EX-10.23 3 c06342exv10w23.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT exv10w23
Exhibit 10.23
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST AMENDMENT
DATED AS OF JUNE 29, 2006
This FIRST AMENDMENT (this Amendment) is entered into among AXLE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC., an Illinois corporation (the Borrower), and BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
1. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement date as of May 19, 2005 (the Credit Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the Lenders), Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacities, the Lead Arrangers), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the Syndication Agent), GMAC Commercial Finance LLC, ING Capital LLC, and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc. as co-documentation agents, and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings given in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
2. The Borrower has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as herein set forth.
3. Each of the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent are, on the terms and conditions stated below, willing to grant such request.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. Conditions to Effectiveness. The amendment contained in Section 1 shall be effective upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent on or before June 29, 2006:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have (i) executed this Amendment and shall have received signed, written authorization on behalf of each Required Lender to execute this Amendment on behalf of such Lenders, (ii) received counterparts of this Amendment executed by each of Holdings and the Borrower and (iii) received counterparts of the consent appended hereto (the Consent) executed by the Grantors, as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the Grantors).
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) commitments from banks and other financial institutions with respect to the Additional Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $116,246,708.10 (plus an amount as determined by the Administrative Agent necessary for the payoff of each of the holders of Existing Term Loans that are not Converted Term Lenders), and (ii) as applicable, (x) a fully executed Addendum with respect to each such bank or other financial institution becoming a Lender for all purposes under the Credit Agreement, as amended and restated hereby or (y) a
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fully executed Conversion Notice with respect to each Existing Term Lender electing to convert its Existing Term Loan into Converted Term Loans and pursuant to which, on the First Amendment Effective Date, all of the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Existing Term Loans shall be so converted and shall become Term Loans.
(c) All fees and expense reimbursements payable by any Loan Party to any Agent shall have been paid.
(d) The conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties.
Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally represent and warrant that:
(a) Authority. Each of Holdings and the Borrower has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment. Each Grantor has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Consent and the Loan Documents, as amended hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by Holdings and the Borrower of this Amendment and by the Grantors of the Consent, and the performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document (as amended hereby) to which it is a party have been duly approved by all necessary organizational action of such Loan Party.
(b) Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and the Consent has been duly executed and delivered by each Grantor. When this Amendment becomes effective as set forth in Section 2, each of this Amendment, the Consent and each Loan Document (as amended hereby) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought in proceedings in equity or at law).
(c) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof, and will be true and correct in all material respects when this Amendment becomes effective, both before and after giving effect to this Amendment, except to the extent that such representations and warranties refer to an earlier date (in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(d) No Default. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.
(a) If and when this Amendment becomes effective as set forth in Section 2, each reference in the Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement, thereunder, thereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
(b) The Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are
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hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations under and as defined in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or Agent under any of the Loan Documents or constitute, except as expressly set forth herein, a waiver or amendment of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.
(d) This Amendment is a Loan Document. The provisions of Sections 11.12 and 11.16 of the Credit Agreement shall apply with like effect to this Amendment.
SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Amendment and the Consent 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 to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment (or any authorization to execute this Amendment) or the Consent by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.
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| | AXLE HOLDINGS, INC. | | |
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| | INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC. | | |
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| | BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Administrative Agent and Lender | | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.
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| | IAA SERVICES, INC. | | |
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| | IAA ACQUISITION CORP. | | |
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| | INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS CORP. | | |
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[FIRST AMENDMENT CONSENT]
$280,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
AXLE HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Holdings,
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.,
as Borrower,
The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agent,
BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC.,
as Administrative Agent,
GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC,
as Co-Documentation Agent,
ING CAPITAL LLC,
as Co-Documentation Agent,
and
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL,
A DIVISION OF MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.,
as Co-Documentation Agent
Dated as of May 19, 2005,
as amended and restated as of June 29, 2006
BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS | | | 1 | |
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| | 1.1. | | Defined Terms | | | 1 | |
| | 1.2. | | Other Definitional Provisions | | | 27 | |
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF TERM COMMITMENTS | | | 27 | |
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| | 2.1. | | Term Commitments | | | 27 | |
| | 2.2. | | Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing | | | 28 | |
| | 2.3. | | Conversion of Existing Term Loans | | | 28 | |
| | 2.4. | | Repayment of Term Loans | | | 28 | |
| | 2.5. | | First Amendment Effective Date True-Up | | | 28 | |
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SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS | | | 29 | |
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| | 3.1. | | Revolving Commitments | | | 29 | |
| | 3.2. | | Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing | | | 29 | |
| | 3.3. | | Swingline Commitment | | | 29 | |
| | 3.4. | | Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans | | | 30 | |
| | 3.5. | | Commitment Fees, etc. | | | 31 | |
| | 3.6. | | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | | | 31 | |
| | 3.7. | | Letter of Credit Subcommitment | | | 32 | |
| | 3.8. | | Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit | | | 32 | |
| | 3.9. | | Fees and Other Charges | | | 33 | |
| | 3.10. | | L/C Participations | | | 33 | |
| | 3.11. | | Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower | | | 34 | |
| | 3.12. | | Obligations Absolute | | | 34 | |
| | 3.13. | | Letter of Credit Payments | | | 35 | |
| | 3.14. | | Applications | | | 35 | |
| | 3.15. | | Increase in Term Commitments | | | 35 | |
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SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT | | | 36 | |
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| | 4.1. | | Optional Prepayments | | | 36 | |
| | 4.2. | | Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions | | | 37 | |
| | 4.3. | | Conversion and Continuation Options | | | 38 | |
| | 4.4. | | Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches | | | 38 | |
| | 4.5. | | Interest Rates and Payment Dates | | | 39 | |
| | 4.6. | | Computation of Interest and Fees | | | 39 | |
| | 4.7. | | Inability to Determine Interest Rate | | | 39 | |
| | 4.8. | | Pro Rata Treatment and Payments | | | 40 | |
| | 4.9. | | Requirements of Law | | | 41 | |
| | 4.10. | | Taxes | | | 42 | |
| | 4.11. | | Indemnity | | | 44 | |
| | 4.12. | | Change of Lending Office | | | 45 | |
| | 4.13. | | Replacement of Lenders | | | 45 | |
| | 4.14. | | Evidence of Debt | | | 45 | |
| | 4.15. | | Illegality | | | 46 | |
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | | | 46 | |
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| | 5.1. | | Financial Condition | | | 46 | |
| | 5.2. | | No Change | | | 47 | |
| | 5.3. | | Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law | | | 47 | |
| | 5.4. | | Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations | | | 48 | |
| | 5.5. | | No Legal Bar | | | 48 | |
| | 5.6. | | Litigation | | | 48 | |
| | 5.7. | | No Default | | | 48 | |
| | 5.8. | | Ownership of Property; Liens | | | 49 | |
| | 5.9. | | Intellectual Property | | | 49 | |
| | 5.10. | | Taxes | | | 49 | |
| | 5.11. | | Federal Regulations | | | 49 | |
| | 5.12. | | Labor Matters | | | 49 | |
| | 5.13. | | ERISA | | | 50 | |
| | 5.14. | | Investment Company Act; Other Regulations | | | 50 | |
| | 5.15. | | Subsidiaries | | | 50 | |
| | 5.16. | | Use of Proceeds | | | 50 | |
| | 5.17. | | Environmental Matters | | | 51 | |
| | 5.18. | | Accuracy of Information, etc. | | | 52 | |
| | 5.19. | | Security Documents | | | 52 | |
| | 5.20. | | Solvency | | | 53 | |
| | 5.21. | | [Reserved] | | | 53 | |
| | 5.22. | | Regulation H | | | 53 | |
| | 5.23. | | Certain Documents | | | 53 | |
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SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | | | 54 | |
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| | 6.1. | | Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit | | | 54 | |
| | 6.2. | | Conditions to Each Extension of Credit | | | 54 | |
| | 6.3. | | Conditions to the Extensions of Credit on the First Amendment Effective Date | | | 54 | |
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SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | | | 56 | |
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| | 7.1. | | Financial Statements | | | 56 | |
| | 7.2. | | Certificates; Other Information | | | 56 | |
| | 7.3. | | Payment of Obligations | | | 58 | |
| | 7.4. | | Maintenance of Existence; Compliance | | | 58 | |
| | 7.5. | | Maintenance of Property; Insurance | | | 58 | |
| | 7.6. | | Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions | | | 58 | |
| | 7.7. | | Notices | | | 59 | |
| | 7.8. | | Environmental Laws | | | 59 | |
| | 7.9. | | Interest Rate Protection | | | 60 | |
| | 7.10. | | Additional Collateral, etc. | | | 60 | |
| | 7.11. | | Use of Proceeds | | | 61 | |
| | 7.12. | | Title Insurance | | | 61 | |
| | 7.13. | | Further Assurances | | | 61 | |
| | 7.14. | | Post-Closing Delivery | | | 62 | |
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SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS | | | 62 | |
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| | 8.1. | | Financial Condition Covenants | | | 62 | |
| | 8.2. | | Indebtedness | | | 64 | |
| | 8.3. | | Liens | | | 65 | |
| | 8.4. | | Fundamental Changes | | | 66 | |
| | 8.5. | | Disposition of Property | | | 67 | |
| | 8.6. | | Restricted Payments | | | 68 | |
| | 8.7. | | Capital Expenditures | | | 69 | |
