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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

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Title: REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/10/2009
Industry: Motion Pictures     Law Firm: Latham Watkins;Baker McKenzie;Paul Hastings     Sector: Services

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: ckx  inc. , bank of new york , bear  stearns & co inc , lehman commercial paper  inc , ubs loan finance llc , ubs securities llc
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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

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1 Defined Terms

 

 

1

 

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1 Revolving Commitments

 

 

25

 

2.2 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing

 

 

26

 

2.3 Swingline Commitment

 

 

26

 

2.4 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans

 

 

27

 

2.5 Commitment Fees, etc

 

 

28

 

2.6 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments

 

 

29

 

2.7 L/C Commitment

 

 

29

 

2.8 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit

 

 

29

 

2.9 Fees and Other Charges

 

 

30

 

2.10 L/C Participations

 

 

30

 

2.11 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower

 

 

31

 

2.12 Obligations Absolute

 

 

31

 

2.13 Letter of Credit Payments

 

 

32

 

2.14 Applications

 

 

32

 

2.15 Incremental Facilities

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1 Optional Prepayments

 

 

33

 

3.2 Conversion and Continuation Options

 

 

34

 

3.3 Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches

 

 

34

 

3.4 Interest Rates and Payment Dates

 

 

34

 

3.5 Computation of Interest and Fees

 

 

35

 

3.6 Inability to Determine Interest Rate

 

 

36

 

3.7 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

 

 

36

 

3.8 Requirements of Law

 

 

37

 

3.9 Taxes

 

 

38

 

3.10 Indemnity

 

 

41

 

3.11 Change of Lending Office

 

 

41

 

3.12 Replacement of Lenders

 

 

42

 

3.13 Evidence of Debt

 

 

42

 

3.14 Illegality

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1 Financial Condition

 

 

43

 

4.2 No Change

 

 

44

 

4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

 

 

44

 

4.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations

 

 

44

 



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4.5 No Legal Bar

 

 

45

 

4.6 Litigation

 

 

45

 

4.7 No Default

 

 

45

 

4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens

 

 

45

 

4.9 Intellectual Property

 

 

45

 

4.10 Taxes

 

 

47

 

4.11 Federal Regulations

 

 

47

 

4.12 Labor Matters

 

 

47

 

4.13 ERISA

 

 

47

 

4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations

 

 

48

 

4.15 Subsidiaries

 

 

48

 

4.16 Use of Proceeds

 

 

48

 

4.17 Environmental Matters

 

 

48

 

4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc

 

 

49

 

4.19 Security Documents

 

 

50

 

4.20 Solvency

 

 

50

 

4.21 Senior Indebtedness

 

 

51

 

4.22 Foreign Assets Control Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering

 

 

51

 

4.23 Double Vision Film

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit

 

 

51

 

5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1 Financial Statements

 

 

55

 

6.2 Certificates; Other Information

 

 

56

 

6.3 Payment of Obligations

 

 

57

 

6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance

 

 

57

 

6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance

 

 

58

 

6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions

 

 

58

 

6.7 Notices

 

 

58

 

6.8 Intellectual Property

 

 

59

 

6.9 Environmental Laws

 

 

60

 

6.10 Interest Rate Hedging

 

 

61

 

6.11 Additional Collateral, etc

 

 

61

 

6.12 Further Assurances

 

 

63

 

6.13 Use of Proceeds

 

 

63

 

6.14 Post-Closing Obligations

 

 

63

 

6.15 UK Financial Assistance

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 Financial Condition Covenants

 

 

64

 

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7.2 Indebtedness

 

 

64

 

7.3 Liens

 

 

66

 

7.4 Fundamental Changes

 

 

68

 

7.5 Disposition of Property

 

 

69

 

7.6 Restricted Payments

 

 

69

 

7.7 Capital Expenditures

 

 

71

 

7.8 Investments

 

 

71

 

7.9 Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments

 

 

73

 

7.10 Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

74

 

7.11 Sales and Leasebacks

 

 

74

 

7.12 Hedge Agreements

 

 

74

 

7.13 Changes in Fiscal Periods

 

 

74

 

7.14 Negative Pledge Clauses

 

 

74

 

7.15 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions

 

 

74

 

7.16 Lines of Business

 

 

75

 

7.17 Certain Amendments

 

 

75

 

7.18 Accounting Changes

 

 

75

 

7.19 Intellectual Property

 

 

75

 

7.20 Hazardous Substances

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9. THE AGENTS

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1 Appointment

 

 

80

 

9.2 Delegation of Duties

 

 

80

 

