAP,
(f) non-cash compensation expenses arising from the issuance
of stock, options to purchase stock and stock appreciation rights
to the management of the Borrower, and (g) any other non-cash
charges, non- cash expenses or non-cash losses of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any such charge,
expense or loss incurred in the ordinary course of business that
constitutes an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any
future period), provided , however , that cash
payments made in such period or in any future period in respect of
such non-cash charges, expenses or losses (excluding any such
charge, expense or loss incurred in the ordinary course of business
that constitutes an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for
any future period) shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income
in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in the period when such payments
are made, and minus , to the extent included in the
statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum
of (a) interest income, (b) any extraordinary income or
gains determined in accordance with GAAP and (c) any other
non-cash income (excluding any items that represent the reversal of
any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in
any prior period that are described in the parenthetical to clause
(g) above), all as determined on a consolidated basis.
In
addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, (x) with
respect to any Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Joint Venture as to which the fair market value of the
assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale, Disposition,
Permitted
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Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture is equal to or greater than
$1,000,000, for purposes of this definition, "Consolidated EBITDA"
shall be calculated after giving effect to such Asset Sale,
Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture, on a
pro forma basis for the four quarter period to which such
calculation relates (including, without limitation, any Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture giving rise to the need to
make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Subsidiary as a
result of any such Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint
Venture) assuming or otherwise becoming liable for any Acquired
Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
also including (or excluding, in the case of an Asset Sale or other
Disposition) any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets
which are the subject of such Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture), in each case, occurring
during such four quarter period or at any time subsequent to the
last day of such four quarter period and on or prior to the date of
such Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Peiniitted
Joint Venture, as if such Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture (including the assumption of
or liability for any such Acquired Indebtedness) had occurred on
the first day of such four quarter period and (y) "Consolidated
EBITDA" shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving
effect to the exclusion of costs and expenses incurred in
connection with effecting the transactions contemplated by the
definitive documentation in respect of any such Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture.
For
purposes of this definition and for purposes of the definitions of
"Consolidated Interest Expense" and "Consolidated Total Debt",
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Asset Sale,
Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture and
the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma
calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the Borrower and shall comply
with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X
promulgated by the SEC, except that such pro forma calculations may
include operating expense reductions for the applicable period
resulting from any such Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture which is being given pro
forma effect that have been realized or for which the steps
necessary for realization have been taken or are reasonably
expected to be taken within six months following such Asset Sale,
Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture,
including, but not limited to, the execution or termination of any
contracts, the termination of any personnel or the closing (or
approval by the board of directors of such Person of any closing)
of any facility, as applicable, provided that, in either case, such
adjustments are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and are set forth in a certificate signed by the Person’s
chief financial officer which states (i) the amount of such
adjustment or adjustments, (ii) that such adjustment or
adjustments are based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of the
officer executing such certificate at the time of such execution
and (iii) that any related incurrence of Indebtedness is
permitted pursuant to this Agreement.
"
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio ": for any period, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
"
Consolidated Interest Expense ": for any period, total cash
interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease
Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of
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credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under
Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such
net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).
In
addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, with respect
to any Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Permitted
Joint Venture as to which the fair market value of the assets that
are the subject of such Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture is equal to or greater than
$1,000,000, for purposes of this definition, "Consolidated Interest
Expense" shall be calculated after giving effect to such Asset
Sale, Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint
Venture, on a pro forma basis for the four quarter period to which
such calculation relates (including, without limitation, any
Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture giving rise to the
need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of
its Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Subsidiary as
a result of any such Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint
Venture) assuming or otherwise becoming liable for any Acquired
Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), in
each case, occurring during such four quarter period or at any time
subsequent to the last day of such four quarter period and on or
prior to the date of such Asset Sale, Disposition, Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture, as if such Asset Sale,
Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture
(including the assumption of or liability for any such Acquired
Indebtedness) had occurred on the first day of such four quarter
period.
"
Consolidated Leverage Ratio ": as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such
date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for period of four fiscal
quarters ended on such date (or, for purposes of Section 5.2,
for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which
internal financial statements are available).
"
Consolidated Net Income ": for any period, the consolidated
net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) the income
(or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or
deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in
which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership
interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually
received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of
dividends or other distributions in respect of equity, (c) the
income (or deficit) of any Permitted Joint Venture that has issued
Non-Recourse Indebtedness, except to the extent that any such
income is actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor in the form of dividends or other distributions in
respect of equity and (d) the undistributed earnings of any
Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is
not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual
Obligation (other than any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law
applicable to such Subsidiary.
"
Consolidated Net Worth ": at any date, all amounts that
would, in conformity with GAAP, be included on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under
stockholders’ or members’ equity at such date.
"
Consolidated Total Debt ": at any date, the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries at such date (exclusive of Indebtedness of the
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type described in clause (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j),
(k) or (o) of Section 7.2), determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"
Continuing Directors ": as of any date of determination,
each member of the board of directors of the Borrower who is or was
a member thereof on the Closing Date and each other member of the
board of directors of the Borrower elected to the board of
directors of the Borrower with the approval of at least a majority
of the then Continuing Directors.
"
Contractual Obligation ": as to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, license,
covenant not to sue, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound,
including undertakings evidenced primarily by a course of dealing
rather than by signed written agreement.
"
Copyright ": as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
"
Default ": any of the events specified in Section 8,
whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse
of time, or both, has been satisfied.
"
Disposition ": with respect to any Property, any sale,
lease, license, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms " Dispose "
and " Disposed of " shall have correlative meanings.
"
Disqualified Capital Stock ": that portion of any Capital
Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder thereof) or upon the happening of any event,
(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise on or prior to the date that
is three months later than the Revolving Termination Date,
(b) is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof on
or prior to the date that is three months later than the Revolving
Termination Date or (c) contains any repurchase obligation
which may come into effect on or prior to the date that is three
months later than the Revolving Termination Date.
"
Documentation Agents ": as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"
Dollars " and " $ ": dollars in lawful currency of
the United States.
"
Domestic Subsidiary ": any Subsidiary of the Borrower
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United
States.
"
Elvis Operating Companies ": Elvis Presley Enterprises,
Inc., a Tennessee corporation, and Elvis Presley Enterprises, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, and each of their respective
subsidiaries.
"
Elvis Operating Company Charter Documents ": (a) the
limited liability company operating agreement of Elvis Presley
Enterprises, LLC, dated as of February 7, 2005, (b) the
Amended and Restated Charter, dated February 7, 2005, of Elvis
Presley Enterprises, Inc. and (c) the Shareholders Agreement, dated
as of February 7, 2005, among the Borrower, the Trust and
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
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"
Environmental Laws ": any and all foreign, Federal, state,
local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes,
ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental
Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law)
regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of
conduct concerning protection of human health or safety or the
environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
"
Environmental Permits ": any and all permits, licenses,
approvals, registrations, notifications, exemptions and other
authorizations required under any Environmental Law.
"
ERISA ": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.
"
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ": for any day as applied
to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the
maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve
requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental,
marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board
or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect
thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a
member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
"
Eurodollar Base Rate ": with respect to each day during each
Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum
determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a
period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of
such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen
as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does
not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on
such screen), the " Eurodollar Base Rate " shall be
determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available
service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the
Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by
reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered
Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time,
two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in
the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign
currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of
days comprised therein.
"
Eurodollar Loans ": Loans the rate of interest applicable to
which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
"
Eurodollar Rate ": with respect to each day during each
Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum
determined for such day in accordance with the following formula
(rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%): Eurodollar Base
Rate
1.00 — Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
"
Eurodollar Tranche ": the collective reference to Eurodollar
Loans the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of
which begin on the same date and end on the same later date
(whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the
same day).
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"
Event of Default ": any of the events specified in
Section 8, provided that any requirement for the giving
of notice e, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
"
Exchange Act ": the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in
effect on the Closing Date.
"
Excluded Foreign Subsidiary ": any Foreign Subsidiary (or
any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) in respect of which either
(a) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary
as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of
the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower,
result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.
"
Facility ": the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of
credit made thereunder.
"
Federal Funds Effective Rate ": for any day, the weighted
average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds
brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by the
Reference Lender from three federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
"
Foreign Subsidiary ": any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
not a Domestic Subsidiary.
"
Fremantle ": Fremantle Media Limited or Fremantle Media
North America, as the context requires.
"
Fuller Employment Agreement ": that certain Director’s
Service Agreement by and between 19E and Simon Robert Fuller, dated
as of March 17, 2005.
"
Fuller Non-Compete Agreement ": that certain
Confidentiality, Non- Competition, Non-Solicitation and
Non-Recruitment Agreement, by and among Simon Robert Fuller, the
Borrower, Fuller Nominees Limited, Ingenious Media plc, and
Ingenious Ventures Limited, dated as of March 17, 2005.
"
Funded Debt ": as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such
Person that matures more than one year from the date of its
creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable
or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than
one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or
similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend
credit during a period of more than one year from such date,
including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments
in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid
within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of
the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
"
Funding Office ": the office of the Administrative Agent
specified in Section 11.2 or such other office as may be
specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its
funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
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"
GAAP ": generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States as in effect from time to time except that for
purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis
of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with
those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial
statements referred to in Section 4.1(b). In the event that
any Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such
change results in a change in the method of calculation of
financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into
negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so
as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired
result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s
financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes
as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as
such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all
financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall
continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting
Changes had not occurred. " Accounting Changes " refers to
changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of
any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants or the United Kingdom Accounting Standards
Board, pronouncements of the Urgent Issues Task Force, relevant
Statements of Recommended Accounting Practice and provisions of the
Companies Act of 1985, as amended, as the case may be, or, if
applicable, the SEC.
"
GOAT Acquisition Agreement ": that certain agreement, dated
April 10, 2006, by and among the Borrower, the GOAT Operating
Company, CKX G.O.A.T. Holding Corp., G.O.A.T., Inc., Muhammad Ali
Family Trust and Muhammad Ali.
"
GOAT Operating Agreement ": the Limited Liability Operating
Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2006, as amended and restated
by the "Agreed Upon Terms" under and as defined in the GOAT
Acquisition Agreement.
"
GOAT Operating Company ": means G.O.A.T. LLC, a California
limited liability company.
"
Governmental Authority ": any nation or government, union of
nations, any state, province, region or other political subdivision
thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange
and any self-regulatory organization (including the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners).
"
Group Members ": the collective reference to the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries.
"
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ": the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-1.
"
Guarantee Obligation ": as to any Person (the "
guaranteeing person "), any obligation of (a) the
guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank
under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the
guaranteeing person has issued a
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reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either
case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness,
leases, royalties, license fees, dividends or other obligations
(the " primary obligations ") of any other third Person (the
" primary obligor ") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary
obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the
purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to
maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor
or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof; provided , however , that the term
Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments
for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall
be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated
or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of
which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum
amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to
the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation,
unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which
such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or
determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation
shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
Borrower in good faith.
"
Hazardous Substances ": any material substance or waste
presently listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous,
toxic or radioactive under, or otherwise regulated pursuant to, any
applicable Environmental Law or by any Governmental Authority
including petroleum and any derivatives or by-products thereof,
asbestos, presumed asbestos-containing material or
asbestos-containing material, urea formaldehyde and polychlorinated
biphenyls and including any material, substance or waste which is
defined as a "hazardous waste," "hazardous material," "hazardous
substance," "extremely hazardous waste," "restricted hazardous
waste," "contaminant," "contaminant," "toxic waste" or "toxic
substance" under any provision of Environmental Law.
"
Hedge Agreements ": any agreement with respect to any swap,
forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar
agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates,
currencies (including foreign currencies), commodities, equity or
debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing
indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value
or any similar transaction or any combination of these
transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan
providing for payments only on account of services provided by
current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a Hedge Agreement.
"
Immaterial Subsidiaries ": with respect to the acquisition
of the Capital Stock or other ownership interests of another Person
by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of such Person that (a) are
not Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, (b) in the
aggregate for all such Subsidiaries, own or possess assets and
property with a fair market value equal to or less than 10% of the
aggregate fair market value of the assets of such Person and its
Subsidiaries to be acquired, directly or indirectly, in connection
with such acquisition, and (c) in the aggregate for
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all such Subsidiaries, contribute or are otherwise accountable for
10% or less of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its
Subsidiaries ( provided that, for purposes of this clause
(c) only, all references to "the Borrower" and "Subsidiaries"
in the definitions of "Consolidated EBITDA" and "Consolidated Net
Income" shall be deemed to be references to such Person and its
Subsidiaries that are the subject of the applicable acquisition and
shall not include any amounts attributable to the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries that are Subsidiaries of the Borrower
immediately prior to giving effect to such acquisition).
"
Indebtedness ": of any Person at any date, without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than current trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such
Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant
under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds
or similar arrangements, (g) all obligations of such Person,
contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person, (h) all
Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of
others of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through
(g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which
the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not
such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such
obligation, (j) all Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred
Stock issued by such Person (other than Preferred Stock issued by a
Loan Party) and (k) for the purposes of Sections 7.2 and
8(e) only (and not any defined terms referenced therein), all
obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements;
provided , however , that the items described in
clauses (f) and (g) above shall constitute Indebtedness only
if and to the extent that any such items would appear as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in
which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person
is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the
extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such
Person is not liable therefor.
"
Indemnified Liabilities ": as defined in Section 10.5.
"
Indemnitee ": as defined in Section 10.5.
"
Insolvency ": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of
Section 4245 of ERISA.
"
Insolvent ": pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
"
Intellectual Property ": as defined in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement.
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"
Intellectual Property Security Agreement ": as defined in
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
"
Interest Payment Date ": (a) as to any Base Rate Loan
(other than any Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June,
September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and
the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar
Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last
day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan
having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that
is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day
of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period,
(d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is a
Base Rate Loan and any Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment
or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any
Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be paid.
"
Interest Period ": as to any Eurodollar Loan,
(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such
Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two or three months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of
conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan
and ending one, two or three months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent no later
than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date that is three
Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto; provided that all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to
the following: (i) if any Interest
Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry
such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event
such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day; (ii) the Borrower may
not select an Interest Period that would extend beyond the
Revolving Termination Date; (iii) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall
end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iv) the Borrower shall select
Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of
any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.
"
Investments ": as defined in Section 7.8.
