Credit Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, by and among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Issuing Lender and the lenders referred to therein
Exhibit 10.1
Published CUSIP Number:
Revolving Credit CUSIP Number:
$100,000,000.00
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of December 7, 2017,
by and among
DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC.,
as Borrower,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and Issuing Lender,
and
the Lenders referred to herein, as Lenders
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
Section 1.01 | Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 | Other Definitions and Provisions | 33 | ||||
Section 1.03 | Accounting Terms | 33 | ||||
Section 1.04 | UCC Terms | 34 | ||||
Section 1.05 | Rounding | 34 | ||||
Section 1.06 | References to Agreement and Laws | 34 | ||||
Section 1.07 | Times of Day | 34 | ||||
Section 1.08 | Letter of Credit Amounts | 34 | ||||
Section 1.09 | Guarantees/Earn-Outs | 34 | ||||
Section 1.10 | Covenant Compliance Generally | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE II | REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY | 35 | ||||
Section 2.01 | Amount and Nature of Revolving Credit Facilities | 35 | ||||
Section 2.02 | Revolving Credit Notes | 36 | ||||
Section 2.03 | Making of Revolving Credit Advances | 36 | ||||
Section 2.04 | Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans | 37 | ||||
Section 2.05 | Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment | 38 | ||||
Section 2.06 | Termination of Revolving Credit Facility | 39 | ||||
Section 2.07 | Use of Proceeds | 39 | ||||
Section 2.08 | Automated Loan Sweep | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE III | LETTER OF CREDIT SUBLIMIT | 39 | ||||
Section 3.01 | L/C Sublimit | 39 | ||||
Section 3.02 | Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit | 41 | ||||
Section 3.03 | Commissions and Other Charges | 41 | ||||
Section 3.04 | L/C Participations | 42 | ||||
Section 3.05 | Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower | 43 | ||||
Section 3.06 | Obligations Absolute | 43 | ||||
Section 3.07 | Effect of Letter of Credit Application | 44 | ||||
Section 3.08 | Resignation of Issuing Lenders | 44 | ||||
Section 3.09 | Reporting of Letter of Credit Information and L/C Commitment | 45 |
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ARTICLE IV | GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS | 45 | ||||
Section 4.01 | Interest | 45 | ||||
Section 4.02 | Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans | 47 | ||||
Section 4.03 | Unused Fee | 47 | ||||
Section 4.04 | Manner of Payment | 48 | ||||
Section 4.05 | Evidence of Indebtedness | 48 | ||||
Section 4.06 | Sharing of Payments by Lenders | 49 | ||||
Section 4.07 | Administrative Agents Clawback | 49 | ||||
Section 4.08 | Changed Circumstances | 50 | ||||
Section 4.09 | Indemnity | 51 | ||||
Section 4.10 | Increased Costs | 52 | ||||
Section 4.11 | Taxes | 53 | ||||
Section 4.12 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 56 | ||||
Section 4.13 | Incremental Loans | 57 | ||||
Section 4.14 | Cash Collateral | 60 | ||||
Section 4.15 | Defaulting Lenders | 61 | ||||
ARTICLE V | CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING | 63 | ||||
Section 5.01 | Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit | 63 | ||||
Section 5.02 | Conditions to All Extensions of Credit | 66 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES | 67 | ||||
Section 6.01 | Organization; Power; Qualification | 67 | ||||
Section 6.02 | Ownership | 67 | ||||
Section 6.03 | Authorization; Enforceability | 68 | ||||
Section 6.04 | Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc | 68 | ||||
Section 6.05 | Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals | 68 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Tax Returns and Payments | 69 | ||||
Section 6.07 | Intellectual Property Matters | 69 | ||||
Section 6.08 | Environmental Matters | 69 | ||||
Section 6.09 | Employee Benefit Matters | 70 |
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Section 6.10 | Margin Stock | 71 | ||||
Section 6.11 | Government Regulation | 72 | ||||
Section 6.12 | Material Contracts | 72 | ||||
Section 6.13 | Employee Relations | 72 | ||||
Section 6.14 | Burdensome Provisions | 72 | ||||
Section 6.15 | Financial Statements | 72 | ||||
Section 6.16 | No Material Adverse Change | 73 | ||||
Section 6.17 | Solvency | 73 | ||||
Section 6.18 | Title to Properties | 73 | ||||
Section 6.19 | Litigation | 73 | ||||
Section 6.20 | Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions | 73 | ||||
Section 6.21 | Absence of Defaults | 74 | ||||
Section 6.22 | Disclosure | 74 | ||||
ARTICLE VII | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 74 | ||||
Section 7.01 | Financial Statements and Budgets | 75 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Certificates; Other Reports | 76 | ||||
Section 7.03 | Notice of Litigation and Other Matters | 77 | ||||
Section 7.04 | Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters | 78 | ||||
Section 7.05 | Maintenance of Property and Licenses | 78 | ||||
Section 7.06 | Insurance | 79 | ||||
Section 7.07 | Accounting Methods and Financial Records | 79 | ||||
Section 7.08 | Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations | 79 | ||||
Section 7.09 | Compliance with Laws and Approvals | 79 | ||||
Section 7.10 | Environmental Laws | 80 | ||||
Section 7.11 | Compliance with ERISA | 80 | ||||
Section 7.12 | Compliance with Material Contracts | 80 | ||||
Section 7.13 | Visits and Inspections | 80 | ||||
Section 7.14 | Additional Subsidiaries | 80 | ||||
Section 7.15 | Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions | 81 |
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Section 7.16 | Corporate Governance | 81 | ||||
Section 7.17 | Bank Accounts | 81 | ||||
Section 7.18 | SEC Filings and Reports | 81 | ||||
Section 7.19 | Further Assurances | 82 | ||||
Section 7.20 | Post-Closing Matters | 82 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 82 | ||||
Section 8.01 | Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio | 82 | ||||
Section 8.02 | Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio | 82 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Capital Expenditures | 82 | ||||
Section 8.04 | Repurchase of Shares | 82 | ||||
Section 8.05 | Indebtedness | 82 | ||||
Section 8.06 | Contingent Liabilities | 83 | ||||
Section 8.07 | Negative Pledge | 83 | ||||
Section 8.08 | Corporate Reorganizations | 84 | ||||
Section 8.09 | Disposition of Assets | 84 | ||||
Section 8.10 | Loans, Investments, Etc | 84 | ||||
Section 8.11 | Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks | 85 | ||||
Section 8.12 | Transactions with Affiliates | 85 | ||||
Section 8.13 | Employee Plans | 85 | ||||
Section 8.14 | Disposal of Ownership of a Material Subsidiary | 86 | ||||
Section 8.15 | Business of Borrower | 86 | ||||
Section 8.16 | Material Foreign Subsidiary | 86 | ||||
Section 8.17 | No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements | 87 | ||||
ARTICLE IX | DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | 88 | ||||
Section 9.01 | Events of Default | 88 | ||||
Section 9.02 | Remedies | 89 | ||||
Section 9.03 | Remedies Cumulative | 90 | ||||
Section 9.04 | Remedies Not Waived | 90 | ||||
Section 9.05 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 90 |
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ARTICLE X | THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 91 | ||||
Section 10.01 | Appointment and Authority | 91 | ||||
Section 10.02 | Rights as a Lender | 91 | ||||
Section 10.03 | Exculpatory Provisions | 91 | ||||
Section 10.04 | Reliance by the Administrative Agent | 93 | ||||
Section 10.05 | Delegation of Duties | 93 | ||||
Section 10.06 | Resignation of Administrative Agent | 93 | ||||
Section 10.07 | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | 95 | ||||
Section 10.08 | No Other Duties, Etc | 95 | ||||
ARTICLE XI | MISCELLANEOUS | 95 | ||||
Section 11.01 | Notices | 95 | ||||
Section 11.02 | Amendments, Waivers and Consents | 98 | ||||
Section 11.03 | Expenses; Indemnity | 100 | ||||
Section 11.04 | Right of Setoff | 102 | ||||
Section 11.05 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc | 103 | ||||
Section 11.06 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 103 | ||||
Section 11.07 | Reversal of Payments | 104 | ||||
Section 11.08 | Injunctive Relief | 104 | ||||
Section 11.09 | Successors and Assigns; Participations | 104 | ||||
Section 11.10 | Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | 108 | ||||
Section 11.11 | Performance of Duties | 109 | ||||
Section 11.12 | All Powers Coupled with Interest | 109 | ||||
Section 11.13 | Survival | 110 | ||||
Section 11.14 | Titles and Captions | 110 | ||||
Section 11.15 | Severability of Provisions | 110 | ||||
Section 11.16 | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution | 110 | ||||
Section 11.17 | Term of Agreement | 111 | ||||
Section 11.18 | USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws | 111 | ||||
Section 11.19 | Independent Effect of Covenants | 111 | ||||
Section 11.20 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | 111 | ||||
Section 11.21 | Inconsistencies with Other Documents | 112 |
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EXHIBITS | ||||||
Exhibit A | - | Form of Revolving Credit Note | ||||
Exhibit B | - | Form of Credit Request | ||||
Exhibit C | - | Form of Notice of Account Designation | ||||
Exhibit D | - | Form of Notice of Prepayment | ||||
Exhibit E | - | Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation | ||||
Exhibit F | - | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||||
Exhibit G | - | Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||||
SCHEDULES | ||||||
Schedule 1.1 | - | Existing Letters of Credit | ||||
Schedule 1.1(A) | - | Commitments and Commitment Percentages | ||||
Schedule 3.03 | - | Letter of Credit Commissions | ||||
Schedule 6.01 | - | Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification | ||||
Schedule 6.02 | - | Subsidiaries and Capitalization | ||||
Schedule 6.06 | - | Tax Matters | ||||
Schedule 6.09 | - | ERISA Plans | ||||
Schedule 6.12 | - | Material Contracts | ||||
Schedule 6.13 | - | Labor and Collective Bargaining Agreements | ||||
Schedule 6.18 | - | Real Property | ||||
Schedule 6.19 | - | Litigation | ||||
Schedule 7.20 | - | Post-Closing Matters | ||||
Schedule 8.06 | - | Contingent Liabilities | ||||
Schedule 8.07(h) | - | Existing Liens | ||||
Schedule 9.01(i) | - | Control |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, is dated as of December 7, 2017, by and among DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, as Borrower, the lenders who are party to this Agreement and the lenders who may become a party to this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, as Lenders, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Borrower has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to extend, certain credit facilities to the Borrower.
This Credit Facility (as hereinafter defined) replaces in its entirety that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 24, 2006, as amended between Borrower and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
Acquisition means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of members of the board of directors or the equivalent governing body (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.
Active Subsidiary means any Subsidiary, which is not considered a Material Subsidiary, which maintains an account with any Lender and/or has contracted for treasury management services with any Lender; provided, however, that any Subsidiary that maintains accounts with zero balances or accounts with no activity shall not be an Active Subsidiary.
Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate means the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Adjusted LIBOR Rate means the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Administrative Agent means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section 10.06.
Administrative Agents Office means the office of the Administrative Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.01(c).
Administrative Questionnaire means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agent Parties has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.01(e)(ii).
Agreement means this Credit Agreement.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules and regulations thereunder and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws means any and all laws, statutes, regulations or obligatory government orders, decrees, ordinances or rules applicable to a Credit Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including any applicable provision of the Patriot Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
Applicable Law means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
Applicable Margin means the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth below:
Pricing | Consolidated Funded | Applicable Margin | Unused Fee | |||||||
I | Less than or equal to 0.5 | .65 | % | .10 | % | |||||
II | Greater than 0.5 to 1.00, but less than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00 | .75 | % | .10 | % | |||||
III | Greater than 1.00 to 1.00, but less than or equal to 1.5 to 1.00 | 1.00 | % | .10 | % | |||||
IV | Greater than 1.50 to 1.00, but less than 2.50 to 1.00 | 1.25 | % | .10 | % |
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The Applicable Margin shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date five (5) Business Days after the day on which the Borrower provides an Officers Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.02(a) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower (each such date, a Calculation Date); provided that (a) the Applicable Margin shall be established on the Closing Date based on the most recently provided Compliance Certificate and, thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated Funded Debt/Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, and (b) if the Borrower fails to provide an Officers Compliance Certificate when due as required by Section 7.02(a) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, the Applicable Margin from the date on which such Officers Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered shall be based on the Pricing Level in existence for the previous reporting period until such time as such Officers Compliance Certificate is delivered, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated Funded Debt/Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding such Calculation Date. The applicable Pricing Level shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the Pricing Level shall be applicable to all Extensions of Credit then existing or subsequently made or issued.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Officers Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 or 7.02(a) is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, (ii) any Commitments are in effect, or (iii) any Extension of Credit is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Officers Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an Applicable Period) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (A) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Officers Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (B) the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period shall be determined as if the Consolidated Funded Debt/Consolidated EBITDA Ratio in the corrected Officers Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (C) the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 4.04. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 9.02 nor any of their other rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Borrowers obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
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Asset Disposition means any Transfer except:
(a) any Transfer from a Subsidiary to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(b) any Transfer from the Borrower to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; or
(c) any Transfer made in the ordinary course of business and involving only property that is either (i) inventory held for sale or (ii) equipment, fixtures, supplies or other property no longer required in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that is obsolete.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.09), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date of determination, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount or principal amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation.
Bankruptcy Code means 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.
Borrower means Dorman Products, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
Borrower Materials has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.02.
Business Day means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan, LIBOR Market Interest Rate Revolving Loan or any Prime Rate Revolving Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, any day that is a Business Day described in clause (a) and that is also a London Banking Day.
Calculation Date has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Applicable Margin.
Capital Expenditures means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations during such period, but excluding expenditures for the restoration, repair or replacement of any fixed or capital asset which was destroyed or damaged, in whole or in part, to the extent financed by the proceeds of an insurance policy maintained by such Person.
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Capital Lease Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Collateralize means, to deposit in a Controlled Account or to pledge and deposit with, or deliver to the Administrative Agent, or directly to the applicable Issuing Lender (with notice thereof to the Administrative Agent), for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Lenders, or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender shall agree, in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender. Cash Collateral shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Equivalents means, collectively, (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof maturing within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moodys, (c) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of creation thereof issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) and having a rating of A or better by a nationally recognized rating agency; provided that the aggregate amount invested in such certificates of deposit shall not at any time exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) for any one such certificate of deposit and Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) for any one such bank, or (d) time deposits maturing no more than thirty (30) days from the date of creation thereof with commercial banks or savings banks or savings and loan associations each having membership either in the FDIC or the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder.
Cash Proceeds has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by Wells Fargo for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.
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Closing means the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Closing Date means the date on which the Closing is held.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Commitment Percentage means, as to any Lender, such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.
Commitments means, collectively, as to all Lenders, the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Lenders.
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
Competitor means any Person that is a bona fide direct competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the same industry or a substantially similar industry which offers a substantially similar product or service as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Connection Income Taxes means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Consolidated means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
Consolidated Assets means, at any time, the total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would be shown as assets on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such time prepared in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of Subsidiaries.
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding, to the extent included therein, the income or loss of any subsidiary of the Company that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company to the extent such income or loss is attributable to the noncontrolling interests in such subsidiary) plus (b) the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) provisions for domestic and foreign income and franchise taxes, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense (including the amortization of any expenses related to this Agreement), (iii) amortization, accretion, depreciation and other noncash charges (except to the extent that such non-cash charges are reserved for cash charges to be taken in the future), (iv) extraordinary losses (excluding extraordinary losses from discontinued operations), (v) stock compensation expenses, (vii) all non-cash foreign currency losses, (viii) all losses from the sales of assets not sold in the ordinary
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course of business, (ix) all non-cash losses resulting from an acquisition, and (x) all non-cash restructuring expenses, less (c) the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) interest income, (ii) any extraordinary gains, (iii) non-cash gains or non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income, (iv) all non-cash foreign currency gains, (v) all gains from the sales of assets not sold in the ordinary course of business, and (vi) all non-cash gains resulting from an acquisition.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date less Unfunded Capital Expenditures less dividends divided by Consolidated Fixed Charges for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date.
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis for such period, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, Consolidated Interest Expense plus Current Maturities of Consolidated Funded Debt plus cash taxes (as disclosed in the Consolidated statement of cash flows included in the Borrowers quarterly or annual financial statements).
Consolidated Funded Debt means, at any date, all Funded Debt of the Borrower and Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all intercompany transactions, and which constitutes (a) indebtedness for borrowed money which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has directly or indirectly incurred; (b) indebtedness secured by any encumbrance on property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether or not the Borrower or any Subsidiary has assumed or become liable for the payment of such debt; (c) indebtedness with respect to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has become directly or indirectly liable and which represents or has been incurred to finance the purchase price (or a portion thereof) of any property or services or business acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether by purchase, consolidation, merger or otherwise; and (d) indebtedness of entities other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has become liable by way of a guaranty, agreement to advance funds or similar undertaking, including, without limitation, standby letters of credit.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including, without limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and all net payment obligations pursuant to interest rate Hedge Agreements) for such period.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to
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the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Persons assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes and (d) any gain or loss from Asset Dispositions during such period.
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio means the ratio of Consolidated Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA (based on the rolling four quarters ending on the test date).