9.3 Exculpatory Provisions

 

 

81

 

9.4 Reliance by Agents

 

 

81

 

9.5 Notice of Default

 

 

81

 

9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders

 

 

82

 

9.7 Indemnification

 

 

82

 

9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity

 

 

83

 

9.9 Successor Administrative Agent

 

 

83

 

9.10 Agents Generally

 

 

83

 

9.11 The Lead Arranger

 

 

84

 

9.12 Withholding Tax

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1 Amendments and Waivers

 

 

84

 

10.2 Notices

 

 

85

 

10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

 

 

87

 

10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

 

87

 

10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes

 

 

87

 

10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments

 

 

88

 

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10.7 Adjustments; Set-off

 

 

92

 

10.8 Counterparts

 

 

92

 

10.9 Severability

 

 

92

 

10.10 Integration

 

 

93

 

10.11 GOVERNING LAW

 

 

93

 

10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

 

 

93

 

10.13 Acknowledgments

 

 

93

 

10.14 Releases of Guarantees and Liens

 

 

94

 

10.15 Confidentiality

 

 

94

 

10.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

95

 

10.17 Delivery of Addenda

 

 

95

 

10.18 USA PATRIOT Act

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

ANNEX:

 

 

 

A

 

Pricing Grid

 

 

 

SCHEDULES:

 

   

4.1

 

Contingent Liabilities

4.4

 

Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices

4.13

 

ERISA

4.15

 

Subsidiaries; Subscriptions, Warrants, Etc.

4.19

 

Filing Jurisdictions

7.2(d)

 

Existing indebtedness

7.3(f)

 

Existing Liens

7.10

 

Affiliate Transactions

 

   

EXHIBITS:

 

   

A

 

Form of Addendum

B

 

Form of Assignment and Assumption

C

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

D-1

 

Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

D-2

 

Form of UK Charge Over Shares

D-3

 

Form of UK Debenture

E

 

[Reserved]

F

 

[Reserved]

G

 

Form of Exemption Certificate

H-1

 

Form of Revolving Note

H-2

 

Form of Swingline Note

I

 

Form of Closing Certificate

J-1

 

Form of Legal Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP

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J-2

 

Form of Legal Opinion of Baker & McKenzie

K

 

Form of Solvency Certificate

L

 

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.           " 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.           " 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.           " Additional Extensions of Credit ": as defined in Section 10.1. " Adjustment Date ": as defined in the Pricing Grid.           " Administrative Agent ": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.           " 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.           " 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.           " 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.




 

2           " 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.           " Agreement ": this Credit Agreement.           " 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.           " 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.           " 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.           " 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.           " Assignee ": as defined in Section 10.6(a).           " Assignment and Assumption ": an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.           " 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.           " 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.




 

3           " Base Rate Loans ": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Base Rate.           " Benefited Lender ": as defined in Section 10.7(a).           " Board ": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).           " Borrower ": as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.           " 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).           " 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.           " 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




 

4 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.




 

5           " 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




 

6 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




 

7 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




 

8 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.




 

9           " 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).




 

10           " 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.




 

11           " 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




 

12 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




 

13 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.




 

14           " 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.




 

15           " 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.




 

16           " 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.




 

17           " 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




 

18 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




 

19 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.




 

20           " 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.




 

21           " 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




 

22 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.




 

23           " 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




 

24 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,




 

25 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




 

26 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,




 

27 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




 

28 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.




 

29           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




 

30 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




 

31 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




 

32 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




 

33 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




 

34 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.




 

35           (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).




 

36           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




 

37 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);




 

38      (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




 

39 (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,




 

40 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




 

41 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




 

42 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




 

43 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




 

44 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




 

45 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.

 




 

46           (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




 

47 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




 

48 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




 

49 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




 

50 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.




 

51           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




 

52 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




 

53 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.




 

54      (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.




 

55           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




 

56 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




 

57 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




 

58 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;




 

59      (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




 

60 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




 

61 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




 

62 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




 

63 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-




 

64 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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Interest

Fiscal Quarter

 

Coverage Ratio

Closing Date through Fiscal Quarter ending

 

2.0:1.0

9/30/2007

 

 

Fiscal Quarter ending 12/31/2007 through

 

2.5:1.0

Fiscal Quarter ending 6/30/2009

 

 

Fiscal Quarter ending 9/30/2009 and thereafter

 

3.0:1.0



          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




 

65 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




 

66 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




 

67 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;




 

68      (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));




 

69      (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:




 

70      (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;




 

71      (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




 

72 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




 

73 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,




 

74 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




 

75 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.




 

76           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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