"
Issuing Lender ": The Bank of New York, in its capacity as
issuer of any Letter of Credit.
"
L/C Commitment ": $10,000,000.
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"
L/C Fee Payment Date ": the last day of each March, June,
September and December and the last day of the Revolving Commitment
Period.
"
L/C Obligations ": at any time, an amount equal to the sum
of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the
then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate
amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been
reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.11.
"
L/C Participants ": the collective reference to all the
Revolving Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.
"
Lead Arranger ": as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
"
Lenders ": as defined in the preamble hereto;
provided , that unless the context otherwise requires, each
reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any
Conduit Lender.
"
Letters of Credit ": as defined in Section 2.7(a).
"
Lien ": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge
or other security interest or any preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"
Loan ": any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this
Agreement.
"
Loan Documents ": this Agreement, the Security Documents and
the Notes.
"
Loan Parties ": each Group Member that is a party to a Loan
Document.
"
Management Subscription Agreements ": the collective
reference to any subscription agreement or stockholders agreement
between the Borrower and any present or former officer or employee
of any Group Member.
"
Material Adverse Effect ": a material adverse effect on
(a) the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) the
business, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations or prospects of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (c) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
or the rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or
thereunder or the validity, perfection or priority of the
Administrative Agent’s Liens on the Collateral.
"
Material Environmental Amount ": an amount payable by the
Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 (after
taking into account any amounts paid to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect thereof pursuant to indemnity
claims made by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries) for any
violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Law, including,
without limitation, all remedial costs, compliance costs,
compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any
combination thereof.
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"
Material Subsidiary ": any Subsidiary of the Borrower which,
at any date of determination, either (a) had Consolidated
EBITDA (utilizing, in such definition of Consolidated EBITDA and
the related terms, such Subsidiary and its consolidated
Subsidiaries rather than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) for the
four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such date of
determination, equal to or greater than $1,000,000 or (b) held
assets valued at or above $5,000,000 in the aggregate.
"
Materials of Environmental Concern ": any gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or
petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials
or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any
Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls
and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
"
Moodys ": Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
"
Mortgages ": each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made
by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (with such changes thereto as shall be advisable under the
law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is
to be recorded).
"
Multiemployer Plan ": a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"
Net Cash Proceeds ": in connection with any Asset Sale, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents, net of
attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking
fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any
asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale (other than any Lien
pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and
expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes
paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof
(after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions
and any tax sharing arrangements). Net Cash Proceeds shall exclude
any non-cash proceeds received from any Asset Sale, but shall
include such proceeds as and when converted by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower into cash.
"
New Term Loan Commitments ": as defined in
Section 2.15.
"
New Term Loan Facility Amendment ": as defined in
Section 2.15.
"
New Term Loan Facility Notice ": as defined in
Section 2.15.
"
New Term Loan Lender ": as defined in Section 2.15.
"
19E ": 19 Entertainment Limited, a company incorporated in
England and Wales with registered number 01886042.
"
19TV ": 19TV Limited, a company incorporated in England and
Wales with registered number 03478214.
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"
Non-Recourse Indebtedness ": secured Indebtedness for
borrowed money of a Permitted Joint Venture, provided that
(a) such Indebtedness is not, in whole or in part,
Indebtedness of any Group Member other than such Permitted Joint
Venture and its Subsidiaries and for which no holder thereof has or
could have upon the occurrence of any contingency, any recourse
against any Group Member or any property or assets thereof other
than such Permitted Joint Venture and its Subsidiaries (including,
for the avoidance of doubt any Capital Stock representing the
ownership interests in such Permitted Joint Venture), (b) such
Indebtedness is owing only to unaffiliated third-parties (which,
for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any Group Member or
any Affiliate thereof), (c) the source of repayment for such
Indebtedness is expressly limited to the assets or cash flows of
such Permitted Joint Venture and its Subsidiaries, (d) no
Group Member (other than such Permitted Joint Venture and its
Subsidiaries) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness) or is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or
otherwise in respect of such Indebtedness or in respect of the
business or operations of the applicable Permitted Joint Venture
and its Subsidiaries that are obligors under such Non-Recourse
Indebtedness and (e) the lenders of such Indebtedness have
been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to
any Group Member or the stock or assets of any Group Member (other
than such Permitted Joint Venture and its Subsidiaries), in the
case of clauses (a), (c) and (d) above, as reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent.
"
Non-Excluded Taxes ": as defined in Section 3.9(a).
"
Non-U.S. Lender ": as defined in Section 3.9(d).
"
Notes ": the collective reference to any promissory note
evidencing Loans.
"
Obligations ": as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
"
OFAC ": as defined in Section 4.23(a).
"
Other Taxes ": any and all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
"
Participant ": as defined in Section 10.6(b).
"
Patent ": as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
"
Patriot Act ": as defined in Section 10.18.
"
PBGC ": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
"
Permitted Acquisition ": one or more acquisitions by any
Loan Party after the Closing Date of a business unit (with any
associated assets) or all of the outstanding capital stock or other
ownership interests (other than margin stock) of any other Person,
or in-bound license on an exclusive basis by any Loan Party of
assets comprising a business unit or units of any other
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Person, provided that (a) in the case of an asset acquisition
or in-bound license, the applicable assets to be acquired are used,
or, in the case of a stock acquisition, the applicable Person to be
acquired is predominantly engaged, in media, entertainment or
content related businesses, (b) the Borrower shall be in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such
acquisition (and a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have
certified to such compliance), (c) in connection with any such
acquisition involving a merger, the Borrower or a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be the surviving entity (
provided that if such merger involves the Borrower, the
Borrower shall be the surviving entity), (d) immediately
prior, and after giving effect, to such acquisition or in-bound
license, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (e) in the case of the acquisition of the Capital
Stock or other ownership interests of another Person by the
Borrower, (i) such Person and each of its Subsidiaries (other
than Immaterial Subsidiaries of such Person) shall be Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of the Borrower after giving effect to such
acquisition, (ii) the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of
the Secured Parties) shall have been granted a valid, perfected,
first priority security interest in such Capital Stock or other
ownership interests ( provided that, in the case of the
Capital Stock or other ownership interests in any Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary, such security interest shall be limited to 65% of
voting shares and 100% of the non-voting shares of such Capital
Stock or other ownership interests) and (iii) such Person and
each of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries of
such Person) shall have become Subsidiary Guarantors, in the case
of clauses (ii) and (iii), in accordance with the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement (having first completed any requirements
of any applicable law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction
concerning financial assistance by a company for the acquisition of
or subscription for shares or concerning the protection of
shareholders’ capital), it being acknowledged and agreed that
the foregoing requirements of clause (iii) shall not be
applicable with respect to any Person or Subsidiary thereof that is
an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.
"
Permitted Joint Venture ": one or more joint ventures or
similar arrangements entered into after the Closing Date (which may
be in the form of a limited liability company or other Person)
relating to assets that are not owned by any Group Member as of the
Closing Date, in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
holds Capital Stock or otherwise participates or invests;
provided that (a) the applicable joint venture shall be
predominantly engaged in media, entertainment or content related
businesses, (b) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to such Permitted Joint Venture (and a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have certified to such
compliance), (c) no Loan Party shall, pursuant to such joint
venture, be under any Contractual Obligation to make Investments or
incur Guarantee Obligations after the later of the Closing Date and
the initial formation of such joint venture that would be in
violation of any provision of this Agreement and
(d) immediately prior, and after giving effect, to such joint
venture, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
"
Person ": an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority
or other entity of whatever nature.
"
Plan ": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that
is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a
Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were
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terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be
deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
"
Pledged Equity Interests ": the "Pledged Stock" as defined
in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the "Securities" as
defined in the UK Debenture and the "Shares" as defined in the UK
Charge Over Shares.
"
Preferred Stock ": means, as applied to the Capital Stock of
any Person, Capital Stock of any class or classes (however
designated) which are preferred as to the payment of dividends or
distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person,
over the Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.
"
Presley Preferred Equity ": the shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock of the Borrower on the terms and
conditions set forth in the certificate of designation in respect
thereof, dated February 7, 2005.
"
Pledged Notes ": the "Pledged Notes" as defined in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any such assets secured in
accordance with the terms of the UK Debenture.
"
Pricing Grid ": the pricing grid attached hereto as Annex A.
"
Pro Forma Financial Statements ": as defined in
Section 4.1(a).
"
Projections ": as defined in Section 6.2(c).
"
Properties ": as defined in Section 4.17(a).
"
Property ": any right or interest in or to property of any
kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether
tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital
Stock.
"
Qualified Counterparty ": with respect to any Specified
Hedge Agreement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such
Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into, was a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent.
"
Reference Lender ": The Bank of New York.
"
Refunded Swingline Loans ": as defined in Section 2.4.
"
Refunding Date ": as defined in Section 2.4.
"
Register ": as defined in Section 10.6.
"
Regulation U ": Regulation U of the Board as in
effect from time to time.
"
Reimbursement Obligation ": the obligation of the Borrower
to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
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"
Reorganization ": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan,
the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the
meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
"
Reportable Event ": any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty
day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30,
.31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043.
"
Required Lenders ": at any time, the holders of more than
50% of the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the
Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
"
Requirement of Law ": as to any Person, the 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.
"
Reservations ": (a) the principle that equitable
remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court;
the limitations imposed by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation, reorganization, court schemes, moratoria,
administration and other laws generally affecting the rights of
creditors or (as the case may be) secured creditors; (b) the
time barring of claims; (c) the possibility that an
undertaking to assume liability for or to indemnify against
non-payment of United Kingdom stamp duty may be void;
(d) defenses of set-off or counterclaim and other similar
principles of English law; and (e) any other general
principles which are set out as qualifications as to matters of law
in the legal opinions delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(i) of
this Agreement.
"
Responsible Officer ": the chief executive officer,
president or chief financial officer of the Borrower, but in any
event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial
officer of the Borrower.
"
Restricted Payments ": as defined in Section 7.6.
"
Revolving Commitment ": as to any Lender, the obligation of
such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in
Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal
and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the
heading "Revolving Commitment" under such Lender’s name on
such Lender’s Addendum or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same
may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"
Revolving Commitment Period ": the period from and including
the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date.
"
Revolving Extensions of Credit ": as to any Revolving Lender
at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then
outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of
the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such
Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal
amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding.
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"
Revolving Lender ": each Lender that has a Revolving
Commitment or that holds Revolving Loans.
"
Revolving Loans ": as defined in Section 2.1(a).
"
Revolving Percentage ": as to any Revolving Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
then constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments (or, at any
time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or
terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding
constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding).
"
Revolving Termination Date ": May 24, 2011.
"
S&P ": Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.
"SEC":
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and
any analogous Governmental Authority.
"
Secured Parties ": the collective reference to the Lenders,
the Agents, the Qualified Counterparties, the Issuing Lender and
the Swingline Lender.
"
Security Documents ": the collective reference to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the UK Debenture, the UK Charge
Over Shares, the Mortgages (if any), each Intellectual Property
Security Agreement, and all other security documents hereafter
delivered to the Administrative Agent granting (or purporting to
grant) a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan
Document or Specified Hedge Agreement.
"
Sillerman Group ": (a) Robert F. X. Sillerman,
(b) any spouse or other immediate family member of Robert F.
X. Sillerman and (c) any trust, corporation, partnership or
other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, owners, partners,
owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or greater
controlling interest of which consist of such Persons specified in
clauses (a) and (b) above.
"
Single Employer Plan ": any Plan that is covered by Title IV
of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
"
Solvent ": when used with respect to any Person, means that,
as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the
"present fair saleable value" of the assets of such Person will, as
of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of such Person,
contingent or otherwise", as of such date, as such quoted terms are
determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws
governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors (or, in the
case of Group Members incorporated in England and Wales, the value
of its assets exceeds its liabilities (taking into account
contingent and prospective liabilities)), (b) the present fair
saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date,
be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute
and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date,
an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to
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conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay
its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i)
"debt" means liability on a "claim", and (ii) "claim" means any
(x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced
to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or
unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of
performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment,
whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured.
"
Specified Hedge Agreement ": any Hedge Agreement
(a) entered into by (i) the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and (ii) any Qualified Counterparty, as
counterparty and (b) that has been designated by such
Qualified Counterparty and the Borrower, by notice to the
Administrative Agent, as a Specified Hedge Agreement
provided , that (i) subject to Section 10.14,
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any Specified
Hedge Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the
Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the
other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any
release of Collateral or Subsidiary Guarantors effected in the
manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of
holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements. The
designation of any Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement
shall not create in favor of any Qualified Counterparty that is a
party thereto any rights in connection with the management or
release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement except as
provided in Section 10.14.
"
Subordinated Debt ": any unsecured Indebtedness of the
Borrower, no part of the principal of which is required to be paid
(whether by way of mandatory sinking fund, mandatory redemption or
mandatory prepayment), prior to the date that is six months later
than the Revolving Termination Date and the payment of principal
and interest of which and other obligations of the Borrower in
respect thereof are subordinated to the prior payment in full of
the obligations on terms and conditions (including subordination
provisions) customary for subordinated high yield bond financings.
"
Subordinated Debt Indenture ": the indenture pursuant to
which any Subordinated Debt is issued.
"
Subordination Provisions ": the subordination provisions
attached hereto as Exhibit L.
"
Subsidiary ": as to any Person, a company, a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which
shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting
power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of
such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time
owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
"Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to
a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
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"
Subsidiary Guarantor ": each US Subsidiary Guarantor, each
UK Subsidiary Guarantor and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower
other than (a) the Elvis Operating Companies, (b) the
GOAT Operating Company, (c) 19 Entertainment GmbH, (d) 19
Touring GmbH, (e) any Subsidiary acquired after the Closing
Date that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (but only to the extent
that the applicable joint venture or other organizational documents
prohibit such Subsidiary from becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor) and
(f) any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.
"
Swingline Commitment ": the obligation of the Swingline
Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3 in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed $10,000,000.
"
Swingline Lender ": Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., in
its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans.
"
Swingline Loans ": as defined in Section 2.3.
"
Swingline Participation Amount ": as defined in
Section 2.4.
"
Syndication Agents ": as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"
Title Insurance Company ": as defined in
Section 5.1(k).
"
Total Revolving Commitments ": at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect. The original
amount of the Total Revolving Commitments is $125,000,000.
