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Exhibit
10.1
CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
among
JUPITERMEDIA
CORPORATION
as
Borrower
THE LENDERS NAMED
HEREIN
as
Lenders
and
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Lead Arranger, Sole
Book Runner and Administrative Agent
and
CITIZENS BANK,
N.A.
as Syndication
Agent
dated as of
July 12,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1.
Definitions
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Section 1.2.
Accounting Terms
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Section 1.3.
Terms Generally
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ARTICLE II. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
CREDIT
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Section 2.1.
Amount and Nature of Credit
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Section 2.2.
Revolving Credit
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Section 2.3.
Term Loan B
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Section 2.4.
Interest
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Section 2.5.
Evidence of Indebtedness
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Section 2.6.
Notice of Credit Event; Funding of Loans
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Section 2.7.
Payment on Loans and Other Obligations
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Section 2.8.
Prepayment
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Section 2.9.
Commitment and Other Fees
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Section 2.10.
Modifications to Commitments
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Section 2.11.
Computation of Interest and Fees
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Section 2.12.
Mandatory Payments
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ARTICLE III. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
RELATING TO EURODOLLAR LOANS; INCREASED CAPITAL; TAXES
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Section 3.1.
Requirements of Law
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Section 3.2.
Taxes
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Section 3.3.
Funding Losses
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Section 3.4.
Change of Lending Office
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Section 3.5.
Eurodollar Rate Lending Unlawful; Inability to Determine
Rate
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Section 3.6.
Discretion of Lenders as to Manner of Funding
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42 |
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Section 3.7.
Replacement of Lenders
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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Section 4.1.
Conditions to Each Credit Event
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Section 4.2.
Conditions to the First Credit Event
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Section 4.3.
Post-Closing Conditions
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ARTICLE V. COVENANTS
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Section 5.1.
Insurance
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Section 5.2.
Money Obligations
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Section 5.3.
Financial Statements and Information
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Section 5.4.
Financial Records
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Section 5.5.
Franchises; Change in Business
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Section 5.6.
ERISA Pension and Benefit Plan Compliance
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Section 5.7.
Financial Covenants
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Section 5.8.
Borrowing
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Section 5.9.
Liens
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Section 5.10.
Regulations T, U and X
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Section 5.11.
Investments, Loans and Guaranties
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Section 5.12.
Merger and Sale of Assets
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Section 5.13.
Acquisitions
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Section 5.14. Notice
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Section 5.15. Restricted
Payments
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Section 5.16. Environmental
Compliance
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Section 5.17. Affiliate
Transactions
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Section 5.18. Use of
Proceeds
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Section 5.19. Corporate Names and
Locations of Collateral
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Section 5.20. Subsidiary
Guaranties, Security Documents and Pledge of Stock or Other
Ownership Interest
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Section 5.21. Restrictive
Agreements
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Section 5.22. Other
Covenants
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Section 5.23. Property Acquired
Subsequent to the Closing Date and Right to Take Additional
Collateral
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Section 5.24. Amendment of
Organizational Documents
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Section 5.25.
Collateral
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Section 5.26. Further
Assurances
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ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 6.1. Corporate Existence;
Subsidiaries; Foreign Qualification
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Section 6.2. Corporate
Authority
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Section 6.3. Compliance with Laws
and Contracts
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Section 6.4. Litigation and
Administrative Proceedings
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Section 6.5. Title to
Assets
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Section 6.6. Liens and Security
Interests
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Section 6.7. Tax
Returns
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Section 6.8. Environmental
Laws
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Section 6.9. Locations
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Section 6.10. Continued
Business
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Section 6.11. Employee Benefits
Plans
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Section 6.12. Consents or
Approvals
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Section 6.13. Solvency
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Section 6.14. Financial
Statements
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Section 6.15.
Regulations
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Section 6.16. Material
Agreements
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Section 6.17. Intellectual
Property
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Section 6.18. Insurance
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Section 6.19. Deposit
Accounts
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Section 6.20. Accurate and
Complete Statements
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65 |
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Section 6.21. Investment Company;
Other Restrictions
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Section 6.22. Defaults
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ARTICLE VII. SECURITY
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Section 7.1. Security Interest in
Collateral
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Section 7.2. Collections and
Receipt of Proceeds by Borrower
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Section 7.3. Collections and
Receipt of Proceeds by Agent
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66 |
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Section 7.4. Agent’s
Authority Under Pledged Notes
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Section 7.5. Use
of Inventory and Equipment
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| ARTICLE
VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 8.1.
Payments
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Section 8.2.
Special Covenants
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Section 8.3.
Other Covenants
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Section 8.4.
Representations and Warranties
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Section 8.5.
Cross Default
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Section 8.6.
ERISA Default
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Section 8.7.
Change in Control
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Section 8.8.
Money Judgment
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Section 8.9.
Security
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Section 8.10.
Validity of Loan Documents
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Section 8.11.
Solvency
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ARTICLE IX. REMEDIES UPON
DEFAULT
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Section 9.1.
Optional Defaults
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Section 9.2.
Automatic Defaults
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Section 9.3.
Letters of Credit
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Section 9.4.
Offsets
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Section 9.5.
Equalization Provisions
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Section 9.6.
Collateral
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Section 9.7.
Other Remedies
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Section 9.8.
Application of Proceeds
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ARTICLE X. THE AGENT
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Section 10.1.
Appointment and Authorization
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Section 10.2.
Note Holders
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Section 10.3.
Consultation With Counsel
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Section 10.4.
Documents
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Section 10.5.
Agent and Affiliates
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Section 10.6.
Notice of Default
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Section 10.7.
Action by Agent
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Section 10.8.
Release of Collateral or Guarantor of Payment
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77 |
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Section 10.9.
Delegation of Duties
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77 |
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Section 10.10.
Indemnification of Agent
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77 |
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Section 10.11.
Successor Agent
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77 |
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Section 10.12.
Fronting Lender
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Section 10.13.
Swing Line Lender
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78 |
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Section 10.14.
Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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78 |
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Section 10.15.
No Reliance on Agent’s Customer Identification
Program
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79 |
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Section 10.16
Designation of Additional Agents
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79 |
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ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 11.1.
Lenders’ Independent Investigation
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Section 11.2. No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Section 11.3.
Amendments, Waivers and Consents
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Section 11.4. Notices
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81 |
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Section 11.5. Costs, Expenses and
Taxes
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Section 11.6.
Indemnification
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Section 11.7. Obligations Several;
No Fiduciary Obligations
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Section 11.8. Execution in
Counterparts
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Section 11.9. Binding Effect;
Borrower’s Assignment
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Section 11.10. Lender
Assignments
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Section 11.11. Sale of
Participations
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85 |
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Section 11.12. Patriot Act
Notice
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85 |
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Section 11.13. Severability of
Provisions; Captions; Attachments
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86 |
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Section 11.14. Investment
Purpose
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86 |
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Section 11.15. Entire
Agreement
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86 |
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Section 11.16. Legal
Representation of Parties
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86 |
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Section 11.17. Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction
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86 |
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Section 11.18. Jury Trial
Waiver
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Signature Page 1 |
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Exhibit A
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Form of Revolving Credit Note
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Exhibit B
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Form of Swing Line Note
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Exhibit C
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Form of Term Loan B Note
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Exhibit D
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Form of Notice of Loan
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Exhibit E
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Form of Compliance
Certificate
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Exhibit F
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement
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Schedule 1
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Commitments of Lenders
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Schedule 2
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Guarantors of Payment
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Schedule 3
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Pledged Securities
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Schedule 4
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Pledged Notes
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Schedule 5.8
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Indebtedness
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Schedule 5.9
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Liens
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Schedule 5.11
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Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Loans and
Investments
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Schedule 5.13
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Disclosed Acquisitions
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Schedule 6.1
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Corporate Existence; Subsidiaries;
Foreign Qualification
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Schedule 6.4
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Litigation and Administrative
Proceedings
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Schedule 6.5
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Real Estate Owned by the
Companies
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Schedule 6.9
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Locations
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Schedule 6.11
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Employee Benefits Plans
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Schedule 6.16
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Material Agreements
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Schedule 6.17
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Intellectual Property
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Schedule 6.18
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Insurance
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Schedule 6.19
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Deposit Accounts
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This CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (as the same may from time to time be amended, restated
or otherwise modified, this “Agreement”) is made
effective as of the 12 th day of July, 2007 among:
(a) JUPITERMEDIA CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”);
(b) the lenders listed on
Schedule 1 hereto and each other Eligible Transferee, as
hereinafter defined, that from time to time becomes a party hereto
pursuant to Section 2.10(b) or 11.10 hereof (collectively, the
“Lenders” and, individually, each a
“Lender”);
(c) KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as the lead arranger, sole book runner and
administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement
(“Agent”); and
(d) CITIZENS BANK, N.A., as
the syndication agent under this Agreement (“Syndication
Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent and
the Lenders desire to contract for the establishment of credits in
the aggregate principal amounts hereinafter set forth, to be made
available to Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
mutually agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1.
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Account” means
all accounts, as defined in the U.C.C.
“Account Debtor”
means any Person obligated to pay all or any part of any Account in
any manner and includes (without limitation) any Guarantor
thereof.
“Acquisition”
means any transaction or series of related transactions for the
purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Person
(other than a Company), or any business or division of any Person
(other than a Company), (b) the acquisition of in excess of
fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock (or other
equity interest) of any Person (other than a Company), or
(c) the acquisition of another Person (other than a Company)
by a merger, amalgamation or consolidation or any other combination
with such Person.
“Additional
Commitment” means that term as defined in
Section 2.10(b) hereof.
“Additional
Lender” means an Eligible Transferee that shall become a
Lender during the Commitment Increase Period pursuant to
Section 2.10(b) hereof.
“Additional Lender
Assumption Agreement” means an additional lender assumption
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
wherein an Additional Lender shall become a Lender.
“Additional Lender
Assumption Effective Date” means that term as defined in
Section 2.10(b) hereof.
“Advantage” means
any payment (whether made voluntarily or involuntarily, by offset
of any deposit or other indebtedness or otherwise) received by any
Lender (a) prior to an Equalization Event, in respect of the
Applicable Debt, if such payment results in that Lender having less
than its pro rata share (based upon its Applicable Commitment
Percentage) of the Applicable Debt then outstanding, and
(b) on and after an Equalization Event, in respect of the
Obligations, if such payment results in that Lender having less
than its pro rata share (based upon its Equalization Percentage) of
the Obligations then outstanding.
“Affiliate” means
any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or
under common control with a Company and “control”
(including the correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the power, directly
or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of a Company, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent” means
that term as defined in the first paragraph hereof.
“Agent Fee
Letter” means the Agent Fee Letter between Borrower and
Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to
time be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Agreement” means
that term as defined in the first paragraph hereof.
