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EXHIBIT 10.3
HYPERCOM CORPORATION
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of February 13, 2008 and entered into by and among HYPERCOM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (Company), FRANCISCO PARTNERS II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (individually, a Lender and, collectively with each other party becoming a Lender from time to time, Lenders), and FRANCISCO PARTNERS II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as administrative agent for Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, on the Funding Date, Company will purchase all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of (i) Thales E-Transactions SA, a société anonyme incorporated and operating under the laws of the Republic of France, whose registered office is located at 5 rue Latécoère, 78140 Vélizy, France, registered under number 380 248 609 (Versailles RCS), (ii) Thales E-Transactions España, a SA incorporated and operating under the laws of Spain, whose registered office is located at calle Serrano Galvache, numero 56, Complejo Empresarial Parque Norte, Edificio Alamo, 28033 Madrid, Spain, (iii) Thales E-Transactions GmbH, a Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung incorporated and operating under the laws of Germany, whose registered office is located at Konrad Zuse Strasse 1921, 36251 Bad Hersfeld, Germany, and (iv) Thales E-Transactions Ltd., a company incorporated and operating under the laws of England and Wales, whose registered office is located at 2 Dashwood Lang Road, the Bourne Business Park, Addlestone, Nr Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 2 NX England (n° 1498233) (each, a Target and, collectively, Targets);
WHEREAS, Lenders, at the request of Company, have agreed to extend a credit facility to Company, the proceeds of which will be used to partially fund the Acquisition Financing Requirements:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Company, Lenders, and Administrative Agent agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Defined Terms.
The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
Acquisition means the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement.
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Acquisition Agreement means that certain Share Purchase Agreement by and among Sellers and Company dated as of February 13, 2008, in the form delivered to Administrative Agent and Lenders prior to their execution of this Agreement and as such agreement may be amended from time to time thereafter to the extent permitted under subsection 6.9A.
Acquisition Financing Requirements means the aggregate of all amounts necessary (i) to finance the purchase price payable in connection with the Acquisition and (ii) to pay Transaction Costs.
Acquisition MAC means a material adverse effect on the business or results of operations or financial condition (measured on the basis of the applicable accounting principles) of Targets and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than any such effect attributable to or resulting from: (i) changes in general economic conditions; (ii) general changes in the industries in which Targets and their Subsidiaries operate, except those events, circumstances, changes or effects that adversely affect Targets and their Subsidiaries to a materially greater extent than they affect other entities operating in such industries; or (iii) the public announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement; provided, however, that no event occurring with respect to Company, including, but not limited to, any corporate transaction with respect to Company or Securities issued by Company, any changes in Companys capital structure or any change in Companys financial condition, or any labor disturbance suffered by Targets and their Subsidiaries as a consequence of the announcement of the transaction contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, shall be considered to result in an Acquisition MAC. In no event, however, shall the existence of the Ingenico Claims constitute an Acquisition MAC, subject to the terms of any Ingenico Order.
Administrative Agent has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement and also means and includes any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to subsection 8.5A.
Affiliate, as applied to any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
Affiliated Funds means Funds that are administered or managed by (i) a single entity or (ii) an Affiliate of such entity.
Aggregate Amounts Due has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 9.5.
Agreement means this Credit Agreement dated as of the date written above.
Approved Fund means a Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
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Asset Sale means the sale by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person other than Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries of (i) any of the stock of any of Companys Subsidiaries, (ii) substantially all of the assets of any division or line of business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any other assets (whether tangible or intangible) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (a) inventory sold in the ordinary course of business, (b) Cash Equivalents, (c) sales, assignments, transfers or dispositions of accounts in the ordinary course of business for purposes of collection and (d) any such other assets to the extent that the aggregate value of such assets sold in any single transaction or related series of transactions is equal to $100,000 or less); provided, however, that Asset Sales shall not include (1) any sale or discount of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof; or (2) any sale or exchange of specific items of equipment, so long as the purpose of each such sale or exchange is to acquire replacement items of equipment which are the functional equivalent of the item of equipment so sold or exchanged and such acquisition occurs within 120 days of such sale or exchange.
Assignment Agreement means an Assignment and Assumption in substantially the form of Exhibit IV annexed hereto.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Business Day means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of California or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
Capital Lease, as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
Capital Stock means the capital stock of or other equity interests in a Person.
Cash means money or currency.
Cash Equivalents means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, the highest rating obtainable from either Standard & Poors (S&P) or Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys); (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moodys; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
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thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least adequately capitalized (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moodys.
Change in Control means a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Company or an acquisition of Company by one or more other Persons by any transaction or series of transactions (including any reorganization, merger, consolidation or share transfer) pursuant to which the shareholders of Company immediately preceding such transaction or series of transactions own, following such transaction or series of transactions, less than 50% of all Securities of Company entitled to vote in the election of members of the Governing Body of Company.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation, treaty or order, (ii) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Government Authority, (iii) any determination of a court or other Government Authority or (iv) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Government Authority.
Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make a Loan to Company pursuant to subsection 2.1A, and Commitments means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate.
Company has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
Contingent Obligation, as applied to any Person, means any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (i) with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or intent thereof by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to the obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation of another will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, (ii) with respect to any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings, or (iii) under Hedge Agreements. Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another, (b) the obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, and (c) any liability of such Person for the obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (1) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (2) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any
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agreement described under subclauses (1) or (2) of this sentence, the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if less, the amount to which such Contingent Obligation is specifically limited.
Contractual Obligation, as applied to any Person, means any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
Currency Agreement means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
Dollars and the sign $ mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of Company that is incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or in the District of Columbia.
Eligible Assignee means any Person other than a competitor of Company and its Subsidiaries.
Employee Benefit Plan means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was maintained or contributed to by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
Environmental Claim means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Government Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Materials or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity, or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.
Environmental Laws means any and all applicable current or future statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, guidance documents, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of any Government Authority relating to (i) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity, (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials, or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
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ERISA Affiliate, as applied to any Person, means (i) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Person or such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Person or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which such Person or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
ERISA Event means (i) a reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ix) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any
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Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (x) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
Event of Default means each of the events set forth in Section 7.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of Company hereunder (i) taxes that are imposed on the overall net income (however denominated) and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof (a) by the United States, (b) by any other Government Authority under the laws of which such Lender is organized or has its principal office or maintains its applicable lending office, or (c) by any Government Authority solely as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction of such Government Authority (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any of the Loan Documents), (ii) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Company is located, and (iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request of Company under subsection 2.8), any withholding tax that (x) is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time it becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), (y) is attributable to such Foreign Lenders failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with its obligations under subsection 2.6B(iv), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Company with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to subsection 2.6B, or (c) is required to be deducted under applicable law from any payment hereunder on the basis of the information provided by such Foreign Lender pursuant to clause (d) of subsection 2.6B(iv).
Execution Date means February 13, 2008, the date of this Agreement.
Facilities means any and all real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
Financial Plan has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 5.1(x).
Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of Company and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
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Foreign Cash Equivalent means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed by the government of the country within which an Investment by Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been or is being made and (ii) time deposits and certificates of deposit (in each case maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof) of commercial banks having offices in the country within which an Investment by Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been or is being made, in each case with a long term unsecured debt rating of at least equal to (a) the rating of the relevant government, in the event that such government is rated below investment grade by either Moodys or S&P, or when there is no Moodys or S&P rating of such government, (b) investment grade in the event that the relevant government is rated above investment grade by either Moodys or S&P, or (c) A or better to the extent that the relevant government is rated better than A by either Moodys or S&P, and (iii) such other marketable securities as may be agreed by Company and Administrative Agent from time to time.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which Company is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each state thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
Foreign Plan means any employee benefit plan maintained by Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is mandated or governed by any law, rule or regulation of any Government Authority other than the United States, any state thereof or any other political subdivision thereof.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Francisco Partners means Francisco Partners II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
Fund means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
Funding and Payment Office means (i) the office of Administrative Agent located at One Letterman Drive, Building C Suite 410, San Francisco, California 94129 or (ii) such other office of Administrative Agent as may from time to time hereafter be designated as such in a written notice delivered by Administrative Agent to Company and each Lender.
Funding Date means the date of funding of the Loans; provided, that the Funding Date shall not occur later than the Outside Date (as such term is defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
GAAP means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in subsection 1.2, generally accepted accounting principles set forth in opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, in each case as the same are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
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Governing Body means the board of directors or other body having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person that is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company.
Government Authority means the government of the United States or any other nation, or any state, regional or local political subdivision or department thereof, and any other governmental or regulatory agency, authority, body, commission, central bank, board, bureau, organ, court, instrumentality or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign (including supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Governmental Authorization means any permit, license, registration, authorization, plan, directive, accreditation, consent, order or consent decree of or from, or notice to, any Government Authority.
Hazardous Materials means: (i) any chemical, material or substance at any time defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, acutely hazardous waste, radioactive waste, biohazardous waste, pollutant, toxic pollutant, contaminant, restricted hazardous waste, infectious waste, toxic substances, or any other term or expression intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of properties harmful to health, safety or the indoor or outdoor environment (including harmful properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, TCLP toxicity or EP toxicity or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental Laws); (ii) any oil, petroleum, petroleum fraction or petroleum derived substance; (iii) any drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (iv) any flammable substances or explosives; (v) any radioactive materials; (vi) any asbestos-containing materials; (vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls; (ix) pesticides; and (x) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Government Authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.
Hazardous Materials Activity means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
Hedge Agreement means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, respectively.
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Indebtedness, as applied to any Person, means (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA), which purchase price is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, (v) Synthetic Lease Obligations, and (vi) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person. Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements constitute (1) in the case of Hedge Agreements, Contingent Obligations, and (2) in all other cases, Investments, and in neither case constitute Indebtedness.
Indemnified Liabilities has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 9.3.
Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 9.3.
Ingenico means, collectively, Ingenico S.A., a société anonyme incorporated and operating under the laws of the Republic of France, and, unless the context expressly states or otherwise requires, its officers, directors, agents, Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
Ingenico Action means any claim, litigation, demand, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or international governmental authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal in which the Ingenico Claims (or a portion thereof) are at issue and involve a claim for relief based thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, an Ingenico Action as used herein shall not include any shareholder derivative claim, shareholder lawsuit or class action or any other proceeding not brought by Ingenico.
Ingenico Claims means the claim filed by Ingenico on January 22, 2008, in the Commercial Court of the High Court of Justice in England under Claim Number 2008/58 against Francisco Partners and others seeking, inter alia, damages and declaratory relief with respect to an alleged breach by Francisco Partners of a March 2006 non-disclosure agreement, and any related claims based upon such alleged breach (including claims that entering into or consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitutes such a breach) whether brought in such U.K. proceeding or other Ingenico Action (including any against Company with respect to the foregoing).
Ingenico Order means any judgment, ruling, decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction that is not stayed rendered in an Ingenico Action which order has the effect of prohibiting the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement in the manner set forth herein or which results in a judgment against Company in respect of any Ingenico Claim or as a result thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, an Ingenico Order as used herein shall not
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include any shareholder derivative claim, shareholder lawsuit or class action or any other proceeding not brought by Ingenico.