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Controlled Account means each deposit account and securities account that is subject to an account control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the applicable Issuing Lenders that is entitled to Cash Collateral hereunder at the time such control agreement is executed.
Credit Facility means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Facility and the L/C Sublimit.
Credit Parties means, collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Current Maturities of Consolidated Funded Debt means, at any time and with respect to any item of Funded Debt, the portion of such Funded Debt outstanding at such time which by the terms of such Funded Debt or the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto is due on demand or within one year from such time (whether by sinking fund, other required prepayment or final payment at maturity).
Debt means, with respect to any Person, without duplication.
(a) its liabilities for borrowed money;
(b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including, without limitation, all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);
(c) its Capital Lease Obligations;
(d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities); and
(e) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (d) hereof.
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The amount of any Debt shall be determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (e) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.
Debt Issuance means the issuance of any Indebtedness for borrowed money by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default means any of the events specified in Section 9.01 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 4.15(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans or participations were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or any Issuing Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lenders determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the FDIC or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with
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immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 4.15(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Lender, and each Lender.
Disqualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provide for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Date; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers or employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
Disqualified Institution means, on any date, (a) any Person designated by the Borrower as a Disqualified Institution by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date hereof and (b) any other Person that is a Competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Person has been designated by the Borrower as a Disqualified Institution by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which such notice shall specify such Person by exact legal name) and the Lenders (including by posting such notice to the Platform) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to such date; provided that Disqualified Institutions shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a Disqualified Institution by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided further that any bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business which is managed, sponsored or advised by any Person Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Competitor or its Controlling owner and for which no personnel involved with the competitive activities of such Competitor or Controlling owner (i) makes any investment decisions for such debt fund or (ii) has access to any confidential information (other than publicly available information) relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be a Competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
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Distributable Share of any Lender means the percentage obtained by dividing the dollar amount of the Obligations owing to such Lender (as a Lender or as Administrative Agent) in connection with this Agreement or the Master Letter of Credit Agreement by the dollar amount of all such Obligations owing to all of the Lenders (as a Lender or as Administrative Agent).
Disposition Value means, at any time, with respect to any property
(a) in the case of property that does not constitute Subsidiary Stock, the book value thereof, valued at the time of such disposition in good faith by the Borrower, and
(b) in the case of property that constitutes Subsidiary Stock, an amount equal to that percentage of book value of the assets of the Subsidiary that issued such Subsidiary Stock as is equal to the percentage that the book value of such Subsidiary Stock represents of the book value of all of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary (assuming, in making such calculations, that all agreements and investments convertible into such capital stock or other equity interests are so converted and giving full effect to all transactions that would occur or be required in connection with such conversion) determined at the time of the deposition thereof, in good faith by the Borrower.
DOL means the United States Department of Labor.
Dollars or $ means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
DQ List is the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
Effective Date means the date of disbursement of a Loan, or, if the Loan has already been disbursed, the date the Borrower designates as the date on which a Prime Rate Interest Period, a LIBOR Market Index Rate Interest Period, or a LIBOR Interest Period is to commence, all as provided in Article III hereof.
Eligible Assignee means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.09(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.09(b)(iii)). For the avoidance of doubt, any Disqualified Institution is subject to Section 11.09(a)(i).
Employee Benefit Plan means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding seven (7) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.
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Environmental Claims means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, accusations, allegations, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law, including, without limitation, any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to public health or the environment.
Environmental Laws means any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of public health or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interests means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Equity Issuance means (a) any issuance by the Borrower of shares of its Equity Interests to any Person that is not a Credit Party (including, without limitation, in connection with the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of any debt securities to equity) and (b) any capital contribution from any Person that is not a Credit Party into any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. The term Equity Issuance shall not include (A) any Asset Disposition or (B) any Debt Issuance.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate means any Person who together with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage means, for any day, the percentage which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.
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Event of Default means any of the events specified in Section 9.01; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, United States federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 4.12(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 4.11(g) and (iv) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Existing Letters of Credit means those letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 1.1 as issued under that Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 24, 2006, as amended, by and between the Borrower and Wachovia Bank, National Association.
Extensions of Credit means, as to any Lender at any time, (a) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, and (ii) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding, or (b) the making of any Loan or participation in any Letter of Credit by such Lender, as the context requires.
Fair Market Value means, at any time and with respect to any property, the sale value of such property that would be realized in an arms-length sale at such time between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller (neither being under a compulsion to buy or sell).
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
FDIC means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Fee Letters means any letter between the Borrower and any Issuing Lender (other than Wells Fargo) relating to certain fees payable to such Issuing Lender in its capacity as such.
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and the Equity Interests of which are owned directly by any Credit Party.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on the last Saturday of December.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, other than such L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
Governmental Approvals means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, and all registrations and filings with or issued by, any Governmental Authorities.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Guaranty of or by any Person (the guarantor) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
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(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation or (e) for the purpose of assuming in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (whether in whole or in part).
Guarantors means, collectively, each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Guaranty Agreements means, collectively, the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreements.
Hazardous Materials means any substances or materials (a) which are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to public health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval, (e) which are deemed by a Governmental Authority to constitute a nuisance or a trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring properties, or (f) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
Hedge Agreement means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement.
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Hedge Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
Increased Amount Date has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a).
Incremental Facilities Limit means One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) less the total aggregate principal amount outstanding under any Incremental Loan.
Incremental Lender has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a).
Incremental Loan Commitments has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a).
Incremental Loans has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a).
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a)(ii).
Incremental Revolving Credit Increase has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a)(ii).
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following:
(a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments of any such Person;
(b) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of any such Person (including, without limitation, all payment obligations under non-competition, earn-out (when earned) or similar agreements;
(c) the Attributable Indebtedness of such Person with respect to such Persons Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Leases (regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
(d) all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business);
(e) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn, including, without limitation, any Reimbursement Obligation, and bankers acceptances issued for the account of any such Person;
(f) all net obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements; and
(g) all Guarantees of any such Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
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For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. In respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date of determination will be the lesser of (x) the fair market value of such assets as of such date and (y) the amount of such Indebtedness as of such date.
The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date.
Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.03(b).
Information has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.10.
Initial Issuing Lender means Wells Fargo.
Instruments has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
Insurance and Condemnation Event means the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective Property.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual property and related rights of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether or not currently being used in its business), including without limitation, patents and applications therefor, confidential or proprietary information, know-how, trade secrets, secret formulas, technical information, computer software, programs, source code, object code, tapes, disks and related materials, business and marketing plans, customer lists, registrations and applications therefor, copyrights registrations and applications therefor, trademarks, service marks, trade names and all names and slogans used or usable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with its business or any of its activities, products or services, and all goodwill related to the foregoing.
Interest Period means, as to each LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), two (2), three (3), or six (6) months, in each case as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation and subject to availability; provided that:
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(a) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any LIBOR Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(c) any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(d) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; and
(e) there shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect at any time.
Interest Rate means a Prime Rate, an Adjusted LIBOR Rate or an Adjusted Libor Market Index Rate.
Interest Rate Election Notice means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B or Exhibit E hereto duly executed by an officer of the Borrower, or any Person designated by the Borrower in a written certificate as a Person authorized to deliver such a notice, acting on behalf of the Borrower.
Investment means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) purchases, owns, invests in or otherwise acquires (in one transaction or a series of transactions), directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including, without limitation, the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Indebtedness or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of the business or assets of any other Person or any other investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person, (b) makes any Acquisition or (c) makes or permits to exist, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in cash or by delivery of Property in, any Person.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. § 80(a)(1), et seq.).
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
ISP98 means the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision, effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
Issuing Lender means (a) with respect to Letters of Credit issued hereunder on or after the Closing Date, (i) the Initial Issuing Lenders and (ii) any other Revolving Credit Lender to the extent it has agreed in its sole discretion to act as an Issuing Lender hereunder and that has been approved in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (such approval by the
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Administrative Agent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld) as an Issuing Lender hereunder, in each case in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit; provided that the total number of Issuing Lenders under this clause (a) shall not exceed two (2) and (b) with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit, Wells Fargo, in its capacity as issuer thereof.
L/C Commitment means, as to any Issuing Lender, the obligation of such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount equal to (a) for each of the Initial Issuing Lenders, the amount set forth opposite the name of each such Initial Issuing Lender on Schedule 1.1(A) and (b) for any other Issuing Lender becoming an Issuing Lender after the Closing Date, such amount as separately agreed to in a written agreement between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender (which such agreement shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon execution), in each case of clauses (a) and (b) above, any such amount may be changed after the Closing Date in a written agreement between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender (which such agreement shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon execution); provided that the L/C Commitment with respect to any Person that ceases to be an Issuing Lender for any reason pursuant to the terms hereof shall be $0 (subject to the Letters of Credit of such Person remaining outstanding in accordance with the provisions hereof).
L/C Obligations means at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.05.
L/C Participants means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the collective reference to all the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the applicable Issuing Lender.
L/C Sublimit means the lesser of (a) Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitment.
Lender means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender on the Closing Date and any other Person that shall have become a party to this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or pursuant to Section 4.13, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
Lender Joinder Agreement means a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent delivered in connection with Section 4.13.
Lending Office means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender maintaining such Lenders Extensions of Credit.
Letter of Credit Application means an application requesting such Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit and a reimbursement agreement, in each case in the form specified by the applicable Issuing Lender from time to time.
Letter of Credit Balance has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(c).
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Letter of Credit Facility means the facility of the Lenders extended to the Borrower through the Agent for the issuance of Letters of Credit.
Letter of Credit Obligations means the aggregate of all obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders hereunder with respect to Letters of Credit, including without limitation reimbursement obligations (matured and unmatured, fixed and contingent) as to Letters of Credit, whether or not there has been a draw.
Letters of Credit means the collective reference to letters of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.01 and the Existing Letters of Credit.
LIBOR means (i) for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference to LIBOR Interest Periods, the rate of interest per annum determined by Lender based on the rate for United States dollar deposits for delivery on the first day of each LIBOR Interest Period for a period approximately equal to such LIBOR Interest Period as published by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period (or if not so published, then as determined by Lender from another recognized source or interbank quotation), or (ii) for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference to Daily One Month LIBOR, the rate of interest per annum determined by Lender based on the rate for United States dollar deposits for delivery of funds for one (1) month as published by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, or, for any day not a London Business Day, the immediately preceding London Business Day (or if not so published, then as determined by Lender from another recognized source or interbank quotation); provided, however, that if LIBOR determined as provided above would be less than zero percent (0.0%), then LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero percent (0.0%).
Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. To the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied to the then applicable Interest Period in a manner consistent with market practice as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that if such market practice is reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to not be administratively feasible, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall LIBOR be less than 0%.
LIBOR Interest Period means any period of time during which the Interest Rate on a Loan is calculated with reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Loans means LIBOR Revolving Loans.
LIBOR Market Index Rate means for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for a LIBOR Market Index Revolving Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined by Lender based on the rate for United States dollar deposits for delivery on the first day of each LIBOR Interest Period equal to one month for a period approximately equal to such LIBOR Interest Period as published by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom
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company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period (or if not so published, then as determined by Lender from another recognized source or interbank quotation); provided, however, that if LIBOR Market Index Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero percent (0.0%), then LIBOR Market Index Rate shall be deemed to be zero percent (0.0%).
LIBOR Market Index Rate Interest Period means any period of time during which the Interest Rate on a Loan is calculated with reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate.
LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan means that portion of the Revolving Credit Balance for which an Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate is elected.
LIBOR Rate means a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
LIBOR RATE = | LIBOR | |||
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1.00-EURODOLLAR RESERVE PERCENTAGE |
LIBOR Rate Loan or LIBOR Revolving Loan means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Adjusted LIBOR Rate as provided in Section 4.01(a).
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
Loan Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note, the Letter of Credit Applications, the Guaranty Agreements, the Fee Letters, and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries in favor of or provided to the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated hereby.
Loans means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans and Loan means any of such Loans.
London Banking Day means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market.
Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) a material adverse effect on the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of any such Person, (b) a material impairment of the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or (d) an impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
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Material Contract means any contract, agreement or other instrument which is filed as an exhibit to the Borrowers periodic reports under the Exchange Act pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
Material Foreign Subsidiary shall mean each Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower that has or acquires total assets having a book value, at historical cost, in excess of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000).
Material Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of Borrower that has in excess of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) of revenue.
Minimum Collateral Amount means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to one hundred two percent (102%) of the sum of the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lender with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (b) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and each of the applicable Issuing Lenders that is entitled to Cash Collateral hereunder at such time in their sole discretion.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding seven (7) years.
1933 Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Net Cash Proceeds means, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Asset Disposition or Insurance and Condemnation Event, the gross proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom (including any cash, Cash Equivalents, deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, as and when received) less the sum of (i) in the case of an Asset Disposition, all income taxes and other taxes assessed by, or reasonably estimated to be payable to, a Governmental Authority as a result of such transaction (provided that if such estimated taxes exceed the amount of actual taxes required to be paid in cash in respect of such Asset Disposition, the amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds), (ii) all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with such transaction or event and (iii) the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset (or a portion thereof) disposed of that is pari passu to or senior in ranking to the Liens on such asset created by the Loan Documents, which Indebtedness is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event, and (b) with respect to any Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance, the gross cash proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom less all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket legal, underwriting and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
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Net Proceed Amount means, with respect to any Transfer of any property by any Person, an amount equal to the difference of
(a) the aggregate amount of the consideration (valued at the Fair Market Value of such consideration at the time of the consummation of such Transfer) received by such Person in respect of such Transfer, minus
(b) all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred by such Person in connection with such Transfer.
Non-Consenting Lender means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.02 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
Non-Defaulting Lender means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
Notes means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes.
Notice of Account Designation has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.03(b).
Notice of Borrowing has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.03(a).
Notice of Conversion/Continuation has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.02.
Notice of Prepayment has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.04(c).
Obligations means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans, (b) the L/C Obligations and (c) all other fees and commissions (including attorneys fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent, in each case under any Loan Document, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
OFAC means the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Officers Compliance Certificate means a certificate of the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F.
Operating Lease means, as to any Person as determined in accordance with GAAP, any lease of Property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which is not a capital lease.
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Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.12).
Participant has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.09(d).
Participant Register has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.09(d).
PATRIOT Act means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.
Pension Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (a) is maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) has at any time within the preceding seven (7) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliates.
Permitted Acquisition means any Acquisition that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) no less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall have delivered written notice of such Acquisition to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which notice shall include the proposed closing date of such Acquisition;
(b) the board of directors or other similar governing body of the Person to be acquired shall have approved such Acquisition (and, if requested, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of such approval);
(c) the Person or business to be acquired shall be in a line of business permitted pursuant to Section 8.15 or, in the case of an Acquisition of assets, the assets acquired are useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as conducted immediately prior to such Acquisition;
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(d) if such Acquisition is a merger or consolidation, the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the surviving Person;
(e) if the Permitted Acquisition Consideration for any such Acquisition (or series of related Acquisitions) exceeds One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate, no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officers Compliance Certificate for the most recent fiscal quarter end preceding such Acquisition for which financial statements are available demonstrating, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (i) that the Borrower is in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (as of the closing date of the Acquisition) with each covenant contained in Article VIII and (ii) that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis (as of the closing date of the Acquisition) shall be at least 0.25 below the then applicable ratio set forth in Section 8.01;
(f) if the Permitted Acquisition Consideration for any such Acquisition (or series of related Acquisitions) exceeds One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate, no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) the Borrower, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, (i) shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the finalization thereof copies of substantially final Permitted Acquisition Documents, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) shall have delivered to, or made available for inspection by, the Administrative Agent substantially complete Permitted Acquisition Diligence Information, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(g) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith;
(h) the Borrower shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders prior to the consummation of such Acquisition if (i) the Permitted Acquisition Consideration for any such Acquisition (or series of related Acquisitions), together with all other Acquisitions consummated during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding such Acquisition, exceeds One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) (excluding any portion of the Acquisitions paid with the proceeds from any Equity Issuance) and (ii) the Permitted Acquisition Consideration for all Acquisitions (or series of related Acquisitions), together with all other Acquisitions consummated during the term of this Agreement exceeds Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) in the aggregate (excluding any portion of the Acquisitions paid with the proceeds from any Equity Issuance);
(i) if the Permitted Acquisition Consideration for any such Acquisition (or series of related Acquisitions) exceeds One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate, the Borrower shall have (i) delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that all of the requirements set forth above have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other Acquisition and (ii) provided such other documents and other information as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) in connection with such purchase or other Acquisition.
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Permitted Acquisition Consideration means the aggregate amount of the purchase price, including, but not limited to, any assumed debt, earn-outs (valued at the maximum amount payable thereunder), deferred payments, or Equity Interests of the Borrower, to be paid on a singular basis in connection with any applicable Permitted Acquisition as set forth in the applicable Permitted Acquisition Documents executed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to consummate the applicable Permitted Acquisition.