“Applicable Commitment
Fee Rate” means:
(a) for the period from the
Closing Date through November 30, 2007, fifty (50) basis
points; and
(b) commencing with the
Consolidated financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal
quarter ending September 30, 2007, the number of basis points
set forth in the following matrix, based upon the result of the
computation of the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the Compliance
Certificate for such fiscal quarter, shall be used to establish the
number of basis points that will go into effect on December 1,
2007 and thereafter, as provided below:
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Leverage
Ratio
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Applicable Commitment Fee
Rate
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2.00 to 1.00 |
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50.0 basis points |
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1.00 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 |
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37.5 basis points |
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equal to 1.00 to 1.00 |
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25.0 basis points |
After December 1, 2007, changes to
the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be effective on the first
day of each calendar month following the date upon which Agent
should have received, pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and
(b) hereof, the Consolidated financial statements of Borrower.
The above matrix does not modify or waive, in any respect, the
requirements of Section 5.7 hereof, the rights of Agent and
the Lenders to charge the Default Rate, or the rights and remedies
of Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Articles VIII and IX hereof.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during any period
when Borrower shall have failed to timely deliver the Consolidated
financial statements pursuant to Section 5.3(a) or
(b) hereof, or the Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.3(c) hereof, until such time as the appropriate
Consolidated financial statements and Compliance Certificate are
delivered, the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be the highest
rate per annum indicated in the above pricing grid regardless of
the Leverage Ratio at such time.
“Applicable Commitment
Percentage” means, for each Lender:
(a) with respect to the
Revolving Credit Commitment, the percentage, if any, set forth
opposite such Lender’s name under the column headed
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage”, as listed in
Schedule 1 hereto; and
(b) with respect to the Term
Loan B Commitment, the percentage, if any, set forth opposite such
Lender’s name under the column headed “Term Loan B
Commitment Percentage”, as listed in Schedule 1
hereto.
“Applicable Debt”
means:
(a) with respect to the
Revolving Credit Commitment, collectively, (i) all
Indebtedness incurred by Borrower to the Revolving Lenders pursuant
to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and includes,
without limitation, the principal of and interest on all Revolving
Loans and the Swing Loans and all obligations with respect to
Letters of Credit, (ii) each extension, renewal or refinancing
of the foregoing, in whole or in part, (iii) the commitment,
prepayment and other fees and amounts payable hereunder in
connection with the Revolving Credit Commitment, and (iv) all
Related Expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing;
and
(b) with respect to the Term
Loan B Commitment, collectively, (i) all Indebtedness incurred
by Borrower to the Term B Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and includes, without limitation, the
principal of and interest on the Term Loan B, (ii) each
extension, renewal or refinancing of the foregoing in whole or in
part, (iii) all prepayment and other fees and amounts payable
hereunder in
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connection with the Term Loan
B Commitment, and (iv) all Related Expenses incurred in
connection with the foregoing.
“Applicable
Margin” means, with respect to Revolving Loans:
(a) for the period from the
Closing Date through November 30, 2007, two hundred
seventy-five (275) basis points for Eurodollar Loans and one
hundred (100) basis points for Base Rate Loans; and
(b) commencing with the
Consolidated financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal
quarter ending September 30, 2007, the number of basis points
(depending upon whether Revolving Loans are Eurodollar Loans or
Base Rate Loans) set forth in the following matrix, based upon the
result of the computation of the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the
Compliance Certificate for such fiscal quarter, shall be used to
establish the number of basis points that will go into effect on
December 1, 2007 and thereafter, as provided below:
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Leverage
Ratio
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Applicable Basis
Points for
Eurodollar Loans
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Applicable Basis
Points for
Base Rate Loans
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Greater than 2.50 to 1.00
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275.00 |
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100.00 |
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Greater than 2.00 to 1.00 but less than
or equal to 2.50 to 1.00
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250.00 |
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75.00 |
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Greater than 1.50 to 1.00 but less than
or equal to 2.00 to 1.00
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225.00 |
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50.00 |
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Greater than 1.00 to 1.00 but less than
or equal to 1.50 to 1.00
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175.00 |
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0.00 |
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Less than or equal to 1.00 to
1.00
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150.00 |
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0.00 |
After December 1, 2007, changes to
the Applicable Margin shall be effective on the first day of each
calendar month following the date upon which Agent should have
received, pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and (b) hereof, the
Consolidated financial statements of Borrower. The above matrix
does not modify or waive, in any respect, the requirements of
Section 5.7 hereof, the rights of Agent and the Lenders to
charge the Default Rate, or the rights and remedies of Agent and
the Lenders pursuant to Articles VIII and IX hereof.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during any period
when Borrower shall have failed to timely deliver the Consolidated
financial statements pursuant to Section 5.3(a) or
(b) hereof, or the Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.3(c) hereof, until such time as the appropriate
Consolidated financial statements and Compliance Certificate are
delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the highest rate per
annum indicated in the above pricing grid for Loans of that type
regardless of the Leverage Ratio at such time.
“Applicable Term Loan B
Margin” means (a) with respect to a portion of the Term
Loan B that is a Base Rate Loan, one hundred (100) basis
points, and (b) with respect to a portion of
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the Term Loan B that is a Eurodollar
Loan, two hundred seventy-five (275) basis points; provided
that, if the Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00 for two
consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrower, the Applicable Term Loan B
Margin shall be reduced to (i) with respect to a portion of
the Term Loan B that is a Base Rate Loan, fifty (50) basis
points, and (ii) with respect to a portion of the Term Loan B
that is a Eurodollar Loan, two hundred twenty-five (225) basis
points. Reductions in the Applicable Term Loan B Margin pursuant to
subparts (i) and (ii) above shall be effective on the
first day of the calendar month following the date upon which Agent
received, pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and (b) hereof, the
Consolidated financial statements of Borrower showing that the
Leverage Ratio has been less than 2.00 to 1.00 for two consecutive
fiscal quarters of Borrower.
“Assignment
Agreement” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement in
the form of the attached Exhibit F .
“Authorized
Officer” means a Financial Officer or other individual
authorized by a Financial Officer in writing (with a copy to Agent)
to handle certain administrative matters in connection with this
Agreement.
“Bank Product
Agreements” means those certain cash management service and
other agreements entered into from time to time between a Company
and Agent or a Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender) in connection
with any of the Bank Products.
“Bank Product
Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities, contingent
reimbursement obligations, fees, and expenses owing by a Company to
Agent or any Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender) pursuant to or
evidenced by the Bank Product Agreements.
“Bank Products”
means any service or facility extended to a Company by Agent or any
Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender) including (a) credit
cards and credit card processing services, (b) debit and
purchase cards, (c) ACH transactions, and (d) cash
management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or
services.
“Base Rate” means
a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate or
(b) one-half of one percent (.50%) in excess of the Federal
Funds Effective Rate. Any change in the Base Rate shall be
effective immediately from and after such change in the Base
Rate.
“Base Rate Loan”
means a Revolving Loan or a portion of the Term Loan B, described
in Section 2.2(a) or 2.3 hereof, that shall be denominated in
Dollars and on which Borrower shall pay interest at a rate based on
the Derived Base Rate.
“Borrower” means
that term as defined in the first paragraph hereof.
“Business Day”
means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or another day of
the year on which national banks are authorized or required to
close in Cleveland, Ohio or New York, New York, and, if the
applicable Business Day relates to a Eurodollar Loan, a day of the
year on which dealings in deposits are carried on in the London
interbank Eurodollar market.
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“Capital
Distribution” means a payment made, liability incurred or
other consideration given by a Company to any Person that is not a
Company, for the purchase, acquisition, redemption, repurchase,
payment or retirement of any capital stock or other equity interest
of such Company or as a dividend, return of capital or other
distribution (other than any stock dividend, stock split or other
equity distribution payable only in capital stock or other equity
of such Company) in respect of such Company’s capital stock
or other equity interest.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligations” means obligations of the Companies for the
payment of rent for any real or personal property under leases or
agreements to lease that, in accordance with GAAP, have been or
should be capitalized on the books of the lessee and, for purposes
hereof, the amount of any such obligation shall be the capitalized
amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateral
Account” means a commercial Deposit Account designated
“cash collateral account” and maintained by Borrower
with Agent, and any interest earned thereon, from which account
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall have the exclusive right to
withdraw funds until all of the Secured Obligations are paid in
full.
“Cash Security”
means all cash, instruments, Deposit Accounts and other cash
equivalents, whether matured or unmatured, whether collected or in
the process of collection, upon which a Company presently has or
may hereafter have any claim, wherever located, including but not
limited to any of the foregoing that are presently or may hereafter
be existing or maintained with, issued by, drawn upon, or in the
possession of Agent or any Lender.
“Change in
Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially (within the meaning of Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as then in
effect) or of record, on or after the Closing Date, by any Person
or group (within the meaning of Sections 13d and 14d of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as then in effect) other than the
Current Holder Group, of shares representing more than thirty
percent (30%) of the aggregate ordinary Voting Power
represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Borrower, and the percentage of aggregate ordinary Voting Power
owned by such Person or group exceeds the percentage of ordinary
Voting Power owned by the Current Holder Group; (b) the
occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on
the board of directors or other governing body of Borrower by
Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of
directors or other governing body of Borrower nor
(ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) the
occurrence of a change in control, or other term of similar import
used therein, as defined in any Material Indebtedness
Agreement.
“Closing Date”
means the effective date of this Agreement as set forth in the
first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral”
means all of Borrower’s existing and future (a) personal
property; (b) Accounts, Investment Property, instruments,
contract rights, chattel paper, documents,
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supporting obligations, letter-of-credit
rights, Pledged Notes, if any, commercial tort claims, General
Intangibles, Inventory and Equipment; (c) funds now or
hereafter on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account, if any;
(d) Cash Security; and (e) Proceeds of any of the
foregoing; provided that Collateral shall exclude (i) any
fixed asset that is subject to a purchase money security interest
or capital lease permitted under this Agreement to the extent
that and only so long as the agreements with respect to such
purchase money security interest or capital lease, as the case may
be, specifically prohibit additional Liens, (ii) licenses and
contracts which by the terms of such licenses and contracts
prohibit the assignment of such agreements (to the extent such
prohibition is enforceable at law), (iii) equity interests in
(A) any direct Foreign Subsidiary in excess of
(1) sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting
power of all classes of equity interests or stock of such Foreign
Subsidiary’s stock or other equity interests, and
(2) one hundred percent (100%) of the non-voting equity
interests or stock of such Foreign Subsidiary’s stock or
other equity interests, and (B) any indirect Foreign
Subsidiary, and (iv) any letter-of-credit right for a
specified purpose, to the extent Borrower is required by applicable
law to apply the proceeds of such letter-of-credit right for such
specified purpose.
“Commitment”
means the obligation hereunder of the Lenders, during the
Commitment Period, to make Loans and to participate in the issuance
of Letters of Credit pursuant to the Revolving Credit Commitment
and the Term Loan B Commitment, up to the Total Commitment
Amount.
“Commitment Increase
Period” means the period from the Closing Date to the date
that is six months prior to the last day of the Commitment
Period.
“Commitment
Period” means the period from the Closing Date to
July 11, 2012, or such earlier date on which the Commitment
shall have been terminated pursuant to Article IX
hereof.
“Companies” means
Borrower and all Subsidiaries.
“Company” means
Borrower or a Subsidiary.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate in the form of
the attached Exhibit E .
“Consideration”
means, in connection with an Acquisition, the aggregate
consideration paid or to be paid, including borrowed funds, cash,
deferred payments, the issuance of securities or notes, the
assumption or incurring of liabilities (direct or contingent), the
payment of consulting fees or fees for a covenant not to compete
and any other consideration paid or to be paid for such
Acquisition.
“Consolidated”
means the resultant consolidation of the financial statements of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, including
principles of consolidation consistent with those applied in
preparation of the consolidated financial statements referred to in
Section 6.14 hereof.
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“Consolidated Capital
Expenditures” means, for any period, the amount of gross
expenditures (including cash payments during such period in respect
to Capitalized Lease Obligations but excluding expenditures made
pursuant to Acquisitions permitted by Section 5.13 hereof)
made by Borrower for the acquisition of any fixed assets, real
property, plant and equipment, and all renewals, improvements and
replacements thereto, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Charges” means, for any period,
the aggregate of all depreciation and amortization charges for
fixed assets, leasehold improvements and general intangibles
(specifically including goodwill) of Borrower for such period, as
determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, for any period, as determined on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, Consolidated Net
Earnings for such period plus, without duplication, the aggregate
amounts deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Earnings in
respect of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(b) Consolidated Income Tax Expense, (c) Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Charges, (d) all other non-cash
items of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than any such
non-cash item incurred in the ordinary course of business to the
extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures
in any future period), (e) fees, costs and expenses associated
with the potential sale of Borrower to Getty Images, Inc., and
disclosed in writing to Agent prior to the Closing Date,
(f) fees, costs and expenses associated with the Creatas
Litigation up to the aggregate amount, for all such fees, costs and
expenses, of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), and
(g) fees, costs and expenses associated with the Stock Option
Litigation up to the aggregate amount, for all such fees, costs and
expenses, of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000); provided
that, for any period during which an Acquisition is made pursuant
to Section 5.13 hereof or a Significant Asset Disposition
occurs, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated after giving pro
forma effect to such Acquisition or Disposition as if such
Acquisition or Disposition had been completed on the first day of
the relevant measuring period.
“Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness” means, at any date, all Indebtedness
(including, but not limited to, current, long-term and Subordinated
Indebtedness, if any) of Borrower, as determined on a Consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Income
Tax Expense” means, for any period, all provisions for taxes
based on the gross or net income of Borrower (including, without
limitation, any additions to such taxes, and any penalties and
interest with respect thereto), and all franchise taxes of
Borrower, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest
Expense” means, for any period, the interest expense of
Borrower for such period, as determined on a Consolidated basis and
in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net
Earnings” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of
Borrower for such period, as determined on a Consolidated basis and
in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Net
Worth” means, at any date, the stockholders’ equity of
Borrower, determined as of such date on a Consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
“Control
Agreement” means each Deposit Account Control Agreement among
a Credit Party, Agent and a depository institution, dated on or
after the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Controlled
Group” means a Company and each Person required to be
aggregated with a Company under Code Section 414(b), (c),
(m) or (o).
“Creatas
Litigation” means the litigation in connection with
Jupitermedia Corporation et al. v. Moffly-Creatas Investors, LLC et
al., Index No. 603102/06 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County).
“Credit Event”
means the making by the Lenders of a Loan, the conversion by the
Lenders of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Loan, the continuation
by the Lenders of a Eurodollar Loan after the end of the applicable
Interest Period, the making by the Swing Line Lender of a Swing
Loan, or the issuance (or amendment) by the Fronting Lender of a
Letter of Credit.
“Credit Party”
means Borrower and any Subsidiary or other Affiliate that is a
Guarantor of Payment.
“Current Holder
Group” means Alan Meckler and any member of his immediate
family, and any trust established for the benefit of any of the
foregoing and their lineal descendants.
“Default” means
an event or condition that constitutes, or with the lapse of any
applicable grace period or the giving of notice or both would
constitute, an Event of Default, and that has not been waived by
the Required Lenders (or, if applicable, all of the Lenders) in
writing.
“Default Rate”
means (a) with respect to any Loan, a rate per annum equal to
two percent (2%) in excess of the rate otherwise applicable
thereto, and (b) with respect to any other amount, if no rate
is specified or available, a rate per annum equal to two percent
(2%) in excess of the Derived Base Rate for Term Loan B from
time to time in effect.
“Deposit Account”
means (a) a deposit account, as defined in the U.C.C.,
(b) any other deposit account, and (c) any demand, time,
savings, checking, passbook or similar account maintained with a
bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or similar
organization; provided that Deposit Account shall exclude any
Deposit Account that is a trust or special account exclusively
comprised of funds for (i) payroll (and related payroll
taxes), (ii) 401(k) and other retirement plans and employee
benefits, including rabbi trusts for deferred compensation,
(iii) health care benefits, and (iv) escrow arrangements
(e.g., environmental indemnity accounts).
“Derived Base
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to (a) with respect
to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, the sum of the
Applicable Margin (from time to time in effect) for Base Rate Loans
plus the Base Rate, and (b) with respect to a portion of the
Term Loan B
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that is a Base Rate Loan, the sum of the
Applicable Term Loan B Margin (from time to time in effect) for
Base Rate Loans plus the Base Rate.
“Derived Eurodollar
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to (a) with respect
to Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, the sum of the
Applicable Margin (from time to time in effect) for Eurodollar
Loans plus the Eurodollar Rate, and (b) with respect to a
portion of the Term Loan B that is a Eurodollar Loan, the sum of
the Applicable Term Loan B Margin (from time to time in effect) for
Eurodollar Loans plus the Eurodollar Rate.
“Disposition”
means the lease, transfer or other disposition of assets (whether
in one or more than one transaction) by a Company, other than a
sale, lease, transfer or other disposition made by a Company in the
ordinary course of business.
“Dollar” or the
sign $ means lawful money of the United States of
America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Dormant
Subsidiary” means a Company that (a) is not a Credit
Party, (b) has aggregate assets of less than Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000), and (c) has no direct or indirect
Subsidiaries with aggregate assets for all such Subsidiaries of
more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
“Eligible
Transferee” means a commercial bank, financial institution or
other “accredited investor” (as defined in SEC
Regulation D) that is not Borrower, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate.
“Environmental
Laws” means all provisions of law (including the common law),
statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, guidelines, policies,
procedures, orders-in-council, regulations, permits, licenses,
judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, awards and
standards promulgated by a Governmental Authority or by any court,
agency, instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any
of the foregoing concerning environmental health or safety and
protection of, or regulation of the discharge of substances into,
the environment.
“Equalization
Event” means the earlier of (a) the occurrence of an
Event of Default under Section 8.11 hereof, or (b) the
acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations after the
occurrence of an Event of Default.
“Equalization Maximum
Amount” means that term as defined in Section 9.5(b)(i)
hereof.
“Equalization
Percentage” means that term as defined in
Section 9.5(b)(ii) hereof.
“Equipment” means
all equipment, as defined in the U.C.C.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time, and the regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto.
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“ERISA Event”
means (a) the existence of a condition or event with respect
to an ERISA Plan that presents a risk of the imposition of an
excise tax or any other liability on a Company or of the imposition
of a Lien on the assets of a Company; (b) the engagement by a
Controlled Group member in a non-exempt “prohibited
transaction” (as defined under ERISA Section 406 or Code
Section 4975) or a breach of a fiduciary duty under ERISA that
could result in liability to a Company; (c) the application by
a Controlled Group member for a waiver from the minimum funding
requirements of Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or
a Controlled Group member is required to provide security under
Code Section 401(a)(29) or ERISA Section 307;
(d) the occurrence of a Reportable Event with respect to any
Pension Plan as to which notice is required to be provided to the
PBGC; (e) the withdrawal by a Controlled Group member from a
Multiemployer Plan in a “complete withdrawal” or a
“partial withdrawal” (as such terms are defined in
ERISA Sections 4203 and 4205, respectively); (f) the
involvement of, or occurrence or existence of any event or
condition that makes likely the involvement of, a Multiemployer
Plan in any reorganization under ERISA Section 4241;
(g) the failure of an ERISA Plan (and any related trust) that
is intended to be qualified under Code Sections 401 and 501 to be
so qualified or the failure of any “cash or deferred
arrangement” under any such ERISA Plan to meet the
requirements of Code Section 401(k); (h) the taking by
the PBGC of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan or appoint a
trustee to administer a Pension Plan, or the taking by a Controlled
Group member of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan; (i) the
commencement, existence or threatening of a claim, action, suit,
audit or investigation with respect to an ERISA Plan, other than a
routine claim for benefits; or (j) any incurrence by or any
expectation of the incurrence by a Controlled Group member of any
liability for post-retirement benefits under any Welfare Plan,
other than as required by ERISA Section 601, et. seq.
or Code Section 4980B.
“ERISA Plan”
means an “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of
ERISA Section 3(3)) that a Controlled Group member at any time
sponsors, maintains, contributes to, has liability with respect to
or has an obligation to contribute to such plan.
“Eurocurrency
Liabilities” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar”
means a Dollar denominated deposit in a bank or branch outside of
the United States.
“Eurodollar Loan”
means a Revolving Loan described in Section 2.2(a) hereof or a
portion of Term Loan B described in Section 2.3 hereof, that
shall be denominated in Dollars and on which Borrower shall pay
interest at a rate based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Rate”
means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, for any Interest Period,
a rate per annum equal to the quotient obtained (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 th
of 1%) by
dividing (a) the rate of interest, determined by Agent in
accordance with its usual procedures (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) as of approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period pertaining to such Eurodollar Loan, as listed on
British Bankers Association Interest Rate LIBOR 01 or 02 as
provided by Reuters or Bloomberg (or, if for any reason such rate
is unavailable from Reuters or Bloomberg, from any other similar
company or service that
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provides rate quotations comparable to
those currently provided by Reuters or Bloomberg) as the rate in
the London interbank market for Dollar deposits in immediately
available funds with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period,
provided that, in the event that such rate quotation is not
available for any reason, then the Eurodollar Rate shall be the
average (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the per
annum rates at which deposits in immediately available funds in
Dollars for the relevant Interest Period and in the amount of the
Eurodollar Loan to be disbursed or to remain outstanding during
such Interest Period, as the case may be, are offered to Agent (or
an affiliate of Agent, in Agent’s discretion) by prime banks
in any Eurodollar market reasonably selected by Agent, determined
as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) (or as soon thereafter as
practicable), two Business Days prior to the beginning of the
relevant Interest Period pertaining to such Eurodollar Loan; by
(b) 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage.
“Event of
Default” means an event or condition that shall constitute an
event of default as defined in Article VIII hereof.
“Excluded Taxes”
means, in the case of Agent and each Lender, (a) taxes imposed
on or measured by its overall net income or branch profits, and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws
of which Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or
in which its principal office is located, or, in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located;
(b) any incremental U.S. federal withholding Tax or U.S.
federal backup withholding Tax that is attributable to a
Lender’s failure to comply with its obligations under
Section 3.2(c) or Section 3.2(d) hereof; and (c) any
U.S. federal withholding Tax or U.S. federal backup withholding Tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to a Non-U.S. Lender at the time
such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement or
designates a new lending office, except to the extent that such
Non-U.S. Lender was entitled at the time of designation of a new
lending office to receive additional amounts with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof.
“Federal Funds
Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upward to the nearest one one-hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the
rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal
funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and
announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in
substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes
and announces the weighted average it refers to as the
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the Closing
Date.
“Financial
Officer” means any of the following officers: chief executive
officer, president, chief financial officer or treasurer. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a Financial Officer in this
Agreement shall refer to a Financial Officer of
Borrower.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is organized under the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Fronting Lender”
means, as to any Letter of Credit transaction hereunder, Agent as
issuer of the Letter of Credit, or, in the event that Agent either
shall be unable to issue or shall agree that another Revolving
Lender may issue, a Letter of Credit, such other Revolving
Lender
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as shall agree to issue the Letter of
Credit in its own name, but in each instance on behalf of the
Revolving Lenders hereunder.
“GAAP” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as
then in effect, which shall include the official interpretations
thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, applied on a
basis consistent with the past accounting practices and procedures
of Borrower.
“General
Intangibles” means all (a) general intangibles, as
defined in the U.C.C.; and (b) choses in action, causes of
action, intellectual property, customer lists, corporate or other
business records, inventions, designs, patents, patent
applications, service marks, registrations, trade names,
trademarks, copyrights, licenses, goodwill, computer software,
rights to indemnification and tax refunds.
“Governmental
Authority” means any nation or government, any state,
province or territory or other political subdivision thereof, any
governmental agency, department, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other governmental entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any
securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization exercising
such functions.
“Guarantor” means
a Person that shall have pledged its credit or property in any
manner for the payment or other performance of the indebtedness,
contract or other obligation of another and includes (without
limitation) any guarantor (whether of payment or of collection),
surety, co-maker, endorser or Person that shall have agreed
conditionally or otherwise to make any purchase, loan or investment
in order thereby to enable another to prevent or correct a default
of any kind.
“Guarantor of
Payment” means each of the Companies designated a
“Guarantor of Payment” on Schedule 2 hereto,
each of which is executing and delivering a Guaranty of Payment on
the Closing Date, and any other Domestic Subsidiary that shall
deliver a Guaranty of Payment to Agent subsequent to the Closing
Date.
“Guaranty of
Payment” means each Guaranty of Payment executed and
delivered on or after the Closing Date in connection with this
Agreement by the Guarantors of Payment, as the same may from time
to time be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Hedge Agreement”
means any (a) hedge agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar
or floor agreement, or other interest rate management device
entered into by a Company with any Person in connection with any
Indebtedness of such Company, or (b) currency swap agreement,
forward currency purchase agreement or similar arrangement or
agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in currency
exchange rates entered into by a Company.
“Immaterial Deposit
Account” means a Deposit Account maintained by a Credit Party
that at all times, has a balance of less than One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000); provided
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that the Immaterial Deposit Accounts of
all Credit Parties shall not, at any time, aggregate in excess of
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
“Indebtedness”
means, for any Company, without duplication, (a) all
obligations to repay borrowed money, direct or indirect, incurred,
assumed, or guaranteed, (b) all obligations in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (c) all
obligations under conditional sales or other title retention
agreements, (d) all obligations (contingent or otherwise)
under any letter of credit or banker’s acceptance,
(e) all net obligations under any currency swap agreement,
interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other
interest rate management device or any Hedge Agreement,
(f) all synthetic leases, (g) all lease obligations that
have been or should be capitalized on the books of such Company in
accordance with GAAP, (h) all obligations of such Company with
respect to asset securitization financing programs to the extent
that there is recourse against such Company or such Company is
liable (contingent or otherwise) under any such program,
(i) all obligations to advance funds to, or to purchase
assets, property or services from, any other Person in order to
maintain the financial condition of such Person, (j) all
indebtedness of the types referred to in subparts (a) through
(i) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a
joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability
company) in which such Company is a general partner or joint
venturer, unless such indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse
to such Company, (k) any other transaction (including forward
sale or purchase agreements) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing of money entered into by such Company to finance its
operations or capital requirements, and (l) any guaranty of
any obligation described in subparts (a) through
(k) hereof.
“Intellectual Property
Security Agreement” means an Intellectual Property Security
Agreement executed and delivered on or after the Closing Date by
Borrower or a Guarantor of Payment, wherein Borrower or such
Guarantor of Payment, as the case may be, has granted to Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all intellectual
property owned by Borrower or such Guarantor of Payment, as the
same may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Interest Adjustment
Date” means the last day of each Interest Period.
“Interest Coverage
Ratio” means, as determined for the most recently completed
four fiscal quarters of Borrower, on a Consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense.
“Interest Period”
means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the period commencing on
the date such Eurodollar Loan is made and ending on the last day of
such period, as selected by Borrower pursuant to the provisions
hereof, and, thereafter (unless, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan,
such Eurodollar Loan is converted to a Base Rate Loan), each
subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately
preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of such
period, as selected by Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof.
The duration of each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan shall be
one month, two months, three months or six months (or, if available
to all of the applicable Lenders, as determined by Agent and the
applicable Lenders, in their sole discretion, nine months or twelve
months and, prior to August 8,
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2007, one week), in each case as
Borrower may select upon notice, as set forth in Section 2.6
hereof; provided that, (a) if Borrower shall fail to so select
the duration of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan at least
three Business Days prior to the Interest Adjustment Date
applicable to such Eurodollar Loan, Borrower shall be deemed to
have converted such Eurodollar Loan to a Base Rate Loan at the end
of the then current Interest Period, and (b) during the period
from the Closing Date through August 8, 2007, all Interest
Periods shall be of one week duration.
“Inventory” means
all inventory, as defined in the U.C.C.
“Investment
Property” means all investment property, as defined in the
U.C.C., unless the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in another
jurisdiction would govern the perfection and/or priority of a
security interest in investment property, and, in such case,
“investment property” shall be defined in accordance
with the law of that jurisdiction as in effect from time to
time.
“ITU Application”
means a trademark application filed with the USPTO pursuant to 15
U.S.C. § 1051(b).
“KeyBank” means
KeyBank National Association, and its successors and
assigns.
“Landlord’s
Waiver” means a landlord’s waiver or mortgagee’s
waiver, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Agent, delivered by a Company in connection with this Agreement, as
such waiver may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Lender” means
that term as defined in the first paragraph hereof and, as the
context requires, shall include the Fronting Lender and the Swing
Line Lender.
“Lender Credit
Exposure” means, for any Lender, at any time, the aggregate
of such Lender’s respective pro rata shares of the Revolving
Credit Exposure and the Term Loan B Exposure.
“Letter of
Credit” means a standby letter of credit that shall be issued
by the Fronting Lender for the account of Borrower or a Guarantor
of Payment, including amendments thereto, if any, and shall have an
expiration date no later than the earlier of (a) one year
after its date of issuance (provided that such Letter of Credit may
provide for the renewal thereof for additional one year periods),
or (b) thirty (30) days prior to the last day of the
Commitment Period.
“Letter of Credit
Commitment” means the commitment of the Fronting Lender, on
behalf of the Revolving Lenders, to issue Letters of Credit in an
aggregate face amount of up to Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000).
“Letter of Credit
Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn amount of all issued and outstanding Letters of
Credit, and (b) the aggregate of the draws made on Letters of
Credit that have not been reimbursed by Borrower or converted to a
Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(v)
hereof.
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“Leverage Ratio”
means, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (for
the most recently completed fiscal quarter of Borrower) to
(b) Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently completed four
fiscal quarters of Borrower).
“Lien” means any
mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, lien (statutory or
other), charge, assignment, hypothecation, encumbrance on, pledge
or deposit of, or conditional sale, leasing (other than Operating
Leases), sale with a right of redemption or other title retention
agreement and any capitalized lease with respect to any property
(real or personal) or asset.
“Loan” means a
Revolving Loan, a Swing Loan or the Term Loan B granted to Borrower
by the Lenders in accordance with Section 2.2 or 2.3
hereof.
“Loan Documents”
means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note, each Guaranty of
Payment, all documentation relating to each Letter of Credit, each
Security Document and the Agent Fee Letter, as any of the foregoing
may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise modified or
replaced, and any other document delivered pursuant
thereto.
“Mandatory
Prepayment” means that term as defined in
Section 2.12(c) hereof.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
operations, business, properties or financial condition of the
Companies taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of
Agent or the Lenders under any Loan Document, (c) the ability
of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party, or (d) the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party
of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Indebtedness
Agreement” means any debt instrument, lease (capital,
operating or otherwise), guaranty, contract, commitment, agreement
or other arrangement evidencing or entered into in connection with
any Indebtedness of any Company or the Companies in excess of the
amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
“Material Recovery
Determination Notice” means that term as defined in
Section 2.12(c)(iv) hereof.
“Material Recovery
Event” means (a) any casualty loss in respect of assets
of a Company covered by casualty insurance, and (b) any
compulsory transfer or taking under threat of compulsory transfer
of any asset of a Company by any Governmental Authority; provided
that, in the case of either (a) or (b), the proceeds received
by the Companies from such loss, transfer or taking exceeds One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
“Maximum Amount”
means, for each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name under the column headed “Maximum
Amount” as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, subject to
decreases determined pursuant to Section 2.10(a) hereof,
increases pursuant to Section 2.10(b) hereof and assignments
of interests pursuant to Section 11.10 hereof; provided that
the Maximum Amount for the Swing Line Lender shall exclude the
Swing Line Commitment (other
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than its pro rata share), and the
Maximum Amount of the Fronting Lender shall exclude the Letter of
Credit Commitment (other than its pro rata share).
“Maximum Rate”
means that term as defined in Section 2.4(e)
hereof.
“Maximum Revolving
Amount” means Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000), as such
amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.10(a) hereof or
increased pursuant to Section 2.10(b) hereof.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to
such company.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means a Pension Plan that is subject to the
requirements of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Non-Credit
Party” means a Company that is not a Credit Party.
“Non-Credit Party
Exposure” means the aggregate amount, incurred on or after
the Closing Date, of loans by a Credit Party to, investments by a
Credit Party in, guaranties by a Credit Party of Indebtedness of,
and Letters of Credit issued to or for the benefit of, a Subsidiary
that is a Non-Credit Party.
“Non-U.S. Lender”
means that term as defined in Section 3.2(c)
hereof.
“Note” means a
Revolving Credit Note, the Swing Line Note or a Term Loan B Note,
or any other promissory note delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Notice of Loan”
means a Notice of Loan in the form of the attached Exhibit D
.
“Obligations”
means, collectively, (a) all Indebtedness and other
obligations incurred by Borrower to Agent, the Swing Line Lender,
the Fronting Lender or any Lender (or any affiliate thereof)
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
includes the principal of and interest on all Loans and all
obligations pursuant to Letters of Credit; (b) each extension,
renewal or refinancing of the foregoing, in whole or in part;
(c) the commitment and other fees, and any prepayment fees
payable hereunder; (d) all fees and charges in connection with
the Letters of Credit; and (e) all Related
Expenses.
“Operating
Leases” means all real or personal property leases under
which any Company is bound or obligated as a lessee or sublessee
and which, under GAAP, are not required to be capitalized on a
balance sheet of such Company; provided, however, that Operating
Leases shall not include any such lease under which any Company is
also bound as the lessor or sublessor.
“Organizational
Documents” means, with respect to any Person (other than an
individual), such Person’s Articles (Certificate) of
Incorporation, operating agreement or equivalent formation
documents, and Regulations (Bylaws), or equivalent governing
documents, and any amendments to any of the foregoing.
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“Other Taxes”
means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise, ad valorem or property taxes, goods and services
taxes, harmonized sales taxes and other sales taxes, use taxes,
value added taxes, charges or similar taxes or 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.
“Overall Commitment
Percentage” means, for any Lender, the percentage determined
by dividing (a) the sum, based upon such Lender’s
Applicable Commitment Percentages, of (i) the principal
outstanding under the Term Loan B Commitment, (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding,
(iii) the Swing Line Exposure, and (iv) the Letter of
Credit Exposure; by (b) the sum of (A) the aggregate
principal amount of all Loans outstanding, plus (B) the Letter
of Credit Exposure.
“Participant”
means that term as defined in Section 11.11 hereof.
“Patriot Act”
means Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, USA
Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law
October 26, 2001, as amended from time to time.
“PBGC” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and its successor.
“Pension Plan”
means an ERISA Plan that is a “pension plan” (within
the meaning of ERISA Section 3(2)).
“Permitted Foreign
Subsidiary Loans and Investments” means:
(a) the investments by
Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary in a Foreign Subsidiary, existing
as of the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 5.11
hereto;
(b) the loans by Borrower or
a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary, in such amounts
existing as of the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule
5.11 hereto (and any extension, renewal or refinancing thereof
but, only to the extent that the principal amount thereof does not
increase after the Closing Date);
(c) any investment by a
Foreign Subsidiary in, or loan from a Foreign Subsidiary to, or
guaranty from a Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness of, a Company;
and
(d) any Non-Credit Party
Exposure (incurred after the Closing Date) with respect to a
Foreign Subsidiary not otherwise permitted under this definition,
so long as the Non-Credit Party Exposure and loans to all Foreign
Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to this subpart (d) does not
exceed the aggregate amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) at
any time outstanding.
“Permitted
Investment” means an investment of a Company, made after the
Closing Date, in the stock (or other debt or equity instruments) of
a Person (other than a Company), so long as (a) the Company
making the investment is a Credit Party; and (b) the aggregate
amount of all
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such investments of all Companies does
not exceed, at any time, an aggregate amount (as determined when
each such investment is made) of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000).
“Person” means
any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture,
unincorporated organization, corporation, limited liability
company, unlimited liability company, institution, trust, estate,
Governmental Authority or any other entity.
“Pledge
Agreement” means each of the Pledge Agreements, relating to
the Pledged Securities, executed and delivered by Borrower or a
Guarantor of Payment, as applicable, in favor of Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, dated as of the Closing Date, and any other
Pledge Agreement executed by any other Guarantor of Payment on or
after the Closing Date, as any of the foregoing may from time to
time be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Pledged Notes”
means the promissory notes payable to Borrower, as described on
Schedule 4 hereto, and any additional or future note with an
unpaid principal amount exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) that may hereafter from time to time be payable to
Borrower.
“Pledged
Securities” means all of the shares of capital stock or other
equity interest of a Subsidiary of Borrower, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or created, and all proceeds thereof; provided
that Pledged Securities shall only include up to sixty-five percent
(65%) of the shares of voting capital stock or other voting
equity interest of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary and shall not
include any Foreign Subsidiary other than a first-tier Foreign
Subsidiary ( Schedule 3 hereto lists, as of the Closing
Date, all of the Pledged Securities).
“Prime Rate”
means the interest rate established from time to time by Agent as
Agent’s prime rate, whether or not such rate shall be
publicly announced; the Prime Rate may not be the lowest interest
rate charged by Agent for commercial or other extensions of credit.
Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective immediately from
and after such change.
“Proceeds” means
(a) proceeds as defined in the U.C.C., and any other proceeds,
and (b) whatever is received upon the sale, exchange,
collection or other disposition of Collateral or proceeds, whether
cash or non-cash. Cash proceeds include, without limitation,
moneys, checks and Deposit Accounts. Proceeds include, without
limitation, any Account arising when the right to payment is earned
under a contract right, any insurance payable by reason of loss or
damage to the Collateral, and any return or unearned premium upon
any cancellation of insurance. Except as expressly authorized in
this Agreement, the right of Agent and the Lenders to Proceeds
specifically set forth herein or indicated in any financing
statement shall never constitute an express or implied
authorization on the part of Agent or any Lender to a
Company’s sale, exchange, collection or other disposition of
any or all of the Collateral.
“Quarterly Update
Date” means the date that deliveries are made, or should have
been made, pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and
(b) hereof.
“Register” means
that term as described in Section 11.10(i) hereof.
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“Regularly Scheduled
Payment Date” means the last day of each March, June,
September and December of each year.
“Related
Expenses” means any and all costs, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, losses, damages, penalties, claims,
actions, attorneys’ fees, legal expenses, judgments, suits
and disbursements) (a) incurred by Agent, or imposed upon or
asserted against Agent or any Lender, in any attempt by Agent and
the Lenders to (i) obtain, preserve, perfect or enforce any
Loan Document or any security interest evidenced by any Loan
Document; (ii) obtain payment, performance or observance of
any and all of the Obligations; or (iii) maintain, insure,
audit, collect, preserve, repossess or dispose of any of the
collateral securing the Obligations or any part thereof, including,
without limitation, costs and expenses for appraisals, assessments
and audits of any Company or any such collateral; or
(b) incidental or related to (a) above, including,
without limitation, interest thereupon from the date incurred,
imposed or asserted until paid at the Default Rate.
“Related Writing”
means each Loan Document and any other assignment, mortgage,
security agreement, guaranty agreement, subordination agreement,
financial statement, audit report or other writing furnished by any
Credit Party, or any of its officers, to Agent or the Lenders
pursuant to or otherwise in connection with this
Agreement.
“Reportable
Event” means any of the events described in Section 4043
of ERISA except where notice is waived by the PBGC.
“Required
Lenders” means the holders of at least fifty-one percent
(51%), based upon each Lender’s Applicable Commitment
Percentages, of the sum of (a) the principal outstanding under
the Term Loan B Commitment; and (b) (i) during the
Commitment Period, the Revolving Amount, or (ii) after the
Commitment Period, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Loans outstanding, the Swing Line Exposure and the Letter
of Credit Exposure.
“Requirement of
Law” means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination or policy statement or interpretation
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.
“Reserve
Percentage” means for any day that percentage (expressed as a
decimal) that is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without
limitation, all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves
and taking into account any transitional adjustments or other
scheduled changes in reserve requirements) for a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System in Cleveland, Ohio, in respect of
Eurocurrency Liabilities. The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
Reserve Percentage.
“Restricted
Payment” means, with respect to any Company, (a) any
Capital Distribution, (b) any amount paid by such Company in
repayment, redemption, retirement or repurchase, directly or
indirectly, of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or (c) any
amount paid by such
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Company in respect of any management,
consulting or other similar arrangement with any equity holder
(other than a Company) of a Company or Affiliate in excess of the
aggregate amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in any
fiscal year.
“Revolving Credit
Availability” means, at any time, the amount equal to the
Revolving Credit Commitment minus the Revolving Credit
Exposure.
“Revolving Credit
Commitment” means the obligation hereunder, during the
Commitment Period, of (a) the Revolving Lenders to make
Revolving Loans, (b) the Fronting Lender to issue and the
Revolving Lenders to participate in, Letters of Credit pursuant to
the Letter of Credit Commitment, and (c) the Swing Line Lender
to make, and the Revolving Lenders to participate in, Swing Loans
pursuant to the Swing Line Commitment; up to an aggregate principal
amount outstanding at any time equal to the Maximum Revolving
Amount.
“Revolving Credit
Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding,
(b) the Swing Line Exposure, and (c) the Letter of Credit
Exposure.
“Revolving Credit
Note” means a Revolving Credit Note, in the form of the
attached Exhibit A executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.5(a) hereof.
“Revolving
Lender” means a Lender with a percentage of the Revolving
Credit Commitment as set forth on Schedule 1
hereto.
“Revolving Loan”
means a Loan made to Borrower by the Revolving Lenders in
accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof.
“SEC” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
governmental body or agency succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
“Secured
Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations,
(b) all obligations and liabilities of the Companies owing to
Lenders under Hedge Agreements, and (c) the Bank Product
Obligations owing to Lenders under Bank Product
Agreements.
“Security
Agreement” means each Security Agreement, executed and
delivered by a Guarantor of Payment in favor of Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, dated as of the Closing Date, and any other
Security Agreement executed on or after the Closing Date, as the
same may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Security
Documents” means each Security Agreement, each Pledge
Agreement, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each
Landlord’s Waiver, each Control Agreement, each U.C.C.
Financing Statement or similar filing as to a jurisdiction located
outside of the United States of America filed in connection
herewith or perfecting any interest created in any of the foregoing
documents, and any other document pursuant to which any Lien is
granted by a Company to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as
security for the Secured Obligations, or any
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part thereof, and each other agreement
executed in connection with any of the foregoing, as any of the
foregoing may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified or replaced.
“Significant Asset
Disposition” means a Disposition or a related series of
Dispositions in which the aggregate fair market value or book
value, whichever is greater, of the assets sold, leased,
transferred or otherwise disposed of shall be greater than or equal
to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
“Specific
Commitment” means the Revolving Credit Commitment or the Term
Loan B Commitment.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and any successor to such
company.
“Stock Option
Litigation” means the litigation in connection with Lange v.
Bach, et al., No. 3:06 CV 1822 (SRU) (United States District
Court, District of Connecticut) (11/13/06).
“Subordinated”
means, as applied to Indebtedness, Indebtedness that shall have
been subordinated (by written terms or written agreement being, in
either case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent
and the Required Lenders) in favor of the prior payment in full of
the Obligations.
“Subsidiary”
means (a) a corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of
the Voting Power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
Borrower or by one or more other subsidiaries of Borrower or by
Borrower and one or more subsidiaries of Borrower, (b) a
partnership, limited liability company or unlimited liability
company of which Borrower, one or more other subsidiaries of
Borrower or Borrower and one or more subsidiaries of Borrower,
directly or indirectly, is a general partner or managing member, as
the case may be, or otherwise has an ownership interest greater
than fifty percent (50%) of all of the ownership interests in
such partnership, limited liability company or unlimited liability
company, or (c) any other Person (other than a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or unlimited liability
company) in which Borrower, one or more other subsidiaries of
Borrower or Borrower and one or more subsidiaries of Borrower,
directly or indirectly, has at least a majority interest in the
Voting Power or the power to elect or direct the election of a
majority of directors or other governing body of such
Person.
“Swing Line
Commitment” means the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to
make Swing Loans to Borrower up to the aggregate amount at any time
outstanding of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).
“Swing Line
Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount
of all Swing Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line
Lender” means KeyBank, as holder of the Swing Line
Commitment.
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“Swing Line Note”
means the Swing Line Note, in the form of the attached
Exhibit B executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.5(b) hereof.
“Swing Loan”
means a loan that shall be denominated in Dollars granted to
Borrower by the Swing Line Lender under the Swing Line Commitment,
in accordance with Section 2.2(c) hereof.
“Swing Loan Maturity
Date” means, with respect to any Swing Loan, the earlier of
(a) thirty (30) days after the date such Swing Loan is
made, or (b) the last day of the Commitment Period.
“Syndication
Agent” means that term as defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
“Taxes” means any
and all present or future taxes of any kind, including but not
limited to, levies, imposts, duties, surtaxes, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings now or hereafter imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority
(together with any interest, penalties, fines, additions to taxes
or similar liabilities with respect thereto) other than Excluded
Taxes.
“Term B Lender”
means a Lender with a percentage of the Term Loan B Commitment as
set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
“Term Loan B”
means the Loan granted to Borrower by the Term B Lenders in the
original principal amount of Seventy-Five Million Dollars
($75,000,000), in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof (as such
amount may be increased pursuant to Section 2.10(b)
hereof).
“Term Loan B
Commitment” means the obligation hereunder of the Term B
Lenders to make the Term Loan B with each Term B Lender’s
obligation to participate therein being the amount set forth
opposite such Term B Lender’s name under the column headed
“Term Loan B Commitment Amount” as set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto, subject to assignments of interests
pursuant to Section 11.10 hereof.
“Term Loan B
Exposure” means, at any time, the outstanding principal
amount of the Term Loan B.
“Term Loan B
Note” means a Term Loan B Note, in the form of the attached
Exhibit C executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.5(c) hereof.
“Total Commitment
Amount” means the principal amount of One Hundred Fifteen
Million Dollars ($115,000,000) (or such amount as may be increased
pursuant to Section 2.10(b) hereof, or decreased pursuant to
Section 2.10(a) hereof).
“Trademark Act”
means the U.S Trademark Act of 1946, as amended.
“U.C.C.” means
the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in
Ohio.
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“U.C.C. Financing
Statement” means a financing statement filed or to be filed
in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from
time to time, in the relevant state or states.
“Voting Power”
means, with respect to any Person, the exclusive ability to
control, through the ownership of shares of capital stock,
partnership interests, membership interests or otherwise, the
election of members of the board of directors or other similar
governing body of such Person. The holding of a designated
percentage of Voting Power of a Person means the ownership of
shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests or other interests of such Person sufficient to control
exclusively the election of that percentage of the members of the
board of directors or similar governing body of such
Person.
“Welfare Plan”
means an ERISA Plan that is a “welfare plan” within the
meaning of ERISA Section 3(l).
Section 1.2.
Accounting Terms . Any accounting term not specifically
defined in this Article I shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
by GAAP.
Section 1.3. Terms
Generally . The foregoing definitions shall be applicable to
the singular and plural forms of the foregoing defined terms.
Unless otherwise defined in this Article I, terms that are defined
in the U.C.C. are used herein as so defined.
ARTICLE II. AMOUNT AND TERMS
OF CREDIT
Section 2.1. Amount
and Nature of Credit .
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders, during the Commitment
Period and to the extent hereinafter provided, shall make Loans to
Borrower, participate in Swing Loans made by the Swing Line Lender
to Borrower, and issue or participate in Letters of Credit at the
request of Borrower, in such aggregate amount as Borrower shall
request pursuant to the Commitment; provided, however, that in no
event shall the aggregate principal amount of all Loans and Letters
of Credit outstanding under this Agreement be in excess of the
Total Commitment Amount.
(b) Each Lender, for itself
and not one for any other, agrees to make Loans, participate in
Swing Loans, and issue or participate in Letters of Credit, during
the Commitment Period, on such basis that, immediately after the
completion of any borrowing by Borrower or the issuance of a Letter
of Credit:
(i) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans made by such Lender (other than Swing
Loans made by the Swing Line Lender), when combined with such
Lender’s pro rata share, if any, of the Letter of Credit
Exposure and the Swing Line Exposure, shall not be in excess of the
Maximum Amount for such Lender; and
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(ii) with respect to each
Specific Commitment, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Loans (other than Swing Loans) made by such Lender with respect to
such Specific Commitment shall represent that percentage of the
aggregate principal amount then outstanding on all Loans (other
than Swing Loans) within such Specific Commitment that shall be
such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage.
Within each Specific Commitment, each
borrowing (other than Swing Loans which shall be risk participated
on a pro rata basis) from the Lenders shall be made pro rata
according to the respective Applicable Commitment Percentages of
the Lenders.
(c) The Loans may be made as
Revolving Loans as described in Section 2.2(a) hereof, as a
Term Loan B as described in Section 2.3 hereof, and as Swing
Loans as described in Section 2.2(c) hereof, and Letters of
Credit may be issued in accordance with Section 2.2(b)
hereof.
Section 2.2.
Revolving Credit .
(a) Revolving Loans .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the
Commitment Period, the Revolving Lenders shall make a Revolving
Loan or Revolving Loans to Borrower in such amount or amounts as
Borrower, through an Authorized Officer, may from time to time
request, but not exceeding in aggregate principal amount at any
time outstanding hereunder the Maximum Revolving Amount, when such
Revolving Loans are combined with the Letter of Credit Exposure and
the Swing Line Exposure. Borrower shall have the option, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, to borrow Revolving
Loans, maturing on the last day of the Commitment Period, by means
of any combination of Base Rate Loans, or Eurodollar Loans. Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, Borrower shall be entitled
under this Section 2.2(a) to borrow funds, repay the same in
whole or in part and re-borrow hereunder at any time and from time
to time during the Commitment Period.
(b) Letters of Credit
.
(i) Generally .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the
Commitment Period, the Fronting Lender shall, in its own name, on
behalf of the Revolving Lenders, issue such Letters of Credit for
the account of Borrower or a Guarantor of Payment, as Borrower may
from time to time request. Borrower shall not request any Letter of
Credit (and the Fronting Lender shall not be obligated to issue any
Letter of Credit) if, after giving effect thereto, (A) the
Letter of Credit Exposure would exceed the Letter of Credit
Commitment or (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed
the Maximum Revolving Amount. The issuance of each Letter of Credit
shall confer upon each Revolving Lender the benefits and
liabilities of a participation consisting of an undivided pro rata
interest in the Letter of Credit to the extent of such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage.
(ii) Request for Letter of
Credit . Each request for a Letter of Credit shall be delivered
to Agent (and to the Fronting Lender, if the Fronting Lender is a
Lender other than Agent) by an Authorized Officer not later than
11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) three
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Business Days prior to the
date of the proposed issuance of the Letter of Credit. Each such
request shall be in a form acceptable to Agent (and the Fronting
Lender, if the Fronting Lender is a Lender other than Agent) and
shall specify the face amount thereof, the account party, the
beneficiary, the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension, the expiry date thereof, and the nature of the
transaction or obligation to be supported thereby. Concurrently
with each such request, Borrower, and any Guarantor of Payment for
whose account the Letter of Credit is to be issued, shall execute
and deliver to the Fronting Lender an appropriate application and
agreement, being in the standard form of the Fronting Lender for
such letters of credit, as amended to conform to the provisions of
this Agreement if required by Agent. Agent shall give the Fronting
Lender and each Revolving Lender notice of each such request for a
Letter of Credit.
(iii) Standby Letters of
Credit . With respect to each Letter of Credit that shall be a
standby letter of credit and the drafts thereunder, if any, whether
issued for the account of Borrower or any Guarantor of Payment,
Borrower agrees to (A) pay to Agent, for the pro rata benefit
of the Revolving Lenders, a non-refundable commission based upon
the face amount of such Letter of Credit, which shall be paid
quarterly in arrears, on each Regularly Scheduled Payment Date, at
a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans
that are Eurodollar Loans (in effect on the Regularly Scheduled
Payment Date) multiplied by the face amount of such Letter of
Credit; (B) pay to Agent, for the sole benefit of the Fronting
Lender, an additional Letter of Credit fee, which shall be paid on
each date that such Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or
renewed at the rate of one-eighth percent (1/8%) of the face
amount of such Letter of Credit; and (C) pay to Agent, for the
sole benefit of the Fronting Lender, such other issuance,
amendment, negotiation, draw, acceptance, telex, courier, postage
and similar transactional fees as are customarily charged by the
Fronting Lender in respect of the issuance and administration of
similar letters of credit under its fee schedule as in effect from
time to time.
(iv) Refunding of Letters
of Credit with Revolving Loans . Whenever a Letter of Credit
shall be drawn, Borrower shall immediately reimburse the Fronting
Lender for the amount drawn. In the event that the amount drawn
shall not have been reimbursed by Borrower on the date of the
drawing of such Letter of Credit, at the sole option of Agent (and
the Fronting Lender, if the Fronting Lender is a Lender other than
Agent), Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving
Loan, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.2(a) and 2.7 hereof
(other than the requirement set forth in Section 2.6(d)
hereof), in the amount drawn. Such Revolving Loan shall be
evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes (or, if a Lender has not
requested a Revolving Credit Note, by the records of Agent and such
Lender). Each Revolving Lender agrees to make a Revolving Loan on
the date of such notice, subject to no conditions precedent
whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to make a Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(a)
hereof when required by this Section 2.2(b)(v) shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default, and
that its payment to Agent, for the account of the Fronting Lender,
of the proceeds of such Revolving Loan shall be made without any
offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim,
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withholding or reduction
whatsoever and whether or not the Revolving Credit Commitment shall
have been reduced or terminated. Borrower irrevocably authorizes
and instructs Agent to apply the proceeds of any borrowing pursuant
to this Section 2.2(b)(v) to reimburse, in full (other than
the Fronting Lender’s pro rata share of such borrowing), the
Fronting Lender for the amount drawn on such Letter of Credit. Each
such Revolving Loan shall be deemed to be a Base Rate Loan unless
otherwise requested by and available to Borrower hereunder. Each
Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to record on its records
relating to its Revolving Credit Note (or, if such Lender has not
requested a Revolving Credit Note, its records relating to
Revolving Loans) such Revolving Lender’s pro rata share of
the amounts paid and not reimbursed on the Letters of
Credit.
(v) Participation in
Letters of Credit . If, for any reason, Agent (and the Fronting
Lender if the Fronting Lender is a Lender other than Agent) shall
be unable to or, in the opinion of Agent, it shall be impracticable
to, convert any Letter of Credit to a Revolving Loan pursuant to
the preceding subsection, Agent (and the Fronting Lender if the
Fronting Lender is a Lender other than Agent) shall have the right
to request that each Revolving Lender purchase a participation in
the amount due with respect to such Letter of Credit, and Agent
shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof (by facsimile
or telephone, confirmed in writing). Upon such notice, but without
further action, the Fronting Lender hereby agrees to grant to each
Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees to
acquire from the Fronting Lender, an undivided participation
interest in the amount due with respect to such Letter of Credit in
an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable
Commitment Percentage of the principal amount due with respect to
such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to Agent, for the account of the Fronting Lender, such
Revolving Lender’s ratable share of the amount due with
respect to such Letter of Credit (determined in accordance with
such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage).
Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to acquire participations in the amount due under any Letter of
Credit that is drawn but not reimbursed by Borrower pursuant to
this subsection (v) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including,
without limitation, the occurrence and continuance of a Default or
Event of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim, withholding or
reduction whatsoever and whether or not the Revolving Credit
Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated. Each Revolving
Lender shall comply with its obligation under this subsection
(v) by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the
same manner as provided in Section 2.6 hereof with respect to
Revolving Loans. Each Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to
record on its records such Revolving Lender’s pro rata share
of the amounts paid and not reimbursed on the Letters of
Credit.
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(c) Swing Loans
.
(i) Generally .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the
Commitment Period, the Swing Line Lender shall make a Swing Loan or
Swing Loans to Borrower in such amount or amounts as Borrower,
through an Authorized Officer, may from time to time request;
provided that Borrower shall not request any Swing Loan if, after
giving effect thereto, (A) the Revolving Credit Exposure would
exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, or (B) the Swing Line
Exposure would exceed the Swing Line Commitment. Each Swing Loan
shall be due and payable on the Swing Loan Maturity Date applicable
thereto. Each Swing Loan shall be made in Dollars.
(ii) Refunding of Swing
Loans . If the Swing Line Lender so elects, by giving notice to
Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, Borrower agrees that the Swing
Line Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to
require that any Swing Loan be refinanced as a Revolving Loan. Such
Revolving Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan unless otherwise requested
by and available to Borrower hereunder. Upon receipt of such notice
by Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, Borrower shall be deemed, on
such day, to have requested a Revolving Loan in the principal
amount of the Swing Loan in accordance with Sections 2.2(a) and 2.6
hereof (other than the requirement set forth in Section 2.6(d)
hereof). Such Revolving Loan shall be evidenced by the Revolving
Credit Notes (or, if a Revolving Lender has not requested a
Revolving Credit Note, by the records of Agent and such Revolving
Lender.) Each Revolving Lender agrees to make a Revolving Loan on
the date of such notice, subject to no conditions precedent
whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that such
Revolving Lender’s obligation to make a Revolving Loan
pursuant to Section 2.2(a) hereof when required by this
Section 2.2(c)(ii) is absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without
limitation, the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of
Default, and that its payment to Agent, for the account of the
Swing Line Lender, of the proceeds of such Revolving Loan shall be
made without any offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim,
withholding or reduction whatsoever and whether or not the
Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated.
Borrower irrevocably authorizes and instructs Agent to apply the
proceeds of any borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.2(c)(ii)
to repay in full such Swing Loan. Each Revolving Lender is hereby
authorized to record on its records relating to its Revolving
Credit Note (or, if such Revolving Lender has not requested a
Revolving Credit Note, its records relating to Revolving Loans)
such Revolving Lender’s pro rata share of the amounts paid to
refund such Swing Loan.
(iii) Participation in
Swing Loans . If, for any reason, Agent is unable to or, in the
opinion of Agent, it is impracticable to, convert any Swing Loan to
a Revolving Loan pursuant to the preceding Section 2.2(c)(ii),
then on any day that a Swing Loan is outstanding (whether before or
after the maturity thereof), Agent shall have the right to request
that each Revolving Lender purchase a participation in such Swing
Loan, and Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof
(by facsimile or telephone, confirmed in writing). Upon such
notice, but without further action, the Swing Line
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Lender hereby agrees to grant
to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees
to acquire from the Swing Line Lender, an undivided participation
interest in such Swing Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of the principal
amount of such Swing Loan. In consideration and in furtherance of
the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to Agent, for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender, such
Revolving Lender’s ratable share of such Swing Loan
(determined in accordance with such Revolving Lender’s
Applicable Commitment Percentage). Each Revolving Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations in Swing Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.2(c)(iii) is absolute and unconditional and shall
not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without
limitation, the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event
of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any
offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim, withholding or
reduction whatsoever and whether or not the Revolving Credit
Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated. Each Revolving
Lender shall comply with its obligation under this
Section 2.2(c)(iii) by wire transfer of immediately available
funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.6 hereof
with respect to Revolving Loans to be made by such Revolving
Lender.
Section 2.3. Term
Loan B .
Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Term B Lenders shall make the
Term Loan B to Borrower on the Closing Date, in the amount of the
Term Loan B Commitment. The Term Loan B shall be payable in
twenty-three (23) consecutive quarterly installments of One
Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($187,500) each,
commencing on September 30, 2007 and continuing on each
Regularly Scheduled Payment Date thereafter, with the balance
thereof payable in full on July 11, 2013. Borrower shall
notify Agent, in accordance with the notice provisions of
Section 2.6 hereof, whether the Term Loan B will be a Base
Rate Loan or Eurodollar Loans. The Term Loan B may be a mixture of
a Base Rate Loan and Eurodollar Loans.
Section 2.4.
Interest .
(a) Revolving Loans
.
(i) Base Rate Loan .
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of a
Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan outstanding from time to
time from the date thereof until paid at the Derived Base Rate for
Revolving Loans from time to time in effect. Interest on such Base
Rate Loan shall be payable, commencing September 30, 2007, and
continuing on each Regularly Scheduled Payment Date thereafter and
at the maturity thereof.
(ii) Eurodollar Loans
. Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan outstanding from time
to time, fixed in advance on the first day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto through the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto (but subject to changes in the
Applicable
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Margin) for Eurodollar Loans,
at the Derived Eurodollar Rate for Revolving Loans. Interest on
such Eurodollar Loan shall be payable on each Interest Adjustment
Date with respect to an Interest Period (provided that if an
Interest Period shall exceed three months, the interest must be
paid every three months, commencing three months from the beginning
of such Interest Period).
(b) Swing Loans .
Borrower shall pay interest to Agent, for the sole benefit of the
Swing Line Lender (and any Revolving Lender that shall have
purchased a participation in such Swing Loan), on the unpaid
principal amount of each Swing Loan outstanding from time to time
from the date thereof until paid at the Derived Base Rate for
Revolving Loans from time to time in effect. Interest on each Swing
Loan shall be payable on the Swing Loan Maturity Date applicable
thereto. Each Swing Loan shall bear interest for a minimum of one
day.
(c) Term Loan B
.
(i) Base Rate Loan .
With respect to any portion of the Term Loan B that is a Base Rate
Loan, Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount
thereof outstanding from time to time from the date thereof until
paid, commencing September 30, 2007, and continuing on each
Regularly Scheduled Payment Date thereafter and at the maturity
thereof, at the Derived Base Rate for Term Loan B from time to time
in effect.
(ii) Eurodollar Loans
. With respect to any portion of the Term Loan B that is a
Eurodollar Loan, Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan outstanding from time to
time, fixed in advance on the first day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto through the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto (but subject to changes in the Applicable Term
Loan B Margin) for Eurodollar Loans, at the Derived Eurodollar Rate
for Term Loan B. Interest on such Eurodollar Loan shall be payable
on each Interest Adjustment Date with respect to an Interest Period
(provided that if an Interest Period shall exceed three months, the
interest must be paid every three months, commencing three months
from the beginning of such Interest Period).
(d) Default Rate .
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if an Event of
Default shall occur, upon the election of the Required Lenders
(i) the principal of each Loan and the unpaid interest thereon
shall bear interest, until paid, at the Default Rate, (ii) the
fee for the aggregate undrawn amount of all issued and outstanding
Letters of Credit shall be increased by two percent (2%) in
excess of the rate otherwise applicable thereto, and (iii) in
the case of any other amount not paid when due from Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, such amount shall bear
interest at the Default Rate; provided that, during an Event of
Default under Section 8.1 or 8.11 hereof, the applicable
Default Rate shall apply without any election or action on the part
of Agent or any Lender.
(e) Limitation on
Interest . In no event shall the rate of interest hereunder
exceed the maximum rate allowable by law. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid
or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not
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exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”). If Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an
amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be
applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid
principal, refunded to Borrower. In determining whether the
interest contracted for, charged, or received by Agent or a Lender
exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted
by applicable law, (i) characterize any payment that is not
principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest,
(ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof,
and (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or
unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the
contemplated term of the Obligations.
Section 2.5. Evidence
of Indebtedness .
(a) Revolving Loans .
Upon the request of a Revolving Lender, to evidence the obligation
of Borrower to repay the Revolving Loans made by such Revolving
Lender and to pay interest thereon, Borrower shall execute a
Revolving Credit Note, payable to the order of such Revolving
Lender in the principal amount of its Applicable Commitment
Percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitment, or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of Revolving Loans made by such
Revolving Lender; provided that the failure of a Revolving Lender
to request a Revolving Credit Note shall in no way detract from
Borrower’s obligations to such Revolving Lender
hereunder.
(b) Swing Loan . Upon
the request of the Swing Line Lender, to evidence the obligation of
Borrower to repay the Swing Loans and to pay interest thereon,
Borrower shall execute a Swing Line Note, and payable to the order
of the Swing Line Lender in the principal amount of the Swing Line
Commitment, or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Swing Loans made by the Swing Line Lender; provided that the
failure of the Swing Line Lender to request a Swing Line Note shall
in no way detract from Borrower’s obligations to the Swing
Line Lender hereunder.
(c) Term Loan B . Upon
the request of a Term B Lender, to evidence the obligation of
Borrower to repay the portion of the Term Loan B made by such Term
B Lender and to pay interest thereon, Borrower shall execute a Term
Loan B Note, payable to the order of such Term B Lender in the
principal amount of its Applicable Commitment Percentage of the
Term Loan B Commitment; provided that the failure of a Term B
Lender to request a Term Loan B Note shall in no way detract from
Borrower’s obligations to such Term B Lender
hereunder.
Section 2.6. Notice
of Credit Event; Funding of Loans .
(a) Notice of Credit
Event . Borrower, through an Authorized Officer, shall provide
to Agent a Notice of Loan prior to (i) 11:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the proposed date of borrowing or conversion of any Base
Rate Loan, (ii) 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) three Business Days
prior to the proposed date of borrowing, conversion or continuation
of any Eurodollar Loan, and (iii) 2:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on
the proposed date of borrowing of any Swing Loan. Borrower shall
comply with the notice provisions set forth in Section 2.2(b)
hereof with respect to Letters of Credit.
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(b) Funding of Loans .
Agent shall notify the appropriate Lenders of the date, amount and
Interest Period (if applicable) promptly upon the receipt of a
Notice of Loan, and, in any event, by 2:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on
the date such Notice of Loan is received. On the date that the
Credit Event set forth in such Notice of Loan is to occur, each
such Lender shall provide to Agent, not later than 3:00 P.M.
(Eastern time), the amount in Dollars, in federal or other
immediately available funds, required of it. If Agent shall elect
to advance the proceeds of such Loan prior to receiving funds from
such Lender, Agent shall have the right, upon prior notice to
Borrower, to debit any account of Borrower or otherwise receive
such amount from Borrower, on demand, in the event that such Lender
shall fail to reimburse Agent in accordance with this subsection.
Agent shall also have the right to receive interest from such
Lender at the Federal Funds Effective Rate in the event that such
Lender shall fail to provide its portion of the Loan on the date
requested and Agent shall elect to provide such funds.
(c) Conversion of
Loans . At the request of Borrower to Agent, subject to the
notice and other provisions of this Section 2.6, the
appropriate Lenders shall convert a Base Rate Loan to one or more
Eurodollar Loans at any time and shall convert a Eurodollar Loan to
a Base Rate Loan on any Interest Adjustment Date applicable
thereto. Swing Loans may be converted by the Swing Line Lender to
Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.2(c)(ii)
hereof.
(d) Minimum Amount .
Each request for:
(i) a Base Rate Loan shall be
in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000),
increased by increments of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000);
(ii) a Eurodollar Loan shall
be in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000),
increased by increments of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000);
and
(iii) a Swing Loan shall be
in an amount of not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000).
(e) Interest Periods .
Borrower shall not request that Eurodollar Loans be outstanding for
more than six different Interest Periods at the same
time.
Section 2.7. Payment
on Loans and Other Obligations .
(a) Payments Generally
. Each payment made hereunder by a Credit Party shall be made
without any offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim,
withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(b) Payments from
Borrower . All payments (including prepayments) to Agent of the
principal of or interest on each Loan or other payment, including
but not limited to principal, interest, fees or any other amount
owed by Borrower under this Agreement, shall be made in Dollars.
All payments described in this subsection (b) shall be
remitted to Agent, at the address of Agent for notices referred to
in Section 11.4 hereof for the account of the appropriate
Lenders (or the Fronting Lender or the Swing Line Lender, as
appropriate) not later than 11:00 A.M.
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(Eastern time) on the due date thereof
in immediately available funds. Any such payments received by Agent
after 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) shall be deemed to have been made
and received on the next Business Day.
(c) Payments to
Lenders . Upon Agent’s receipt of payments hereunder,
Agent shall immediately distribute to the appropriate Lenders
(except with respect to Swing Loans, which shall be paid to the
Swing Line Lender or, with respect to Letters of Credit, certain of
which payments shall be paid to the Fronting Lender) their
respective ratable shares, if any, of the amount of principal,
interest, and commitment and other fees received by Agent for the
account of such Lender. Payments received by Agent shall be
delivered to the Lenders in Dollars in immediately available funds.
Each appropriate Lender shall record any principal, interest or
other payment, the principal amounts of Base Rate Loans, Eurodollar
Loans, Swing Loans and Letters of Credit, all prepayments and the
applicable dates, including Interest Periods, with respect to the
Loans made, and payments received by such Lender, by such method as
such Lender may generally employ; provided, however, that failure
to make any such entry shall in no way detract from the obligations
of Borrower under this Agreement or any Note. The aggregate unpaid
amount of Loans, types of Loans, Interest Periods and similar
information with respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit set
forth on the records of Agent shall be rebuttably presumptive
evidence with respect to such information, including the amounts of
principal, interest and fees owing to each Lender.
(d) Timing of Payments
. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder, including, without
limitation, any payment to be made on any Loan, shall be stated to
be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be
made on the next Business Day and such extension of time shall in
each case be included in the computation of the interest payable on
such Loan; provided, however, that, with respect to a Eurodollar
Loan, if the next Business Day shall fall in the succeeding
calendar month, such payment shall be made on the preceding
Business Day and the relevant Interest Period shall be adjusted
accordingly.
Section 2.8.
Prepayment .
(a) Right to Prepay
.
(i) Borrower shall have the
right at any time or from time to time to prepay, on a pro rata
basis for all of the appropriate Lenders (except with respect to
Swing Loans, which shall be paid to the Swing Line Lender), all or
any part of the principal amount of the Loans, as designated by
Borrower. Such payment shall include representing the obligations
under any Specific Commitment with the proceeds of such prepayment
to be distributed on a pro rata basis to the holders of the
Specific Commitment being prepaid. Such payment shall include
interest accrued on the amount so prepaid to the date of such
prepayment and any amount payable under Article III hereof with
respect to the amount being prepaid. Prepayments of Base Rate Loans
shall be without any premium or penalty.
(ii) Borrower shall have the
right, at any time or from time to time, to prepay, for the benefit
of Agent (and any Lender that has purchased a participation in such
Swing
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Loan), all or any part of the
principal amount of the Swing Loans then outstanding, as designated
by Borrower, plus interest accrued on the amount so prepaid to the
date of such prepayment.
(b) Notice of
Prepayment . Borrower shall give Agent notice of prepayment of
a Base Rate Loan or Swing Loan by no later than 11:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the Business Day on which such prepayment is to be made
and written notice of the prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan not
later than 1:00 P.M. (Eastern time) three Business Days before the
Business Day on which such prepayment is to be made.
(c) Minimum Amount .
Each prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan shall be in the principal
amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), or, with
respect to a Swing Loan, the principal balance of such Swing Loan,
except in the case of a mandatory payment pursuant to
Section 2.12 or Article III hereof.
Section 2.9.
Commitment and Other Fees .
(a) Commitment Fee .
Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of the
Lenders, as a consideration for the Revolving Credit Commitment, a
commitment fee from the Closing Date to and including the last day
of the Commitment Period, payable quarterly, at a rate per annum
equal to (i) the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate in effect on
the payment date, multiplied by (ii) (A) the average
daily Maximum Revolving Amount in effect during such quarter, minus
(B) the average daily Revolving Credit Exposure (exclusive of
the Swing Line Exposure) during such quarter. The commitment fee
shall be payable in arrears, on September 30, 2007 and
continuing on each Regularly Scheduled Payment Date thereafter, and
on the last day of the Commitment Period.
(b) Agent Fee .
Borrower shall pay to Agent, for its sole benefit, the fees set
forth in the Agent Fee Letter.
Section 2.10.
Modifications to Commitments .
(a) Optional Reduction of
Revolving Credit Commitment . Borrower may at any time and from
time to time permanently reduce in whole or ratably in part the
Revolving Credit Commitment to an amount not less than the then
existing Revolving Credit Exposure, by giving Agent not fewer than
five Business Days’ (or thirty (30) days if the
Commitment is to be reduced or terminated in its entirety) written
notice of such reduction, provided that any such partial reduction
shall be in an aggregate amount, for all of the Lenders, of not
less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), increased in
increments of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). Agent shall
promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the date of each such
reduction and such Revolving Lender’s proportionate share
thereof. After each such partial reduction, the commitment fees
payable hereunder shall be calculated upon the Maximum Revolving
Amount as so reduced. If Borrower reduces in whole the Revolving
Credit Commitment, on the effective date of such reduction
(Borrower having prepaid in full the unpaid principal balance, if
any, of the Loans, together with all interest (if any) and
commitment and other fees accrued and unpaid with respect thereto,
and provided that no Letter of Credit Exposure or Swing Line
Exposure
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shall exist), all of the Revolving
Credit Notes shall be delivered to Agent marked
“Canceled” and Agent shall redeliver such Revolving
Credit Notes to Borrower. Any partial reduction in the Maximum
Revolving Amount shall be effective during the remainder of the
Commitment Period.
(b) Increase in
Commitments . At any time during the Commitment Increase
Period, Borrower may request that Agent increase the Maximum
Revolving Amount or the principal amount outstanding on the Term
Loan B (any increase to the Term Loan B shall be subject to
subsection (c) below), up to an aggregate amount not to
exceed, for all such increases, Thirty-Five Million Dollars
($35,000,000). Each such increase shall be in increments of at
least Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), and may be made by either
(i) increasing, for one or more Lenders, with their prior
written consent, their respective portions of the Revolving Credit
Commitment or the Term Loan B Commitment, as applicable, or
(ii) including one or more Additional Lenders, each with a
portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment or the Term Loan B
Commitment, as applicable (collectively, the “Additional
Commitment”). During the Commitment Increase Period, all of
the Lenders agree that Agent, in its sole discretion, may permit
one or more Additional Commitments upon satisfaction of the
following requirements: (A) each Additional Lender, if any,
shall execute an Additional Lender Assumption Agreement,
(B) Agent shall provide to each Lender a revised Schedule
1 to this Agreement, including revised Applicable Commitment
Percentages for each of the Lenders, if appropriate, prior to the
date of the effectiveness of such Additional Commitments (each an
“Additional Lender Assumption Effective Date”), and
(C) Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent and the
Lenders such replacement or additional Notes as shall be required
by Agent. The Lenders hereby authorize Agent to execute each
Additional Lender Assumption Agreement on behalf of the Lenders. On
each Additional Lender Assumption Effective Date with respect to
the Specific Commitment being increased, the appropriate Lenders
shall make adjustments among themselves with respect to the Loans
then outstanding and amounts of principal, interest, commitment
fees and other amounts paid or payable with respect thereto as
shall be necessary, in the opinion of Agent, in order to reallocate
among such Lenders such outstanding amounts, based on the revised
Applicable Commitment Percentages and to otherwise carry out fully
the intent and terms of this Section 2.10(b). In connection
therewith, it is understood and agreed that the Maximum Amount of
any Lender will not be increased (or decreased except pursuant to
Section 2.10(a) hereof) without the prior written consent of
such Lender. Borrower shall not request any increase pursuant to
this Section 2.10(b) if a Default or an Event of Default shall
then exist, or immediately after giving effect to any such increase
would exist. At the time of any such increase, at the request of
Agent, the Credit Parties and the Lenders shall enter into an
amendment to evidence such increase.
(c) Term Loan B
Increase . At any time that there shall be an
increase
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