| | 8.8. | | Investments | | | 69 | |
| | 8.9. | | Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments | | | 70 | |
| | 8.10. | | Transactions with Affiliates | | | 71 | |
| | 8.11. | | Sales and Leasebacks | | | 72 | |
| | 8.12. | | Hedge Agreements | | | 72 | |
| | 8.13. | | Changes in Fiscal Periods | | | 72 | |
| | 8.14. | | Negative Pledge Clauses | | | 72 | |
| | 8.15. | | Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions | | | 72 | |
| | 8.16. | | Lines of Business | | | 73 | |
| | 8.17. | | Amendments to Acquisition Documents; First Amendment Ohio Acquisition Documents | | | 73 | |
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SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT | | | 74 | |
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SECTION 10. THE AGENTS | | | 77 | |
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| | 10.1. | | Appointment | | | 77 | |
| | 10.2. | | Delegation of Duties | | | 77 | |
| | 10.3. | | Exculpatory Provisions | | | 77 | |
| | 10.4. | | Reliance by Agents | | | 78 | |
| | 10.5. | | Notice of Default | | | 78 | |
| | 10.6. | | Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders | | | 78 | |
| | 10.7. | | Indemnification | | | 79 | |
| | 10.8. | | Agent in Its Individual Capacity | | | 79 | |
| | 10.9. | | Successor Administrative Agent | | | 80 | |
| | 10.10. | | Agents Generally | | | 80 | |
| | 10.11. | | Agents Other than the Administrative Agent | | | 80 | |
| | 10.12. | | Withholding Tax | | | 80 | |
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SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS | | | 81 | |
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| | 11.1. | | Amendments and Waivers | | | 81 | |
| | 11.2. | | Notices | | | 82 | |
| | 11.3. | | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | | | 83 | |
| | 11.4. | | Survival of Representations and Warranties | | | 83 | |
| | 11.5. | | Payment of Expenses and Taxes; Indemnity | | | 84 | |
| | 11.6. | | Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | | | 85 | |
| | 11.7. | | Adjustments; Set-off | | | 88 | |
| | 11.8. | | Counterparts | | | 88 | |
| | 11.9. | | Severability | | | 88 | |
| | 11.10. | | Integration | | | 88 | |
| | 11.11. | | GOVERNING LAW | | | 89 | |
| | 11.12. | | Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers | | | 89 | |
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| | 11.13. | | Acknowledgments | | | 89 | |
| | 11.14. | | Releases of Guarantees and Liens | | | 90 | |
| | 11.15. | | Confidentiality | | | 90 | |
| | 11.16. | | WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | | | 91 | |
| | 11.17. | | Delivery of Addenda | | | 91 | |
| | 11.18. | | USA PATRIOT Act | | | 91 | |
| | 11.19. | | Restatement | | | 91 | |
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ANNEX: | | |
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A | | Pricing Grids |
B | | Conversion Notice |
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SCHEDULES: | | |
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1.1 | | Mortgaged Property |
5.4 | | Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices |
5.9 | | Intellectual Property Litigation |
5.15 | | Subsidiaries |
5.17 | | Environmental Matters |
8.2(d) | | Existing Indebtedness |
8.3(i) | | Existing Liens |
8.8(e) | | Existing Investments |
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EXHIBITS: | | |
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A | | Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement |
B | | Form of Compliance Certificate |
C | | Form of Closing Certificate of the Guarantors |
D | | Form of Mortgage |
E | | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
F-1 | | Form of Original Closing Date Legal Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
F-2 | | Form of First Amendment Effective Date Legal Opinion of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
F-3 | | Form of Legal Opinion of Ohio Local Counsel |
G | | Form of Exemption Certificate |
H-1 | | Form of Term Note |
H-2 | | Form of Revolving Note |
H-3 | | Form Swingline Note |
I | | Form of Addendum |
J | | Form of Solvency Certificate |
K | | Form of Closing Certificate of the Borrower |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 19, 2005, as amended and restated as of June 29, 2006, among AXLE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC., an Illinois corporation (the Borrower), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the Lenders), BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacities, the Lead Arrangers), DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the Syndication Agent), GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC, ING CAPITAL LLC and MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL, A DIVISION OF MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, each a Co-Documentation Agent, and collectively, the Co-Documentation Agents), and BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
Recitals
WHEREAS, on the Original Closing Date (as defined below) Axle Merger Sub, Inc., an Illinois corporation (Axle Merger Sub) merged with and into the Borrower pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below), with the Borrower continuing as the surviving corporation and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and certain of the Lenders entered into the Original Credit Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of the Merger (as defined below), the Borrower succeeded to all rights and obligations of Axle Merger Sub by operation of law; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment dated as of June 29, 2006, the Original Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower hereunder, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
Acquisition: the Merger and all related transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Documentation.
Acquisition Documentation: collectively, the Merger Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into to effectuate the Merger.
Addendum: an instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit I or otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, by which a Person becomes a party to this Agreement as a Lender hereunder or by which an existing Lender agrees to fund Loans pursuant to its Commitments set forth therein, in each case, as of the First Amendment Effective Date.
Additional Term Loan Commitment: the commitment of a Person, in the amount set forth in the Addendum delivered by such Person, to fund Additional Term Loans in a specified maximum amount on the First Amendment Effective Date or to fund Additional Term Loans as Delayed Draw Term Loans in a specified maximum amount on any Delayed Draw Date. Each funding of an Additional Term Loan by a Lender shall immediately and automatically reduce such Lenders Additional Term Loan Commitment on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of such funded Additional Term
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Loan. The original principal amount of the aggregate Additional Term Loan Commitments is $116,246,708.10 plus an amount as determined by the Administrative Agent necessary for the payoff of each of the holders of Existing Term Loans that are not Converted Term Lenders.
Additional Term Loans: term loans made (a) on the First Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1, (b) on any Delayed Draw Date, in each case, pursuant to any Additional Term Loan Commitment.
Additional Term Lender: each Person that agrees, in an Addendum, to fund an Additional Term Loan.
Adjustment Date: as defined in the Pricing Grids.
Administrative Agent: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Affiliate: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
Agents: the collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent, which term shall include, for purposes of Section 10 only, the Issuing Lender.
Aggregate Exposure: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until the Original Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lenders Commitments at such time, (b) thereafter but until the First Amendment Effective Date, the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lenders Term Loans and (ii) the amount of such Lenders Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lenders Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding and (c) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lenders Term Loans and the aggregate amount of such Lenders unfunded Term Commitments and (ii) the amount of such Lenders Revolving Commitments then in effect, or if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lenders Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
Aggregate Exposure Percentage: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lenders Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
Agreement: this Credit Agreement.
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Applicable Margin: prior to the first Adjustment Date, for each Type and class of Loan the rate per annum set forth below opposite the description of such Loan:
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Eurodollar Term Loans | | | 2.50 | % |
Eurodollar Revolving Loans | | | 2.75 | % |
Base Rate Term Loans | | | 1.50 | % |
Base Rate Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans | | | 1.75 | % |
provided, that (a) on and after the first Adjustment Date, the Applicable Margin will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grids and (b) that the Applicable Margin for any Type or class of Loan outstanding prior to the First Amendment Effective Date shall be as set forth in the Original Credit Agreement.
Application: an application, in a form as the Issuing Lender may reasonably specify from time to time to request the Issuing Lender open a Letter of Credit.
Approved Fund: (a) a CLO and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
Asset Sale: any Disposition of Property or series of related Dispositions of Property (including any issuance or sale of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, but excluding any Disposition permitted by clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of Section 8.5) that yields gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $500,000.
Assignee: as defined in Section 11.6(b).
Assignment and Assumption: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
Auto Disposal Systems, Inc.: Auto Disposal Systems, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and the entity being acquired by the Borrower pursuant to the Ohio Acquisition.
Available Additional Term Commitment: as to any Term Lender at any time, the unfunded Additional Term Loan Commitment of such Lender then in effect after giving effect to the funding of all Additional Term Loans and the expiration or termination of all or any portion of such Additional Term Loan Commitment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement from time to time.
Available Retained ECF Amount: (i) an amount which is initially equal to zero, plus (ii) the cumulative amount for all then-completed fiscal years (commencing with the Borrowers 2006 fiscal year) of the amount of Excess Cash Flow permitted to be retained by the Borrower for any fiscal year after giving effect to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal years and the payment of Loans required pursuant to Section 4.2(d) in respect of such fiscal years, minus (iii) the amount of Excess Cash Flow (expressed as a positive amount) for any fiscal year in which Excess Cash Flow was a negative
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number, minus (iv) any amount of the Available Retained ECF Amount used to make Capital Expenditures as permitted by Section 8.7, minus (v) the amount of the Available Retained ECF Amount utilized to effectuate one or more Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof.
Available Revolving Commitment: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lenders Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lenders Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that, in calculating any Lenders Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such Lenders Available Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 3.5, the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.
Axle Merger Sub: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Base Rate: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%. For purposes hereof: Prime Rate shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Bank of New York as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Bank of New York in connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
Base Rate Loans: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Base Rate.
Benefited Lender: as defined in Section 11.7(a).