"
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit ": at any time, the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the
Revolving Lenders outstanding at such time.
"
Trademark ": as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
"
Transferee ": any Assignee or Participant.
"
Trust ": the Promenade Trust, a grantor trust created under
the laws of Tennessee, pursuant to the Second Restated and Amended
Trust Agreement, dated December 15, 2004, by and among Barry
Siegel and Gary Hovey, as Co-Trustees, and Beneficiary.
"
Type ": as to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan.
" UK
Charge Over Shares ": the Charge Over Shares to be executed and
delivered by the Borrower on the date hereof, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-3.
" UK
Debenture ": the Debenture to be executed and delivered by the
UK Subsidiary Guarantors on the date hereof, substantially in the
form of Exhibit D-3.
" UK
GAAP ": generally accepted accounting principles in the United
Kingdom as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of
Section 7.1, UK GAAP shall be
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determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the date
hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the
most recent audited financial statements referred to in
Section 4.1(b). In the event that any Accounting Change shall
occur and such change results in a change in the method of
calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this
Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to
enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this
Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with
the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the
Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such
Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made.
Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and
delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in
this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if
such Accounting Changes had not occurred.
" UK
Subsidiary Guarantor ": (a) CKX UK Holdings, (b) 19E,
(c) 19 Recordings Limited (a company incorporated in England
and Wales with registered number 03602651), (d) 19TV,
(e) 19 Merchandising Limited (a company incorporated in
England and Wales with registered number 03695399), (f) 19
Management Limited (a company incorporated in England and Wales
with registered number 04379115) and (g) each other Subsidiary
of the Borrower incorporated in England and Wales that becomes a
party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and/or the UK
Debenture in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof.
"
United States ": the United States of America.
" US
Subsidiary Guarantor ": (a) G.O.A.T., Inc., (b) CKX
G.O.A.T. Holding Corp., (c) EPE Holding Corporation, (d) Focus
Enterprises, Inc., (e) StepTeco, Inc., (f) Morra,
Brezner, Steinberg & Tennenbaum Entertainment, Inc.,
(g) Uncle Dave’s Boondoggle, Inc., (h) 19
Entertainment, Inc., (i) On the Road Productions, (j) 19
Touring LLC, (k) Dance Nation Productions, (l) Southside
Productions, Inc., (m) 19 Recording Services, Inc.,
(n) J2K Productions, Inc., (o) All Girl Productions,
(p) 19 Recordings, Inc. and (q) each other Subsidiary of
the Borrower incorporated in the United States or any State or
political subdivision thereof that becomes a party to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof or
hereof.
"
Wholly Owned Subsidiary ": as to any Person, any other
Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than
directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by
such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions . (a) Unless otherwise
specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto.
(b) As
used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto,
(i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined
in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in
Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words
"include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation", (iii) the word "incur"
shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue,
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assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the
words "incurred" and "incurrence" shall have correlative meanings),
(iv) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests
and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other
Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be
deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time (subject to any applicable restrictions hereunder).
(c) 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
Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement
unless otherwise specified.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) The
expressions, "payment in full," "paid in full" and any other
similar terms or phrases when used herein with respect to the
Obligations shall mean the payment in full in cash, in immediately
available funds, of all the Obligations.
(f) Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting
or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.
(g) For
the purposes of the Loan Documents, if a Dollar amount needs to be
determined, any amount which is denominated in a currency other
than Dollars will be converted into Dollars using the Spot Rate on
that date. " Spot Rate " means the spot rate of exchange of
the Administrative Agent (as determined by the Administrative Agent
in relation to its customers generally) for the purchase of Dollars
with the appropriate amount of a currency in the New York City
foreign exchange market in the ordinary course of business at or
about 10.00 a.m., New York City time, on the day in question for
delivery two Business Days later.
(h) The
term "license" shall include any sub-license (and variations
thereof).
(i) References
to (i) "knowledge of the Borrower", "Borrower’s knowledge" or
any phrase of similar import shall mean (x) as it relates to
information pertaining to the Borrower, the actual knowledge of
executive officers of the Borrower and (y) as it relates to
information pertaining to a Group Member, the actual knowledge of
executive officers of the Borrower and of executive officers of
such Group Member, in each case, after reasonable inquiry in light
of relevant facts and circumstances, and (ii) "knowledge of any
Group Member", "Group Member’s knowledge" or any phrase of
similar import shall mean the actual knowledge of the executive
officers of such Group Member, after reasonable inquiry in light of
relevant facts and circumstances. SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
2.1
Revolving Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make
revolving credit loans (" Revolving Loans ") to
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the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment
Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
which, when added to such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of
the sum of (i) the L/C Obligations then outstanding and
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans
then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment. During the Revolving Commitment Period the
Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying
and reborrowing the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, all in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving
Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans,
as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 3.3.
(b) The
Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the
Revolving Termination Date.
2.2
Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing . The Borrower may
borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving
Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Borrower
shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00
Noon, New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or
(b) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in
the case of Base Rate Loans) (provided that any such notice of a
borrowing of Base Rate Loans to finance payments required to be
made pursuant to Section 2.5 may be given not later than
10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of the proposed
borrowing), specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving
Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and
(iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts
of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial
Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving
Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of
Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the
then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less than
$1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof; provided, that (x) the Swingline Lender may
request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings under the Revolving
Commitments that are Base Rate Loans in other amounts pursuant to
Section 2.4 and (y) borrowings of Base Rate Loans
pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not be subject to the foregoing
minimum amounts. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving
Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its
pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior
to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested
by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to
the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of
the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the
amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving
Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.3
Swingline Commitment . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make a portion of
the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the Revolving
Commitments from time to time during the Revolving Commitment
Period by making swing line loans (" Swingline Loans ") to
the Borrower; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount
of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the
Swingline Commitment then in effect (notwithstanding that the
Swingline Loans outstanding at any time,
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when aggregated with the Swingline Lender’s other
outstanding Revolving Loans hereunder, may exceed the Swingline
Commitment then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower shall not
request, and the Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline
Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan,
the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would
be less than zero. During the Revolving Commitment Period, the
Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying
and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. Swingline Loans shall be Base Rate Loans only.
(b) The
Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swingline Loans on the
Revolving Termination Date.
2.4
Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline
Loans . (a) Whenever the Borrower desires that the
Swingline Lender make Swingline Loans it shall give the Swingline
Lender irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing
(which telephonic notice must be received by the Swingline Lender
not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed
Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and
(ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business
Day during the Revolving Commitment Period). Each borrowing under
the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or
a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a
notice in respect of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall
make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an
amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the
Swingline Loan to be made by the Swingline Lender. The
Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan
available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such
proceeds in the account of the Borrower with the Administrative
Agent on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.
(b) The
Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and
absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby
irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), on
one Business Day’s notice given by the Swingline Lender no
later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, request each Revolving
Lender to make, and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees to make, a
Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s
Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans
(the " Refunded Swingline Loans ") outstanding on the date
of such notice, to repay the Swingline Lender. Each Revolving
Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Loan available to
the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately
available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, one Business Day after the date of such notice. The proceeds
of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately made available by the
Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the
Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans.
The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to charge
the Borrower’s accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to
the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately
pay the amount of such Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent
amounts received from the Revolving Lenders are not sufficient to
repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loans.
(c) If
prior to the time a Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made
pursuant to Section 2.4(b), one of the events described in Section
8(f) shall have occurred and be
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continuing with respect to the Borrower or if for any other
reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole
discretion, Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by
Section 2.4(b), each Revolving Lender shall, on the date such
Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice
referred to in Section 2.4(b) (the " Refunding Date "),
purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then
outstanding Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender an
amount (the " Swingline Participation Amount ") equal to
(i) such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Percentage times
(ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline
Loans then outstanding that were to have been repaid with such
Revolving Loans.
(d) Whenever,
at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any
Revolving Lender such Lender’s Swingline Participation
Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the
Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such
Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted,
in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time
during which such Lender’s participating interest was
outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest
payments, to reflect such Lender’s pro rata
portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay
the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due);
provided , however , that in the event that such
payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be
returned, such Revolving Lender will return to the Swingline Lender
any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline
Lender.
(e) Each
Revolving Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to
in Section 2.4(b) and to purchase participating interests
pursuant to Section 2.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right that such Revolving Lender or the Borrower may have against
the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the
other conditions specified in Section 5; (iii) any
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Revolving Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or
event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
2.5
Commitment Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a
commitment fee for the period from and including the Closing Date
to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the
Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available
Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which
payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of
each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving
Termination Date, commencing on the first of such dates to occur
after the date hereof.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the
amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay the fees in the amounts and on the dates
previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Lenders.
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2.6
Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments . The
Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business
Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the
Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount
of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such
termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be
permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of
the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date
thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the
Total Revolving Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an
amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, (or shall
be the entire remaining Total Revolving Commitments) and shall
reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
2.7
L/C Commitment . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the
agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in
Section 2.10(a), agrees to issue letters of credit ("
Letters of Credit ") for the account of the Borrower on any
Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period in such form as
may be approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided
that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance,
(i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or
(ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving
Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall
(i) be denominated in Dollars, (i) have a face amount of
at least $100,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Lender)
and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the
first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date,
provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide
for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which
shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause
(y) above).
(b) The
Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any
Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or
cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any
limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.
2.8
Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit . The Borrower
may from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a
Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its address
for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to
the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and such other
certificates, documents and other papers and information as the
Issuing Lender may request. Upon receipt of any Application, the
Issuing Lender will notify the Administrative Agent of the amount,
the beneficiary and the requested expiration of the requested
Letter of Credit, and upon receipt of confirmation from the
Administrative Agent that after giving effect to the requested
issuance, the Available Revolving Commitments would not be less
than zero, the Issuing Lender will 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 promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested
thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required to
issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three 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 to by the Issuing
Lender and the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of
such Letter of Credit to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) promptly following the issuance thereof. The
Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent,
which
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shall in turn promptly furnish to the Lenders, notice of the
issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof).
2.9
Fees and Other Charges . (a) The Borrower will pay a
fee on all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal
to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar
Loans under the Facility, shared ratably among the Revolving
Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment
Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay
to the Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee on the
undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit as agreed by
the Borrower and the Issuing Lender, payable quarterly in arrears
on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the Issuance Date.
(b) In
addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse
the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses
as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing,
negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise
administering any Letter of Credit.
2.10
L/C Participations . (a) The Issuing Lender irrevocably
agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to
induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder,
each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and
hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms
and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s
own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C
Participant’s Revolving Percentage in the 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 the Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the Issuing Lender
that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the
Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant
shall pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand of the Issuing
Lender an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving
Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that
is not so reimbursed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
forward such amounts to the Issuing Lender.
(b) If
any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant
to Section 2.10(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of
any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit
is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is
due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the
product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average
Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including
the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment
is immediately available to the 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. If any such
amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to
Section 2.10(a) is not made available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant
within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the
Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C
Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon
calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to
Base Rate Loans under
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the Facility. A certificate of the Issuing Lender submitted to any
L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this
Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Whenever,
at any time after the 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
Section 2.10(a), the Administrative Agent or the Issuing
Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit
(whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including
proceeds of collateral applied thereto by the Issuing Lender), or
any payment of interest on account thereof, the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, will distribute to
such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof;
provided , however , that in the event that any such
payment received by Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as
the case may be, shall be required to be returned by the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant
shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to
it.
2.11
Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower . The Borrower
agrees to reimburse the Issuing Lender on the Business Day next
succeeding the Business Day on which the Issuing Lender notifies
the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft presented under any
Letter of Credit and paid by the Issuing Lender for the amount of
(a) such draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges
or other costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in
connection with such payment. Each such payment shall be made to
the Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in
Dollars and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be
payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant
draft is paid until payment in full at the rate set forth in (i)
until the Business Day next succeeding the date of the relevant
notice, Section 3.4(b) and (ii) thereafter,
Section 3.4(c). Each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall
(unless an event of the type described in clause (i) or
(ii) of Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to the Borrower, in which case the procedures
specified in Section 2.10 for funding by L/C Participants
shall apply) constitute a request by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent for a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2
of Base Rate Loans (or, at the option of the Administrative Agent
and the Swingline Lender in their sole discretion, a borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.4 of Swingline Loans) in the amount of
such drawing. The Borrowing Date with respect to such borrowing
shall be the first date on which a borrowing of Revolving Loans
(or, if applicable, Swingline Loans) could be made, pursuant to
Section 2.2 or, if applicable, Section 2.4), if the
Administrative Agent had received a notice of such borrowing at the
time the Administrative Agent receives notice from the Issuing
Lender of such drawing under such Letter of Credit.
2.12
Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligations
under Section 2.11 shall be absolute and unconditional under
any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff,
counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or
have had against the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of
Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the
Issuing Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible
for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under
Section 2.11 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 the
Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other
party to which such
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Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of
the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or
any such transferee. The Issuing Lender 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 found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees
that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender 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 and in accordance with the standards of care specified
in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be
binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of
the Issuing Lender to the Borrower.
2.13
Letter of Credit Payments . If any draft shall be presented
for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall
promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The
responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the 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 substantially in
conformity with such Letter of Credit.
2.14
Applications . To the extent that any provision of any
Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with
the provisions of this Section 2, the provisions of this
Section 2 shall apply.