Intellectual Property means all patents, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, technology, software, know-how and processes used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries.
Intercreditor Agreement has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 9.20.
Interest Payment Date means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Funding Date.
Interest Rate Agreement means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
Investment means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any Securities of any other Person (including any Subsidiary of Company), (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Company from any Person other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of any equity Securities of such Subsidiary, (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, commissions, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business, or (iv) Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements not constituting Hedge Agreements. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment (other than adjustments for the repayment of, or the refund of capital with respect to, the original principal amount of any such Investment).
Joint Venture means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.
Lender and Lenders means the Persons identified as Lenders and listed on the signature pages of this Agreement, together with their successors and permitted assigns pursuant to subsection 9.1.
Lien means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
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Loan or Loans means one or more of the Loans made by Lenders to Company pursuant to subsection 2.1A.
Loan Documents means this Agreement and the Notes.
Loan Exposure, with respect to any Lender, means, as of any date of determination (i) prior to the funding of the Loans, the amount of that Lenders Commitment, and (ii), after the funding of the Loans, the outstanding principal amount of the Loan of that Lender.
Margin Stock has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
Material Adverse Effect means (i) a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the impairment of the ability of Company to perform in any material respect, or of Administrative Agent or Lenders to enforce, the Obligations. In no event, however, shall the existence of the Ingenico Claims constitute a Material Adverse Effect, subject to the terms of any Ingenico Order.
Maturity Date means the date that is four years after the Funding Date.
Multiemployer Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
Non-Consenting Lender has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.8.
Notes means any promissory notes of Company issued pursuant to subsection 2.1E to evidence the Loans of any Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit II annexed hereto.
Notice of Borrowing means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I annexed hereto.
Obligations means all obligations of every nature of Company from time to time owed to Administrative Agent, Lenders or any of them under the Loan Documents, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise.
Officer means the president, chief executive officer, a vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller, general partner (if an individual), managing member (if an individual) or other individual appointed by the Governing Body or the Organizational Documents of a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company to serve in a similar capacity as the foregoing.
Officers Certificate, as applied to any Person that is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company, means a certificate executed on behalf of such Person by one or more Officers of such Person or one or more Officers of a general partner or a managing member
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if such general partner or managing member is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company.
Operating Lease, as applied to any Person, means any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is not a Capital Lease other than any such lease under which that Person is the lessor.
Organizational Documents means the documents (including Bylaws, if applicable) pursuant to which a Person that is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company is organized.
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, fees, expenses or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Participant means a purchaser of a participation in the rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to subsection 9.1C.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
Pension Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition means the acquisition of all or any portion of the business and assets, or Capital Stock, of any Person which acquisition is permitted pursuant to clause (v) of subsection 6.3.
Permitted Encumbrances means the following types of Liens (excluding any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA, any such Lien imposed by a Government Authority in connection with any Foreign Plan, any such Lien relating to or imposed in connection with any Environmental Claim, and):
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims the payment of which is not, at the time, required by subsection 5.3;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords, Liens of collecting banks under the UCC on items in the course of collection, statutory Liens and rights of set-off of banks, statutory Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (a) for amounts not yet overdue or (b) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of 5 days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;
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(iii) deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of statutory obligations, bids, surety and appeal bonds, leases, government contracts, performance bonds, trade contracts, and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
(iv) any attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event of Default under subsection 7.8;
(v) licenses (with respect to Intellectual Property and other property), leases or subleases granted to third parties not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) any (a) interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease not prohibited by this Agreement, (b) Lien or restriction that the interest or title of such lessor or sublessor may be subject to, or (c) subordination of the interest of the lessee or sublessee under such lease to any Lien or restriction referred to in the preceding clause (b), so long as the holder of such Lien or restriction agrees to recognize the rights of such lessee or sublessee under such lease;
(viii) Liens arising from filing UCC financing statements relating solely to leases not prohibited by this Agreement;
(ix) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(x) Liens incurred in favor of insurance companies (or their financing affiliates) in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Government Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property; and
(xii) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business of Company and its Subsidiaries.
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Person means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Government Authorities.
Potential Event of Default means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Proceedings means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration.
Pro Rata Share means with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Commitment or the Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the Loan Exposure of that Lender by (y) the aggregate Loan Exposure of all Lenders as the applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to subsection 9.1. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender for purposes of the preceding sentence is set forth opposite the name of that Lender in Schedule 2.1 annexed hereto.
Register has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.1D.
Registration Rights Agreement means that certain registration rights agreement dated as of the Funding Date by and among Company and Francisco Partners.
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
Related Agreements means, collectively, the Acquisition Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrant.
Release means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Materials), including the movement of any Hazardous Materials through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
Requisite Lenders means Lenders having or holding more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Loan Exposure of all Lenders
Restricted Junior Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of Company now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of that class, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of Company now or hereafter outstanding (other than as may be deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities), (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of Company now or hereafter outstanding, and (iv) any payment or prepayment of
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principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness.
Secured Working Capital Debt means Indebtedness secured by certain assets of Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million for working capital purposes; provided that, Company and Administrative Agent agree to discuss in good faith increases to such amount based upon the achievement of improved leverage ratios or other financial tests.
Securities means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated, certificated or uncertificated, or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as securities or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
Securities Account means an account to which a financial asset is or may be credited in accordance with an agreement under which the Person maintaining the account undertakes to treat the Person for whom the account is maintained as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise the financial asset.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Seller means, individually, any of (i) Thales SA, (ii) Thales E-Transactions SA, a société anonyme incorporated and operating under the laws of the Republic of France, whose registered office is located at 5 rue Latécoère, 78140 Vélizy, France, registered under number 380 248 609 (Versailles RCS), (iii) Thales Holding GmbH, a Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung incorporated and operating under the laws of Germany, whose registered office is located at Unter der Linden 21, 100117 Berlin, Germany, and (iv) Thales UK Limited, a company incorporated and operating under the laws of England and Wales, whose registered office is located at 2 Dashwood Lang Road, The Bourne Business Park, Addlestone, Nr Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 2NS, England (Company n°868273), and Sellers means, collectively, all such Persons.
Solvent, with respect to any Person, means that as of the date of determination, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, both (i)(a) the then fair saleable value of the property of such Person is (1) greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such Person and (2) not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities on such Persons then existing debts as they become absolute and due considering all financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably available to such Person; (b) such Persons capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any contemplated or undertaken transaction; and (c) such Person does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
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they become due; and (ii) such Person is solvent within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Specified Representations means the representations and warranties contained in subsections 4.1A, 4.1B, 4.2A, 4.2D, 4.9 and 4.10.
Subordinated Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of Company incurred from time to time and subordinated by its terms in right of payment to the Obligations.
Subsidiary, with respect to any Person, means any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association, Joint Venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the members of the Governing Body is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
Subsidiary Debt Conversions means the conversion of Indebtedness owed by Subsidiaries to Company into additional equity of such Subsidiary to be held by Company relating to intercompany inventory transfers for tax optimization purposes done in the ordinary course of business.
Synthetic Lease Obligation means the monetary obligation of a Person under (i) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (ii) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
Target and Targets have the meaning assigned to such terms in the recitals to this Agreement.
Tax or Taxes means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment, deduction, withholding or other charge of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed, including interest, penalties, additions to tax and any similar liabilities with respect thereto.
Thales SA means Thales SA, a société anonyme incorporated and operating under the laws of the Republic of France, whose registered office is located at 45, rue de Villiers, 92200 Neuilly sur Seine, France, registered under number 552 059 024 RCS Nanterre.
Transaction Costs means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Company on or before the Funding Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
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UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
Unasserted Obligations means, at any time, Obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (except for the principal of and interest on, and fees relating to, any Indebtedness) in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made (or, in the case of Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has been issued by the Indemnitee) at such time.
Warrant means that certain warrant to purchase common stock issued by Company on the Funding Date.
1.2 Accounting Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by Company to Lenders pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) and (x) of subsection 5.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation. Calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions of this Agreement shall utilize GAAP as in effect on the date of determination, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in subsection 4.3.
1.3 Other Definitional Provisions and Rules of Construction.
A. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference.
B. References to Sections and subsections shall be to Sections and subsections, respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
C. The use in any of the Loan Documents of the word include or including, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not nonlimiting language (such as without limitation or but not limited to or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.
D. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to Organizational Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto.
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Section 2. AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND LOANS
2.1 Commitments; Making of Loans; the Register; Optional Notes.
A. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of Company herein set forth, each Lender hereby severally agrees to make a loan to Company on the Funding Date an amount not exceeding its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount of the Commitments to be used for the purposes identified in subsection 2.5A. The amount of each Lenders Commitment is set forth opposite its name on Schedule 2.1 annexed hereto and the aggregate amount of the Commitments is $60,000,000; provided that the amount of the Commitment of each Lender shall be adjusted to give effect to any assignment of such Commitment pursuant to subsection 9.1B. Company may make only one borrowing under the Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this subsection 2.1A(i) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
B. Borrowing Mechanics. Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a duly executed Notice of Borrowing no later than 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) at least one Business Day in advance of the Funding Date. In lieu of delivering a Notice of Borrowing, Company may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing under this subsection 2.1B; provided that such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a duly executed Notice of Borrowing to Administrative Agent on or before the Funding Date.
Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Company in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by an Officer or other person authorized to borrow on behalf of Company or for otherwise acting in good faith under this subsection 2.1B and upon funding of Loans by Lenders in accordance with this Agreement, pursuant to any such telephonic notice Company shall have effected Loans hereunder.
Company shall notify Administrative Agent prior to the funding of any Loans in the event that any of the matters to which Company is required to certify in the applicable Notice of Borrowing is no longer true and correct as of the Funding Date, and the acceptance by Company of the proceeds of any Loans shall constitute a re-certification by Company, as of the Funding Date, as to the matters to which Company is required to certify in the Notice of Borrowing.
C. Disbursement of Funds. All Loans shall be made by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in that other Lenders obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder nor shall the amount of the Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in that other Lenders obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified in Section 3, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Loans available to Company on the Funding Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by
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Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Company at the Funding and Payment Office.
D. The Register. Administrative Agent, acting for these purposes solely as an agent of Company (it being acknowledged that Administrative Agent, in such capacity, and its officers, directors, employees, agent and affiliates shall constitute Indemnitees under subsection 9.3), shall maintain (and make available for inspection by Company upon reasonable prior notice at reasonable times) at its address referred to in subsection 9.8 a register for the recordation of, and shall record, the names and addresses of Lenders and the respective amounts of the Commitment and Loan of each Lender from time to time (the Register). Company, Administrative Agent shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof; all amounts owed with respect to any Commitment or Loan shall be owed to the Lender listed in the Register as the owner thereof; and any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments or Loans. Each Lender shall record on its internal records the amount of its Loans and Commitments and each payment in respect hereof, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest error, subject to the entries in the Register, which shall, absent manifest error, govern in the event of any inconsistency with any Lenders records. Failure to make any recordation in the Register or in any Lenders records, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Loans or Commitments or any Obligations in respect of any Loans.
E. Optional Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Funding Date or at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to subsection 9.1) on the Funding Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Funding Date, promptly after Companys receipt of such notice) a promissory note or promissory notes to evidence such Lenders Loan substantially in the form of Exhibit II annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions.