Board: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrower: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrowing Date: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
Business: as defined in Section 5.17(b).
Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
Capital Expenditures: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) which would, in accordance with GAAP, be set forth as capital expenditures in the consolidated statement of cash flow of the Borrower, but excluding in any event any Permitted Acquisitions and additions to fixed assets required by GAAP in respect of Leasehold Cost Overruns.
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Capital Lease Obligations: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP. For the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Cash Equivalents: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poors Ratings Services (S&P) or P-1 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moodys; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition or money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
CLO: any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an affiliate of such Lender.
Closing Certificate of the Borrower a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
Co-Documentation Agent: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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Collateral: all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.
Commitment: as to any Lender, the sum of the Term Commitment and the Revolving Commitment of such Lender.
Commitment Fee Rate: 0.5% per annum; provided, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after the completion of the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Original Closing Date, the Commitment Fee Rate will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grids.
Commonly Controlled Entity: any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or (solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code) is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Compliance Certificate: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
Conduit Lender: any special purpose entity organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument (a copy of which shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower upon request), subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement (including its obligation to fund a Loan) if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender, (b) be deemed to have any Commitment or (c) be designated if such designation would otherwise increase the costs of any Facility to the Borrower.
Confidential Information Memorandum: the Confidential Information Memorandum dated April 14, 2005 and furnished to the Lenders in connection with this Agreement.
Consolidated Current Assets: at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Current Liabilities: at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans to the extent otherwise included therein.
Consolidated EBITDA: for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all provisions for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued) based upon the income and profits of the Borrower or alternative taxes
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imposed as reflected in the provision for income taxes in the Borrowers consolidated financial statements, (b) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs, and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans), (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) amortization of intangibles (including goodwill) and organization costs, (e) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges or losses (including stock option payments and severance expenses, change of control and employee payments, financing fees, and other fees and expenses incurred (i) in connection with the Acquisition (in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35,000,000), (ii) in connection with the Ohio Acquisition (in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000) and (iii) and in connection with Permitted Acquisitions), whether or not included as a separate item in the statement of Consolidated Net Income, (f) any cash compensation expense relating to the cancellation or retirement of stock options in connection with the Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $27,500,000, (g) non-cash compensation expenses from stock, options to purchase stock and stock appreciation rights issued to the management of the Borrower, (h) any other non-cash charges, non-cash expenses or non-cash losses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period (including deferred rent but excluding any such charge, expense or loss incurred in the ordinary course of business that constitutes an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period); provided, however, that cash payments made in such period or in any future period in respect of such non-cash charges, expenses or losses (excluding any such charge, expense or loss incurred in the ordinary course of business that constitutes an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period) shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in the period when such payments are made, (i) cash restructuring charges itemized in a certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent by a Responsible Officer not exceeding $2,500,000 per fiscal year and $5,000,000 in the aggregate from the date hereof; (j) no more than $500,000 accrued in any fiscal year for payment to the Sponsor in respect of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, (k) any write-off, depreciation or amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 or to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 and any other non-cash charges resulting from purchase accounting, (l) any reduction in revenue resulting from the purchase accounting effects of adjustments to deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), as a result of the Acquisition, any acquisition consummated on or prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, or any Permitted Acquisition, (m) any loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not Disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, (n) any unrealized losses in respect of Hedge Agreements, (o) any unrealized foreign currency translation losses in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person, and (p) the amount of any minority expense net of dividends and distributions paid to the holders of such minority interest; and minus, to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) interest income, (b) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains whether or not included as a separate item in the statement of Consolidated Net Income, (c) all non-cash gains on the sale or disposition of any property other than inventory sold in the ordinary course of business, (d) any other non-cash income (excluding any items that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period that are described in the parenthetical to clause (h) above), (e) any gain realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not Disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, (f) any unrealized gains in respect of Hedge Agreements and (g) any unrealized foreign currency translation gains in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person, all as determined on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a Reference Period) pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, (i) if at
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any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, including without limitation any cost savings related thereto to the extent described as such in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and expected to be realized within 180 days of such Material Acquisition, as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this definition, Material Acquisition means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000; and Material Disposition means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $3,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $15,709,000, $13,319,000 and $17,563,000, respectively, for the fiscal quarters ending on or about September 30, 2005, December 31, 2005 and March 31, 2006, and (y) Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006 shall be increased by $3,200,000 as an allowance for anticipated cost savings identified by the Borrower and the EBITDA of Auto Disposal Systems, Inc. for such period.
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio: for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
Consolidated Interest Expense: for any period, total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis in each case in accordance with GAAP) for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, to the extent treated as interest expense under GAAP, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period but excluding any amortization or write-off of financing costs otherwise included therein).
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended.
Consolidated Net Income: for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions.
Consolidated Total Debt: at any date, the aggregate amount shown or required by GAAP to be shown as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date in respect of all Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries then outstanding.
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Consolidated Working Capital: at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets on such date over Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.
Continuing Directors: the directors of Holdings or a Parent on the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and each other director of Holdings or such Parent whose nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings or such Parent is recommended by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the vote of the Permitted Investors in his or her election by the shareholders of Holdings or such Parent.
Contractual Obligation: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
Control Investment Affiliate: as to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person or a common controlling Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
Conversion Notice: a Conversion Notice substantially in the form of Annex B or such other form as is reasonably acceptable to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Converted Term Loans: Existing Term Loans subject to a Conversion Notice executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Lender to which such Existing Term Loans are outstanding.
Converted Term Lender: each Lender that agrees, in a Conversion Notice, to convert its Existing Term Loans into Converted Term Loans.
Credit Facilities: to the extent specified by the Borrower by notice to the Administrative Agent, one or more other debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, in each case, with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
Default: any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Delayed Draw Availability Expiration Date: the earlier of (a) December 29, 2006 and (b) the date on which the Borrower has terminated all outstanding Additional Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 3.6. Upon the occurrence of the Delayed Draw Availability Expiration Date, all then unfunded Additional Term Loan Commitments shall be deemed terminated as of such date.
Delayed Draw Date: as defined in Section 2.1(c).
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Delayed Draw Term Loans: the term loans made by the Additional Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1. The Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
Disposition: with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms Dispose and Disposed of shall have correlative meanings.
Dollars and $: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
Earnout Obligation: an obligation to pay the seller in an acquisition a future payment that is contingent upon the financial performance of the business acquired in such acquisition exceeding a specified benchmark level and that becomes payable when such excess financial performance is achieved.
ECF Percentage: with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower ending after December 31, 2006, 75.0%; provided that the ECF Percentage shall be (i) reduced to 50.0% if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 4.0 to 1.0 but equal to or greater than 3.0 to 1.0 and (ii) equal to 0% if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 3.0 to 1.0.
Effective Date Additional Term Loan Commitment: that amount of the Additional Term Loan Commitment which shall be available to the Borrower on the First Amendment Effective Date. The aggregate amount of the Effective Date Additional Term Loan Commitments shall be $81,246,708.10 plus an amount as determined by the Administrative Agent necessary for the payoff of each of the holders of Existing Term Loans that are not Converted Term Lenders.
Environmental Laws: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection or preservation of the environment and natural resources, including those relating to the generation, use storage, transportation, disposal, release, or threatened release of, or exposure to, Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
Environmental Permits: any and all permits, licenses, approvals, registrations, notifications, exemptions and other authorizations required under any Environmental Law.
ERISA: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
Escrow Agreement: as defined in the definition of Senior Unsecured Note Proceeds Escrow.
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect
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thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
Eurodollar Base Rate: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen(or otherwise on such screen), the Eurodollar Base Rate shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.
Eurodollar Loans: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Rate: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
1.00 Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
Eurodollar Tranche: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under a particular Facility for which the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
Event of Default: any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Excess Cash Flow: for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year, and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non-cash losses by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year on account of Capital Expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred and equity contributions received to finance such payments and any such payments financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount or any Available Retained ECF Amount), (ii) the aggregate amount of all prepayments of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans during such fiscal year to the extent accompanying permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Commitments and all optional prepayments of the Term Loans during such fiscal year, (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled and voluntary principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Term Loans) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made during such fiscal year (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments
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thereunder), (iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year, and (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gains, non-cash income and non-cash credits accrued by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
Excluded Indebtedness: all Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2 (except any Additional Notes (as defined in the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture) issued after the Original Closing Date, the proceeds of which are not applied within 90 days after issuance to finance Capital Expenditures or a Permitted Acquisition).
Excluded Redemption Obligation: an obligation (i) to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock that is not, and cannot in any contingency become required to be purchased, redeemed, retired or otherwise acquired prior to the first anniversary of the later of the Revolving Termination Date and the date final payment is due on the Term Loans or (ii) an obligation of Holdings to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent from present or former officers, directors or employees of any Group Member upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or service of such officer, director or employee, or otherwise under any stock option or employee stock ownership plan approved by the board of directors of Holdings or any Parent.
Existing Term Loans: each of the Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the First Amendment.
Facility: each of (a) the Term Commitments and the Term Loans made thereunder (the Term Facility), and (b) the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the Revolving Facility).
Federal Funds Effective Rate: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
First Amendment: the First Amendment to this Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2006.
