CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of December 7, 2011 among Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. as the Borrower, The Guarantors Named Herein PS Holdings Agency Corp. as Administrative Agent, and The OtherLenders Party Hereto Table of Contents

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EX-10.4 7 d266774dex104.htm $60,000,000 CREDIT AGREEMENT $60,000,000 Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 7, 2011

among

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

as the Borrower,

The Guarantors Named Herein

PS Holdings Agency Corp.

as Administrative Agent,

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

 

 

 


Table of Contents

 

                Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

     1   
    1.01      

Defined Terms

     1   
    1.02      

Other Interpretive Provisions

     27   
    1.03      

Accounting Terms Generally

     28   
    1.04      

Rounding

     29   
    1.05      

Times of Day

     29   
    1.06      

[Reserved]

     29   
    1.07      

Currency Equivalents Generally

     29   

ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

     29   
    2.01      

Committed Loans

     29   
    2.02      

Borrowings

     29   
    2.03      

[Reserved]

     30   
    2.04      

[Reserved]

     30   
    2.05      

Prepayments

     30   
    2.06      

[Reserved]

     32   
    2.07      

Repayment of Loans

     32   
    2.08      

Interest

     32   
    2.09      

Fees

     33   
    2.10      

Computation of Interest and Fees

     33   
    2.11      

Evidence of Debt

     33   
    2.12      

Payments Generally; Agent’s Clawback

     34   
    2.13      

Sharing of Payments by Lenders

     34   
    2.14      

Settlement Amongst Lenders

     35   

ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

     36   
    3.01      

Taxes

     36   
    3.02      

[Reserved]

     37   
    3.03      

[Reserved]

     37   
    3.04      

Increased Costs

     37   
    3.05      

[Reserved]

     38   
    3.06      

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     38   
    3.07      

Survival

     39   
    3.08      

Allocation of Purchase Price

     39   


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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

     39   
    4.01      

Conditions of Initial Credit Extension

     39   

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     43   
    5.01      

Existence, Qualification and Power

     43   
    5.02      

Authorization; No Contravention

     43   
    5.03      

Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

     43   
    5.04      

Binding Effect

     44   
    5.05      

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

     44   
    5.06      

Litigation

     45   
    5.07      

No Default

     45   
    5.08      

Ownership of Property; Liens

     45   
    5.09      

Environmental Compliance

     46   
    5.10      

Insurance

     46   
    5.11      

Taxes

     47   
    5.12      

ERISA Compliance

     47   
    5.13      

Subsidiaries; Equity Interests

     47   
    5.14      

Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

     48   
    5.15      

Disclosure

     48   
    5.16      

Compliance with Laws

     48   
    5.17      

Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

     48   
    5.18      

Labor Matters

     49   
    5.19      

Security Documents

     49   
    5.20      

Solvency

     50   
    5.21      

Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Arrangements

     50   
    5.22      

Brokers

     50   
    5.23      

Customer and Trade Relations

     50   
    5.24      

Material Contracts

     50   
    5.25      

Casualty

     50   

ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     51   
    6.01      

Financial Statements

     51   
    6.02      

Certificates; Other Information

     52   
    6.03      

Notices

     54   


Table of Contents

 

                Page  
    6.04      

Payment of Obligations

     56   
    6.05      

Preservation of Existence, Etc

     56   
    6.06      

Maintenance of Properties

     56   
    6.07      

Maintenance of Insurance

     56   
    6.08      

Compliance with Laws

     57   
    6.09      

Books and Records; Accountants

     58   
    6.10      

Inspection Rights

     58   
    6.11      

Use of Proceeds

     59   
    6.12      

Additional Loan Parties

     59   
    6.13      

Cash Management

     60   
    6.14      

Information Regarding the Collateral

     61   
    6.15      

Physical Inventories

     62   
    6.16      

Environmental Laws

     62   
    6.17      

Further Assurances

     62   
    6.18      

Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds

     63   
    6.19      

Material Contracts

     64   

ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     64   
    7.01      

Liens

     64   
    7.02      

Investments

     64   
    7.03      

Indebtedness; Disqualified Stock

     64   
    7.04      

Fundamental Changes

     64   
    7.05      

Dispositions

     65   
    7.06      

Restricted Payments

     65   
    7.07      

Prepayments of Indebtedness

     65   
    7.08      

Change in Nature of Business

     65   
    7.09      

Transactions with Affiliates

     66   
    7.10      

Burdensome Agreements

     66   
    7.11      

Use of Proceeds

     66   
    7.12      

Amendment of Material Documents

     66   
    7.13      

Fiscal Year

     67   
    7.14      

Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Processors; Term Loan Priority Account

     67   
    7.15      

Minimum Excess Availability

     67   


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                Page  
    7.16      

Miraloma Restrictions

     68   
    7.17      

Limitations on Advances to Certain Obligors

     68   

ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

     68   
    8.01      

Events of Default

     68   
    8.02      

Remedies Upon Event of Default

     71   
    8.03      

Application of Funds

     72   

ARTICLE IX THE AGENT

     72   
    9.01      

Appointment and Authority

     72   
    9.02      

Rights as a Lender

     72   
    9.03      

Exculpatory Provisions

     73   
    9.04      

Reliance by Agent

     74   
    9.05      

Delegation of Duties

     74   
    9.06      

Resignation of Agent

     74   
    9.07      

Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders

     75   
    9.08      

[Reserved]

     75   
    9.09      

Agent May File Proofs of Claim

     75   
    9.10      

Collateral and Guaranty Matters

     75   
    9.11      

Notice of Transfer

     76   
    9.12      

Reports and Financial Statements

     76   
    9.13      

Agency for Perfection

     77   
    9.14      

Indemnification of Agent

     77   
    9.15      

Relation among Lenders

     77   
    9.16      

Defaulting Lenders

     77   

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS

     77   
    10.01      

Amendments, Etc.

     77   
    10.02      

Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications

     79   
    10.03      

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

     81   
    10.04      

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

     81   
    10.05      

Payments Set Aside

     82   
    10.06      

Successors and Assigns

     83   
    10.07      

Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

     85   
    10.08      

Right of Setoff

     86   


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                Page  
    10.09      

Interest Rate Limitation

     86   
    10.10      

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

     87   
    10.11      

Survival

     87   
    10.12      

Severability

     87   
    10.13      

Replacement of Lenders

     87   
    10.14      

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

     88   
    10.15      

Waiver of Jury Trial

     89   
    10.16      

No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

     89   
    10.17      

USA PATRIOT Act Notice

     90   
    10.18      

Foreign Asset Control Regulations

     90   
    10.19      

Time of the Essence

     90   
    10.20      

Press Releases

     90   
    10.21      

Additional Waivers

     91   
    10.22      

No Strict Construction

     92   
    10.23      

Attachments

     93   
    10.24      

Intercreditor Agreement

     93   


SCHEDULES

 

1.02    Guarantors
2.01    Commitments and Applicable Percentages
5.01    Loan Parties Organizational Information
5.06    Litigation
5.08(b)(1)    Owned Real Estate
5.08(b)(2)    Leased Real Estate
5.09    Environmental Matters
5.10    Insurance
5.13    Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments; Equity Interests in the Borrower
5.18    Collective Bargaining Agreements
5.21(a)    DDAs
5.21(b)    Credit Card Arrangements
5.24    Material Contracts
6.02    Financial and Collateral Reporting
6.20    Post-Closing Obligations
7.01    Existing Liens
7.02    Existing Investments
7.02(a)    Investment Policy
7.03    Existing Indebtedness
7.09    Affiliate Transactions
10.02    Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

Form of

 

A

  Committed Loan Notice

B

  Note

C

  Compliance Certificate

D

  Assignment and Assumption

E

  Borrowing Base Certificate

F

  Credit Card Notification

G

  DDA Notification

H

  Payment Instructions.


CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of December 7, 2011, among PACIFIC SUNWEAR OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a California corporation (the “Borrower”), the Persons named on Schedule 1.02 hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and PS Holdings Agency Corp., a Delaware corporation, as Administrative Agent.

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a term loan facility, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01     Defined Terms.     As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“ABL Agent” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement.

“ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Borrower, PacSun Stores, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, collateral agent and swing line lender thereunder, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC as syndication agent, documentation agent, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and the other lenders party thereto, as amended from time to time or refinanced pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

“ABL Loan Documents” means the Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

“ABL Loans” means the Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).

“ABL Priority Collateral” shall mean “Revolving Credit Priority Collateral” (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.

“Accommodation Payment” as defined in Section 10.21(d) .

“Account” means “accounts” as defined in the UCC, and also means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered, (c) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (d) for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, (e) for energy provided or to be provided, (f) for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, (g) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (h) as winnings in a lottery or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a state, governmental unit of a state, or person licensed or authorized to operate the game by a state or governmental unit of a state. The term “Account” includes health-care-insurance receivables.

“Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person (a) an investment in, or a purchase of, a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests of any other Person, (b) a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties of, another Person or of any business unit of another Person,


(c) any merger or consolidation of such Person with any other Person or other transaction or series of transactions resulting in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets, or a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests, of any Person, or (d) any acquisition of any Store locations other than the entry into Leases in the ordinary course of business of any Person, in each case in any transaction or group of transactions which are part of a common plan.

“Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.17.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified, (ii) any director, officer, managing member, partner, trustee, or beneficiary of that Person, and (iii) any other Person directly or indirectly holding 10% or more of any class of the Equity Interests of that Person.

“Agent” means PS Holdings Agency Corp. in its capacity as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor thereto.

“Agent Parties” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).

“Agent’s Office” means the Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders. As of the Closing Date, the Aggregate Commitments are $60,000,000.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Allocable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d).

“ANICO” means American National Insurance Company, a Texas insurance company.

“ANICO Financing” means the financial transactions entered into by Miraloma pursuant to (i) the Promissory Note Secured by the Deed of Trust, dated August 20, 2010, by Miraloma to the order of ANICO in the original principal amount of $16,800,000 (the “Miraloma Note”) and (ii) the Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents And Security Agreement, dated August 20, 2010, by Miraloma in favor of First American Title Insurance Company, as trustee for the benefit of Lender, securing the Miraloma Note.

“Applicable Lenders” means the Required Lenders, all affected Lenders, or all Lenders, as the context may require.

“Applicable Margin” means the interest rate per annum calculated in accordance with Section 2.08(c), Section 2.08(d) and 2.08(e), in each case, subject to adjustments as set forth therein.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal balance of such Lender’s Loans by (y) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans.

“Appraisal Percentage” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Appraised Value” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender or (d) the same investment advisor or an advisor under common control with such Lender, Affiliate or advisor, as applicable.

 

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“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)(i)(B)), and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Agent.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease, agreement or instrument were accounted for as a capital lease.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended January 29, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“Availability” shall have the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement. In calculating Availability at any time and for any purpose under this Agreement the Borrower shall certify to the Agent that all accounts payable, rent and Taxes are being paid on a timely basis.

“Bank Products” means any services of facilities provided to any Obligor by the ABL Agent or any of its Affiliates (but excluding Cash Management Services) including, without limitation, on account of (a) Swap Contracts, (b) merchant services constituting a line of credit, (c) leasing, and (d) supply chain finance services including, without limitation, trade payable services and supplier accounts receivable purchases.

“Blocked Account Bank” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Borrowing” means a borrowing of Committed Loans on the Closing Date.

“Borrowing Base” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, as such definition may be amended in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Business” means the retail sale of clothing, accessories, footwear and other Inventory reasonably related thereto in the Borrower’s retail locations.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Agent’s Office is located.

“Callable Make Whole Amount” means, on any date of prepayment of all or any portion of the Callable Portion of the Term Loan, an amount in cash equal to (a) the present value, as determined by the Borrower and certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower to the Agent, of all required interest payments (including interest payments on interest paid-in-kind) due on the Callable Portion of the Term Loans that are prepaid from the date of prepayment through and including the second anniversary of the Closing

 

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Date (assuming that the interest rate applicable to all such interest is 13.00%) plus (b) the prepayment premium that would be due under Section 2.05(g) if such prepayment were made on the day after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, in each case, discounted to the date of prepayment on a quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year and actual days elapsed) at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 0.50%.

“Callable Portion of the Term Loan” means the first $30,000,000 of the Term Loans prepaid hereunder (including following an Event of Default or after an acceleration).

“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) all expenditures made (whether made in the form of cash or other property) or costs incurred for the acquisition or improvement of fixed or capital assets of such Person (excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations), in each case that are (or should be) set forth as capital expenditures in a Consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by a Person during such period.

“Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person for any period, 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 liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and the amount of which obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Dominion Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Default or Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower and Loan Parties to maintain Availability of at least $25,000,000 at any time. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing at the Agent’s option (i) so long as such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived, as applicable, and/or (ii) if the Cash Dominion Event arises as a result of the Borrower’s failure to achieve Availability as required hereunder, until Availability has exceeded $25,000,000 for sixty (60) consecutive Business Days, in which case a Cash Dominion Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement; provided that a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing (even if a Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing and/or Availability exceeds the required amount for sixty (60) consecutive Business Days) at all times after a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and been discontinued on more than two (2) occasions in any Fiscal Year or six (6) occasions after the Closing Date. The termination of a Cash Dominion Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Cash Management Services” means any cash management services or facilities provided to any Loan Party by the ABL Agent or any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation: (a) ACH transactions, (b) controlled disbursement services, treasury, depository, overdraft, and electronic funds transfer services, (c) credit or debit cards, (d) credit card processing services, and (e) purchase cards.

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.

“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

“CFC” means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Code.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental

 

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Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, for the purposes of this Agreement: (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the voting or economic Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis; or

(b) a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals who were either (i) nominated to that board or equivalent governing body by individuals constituting at the time of such nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body, or (ii) elected to that board or other equivalent governing body by individuals constituting at the time of such election at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or

(c) the Borrower fails at any time to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party free and clear of all Liens (other than the Liens in favor of the Agent and ABL Agent), except where such failure is as a result of a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents.

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended and in effect.

“Collateral” means any and all “Collateral” or “Mortgaged Property” as defined in any applicable Security Document and all other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Security Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Agent.

“Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent executed by (a) a bailee or other Person in possession of Collateral, and (b) any landlord of Real Estate leased by any Obligor, or (c) the mortgage holder of the Kansas Distribution Facility and the Corporate Headquarters, or any mortgage holder on any Real Estate owned any Obligor, pursuant to which such Person (i) acknowledges the Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, (ii) releases or subordinates such Person’s Liens in the Collateral held by such Person or located on such Real Estate or Collateral, (iii) provides the Agent with access to the Collateral held by such bailee or other Person or located in or on such Real Estate, (iv) as to any landlord, provides the Agent with a reasonable time to sell and dispose of the Collateral from such Real Estate, and (v) makes such other agreements with the Agent as the Agent may reasonably require.