2.2 Interest on the Loans.
A. Rate of Interest. Subject to the provisions of subsections 2.6, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate of 10.00% per annum.
B. Interest Payments. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.2C, interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on and to each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan, upon any prepayment of that Loan (to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid) and at maturity; provided that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, interest on each Loan may, at the option of Company (which option must be exercised by Company in identical fashion with respect to each outstanding Loan and each Lender), be paid in kind by capitalizing such interest and adding it to the aggregate principal amount of each Loan,
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pro rata, effective as of the applicable Interest Payment Date; provided further that Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent an irrevocable notice that it will exercise such right, specifying the amount of interest to be so paid in kind at least three (3) Business Days prior to any Interest Payment Date as to which such right is to be exercised.
C. Default Rate. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, the outstanding principal amount of all Loans and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments thereon not paid when due and any fees and other amounts then due and payable hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable upon demand by Administrative Agent at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable under this Agreement). Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this subsection 2.2C is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender.
D. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Loans shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan shall be excluded.
E. Maximum Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.2, in no event shall the rate of interest payable by Company with respect to any Loan exceed the maximum rate of interest permitted to be charged under applicable law.
2.3 Fees.
Company agrees to pay to Administrative Agent such fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between Company and Administrative Agent.
2.4 Repayments, Prepayments, General Provisions Regarding Payments.
A. Scheduled Payments of Loans.
The Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date.
B. Prepayments.
(i) Voluntary Prepayments. Company may, upon not less than one Business Days prior written or telephonic notice given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon (San Francisco time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent, who will promptly notify each Lender whose Loans are to be prepaid of such prepayment, at any time and from time to time prepay, without premium or penalty any Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate
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minimum amount of $5,000,000 and multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount (or, if the amount of the Loans is less than such aggregate minimum amount, an amount equal to the amount of the Loans). Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in subsection 2.4B(ii).
(ii) Application of Voluntary Prepayments. Any voluntary prepayments of the Loans pursuant to subsection 2.4B(i) shall be applied to reduce first, accrued but unpaid interest and fees, and thereafter, the principal of the Loans set forth in subsection 2.4A.
C. General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(i) Manner and Time of Payment. All payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, without defense, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (San Francisco time) on the date due at the Funding and Payment Office for the account of Lenders; funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Company on the next succeeding Business Day.
(ii) Application of Payments to Principal and Interest. All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan shall include payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments shall be applied to the payment of interest before application to principal.
(iii) Apportionment of Payments. Aggregate payments of principal and interest shall be apportioned among all outstanding Loans to which such payments relate, in each case proportionately to Lenders respective Pro Rata Shares. Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender, at the account specified in the payment instructions delivered to Administrative Agent by such Lender, its Pro Rata Share of all such payments received by Administrative Agent when received by Administrative Agent pursuant to subsections 2.3.
(iv) Payments on Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment fees hereunder, as the case may be.
D. Application of Payments after Event of Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, if requested by Requisite Lenders, or upon acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 7, all payments received by Administrative Agent (subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement) may, in the discretion of Administrative Agent, be held by Administrative Agent and (then or at any time thereafter) applied in full or in part by Administrative Agent, in each case in the following order of priority:
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(i) to the payment of all amounts for which Administrative Agent is entitled to compensation (including the fees described in subsection 2.3), reimbursement and indemnification under any Loan Document and all advances made by Administrative Agent thereunder for the account of Company, and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents, all in accordance with subsections 8.4, 9.2 and 9.3 and the other terms of this Agreement and the Loan Documents;
(ii) thereafter, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit of the holders thereof (subject to the provisions of subsection 2.4C(ii) hereof); and
(iii) thereafter, to the payment to or upon the order of Company or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
2.5 Use of Proceeds.
A. Loans. The proceeds of the Loans shall be applied by Company to fund the Acquisition Financing Requirements.
B. Margin Regulations. No portion of the proceeds of any borrowing under this Agreement shall be used by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any manner that might cause the borrowing or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U, Regulation T or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such borrowing and such use of proceeds.
2.6 Increased Costs; Taxes; Capital Adequacy.
A. Compensation for Increased Costs. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.6B (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any Change in Law:
(i) subjects such Lender to any additional tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any of its obligations hereunder or any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder (except for the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender);
(ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender; or
(iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to Taxes) on or affecting such Lender or its obligations hereunder;
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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining its Loans or Commitments or agreeing to purchase, purchasing or maintaining any participation therein or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Company shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in subsection 2.7A, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender on an after-tax basis for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this subsection 2.6A for any increased cost or reduction in respect of a period occurring more than nine months prior to the date on which such Lender notifies Company of such Change in Law and such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor, except, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive, no such time limitation shall apply so long as such Lender requests compensation within nine months from the date on which the applicable Government Authority informed such Lender of such Change in Law.
B. Taxes.
(i) Payments to Be Free and Clear. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Company under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be made free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes.
(ii) Grossing-up of Payments. If Company or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Tax from any sum paid or payable by Company to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents:
(a) Company shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Company becomes aware of it;
(b) Company shall timely pay any such Tax to the relevant Government Authority when such Tax is due, in accordance with applicable law;
(c) unless such Tax is an Excluded Tax, the sum payable by Company shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after making the required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this subsection 2.6B(ii)), Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction been required or made; and
(d) within 30 days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any such deduction, and within 30 days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (b) above to pay, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of an official receipt or
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other document satisfactory to the other affected parties to evidence the payment and its remittance to the relevant Government Authority.
(iii) Indemnification by Company. Company shall indemnify Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this subsection 2.6B(iii)) paid by Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Government Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Company by a Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Tax Status of Lenders. Unless not legally entitled to do so:
(a) any Lender, if requested by Company or Administrative Agent, shall deliver such forms or other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent as will enable Company or Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
(b) any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any Tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to Company and Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter, as may be necessary in the determination of Company or Administrative Agent, each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), such properly completed and duly executed forms or other documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding;
(c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that Company is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to Company and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter, as may be necessary in the determination of Company or Administrative Agent, each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) properly completed and duly executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
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(2) properly completed and duly executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (a) a duly executed certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (i) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) a ten-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) of Company or (iii) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and (b) properly completed and duly executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
(4) properly completed and duly executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in any Tax,
in each case together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Company and Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made, if any;
(d) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that Company is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender that does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Company (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient), on or prior to the date such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender, or on such later date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and from time to time thereafter, as may be necessary in the determination of Company or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion):
(1) duly executed and properly completed copies of the forms and statements required to be provided by such Foreign Lender under clause (c) of subsection 2.6B(iv), to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account and may be entitled to an exemption from or a reduction of the applicable Tax, and
(2) duly executed and properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender, together with any information, if any, such Foreign Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder, to establish that
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such Foreign Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Foreign Lender;
(e) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that Company is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Lender that is not a Foreign Lender and has not otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of Company and Administrative Agent that it is an exempt recipient (as defined in section 6049(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and the United States Treasury Regulations thereunder) shall deliver to Company and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of Company or Administrative Agent), duly executed and properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9; and
(f) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence so delivered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly (1) deliver to Administrative Agent and Company two original copies of renewals, amendments or additional or successor forms, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, together with any other certificate or statement of exemption required in order to confirm or establish that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any Tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Loan Documents and, if applicable, that such Lender does not act for its own account with respect to any portion of such payment, or (2) notify Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence.
C. Capital Adequacy Adjustment. If any Lender shall have determined that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lenders Loans or Commitments or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling corporation could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Company from such Lender of the statement referred to in subsection 2.7A, Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after-tax basis for such reduction. Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this subsection 2.6C for any reduction in respect of a period occurring more than nine months prior to the date on which such Lender notifies Company of such Change in Law and such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor, except, if the Change in Law giving rise to such reduction is retroactive, no such time limitation shall apply so long as such Lender requests compensation within nine months from the date on which the applicable Government Authority informed such Lender of such Change in Law.
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2.7 Statement of Lenders; Obligation of Lenders to Mitigate.
A. Statements. Each Lender claiming compensation or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 2.6 or 2.7B shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such compensation or reimbursement, which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
B. Mitigation. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering the Loans of such Lender becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under subsection 2.6, it will use reasonable efforts to make, issue, fund or maintain the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans of such Lender through another lending office of such Lender, if (i) as a result thereof the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to subsection 2.6 would be materially reduced and (ii) as determined by such Lender in its reasonable discretion, such action would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender; provided that such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other lending office pursuant to this subsection 2.7B unless Company agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other lending office as described above.
2.8 Replacement of a Lender.
If Company receives a statement of amounts due pursuant to subsection 2.7A from a Lender or a Lender (a Non-Consenting Lender) refuses to consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement that, pursuant to subsection 9.6, requires consent of 100% of the Lenders or 100% of the Lenders with Obligations directly affected to which Requisite Lenders have consented, so long as (i) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Company has obtained a commitment from another Lender or an Eligible Assignee to purchase at par the Non-Consenting Lenders Loans and assume the Non-Consenting Lenders Commitments and all other obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender hereunder and (ii), if applicable, the Non-Consenting Lender is unwilling to withdraw the notice delivered to Company pursuant to subsection 2.7 and/or is unwilling to remedy its default upon 10 days prior written notice to the Non-Consenting Lender and Administrative Agent, Company may require the Non-Consenting Lender to assign all of its Loans and Commitments to such other Lender, Lenders, Eligible Assignee or Eligible Assignees pursuant to the provisions of subsection 9.1B; provided that, prior to or concurrently with such replacement, (1) the Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment in full of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts (including all amounts under subsections 2.6 and/or 2.7B (if applicable)) through such date of replacement and a release from its obligations under the Loan Documents, (2) the processing fee required to be paid by subsection 9.1B(i) shall have been paid to Administrative Agent, (3) all of the requirements for such assignment contained in subsection 9.1B, including, without limitation, the consent of Administrative Agent (if required) and the receipt by Administrative Agent of an executed Assignment Agreement executed by the assignee (Administrative Agent being hereby authorized to execute any Assignment Agreement on behalf of a Non-Consenting Lender relating to the assignment of Loans and/or Commitments
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of such subject Lender) and other supporting documents, have been fulfilled, and (4) each assignee shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Non-Consenting Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender and Company also requires each other Non-Consenting Lender that is a Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans and Commitments.
Section 3. CONDITIONS
The obligations of Lenders to make Loans hereunder are subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction of the following conditions:
3.1 Conditions to the Execution Date.
The obligations of Lenders to enter into this Agreement on the Execution Date are subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
A. Company Documents. On or before the Execution Date, Company shall deliver to Lenders (or to Administrative Agent with sufficient originally executed copies, where appropriate, for each Lender) the following with respect to Company, each, unless otherwise noted, dated the Execution Date:
(i) Copies of the Organizational Documents of Company, certified by the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or, if such document is of a type that may not be so certified, certified by the secretary or similar officer of Company, together with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization and each other state in which Company is qualified to do business and, to the extent generally available, a certificate or other evidence of good standing as to payment of any applicable franchise or similar taxes from the appropriate taxing authority of each of such jurisdictions, each dated a recent date prior to the Execution Date;
(ii) Resolutions of the Governing Body of Company approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, certified as of the Execution Date by the secretary or similar officer of Company as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment;
(iii) Signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of Company executing the Loan Documents;
(iv) Executed originals of the Loan Documents; and
(v) Such other documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
B. Corporate and Capital Structure; Ownership. The corporate organizational structure, capital structure and ownership of Company and its Subsidiaries shall be as set forth on Schedule 3.1 annexed hereto.