2.15
Incremental Facilities . At any time prior to the Revolving
Termination Date, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative
Agent (each such notice, a " New Term Loan Facility Notice
"), which New Term Loan Facility Notice shall promptly be delivered
by the Administrative Agent to each Lender, request the addition of
one or more tranches of term loans hereto and related commitments
in respect thereof (the " New Term Loan Commitments ");
provided , however , that both (x) at the time
of any such request and (y) after giving effect to any such
New Term Loan Commitments, the borrowing of term loans associated
therewith and the use of proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of
Default shall exist and the Borrower shall be in compliance with
each financial covenant set forth in Section 7.1 (calculated,
in the case of clause (y), as of the date of the effectiveness of
such New Term Loan Commitments and the borrowing of term loans
associated therewith on a pro forma basis to give effect to such
borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof). The New Term Loan
Commitments shall (i) be in an aggregate principal amount not
in excess of $250,000,000 but in no event less than $100,000,000
for any single tranche of term loans, (ii) rank pari passu in
right of payment and of security with the other Loans,
(iii) mature not earlier than the date that is one year after
the Revolving Termination Date and amortize in an amount not
greater than 1% per annum for each year other than the final year
thereof, (iv) be used solely to finance acquisitions
(including, without limitation, associated fees and expenses, the
refinancing of any indebtedness in connection with such
acquisition, and the refinancing of any equity or other financing
used as a deposit or other interim funding to effect such
acquisition) that have been approved by the Required Lenders (the
determination of "Required Lenders" to be made immediately prior to
giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitments), (v) have
such pricing and other terms (including mandatory prepayment
provisions and call protection and/or premiums) as may
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reasonably be agreed by the Borrower and the Persons providing
such New Term Loan Commitments (each, a " New Term Loan
Lender "), provided , that the yield with respect to the
New Term Loan Commitments (taking into account upfront fees and
original issue discount paid to New Term Loan lenders) may be no
more than 0.25% per annum greater than the then-current yield with
respect to the Loans (as reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent) at the time the New Term Loan Facility
Amendment (as defined below) becomes effective pursuant to its
terms (it being understood that all levels of the Pricing Grid will
be increased and/or additional fees will be paid to the Lenders, as
applicable, to the extent necessary to satisfy such requirement),
and (vi) otherwise be treated hereunder substantially the same
as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Facility,
provided, that the terms and provisions applicable to the New Term
Loan Commitments may provide for financial or other covenants
different or in addition to those applicable to the Loans only to
the extent that such terms and provisions are applicable only
during periods after the Revolving Termination Date. The New Term
Loan Facility Notice shall (x) set forth the requested amount
of New Term Loan Commitments, (y) offer each Lender the
opportunity to provide a New Term Loan Commitment by giving written
notice of such to the Administrative Agent prior to the termination
of the general syndication of the New Term Loan Commitments and
(z) be provided to each existing Lender not less than five
Business Days prior to the commencement of the general syndication
of the New Term Loan Commitments; provided , however
, that no existing Lender will be obligated to subscribe for any
portion of such New Term Loan Commitments. Each New Term Loan
Commitment shall become a Commitment under this Agreement and the
facility for the New Term Loan Commitments shall be implemented
hereunder pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement, which may
take the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement (a
" New Term Loan Facility Amendment "), executed by each of
the Borrower, each other Loan Party, each New Term Loan Lender and
the Administrative Agent, which New Term Loan Facility Amendment
will not require the consent of any other Lender. The effectiveness
of any New Term Loan Facility Amendment shall (in addition to any
other conditions specified therein) be subject to the satisfaction
on the date thereof and, if different, on the date on which the New
Term Loan Commitments are funded, of each of the conditions set
forth in Sections 5.1(h) and (o) and Section 5.2.
SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1
Optional Prepayments . The Borrower may at any time and from
time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium
or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative
Agent no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, three
Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and
no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of
prepayment, in the case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall
specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the
prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans;
provided , that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day
other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to
Section 3.10. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,
together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.
Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof. Partial
prepayments of
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Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
3.2
Conversion and Continuation Options . (a) The Borrower
may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to Base
Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable
notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York
City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion
date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may
only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect
thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Base
Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent
prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day
preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify
the length of the initial Interest Period therefor),
provided that no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a
Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversions. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, if the Borrower requests a conversion to Eurodollar
Loans in any such notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period,
it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one
month. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any
Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the
then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower
giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the term "Interest
Period" set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next
Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided
that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent
has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole
discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided ,
further , that if the Borrower shall fail to give any
required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such
continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso
such Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans on
the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. So long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, if the Borrower
requests a continuation of Eurodollar Loans in any such notice, but
fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have
specified an Interest Period of one month. Upon receipt of any such
notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant
Lender thereof.
3.3
Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings,
conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans hereunder and all
selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts
and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after
giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the
Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal
to $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and (b) no more than five Eurodollar Tranches shall be
outstanding at any one time.
3.4
Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each Eurodollar
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each day during each Interest Period with respect
thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined
for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
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(b) Each
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
(c)
(i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the
case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable
thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section
plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement
Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the
Facility plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any
interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any
commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid
when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans
plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do
not relate to the Facility, the rate then applicable to Base Rate
Loans under the Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such
non-payment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as
before judgment). In addition, during the continuance of a Default
or Event of Default, all Obligations (whether or not overdue) shall
bear interest at the rates specified in the preceding sentence.
(d) Interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph
(c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
3.5
Computation of Interest and Fees . (a) Interest and
fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect
to Base Rate Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on
the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day
year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as
soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of
each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest
rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the
opening of business on the day on which such change becomes
effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable
notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date
and the amount of each such change in interest rate. Interest shall
accrue on each Loan for each day on which it is made or
outstanding, except the day on which it is repaid unless it is
repaid on the same day that it was made.
(b) Each
determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest
error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the
quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any
interest rate pursuant to Section 3.4(a).
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3.6
Inability to Determine Interest Rate . If prior to the first
day of any Interest Period: (a) the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason
of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate
for such Interest Period, or (b) the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required
Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for
such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of
making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest
Period, in either such case, the Administrative Agent shall give
telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the
relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice
is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the
first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans,
(y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first
day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued
as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans
shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest
Period, to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by
the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made
or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to
convert Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
3.7
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) Each borrowing by
the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the
Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the
Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the
respective Revolving Percentages of the relevant Lenders.
(b) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of
principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made
pro rata according to the respective outstanding
principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving
Lenders.
(c) All
payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall
be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date
thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately
available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such
payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as
received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the
Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the
result of such extension would be to extend such payment into
another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any
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extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding
two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then
applicable rate during such extension.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any
Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the
amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available
to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume
that such Lender is making such amount available to the
Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date
therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the
greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and
(ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation
for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately
available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any
amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such
borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such
Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount
with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate
Loans, on demand, from the Borrower.
(e) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the
Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the
Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to
the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent
may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective
pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such
payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower
within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to
which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding
sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum
equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
3.8
Requirements of Law . (a) If the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date
hereof:
(i)
shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or
any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded
Taxes covered by Section 3.9 (including Non-Excluded Taxes not
subject to indemnification under Section 3.9) and changes in
the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
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(ii) shall impose, modify or hold
applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar
requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities
in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of
credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such
Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the
Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or (iii)
shall impose on such Lender any other condition; and the result of
any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an
amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting
into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or
participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount
receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case,
the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes
entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has
become so entitled.
(b) If
any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change
in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender
or any Person controlling such Lender with any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law)
from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof
shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or such Person’s capital as a consequence of
its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of
Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such Person could
have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking
into consideration such Lender’s or such Person’s
policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by
such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after
submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Person for such reduction.
(c) A
certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 3.8 submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Section 3.8, the Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.8 for any
amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such
Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s intention to
claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the
circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect,
then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period
of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 3.8 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
3.9
Taxes . (a) All payments made by or on behalf of the
Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present
or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter
imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any
Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes and franchise
taxes
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(imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent, Lender
or Participant as a result of a present or former connection
between such Agent, such Lender or such Participant and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other
than any such connection arising solely from such Agent, such
Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed
its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or
withholdings (" Non-Excluded Taxes ") or Other Taxes are
required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Agent,
Lender or Participant hereunder, the amounts so payable to such
Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to
yield to such Agent, such Lender or such Participant (after payment
of all
Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other
amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified
in this Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not
be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender,
Agent or Participant with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes
(i) that are attributable to such Lender’s, such
Agent’s or such Participant’s failure to comply with
the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section
or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on
amounts payable to such Lender, such Agent or such Participant at
the time such Lender, such Agent or such Participant becomes a
party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such withholding
is newly imposed or increased as a result of a change in law
effective after the date of this Agreement. With respect to any
assignment or sale of a participation by a Person that is a Lender,
Agent or Participant, the obligation of the Borrower to make
additional payments to such Person’s Transferee due to a
change in law shall not be greater than any additional amount that
would have been payable to such Person had the obligation of the
Borrower applied to such Person after giving effect to the
provisions of this Section 3.9(a).
(b) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever
any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by or on behalf
of the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower
shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for
the account of the relevant Agent or Lender, as the case may be, a
certified copy of an original official receipt received by the
Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate
taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other reasonably required documentary
evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agents and the Lenders
for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become
payable by any Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.
(d) Each
Lender (or Transferee) or Agent that is not a "United States
Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a "
Non-U.S. Lender ") shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the
Lender from which the related participation shall have been
purchased for transmittal to the Administrative Agent) two copies
of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, W-8ECI and/or Form
W-8BEN, as applicable (or successor form) or, in the case of a
Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding
tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to
payments of "portfolio interest", a statement substantially in the
form of Exhibit G and a Form W-8BEN and/or W-8IMY, or any
subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto,
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properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender
claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be
delivered by each Lender (or Transferee) or Agent on or before the
date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any
Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the
related participation) and promptly from time to time thereafter
upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent. In addition, each Lender (or Transferee) or Agent shall
deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of
any form previously delivered by such Lender (or Transferee) or
Agent. Each Lender (or Transferee) or Agent shall promptly notify
the Borrower in writing at any time it determines that it is no
longer in a position to provide any previously delivered
certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification
adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Lender (or
Transferee) or Agent shall not be required to deliver any form
pursuant to this paragraph that such Lender (or Transferee) or
Agent is not legally able to deliver. Each Lender or Agent that is
not a Non-U.S. Lender shall furnish an accurate and complete U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor form) establishing
that such Lender or Agent is not subject to U.S. backup
withholding, and to the extent it may lawfully do so at such times,
provide a new Form W-9 (or successor form) upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered form. If any Non-U.S.
Lender provides a Form W-8IMY, such Non-U.S. Lender shall also
attach the additional documentation required to be transmitted with
Form W-8IMY, including the appropriate forms described in this
Section.
(e) A
Lender (or Transferee) or Agent that is entitled to an exemption
from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to
which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under
this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent or, in the case of a Participant, to the
Lender from which the related participation has been purchased), at
the time or times prescribed by applicable law and as reasonably
requested in writing by the Borrower, such properly completed and
executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit
such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate,
provided that such Lender (or Transferee) or Agent is
legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such
documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion,
execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal
position of such Lender.
(f) If
any Agent, Lender or Participant determines, in its sole and
reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower
has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.9, it
shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent
of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower under this Section 3.9 with respect to the
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net
of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent or such Lender and
without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund);
provided , that the Borrower, upon the request of such
Agent, such Lender or such Participant, agrees to repay the amount
paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other
charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such
Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or such Lender is
required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This
paragraph shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender
to make available its
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tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which
it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. Each
Lender, Agent or Participant, as applicable, shall indemnify the
Borrower for any losses resulting from any false, inaccurate or
untrue statements provided pursuant to paragraphs (d) or
(e) of this Section 3.9.
(g) The
agreements in this Section 3.9 shall survive the termination
of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other
amounts payable hereunder.
(h) For
purposes of this Section 3.9, in the case of any Lender that
is a treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes required to be deducted and
withheld by such Lender with respect to payments made by the
Borrower under any Loan Document shall be treated as Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes required to be deducted by the Borrower and
each partner of such partnership shall be treated as a Lender and
shall not be entitled to any benefits under this Section 3.9
unless it complies with the requirements of this Section, but only
to the extent such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes would have
been required to be deducted and withheld by the Lender if the
Lender were treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes making such payments under the Loan Documents on behalf of
the Borrower.
3.10
Indemnity . The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and
each Agent and to hold each Lender and each Agent harmless from any
loss or expense (but excluding any loss of anticipated profits)
that such Lender or such Agent may sustain or incur as a
consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing
of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the
Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower
in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans
after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a
prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of
an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may
include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so
prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period
from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow,
convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in
the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest
Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in
each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans
provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin
included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as
reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to
such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a
comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar
market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
3.11
Change of Lending Office . Each Lender agrees that, upon the
occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of
Section 3.8, 3.9(a) or 3.14 with respect to such Lender, it
will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject
to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate
another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with
the object of avoiding the consequences of such event;
provided , that such
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designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such
Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no
economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further,
that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the
obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to
Section 3.8, 3.9(a) or 3.14.
3.12
Replacement of Lenders . The Borrower may replace, with a
replacement financial institution reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender that (a) requests payment of
any amounts payable under Section 3.8, 3.9(a) or 3.14,
(b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder or
(c) declines to deliver any requested consent to any waiver,
amendment or other modification of any provision of any Loan
Document that would require the consent of more than the Required
Lenders, in each case, only if (i) such replacement, waiver,
amendment or modification does not conflict with any Requirement of
Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) in case of
clause (a) only, prior to any such replacement, such Lender
shall have taken no action under Section 3.11 so as to
eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant
to Section 3.8 or 3.9(a), (iv) the replacement financial
institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts
owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of
replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced
Lender under Section 3.10 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such
replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of
the Interest Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement
financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced
Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the
Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing
fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such
replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all
additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 3.8
or 3.9(a), as the case may be, (ix) any such replacement shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the
replaced Lender, and (x) in the case of clause (c) only,
the requested waiver, amendment or other modification has been
approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders.
3.13
Evidence of Debt . (a) Each Lender shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time under this Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the
Register pursuant to Section 10.6, and a subaccount therein
for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of
each Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan, the
Type of such Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto,
(ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender
hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the
Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each
Lender’s share thereof.
(c) The
entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender
maintained pursuant to Section 3.13(a) shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower
therein recorded; provided , however , that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the
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Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in
any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with
applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender
in accordance with the teens of this Agreement.
(d) The
Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent
by any Lender, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender
a promissory note of the Borrower evidencing any Revolving Loans or
Swingline Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender, substantially
in the forms of Exhibit H-1 or H-2, respectively, with
appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount.
3.14
Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the
interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for
any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by
this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make
Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert
Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and
(b) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar
Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans
on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods
with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as
required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs
on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender
such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 3.10.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To
induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and
to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of
Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Agent
and each Lender that:
4.1
Financial Condition . (a) The unaudited pro forma
consolidated balance sheet and related statements income and cash
flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the
date of the most recent consolidated quarterly balance sheet
referred to in the second sentence of clause (b) below
(including the notes thereto), adjusted to give effect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in the case
of such balance sheets, on such date and, in the case of such
income statements, on the first day of the relevant period
(the " Pro Forma Financial Statements "), copies of which
have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, has been prepared
giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to
(i) the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of
proceeds thereof and (ii) the payment of fees and expenses in
connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Financial Statements
have been prepared based on the best information available to the
Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, and presents fairly on
a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2005,
assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had
actually occurred at such date.