 

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“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Committed Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Committed Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of a Committed Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

“Concentration Account” has the meaning provided in Section 6.13(d).

“Consent” means actual consent given by a Lender from whom such consent is sought; or the passage of seven (7) Business Days from receipt of written notice to a Lender from the Agent of a proposed course of action to be followed by the Agent without such Lender’s giving the Agent written notice of that Lender’s objection to such course of action.

“Consolidated” means, when used to modify a financial term, test, statement, or report of a Person, the application or preparation of such term, test, statement or report (as applicable) based upon the consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision 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” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Controlling Agent” means, (x) with respect to ABL Priority Collateral, until the payment in full of the ABL Obligations, the ABL Agent and thereafter the Agent, and (y) with respect to the Term Loan Priority Collateral until the payment in full of the Obligations, the Agent, and thereafter the ABL Agent.

“Corporate Headquarters” means the Borrower’s corporate headquarters, located at 3450 E. Miraloma Avenue, Anaheim, California.

“Cost” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Credit Card Issuer” shall mean any person (other than a Borrower or other Loan Party) who issues or whose members issue credit cards, including, without limitation, MasterCard or VISA bank credit or debit cards or other bank credit or debit cards issued through MasterCard International, Inc., Visa, U.S.A., Inc. or Visa International and American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Carte Blanche and other non-bank credit or debit cards, including, without limitation, credit or debit cards issued by or through American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and Novus Services, Inc. and other issuers approved by the Agent.

“Credit Card Notifications” has the meaning provided in Section 6.13(a)(i).

“Credit Card Processor” shall mean any servicing or processing agent or any factor or financial intermediary who facilitates, services, processes or manages the credit authorization, billing transfer and/or payment procedures with respect to any Borrower’s sales transactions involving credit card or debit card purchases by customers using credit cards or debit cards issued by any Credit Card Issuer.

 

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“Credit Extensions” mean the extension of the Committed Loans on the Closing Date.

“Credit Party” or “Credit Parties” means (a) individually, (i) each Lender and its Affiliates, (ii) the Agent, (iii) each beneficiary of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (iv) any other Person to whom Obligations under this Agreement and other Loan Documents are owing, and (v) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, and (b) collectively, all of the foregoing.

“Credit Party Expenses” means, without limitation, (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation (i) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (A) counsel for the Agent, (B) outside consultants for the Agent, (C) appraisers, (D) commercial finance examinations, and (E) all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Obligations, (ii) in connection with (A) the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, (B) the preparation, negotiation, administration, management, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (C) the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents or efforts to preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the Collateral, or (D) any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of any Obligation; and (b) all reasonable customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) of Agent with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of Loan Parties (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith; and (c) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Credit Parties who are not the Agent or any Affiliate thereof, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, provided that such Credit Parties shall be entitled to reimbursement for no more than one counsel representing all such Credit Parties (absent a conflict of interest in which case the Credit Parties may engage and be reimbursed for one additional counsel).

“DDA” means each checking, savings or other demand deposit account maintained by any of the Loan Parties, including, without limitation, the Term Loan Priority Account. All funds in each DDA shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in any DDA.

“DDA Notification” has the meaning provided in Section 6.13(a)(iii).

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means when used with respect to Obligations, an interest rate equal to the Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum, which amount shall be payable in cash.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale, transfer, license or other disposition) of any property (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests) by any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

 

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“Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days after the date on which the Loans mature; provided, however, that (i) only the portion of such Equity Interests which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock and (ii) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or disability and if any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Stock, such Equity Interests shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require a Loan Party to repurchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Obligations. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock or portion thereof, plus accrued dividends.

“Dollars” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Credit Party or any of its Affiliates; (b) a bank, insurance company, or company engaged in the business of making commercial loans, which Person, together with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Agent and (ii) unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include a Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

“Eligible Credit Card Receivables” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Eligible Inventory” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, including common law, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to public health and safety, worker health and safety, pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, damage, loss, claim, action, suit, judgment, order, fine, penalty, fee, expense, or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal or presence of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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“Equipment” has the meaning set forth in the UCC.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01. An Event of Default shall be deemed to be continuing unless and until that Event of Default has been duly waived as provided in Section 10.01 hereof.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which any Loan Party is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.13, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Loan Parties with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a), (d) any U.S. federal, state or local backup withholding tax, and (e) any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed under FATCA.

 

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“Executive Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.18.

“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 29, 2008, by and between among others, the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as amended and in effect on the date hereof.

“Facility Guaranty” means the Guarantee made by the Guarantors in favor of the Agent and the other Credit Parties, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.

“FATCA” means current Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code or any amended version or successor provision that is substantively similar to and, in each case, any regulations promulgated thereunder and any interpretation and other guidance issued in connection therewith.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to ABL Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Agent.

“Fiscal Month” means any fiscal month of any Fiscal Year, which month shall generally end on the last Saturday of each calendar month in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties.

“Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year, which quarters shall generally end on the last Saturday of each April, July, October and January of such Fiscal Year in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties.

“Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve (12) consecutive months ending on Saturday closest to January 31st of any calendar year.

“Foreign Asset Control Regulations” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.18.

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

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“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto, and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute and deliver a Facility Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) the maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and not overdue);

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f) All Attributable Indebtedness of such Person;

 

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(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person (including, without limitation, Disqualified Stock, or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and

(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.

“Initial Cash Interest Rate” means 5.5% per annum.

“Initial PIK Interest Rate” means 7.5% per annum.

“Intellectual Property” means all present and future: proprietary trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information; proprietary trademarks, trademark applications, internet domain names, service marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing) indicia and other source and/or business identifiers, and all registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued thereon throughout the world; proprietary copyrights and copyright applications; (including proprietary copyrights for computer programs) and all tangible and intangible property embodying the copyrights, unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); proprietary patents and patent applications; industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; license agreements pursuant to which Borrower has licensed any trademark, patent or copyright and income therefrom; proprietary books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; all other proprietary intellectual property; and all common law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.

“Intercompany Loan Arrangements” means the Cash Management Agreement dated as of August 3, 1998 between PacSun Stores and Borrower, the promissory notes issued thereunder, and the obligations of PacSun Stores and Borrower thereunder.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain intercreditor agreement entered into as of the Closing Date by and between the Agent and the ABL Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by the Loan Parties, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of thereof.

“Interest Payment Date” means (i) for cash interest, the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter, (ii) for PIK Interest, the last day of the Fiscal Year and (iii) for all PIK Interest and cash interest, the Maturity Date.

“Internal Control Event” means a material weakness in, or fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in, the Borrower’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting, in each case as described in the Securities Laws.

 

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“Inventory” has the meaning given that term in the UCC, and shall also include, without limitation, all: (a) goods which (i) are leased by a Person as lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, (iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said description in transit; (c) goods of said description which are returned, repossessed or rejected; and (d) packaging, advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the foregoing.

“Inventory Advance Rate” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) any Acquisition, or (d) any other investment of money or capital in order to obtain a profitable return. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“Investment Policy” shall have the meaning given to such term in Schedule 7.02(a) of this Agreement as of the Closing Date, without giving effect to any modifications or amendments thereto.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Issue Price” has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.

“Joinder” means an agreement, in form satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which, among other things, a Person becomes a party to, and bound by the terms of, this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents in the same capacity and to the same extent as either a Borrower or a Guarantor, as the Agent may determine.

“Kansas Distribution Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Kansas IRB Financing”.

“Kansas IRB Documents” means all agreements and documents which evidence the Kansas IRB Financing, including (i) the Trust Indenture dated as of July 1, 2007 by and between the City of Olathe, Kansas and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, (ii) the Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of July 4, 2007 by and between the City of Olathe, Kansas and Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp., (iii) the Performance Agreement dated as of July 1, 2007 by and between the City of Olathe, Kansas and Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp. and (iv) the Lease Agreement dated as of July 1, 2007 by and between the City of Olathe, Kansas and Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp., each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Kansas IRB Financing” means that certain industrial revenue bond financing, structured as a sale and leaseback transaction, entered into on July 1, 2007 between the City of Olathe, Kansas and Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp., whereby the City of Olathe, Kansas issued Industrial Revenue Bonds (PacSun Project), Series 2007, purchased by Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp. for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction and installation of certain real property, machinery and equipment constituting a distribution facility located in the City of Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas (the “Kansas Distribution Facility”), which facility was sold and deeded by Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp. to the City of Olathe, Kansas and leased back by the City of Olathe, Kansas to Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp.

“Kansas IRB Unwind Transaction” means (i) the purchase by Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp. of the Kansas Distribution Facility from the City of Olathe, Kansas pursuant to Article XI of the lease described in clause (iv) of the definition of the term Kansas IRB Documents, (ii) the redemption of bonds outstanding under the indenture described in clause (i) of the definition of the term Kansas IRB Documents and the funding of such redemption by the Loan Parties, and (iii) all other transactions related to clauses (i) and (ii).

 

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“Laws” means each international, foreign, Federal, state and local statute, treaty, rule, guideline, regulation, ordinance, code and administrative or judicial precedent or authority, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and each applicable administrative order, directed duty, request, license, authorization and permit of, and agreement with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“Lease” means any agreement, whether written or oral, no matter how styled or structured, pursuant to which a Loan Party is entitled to the use or occupancy of any space in a structure, land, improvements or premises for any period of time.

“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Agent.

“Lien” means (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, Capital Lease Obligation, Synthetic Lease Obligation, or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) and (b) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

“Liquidation” means the exercise by the Agent of those rights and remedies accorded to the Agent under the Loan Documents and applicable Law as a creditor of the Loan Parties with respect to the realization on the Collateral, including (after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default) the conduct by the Loan Parties acting with the consent of the Agent, of any public, private or “going out of business”, “store closing”, or other similarly themed sale or other disposition of the Collateral for the purpose of liquidating the Collateral. Derivations of the word “Liquidation” (such as “Liquidate”) are used with like meaning in this Agreement.

“Loan” means the extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Section 2.01.

“Loan Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, each Note, the Side Letter, the Security Documents, the Facility Guaranty, the Unsecured Guaranty and any other instrument or agreement now or hereafter executed and delivered in connection herewith, each as amended and in effect from time to time; provided that Preferred Stock Documents shall not constitute “Loan Documents” hereunder.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor, other than Miraloma.

“Make Whole Amount” means the Callable Make Whole Amount or Non-Callable Make Whole Amount, as applicable.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or a material adverse effect upon the

 

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legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party. In determining whether any individual event would result in a Material Adverse Effect, notwithstanding that such event in and of itself does not have such effect, a Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to have occurred if the cumulative effect of such event and all other then existing events would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, the ABL Credit Agreement, the Kansas IRB Documents, the Mortgage Debt Documents and each contract required to be filed as an exhibit to the reports of the Borrower filed with the SEC.

“Material Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness owed under the ABL Credit Agreement (it being understood that the ABL Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be “Material Indebtedness” so long as any commitments thereunder remain in effect and irrespective of whether any amounts are outstanding thereunder), the Kansas IRB Financing, or the Mortgage Debt Documents, and (ii) any other Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining the amount of Material Indebtedness at any time, (a) the amount of the obligations in respect of any Swap Contract at such time shall be calculated at the Swap Termination Value thereof, (b) undrawn committed or available amounts shall be included, and (c) all amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement shall be included.

“Maturity Date” means December 7, 2016.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning provided therefor in Section 10.09.

“Miraloma” means Miraloma Borrower Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

“Miraloma Consent” means that consent to limited guarantees and pledge of shares by American National Insurance Company dated December 6, 2011.

“Miraloma Lease” means that certain Lease Agreement between Miraloma (as landlord) and Borrower (as tenant) dated as of August 20, 2010.

“Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event” means any time when: (a) any ABL Loans are outstanding, (b) any Loans are outstanding or (c) the outstanding L/C Borrowings (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) exceed $30,000,000. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall be deemed continuing at the Agent’s option until there are no Loans outstanding and all outstanding L/C Borrowings (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) are less than $30,000,000 for sixty (60) consecutive Business Days, in which case a Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of a Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Mortgage Debt Documents” means those certain promissory notes executed by PacSun Stores and Miraloma or about October 1, 2010 in favor of American National Insurance Company in the aggregate principal amount of $29,800,000, and those certain deeds of trust and/or mortgages, security agreements, financing statements and fixture filings entered into by PacSun Stores on the Kansas Distribution Facility and Miraloma on the Corporate Headquarters in connection therewith, in each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions or has any liability.

 

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“Net Proceeds” means (a) with respect to any Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or cash equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the applicable asset by a Lien permitted hereunder which is senior to the Agent’s Lien on such asset and that is required to be repaid (or to establish an escrow for the future repayment thereof) in connection with such transaction (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), and (B) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such transaction (including, without limitation, appraisals, and brokerage, legal, title and recording or transfer tax expenses and commissions) paid by any Loan Party to third parties (other than Affiliates of any Loan Party)); and

(b)     with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection therewith (other than amounts paid to Affiliates of any Loan Party).

“Non-Callable Make Whole Amount” means, on any date of prepayment of all or any portion of the Non-Callable Portion of the Term Loan, an amount in cash equal to the present value, as determined by the Borrower and certified by the chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Borrower to the Agent, of all required interest payments (including interest payments on interest paid in kind) due on Loans that are prepaid from the date of prepayment through and including the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (assuming that the interest rate applicable to all such interest is 13.00%), discounted to the date of prepayment on a quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year and actual days elapsed) at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 0.50%.

“Non-Callable Portion of the Term Loan” means the portion of the Loans other than the Callable Portion of the Term Loan.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning provided therefor in Section 10.01.

“Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Committed Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, as may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses), liabilities, obligations, covenants, indemnities, and duties of, any Obligor arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan (including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral therefor), whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest, fees, costs, expenses and indemnities that accrue after the commencement by or against any Obligor or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest, fees, costs, expenses and indemnities are allowed claims in such proceeding.

“Obligors” means, collectively, the Loan Parties and Miraloma.

 

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“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity, and (d) in each case, all shareholder or other equity holder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements to which such Person is a party.

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

“Outstanding Amount” means with respect to Committed Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans occurring on such date.

“Overadvance” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

“PacSun Stores” means Pacific Sunwear Stores Corp., a California corporation.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).