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C. Representations and Warranties; Performance of Agreements. Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an Officers Certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, to the effect that the representations and warranties of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Targets and their Subsidiaries) in Section 4 (except for the representations and warranties set forth in subsection 4.18) are true, correct and complete on and as of the Execution Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date (or, to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, that such representations and warranties were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date).
3.2 Conditions to the Funding Date.
The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans on the Funding Date are, in addition to the conditions precedent specified in subsection 3.1, subject to the following further conditions precedent:
A. Financial Statements; Pro Forma Financial Statements. On or before the Funding Date, Lenders shall have received from Company (i) the audited statutory financial statements of each Target and its Subsidiaries, including the related notes, where applicable, for the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, (ii) the unaudited combined financial information of the Targets as of December 31, 2006, and for the fiscal years of Targets ended December 31, 2004, December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006, together with the accompanying draft report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, (iii) projected financial statements (including balance sheets and the related statements of income and cash flows) of Company and its Subsidiaries (including Targets and their Subsidiaries) for the three-year period after the Funding Date, and (iv) a pro forma balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries (including Targets and their Subsidiaries) as of the Funding Date after giving effect to the Acquisition and the financing contemplated hereby. Upon receipt of the closing Audit Report (as such term is defined in the Acquisition Agreement), Company will deliver a copy of such Closing Audit Report to Lenders.
B. Necessary Governmental Authorizations and Consents; Expiration of Waiting Periods, Etc. Company shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary in connection with the Acquisition, the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements and the continued operation of the business conducted by Company and its Subsidiaries (including Targets) in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the Funding Date. Each such Governmental Authorization and consent shall be in full force and effect, except in a case where the failure to obtain or maintain a Governmental Authorization or consent, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the financing thereof. No action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable Government Authority to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.
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C. Termination of Existing Indebtedness. On the Funding Date, Targets and their Subsidiaries shall have repaid in full all Indebtedness (excluding accounts payable and other current liabilities subject to the working capital adjustment provided for in Section 1.3 of the Acquisition Agreement) due from any Target or its Subsidiary to any of Thales SA or its consolidated Subsidiaries (other than any Target or any Subsidiary of any Target).
D. Consummation of Acquisition.
(i) There has not occurred since December 20, 2007 an Acquisition MAC;
(ii) all conditions to the Acquisition set forth in Article VII of the Acquisition Agreement shall have been satisfied or the fulfillment of any such conditions shall have been waived with the consent of Administrative Agent;
(iii) the Acquisition shall have become effective in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement;
(iv) the aggregate cash consideration paid to the holders of Targets stock in respect of such stock in connection with the Acquisition shall not exceed $120,000,000 (other than any Contingent Payment (as such term is defined in the Acquisition Agreement));
(v) Transaction Costs shall not exceed $10,000,000, and Administrative Agent shall have received evidence to its reasonable satisfaction to such effect; and
(vi) Administrative Agent shall have received an Officers Certificate of Company to the effect set forth in clauses (i)-(v) above and stating that Company will proceed to consummate the Acquisition immediately upon the making of the initial Loans.
E. Opinions of Counsel to Company. Lenders shall have received originally executed copies of one or more favorable written opinions of DLA Piper, counsel for Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and its counsel, dated as of the Funding Date and setting forth substantially the matters in the opinions designated in Exhibit III annexed hereto and as to such other matters as Administrative Agent acting on behalf of Lenders may reasonably request (this Agreement constituting a written request by Company to such counsel to deliver such opinions to Lenders).
F. Solvency Assurances. On the Funding Date, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received an Officers Certificate of Company dated the Funding Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit V annexed hereto and with appropriate attachments, in each case demonstrating that, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Company will be Solvent.
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G. Related Agreements.
(i) Approval of Certain Related Agreements. The Acquisition Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrant shall each be in the form attached hereto as Exhibits VI, VII and VIII, respectively.
(ii) Related Agreements in Full Force and Effect. Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of each Related Agreement and any documents executed in connection therewith, and (i) each Related Agreement shall be in full force and effect and no provision thereof shall have been modified or waived in any respect determined by Administrative Agent to be material, in each case without the consent of Administrative Agent, and (ii) the Warrant shall have been duly issued.
H. Completion of Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incidental thereto not previously found acceptable by Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of Lenders, and its counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and such counsel, and Administrative Agent and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
I. Notice of Borrowing. Administrative Agent shall have received before the Funding Date, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2.1B, a duly executed Notice of Borrowing signed by a duly authorized Officer of Company.
J. As of the Funding Date:
(i) (a) The representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Funding Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date (or, to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, that such representations and warranties were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date), (b) the Specified Representations (for purposes of this subsection 3.2J, references in the Specified Representations to Company and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to include Targets and their Subsidiaries) shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Funding Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date, (c) the representations of Targets in the Acquisition Agreement that are material to the interests of the Lenders and solely to the extent to which Company has the right to terminate its obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a result of the breach thereof, shall be true and correct as of the Funding Date, as though made on and as of the Funding Date, and (d) Company shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which this Agreement provides shall be performed or satisfied by it on or before the Funding Date except as otherwise disclosed to and agreed to in writing by Administrative Agent; provided that, with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (d) above, if a representation and warranty, covenant or condition is
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qualified as to materiality, the applicable materiality qualifier set forth above shall be disregarded with respect to such representation and warranty, covenant or condition for purposes of this condition;
(ii) No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the borrowing contemplated by such Notice of Borrowing that would constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default;
(iii) Company shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which this Agreement provides shall be performed or satisfied by it on or before that Funding Date; and
(iv) No order, judgment or decree of any arbitrator or Government Authority shall purport to enjoin or restrain any Lender from making the Loans to be made by it hereunder;
(v) There shall not be pending or threatened any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental instrumentality that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or an Acquisition MAC; and
(vi) Company shall have delivered such other certificates or documents that Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
K. Fees and Expenses. All fees and reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses of Administrative Agent payable as of the Funding Date in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been paid by Company.
L. Intercreditor Agreement. On or before the Funding Date, Administrative Agent and Bank of America, N.A. shall have agreed upon a definitive form of Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 4. COMPANYS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, Company represents and warrants to each Lender:
4.1 Organization, Powers, Qualification, Good Standing, Business and Subsidiaries.
A. Organization and Powers. Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as specified in Schedule 4.1 annexed hereto. Company has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
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B. Qualification and Good Standing. Company is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
C. Conduct of Business. Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged only in the businesses permitted to be engaged in pursuant to subsection 6.9.
D. Subsidiaries. All of the Subsidiaries of Company as of the Execution Date and their jurisdictions of organization are identified in Schedule 4.1 annexed hereto. The Capital Stock of each of the Subsidiaries of Company identified in Schedule 4.1 annexed hereto is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and none of such Capital Stock constitutes Margin Stock. Each of the Subsidiaries of Company identified in Schedule 4.1 annexed hereto is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization set forth therein, has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, in each case except where failure to be so qualified or in good standing or a lack of such power and authority has not had and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 4.1 annexed hereto correctly sets forth, as of the Execution Date, the ownership interest of Company and each of its Subsidiaries in each of the Subsidiaries of Company identified therein.
4.2 Authorization of Borrowing, etc.
A. Authorization of Borrowing. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company.
B. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by Company of the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements do not and will not (i) violate any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect or the Organizational Documents of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other Government Authority binding on Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any manner that would be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Funding Date and identified in the Acquisition Agreement.
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C. Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Company of the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements do not and will not require any Governmental Authorization other than those identified in the Acquisition Agreement.
D. Binding Obligation. Each of the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements has been duly executed and delivered by Company and is the legally valid and binding obligation of Company, enforceable against Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
4.3 Financial Condition.
Company has heretofore delivered to Lenders, at Lenders request, the financial statements and information for the period ended September 30, 2007. All such statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position (on a consolidated basis) of the entities described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows (on a consolidated basis) of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (and will not have following the funding of the initial Loans) any Contingent Obligation, contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that, as of the Execution Date, is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or the notes thereto (other than (a) those liabilities reflected on the Schedules to this Agreement and (b) Contingent Obligations that are permitted to be incurred under subsection 6.4) or that is material in relation to the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
4.4 No Material Adverse Change; No Restricted Junior Payments.
Since December 20, 2007, no event or change has occurred that has resulted in or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly declared, ordered, paid or made, or set apart any sum or property for, any Restricted Junior Payment or agreed to do so except as permitted by subsection 6.5.
4.5 Title to Properties; Liens; Real Property; Intellectual Property.
A. Title to Properties; Liens. Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), or (iii) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in the financial statements referred to in subsection 4.3 or in the most recent financial statements
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delivered pursuant to subsection 5.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business. Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens.
B. Intellectual Property. As of the Execution Date, Company and its Subsidiaries own or have the right to use, all Intellectual Property used in the conduct of their business, except where the failure to own or have such right to use in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.5B, no claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property, nor does Company know of any valid basis for any such claim, except for such claims that in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The use of such Intellectual Property by Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person, except for such claims and infringements that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All federal, state and material foreign registrations of and applications for Intellectual Property, and all material unregistered Intellectual Property, that are owned or licensed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the Execution Date are described on Schedule 4.5 annexed hereto.
4.6 Litigation; Adverse Facts.
Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.6, there are no Proceedings (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any court or other Government Authority (including any Environmental Claims) that are pending or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened against Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries and that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or other Government Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 Payment of Taxes.
Except to the extent permitted by subsection 5.3, all tax returns and reports of Company and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon Company and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable or provision therefor has been made, except for such taxes that are being actively contested by Company or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided that such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
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4.8 Performance of Agreements.
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 Governmental Regulation.
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.
4.10 Securities Activities.
A. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
B. Following application of the proceeds of each Loan, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of Company only or of Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of subsection 6.2 or 6.6 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument, between Company and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender, relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of subsection 7.2, will be Margin Stock.
4.11 Employee Benefit Plans.
A. Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan in all material respects. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable opinion, advisory or determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service.
B. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
C. Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable law, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
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D. As of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), individually or in the aggregate for all Pension Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation any Pension Plans with respect to which assets exceed benefit liabilities), does not exceed $500,000.
E. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the actuarial report is available, the potential liability of Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e) of ERISA, does not exceed $500,000.
F. As of the date hereof, Company and its Subsidiaries have made full payment when due of all required contributions to any Foreign Plan.
4.12 Certain Fees.
No brokers or finders fee or commission will be payable with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and Company hereby indemnifies Lenders against, and agrees that it will hold Lenders harmless from, any claim, demand or liability for any such brokers or finders fees alleged to have been incurred in connection herewith or therewith and any expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel) arising in connection with any such claim, demand or liability.