(b) The
audited consolidated balance sheets of each of (i) the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2005,
(ii) 19E and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2003 and
June 30, 2004, and (iii) the Elvis Operating Companies as
at December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, and, in each
case, the related statements of income or changes in net assets (as
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applicable) and cash flows for such period, in each case, reported
on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Deloitte &
Touche, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the
Borrower, 19E and its Subsidiaries and the Elvis Operating
Companies as at such dates, and the consolidated results of their
respective operations and their respective consolidated cash flows
for the respective months and years then ended. The unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at March 31, 2006 and the related unaudited statements of
income and cash flows for the period then ended, present fairly the
consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their
respective operations and their respective cash flows for such
period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such
financial statements, including the related schedules and notes
thereto, have been prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP (or, in the case of 19E and its Subsidiaries, in
accordance with UK GAAP together with appropriate reconciliations)
applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as
approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed in
their reports thereon). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1,
none of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has any material Guarantee
Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or
any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments,
including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange
transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are
not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to
in this paragraph. During the period from December 31, 2005 to
and including the date hereof there has been no Disposition by any
Group Member of any material part of its business or property.
4.2
No Change . Since December 31, 2005, there has been no
development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3
Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law . Each Group Member
(a) is duly incorporated, organized or formed, validly
existing and (where applicable) in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has
the power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate
its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee, to
license the property it exploits as licensee, and to conduct the
business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in
good standing (where applicable) under the laws of each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease, licensing or operation of
property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect and
(d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to
the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.4
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations . Each Loan
Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make,
deliver and perform each Loan Document to which it is a party and
grant the Liens to be granted under the Security Documents and, in
the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder.
Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational, company or
corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and grant
the Liens to be granted under the Security Documents and, in the
case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization
of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is
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required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents,
except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices
described in Schedule 4.4, which consents, authorizations,
filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full
force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in
Section 4.19. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and
delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This
Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution
will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan
Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement
is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
4.5
No Legal Bar . The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of
Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the
proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any
Contractual Obligation of any Group Member and will not result in,
or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their
respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of
Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens
created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.6
Litigation . No litigation, investigation or proceeding of
or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or,
to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against any
Group Member or against any of their respective properties or
revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or
(b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.7
No Default . No Group Member, nor to the Borrower’s
knowledge, Fremantle, is in default under or with respect to any of
its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
4.8
Ownership of Property; Liens . The Borrower and each
Material Subsidiary has title in fee simple or freehold to, or a
valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and good title
to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other property, and
none of such property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by
Section 7.3. None of the Pledged Equity Interests is subject
to any Lien.
4.9
Intellectual Property .
(a) Each
Group Member owns, has the right to use, or is licensed to use, all
Intellectual Property material to the conduct of its business as
currently conducted and, according to current contemplation, as
will be conducted after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(b) All
registered and applied for Intellectual Property material to the
conduct of any Group Member’s business as currently conducted
and, according to current contemplation, as will be conducted after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and
(i) owned by a Group Member or, (ii) to the
Borrower’s knowledge, recorded or co-owned by Fremantle (and
relating to the business of any Group Member) is valid, subsisting
and enforceable and has not been abandoned, and all Intellectual
Property material to the conduct of any Group Member’s
business as presently conducted is free from all encumbrances,
except for Liens expressly permitted under Section 7.3.
(c) The
rights of each Group Member in or to the material Intellectual
Property owned by or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, licensed
to such Group Member, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
recorded or co-owned by Fremantle (and relating to the business of
any Group Member), do not infringe upon, misappropriate, or
otherwise violate the rights of any other Person, and no claim has
been asserted in writing that the use of such Intellectual Property
does or may infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate the
rights of any other Person, in either case, which infringement,
misappropriation or violation could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, there
is currently no infringement, misappropriation or unauthorized use
of any item of material Intellectual Property owned by or licensed
to any Group Member or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, recorded
or co-owned by Fremantle (and relating to the business of any Group
Member) that, either individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No
action, hearing or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, threatened, on the date hereof, nor has there been
any holding, decision or judgment rendered by any Governmental
Authority in the last twenty-four months seeking to limit, cancel
or invalidate any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of
the business of any Group Member as currently conducted or,
according to current contemplation, as will be conducted after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, which, in
any such case, if adversely determined, would have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(e) To
the knowledge of the Borrower, each Group Member has made, where
possible, all filings and recordations necessary to adequately
effect, reflect and protect its ownership interest in or exclusive
licenses to its material United States Trademarks and Copyrights
and material non-United States Trademarks and Copyrights owned by
such Group Member including, without limitation, recordation of its
interests in the material Trademarks owned by such Group Member
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in
corresponding national and international patent and/or trademark
offices, and recordation of any of its interests in the material
Copyrights owned by or exclusively licensed to such Group Member
with the United States Copyright Office and in international
copyright offices.
(f) Each
Group Member has performed all acts, including any transfers or
assignments, necessary to ensure that all rights of publicity to
use the name and likeness of Elvis Presley are owned and controlled
by Borrower.
(g) In
the last 12 months, no Group Member has given or received
written notice purporting to avoid, repudiate, rescind or terminate
any agreement that authorizes the use of any material Intellectual
Property that is licensed to any Group Member by a third party, and
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to the knowledge of each Group Member the terms of any agreement
authorizing the use of any material Intellectual Property to which
a Group Member is a party have been complied with by all parties in
all material respects.
4.10
Taxes . Each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed
all United States Federal, state and other material tax returns
that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be
due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against
it or any of its property and all other material taxes, fees or
other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any
Governmental Authority (other than any Taxes the amount or validity
of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with
GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be); no material tax Lien has been
filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no material claim is
being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge
other than those permitted by Section 7.3. No Loan Party and
no Subsidiary thereof intends to treat any Revolving Extension of
Credit or any other transaction contemplated hereby as being a
"reportable transaction" (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
section 1.6011-4).
4.11
Federal Regulations . No part of the proceeds of any Loans,
and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for
"buying" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the respective
meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now
and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that
violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If
requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower
will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a
statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as
applicable, referred to in Regulation U.
4.12
Labor Matters . Except as, in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any
Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees
of each Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act in respect of any Group Member incorporated in the
United States or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing
with such matters in respect of any Group Member; and (c) all
payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health
and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on
the books of the relevant Group Member.
4.13
ERISA . Neither a Reportable Event nor an "accumulated
funding deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the
five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan
intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code has
received a favorable opinion or determination letter from the
Internal Revenue Service regarding such qualified status or an
application for such letter is currently pending and to the
knowledge of the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity no such
Plan has, since receipt of the most recent favorable determination
letter, been amended or operated in a way which could reasonably be
expected to adversely affect such qualified status. Other than as
set forth on Schedule 4.13, no termination of a Single
Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in
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favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year
period. Other than as set forth on Schedule 4.13, the present
value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan
(based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of
the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the
assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a
material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled
Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any
Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a liability under ERISA that would reasonably
be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the
Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to
any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all
Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding
the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No
such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent. Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability (and by
entering into this Agreement will not trigger any liability) with
respect to any employee benefit plan (including a pension scheme)
that is not subject to the laws of the United States or a political
subdivision thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect and all such employee benefit plans and
any pension schemes are funded to the extent required by applicable
law based on reasonable actuarial assumptions applicable in the
jurisdiction in which the relevant pension scheme is maintained.
4.14
Investment Company Act; Other Regulations . No Loan Party is
an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation
under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the
Board) that limits its ability to enter into this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
4.15
Subsidiaries . Except as disclosed to the Administrative
Agent by the Borrower in writing from time to time after the
Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.15 sets forth the name and
jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation of each
Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each
class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and
(b) Schedule 4.15 sets forth all outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments
(other than stock options granted to employees or directors and
directors’ qualifying shares and other than as created by the
Loan Documents) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
4.16
Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Revolving Loans shall
be used, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the
Letters of Credit, for general corporate purposes and to finance
Permitted Acquisitions and Permitted Joint Ventures.
4.17
Environmental Matters . Except as, individually, could not
reasonably be expected to cause any Group Member to incur liability
in excess of a Material Environmental Amount, or, in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) the facilities and properties
owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the "
Properties ") do not contain, and to the knowledge of the
Borrower, have not previously contained, any Hazardous Substances
in amounts or concentrations or
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under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of,
or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;
(b) no Group Member has received
notice, actual or threatened, of any violation, alleged violation,
non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding
environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with
regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any
Group Member (the " Business ");
(c) no judicial proceeding or
governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law
to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with
respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any
consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative
orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial
requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect
to the Properties or the Business;
(d) there has been no release or
threat of release of any Hazardous Substances at or from the
Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in
violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to
liability under Environmental Laws;
(e) (i) there is not now, nor
has there been previously, located on any of the Properties any:
(A) underground storage tanks, as defined under any
Environmental Law, or (B) areas or vessels used or intended
for the treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances; and
(ii) no Group Member has transported, or arranged for the
transport, storage, treatment or disposal, by contract, agreement
or otherwise, of any Hazardous Substances at, on, under or to any
of the Properties or any location including any location used for
the treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances, other
than de minimis quantities used in connection with the Business in
accordance with all Environmental Laws; and
(f) each Group Member has obtained
and is in compliance with all Environmental Permits with respect to
the Business and the Properties and all operations at the
Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws, and there is no contamination in violation of, or that is
reasonably likely to give rise to liability under, any
Environmental Law at, under or about the Properties or violation of
any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the
Business.
4.18
Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information,
other than the projections described in Section 5.1(c) and pro
forma financial information, contained in this Agreement, any other
Loan Document, or any other document, certificate or statement
furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents, taken as a whole, contained as of the date such
statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished,
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or
therein taken as a whole not misleading. The projections and pro
forma financial information contained in the materials referenced
above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed
by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it
being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as
it relates to future events is not to be viewed as
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fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered
by such financial information may differ from the projected results
set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact known to
any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the
other Loan Documents or in any other documents, certificates and
statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
by the other Loan Documents.
4.19
Security Documents . (a) The Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein
and proceeds and products thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Equity Interests described in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, when certificates representing such Pledged Equity
Interests and related transfer powers are delivered to the
Administrative Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral
described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing
statements and other filings specified on Schedule 4.19 in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on
Schedule 4.19, to the extent that a security interest therein
can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement, the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully
perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and
interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds
thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and
superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of
Collateral other than Pledged Equity Interests, Liens permitted by
Section 7.3).
(b) Subject
to the Reservations, each of the UK Debenture and the UK Charge
Over Shares is effective to create in favor of the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein
and proceeds and products thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Equity Interests described in each of the UK Debenture and the UK
Charge Over Shares, when certificates representing such Pledged
Equity Interests and related blank executed stock transfer forms
are delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the
other Collateral described in each of the UK Debenture and the UK
Charge Over Shares, when the filings specified on
Schedule 4.19 in appropriate form are filed in the offices or
registers specified on Schedule 4.19 to the extent that a
security interests therein can be perfected by any such filing and
all notices required to be served under such Security Documents are
duly served before any competing notice comes into effect, each of
the UK Debenture and the UK Charge Over Shares shall (subject to
the Reservations) constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and
security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan
Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security
for the Secured Obligations (as defined in each of the UK Debenture
and the UK Charge Over Shares), in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other
than Pledged Equity Interests, Liens permitted under
Section 7.3 and except in relation to the shares of Capital
Stock of any Subsidiary formed and existing under laws of England
and Wales if and to the extent that the pledge of such shares is
prohibited pursuant to the applicable governing or other joint
venture documents as in effect as of the Closing Date).
4.20
Solvency . Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to
the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred
in connection herewith and therewith will be and will continue to
be, Solvent.
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4.21
Senior Indebtedness . The Obligations constitute senior
indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
4.22
Foreign Assets Control Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering
. (a) Neither the making of Loans under this Agreement nor the
use of the proceeds thereof shall cause the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to violate any material provision of the U.S. Bank
Secrecy Act, as amended, and any applicable regulations thereunder
or any of the sanctions programs administered by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
(" OFAC ") of the United States Department of Treasury, any
regulations promulgated thereunder by OFAC or under any affiliated
or successor governmental or quasi-governmental office, bureau or
agency and any enabling legislation or executive order relating
thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Borrower nor
any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a person whose property or
interests in property are blocked or subject to blocking pursuant
to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons
Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg.
49079 (2001)), (ii) knowingly engages in any dealings or
transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order,
or is otherwise knowingly associated with any such person in any
manner violative of such Section 2, or (iii) is a person
on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
or subject to the limitations or prohibitions under any other OFAC
regulation or executive order.
(b) The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material
respects, with the Patriot Act. No part of the proceeds of the
Loans hereunder will knowingly be used, directly or indirectly, for
any payments to any governmental official or employee, political
party, official of a political party, candidate for political
office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to
obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage,
in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended.
4.23
Double Vision Film . As of the Closing Date, Double Vision
Film Limited owns no material property or assets other than such
property and assets as are subject to (i) a Charge and Deed of
Assignment dated 31 March 2003 and made between Double Vision
Film Limited and Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Inc.;
(ii) a Security Deposit Agreement and Charge on Cash Deposit
dated 29 May 2003 and made between Double Vision Film Limited
and The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland; and
(iii) a Charge over Cash Deposit dated 29 March 2003 and
made between Double Vision Film Limited and Sovereign Finance Plc.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1
Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit . The
effectiveness of this agreement and the agreement of each Lender to
make the extension of credit requested to be made by it on the
Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or
concurrently with the making of such extension of credit, of the
following conditions precedent: (a)
Credit Agreement; Security Documents . The Administrative
Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, or, in the case
of the Lenders, an Addendum, executed and delivered by each Agent,
the Borrower and each Person that is a Lender as of the Closing
Date, (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed
and delivered by the
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Borrower and each applicable Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) each
IP Security Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower and
each applicable Subsidiary Guarantor, (iv) the UK Debenture,
executed and delivered by each UK Subsidiary Guarantor,
(v) the UK Charge Over Shares, executed and delivered by the
Borrower and (vi) an Acknowledgment and Consent in the form
attached to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and
delivered by each Issuer (as defined therein), if any, that is not
a Loan Party. (b) Pro Forma
Balance Sheet; Financial Statements . The Lenders shall have
received the financial statements described in Section 4.1.