“Participation Register” has the meaning provided therefor in Section 10.06(d).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes, has any obligation to contribute, has any liability or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

“Permitted Disposition” means any of the following:

(a) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(b) as long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, bulk sales or other Dispositions of the Inventory of a Loan Party in connection with Store closings, at arm’s length; provided, that such Store closures and related Inventory Dispositions shall not exceed on or after the Closing Date (x) 246 Stores (the “Scheduled Store Closures”), plus (y) after giving effect to the Scheduled Store Closures, an additional number of Stores not to exceed (1) 7.5% of the Loan Parties’ Stores (calculated net of new Store openings) in any Fiscal Year or (2) 20% of the Loan Parties’ Stores in the aggregate; provided, further that all sales of Inventory in connection with Store closings shall be in accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; provided, further that all Net Proceeds received in connection therewith are applied to the Obligations if then required in accordance with Section 6.13 hereof;

 

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(c) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (it being understood and agreed that any proceeds (including royalty payments) shall be Term Loan Priority Collateral and shall be paid to the Term Loan Priority Account in accordance with this Agreement) and (ii) exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property outside the United States;

(d) licenses for the conduct of licensed departments within the Obligors’ Stores in the ordinary course of business; provided that, if requested by the Agent, the Agent shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement with the Person operating such licensed department on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders;

(e) Dispositions of Equipment in the ordinary course of business that is substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or, in the reasonable judgment of an Obligor, no longer useful or necessary in its business or that of any Subsidiary; provided that the fair market value of all such Dispositions shall not exceed $250,000 in any Fiscal Year (except to the extent in connection with any Store closures permitted hereunder);

(f) sales, transfers and Dispositions among the Loan Parties or by any Subsidiary to a Loan Party;

(g) sales, transfers and Dispositions by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

(h) [Reserved]; or

(i) Dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;

(b) Carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by applicable Law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;

(c) Pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(d) Deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business or letter of credit guarantees issued in respect thereof;

(e) Liens in respect of judgments that would not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;

 

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(f) Easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, building code laws, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of an Obligor and such other minor title defects or survey matters that are disclosed by current surveys that, in each case, do not materially interfere with the current use of the real property;

(g) Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;

(h) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired by any Obligor which are permitted under clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness so long as (i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquisition of such fixed or capital assets and (iii) such Liens shall not extend to any other property or assets of the Obligors;

(i) Liens in favor of the Agent;

(j) Statutory Liens of landlords and lessors in respect of rent not in default;

(k) Possessory Liens in favor of brokers and dealers arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Investments owned as of the Closing Date and Permitted Investments, provided that such liens (a) attach only to such Investments and (b) secure only obligations incurred in the ordinary course and arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of such Investments and not any obligation in connection with margin financing;

(l) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s liens, liens in favor of securities intermediaries, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or securities accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions or securities intermediaries;

(m) Liens arising from precautionary UCC filings regarding “true” operating leases or, to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents, the consignment of goods to an Obligor (so long as such consignment Liens do not extend to proceeds of such Inventory or to any other assets of the Obligors);

(n) [Reserved];

(o) Liens in favor of customs and revenues authorities imposed by applicable Law arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the importation of goods so long as such liens attach only to the imported goods;

(p) Liens in favor of the ABL Lenders under the ABL Loan and any Permitted Refinancings thereof; and

(q) Customary rights of setoff and chargebacks of Credit Card Processors under credit card processing agreements.

 

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“Permitted Indebtedness” means each of the following:

(a) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(b) Indebtedness of any Loan Party to any other Loan Party;

(c) Purchase money Indebtedness of any Obligor to finance the acquisition of any personal property consisting solely of fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (c) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided further that, if requested by the Agent, the Obligors shall cause the holders of such Indebtedness to enter into a Collateral Access Agreement on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” provided that the aggregate Swap Termination Value thereof shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(e) Contingent liabilities under surety bonds or similar instruments incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the construction or improvement of Stores;

(f) [Reserved];

(g) [Reserved];

(h) [Reserved];

(i) the Obligations;

(j) Indebtedness with respect to the ABL Loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 minus any permanent reductions of the commitments thereunder, and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;

(k) Unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness not otherwise specifically described herein in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding, provided that (i) the terms of such Indebtedness are reasonably acceptable to the Agent, (ii) the interest on such Indebtedness shall not be payable in cash, (iii) the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be at least 91 days after the Maturity Date and (iv) the amount of any fees and expenses associated with such Indebtedness shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent;

(l) Any Guarantees of any of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (k) of this definition;

(m) Guarantees by (x) the Borrower and any Subsidiary of sublessees of any subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Loan Party as sublessors and (y) by any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor of sublessees of any subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary as sublessors;

 

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(n) Indebtedness arising from other agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar customary obligations, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with an Acquisition or Disposition or sale and leaseback or any business or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary permitted by the Loan Documents; and

(o) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any worker’s compensation claims, self insurance obligations, performance, surety, statutory, appeal, custom bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business.

“Permitted Investments” means each of the following as long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would arise from the making of such Investment:

(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;

(b) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above (without regard to the limitation on maturity contained in such clause) and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above or with any primary dealer and having a market value at the time that such repurchase agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such counterparty entity with whom such repurchase agreement has been entered into;

(e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Obligors, in any money market fund, mutual fund, or other investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and which invest solely in one or more of the types of securities described in clauses (a) through (d) above;

 

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(f) Investments existing on the Closing Date, and set forth on Schedule 7.02, but not any increase in the amount thereof or any other modification of the terms thereof;

(g) Investments by any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date, and (ii) additional Investments by any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in Loan Parties;

(h) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(i) Guarantees constituting Permitted Indebtedness;

(j) Investments by any Obligor in Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and for bona fide business (and not speculative) purposes to protect against fluctuations in interest rates in respect of the Obligations;

(k) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(l) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in an amount not to exceed $200,000 to any individual at any time and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding for all such advances, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;

(m) Investments made pursuant to the Investment Policy;

(n) Capital contributions made by any Loan Party to another Loan Party; and

(o) Investments in any industrial revenue bonds or any other instruments issued in connection with the Kansas IRB Financing or any other sale and leaseback transactions of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 7.05;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, no such Investments specified in clauses (a) through (e) shall be permitted unless (i) no Loans are then outstanding and (ii) such Investments shall be pledged to the Agent as additional collateral for the Obligations pursuant to such agreements as may be reasonably required by the Lenders.

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting a Permitted Refinancing); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premiums thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (b) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing is greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (c) such Permitted Refinancing shall not require any scheduled principal

 

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payments due prior to the Maturity Date in excess of, or prior to, the scheduled principal payments due prior to such Maturity Date for the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Credit Parties as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (e) no Permitted Refinancing shall have direct or indirect obligors who were not also obligors of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (f) such Permitted Refinancing shall not contain any covenants (financial or otherwise), or any events of default that would be materially less favorable to the Credit Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (g) the interest rate applicable to any such Permitted Refinancing shall not exceed the then applicable market interest rate, and (h) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“PIK Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.08.

“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate or otherwise with respect to which the Borrower has any liability.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Preferred Stock” means 1,000 shares of Convertible Series B Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, of the Borrower.

“Preferred Stock Documents” means the Certificate of Determination of Preferences of Convertible Series B Preferred Stock of the Borrower, that certain Stock Purchase and Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Borrower and PS Holdings of Delaware, LLC - Series A, and that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Borrower and PS Holdings of Delaware, LLC - Series A.

“Prepayment Event” means:

(a) Any Disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of any property or asset of an Obligor (other than (x) so long as the ABL Loan remains in effect, Dispositions of any ABL Loan Priority Collateral and other Dispositions of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and (y) Dispositions permitted under clauses (c)(ii) or (e) of the definition of “Permitted Dispositions”);

(b) Any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of (and payments in lieu thereof), any property or asset of an Obligor (so long as the ABL Loan remains in effect, other than the Disposition of any ABL Loan Priority Collateral), unless the proceeds therefrom are required to be paid to the holder of a Lien on such property or asset having priority over the Lien of the Agent;

(c) [Reserved]; or

(d) The incurrence by a Loan Party of any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness.

 

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“Prepayment Premium” means the amounts set forth in the first two sentences of Section 2.05(g), including, the Make Whole Amount.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Real Estate” means all Leases and all land, together with the buildings, structures, parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter owned by any Obligor, including all easements, rights-of-way, and similar rights relating thereto and all leases, tenancies, and occupancies thereof.

“Receipts and Collections” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(d).

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).

“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified by the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as prescribed by the Securities Laws.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

“Reports” has the meaning provided in Section 9.12(b).

“Request for Credit Extension” with respect to the Borrowing, a Committed Loan Notice.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Total Outstandings.

“Reserves” means all Inventory Reserves (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof) and Availability Reserves (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof) implemented under the ABL Credit Agreement.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or general counsel of an Obligor or any of the other individuals designated in writing to the Agent by an existing Responsible Officer of an Obligor as an authorized signatory of any certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of an Obligor shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Obligor and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Obligor.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such dividend or other distribution or payment. Without limiting the foregoing, “Restricted Payments” with respect to any Person shall also include all payments made by such Person with any proceeds of a dissolution or liquidation of such Person.

“Revolving Credit Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Sarbanes-Oxley” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.

 

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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.

“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Loan Parties and the Agent, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.

“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the DDA Notifications, the Credit Card Notifications and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document granting a Lien to secure any of the Obligations.

“Settlement Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Side Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower and the Agent.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) at fair valuation, all of the properties and assets of such Person are greater than the sum of the debts, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the properties and assets of such Person is not less than the amount that would be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its properties and assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Person’s properties and assets would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practices in the industry in which such Person is engaged. The amount of all guarantees and other contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Spot Rate” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.07 hereof.

“Store” means any retail store (which may include any real property, fixtures, equipment, inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or to be operated, by any Obligor.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations and which is in form and on terms approved in writing by the Required Lenders. For the purposes of clarity, Subordinated Indebtedness shall not include any Indebtedness owed under the ABL Loan.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of an Obligor.

 

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“Supplemental Interest” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.08(a).

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term Loan” or “Term Loans” means the Loans.

“Term Loan Priority Account” means a non-interest bearing account in the name of the Term Lenders established with a financial institution as the Term Lenders may request, into which solely proceeds of the Term Loan Priority Collateral shall be deposited, which shall be subject to a blocked account arrangement satisfactory to the Agent.

“Term Loan Priority Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the Maturity Date or (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated (or deemed accelerated) in accordance with Article VIII.

“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans.

“Trading with the Enemy Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.18.

“Treasury Rate” means (x) with respect to the Callable Make Whole Amount, a rate equal to the then current yield to maturity on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity and having a duration equal to (or the nearest available tenor) the period from the date that payment is

 

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received to the date that falls on the second anniversary of the Closing Date and (y) with respect to the Non-Callable Make Whole Amount, a rate equal to the then current yield to maturity on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity and having a duration equal to (or the nearest available tenor) the period from the date that payment is received to the date that falls on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.

“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code differently than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, perfection, or the effect of perfection or non-perfection, of a security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.

“UCP 600” means the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce and in effect as of July 1, 2007 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“UFCA” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d).

“UFTA” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d).

“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Unsecured Guaranty” means that certain Unsecured Guaranty executed by Miraloma as of the Closing Date, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.

“Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability of at least $35,000,000 at any time. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall be deemed continuing at the Required Lenders’ option (i) so long as such Event of Default has not been waived, and/or (ii) if the Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event arises as a result of the Borrower’s failure to achieve Availability as required hereunder, until Availability has exceeded $35,000,000 for sixty (60) consecutive Business Days, in which case a Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of a Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

1.02     Other Interpretive Provisions.     With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word

 

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“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(d) Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in Dollars in full in cash or immediately available funds of all of the Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations.

1.03     Accounting Terms Generally.     All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(a) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

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1.04     Rounding.     Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.05     Times of Day.     Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.06     [Reserved].

1.07     Currency Equivalents Generally.     Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Article II, Article IX and Article X) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to be determined by the Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of this Section 1.07, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Lenders to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date of such determination; provided that the Lenders may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Lenders if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01     Committed Loans

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make the Loans (each such loan, the aggregate principal amount of which as so increased by any PIK Interest in respect thereof, a “Committed Loan”) to the Borrower in a single borrowing on the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided that the amount funded on the Closing Date shall be net of the amounts set forth in the Side Letter (it being understood and agreed that the aggregate principal amount of the Loans, as of the Closing Date, shall be $60,000,000).

2.02     Borrowings.

(a) [Reserved].

(b) The Committed Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Agent, which notice must be received by the Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. one Business Day prior to the requested date of the Borrowing (or such later time or date as agreed by the Agent). The Committed Loan Notice shall specify (i) the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (ii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed.

 

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(c) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, each Lender shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.01, use reasonable efforts to make all such funds available to the Borrower by no later than 4:00 p.m. on the requested date of the Borrowing by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Lenders by the Borrower.

2.03 [Reserved]

2.04 [Reserved]

2.05 Prepayments

(a) Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon irrevocable notice from the Borrower to the Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part subject to the payment of the amounts set forth in Section 2.05(g) below; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Agent not later than 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard time, five (5) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment; and (ii) any prepayment of the Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. The Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any such prepayment shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid plus any amount owing pursuant to Section 2.05(g). Each such prepayment shall, together with any additional amount required pursuant to Section 2.05(g), be applied ratably (except as set forth on Exhibit H) to the outstanding Loans in accordance with the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by an Obligor on account of a Prepayment Event; provided, however, that, so long as no Cash Dominion Event or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Net Cash Proceeds on account of a Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of Prepayment Event shall not be required to be so applied to the extent an Obligor uses (or commits to use pursuant to a binding agreement) such Net Cash Proceeds to acquire or repair assets consisting of Term Loan Priority Collateral (to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds arose from the a Disposition of Term Loan Priority Collateral) within 180 days of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (and if so committed but not reinvested within such 180 day period, such Net Cash Proceeds are so reinvested within 270 days of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds), it being expressly agreed that (A) any such Net Cash Proceeds not reinvested or committed to be reinvested within the initial 180 day period shall be paid to the Lenders and applied to repay the Term Loans within five Business Days following the expiration of such 180 day period and (B) any such Net Cash Proceeds committed to be reinvested during the initial 270 day period and not so reinvested within such 270 day period shall be paid to the Lenders and applied to repay the Term Loans within five Business Days following the expiration of such 270 day period.

(c) [Reserved].

(d) [Reserved].

 

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(e) [Reserved].