First Amendment Effective Date: the date on which the First Amendment became effective as set forth in Section 2 thereof, which date is June 29, 2006.
First Amendment Effective Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet: as defined in Section 5.1(a).
First Amendment Ohio Acquisition Documents: collectively, the Ohio Stock Purchase Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into to effectuate the Ohio Acquisition.
First Supplemental Indenture: that certain supplemental indenture attached as Exhibit A to the Escrow Agreement.
Foreign Subsidiary: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary or that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco.
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Foreign Subsidiary Holdco: any Domestic Subsidiary that (a) has no material assets other than securities of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries and other assets relating to the ownership interest in any such securities and (b) has no Guarantee Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary.
Funded Debt: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
Funding Office: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
Funding True-Up Percentage: a fraction, the numerator of which is $195,000,000 and the denominator of which is $230,000,000.
GAAP: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time except that for purposes of Section 8.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the Original Closing Date and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial statements referred to in Section 5.1(b). In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such change would otherwise result in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrowers financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. Accounting Changes refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.
Governmental Authority: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
Group Members: the collective reference to Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries.
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
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Guarantee Obligation: as to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation which (in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b)), guarantees or has the effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the primary obligations) of any other third Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing persons maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
Guarantors: the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Hedge Agreements: any interest rate protection agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
Holdings: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Incremental Term Amount: at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $50,000,000 over (b) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Commitments established after the First Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 3.15.
Incremental Term Assumption Agreement: an Incremental Term Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders.
Incremental Term Loan: any Term Loan resulting from an Incremental Term Commitment of any Incremental Term Lender.
Incremental Term Loan Yield: as defined in Section 3.15(e).
Incremental Term Commitment: the commitment of any Incremental Term Lender to increase its Term Loan or fund additional term loans as permitted by Section 3.15.
Incremental Term Lender: a Term Lender, Approved Fund or other Person that provides an Incremental Term Commitment.
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Indebtedness: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Persons business and Earnout Obligations), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit or similar arrangements, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person, except an Excluded Redemption Obligation, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of others of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser of such obligation and the value of the property subject to such Lien if such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, (j) all preferred Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of such Person, and (k) for the purposes of Sections 8.2 and 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements, but in each case in the above clauses excluding obligations under operating leases and obligations under employment contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Indemnified Liabilities: as defined in Section 11.5.
Indemnitee: as defined in Section 11.5.
Insolvency: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Insolvent: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
Intellectual Property: the collective reference to all rights, and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses and technology, know-how, trade secrets and proprietary information of any type, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
Intellectual Property Security Agreement: the Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by each applicable Loan Party in accordance with Section 5.10 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Interest Payment Date: (a) as to any Base Rate Loan (other than any Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three
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months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and any Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
Interest Period: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term Loans, as applicable;
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iv) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.
Investments: as defined in Section 8.8.
Issuing Lender: any financial institution designated by the L/C Lender as Issuing Lender hereunder.
L/C Fee Payment Date: the last day of each March, June, September and December and the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period.
L/C Lender: Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., in its capacity as the party responsible for causing the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
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L/C Obligations: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.11.
L/C Participants: the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.
L/C Subcommitment Amount: $10,000,000.
Lead Arrangers: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Leasehold Cost Overruns: means cost funded by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with leasehold improvements financed by a lessor of any premises leased by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries.
Lenders: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.
Letters of Credit: as defined in Section 3.7(a).
Lien: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Loan: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Loan Documents: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes, each other agreement and each other material certificate or document executed by any Group Member and delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Agreement or any Security Document.
Loan Parties: each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document.
Majority Facility Lenders: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans or the Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving Commitments and, in the case of the Term Loans prior to the expiration, termination, or reduction in full of the unfunded Term Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans plus (ii) the aggregate unfunded Term Commitments).
Management Advances: promissory notes issued on an unsecured basis by Holdings to a Management Investor in accordance with the Management Stock Agreements to fund all or a portion of the purchase price paid in connection with the repurchase by Holdings or such Parent of its Capital Stock from such Management Investor, if such repurchase is occasioned by the death, disability, or retirement of such Management Investor.
Management Agreement: the Financial Advisory Agreement, dated as of the Original Closing Date, among Holdings, the Sponsor and the other parties thereto.
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Management Investors: present or former officers, employees or directors of a Group Member who beneficially own outstanding capital stock of Holdings or any Parent.
Management Stock Agreements: any subscription agreement or stockholders agreement between Holdings or any Parent and any Management Investor.
Material Adverse Effect: a material adverse effect on (a) as of the Original Closing Date, the Acquisition or the financings thereof under this Agreement or the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture or any other transactions relating to the Acquisition, (b) the business, assets, property, financial condition or results of operations of the Group Members, taken as a whole or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder or the perfection or priority of the Administrative Agents Liens on a material portion of the Collateral.
Material Environmental Amount: an amount payable by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $3,500,000 for remedial costs, compliance costs, compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any combination thereof pursuant to any Environmental Law.
Materials of Environmental Concern: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined, listed or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other substances that are regulated pursuant to or could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
Merger: the merger of Axle Merger Sub, Inc., with and into Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., in which Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. is the surviving corporation, described in the Merger Agreement.
Merger Agreement: the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 22, 2005, among Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., Axle Holdings, Inc., and Axle Merger Sub, Inc. as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.
Mortgaged Properties: the owned real properties listed on Schedule 1.1, as to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.
Mortgages: each of the mortgages, deeds to secure debts and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with such changes thereto as (a) shall be advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded and (b) do not have a significant adverse economic effect on any Loan Party), as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time.
Multiemployer Plan: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Cash Proceeds: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or by the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received in connection therewith or otherwise, but only as and
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when received, and Cash Equivalents at their maturity) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, net of attorneys fees, accountants fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid, payable or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys fees, investment banking fees, accountants fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith; provided, that amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liability under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with any of the foregoing shall not constitute Net Cash Proceeds except to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve.
Non-Excluded Taxes: as defined in Section 4.10(a).
Non-U.S. Lender: as defined in Section 4.10(d).
Notes: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
Obligations: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to any Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Hedge Agreements or Specified Cash Management Arrangements, any Qualified Counterparty), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Arrangements or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses, overdraft charges (including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to any Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided, that (i) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any Specified Hedge Agreement or Specified Cash Management Arrangement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements or Specified Cash Management Arrangements.
Ohio Acquisition: means the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Auto Disposal Systems, Inc., an Ohio corporation, by the Borrower pursuant to the First Amendment Ohio Acquisition Documents.
Ohio Stock Purchase Agreement: that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2006 by and among the Borrower and the shareholders of Auto Disposal Systems, Inc. and executed to effectuate the Ohio Acquisition.
Original Closing Date: May 19, 2005.
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Original Closing Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet: as defined in Section 5.1(a).
Original Credit Agreement: this Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the First Amendment Effective Date.
Organizational Documents: as to any Person, its certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws if a corporation, its partnership agreement if a partnership, its limited liability company agreement if a limited liability company, or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.
Other Taxes: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Outstanding Term Loan Yield: as defined in Section 3.15(e).
Parent: Holdings and any other Person of which Holdings at any time is or becomes a Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date.
Participant: as defined in Section 11.6(c).
Patriot Act: as defined in Section 11.18.
PBGC: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
Permitted Acquisition: any acquisition by purchase or otherwise of all or substantially all the business, assets or Capital Stock of any Person or a business unit of a Person, or a brand or trademark and related assets, to the extent the aggregate consideration paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such acquisition (including cash and indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such acquisition) consists solely of any combination of:
(a) Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent;
(b) cash in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds of issuance and sale of Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent that is transferred to the Borrower as a contribution to its common equity within 90 days prior to the date of the relevant acquisition;
(c) any Available Retained ECF Amount; and
(d) other cash or property and other Indebtedness (whether incurred or assumed) in an aggregate amount which, when aggregated with all other amounts of such other cash and property paid for acquisitions (other than with respect to the Ohio Acquisition) at any time after the First Amendment Effective Date and all such other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in acquisitions (other than with respect to the Ohio Acquisition) at any time after the First Amendment Effective Date, does not exceed $80,000,000;
in each case if (i) no Default exists at the time of or results from such acquisition and (ii) the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer demonstrating in reasonable detail that, on a pro-forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition and all related transactions as if completed on the first day of the twelve month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal
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quarter for which the Borrowers balance sheet has been delivered (the Test Date), the Borrower would have been in compliance with Sections 8.1(a) and 8.1(b) on the Test Date, if such test date is September 30, 2005 or a later date, or (B) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would not have exceeded 6.25:1 if the Test Date is earlier than September 30, 2005; provided, that, if the Borrower would have been in compliance as specified in the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower shall not be required to deliver such certificate if the aggregate consideration paid for such Permitted Acquisition is less than $3,000,000.
Permitted Investors: the collective reference to the Sponsor, its Control Investment Affiliates, any Management Investors and their respective Permitted Transferees.
Permitted Liens: any Liens permitted by Section 8.3.