4.13 Environmental Protection.
(i) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to (a) any Environmental Law, (b) any Environmental Claim, or (c) any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter or request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law which remain pending or unresolved;
(iii) there are and, to Companys knowledge, have been no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Companys knowledge, any predecessor of Company or any of its Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous
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Materials at any Facility, and none of Companys or any of its Subsidiaries operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent, except in compliance with Environmental Laws; and
(v) compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.14 Employee Matters.
There is no strike or work stoppage in existence or to Companys knowledge, threatened, involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15 Solvency.
Company is and, upon the incurrence of any Obligations by Company on any date on which this representation is made, will be, Solvent.
4.16 Disclosure.
No representation or warranty of Company or any of its Subsidiaries contained in any Loan Document, any Related Agreement or in any other document, certificate or written statement (excluding the projections, models, pro forma financial information and forward-looking statements contained therein and the estimates contained in such projections, models, pro forma financial information and forward-looking statements) furnished to Lenders by or on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to Company, in the case of any document not furnished by it) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections, models, pro forma financial information and forward-looking statements contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Company to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results. There are no facts known to Company (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.17 Subordinated Indebtedness.
The Obligations constitute senior indebtedness of Company.
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4.18 Related Agreements.
A. Delivery of Related Agreements. On or prior to the Funding Date, Company has delivered to Lenders complete and correct copies of each Related Agreement and of all exhibits and schedules thereto.
B. Acquisition Agreement Representations. On the Funding Date, the representations in the Acquisition Agreement that are material to the interests of the Lenders and solely to the extent that Company has the right to terminate its obligations as a result of the breach thereof, are true and correct as of the date of the Acquisition Agreement and as of the Funding Date, as though made on and as of the Funding Date, except where the failure of such representations or warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects, in any material respect, material or materially set forth in such representations and warranties) does not have and would not reasonably be expected to have an Acquisition MAC.
C. Survival. Notwithstanding anything in the Acquisition Agreement to the contrary, the representations and warranties of Company set forth in subsection 4.18B shall, solely for purposes of this Agreement, survive the Funding Date for the benefit of Lenders.
Section 5. COMPANYS AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments hereunder shall remain in effect and until payment in full of all of the Loans and other Obligations (other than Unasserted Obligations), unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, Company shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 5.
5.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports.
Company will maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Company will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(i) Events of Default, etc.: promptly upon any officer of Company obtaining knowledge (a) of any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, or becoming aware that any Lender has given any notice (other than to Administrative Agent) or taken any other action with respect to a claimed Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, (b) that any Person has given any notice to Company or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to a claimed default or event or condition of the type referred to in subsection 7.2, or (c) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, an Officers Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Potential
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Event of Default, default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(ii) Quarterly Financials: as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, (a) the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by the chief financial officer of Company that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to the absence of footnotes and changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, and (b) a narrative report describing the operations of Company and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter; provided however that so long as Company timely files a quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any Fiscal Quarter containing consolidated financial statements for Company and its Subsidiaries, Company shall be required to deliver a copy of such quarterly report in lieu of the financial statements and narrative described in this subsection 5.1(ii);
(iii) Year-End Financials: as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (a) the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by the chief financial officer of Company that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, (b) a narrative report describing the operations of Company and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management for such Fiscal Year, and (c) in the case of such consolidated financial statements, a report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Company and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which report shall be unqualified, shall express no doubts, assumptions or qualifications concerning the ability of Company and its Subsidiaries to continue as a going concern, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with
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such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided however, that so long as Company timely files an annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing consolidated financial statements for Company and its Subsidiaries, Company shall be required to deliver a copy of such annual report in lieu of the financial statements and narrative described in this subsection 5.1(iii);
(iv) Officers Certificate: together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to subdivisions (ii) and (iii) above, an Officers Certificate of Company stating that the signers have reviewed the terms of this Agreement and have made, or caused to be made under their supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Company and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period, and that the signers do not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of such Officers Certificate, of any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) Accountants Reports: promptly upon receipt thereof (unless restricted by applicable professional standards), copies of all reports submitted to Company by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries made by such accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;
(vi) SEC Filings and Press Releases: promptly upon their becoming available and to the extent not available on EDGAR or Companys website, copies of (a) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by Company to its security holders or by any Subsidiary of Company to its security holders other than Company or another Subsidiary of Company, (b) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements (other than on Form S-8 or a similar form) and prospectuses, if any, filed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority, and (c) all press releases and other statements made available generally by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(vii) Litigation or Other Proceedings: promptly upon any Officer of Company obtaining knowledge of (a) the institution of, or material threat in writing of, any Proceeding against or affecting Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries not previously disclosed in writing by Company to Lenders or (b) any material development in any Proceeding that, in any case:
(x) if adversely determined, has a reasonable possibility after giving effect to the coverage and policy limits of insurance policies issued to Company and its Subsidiaries of giving rise to a Material Adverse Effect; or
(y) seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby;
written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to Company to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;
(viii) ERISA Events: promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened in writing by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto;
(ix) ERISA Notices: with reasonable promptness, copies of (a) all notices received by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (b) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(x) Financial Plans: as soon as practicable and in any event no later than 45 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such Fiscal Year in form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent (the Financial Plan for such Fiscal Year), including (a) a forecasted consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, (b) forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for each month of each such Fiscal Year, and (c) such other information and projections as any Lender may reasonably request;
(xi) Notices from Holders of Indebtedness: promptly, upon receipt, copies of all notices from holders of material Indebtedness or a trustee, agent or other representative of such a holder; and
(xii) Other Information: with reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to Company or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender.
5.2 Existence, etc.
Except as permitted under subsection 6.6, Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence in the jurisdiction of organization specified on Schedule 4.1 and all rights and franchises material to its business; provided, however that neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to
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preserve the existence of any such Subsidiary or any such right or franchise if the Governing Body of Company or such Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.3 Payment of Taxes and Claims; Tax.
A. Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all federal, state and material local taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided that no such tax, assessment, charge or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.
B. Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries), except as required by law.
5.4 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.
A. Maintenance of Properties. Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries (including all Intellectual Property) and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof except to the extent that failure to perform such obligations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
B. Insurance. Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Company and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by corporations of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for corporations similarly situated in the industry.
5.5 Inspection Rights; Lender Meeting.
A. Inspection Rights. Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representatives designated by any Lender to visit and
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inspect any of the properties of Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants (provided that Company may, if it so chooses, be present at or participate in any such discussion), all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours (i) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, not more than one time per Fiscal Year and as would not interfere with the normal operation of Company in the ordinary course and (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, as often as may reasonably be requested or at any time or from time to time.
B. Lender Meeting. Company will, upon the request of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year to be held at Companys principal offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent.
5.6 Compliance with Laws, etc.
Company shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Government Authority (including all Environmental Laws), noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7 Environmental Matters.
A. Environmental Disclosure. Company will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(i) Environmental Audits and Reports. As soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits, investigations, analyses and reports of any kind or character, whether prepared by personnel of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent consultants, Government Authorities or any other Persons, with respect to significant environmental matters at any Facility that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or with respect to any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Notice of Certain Releases, Remedial Actions, etc. Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (a) any Release required to be reported to any Government Authority under any applicable Environmental Laws, (b) any remedial action taken by Company or any other Person in response to (1) any Hazardous Materials Activities the existence of which could reasonably be expected to result in one or more Environmental Claims having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (2) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) Companys discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining
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or in the vicinity of any Facility that could cause such Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws.
(iii) Written Communications Regarding Environmental Claims, Releases, etc. As soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all written communications with respect to (a) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) any Release required to be reported to any Government Authority, and (c) any request for information from any Government Authority that states such Government Authority is investigating whether Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be potentially responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity.
(iv) Notice of Certain Proposed Actions Having Environmental Impact. Prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail (a) any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, or property by Company or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to (1) expose Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or result in, Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (2) affect the ability of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force and effect all material Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for their respective operations and (b) any proposed action to be taken by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to modify current operations in a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any additional obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
B. Companys Actions Regarding Hazardous Materials Activities, Environmental Claims and Violations of Environmental Laws.
(i) Remedial Actions Relating to Hazardous Materials Activities. Company shall, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, promptly undertake, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to undertake, any and all investigations, studies, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response actions necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity on, under or about any Facility that is in violation of any Environmental Laws or that presents a material risk of giving rise to an Environmental Claim.
(ii) Actions with Respect to Environmental Claims and Violations of Environmental Laws. Company shall promptly take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by Company or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against Company or any of its Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder
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where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6. COMPANYS NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments hereunder shall remain in effect and until payment in full of all of the Loans and other Obligations (other than Unasserted Obligations), unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, Company shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6.
6.1 Indebtedness.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Company may become and remain liable with respect to the Obligations;
(ii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations permitted by subsection 6.4 and, upon any matured obligations actually arising pursuant thereto, the Indebtedness corresponding to the Contingent Obligations so extinguished;
(iii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases aggregating, together with any Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted pursuant to subsections 6.2A(ii) and (iii), not in excess of $15,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(iv) Company may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness to any Subsidiary, and any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Company may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness to any other Subsidiary of Company;
(v) Wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Company may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness to Company not in excess of $20,000,000 at any time outstanding to the extent necessary to obtain favorable tax treatment;
(vi) Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, may remain liable with respect to Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1 annexed hereto;
(vii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness pursuant to Secured Working Capital Debt;
(viii) Company or a Subsidiary of Company may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness of any Person assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and a Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Company as a result of a Permitted Acquisition may remain liable with respect to Indebtedness existing
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on the date of such acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;
(ix) Company may become and remain liable with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness; provided that, such the subordination terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in form and substance and the maturity date of such Subordinated Indebtedness is at least one year later than the Maturity Date;
(x) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with operating, collections, payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including automated clearinghouse, controlled disbursement, e-payable, electronic funds transfer, wire transfer, controlled disbursement, overdraft, depository, information reporting, lockbox, and stop payment, overdraft and/or wire transfer services; and
(xi) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4,000,000 at any time outstanding.
6.2 Liens and Related Matters.
A. Prohibition on Liens. Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income or profits under the UCC or under any similar recording or notice statute, except:
(i) Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) Liens on any asset existing at the time of acquisition of such asset by Company or a Subsidiary, or Liens to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of an asset upon the acquisition of such asset by Company or a Subsidiary or to secure any Indebtedness permitted hereby incurred by Company or a Subsidiary at the time of or within ninety days after the acquisition of such asset, which Indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof; provided, however, that the Lien shall apply only to the asset so acquired and proceeds thereof; and provided further, that all such Liens do not secure Indebtedness aggregating, together with any Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted pursuant to subsection 6.2A(iii) and any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 6.1(iii), in excess of $15,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(iii) Liens assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and Liens on assets of a Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Company after the date of this Agreement in a Permitted Acquisition, provided, however, that such Liens exist at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and are not created in anticipation of such acquisition and, in any event, do not secure Indebtedness aggregating, together with any Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted pursuant to subsection 6.2A(ii) and any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 6.1(iii), in excess of $15,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(iv) Liens described in Schedule 6.2 annexed hereto; and
(v) To the extent the proceeds of the Indebtedness described in subsection 6.1(vii) are used for working capital and other general corporate purposes only, Liens securing such Indebtedness.