(f) Except as set forth on Exhibit H, prepayments made pursuant to Section (b) above shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Loans in accordance with the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders. Any prepayments (including voluntary and mandatory) up to $30,000,000 in the aggregate shall be first deemed to be applied to the Callable Portion of the Term Loan and any additional prepayments in excess of $30,000,000 shall thereafter be deemed to be applied to the Non-Callable Portion of the Term Loans.

(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event all or any portion of the Callable Portion of the Term Loans are prepaid or repaid for any reason (including, without limitation, prepayment or repayment following the Borrower’s exercise of its rights under Section 10.13, an acceleration of the Loans, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, an early acceleration due to the maturity of the ABL Loans or a Change of Control, but excluding any mandatory prepayments on account of a Prepayment Event described in clause (b) of the definition of Prepayment Event) after the second anniversary but on or prior to the fourth anniversary following the Closing Date, such prepayments or repayments shall be accompanied by a repayment/prepayment fee equal to (i) 3.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Callable Portion of the Term Loans so prepaid or repaid if such prepayment or repayment occurs at any time during the period commencing after the second anniversary following the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the third anniversary following the Closing Date and (ii) 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Callable Portion of the Term Loans so prepaid or repaid if such prepayment or repayment occurs at any time during the period commencing after the third anniversary following the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the fourth anniversary following the Closing Date. Furthermore, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) in the event all or any portion of the Callable Portion of the Term Loans are prepaid or repaid for any reason (including, without limitation, prepayment or repayment following an acceleration of the Loans, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, an early acceleration due to the maturity of the ABL Loans or a Change of Control) on or prior the second anniversary following the Closing Date, such prepayments or repayments shall be accompanied by the Callable Make Whole Amount and (y) in the event all or any portion of the Non-Callable Portion of the Term Loans are prepaid or repaid for any reason (including, without limitation, prepayment or repayment following the Borrower’s exercise of its rights under Section 10.13, an acceleration of the Loans, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, an early acceleration due to the maturity of the ABL Loans or a Change of Control, but excluding any mandatory prepayments on account of a Prepayment Event described in clause (b) of the definition of Prepayment Event) on or prior the fifth anniversary following the Closing Date, such prepayments or repayments shall be accompanied by the Non-Callable Make Whole Amount. The prepayment/repayment fee referred to in the first sentence of this clause (g) and Make-Whole Amount shall be paid by the Borrower to the Agent (ratably for the account of the Lenders, but in any event subject to Exhibit H) on the date of such prepayment or repayment, and promptly thereafter, the Agent shall disburse such amount to such Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, in light of the impracticality and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages, the repayment/prepayment fees referred to in the first sentence of this clause (g) and Make Whole Amounts set forth above are intended to be a reasonable calculation of the actual damages that would be suffered by the Lenders as a result of any such repayment/prepayment. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that the repayment/prepayment fees referred to in the first sentence of this clause (g) and the Make Whole Amounts are not intended to act as a penalty or to punish the Borrower for any such repayment/prepayment.

 

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2.06 [Reserved]

2.07 Repayment of Loans

(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any PIK Interest) outstanding on such date.

2.08 Interest

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b) below, the Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the respective Applicable Margin. In addition, the Loans shall bear supplemental interest, which supplemental interest shall be payable on the Closing Date and on each anniversary of the Closing Date in an amount equal to 0.41667% (or, on the Closing Date only, 0.291667%) of the aggregate initial principal amount of the Loans outstanding on the Closing Date (and without giving effect to any repayment of the Loans) (the “Supplemental Interest”).

(b) If any amount payable under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(i) If any other Event of Default exists, then the Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, notify the Borrower that all outstanding Obligations shall thereafter bear interest at an interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate and thereafter such Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) Interest shall be paid as follows:

(i) On each Interest Payment Date for cash interest and at such other times as may be specified herein for cash interest, interest shall be paid on the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in cash at the Initial Cash Interest Rate, subject to a downward adjustment in accordance with Section 2.08(d) below; and

(ii) On each Interest Payment Date for PIK Interest, interest shall be paid in-kind, by capitalizing and adding such interest to the unpaid principal amount of the Loans (such capitalized interest, “PIK Interest”), at the Initial PIK Interest Rate, subject to an upward adjustment in accordance with Section 2.08(e) below.

(iii) All PIK Interest will be payable annually in arrears on the last day of each Fiscal Year by increasing the principal amount of the Loans and will be compounded annually. All PIK Interest so added shall be treated as principal amount of the Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. Following any such increase in the principal amount of the Loans, interest will accrue on such increased amount. Interest shall accrue from and including the date of the Borrowing (or the payment of any PIK Interest) to but excluding the date of any prepayment or repayment thereof. On the Closing Date and on each anniversary thereof, the Supplemental Interest shall be paid to Agent in cash.

 

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(d) The cash interest portion of the Applicable Margin will be the Initial Cash Interest Rate less the product of the Initial Cash Interest Rate multiplied by the number which results from dividing (x) the Aggregate Commitments as of the Closing Date minus the outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately after any prepayment of principal on the Loans by (y) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately after any prepayment of principal on the Loans. The cash interest portion of the Applicable Margin will be adjusted following any prepayment of principal through and including the time when the Callable Portion of the Term Loan is $0. When the Callable Portion of the Term Loan outstanding is $0, the cash interest portion of the Applicable Margin will be zero and all interest shall thereafter be PIK Interest.

(e) The PIK Interest portion of the Applicable Margin will be the Initial PIK Interest Rate plus the product of the Initial PIK Interest Rate multiplied by the number which results from dividing (x) the Aggregate Commitments as of the Closing Date minus the outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately after any prepayment of principal on the Loans by (y) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately after any prepayment of principal on the Loans. The PIK Interest portion of the Applicable Margin will be adjusted following any prepayment of principal through and including the time when the Callable Portion of the Term Loan is $0. When the Callable Portion of the Term Loan outstanding is $0, the PIK Interest portion of the Applicable Margin will be 13.00% per annum, all interest shall thereafter be PIK Interest and the PIK Interest rate will be set at 13.00% per annum.

2.09 Fees

(a) The Borrower shall pay the fees set forth in the Side Letter on the dates specified for payment therein. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

2.11 Evidence of Debt

(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Agent (the “Loan Account”) in the ordinary course of business. In addition, each Lender may record in such Lender’s internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of each Loan from such Lender, each payment and prepayment of principal of any such Loan, and each payment of interest, fees and other amounts due in connection with the Obligations due to such Lender. The accounts or records maintained by the Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with

 

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respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto. Upon receipt of an affidavit of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Lender’s Note and upon cancellation of such Note, the Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in favor of such Lender, in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.

2.12 Payments Generally; Agent’s Clawback

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Agent’s Office, in accordance with Exhibit H, in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by Agent after 2:00 p.m., at the option of such Lender, shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans and to make payments hereunder are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan or to make any payment hereunder on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan or to make its payment hereunder.

(d) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Credit Party shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of, interest on, or other amounts with respect to, any of the Obligations resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein (including as in contravention of the priorities of payment set forth in Section 8.03), then the Credit Party receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the other Lenders of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Obligations of the other Credit Parties, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Credit Parties ratably and in the priorities set forth in Section 8.03, provided that:

 

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(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Obligors pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

2.14 Settlement Amongst Lenders

(a) The amount of each Lender’s Applicable Percentage of outstanding Loans, shall be computed weekly (or more frequently in the Agent’s discretion) and shall be adjusted upward or downward based on all Loans and repayments of Loans received by Agent as of 3:00 p.m. on the first Business Day (such date, the “Settlement Date”) following the end of the period specified by the Agent.

(b) The Agent shall deliver to each of the Lenders promptly after a Settlement Date a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Committed Loans for the period and the amount of repayments received for the period. As reflected on the summary statement, (i) the Agent shall transfer to each Lender its Applicable Percentage of repayments, and (ii) each Lender shall transfer to the Agent (as provided below) or the Agent shall transfer to each Lender, such amounts as are necessary to insure that, after giving effect to all such transfers, the amount of Committed Loans made by each Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of all Committed Loans outstanding as of such Settlement Date. If the summary statement requires transfers to be made to the Agent by the Lenders and is received prior to 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, such transfers shall be made in immediately available funds no later than 3:00 p.m. that day; and, if received after 1:00 p.m., then no later than 3:00 p.m. on the next Business Day. The obligation of each Lender to transfer such funds is irrevocable, unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the Agent. If and to the extent any Lender shall not have so made its transfer to the Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the Agent, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Agent, equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative, processing, or similar fees customarily charged by the Agent in connection with the foregoing.

 

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ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01 Taxes

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Indemnification by the Obligors. The Obligors shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent (and each Lender that requests) the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent and other Lenders), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested 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 of withholding. Such delivery shall be provided on the Closing Date and on or before such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of an event requiring a change in the documentation most recently delivered. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Lenders, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Lenders as will enable the Borrower or the other Lenders to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

 

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the other Lenders (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Lenders, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any 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, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, incurred in obtaining such refund 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 the 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 the Agent or such Lender in the event the Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

3.02 [Reserved]

3.03 [Reserved]

3.04 Increased Costs

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender;

 

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(ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender); or

(iii) impose on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company, if any, with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

3.05 [Reserved]

3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

(i) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender

 

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pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(ii) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.

3.07 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all Obligations hereunder.

3.08 Allocation of Purchase Price. The Borrower hereby agrees that with respect to the Loans and Preferred Stock, for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-2(h), the aggregate “issue price” of the investment unit consisting of the Loans and Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Preferred Stock Documents (which shall give effect to the amount paid in respect of the Preferred Stock following a valuation of the Preferred Stock as well as the other amounts set forth in the Side Letter) will be determined after the Closing Date by the Agent in good faith following a third party analysis (the “Issue Price”) and the Borrower agrees to use the Issue Price for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to this transaction.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make its Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif “ via e-mail) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Obligor or the Lenders, as applicable, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement sufficient in number for distribution to the Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;

(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Obligor as the Agent and Lenders may reasonably require evidencing (A) the authority of each Obligor to enter into the Loan Documents

 

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to which such Obligor is a party or is to become a party and (B) the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Obligor is a party or is to become a party;

(iv) copies of each Obligor’s Organization Documents and such other documents and certifications as the Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Obligor is duly organized or formed, and that each Obligor is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to so qualify in such jurisdiction could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(v) a favorable opinion of Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP, Howard Kurtzberg, Esq. (New York local counsel and William Estrella Law Offices, PSC (Puerto Rico local counsel), counsel to the Obligors, in each case, addressed to the Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the Obligors and the Loan Documents as the Agent and Lenders may reasonably request, including with respect to the Preferred Stock and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion thereof;

(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in this Section have been satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (C) to the Solvency of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, (D) all of the Obligors’ accounts payable are within stated invoice terms as of the Closing Date, or as permitted in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business consistent with past practices, and (E) either that (1) no consents, licenses or approvals are required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Obligor and the validity against such Obligor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (2) that all such consents, licenses and approvals have been obtained and are in full force and effect;

(vii) [Reserved];

(viii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents and all endorsements in favor of the Agent required under the Loan Documents have been obtained and are in effect;

(ix) a payoff letter from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent for the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent evidencing that the Existing Credit Agreement has been or concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated, all obligations thereunder are being paid in full, and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released;

(x) the Security Documents and certificates evidencing any stock being pledged thereunder, together with undated stock powers executed in blank, each duly executed by the applicable Loan Parties;

 

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(xi) the Preferred Stock Documents and certificates evidencing the Preferred Stock being issued thereunder, each duly executed by the Borrower;

(xii) all other Loan Documents, each duly executed by the applicable Obligors;

(xiii) (A) appraisals (based on net liquidation value) by a third party appraiser acceptable to the Agent and Lenders of all Inventory of the Loan Parties, the results of which are satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders and (B) a written report regarding the results of a commercial finance examination of the Loan Parties, which shall be satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders;

(xiv) results of searches or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders (in each case dated as of a date reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders) indicating the absence of Liens on the assets of the Obligors, except for Permitted Encumbrances and Liens for which termination statements and releases, satisfactions and discharges of any mortgages, and releases or subordination agreements satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders are being tendered concurrently with such extension of credit or other arrangements satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders for the delivery of such termination statements and releases, satisfactions and discharges have been made;

(xv) (A) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Agent and Lenders to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the first priority Liens intended to be created under the Loan Documents and all such documents and instruments shall have been so filed, registered or recorded to the satisfaction of the Agent and Lenders, (B) control agreements with respect to the Loan Parties’ securities and investment accounts, and (C) Collateral Access Agreements as required by the Agent;

(xvi) the Intercreditor Agreement, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lenders;

(xvii) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Agent and Lenders reasonably may require.

(b) The Borrower and PacSun Stores shall have: (i) entered into the ABL Credit Agreement, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lenders, and shall have received commitments for a revolving facility of not less than $100,000,000 in connection therewith, and (ii) delivered to the Agent a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders, attaching true, correct and complete copies of the ABL Credit Agreement and all related loan documentation.

(c) After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and under the ABL Credit Agreement (including the payment of any overdue accounts payable), Availability shall be not less than $90,000,000; provided, that any one-time lease buyout costs of the Borrower incurred and paid on or before the Closing Date in connection with the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 4.01(o) below shall be credited to Borrower’s liquidity.

 

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(d) The Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the fiscal month ended on November 26, 2011, and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

(e) The Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied that any financial statements delivered to it fairly present the business and financial condition of the Obligors and that there has been no Material Adverse Effect since January 29, 2011.

(f) The Lenders shall have received and be satisfied with (i) a detailed forecast for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending with the end of the then next Fiscal Year, which shall include an Availability model, Consolidated income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow, by month, each prepared in conformity with GAAP and consistent with the Obligors’ then current practices and (b) such other information (financial or otherwise) reasonably requested by the Lenders.

(g) There shall not be pending any litigation or other proceeding, the result of which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) There shall not have occurred any default of any Material Contract of any Obligor which could constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.01(n).

(i) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall not violate any applicable Law or any Organization Document.

(j) All fees and expenses required to be paid to the Agent on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full, and all fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full.

(k) The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and Lenders to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional reasonable amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the Closing Date (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Agent).

(l) The Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act.

(m) No material changes in governmental regulations or policies affecting any Obligor or any Credit Party shall have occurred prior to the Closing Date.

(n) The Lenders shall notify the Borrower of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on the Obligors.

(o) Borrower shall have reached agreement for the buyout of no less than 70 store leases and a commensurate number of rent reductions with its landlords consistent with the plan outlined to the Lenders.

 

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(p) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in Article V or in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, (ii) in the case of any representation and warranty qualified by materiality, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects.

(q) No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and under the ABL Credit Agreement.