Permitted Transferees: (a) in the case of the Sponsor, (i) any Control Investment Affiliate of the Sponsor (collectively, Sponsor Affiliates), (ii) any managing director, general partner, limited partner, director, officer or employee of the Sponsor or any Sponsor Affiliate (collectively, the Sponsor Associates), (iii) the heirs, executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries of any Sponsor Associate and (iv) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, or a corporation or partnership, the stockholders or partners of which, include only a Sponsor Associate, his or her spouse, parents, siblings, members of his or her immediate family (including adopted children) and/or direct lineal descendants; and (b) in the case of any Management Investors, (i) his or her heirs, executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries, (ii) his or her spouse, parents, siblings, members of his or her immediate family (including adopted children) or direct lineal descendants or (iii) a trust, the beneficiaries of which, or a corporation or partnership, the stockholders or partners of which, include only the Management Investor, as the case may be, and his or her spouse, parents, siblings, members of his or her immediate family (including adopted children) and/or direct lineal descendants.
Person: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Plan: at a particular time, any employee pension benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Pledged Notes: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Pledged Stock: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Pricing Grids: the pricing grids and related provisions attached hereto as Annex A.
Projections: as defined in Section 7.2(c).
Properties: as defined in Section 5.17(a).
Property: any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock.
Qualified Counterparty: with respect to any Specified Hedge Agreement or Specified Cash Management Arrangement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Specified Hedge
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Agreement or Specified Cash Management Arrangement was entered into, was a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender.
Recovery Event: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member, other than (x) any such settlement or payment arising by reason of any loss of revenues or interruption of business or operations caused thereby and (y) any such settlement or payment constituting reimbursement or compensation for amounts previously paid by any Group Member in respect of the theft, loss, destruction, damage or other similar event relating to any such claim or proceeding.
Register: as defined in Section 11.6(b).
Regulation U: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
Reimbursement Obligation: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.11 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
Reinvestment Deferred Amount: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, an amount equal to the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans or reduce the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2(c) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Event: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Notice: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends to use an amount equal to all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire, improve or repair fixed or capital assets useful in its business, or to complete a Permitted Acquisition.
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire, improve or repair fixed or capital assets useful in the Borrowers business, to acquire a brand or trademark and related assets or to complete a Permitted Acquisition.
Reinvestment Prepayment Date: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve months after the receipt by the Borrower of proceeds relating to such Reinvestment Event (or the 180th day thereafter if the Reinvestment Event is a project authorized by the board of directors of the Borrower prior to such date and the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into a contract to complete such project) and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire, improve or repair fixed or capital assets useful in the Borrowers business, acquire a brand or trademark and related assets or complete a Permitted Acquisition with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
Related Agreements: the Acquisition Documentation, the First Amendment Ohio Acquisition Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, the Senior Unsecured Notes and each other document executed in connection with the Senior Unsecured Notes.
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Related Persons: with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and advisors of such Person and such Persons Affiliates.
Reorganization: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
Reportable Event: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043.
Required Lenders: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding, (ii) the unfunded Term Commitments then in effect and (iii) the Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
Requirement of Law: as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Responsible Officer: the chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower.
Restricted Payments: as defined in Section 8.6.
Revolving Commitment: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount of the Revolving Commitment held by such Lender under the Original Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement (which Revolving Commitment shall be continued hereunder) or the amount set forth in this Agreement or in the Addendum or Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The original amount of the Total Revolving Commitments is $50,000,000.
Revolving Commitment Period: the period from and including the Original Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date.
Revolving Extensions of Credit: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lenders Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lenders Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding.
Revolving Lender: each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving Loans.
Revolving Loans: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
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Revolving Percentage: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lenders Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding).
Revolving Termination Date: the earlier of (a) the sixth anniversary of the Original Closing Date and (b) the date on which the Revolving Commitments are terminated pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
SEC: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and otherwise any analogous Governmental Authority.
Secured Obligations: in the case of the Borrower, the Obligations and in the case of any other Loan Party, the obligations of such Loan Party under the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Secured Parties: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Security Documents: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements ,the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
Senior Unsecured Note Indenture: the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2005 entered into by IAAI Finance Corp., in connection with the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes.
Senior Unsecured Note Proceeds Escrow: the funds deposited in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement (the Escrow Agreement), dated as of April 1, 2005, among IAAI Finance Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Escrow Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture.
Senior Unsecured Notes: the collective reference to (a) the senior unsecured notes of IAAI Finance Corp. issued on April 1, 2005 pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture and any Exchange Notes (as defined in the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture) issued in exchange therefore and (b) up to $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes (defined in the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture) issued from time to time after the Original Closing Date and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Additional Notes (defined in the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture).
Single Employer Plan: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
Solvent: with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as
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they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) debt means liability on a claim, and (ii) claim means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
Specified Cash Management Arrangement: any arrangement for treasury, depositary or cash management services provided to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by a Qualified Counterparty in connection with any transfer or disbursement of funds through an automated clearinghouse or on a same day or immediate or accelerated availability basis that has been designated as a Specified Cash Management Arrangement. The designation by the Borrower of any such arrangement as a Specified Cash Management Arrangement shall not create in favor of the Qualified Counterparty that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management, enforcement or release of any Collateral or any claim against any Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Specified Change of Control: a Change of Control (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) as defined in the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture.
Specified Hedge Agreement: any Hedge Agreement between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Qualified Counterparty that has been designated as a Specified Hedge Agreement. The designation by the Borrower of any Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement (a) shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that such Hedge Agreement is permitted by Section 8.12 (upon which such Qualified Counterparty shall be entitled to rely conclusively) and (b) shall not create in favor of the Qualified Counterparty that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management, enforcement or release of any Collateral or any claim against any Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement except to the extent expressly set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Sponsor: Kelso & Company, L.P.
Subsidiary: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Subsidiary Guarantor: each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than IAAI Finance Corp. and any Foreign Subsidiary.
Swingline Commitment Amount: $10,000,000.
Swingline Lender: Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., in its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans.
Swingline Loans: as defined in Section 3.3(a).
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Swingline Participation Amount: as defined in Section 3.4(c).
Syndication Agent: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Term Commitment: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Term Loan to the Borrower hereunder in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth in this Agreement or in the Addendum or Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Term Commitments as of the First Amendment Effective Date is $230,000,000 of which $195,000,000 shall be deemed funded on the First Amendment Effective Date and $35,000,000 shall be deemed unfunded Term Commitments. The term Term Commitment shall include any Additional Term Loan Commitment. The amount of the Term Commitments shall be deemed reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of (i) Existing Term Loans converted hereunder, (ii) Additional Term Loans funded on or after the date hereof, and (iii) all reductions, terminations or expirations of Term Commitments in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Term Lender: each Lender that has a Term Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.
Term Loan: the Converted Term Loans, all Additional Term Loans and all Incremental Term Loans (if any), taken together as a single class.
Term Loan Percentage: a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of each Term Lenders outstanding Term Loans on the First Amendment Effective Date and the denominator of which is such Lenders aggregate Term Commitments.
Term Percentage: as to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lenders Term Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Term Commitments (or, at any time after the funding of the Term Loans, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding).
Third Party Assignee as defined in Section 11.6.
Total Revolving Commitments: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit outstanding at such time.
Transferee: any Assignee or Participant.
Type: as to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
United States: the United States of America.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary: as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors qualifying shares required by law or de minimis shares held by nominees or others as required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor: any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
1.2. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation, (iii) the word incur shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words incurred and incurrence shall have correlative meanings), and (iv) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties of every type and nature and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any applicable restrictions hereunder).
(c) The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) The expressions payment in full, paid in full and any other similar terms or phrases when used herein with respect to any Obligation shall mean the payment in full of such Obligation in cash in immediately available funds.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF TERM COMMITMENTS
2.1. Term Commitments. On the Original Closing Date, each Term Lender then a party to the Original Credit Agreement made a Term Loan thereunder to the Borrower in an amount equal to its Term Percentage (as of such date and calculated in accordance with the definition of such term under the Original Credit Agreement) of $115,000,000. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on the First Amendment Effective Date, each Additional Term Lender that has delivered an Additional Term Loan Commitment for Term Loans to be made on the First Amendment Effective Date severally agrees to make an Additional Term Loan to the Borrower on the First Amendment Effective Date in an amount equal to its proportionate share, based on all Effective Date Additional Term Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Additional Term Lender that has delivered an Additional Term Loan Commitment for Term Loans to be made on any date after the First Amendment Effective Date (each, a Delayed Draw Date) that is prior to the Delayed Draw Availability Expiration Date shall make an Additional Term Loan to the Borrower on such Delayed Draw Date in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) its remaining unfunded Additional Term Loan Commitment and (ii) its proportionate share, based on all such unfunded Additional Term Loan Commitments, of $35,000,000; provided, however, that there shall be no more than three (3) Delayed Draw Dates. The Term Loans shall be either
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Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 4.3.
2.2. Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, (a) one Business Day prior to the Original Closing Date or the anticipated First Amendment Effective Date or Delayed Draw Date (as applicable) in the case of Base Rate Loans and (b) three Business Days prior to the Original Closing Date or the anticipated First Amendment Effective Date or Delayed Draw Date (as applicable) in the case of Eurodollar Loans) requesting that the Term Lenders make the Term Loans on the Original Closing Date, the First Amendment Effective Date or Delayed Draw Date, as the case may be, and specifying the amount to be borrowed. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Original Closing Date, the First Amendment Effective Date or the Delayed Draw Date, as applicable, each Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Term Loan or Term Loans to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower on the books of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Term Lenders in immediately available funds.
2.3. Conversion of Existing Term Loans. Each Converting Term Lender severally agrees that, upon the First Amendment Effective Date, such Converting Lenders Existing Term Loans shall be converted into Converted Term Loans in the amount set forth in its Conversion Notice and shall constitute, with all Additional Term Loans, outstanding Term Loans.
2.4. Repayment of Term Loans. The Term Loan of each Term Lender shall mature and be payable in full on the date that is seven years after the Original Closing Date and shall be repayable prior to that date in consecutive quarterly installments, each of which shall be in an amount equal to such Lenders Term Percentage of 0.25% of the aggregate Term Commitments on the First Amendment Effective Date, less the amount of Term Commitments canceled, reduced or terminated on or before the Delayed Draw Availability Expiration Date, due commencing on December 31, 2006 and continuing on the last day of each consecutive March, June, September and December thereafter.
2.5. First Amendment Effective Date True-Up. On the First Amendment Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall apportion (a) the aggregate outstanding Converted Term Loans and Additional Term Loans funded on the First Amendment affective date and (b) the aggregate remaining unfunded Term Loan Commitments individually to each Term Lender such that, on the First Amendment Effective Date, each Term Lenders Term Loan Percentage is equal to the Funding True-Up Percentage. All amounts applied to reduced the Term Loans outstanding to any Converted Term Lender to effectuate such apportionment (i) may be reborrowed, subject to the terms and conditions applicable to a borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans hereunder, and (ii) shall be payable with any indemnification due under Section 4.11.
SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
3.1. Revolving Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (Revolving Loans) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lenders Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lenders Revolving Commitment. Revolving Loans that are repaid
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may be reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 3.2 and 4.3.
(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the Revolving Termination Date.
3.2. Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice, which must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans and which shall specify (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $250,000 or a whole multiple thereof and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such amounts will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting an account of the Borrower maintained by the Administrative Agent, in like amounts and funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
3.3. Swingline Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the Revolving Commitments from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period by making swing line loans (Swingline Loans) to the Borrower; provided, that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment Amount, (ii) the Borrower shall not request any Swingline Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero, and (iii) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make any Swingline Loans under this Section 3.3 at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Subject to the foregoing, Swingline Loans may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time.
(b) Swingline Loans shall be Base Rate Loans only.
(c) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swingline Loans (i) on each Borrowing Date for Revolving Loans, (ii) on the Revolving Termination Date and (iii) on demand by the Swingline Lender at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
3.4. Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans. (a) Whenever the Borrower desires that the Swingline Lender make Swingline Loans it shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period). Each borrowing of Swingline Loans shall be in an amount equal to $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than
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3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swingline Loan to be made by the Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.
(b) The Swingline Lender may at any time, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to do so), request a borrowing of Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding Swingline Loans and apply the proceeds of such borrowing to the repayment of the Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Lender agrees to fund its Revolving Percentage of any such borrowing so requested in immediately available funds, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first Business Day after the date of such borrowing is requested. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall immediately be made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application to the repayment of Swingline Loans. The Borrower agrees to pay, and irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender and Administrative Agent to charge the Borrowers accounts with the Swingline Lender or Administrative Agent as necessary to pay, all outstanding Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Lenders upon any such request are not sufficient to repay the outstanding Swingline Loans.
(c) If the Swingline Lender at any time determines that it is precluded from making a request for a borrowing of Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 3.4(b), whether by reason of the occurrence of a Default described in Section 9(f) or otherwise for any reason, each Revolving Lender hereby purchases from the Swingline Lender an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans (a Swingline Participation Amount) and shall promptly upon demand of the Swingline Lender complete such purchase at par by paying to the Swingline Lender an amount equal to such Revolving Lenders Revolving Percentage of the aggregate outstanding Swingline Loans.
(d) Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Lender such Lenders Swingline Participation Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lenders participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lenders pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided, that if any such payment is required to be returned, such Revolving Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
(e) Each Revolving Lenders obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section 3.4(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 3.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or the failure to satisfy any of the conditions specified in Section 6; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Revolving Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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3.5. Commitment Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the Original Closing Date to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Termination Date, commencing on the first of such dates to occur after the Original Closing Date.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Lender having an unfunded Additional Term Loan Commitment, a commitment fee for the period from and including the First Amendment Effective Date to the Delayed Draw Availability Expiration Date, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Additional Term Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, and on the Delayed Draw Availability Expiration Date, commencing on the first of such dates to occur after the First Amendment Effective Date.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agents the fees in the amounts and on the dates agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
3.6. Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $500,000, or a whole multiple thereof or the Total Revolving Commitment, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect. The Borrower shall also have the right, upon not less than three Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate all or a portion of the unfunded Additional Term Loan Commitments; provided that any partial termination shall be in an amount at least equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
3.7. Letter of Credit Subcommitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.10(a), agrees to cause the Issuing Lender to issue, on a sight basis, letters of credit (Letters of Credit) for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period, in such form as may be customarily used from time to time by the Issuing Lender or in such other form as may be reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Lender and the Issuing Lender; provided, that the L/C Lender shall have no obligation to cause any Letter of Credit to be issued if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Subcommitment Amount or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars and expire no later than the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide, with the consent of the L/C Lender and the Issuing Lender, for the automatic renewal thereof for additional periods of up to one year (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above without the consent of the L/C Lender and the Issuing Lender). If, as of the Revolving Termination Date, any Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then outstanding amount of all Letters of Credit; provided, that all such Cash Collateral or Backstop L/Cs (each as defined below) shall be denominated in Dollars. For purposes of this Section 3.07, Cash
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Collateralize shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (Cash Collateral) or one or more backstop letters of credit in form and substance acceptable to, and issued by financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the L/C Lender (each such letter of credit, a Backstop L/C) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Lender (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such above defined terms shall have corresponding meanings.
(b) L/C Lender shall not at any time be obligated to cause any Letter of Credit to be issued hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the L/C Lender, Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.
3.8. Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. (a) The Borrower may from time to time request that the L/C Lender cause a Letter of Credit to be issued by delivering to the L/C Lender at its address for notices specified herein, an Application therefor, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the L/C Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any Application, the L/C Lender will notify the Administrative Agent of the amount, the beneficiary and the requested expiration of the requested Letter of Credit, and upon receipt of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that after giving effect to the requested issuance, the Available Revolving Commitments would not be less than zero, the L/C Lender will cause such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith to be processed by the L/C Lender and the Issuing Lender in accordance with their respective customary procedures and shall cause the Issuing Lender to promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the L/C Lender be required to cause any Letter of Credit to be issued earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by causing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The L/C Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) promptly following the issuance thereof. The L/C Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent which shall in turn promptly furnish to the Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof).
(b) The making of each request for a Letter of Credit by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that such Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.7(a) or any Requirement of Law applicable to the Loan Parties. Unless the L/C Lender has received notice from the Administrative Agent before it causes a Letter of Credit to be issued that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 6.2 are not satisfied, or that the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate Section 3.7, then the L/C Lender may cause the requested Letter of Credit to be issued for the account of the Borrower in accordance with the usual and customary practices of each of the L/C Lender and the Issuing Lender.
3.9. Fees and Other Charges. (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on the face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Facility, shared ratably among the Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the L/C Lender for its own account a fronting fee on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit computed at the rate of 0.25% per annum and payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date.
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(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the L/C Lender and the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.
3.10. L/C Participations. (a) The L/C Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the L/C Lender to cause Letters of Credit to be issued hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the L/C Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participants own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participants Revolving Percentage in the L/C Lenders obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender thereunder (which shall include the L/C Lenders obligation to reimburse such applicable Issuing Lender for the amount of such drawing). Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the L/C Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the L/C Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand of the L/C Lender an amount equal to such L/C Participants Revolving Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly forward such amounts to the L/C Lender.
(b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Lender pursuant to Section 3.10(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by L/C Lender to the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.10(a) is not made available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the L/C Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility. A certificate of the L/C Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Whenever, at any time after the L/C Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Administrative Agent or the L/C Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by the L/C Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Lender, as the case may be, will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided, that if any such payment received by Administrative Agent or the L/C Lender, as the case may be, shall be required to be returned by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Lender the portion thereof previously distributed to such L/C Participant.
3.11. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the L/C Lender on the same Business Day on which the L/C Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and
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amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit and paid by the L/C Lender or on the next Business Day, if such notice is received any time after 11:00 a.m., New York time on such Business Day for the amount of such draft so paid. Each such payment shall be made to the L/C Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until payment in full at the rate set forth in (i) until the Business Day next succeeding the date of the relevant notice, Section 4.5(b) and (ii) thereafter, Section 4.5(c).
3.12. Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers obligations under Section 3.11 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against the L/C Lender, the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the L/C Lender that the L/C Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.11 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The L/C Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any Related Person. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or by the L/C Lender or the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the L/C Lender or the Issuing Lender to the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall not have any liability to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or the Lenders in respect of any Letters of Credit issued by it or any Letters of Credit requested to be issued by it, nor shall the Issuing Lender owe any duty to any Person, or be deemed to have agreed, to issue any Letters of Credit (it being understood that the Issuing Lender shall issue Letters of Credit if at all, pursuant to separate contractual arrangements with and solely for the benefit of, the L/C Lender and any duties, obligations or liabilities of the Issuing Lender shall be only those set forth in such separate contractual arrangements).