(c) Business Plan and
Projections . The Lenders shall have received and shall be
satisfied with a business plan and financial projections through
2007, prepared on a quarterly basis, and through 2011, prepared on
an annual basis. (d)
Indebtedness . The Administrative Agent shall have received
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have no outstanding Indebtedness, other than
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(d) and
Section 7.2(p). (e)
Approvals . All governmental and third party approvals
necessary or, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative
Agent, advisable in connection with the extensions of credit and
granting of Liens contemplated by the Loan Documents, the
continuing operations of the Group Members and the other
transactions contemplated hereby (including shareholder approvals,
if any) shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.
(f) Lien and Other Searches .
The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of
(i) a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions
designated by the Administrative Agent, and such search shall
reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for
liens permitted by Section 7.3 or discharged on or prior to
the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (ii) in respect of each Group Member
incorporated in England and Wales, recent searches of such
Person’s companies file at the Companies Registry of England
and Wales showing, amongst other things, no appointment of (or the
presentation of any petition in relation to any appointment of) a
receiver, liquidator or administrator and (iii) in respect of
any real property located in England and Wales, official priority
searches in favor of the Administrative Agent in relation to any
registered titles giving a sufficient period of priority (of at
least 15 days following the Closing Date).
(g) Fees . The Lenders and the
Agents shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all
expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the
Closing Date. (h) Closing
Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received
(i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit I, with appropriate
insertions and attachments including, without limitation, the
formation documents and a long form good standing certificate
(where applicable) of
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each Group Member certified by the relevant authority of the
jurisdiction of organization of such Group Member.
(i) Legal Opinions . The
Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed
legal opinions:
(i) the
legal opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP, counsel
in the United States to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1; and
(ii)
the legal opinion of Baker & McKenzie, counsel in England and
Wales to the Borrower and the UK Subsidiary Guarantors,
substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2. Each such legal
opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and otherwise be in such form and
of such substance, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require. (j) Pledged Equity
Interests; Transfer Powers; Pledged Notes . The Administrative
Agent shall have received (i) the certificates representing
the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Security
Documents, together with an undated transfer power for each such
certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the
pledgor thereof (or, in the case of the Capital Stock pledged
pursuant to the UK Debenture and the UK Charge Over Shares, the
equivalent thereof for each entity incorporated in England and
Wales), other than the share certificates representing all of the
issued and outstanding share capital of 19 Artist Tours Limited and
Double Vision Film Limited, and (ii) each Pledged Note pledged
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents
endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed
transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.
(k) Filings, Registrations and
Recordings; Control Agreements . Each document (including any
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or account control
agreement) required by the Security Documents or under law or
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be executed,
delivered, filed, registered or recorded in order to create in
favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein,
prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with
respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall
(within the relevant time period for filing) be in proper form for
execution, delivery, filing, registration or recordation (or
otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent). (l)
Solvency Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have
received and shall be reasonably satisfied with a solvency
certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit K, which shall document
the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a
consolidated basis), after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(m) No Default; Representations;
Officer’s Certificate . No Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing after giving effect to the
extensions of credit (if any) requested to be made on the Closing
Date. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan
Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made
on and as of such date. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate executed on behalf of the Borrower by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (i) as to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and
the other Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and (ii) that
since December 31, 2005, no event has occurred, that alone or
in connection with other events, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. (n)
Insurance . The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with
the insurance program to be maintained by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and shall have received insurance certificates
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(o) Consolidated EBITDA . The
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarters ending immediately
prior to the Closing Date, on a pro forma basis, after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and continuing
operations (as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing
Date), is greater than or equal to $25,500,000, which evidence
shall be in accordance with the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.1. (p) Agent for
Service of Process . The Administrative Agent shall have
received evidence that the Borrower has appointed CKX UK Holdings
to be its agent for service of process in connection with the UK
Charge Over Shares. (q) Share
Register Extracts; Shareholder Resolutions . The Administrative
Agent shall have received (i) a certified extract of members
of each Group Member incorporated in England and Wales whose shares
are subject to a security interest granted or purported to be
granted under the Security Documents (except for Brilliant 19
Limited, Delirious Recordings Limited, Shy Records Limited and 19
International Sports Management Limited) and (ii) if required,
shareholder resolutions to amend the articles of association of any
Group Member incorporated in England and Wales to remove any
restrictions on the transferability of such Group Member’s
shares upon the enforcement of the security interests in respect
thereof granted to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties). (r)
Miscellaneous . The Administrative Agent shall have received
such other documents, agreements, certificates and information as
it shall reasonably request.
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5.2
Conditions to Each Extension of Credit . The agreement of
each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by
it on any date (including its initial extension of credit) is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and
Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties made by
any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true
and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if
made on and as of such date. (b)
No Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to
the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.
(c) Compliance with Financial
Covenants . The Borrower shall be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to
be made on such date. Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of
Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such
extension of credit that the conditions contained in this
Section 5.2 have been satisfied. SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in
effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or
other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent hereunder, the
Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
6.1
Financial Statements . Furnish to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender: (a) as soon as
available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited
consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous year, together with calculations demonstrating that the
Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.1, reported on without a "going concern" or like
qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the
scope of the audit, by Deloitte & Touche or other independent
certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(b) as soon as available, but in any
event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the
first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower,
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the
related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash
flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through
the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous year, together with calculations
demonstrating that the Borrower is in compliance with
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the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1, certified
by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material
respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments); and
(c) as soon as available, but in any
event not later than 45 days after the end of each month
occurring during each fiscal year of the Borrower (other than the
third, sixth, ninth and twelfth such month), the unaudited
consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the end of such month and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for such month and the
portion of the fiscal year through the end of such month, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in
all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments). All such financial statements shall be complete and
correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in
reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods
(except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may
be, and disclosed therein and except for regular year-end
adjustments).
6.2
Certificates; Other Information . Furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of
the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a
certificate of the independent certified public accountants
reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the
examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any
Default or Event of Default with respect to the financial covenants
set forth in Section 7.1, except as specified in such
certificate; (b) concurrently with
the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to
Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer
stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s
knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or
performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied
every condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or
satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in
such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual
financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing
all information and calculations necessary for determining
compliance by each Loan Party with the provisions of this Agreement
referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or
fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, and, if
applicable, for determining the Applicable Margins and Commitment
Fee Rate, and (y) to the extent not previously disclosed to
the Administrative Agent, a description of any change in the
jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a listing of any
Intellectual Property acquired by any Loan Party since the date of
the most recent list delivered pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in
the case of the first such list so delivered, since the Closing
Date); (c) as soon as available, and
in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the
fiscal year following such year then ended (including a projected
consolidated balance sheet of the
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each fiscal quarter
of such following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements
of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position and
projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions
applicable thereto), and, as soon as available, significant
revisions, if any, of such budget and projections with respect to
such fiscal year, prepared on a quarterly basis (collectively, the
" Projections "), which Projections shall in each case be
accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that
such Projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and
assumptions and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to
believe that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any
material respect; (d) if the Borrower
is not then a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, within 45 days after the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Borrower (or 90 days, in the case of the
last fiscal quarter of any fiscal year), a narrative discussion and
analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for
the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to
the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion of the
Projections covering such periods and to the comparable periods of
the previous year; (e) as soon as
possible and in any event within five days of obtaining knowledge
thereof, notice of any development, event, or condition that,
individually or in the aggregate with other developments, events or
conditions, could reasonably be expected to result in the payment
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of a Material
Environmental Amount; (f) within five
days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements
and reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of
its debt securities or public equity securities and, within five
days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements
and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC;
and (g) promptly, such additional
financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time
reasonably request.
6.3
Payment of Obligations . Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy
at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case
may be, all its obligations of whatever nature, except to the
extent that (a) the amount or validity thereof is currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been
provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or (b) such
obligation is not material to the Group Members taken as a whole.
6.4
Maintenance of Existence; Compliance . (a)
(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its
organizational, company or corporate existence and (ii) take
all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its
business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by
Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above,
to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be
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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply
with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to
the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.5
Maintenance of Property; Insurance . (a) Keep all
property useful and used in the ordinary course of its business in
good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
or replace or substitute such property as necessary, except where
failure to keep such property in good working order or replace such
property could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Effect and (b) maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies insurance on all tangible property
useful and used in the ordinary course of its business in at least
such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any
event public liability and business interruption) as are insured
against as of the date hereof or as are otherwise required to be
maintained under any material contract or agreement or other
requirement applicable to any Group Member, in each case, except
where the failure to maintain such insurance could not reasonably
be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6
Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions .
(a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full,
true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all
Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions
in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit
representatives of any Lender, during normal business hours, from
time to time upon three Business Days’ prior notice (unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which
case, no such notice shall be required), to visit and inspect any
of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its
books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may
reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations,
properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members
with officers and employees of the Group Members and with their
independent certified public accountants; provided that all
such visits shall be arranged through the Administrative Agent,
which shall use reasonable efforts to coordinate such visits so as
to minimize the total number thereof, and any officer of any of the
Group Members, if it so chooses, may be present at such visit
(except to the extent that such visit involves discussions with
such Group Member’s independent accountants or auditors and
the Administrative Agent has requested that such officer or
officers not be present). Physical access to any of the properties
of any Group Member shall be governed by the rules, policies and
procedures of such property relating to visits thereto by the
public.
6.7
Notices . Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender of: (a) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any (i) default or event of
default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, Fremantle or (ii) litigation,
investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between any
Group Member or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, Fremantle on the
one hand, and any Governmental Authority on the other hand, that in
either case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case
may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(c) any litigation or proceeding
affecting any Group Member (i) in which the amount involved is
$1,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which
injunctive or similar relief is sought, which, if granted, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or
(iii) which relates to any Loan Document;
(d) the following events, as soon as
possible and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower
knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of any
Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any
required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor
of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or
(ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other
action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled
Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal
from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any
Plan, and, in each case in clauses (i) and (ii) above,
such event or condition, together with all other events or
conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to result in any
"accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of
ERISA), a Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Material Adverse Effect;
and (e) any development or event that
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be
accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth
details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what
action the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary proposes to take
with respect thereto.
6.8
Intellectual Property .
(a) Consistent
with past practices (i) continue to use each material
Trademark in a manner that maintains such material Trademark in
full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, and
(ii) use such material Trademark with the appropriate notice
of registration and all other notices and legends required by
applicable Requirements of Law.
(b) Notify
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders immediately if it knows
that any application or registration relating to any material
Intellectual Property owned by, or to their knowledge, licensed to,
any Group Member may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to
the public, or of any adverse determination or development
(including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such
Group Member’s or, to the Borrower’s knowledge,
Fremantle’s recorded interest or co-ownership of, or the
validity of any material Intellectual Property or such Group
Member’s or, to the Borrower’s knowledge,
Fremantle’s right to register the same or to own and maintain
the same, unless such forfeiture, abandonment or dedication or such
adverse determination or development could not reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect or constitute an Event
of Default.
(c) Promptly
upon a Group Member’s acquisition, exclusive license of, or
creation of any invention, trademark, copyrightable work or other
Intellectual Property (or rights
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in any of the foregoing) that can be registered, the value of
which is material in the context of the Group Members as a whole,
apply for registration thereof or require an agent to so apply with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Copyright Office and the appropriate international office to
register such invention, trademark, copyrightable work or other
Intellectual Property or exclusive license thereof, as applicable,
if such Group Member shall deem that it is appropriate under the
circumstances to effect, reflect or protect such Intellectual
Property in its reasonable discretion. Whenever a Group Member,
either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or
designee, shall file an application for the registration of any
material Intellectual Property or the recordation of any exclusive
license with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the
United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, such Group
Member shall report such filing to the Administrative Agent within
five Business Days after the last day of the fiscal quarter in
which such filing occurs. If any portion of the Intellectual
Property owned or licensed by any Group Member is included or
purported to be included in the Collateral, subject always to the
ability to comply with local laws, upon request of the
Administrative Agent, each applicable Loan Party (if any) shall
execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements,
instruments, documents, and papers as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request to evidence the security interest of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in
any Patent, Trademark or Copyright and (in the case of Trademarks)
the goodwill and general intangibles of such Loan Party relating
thereto or represented thereby; provided that the security
interest granted in respect thereof shall not attach to any
applications for trademarks and service marks filed in the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (the " PTO ") on the basis of a
Group Member’s intent to use any such mark pursuant to 15
U.S.C. § 1051 Section 1(b) unless and until evidence of use of
the mark in interstate commerce is submitted to the PTO pursuant to
15 U.S.C. § 1060(a), at which point the security interest
granted under the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement shall attach to
each such application.
(d) Take
all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation,
in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or
agency in any other country or group of countries or any political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, to maintain and pursue each
application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the material Intellectual Property,
including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability, unless the
failure to secure such applications or registrations could not
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) In
the event that any material Intellectual Property of a Group Member
is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by another Person, such
Loan Party shall take such actions as such Group Member shall
reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances, including,
without limitation, initiating a suit seeking injunctive relief and
any and all damages for infringement, misappropriation or dilution,
to protect such Intellectual Property and will promptly notify the
Administrative Agent of such actions.
6.9
Environmental Laws . (a) Comply in all material
respects with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all
tenants and subtenants, if any, to comply in all material respects
with, all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits,
and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain,
and ensure that all tenants and
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subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and
maintain, any and all material Environmental Permits.
(b) Conduct
and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and
all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects
with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental
Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.