(r) The Agent and Lenders shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Credit Parties to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans hereunder, each Loan Party represents and warrants on behalf of itself and, where applicable, on behalf of each of their respective Subsidiaries to the Agent and the other Credit Parties that:

5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or limited partnership, duly incorporated, organized or formed, validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization, or formation (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 5.01 annexed hereto sets forth, as of the Closing Date, each Obligor’s name as it appears in official filings in its state of incorporation or organization, its state of incorporation or organization, organization type, organization number, if any, issued by its state of incorporation or organization, and its federal employer identification number.

5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of each Loan Document to which such Person is or is to be a party, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and does not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach, termination, or contravention of, or constitute a default under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Material Contract or any Material Indebtedness to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; (c) result in or require the creation of any Lien upon any asset of any Obligor (other than Liens in favor of the Agent under the Security Documents); or (d) violate any Law.

5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Obligor of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for (a) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents (including the first priority nature thereof), (b) filings required with the SEC, or (c) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect.

 

 

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5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Obligor that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor, enforceable against each Obligor that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all Material Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness which are required to be included in a balance sheet under GAAP.

(b) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated October 29, 2011, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) To the knowledge of the Borrower after reasonable internal inquiry, no Internal Control Event exists or has occurred since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a misstatement in any material respect, (i) in any financial information delivered or to be delivered to the Agent or the Lenders, (ii) of the Borrowing Base, (iii) of covenant compliance calculations provided hereunder or (iv) of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis.

(e) The Consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d) were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions the Borrower reasonably believes in its good faith judgment were fair in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery, the Borrower’s best estimate of its and its Subsidiaries’ future financial performance.

 

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5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Obligor or any of their Subsidiaries or the Collateral that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06, either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and since the Closing Date, there has been no adverse change in the status, or financial effect on any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof, of the matters described on Schedule 5.06.

5.07 No Default. No Obligor or any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to, or party to, any Material Contract or any Material Indebtedness. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.

(a) Each of the Obligors and each Subsidiary thereof has good record and marketable title in fee simple to or valid leasehold interests in, all Real Estate necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business. Each of the Obligors and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interests in, or valid licenses to use all personal property and assets material to the ordinary conduct of its business.

(b) Schedule 5.08(b)(1) sets forth the address (including street address, county and state) of all Real Estate that is owned by the Obligors and each of their Subsidiaries, together with a list of the holders of any mortgage or other Lien thereon as of the Closing Date. Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has good, marketable and insurable fee simple title to the Real Estate owned by such Obligor or such Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances. Schedule 5.08(b)(2) sets forth the address (including street address, county and state) of all Leases of the Obligors, together with a list of the lessor and its contact information with respect to each such Lease as of the Closing Date. Each of such Leases is in full force and effect and the Obligors are not in default of the terms thereof.

(c) Schedule 7.01 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Liens securing Indebtedness for borrowed money on the property or assets of each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries, showing as of the Closing Date the lienholder thereof, the principal amount of the obligations secured thereby and the property or assets of such Obligor or such Subsidiary subject thereto. The property of each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

(d) Schedule 7.02 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Investments held by any Obligor or any Subsidiary of an Obligor on the Closing Date, showing as of the Closing Date the amount, obligor or issuer and maturity, if any, thereof.

(e) Schedule 7.03 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Indebtedness of each Obligor or any Subsidiary of an Obligor on the Closing Date, showing as of the Closing Date the amount, obligor or issuer and maturity thereof.

 

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5.09 Environmental Compliance.

(a) No Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability, except, in each case, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, (i) none of the properties currently owned or operated by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof is listed or proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property, (ii) there are no underground or above-ground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned or operated by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof in violation of any Environmental Law, (iii) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof, and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof in violation of any Environmental Law.

(c) Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 5.09, no Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof is undertaking, and no Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof has completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law; and all Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result in material liability to any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof.

(d) No Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, any Environmental Liability has attached to any property currently owned by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof and to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in any such Lien or any Environmental Liability.

(e) The Loan Parties have provided true and correct copies of all environmental audits, reports and other documents materially bearing on any Environmental Liability relating to the current or former operations or facilities of the Obligors or any Subsidiary which are in their possession or control as of the Closing Date and which were obtained in the twelve month period prior to the Closing Date.

5.10 Insurance. The properties of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of the Obligors, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks (including, without limitation, workmen’s compensation, public liability, business interruption and property damage insurance) as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Obligors or the applicable Subsidiary operates. Schedule 5.10 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. Each insurance policy listed on Schedule 5.10 is in full force and effect and all premiums in respect thereof that are due and payable have been paid.

 

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5.11 Taxes . The Obligors and their Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings being diligently conducted, for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP, and which contest effectively suspends the collection of the contested obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Obligor or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. No Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof is a party to any tax sharing agreement.

5.12 ERISA Compliance.

(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. The Obligors and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan. No Lien imposed against any ERISA Affiliate under the Code or ERISA exists or would reasonably be expected to arise on account of any Plan.

(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. The Obligors have no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.13, which Schedule sets forth the legal name, jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and authorized Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by an Obligor (or a Subsidiary of an Obligor) in the amounts specified on Schedule 5.13 free and clear of all Liens except for those created under the Security Documents and those

 

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in favor of the ABL Lenders pursuant to the ABL Loan Documents. There are no outstanding rights to purchase any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary. The Obligors have no equity investments in any other corporation or entity. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Obligors have been validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned in the amounts specified on Part (c) of Schedule 5.13 free and clear of all Liens except for those created under the Security Documents. The copies of the Organization Documents of each Obligor and each amendment thereto provided pursuant to Section 4.01 are true and correct copies of each such document, each of which is valid and in full force and effect.

5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a) No Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof is engaged or will be engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. None of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions shall be used directly or indirectly for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness that was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin stock or for any other purpose that might cause any of the Credit Extensions to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulations T, U, or X issued by the FRB.

(b) None of the Obligors, any Person Controlling any Obligor, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

5.15 Disclosure. Each Obligor has disclosed to the Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No written report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (in writing) by or on behalf of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Obligors represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

5.16 Compliance with Laws. Each of the Obligors and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Obligors and their Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the Intellectual Property, licenses, permits and other authorizations that are used in the operation of their respective businesses, and to the knowledge of the Borrower such rights do not conflict with the rights of any other Person in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Obligor or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.18 Labor Matters. There are no strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or other material labor disputes against any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof pending or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Obligors comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign Law dealing with such matters in all material aspects. No Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act or similar state Law. All payments due from any Obligor and its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or properly accrued in accordance with GAAP as a liability on the books of such Obligor. No Obligor or any Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement. There are no representation proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened to be filed with the National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of any Obligor or any Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition. There are no complaints, unfair labor practice charges, grievances, arbitrations, unfair employment practices charges or any other claims or complaints against any Obligor or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment of any employee of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.

5.19 Security Documents.

(a) The Security Agreement creates in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties referred to therein, a legal, valid, continuing and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), the enforceability of which is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. Upon Agent making the appropriate filings of financing statements, the Agent will have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, to and under all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in all Collateral that may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document (including without limitation the proceeds of such Collateral subject to the limitations relating to such proceeds in the UCC) prior and superior in right to any other Person. Upon obtaining “control” (as defined in the UCC), the Agent will have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, to and under of all right title and interest of the grantors thereunder in all Collateral that may be perfected by obtaining control under the UCC (in effect on the date this representation is made) prior and superior in right to any other Person.

(b) When the Security Agreement (or a short form thereof) is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and when financing statements, releases and other filings in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified in Schedule II of the Security Agreement, the Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the applicable Obligors in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a security agreement, financing statement or analogous

 

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document in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date).

5.20 Solvency. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the ABL Loan Documents, the Obligors, and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, are Solvent. No transfer of property has been or will be made by any Obligor and no obligation has been or will be incurred by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof.

5.21 Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Arrangements.

(a) Annexed hereto as Schedule 5.21(a) is a list of all DDAs maintained by the Obligors as of the Closing Date, which Schedule includes, with respect to each DDA, (i) the name and address of the depository; (ii) the account number(s) maintained with such depository; (iii) a contact person at such depository, and (iv) the identification of each Blocked Account Bank.

(b) Annexed hereto as Schedule 5.21(b) is a list describing all arrangements as of the Closing Date to which any Obligor is a party with respect to the processing and/or payment to such Loan Party of the proceeds of any credit card charges and debit card charges for sales made by such Loan Party.

5.22 Brokers. Other than as disclosed to the Agent, no broker or finder brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and no Obligor, Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.

5.23 Customer and Trade Relations. There exists no actual or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened, termination or cancellation of, or any material adverse modification or change in the business relationship of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof with any supplier material to its operations.

5.24 Material Contracts. Schedule 5.24 sets forth all Material Contracts to which any Obligor or its Subsidiaries is a party or is bound as of the Closing Date. The Obligors have delivered true, correct and complete copies of such Material Contracts to the Agent on or before the Closing Date. The Obligors and their Subsidiaries are not in breach or in default in any material respect of or under any Material Contract and have not received any written notice of the intention of any other party thereto to terminate any Material Contract.

5.25 Casualty. Neither the businesses nor the properties of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries are affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance) that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which a claim has not been asserted), the Loan Parties shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, and 6.03) cause each Subsidiary to:

6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Agent and Lenders, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended January 29, 2012), a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, such consolidated statements to be audited and accompanied by a report and unqualified opinion of Deloitte & Touche LLP or another Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; provided, however, that, so long as the Borrower is required to file reports under Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery of, the Annual Report of the Borrower on Form 10-K for such Fiscal Year, signed by the duly authorized officer or officers of the Borrower, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower.

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ended April 28, 2012), a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (A) such period set forth in the projections delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d) hereof, (B) the corresponding Fiscal Quarter of the previous Fiscal Year and (C) the corresponding portion of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, such Consolidated statements to be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respect the financial condition, results of operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided, however, that, so long as the Borrower is required to file reports under Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the requirements of this paragraph (except for clause (A) above) shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery of the Quarterly Report of the Borrower on Form 10-Q for the relevant fiscal quarter, signed by the duly authorized officer or officers of the Borrower, within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower;

 

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(c) as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days after the end of each of the Fiscal Months of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (commencing with the Fiscal Month ended December 31, 2011), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Month, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Month, and for the portion of the Borrower’s Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (A) such period set forth in the projections delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d) hereof, (B) the corresponding Fiscal Month of the previous Fiscal Year and (C) the corresponding portion of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, such consolidated statements to be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Month in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(d) as soon as available, but in any event on or before the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, including an Availability model, consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a monthly basis for the immediately following Fiscal Year (including the Fiscal Year in which the Maturity Date occurs) and projected Store openings and Store closings, and as soon as available, any significant revisions to such forecast with respect to such Fiscal Year.

6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Agent and Lenders, in form and detail satisfactory to the Lenders:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its Registered Public Accounting Firm certifying such financial statements;

(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b) and 6.01(c) (commencing with the delivery of the financial statements for the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2011), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, and (i) in the event of any change in generally accepted accounting principles used in the preparation of such financial statements, the Borrower shall also provide a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP, and (ii) a copy of management’s discussion and analysis with respect to such financial statements;

(c) (i) no later than the twentieth (20th ) day of each Fiscal Quarter (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), a Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrowing Base as of the close of business as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter (provided that the Appraised Value percentage applied to the Eligible Inventory set forth in each Borrowing Base Certificate shall be the percentage set forth in the most recent appraisal obtained by the Agent pursuant to Section 6.10 hereof for the applicable month in which such Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered), each Borrowing Base Certificate to be certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; provided that at any time that a Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event has occurred and is continuing, at the election of the Required Lenders, such Borrowing Base Certificate shall be delivered on the tenth (10th) day of each month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Fiscal Month; provided further that at any time that a Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event has occurred and is continuing, at the election of the Required Lenders, such Borrowing Base Certificate

 

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shall be delivered on Wednesday of each week (or, if Wednesday is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Sunday and (ii) simultaneously with the delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate pursuant to clause (i) above, a reconciliation showing a calculation of the Borrowing Base as in effect under the ABL Credit Agreement on the Closing Date; and provided further that that at any time that a Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall deliver (x) a rolling 13 week cash flow, reflecting actual results from the prior week period compared to (1) the immediately preceding rolling 13 week cash flow delivered to the Agent and (2) the annual forecast delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d), and (y) projected results for the subsequent 13 week period, together with management’s discussion of any variance from the prior cash flow or the annual forecast;

(d) promptly upon receipt, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of any Obligor by its Registered Public Accounting Firm in connection with the accounts or books of the Obligors or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them, including, without limitation, specifying any Internal Control Event;

(e) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Obligors, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which any Obligor may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or with any national securities exchange, and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Agent pursuant hereto;

(f) The financial and collateral reports described on Schedule 6.02 hereto, at the times set forth in such Schedule;

(g) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of debt securities of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01 or any other clause of this Section 6.02;

(h) as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Obligors, a report summarizing the insurance coverage (specifying type, amount and carrier) in effect for each Obligor and its Subsidiaries and containing such additional information as the Agent, or any Lender through the Agent, may reasonably specify;

(i) promptly after the Agent’s or any Lender’s request therefor, copies of all Material Contracts and documents evidencing Material Indebtedness;

(j) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction)) concerning any proceeding with, or investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such Governmental Authority regarding financial or other operational results of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof or any other matter which, if adversely determined, could reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

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(k) promptly, such additional information regarding the business affairs, financial condition or operations of any Obligor or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a), 6.01(b) or 6.01(c) or Section 6.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section (b) to the Agent and Lenders. The Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Obligors with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Obligors and their Subsidiaries hereby acknowledge that (a) the Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Obligors hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Obligors or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Obligors and their Subsidiaries hereby agree that they will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Obligors shall be deemed to have authorized the Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Obligors or their securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (z) the Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

6.03 Notices. Promptly notify the Agent:

(a) of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) of any breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Material Contract or with respect to Material Indebtedness of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof (including, but not limited to, notice of any “Default” or “Event of Default” under the ABL Loan Documents);

 

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(d) of any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof and any Governmental Authority or the commencement of, or any material development in, any material litigation or proceeding affecting any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, each of which is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

(f) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof;

(g) of any change in the Borrower’s “executive officers” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the SEC);

(h) of the discharge by the Borrower of its present Registered Public Accounting Firm or any withdrawal or resignation by such Registered Public Accounting Firm;

(i) of any collective bargaining agreement or other labor contract to which an Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof becomes a party, or the application for the certification of a collective bargaining agent;

(j) of the filing of any Lien for unpaid Taxes against any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof;

(k) of any casualty or other insured damage to any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any interest in a material portion of the Collateral under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding or if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed;

(l) of any transaction of the nature prohibited in Article VII hereof;

(m) notice of any amendment to the ABL Credit Agreement and any material notice or other material correspondence received from or delivered to the ABL Agent and related documentation and copies thereof;

(n) of any failure by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof to pay rent at (i) any distribution centers or warehouses; or (ii) three percent (3%) or more of such Loan Party’s locations or (iii) any of such Obligor’s locations if such failure continues for more than ten (10) days following the day on which such rent first came due and such failure would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

(o) upon the sale of any Term Loan Priority Collateral.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

 

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6.04 Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, (b) all lawful claims (including, without limitation, claims of landlords, warehousemen, customs brokers, freight forwarders, consolidators and carriers) which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness, except, in each case, where (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) such Obligor has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, (iii) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested obligation and enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation, (iv) no Lien has been filed with respect thereto and (v) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Agent with respect to determining Reserves pursuant to this Agreement.

