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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT, TERM LOAN
AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(AS LENDER AND AS AGENT),
STEEL CITY CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC
(AS TERM B LENDER AND AS TERM B AGENT)
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
(AS LEAD ARRANGER)
WITH
STREAM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(AS BORROWING AGENT),
STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES, INC. ("SGS")
(AS A GUARANTOR)
AND
THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO
(AS LOAN PARTIES)
January 8, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1.
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Accounting Terms
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2
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1.2.
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General Terms
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2
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1.3.
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Uniform Commercial Code Terms
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35
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1.4.
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Certain Matters of Construction
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35
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II.
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ADVANCES, PAYMENTS
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36
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2.1.
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Advances, Payments
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36
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2.2.
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Procedure for Borrowing Advances
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39
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2.3.
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Disbursement of Advance Proceeds
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41
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2.4.
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Term Loans
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42
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2.5.
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Swingline Advances
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42
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2.6.
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Repayment of Advances
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43
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2.7.
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Repayment of Excess Advances
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44
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2.8.
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Statement of Account
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2.9.
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Letters of Credit
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45
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2.10.
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Issuance of Letters of Credit
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45
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2.11.
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Requirements For Issuance of Letters of
Credit
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46
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2.12.
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Disbursements, Reimbursement
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46
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2.13.
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Repayment of Participation Advances
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47
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2.14.
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Documentation
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48
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2.15.
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Determination to Honor Drawing Request
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48
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2.16.
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Nature of Participation and Reimbursement
Obligations
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48
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2.17.
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Indemnity
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50
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2.18.
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Liability for Acts and Omissions
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50
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2.19.
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Additional Payments
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51
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2.20.
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Manner of Borrowing and Payment
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51
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2.21.
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Mandatory Prepayments
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53
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2.22.
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Use of Proceeds
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56
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2.23.
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Defaulting Lender
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56
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III.
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INTEREST AND FEES
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57
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3.1.
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Interest
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3.2.
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Letter of Credit Fees
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58
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3.3.
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Facility Fee
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58
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3.4.
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Fee Letter
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59
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3.5.
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Computation of Interest and Fees
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59
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3.6.
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Maximum Charges
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59
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3.7.
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Increased Costs
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59
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3.8.
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Basis For Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or
Unfair
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60
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3.9.
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Capital Adequacy
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60
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3.10.
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Gross Up for Taxes
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61
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3.11.
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Compliance with the Interest Act
(Canada)
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63
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3.12.
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Judgment Currency
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63
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IV.
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COLLATERAL: GENERAL TERMS
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64
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4.1.
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Security Interest in the Collateral
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64
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4.2.
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Perfection of Security Interest
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65
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4.3.
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Disposition of Collateral
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67
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4.4.
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Preservation of Collateral
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67
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4.5.
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Ownership of Collateral
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67
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4.6.
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Defense of Agent’s and Lenders’
Interests
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67
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4.7.
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Books and Records
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68
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4.8.
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Financial Disclosure
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68
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4.9.
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Compliance with Laws
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68
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4.10.
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Inspection of Property; Books and Records;
Discussions
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69
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4.11.
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Insurance
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69
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4.12.
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Failure to Pay Insurance
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70
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4.13.
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Payment of Taxes
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70
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4.14.
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Payment of Leasehold Obligations
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70
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4.15.
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Receivables
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71
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4.16.
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Invoicing of Receivables
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74
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4.17.
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Maintenance of Equipment
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74
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4.18.
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Exculpation of Liability
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74
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4.19.
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Environmental Matters
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75
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4.20.
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Financing Statements
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77
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V.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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77
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5.1.
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Authority
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5.2.
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Formation and Qualification
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77
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5.3.
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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78
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5.4.
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Tax Returns
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78
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5.5.
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Financial Statements
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78
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5.6.
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Corporate Name
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78
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5.7.
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O.S.H.A. and Environmental Compliance
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78
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5.8.
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Solvency; No Litigation, Violation, Indebtedness
or Default
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79
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5.9.
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Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and
Licenses
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80
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5.10.
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Licenses and Permits
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81
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5.11.
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Default of Indebtedness
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81
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5.12.
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No Default
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5.13.
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No Burdensome Restrictions
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81
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5.14.
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Labor Matters
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81
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5.15.
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Margin Regulations
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82
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5.16.
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Investment Company Act
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82
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5.17.
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Disclosure
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82
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5.18.
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Acquisition Agreement; Ares Transaction
Agreement
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82
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5.19.
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Swap Obligations
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82
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5.20.
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Conflicting Agreements
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82
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5.21.
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Application of Certain Laws and
Regulations
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82
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5.22.
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Business and Property of Borrowers
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82
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5.23.
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Section 20 Subsidiaries
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83
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5.24.
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Material Customers
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83
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5.25.
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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83
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VI.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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84
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6.1.
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Payment of Fees
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84
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6.2.
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Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence
and Assets
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84
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6.3.
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Violations
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84
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6.4.
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Government Receivables
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84
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6.5.
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Undrawn Availability
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85
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6.6.
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Intentionally Omitted
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85
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6.7.
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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85
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6.8.
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Execution of Supplemental Instruments
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85
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6.9.
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Payment of Indebtedness
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85
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6.10.
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Standards of Financial Statements
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85
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6.11.
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Exercise of Rights
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85
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6.12.
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Payment of Taxes and Claims
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86
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6.13.
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Back-up of Books and Records
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86
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6.14.
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Leasehold Agreements
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86
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VII.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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86
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7.1.
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Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale of
Assets
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86
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7.2.
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Creation of Liens
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87
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7.3.
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Guarantees
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87
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7.4.
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Investments
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87
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7.5.
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Loans
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88
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7.6.
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Capital Expenditures
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88
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7.7.
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Dividends
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88
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7.8.
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Indebtedness
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89
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7.9.
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Nature of Business
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89
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7.10.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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89
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7.11.
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Leases
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89
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7.12.
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Subsidiaries
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90
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7.13.
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Fiscal Year and Accounting Changes
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90
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7.14.
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Pledge of Credit
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90
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7.15.
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Amendment of Articles of Incorporation,
By-Laws
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90
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7.16.
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Compliance with ERISA
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90
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7.17.
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Prepayment of Indebtedness
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91
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7.18.
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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91
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7.19.
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Other Agreements
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91
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7.20.
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No Additional Bank Accounts; No Excess
Cash
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92
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7.21.
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Swap Obligations
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92
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7.22.
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Stream Nevada
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92
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7.23.
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Foreign Cash Limitations
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92
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7.24.
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Subordinated SGS Note
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92
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VIII.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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93
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8.1.
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Conditions to Initial Advances
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93
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8.2.
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Conditions to Each Advance
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97
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IX.
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INFORMATION AS TO LOAN PARTIES
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97
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9.1.
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Disclosure of Material Matters
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97
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9.2.
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Borrowing Base Certificates; Schedules
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98
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9.3.
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Environmental Reports
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98
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9.4.
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Litigation
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98
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9.5.
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Material Occurrences
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98
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9.6.
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Government Receivables
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99
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9.7.
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Annual Financial Statements
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99
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9.8.
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Quarterly Financial Statements
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99
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9.9.
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Monthly Financial Statements
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100
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9.10.
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Other Reports
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100
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9.11.
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Additional Information
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100
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9.12.
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Projected Operating Budget
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100
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9.13.
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Variances From Operating Budget
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100
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9.14.
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Notice of Suits, Adverse Events
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100
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9.15.
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ERISA Notices and Requests
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101
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9.16.
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Opening Balance Sheet
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101
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9.17.
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Additional Documents
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102
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X.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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102
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XI.
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LENDERS’ RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AFTER
DEFAULT
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107
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11.1.
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Rights and Remedies
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107
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11.2.
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Agent’s Discretion
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108
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11.3.
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Setoff
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108
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11.4.
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Rights and Remedies not Exclusive
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108
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11.5.
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Allocation of Payments After Event of
Default
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108
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XII.
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WAIVERS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
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110
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12.1.
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Waiver of Notice
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110
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12.2.
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Delay
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110
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12.3.
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Jury Waiver
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110
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XIII.
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
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111
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13.1.
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Term
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111
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13.2.
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Termination
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111
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XIV.
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REGARDING AGENT
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111
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14.1.
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Appointment
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111
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14.2.
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Nature of Duties
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112
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14.3.
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Lack of Reliance on Agent and
Resignation
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112
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14.4.
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Certain Rights of Agent
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113
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14.5.
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Reliance
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113
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14.6.
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Notice of Default
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113
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14.7.
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Indemnification
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114
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14.8.
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Agent in its Individual Capacity
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114
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14.9.
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Delivery of Documents
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114
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14.10.
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Borrowers’ Undertaking to Agent
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114
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14.11.
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No Reliance on Agent’s Customer
Identification
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114
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14.12.
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Appointment of Term B Agent; Term B Agent
Provisions
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115
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14.13.
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Documentation Agent
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115
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XV.
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GUARANTEE
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115
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15.1.
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Guaranty
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115
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15.2.
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Intentionally Omitted
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115
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15.3.
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Waivers
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115
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15.4.
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No Defense
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116
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15.5.
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Guaranty of Payment
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116
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15.6.
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Indemnity
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116
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15.7.
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Liabilities Absolute
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117
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15.8.
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Waiver of Notice
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118
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15.9.
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Agent’s Discretion
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118
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15.10.
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Reinstatement
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118
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15.11.
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Action Upon Event of Default
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119
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15.12.
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Statute of Limitations
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120
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15.13.
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Interest
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120
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15.14.
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Guarantor’s Investigation
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120
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15.15.
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Termination
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120
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XVI.
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BORROWING AGENCY
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120
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16.1.
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Borrowing Agency Provisions; Several Nature of
Foreign Borrowers
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120
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16.2.
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Waivers
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121
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16.3.
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Limitation on Liability of Foreign
Borrowers
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121
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16.4.
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Limitation on Liability of Stream
Germany
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122
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16.5.
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Parallel Debt Foreign
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123
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16.6.
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Parallel Debt US
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124
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XVII.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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125
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17.1.
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Governing Law
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17.2.
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Entire Understanding
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17.3.
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Successors and Assigns; Participations; New
Lenders
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17.4.
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Application of Payments
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17.5.
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Indemnity
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17.6.
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Notice
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17.7.
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Survival
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17.8.
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Severability
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17.9.
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Expenses
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17.10.
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Injunctive Relief
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17.11.
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Consequential Damages
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134
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17.12.
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Replacement of Lenders
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17.13.
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Captions
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17.14.
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Counterparts; Telecopied Signatures
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17.15.
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Construction
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17.16.
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Confidentiality; Sharing Information
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17.17.
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Publicity
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17.18.
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USA Patriot Act
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List of Exhibits and
Schedules
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Exhibits
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Exhibit 2.1-US
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Form of Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Note (US)
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Exhibit 2.1-F
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Form of Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Note (Foreign)
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Exhibit 2.4A
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Form of Amended and Restated Term A Note
(US)
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Exhibit 2.4B-US
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Form of Term B Note (US)
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Exhibit 2.4B-F
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Form of Term B Note (Foreign)
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Exhibit 2.5(a)
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Swingline Note
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Exhibit 4.15(j)
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Notice to Dutch Bank
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Exhibit 8.1(m)
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Financial Condition Certificates
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Exhibit 17.3
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Commitment Transfer Supplement
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Exhibit A
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Borrowing Base Certificate
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Schedules
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Schedule 1.2
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Financing Statements (Liens)
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Schedule 4.5
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Equipment Locations
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Schedule 4.15(c)
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Location of Executive Offices
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Schedule 4.19
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Real Property
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Schedule 5.2(a)
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States of Qualification, Incorporation and Good
Standing; and Organizational ID
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Schedule 5.2(b)
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule 5.4
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Federal Tax Identification Numbers;
Audits
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Schedule 5.6
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Prior Names
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Schedule 5.7
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OSHA and Environmental Compliance
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Schedule 5.8(b)
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Litigation and Indebtedness
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Schedule 5.8(d)
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Plans
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Schedule 5.9
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Intellectual Property
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Schedule 5.20
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Conflicting Agreements
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Schedule 5.24
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Material Customers
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Schedule 7.3
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Guarantees
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Schedule 7.4
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Investments
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Schedule 7.5
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Employee Loans
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FIFTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT, TERM LOAN
AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and
Security Agreement (this "Agreement") dated as of January 8,
2009 by and among STREAM HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (" SHC "), STREAM FLORIDA INC., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of SHC (" SFI "),
STREAM INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of SHC (" Stream "), STREAM NEW YORK
INC. a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of SHC ("
SNY ") and STREAM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE B.V., a company
organized under the laws of the Netherlands and a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Stream (" Stream BV "), (SFI, Stream, SNY and
Stream BV, each a " US Borrower " and collectively the "
US Borrowers "), STREAM INTERNATIONAL CANADA INC., a company
organized under the laws of Ontario and a Subsidiary of Stream ("
Stream Canada "), STREAM INTERNATIONAL SERVICE EUROPE B.V.,
a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Stream International (Bermuda) Ltd. ("
Stream Service BV "), STREAM INTERNATIONAL (N.I.) LIMITED, a
company organized under the laws of Northern Ireland and a
Subsidiary of Stream (" Stream UK ") and STREAM
INTERNATIONAL GMBH, a company organized under the laws of Germany
and a Subsidiary of Stream (" Stream Germany ") (Stream
Canada, Stream Service BV, Stream UK and Stream Germany, each a "
Foreign Borrower " and collectively the " Foreign
Borrowers ") (US Borrowers and the Foreign Borrowers, each a "
Borrower " and collectively the " Borrowers "), and
STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES, INC, a Delaware corporation and the owner
of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of
SHC (" SGS ") (SHC and SGS, each a " Guarantor " and
collectively the " Guarantors "; Borrowers and Guarantors,
each a " Loan Party " and collectively the " Loan
Parties "), the financial institutions which are now or which
hereafter become a party hereto (collectively, the " Lenders
" and individually a " Lender "), PNC BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (" PNC "), as agent for Lenders (PNC, in such
capacity, " Agent "), PNC as " Swingline Lender " (as
hereafter defined), STEEL CITY CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC (" SCCF
"), as agent for Term B Lenders (SCCF, in such capacity, " Term
B Agent "), PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC., as sole lead arranger (in
such capacity, " Lead Arranger ") and SIEMENS FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC., as documentation agent (in such capacity, "
Documentation Agent ").
BACKGROUND
Loan Parties, Lenders and Agent entered into that certain Fourth
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of July 31, 2008 (as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term
Loan and Security Agreement and Waiver dated as of
November 14, 2008, and as further amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the " Fourth Restated Loan
Agreement ") pursuant to which Agent and Lenders provide
Borrowers with certain financial accommodations.
Loan Parties have requested Term B Lender to extend to certain
Borrowers term loans in the aggregate principal amount of
$25,000,000 (" Term B Loans "), the proceeds of which would
be utilized to repay (a) in full, the outstanding principal
balance of Term Loan A-Foreign, which
as of the date of this Agreement is
$2,041,319.57, and (b) a portion of the outstanding Revolving
Advances, with the concurrent reduction in the Maximum Revolving
Advance Amount from $100,000,000 to $77,041,319.57, subject to
further reduction as set forth in his Agreement. Term B Lender has
agreed to fund the Term B Loans as a "first-in last-out" Advance,
bearing interest at a rate appropriate to reflect market conditions
and risk as of the date hereof, allocable to and repayable by such
US Borrowers and Foreign Subsidiaries as set forth in this
Agreement. Loan Parties, Lenders and Agent have agreed to modify
the Fourth Restated Loan Agreement, inter alia , to provide
for the Term B Loans and to adjust all of the interest rates set
forth in the Fourth Restated Loan Agreement to reflect market
conditions and risk as of the date hereof upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, which constitutes
successful completion of the syndication efforts contemplated in
the Fee Letter, as defined in the Fourth Restated Loan Agreement,
and any and all flex provisions in such Fee Letter shall be
terminated and of no further force or effect.
Borrowers, Guarantor, Term B Lender, the other Lenders, Term B
Agent and Agent now wish to amend and restate the Fourth Restated
Loan Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
As of the date of this Agreement, the terms, conditions,
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained in
the Fourth Restated Loan Agreement shall be deemed amended and
restated in their entirety as follows and the Fourth Restated Loan
Agreement shall be consolidated with and into and superseded by
this Agreement; provided , however , that nothing
contained in this Agreement shall impair, limit or affect the Liens
heretofore granted, pledged and/or assigned to Agent and Lenders as
security for Borrowers’ Obligations to Lenders under the
Fourth Restated Loan Agreement.
IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and undertakings herein
contained, Borrowers, Lenders and Agent hereby agree as
follows:
1.1. Accounting Terms . As used in this
Agreement, the Note, or any certificate, report or other document
made or delivered pursuant to this Agreement, accounting terms not
defined in Section 1.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement and
accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.2 to the extent
not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
GAAP; provided, however, whenever such accounting terms are used
for the purposes of determining compliance with financial covenants
in this Agreement, such accounting terms shall be defined in
accordance with GAAP as applied in preparation of the audited
financial statements of SHC for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007.
1.2. General Terms . For purposes of this Agreement the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
" Accountants " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.7 hereof.
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" ACOF " shall mean Ares Corporate
Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
" Acquisition " shall mean the acquisition by SGS of 100%
of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of SHC
pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.
" Acquisition Agreement " shall mean the Agreement and
Plan of Merger by and among SGS (then known as Global BPO Services
Corp. (" Global BPO ")), River Acquisition Subsidiary Corp.
(a Delaware corporation which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Global BPO (" RASC ")) and SHC dated as of January 27,
2008, as amended and restated on June 2, 2008.
" Acquisition Closing Date " shall mean July 31,
2008.
" Advances " shall mean the Revolving Advances, Swingline
Advances, the Letters of Credit, as well as Term Loan A, Term Loan
B-US and Term Loan B-Foreign.
" Advance Rates " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(a) hereof.
" Affiliate " of any Person shall mean (a) any
Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such Person,
(b) any Person who is a director, managing member, general
partner or executive officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of
any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described
in clause (a) above, and (c) any fund or account managed
by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or
indirect, (x) to vote 10% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person,
or (y) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
" Agent " shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement and shall include its successors and
assigns.
" Agreement " shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
" Alternate Base Rate " shall mean, for any day, a rate
per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Base Rate in effect
on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Open Rate in effect on
such day plus 1
/ 2 of
1%, and (iii) the Daily LIBOR Rate on such day plus 100
basis points (1%). For purposes of this definition, "Daily LIBOR
Rate " shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum
determined by Agent by dividing (x) the Published Rate by
(y) a number equal to 1.00 minus the percentage
prescribed by the Federal Reserve for determining the maximum
reserve requirements with respect to any eurocurrency funding by
banks on such day. "Published Rate" shall mean the rate of interest
published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal "Money
Rates" listing under the caption "London Interbank Offered Rates"
for a one month period (or, if no such rate is published therein
for any reason, then the Published Rate shall be the eurodollar
rate for a one month period as published in another publication
determined by Agent).
" Amortizing Availability " shall mean, at any time of
determination, the sum equal to (a) $2,041,319.57 minus
(b) an amount equal to (i) $81,932 multiplied by
(ii) the number of months elapsed from the Closing Date to
such date of determination (but in no event shall Amortizing
Availability be less than zero).
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" Amortizing Revolving Advances " shall
mean, at any time of determination, all Revolving Advances not in
excess of the amount equal to the then applicable Amortizing
Availability.
" Anti-Terrorism Laws " shall mean any Laws relating to
terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order
No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act, the Laws comprising or
implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws administered by the
United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset
Control (as any of the foregoing Laws may from time to time be
amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).
" Applicable Law " shall mean all laws, rules and
regulations applicable to the Person, conduct, transaction,
covenant, Other Document or contract in question, including all
applicable common law and equitable principles; all provisions of
all applicable state, provincial, federal and foreign
constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Body, and all orders, judgments and decrees of all
courts and arbitrators.
" Applicable Margin " for each type of Advance shall
mean, as of the Closing Date, the applicable percentage specified
below:
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TYPE OF ADVANCE
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APPLICABLE
MARGIN
FOR DOMESTIC RATE
LOANS
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APPLICABLE
MARGIN
FOR EURODOLLAR
RATE LOANS
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Revolving Advances
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2.50
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%
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3.50
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%
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Term Loan A
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Term Loan B-US
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8.50
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%
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9.50
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%
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Term Loan B-Foreign
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8.50
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%
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9.50
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%
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Thereafter, effective as of the first Business
Day following receipt by Agent of the financial statements of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2008 required under Section 9.7, and
thereafter upon receipt of the quarterly financial statements of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis required under Section 9.8
for the previous fiscal quarter (each day of such delivery, an "
Adjustment Date "), the Applicable Margin for each type of
Advance shall be adjusted, if necessary, to the applicable percent
per annum set forth in the pricing table set forth below
corresponding to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the trailing
twelve month period ending on the last day of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter prior to the applicable Adjustment Date
(each such period, a " Calculation Period "):
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FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO
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APPLICABLE MARGINS FOR
DOMESTIC RATE LOANS
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APPLICABLE MARGINS FOR
EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS
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Revolving
Advances
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Term
Loan A
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Term B
Loans
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Revolving
Advances
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Term
Loan A
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Term B
Loans
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Less than 1.5 to 1.0
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2.50
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%
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3.00
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%
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8.50
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%
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3.50
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%
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4.00
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%
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9.50
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%
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1.5 to 1.0 or greater but less than 2.0 to
1.0
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2.25
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%
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2.75
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%
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8.50
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%
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3.25
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%
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3.75
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%
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9.50
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%
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2.0 to 1.0 or greater
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2.00
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%
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2.50
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%
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8.50
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%
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3.00
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%
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3.50
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%
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9.50
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%
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If Loan Parties shall fail to deliver the
financial statements, certificates and/or other information
required under Section 9.8 by the dates required pursuant to
such sections, each Applicable Margin shall be conclusively
presumed to equal the highest Applicable Margin specified in the
pricing table set forth above until the date of delivery of such
financial statements, certificates and/or other information, at
which time the rate will be adjusted based upon the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio as required hereunder.
If, as a result of any restatement of, or other adjustment to,
the financial statements of Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis or
for any other reason, Agent determines that (a) the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio as previously calculated as of any applicable
date was inaccurate, and (b) a proper calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in different pricing for
such period, then (i) if the proper calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for
such period, Borrowers shall automatically and retroactively be
obligated to pay to Agent, promptly upon demand by Agent, an amount
equal to the excess of the amount of interest that should have been
paid for such period over the amount of interest actually paid for
such period; and (ii) if the proper calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio would have resulted in lower pricing for such
period, Agent shall grant to Borrowers, on the first day of the
month following such determination, a credit in an amount equal to
the excess of the amount of interest actually paid for such period
over the amount of interest that should have been paid for such
period.
At all times, the Applicable Margin with respect to Amortizing
Revolving Advances shall be determined based upon the rate then
applicable to Term Loan A.
" Ares Fund " means Ares Management LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
" Ares Transaction " means the sale of 150,000 shares of
the preferred stock of SGS to ACOF as contemplated by the Ares
Transaction Agreement.
" Ares Transaction Agreement " means that certain
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2008,
by and between Global BPO and ACOF, as amended by that certain
Amendment No. 1 to Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as
of July 15, 2008, and that certain Amendment No. 2 to
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of July 17,
2008.
" Authority " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.19(d).
" Base Rate " shall mean the base commercial lending rate
of PNC as publicly announced to be in effect from time to time,
such rate to be adjusted automatically, without notice, on the
effective date of any change in such rate. This rate of interest is
determined from time to time by PNC as a means of pricing some
loans to its customers and is neither tied to any external rate of
interest or index nor does it necessarily reflect the lowest rate
of interest actually
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charged by PNC to any particular class or
category of customers of PNC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
purposes of calculating the Term Loan B Rate, in no event shall the
Base Rate be deemed to be below a 5.00% floor.
" Benefited Lender " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.20(d).
" Blocked Accounts " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.15(h).
" Blocked Person " shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 5.25(b).
" Borrower " or " Borrowers " shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and shall
extend to all permitted successors and assigns of such Persons.
" Borrowing Base Certificate " shall mean a certificate
duly executed by an officer of Borrowing Agent appropriately
completed and in substantially the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
" Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis " shall mean the
consolidation in accordance with GAAP of the accounts of SHC,
Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries.
" Borrowers’ Account " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.8.
" Borrowing Agent " shall mean SHC.
" Borrowing Group " shall mean, as the context indicates,
the US Borrowers taken as a whole and/or the Foreign Borrowers
taken as a whole.
" Business " shall mean outsourced customer relationship
management services, call center services, including, but not
limited to technical support and any business substantially
similar, related, incidental or complementary thereto.
" Business Day " shall mean any day other than Saturday
or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are
authorized or required by law to be closed for business in East
Brunswick, New Jersey and, if the applicable Business Day relates
to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, such day must also be a day on which
dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
" Canadian Blocked Accounts Agreement " shall mean the
Blocked Accounts Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2004, by and
among Agent, Stream Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia, as such
agreement may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time with the consent of Agent.
" Canadian Stock Pledge Agreement " shall mean the
agreement, dated as of June 23, 2004, pursuant to which Stream
pledged to Agent as Collateral for the Obligations 65% of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of Stream
Canada.
" Capital Expenditures " means, without duplication, all
expenditures (including deposits) with respect to the purchase
price of any fixed or capital assets (including capitalized leases)
or capital improvements, or for replacements, substitutions or
additions thereto, which have a useful life of more than one
year.
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" Capital Stock " shall mean any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however,
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation) including, without limitation, membership interests in
a limited liability company and any and all warrants, rights or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
" Cash Equivalents " shall mean: (a) marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case
maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition
thereof; (b) commercial paper maturing no more than 365 days
from the date issued (i) by any Lender (or its holding
company) or (ii) by any commercial bank if (A) such bank
has a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or
(B) its debt obligations, or those of a holding company of
which it is a subsidiary, have a rating of at least A-1 from
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or at least P-1
from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (c) certificates
of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within 365 days
from the date of issuance thereof issued by, or repurchase
agreements backed by United States governmental securities from
(i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof
or the District of Columbia having combined capital and surplus of
not less than $500,000,000 and whose debt obligations, or those of
a holding company of which it is a Subsidiary, are rated not less
than A (or the equivalent rating) by a nationally recognized
investment rating agency and not subject to setoff rights in favor
of such bank; and (d) United States money market funds that
invest solely in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United
States of America or an agency thereof.
" CERCLA " shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42
U.S.C. §§9601 et seq.
" Change of Ownership " shall mean (a) Ares Fund and
its Affiliates shall cease to hold at least an aggregate of three
(3) seats on the board of directors of SGS; (b) Ares Fund
and its Affiliates shall cease beneficially to own and control,
directly or indirectly, at least 51% of the issued and outstanding
voting stock of SGS; (c) SGS shall cease beneficially and of
record to own and control, directly or indirectly, at least 100% of
the aggregate voting power of the Capital Stock of SHC;
(d) SHC shall cease to own and control directly or indirectly
100% of the aggregate voting power of the Capital Stock of each
other Loan Party owned on the Closing Date other than SGS, free and
clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances); or
(e) other than as permitted by Section 7.1, any merger or
consolidation, in which the relevant Borrower is not the surviving
corporation, or sale of substantially all of the property or assets
of any Borrower.
" Charges " shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, imposts,
levies or other assessments, including, without limitation, all net
income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value
added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock,
license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security,
unemployment, excise, severance, stamp,
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occupation and property taxes, custom duties,
fees, assessments, liens, claims and charges of any kind
whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions
to tax or additional amounts, imposed by any taxing or other
authority, domestic or foreign (including, without limitation, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any environmental agency or
superfund), upon the Collateral, any Loan Party or any of its
Affiliates.
" CIR Obligations " shall mean and include any and all
contingent indemnification Obligations of any Loan Party under this
Agreement or any of the Other Documents for which no claim has been
asserted at the time of determination and reimbursement Obligations
of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any of the Other
Documents which at the time of determination are then not due,
payable or owing.
" Closing Date " shall mean January 8, 2009 or such
other date as may be agreed to by the parties hereto.
" Code " shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
" Collateral " shall mean and include:
(a) all Receivables;
(b) all Equipment;
(c) all General Intangibles;
(d) all Inventory;
(e) all Investment Property; provided, that this clause
(e) shall not include the equity interests in any Foreign
Subsidiary if such inclusion could reasonably be expected to
constitute a violation of applicable law or could reasonably be
expect to result in an adverse tax effect on any Loan Party;
(f) all Domestic Subsidiary Stock, all of the Capital Stock of
each of Stream BV and Stream Service BV, and 65% of the Capital
Stock of each of the other First Tier Foreign Subsidiaries;
provided, that this clause (f) shall not include the equity
interests in any Foreign Subsidiary if such inclusion could
reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of applicable law
or could reasonably be expect to result in an adverse tax effect on
any Loan Party;
(g) all of each Borrower’s right, title and interest in
and to, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever
located, (i) its respective goods and other property
including, but not limited to, all merchandise returned or rejected
by Customers, relating to or securing any of the Receivables;
(ii) all of each Borrower’s rights as a consignor, a
consignee, an unpaid vendor, mechanic, artisan, or other lienor,
including stoppage in transit, setoff, detinue, replevin,
reclamation and repurchase; (iii) all additional amounts due
to any Borrower from any Customer relating to the Receivables;
(iv) other property, including warranty claims, relating to
any goods securing this Agreement; (v) all of each
Borrower’s contract rights,
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rights of payment which have been earned under a
contract right, instruments (including promissory notes),
documents, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper),
warehouse receipts, deposit accounts, letters of credit, and money;
(vi) all commercial tort claims (whether now existing or
hereafter arising); (vii) if and when obtained by any
Borrower, all real and personal property of third parties in which
such Borrower has been granted a lien or security interest as
security for the payment or enforcement of Receivables;
(viii) all letter of credit rights (whether or not the
respective letter of credit is evidenced by a writing);
(ix) all supporting obligations; and (x) any other goods,
personal property or real property now owned or hereafter acquired
in which any Borrower has expressly granted a security interest or
may in the future grant a security interest to Agent hereunder, or
in any amendment or supplement hereto or thereto, or under any
other agreement between Agent and any Borrower;
(h) all of each Borrower’s ledger sheets, ledger cards,
files, correspondence, records, books of account, business papers,
computers, computer software (owned by Borrower or in which it has
an interest), computer programs, tapes, disks and documents
relating to (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this
Paragraph;
(i) all money, bank accounts, certificates of deposit and
anything constituting a "deposit account" (as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code); and
(j) all proceeds and products of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
(g), (h) or (i) in whatever form, including, but not
limited to: cash, deposit accounts (whether or not comprised solely
of proceeds), certificates of deposit, insurance proceeds
(including hazard, flood and credit insurance), negotiable
instruments and other instruments for the payment of money, chattel
paper, security agreements, documents, eminent domain proceeds,
condemnation proceeds and tort claim proceeds.
" Collective Commitment Percentage " as to any Lender
shall mean the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the
numerator of which is (i) (A) the Commitment Percentage
of such Lender times (B) the sum of (x) the
Maximum Revolving Advance Amount and (y) the then unpaid
principal balance of Term Loan A, plus
(ii) (A) the Term Loan B Commitment Percentage of such
Lender times (B) the then outstanding principal balance
of Term Loan B, and (b) the denominator of which is the sum of
(i) the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount plus the
(ii) unpaid principal balances of the Term Loans.
" Commitment Percentage " of any Lender, with respect to
Advances other than the Term B Loans, shall mean the percentage set
forth opposite the heading "Commitment Percentage" below such
Lender’s name on the signature page hereto, as same may be
adjusted after the Closing Date upon the effective date of any
assignment by a Lender pursuant to Section 17.3(b) hereof.
" Commitment Transfer Supplement " shall mean a document
in the form of Exhibit 17.3 hereto, properly completed and
otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Agent by which the
Purchasing Lender purchases and assumes a portion of the obligation
of Lenders to make Advances under this Agreement.
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" Company Transaction Fees " shall mean
the meaning ascribed to such term in the Acquisition
Agreement.
" Consents " shall mean all filings and all licenses,
permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and
orders of governmental authorities and other third parties,
domestic or foreign, necessary to carry on any Borrower’s
business, including, without limitation, any Consents required
under all applicable federal, state or other applicable law.
" Contract Rate " shall mean, as applicable, the
Revolving Interest Rate, the Swingline Advance Rate, the Term Loan
A Rate or the Term Loan B Rate.
" Controlled Group " shall mean all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together
with any Loan Party, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
" Customer " shall mean and include the account debtor
with respect to any Receivable and/or the prospective purchaser of
goods, services or both with respect to any contract or contract
right, and/or any party who enters into or proposes to enter into
any contract or other arrangement with any Borrower, pursuant to
which such Borrower is to deliver any personal property or perform
any services.
" Deed of Undisclosed Pledge of Receivables " shall mean,
severally and collectively, (a) the deed of undisclosed pledge
of receivables among Stream BV and Agent dated March 22, 2006,
(b) the deed of undisclosed pledge of receivables among Stream
BV, Stream Service BV and Agent dated on or about July 31,
2008, and (c) the deed of undisclosed pledge of receivables
among Stream BV and Agent dated on or about January 8,
2009.
" Deed of Disclosed Pledge of Bank Accounts " shall mean,
severally and collectively, (a) the deed of disclosed pledge
of bank accounts among Stream BV and Agent dated March 22,
2006, (b) the deed of disclosed pledge of bank accounts dated
on or about July 31, 2008 among Stream BV, Stream Service BV
and Agent, and (c) the deed of disclosed pledge of bank
accounts dated on or about January 8, 2009 among Stream BV and
Agent.
" Deed of Pledge of Shares " shall mean, severally and
collectively, (a) the deed of pledge of shares dated
March 22, 2006 among Stream BV, Agent and Stream, pursuant to
which Stream pledges to Agent as Collateral for the Parallel Debt
US 65% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of
Stream BV, (b) the deed of pledge of shares dated on or about
July 31, 2008 among Stream BV, Agent and Stream, pursuant to
which Stream pledges to Agent as Collateral for the Parallel Debt
US 65% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of
Stream BV, and (c) the deed of pledge of shares dated on or
about January 8, 2009 among Stream BV, Agent and Stream,
pursuant to which Stream pledges to Agent as Collateral for the
Parallel Debt US and the Parallel Debt Foreign 100% of the issued
and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of Stream BV.
" Deed of Pledge of Bermuda Shares " shall mean
(a) the deed of pledge of shares dated on or about
July 31, 2008 among Stream Service BV, Agent and Stream
Bermuda, pursuant to which Stream Bermuda pledges to Agent as
Collateral for the Parallel Debt Foreign
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65% of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Capital Stock of Stream Service BV, and (b) the deed of pledge
of shares dated on or about January 8, 2009 among Stream
Service BV, Agent and Stream Bermuda, pursuant to which Stream
Bermuda pledges to Agent as Collateral for the Parallel Debt
Foreign the remaining 35% of the issued and outstanding shares of
the Capital Stock of Stream Service BV.
" Default " shall mean an event, circumstance or
condition which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
" Default Rate " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1 hereof.
" Defaulting Lender " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.23(a) hereof.
" Documentation Agent " shall have the meaning set forth
in the preamble to this Agreement and shall include its successors
and assigns.
" Documents " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1(c) hereof.
" Dollar " and the sign " $ " shall mean lawful
money of the United States of America.
" Dollar Equivalent " means, at the date of
determination, the amount of Dollars that Agent could purchase, in
accordance with its normal practice, (a) with a specified
amount of Canadian Dollars based on the Bank of Canada 12:00 Noon
spot rate on such date and (b) with a specified amount of
pounds sterling or Euros based upon the "New York spot rate"
published in the Wall Street Journal on the immediately preceding
Business Day.
" Domestic Rate Loan " shall mean any Advance that bears
interest based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
" Domestic Subsidiary Stock " shall mean all of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock owned by each
Loan Party of a Subsidiary formed under the laws of any state of
the United States of America.
" Dutch Security Agreements " shall mean the Deed of
Disclosed Pledge of Bank Accounts, the Deed of Pledge of Shares and
the Deed of Undisclosed Pledge of Receivables, including any
Supplemental Pledge (as defined in the Deed of Undisclosed Pledge
of Receivables) and the Deed of Pledge of Bermuda Shares.
" Earnings Before Interest and Taxes " shall mean for any
period (x) the sum of (i) net income (or loss) of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for such period (excluding
extraordinary gains and losses), plus (ii) all interest
expense of Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for such period, net
of amounts determined under GAAP to be interest expense but
attributable to the amortization of the lease market reserve of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis, plus (iii) all
charges against income of Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for
such period for federal, state, local and foreign taxes (which, for
avoidance of doubt, shall not include sales taxes, payroll taxes or
any other employee-related taxes which are collected or incurred
by
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Borrowers and then remitted to the applicable
taxing authorities) accrued for such period, plus all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Borrowers and not capitalized in
connection with this Agreement and with the Fourth Restated Loan
Agreement (but in no event shall such addition for expenses
incurred in connection with the Fourth Restated Loan Agreement be
applicable to any period commencing after more than one year from
the Acquisition Closing Date), (iv) plus any proceeds
received by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any
business interruption insurance policy, plus (v) for
each calculation with respect to a period ending during calendar
year 2008, all severance costs and expenses, all restructuring
charges and all fees and expenses incurred and expensed during such
period (and not capitalized) in connection with or related to the
Acquisition or to the Ares Transaction, including without
limitation all Company Transaction Fees, not to exceed, in the
aggregate, the sum of (a) $7,000,000 plus
(b) amounts which have been incurred and expensed during such
period but funded by SGS in a subsequent period, less (y) to
the extent not netted out in the determination of interest expense
in clause (x)(ii) of this definition, interest income of Borrowers
on a Consolidated Basis for such period.