B. No Further Negative Pledges. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure Indebtedness under any senior credit facility, other than (i) an agreement prohibiting only the creation of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, (ii) any agreement evidencing Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by subsection 6.2A(ii), as to the assets securing such Indebtedness, (iii) Secured Working Capital Debt, and (iv) any agreement evidencing an asset sale, as to the assets being sold.
C. No Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions to Company or Other Subsidiaries. Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any such Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiarys Capital Stock owned by Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (ii) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (iii) make loans or advances to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, or (iv) transfer any of its property or assets to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, except (a) as provided in this Agreement or an agreement evidencing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(vii) and (b), as to transfers of assets, as may be provided in an agreement with respect to a sale of such assets.
6.3 Investments; Acquisitions.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, or acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all or substantially all the business, property or fixed assets of, or Capital Stock of any Person, or any division or line of business of any Person except:
(i) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents, and Companys Foreign Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Foreign Cash Equivalents;
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(ii) Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries may make and own additional equity Investments in their respective wholly-owned Subsidiaries (a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time and (b) resulting from Subsidiary Debt Conversions;
(iii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans to the extent permitted under subsections 6.1(iv) and (v);
(iv) Company and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them and described in Schedule 6.3 annexed hereto;
(v) Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire assets (including Capital Stock and including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries formed in connection with any such acquisition) having a fair market value not in excess of $20,000,000 in any one Fiscal Year; provided that no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such acquisition occurs or after giving effect thereto;
(vi) Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement;
(vii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $3,000,000;
(viii) Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire the remaining 51% ownership interest of Hypercom (Thailand) Co., Ltd. not already directly or indirectly owned by Company;
(ix) Company and its Subsidiaries may receive and hold promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with any Asset Sale permitted by subsection 6.6; and
(x) Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire Securities in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to Company or any of its Subsidiaries or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim.
6.4 Contingent Obligations.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or become or remain liable with respect to any Contingent Obligation, except:
(i) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations in respect of standby letters of credit (including any letters of credit issued pursuant to any Secured Working Capital Debt facility) in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate face amount not to exceed at any time $15,000,000;
(ii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations under Hedge Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;
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(iii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations in respect of customary indemnification and purchase price adjustment obligations incurred in connection with Asset Sales or other sales of assets;
(iv) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations under guarantees in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Company and its Subsidiaries;
(v) Company may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness of Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by subsection 6.1;
(vi) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations under guaranties, bonds or other similar obligations in the ordinary course of business with respect to the performance obligations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations constituting Investments permitted by this Agreement; and
(viii) Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations not described in the foregoing items (i) through (vii), but only to the extent the same do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate any one time outstanding.
6.5 Restricted Junior Payments.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment; provided that Company may (i) make regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of, and only to the extent required by, and subject to the subordination provisions contained in, the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which such Subordinated Indebtedness was issued, as such indenture or other agreement may be amended from time to time to the extent permitted under subsection 6.9B, (ii) so long as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, make Restricted Junior Payments to any of the Sellers in respect of the Contingent Payment (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement, and (iii) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value such warrants, options or rights held by employees or former employees of Company (or their estates or beneficiaries of their estates) upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or pursuant to the terms of any agreement under which such warrants, options or rights were issued in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.
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6.6 Restriction on Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, alter the corporate, capital or legal structure of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets (including its notes or receivables and Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, whether newly issued or outstanding), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(i) any Subsidiary of Company may be merged with or into Company or any other Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of such a merger involving Company, Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(ii) Company and its Subsidiaries may sell or otherwise dispose of assets in transactions that do not constitute Asset Sales; provided that the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof;
(iii) Company and its Subsidiaries may dispose of obsolete, worn out or surplus property in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) Company and its Subsidiaries may dispose of equipment having a fair market value not to an exceed an aggregate amount of $3,000,000 in any Fiscal Year in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction permitted pursuant to subsection 6.8;
(v) Company and its Subsidiaries may make Asset Sales of assets having a fair market value not in excess of $15,000,000; provided that (a) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof; (b) no less than 90% of the consideration received shall be Cash; provided, further, that, with respect to Asset Sales of assets having a fair market value not in excess of $2,500,000 in the aggregate, the sole consideration for such Asset Sales may be Intellectual Property so long as such the fair market value of such Intellectual Property is equal to the value of the assets so sold or transferred; and (c) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing after giving effect thereto;
(vi) in order to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business, Company and its Subsidiaries may discount or otherwise compromise for less than the face value thereof, notes or accounts receivable;
(vii) Company or a Subsidiary may sell or dispose of shares of Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries in order to qualify members of the Governing Body of the Subsidiary if required by applicable law;
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(viii) Any Subsidiary of Company may change its tax, charter or other organizational identification number or change its form or jurisdiction of organization;
(ix) any Person may be merged with or into Company or any Subsidiary if the acquisition of the Capital Stock of such Person by Company or such Subsidiary would have been permitted pursuant to subsection 6.3; provided that (a) in the case of Company, Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and (b) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing after giving effect thereto.
6.7 Transactions with Affiliates.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of Company on terms that are less favorable to Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not such an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) any transaction between Company and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) reasonable and customary fees (including indemnities) paid to members of the Governing Bodies of Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) payment of customary compensation (including indemnities) to officers and employees for services actually rendered, and loans and advances otherwise permitted hereunder, or (iv) transactions among Company and its Subsidiaries made for transfer pricing in the ordinary course of business and year-end adjustments to transfer pricing made in the ordinary course of business to maintain customary distribution margins.
6.8 Sales and Lease-Backs.
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an Operating Lease or a Capital Lease, of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (i) that Company or any of its Subsidiaries has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) that Company or any of its Subsidiaries intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease; provided that Company and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable as lessee, guarantor or other surety with respect to any such agreement if and to the extent that Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be permitted to enter into, and remain liable under, such agreement to the extent that the transaction would be permitted under subsection 6.1, assuming (regardless of whether in fact such lease is an Operating Lease or a Capital Lease) if a sale and lease back transaction, it would constitute Indebtedness in a principal amount equal to the gross proceeds of the sale.
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6.9 Conduct of Business.
From and after the Execution Date, Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses engaged in by Company and its Subsidiaries on the Execution Date and similar or related businesses and (ii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
6.10 Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements; Amendments of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness.
A. Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will agree to any material amendment to, or waive any of its material rights under, any Related Agreement after the Execution Date without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such amendment or waiver.
B. Amendments of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness. Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Indebtedness, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions thereof (or of any guaranty thereof), or change any collateral therefor (other than to release such collateral), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be adverse to Company or Lenders.
6.11 Fiscal Year.
Company shall not change its Fiscal Year-end from December 31.
Section 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following conditions or events (Events of Default) shall occur:
7.1 Failure to Make Payments When Due.
Failure by Company to pay any installment of principal of any Loan when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; or failure by Company to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due under this Agreement within five days after the date due; or
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7.2 Default in Other Agreements.
(i) Failure of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in subsection 7.1) or Contingent Obligations in an individual principal amount of $3,000,000 or more or with an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the end of any grace period provided therefor; or
(ii) breach or default by Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any other material term of (a) one or more items of Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations in the individual or aggregate principal amounts referred to in clause (i) above or (b) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation(s), if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation(s) (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, that Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation(s) to become or be declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be (upon the giving or receiving of notice, lapse of time, both, or otherwise); or
7.3 Breach of Certain Covenants.
Failure of Company to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in subsection 2.5 or 5.2 or Section 6 of this Agreement; or
7.4 Breach of Warranty.
Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Loan Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or
7.5 Other Defaults Under Loan Documents
Company shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other subsection of this Section 7, and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within 30 days after the earlier of (i) an Officer of Company becoming aware of such default or (ii) receipt by Company of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
7.6 Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.
(i) A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law
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now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or
(ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for 60 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
7.7 Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc..
(i) Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(ii) Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Governing Body of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to in clause (i) above or this clause (ii); or
7.8 Judgments and Attachments.
Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $3,000,000, to the extent not (i) adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage or (ii) pursuant to any claims which are the subject of an indemnity agreement made by Francisco Partners in favor of Company, shall be entered or filed against Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 60 days (or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or
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7.9 Dissolution.
Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against Company or any of its material Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of Company or such Subsidiary and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of 30 days; or
7.10 Employee Benefit Plans.
There shall occur one or more ERISA Events or similar events in respect of any Foreign Plans, that individually or in the aggregate result in or might reasonably be expected to result in liability of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; or there shall exist an amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) in respect of any Pension Plan and unfunded liabilities in respect of Foreign Plans (excluding any Foreign Plans applicable to Targets and their Subsidiaries), individually or in the aggregate for all such Pension Plans and Foreign Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation any Pension Plans and any Foreign Plans with respect to which assets exceed benefit liabilities), which exceeds $5,000,000; or there shall exist unfunded liabilities in respect of Foreign Plans applicable to Targets and their Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate for all such Foreign Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation any Foreign Plans with respect to which assets exceed benefit liabilities), which exceeds 5,000,000; or
7.11 Change in Control.
A Change in Control shall have occurred; or
7.12 Invalidity of Loan Documents; Repudiation of Obligations.
At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) any Loan Document or any provision thereof, for any reason other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared (other than by Administrative Agent or any Lender) to be null and void or (ii) Company shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any provision thereof in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Loan Document or any provision thereof; or
7.13 Failure to Consummate Acquisition.
The Acquisition shall not be consummated in accordance with this Agreement and the applicable Related Agreements concurrently with the making of the Loans, or the Acquisition shall be unwound, reversed or otherwise rescinded in whole or in part for any reason:
THEN (i) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in subsection 7.6 or 7.7, each of (a) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans, and (b) all other Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
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Company, and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loan hereunder shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any other Event of Default, Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request or with the written consent of Requisite Lenders, by written notice to Company, declare all or any portion of the amounts described in clauses (a) and (b) above to be, and the same shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable, and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loan hereunder shall thereupon terminate.
Section 8. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
8.1 Appointment of Administrative Agent.
Francisco Partners is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to act as its agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Francisco Partners agrees to act upon the express conditions contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 8 are solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders and Company shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, Administrative Agent (other than as provided in subsection 2.1D) shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Company.
Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact appointed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of the duties of Administrative Agent and exercise the rights and powers of Administrative Agent by or through their respective Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates (Related Parties). The exculpatory provisions of this Section shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent.
8.2 Powers and Duties; General Immunity.
A. Powers; Duties Specified. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on such Lenders behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Administrative Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Administrative Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. Administrative Agent shall not have, by reason of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or Company; and nothing in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon Administrative Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
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B. No Responsibility for Certain Matters. Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by Administrative Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of Company to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of Company or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall Administrative Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Loan Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the component amounts thereof.
C. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct. Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until Administrative Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under subsection 9.6) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), Administrative Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions; provided that Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution), instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Company and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Administrative Agent as a result of Administrative Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under subsection 9.6).