6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its Intellectual Property, except to the extent such Intellectual Property is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Obligors or its Subsidiaries.

6.06 Maintenance of Properties.

(a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except in all cases where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.07 Maintenance of Insurance.

(a) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies reasonably acceptable to the Agent that are not Affiliates of the Obligors or their Subsidiaries, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business and operating in the same or similar locations or as is required by applicable Law, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and as are reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

(b) Cause fire and extended coverage policies maintained with respect to any Collateral to be endorsed or otherwise amended to include (i) lenders’ loss payable clause (regarding personal property), in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders, which endorsements or amendments shall provide that the insurer shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Obligors under the policies directly to the Agent, (ii) a provision to the effect that none of the Obligors, Credit Parties or any other Person shall be a co-insurer and (iii) such other provisions as the Agent and Lenders may reasonably require from time to time to protect the interests of the Credit Parties.

(c) Cause commercial general liability policies to be endorsed to name the Agent as an additional insured.

 

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(d) Cause business interruption policies to name the Agent as a loss payee and to be endorsed or amended to include (i) a provision that, from and after the Closing Date, the insurer shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Obligors under the policies directly to the Agent, (ii) a provision to the effect that none of the Obligors, their Subsidiaries, the Agent, the Agent or any other party shall be a co insurer and (iii) such other provisions as the Agent or Lenders may reasonably require from time to time to protect the interests of the Credit Parties.

(e) Cause each such policy referred to in this Section 6.07 to also provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed (i) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Agent (giving the Lenders the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (ii) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Agent.

(f) Deliver to the Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence satisfactory to the Lenders of payment of the premium therefor.

(g) Maintain for themselves and their Subsidiaries, a Directors and Officers insurance policy, and a “Blanket Crime” policy including employee dishonesty, forgery or alteration, theft, disappearance and destruction, robbery and safe burglary, property, and computer fraud coverage with responsible companies in such amounts as are customarily carried by business entities engaged in similar businesses similarly situated, and will upon request by the Lenders furnish the Agent certificates evidencing renewal of each such policy.

(h) Permit any representatives that are designated by the Lenders to inspect the insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of the Obligors and to inspect books and records related thereto and any properties covered thereby.

(i) None of the Credit Parties, or their agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 6.07. Each Obligor shall look solely to its insurance companies or any other parties other than the Credit Parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against any Credit Party or its agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then the Obligors hereby agree, to the extent permitted by law, to waive their right of recovery, if any, against the Credit Parties and their agents and employees. The designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by any Credit Party under this Section 6.07 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by such Credit Party that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.

6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside and maintained by the Obligors in accordance with GAAP; (b) such contest effectively suspends enforcement of the contested Laws, and (c) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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6.09 Books and Records; Accountants.

(a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Obligors or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (ii) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Obligors or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

(b) At all times retain a Registered Public Accounting Firm which is reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and shall instruct such Registered Public Accounting Firm to cooperate with, and be available to, the Lenders or their representatives to discuss the Obligors’ financial performance, financial condition, operating results, controls, and such other matters, within the scope of the retention of such Registered Public Accounting Firm, as may be raised by the Lenders. The Required Lenders hereby approve Deloitte & Touche as a satisfactory Registered Public Accounting Firm.

6.10 Inspection Rights.

(a) Upon reasonable prior written notice, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and Registered Public Accounting Firm, and permit the Lenders or professionals (including investment bankers, consultants, accountants, and lawyers) retained by the Lenders to conduct evaluations of the Loan Parties’ business plan, forecasts and cash flows, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that when a Default or Event of Default exists the Lenders (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Loan Parties at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

(b) Upon the request of the Lenders after reasonable prior notice, permit the Lenders or professionals (including investment bankers, consultants, accountants, and lawyers) retained by the Lenders to conduct commercial finance examinations and other evaluations, including, without limitation, of (i) the Borrower’s practices in the computation of the Borrowing Base and (ii) the assets included in the Borrowing Base and related financial information such as, but not limited to, sales, gross margins, payables, accruals and reserves. The Loan Parties acknowledge that the Lenders may, in their discretion, undertake up to one (1) commercial finance examination each Fiscal Year at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided, that if Availability is less than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Borrowing Base but greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Base at any time in a Fiscal Year, the Lenders may, in their discretion, undertake up to two (2) commercial finance examinations at the Loan Parties’ expense in such Fiscal Year; provided further that if Availability is less than or equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Base at any time in a Fiscal Year, the Lenders may, in their discretion, undertake up to three (3) commercial finance examinations at the Loan Parties’ expense in such Fiscal Year. Any commercial finance exams referred to in this clause (b) as being, “at the Loan Parties’ expense” shall mean that the Loan Parties shall pay the fees and expenses of the Agent and such professionals with respect to such examinations and evaluations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may cause additional commercial finance examinations to be undertaken (i) as it in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate, at its own expense or, (ii) if required by Law or if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at the expense of the Loan Parties.

 

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(c) Upon the request of the Lenders after reasonable prior notice, permit the Lenders or professionals (including appraisers) retained by the Lenders to conduct appraisals of the Collateral, including, without limitation, the assets included in the Borrowing Base. The Loan Parties acknowledge that the Lenders may, in their discretion, undertake up to one (1) inventory appraisal each Fiscal Year at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided, that if the Availability is less than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Borrowing Base but greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Base at any time in a Fiscal Year, the Lenders may, in their discretion, undertake up to two (2) inventory appraisals at the Loan Parties’ expense in such Fiscal Year; provided further that if the Availability is less than or equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Base at any time in a Fiscal Year, the Lenders may, in their discretion, undertake up to three (3) inventory appraisals at the Loan Parties’ expense in such Fiscal Year. Any appraisals referred to in this clause (c) as being, “at the Loan Parties’ expense” shall mean that the Loan Parties shall pay the fees and expenses of the Lenders and such professionals with respect to such appraisals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lenders may cause additional appraisals to be undertaken (i) as they in their discretion deems necessary or appropriate, at their own expense or, (ii) if required by Law or if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at the expense of the Loan Parties.

6.11 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (a) to repay the obligations in full owed in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, (b) to finance the acquisition of working capital assets of the Borrower, including the purchase of inventory and equipment, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (c) to finance Capital Expenditures of the Borrower, and (d) for general corporate purposes of the Obligors, in each case to the extent expressly permitted under applicable Law and the Loan Documents.

6.12 Additional Loan Parties. Notify the Agent at the time that any Person (x) becomes a Subsidiary, and promptly thereafter (and in any event within fifteen (15) days), cause any such Person (a) which is not a CFC, to (i) become a Loan Party by executing and delivering to the Agent a Joinder to this Agreement or a Joinder to the Facility Guaranty or such other documents as the Agent and Lenders shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (ii) grant a Lien to the Agent on such Person’s assets of the same type that constitute Collateral to secure the Obligations, and (iii) deliver to the Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.01(a) and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (a)), and (b) if any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of such Person are owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, to pledge such Equity Interests and promissory notes evidencing such Indebtedness (except that, if such Subsidiary is a CFC, the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary to be pledged may be limited to 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of such Subsidiary and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests of such Subsidiary), in each case in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders. In no event shall compliance with this Section 6.12 waive or be deemed a waiver or Consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply with this Section 6.12 if such transaction was not otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or constitute or be deemed to constitute, with respect to any Subsidiary, an approval of such Person as a Borrower or permit the inclusion of any acquired assets in the computation of the Borrowing Base.

 

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6.13 Cash Management.

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date:

(i) deliver to the Agent copies of notifications (each, a “Credit Card Notification”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F which have been executed on behalf of such Loan Party and delivered to such Loan Party’s Credit Card Issuers and Credit Card Processors listed on Schedule 5.21(b); and

(ii) enter into a Blocked Account Agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and Lenders with each Blocked Account Bank (collectively, the “Blocked Accounts”); and

(iii) at the request of the Agent or Lenders, deliver to the Agent copies of notifications (each, a “DDA Notification”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G which have been executed on behalf of such Loan Party and delivered to each depository institution listed on Schedule 5.21(a).

(b) From and after the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall, following the Revolving Credit Termination Date, ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than daily to a Blocked Account all of the following:

(i) all amounts on deposit in each DDA (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $2,500.00, as may be required to be kept in the subject DDA by the depository institution at which such DDA is maintained);

(ii) all payments due from Credit Card Processors and Credit Card Issuers and proceeds of all credit card charges;

(iii) all cash receipts from the Disposition of Inventory and other assets other than Term Loan Priority Collateral (whether or not constituting Collateral);

(iv) all proceeds of Accounts; and

(c) all Net Proceeds, and all other cash payments received by a Loan Party from any Person or from any source or on account of any Disposition or other transaction or event, including, without limitation, any Prepayment Event.

(d) Each Blocked Account Agreement shall require upon notice from Agent following the Revolving Credit Termination Date, which notice shall be delivered only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, the ACH or wire transfer no less than daily to the concentration account maintained by Agent (the “Concentration Account”), of all cash receipts and collections received by each Loan Party from all sources (the “Receipts and Collections”), including, without limitation, the following:

(i) the then entire ledger balance of each Blocked Account (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $2,500.00, as may be required to be kept in the subject Blocked Account by the Blocked Account Bank);

(ii) all amounts required to be deposited into the Blocked Accounts pursuant to clause (b) above; and

(iii) other cash amounts received by any Loan Party from any other source, on account of any type of transaction or event (other than any proceeds of Term Loan Priority Collateral, which shall be directed to the Term Loan Priority Account subject to a Blocked Account Agreement satisfactory to Agent);

 

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(iv) provided, however, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, permit the Loan Parties to have one or more “intermediate” Blocked Account Agreements, whereby such agreements would provide, upon notice from the Agent, which notice shall be delivered only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, the ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than daily all Receipts and Collections to another Blocked Account, as opposed to the Concentration Account.

(e) The Concentration Account shall at all times be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent. The Agent shall cause all funds on deposit in the Concentration Account to be applied to the Obligations, which amounts shall be applied to the Obligations in the order proscribed in either Section 2.05(f) or Section 8.03 of this Agreement, as applicable. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) the Loan Parties have no right of withdrawal from the Concentration Account, and (ii) the funds on deposit in the Concentration Account shall at all times be collateral security for all of the Obligations. During a Cash Dominion Event, in the event that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.13 any Loan Party receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any such cash receipts or collections, such receipts and collections shall be held in trust by such Loan Party for the Agent, shall not be commingled with any of such Loan Party’s other funds or deposited in any account of such Loan Party and shall, not later than the Business Day after receipt thereof, be deposited into the Concentration Account or dealt with in such other fashion as such Loan Party may be instructed by the Agent.

(f) Upon receipt of any proceeds of Term Loan Priority Collateral, the Loan Parties shall, on the date of such receipt, deposit such proceeds in the Term Loan Priority Account.

(g) Upon the request of the Lenders, the Loan Parties shall cause bank statements and/or other reports to be delivered to the Agent not less often than monthly, accurately setting forth all amounts deposited in each deposit accounts to ensure the proper transfer of funds as set forth above.

6.14 Information Regarding the Collateral.

(a) Furnish to the Agent at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any change in: (i) any Obligor’s name or in any trade name used to identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties; (ii) the location of any Obligor’s chief executive office, its principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility); (iii) any Obligor’s organizational structure or jurisdiction of incorporation or formation; or (iv) any Obligor’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number assigned to it by its state of organization. The Obligors agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest in all the Collateral for its own benefit and the benefit of the other Credit Parties.

 

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(b) Should any of the information on any of the Schedules hereto become inaccurate or misleading in any material respect as a result of changes occurring after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall promptly, but in all events within the next scheduled delivery of financial statements under Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, advise the Agent in writing of any such revisions or updates to the applicable Schedule or Schedules as may be necessary or appropriate to update or correct the same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no supplement or revision to any Schedule or representation shall be deemed the Credit Parties’ consent to the matters reflected in such updated Schedules or revised representations nor permit the Obligors to undertake any actions otherwise prohibited hereunder or fail to undertake any action required hereunder from the restrictions and requirements in existence prior to the delivery of such updated Schedules or such revision of a representation; nor shall any such supplement or revision to any Schedule or representation be deemed the Credit Parties’ waiver of any Default or Event of Default resulting from the matters disclosed therein.

6.15 Physical Inventories.

(a) Cause one (1) physical inventory to be undertaken, at the expense of the Obligors, in each Fiscal Year and periodic cycle counts, in each case consistent with past practices, conducted by such inventory takers as are satisfactory to the Lenders and following such methodology as is consistent with the methodology used in the immediately preceding inventory or as otherwise may be satisfactory to the Lenders. The Lenders, at the reasonable expense of the Obligors, may participate in and/or observe each scheduled physical count of Inventory which is undertaken on behalf of any Obligor. The Borrower, within fifteen (15) days following the completion of such inventory, shall provide the Lenders with a reconciliation of the results of such inventory (as well as of any other physical inventory or cycle counts undertaken by an Obligor) and shall post such results to the Obligors’ stock ledgers and general ledgers, as applicable.

(b) Permit the Lenders, in their discretion, if any Default or Event of Default exists, to cause additional such inventories to be taken as the Lenders determines (each, at the expense of the Obligors).