Permitted Acquisition Diligence Information means with respect to any applicable Acquisition, to the extent applicable, all material financial information, all material contracts, all material customer lists, all material supply agreements, and all other material information, in each case, reasonably requested to be delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with such Acquisition (except to the extent that any such information is (a) subject to any confidentiality agreement, unless mutually agreeable arrangements can be made to preserve such information as confidential, (b) classified or (c) subject to any attorney-client privilege).
Permitted Acquisition Documents means with respect to any Acquisition proposed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, final copies or substantially final drafts if not executed at the required time of delivery of the purchase agreement, sale agreement, merger agreement or other agreement evidencing such Acquisition, including, without limitation, all legal opinions and each other document executed, delivered, contemplated by or prepared in connection therewith and any amendment, modification or supplement to any of the foregoing.
Permitted Liens means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.07.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Platform means Debt Domain, Intralinks, SyndTrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
Prime Rate means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other lenders.
Proceeds has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
Prime Rate Interest Period means any period of time during which the Interest Rate on a Loan is calculated with reference to the Prime Rate.
Prime Rate Revolving Loan means that portion of the Revolving Credit Balance for which a Prime Rate is elected.
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Property means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Equity Interests.
Public Lenders has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.02.
Qualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
Ratable Share of any Lender means such Lenders share of the Credit Facilities as set forth in Schedule 1.1(A) hereto.
Recipient means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Lender, as applicable.
Regulatory Change means, with respect to any Person, any adoption or change occurring after the date of this Agreement in or of any domestic or foreign law applicable to such Person; or regulation, interpretation, directive or request (whether or not having the force of law) applicable to such Person of any court or Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration of any law referred to in this clause or of any fiscal, monetary, central bank or other authority having jurisdiction over such Person.
Reimbursement Obligation means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.05 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Removal Effective Date has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.06(b).
Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
Required Revolving Credit Lenders means, at any date, any combination of Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the sum of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment or, if the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated, any combination of Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the aggregate Extensions of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that the Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Extensions of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
Resignation Effective Date has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.06(a).
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Responsible Officer means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, controller, general counsel, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person or any other officer of such Person designated in writing by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent requested thereby, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of such Person certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each such officer. Any document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.
Revolving Credit Advance means any advance made to Borrower under the Revolving Credit Facilities pursuant to Article II hereof.
Revolving Credit Balance has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a) hereof.
Revolving Credit Commitment means (a) as to any Revolving Credit Lender, the obligation of such Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to, and to purchase participations in L/C Obligations for the account of, the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lenders name on the Register, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, Section 4.13) and (b) as to all Revolving Credit Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, Section 4.13). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Closing Date shall be One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00). The initial Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1(A).
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage means, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage of the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders represented by such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment. If the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments. The Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender on the Closing Date is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1(A).
Revolving Credit Exposure means, as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Revolving Credit Lenders participation in L/C Obligations at such time.
Revolving Credit Facility means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Article II (including any increase in such revolving credit facility established pursuant to Section 4.13).
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Revolving Credit Lenders means, collectively, all of the Lenders with a Revolving Credit Commitment.
Revolving Credit Loan means any revolving loan made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, and all such revolving loans collectively as the context requires.
Revolving Credit Maturity Date means the earliest to occur of (a) December 7, 2022, (b) the date of termination of the entire Revolving Credit Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05, and (c) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 9.02(a).
Revolving Credit Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, and any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.
Revolving Credit Outstandings means the sum of (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans, occurring on such date; plus (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any Extensions of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
Revolving Extensions of Credit means (a) any Revolving Credit Loan then outstanding, or (b) any Letter of Credit then outstanding.
Sanctions means any and all economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and anti-terrorism laws, including but not limited to those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government (including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over any Lender, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
Sanctioned Country means at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (including, as of the Closing Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Crimea).
Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including, without limitation, OFACs Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and OFACs Consolidated Non-SDN List), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) and (b), including a Person that is deemed by OFAC to be a Sanctions target based on the ownership of such legal entity by Sanctioned Person(s).
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SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77 et seq.).
Solvent and Solvency mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Subordinated Indebtedness means the collective reference to any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Subsidiary means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to Subsidiary or Subsidiaries herein shall refer to those of the Borrower.
Subsidiary Guarantors means, collectively, all Material Subsidiaries (other than Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent that and for so long as the guaranty of such Foreign Subsidiary would have adverse tax consequences for the Borrower or any other Credit Party or result in a violation of Applicable Laws) in existence on the Closing Date or which become a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 7.14.
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement means the unconditional guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
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Subsidiary Stock means the stock or other equity interests (or any options or warrants to purchase stock or equity interests or other agreements or instrument exchangeable for or convertible into stock or equity interests) of any Subsidiary.
Synthetic Lease means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an Operating Lease in accordance with GAAP.
Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Termination Event means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount: (a) a Reportable Event described in Section 4043 of ERISA for which the thirty (30) day notice requirement has not been waived by the PBGC, or (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status with the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
Threshold Amount means Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000).
Total Credit Exposure means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments, Revolving Credit Exposure and, if applicable, outstanding Term Loans of such Lender at such time.
Trade Date has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.09(b)(i).
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Transaction Costs means all transaction fees, charges and other amounts related to the Transactions and any Permitted Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any financing fees, merger and acquisition fees, legal fees and expenses, due diligence fees or any other fees and expenses in connection therewith), in each case to the extent paid within six (6) months of the closing of the Credit Facility or such Permitted Acquisition, as applicable, and approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Transactions means, collectively, (a) the repayment in full of all Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (b) the initial Extensions of Credit, and (c) the payment of the Transaction Costs incurred in connection with the foregoing.
Transfer means, with respect to any Person, any transaction in which such Person sells, conveys, transfers or leases (as lessor) any of its property, including, without limitation, Subsidiary Stock, but excluding cash or marketable securities. For purposes of determining the application of the Net Proceeds Amount in respect of any Transfer, the Borrower may designate any Transfer as one or more separate Transfers each yielding a separate Net Proceeds Amount. In any such case, the Disposition Value of any property subject to each such separate Transfer shall be determined by ratably allocating the aggregate Disposition Value of all property subject to all such separate Transfers to each such separate Transfer on a proportionate basis.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Unfunded Capital Expenditure means with respect to Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for any period, a Capital Expenditure from such Persons internally generated cash flow.
Uniform Customs means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), effective July, 2007 International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600.
United States means the United States of America.
U.S. Borrower means any Borrower that is a U.S. Person.
U.S. Person means any Person that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.11(g).
Unused Fee has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.03.
Wells Fargo means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
Wholly-Owned means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors qualifying shares or other shares required by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).
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Withholding Agent means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions and Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation, (d) the word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall, (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (f) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (g) 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, (h) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (i) the term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form and (j) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through means to and including.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms.
(i) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 7.01(a), except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(ii) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
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this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP and provided further that no Event of Default shall occur due to any change in GAAP.
Section 1.04 UCC Terms. Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term UCC refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.
Section 1.05 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
Section 1.06 References to Agreement and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any definition or reference to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual documents or instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) any definition or reference to any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, the Bankruptcy Code, the Code, the Commodity Exchange Act, ERISA, the Exchange Act, the PATRIOT Act, the Securities Act, the UCC, the Investment Company Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department, shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
Section 1.07 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.08 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application therefor (at the time specified therefor in such applicable Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application and as such amount may be reduced by (a) any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit or (b) any amount which is drawn, reimbursed and no longer available under such Letter of Credit).
Section 1.09 Guarantees/Earn-Outs. Unless otherwise specified, (a) the amount of any Guarantee shall be the lesser of the amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee and (b) the amount of any earn-out or similar obligation shall be the amount of such obligation as reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
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Section 1.10 Covenant Compliance Generally. For purposes of determining compliance under Article VIII, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the most recent annual financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Article VIII, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in any sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
ARTICLE II
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
Section 2.01 Amount and Nature of Revolving Credit Facilities.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, each Lender severally (but not jointly) agrees to make a revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facilities) available to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lenders Ratable Share of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) (as reduced pursuant to Section 2.05) (the Revolving Credit Limit). At any time and from time to time, the Borrower may borrow, repay, reborrow such amounts in cash, and may request from time to time the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Letter of Credit Facility, subject at all times to the Revolving Credit Limit, but only until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, at which time the entire unpaid principal balance of cash advances from time to time outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facilities (the Revolving Credit Balance) and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be repaid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders (in the case of unmatured Letter of Credit Obligations, an amount equal thereto shall be paid to the Administrative Agent in cash as collateral therefor), together with accrued interest, and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall terminate. The Borrower shall pay interest on the Revolving Credit Balance from the date hereof until such unpaid principal balance has been repaid in full, payable in arrears in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.
(b) Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be in the minimum amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) for Prime Rate Revolving Loans and LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans and One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) for LIBOR Revolving Loans.
(c) The aggregate amount available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit, plus the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit (collectively, the Letter of Credit Balance), shall at no time exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000), and the sum thereof and the Revolving Credit Balance shall at no time exceed the Revolving Credit Limit.
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Section 2.02 Revolving Credit Notes.
(a) The obligation of the Borrower to repay to the Lenders the Revolving Credit Balance and the Letter of Credit Balance shall be evidenced by separate notes of the Borrower, payable to the order of each Lender, in accordance with such Lenders respective Ratable Share (the Revolving Credit Notes), in the aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) and otherwise in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
(b) Each Lender may record on its Revolving Credit Note or on schedules thereto the date and amount of each Revolving Credit Advance made by it and the date and amount of each payment of principal made with respect thereto, or may maintain computer or other records reflecting such information. The records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the foregoing information shall be presumed to be correct absent manifest error.
Section 2.03 Making of Revolving Credit Advances.
(a) The Borrower may, by telephone, email or telefax, request a Revolving Credit Advance from the Lenders. This request shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the submission of a Credit Request, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (a Credit Request). Subject to the Revolving Credit Limit, each draw on a Letter of Credit shall automatically constitute a Credit Request for a Revolving Credit Advance in the amount of the amount so drawn. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia time:
(i) On the day, which must be a Business Day, of each proposed Revolving Credit Advance to be made either as a Prime Rate Revolving Loan or a LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan, specifying the date and amount of the proposed Prime Rate Revolving Loan or a LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each other Lender of the proposed Prime Rate Revolving Loan or a LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan; and
(ii) At least three (3) Business Days before the borrowing date for each proposed Revolving Credit Advance to be made as a LIBOR Revolving Loan, specifying the date and the amount of the proposed LIBOR Revolving Loan and the length of the proposed LIBOR Interest Period, and the Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify each other Lender of the proposed LIBOR Revolving Loan.
(b) By 2:00 p.m., Philadelphia time, on the borrowing date for each proposed Revolving Credit Advance (including those arising by reason of a Letter of Credit draw), each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent, at Wells Fargo Commercial Banking, 300 Barr Harbor Drive, Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850, Conshohocken, PA 19428, Attn: Matthew Siefer, Senior Vice President, in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Lenders Ratable Share of such Revolving Credit Advance. Upon receipt of such funds by the Administrative Agent and upon the Borrowers fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V hereof, the Administrative Agent will immediately make such funds available to the Borrower. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
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Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to this Section in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (a Notice of Account Designation) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to make funds available to the Borrower in excess of amounts received by it from the Lenders; provided, however, that if one or more Lenders fail to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders Ratable Share of such Revolving Credit Advance and the Administrative Agent in its discretion elects to advance the full amount of the Revolving Credit Advance requested by the Borrower, the Borrower shall be obligated to repay to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agents account the amount, with interest, so advanced by the Administrative Agent and not advanced by the Lender(s) in amounts and at the times the Borrower otherwise would be obligated to repay such Revolving Credit Advance.
Section 2.04 Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Repayment on Termination Date. The Borrower hereby agrees to repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans in full on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, together, with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. If at any time the Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrower agrees to repay immediately upon notice from the Administrative Agent, by payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, Extensions of Credit in an amount equal to such excess with each such repayment applied first, to the principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and second, with respect to any Letters of Credit then outstanding, a payment of Cash Collateral into a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in an amount equal to such excess (such Cash Collateral to be applied in accordance with Section 9.02(b)).
(c) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, with irrevocable prior written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D (a Notice of Prepayment) given not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) at least one (1) Business Day before each Prime Rate Revolving Loan and LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan and (ii) at least three (3) Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of LIBOR Rate Loans, Prime Rate Revolving Loans, LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date set forth in such notice. Partial prepayments shall be made in a whole multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) with respect to Prime Rate Revolving Loans, LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans. A Notice of Prepayment received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Notice
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of a Prepayment delivered in connection with any refinancing of all of the Credit Facility with the proceeds of such refinancing or of any incurrence of Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, may be, if expressly so stated to be, contingent upon the consummation of such refinancing or incurrence or occurrence of such other identifiable event or condition and may be revoked by the Borrower in the event such contingency is not met (provided that the failure of such contingency shall not relieve the Borrower from its obligations in respect thereof under Section 4.09).
(d) Limitation on Prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans. The Borrower may not prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on any day other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless such prepayment is accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof.
Section 2.05 Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment.
(a) Voluntary Reduction. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon at least five (5) Business Days prior irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, to permanently reduce, without premium or penalty, (i) the entire Revolving Credit Commitment at any time or (ii) portions of the Revolving Credit Commitment, from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) or any whole multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in excess thereof. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. All Commitment Fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any notice to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment delivered in connection with any refinancing of all of the Credit Facility with the proceeds of such refinancing or of any incurrence of Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, may be, if expressly so stated to be, contingent upon the consummation of such refinancing or incurrence or occurrence of such identifiable event or condition and may be revoked by the Borrower in the event such contingency is not met (provided that the failure of such contingency shall not relieve the Borrower from its obligations in respect thereof under Section 4.09).
(b) Corresponding Payment. Each permanent reduction permitted pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a payment of principal sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and L/C Obligations, as applicable, after such reduction to the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, and if the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, the Borrower shall be required to deposit Cash Collateral in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to such excess. Such Cash Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 9.02(b). Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment to zero shall be accompanied by payment of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and (and furnishing of Cash Collateral reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for all L/C Obligations) and shall result in the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Revolving Credit Facility. If the reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment requires the repayment of any LIBOR Rate Loan, such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof.
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Section 2.06 Termination of Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any reason after December 31, 2018.
Section 2.07 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds under the Agreement (a) to finance Capital Expenditures, (b) pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions, (c) for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (d) to finance acquisitions, and (e) to finance share repurchases. The Borrower will not request any Extension of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Extension of Credit, directly or indirectly, (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
Section 2.08 Automated Loan Sweep. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article II, if the Borrower subscribes to Lenders automated loan sweep services and if and for so long as Lender in its discretion permits such services to be applicable to Revolving Credit Loans, the terms of such services, applicable to the Borrowers deposit accounts at Lender, shall control matters related to such services, including but not limited to the manner in which Revolving Credit Loans are made and repaid by credit or debit such accounts. Lender shall have the right in its discretion to terminate the application of such treasury services to the Revolving Credit Loans at any time.
ARTICLE III
LETTER OF CREDIT SUBLIMIT
Section 3.01 L/C Sublimit.
(a) Availability. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, request any Revolving Credit Lender to issue, and, subject to the written approval of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), such Revolving Credit Lender may, if in its sole discretion it elects to do so, on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in reliance on the agreements of the Lenders set forth in Section 3.04(a), issue standby or commercial Letters of Credit (in such capacity, an Issuing Lender); provided that the total number of Issuing Lenders shall not exceed two (2). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in Section 3.04(a), agrees to issue standby or commercial Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed its L/C Commitment for the account of the Borrower, Letters of Credit may be issued on any Business Day from the Closing Date to, but
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not including the thirtieth (30th) Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by the applicable Issuing Lender; provided, that no Issuing Lender shall issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Sublimit, (ii) the Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, or (iii) the expiry date of any commercial Letter of Credit would exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.
(b) Terms of Letters of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars in a minimum amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in the case of a standby Letter of Credit, (or such lesser amount as agreed to by the applicable Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent), (ii) expire on a date no more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last renewal of such Letter of Credit (subject to automatic renewal for additional one (1) year periods (but not to a date later than the date set forth below) pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit Application or other documentation reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender), which date shall be no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; and (iii) be subject to the Uniform Customs, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or ISP98 in the case of a standby Letter of Credit, in each case as set forth in the Letter of Credit Application or as determined by the applicable Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Applicable Law applicable to such Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Lender with respect to letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular any restriction or reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated) not in effect on the Closing Date, or any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable, in effect or known to such Issuing Lender as of the Closing Date and that such Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it, (B) the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 are not satisfied, (C) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally or (D) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit is a Sanctioned Person. References herein to issue and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires. As of the Closing Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a Letter of Credit issued and outstanding hereunder.
(c) Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Article III shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.14 and Section 4.15.
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Section 3.02 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that any Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its applicable office (with a copy to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office) a Letter of Credit Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may request. Upon receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Lender shall, process such Letter of Credit Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall, subject to Section 3.01 and Article V, promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall such Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three (3) Business Days after its receipt of the Letter of Credit Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The applicable Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the issuance and upon request by any Lender, furnish to such Revolving Credit Lender a copy of such Letter of Credit and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lenders participation therein.
Section 3.03 Commissions and Other Charges.
(a) Letter of Credit Commissions. Subject to Section 4.15(a)(iii)(B), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit, which commissions are set forth on Schedule 3.03. Such commission shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute to the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants all commissions received pursuant to this Section 3.03 in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
(b) Issuance Fee. In addition to the foregoing commission, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable Issuing Lender, for its own account, an issuance fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender as set forth in the Fee Letter executed by such Issuing Lender. Such issuance fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the applicable Issuing Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, such issuance fee shall be applicable to and paid upon each of the Existing Letters of Credit.
(c) Other Fees, Costs, Charges and Expenses. In addition to the foregoing fees and commissions, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for such normal and customary fees, costs, charges and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by it.
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Section 3.04 L/C Participations.
(a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce each Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from each Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participants own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in each Issuing Lenders obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower through a Revolving Credit Loan or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lenders address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed.
(b) Upon becoming aware of any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, issued by it, such Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent of such unreimbursed amount and the Administrative Agent shall notify each L/C Participant (with a copy to the applicable Issuing Lender) of the amount and due date of such required payment and such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent (which, in turn shall pay such Issuing Lender) the amount specified on the applicable due date. If any such amount is paid to such Issuing Lender after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender on demand, in addition to such amount, the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent during the period from and including the date such payment is due to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty (360). A certificate of such Issuing Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. With respect to payment to such Issuing Lender of the unreimbursed amounts described in this Section, if the L/C Participants receive notice that any such payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on the following Business Day.
(c) Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and has received from any L/C Participant its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such payment in accordance with this Section, such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
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(d) Each L/C Participants obligation to make the Revolving Credit Loans referred to in Section 3.04(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 3.04(a) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Article V, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Revolving Credit Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
Section 3.05 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. In the event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower agrees to reimburse (either with the proceeds of a Revolving Credit Loan as provided for in this Section or with funds from other sources), in same day funds, the applicable Issuing Lender on each date on which such Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of the date and amount of a draft paid by it under any Letter of Credit for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any amounts referred to in Section 3.03(c) incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Unless the Borrower shall immediately notify such Issuing Lender that the Borrower intends to reimburse such Issuing Lender for such drawing from other sources or funds, the Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a Revolving Credit Loan as a Prime Rate Revolving Loan on the applicable repayment date in the amount of (i) such draft so paid and (ii) any amounts referred to in Section 3.03(c) incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, and the Revolving Credit Lenders shall make a Revolving Credit Loan as a Prime Rate Revolving Loan in such amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied to reimburse such Issuing Lender for the amount of the related drawing and such fees and expenses. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to fund a Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with this Section to reimburse such Issuing Lender for any draft paid under a Letter of Credit issued by it is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, non-satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.03(a) or Article V. If the Borrower has elected to pay the amount of such drawing with funds from other sources and shall fail to reimburse such Issuing Lender as provided above, or if the amount of such drawing is not fully refunded through a Prime Rate Revolving Loan as provided above, the unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall bear interest at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding Prime Rate Revolving Loans which were then overdue from the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full.
Section 3.06 Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers obligations under this Article III (including, without limitation, the Reimbursement Obligation) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or have had against the applicable Issuing Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees
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that the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be responsible for, and the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligation under Section 3.05 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, except for errors or omissions caused by such Issuing Lenders gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to the Borrower. The responsibility of any Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit issued to it shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment substantially conforms to the requirements under such Letter of Credit.
Section 3.07 Effect of Letter of Credit Application. To the extent that any provision of any Letter of Credit Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III, the provisions of this Article III shall apply.
Section 3.08 Resignation of Issuing Lenders.
(a) Any Lender may at any time resign from its role as an Issuing Lender hereunder upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
(b) Any resigning Issuing Lender shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing Lender and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including, without limitation, the right to require the Revolving Credit Lenders to take such actions as are required under Section 3.04). Without limiting the foregoing, upon the resignation of a Lender as an Issuing Lender hereunder, the Borrower may, or at the request of such resigned Issuing Lender the Borrower shall, use commercially reasonable efforts to, arrange for one or more of the other Issuing Lenders to issue Letters of Credit hereunder in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by such resigned Issuing Lender and outstanding at the time of such resignation, or make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the resigned Issuing Lender to effectively cause another Issuing Lender to assume the obligations of the resigned Issuing Lender with respect to any such Letters of Credit.
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Section 3.09 Reporting of Letter of Credit Information and L/C Commitment. At any time that there is an Issuing Lender that is not also the financial institution acting as Administrative Agent, then (a) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (b) on each date that a Letter of Credit is amended, terminated or otherwise expires, (c) on each date that a Letter of Credit is issued or the expiry date of a Letter of Credit is extended, and (d) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender (or, in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) of this Section, the applicable Issuing Lender) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a report setting forth in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent information (including, without limitation, any reimbursement, Cash Collateral, or termination in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender that is outstanding hereunder. In addition, each Issuing Lender shall provide notice to the Administrative Agent of its L/C Commitment, or any change thereto, promptly upon it becoming an Issuing Lender or making any change to its L/C Commitment. No failure on the part of any Issuing Lender to provide such information pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall limit the obligations of the Borrower or any Revolving Credit Lender hereunder with respect to its reimbursement and participation obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
Section 4.01 Interest.
(a) Interest Rate Options. Subject to the provisions of this Section, at the election of the Borrower, Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest at (i) the Prime Rate, (ii) the Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate or (iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (provided that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall not be available until three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date unless the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent indemnifying the Lenders in the manner set forth in Section 4.09 of this Agreement). The Borrower shall select the rate of interest and Interest Period, if any, applicable to any Loan at the time a Notice of Borrowing is given or at the time a Notice of Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 4.02.
(b) Default Rate. Subject to Section 9.03, (i) immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a), or (b), or (ii) at the election of the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default and upon written notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, (A) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request Loans, or Letters of Credit, (B) all outstanding Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of two percent (2%) in excess of the greater of (1) the Prime Rate or (2) the Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate then applicable and (C) all outstanding other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of greater of (1) the Prime Rate or (2) the Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate then applicable and (D) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Administrative Agent. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any Debtor Relief Law.
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(c) Interest Payment and Computation.
(i) For Prime Rate Revolving Loans and LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans, for the period that begins on the applicable Effective Date and that ends on the last day of the Prime Rate Interest Period or the LIBOR Market Index Rate Interest Period, as applicable, at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate, as applicable, payable (A) in arrears on the last day of each month, beginning on the first of such dates after the applicable Effective Date and (B) on the last day of the Prime Rate Interest Period or the LIBOR Market Index Rate Interest Period, as applicable; and
(ii) For LIBOR Revolving Loans, for the period that begins on the Effective Date and that ends on the last day of the LIBOR Interest Period, at an annual rate equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate applicable to the LIBOR Interest Period. Interest on LIBOR Revolving Loans shall be payable in arrears if the applicable LIBOR Interest Period is one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months long, on the last day of each quarter.
(iii) Notwithstanding the above, the Revolving Credit Balance shall bear interest at the Prime Rate unless Borrower elects, in accordance with Section 2.03, to pay interest on all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Balance at the Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR Rate. Each LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan or LIBOR Loan as to which Borrower has elected an Adjusted LIBOR Market Index Rate or an Adjusted LIBOR Rate, as applicable, shall continue to bear interest at such rate until the expiration of the Interest Period selected as being applicable thereto pursuant to Section 2.03. The rate of interest on the Revolving Credit Notes shall be calculated as set forth in this Article IV hereof and shall be subject to any adjustments due to the continuance of a Default.
(iv) All computations of interest for Prime Rate Revolving Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year).
(d) Maximum Rate. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest under this Agreement charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lenders have charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law and the Lenders shall at the Administrative Agents option (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any interest received by the Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful rate or (ii) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.
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Section 4.02 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans. Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to (a) convert at any time following the third (3rd) Business Day after the Closing Date all or any portion of any outstanding Prime Rate Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans in a principal amount equal to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or any whole multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in excess thereof into one or more LIBOR Rate Loans and (b) upon the expiration of any Interest Period, (i) convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans in a principal amount equal to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) or a whole multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in excess thereof into Prime Rate Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans or (ii) continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans. Whenever the Borrower desires to convert or continue Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit E (a Notice of Conversion/Continuation) not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be effective specifying (A) the Loans to be converted or continued, and, in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the Interest Period therefor, (B) the effective date of such conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the principal amount of such Loans to be converted or continued, and (D) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted or continued LIBOR Rate Loan. If the Borrower fails to give a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation prior to the end of the Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan, then the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan shall be converted to a Prime Rate Revolving Loan. Any such automatic conversion to a Prime Rate Revolving Loan or LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, LIBOR Rate Loans, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the affected Lenders of such Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
Section 4.03 Unused Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, a non-refundable unused fee (the Unused Fee) at a rate per annum equal to one-tenth of one percent (.1%) on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment of the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than the Defaulting Lenders, if any). The Unused Fee shall not be charged on the first Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) of the Revolving Credit Commitment. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement commencing December 31, 2017 and ending on the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising under the Revolving Credit Facility shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated. The Unused Fee shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) pro rata in accordance with such Revolving Credit Lenders respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
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Section 4.04 Manner of Payment. Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts (including the Reimbursement Obligation) payable to the Lenders under this Agreement shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any setoff, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section 9.01, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each such payment, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each such Lender at its address for notices set forth herein its Commitment Percentage in respect of the relevant Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment and shall wire advice of the amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of any Issuing Lenders fees or L/C Participants commissions shall be made in like manner, but for the account of such Issuing Lender or the L/C Participants, as the case may be. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Administrative Agents fees or expenses shall be made for the account of the Administrative Agent and any amount payable to any Lender under Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.03 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender. Subject to the definition of Interest Period, if any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there exists a Defaulting Lender each payment by the Borrower to such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.15(a)(ii).
Section 4.05 Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) Extensions of Credit. The Extensions of Credit made by each Lender and each Issuing Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender or such Issuing Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender or the applicable Issuing Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Extensions of Credit made by the Lenders or such Issuing Lender to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender or any Issuing Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Revolving Credit Note, which shall evidence such Lenders Revolving Credit Loans, in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Notes and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) Participations. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Credit Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Credit Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
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Section 4.06 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lenders receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.03) greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that:
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified Institution), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 4.14 or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of, or sale of, a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply) other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than pursuant to Section 11.09), as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply.
Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Credit Party in the amount of such participation.
Section 4.07 Administrative Agents Clawback.
(a) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender (i) in the case of Prime Rate Revolving Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans, not later than 12:00 noon on the date of any proposed borrowing and (ii) otherwise, prior to the proposed date of any borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender
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has not in fact made its share of the applicable borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the daily average Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Prime Rate Revolving Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Payments by the Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders, or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders, or the Issuing Lender, as the case maybe, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, or Issuing Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(c) Nature of Obligations of Lenders. The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement to make the Loans, to issue or participate in Letters of Credit and to make payments under this Section, Section 4.11(e), Section 11.03(c) or Section 11.07, as applicable, are several and are not joint or joint and several. The failure of any Lender to make available its Commitment Percentage of any Loan requested by the Borrower shall not relieve it or any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date.
Section 4.08 Changed Circumstances.
(a) Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability. In connection with any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (ii) the
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Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for the ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Borrower. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that such circumstances no longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended, and the Borrower shall either (i) repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon (subject to Section 4.01(d)), on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan; or (ii) convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Prime Rate Revolving Loan as of the last day of such Interest Period.
(b) Laws Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, such Lender shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans, and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended and thereafter the Borrower may select only Prime Rate Revolving Loans and (ii) if any of the Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Prime Rate Revolving Loan for the remainder of such Interest Period.
Section 4.09 Indemnity. The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any loss or expense (including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained) which may arise or be attributable to each Lenders obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain any Loan (a) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) due to any failure of the Borrower to borrow or continue a LIBOR Rate Loan or convert to a LIBOR Rate Loan on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or (c) due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor. The amount of such loss or expense shall be determined, in the applicable Lenders sole discretion, based upon the assumption that such
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Lender funded its Commitment Percentage of the LIBOR Rate Loans in the London interbank market and using any reasonable attribution or averaging methods which such Lender deems appropriate and practical. A certificate of such Lender setting forth the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error.
Section 4.10 Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate) or any Issuing Lender;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such Lender, such Issuing Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower shall promptly pay to any such Lender, such Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any Issuing Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such Issuing Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders capital or on the capital of such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders holding company
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could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders policies and the policies of such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time upon written request of such Lender or such Issuing Lender the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders holding company for any such reduction suffered. It is acknowledged that this Agreement is being entered into by the Lenders on the understanding that the Lenders will not be required to maintain capital against their Revolving Credit Commitment, under current Applicable Laws, regulations and regulatory guidelines. In the event the Lenders shall be advised by any Governmental Authority or shall otherwise determine on the basis of pronouncements of any Governmental Authority that such understanding is incorrect, it is agreed that the Lenders will be entitled to make claims under this Section (each such claim to be made within a reasonable period of time after the period to which it relates) based upon market requirements prevailing on the date hereof for commitments under comparable credit facilities against which capital is required to be maintained.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender, or an Issuing Lender or such other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Lender, such other Recipient or any of their respective holding companies, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to determine such amount or amounts, and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Lender or such other Recipient to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders or such other Recipients right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate any Lender or an Issuing Lender or any other Recipient pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lenders or such Issuing Lenders or such other Recipients intention to claim compensation therefor (except that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
Section 4.11 Taxes.
(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 4.11, the term Lender includes any Issuing Lender and the term Applicable Law includes FATCA.
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(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within thirty (30) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Recipient (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Recipient, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.09(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to setoff and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.11, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(g) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(A) and (ii)(B), below) shall not be required if in the Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) Any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States federal backup withholding tax;
(B) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (B), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.11), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (viii) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section 4.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
Section 4.12 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, then such Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 4.12(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
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recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.09), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.09;
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded participations in Letters of Credit, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.09) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts;
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.11, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and
(v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
(c) Selection of Lending Office. Subject to Section 4.12(a), each Lender may make any Loan to the Borrower through any Lending Office, provided that the exercise of this option shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise alter the rights of the parties hereto.
Section 4.13 Incremental Loans.
(a) At any time during the five (5) year period following the Closing Date, the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments (any such increase, an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment and the Incremental Loan Commitments) to make revolving credit loans under the Revolving Credit Facility (any such increase, an Incremental Revolving Credit Increase, the Incremental Loans );
provided that (i) the total aggregate initial principal amount (as of the date of incurrence thereof) of such requested Incremental Loan Commitments and Incremental Loans shall not exceed the Incremental Facilities Limit and (ii) the total aggregate amount for each Incremental Loan Commitment (and the Incremental Loans made thereunder) shall not be less than a minimum
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principal amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) or, if less, the remaining amount permitted pursuant to the foregoing clause (i). Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an Increased Amount Date) on which the Borrower proposes that any Incremental Loan Commitment shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to Administrative Agent (or such later date as may be approved by the Administrative Agent). The Borrower may invite any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and/or any Approved Fund, and/or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to provide an Incremental Loan Commitment (any such Person, an Incremental Lender). Any proposed Incremental Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of any Incremental Loan Commitment may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Loan Commitment or any portion thereof. Any Incremental Loan Commitment shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that each of the following conditions has been satisfied or waived as of such Increased Amount Date:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date immediately prior to or after giving effect to (1) any Incremental Loan Commitment, (2) the making of any Incremental Loans pursuant thereto and (3) any Permitted Acquisition consummated in connection therewith;
(B) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received from the Borrower an Officers Compliance Certificate demonstrating, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the (1) Borrower is in existing and pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article VIII and (2) fifty basis points (50 bps) inside the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, in each case based on the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), as applicable, both before and after giving effect (on a Pro Forma Basis) to (x) any Incremental Loan Commitment, (y) the making of any Incremental Loans pursuant thereto (with any Incremental Loan Commitment and the Revolving Credit Commitment being deemed to be fully funded) and (z) any Permitted Acquisition consummated in connection therewith;
(C) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have agreed on long term capital structure, which agreement shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed by Administrative Agent or Borrower;
(D) each of the representations and warranties contained in Article VI shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true, correct and complete in all respects, on such Increased Amount Date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct as of such earlier date);
(E) each Incremental Loan Commitment (and the Incremental Loans made thereunder) shall constitute Obligations of the Borrower and shall be secured and guaranteed with the other Extensions of Credit on a pari passu basis;
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(F) in the case of each Incremental Revolving Credit Increase:
(1) such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall mature on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, shall bear interest and be entitled to fees, in each case at the rate applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the Revolving Credit Loans;
(2) the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of and L/C Obligations will be reallocated by the Administrative Agent on the applicable Increased Amount Date among the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase) in accordance with their revised Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (and the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase) agree to make all payments and adjustments necessary to effect such reallocation and the Borrower shall pay any and all costs required pursuant to Section 4.09 in connection with such reallocation as if such reallocation were a repayment); and
(3) except as provided above, all of the other terms and conditions applicable to such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 4.13, be identical to the terms and conditions applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility;
(G) any Incremental Lender with an Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall be entitled to the same voting rights as the existing Revolving Credit Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility and any Extensions of Credit made in connection with each Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall receive proceeds of prepayments on the same basis as the other Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder;
(H) such Incremental Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Lender Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Incremental Lenders (which Lender Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 4.13); and
(I) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any customary legal opinions or other documents (including, without limitation, a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Credit Party authorizing such Incremental Loan, modifications to instruments and documents of the type required by Sections 5.01(d) or 7.14(c), as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction.
(b) The Incremental Lenders shall be included in any determination of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, and, unless otherwise agreed, the Incremental Lenders will not constitute a separate voting class for any purposes under this Agreement.
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(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Revolving Credit Increase becomes effective, subject to the foregoing terms and conditions, each Incremental Lender with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall become a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder with respect to such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment.
Section 4.14 Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within three (3) Business Days following the written request of the Administrative Agent, or any Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of such Issuing Lender, with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.
(a) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each Issuing Lender, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, to be applied pursuant to subsection (b) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender as herein provided (other than Permitted Liens), or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lenders obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(c) Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the Fronting Exposure of any Issuing Lender, shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.14 following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to Section 4.15, the Person providing Cash Collateral, the Issuing Lenders may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
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Section 4.15 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders and Section 11.02.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.04 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Lenders hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lenders with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 4.14; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan or funded participation in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (A) satisfy such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans and funded participations under this Agreement and (B) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 4.14; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (1) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or funded participations in Letters of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (2) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and funded participations in Letters of Credit owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or funded participations in Letters of Credit owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Revolving Credit Commitments under the applicable Revolving Credit Facility without giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) For Commitment Fees: No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive letter of credit commissions pursuant to Section 3.03 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 4.14.
(C) With respect to any Commitment Fee, Facility Fee, Utilization Fee or letter of credit commission not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, the Borrower shall (1) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (2) pay to each applicable Issuing Lender, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Lenders Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (3) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
(v) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.14.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Issuing Lenders agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable,
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purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Credit Facility (without giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING
Section 5.01 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loans or issue or participate in the initial Letter of Credit, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) Executed Loan Documents. This Agreement, a Revolving Credit Note in favor of each Revolving Credit Lender requesting a Revolving Credit Note, and the Guaranty Agreements, together with any other applicable Loan Documents, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or Event of Default shall exist hereunder or thereunder.
(b) Closing Certificates; Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) Officers Certificate. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) all representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true, correct and complete in all respects); (B) none of the Credit Parties is in violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (C) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (D) since the filing of the Borrowers Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2017, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (E) each of the Credit Parties, as applicable, has satisfied each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 and Section 5.02.
(ii) Certificate of Secretary of each Credit Party. A certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of such Credit Party executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, of such Credit Party and
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all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, (B) the bylaws or other governing document of such Credit Party as in effect on the Closing Date, (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Credit Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(iii).
(iii) Certificates of Good Standing. Certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of each Credit Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each other jurisdiction where such Credit Party is qualified to do business.
(iv) Opinions of Counsel. Opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request (which such opinions shall expressly permit reliance by permitted successors and assigns of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders).
(c) Consents; Defaults.
(i) Governmental and Third Party Approvals. The Credit Parties shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary (or any other material consents as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on any of the Credit Parties or such other transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or regulation shall be applicable which in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could reasonably be expected to have such effect.
(ii) No Injunction, Etc. No action, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which, in the Administrative Agents sole discretion, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(d) Financial Matters.
(i) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and the related audited statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended and (B) unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of July 1, 2017 and related unaudited interim statements of income and cash flow.
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(ii) Financial Condition/Solvency Certificate. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and certified as accurate by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, that (A) after giving effect to the Transactions, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof are, taken as a whole, Solvent, (B) attached thereto are calculations evidencing compliance on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Transactions with the covenants contained in Article VIII, (C) the financial projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent represent the good faith estimates (utilizing reasonable assumptions) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (D) attached thereto is a calculation of the Applicable Margin.
(iii) Payment at Closing. The Borrower shall have paid or made arrangements to pay contemporaneously with closing (A) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the fees set forth in this Agreement or in any fee letter and any other accrued and unpaid fees or commissions due hereunder, (B) all reasonable documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent accrued and unpaid prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) and (C) to any other Person such amount as may be due thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of any of the Loan Documents.
(e) Miscellaneous.
(i) Notice of Account Designation. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Account Designation specifying the account or accounts to which the proceeds of any Loans made on or after the Closing Date are to be disbursed.
(ii) Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent shall have completed, to its satisfaction, all legal, tax, environmental, business and other due diligence with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, operations and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in scope and determination reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(iii) Existing Indebtedness. All existing Letters of Credit of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries issued pursuant to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 24, 2006, as amended, by and between the Borrower and Wachovia Bank, National Association shall be repaid in full, all commitments (if any) in respect thereof shall have been terminated and all guarantees therefor and security therefor shall be released, and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it evidencing such repayment, termination and release.
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(iv) PATRIOT Act, etc. The Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent in order to comply with requirements of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and any applicable know your customer rules and regulations.
(v) Other Documents. All opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all other documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested thereby, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.03(c), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or reasonably acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 5.02 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit. The obligations of the Lenders to make or participate in any Extensions of Credit (including the initial Extension of Credit), convert or continue any Loan and/or any Issuing Lender to issue or extend any Letter of Credit are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date:
(a) Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, on and as of such borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date).
(b) No Existing Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) on the borrowing, continuation or conversion date with respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made, continued or converted on such date or (ii) on the issuance or extension date with respect to such Letter of Credit or after giving effect to the issuance or extension of such Letter of Credit on such date.
(c) Notices. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing, Letter of Credit Application, or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as applicable, from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.03(a), Section 3.02 or Section 4.02, as applicable.
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(d) Additional Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received each additional document, instrument, legal opinion or other item reasonably requested by it.
(e) New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Extensions of Credit, the Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 5.02, that:
Section 6.01 Organization; Power; Qualification. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The jurisdictions in which each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof are organized and qualified to do business as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 6.01. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is an EEA Financial Institution.
Section 6.02 Ownership. Each Subsidiary of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 6.02. As of the Closing Date, the capitalization of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries consists of the number of shares, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 6.02. All outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as described in Schedule 6.02. The shareholders or other owners, as applicable, of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries and the number of shares owned by each as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 6.02. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or require the issuance of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, except as described on Schedule 6.02.
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Section 6.03 Authorization; Enforceability. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
Section 6.04 Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof where the failure to obtain such Governmental Approval or such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person, which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement other than consents, authorizations, filings or other acts or consents for which the failure to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.05 Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties and (c) has timely filed all material reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all material records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law, except in each case of clauses (a), (b) or (c) where the failure to have, comply or file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 6.06 Tax Returns and Payments. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has duly filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and other tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state, local and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable (other than any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the relevant Credit Party). Such returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for taxes of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof for the periods covered thereby. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 6.06, there is no ongoing audit or examination or, to the knowledge of each of the Credit Parties and each Subsidiary thereof, other investigation by any Governmental Authority of the tax liability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. No Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien or other claim against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved (other than (a) any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the relevant Credit Party and (b) Permitted Liens). The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof in respect of federal, state, local and other taxes for all Fiscal Years and portions thereof since the organization of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof are in the judgment of the Borrower adequate, and the Borrower does not anticipate any additional taxes or assessments for any of such years.
Section 6.07 Intellectual Property Matters. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof owns or possesses rights to use all material franchises, licenses, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses, patent applications, trademarks, trademark rights, service mark, service mark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and other rights with respect to the foregoing which are reasonably necessary to conduct its business. No event has occurred which permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights, and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is liable to any Person for infringement under Applicable Law with respect to any such rights as a result of its business operations.
Section 6.08 Environmental Matters.
(a) The properties owned, or to the best knowledge of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary, the properties leased or operated by each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof now or in the past do not contain, and to their knowledge have not previously contained, any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which constitute or constituted a violation of applicable Environmental Laws or which have not been remediated as required pursuant to Environmental Laws;
(b) Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof and such properties and all operations conducted in connection therewith are in compliance, and have been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination at, under or about such properties or such operations which could interfere with the continued operation of such properties or impair the fair saleable value thereof;
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(c) No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters, Hazardous Materials, or compliance with Environmental Laws that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof have knowledge or reason to believe that any such written notice will be received or is being threatened;
(d) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of to or from the properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, nor have any Hazardous Materials been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of such properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws;
(e) No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative action is pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is or will be named as a potentially responsible party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any applicable Environmental Law with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary thereof, with respect to any real property owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or operations conducted in connection therewith that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) There has been no release, or to its knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, now or in the past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.09 Employee Benefit Matters.
(a) As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plans other than those identified on Schedule 6.09;
(b) Each Credit Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired and except where a failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each trust related to such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code except for such plans that have not yet received determination letters but for which the remedial amendment period for submitting an application for a determination letter has not yet expired. No liability has been incurred by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(c) As of the Closing Date, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any Pension Plan become subject to funding based benefit restrictions under Section 436 of the Code, nor has any funding waiver from the IRS been received or requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and owing as required by Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any Pension Plan on or prior to the due dates of such contributions under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan;
(d) Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has: (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of the ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, (ii) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid, (iii) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (iv) failed to make a required installment or other required payment under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code;
(e) No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(f) Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no proceeding, claim (other than a benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or investigation is existing or, to its knowledge, threatened concerning or involving (i) any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) currently maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) any Pension Plan or (iii) any Multiemployer Plan.
(g) No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is a party to any contract, agreement or arrangement that could, solely as a result of the delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of transactions contemplated hereby, result in the payment of any excess parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.
Section 6.10 Margin Stock. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors. Following the application of the proceeds of each Extension of Credit, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount will be margin stock.
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Section 6.11 Government Regulation. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act) and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.12 Material Contracts. Schedule 6.12 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts of each Credit Party in effect as of the Closing Date. Other than as set forth in Schedule 6.12, as of the Closing Date, each such Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof (nor, to its knowledge, any other party thereto) is in breach of or in default under any Material Contract in any material respect.
Section 6.13 Employee Relations. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any collective bargaining agreement, nor has any labor union been recognized as the representative of its employees except as set forth on Schedule 6.13. The Borrower knows of no pending, threatened or contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving its employees or those of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.14 Burdensome Provisions. The Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries do not presently anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of any statutes, orders, rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Subsidiary is party to any agreement or instrument or otherwise subject to any restriction or encumbrance that restricts or limits its ability to make dividend payments or other distributions in respect of its Equity Interests to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or to transfer any of its assets or properties to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in each case other than existing under or by reason of the Loan Documents or Applicable Law.
Section 6.15 Financial Statements. The audited and unaudited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d)(i) are complete and correct in all material respects and fairly present in all material respects on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited financial statements and the absence of footnotes from unaudited financial statements). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements show all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments, and Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be disclosed under GAAP and the Exchange Act.
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Section 6.16 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2016, there has been no material adverse change in the properties, business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.17 Solvency. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof are, taken as a whole, Solvent.
Section 6.18 Title to Properties. As of the Closing Date, the real property listed on Schedule 6.18 constitutes all of the real property that is owned, leased, subleased or used by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is necessary or desirable to the conduct of its business and valid and legal title to all of its personal property and assets, except those which have been disposed of by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.
Section 6.19 Litigation. Except for matters set forth on Schedule 6.19, there are no material actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to its knowledge, threatened against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.20 Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.
(a) None of (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective employees or Affiliates, or (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent or representative of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Credit Facility, (A) is a Sanctioned Person or currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (B) is controlled by or is acting on behalf of a Sanctioned Person, (C) has its assets located in a Sanctioned Country, (D) is under administrative, civil or criminal investigation for an alleged violation of, or received notice from or made a voluntary disclosure to any governmental entity regarding a possible violation of, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions or any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or (E) directly or indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons.
(b) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.
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(c) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, each director, officer, and to the knowledge of Borrower, employee, agent and Affiliate of Borrower and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws in all respects and applicable Sanctions.
(d) No proceeds of any Extension of Credit have been used, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents in violation of Section 7.15.
Section 6.21 Absence of Defaults. No event has occurred or is continuing (a) which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or (b) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a default or event of default by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof under (i) any Material Contract or (ii) any judgment, decree or order to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is a party or by which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound or which would require any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled maturity date therefor that, in any case under this clause (ii), could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.22 Disclosure. The Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries have disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Credit Party and any Subsidiary thereof are subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being recognized by the Lenders that projections are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may vary from such projections).
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired and the Commitments terminated, each Credit Party will:
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Section 7.01 Financial Statements and Budgets. Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Annual Financial Statements. Within ninety (90) days (or, if earlier, on the date Borrower is required to file its Form 10-K under the Exchange Act) after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2017) or, if Borrower is no longer a public company, as soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall be audited by an independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing and accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by such certified public accountants prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards that is not subject to any going concern or similar qualification or exception or any qualification as to the scope of such audit or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within forty-five (45) days (or, if earlier, on the date Borrower is required to file its Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act) after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018) or, if Borrower is no longer a public company, as soon as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows and a report containing managements discussion and analysis of such financial statements for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(c) Annual Business Plan and Budget. Simultaneously with the delivery of the annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a), a business plan and operating and capital budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the ensuing four (4) fiscal quarters, such plan to be prepared in accordance with GAAP and to include, on a quarterly basis, the following: a quarterly operating and capital budget, a projected income statement, statement
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of cash flows and balance sheet, and a report containing managements discussion and analysis of such budget with a reasonable disclosure of the key assumptions and drivers with respect to such budget, accompanied by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that such budget contains good faith estimates (utilizing assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of delivery of such budget) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
Section 7.02 Certificates; Other Reports. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Within forty five (45) days after the close of each of the first three quarters of, and within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year of Borrower, and in any event not later than the time of delivery of the statements furnished pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 7.01 (as the case may be), a Compliance Certificate, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, signed on behalf of Borrower and each Subsidiary by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of Borrower stating that a review of the activities of Borrower and each Subsidiary during the current fiscal year has been made under such officers supervision with a view to determining whether during such fiscal year Borrower and each Subsidiary have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled all of their obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and either (A) stating that to such officers knowledge Borrower and each Subsidiary have during such quarter or fiscal year kept, observed, performed and fulfilled in all material respects each and every covenant and condition of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (B) if Borrower or any Subsidiary shall not so have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled said covenants and conditions, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof;
(b) Such other data and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender and to request its auditors to provide to any Lender such other data and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender. Borrower will also furnish to Administrative Agent only and the Agent will distribute, at such address as may be designated by said Administrative Agent, and within the applicable time specified in this Section 7.02, one (1) additional copy of each of the financial statements, certificates, statements and reports which Borrower is required to furnish to the Banks pursuant to this Section 7.02; and
(c) In the event that any Indebtedness of Borrower or any Subsidiary in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) is declared due and payable before its expressed maturity or any holder of such Indebtedness shall have demanded payment of such Indebtedness before its expressed maturity because of the occurrence of any default thereunder, or upon the occurrence of an event known to any officer of Borrower which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice (or both) will, unless cured, give rise to a right in favor of any person to make such a declaration or demand, Borrower will promptly give the Lenders written notice of such declaration or demand, or of the occurrence of such event.
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The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform and (b) certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a Public Lender). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC which, at a minimum, means that the word PUBLIC shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials PUBLIC, the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.10); (y) all Borrower Materials marked PUBLIC are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated Public Investor; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked PUBLIC as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated Public Investor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials PUBLIC.
Section 7.03 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after any executive officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default (or immediately with respect to a Default described in Section 9.01(e) herein);
(b) the receipt of any notice of any governmental investigation or any litigation or proceeding commenced against or involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses that involves an uninsured claim of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or more or otherwise if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any notice of any violation received by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of violation of Environmental Laws which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) any labor controversy that has resulted in, or threatens to result in, a strike or other work action against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order exceeding the Threshold Amount that may be assessed against or threatened against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof;
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(f) any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a default or event of default under any Material Contract to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) (i) any unfavorable determination letter from the IRS regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGCs intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA and (iv) the Borrower obtaining knowledge or reason to know that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA; and
(h) any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article VI that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any respect or any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article VI that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any material respect.
Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03 (other than Section 7.03(a)) shall be accompanied by a statement of an executive officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
Section 7.04 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters. Except as permitted by Section 8.08, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence or equivalent form and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.05 Maintenance of Property and Licenses.
(a) Protect and preserve all Properties necessary in and material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names, service marks and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and additions to such Property necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, in each case except as such action or inaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Maintain, in full force and effect in all material respects, each and every material license, permit, certification, qualification, approval or franchise issued by any Governmental Authority required for each of them to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.06 Insurance. Maintain insurance with responsible companies so as to keep its assets and property adequately insured or maintain adequate plans of self-insurance to provide (a) insurance, to such extent and against such risks, including fire, as is customary with companies in the same or similar business and such other additional insurance as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request, (b) necessary workmens compensation insurance, and (c) such other insurance (including, without limitation, flood insurance) as may be required under applicable state and federal laws. Copies of all such policies, as well as all renewals and modifications thereof, providing for thirty (30) days prior written notice of cancellation or other lapse to the Administrative Agent, shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent. If the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary fails to effect and continuously keep in full force and effect such insurance or fails to pay the premiums thereon when due, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) do so for the account of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and add the cost thereof to the Obligations hereunder.
Section 7.07 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. Maintain a system of accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be accurate and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with the Exchange Act.
Section 7.08 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations. The Borrower will and will cause each Subsidiary to: (a) pay all of its indebtedness and obligations promptly and in accordance with normal terms except where the failure to make such payments could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (b) file when due, and pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged when due, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income and profits, or upon any of its property, real, personal or mixed, or upon any part thereof, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be required to pay and discharge or to cause to be paid and discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.09 Compliance with Laws and Approvals. Observe and remain in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 7.10 Environmental Laws. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.09, (a) comply with, and ensure such compliance by all tenants and subtenants with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants, if any, obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws and (b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding Environmental Laws, except in each case where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.11 Compliance with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.09, (a) except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or tax under the Code and (iv) operate each Employee Benefit Plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code and (b) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agents request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
Section 7.12 Compliance with Material Contracts. Comply in all material respects with, and maintain in full force and effect, each Material Contract; provided, that the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary may contest the terms and conditions of any such Material Contract in good faith through applicable proceedings so long as adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP.
Section 7.13 Visits and Inspections. Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such times during normal business hours, all at the expense of the Borrower, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects; provided however, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, only one field examination per calendar year shall be at the sole expense of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall conduct no more than two (2) field examinations in any calendar year.
Section 7.14 Additional Subsidiaries.
(a) Additional Subsidiaries. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the creation or acquisition of any Material Subsidiary and, within sixty (60) days after such creation or acquisition, as such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, cause such Material Subsidiary to (i) become a Subsidiary Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed supplement to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement or such other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (ii)
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deliver to the Administrative Agent such opinions, documents and certificates referred to in Section 5.1 as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (iii) deliver to the Administrative Agent such updated Schedules to the Loan Documents as requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to such Material Subsidiary, and (iv) deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Merger Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a merger transaction pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transaction, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section 7.14(a) or (b), as applicable, until the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (at which time, the surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply with Section 7.14(a) or (b), as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, as such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).
Section 7.15 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Section 7.16 Corporate Governance. (a) Maintain entity records and books of account separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity, (b) not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity (except pursuant to cash management systems reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (c) provide that its board of directors (or equivalent governing body) will hold all appropriate meetings to authorize and approve such entitys actions, which meetings will be separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity. For the purposes of this Section 7.16, Affiliate shall not include the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.
Section 7.17 Bank Accounts. The Borrower shall maintain its primary bank accounts with Wells Fargo.
Section 7.18 SEC Filings and Reports. Borrower will file or furnish, on a timely basis in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be), all statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents (other than any immaterial Form 3, 4, 5 or 8-K filings or any filings relating solely to benefit plans), required to be filed or furnished by it with or to the SEC.
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Section 7.19 Further Assurances.
(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, all at the expense of the Credit Parties.
(b) If requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent), promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable.
Section 7.20 Post-Closing Matters. Execute and deliver the documents, take the actions and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 7.20, in each case within the applicable corresponding time limits specified on such schedule.
ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent, indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired and the Commitments terminated, the Credit Parties agree as follows:
Section 8.01 Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. The Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.5:1.00 for each quarter ending on or after December 31, 2017.
Section 8.02 Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower shall maintain a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.0, tested quarterly.
Section 8.03 Capital Expenditures. The Borrower will not permit capital expenditures to exceed in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year the sum of Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000), collectively for itself and its Subsidiaries.
Section 8.04 Repurchase of Shares. The Borrower will not purchase, acquire, redeem or retire any capital stock of Borrower, except for repurchases of shares of Borrower in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) in the aggregate for any Fiscal Year.
Section 8.05 Indebtedness. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall incur, create, assume or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness except (a) the Obligations; (b) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens; (c) intercompany Indebtedness as between the Borrower and any Subsidiary and between any two Subsidiaries; (d) Indebtedness for money borrowed disclosed in the Financial Statements, in the amount of Indebtedness shown therein, but not including extension or acceleration of maturity thereof, or payment dates thereunder, increase of principal, interest or other amounts due thereunder, change of interest rate thereunder or any other modification of the terms or provisions thereof; (e) current trade accounts payable and other liabilities and accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business; (f) Indebtedness incurred with respect to purchase money security interests (including Capital Leases) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) at any time outstanding; and (g) any other Indebtedness related to earn-outs in connection with acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) at any time outstanding.
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Section 8.06 Contingent Liabilities. Except as set forth in Schedule 8.06, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise be or become liable upon or with respect to any obligations of any Person other than (a) a guaranty by Borrower of the obligations of any of its Subsidiaries and (b) the endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection or similar transaction in the ordinary course of business.
Section 8.07 Negative Pledge. Neither the Borrower nor any Material Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien in respect of any property or assets of any character, including, without limitation, any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable, of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (whether owned on the date hereof or hereafter acquired) or any income or profits therefrom or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, nor covenant with any creditor by way of making a negative pledge to such creditor comparable in any respect to the foregoing negative pledge, provided, however, that the restriction set forth in this Section shall not prohibit any of the following (Permitted Liens):
(a) Liens for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable, or otherwise;
(b) Liens under workers compensation, unemployment insurance, Social Security, or similar legislation;
(c) Liens, deposits, or pledges to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases (permitted under the terms of this Agreement), or public or statutory obligations;
(d) Liens imposed by law, such as mechanics, materialmens, landlords, warehousemens, and carriers Liens, and other similar Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due and payable;
(e) Purchase money security interests or other Liens not exceeding in amount one hundred percent (100%) of the purchase price of the property encumbered thereby and securing not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, which have been created or exist at the time of purchase or within one hundred twenty (120) days thereafter, on property or assets acquired after the date hereof for the purpose of securing payment of the remainder due of the purchase price; provided that, no such Liens shall extend to or cover any other property or assets;
(f) Judgments and other similar Liens the existence of which that would not constitute a Default under Section 9.01(g) below;
(g) Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, and other similar encumbrances incidental to and which, in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with, the occupation, use, and enjoyment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the property or assets encumbered thereby in the normal course of business or materially impair the value of the property subject thereto; and
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(h) Liens existing on the date hereof listed on Schedule 8.07(h), or if not listed, not exceeding in the aggregate Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), but not the extension of the Lien to other property, or the granting of the Lien to secure the extension of the maturity, refunding, or modification of such obligation, in whole or in part. If, notwithstanding the prohibition contained herein, the Borrower shall, or shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien, other than those Liens permitted by the provisions of paragraphs (a) through (h) of this Section 8.07, it will make or cause to be made effective provision whereby the Notes will be secured equally and ratably with any and all other obligations thereby secured, such security to be pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and, in any such case, the Notes shall have the benefit, to the fullest extent that, and with such priority as, the holders of the Notes may be entitled under applicable law, of an equitable Lien on such property. Such violation of this Section 8.07 will constitute an Event of Default, whether or not provision is made for an equal and ratable Lien pursuant to this Section 8.07.
Section 8.08 Corporate Reorganizations.
(a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to create any new Subsidiary unless (i) the Borrower gives at least ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the new Subsidiary guarantees all Obligations pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement; and (iii) the Borrower and the new Subsidiary deliver to the Lenders such opinions, record searches and other documents as may be reasonably requested.
(b) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to acquire any Subsidiary not extant on the date hereof, merge with or into, consolidate with any other Person, acquire all or substantially all the assets of any other Person, or exchange shares with any other Person except as specifically permitted by Section 8.10, or permit any other Person to merge with or into or consolidate with it, or agree to do any of the foregoing, or engage in any business other than those engaged in on the date hereof.
Section 8.09 Disposition of Assets. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to make any Asset Dispositions except for Asset Dispositions in the ordinary course of business (provided, however (a) in the good faith opinion of Borrower, the Asset Disposition is in exchange for consideration having a Fair Market Value at least equal to that of the property exchanged and is in the best interest of Borrower or such Material Subsidiary, and (b) immediately after giving effect to the Asset Disposition, no Default or Event of Default would exist).
Section 8.10 Loans, Investments, Etc. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to make any loans or advances to, or purchase, acquire, own or make any investment in the stock or obligations of any other Person or acquire all or substantially all the assets of any other Person except (a) the purchase of interest bearing obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, (b) the purchase of interest bearing obligations, having an original maturity of one (1) year or less, issued by FDIC insured commercial banks and which at the time
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of purchase shall have an A bond rating, (c) the purchase of prime commercial paper which at the time of purchase shall have one (1) of the two (2) highest ratings given to commercial paper by Standard & Poors Corporation or Moodys Investor Service, Inc., (d) ordinary course travel and payroll advances to the Borrowers employees, (e) purchases of stock not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) individually or One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate, (f) loans to suppliers and/or targets not exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the aggregate, (g) Permitted Acquisitions, or (h) trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the ordinary course of business.
Section 8.11 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Material Subsidiary to sell or otherwise transfer and lease back, any real or personal property except for (a) any such sale/leaseback transactions specifically permitted under Section 8.09(b) and (b) any other such sale/leaseback transactions in an aggregate amount not to exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in any fiscal year and One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) during the term of this Agreement.
Section 8.12 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any transaction (or series of related transactions) with any Affiliate of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries that is material to the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries as a whole other than on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such Borrower or such Material Subsidiary as would reasonably be obtained by such Borrower or such Material Subsidiary at that time in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) transactions among the Borrower and/or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, (b) Borrowers lease for its corporate headquarters and warehouse facility located in Colmar, PA or (c) joint ventures or Investments in any of Borrowers suppliers.
Section 8.13 Employee Plans.
(a) The Borrower or any Related Party will not maintain, or contribute to, a Multiemployer Plan or a Pension Benefit Plan subject to section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.
(b) The Borrower will not take, or omit to take, and will cause all Related Parties not to take, or omit to take, any action which will result in any material representation or warranty contained in Article VI above or otherwise contained in any Loan Document with respect to any Plan, Pension Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan becoming incorrect as of the date of such action, provided that, nothing contained in the foregoing shall prevent the Borrower or any Related Party from establishing any new Plan in compliance with applicable law so long as the establishment of such Plan is reported to the Administrative Agent in the next Compliance Certificate delivered by Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Borrower or any Related Party will not increase the benefits of any Borrower Plan, adopt, or contribute to, any Plan that is not listed on Schedule 6.09 or commence coverage under, or contributions to, any Plan on behalf of a new group of employees whether or not as a result of any business acquisition of the Borrower or any Related Party.
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Section 8.14 Disposal of Ownership of a Material Subsidiary. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, sell or otherwise dispose of any Subsidiary Stock, nor will the Borrower permit any such Material Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its own Subsidiary Stock provided that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to:
(a) the issue of directors qualifying shares by any such Subsidiary;
(b) any such Transfer of Subsidiary Stock constituting a Transfer described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of Asset Disposition; and
(c) the Transfer of all of the Subsidiary Stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by Borrower and its other Subsidiaries if:
(i) such Transfer satisfies the requirements of Section 8.09 hereof,
(ii) in connection with such Transfer the entire investment (whether represented by stock or other equity interests, Debt, claims or otherwise) of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than (A) the Borrower, (B) another Subsidiary not being simultaneously disposed of, or (C) an Affiliate,
(iii) the Subsidiary being disposed of has no continuing investment (whether represented by stock or other equity interests, Debt, claims or otherwise) in any other Subsidiary of Borrower not being simultaneously disposed of or in the Borrower, and
(iv) immediately after giving effect to such Transfer no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Borrower would be permitted by the provisions of Section 8.05 hereof to incur at least One Dollar ($1.00) of additional Funded Debt owing to a Person other than a Subsidiary of Borrower.
Section 8.15 Business of Borrower. The Borrower will not and will not permit any Material Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business which would then be engaged in by the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business engaged in by Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement.
Section 8.16 Material Foreign Subsidiary. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) (a) any Lien on the capital stock or other equity interests of any Material Foreign Subsidiary, or (b) any Guaranty by any Material Foreign Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (except that a Material Foreign Subsidiary may make, incur and suffer to exist a Guaranty of the Debt of another Foreign Subsidiary in which such Material Foreign Subsidiary holds, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interest).
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Section 8.17 No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements.
(a) Enter into, assume or be subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other obligation, except (i) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.07(d) (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets financed thereby), (iii) customary restrictions contained in the organizational documents of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary as of the Closing Date and (iv) customary restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien).
(b) Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Credit Party on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Credit Party or (iii) make loans or advances to any Credit Party, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) Applicable Law.
(c) Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party to (i) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Credit Party or (ii) act as a Credit Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (B) Applicable Law, (C) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.07(d) (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith), (D) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (E) obligations that are binding on a Subsidiary at the time such Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such obligations are not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (F) customary restrictions contained in an agreement related to the sale of Property (to the extent such sale is permitted pursuant to Section 8.08) that limit the transfer of such Property pending the consummation of such sale, (G) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto and (H) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
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ARTICLE IX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 9.01 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal whether at maturity thereof, on a date fixed for prepayment, by acceleration, or otherwise, or shall fail to pay interest on any Note with five (5) days of when the same shall become due and payable, or shall fail to pay any other obligations within ten (10) days after notice to the Borrower;
(b) Any Credit Party or any Active Subsidiary shall fail to perform or observe any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and, if such failure does not relate to a covenant contained in Article VIII and such failure is curable, it shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after notice to the Borrower;
(c) The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall default in the payment, performance or observance of, or there shall occur any default, breach, violation or event of default in connection with, any other agreement under which arises Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount equal to or exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000);
(d) Any proceedings shall be instituted, or a case shall be commenced by any Credit Party or an Active Subsidiary, seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any present or future law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property; or if any of the foregoing proceedings shall be instituted or a case commenced against any Credit Party or an Active Subsidiary seeking the relief and/or remedies above described in this subsection and such proceeding or case shall continue for sixty (60) days, or any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit Party or an Active Subsidiary granting the relief sought in any such proceeding or case and shall not be stayed or set aside or vacated within sixty (60) days; or any Credit Party or an Active Subsidiary shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or to an agent authorized to liquidate any substantial amount of its assets; or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above;
(e) Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document is incorrect or shall prove to have been false and misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made;
(f) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money (other than those which an insurance company has agreed in writing to pay) in excess of an aggregate of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) shall be rendered against Borrower or any Subsidiary and such judgment or judgments shall remain undischarged, unstayed on appeal, unbonded and undismissed for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or such longer period as shall be permitted by rules of practice of the judicial body which has jurisdiction during which the execution shall not be effectively stayed;
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(g) Any attachment, levy, tax lien or garnishment shall be issued against any property of material value in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an interest;
(h) Any attachment, levy, garnishment or similar legal process shall be served upon the Administrative Agent as a result of any claim against Borrower or any Subsidiary or against any property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; or
(i) The dissolution, merger, consolidation, or the sale or change in control (as control is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary which is a corporation or partnership, or transfer of any substantial portion of the Borrowers or any Subsidiarys assets, or if any agreement for such dissolution, merger, consolidation, change in control, sale or transfer is entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except to the extent any such transaction is expressly permitted under the terms and conditions of Section 8.09 or Section 8.10 above. There shall be conclusively presumed to have been a change in control if any two (2) of the Persons holding the offices of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, as listed in Schedule 9.01(i) hereto, no longer holds such office; provided, however, that such Persons have not been replaced within twenty (20) days with either interim officers or successors reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and permanent replacements for such original Persons reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent take office within one hundred eighty (180) days of such officers no longer holding such offices.
Section 9.02 Remedies. At any time and from time to time, in the event any one or more of the foregoing Events of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent in its discretion may, or if requested by the Required Lenders shall, by written notice to the Borrower, at the same or different times, terminate forthwith the Revolving Credit Facilities and/or refuse to make any further Loans or issue any other Letters of Credit hereunder and/or declare all outstanding Notes and interest accrued thereon, and all other Obligations of the Borrower hereunder and thereunder to be immediately due and payable, and in the case of such notice, and automatically without the necessity of such notice or declaration in the case of a Default under Section 9.01(d) above:
(a) The Administrative Agent and the Banks may refuse to make any further Loans to Borrower hereunder, and all Notes, interest and other Obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall become and be forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind to the Borrower, all of which are hereby waived, and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall automatically terminate;
(b) The Administrative Agent shall apply the moneys held by it hereunder first, to the payment of outstanding fees, charges, expenses and other costs (including reasonable attorneys fees) owed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and under the Master Letter of Credit Agreement; second, to the Lenders pari passu and in proportion to their Distributable Shares of principal and interest owing under
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the Notes, to be applied as the Agent may elect in its sole discretion in payment of the Obligations evidenced by the Notes (including interest thereon) and arising under the Master Letter of Credit Agreement (including interest thereon) or any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding thereof, first to interest and then to principal; and third, to the Lenders pari passu and in proportion to their Distributable Shares in payment of Obligations (including interest thereon) other than those described above, to be applied as the Agent may elect in its sole discretion in payment of such Obligations; and
(c) If such moneys and proceeds are insufficient to pay all of the foregoing and any other amounts required by law, the Borrower shall be liable for any deficiency.
Section 9.03 Remedies Cumulative. No remedy herein conferred upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
Section 9.04 Remedies Not Waived. No course of dealing between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the holder of any Note or any delay on the part of any of them in exercising any rights or remedies hereunder or under applicable law shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any of them, whether arising hereunder or under any loan document related hereto or under applicable law.
Section 9.05 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and any secured obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.03, 4.03 and 11.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, to
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pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.03, 4.03 and 11.03.
ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 10.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as provided in Section 10.06 the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term agent herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
Section 10.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 10.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder and thereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the
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Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02 and Section 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Lender.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith (including, without limitation, any report provided to it by an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.09), (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the utilization of any Issuing Lenders L/C Commitment (it being understood and agreed that each Issuing Lender shall monitor compliance with its own L/C Commitment without any further action by the Administrative Agent).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (i) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (ii) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution.
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Section 10.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 10.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give written notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
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(b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person, remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable), (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Issuing Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(d) Any resignation by, or removal of, Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Lender, (ii) the retiring Issuing Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor Issuing Lender, if in its sole discretion it elects to, shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Lender to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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Section 10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and each Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Section 10.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the syndication agents, documentation agents, co-agents, arrangers or bookrunners listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Lender hereunder.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Notices.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows:
If to the Borrower:
Dorman Products, Inc.
3400 East Walnut Street
Colmar, PA 18915
Attention of: Thomas J. Knoblauch
Telephone No.: 215 ###-###-####
Facsimile No.: 215 ###-###-####
E-mail: ***@***
With copies to:
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attention of: Gary R. Goldenberg and Samuel H. Becker
Telephone No.: 215 ###-###-#### and ###-###-####
Facsimile No.: 215 ###-###-#### and ###-###-####
E-mail: ***@*** and ***@***
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If to Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
MAC D1109-019
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262
Attention of: Syndication Agency Services
Telephone No.: (704) 590-2703
Facsimile No.: (704) 715-0092
With copies to:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
300 Barr Harbor Drive
Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attention of: Matthew Siefer, Senior Vice President
Telephone No.: 484 ###-###-####
Facsimile No.: 484 ###-###-####
E-mail: ***@***
If to any Lender:
To the address of such Lender set forth on the Register with respect to deliveries of notices and other documentation that may contain material non-public information.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any Issuing Lender pursuant to Article II or III if such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return
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e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or other communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(c) Administrative Agents Office. The Administrative Agent hereby designates its office located at the address set forth above, or any subsequent office which shall have been specified for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower and Lenders, as the Administrative Agents Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be disbursed and Letters of Credit requested.
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Any Lender may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender.
(e) Platform.
(i) Each Credit Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Borrower Materials available to the Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the DQ List shall be deemed suitable for posting and may be posted by the Administrative Agent on the Platform, including the portion of the Platform that is designated for public side Lenders.
(ii) The Platform is provided as is and as available. The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Borrower Materials or the adequacy of the Platform, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Borrower Materials. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Borrower Materials or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties) have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender or any other Person or entity for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Credit Partys or the Administrative Agents transmission of communications through the Internet (including, without limitation, the Platform), except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, losses or expenses (as opposed to actual damages, losses or expenses).
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(f) Private Side Designation. Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the Private Side Information or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lenders compliance procedures and Applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Applicable Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the Public Side Information portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities Applicable Laws.
Section 11.02 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Except as set forth below or as specifically provided in any Loan Document, any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the Lenders, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the Borrower; provided, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) without the prior written consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, amend, modify or waive (i) Section 5.02 or any other provision of this Agreement if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver is to require the Revolving Credit Lenders (pursuant to, in the case of any such amendment to a provision hereof other than Section 5.02, any substantially concurrent request by the Borrower for a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit) to make Revolving Credit Loans when such Revolving Credit Lenders would not otherwise be required to do so or (ii) the amount of the L/C Sublimit;
(b) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) or increase the amount of Loans of any Lender, in any case, without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) waive, extend or postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or (subject to clause (iii) of the proviso set forth in the paragraph below) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or change the manner of computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in determining the Applicable Margin that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate set forth in Section 4.01(a) during the continuance of an Event of Default;
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(e) change Section 4.06 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or order of application required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(f) except as otherwise permitted by this Section 11.02 change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of Required Lenders, or Required Revolving Credit Lenders or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(g) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of such Credit Partys rights and obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Sections 8.08 or 8.09), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release (i) all of the Subsidiary Guarantors or (ii) Subsidiary Guarantors comprising substantially all of the credit support for the Obligations, in any case, from any Guaranty Agreement;
provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each affected Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Issuing Lender under this Agreement (including, without limitation, or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (iv) each Letter of Credit Application may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; provided that a copy of such amended Letter of Credit Application, shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon such amendment or waiver, and (v) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Loan Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error, ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that (A) the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, and (B) any amendment, waiver, or consent hereunder which requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms disproportionately and adversely affects any such Defaulting Lender relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent on its behalf, and without further consent, to enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement (including, without limitation, amendments to this Section 11.02) or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems appropriate in order to effectuate the terms of Section 4.13 (including, without limitation, as applicable, (A) to permit the Incremental Revolving Credit Increases to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (B) to include the Incremental Revolving Credit Increase, as applicable, or outstanding Incremental Revolving Credit Increase, as applicable, in any determination of (1) Required Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable or (2) similar required lender terms applicable thereto); provided that no amendment or modification shall result in any increase in the amount of any Lenders Commitment or any increase in any Lenders Commitment Percentage, in each case, without the written consent of such affected Lender.
Section 11.03 Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower and each other Credit Party, jointly and severally, shall pay (i) all documented reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all documented reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all documented reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an Indemnitee) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims (including, without limitation, any Environmental Claims), penalties, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless, each Indemnitee from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Credit Party), arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the Transactions), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any
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refusal by any Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (v) any claim (including, without limitation, any Environmental Claims), investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with the Loans, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys and consultants fees, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (A) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (B) result from a claim brought by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitees obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if such Credit Party or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim. In no event shall Borrower be responsible for any Environmental Claims to the extent resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee or any receiver appointed for the Property.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (i) or (ii) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Lender, or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender, or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lenders pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lenders share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time, or if the Total Credit Exposure has been reduced to zero, then based on such Lenders share of the Total Credit Exposure immediately prior to such reduction) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to any Issuing Lender solely in its capacity as such, only the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally among them based on such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought or, if the Revolving Credit Commitment has been reduced to zero as of such time, determined immediately prior to such reduction); provided, further, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 4.07.
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(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (ii) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.
Section 11.04 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Lender, or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, such Issuing Lender, or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender, such Issuing Lender, or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender or any Affiliate thereof shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so setoff shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.15 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender or Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender or its Affiliate shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Secured Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates as to which such right of setoff was exercised. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Lender, and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Lender, or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender, and such Issuing Lender and agree to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
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Section 11.05 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sitting in Philadelphia County, and of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Pennsylvania State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any Issuing Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Waiver of Venue. The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
Section 11.06 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN
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ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR BORROWER AND LENDER TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 11.07 Reversal of Payments. To the extent any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, which payments or proceeds (including any proceeds of such setoff) or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any Debtor Relief Law, other Applicable Law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent, and each Lender and each Issuing Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable ratable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent plus interest thereon at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made to the Administrative Agent.
Section 11.08 Injunctive Relief. The Borrower recognizes that, in the event the Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Lenders. Therefore, the Borrower agrees that the Lenders, at the Lenders option, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.
Section 11.09 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that, in each case with respect to any Credit Facility, any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
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(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Credit Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if Trade Date is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, or unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent ten (10) Business Days after the date written notice thereof has been delivered by the assigning Lender (through the Administrative Agent) unless such consent is expressly refused by the Borrower prior to such fifth (5th) Business Day;
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned;
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (3) the assignment is made in connection with the primary syndication of the Credit Facility and during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is ninety (90) days following the Closing Date; provided, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and provided, further, that the Borrowers consent shall not be required during the primary syndication of the Credit Facility;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and
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(C) the consents of the Issuing Lenders shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) for each assignment; provided that (A) only one such fee will be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more related Approved Funds by a Lender and (B) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person).
(vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested, but not funded by, the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders, and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (B) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
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Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and 11.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section (other than a purported assignment to a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries or Affiliates, which shall be null and void).
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and each Lender Joinder Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amounts of (and stated interest on) the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (but only to the extent of entries in the Register that are applicable to such Lender), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, or the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries or Affiliates) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.03(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 11.02(b), (c), (d) or (e) that directly and adversely affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 4.11(g) (it being
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understood that the documentation required under Section 4.11(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.12 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10 or 4.11, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.12(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.04 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.06 and Section 11.04 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts of (and stated interest on) each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 11.10 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates respective Related Parties in connection with the Credit Facility, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or in connection with marketing of services by such Affiliate or Related Party to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any regulatory or similar authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any
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self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or in accordance with the Administrative Agents, the Issuing Lenders or any Lenders regulatory compliance policy if the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, deems such disclosure to be necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing lender or such Lender, as applicable, or any of its Related Parties (in which case, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and otherwise permitted by Applicable Law), (c) as to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or in any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other compulsory process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement, under any other Loan Document, or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or Participant, or prospective assignee or Participant, in reliance on this clause (f)), (g) deal terms and other information customarily reported to Thomson Reuters, other bank market data collectors and similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of the Loan Documents, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates from a third party that is not, to such Persons knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations to the Borrower, or (i) to the extent that such information is independently developed by such Person. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof; provided that, in the case of information received from a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Section 11.11 Performance of Duties. Each of the Credit Partys obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by such Credit Party at its sole cost and expense.
Section 11.12 All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
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Section 11.13 Survival.
(a) All representations and warranties set forth in Article VI and all representations and warranties contained in any certificate, or any of the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Closing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a specific date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.
(b) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of this Article XI and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against events arising after such termination as well as before.
Section 11.14 Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 11.15 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. In the event that any provision is held to be so prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in such jurisdiction (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders).
Section 11.16 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
(a) Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have
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received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 11.17 Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired or otherwise satisfied in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lender) and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.
Section 11.18 USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act or any other Anti-Money Laundering Laws, each of them is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act or such Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
Section 11.19 Independent Effect of Covenants. The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII hereof shall be given independent effect. Accordingly, the Borrower shall not engage in any transaction or other act otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII, before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Borrower shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII.
Section 11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
(a) In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates understanding, that (i) the facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands
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and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof), (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person, (iii) none of the Administrative Agent, or the Lenders has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Administrative Agent, or the Lenders has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, (iv) the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from, and may conflict with, those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, or the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship and (v) the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate.
(b) Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that each Lender, and any Affiliate thereof may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any of the Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or any other person or entity that may do business with or own securities of any of the foregoing, all as if such Lender, or Affiliate thereof were not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof (or an agent or any other person with any similar role under the Credit Facilities) and without any duty to account therefor to any other Lender, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the foregoing. Each Lender, and any Affiliate thereof may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof for services in connection with this Agreement, the Credit Facilities or otherwise without having to account for the same to any other Lender, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the foregoing.
Section 11.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents. In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
[Signature pages to follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first written above.
DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC., as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Kevin Olsen | |
Name: Kevin Olsen | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
AGENT AND LENDER: | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Lender |
By: | /s/ Matt Siefer | |
Name: Matt Siefer | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | - | Form of Revolving Credit Note | ||
Exhibit B | - | Form of Credit Request | ||
Exhibit C | - | Form of Notice of Account Designation | ||
Exhibit D | - | Form of Notice of Prepayment | ||
Exhibit E | - | Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation | ||
Exhibit F | - | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit G | - | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 | - | Existing Letters of Credit | ||
Schedule 1.1(A) | - | Commitments and Commitment Percentages | ||
Schedule 3.03 | - | Letter of Credit Commissions | ||
Schedule 6.01 | - | Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification | ||
Schedule 6.02 | - | Subsidiaries and Capitalization | ||
Schedule 6.06 | - | Tax Matters | ||
Schedule 6.09 | - | ERISA Plans | ||
Schedule 6.12 | - | Material Contracts | ||
Schedule 6.13 | - | Labor and Collective Bargaining Agreements | ||
Schedule 6.18 | - | Real Property | ||
Schedule 6.19 | - | Litigation | ||
Schedule 7.20 | - | Post-Closing Matters | ||
Schedule 8.06 | - | Contingent Liabilities | ||
Schedule 8.07(h) | - | Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 9.01(i) | - | Control |
EXHIBIT A
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
$100,000,000.00 | , 2017 |
For value received, the undersigned (Borrower) promises to pay to the order of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Lender), on or before the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the lesser of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) or the unpaid principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility made available by the Lender to Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 below, together with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed) on the unpaid principal balance from time to time outstanding hereunder from the date hereof until payment hereunder in full. Both principal and interest shall be paid in federal funds or other immediately available lawful money of the United States at the main office of the Administrative Agent at 300 Barr Harbor Drive, Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850, Conshohocken, PA 19428, Attention: Matthew Siefer, Senior Vice President (or such other address as may be designated by the holder hereof in writing).
1. (a) This Revolving Credit Note (the Note) evidences the Revolving Credit Balance under, is governed by, and is entitled to the benefits of a Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof and as it may be further amended (collectively referred to herein as the Agreement) among Borrower, the Lender, for itself and as Administrative Agent and the other Lenders, if any, parties thereto, including Lender, which Agreement, among other matters, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the occurrence and continuance of certain stated events. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as are assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
(b) This Note amends, restates and consolidates in its entirety the Seventh Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note dated July 24, 2006 issued by the Borrower to the Lender.
2. Borrower shall pay the principal hereof and all accrued interest on or before the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
3. Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance from time to time outstanding hereunder from the date hereof until such unpaid principal balance has been paid in full at the rate or rates, and at the times, set forth in the Agreement. Any payment of principal, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, of or on this Note which is not paid in full when due shall bear interest at the Default Rate as set forth in the Agreement.
4. The Lenders records as to the Revolving Credit Advances made by the Lender to Borrower pursuant to the Agreement, the payments made on account of principal hereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit and draws thereon and reimbursement thereof, shall be presumed to be complete and correct absent manifest error.
(Corporate Seal)
ATTEST: | DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC. | |||||||||||
By: | By: | |||||||||||
Name: | Name: | |||||||||||
Title: | Title: |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | : | |||
: | ||||
County of | : |
Corporate Acknowledgment
I certify that before me appeared this day and , persons known to me, who after being sworn said they are and of Dorman Products, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and are duly authorized to act on behalf of said corporation, that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the seal of said corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed by them on behalf of said corporation, and being informed of the contents thereof, acknowledged execution of the foregoing instrument on behalf of said corporation.
Witness my hand and official seal, this day of , 2017.
Notary Public | ||||||||
Notary Seal | ||||||||
(Printed Name of Notary) | ||||||||
My Commission expires: |
EXHIBIT B
CREDIT REQUEST
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
Administrative Agent
300 Barr Harbor Drive
Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: Matthew Siefer
Senior Vice President
Gentlemen:
The undersigned (Borrower) hereby requests a Revolving Credit Advance or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, as follows, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017, (the Agreement) among Borrower and the Lenders therein named. Capitalized terms as defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
The requested Revolving Credit Advance is in the amount of $ and it shall be disbursed or issued on at the following Interest Rate:
Prime Rate | ||||||
Adjusted LIBOR Rate | ||||||
Adjusted LIBOR Market Interest Rate |
The requested Letter of Credit is in the amount of $ and shall be issued on for the benefit of .
Current Revolving Credit Balance | $ | |||||
Outstanding Letters of Credit | $ | |||||
TOTAL | $ | |||||
(but not more than $100,000,000) | ||||||
Total Available Revolving Credit Facilities | $ |
Borrower certifies that the foregoing is true, correct and complete as shown on its books and records as of the date hereof. The Revolving Credit Balance and Letter of Credit Balance outstanding following the disbursement of the proceeds of the requested Revolving Credit Advance or the issuance of a Letter of Credit will not exceed the Revolving Credit Limit.
DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT C
NOTICE OF ACCOUNT DESIGNATION
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Administrative Agent
300 Barr Harbor Drive
Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: | Matthew Siefer |
Senior Vice President |
Gentlemen:
The undersigned (Borrower) hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017, as amended from time to time (the Agreement) among Borrower and the Lenders therein named, to the following account: .
Capitalized terms as defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC. |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
EXHIBIT D
NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Administrative Agent
300 Barr Harbor Drive
Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: Matthew Siefer
Senior Vice President
Gentlemen:
The undersigned (Borrower) hereby gives notice of its intent to prepay, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017, as amended from time to time (the Agreement) among Borrower and the Lenders therein named, the following Revolving Credit Loan(s):
Amount of Loan | Amount of | Interest Rate | Interest Period | Date of Prepayment | Balance Remaining | |||||
Capitalized terms as defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC. |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
EXHIBIT E
NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Administrative Agent
300 Barr Harbor Drive
Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: Matthew Siefer
Senior Vice President
Gentlemen:
The undersigned (Borrower) hereby elects the following Interest Rate and Interest Period for the below described outstanding Revolving Credit Loan , pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017, as amended from time to time (the Agreement) among Borrower and the Lenders therein named. Capitalized terms as defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
The Revolving Credit to which this notice applies is in the amount of $ and was disbursed or issued on .
Interest Rate: | ||||
Borrower elects to continue present Interest Rate | ||||
or | ||||
Borrower elects to convert present Interest Rate (in the amounts set forth below) | ||||
LIBOR Loan into Prime Rate Revolving Loan $ | ||||
LIBOR Loan into LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan $ | ||||
Prime Rate Revolving Loan into LIBOR Loan $ | ||||
Prime Rate Revolving Loan into LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan $ | ||||
LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan into LIBOR Loan $ | ||||
LIBOR Market Index Rate Revolving Loan into Prime Rate Revolving Loan $ |
Interest Period: |
Borrower elects to continue present Interest Period | ||||||||
or | ||||||||
Borrower elects to change present Interest Period to: |
LIBOR Loans: | One Month | |||||||
Two Months | ||||||||
Three Months | ||||||||
Six Months |
DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC. |
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT F
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
Administrative Agent
300 Barr Harbor Drive
Five Tower Bridge, Suite 850
Conshohocken, PA 19428
The undersigned, on behalf of Dorman Products, Inc. (the Borrower), hereby certifies as follows, as of the date hereof:
1. Dorman Products, Inc. (the Borrower) and each Subsidiary have performed and are in compliance with each of the covenants and agreements to be performed and/or complied with by the Borrower and each Subsidiary, as applicable, as of the date hereof under the Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 as amended (the Agreement) among Borrower and the Lenders named therein. If this Certificate is being delivered as of the end of a fiscal quarter under Section 7.02(a) of the Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A are calculations showing compliance with all financial covenants contained in the Agreement, and the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such further calculations and information in respect of Exhibit A as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent from time to time.
2. No Event of Default or Default under the Agreement or any of the Loan Documents has occurred and is continuing.
3. There has been no material adverse change in the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries consolidated business, operations, properties, or condition, financial or otherwise, since the date of the last financial statements which have been delivered to the Administrative Agent.
4. As of the date hereof, all representations and warranties in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true, correct and complete in all respects and except that with respect to the Schedules to the Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in such Schedules except as set forth in Exhibit B hereto).
All capitalized terms used herein shall be defined as defined in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement on this day of , 20 .
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT A
CALCULATIONS
EXHIBIT B
UPDATE OF SCHEDULES TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT G
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION (Joinder Agreement), dated as of [DATE] is made by [JOINING CREDIT PARTY], a [STATE OF ORGANIZATION] [ENTITY TYPE] (the Joining Credit Party), and delivered to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) under that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), dated as of December 7, 2017 made by and among DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the Borrower), and the Lenders party thereto.
WHEREAS, the Joining Credit Party is a Subsidiary of the Borrower and required by the terms of the Credit Agreement to become a Surety (as defined in the Guaranty) and be joined as a party to the Continuing Surety and Guaranty (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Guaranty); and
WHEREAS, this Joinder Agreement supplements the Guaranty and is delivered by the Joining Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.14(a) of the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Joining Credit Party will materially benefit directly and indirectly from the Loans made available and to be made available to the Borrower by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement; and
NOW THEREFORE, the Joining Credit Party, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees as follows with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders:
1. Joinder. The Joining Credit Party hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally becomes a party to the Guaranty as a Surety and agrees to be bound by all the terms, conditions, covenants, obligations, liabilities and undertakings of each Surety or to which each Surety is subject thereunder, all with the same force and effect as if the Joining Credit Party were a signatory to the Guaranty.
2. Affirmations. The Joining Credit Party hereby makes each of the representations and warranties and agrees to each of the covenants applicable to the Sureties contained in the Guaranty and the Credit Agreement. The Joining Credit Party also represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) it has the corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform this Joinder Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Joinder Agreement, (b) no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other Person that has not been obtained, made or completed is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance, validity or enforceability of this Joinder Agreement, (c) this Joinder Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Joining Credit Party and (d) this Joinder Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Joining Credit Party enforceable against such Joining Credit Party in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
3. Severability. The provisions of this Joinder Agreement are independent of and separable from each other. If any provision hereof shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, but this Joinder Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
4. Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.
5. Delivery. The Joining Credit Party hereby irrevocably waives notice of acceptance of this Joinder Agreement and acknowledges that the Obligations are incurred, and credit extensions under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents made and maintained, in reliance on this Joinder Agreement and the Joining Credit Partys joinder as a party to the Guaranty as herein provided.
6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article XI of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
[NAME OF JOINING CREDIT PARTY] | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Address for Notices: | ||||
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED: | ||||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent |
By: |
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Address for Notices: | ||||
300 Barr Harbor Drive | ||||
Five Tower Bridge | ||||
Suite 850 | ||||
Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
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SCHEDULE 1.1
EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
LETTER OF CREDIT | BENEFICIARY | EXPIRATION | AMOUNT | |||
#SM206421 | HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY | 5/1/18 | $100,000.00 | |||
#SM232644 | PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATES | 5/5/18 | $725,000.00 |
SCHEDULE 1.1(A)
COMMITMENTS AND COMMITMENT
PERCENTAGES
Revolving Credit Facility | Ratable Share | |||||||
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 300 Barr Harbor Drive Five Tower Bridge Suite 850 Conshohocken, PA 19428 | $ | 100,000,000 | 100 | % |
Schedule 3.03 |
Price Schedule U.S. Trade Services
Services | Price | |
IMPORT LC | ||
Issuance Mail | By arrangement or 1/8%, $195.00 min. | |
Issuance CEO Trade | By arrangement or 1/8%, $150.00 min. | |
Amendment to Increase Mail | By arrangement or 1/8%, $120.00 min. (more than 5, subject to special arrangement) | |
Amendment to Increase CEO Trade | By arrangement or 1/8%, $95.00 min. | |
Amendment No Increase Mail / CEO Trade | $100.00 min. | |
Document Examination | By arrangement or 1/4%, $150.00 min. | |
Acceptance | By arrangement or 2% p.a., $150.00 min. | |
Deferred Payment | By arrangement or 2% p.a., $160.00 min. | |
Discrepancy | $100.00 | |
B/L Guarantee / Air Release | 1/4%, $250.00 min. | |
Cancellation / Non-Utilization | $150.00 | |
Document Delivery (Document Splitting) | $25.00 | |
Reinstatement of Expired LC | $125.00 | |
Special / Priority Handling | $150.00 | |
IMPORT COLLECTIONS | ||
Sight Mail | $100.00 | |
Sight CEO Trade | $90.00 | |
Time Draft | $135.00 | |
Open Account | By arrangement, $80.00 min. | |
Amendment | $45.00 | |
Tracer | First free, $35.00 thereafter | |
Maintenance Unpaid / Return Items | $50.00/mo. | |
Protest | $250.00 + expenses | |
Partial Payment | $50.00 | |
B/L Guarantee / Air Release | 1/4%, $200.00 min. | |
Cancellation / Unpaid | $100.00 | |
Document Delivery | $25.00 | |
Transport Document Endorsement Fee | $25.00 | |
STANDBY LC | ||
Standby Commission (Issuance) | By arrangement, $500.00 min. per annum | |
Standby Advising LC or Amendment | $150.00 | |
Reissuance | $150.00 | |
Auto-Renewal | Commission by arrangement | |
Amendment | $150.00 + commission as applied to amount increase or time extension | |
Transfer | 1/4%, $250.00 min., $1,500.00 max. (plus standard SWIFT, telex or courier charges) | |
Assignment | 1/4%, $250.00 min., $1,500.00 max. | |
Special Handling/Multiple Drafting | By arrangement, $250.00 min. | |
Confirmation | By arrangement, $300.00 min. | |
Drawing | 1/4%, $300.00 min., $1,500.00 max. | |
VRDB Payment | By arrangement, 300.00 min. | |
Cancellation & Non-extension | $150.00 |
Schedule 3.03 |
Price Schedule U.S. Trade Services (continued)
Services | Price | |
EXPORT LC | ||
Advice | $120.00 | |
Confirmation | By arrangement, $150.00 min./qtr. | |
Amendment | $100.00 | |
Amendment Confirmed LC | Applicable confirmation fee, $100.00 min. | |
Document Examination (per transport document) | By arrangement or 1/8%, $160.00 min. | |
Documents Sent Unexamined | $150.00 | |
Acceptance / Deferred Confirmed | By arrangement, $160.00 min. | |
Deferred Payment Unconfirmed | $160.00 | |
Discrepancy | $100.00 | |
Transfer | By arrangement or 1/4%, $250.00 min. (plus standard SWIFT, telex or courier charges) | |
Assignment | By arrangement or 1/4%, $250.00 min. | |
Cancellation / Non-Utilization | $150.00 | |
Reimbursement | $85.00 | |
Tracer | $35.00 + SWIFT fee | |
ExportExpress | By arrangement, $350.00 min. | |
EXPORT COLLECTIONS | ||
Documentary Sight Mail | $110.00 | |
Direct Sight Mail | $95.00 | |
Direct Sight CEO Trade | $85.00 | |
Time Draft Mail / CEO Trade | $140.00 | |
Amendment | $45.00 | |
Tracer | First free, $35.00 thereafter | |
Partial Payment | $50.00 | |
Cancellation / Unpaid | $75.00 | |
Not-on-File Settlement | $100.00 | |
Avalized Draft Discounting | By arrangement, $350.00 min. | |
BANKERS ACCEPTANCES | ||
BA Commission | By arrangement, $150.00 min. | |
BA Discount Rate | Market rate, $200.00 min. | |
MISCELLANEOUS | ||
SWIFT / Telex | $50.00 | |
CHIPS or Fedwire | $30.00 | |
Cashiers Check | $50.00 | |
Mail Domestic Registered | $25.00 | |
Courier Domestic | $25.00 | |
Courier International | Varies by country, $50.00 min. | |
Fax Domestic & International | $15.00/document | |
On-Site CEO Trade Training | At cost, $250.00 min. |
© 2016 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. 03162017
SCHEDULE 6.01
JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION
# | Entity Name | Place of | Qualification | |||
1. | Dorman Products, Inc. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |||
2. | The Connection A Telemarketing Company, Inc. | Florida | Florida | |||
3. | RB Distribution, Inc. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky | |||
4. | RB Management, Inc. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, | |||
5. | R&B Pacific Rim, Inc. | Delaware | Delaware | |||
6. | RB Canada, Inc. | Delaware | Delaware | |||
7. | Dorman Technologies, Inc. | Delaware | Delaware, North Carolina | |||
8. | Dorman Products Mexico, LLC | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |||
9. | Dorman LLC De Mexico S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | Mexico | Mexico | |||
10. | Dorman Business Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. | China | China | |||
11. | Dorman Holdings I, LLC | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |||
12. | Dorman Products India, LLC | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |||
13. | Dorman Products Canada ULC | Canada | Canada |
SCHEDULE 6.02
SUBSIDIARIES AND CAPITALIZATION
# | Entity Name | Number of Shares Authorized | Number of Shares Issued | Percentage of Ownership/Owner | Notes | |||||||||
1. | Dorman Products, Inc. | Public company | Dorman Products, Inc. grants stock options to certain employees and members of its Board of Directors. As of the Closing Date, there are 122,547 stock options outstanding. | |||||||||||
2. | The Connection A Telemarketing Company, Inc. | 7,500 | 7,500 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
3. | RB Distribution, Inc. | 100 | 10 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
4. | RB Management, Inc. | 100 | 10 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
5. | R&B Pacific Rim, Inc. | 100 | 10 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
6. | RB Canada, Inc. | 100 | 10 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
7. | Dorman Technologies, Inc. | 1000 | 1000 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
8. | Dorman Products Mexico, LLC | 1 | 1 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
9. | Dorman LLC De Mexico S. DE R.L. DE C.V. | N/A | N/A | 99% Dorman Products Mexico LLC 1% RB Distribution Inc. | ||||||||||
10. | Dorman Business Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. | N/A | N/A | 100% R&B Pacific Rim | ||||||||||
11. | Dorman Holdings I, LLC | N/A | N/A | 100% by RB Distribution, Inc. | ||||||||||
12. | Dorman Products India, LLC | N/A | N/A | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. | ||||||||||
13. | Dorman Products Canada ULC | 30,872,298 | 30,872,298 | 100% Dorman Products, Inc. |
SCHEDULE 6.06
TAX MATTERS
In 2014, the Company received an audit assessment adding back a royalty deduction related to certain Delaware Holding Company activities for 2011 and 2012 from the state of Pennsylvania. The Company appealed the assessments to the Division of Revenue, but were subsequently denied. In January 2016, the Company appealed the rulings to the Commonwealth courts. This matter is still being pursued. However, the Company believes it is currently reserved for the potential assessment. The Company does not consider this matter material to its financial statements or operations.
SCHEDULE 6.09
ERISA PLANS
PLAN TYPE | PROVIDER NAME | |
401(k) Plan | Vanguard | |
Long Term Disability | Aetna | |
Short Term Disability | Aetna | |
Basic & Supplemental Life Insurance | Aetna | |
Medical Insurance | Aetna Select | |
Aetna (POS) | ||
Aetna Plus (POS) | ||
Aetna HDHP | ||
Flexible Spending Account | Pay-Flex, LLC | |
Travel Accident | CHUBB | |
Dental Insurance | Delta | |
Supplemental Insurance | Trans America | |
Claims Assistance | Health Advocate | |
Health and Welfare Broker | Mercer Consulting | |
Auto and home insurance | MetLife | |
Legal Plan | Hyatt Legal Services | |
Vision Plan | VSP |
SCHEDULE 6.12
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
Lease Agreement, dated December 29, 2012, between the Company and BREP I, for premises located at 3400 East Walnut Street, Colmar, Pennsylvania.
Lease renewal option, dated November 14, 2016, between the Company and BREP I, for premises located at 3400 East Walnut Street, Colmar, Pennsylvania.
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 24, 2006, between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association.
Amendment No. 1 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 24, 2007, by and between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association.
Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 26, 2010, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association).
Amendment No. 3 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2012, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association).
Amendment No. 4 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 29, 2015, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association).
Amendment No. 5 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2017, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan.
Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan.
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Officers and Other Key Employees pursuant to the Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan.
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Outside Directors and Important Consultants and/or Advisors pursuant to the Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan.
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement pursuant to the Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan.
Amendment No. 1 to the Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan.
Amendment No. 2 to the Dorman Products, Inc. 2008 Stock Option Plan and Stock Incentive Plan.
Dorman Products, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
Dorman Products, Inc. Executive Cash Bonus Plan
Amendment No. 1 to the Dorman Products, Inc. Executive Cash Bonus Plan.
Separation Agreement, dated February 25, 2011, between the Company and Jeffrey Darby.
Employment Agreement, dated December 28, 2015, between the Company and Mathias J. Barton.
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 28, 2015, between the Company and Steven Berman.
Offer Letter, dated May 2, 2016, between the Company and Kevin Olsen.
Transition, Separation & General Release Agreement, dated February 4, 2016, between the Company and Matthew Kohnke.
SCHEDULE 6.13
LABOR AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
None.
SCHEDULE 6.18
REAL PROPERTY
Owned Properties | ||
1. | 25 Dorman Drive Warsaw, KY 41095 | |
2. | 20151 Highway UU Louisiana, MO 63353 | |
Leased Properties | ||
1. | 901 E. Main St., Warsaw, KY 41095 | |
2. | 3400 East Walnut Street Colmar, PA ###-###-#### | |
3. | 3150 Barry Drive Portland, TN 37148 | |
4. | 900 S. Main Street Suite #2 Bentonville, AR 72712 | |
5. | 1019 Harvin Way Suite 150 Rockledge, FL 32955 | |
6. | 5557 Highway 31 West Orlinda, TN 37148 | |
7. | 1000 Circle 75 Parkway Suite 625 Atlanta, GA 30339 | |
8. | 905 JR Drive Sanford, NC 27330 | |
9. | 50 Peabody Place Suite 225 Memphis, TN 38103 | |
10. | 2321 B Olive Court Springfield, MO 65802 | |
11. | 2011 Cherry Street, Suite 104 Louisville, CO 80027 | |
12. | 2011 Cherry Street, Suite 106 Louisville, CO 80027 | |
13. | Room 3106, Bldg. 3, Peninsula Bay, No. 735 Liyang Road Hongkou District Shanghai, China | |
14. | Taipei World Trade Center Room 5E15, No. 5 Hsin-Yi Road, Sec. 5 Taipei, Taiwan, 11002 | |
15. | 102, 1st Floor Samarth Arcade, Old Agra Road Thane West, Maharashtra, India 400601 | |
16. | 3625 des Grandes Tourelles Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada J7H OE2 | |
Subleased Properties | ||
1. | None |
SCHEDULE 6.19
LITIGATION
None.
SCHEDULE 7.20
POST CLOSING MATTERS
None
SCHEDULE 8.06
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
None.
SCHEDULE 8.07(H)
EXISTING LIENS
None.
SCHEDULE 9.01(I)
CONTROL
Chairman Steven Berman
Chief Executive Officer Mathias Barton
Chief Financial Officer Kevin Olsen