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D. Administrative Agent Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans, Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term Lender or Lenders or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, includes Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of commercial banking, investment banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Company or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
8.3 Independent Investigation by Lenders; No Responsibility For Appraisal of Creditworthiness.
Each Lender agrees that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the making of the Loans hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Company and its Subsidiaries. Administrative Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
8.4 Right to Indemnity.
Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, professional advisors and Affiliates to the extent that any such Person shall not have been reimbursed by Company, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements and fees and disbursements of any financial advisor engaged by Administrative Agent) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Administrative Agent or such other Person in exercising the powers, rights and remedies of Administrative Agent or performing duties of Administrative Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of Administrative Agent resulting solely from Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of
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competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to Administrative Agent or any other such Person for any purpose shall, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, Administrative Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.
8.5 Resignation of Administrative Agent; Successor Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Company. Upon any such notice of resignation by Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon (a) five Business Days notice to Company and (b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Company, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent; provided that the consent of Company shall not be required if such successor Administrative Agent is an Affiliate of the retiring Administrative Agent. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of Lenders and with consultation of Company, appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If Administrative Agent shall notify Lenders and Company that no Person has accepted such appointment as successor Administrative Agent, such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with Administrative Agents notice and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Administrative Agent shall instead be made by, to or through each Lender directly, until such time as Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent in accordance with this subsection 8.5A. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement (if not already discharged as set forth above). After any retiring Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
8.6 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to Company or any of the Subsidiaries of Company, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Company) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and any other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of Lenders and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Lenders and
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Administrative Agent and their agents and counsel and all other amounts due Lenders and Administrative Agent under subsections 2.3 and 9.2) allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys 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 to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to Lenders, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under subsections 2.3 and 9.2.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lenders or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
Section 9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Successors and Assigns; Assignments and Participations in Loans.
A. General. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders (it being understood that Lenders rights of assignment are subject to the further provisions of this subsection 9.1). Neither Companys rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by Company without the prior written consent of all Lenders (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Company without such consent 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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Affiliates of each of Administrative Agent and Lenders and Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. In addition, no sale, assignment, transfer or participation of any Loan by any Lender shall, without consent of Company, require Company to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or apply to qualify such sale, assignment, transfer or participation under the securities laws of any state.
B. Assignments.
(i) Amounts and Terms of Assignments. Any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that (a), except (1) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement or (2) in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
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Fund of a Lender, Loan Exposure of the assigning Lender and the assignee subject to each such assignment shall not be less than $5,000,000 (aggregating concurrent assignments to two or more Affiliated Funds for purposes of determining such minimum amount), unless Administrative Agent otherwise consents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (b) 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, (c) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (unless the assignee is an Affiliate or an Approved Fund of the assignor, in which case no fee shall be required, and provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be required in connection with concurrent assignments to two or more Affiliated Funds), and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, including such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 2.6B(iv) and (d), except in the case of an assignment to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have consented thereto.
Upon such execution, delivery and consent, from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment Agreement, (y) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (z) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination of this Agreement under subsection 9.9B) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). The assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its Notes, if any, to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon new Notes shall, if so requested by the assignee and/or the assigning Lender in accordance with subsection 2.1E, be issued to the assignee and/or to the assigning Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit II annexed hereto, as the case may be, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the amounts of the outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender. Other than as provided in subsection 9.5, any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 9.1B 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 subsection 9.1C.
(ii) Acceptance by Administrative Agent; Recordation in Register. Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with the processing and recordation
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fee referred to in subsection 9.1B(i) and any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters that such assignee may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 2.6B(iv), Administrative Agent shall, if Administrative Agent has consented to the assignment evidenced thereby (to the extent such consent is required pursuant to subsection 9.1B(i)), (a) accept such Assignment Agreement by executing a counterpart thereof as provided therein (which acceptance shall evidence any required consent of Administrative Agent to such assignment), (b) record the information contained therein in the Register, and (c) give prompt notice thereof to Company. Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to and accepted by it as provided in this subsection 9.1B(ii).
C. Participations. Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, Company or Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Persons (other than a natural Person or Company or any of its Affiliates) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement; 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) Company, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender s rights and obligations under this Agreement. 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 directly affecting (i) an extension of the scheduled final maturity date of any Loan allocated to such participation, (ii) a reduction of the principal amount of or the rate of interest payable on any Loan allocated to such participation or (iii) an increase in the Commitment allocated to such participation. Subject to the further provisions of this subsection 9.1C, Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of subsection 2.6 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection 9.1B. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of subsection 9.4 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to subsection 9.5 as though it were a Lender. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under subsection 2.6 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with Companys prior written consent. No Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of subsection 2.6 unless Company is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Company, to comply with subsection 2.6B(iv) as though it were a Lender.
D. Pledges and Assignments. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its Loans, and the other Obligations owed to such Lender, to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to any Federal Reserve Bank; provided that (i) no Lender shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment or pledge and
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(ii) in no event shall any assignee or pledgee be considered to be a Lender or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.
E. Information. Each Lender may furnish any information concerning Company and its Subsidiaries in the possession of that Lender from time to time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants), subject to subsection 9.18. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, under no circumstance may Administrative Agent or any Lender provide any confidential or non-public information relating to Company to any of Companys competitors, including but not limited to, Ingenico, NCR, VeriFone and Motorola except as otherwise required by law.
F. Agreements of Lenders. Each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof hereby agrees, and each Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to agree, (i) that it is an Eligible Assignee described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof; (ii) that it has experience and expertise in the making of or purchasing loans such as the Loans; and (iii) that it will make or purchase Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this subsection 9.1, the disposition of such Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control).
9.2 Expenses.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company agrees to pay promptly: (i) all reasonable costs and documented expenses of counsel to Company in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (ii) all costs and expenses of furnishing all opinions by counsel for Company (including any opinions requested by Administrative Agent or Lenders as to any legal matters arising hereunder) and of Companys performance of and compliance with all agreements and conditions on its part to be performed or complied with under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents including with respect to confirming compliance with environmental, insurance and solvency requirements; (iii) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of one external counsel to Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Company; (iv) all other costs and reasonable expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the syndication of the Commitments; (v) all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and reasonable fees, costs and expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants, incurred by Administrative Agent and its counsel relating to efforts to evaluate or assess Company, its business or financial condition; and (vi) all costs and expenses, including attorneys fees, fees, costs and expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants and costs of settlement, incurred by Administrative Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from Company hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (including in connection with the enforcement of the Loan Documents) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a work-out or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings.
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9.3 Indemnity.
In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to subsection 9.2, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company agrees to defend (subject to Indemnitees selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless Administrative Agent and Lenders, and the officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates of Administrative Agent and Lenders (collectively called the Indemnitees), from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities (as hereinafter defined); provided that Company shall not have any obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
As used herein, Indemnified Liabilities means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims (including Environmental Claims), costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct or indirect and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Related Agreements, the commitment letter delivered by Francisco Partners to Company with respect thereto or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including Lenders agreement to make the Loans hereunder or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof or any enforcement of any of the Loan Documents), or (ii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this subsection 9.3 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, Company shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.
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9.4 Set-Off.
In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default each of Lenders and their Affiliates is hereby authorized by Company at any time or from time to time, without notice to Company or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply (to the extent permitted by any applicable intercreditor agreement) any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by that Lender or any Affiliate of that Lender to or for the credit or the account of Company against and on account of the Obligations of Company to that Lender (or any Affiliate of that Lender) or to any other Lender (or any Affiliate of any other Lender) under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not (i) that Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (ii) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 7 and although said obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured.
9.5 Ratable Sharing.
Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary or mandatory payment (other than a payment or prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), by realization upon security, through the exercise of any right of set-off or bankers lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Loan Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to that Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (collectively, the Aggregate Amounts Due to such Lender) that is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall, unless such proportionately greater payment is required by the terms of this Agreement, (i) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (ii) apply a portion of such payment to purchase assignments (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of an assignment simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) of the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided that (a) if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such assignments shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest and (b) the foregoing provisions shall not apply to (1) any payment made by Company pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (2) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment (other than an assignment pursuant to this subsection 9.5) of or the sale of a participation in any of its Obligations to any Eligible Assignee or Participant pursuant to subsection 9.1B. Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and
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agrees that any purchaser of an assignment so purchased may exercise any and all rights of a Lender as to such assignment as fully as if that Lender had complied with the provisions of subsection 9.1B with respect to such assignment. In order to further evidence such assignment (and without prejudice to the effectiveness of the assignment provisions set forth above), each purchasing Lender and each selling Lender agree to enter into an Assignment Agreement at the request of a selling Lender or a purchasing Lender, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each such Lender.
9.6 Amendments and Waivers.
No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of the Notes, and no consent to any departure by Company therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of Requisite Lenders; provided that no such amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent shall, without the consent of:
(a) each Lender with Obligations directly affected (whose consent shall be required for any such amendment, modification, termination or waiver in addition to that of Requisite Lenders) (1) reduce the principal amount of any Loan, (2) postpone the scheduled final maturity date of any Loan or reduce the amount of any scheduled payment (but not prepayment) of principal of any Loan, (3) postpone the date on which any interest or any fees are payable, or (4) decrease the interest rate borne by any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any of the Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2C) or the amount of any fees payable hereunder;
(b) each Lender, (1) change in any manner the definition of Pro Rata Share or the definition of Requisite Lenders (except for any changes resulting solely from an increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments approved by Requisite Lenders), (2) change in any manner any provision of this Agreement that, by its terms, expressly requires the approval or concurrence of all Lenders, or (3) change in any manner or waive the provisions contained in subsection 2.4D, subsection 7.1, subsection 9.5 or this subsection 9.6.
In addition, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision (i) of any Note shall be effective without the written concurrence of the Lender which is the holder of that Note, and (ii) of Section 8 or of any other provision of this Agreement which, by its terms, expressly requires the approval or concurrence of Administrative Agent shall be effective without the written concurrence of Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of that Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on Company in any case shall entitle Company to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this subsection 9.6 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by Company, on Company.
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9.7 Independence of Covenants.
All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
9.8 Notices; Effectiveness of Signatures.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of telefacsimile in complete and legible form, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided that notices to Administrative Agent shall not be effective until received. For the purposes hereof, the address of each party hereto shall be as set forth under such partys name on the signature pages hereof or (i) as to Company and Administrative Agent, such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice delivered to the other parties hereto and (ii) as to each other party, such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice delivered to Administrative Agent. Electronic mail and Internet and intranet websites may be used to distribute routine communications, such as financial statements and other information. Administrative Agent or Company 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.
Loan Documents and notices under the Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by telefacsimile and by signatures delivered in PDF format by electronic mail. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as an original copy with manual signatures and shall be binding on Company, Administrative Agent and Lenders. Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signature be confirmed by a manually-signed copy thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver any such manually-signed copy shall not affect the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.
9.9 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
A. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
B. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of Company set forth in subsections 2.6, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.14, 9.16 and 9.17 and the agreements of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in subsections 8.2C, 8.4, 9.3, 9.14, 9.17 and 9.18 shall survive the payment of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
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9.10 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
No failure or delay on the part of Administrative Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.
9.11 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.
Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Company or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that Company makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders), or Administrative Agent or Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or 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 bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
9.12 Severability.
In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
9.13 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders Rights; Damage Waiver.
The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitments of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders, or Lenders and Company, as a partnership, an association, a Joint Venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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To the extent permitted by law, Company 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 (including, without limitation, subsection 2.1C hereof), any other Loan Document, any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents, any Loan or the use of proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee 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 the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
9.14 Applicable Law.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY SUCH LOAN DOCUMENT), AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPLICATION OF ANOTHER LAW.