6.16 Environmental Laws.

(a) Conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in material compliance with all Environmental Laws; (b) obtain and renew all environmental permits necessary for its operations and properties; and (c) implement and complete any and all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that are necessary to comply with Environmental Laws or to avoid subjecting its Real Estate to any Lien pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or release of any Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate, provided, however, that neither an Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake any such cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and adequate reserves have been set aside and are being maintained by the Obligors with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

6.17 Further Assurances.

(a) Execute any and all reasonable further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further reasonable actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), that may be required under any applicable Law, or which the Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions

 

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contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Obligors. The Loan Parties also agree to provide to the Lenders, from time to time upon request, evidence satisfactory to the Lenders as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

(b) If any material assets are acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Security Documents that become subject to the perfected first-priority Lien under the Security Documents upon acquisition thereof), notify the Lenders thereof, and the Loan Parties will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take such actions as shall be necessary or shall be requested by the Lenders to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.17, all at the reasonable expense of the Obligors. In no event shall compliance with this Section 6.17 waive or be deemed a waiver or Consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply with this Section 6.17 if such transaction was not otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or constitute or be deemed to constitute Consent to the inclusion of any acquired assets in the computation of the Borrowing Base.

(c) Upon the request of the Lenders, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its customs brokers, freight forwarders, consolidators and/or carriers to deliver an agreement to the Agent covering such matters and in such form as the Lenders may reasonably require.

(d) (i) Upon the request of the Lenders, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any of its landlords to deliver a Collateral Access Agreement to the Agent in such form as the Lenders may reasonably require and (ii) shall, simultaneously with the delivery to the ABL Agent, deliver to Agent a Collateral Access Agreement for any location or Store for which a Collateral Access Agreement has been provided to the ABL Agent.

(e) If any Real Estate of any Obligor (other than mall-based Stores) is acquired (or is no longer subject to a Lien under the Mortgage Debt Documents), promptly notify the Lenders thereof, and the Loan Parties will cause such Real Estate to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take such actions as shall be necessary or shall be requested by the Lenders to grant and perfect such Liens on a first priority basis, subject to any Permitted Encumbrance described in clause (f) of the definition thereof, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.

(f) If Miraloma is no longer subject to a Lien under the Mortgage Debt Documents (or such Mortgage Debt Documents no longer prevents Miraloma from becoming a Loan Party hereunder), the Loan Parties shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof, and the Loan Parties will (x) cause Miraloma to become a party to the Facility Guaranty and (y) cause Miraloma to become a Loan Party hereunder and cause its assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take such actions as shall be necessary or shall be requested by the Lenders to grant and perfect such Liens, including, but not limited to, amending its Organization Documents to permit the foregoing.

6.18 Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds. Except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, (a) make all payments and otherwise perform all obligations in respect of all Leases to which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, in order to keep such Leases in full force and effect, (b) not allow such Leases to be terminated due to a default thereunder by an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) notify the Agent and Lenders of any default by any party with respect to such Leases and cooperate with the Agent and Lenders in all respects to cure any such default, and (d) cause each of its Subsidiaries to do the foregoing.

 

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6.19 Material Contracts.

(a) Maintain each such Material Contract in full force and effect, (b) enforce each such Material Contract in accordance with its terms, and (c) cause each of its Subsidiaries to do the foregoing.

6.20 Post-Closing Obligations. Execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.20, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule.

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which a claim has not been asserted), no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or sign or file or suffer to exist under the UCC or any similar Law or statute of any jurisdiction a financing statement that names any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof as debtor; sign or suffer to exist any security agreement authorizing any Person thereunder to file such financing statement; sell any of its property or assets subject to an understanding or agreement (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase such property or assets with recourse to it or any of its Subsidiaries; or assign or otherwise transfer any accounts or other rights to receive income, other than, as to all of the above, Permitted Encumbrances.

7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except Permitted Investments.

7.03 Indebtedness; Disqualified Stock. (a) Create, incur, assume, guarantee, suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to, any Indebtedness, except Permitted Indebtedness; (b) issue Disqualified Stock, or (c) issue and sell any other Equity Interests unless (i) such Equity Interests shall be issued solely by the Borrower and not by a Subsidiary of an Obligor: and (ii) such Equity Interests shall not be subject to redemption other than redemption at the option of the Obligor issuing such Equity Interests and in accordance with the limitations contained in this Agreement.

7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, (or agree to do any of the foregoing), except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing prior to or immediately after giving effect to any action described below or would result therefrom:

(a) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agent, Borrower may complete any merger or conversion for the sole purpose of reincorporating Borrower in Delaware (it being understood and agreed that the Agent and Lenders agree to such reincorporation solely in their capacity as Agent and Lenders, respectively hereunder and not in any other capacity);

(b) any Subsidiary which is not an Obligor may merge with (i) an Obligor, provided that a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries which are not Obligors, provided that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

 

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(c) any Subsidiary which is an Obligor may merge into any Subsidiary which is an Obligor or into the Borrower, provided that in any merger involving the Borrower or a Loan Party, the Borrower or such Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

(d) [Reserved];

(e) any CFC that is not an Obligor may merge into any CFC that is not an Obligor;

(f) upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agent, any entity may convert into a different entity under the state of its formation; and

(g) upon fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Agent, any Subsidiary may dissolve provided that, any assets of such Subsidiary are transferred to a Loan Party.

7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except Permitted Dispositions.

7.06 Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing prior to or immediately after giving effect to any action described below or would result therefrom:

(i) each Subsidiary of a Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party;

(ii) the Obligors and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person and the Borrower may make dividend payments and other distributions pursuant to the Preferred Stock Documents; and

(iii) the Kansas IRB Unwind Transaction.

7.07 Prepayments of Indebtedness. Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Indebtedness, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, except (a) prepayment of ABL Loans and the Loans, (b) as long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, regularly scheduled or mandatory repayments, repurchases, redemptions or defeasances of (i) Permitted Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness), and (ii) Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the subordination terms thereof or the applicable subordination agreement relating thereto and (c) Permitted Refinancings of any such Indebtedness.

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7.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into, renew, extend or be a party to any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of any Obligor, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Obligors or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Obligors or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) a transaction between or among the Loan Parties, (b) transactions described on Schedule 7.09 hereto, (c) advances for commissions, travel and other similar purposes in the ordinary course of business to directors, officers and employees, (d) the issuance of Equity Interests in the Borrower to any officer, director, employee or consultant of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (e) the payment of reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs to directors, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (f) any issuances of securities of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock and other Equity Interests not permitted hereunder) or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans (in each case in respect of Equity Interests in the Borrower) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (g) the transactions pursuant to the Preferred Stock Documents and the transactions pursuant to the Miraloma Lease as in effect on the Closing Date.

7.10 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, the ABL Loan Documents, or any other Loan Document or the Mortgage Debt Documents) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments or other distributions to any Obligor or to otherwise transfer property to or invest in an Obligor, (ii) of any Subsidiary to Guarantee the Obligations, (iii) of any Subsidiary to make or repay loans to an Obligor, or (iv) of the Obligors or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person in favor of the Agent; provided, however, that this clause (iv) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under clauses (c) or (f) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person.

7.11 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (a) to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose; or (b) for purposes other than those permitted under this Agreement.

7.12 Amendment of Material Documents. Without limiting Section 7.16, amend, modify or waive any of an Obligor’s rights under (a) its Organization Documents in a manner materially adverse to the Credit Parties or (b) any Material Contract or Material Indebtedness (other than on account of any refinancing thereof otherwise permitted hereunder) other than the ABL Loan Documents in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case to the extent that such amendment, modification or waiver would result in a Default or Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, would be materially adverse to the Credit Parties or otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Obligors shall not amend or modify (v) the ABL Credit Agreement or any documents executed in connection therewith, or waive any of an Obligor’s rights thereunder, in each case, except as permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, (w) the Miraloma Consent, (x) the Miraloma Lease, (y) the Intercompany Loan Arrangements or (z) the definition of “Borrowing Base”, “Cost”, “Eligible Credit Card Receivables”, “Eligible Inventory”, “Appraisal Percentage”, “Appraised Value”, “Inventory Advance Rate”, “Eligible Cash on Hand”, “Credit Card Receivables Advance Rate” or “Availability Reserves” under the ABL Credit Agreement or any other component of the Borrowing Base without the consent of the Required Lenders hereunder.

 

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7.13 Fiscal Year. Change the Fiscal Year of any Obligor, or the accounting policies or reporting practices of the Obligors, except as required by GAAP, provided that such Obligor shall provide the Lenders with at least 30 days prior notice before the implementation of any such change.

7.14 Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Processors; Term Loan Priority Account.

(a) No Loan Party shall open new DDAs or Blocked Accounts unless such Loan Party shall have delivered to the Agent appropriate DDA Notifications (to the extent requested by Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a)(iii) hereof) or Blocked Account Agreements consistent with the provisions of Section 6.13 and otherwise satisfactory to the Agent.

(b) No Loan Party shall maintain any bank accounts or enter into any agreements with Credit Card Issuers or Credit Card Processors other than the ones expressly contemplated herein, in Section 6.13 hereof.

(c) No Loan Party shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, any funds into the Concentration Account (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) other than proceeds of the ABL Loan Priority Collateral.

(d) The Loan Parties shall not withdraw (or attempt to withdraw) any Eligible Cash on Hand from the Eligible Cash Account at any time, but shall be permitted to request that the ABL Agent authorize the withdrawal of Eligible Cash on Hand from the Eligible Cash Account from time to time, thereby reducing the Borrowing Base, only if (i) no Cash Dominion Event exists and is continuing, and (ii) the Borrower furnishes the Agent with (A) notice of such intended withdrawal and (B) a Borrowing Base Certificate as of the date of such proposed withdrawal reflecting that, after giving effect to such withdrawal, no Overadvance will result.

(e) So long as any ABL Loans are outstanding, prior to the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event, the Obligors shall not permit cash or cash equivalents of the Obligors in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000 before and after giving effect to any requested borrowings under the ABL Credit Agreement (other than (i) “store” cash, cash held in local, non-concentration deposit accounts, cash in transit between stores and deposit accounts and cash receipts from sales in the process of inter-account transfers, in each case as a result of the ordinary course operations of the Loan Parties, and (ii) to the extent necessary for the Loan Parties to satisfy in the ordinary course of their business, the current liabilities incurred by them in the ordinary course of their business and without acceleration of the satisfaction of such current liabilities) to accumulate and be maintained in deposit accounts or investment accounts of the Loan Parties. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, the Obligors shall comply with the provisions of Sections 2.05(d) and 6.13 hereof and the provisions of the ABL Credit Agreement, and maintain only such amounts, if any, in deposit accounts or investment accounts as may be expressly permitted thereunder.

7.15 Minimum Excess Availability. Permit (x) Availability (as calculated under the ABL Credit Agreement without giving effect to (x) any increase in the commitment to make ABL Loans or (y) any amendments or modifications thereto or to the Borrowing Base or any components of the Borrowing Base or any advance rates in respect of the same (unless consented to by the Agent in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement) and assuming that any reserves implemented by the ABL Agent with respect to Availability on the Closing Date (except for any reserves imposed as a result of a condition or circumstance (including, without limitation, rent reserves) where the application condition or

 

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circumstance ceases to exist (and ABL Agent has consulted with the Term Loan Agent regarding the same) remain in effect at all times, in addition to any other reserves that may be implemented by the ABL Agent from time to time) at any time to be less than $10,000,000 or (y) Availability at any time to be less than $10,000,000.

7.16 Miraloma Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document: (i) permit the Excluded Subsidiary to open or maintain any DDAs or otherwise possess any cash or other proceeds; (ii) transfer, cause to be transferred, to Miraloma, any assets constituting Collateral or of the type of asset constituting Collateral (including, but not limited to, cash) except lease payments pursuant to the Miraloma Lease as in effect on the Closing Date; (iii) except as otherwise required under Section 6.17(f), permit Miraloma to amend or modify its Organization Documents in any way, or conduct any business other than owning the Corporate Headquarters; or (iv) otherwise permit any of the statements, representations, warranties or covenants made by the Loan Parties hereunder with respect to Miraloma to become untrue or misleading in any material respect.

7.17 Limitations on Transfer of Assets to Specified Locations. Except in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, PacSun Stores shall not move, transfer, store or otherwise maintain any Personal Property (as defined in the Mortgage Debt Documents) at the Kansas Distribution Facility, and (y) except in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, Miraloma shall not move, transfer, store or otherwise maintain any Personal Property (as defined in the Mortgage Debt Documents) at the Corporate Headquarters

7.18 Third Party Beneficiary Under Intercompany Loan Arrangements. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, is a third party beneficiary as to the subordination provisions in favor of any lenders to any Loan Party set forth in the Intercompany Loan Arrangements, that such subordination provisions shall not be amended or modified without the Agent’s consent and (iii) that the Agent shall be entitled to bring suit against any Loan Party to enforce said provisions.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Obligor fails to pay when and as required to be paid herein, (i) any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) any interest on any Loan or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b) Specific Covenants. Any Obligor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.07, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.20 or Article VII; or

(c) Other Defaults. Any Obligor fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days; or

 

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(d) Material Preferred Stock Documents Defaults. Any Obligor fails to perform or observe any material covenant or agreement contained in any Preferred Stock Documents on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 10 days; or

(e) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Obligor herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith (including, without limitation, any Borrowing Base Certificate) shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made (or, with respect to any representation, warranty, certification, or statement of fact qualified by materiality, incorrect or misleading in any respect); or

(f) Cross-Default. (i) Any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Material Indebtedness (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) (including, but not limited to, the ABL Credit Agreement), or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Material Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of any Guarantee thereof (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which an Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which an Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Obligor or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $2,000,000; or

(g) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or a proceeding shall be commenced or a petition filed, without the application or consent of such Person, seeking or requesting the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed and the appointment continues undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(h) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person; or

 

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(i) Judgments. There is entered against any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof (i) one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments and orders) exceeding $10,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer is rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of the potential claim and does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

(j) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Obligor under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 or which would reasonably likely result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) an Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 or which would reasonably likely result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(k) Invalidity of Loan Documents. (i) Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect due to the actions of an Obligor; or any Obligor or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Obligor denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any provision of any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document or seeks to avoid, limit or otherwise adversely affect any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document; or (ii) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Obligor or any other Person not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document; or

(l) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

(m) Cessation of Business. Except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, any Obligor shall take any action to suspend the operation of its business in the ordinary course, liquidate all or a material portion of its assets or Store locations, or employ an agent or other third party to conduct a program of closings, liquidations or “Going-Out-Of-Business” sales of any material portion of its business; or

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(o) Breach of Contractual Obligation. Any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Material Contract or fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Material Contract or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the counterparty to such Material Contract to terminate such Material Contract; or

(p) Indictment. The indictment against, any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof, under any federal, state, municipal, and other criminal statute, rule, regulation, order, or other requirement having the force of law for a felony;

(q) Guaranty. The termination or attempted termination of any Facility Guaranty or the Unsecured Guaranty except as expressly permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

(r) Subordination. (i) The subordination provisions contained in any of the documents evidencing or governing any Subordinated Indebtedness (the “Subordination Provisions”) shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against any holder of the applicable Subordinated Indebtedness; or (ii) the Borrower or any other Obligor shall, directly or indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner (A) the effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Subordination Provisions, (B) that the Subordination Provisions exist for the benefit of the Credit Parties, or (C) that all payments of principal of or premium and interest on the applicable Subordinated Indebtedness, or realized from the liquidation of any property of any Obligor, shall be subject to any of the Subordination Provisions.