6.10
Interest Rate Hedging . If and to the extent that the
Borrower obtains any New Term Loan Commitments in accordance with
Section 2.15 or incurs funded floating rate Indebtedness under
Section 7.2(m) or (n), and the aggregate amount of outstanding
Indebtedness in respect thereof equals or exceeds $100,000,000,
within a period of time reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent, enter into, and thereafter maintain, Hedging Agreements to
the extent necessary to provide that at least 50% of the aggregate
principal amount of such Indebtedness is subject to either a fixed
interest rate or interest rate protection for a period ending on
the earlier of (x) three (3) years after the incurrence
thereof and (y) the Revolving Termination Date, in each case,
which Hedge Agreements shall have terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
6.11
Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any
property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other
than (x) any property described in paragraph (b), (c) or
(d) below and (y) any property subject to a Lien expressly
permitted by Section 7.3(g)) as to which the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a
perfected Lien, and subject always to the ability to comply with
local laws, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent such amendments to the Security Documents or
such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or
advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, a security interest in such property and
(ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
perfected first priority security interest in such property
(subject to Liens on assets other than Capital Stock permitted
under Section 7.3 and as otherwise permitted to not be so
granted according to the terms of the Collateral Documents),
including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Security
Documents or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative
Agent and the delivery of certificates and transfer powers in
respect of any newly formed or acquired Subsidiary (or, in any such
case, the equivalent thereof required in any other jurisdiction).
(b) With
respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value
(together with improvements thereof) of at least $1,000,000
acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than any
property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by
Section 7.3(g)) as to which the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected Lien, and
subject always to the ability to comply with local laws, promptly
(i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the
Administrative Agent, provide the Secured Parties with
(x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real
property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such
real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably
specified by the Administrative Agent) as well as a current ALTA
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survey thereof in relation to United States real property,
together with a surveyor’s certificate and (y) any
consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by
the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of
the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (iii) if requested by the
Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal
opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions
shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) With
respect to any new Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Group
Member (which, for the purposes of this paragraph (c), shall
include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded
Foreign Subsidiary), and subject always to the ability to comply
with local laws (including as to financial assistance), promptly
(i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such
amendments to the Security Documents as the Administrative Agent
reasonably deems necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of
such new Subsidiary that is owned by any Loan Party,
(ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates
representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock
powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of the relevant Loan Party, (iii) cause such new
Subsidiary, if it satisfies the requirements set forth in the
definition of "Subsidiary Guarantor", (A) to become a party to
(i) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as a Guarantor and
as a Grantor thereunder) or such further Security Documents, and
(ii) if such entity is incorporated under the laws of England and
Wales, the UK Debenture, (B) to take such actions necessary or
advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in
the Collateral described in the relevant Security Documents of such
new Subsidiary, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements (or the equivalent thereof in any other
applicable jurisdiction) in such jurisdictions as may be required
by the Security Documents or by law or as may be reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent and (C) to deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Subsidiary,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate
insertions and attachments, (iv) if requested by the
Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal
opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions
shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (v) (if applicable)
delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such documents as may
be required in compliance with relevant financial assistance laws
(each satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
(d) With
respect to any new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired
after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, promptly (i) execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (or such other Security
Documents) as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable
to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in
the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by any such
Loan Party (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the
total outstanding voting Capital Stock of any such new Excluded
Foreign Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver
to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such
Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank,
executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant
Loan Party, as the case may be, and take such other action as may
be necessary or, in the opinion of
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the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Administrative
Agent’s security interest therein, and (iii) if
requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters
described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and
from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) In
the event that any Group Member is prevented from complying with
its obligations under this Section 6.11 or elsewhere in this
Article 6 as a result of any local laws (including as to
financial assistance), then each Loan Party will use all reasonable
efforts to overcome the relevant legal prohibition (and, in the
case of a financial assistance or similar prohibition, will procure
that the relevant Group Member will undertake all whitewash or
similar procedures which are possible, whether under the Companies
Act 1985 of England and Wales or otherwise) to enable the relevant
obligation to be complied with as soon as is reasonably
practicable.
6.12
Further Assurances . Subject always to the ability to comply
with local laws (including as to financial assistance), from time
to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered,
such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take
all such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of
more fully perfecting or renewing the rights or priority of the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to the
Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or
replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other
property or assets hereafter acquired by the borrower or any
Subsidiary which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral)
pursuant hereto or thereto (provided that, in relation to the
shares of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary formed and existing under
laws of England and Wales, the UK Subsidiary Guarantors shall not
be required to perfect the security interest in such shares of
Capital Stock if and to the extent that such action is prohibited
pursuant to the applicable governing or other joint venture
documents as in effect as of the Closing Date). Upon the exercise
by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party of any power,
right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording
qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the
Borrower will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and
delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and
other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or such
Lenders may be required to obtain from the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries for such governmental consent, approval, recording,
qualification or authorization.
6.13
Use of Proceeds . Use the proceeds of the Loans only for the
purposes described in Section 4.16.
6.14
Post-Closing Obligations . Within 30 Business Days following
the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered (a) a
certified extract of members for each of Brilliant 19 Limited,
Delirious Recordings Limited, Shy Records Limited and 19
International Sports Management Limited, (b) share
certificates representing all of the issued and outstanding share
capital of 19 Artist Tours Limited and Double Vision Film Limited
and (c) account control agreements, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed
and delivered by JPMorgan Chase Bank for each of the following
entities and accounts: (i) 19 Entertainment, Inc.
(Acct # 904-886980), (ii) On the Road Productions (Acct #
904-944743), (iii) All Girl Productions (Acct # 904-017184),
(iv) 19 Touring LLC (Acct # 904-
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886832), (v) Dance Nation Productions (Acct # 904-068072),
(vi) Southside Productions (Acct # 904-043657), (vii) 19
Recording Services, Inc. (Acct # 904-029069), (viii) 19
Recordings, Inc. (Acct # 904-117812) and (ix) J2K Productions,
Inc. (Acct # 904-017192). In satisfaction of its obligations under
clause (c) above, the Borrower shall be permitted to cause any
or all of the accounts specified in clause (c) to be closed
and the funds deposited therein to be transferred to another
account that is subject to an account control agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
6.15
UK Financial Assistance . The Borrower will ensure that all
payments among the Borrower and any of its applicable Subsidiaries
(or any of them) have been and will be made in compliance with
applicable local laws or regulations concerning financial
assistance by a company for the acquisition of or subscription for
its own shares or concerning the protection of shareholders’
capital. SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The
Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in
effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or
other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent hereunder, the
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly:
7.1
Financial Condition Covenants . (a) Consolidated Leverage
Ratio . Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for any period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower to exceed the
ratio of 4.5:1.0.
(b)
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio . Permit the
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for any period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with any fiscal
quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below
opposite such fiscal quarter:
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7.2
Indebtedness . Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable
in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party
pursuant to any Loan Document; (b)
unsecured Indebtedness (i) of the Borrower to any Subsidiary
Guarantor (provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the
payment of the Obligations in accordance with the Subordination
Provisions and the notes issued in respect thereof have been
pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties), (ii) of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower
(provided that such Indebtedness is
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subordinated to the payment of the Obligations in accordance with
the Subordination Provisions and the notes issued in respect
thereof have been pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties), (iii) of any Subsidiary to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that such
Indebtedness is subordinated to the payment of the Obligations in
accordance with the Subordination Provisions and the notes issued
in respect thereof have been pledged to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties), and (iv) of any
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to any other
Subsidiary (provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the
payment of the Obligations in accordance with the Subordination
Provisions); (c) Indebtedness in
respect of bankers’ acceptances and bid, performance and
surety or appeal bonds, workers’ compensation claims and
payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar
obligations, in each case in the ordinary course of business,
including guarantees or obligations of the Borrower with respect to
letters of credit, issued in the ordinary course of business,
supporting such obligations; (d)
Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 7.2(d) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or
extensions thereof (without (i) shortening the maturity or
weighted average life thereof or (ii) increasing the principal
amount thereof, other than to pay any customary fees and premiums
required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing
such Indebtedness and to pay reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension);
(e) Indebtedness arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient
funds, so long as such Indebtedness is extinguished within five
Business Days of incurrence; (f)
Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease
Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(g) in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any one
time outstanding; (g) Hedge
Agreements permitted under Section 7.12;
(h) Indebtedness represented by
guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor of
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary otherwise permitted
to be incurred under this Agreement, provided that such
guarantees are subordinated to the Obligations (and any guarantee
thereof) on the same terms as the underlying Indebtedness in
respect thereof; (i) Indebtedness
consisting of guarantees, indemnities or obligations in respect of
purchase price adjustments in connection with the acquisition or
disposition of assets or the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries
permitted by this Agreement; (j)
Indebtedness incurred under commercial letters of credit issued for
the account of a Group Member in the ordinary course of business
(and not for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, incurring
Indebtedness or providing credit support or a similar
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arrangement in respect of Indebtedness), provided that any drawing
under any such letter of credit is reimbursed in full within seven
days; (k) Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor comprising "earn-out"
obligations payable in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Joint Venture made by the Borrower or such Subsidiary
Guarantor in an aggregate amount not to exceed 5.0% of the
aggregate consideration paid by the Borrower or such Subsidiary
Guarantor in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Joint Venture (and any renewals or extensions thereof);
(l) Acquired Indebtedness in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(m) Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, secured on a second priority basis by the
Collateral, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $375,000,000 at
any one time outstanding, when taken together with any Indebtedness
and undrawn Commitments outstanding pursuant to clause (a) of
this Section 7.2, provided that (i) any entity
providing any guarantee or other credit support in respect of any
obligations incurred under this clause (m) shall also be a
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and (ii) the lenders in respect
of such Indebtedness shall have entered into an intercreditor
agreement on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Lenders; (n) Subordinated
Debt of the Borrower (and not of any of its Subsidiaries) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000,000 at any one time
outstanding and Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor
in respect of such Subordinated Debt, provided that such Guarantee
Obligations are subordinated to the Obligations (and any guarantee
thereof) on the same terms as such Subordinated Debt;
(o) Non-Recourse Indebtedness in an
amount for any Permitted Joint Venture not to exceed 65% of the
fair market value of the assets owned by such Permitted Joint
Venture; and (p) obligations of the
Borrower to repurchase all or a portion of its outstanding Capital
Stock from Simon Fuller pursuant to that certain Lock-in and Put
and Call Option Deed dated as of March 17, 2005 (as such deed
is in effect as of the Closing Date), to the extent such
obligations constitute Indebtedness.
7.3
Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except for: (a) Liens for taxes,
assessments or governmental charges or claims either (i) not
delinquent or (ii) that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves
with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or
the other applicable Group Members, as the case may be, in
conformity with GAAP; (b) common law
or statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, maritime and other
Liens imposed
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by law incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection
with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security legislation; (d)
deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(e) easements, rights-of-way,
restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the
ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens in existence on the date
hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f), securing Indebtedness
permitted by Section 7.2(d), provided that no such Lien
is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date
and that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not
increased; (g) Liens securing
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary incurred
pursuant to Section 7.2(f) to finance the acquisition of fixed
or capital assets, provided that (i) such Liens shall
be created within 120 days of the date on which such property
or equipment is acquired, (ii) such Liens do not at any time
encumber any property other than the property financed by such
Indebtedness and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured
thereby is not increased; (h) Liens
created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(i) any interest or title of a lessor
under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only
the assets so leased; (j) judgment
Liens (other than with respect to judgments of a size sufficient to
cause an Event of Default under this Agreement) so long as such
Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings
which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment
shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which
such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(k) Liens securing reimbursement
obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which
encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of
credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(l) leases, subleases, non-exclusive
licenses and non-exclusive sublicenses granted by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries to others on arm’s-length terms that do not
materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(m) bankers’ Liens, rights of
setoff and similar Liens with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents
on deposit in one or more bank accounts in the ordinary course of
business; (n) Liens in favor of
customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation
of goods; (o) Liens by way of rent
deposit created in favor of commercial landlords, provided that the
amount of Indebtedness secured thereby does not in the aggregate
exceed $1,000,000 or its equivalent in other currencies;
(p) Liens securing Indebtedness of
the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.2(l) or (m);
(q) Liens not otherwise permitted by
this Section on assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long
as neither (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the obligations secured thereby nor (ii) the aggregate fair
market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of
the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all
Subsidiaries) $5,000,000 at any one time; and
(r) Liens securing Non-Recourse
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(o), provided
that such Liens shall extend only to the assets of (and Capital
Stock or other ownership interests in) the applicable Permitted
Joint Venture that is the borrower of such Non-Recourse
Indebtedness.
7.4
Fundamental Changes . Enter into any merger, consolidation
or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of, all or
substantially all of its property or business, except that:
(a) (i) any Subsidiary Guarantor
may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any
other Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that if such merger or
consolidation involves the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the
continuing or surviving entity), (ii) any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may be merged with or
consolidated into the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
(provided that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) and
(iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor may be merged with or consolidated into any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower
may Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation
or otherwise) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (
provided if the relevant asset was the subject of a Lien
pursuant to any Security Document, the Borrower or the applicable
Subsidiary Guarantor shall grant security to a similar extent and
of a comparable quality over such asset in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (such
security to be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent));
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(c) in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture, any Person that is the
subject of such Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture
(other than any Permitted Joint Venture that has obligations owing
in respect of any Non- Recourse Indebtedness) may be merged or
consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
( provided that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation); and
(d) transactions permitted under
Section 7.5 shall be permitted.
7.5
Disposition of Property . Dispose of any of its property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any
Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s
Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition of obsolete or
worn out property in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale of inventory or
licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
business on a non-exclusive basis, and the abandonment or other
Disposition of Intellectual Property that is negligible and
non-material to the business of the Group Members as a whole;
(c) Dispositions permitted by
Section 7.4(b); (d) the sale or
issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower
provided that if such Capital Stock was the subject of a Lien
pursuant to any Security Document, the Borrower shall grant
security to a similar extent and of a comparable quality over such
asset in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties (such security to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent);
(e) the Disposition of assets with an
aggregate fair market value not to exceed $5,000,000;
(f) the disposition of cash not
otherwise prohibited by this Agreement; and
(g) the Disposition by CKX G.O.A.T.
Holding Corp. and/or G.O.A.T., Inc. in an aggregate amount of up to
5% of the membership interests in the GOAT Operating Company to the
Muhammad Ali Family Trust if and to the extent required under the
express terms of the GOAT Operating Agreement, as in effect on the
Closing Date.
7.6
Restricted Payments . Declare or pay any dividend (other
than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making
such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart
assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase,
redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any
Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter
outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof,
either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (collectively, "
Restricted Payments "), except that:
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(a) (i) any Subsidiary may make
Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and
(ii) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments in a
proportionate manner to the Borrower (or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as
applicable) and the other holders of such Subsidiary’s
Capital Stock in respect of such holders’ proportionate
ownership of such Subsidiary; (b) so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may purchase its
common stock or common stock options from present or former
officers or employees of any Group Member upon the death,
disability or termination of employment of such officer or
employee, provided , that the aggregate amount of payments
under this clause (b) after the date hereof shall not exceed
$2,500,000; (c) Elvis Presley
Enterprises, LLC and Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. (and, to the
extent required, the EPE Holding Corporation) may pay dividends to
the Trust pursuant to the applicable Elvis Operating Company
Charter Documents, as in effect on the Closing Date;
(d) purchases by any Group Member of
the Capital Stock of any Group Member or Permitted Joint Venture
from any Person that is not a Group Member or Permitted Joint
Venture in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 from and
after the Closing Date ( provided that (i) the Borrower
shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any
such purchase (as certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower), (ii) the amount paid by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of any "put" or similar obligation arising
in connection with any individual Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Joint Venture shall not exceed 30% of the aggregate
consideration paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture (as certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower), (iii) the amount paid by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the exercise
of any "call" or similar right by any of them (other than any such
exercise by the Borrower of its "call" rights to purchase its
Capital Stock from Simon Fuller pursuant to that certain Lock-in
and Put and Call Option Deed dated as of March 17, 2005, as in
effect on the Closing Date) shall not exceed $15,000,000 in the
aggregate and (iv) the dollar caps specified above shall be
reduced by the dollar amount of any Investments made pursuant to
Section 7.8(k)); (e) to the
extent that amounts available to be used for such purpose in
accordance with clause (d) above have been fully utilized (or
are being fully utilized in connection with such repurchase),
repurchases by the Borrower of all or a portion of its Capital
Stock from Simon Fuller, as a result of the exercise by the
Borrower of its rights under that certain Lock-in and Put and Call
Option Deed dated as of March 17, 2005, as in effect on the
Closing Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000;
(f) the GOAT Operating Company may
pay dividends to the Muhammad Ali Family Trust pursuant to the GOAT
Operating Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date;
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(g) repurchases by the Borrower of
all or a portion of its Capital Stock from Simon Fuller as and to
the extent required as a result of the exercise by Simon Fuller of
his rights under that certain Lock-in and Put and Call Option Deed
dated as of March 17, 2005, as in effect on the Closing Date;
and (h) Investments permitted under
Section 7.8(1) or Section 7.8(m), in either case, to the
extent that such Investments would constitute Restricted Payments.
7.7
Capital Expenditures . Make or commit to make any Capital
Expenditure, except (a) Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not exceeding
$10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower ( provided
that (i) any portion of such amount, if not so expended in the
fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for
expenditure in the next succeeding fiscal year (but not for
expenditure in any further succeeding fiscal year) and
(ii) Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this clause
(a) during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in
respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided above
(without regard to this proviso) and, second, in respect of amounts
carried over from the prior fiscal year pursuant to clause
(i) above), and (b) Capital Expenditures consisting of
Permitted Acquisitions and Permitted Joint Ventures otherwise
permitted under Section 7.8.
7.8
Investments . Make any advance, loan, extension of credit
(by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or
purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt
securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or
make any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, "
Investments "), except: (a)
extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in cash and Cash
Equivalents; (c) Guarantee
Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;
(d) loans and advances to employees,
directors and officers of any Group Member in the ordinary course
of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation
expenses) in an aggregate amount for all Group Members not to
exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(e) intercompany Investments by
(i) the Borrower in any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower that concurrently with such Investment becomes a
Subsidiary Guarantor ( provided that, in each case, such
Investments that consist of intercompany Indebtedness shall be
subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the
Subordination Provisions and any notes issued in respect thereof
have been pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties), (ii) any Subsidiary Guarantor in the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that concurrently with such Investment becomes a
Subsidiary Guarantor ( provided that, in each case, such
Investments that consist of intercompany Indebtedness shall be
subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the
Subordination Provisions and any notes issued in respect thereof
have been pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties); (iii) any Subsidiary that
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is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that concurrently with
such Investment becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor consisting of
intercompany Indebtedness ( provided that, in each case,
such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations in
accordance with the Subordination Provisions), or (iv) any
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in any other
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor ( provided
that, in each case, such Investments that consist of intercompany
Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations in accordance
with the Subordination Provisions and any notes issued in respect
thereof have been pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties); (f)
intercompany Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in any Person ( provided that such Investments that consist
of intercompany Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the
Obligations in accordance with the Subordination Provisions and any
notes issued in respect thereof have been pledged to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to
the extent otherwise required hereunder), that, prior and after
giving effect to such Investment, is a Foreign Subsidiary
(including, without limitation, Guarantee Obligations with respect
to obligations of any such Foreign Subsidiary, loans made to any
such Foreign Subsidiary and Investments resulting from mergers with
or sales of assets to any such Foreign Subsidiary) in an aggregate
amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $1,000,000 during the term of
this Agreement; (g) in addition to
Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section,
Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $2,000,000 during
the term of this Agreement; (h)
Investments under Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of a Group Member’s business and not for speculative
purposes and otherwise in compliance with this Agreement;
(i) Investments in securities of
trade creditors, licensors, licensees or customers received
pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon
the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers
or in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade
creditors or customers; (j)
Investments made after the Closing Date consisting of Permitted
Acquisitions and Permitted Joint Ventures; provided that
(i) the aggregate consideration paid in connection with all
Permitted Acquisitions and Permitted Joint Ventures shall not
exceed $40,000,000 (after giving effect to any Net Cash Proceeds as
described in clause (iii) below), (ii) the aggregate
consideration paid in connection with all Permitted Joint Ventures
shall not exceed $20,000,000 (after giving effect to any Net Cash
Proceeds as described in clause (iv) below), (iii) the
dollar cap specified in clause (i) above shall be increased by
an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale
consisting of a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture
previously consummated pursuant to this clause (j), as certified by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (provided that such dollar
cap shall in no event be greater than $40,000,000 after giving
effect to any such increase) and (iv) the dollar cap specified
in clause (ii) above shall be increased by an
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amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale consisting
of a Permitted Joint Venture previously consummated pursuant to
this clause (j), as certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower (provided that such dollar cap shall in no event be
greater than $20,000,000 after giving effect to any such increase);
(k) purchases by any Group Member of
the Capital Stock of any Group Member or Permitted Joint Venture
from a Person that is not a Group Member or Permitted Joint Venture
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 from and after the
Closing Date ( provided that (i) the Borrower shall be
in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any
such purchase (as certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower), (ii) the amount paid by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of any "put" or similar obligation arising
in connection with any individual Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Joint Venture shall not exceed 30% of the aggregate
consideration paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture (as certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower), (iii) the amount paid by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the exercise
of any "call" or similar right by any of them shall not exceed
$15,000,000 in the aggregate and (iv) the dollar caps
specified above shall be reduced by the dollar amount of any
Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(d));
(l) purchases by EPE Holding
Corporation from The Promenade Trust of (i) all or any part of
the Series B Preferred Stock and/or common stock of Elvis
Presley Enterprises, Inc., as and to the extent required as a
result of the exercise by The Promenade Trust of its rights under
the terms of the Shareholders Agreement, dated February 7,
2005, as in effect on the Closing Date and (ii) all or any
part of the Series B membership interests in Elvis Presley
Enterprises, LLC, as and to the extent required as a result of the
exercise by The Promenade Trust of its rights under the terms of
the limited liability company operating agreement of Elvis Presley
Enterprises, LLC, dated as of February 7, 2005, as in effect
on the Closing Date; and (m)
purchases by CKX G.O.A.T. Holding Corp. and/or G.O.A.T., Inc. of
all of the membership interests of the GOAT Operating Company owned
by the Muhammad Ali Family Trust as and to the extent required as
result of the exercise by the Muhammad Ali Family Trust of its
rights under the GOAT Operating Agreement, as in effect on the
Closing Date.
7.9
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt
Instruments . (a) Make or offer to make any optional or
voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or
otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with
respect to any Indebtedness referred to in Section 7.2(1),
(m) or (n), (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change,
or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other
change to, any of the terms of any Indebtedness referred to in
Section 7.2(1), (m), (n) or (o) (other than any such
amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would
extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of
principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment
of interest thereon and (ii) does not involve the, payment of
a consent fee), (c) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change,
or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other
change to, any of the terms of the Presley Preferred Equity (other
than any such amendment,
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modification, waiver or other change that (x) (i) would
extend the scheduled redemption date or reduce the amount of any
scheduled redemption payment or reduce the rate or extend any date
for payment of dividends thereon and (ii) does not involve the
payment of a consent fee) or would be required in connection with
effecting any merger or consolidation contemplated by
Section 7.4(b)).
7.10
Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into any transaction,
including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the
rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory
or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise
permitted under this Agreement, (b) set forth on
Schedule 7.10, or (c) upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the relevant Group Member, than it would obtain
in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that
is not an Affiliate.
7.11
Sales and Leasebacks . Enter into any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or
personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by
such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom
funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the
security of such property or rental obligations of such Group
Member.
7.12
Hedge Agreements . Enter into any Hedge Agreement, except
(a) Hedge Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks
to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other
than those in respect of Capital Stock) and (b) Hedge
Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or
exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one
floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect
to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary.
7.13
Changes in Fiscal Periods . Permit the fiscal year of the
Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change the
Borrower’s method of determining fiscal quarters.
7.14
Negative Pledge Clauses . Enter into or suffer to exist or
become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits or imposes
any condition upon the ability of any Group Member (other than any
Group Member that is not required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor
as provided in the definition thereof) to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations
under the Loan Documents or any refinancing thereof, other than any
agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease
Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any
prohibition shall only be effective against the assets financed
thereby), except agreements by a Permitted Joint Venture to limit
Liens on its assets under the terms of any Non-Recourse
Indebtedness of such Permitted Joint Venture.
7.15
Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions . Enter into or
suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to
(a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock
of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (b) make loans or
advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary
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Guarantor or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Guarantor, except for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any
restrictions existing under the Loan Documents,
(ii) applicable law or any rule, regulation or order, (iii)
customary non-assignment provisions or restrictions on cash or
other deposits contained in any contract or any lease governing a
leasehold interest of any Group Member, (iv) restrictions on
the transfer of assets subject to any Lien permitted under this
Agreement imposed by the holder of such Lien, (v) restrictions
imposed by any agreement to sell assets or Capital Stock permitted
under this Agreement to any Person pending the closing of such
sale, (vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements
and other similar agreements entered into by the Borrower or one of
its Subsidiaries and any Person (other than the Borrower or any
Affiliate of the Borrower), in each case, relating solely to the
respective joint venture or similar entity or the equity interests
therein and entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(vii) purchase money obligations (including any capitalized
lease obligations) relating to property acquired in the ordinary
course of business, (viii) restrictions imposed under the
Elvis Operating Company Charter Documents, as in effect on the
Closing Date or (ix) restrictions imposed on any Permitted
Joint Venture under the terms of any Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
7.16
Lines of Business . Enter into any business, either directly
or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this
Agreement, that are described in clause (b) of the definition
of "Permitted Acquisition" and "Permitted Joint Venture" or that
are reasonably related thereto.
7.17
Certain Amendments . Amend, supplement or otherwise modify
(pursuant to a waiver or otherwise) the terms and conditions of
(a) any Group Member’s organizational or constitutional
documents or (b) any material agreement (including without
limitation the Fuller Employment Agreement and the Fuller
Non-Compete Agreement), in each case, except for any such
amendment, supplement or modification that could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (in the case of any
Group Member’s organizational or constitutional documents)
that would impose any restrictions on the transferability of such
Group Member’s shares upon the enforcement of the security
interests in respect thereof granted to the Administrative Agent
(in its capacity as such).
7.18
Accounting Changes . Permit, or cause any of its
Subsidiaries to make or permit, any material change in its
accounting policies or reporting practices, except as may be
required by or permitted under GAAP.
7.19
Intellectual Property .
(a) Knowingly
perform any act or knowingly instruct or authorize its licensees to
perform any act whereby any material Intellectual Property may
become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(b) Knowingly
perform any act or knowingly instruct or authorize its licensees to
perform any act that infringes, misappropriates or violates the
intellectual property rights of any other Person.
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7.20
Hazardous Substances . Knowingly permit, or cause any of its
Subsidiaries to knowingly permit, any Hazardous Substances to be
brought on to or located on any of the Properties, except in
compliance in all material respects with, and in a manner not
reasonably likely to lead to any liability pursuant to, all
applicable Environmental Laws only in such quantities and types as
reasonably needed to conduct the Business. If any such Hazardous
Substance is brought onto any Property by any Group Member or found
located thereon due to the actions of any Group Member in violation
of this Section, the Borrower shall diligently undertake all
removal, remedial and other response actions required under
applicable Environmental Laws. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT ALL MATERIALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN HANDLING PRACTICES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY
OF SUCH LOAN PARTY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES. EACH LOAN PARTY FURTHER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY LENDER
IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, ENGINEER, INVESTIGATOR OR INSPECTOR
OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER. NO ACT (OR DECISION NOT TO ACT) OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL GIVE RISE TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY ON THE
PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER WITH RESPECT TO
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS OR PURSUANT TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. IN NO
EVENT SHALL ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
OR ANY LENDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES OR
AGENTS PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT CONCERNING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES OR THE BUSINESS OF
ANY LOAN PARTY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF ANY LOAN PARTY BE CONSIDERED BY
ANY LOAN PARTY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF ANY LOAN PARTY (OR ANY OTHER
RECIPIENT OF SUCH INFORMATION) AS CONSTITUTING LEGAL OR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, ENGINEERING, INVESTIGATING OR INSPECTING
ADVICE, AND NEITHER ANY LOAN PARTY NOR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF ANY LOAN
PARTY (NOR ANY OTHER RECIPIENT OF SUCH INFORMATION) SHALL RELY ON
SAID INFORMATION. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTIES OR BUSINESS RESTS
SOLELY WITH EACH LOAN PARTY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES. NOTHING IN THIS
SECTION 7.20 SHALL LIMIT ANY RIGHTS THAT ANY LOAN PARTY OR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES MAY HAVE TO SEEK CONTRIBUTION OR
ALLOCATE RESPONSIBILITY PURSUANT TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FROM ANY
THIRD PARTY (OTHER THAN
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