9.15 Construction of Agreement; Nature of Relationship.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that (i) it has been represented by counsel in the negotiation and documentation of the terms of this Agreement, (ii) it has had full and fair opportunity to review and revise the terms of this Agreement, (iii) this Agreement has been drafted jointly by all of the parties hereto, and (iv) neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender or other Agent has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Company arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and Company, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed against or in favor of another party.
9.16 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.
ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST COMPANY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY
(I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS;
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(II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;
(III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO COMPANY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 9.8;
(IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (iii) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER COMPANY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT;
(V) AGREES THAT LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION; AND
(VI) AGREES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION 9.16 RELATING TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE SHALL BE BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1402 OR OTHERWISE.
9.17 Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each party hereto acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement to enter into a business relationship, that each has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement, and that each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings. Each party hereto further warrants and represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SUBSECTION 9.17 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING
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TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
9.18 Confidentiality.
Each Lender shall hold all non-public information obtained pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement that has been identified in writing as confidential by Company in accordance with such Lenders customary procedures for handling confidential information of this nature, it being understood and agreed by Company that in any event a Lender may make disclosures (a) to its and its Affiliates directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (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 requested by any Government Authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this subsection 9.18, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterpartys or prospective counterpartys professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of Company, (g) with the consent of Company, (h) to the extent such information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this subsection 9.18 or (ii) becomes available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Company so long as Administrative Agent or such Lender had no knowledge that such other source provided such information in violation of any confidentiality agreement with Company or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lenders or its Affiliates investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or its Affiliates and that no written or oral communications from counsel to Administrative Agent and no information that is or is designated as privileged or as attorney work product may be disclosed to any Person unless such Person is a Lender or a Participant hereunder; provided that, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall notify Company of any request by any Government Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such Government Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information; and provided, further that in no event shall any Lender be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Company or any of its Subsidiaries. In addition, Administrative Agent and Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to Administrative Agent and Lenders, and Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates may place customary tombstone advertisements relating hereto in publications (including publications circulated or otherwise made available in electronic form) of its choice at its own expense.
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9.19 Counterparts; Effectiveness.
This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto or in connection herewith may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.
9.20 Intercreditor Agreement.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY FRANCSICO PARTNERS II, L.P. HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED ON OR PRIOR TO THE FUNDING DATE (THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AMONG BANK OR AMERICA, N.A. AND FRANCSICO PARTNERS II, L.P. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
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| | HYPERCOM CORPORATION | | |
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| | By: /s/ Philippe Tartavull | | |
| | Title: CEO and President | | |
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| Notice Address: 2851 West Kathleen Road Phoenix, Arizona 85053 Attention: General Counsel Fax: (602)  ###-###-#### | |
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LENDER:
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| | FRANCISCO PARTNERS II, L.P., individually and as Administrative Agent |
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| | By: FRANCISCO PARTNERS GP II, L.P., its General Partner |
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| | By: FRANCISCO PARTNERS GP II MANAGEMENT, LLC, its General Partner |
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| | By: /s/ Keith B. Geeslin | |
| | Title: Managing Member | | |
| | Notice Address: | | |
| | One Letterman Drive | | |
| | Building C, Suite 410 | | |
| | San Francisco, California 94129 | | |
| | Attention: Tom Ludwig | | |
| | Fax: (415)  ###-###-#### | | |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2008
AMONG
HYPERCOM CORPORATION,
as Borrower,
THE LENDERS LISTED HEREIN,
as Lenders,
FRANCISCO PARTNERS II, L.P.,
as Administrative Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. | | DEFINITIONS | | | 1 | |
| 1.1 | | | Certain Defined Terms | | | 1 | |
| 1.2 | | | Accounting Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under Agreement | | | 18 | |
| 1.3 | | | Other Definitional Provisions and Rules of Construction | | | 18 | |
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Section 2. | | AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND LOANS | | | 19 | |
| 2.1 | | | Commitments; Making of Loans; the Register; Optional Notes | | | 19 | |
| 2.2 | | | Interest on the Loans | | | 20 | |
| 2.3 | | | Fees | | | 21 | |
| 2.4 | | | Repayments, Prepayments, General Provisions Regarding Payments | | | 21 | |
| 2.5 | | | Use of Proceeds | | | 23 | |
| 2.6 | | | Increased Costs; Taxes; Capital Adequacy | | | 23 | |
| 2.7 | | | Statement of Lenders; Obligation of Lenders to Mitigate | | | 28 | |
| 2.8 | | | Replacement of a Lender | | | 28 | |
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Section 3. | | CONDITIONS | | | 29 | |
| 3.1 | | | Conditions to the Execution Date | | | 29 | |
| 3.2 | | | Conditions to the Funding Date | | | 30 | |
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Section 4. | | COMPANYS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | | | 33 | |
| 4.1 | | | Organization, Powers, Qualification, Good Standing, Business and Subsidiaries | | | 33 | |
| 4.2 | | | Authorization of Borrowing, etc | | | 34 | |
| 4.3 | | | Financial Condition | | | 35 | |
| 4.4 | | | No Material Adverse Change; No Restricted Junior Payments | | | 35 | |
| 4.5 | | | Title to Properties; Liens; Real Property; Intellectual Property | | | 35 | |
| 4.6 | | | Litigation; Adverse Facts | | | 36 | |
| 4.7 | | | Payment of Taxes | | | 36 | |
| 4.8 | | | Performance of Agreements | | | 37 | |
| 4.9 | | | Governmental Regulation | | | 37 | |
| 4.10 | | | Securities Activities | | | 37 | |
| 4.11 | | | Employee Benefit Plans | | | 37 | |
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| 4.12 | | | Certain Fees | | | 38 | |
| 4.13 | | | Environmental Protection | | | 38 | |
| 4.14 | | | Employee Matters | | | 39 | |
| 4.15 | | | Solvency | | | 39 | |
| 4.16 | | | Disclosure | | | 39 | |
| 4.17 | | | Subordinated Indebtedness | | | 39 | |
| 4.18 | | | Related Agreements | | | 40 | |
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Section 5. | | COMPANYS AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | | | 40 | |
| 5.1 | | | Financial Statements and Other Reports | | | 40 | |
| 5.2 | | | Existence, etc | | | 43 | |
| 5.3 | | | Payment of Taxes and Claims; Tax | | | 44 | |
| 5.4 | | | Maintenance of Properties; Insurance | | | 44 | |
| 5.5 | | | Inspection Rights; Lender Meeting | | | 44 | |
| 5.6 | | | Compliance with Laws, etc | | | 45 | |
| 5.7 | | | Environmental Matters | | | 45 | |
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Section 6. | | COMPANYS NEGATIVE COVENANTS | | | 47 | |
| 6.1 | | | Indebtedness | | | 47 | |
| 6.2 | | | Liens and Related Matters | | | 48 | |
| 6.3 | | | Investments; Acquisitions | | | 49 | |
| 6.4 | | | Contingent Obligations | | | 50 | |
| 6.5 | | | Restricted Junior Payments | | | 51 | |
| 6.6 | | | Restriction on Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales | | | 52 | |
| 6.7 | | | Transactions with Affiliates | | | 53 | |
| 6.8 | | | Sales and LeaseBacks | | | 53 | |
| 6.9 | | | Conduct of Business | | | 54 | |
| 6.10 | | | Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements; Amendments of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness | | | 54 | |
| 6.11 | | | Fiscal Year | | | 54 | |
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Section 7. | | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | | | 54 | |
| 7.1 | | | Failure to Make Payments When Due | | | 54 | |
| 7.2 | | | Default in Other Agreements | | | 55 | |
| 7.3 | | | Breach of Certain Covenants | | | 55 | |
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| 7.4 | | | Breach of Warranty | | | 55 | |
| 7.5 | | | Other Defaults Under Loan Documents | | | 55 | |
| 7.6 | | | Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc | | | 55 | |
| 7.7 | | | Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc | | | 56 | |
| 7.8 | | | Judgments and Attachments | | | 56 | |
| 7.9 | | | Dissolution | | | 57 | |
| 7.10 | | | Employee Benefit Plans | | | 57 | |
| 7.11 | | | Change in Control | | | 57 | |
| 7.12 | | | Invalidity of Loan Documents; Repudiation of Obligations | | | 57 | |
| 7.13 | | | Failure to Consummate Acquisition | | | 57 | |
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Section 8. | | ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | | | 58 | |
| 8.1 | | | Appointment of Administrative Agent | | | 58 | |
| 8.2 | | | Powers and Duties; General Immunity | | | 58 | |
| 8.3 | | | Independent Investigation by Lenders; No Responsibility For Appraisal of Creditworthiness | | | 60 | |
| 8.4 | | | Right to Indemnity | | | 60 | |
| 8.5 | | | Resignation of Administrative Agent; Successor Administrative Agent | | | 61 | |
| 8.6 | | | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | | | 61 | |
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Section 9. | | MISCELLANEOUS | | | 62 | |
| 9.1 | | | Successors and Assigns; Assignments and Participations in Loans | | | 62 | |
| 9.2 | | | Expenses | | | 65 | |
| 9.3 | | | Indemnity | | | 66 | |
| 9.4 | | | SetOff | | | 66 | |
| 9.5 | | | Ratable Sharing | | | 67 | |
| 9.6 | | | Amendments and Waivers | | | 68 | |
| 9.7 | | | Independence of Covenants | | | 69 | |
| 9.8 | | | Notices; Effectiveness of Signatures | | | 69 | |
| 9.9 | | | Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements | | | 69 | |
| 9.10 | | | Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative | | | 70 | |
| 9.11 | | | Marshalling; Payments Set Aside | | | 70 | |
| 9.12 | | | Severability | | | 70 | |
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| 9.13 | | | Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders Rights; Damage Waiver | | | 70 | |
| 9.14 | | | Applicable Law | | | 71 | |
| 9.15 | | | Construction of Agreement; Nature of Relationship | | | 71 | |
| 9.16 | | | Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process | | | 71 | |
| 9.17 | | | Waiver of Jury Trial | | | 72 | |
| 9.18 | | | Confidentiality | | | 73 | |
| 9.19 | | | Counterparts; Effectiveness | | | 74 | |
| 9.20 | | | Intercreditor Agreement | | | 74 | |
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| Signature pages | | | S-1 | |
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EXHIBITS
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I | | FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING |
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II | | FORM OF NOTE |
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III | | FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL |
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IV | | FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT |
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V | | FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE |
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VI | | FORM OF ACQUISITION AGREEMENT |
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VII | | FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT |
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VIII | | FORM OF WARRANT |
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SCHEDULES
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2.1 | | LENDERS COMMITMENTS AND PRO RATA SHARES |
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3.1 | | CORPORATE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE; OWNERSHIP; MANAGEMENT |
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4.1 | | SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANY |
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4.5 | | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
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4.5B | | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYRELATED CLAIMS |
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4.6 | | LITIGATION |
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6.1 | | CERTAIN EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS |
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6.2 | | CERTAIN EXISTING LIENS |
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6.3 | | CERTAIN EXISTING INVESTMENTS |
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