8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Agent may, or, at the request of the Required Lenders shall, take any or all of the following actions:

(i) [Reserved];

(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other Obligations (including any Prepayment Premium) to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Obligors;

(iii) [Reserved]; and

(iv) whether or not the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant hereto, proceed to protect, enforce and exercise all rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or applicable Law, including, but not limited to, by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations are evidenced, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right of the Credit Parties;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof under Section 8.01(f), the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable without further act of the Agent or any Lender.

 

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No remedy herein is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of Law.

8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, Credit Party Expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Agent;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting indemnities, Credit Party Expenses, and other amounts (other than principal, interest and fees) payable to the Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations (other than unpaid principal of the Loans) and fees (including the Prepayment Premium), ratably among the Lenders and in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to payment of all other Obligations (including without limitation the cash collateralization of unliquidated indemnification obligations for which a claim has been made), ratably among the Credit Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Obligors or as otherwise required by Law.

ARTICLE IX

THE AGENT

9.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints PS Holdings Agency Corp. to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof (including, without limitation, acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations), together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and no Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not the Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated

 

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or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Obligor or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Obligors or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the Consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Agent by the Obligors or a Lender. Upon the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, the Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders. Unless and until the Agent shall have received such direction, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to any such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Credit Parties. In no event shall the Agent be required to comply with any such directions to the extent that the Agent believes that its compliance with such directions would be unlawful.

The Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.

 

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9.04 Reliance by Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including, but not limited to, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Agent shall have received written notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Obligor), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Agent.

9.06 Resignation of Agent. The Agent may at any time give written notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any Collateral held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent hereunder.

 

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9.07 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Except as provided in Section 9.12, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Credit Party with any other credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of any Obligor that may come into the possession of the Agent.

9.08 [Reserved].

9.09 Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Obligor, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Obligors) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Agent and the other Credit Parties (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Agent, such Credit Parties and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders the Agent and such Credit Parties under Sections 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Agent and, if the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Credit Parties irrevocably authorize the Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 10.01;

 

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(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances; and

(c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty or the Unsecured Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.

Upon request by the Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Obligor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty or Unsecured Guaranty, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Agent will, at the Obligors’ expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Obligor such documents as such Obligor may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Obligor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty or Unsecured Guaranty, as applicable, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10.

9.11 Notice of Transfer. The Agent may deem and treat a Lender party to this Agreement as the owner of such Lender’s portion of the Obligations for all purposes, unless and until, and except to the extent, an Assignment and Acceptance shall have become effective as set forth in Section 10.06.

9.12 Reports and Financial Statements. By signing this Agreement, each Lender:

(a) agrees to furnish the Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event (and thereafter at such frequency as the Agent may reasonably request);

(b) is deemed to have requested that the Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after they become available, copies of all Borrowing Base Certificates and financial statements required to be delivered by the Borrower hereunder and all commercial finance examinations and appraisals of the Collateral received by the Agent (collectively, the “Reports”);

(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Agent makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the Reports, and shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report;

(d) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that the Agent or any other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Obligors and will rely significantly upon the Obligors’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Obligors’ personnel;

(e) agrees to keep all Reports confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07 hereof; and

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Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any Credit Extensions that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to the Borrower, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a Loan or Loans; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including attorney costs) incurred by the Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.

9.13 Agency for Perfection. Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable Law of the United States can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than the Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Agent’s instructions.

9.14 Indemnification of Agent. Without limiting the obligations of the Obligors hereunder, the Lenders hereby agree to indemnify the Agent and any Related Party, as the case may be, ratably according to their Applicable Percentages, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent and its Related Parties in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent and its Related Parties in connection therewith; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s and its Related Parties’ gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

9.15 Relation among Lenders. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no Consent to any departure by any Obligor therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Agent, with the Consent of the Required Lenders, and the Borrower or the applicable Obligor, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Agent, and each such waiver or Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written Consent of such Lender;

(i) as to any Lender, postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any scheduled payment (including the Maturity Date) or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents without the written Consent of such Lender entitled to such payment, or (ii) any scheduled or mandatory reduction or termination of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written Consent of such Lender;

 

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(ii) as to any Lender, reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan held by such Lender, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01(a)(iii) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to or for the account of such Lender, or reduce any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder without the written Consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;

(iii) as to any Lender, change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written Consent of such Lender;

(iv) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders”, or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written Consent of each Lender;

(v) except as expressly permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, release, or limit the liability of, any Obligor without the written Consent of each Lender;

(vi) except for Permitted Dispositions, release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the written Consent of each Lender;

(vii) [Reserved];

(viii) [Reserved];

(ix) [Reserved]; and

(x) except as expressly permitted herein or in any other Loan Document, subordinate the Obligations hereunder or the Liens granted hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, to any other Indebtedness or Lien, as the case may be without the written Consent of each Lender;

(xi) and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the Side Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Products or Cash Management Services shall have any voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of such

 

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agreements or products or the Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in their capacities as Lenders, to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of Collateral or any Obligor.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Obligors hereby agree and acknowledge that the Lenders, after taking into consideration the Issue Price, may restructure the Loans hereunder in any manner so long as the terms contemplated under this Agreement as of the date hereof (including without limitation, the economic terms, the Applicable Margin, the percentage of required cash interest and PIK Interest, the Maturity Date and any prepayment fee or premium (including the Prepayment Premium)) are preserved and are no less favorable to the Obligors than such terms as in effect on the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that dividing the Loans into tranches or allocating the economic benefit of the Loans amongst the Lenders is not less favorable to the Obligors), and the Obligors shall reasonably cooperate with the Credit Parties to effect such restructuring including, without limitation, by amending this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and any schedules or exhibits thereto), and executing such additional documents, as reasonably requested by the Lenders in connection with the restructuring so long as any such amendment or additional documentation would not conflict with the provisions set forth in this paragraph.

If any Lender does not Consent (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the Consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).

10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to the Obligors or the Agent, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

(iii) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Obligors and the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II

 

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if such Lender has notified the Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Agent may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Obligor, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Obligors’ or the Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Obligor, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Credit Parties and the Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Agent from time to time to ensure that the Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

(e) Reliance by Agent and Lenders. The Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Obligors even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Obligors shall indemnify the

 

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Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Obligors. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Agent may be recorded by the Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Credit Party to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided herein and in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether any Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.

10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay all Credit Party Expenses in the case of appraisals and audits subject to the limits in Section 6.10.

(b) Indemnification by the Obligors. The Obligors shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each other Credit Party, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless (on an after tax basis) from, any and all losses, claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, settlement payments, costs, and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Obligor arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Agent (and any sub-agents thereof) and their Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any claims of, or amounts paid by any Credit Party to any other Person which has entered into a control agreement with any Credit Party hereunder, or (v) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Obligor or any of the Obligor’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Obligor against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Obligor has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. Without limiting their obligations under Section 9.14 hereof, to the extent that the Obligors for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Obligors shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable on demand therefor.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of any Agent, the assignment of any Commitment or Loan by any Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Obligors is made to any Credit Party, or any Credit Party exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Credit Party in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent upon demand its Applicable Percentage (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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10.06 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Obligor may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written Consent of the Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section (b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection Section 10.06(d), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(f) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Credit Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless each of the Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;

(ii) [Reserved];

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition, the consent of the Required Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.

 

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(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, provided, however, that the Required Lenders may, in their discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.06(d).

(c) Register. The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and principal amounts of the Loans owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Obligors, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Obligors or the Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Obligors or any of the Obligors’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Obligors, the Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (iv) such Lender shall continue to have the sole right to enforce its rights under this Agreement. Any Participant shall agree in writing to comply with all confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 10.07 as if such Participant was a Lender hereunder. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Obligors agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had

 

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acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section (b). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Obligors, shall maintain at its offices a record of each agreement or instrument effecting any participation and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of its Participants and their rights with respect to principal amounts and other Obligations from time to time (each a “Participation Register”). The entries in each Participation Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Obligors, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in a Participant Register as a Participant for all purposes of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of entitlement to benefits under Section 3.01, Section 3.04, Section 3.05 and Section 10.08). The Participation Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, and a Participant shall have no right to enforce any rights of Lender under this Agreement without the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Obligors, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Credit Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, funding sources, attorneys, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection

 

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with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Obligor and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Obligors.

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Obligors or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Obligors or any Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Credit Party on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Obligors or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received from any Obligor or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Credit Parties acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Obligors or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that nothing herein shall prohibit Borrower from disclosing the terms of this Agreement and filing any Loan Documents, other than the Side Letter (unless required by the SEC), pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or if any Lender shall have been served with a trustee process or similar attachment relating to property of a Loan Party, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Agent or the Required Lenders, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the Obligations now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, regardless of the adequacy of the Collateral, and irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

10.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest

 

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shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, pdf., or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

10.11 Survival. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Credit Parties, regardless of any investigation made by any Credit Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied. Further, the provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 and Article IX shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Obligations, the expiration of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. In connection with the termination of this Agreement and the release and termination of the security interests in the Collateral, the Agent and Lenders may require such indemnities and collateral security as they shall reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to protect the Credit Parties against (x) loss on account of credits previously applied to the Obligations that may subsequently be reversed or revoked and (y) any Obligations that may thereafter arise under Section 10.04 (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted).

10.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.13 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.06, all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

 

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(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);

(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

10.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

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(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

(e) ACTIONS COMMENCED BY OBLIGORS. EACH LOAN PARTY AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY LOAN PARTY ASSERTING ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN AS THE AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.

10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

10.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Loan Parties each acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facility provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, and each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the each Credit Party is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) none of the Credit Parties has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Loan

 

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Parties with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any of the Credit Parties has advised or is currently advising any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Credit Parties has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Credit Parties has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Credit Parties have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each of the Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Loan Parties hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against each of the Credit Parties with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

10.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Obligors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Obligor, which information includes the name and address of each Obligor and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify each Obligor in accordance with the Act. Each Obligor is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patriot Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Obligors, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

10.18 Foreign Asset Control Regulations. Neither of the advance of the Loans nor the use of the proceeds of any thereof will violate the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1.01 et seq., as amended) (the “Trading With the Enemy Act”) or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign Assets Control Regulations”) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not be limited to (a) Executive Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “Executive Order”) and (b) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)). Furthermore, none of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (a) is or will become a “blocked person” as described in the Executive Order, the Trading With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (b) engages or will engage in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such “blocked person” or in any manner violative of any such order.

10.19 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.

10.20 Press Releases.

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Loan Documents without at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent or the applicable Lender and without the prior written consent of the Agent or Lender, as applicable, unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required to do so under applicable Law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with the Agent or Lender, as applicable, before issuing such press release or other public disclosure.

(b) Each Obligor consents to the publication by the Agent or any Lender of advertising material, including any “tombstone” or comparable advertising, on its website or in other marketing materials of Agent, relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement using any Obligor’s name, product photographs, logo, trademark or other insignia. The Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft reasonably in advance of any advertising material to the Borrower for review and comment prior to the publication thereof. The Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade organizations and loan syndication and pricing reporting services information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.

10.21 Additional Waivers.

(a) The Obligations are the joint and several obligation of each Loan Party. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the obligations of each Loan Party shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Credit Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against any other Loan Party under the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (iii) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release of, any of the Collateral or other security held by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Credit Party.

(b) The obligations of each Loan Party shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations after the termination of the Commitments), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Agent or any other Credit Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision of any thereof, any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Loan Party or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Party as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations after the termination of the Commitments).

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Loan Party waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments. The Agent and the other Credit Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or non-judicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure,

 

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compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with any other Loan Party, or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Loan Party hereunder except to the extent that all the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments have been terminated. Each Loan Party waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable Law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Loan Party against any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.

(d) Upon payment by any Loan Party of any Obligations, all rights of such Loan Party against any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments. In addition, any indebtedness of any Loan Party now or hereafter held by any other Loan Party is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations and if an Event of Default has then occurred and is continuing, no Loan Party will demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness. If any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Loan Party on account of (i) such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right or (ii) any such indebtedness of any Loan Party, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Credit Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Agent to be credited against the payment of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Subject to the foregoing, to the extent that a Loan Party shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Obligations constituting Loans made to the Borrower hereunder or other Obligations incurred directly and primarily by any Loan Party (an “Accommodation Payment”), then the Loan Party making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, the Borrower in an amount, for each of such other Loan Party, equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such other Loan Party’s Allocable Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Loan Parties. As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of each Loan Party shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such Loan Party hereunder without (a) rendering such Obligor “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101 (31) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (“UFTA”) or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (“UFCA”), (b) leaving such Loan Party with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (c) leaving such Loan Party unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA.

(e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other waiver or other provision set forth in this Agreement, each Loan Party hereby absolutely, knowingly, unconditionally, and expressly waives any and all claim, defense or benefit arising directly or indirectly under any one or more of Sections 2787 to 2855 inclusive of the California Civil Code or any similar law of California.

10.22 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

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10.23 Attachments. The exhibits, schedules and annexes attached to this Agreement are incorporated herein and shall be considered a part of this Agreement for the purposes stated herein, except that in the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of such exhibits and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

10.24 Intercreditor Agreement. The Loan Parties, the Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that the exercise of certain of the Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and remedies hereunder may be subject to, and restricted by, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Except as specified herein, nothing contained in the Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to modify any requirement or shall be deemed to modify any of the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, which, among the Loan Parties, the Agent and the Lenders shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

PACIFIC SUNWEAR OF CALIFORNIA, INC.,

 

as Borrower

By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

PACIFIC SUNWEAR STORES CORP.,

 

as Guarantor

By:    
Name:  
Title:  


PS HOLDINGS AGENCY CORP., As Agent

By:    
Name:  
Title:  


PS HOLDINGS OF DELAWARE, LLC -SERIES B,

as Lender

By:    
Name:  
Title:  


PS HOLDINGS OF DELAWARE, LLC - SERIES A,

as Lender

By:    
Name:  
Title: