Joinder Agreement to Credit Agreement
Exhibit 10.1
JOINDER AGREEMENT
JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of January 19, 2005, by the undersigned, Lamar Obie Corporation, (the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor), in favor of JP Morgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
Lamar Media Corp. (formerly Lamar Advertising Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors and, together with the Borrower, the Securing Parties) are parties to a Credit Agreement dated March 7, 2003 (as modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the Credit Agreement, providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit (by means of loans and letters of credit) to be made by the lenders therein (collectively, together with any entity that becomes a Lender party to the Credit Agreement after the date hereof as provided therein, the Lenders and, together with Administrative Agent and any successors or assigns of any of the foregoing, the Secured Parties) to the Borrower in an aggregate principal or face amount not exceeding $1,200,000,000 (which, in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2.01(d) thereof, may be increased to $1,700,000,000). In addition, the Borrower may from time to time be obligated to one or more of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement in respect of one or more Swap Agreements under and as defined in the Credit Agreement (collectively, the Swap Agreements).
In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Pledge Agreement dated March 7, 2003 (the Pledge Agreement) pursuant to which the Securing Parties have, inter alia, granted a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) as collateral security for the Secured Obligations (as so defined). Terms defined in the Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
To induce the Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement, and to extend credit thereunder and to extend credit to the Borrower under Swap Agreements, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor has agreed to become a party to the Credit Agreement and the Pledge Agreement as a Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder, and to pledge and grant a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement).
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
Section 2. Joinder to Agreements. Effective upon the execution and delivery hereof, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that it shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under and for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the Pledge Agreement with all the rights and obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby:
(i) jointly and severally with the other Subsidiary Guarantors party to the Credit Agreement guarantees to each Secured Party and their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all Guaranteed Obligations in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in Article III of the Credit Agreement;
(ii) pledges and grants the security interests in all right, title and interest of the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor in all Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) now owned or hereafter acquired by the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence provided for by Article III of the Pledge Agreement as collateral security for the Secured Obligations and agrees that Annex 1 thereof shall be supplemented as provided in Appendix A hereto;
(iii) makes the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and in Article II of the Pledge Agreement, to the extent relating to the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor or to the Pledged Equity evidenced by the certificates, if any, identified in Appendix A hereto; and
(iv) submits to the jurisdiction of the courts, and waives jury trial, as provided in Sections 10.09 and 10.10 of the Credit Agreement.
The Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby instructs its counsel to deliver the opinions referred to in Section 6.10(a)(iii) of the Credit Agreement to the Secured Parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
Lamar Obie Corporation, | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Sean E. Reilly | |||||
Sean E. Reilly, President | ||||||
Attested: | ||||||
By: | James R. McIlwain | |||||
James R. McIlwain, Secretary | ||||||
Accepted and agreed: | ||||||
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, | ||||||
as Administrative Agent | ||||||
By: | /s/ Joan M. Fitzgibbon | |||||
Title: Managing Director |
The undersigned hereby respectively pledges and grants a security interest in the Pledged Equity and evidenced by the certificate listed in Appendix A hereto and agrees that Annex 1 of the above-referenced Pledge Agreement is hereby supplemented by adding thereto the information listed on Appendix A.
Lamar Media Corp., Issuee
By: /s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
Title: Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Supplement to Annex 1
Appendix A to Joinder Agreement
Pledgor Ownership | Issuer | No. Shares | Cert. No. | % | ||||||||||
Lamar Media Corp. | Lamar Obie Corporation | 1,000 | 2 | 100 | ||||||||||
SCHEDULE OF ADDITIONAL ISSUEES
Issuee | Date of Agreement | |||
Lamar Obie Corporation | January 19, 2005 |
SCHEDULE OF ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
Guarantor* | Date of Agreement | |||
O.B. Walls, Inc. | January 19, 2005 | |||
Select Media, Inc. | January 19, 2005 | |||
Obie Media Limited | January 19, 2005 | |||
Obie Billboard, LLC | January 19, 2005 |
* | The Supplement to Annex 1/Appendix A to the Joinder Agreement of each guarantor are set forth below in their entirety. |
Supplement to Annex 1
Appendix A to Joinder Agreement
Pledgor Ownership | Issuer | No. Shares | Cert. No. | % | ||||||||||
Lamar Obie Corporation | O.B. Walls, Inc. | 100 | 9 | 100 | ||||||||||
Supplement to Annex 1
Appendix A to Joinder Agreement
Pledgor Ownership | Issuer | No. Shares | Cert. No. | % | ||||||||||
Lamar Obie Corporation | Select Media, Inc. | 100 | 2 | 100 | ||||||||||
Supplement to Annex 1
Appendix A to Joinder Agreement
Pledgor Ownership | Issuer | No. Shares | Cert. No. | % | ||||||||
Lamar Obie Corporation | Obie Media Limited (n/k/a Lamar Transit Advertising Canada Ltd.) | 65 shares of Common stock, no par value | 5 | 65 | ||||||||
Supplement to Annex 1
Appendix A to Joinder Agreement
Pledgor Ownership | Issuer | No. Shares | Cert. No. | % | ||||||||
Lamar Obie Corporation | Obie Billboard, LLC | 1000 membership units | 2 | 100 | ||||||||