" EBITDA " shall mean for any period the sum of
(i) Earnings Before Interest and Taxes for such period
plus (ii) depreciation expenses for such period,
plus (iii) amortization expenses for such period,
plus (iv) without duplication of any of the foregoing,
one time Non-Cash Expenses during such period, less any non-cash
gains during such period.
" ECE Ireland " shall mean ECE EMEA Limited, an Irish
corporation, which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of SFI.
" Eligible Foreign Receivables " shall mean and include,
with respect to Stream Canada, Stream UK and Stream Service BV, the
invoice amount, net of all goods and services, harmonized taxes and
sales taxes (which shall be the Dollar Equivalent at such time of
any amount denominated in a currency other than Dollars) owing on
each account of such Person (after deducting any credit balance,
returns, trade discounts, unapplied cash, unbilled amounts or
retention or finance charges), of each Receivable of Stream Canada,
Stream UK or Stream Service BV, as applicable, arising in the
ordinary course of such Foreign Borrower’s business (which
are not rendered ineligible by any of the criteria contained in
this definition). A Receivable of a Foreign Borrower shall not be
deemed eligible unless such Receivable is subject to Agent’s
first priority perfected security interest and no other Lien (other
than Permitted Encumbrances), and is evidenced by an invoice or
other documentary evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent. In
addition, no Receivable of a Foreign Borrower shall be an Eligible
Foreign Receivable if:
(a) it arises out of a sale made by any Foreign Borrower to an
Affiliate or to a Person controlled by an Affiliate of any Loan
Party (provided that sales to portfolio companies and Affiliates of
Ares Capital Management LLC shall not be excluded by virtue of this
clause (a) unless such exclusion would be applicable without
regard to such entities’ or their respective
Affiliates’ relationship with SGS);
(b) it is due and unpaid more than ninety (90) days after
the original invoice date;
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(c) fifty percent (50%) or more of the
Receivables from such Customer are due and unpaid more than the
applicable time period set forth in clause
(b) above;
(d) any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement with respect to such Receivable has been breached;
(e) the Customer shall (i) apply for, suffer, or consent to
the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property or call a meeting of its
creditors, (ii) admit in writing its inability, or be
generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease
operations of its present business, (iii) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) commence a
voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now
or hereafter in effect), (v) be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, (vi) file a petition seeking to take advantage of
any other law providing for the relief of debtors,
(vii) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, any petition
which is filed against it in any involuntary case under such
bankruptcy laws, or (viii) take any action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(f) the sale or service is to a Customer outside the country in
which such Foreign Borrower is located except, (1) in the case
of Stream Service BV, if such Customer is located in the European
Union or the United States of America and either (i) the
governing law and the jurisdiction clause set forth in the contract
which gave rise to the respective Receivable is Netherlands law and
the Dutch competent court, respectively, or (ii) Agent has
obtained a legal opinion from counsel in the country in which such
Customer is located (which such counsel and such opinion shall be
reasonably acceptable to Agent) that Agent has a perfected security
interest in such Receivable enforceable in the country in which
such Customer is located and/or such relevant country in which such
Customer is located would enforce a judgment against such Customer
which is obtained in the governing law jurisdiction set forth in
the contract which gave rise to the respective Receivable and
(2) in the case of Stream UK, if such Customer is located in
the European Union or the United States of America and Agent has
obtained a legal opinion from counsel in the country in which such
Customer is located (which such counsel and such opinion shall be
reasonably acceptable to Agent) that Agent has a perfected security
interest in such Receivable enforceable in the country in which
such Customer is located and/or such relevant country in which such
Customer is located would enforce a judgment against such Customer
which is obtained in the governing law jurisdiction set forth in
the contract which gave rise to the respective Receivable;
(g) Agent believes, in its sole credit judgment, exercised in
good faith, that collection of such Receivable is insecure or that
such Receivable may not be paid by reason of the Customer’s
financial inability to pay;
(h) the obligor of such account is a state, commonwealth,
provincial, federal, foreign, territorial, or other court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality other than the federal government of the United
States of America, the federal government of Canada or the
government of any province or territory of Canada or political
subdivision thereof, and then only to the extent that the Borrower
has complied in all respects with the relevant provisions of the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act of
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1940 (for a US account debtor) or the Financial
Administration Act (Canada) or similar provincial or territorial
legislation or municipal ordinance of similar purpose (for a
Canadian account debtor);
(i) the goods giving rise to such Receivable have not been
shipped to the Customer or the services giving rise to such
Receivable have not been performed by the applicable Foreign
Borrower or the Receivable otherwise does not represent a final
sale or the providing of services;
(j) the Receivables of the Customer exceed a credit limit
determined by Agent, in its sole credit judgment, exercised in good
faith, to the extent such Receivable exceeds such limit;
(k) the Customer (i) is also the applicable Foreign
Borrower’s supplier or creditor and the Receivable is or may
become subject to any right of setoff by the Customer, and such
Customer has not entered into an agreement with Agent with respect
to the waiver of rights of setoff which is in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, or (ii) has disputed liability with
respect to such Receivable or asserted any defense or made any
claim with respect to any other Receivable due from such Customer
to such Loan Party, in which cases the Receivable shall be
ineligible to the extent of (A) such setoff with respect to
which an agreement as described in clause(i) above is not in
effect, (B) such dispute or (C) such defense or
claim;
(l) the applicable Foreign Borrower has made any agreement with
any Customer for any deduction therefrom, except for discounts or
allowances made in the ordinary course of business for prompt
payment, all of which discounts or allowances are reflected in the
calculation of the face value of each respective invoice related
thereto;
(m) any return, rejection or repossession of the merchandise has
occurred or the rendition of services has been disputed;
(n) such Receivable is not payable to a Foreign Borrower; or
(o) such Receivable is not otherwise satisfactory to Agent, as
determined in good faith by Agent in the exercise of its discretion
in a reasonable manner.
" Eligible Reserves " shall mean the aggregate of
(a) the Swap Reserve (if any), (b) the Undrawn
Availability Reserve, and (c) such other amounts as Agent, in
its sole credit judgment exercised in good faith, may from time to
time establish, with substantially contemporaneous notice to
Borrowing Agent, to reflect risks or contingencies which may affect
its ability to realize upon any Collateral including, without
limitation, with respect to Priority Payables (which, as of the
Closing Date, is in the approximate amount of $1,540,000) with
respect to Stream Canada or pursuant to Section 6.14.
" Eligible Unbilled Foreign Receivables " shall mean and
include all Receivables of Stream Canada, Stream UK or Stream
Service BV which would otherwise be considered Eligible Foreign
Receivables but are not Eligible Foreign Receivables because they
are not evidenced by an invoice or other documentary evidence,
provided that such Eligible Foreign
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Receivables have been accrued and remain unbilled
not more than forty-five (45) days from the earlier of
(a) the date the related service was performed or (b) the
date the revenue was accrued by such Foreign Borrower.
" Eligible Unbilled US Receivables " shall mean and
include all Receivables of any US Borrower which would otherwise be
considered Eligible US Receivables but are not Eligible US
Receivables because they are not evidenced by an invoice or other
documentary evidence, provided that such Eligible US Receivables
have been accrued and remain unbilled not more than forty-five
(45) days from the earlier of (a) the date the related
service was performed or (b) the date the revenue was accrued
by such US Borrower.
" Eligible US Receivables " shall mean and include with
respect to each US Borrower, each Receivable of such US Borrower
arising in the ordinary course of such US Borrower’s business
(which are not rendered ineligible by any of the criteria contained
in this definition). A Receivable shall not be deemed eligible
unless such Receivable is subject to Agent’s first priority
perfected security interest and no other Lien (other than Permitted
Encumbrances), and is evidenced by an invoice or other documentary
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent. In addition, no
Receivable shall be an Eligible Receivable if:
(a) it arises out of a sale made by any US Borrower to an
Affiliate or to a Person controlled by an Affiliate of any Loan
Party (provided that sales to portfolio companies and Affiliates of
Ares Capital Management LLC shall not be excluded by virtue of this
clause (a) unless such exclusion would be applicable without
regard to such entities’ or their respective
Affiliates’ relationship with SGS);
(b) it is due and unpaid more than ninety (90) days after
the original invoice date;
(c) fifty percent (50%) or more of the Receivables from
such Customer are due and unpaid more than the applicable time
period set forth in clause (b) above;
(d) any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement with respect to such Receivable has been breached;
(e) the Customer shall (i) apply for, suffer, or consent to
the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property or call a meeting of its
creditors, (ii) admit in writing its inability, or be
generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease
operations of its present business, (iii) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) commence a
voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now
or hereafter in effect), (v) be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, (vi) file a petition seeking to take advantage of
any other law providing for the relief of debtors,
(vii) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, any petition
which is filed against it in any involuntary case under such
bankruptcy laws, or (viii) take any action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(f) the sale or service is to a Customer outside the United
States of America, unless (i) in the case of Stream BV, if
such Customer is located in the European Union
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and either (1) the governing law and the
jurisdiction clause set forth in the contract which gave rise to
the respective Receivable is Netherlands law and the Dutch
competent court, respectively, or (2) Agent has obtained a
legal opinion from counsel in the country in which such Customer is
located (which such counsel and such opinion shall be reasonably
acceptable to Agent) that Agent has a perfected security interest
in such Receivable enforceable in the country in which such
Customer is located and/or such relevant country in which such
Customer is located would enforce a judgment against such Customer
which is obtained in the governing law jurisdiction set forth in
the contract which gave rise to the respective Receivable,
(ii) the sale or service is on letter of credit, guaranty or
acceptance terms, in each case reasonably acceptable to Agent in
its sole discretion, (iii) payment for such sale or service is
to be received from a Customer domiciled in the United States of
America or (iv) (1) the Customer of Stream with respect
to Stream’s Receivable is located in France, (2) payment
of Stream’s Receivable is covered by credit insurance issued
to Stream in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and
collaterally assigned to Agent and (3) Agent, for the benefit
of the Lenders, has obtained a pledge over Stream’s
Receivable, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent,
enforceable under French law and provided, further, that
(A) any Revolving Advance based upon a Receivable described in
this clause (f)(iv) shall not exceed 85% of the Dollar Equivalent
of the insured value thereof, as provided by the credit insurance
described in clause (f)(iv)(2) hereof (which, for the avoidance of
doubt means, for example, that if a Receivable of Stream is payable
in francs, the Dollar Equivalent of which is $1,000, and Stream has
obtained credit insurance therefor for 90% of the value thereof, or
$900, Revolving Lenders may make a Revolving Advance based thereon
in the sum of $765 (i.e. 85% of $900)), and (B) the total
amount of Revolving Advances based upon this clause (f)(iv),
together with any and all Unbilled Receivables with respect to
which the Customer is located in France, shall not exceed the sum
of $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(g) Agent believes, in its sole credit judgment, exercised in
good faith, that collection of such Receivable is insecure or that
such Receivable may not be paid by reason of the Customer’s
financial inability to pay;
(h) the Customer is the United States of America, any state or
any department, agency or instrumentality of any of them, unless
the applicable US Borrower assigns its right to payment of such
Receivable to Agent pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of
1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. Sub-Section 3727 et seq. and 41
U.S.C. Sub-Section 15 et seq.) or has otherwise complied with
other applicable statutes or ordinances;
(i) the goods giving rise to such Receivable have not been
shipped to the Customer or the services giving rise to such
Receivable have not been performed by the applicable US Borrower or
the Receivable otherwise does not represent a final sale or the
providing of services;
(j) the Receivables of the Customer exceed a credit limit
determined by Agent, in its sole credit judgment, exercised in good
faith, to the extent such Receivable exceeds such limit;
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(k) the Customer (i) is also the applicable
US Borrower’s supplier or creditor and the Receivable is or
may become subject to any right of setoff by the Customer, and such
Customer has not entered into an agreement with Agent with respect
to the waiver of rights of setoff which is in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, or (ii) has disputed liability with
respect to such Receivable or asserted any defense or made any
claim with respect to any other Receivable due from such Customer
to such Loan Party, in which cases the Receivable shall be
ineligible to the extent of (A) such setoff with respect to
which an agreement as described in clause(i) above is not in
effect, (B) such dispute or (C) such defense or
claim;
(l) the applicable US Borrower has made any agreement with any
Customer for any deduction therefrom, except for discounts or
allowances made in the ordinary course of business for prompt
payment, all of which discounts or allowances are reflected in the
calculation of the face value of each respective invoice related
thereto;
(m) any return, rejection or repossession of the merchandise has
occurred or the rendition of services has been disputed;
(n) such Receivable is not payable to a US Borrower; or
(o) such Receivable is not otherwise satisfactory to Agent, as
determined in good faith by Agent in the exercise of its discretion
in a reasonable manner.
" Environmental Complaint " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.
" Environmental Laws " shall mean all foreign, federal,
state, provincial and local environmental, land use, zoning,
health, chemical use, safety and sanitation laws, statutes,
ordinances and codes relating to the protection of the environment
and/or governing the use, storage, treatment, generation,
transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of
Hazardous Substances and the rules, regulations, interpretations,
decisions, orders and directives of federal, state and local
governmental agencies and authorities with respect thereto.
" Equipment " shall mean and include, as to each
Borrower, all of such Borrower’s goods (other than Inventory)
whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located
including, without limitation, all equipment, machinery, apparatus,
motor vehicles, fittings, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, parts,
accessories and all replacements and substitutions therefor or
accessions thereto.
" ERISA " shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
" Euro " or " EUR " shall mean the single currency
introduced in the third stage of economic and monetary union
pursuant to the treaty establishing the European Union, as amended
from time to time.
" Eurodollar Rate " shall mean for any Eurodollar Rate
Loan for the then current Interest Period relating thereto the
interest rate per annum determined by Agent by dividing (i)
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the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page
BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays
rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in
the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted
by another source selected by Agent which has been approved by the
British Bankers’ Association as an authorized information
vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which US dollar
deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank
deposit market (an "Alternative Source"), at approximately 11:00
a.m. London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period (or if there shall at any time, for any
reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute
page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate
determined by Agent at such time (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error)) for an amount comparable to such
Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a borrowing date and a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period by (ii) a number equal to
1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage.
The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan that is outstanding on the effective date of
any change in the Reserve Percentage as of such effective date.
Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrowing Agent of the
Eurodollar Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith,
which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of calculating the
Term Loan B Rate, in no event shall the Eurodollar Rate be deemed
to be below a 4.00% floor.
" Eurodollar Rate Loan " shall mean an Advance at any
time that bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.
" Event of Default " shall mean the occurrence and
continuance of any of the events set forth in Article X hereof
which has not been waived in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
" Excluded Foreign Entities " shall mean all Foreign
Subsidiaries of SHC that are not Loan Parties.
" Excluded SGS Entities " shall mean each of SGS and any
Subsidiaries of SGS that are not Subsidiaries of SHC.
" Executive Order No. 13224 " shall mean the
Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective
September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter
be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
" Extraordinary Receipts " shall mean any cash received
by the Loan Parties (other than SGS) not in the ordinary course of
business (and not consisting of proceeds described in Sections
2.21(a) or (b)) on account of (a) foreign, United States,
state or local tax refunds received by SHC and its Subsidiaries in
any calendar year in excess of the aggregate amount of tax payments
made by SHC and its Subsidiaries during such year ("Excess
Refunds"), provided that the aggregate amount of Excess Refunds for
such year exceeds $1,000,000 (in which case, for purposes of
clarification, the Excess Refunds for a calendar year shall be
considered Extraordinary Receipts only if the Excess Refunds for
such calendar year exceed $1,000,000 in
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which case the entire amount of Excess Refunds,
and not just the amount of Excess Refunds which exceeds $1,000,000,
shall be considered Extraordinary Receipts), (b) proceeds of
insurance in respect of any casualty loss or destruction, excluding
proceeds of business interruption insurance, (c) judgments,
proceeds of settlements or other consideration of any kind in
connection with any cause of action (to the extent not representing
reimbursement made to the Loan Parties (other than SGS) for actual
losses or damages incurred or paid (including any reasonably
estimated lost profits, receipts or revenues) by the Loan Parties),
and (d) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Extraordinary Receipts shall not
include, and shall specifically exclude, monies received from any
escrow accounts.
" Federal Funds Open Rate " shall mean, for any day, the
rate per annum determined by Agent in accordance with its usual
procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error) to be the Open Rate for federal funds transactions as of the
opening of business for federal funds transactions among members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on
such day, as quoted by Garvin Guybutler, any successor entity
thereto, or any other broker selected by Agent, as set forth on the
applicable Telerate display page; provided , however
, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open
Rate for such day shall be the Open Rate on the immediately
preceding Business Day, or if no such rate shall be quoted by a
federal funds broker at such time, such other rate as determined by
Agent in accordance with its usual procedures.
" Fee Letter " shall mean, collectively, (a) that
certain second amended and restated fee letter dated as of the
Closing Date between SGS, Agent and Lead Arranger and (b) that
certain fee letter dated as of the Closing Date between SGS, Term B
Agent, Agent and Lead Arranger.
" First Tier Foreign Subsidiaries " shall mean and
include Stream Canada, Stream UK, Stream BV, Stream Service BV,
Stream Germany, ECE Ireland, Stream Bermuda, Stream Italy, Stream
Spain, Stream Poland, Stream Sweden, and, in the sole discretion of
Agent or Term B Agent, any other corporation or limited liability
entity incorporated outside of the United States of America which
is directly owned by a US Borrower or SHC; provided ,
however , solely to the extent that Borrowers inform Agent
and Term B Agent within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date
(or thirty (30) days of such later date that Agent or Term B
Agent requests the inclusion of any other Foreign Subsidiary as a
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary) that the pledge of the equity
interests in such Foreign Subsidiary to Agent which could
reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of applicable law
or which could reasonably be expected to result in an adverse tax
effect on any Loan Party, such affected Foreign Subsidiary shall
not be considered a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary for any purpose
under this Agreement.
" Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio " shall mean and include,
with respect to any fiscal period, the ratio of
(a) (i) EBITDA, minus (ii) Unfinanced
Capitalized Expenditures made during such period, minus
(iii) cash taxes (other than sales taxes, payroll taxes or any
other employee-related taxes which are collected or incurred by
Borrowers and then remitted to the applicable taxing authorities)
due and payable during such period, minus (iv) cash
dividends or other distributions made by SHC during such period, to
(b) all Senior Debt Payments during such period.
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" Foreign Borrowers " shall mean, subject
to the provisions of Sections 16.3 and 16.4 hereof, jointly and
severally, Stream Germany, Stream Service BV, Stream Canada and
Stream UK.
" Foreign Formula Amount " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1(c).
" Foreign Loan Party " shall mean, collectively, Foreign
Borrowers and Stream BV.
" Foreign Obligations " shall mean the aggregate of
(a) the Obligations of each of the Foreign Borrowers and
(b) the Obligations of the Guarantors under Section 15,
to the extent they relate to the Obligations of the Foreign
Borrowers, each as they may exist from time to time, other than the
Parallel Debt Foreign.
" Foreign Security Agreements " shall mean and include,
jointly and severally (subject to Sections 16.3 and 16.4 hereof),
(a) the Pledge of Receivables, (b) the General Security
Agreement and the Canadian Stock Pledge Agreement, (c) the
Northern Ireland Security Agreements, (d) the German Security
Agreements and (e) the Dutch Security Agreements.
" Foreign Subsidiaries " shall mean and include ECE
Ireland, Stream Bermuda, Stream Italy, Stream BV, Stream Service
BV, Stream UK, Stream Germany, Stream India, Stream Spain, Stream
Canada, Stream Sweden, Stream Mauritius Ltd., a company organized
under the laws of Mauritius, Stream Tunisia S.A.R.L., a company
organized under the laws of Tunisia, Stream Poland, Stream
International Bulgaria EOOD, a company organized under the laws of
Bulgaria, Stream International Costa Rica, S.A., a company
organized under the laws of Costa Rica and Stream Ireland Limited,
a company organized under the laws of Ireland, Stream Global
Services El Salvador SA de CA, a company organized under the laws
of El Salvador, Stream Philippines and Infowavz International
Private Limited, company organized under the laws of India.
" Formula Amount " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(a).
" Fourth Restated Loan Agreement " shall have the meaning
set forth in the Background paragraphs of this Agreement.
" GAAP " shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America in effect from time to
time.
" General Intangibles " shall mean and include, as to
each Borrower, all of such Borrower’s general intangibles,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired including, without
limitation, all payment intangibles, choses in action, causes of
action, commercial tort claims, corporate or other business
records, inventions, designs, patents, patent applications,
equipment formulations, manufacturing procedures, quality control
procedures, trademarks, service marks,
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trade secrets, goodwill, copyrights, design
rights, software, computer information, source codes, codes,
records and updates, registrations, licenses, franchises, customer
lists, tax refunds, tax refund claims, computer programs, and
computer software, all claims under guaranties, security interests
or other security held by or granted to such Borrower to secure
payment of any of the Receivables by a Customer (other than to the
extent covered by Receivables) all rights of indemnification and
all other intangible property of every kind and nature (other than
Receivables).
" General Security Agreement " shall mean the Amended and
Restated General Security Agreement dated as of June 23, 2004
executed by Stream Canada in favor of Agent, as reaffirmed by
(a) Reaffirmation of Amended and Restated General Security
Agreement dated as of May 31, 2006, (b) Reaffirmation of
Amended and Restated General Security Agreement dated as of
July 31, 2008, and (c) Reaffirmation of Amended and
Restated General Security Agreement dated as of January 8,
2009.
" German Security Agreements " shall mean, jointly and
severally, the (i) Share Pledge Agreement dated June 25,
2004 between Stream, Agent and the Lenders, as reaffirmed by
Reaffirmation of Share Pledge Agreement dated as of May 31,
2006, Confirmation of Share Pledge Agreement dated on or about
August 8, 2008, and Confirmation of Share Pledge Agreement
dated on or about January 8, 2009, (ii) Global Assignment
Agreement between Stream Germany, as assignor, and Agent, as
assignee dated July 14, 2004, and (iii) Bank Account
Assignment and Control Agreement between Stream Germany, as
assignor, and Agent, as assignee, dated as of July 14, 2004
and governed by German law, each of (ii) and (iii) above
as reaffirmed by Confirmation of Assignment Agreements dated on or
about July 31, 2008 and by Confirmation of Assignment
Agreements dated on or about January 8, 2009.
" Global BPO " shall have the meaning set forth in the
definition of the term "Acquisition Agreement".
" Governmental Acts " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.17.
" Governmental Body " shall mean any nation or
government, any state, province or other political subdivision
thereof or any entity exercising the legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to a
government.
" Guarantor " shall mean (a) the Persons identified
as Guarantors in the first paragraph of this Agreement, their
respective permitted successors and assigns, (b) each of the
US Borrowers, with respect to all Obligations at any time due and
owing by any of the Loan Parties, (c) subject to the
provisions of Sections 16.3 and 16.4, each of the Foreign
Borrowers, with respect to all Obligations at any time due and
owing by any of the other Foreign Borrowers, and (d) any other
Person who may hereafter guarantee payment or performance of the
whole or any part of the Obligations and "Guarantors" means
collectively all such Persons.
" Guarantor Security Agreement " shall mean the Stock
Pledge Agreement and any other security agreement executed by any
Guarantor in favor of Agent securing the Guaranty of such
Guarantor.
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" Guaranty " shall mean the guaranty set
forth in Article XV of this Agreement and any other guaranty of the
obligations of any Borrower executed by a Guarantor in favor of
Agent for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of
Lenders.
" Hazardous Discharge " shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 4.19(d) hereof.
" Hazardous Substance " shall mean, without limitation,
any flammable explosives, radon, radioactive materials, asbestos,
urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls,
petroleum and petroleum products, methane, hazardous materials,
Hazardous Wastes, hazardous or Toxic Substances or related
materials as defined in CERCLA, the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, et seq.),
RCRA, Articles 15 and 27 of the New York State Environmental
Conservation Law or any other applicable Environmental Law and in
the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
" Hazardous Wastes " shall mean all waste materials
subject to regulation under CERCLA, RCRA or applicable state law,
or any similar foreign laws, whether national or local, and any
other applicable federal, state or provincial laws now in force or
hereafter enacted relating to hazardous waste disposal.
" Indebtedness ", with respect to any Person, means,
without duplication, the obligations of such Person for:
(a) borrowed money (including commercial paper and revolving
credit line borrowings), or which is evidenced by bonds, debentures
or notes or extensions of credit, whether or not representing
obligations for borrowed money (other than trade, payroll and taxes
payable):
(b) the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such
Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of business but including all liabilities created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to any such property);
(c) indebtedness of any other Person secured by any Lien
existing on property owned by such Person (whether or not such
liabilities have been assumed);
(d) capitalized leases of such Person;
(e) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or instruments
serving a similar function issued or accepted by banks and other
financial institutions for the account of such Person; and
(f) any Guaranty of such Person or any obligation or liability
of another Person of the types listed in clause (a) through
clause (e) of this definition of Indebtedness.
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" Ineligible Security " shall mean any
security which may not be underwritten or dealt in by member banks
of the Federal Reserve System under Section 16 of the Banking
Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. Section 24, Seventh), as
amended.
" Interest Period " shall mean the period provided for
any Eurodollar Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(b).
" Inventory " shall mean and include, as to each
Borrower, all of such Borrower’s now owned or hereafter
acquired goods, merchandise and other personal property, wherever
located, to be furnished under any consignment arrangement,
contract of service or held for sale or lease, all raw materials,
work in process, finished goods and materials and supplies of any
kind, nature or description which are or might be used or consumed
in such Borrower’s business or used in selling or furnishing
such goods, merchandise and other personal property, and all
documents of title or other documents representing them.
" Investment Property " shall mean and include as to each
Borrower all of such Borrower’s now owned or hereafter
acquired securities (whether certificated or uncertificated),
securities entitlements, securities accounts, commodities contracts
and commodities accounts.
" Issuer " or " Issuing Bank " shall mean any
Person who issues a Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms
hereof.
" Lead Arranger " shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement and shall include its successors and
assigns.
" Lender " and " Lenders " shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Agreement and shall
include each Person which becomes a transferee, successor or assign
of any Lender. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
"Lender" or "Lenders" includes "Swingline Lender" and each "Term B
Lender".
" Letter of Credit Application " shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.10(a).
" Letter of Credit Borrowing " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.12(d).
" Letter of Credit Fees " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.2(a).
" Letter of Credit Sublimit " shall mean, on the Closing
Date, $20,000,000, subject to increase, from time to time, by Agent
in its sole and absolute discretion following written request by
Borrowing Agent to Agent and the obtaining of credit approval with
respect thereto by each Revolving Lender from its credit
committee.
" Letters of Credit " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9.
" Lien " shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (whether
statutory or otherwise), charge, claim or encumbrance, or
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement held or asserted in respect of any asset of any kind or
nature whatsoever including, without
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limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or
agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction.
" Loan Party " shall mean, individually, each Borrower
and each Guarantor, and "Loan Parties" shall mean, collectively,
Borrowers and Guarantors.
" Material Adverse Effect " shall mean a material adverse
effect on (a) the condition, operations, assets or business of
the Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis, (b) the ability of the
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis to pay the Obligations owed by
such Borrowers in accordance with the terms thereof,
(c) Agent’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of
any such Lien (it being understood that the existence of Permitted
Encumbrances in and of itself shall not be deemed to have a
Material Adverse Effect) or (d) the practical realization of
the benefits of Agent’s and each Lender’s rights and
remedies under this Agreement and the Other Documents.
" Maximum Face Amount " shall mean with respect to any
Letter of Credit, the face amount of such Letter of Credit
including all automatic increases provided for in such Letter of
Credit, whether or not any such automatic increase has become
effective.
"Maximum Foreign Revolving Advance Amount " shall mean at
any time of determination the sum of (x) $15,000,000
plus (y) Amortizing Availability; provided ,
however , that, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.1(d), the maximum outstanding principal amount of
Revolving Advances at any time shall not exceed
(a) $10,000,000 with respect to Stream Canada or
(b) $5,000,000 with respect to Stream UK.
" Maximum Revolving Advance Amount " shall mean at any
time of determination the sum of (x) $75,000,000 plus
(y) Amortizing Availability; provided , however
, that (a) when such term is used with respect solely to US
Borrowers it shall mean the Maximum US Revolving Advance Amount and
when used with respect solely to Foreign Borrowers it shall mean
the Maximum Foreign Revolving Advance Amount and (b) the
maximum outstanding principal amount of Revolving Advances at any
time shall not exceed the sum of (x) $50,000,000 plus
(y) Amortizing Availability with respect to Stream BV.
" Maximum Undrawn Amount " shall mean with respect to any
outstanding Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
that is or may become available to be drawn, including all
automatic increases provided for in such Letter of Credit, whether
or not any such automatic increase has become effective.
" Maximum US Revolving Advance Amount " shall mean
$75,000,000.
" Multiemployer Plan " shall mean a "multiemployer plan"
as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
" Net Proceeds " shall mean, if in connection with
(a) an asset disposition, cash proceeds net of
(i) reasonable commissions, brokers’ fees, legal,
accounting and professionals’ fees and other reasonable and
customary transaction costs, fees and expenses properly
attributable to such transaction and payable by such Loan Party in
connection therewith (in each
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case, paid to non-Affiliates), (ii) transfer
or similar taxes paid in connection therewith, (iii) amounts
payable to holders of senior Liens on such asset (to the extent
such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances hereunder) and not
assumed by the applicable purchaser, if any, and (iv) cash
taxes paid in connection therewith, (b) the issuance or
incurrence of Indebtedness, cash proceeds net of attorneys’
fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees,
underwriting discounts, fees and commissions and other customary
fees, costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith,
or (c) an equity issuance, cash proceeds net of reasonable
underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs
paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. In the case of
clause (a) above, Net Proceeds shall exclude any non-cash
proceeds received from any sale or other disposition of assets, but
shall include such proceeds when and as converted by any Loan Party
to cash or other immediately available funds.
" Non-Cash Expenses " shall mean, with respect to any
period, depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles) and other non-cash expenses of
Borrowers on a Consolidated Basis for such period, which shall
include (a) non-cash equity compensation to employees and
(b) unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses (including
without limitation by and among Loan Parties in accordance with
ongoing business practices in the ordinary course of business).
" Northern Ireland Charge on Shares " shall mean
(together) the agreements, dated as of July 14, 2004 and as of
January 8, 2009, respectively, pursuant to which Stream
charged to Agent as Collateral for its Obligations 65% of the
issued share capital of Stream UK.
" Northern Ireland Debenture " shall mean (together) the
agreements, dated as of July 14, 2004 and as of
January 8, 2009, pursuant to which Stream UK charged to Agent
as Collateral for its Obligations all its undertaking, property and
assets, present and future.
" Northern Ireland Fixed Charges " shall mean the Fixed
Charge on Book Debts owing to Stream Germany by Dell Computer GmbH,
dated as of July 14, 2004, as confirmed by that certain
Confirmation of Assignment Agreements between Stream Germany and
Agent dated on or about July 31, 2008 and that certain
Confirmation of Assignment Agreements between Stream Germany and
Agent dated on or about January 8, 2009.
" Northern Ireland Security Agreements " shall mean the
Northern Ireland Charge on Shares, the Northern Ireland Fixed
Charges, the Northern Ireland Debenture and each letter of
confirmation relating thereto.
" Notes " shall mean, collectively, the Term Notes, the
Swingline Note and the Revolving Credit Note.
" Obligations " shall mean and include any and all loans,
advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties
owing by any Loan Party to Agent, Term B Agent, any Lender, any
Affiliate of any Lender, any Issuer, or any Affiliate of Agent, any
Lender or any Issuer (any of the foregoing, an "Obligee") of any
kind or nature, present or future (including, without limitation,
any interest accruing thereon after maturity, or after the filing
of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding
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relating to any Loan Party, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding), arising under this Agreement or the Other Documents,
or under any Swap Contract with any Obligee, including, without
limitation, in connection with any extension of credit, opening of
a Letter of Credit, loan or guarantee, or other similar agreement,
or in any other manner, whether arising out of overdrafts or
deposit or other accounts or electronic funds transfers (whether
through automated clearing houses or otherwise) or out of any
Obligee’s non-receipt of or inability to collect funds or
otherwise not being made whole in connection with depository
transfer check or other similar arrangements, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assignment or participation),
absolute or contingent, joint or several (subject to the provisions
of Sections 16.3 and 16.4 hereof), due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising, liquidated or unliquidated,
including, but not limited to, any and all of each Loan
Party’s Indebtedness and/or liabilities under this Agreement,
the Other Documents, any Swap Contract, or under any amendments,
extensions, renewals or increases of any of the foregoing
agreements, documents or contracts, and, to the extent reimbursable
or payable by any Loan Party under this Agreement of any Other
Document, all costs and expenses of any Obligee incurred in the
documentation, negotiation, modification, enforcement, collection
or otherwise in connection with any of the foregoing, including but
not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and
all obligations of any Loan Party to any Obligee to perform acts or
refrain from taking any action.
" Other Documents " shall mean, the Notes, the Fee
Letter, each of the Foreign Security Agreements, the Questionnaire,
each Guaranty, each Guarantor Security Agreement, and any and all
other agreements, instruments and written contractual obligations,
including, without limitation, guaranties, pledges and powers of
attorney, heretofore, now or hereafter executed by Loan Parties or
any Loan Party and/or delivered to Agent or any Lender in respect
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
" Overadvance " shall mean, at any time, any outstanding
Revolving Advances in excess of the lesser of the Formula Amount
and the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount.
" Parallel Debt Foreign " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.5(a).
" Parallel Debt US " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 16.6(a).
" Parent " of any Person shall mean a corporation or
other entity owning, directly or indirectly at least 50% of the
shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the directors of the Person, or other
Persons performing similar functions for any such Person.
" Participant " shall mean each Person who shall be
granted the right by any Lender to participate in any of the
Advances and who shall have entered into a participation agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to such Lender.
" Participant Register " shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 17.3(f).
" Participation Advance " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.12(d).
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" Participation Commitment " shall mean
each Revolving Lender’s obligation to buy a participation of
the Letters of Credit issued hereunder.
" Payment Office " shall mean initially Two Tower Center
Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816; thereafter, such other
office of Agent, if any, which it may designate by notice to
Borrowing Agent and to each Lender to be the Payment Office.
" PBGC " shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
" Pension Benefit Plan " shall mean any employee benefit
plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA, maintained
for employees of any Loan Party or any member of the Controlled
Group or any such plan to which any Loan Party or any member of the
Controlled Group is required to contribute on behalf of any of its
employees.
" Permitted Encumbrances " shall mean (a) Liens in
favor of Agent for the benefit of Agent, Term B Agent and Lenders;
(b) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which proper reserves have been
taken by the applicable Borrower; provided, that, the Lien shall
have no effect on the priority of the Liens in favor of Agent or
the value of the assets in which Agent has such a Lien and a stay
of enforcement of any such Lien shall be in effect;
(c) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under
worker’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or
under unemployment insurance; (d) deposits or pledges to
secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the
payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary
course of any Borrower’s business; (e) judgment Liens
that have been stayed or bonded and mechanics’,
workers’, materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in
the ordinary course of any Borrower’s business with respect
to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in
good faith by such Borrower; (f) Liens placed upon fixed
assets hereafter acquired to secure a portion of the purchase price
thereof, provided that (x) any such lien shall not encumber
any other property of such Borrower and (y) the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens incurred as a result
of such purchases during any fiscal year shall not exceed the
amount provided for in Section 7.6; (g) landlord’s
liens to the extent that same are not required to be waived
pursuant to Section 4.2(ii); (h) Liens upon the assets of
any of the Excluded Foreign Entities securing any Indebtedness
incurred in accordance with Section 7.8(v), (i) Liens
disclosed on Schedule 1.2 ; (j) Liens with respect to
the Escrow Fund (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) and
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness as contemplated by
Section 7.5(d).
" Permitted Swap Obligations " means all obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of a Borrower existing or arising under
Swap Contracts to which a Lender is a counterparty, provided that
each of the following criteria is satisfied: (a) such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the
ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating
risks associated with liabilities, commitments or assets held or
reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of
securities issued by such Person in conjunction with a securities
repurchase program not otherwise prohibited hereunder, and not for
purposes of speculation or taking a "market view;" and
(b) such Swap Contracts do not contain any provision
("walk-away" provision) exonerating the non-defaulting party from
its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the
defaulting party.
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" Person " shall mean any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation,
joint venture, entity or government (whether federal, state,
provincial, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including any
instrumentality, division, agency, body or department
thereof).
" Plan " shall mean any employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained for employees of
any Loan Party or any member of the Controlled Group or any such
Plan to which any Loan Party or any member of the Controlled Group
is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
" Pledge of Receivables " shall mean that certain Amended
and Restated Pledge of Receivables dated as of June 23, 2004
executed by SHC and Stream in favor of Agent with respect to
Stream’s Receivables due and owing from Customers located in
France, as from time to time hereafter further amended, modified or
supplemented.
" Pre-Closing Business Plan " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.5 hereof.
" Priority Payables " means, with respect to any Person,
any amount payable by such Person which is secured by a Lien in
favor of a Governmental Authority which ranks or is capable of
ranking prior to or pari passu with the Liens created by this
Agreement or the Other Documents in respect of any Eligible
Accounts or Eligible Inventory, including, without limitation,
amounts owing for wages, vacation pay, severance pay, employee
deductions, sales tax, excise tax, tax payable pursuant to Part IX
of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (net of GST input credits), income
tax, workers compensation, government royalties, pension fund
obligations, overdue rents or taxes, applicable amounts included in
the "categories of preferential debts" pursuant to The Insolvency
(Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (such as amounts constituting
remuneration of employees as described in such law), and other
statutory or other claims under applicable foreign law that have or
may have priority over such Liens created by this Agreement or the
Other Documents.
" Purchase Price " shall mean the meaning ascribed to
such term in the Acquisition Agreement.
" Purchasing Lender " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.3(c) hereof.
" Questionnaire " shall mean each Documentation
Information Questionnaire furnished by Agent to Borrowers and the
responses thereto provided by Loan Parties and delivered to
Agent.
" RASC " shall have the meaning set forth in the second
background paragraph of this Agreement.
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" RCRA " shall mean the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.,
as same may be amended from time to time.
" Real Property " shall mean all of each Borrower’s
right, title and interest in and to all leased premises of
Borrowers, including, without limitation, those leased as of the
date of this Agreement, all of which are identified on Schedule
4.19 .
" Receivables " shall mean and include, as to each
Borrower, all of such Borrower’s accounts, contract rights,
instruments (including those evidencing indebtedness owed to each
Borrower by its Affiliates), documents, chattel paper (including
electronic chattel paper), general intangibles relating to
accounts, drafts and acceptances, credit card receivables, and all
other forms of obligations owing to any Borrower arising out of or
in connection with the sale or lease of Inventory or the rendition
of services, all supporting obligations, guarantees and other
security therefor, whether secured or unsecured, now existing or
hereafter created, and whether or not specifically sold or assigned
to Agent hereunder.
" Receivables Advance Rate " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1(a)(y)(i) hereof.
" Register " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.3(e) hereof.
" Reimbursement Obligation " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.12(b) hereof.
" Release " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.7(c)(i) hereof.
" Reportable Event " shall mean a reportable event
described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
" Required Lenders " shall mean Lenders holding at least
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the Collective Commitment
Percentages.
" Required Revolving Lenders " shall mean Lenders holding
at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) (provided that such percentage shall
be fifty-one percent (51%) for purposes of
Section 8.2(b)) of the Commitment Percentages (exclusive of
Commitment Percentages on account of Term B Loans and without
regard to any Swingline Advances or commitments with respect
thereto).
" Reserve Percentage " shall mean the maximum effective
percentage in effect on any day as prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
determining the reserve requirements (including, without
limitation, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve
requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding.
" Revolving Advances " shall mean the Advances made other
than the Letters of Credit, Swingline Advances and the Term
Loans.
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" Revolving Credit Note " shall mean,
collectively, the promissory notes referred to in
Section 2.1(a) hereof, as any such Note may hereafter be
amended or supplemented, and/or amended and restated, from time to
time.
" Revolving Interest Rate " shall mean, with respect to
Revolving Advances other than Amortizing Revolving Advances, an
interest rate per annum equal to (a) the sum of the Alternate
Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin with respect to
Domestic Rate Loans, or (b) the sum of the Eurodollar Rate
plus the Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar Rate
Loans.
" Revolving Lenders " shall mean each Lender having a
Commitment Percentage in excess of 0%.
" Section 20 Subsidiary " shall mean the Subsidiary of
the bank holding company controlling PNC, which Subsidiary has been
granted authority by the Federal Reserve Board to underwrite and
deal in certain Ineligible Securities.
" Senior Debt Payments " shall mean and include all cash
actually expended by Borrowers to make (a) interest payments
on any Advances hereunder, plus (b) scheduled principal
payments on Term Loan A, plus (c) payments for all
fees, commissions and charges set forth herein and with respect to
any Advances, except for closing fees with respect to this
Agreement, plus (d) capitalized lease payments,
plus (e) payments with respect to any other
Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than (x) the prepayment
in full on or about July 31, 2008 of Indebtedness incurred by
US Borrowers pursuant to a certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as
of July 30, 2004 (as amended, the "Sankaty Agreement") by and
among US Borrowers, Sankaty Credit Opportunities, L.P., Sankaty
High Yield Partners II L.P., Sankaty High Yield Partners III, L.P.,
RGIP LLC and other lenders and (y) interest payments with
respect to amounts under or in connection with the Sankaty
Agreement), minus (f) interest expense associated with
lease-related reserves.
" Settlement " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(c) hereof.
" Settlement Date " shall mean the Closing Date and
thereafter Wednesday of each week unless such day is not a Business
Day in which case it shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
" Stock Pledge Agreement " shall mean jointly and
severally, (a) the Second Amended and Restated Stock Pledge
Agreement dated as of June 23, 2004, as reaffirmed by
Reaffirmation of Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated
as of May 31, 2006, Reaffirmation of Second Amended and
Restated Stock Pledge Agreement dated as of July 31, 2008, and
Reaffirmation of Second Amended and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement
dated as of January 8, 2009, pursuant to which SHC pledged to
Agent as Collateral for the Obligations 100% of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of SFI, Stream and SNY, and
65% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of
Stream Italy and Stream Bermuda, (b) the Amended and Restated
Stock Pledge Agreement dated as of January 8, 2009 (as may be
amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time)
pursuant to which Stream pledged to Agent as Collateral for the
Obligations 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Capital Stock of Stream Nevada and 65% of the issued and
outstanding shares of
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the Capital Stock of Stream Sweden, Stream Spain
and Stream Poland, (c) the Stock Pledge Agreement dated as of
January 8, 2009 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time) pursuant to which Stream Florida
pledged to Agent as Collateral for the Obligations 65% of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Capital Stock of ECE Ireland,
(d) the Deed of Pledge of Shares pursuant to which Stream
cumulatively pledged to Agent as Collateral for the Parallel Debt
US and the Parallel Debt Foreign 100% of the issued and outstanding
shares of the Capital Stock of Stream BV and (e) the
respective Foreign Security Agreements pursuant to which Stream
(or, in the case of Stream Service BV, Stream Bermuda) pledged to
Agent as Collateral 65% (or, in the case of Stream BV and Stream
Service BV, 100%) of the Capital Stock of each of Stream Canada,
Stream UK, Stream Germany, Stream BV and Stream Service BV;
provided , however , that to the extent that the
equity interests of a Foreign Subsidiary pledged pursuant to any of
the forgoing is a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary as defined on the
Closing Date, but ceases to be a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary as a
result of application of the proviso to the definition of First
Tier Foreign Subsidiaries (or it is determined to limit the pledge
thereof to a reduced percentage), the applicable Stock Pledge
Agreement shall be promptly amended, as of the Closing Date, to
exclude (or reduce, as necessary) the pledge of such Foreign
Subsidiary’s equity interests.
" Stream Bermuda " shall mean Stream International
(Bermuda) Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Bermuda.
" Stream BV " shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
" Stream Germany Security " shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.4(a) hereof.
" Stream India " shall mean Stream International Services
Private Limited (formerly known as Stream Tracmail Private
Limited), a company organized under the laws of India.
" Stream Italy " shall mean Stream Italy S.r.l. (formerly
known as Solectron Global Services Italy S.r.l.), a company
organized under the laws of Italy.
" Stream Nevada " shall mean, Stream International, Inc.,
a Nevada corporation.
" Stream Philippines " shall mean Stream International GS
(Philippines) Inc., a company organized under the laws of the
Philippines.
" Stream Poland " shall mean Stream International Sp.
Z.O.D. (Poland), a company organized under the laws of Poland.
" Stream Service BV " shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
" Stream Spain " shall mean Stream Servicios de Apoyo
Informatico S.L., a company organized under the laws of Spain.
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" Stream Sweden " shall mean Stream
International Nordic AB, a company organized under the laws of
Sweden.
" Subordinated SGS Note " shall mean that certain
Subordinated Intercompany Revolving Promissory Note dated
August 8, 2008 in the original principal amount of $50,000,000
made jointly and severally by SHC and Stream to the order of SGS
which is due and payable on August 7, 2013, as such Note may
be amended, restated or otherwise modified with the prior consent
of Agent and Term B Agent.
" Subsidiary " shall mean a corporation or other entity
of whose shares of stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power (other than stock or other ownership
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the directors of such
corporation, or other Persons performing similar functions for such
entity, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
" Swap Contract " means any agreement, whether or not in
writing, relating to any transaction that is a rate swap, basis
swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option,
equity or equity index swap or option, bond, note or bill option,
interest rate option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap,
collar or floor transaction, currency swap, cross-currency rate
swap, swaption, currency option or any other, similar transaction
(including any option to enter into any of the foregoing) or any
combination of the foregoing, and, unless the context otherwise
clearly requires, any master agreement relating to or governing any
or all of the foregoing.
" Swap Reserve " means, as of any date of determination
by Agent in its sole discretion that it desires to implement a Swap
Reserve, the lesser of (a) $250,000 and (b) the amount of
reserves that Agent has established (based upon the swap
provider’s reasonable determination of the credit exposure in
respect of then extant Permitted Swap Obligations; it being
understood that if there are no Permitted Swap Obligations, the
amount of reserves shall be zero) in respect of Permitted Swap
Obligations then provided or outstanding; provided
that , in order to qualify as a Swap Reserve, such reserve
must be established on or substantially contemporaneous with the
date that the relevant Lender or its Affiliate provides the
applicable Swap Contract.
" Swingline Advance " has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(a) hereof.
" Swingline Advance Rate " shall mean an interest rate
per annum equal to the (i) Alternate Base Rate, plus
(ii) the Applicable Margin with respect to Domestic Rate
Loans.
" Swingline Lender " shall mean PNC, in its capacity as
Lender of the Swingline Advances.
" Swingline Note " shall mean the promissory note
described in Section 2.5(c) hereof.
" Term " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1 hereof.
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" Term A Notes " shall mean, collectively,
the Term Notes which evidence Term Loan A.
" Term B Agent " shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
" Term B Lender " shall mean and include each Lender
having a Term Loan B Commitment Percentage in excess of 0%.
" Term B Loans " shall mean, collectively, the Term Loan
B-US and the Term Loan B-Foreign.
" Term B Notes " shall mean, collectively, the Term Notes
which evidence the Term B Loans.
" Term Loan A " shall mean the Advances made to US
Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Fourth Restated Loan
Agreement (and defined therein as Term Loan A-US) and described in
Section 2.4(a) hereof.
" Term Loan A-Foreign " shall mean the Advances made to
Foreign Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Fourth
Restated Loan Agreement.
" Term Loan B-US " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(b) hereof.
" Term Loan B-Foreign " shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.4(b) hereof.
" Term Loan A Rate " shall mean, with respect to Term
Loan A and Amortizing Revolving Advances, an interest rate per
annum equal to (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate
plus the Applicable Margin with respect to Domestic Rate
Loans or (b) the sum of the Eurodollar Rate plus the
Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans.
" Term Loan B Rate " shall mean, with respect to the Term
B Loans, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the sum of
the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin with
respect to Domestic Rate Loans or (b) the sum of the
Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin with respect to
Eurodollar Rate Loans.
" Term Loan B Commitment Percentage " of any Lender with
respect to the Term B Loans shall mean the percentage set forth
opposite the heading "Term Loan B Commitment Percentage" below such
Lender’s name on the signature page hereto, as same may be
adjusted after the Closing Date upon the effective date of any
assignment by a Lender pursuant to Section 17.3(b) hereof.
" Term Loans " shall mean, collectively, Term Loan A and
the Term B Loans.
" Term Notes " shall mean, collectively, the promissory
notes referred to in Section 2.4 hereof, as any such Note may
hereafter be amended or supplemented, and/or amended and restated
from time to time.
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" Termination Event " shall mean
(i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Benefit
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of any
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group from a Pension
Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan during a plan year in which such
entity was a "substantial employer" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (iii) the providing of
notice of intent to terminate a Pension Benefit Plan in a distress
termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA;
(iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a
Pension Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (v) any event or
condition (a) which might constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Benefit Plan or
Multiemployer Plan, or (b) that may result in termination of a
Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA; or
(vi) the partial or complete withdrawal within the meaning of
Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, of Borrower or any member of the
Controlled Group from a Multiemployer Plan.
" Toxic Substance " shall mean and include any material
present on the Real Property which has been shown to have
significant adverse effect on human health or which is subject to
regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C.
§§ 2601 et seq., applicable state law, or any other
applicable federal or state laws now in force or hereafter enacted
relating to toxic substances. "Toxic Substance" includes but is not
limited to asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and
lead-based paints. A
" Transferee " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.3(b) hereof.
" Unbilled Receivables " shall mean all Receivables which
have been earned by the applicable Borrower but which have not been
billed to the Customer; provided , however , that
with respect to any Unbilled Receivables where the Customer of
Stream is located in France, (A) any Revolving Advance based
thereupon shall not exceed 85% of the Dollar Equivalent of the
insured value thereof, and (B) the total amount of Revolving
Advances based upon Unbilled Receivables from Customers located in
France, together with any and all Receivables with respect to which
the Customer is located in France, shall not exceed the sum of
$10,000,000 at any one time outstanding. A
" Undrawn Availability " at a particular date shall mean
an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Formula
Amount or (ii) the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount,
minus (b) the sum of (i) the outstanding amount of
Advances (other than the Term Loans) plus (ii) all
amounts due and owing to any Borrower’s trade creditors which
are sixty (60) or more days past due, (unless a longer period
is customary with respect to the applicable Borrower’s
relationship with any such trade creditor) plus
(iii) fees and expenses pursuant to this Agreement or the
Other Documents for which any Borrower is liable but which have not
been paid or charged to Borrowers’ Account.
" Undrawn Availability Reserve " shall mean an Eligible
Reserve in an amount equal to $10,000,000.
" Unfinanced Capital Expenditures " shall mean all
Capital Expenditures of Borrowers other than those made utilizing
(a) financing provided by the applicable seller or third party
lenders, (b) cash equity investments received by Borrowers
within the twelve (12) months preceding the making of any
Capital Expenditures utilizing such funds, or (c) cash
reimbursed by landlords or customers. For the avoidance of doubt,
Capital Expenditures made by any Borrower utilizing Revolving
Advances shall be deemed Unfinanced Capital Expenditures.
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" USA Patriot Act " shall mean the Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56,
as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended,
amended or replaced.
" US Borrowers " shall mean, jointly and severally, SFI,
Stream, SNY and Stream BV.
" US Formula Amount " shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(b).
" US Obligations " shall mean the aggregate of the
Obligations of each of the US Borrowers as they may exist from time
to time, other than (a) the Foreign Obligations, (b) the
Parallel Debt Foreign and (c) the Parallel Debt US.
" Week " shall mean the time period commencing with the
opening of business on a Wednesday and ending on the end of
business the following Tuesday.
1.3. Uniform Commercial Code Terms . All terms used
herein and defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the
State of New York from time to time shall have the meaning given
therein unless otherwise defined herein. To the extent the
definition of any category or type of Collateral is expanded by any
amendment, modification or revision to the Uniform Commercial Code,
such expanded definition will apply automatically as of the date of
such amendment, modification or revision. With respect to Stream
Canada, any reference to the Uniform Commercial Code shall be
deemed to mean the Personal Property Security Act of the relevant
province.
1.4. Certain Matters of Construction . The terms
"herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
section, paragraph or subdivision. All references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement. Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all
genders. Wherever appropriate in the context, terms used herein in
the singular also include the plural and vice versa. All references
to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of
same and any successor statutes and regulations. Unless otherwise
provided, all references to any instruments or agreements to which
Agent is a party, including references to any of the Other
Documents, shall include any and all modifications or amendments
thereto and any and all extensions or renewals thereof. All
references herein to the time of day shall mean the time in New
York, New York. Whenever the words "including" or "include" shall
be used, such words shall be understood to mean "including, without
limitation" or "include, without limitation". A Default or Event of
Default shall be deemed to exist at all times during the period
commencing on the date that such Default or Event of Default occurs
to the date on which such Default or Event of Default is waived in
writing pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of a Default, is
cured within any period of cure expressly provided for in this
Agreement; and an Event of Default shall "continue" or be
"continuing" until such Event of Default has been waived in writing
by the
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Required Lenders. References herein to the phrase
"upon the occurrence of an Event of Default" (or words of similar
effect) shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "and during
the continuation thereof". Any Lien referred to in this Agreement
or any of the Other Documents as having been created in favor of
Agent, any agreement entered into by Agent pursuant to this
Agreement or any of the Other Documents, any payment made by or to
or funds received by Agent pursuant to or as contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the Other Documents, or any act taken or
omitted to be taken by Agent, shall, unless otherwise expressly
provided, be created, entered into, made or received, or taken or
omitted, for the benefit or account of Agent and Lenders. Wherever
the phrase "to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge" or words of
similar import relating to the knowledge or the awareness of any
Borrower are used in this Agreement or Other Documents, such phrase
shall mean and refer to (i) the actual knowledge of a senior
officer of any Borrower or (ii) the knowledge that a senior
officer would have obtained if he had engaged in good faith and
diligent performance of his duties, including the making of such
reasonably specific inquiries as may be necessary of the employees
or agents of such Borrower and a good faith attempt to ascertain
the existence or accuracy of the matter to which such phrase
relates. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect
so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any
of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an
exception to, or otherwise within the limitations of, another
covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a default if such action
is taken or condition exists. In addition, all representations and
warranties hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a
particular representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is
breached, the fact that another representation or warranty
concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not
breached will not affect the incorrectness of a breach of a
representation or warranty hereunder. With respect to each Foreign
Borrower, any reference to "state" shall be deemed to mean the
corresponding local equivalent and any reference to "federal" shall
be deemed to be a reference to the applicable country or other
national political unit so that, for example, with respect to
Stream Canada, any reference to "state" shall be deemed to mean
"province" and any reference to "federal" shall be deemed to be a
reference to "Canada".
2.1. Advances, Payments .
(a) Revolving Advances . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement including, without
limitation, Sections 2.1(b), (c) and (d), each Revolving
Lender, severally and not jointly, will make Revolving Advances to
Borrowers in aggregate amounts outstanding at any time equal to
such Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the lesser
of (x) the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount minus the
sum of (1) the aggregate outstanding Swingline Advances
plus (2) the aggregate Maximum Undrawn Amount of
outstanding Letters of Credit and (y) the Formula Amount. The
"Formula Amount" shall at all times be an amount equal to the
Dollar Equivalent of the sum of the following:
(i) 85%, subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2.1(d) hereof (" Receivables Advance Rate "),
of Eligible US Receivables and Eligible Foreign Receivables (except
that with respect to Eligible US Receivables due Stream BV from
Customers located outside of the European Union, Canada
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or the United States of America, the Receivables
Advance Rate shall be 50%), and Eligible Foreign Receivables
(except that with respect to Eligible Foreign Receivables due
Stream Service BV from Customers located outside of the European
Union, Canada or the United States of America, the Receivables
Advance Rate shall be 50%), plus
(ii) the lesser of (A) an amount equal to 75% of the
aggregate value of Eligible US Receivables, Eligible Foreign
Receivables, Eligible Unbilled US Receivables and Eligible Unbilled
Foreign Receivables and (B) an amount equal to 85%, subject to
adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1(d) hereof
(" Unbilled Receivables Advance Rate "), of the value of the
Eligible Unbilled US Receivables and Eligible Unbilled Foreign
Receivables (except that with respect to Eligible Unbilled US
Receivables due Stream BV from Customers located outside of the
European Union, Canada or the United States of America, the
Unbilled Receivables Advance Rate shall be 50%), and Eligible
Unbilled Foreign Receivables (except that with respect to Eligible
Unbilled Foreign Receivables due Stream Service BV from Customers
located outside of the European Union, Canada or the United States
of America, the Unbilled Receivables Advance Rate shall be 50%)
(the Receivables Advance Rate and the Unbilled Receivables Advance
Rate shall be referred to collectively, as the " Advance
Rates "), plus
(iii) Amortizing Availability, minus
(iv) the aggregate Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding Letters
of Credit, minus
(v) any Eligible Reserves, minus
(vi) the outstanding Swingline Advances, minus
(vii) the outstanding principal balance of the Term B Loans.
The Revolving Advances shall be evidenced by secured promissory
notes (which may be amended and restated promissory notes), issued
by the US Borrowers with respect to their Revolving Advances and
issued by the Foreign Borrowers with respect to their Revolving
Advances (collectively, the " Revolving Credit Note ")
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1-US
and 2.1-F .
(b) US Borrowing Group Sublimit . Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 2.1(a), and in addition to the
discretionary rights set forth in Section 2.1(d) with respect
to further limitations on any particular Borrower or Borrowers, in
no event may the Revolving Advances to US Borrowers exceed the
lesser of (x) the sum of (A) the Maximum US Revolving
Advance Amount minus (B) the sum of (1) the
aggregate outstanding Swingline Advances plus (2) the
aggregate Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding Letters of Credit
plus (3) the aggregate outstanding Revolving Advances
to Foreign Borrowers or (y) an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) the Receivables Advance Rate of Eligible US Receivables,
plus
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(ii) the lesser of (A) an amount equal to
75% of the aggregate value of Eligible US Receivables and Eligible
Unbilled US Receivables and (B) an amount equal to 85% of the
Unbilled Receivables Advance Rate of the value of the Eligible
Unbilled US Receivables, minus
(iii) the aggregate Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding
Letters of Credit, minus
(iv) any Eligible Reserves (established with respect to
(A) Revolving Advances made to US Borrowers and
(B) Permitted Swap Obligations incurred by, or allocated to,
US Borrowers), minus
(v) the outstanding Swingline Advances, minus
(vi) outstanding Revolving Advances to Foreign Borrowers,
minus
(vii) the outstanding principal balance of the Term B Loans.
The amount derived from (x) the sum of Sections
2.1(b)(y)(i) and (ii) minus (y) the sum of
Sections 2.1(b)(y)(iii) (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) at any
time and from time to time shall be referred to as the " US
Formula Amount ".
(c) Foreign Borrowing Group Sublimit . Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.1(a), and in addition to the
discretionary rights set forth in Section 2.1(d) with respect
to further limitations on any particular Borrower or Borrowers, in
no event may the Revolving Advances to Foreign Borrowers exceed the
lesser of (x) the Maximum Foreign Revolving Advance Amount or
(y) the Dollar Equivalent of an amount equal to the sum
of:
(i) the Receivables Advance Rate of Eligible Foreign
Receivables, plus
(ii) the lesser of (A) an amount equal to 75% of the
aggregate value of Eligible Foreign Receivables and Eligible
Unbilled Foreign Receivables and (B) an amount equal to 85% of
the Unbilled Receivables Advance Rate of the value of the Eligible
Unbilled Foreign Receivables, plus
(iii) Amortizing Availability, minus
(iv) any Eligible Reserves (established with respect to
(A) Revolving Advances made to Foreign Borrowers and
(B) Permitted Swap Obligations incurred by, or allocated to,
Foreign Borrowers), minus
(v) the outstanding principal balance of Term Loan
B-Foreign.
The amount derived from (x) the sum of Sections
2.1(c)(y)(i), (ii) and (iii) minus (y) the
sum of Section 2.1(b)(y)(iv) and (v) at any time and from
time to time shall be referred to as the " Foreign Formula
Amount ".
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(d) Discretionary Rights . The Advance
Rates may be increased (subject to the provisions of
Section 17.2(b) of this Agreement) or decreased by Agent at
any time and from time to time in the exercise of its reasonable
discretion. Each Borrower consents to any such increases or
decreases and acknowledges that decreasing the Advance Rates or
increasing the Eligible Reserves may limit or restrict Advances
requested by Borrowing Agent. Agent shall give Borrowing Agent five
(5) days prior written notice of its intention to decrease the
Advance Rates. In addition to the limitations set forth in the
definition of "Maximum Foreign Revolving Advance Amount", which
such limitations may be increased (subject to the provisions of
Section 17.2(b) of this Agreement) or decreased by Agent at
any time and from time to time in the exercise of its reasonable
discretion subject to the approval of Required Revolving Lenders,
from time to time Agent may, upon five (5) Business Days prior
written notice to Borrowing Agent of its intention to do so, but
only after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default
or Event of Default or if Agent reasonably believes that an event
or condition has occurred which is likely to result in or have a
Material Adverse Effect, impose any other maximum revolving advance
amount for any particular Borrower or group of Borrowers and/or
limit the maximum Dollar amount of Revolving Loans which may be
extended to any individual Borrower or group of
Borrowers.
(e) Minimum Dutch Borrowing . The minimum first borrowing
from any Lender to Stream BV or Stream Service BV shall at all
times be at least EUR 50,000, its Dollar Equivalent or its
equivalent in other foreign currency.
2.2. Procedure for Borrowing Advances .
(a) Borrowing Agent on behalf of any Borrower may notify Agent
prior to 12:30 p.m. on a Business Day of a Borrower’s request
to incur, on that day, a Revolving Advance hereunder, and
specifying which Borrower, or Borrowing Group, is to incur such
Revolving Advance. Should any amount required to be paid as
interest hereunder, or as fees or other charges under this
Agreement or any other agreement with Agent or Lenders, or with
respect to any other Obligation, become due, same shall be deemed a
request for a Revolving Advance on behalf of the relevant Borrower
or Borrowing Group as of the date such payment is due, in the
amount required to pay in full such interest, fee, charge or
Obligation under this Agreement or any other agreement with Agent
or Lenders, and such request shall be irrevocable; provided
, however , that unless an Event of Default has occurred
which is then continuing, Agent shall provide Borrowing Agent on
behalf of any Borrower with thirty (30) days notice of its
intention to effectuate payments to third parties for fees and
expenses incurred in the administration of the credit facility
established under this Agreement, together with a copy of the
related invoice, and Borrowing Agent may elect to pay such invoices
directly to the applicable third party payee thereof and, if
applicable, shall advise Agent of such election, and shall make
such payments within such thirty (30) day period.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) above, in the
event any Borrower desires to obtain a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
Borrowing Agent shall give Agent at least three (3) Business
Days’ prior written notice submitted on or before 10:00 a.m.,
specifying (i) the date of the proposed borrowing (which shall
be a Business Day), (ii) the type of borrowing (i.e.
Eurodollar Rate Loan, Domestic Rate Loan and/or Swingline Advance)
and the amount on the
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date of such Advance to be borrowed and
(iii) the duration of the first Interest Period therefor.
Interest Periods for Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be for one, two,
three or, except with respect to Term B Loans, six months;
provided, if an Interest Period would end on a day that is not a
Business Day, it shall end on the next succeeding Business Day
unless such day falls in the next succeeding calendar month in
which case the Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day. Each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be in a minimum
amount of (x) $500,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000
with respect to Revolving Advances and (y) $100,000 and in
integral multiples of $50,000 with respect to the Term Loans. No
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made available to any Borrower during
the continuance of an Event of Default.
(c) Each Interest Period of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall
commence on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made and shall
end on such date as Borrowing Agent may elect as set forth in
subsection (b) (iii) above provided that the exact length
of each Interest Period shall be determined in accordance with the
practice of the interbank market for offshore Dollar deposits and
no Interest Period shall end after the last day of the Term.
Borrowing Agent shall elect the initial Interest Period
applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan by its notice of borrowing
given to Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(b) or by its notice of
conversion given to Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(d), as the
case may be. Borrowing Agent shall elect the duration of each
succeeding Interest Period by giving irrevocable written notice to
Agent of such duration not less than three (3) Business Days
prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan. If Agent does not receive
timely notice of the Interest Period elected by Borrowing Agent,
Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected to convert to a Domestic
Rate Loan subject to Section 2.2(d) hereinbelow.
(d) Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Borrower may, on the last Business Day of the then
current Interest Period applicable to any outstanding Eurodollar
Rate Loan, or on any Business Day with respect to Domestic Rate
Loans, convert any such loan into a loan of another type in the
same aggregate principal amount provided that any conversion of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made only on the last Business Day of
the then current Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate
Loan. If a Borrower desires to convert a loan, Borrowing Agent
shall give Agent not less than three (3) Business Days’
prior written notice to convert from a Domestic Rate Loan to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan or one (1) Business Day’s prior
written notice to convert from a Eurodollar Rate Loan to a Domestic
Rate Loan, specifying the date of such conversion, the loans to be
converted and if the conversion is from a Domestic Rate Loan to any
other type of loan, the duration of the first Interest Period
therefor. After giving effect to each such conversion, there shall
not be outstanding more than five (5) Eurodollar Rate Loans,
in the aggregate.
(e) At its option and upon three (3) Business Days’
prior written notice, any Borrower may prepay the Eurodollar Rate
Loans in whole at any time or in part from time to time, without
premium or penalty, but with accrued interest on the principal
being prepaid to the date of such repayment. Such Borrower shall
specify the date of prepayment of Advances which are Eurodollar
Rate Loans and the amount of such prepayment. In the event that any
prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loan is required or permitted on a
date other than the last Business Day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto, such Borrower and each other Loan
Party shall indemnify Agent and Lenders therefor in accordance with
Section 2.2(f) hereof.
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(f) Each Loan Party shall indemnify Agent and
Lenders and hold Agent and Lenders harmless from and against any
and all losses or expenses that Agent and Lenders may sustain or
incur as a consequence of any prepayment, conversion of or any
default by any Borrower in the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Eurodollar Rate Loan or failure by any Borrower to
complete a borrowing of, a prepayment of or conversion of or to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan after notice thereof has been given,
including, but not limited to, any interest payable by Agent or
Lenders to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or
maintain its Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder. A certificate as to
any additional amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence
submitted by Agent or any Lender to Borrowing Agent shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof except Sections
16.3 and 16.4, if, after the date on which the applicable Lender
became a Lender hereunder, any applicable law, treaty, regulation
or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or
application thereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender (for
purposes of this subsection (g), the term "Lender" shall include
any Lender and the office or branch where any Lender or any
corporation or bank controlling such Lender makes or maintains any
Eurodollar Rate Loans) to make or maintain its Eurodollar Rate
Loans, the obligation of Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans
hereunder, shall forthwith be cancelled and Borrowers shall, if any
affected Eurodollar Rate Loans are then outstanding, promptly upon
request from Agent, either pay all such affected Eurodollar Rate
Loans or convert such affected Eurodollar Rate Loans into loans of
another type. If any such payment or conversion of any Eurodollar
Rate Loan is made on a day that is not the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, Borrowers shall pay
Agent, upon Agent’s request, such amount or amounts as may be
necessary to compensate Lenders for any loss or expense sustained
or incurred by Lenders in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan as a
result of such payment or conversion, including (but not limited
to) any interest or other amounts payable by Lenders to lenders of
funds obtained by Lenders in order to make or maintain such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. A certificate as to any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence submitted by Lenders to
Borrowing Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
2.3. Disbursement of Advance Proceeds . All Advances
shall be disbursed from whichever office or other place Agent may
designate from time to time and, together with any and all other
Obligations of Borrowers to Agent or Lenders, shall be charged to
the respective Borrowers’ Account on Agent’s books. In
no event, however, shall Agent disburse Advances other than to an
account located in the United States of America. During the Term,
Borrowers may use the Revolving Advances by borrowing, prepaying
and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. The proceeds of each Revolving Advance requested by
Borrowers or deemed to have been requested by Borrowers under
Section 2.2(a) hereof shall, with respect to requested
Revolving Advances to the extent Revolving Lenders make such
Revolving Advances, be made available to the applicable Borrower on
the day so requested by way of credit to such Borrower’s
operating account at PNC, or such other bank as Borrowing Agent may
designate following notification to Agent, in immediately available
federal funds or
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other immediately available funds or, with
respect to Revolving Advances deemed to have been requested by any
Borrower, be disbursed to Agent to be applied to the outstanding
Obligations giving rise to such deemed request.
2.4. Term Loans .
(a) The outstanding principal balance of Term Loan A as of the
date of this Agreement is $4,531,955.03, which sum remains due and
owing by US Borrowers. Each Revolving Lender, severally and not
jointly, shall have funded its respective Commitment Percentage of
the outstanding principal balance of Term Loan A, whether directly
to Borrowers or by obtaining an assignment of a portion of the
outstanding Term Loan A. Term Loan A shall be, with respect to
principal, payable in equal consecutive monthly installments, each
in the sum of $133,880, commencing on February 1, 2009 and
continuing on the first day of each month thereafter until the last
day of the Term when the entire then unpaid principal sum of the
Term Loans shall be payable in full, subject to acceleration upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default under this Agreement or
termination of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each
Term Loan B Lender, severally and not jointly, will make (i) a
Term Loan B to US Borrowers (" Term Loan B-US ") in a sum
equal to its Term B Loan Commitment Percentage of $22,958,680.43
and (ii) a Term Loan B to Stream Canada (" Term Loan
B-Foreign ") in a sum equal to its Term B Loan Commitment
Percentage of $2,041,319.57. Term Loan B-US and Term Loan B-Foreign
shall be, with respect to principal, payable on the last day of the
Term when the entire then unpaid principal sum of the Term B Loans
shall be payable in full, subject to acceleration upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default under this Agreement or
termination of this Agreement.
(c) The Term Loans shall be evidenced by the amended and
restated secured promissory notes in substantially the forms
attached hereto as Exhibit 2.4A and the secured promissory
notes in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit
2.4B-US , Exhibit 2.4B-F (all of the foregoing,
collectively, the " Term Notes ").
2.5. Swingline Advances .
(a) Agent, Swingline Lender and Revolving Lenders agree that in
order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the
Other Documents, promptly after Borrowing Agent requests a Domestic
Rate Loan on behalf of a US Borrower, Swingline Lender may elect,
in its sole discretion, to have the terms of this
Section 2.5(a) apply to such US Borrower’s request by
advancing, on behalf of Revolving Lenders and in the amount
requested, same day funds to the applicable US Borrower on the
applicable borrowing date (each such Advance made solely by the
Swingline Lender pursuant to this Section 2.5(a) is referred
to in this Agreement as a " Swingline Advance "), with
settlement among them as to the Swingline Advance to take place on
a periodic basis as set forth in Section 2.5(c). Each
Swingline Advance shall be subject to all the terms and conditions
applicable to other Domestic Rate Loans funded by Revolving
Lenders, except that all payments thereon shall be payable to
Swingline Lender solely for its own account. The aggregate amount
of Swingline Advances outstanding at any time shall not exceed
$10,000,000. All Swingline Advances shall be subject to
Section 2.2 hereof and Swingline Advances may not be made if
the Swingline Lender has been notified by
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Agent or Required Revolving Lenders that a
Default exists and that Swingline Advance may not be made. All
Swingline Advances shall be Domestic Rate Loans. The Swingline
Advances shall be evidenced by a promissory note (the "
Swingline Note ") in substantially the form attached as
Exhibit 2.5(a) .
(b) Upon the making of a Swingline Advance (whether before or
after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default and
regardless of whether a Settlement has been requested with respect
to such Swingline Advance), each Revolving Lender shall be deemed,
without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally
and irrevocably purchased from Swingline Lender, as the case may
be, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation in such Swingline Advance in proportion to its
Commitment Percentage. Swingline Lender or Agent may, at any time,
require Revolving Lenders to fund their participations. From and
after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Lender is required
to fund, and funds, its participation in any Swingline Advances
purchased hereunder, Agent shall promptly distribute to such
Revolving Lender, such Commitment Percentage of all payments of
principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by
Agent in respect of such Swingline Advance.
(c) Agent, on behalf of Swingline Lender, shall request
settlement (a " Settlement ") with Revolving Lenders on at
least a weekly basis or on any more frequent date that Agent
elects, by notifying Revolving Lenders of such requested Settlement
by facsimile, telephone or Electronic Transmission no later than
12:00 p.m., New York City time on the date of such requested
Settlement (the " Settlement Date "). Each Revolving Lender
(other than Swingline Lender, in the case of the Swingline Advance)
shall transfer the amount of such Revolving Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the
applicable Swingline Advance with respect to which Settlement is
requested to Agent, to such account of Agent as Agent may
designate, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
Settlement Date. Settlements may occur during the existence of a
Default or Event of Default and whether or not the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Section 8.2 have then been
satisfied. Such amounts transferred to Agent shall be applied
against the amounts of Swingline Lender’s Swingline Advances
and, together with Swingline Lender’s Commitment Percentage
of such Swingline Advance, shall constitute Revolving Advances of
such Lenders, respectively. If any such amount is not transferred
to Agent by any Revolving Lender on such Settlement Date, Swingline
Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such
Revolving Lender together with interest thereon as specified in
Section 2.23.
2.6. Repayment of Advances .
(a) The Revolving Advances shall be due and payable in full on
the last day of the Term subject to earlier prepayment as herein
provided. The Term Loans shall be due and payable as provided in
Section 2.4 hereof and in the Term Notes, subject to earlier
prepayments as herein provided. Borrowers may, at any time, upon
not less than fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice to
Agent, and in each case upon payment of any prepayment fee then
payable pursuant to any Fee Letter, (i) prepay all or any
portion of Term Loan A, (ii) reduce the Maximum Foreign
Revolving Advance Amount, the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount
and/or the Maximum US Revolving Advance Amount provided that
(1) after giving effect
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thereto no Overadvance shall occur and
(2) any reduction to zero shall constitute a termination in
accordance with Section 13.1 and/or (iii) prepay all or a
portion of Term Loan B provided that, except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.21(c), at the time of such prepayment,
(x) Term Loan A shall have been repaid in full, no Revolving
Advances shall be outstanding and the Commitment Percentages shall
have been reduced to zero or (y) the source of the monies
utilized to prepay Term Loan B shall be from a third party (either
in the form of equity or subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred pursuant to Section 7.8(iv) or (v) (provided
that for purposes of this Section 2.6(a), if Term Loan B is
then to be prepaid in full, the terms and conditions of such
subordinated Indebtedness do not need to be satisfactory to Term B
Agent, and Required Lenders shall be determined as if no Term Loan
B Commitment Percentage is then in effect)) and all Revolving
Lenders then consent to such prepayment.
(b) Each Borrower recognizes that the amounts evidenced by
checks, notes, drafts or any other items of payment relating to
and/or proceeds of Collateral may not be collectible by Agent on
the date received. In consideration of Agent’s agreement to
conditionally credit Borrowers’ Account as of the Business
Day on which Agent receives those items of payment, each Borrower
agrees that, in computing the charges under this Agreement, all
items of payment shall be deemed applied by Agent on account of the
Obligations one (1) Business Day after the Business Day Agent
receives such payments via wire transfer or electronic depository
check. Agent is not, however, required to credit Borrowers’
Account for the amount of any item of payment which is
unsatisfactory to Agent and Agent may charge the relevant
Borrowers’ Account for the amount of any item of payment
which is returned to Agent unpaid.
(c) All payments of principal, interest and other amounts
payable hereunder, or under any of the Other Documents shall be
made to Agent at the Payment Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the
due date therefor in lawful money of the United States of America
in federal funds or other funds immediately available to Agent.
Agent shall have the right to effectuate payment on any and all
Obligations due and owing hereunder by charging the relevant
Borrowers’ Account or by making Advances, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.2 hereof.
(d) Borrowers shall pay principal, interest, and all other
amounts payable hereunder, or under any related agreement, without
any deduction whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any
deduction for any setoff or counterclaim, except to the extent
required by law.
2.7. Repayment of Excess Advances . The aggregate balance
of Advances outstanding at any time in excess of the maximum amount
of Advances permitted hereunder by any Borrowing Group shall be
immediately due and payable without the necessity of any demand, at
the Payment Office, whether or not a Default or Event of Default
has occurred.
2.8. Statement of Account . Agent shall maintain, in
accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account for the US
Borrowers and a loan account for the Foreign Borrowers (each a "
Borrowers’ Account "), each in the name of Borrowing
Agent, in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each
Advance made by Agent and the date and amount of each payment in
respect thereof; provided , however , the failure by
Agent to record the date and
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amount of any Advance shall not adversely affect
Agent or any Lender. Each month, Agent shall send Borrowing Agent a
statement showing the accounting for the Advances made, payments
made or credited in respect thereof, and other transactions between
Agent and the respective Borrowing Group, during such month. The
monthly statements shall be deemed correct and binding upon
Borrowers in the absence of manifest error and shall constitute an
account stated between Lenders and Borrowers unless Agent receives
a written statement of Borrowers’ specific exceptions thereto
within thirty (30) days after such statement is received by
Borrowing Agent. The records of Agent with respect to the loan
account shall be conclusive evidence absent manifest error of the
amounts of Advances and other charges thereto and of payments
applicable thereto.
2.9. Letters of Credit . Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, Agent shall, in its sole and absolute
discretion, issue or cause the issuance of Letters of Credit ("
Letters of Credit ") on behalf of any US Borrower;
provided , however , that Agent will not be required
to issue or cause to be issued any Letters of Credit to the extent
that the issuance thereof would then cause the sum of (i) the
outstanding Revolving Advances to all US Borrowers plus
(ii) the Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding Letters of
Credit plus (iii) the outstanding Revolving Advances to
all Foreign Borrowers to exceed the lesser of (x) the Maximum
US Revolving Advance Amount or (y) the US Formula Amount. The
Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding Letters of Credit shall not
exceed, in the aggregate at any time the Letter of Credit Sublimit
then in effect. All disbursements or payments related to Letters of
Credit shall be deemed to be Domestic Rate Loans consisting of
Revolving Advances and shall bear interest at the applicable
Revolving Interest Rate for Domestic Rate Loans. Letters of Credit
that have not been drawn upon shall not bear interest.
2.10. Issuance of Letters of Credit .
(a) Borrowing Agent, on behalf of US Borrowers, may request
Agent, upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written
notice submitted on or before 10:00 a.m., to issue or cause the
issuance of a Letter of Credit by delivering to Agent at the
Payment Office, Agent’s form of Letter of Credit Application
(the " Letter of Credit Application ") completed to the
satisfaction of Agent; and, such other certificates, documents and
other papers and information as Agent may reasonably request.
Borrowing Agent, on behalf of US Borrowers, also has the right to
give instructions and make agreements with respect to any
application, any applicable letter of credit and security
agreement, any applicable letter of credit reimbursement agreement
and/or any other applicable agreement, any letter of credit and the
disposition of documents, disposition of any unutilized funds, and
to agree with Agent upon any amendment, extension or renewal of any
Letter of Credit.
(b) Each Letter of Credit shall, among other things,
(i) provide for the payment of sight drafts, other written
demands for payment, or acceptances of usance drafts or other
written demand for payment when presented for honor thereunder in
accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the
documents described therein and (ii) have an expiry date not
later than twelve (12) months after such Letter of
Credit’s date of issuance and in no event, unless in each
case otherwise agreed to by Agent in its sole and absolute
discretion (and subject to terms and conditions satisfactory to
Agent including, without limitation, the 105%
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cash collateralization requirement set forth in
Section 3.2(b) of this Agreement), later than the last day of
the Term. Each standby Letter of Credit shall be subject either to
the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits as most
recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the
time a Letter of Credit is issued (" UCP ") or the
International Standby Practices (ISP98-International Chamber of
Commerce Publication Number 590) (" ISP98 Rules "), as
determined by Agent, and each trade Letter of Credit shall be
subject to UCP.
(c) Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to notify Lenders of
the request by Borrowing Agent for a Letter of Credit
hereunder.
2.11. Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit .
Borrowing Agent shall authorize and direct any Issuer to name the
applicable US Borrower as the "Applicant" or "Account Party" of
each Letter of Credit. If Agent is not the Issuer of any Letter of
Credit, Borrowing Agent shall authorize and direct the Issuer to
deliver to Agent all instruments, documents, and other writings and
property received by the Issuer pursuant to the Letter of Credit
and to accept and rely upon Agent’s instructions and
agreements with respect to all matters arising in connection with
the Letter of Credit or the application therefor.
2.12. Disbursements, Reimbursement .
(a) Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each
Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from Agent a participation in
such Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder in an amount
equal to such Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the
Maximum Face Amount of such Letter of Credit and the amount of such
drawing, respectively.
(b) In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of
Credit by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, Agent will
promptly notify Borrowing Agent. Provided that it shall have
received such notice, US Borrowers shall reimburse (such obligation
to reimburse Agent shall sometimes be referred to as a "
Reimbursement Obligation ") Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, on
each date that an amount is paid by Agent under any Letter of
Credit (each such date, a " Drawing Date ") in an amount
equal to the amount so paid by Agent. In the event US Borrowers
fail to reimburse Agent for the full amount of any drawing under
any Letter of Credit by 12:00 Noon, on the Drawing Date, Agent will
promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof, and US Borrowers
shall be deemed to have requested that a Domestic Rate Loan be made
by the Revolving Lenders to be disbursed on the Drawing Date under
such Letter of Credit, provided that the sum of (i) the
outstanding Revolving Advances to all US Borrowers (including such
Domestic Rate Loan then deemed to have been requested) plus
(ii) the Maximum Undrawn Amount of outstanding Letters of
Credit may not exceed the lesser of (x) the lesser of
(A) the Maximum US Revolving Advance Amount or (B) an
amount equal to (1) the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount
minus (2) the then outstanding Revolving Advances to
all Foreign Borrowers or (y) the US Formula Amount, and
subject to Section 8.2. Any notice given by Agent pursuant to
this Section 2.12(b) may be oral if immediately confirmed in
writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation
shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such
notice.
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(c) Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice
pursuant to Section 2.12(b) make available to Agent an amount
in immediately available funds equal to its Commitment Percentage
of the amount of the drawing, whereupon the participating Lenders
shall (subject to Section 2.12(d)) each be deemed to have made
a Domestic Rate Loan to US Borrowers in that amount. If any
Revolving Lender so notified fails to make available to Agent the
amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such amount
by no later than 2:00 p.m., on the Drawing Date, then interest
shall accrue on such Revolving Lender’s obligation to make
such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date on which such
Revolving Lender makes such payment (i) at a rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Open Rate during the first three days
following the Drawing Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal
to the rate applicable to Domestic Rate Loans on and after the
fourth day following the Drawing Date. Agent will promptly give
notice of the occurrence of the Drawing Date, but failure of Agent
to give any such notice on the Drawing Date or in sufficient time
to enable any Revolving Lender to effect such payment on such date
shall not relieve such Revolving Lender from its obligation under
this Section 2.12(c), provided that such Revolving Lender
shall not be obligated to pay interest as provided in
Section 2.12(c) (i) and (ii) until and commencing
from the date of receipt of notice from Agent of a drawing. Each
Revolving Lender’s Participation Commitment shall continue
until the last to occur of any of the following events:
(A) Agent ceases to be obligated to issue or cause to be
issued Letters of Credit hereunder; (B) no Letter of Credit
issued or created hereunder remains outstanding and uncancelled and
(C) all Persons (other than the applicable US Borrower) have
been fully reimbursed for all payments made under or relating to
Letters of Credit.
(d) With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not
converted into a Domestic Rate Loan to US Borrowers in whole or in
part as contemplated by Section 2.12(b), because of
Borrowers’ failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Section 8.2 (other than any notice requirements) or for any
other reason, US Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from
Agent a borrowing (each a " Letter of Credit Borrowing ") in
the amount of such drawing. Such Letter of Credit Borrowing shall
be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall
bear interest at the rate per annum applicable to a Domestic Rate
Loan. Each Revolving Lender’s payment to Agent pursuant to
Section 2.12(c) shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of
its participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing and shall
constitute a "Participation Advance" from such Lender in
satisfaction of its Participation Obligation under this
Section 2.12.
2.13. Repayment of Participation Advances .
(a) Upon (and only upon) receipt by Agent for its account of
immediately available funds from US Borrowers (i) in
reimbursement of any payment made by Agent under the Letter of
Credit with respect to which any Revolving Lender has made a
Participation Advance to Agent, or (ii) in payment of interest
on such a payment made by Agent under such a Letter of Credit,
Agent will pay to each Revolving Lender, in the same funds as those
received by Agent, the amount of such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage of such funds, except Agent shall retain the amount of
the Commitment Percentage of such funds of any Revolving Lender
that did not make a Participation Advance in respect of such
payment by Agent.
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(b) If Agent is required at any time to return to
any Borrower, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or
any official in any insolvency proceeding, any portion of the
payments made by US Borrowers to Agent pursuant to
Section 2.13(a) in reimbursement of a payment made under the
Letter of Credit or interest or fee thereon, each Revolving Lender
shall, on demand of Agent, forthwith return to Agent the amount of
its Commitment Percentage of any amounts so returned by Agent
plus interest at the Federal Funds Open Rate.
2.14. Documentation . Each US Borrower agrees to be bound
by the terms of the Letter of Credit Application and by
Agent’s interpretations of any Letter of Credit issued for
any US Borrower’s account and Agent’s written
regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit,
though Agent’s interpretations may be different from such US
Borrower’s own. In the event of a conflict between the Letter
of Credit Application and this Agreement, this Agreement shall
govern. It is understood and agreed that, except in the case of
gross negligence or willful misconduct, Agent shall not be liable
for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or
commission, in following Borrowing Agent’s and any US
Borrower’s instructions or those contained in the Letters of
Credit or any modifications, amendments or supplements thereto.
2.15. Determination to Honor Drawing Request . In
determining whether to honor any request for drawing under any
Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, Agent shall be
responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates
required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been
delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements
of such Letter of Credit and that any other drawing condition
appearing on the face of such Letter of Credit has been satisfied
in the manner so set forth.
2.16. Nature of Participation and Reimbursement
Obligations . Each Revolving Lender’s obligation in
accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving Advances or
Participation Advances as a result of a drawing under a Letter of
Credit, and the obligations of US Borrowers to reimburse Agent upon
a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with
the terms of this Section 2.16 under all circumstances,
including the following circumstances:
(a) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Revolving Lender may have against Agent, any
Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(b) the failure of any US Borrower or any other Person to
comply, in connection with a Letter of Credit Borrowing, with the
conditions set forth in this Agreement for the making of a
Revolving Advance, it being acknowledged that such conditions are
not required for the making of a Letter of Credit Borrowing and the
obligation of Revolving Lenders to make Participation Advances
under Section 2.12;
(c) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit;
(d) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by US
Borrower or any Revolving Lender against the beneficiary of a
Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim, set-off,
recoupment, counterclaim, crossclaim, defense or other right which
any US Borrower or
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any Revolving Lender may have at any time against
a beneficiary, any successor beneficiary or any transferee of any
Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom
any such transferee may be acting), Agent or any Revolving Lender
or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction
(including any underlying transaction between any US Borrower or
any Subsidiaries of such US Borrower and the beneficiary for which
any Letter of Credit was procured);
(e) the lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any
defect in or forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the
form of or lack of validity, sufficiency, accuracy, enforceability
or genuineness of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or
other document presented under or in connection with any Letter of
Credit, or any fraud or alleged fraud in connection with any Letter
of Credit, or the transport of any property or provisions of
services relating to a Letter of Credit, in each case even if Agent
or any of Agent’s Affiliates has been notified thereof;
(f) payment by Agent under any Letter of Credit against
presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document
which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit,
other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Agent as mutually agreed in writing by Agent, all
Revolving Lenders and each of the US Borrowers, or as determined by
a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction;
(g) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a
role in any transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of
Credit, or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition,
value or other characteristic of any property or services relating
to a Letter of Credit;
(h) any failure by Agent or any of Agent’s Affiliates to
issue any Letter of Credit in the form requested by any US
Borrower, unless Agent has received written notice from such US
Borrower of such failure within three Business Days after Agent
shall have furnished such US Borrower a copy of such Letter of
Credit and such error is material and no drawing has been made
thereon prior to receipt of such notice;
(i) any Material Adverse Effect;
(j) any breach of this Agreement or any Other Document by any
party thereto;
(k) the occurrence or continuance of an insolvency proceeding
with respect to any Borrower or any Guarantor;
(l) the fact that a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(m) the fact that the Term shall have expired; and
(n) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing.
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2.17. Indemnity . In addition to amounts
payable as provided in Section 17.5 hereof, each US Borrower
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless Agent
and any of Agent’s Affiliates that have issued a Letter of
Credit from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
damages, penalties, interest, judgments, losses, costs, charges and
expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Agent or any
of Agent’s Affiliates may incur or be subject to as a
consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of
Credit, other than as a result of (a) the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of Agent as mutually agreed in writing by Agent,
all Revolving Lenders and each of the US Borrowers, or as
determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction, (b) the wrongful dishonor by Agent or
any of Agent’s Affiliates of a proper demand for payment made
under any Letter of Credit, except if such dishonor resulted from
any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present
or future de jure or de facto Governmental Body (all such acts or
omissions herein called " Governmental Acts ") or
(c) the breach by Agent or any of its Affiliates of its
obligations hereunder in respect to Letters of Credit.
2.18. Liability for Acts and Omissions . As between
Borrowers, Agent and Revolving Lenders, each US Borrower assumes
all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of
Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the respective foregoing,
Agent shall not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity,
sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document
submitted by any party in connection with the application for an
issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact
prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if Agent shall have been
notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or
assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may
prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the
failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any
other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to
comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon
such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any US Borrower against
any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee,
or any dispute between or among any US Borrower and any beneficiary
of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors,
omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of
any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise,
whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation
of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission
or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing
under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof;
(vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter
of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of
Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond
the control of Agent, including any Governmental Acts, and none of
the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of
Agent’s rights or powers hereunder. Nothing in the preceding
sentence shall relieve Agent from liability for Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct in connection with actions or
omissions described in such clauses (i) through (viii) of
such sentence. In no event shall Agent or Agent’s Affiliates
be liable to any US Borrower for any indirect, consequential,
incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses
(including without limitation attorneys’ fees), or for any
damages resulting from any change in the value of any property
relating to a Letter of Credit.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Agent and each of its Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or
other communication believed in good faith by Agent or such
Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the
applicant for a Letter of Credit; (ii) may honor any
presentation if the documents presented appear on their face
substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the
relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously
dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such
dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any
claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to
reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had
initially been honored, together with any interest paid by Agent or
its Affiliates; (iv) may honor any drawing that is payable
upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment,
upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates
that a draft or other document is being delivered separately), and
shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other
document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant
Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating bank
claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of
the place where such bank is located; and (vi) may settle or
adjust any claim or demand made on Agent or its Affiliate in any
way related to any order issued at the applicant’s request to
an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a
carrier or any similar document (each an " Order ") and
honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is
the subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other
documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail
to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.
In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the
specific provisions set forth above, any action taken or omitted by
Agent under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by
it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken
or omitted in good faith, shall not put Agent under any resulting
liability to any Loan Party or any Revolving Lender.
2.19. Additional Payments . Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.2(a) hereof, any sums expended by Agent or any
Lender due to any Loan Party’s failure to perform or comply
with its obligations under this Agreement or any Other Document
including, without limitation, any Loan Party’s obligations
under Sections 4.2, 4.4, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 6.1 hereof, may be
charged to the relevant Borrowers’ Account as a Revolving
Advance and added to the Obligations.
2.20. Manner of Borrowing and Payment .
(a) Each borrowing of Revolving Advances shall be advanced
according to the applicable Commitment Percentages of Revolving
Lenders. Term Loan A has been advanced according to the applicable
Commitment Percentages of Revolving Lenders. Term Loan B shall be
advanced according to the applicable Term Loan B Commitment
Percentages of Term B Lenders.
(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by any Borrower on
account of the principal of and interest on the Revolving Advances,
shall be applied to the Revolving Advances of the relevant
Borrowing Group pro rata according to the applicable Commitment
Percentages of Revolving Lenders; provided , however
, that any time any Swingline Advances
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are outstanding, such payments shall first be
applied on account of the Swingline Advances. Each payment
(including each prepayment) by Borrowers on account of the
principal of and interest on the Term A Notes, shall be made from
or to, or applied to Term Loan A pro rata according to the
applicable Commitment Percentages of Revolving Lenders. Each
payment (including each prepayment) by Borrowers on account of the
principal of and interest on the Term B Notes, shall be made from
or to, or applied to that portion of the Term B Loan evidenced by
the Term B Note of the relevant Borrowing Group pro rata according
to the applicable Term Loan B Commitment Percentages of Term B
Lenders. Except as expressly provided herein, all payments
(including prepayments) to be made by any Borrower on account of
principal, interest and fees shall be made without set off or
counterclaim and shall be made to Agent on behalf of the Lenders to
the Payment Office, in each case on or prior to 1:00 p.m., in
Dollars and in immediately available funds, provided that Swingline
Advances shall be made as provided in Section 2.5
hereof.
(c) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Sections 2.20(a) and (b) hereof, commencing with the first
Business Day following the Closing Date, each borrowing of
Revolving Advances shall be advanced by Agent and each payment by
any Borrower on account of Revolving Advances shall be applied
first to those Revolving Advances advanced by Agent. On or before
1:00 p.m., on each Settlement Date commencing with the first
Settlement Date following the Closing Date, Agent and Lenders shall
make certain payments as follows: (I) if the aggregate amount
of new Revolving Advances made by Agent during the preceding Week
(if any) exceeds the aggregate amount of repayments applied to
outstanding Revolving Advances during such preceding Week, then
each Revolving Lender shall provide Agent with funds in an amount
equal to its applicable Commitment Percentage of the difference
between (w) such Revolving Advances and (x) such
repayments and (II) if the aggregate amount of repayments applied
to outstanding Revolving Advances during such Week exceeds the
aggregate amount of new Revolving Advances made during such Week,
then Agent shall provide each Revolving Lender with funds in an
amount equal to its applicable Commitment Percentage of the
difference between (y) such repayments and (z) such
Revolving Advances.
(ii) Each Revolving Lender shall be entitled to earn interest at
the applicable Contract Rate on outstanding Advances which it has
funded.
(iii) Promptly following each Settlement Date, Agent shall
submit to each Revolving Lender a certificate with respect to
payments received and Advances made during the Week immediately
preceding such Settlement Date. Such certificate of Agent shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(d) If any Lender or Participant (a " Benefited Lender ")
shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its
Advances, or interest thereon, or receive any Collateral in respect
thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by set-off) in a
greater proportion than any such payment to and Collateral received
by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other
Lender’s Advances, or interest thereon, and such greater
proportionate payment or receipt of Collateral is not expressly
permitted hereunder, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash
from the other Lenders a participation in such portion of each such
other Lender’s Advances, or shall provide such other Lender
with the benefits of any such Collateral, or the proceeds
thereof,
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as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited
Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such Collateral
or proceeds ratably with each of the other Lenders; provided
, however , that if all or any portion of such excess
payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited
Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price
and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest. Each Lender so purchasing a portion of another
Lender’s Advances may exercise all rights of payment
(including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to
such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of
such portion.
(e) Unless Agent shall have been notified by telephone,
confirmed in writing, by any Revolving Lender that such Revolving
Lender will not make the amount which would constitute its
applicable Commitment Percentage of the Advances available to
Agent, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) assume that such
Revolving Lender shall make such amount available to Agent on the
next Settlement Date and, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to Borrowers a corresponding amount. Agent will promptly
notify Borrowing Agent of its receipt of any such notice from a
Revolving Lender. If such amount is made available to Agent on a
date after such next Settlement Date, such Revolving Lender shall
pay to Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of
(i) the daily average Federal Funds Open Rate (computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days) during such period as quoted by Agent,
times (ii) such amount, times (iii) the number of days
from and including such Settlement Date to the date on which such
amount becomes immediately available to Agent. A certificate of
Agent submitted to any Revolving Lender with respect to any amounts
owing under this paragraph (e) shall be conclusive, in the
absence of manifest error. If such amount is not in fact made
available to Agent by such Revolving Lender within three
(3) Business Days after such Settlement Date, Agent shall be
entitled to recover such an amount, with interest thereon at the
rate per annum then applicable to such Revolving Advances
hereunder, on demand from the applicable Borrowing Group;
provided , however , that Agent’s right to such
recovery shall not prejudice or otherwise adversely affect
Borrowers’ rights (if any) against such Lender.
2.21. Mandatory Prepayments .
(a) Subject to Section 4.3 hereof, when any Borrower sells
or otherwise disposes of any Collateral, the respective Borrowing
Group shall repay the Advances in an amount equal to the Net
Proceeds of such sale, such repayments to be made promptly but in
no event more than five (5) Business Days following receipt of
such Net Proceeds, and until the date of payment, such proceeds
shall be held in trust for Agent provided, however, that this
Section 2.21(a) shall not apply to any disposition of
Collateral consisting of Equipment which results in Net Proceeds of
not more than $500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers shall not be so required
to use the Net Proceeds from any disposition of Equipment to prepay
Advances to the extent such Net Proceeds are used to replace,
repair or restore Equipment used in such Loan Parties’
business, provided that (i) such replacement Equipment to be
purchased has a fair market value equal to or greater than the fair
market value of the Equipment which was sold, (ii) replacement
Equipment is purchased by the applicable Borrower within one
hundred and eighty (180) days of the Equipment sale,
(iii) the replacement Equipment shall be subject to
Agent’s security interest created hereunder and
(iv) until such time
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as the proceeds of such disposal are used to
acquire such replacement Equipment, such proceeds shall be applied
as a repayment of Revolving Advances and an Eligible Reserve in the
amount of such repayment shall be established. Such Eligible
Reserve shall be released by Agent only in connection with the
making of a Revolving Advance to be used by the Borrowers solely
for the purposes of funding the acquisition of replacement
Equipment pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.21(a);
provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall waive or
modify any conditions to the making of Revolving Advances or any
other provisions of this Agreement. The foregoing shall not be
deemed to be implied consent to any such sale otherwise prohibited
by the terms and conditions hereof. Any repayments required
pursuant to this Section 2.21(a), other than a repayment of
Revolving Advances done in connection with the establishment of an
Eligible Reserve, shall be held as cash collateral and then applied
(a) in the case of any US Borrower, (x) first, to the
outstanding principal installments of Term Loan A in the inverse
order of the maturities thereof, (y) second, to the remaining
Advances (other than Term B Loans) in such order as Agent may
determine (together with a corresponding permanent reduction in the
Maximum Revolving Advance Amount and the Maximum US Revolving
Advance Amount), and (z) third, to the outstanding principal
amount of Term Loan B-US, and (b) in the case of any Foreign
Borrower, (x) first, to Advances (other than Term Loan B)
extended to Foreign Borrowers in such order as Agent may determine
(together with a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum
Foreign Revolving Advance Amount), and (y) second, to the
outstanding principal amount of Term Loan B-Foreign,
provided , however , that in no event shall there be
any application of such cash collateral to any Eurodollar Rate
Loans until the expiration of the applicable Interest Period for
such Loan. To the extent there are no outstanding Advances, all
cash collateral shall be released to the relevant Borrowers unless
an Event of Default has occurred which is then continuing. Subject
to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, Borrowers may
reborrow Revolving Advances repaid hereunder in accordance with the
terms hereof.
(b) In the event any Loan Party (other than SGS) receives
proceeds in connection with the issuance or incurrence of any
Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under
Section 7.5, or any Loan Party (other than SGS) receives the
proceeds of any cash equity investment other than the Ares
Transaction, the respective Borrowing Group shall repay the
Advances in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds thereof, such
repayments to be made promptly but in no event more than five
(5) Business Days following receipt of such Net Proceeds, and
until the date of payment, such proceeds shall be held in trust for
Agent. The foregoing shall not be deemed to be an implied waiver of
the provisions of Section 7.5 or 10.14 hereof, nor any consent
to any such issuance of equity to the extent otherwise prohibited
by the terms and conditions hereof. Such repayments shall be held
as cash collateral and then applied (a) in the case of any US
Borrower or any Guarantor incorporated in the United States of
America or Stream BV, (i) first, to the Revolving Advances
extended to US Borrowers in such order as Agent may determine,
(ii) second, to the outstanding principal installments of Term
Loan A in the inverse order of the maturities thereof, and
(iii) third, to the outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loan B-US and (b) in the case of any Foreign Borrower or
Guarantor incorporated other than in the United States of America
(other than Stream BV), (i) first, to the Revolving Advances
extended to Foreign Borrowers in such order as Agent may determine,
and (ii) second, to the outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loan B-Foreign, provided , however , that in no
event shall there be any application of such cash collateral to any
Eurodollar Rate
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Loans until the expiration of the applicable
Interest Period for such Loan. To the extent there are no
outstanding Advances, all cash collateral shall be released to the
relevant Borrowers, unless an Event of Default has occurred which
is then continuing. Subject to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, Borrowers may reborrow Revolving Advances repaid in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(c) In the event any Loan Party (other than SGS) receives any
Extraordinary Receipts, the applicable Borrowing Group shall repay
the Advances in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds thereof, net of
any reasonable expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary
Receipts; such repayments to be made promptly but in no event more
than five (5) Business Days following receipt of such Net
Proceeds, and until the date of payment, such proceeds shall be
held in trust for Agent, provided , however , that
this Section 2.21(c) shall not apply to any Extraordinary
Receipts, other than Excess Refunds (as defined in the definition
of Extraordinary Receipts), which result in Net Proceeds of not
more than $500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers shall not be so required
to use Net Proceeds consisting of insurance proceeds or
condemnation awards in respect of Equipment to prepay the Advances
to the extent such Net Proceeds are used to replace, repair or
restore Equipment used in such Loan Party’s business,
provided that (i) replacement Equipment is purchased by the
applicable Borrower within one hundred and eighty (180) days
of the Equipment sale, (ii) the replacement Equipment shall be
subject to Agent’s security interest created hereunder and
(iii) until such time as the proceeds of such disposal are
used to acquire such replacement Equipment, such proceeds shall be
applied as a repayment of Revolving Advances and an Eligible
Reserve in the amount of such repayment shall be established. Such
Eligible Reserve shall be released by Agent only in connection with
the making of a Revolving Advance to be used by the Borrowers
solely for the purposes of funding the acquisition of replacement
Equipment pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.21(c);
provided , however , that nothing contained herein
shall waive or modify any conditions to the making of Revolving
Advances or any other provisions of this Agreement. Any repayments
required pursuant to this Section 2.21(a), other than a
repayment of Revolving Advances done in connection with the
establishment of an Eligible Reserve, such repayments shall be held
as cash collateral and then applied (i) in the case of any US
Borrower and any US Guarantor, (x) first, to the outstanding
principal installments of Term Loan A in the inverse order of the
maturities thereof, (y) second, to the remaining Advances
(other than Term Loan B) in such order as Agent may determine
(with, in the case of prepayments made with the Net Proceeds of any
Collateral not included in the calculation of the Formula Amount
(on the Closing Date), a corresponding permanent reduction in the
Maximum Revolving Advance Amount and the Maximum US Revolving
Advance Amount), and (z) third, to the outstanding principal
amount of Term Loan B-US, and (ii) in the case of any Foreign
Borrower and any Foreign Guarantor, (x) first, to the Advances
(other than Term Loan B) extended to Foreign Borrowers in such
order as Agent may determine (with, in the case of prepayments made
with the Net Proceeds of any Collateral not included in the
calculation of the Formula Amount (on the Closing Date), a
corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Foreign Revolving
Advance Amount applicable to such Foreign Borrower), and
(y) second, to the outstanding principal amount of Term Loan
B-Foreign, provided , however , that (A) subject
in each case to the consent of Required Revolving Lenders at such
time, in lieu of, in the case of clauses (i)(y) and/or (ii)(x) of
this Section 2.21(c), permanently reducing the Maximum Foreign
Revolving
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Advance Amount to the extent of prepayments made
with Net Proceeds, Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to
repay Advances (other than Term Loan B) extended to Foreign
Borrowers by an amount equal to 50% of such Net Proceeds and apply
the remaining 50% to the outstanding principal amount of Term Loan
B-US or Term Loan B-Foreign, as applicable, and (B) in no
event shall there be any application of such cash collateral to any
Eurodollar Rate Loans until the expiration of the applicable
Interest Period for such Loan. To the extent there are no
outstanding Advances, all cash collateral shall be released to the
relevant Borrowers unless an Event of Default has occurred which is
then continuing. Subject to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, Borrowers may reborrow Revolving Advances repaid
hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof.
2.22. Use of Proceeds . Borrowers shall apply the
proceeds of Advances to provide (i) for the closing costs and
Borrowers’ legal and accounting fees and expenses relating to
this Agreement, (ii) with respect to the proceeds of Term Loan
B-US, for the repayment of a portion of the Revolving Advances
outstanding on the Closing Date, (iii) with respect to the
proceeds of Term Loan B-Foreign, for the repayment in full of the
principal balance of Term Loan A-Foreign outstanding on the Closing
Date, (iv) for the working capital needs of Borrowers and
(v) for permitted Capital Expenditures.
2.23. Defaulting Lender .
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
in the event any Revolving Lender (x) has refused (which
refusal constitutes a breach by such Lender of its obligations
under this Agreement) to make available its portion of any
Revolving Advance or (y) notifies either Agent or Borrowing
Agent that it does not intend to make available its portion of any
Revolving Advance (if the actual refusal would constitute a breach
by such Revolving Lender of its obligations under this Agreement)
(each, a " Lender Default "), all rights and obligations
hereunder of such Revolving Lender (a " Defaulting Lender ")
as to which a Lender Default is in effect and of the other parties
hereto shall be modified to the extent of the express provisions of
this Section 2.23 while such Lender Default remains in
effect.
(b) Revolving Advances shall be incurred pro rata from Revolving
Lenders (the " Non-Defaulting Lenders ") which are not
Defaulting Lenders based on their respective Commitment
Percentages, and no Commitment Percentage of any Revolving Lender
or any pro rata share of any Revolving Advances required to be
advanced by any Revolving Lender shall be increased as a result of
such Lender Default. Amounts received in respect of principal of
any type of Revolving Advances shall be applied to reduce the
applicable Revolving Advances of each Revolving Lender pro rata
based on the aggregate of the outstanding Advances of that type of
all Lenders at the time of such application; provided, that, such
amount shall not be applied to any Revolving Advances of a
Defaulting Lender at any time when, and to the extent that, the
aggregate amount of Revolving Advances of any Non-Defaulting Lender
exceeds such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of
all Revolving Advances then outstanding.
(c) A Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to give
instructions to Agent or to approve, disapprove, consent to or vote
on any matters relating to this Agreement and the Other Documents.
All amendments, waivers and other modifications of this Agreement
and the
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Other Documents may be made without regard to a
Defaulting Lender and, for purposes of the definition of "Required
Lenders" and "Required Revolving Lenders", a Defaulting Lender
shall be deemed not to be a Lender and not to have either Advances
outstanding or a Commitment Percentage.
(d) Other than as expressly set forth in this Section 2.23,
the rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender (including the
obligation to indemnify Agent) and the other parties hereto shall
remain unchanged. Nothing in this Section 2.23 shall be deemed
to release any Defaulting Lender from its obligations under this
Agreement and the Other Documents, shall alter such obligations,
shall operate as a waiver of any default by such Defaulting Lender
hereunder, or shall prejudice any rights which any Borrower, Agent
or any Lender may have against any Defaulting Lender as a result of
any default by such Defaulting Lender hereunder.
(e) In the event a Defaulting Lender retroactively cures to the
satisfaction of Agent the breach which caused a Revolving Lender to
become a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall no longer
be a Defaulting Lender and shall thereafter be treated as a
Revolving Lender under this Agreement.
3.1. Interest . Interest on Advances shall
be payable by each Borrowing Group with respect to its Advances in
arrears on the first day of each month with respect to Domestic
Rate Loans and, with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, at the end
of each Interest Period; provided , however , with
respect to Interest Periods longer than three (3) months,
interest shall be payable (i) on the day which is three
(3) months after the first day of such Interest Period,
(ii) on each three month anniversary thereafter and
(iii) on the last day of such Interest Period. Interest
charges shall be computed on the actual principal amount of
Advances outstanding during the month at a rate per annum equal to
(i) with respect to Revolving Advances, the applicable
Revolving Interest Rate, (ii) with respect to Swingline
Advances, the Swingline Advance Rate and (iii) with respect to
the Term Loans, the applicable Term Loan A Rate or Term Loan B Rate
(as applicable, the " Contract Rate "). Whenever, subsequent
to the date of this Agreement, the Alternate Base Rate is increased
or decreased, the applicable Contract Rate for Domestic Rate Loans
shall be similarly changed without notice or demand of any kind by
an amount equal to the amount of such change in the Alternate Base
Rate during the time such change or changes remain in effect. The
Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted with respect to Eurodollar Rate
Loans without notice or demand of any kind on the effective date of
any change in the Reserve Percentage to reflect such change in the
Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. Upon and after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, and during the continuation
thereof, at the option of Agent or at the direction of Required
Lenders, the Obligations shall bear interest at the applicable
Contract Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum (the "
Default Rate "); provided , however that upon
and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, and during the
continuation thereof, imposition of the Default Rate with respect
to the Term B Loans shall be in the sole discretion of Term B
Agent.
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3.2. Letter of Credit Fees .
(a) US Borrowers shall pay (x) to Agent, for the ratable
benefit of Revolving Lenders, fees for each Letter of Credit for
the period from and excluding the date of issuance of same to and
including the date of expiration or termination, equal to the
average daily undrawn amount of each outstanding Letter of Credit
multiplied by the then effective Applicable Margin for Eurodollar
Rate Loans constituting Revolving Advances, such fees to be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of
days elapsed and to be payable quarterly in arrears on
June 30, September 30, December 31 and
March 31 of each calendar year and on the last day of the
Term, and (y) to the Issuer, a fronting fee of one quarter of
one percent (0.25%) per annum, together with any and all
administrative, issuance, amendment, payment and negotiation
charges with respect to Letters of Credit and all fees and expenses
as agreed upon by the Issuer and the Borrowing Agent in connection
with any Letter of Credit, including in connection with the
opening, amendment or renewal of any such Letter of Credit and any
acceptances created thereunder and shall reimburse Agent for any
and all fees and expenses, if any, paid by Agent to the Issuer (all
of the foregoing fees, the " Letter of Credit Fees "). All
such charges shall be deemed earned in full on the date when the
same are due and payable hereunder and shall not be subject to
rebate or proration upon the termination of this Agreement for any
reason. Any such charge in effect at the time of a particular
transaction shall be the charge for that transaction,
notwithstanding any subsequent change in the Issuer’s
prevailing charges for that type of transaction. All Letter of
Credit Fees payable hereunder shall be deemed earned in full on the
date when the same are due and payable hereunder and shall not be
subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of this
Agreement for any reason. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event
of Default, and during the continuation thereof, at the option of
Agent or at the direction of Required Revolving Lenders, the Letter
of Credit Fees described in clause (x) of this
Section 3.2(a) shall be increased by an additional two percent
(2%) per annum.
(b) On demand either (a) following the occurrence of and
during the continuance of an Event of Default or (b) upon
termination of this Agreement, US Borrowers will cause cash to be
deposited and maintained in an account with Agent, as cash
collateral, in an amount equal to one hundred and five percent
(105%) of the outstanding Letters of Credit, and each US
Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent, in its discretion, on
such Borrower’s behalf and in such Borrower’s name, to
open such an account and to make and maintain deposits therein, or
in an account opened by such Borrower, in the amounts required to
be made by such Borrower, out of the proceeds of Receivables or
other Collateral or out of any other funds of such Borrower coming
into any Lender’s possession at any time. Agent will invest
such cash collateral (less applicable reserves) in such short-term
money-market items as to which Agent and such Borrower mutually
agree and the net return on such investments shall be credited to
such account and constitute additional cash collateral. No Borrower
may withdraw amounts credited to any such account except upon the
occurrence of all of the following: (x) payment and
performance in full of all Obligations (other than CIR
Obligations), (y) expiration of all Letters of Credit and
(z) termination of this Agreement.
3.3. Facility Fee . If, for any quarter during the Term,
the average daily unpaid balance of the sum of (a) Revolving
Advances plus (b) the Maximum Face Amount of
outstanding Letters of Credit for each day of such quarter does not
equal the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount, then Borrowers shall
pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of Revolving Lenders a fee at
a rate equal to one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum on the
amount by which the Maximum
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Revolving Advance Amount exceeds such average
daily unpaid balance. For purposes of this computation, Swingline
Advances shall be deemed to be borrowed amounts under Swingline
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Advances.
Such fee shall be payable to Agent quarterly in arrears on
June 30, September 30, December 31 and
March 31 of each calendar year and on the last day of the
Term.
3.4. Fee Letter . Borrowers shall pay to Agent or Term B
Agent, as applicable, all fees and expenses in accordance with the
terms of the applicable Fee Letter, in the amounts and when due as
provided therein.
3.5. Computation of Interest and Fees . Subject to, in
the case of Stream Canada, to Section 3.11, interest and fees
hereunder and under the Fee Letter shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 360 days and for the actual number of days elapsed. If
any payment to be ma
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