3.13. Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the L/C Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the L/C Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to causing the Issuing Lender to determine that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.
3.14. Applications. To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.
3.15. Increase in Term Commitments. (a) With the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower from time to time may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request Incremental Term Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Term Amount from Lenders or other Persons approved by the Administrative Agent willing to provide such Incremental Term
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Commitments. No Agent or Lender shall be obligated to deliver or fund any Incremental Term Commitment except as expressly agreed to in writing by any such Person in an Incremental Term Assumption Agreement. The notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or equal to the remaining Incremental Term Amount), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Commitments are requested to become effective and (iii) that such Incremental Term Commitments will provide for an additional funding of Term Loans on such date on the terms and conditions set forth herein applicable to the Term Loans.
(b) Concurrently with such request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term Assumption Agreement executed and delivered by the Loan Parties and proposed Incremental Term Lenders and such other documentation relating thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Assumption Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Term Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent necessary in the judgment of the Administrative Agent to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Commitments thereunder. Such amendment shall become effective when executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent with the Borrowers consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and need not be executed, delivered or consented to by any other Agent or Lender. Upon the funding of Term Loans under an Incremental Term Commitment, such Loans shall constitute Term Loans for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) No Incremental Term Assumption Agreement shall become effective unless (i) the Administrative Agent has approved such Incremental Term Assumption Agreement, (ii) the Administrative Agent has received a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers to the effect that (A) the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) are satisfied on the date of the Incremental Term Assumption Agreement and the proposed effective date and (B) Holdings would have been in compliance with Sections 8.1(a) and 8.1(b) as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of Holdings for which financial statements have then been delivered, after giving effect on a pro forma basis to the Incremental Term Commitments provided by such Incremental Term Assumption Agreement and the funding of all loans committed thereunder and application of the proceeds thereof, all as if funded and applied on the first day of the 12-month period then ended, and (iii) the Administrative Agent has received such amendments to the Security Documents, additional Security Documents, legal opinions, board resolutions, certificates and documentation as required by such Incremental Term Assumption Agreement or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Administrative Agent may reset Interest Periods for outstanding Eurodollar Tranches and take other such action as it may deem appropriate to cause all additional Term Loans funded under Incremental Term Commitments to be included, when funded, on a pro rata basis in each outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans, and the Borrower agrees that Section 4.11 shall apply to any conversion of Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans or other reset of Interest Periods required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.
(e) If, taking into consideration all upfront fees and other compensation paid or payable by the Borrower or its Affiliates to any Incremental Term Lender to obtain its Incremental Term Commitment, the effective yield of any Incremental Term Loans, based on an assumed four-year average life to maturity (the Incremental Term Loan Yield), is more than 0.25% per annum greater than the yield of the other Term Loans then outstanding, determined solely on the basis of the interest rates applicable thereto under this Agreement (the Outstanding Term Loan Yield), then on the date of funding of such Incremental Term Loans the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for account
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of each Term Lender holding Term Loans then outstanding, a fee in an amount sufficient to cause the Outstanding Term Loan Yield, when increased by the amount of such fee, to be 0.25% per annum less than the Incremental Term Loan Yield.
SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
4.1. Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto in the case of Eurodollar Loans and no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day prior thereto in the case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans; provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 4.11. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein (provided, that a notice of prepayment of all outstanding Loans may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other financing, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such condition is not satisfied), together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple thereof. Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
4.2. Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. (a) If at any time after the Original Closing Date any Group Member other than Holdings receives any Net Cash Proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness other than Excluded Indebtedness, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans on the date of such receipt in an amount equal to the lesser of 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding Net Cash Proceeds received from the incurrence of any such Indebtedness to the extent used within 90 days thereafter to finance a Permitted Acquisition or to acquire or repair fixed or capital assets useful in its business) and the amount of the outstanding Term Loans.
(b) If at any time after the Original Closing Date Holdings or any Parent receives any Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance and sale of any Capital Stock or any equity contribution (excluding (i) proceeds from Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent issued to employees or directors of any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries pursuant to employee benefit plans, employment arrangements or director arrangements, (ii) any capital contribution to the extent made by Holdings or another Subsidiary of Holdings (it being understood and agreed that in no event shall this clause (ii) exclude any proceeds received by Holdings from any capital contribution to it or any issuance of its equity), (iii) proceeds received from the equity financing referred to in paragraph 5 of the Closing Certificate of the Borrower, (iv) proceeds received by Holdings or any Parent after the Original Closing Date from issuances of its equity to, or contributions received from, any Parent or any Permitted Investors or Permitted Transferees and (v) proceeds received by Holdings or any Parent after the Original Closing Date from issuances of its equity or contributions to the extent used within 90 days thereafter to finance a Permitted Acquisition), the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans within 90 days after the date of such receipt in an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds and the amount of the outstanding Term Loans.
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(c) If at any time after the Original Closing Date any Group Member receives any Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in an amount exceeding $2,500,000 in any fiscal year, then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans on the third Business Day following the date of such receipt in an amount equal to the lesser of 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds to the extent exceeding $2,500,000 in any fiscal year and the amount of the outstanding Term Loans. If a Reinvestment Notice has been delivered in respect of any Asset Sale or Recovery Event, then on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date relating thereto, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event and the amount of the outstanding Term Loans.
(d) If, for any fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending on or about December 31, 2007, there is any Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow on or before the 105th day following the end of such fiscal year and the amount of the outstanding Term Loans.
(e) Mandatory prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to Eurodollar Loans and shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid. Each such prepayment shall be credited ratably to the remaining installments.
4.3. Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided, that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefore), provided that no Base Rate Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. If the Borrower requests a conversion to Eurodollar Loans in any such notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term Interest Period set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided, that no Eurodollar Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, if the Borrower requests a continuation of Eurodollar Loans in any such notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have
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specified an Interest Period of one month. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
4.4. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than ten Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
4.5. Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) (i) If any portion of the principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation is not paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such portion of such principal shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to Section 4.5(a) or 4.5(b) plus 2% per annum or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2% per annum and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder is not paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% per annum (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2% per annum), in each case, with respect to both clause (i) and clause (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.
4.6. Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to Base Rate Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for each day on which it is made or outstanding, except the day on which it is repaid unless it is repaid on the same day that it was made.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the
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Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 4.5(a).
4.7. Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower absent manifest error) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans (provided, that the Borrower may rescind such request promptly after receipt of such notice), (y) any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurodollar Loans.
4.8. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective Term Percentages or Revolving Percentages, as the case may be of the relevant Lenders..
(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Term Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans then held by the Term Lenders. The amount of each principal prepayment of the Term Loans shall be applied to reduce the then remaining installments of Term Loans, pro rata based upon the then remaining principal amount thereof. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
(c) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders.
(d) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders
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promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lenders share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.
(f) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
4.9. Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive whether or not having the force of law from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date such Lender becomes a party hereto:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for (A) changes in the rate of net income taxes, capital taxes, branch taxes, franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes) and net worth taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes) and (B) Non-Excluded Taxes, provided that this provision shall not affect any obligation of the Borrower under Section 4.10);
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(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its written demand (accompanied by a certificate of the type described in clause (c) below), any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy whether or not having the force of law from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date such Lender becomes a party hereto shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or such corporations capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lenders or such corporations policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lenders desired return on capital) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request (accompanied by a certificate of the type described in clause (c) below) therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 4.9 submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.9, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 4.9 for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
4.10. Taxes. (a) Except to the extent required under applicable law, all payments made under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes, capital taxes, branch taxes, franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and net worth taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or any Lender or its applicable lending office or any branch, as a result of a present or
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former connection between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (Non-Excluded Taxes) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Agent or any Lender hereunder (or are required to be withheld or paid by such Agent or Lender) subject to Subsection 4.10(i), the amounts so payable to such Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender or Agent with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lenders or Agents failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section 4.10 or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender or Agent at the time such Lender or Agent becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Lenders or Agents assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph (a).
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Agent or Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agents and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.
(d) Each Lender or Agent (or Transferee) that is not a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a Non-U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and/or Form W-8BEN (claiming benefits of an applicable tax treaty) or Form W-8ECI, as applicable (or successor form) or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of portfolio interest, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit G and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to
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deliver. Each Lender or Agent that is not a Non-U.S. Lender shall furnish an accurate and complete U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor form) establishing that such Lender or Agent is not subject to U.S. backup withholding, and to the extent it may lawfully do so at such times, provide a new Form W-9 (or successor form) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered form.
(e) A Lender or Agent that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law and as reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, to the extent that such Lender or Agent is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lenders or Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
(f) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.10, it shall promptly pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 4.10 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of such Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(g) The agreements in this Section 4.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(h) [Reserved].
(i) If a Lender or Agent changes its applicable lending office or assigns its rights or sells participations therein and the effect of the change, assignment or participation, as of the date of the change, would be to cause the Borrower to become obligated to pay any additional amount under Section 4.9(a)(i) or 4.10, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay such additional amount in excess of amounts the Borrower was obligated to pay prior to such change, assignment or participation.
4.11. Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender, upon its written request (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such compensation and the calculation of the amount of such compensation), for all losses, expenses and liabilities (including any loss, expense or liability incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds required by such Lender to fund its Eurodollar Loans but excluding loss of anticipated profits) that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans
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on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section 4.11 submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
4.12. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 4.9, 4.10(a) or 4.15 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans or Letters of Credit affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.9, 4.10(a) or 4.15.
4.13. Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower may replace, with a replacement financial lender reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, any Lender that (a) requests payment of any amounts payable under Section 4.9, 4.10(a) or 4.15, (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, or (c) declines to deliver any required consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the Loan Documents that has been consented by the Borrower, Administrative Agent, Required Lenders and, if otherwise required, Majority Facility Lenders, but only if (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender has taken no action under Section 4.12 so as to eliminate the demand or condition giving rise to the Borrowers replacement right, (iv) the replacement lender purchases, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to the replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement and assumes all obligations of the replaced Lender under the Loan Documents in accordance with Section 11.6 (except that the Borrower shall pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (v) the Borrower compensates the replaced Lender under Section 4.11 if any Eurodollar Loan outstanding to the replaced Lender is purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto and (vi) the Borrower shall pay the replaced Lender all amounts payable under Section 4.9 or 4.10(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, all rights and claims of the Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders against any replaced Lender that has defaulted in its obligation to make Loans hereunder shall be in all respects reserved and unaffected by the replacement of such Lender.
4.14. Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan
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and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof.
(c) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 4.14(a) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded, but the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note of the Borrower evidencing any Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender, substantially in the forms of Exhibit H-1, H-2 or H-3, respectively, with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount.
4.15. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and (b) such Lenders Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.11.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Agent and each Lender that, unless otherwise specified, on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date and on and as of each date as required by Section 6.2(b):
5.1. Financial Condition. (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at on or about December 31, 2004 (including the notes thereto) (the Original Closing Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender party hereto as of the Original Closing Date, has been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the consummation of the Acquisition, (ii) the Loans to be made and the Senior Unsecured Notes to be issued on or before the Original Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries as at December 31, 2005 (including the notes thereto) (the First Amendment Effective Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet), copies of which have been have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, has been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the consummation of the Ohio Acquisition, (ii) the Loans to be made on the First Amendment Effective Date and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Original Closing Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet and the First Amendment Effective Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet have each been prepared based on the best information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, and presents fairly in all
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material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at on or about December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, respectively, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date (except in each case for the effects of fair value adjustments to the acquired tangible and intangible assets and liabilities required by purchase accounting principles).
(b) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at on or about December 31, 2005, on or about December 31, 2004 and on or about December 31, 2003 and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from KPMG LLC, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and their consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the fiscal years then ended. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes (if any) thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). As of the First Amendment Effective Date, no Group Member has any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph other than as contemplated by the Loan Documents and Related Agreements. During the period from on or about December 31, 2004 to and including the Original Closing Date there was no Disposition by the Borrower or any of its then existing Subsidiaries of any material part of its business or property other than the Acquisition.
5.2. No Change. Since the date of the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at on or about December 31, 2004, there has been no development or event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.3. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the organizational power and authority, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except to the extent the failure to be so qualified would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law and Organizational Documents, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.4. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents and the Related Agreements to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit under this Agreement. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and Related Agreements to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit under this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the Acquisition, the extensions of credit hereunder or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents or Related Agreements except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 5.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and
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effect except as specifically described in Schedule 5.4 and (ii) the filings referred to in Section 5.19. Each Loan Document and Related Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, and each Related Agreement constitutes, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
5.5. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and, the issuance of Letters of Credit and the borrowings hereunder do not and will not violate in any material respect any Requirement of Law, Organizational Documents or any material Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property or revenues of any Loan Party in any material respect pursuant to any Requirement of Law, Organizational Documents or material Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). The execution, delivery and performance of the Related Agreements and the use of the proceeds thereof do not and will not violate any Requirement of Law, Organizational Documents or any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property or revenues of any Loan Party pursuant to any Requirement of Law Organizational Documents or Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents) except, as in each case, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Group Member is subject to any Requirement of Law, Organizational Documents or Contractual Obligation that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6. Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened by or against any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7. No Default. No Group Member is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
5.8. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party has good and indefeasible title to the Mortgaged Properties, and to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, has good and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material property and none of such property is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens.
5.9. Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.9, each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, all material Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. Except as, in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) no material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does Holdings or the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim and (b) the use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
5.10. Taxes. Each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all Federal and state income and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all material taxes shown to
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be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other material taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (if any) and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any material tax, fee or other charge. No Group Member intends to treat the Loan, the Acquisition, or any other transaction contemplated hereby as being as reportable transaction (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4).
5.11. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for buying or carrying any margin stock within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.
5.12. Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Group Member.
5.13. ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an accumulated funding deficiency (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan for which any Group Member or Commonly Controlled Entity has a material unpaid liability, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. No Group Member or Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability under ERISA, and no Group Member or Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any material liability under ERISA if any Group Member or Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent. No Group Member has any liability with respect to any employee benefit plan that is not subject to the laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Group Member is an investment company, or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law or restriction under its Organizational Documents (other than Regulation X of the
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Board) that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness under this Agreement or the Senior Unsecured Indenture.
5.15. Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in writing from time to time after the Original Closing Date, (a) Schedule 5.15 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Group Member and (b) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees, former employees or directors and directors qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Group Member other than Holdings, except as created by the Loan Documents.
5.16. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans and any Revolving Loans funded on the Original Closing Date were used to refinance existing Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, to finance a portion of the merger consideration for the Merger and pay related fees and expenses. Letters of Credit and the proceeds of Revolving Loans made after the Original Closing Date and Swingline Loans shall be used only for working capital, Permitted Acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Additional Term Loans solely for Permitted Acquisitions and the repayment of outstanding Revolving Loans or those Existing Loans not subject to a Conversion Notice.
5.17. Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Except as listed on Schedule 5.17, the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the Properties) do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern or contamination in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;
(b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or any Group Members operation of any of the Properties or the business operated by any Group Member (the Business), nor does Holdings or the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;
(c) the Group Members (i) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for the conduct of the business; and (ii) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits;
(d) the Group Members have complied with all current requirements of Environmental Law and, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, compliance by each Group Member with all reasonably likely future requirements arising from either (i) existing Environmental Laws or (ii) formally proposed environmental regulations that have not yet been finally promulgated will be timely attained and maintained, as applicable, without material expense;
(e) Except as listed on Schedule 5.17, Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of by or on behalf of any Group Member from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that would give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor during any Group Members ownership or operation of either the Properties or any formerly owned, leased or operated facilities or properties (Former Properties) have any Materials of
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Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of, released or threatened to be released at, on or under any of the Properties or Former Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business in violation of Environmental Law, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;
(f) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business; and
(g) no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws.
5.18. Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Confidential Information Memorandum or any other material document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any Group Member to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished (or, in the case of the Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the Original Closing Date), any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not materially misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. As of the Original Closing Date, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, the representations and warranties contained in the Acquisition Documentation are true and correct in all material respects (except those representations and warranties that refer solely to an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date). There is no fact known to any Loan Party that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the Confidential Information Memorandum or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents, taken as a whole.
5.19.
Security Documents. (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds and products thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally. In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, to the extent provided therein, when financing statements, other filings specified on Schedule 4 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other actions described in Section 4.3 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are completed, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be effective to create a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the
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Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case (to the extent provided therein) prior and superior in right to any other Person (except for Permitted Liens);
(b) Each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds and products thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified therein, each such Mortgage shall constitute, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, (to the extent provided therein) a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case (except as expressly set forth therein) prior and superior in right to any other Person (except for Permitted Liens). Schedule 1.1 lists, as of the Original Closing Date, each parcel of owned real property located in the United States and held by the Borrower or any of its then existing Subsidiaries that has a value, in the opinion of the Borrower, in excess of $1,500,000.
(c) When delivered and at all times thereafter, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Intellectual Property Collateral described therein and the proceeds and products thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally. Upon the filing of (i) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement in the appropriate indexes of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the PTO) relative to United States patents and United States trademarks, and the United States Copyright Office relative to United States copyrights, if any, and the taking of appropriate actions with respect to Intellectual Property which is the subject of a registration or application outside the United States under applicable local laws, together with provision for payment of all requisite fees, and (ii) financing statements in appropriate form for filing in the offices specified on Schedule 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall constitute (to the extent provided in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) a perfected Lien on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Intellectual Property Collateral and the proceeds and products thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case (except as expressly set forth therein) prior and superior in right to any other Person (except for Permitted Liens); provided that subsequent filings in the PTO and United States Copyright Office and actions under foreign law may be necessary with respect to registrations for Intellectual Property acquired by any Loan Party after the date hereof.
5.20. Solvency. Each Group Member is, and after giving effect to the Acquisition and the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith and therewith will be and will continue to be, Solvent.
5.21. [Reserved].
5.22. Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in respect of which the procurement of flood insurance is required by any Requirement of Law, unless such flood insurance has been obtained and is in full force and effect.
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