THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO as the Lenders, and WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC as the Arranger and Administrative Agent
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
by and among |
SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION as Borrower, |
THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO as the Lenders, and WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC as the Arranger and Administrative Agent
Dated as of August 20, 2007 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||||||
Page | ||||||
1. | DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION | 1 | ||||
1.1. | Definitions | 1 | ||||
1.2. | Accounting Terms | 32 | ||||
1.3. | Code | 32 | ||||
1.4. | Construction | 32 | ||||
1.5. | Schedules and Exhibits | 33 | ||||
2. | LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT | 33 | ||||
2.1. | Revolver Advances | 33 | ||||
2.2. | Term Loan Commitments | 33 | ||||
2.3. | Borrowing Procedures and Settlements | 34 | ||||
2.4. | Payments | 40 | ||||
2.5. | Overadvances | 45 | ||||
2.6. | Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and | |||||
Calculations | 45 | |||||
2.7. | Cash Management | 47 | ||||
2.8. | Crediting Payments | 49 | ||||
2.9. | Designated Account | 49 | ||||
2.10. | Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations | 49 | ||||
2.11. | Fees | 50 | ||||
2.12. | Letters of Credit | 50 | ||||
2.13. | LIBOR Option | 54 | ||||
2.14. | Capital Requirements | 56 | ||||
2.15. | Buy-Out Right of Term Loan Lenders vis-à-vis Revolving Credit Lenders | 57 | ||||
2.16. | Buy-Out Right of Revolving Credit Lenders vis-à-vis Term Loan Lenders | 58 | ||||
3. | CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT | 59 | ||||
3.1. | Conditions Precedent to the Restatement Date | 59 | ||||
3.2. | Conditions Subsequent to the Initial Extension of Credit | 61 | ||||
3.3. | Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit | 61 | ||||
3.4. | Term | 61 | ||||
3.5. | Effect of Termination | 61 | ||||
3.6. | Early Termination by Borrower | 62 | ||||
4. | CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST | 63 | ||||
4.1. | Grant of Security Interest | 63 | ||||
4.2. | Negotiable Collateral | 63 | ||||
4.3. | Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles, and Negotiable Collateral | 63 | ||||
4.4. | Filing of Financing Statements; Commercial Tort Claims; Delivery of | |||||
Additional Documentation Required | 63 | |||||
4.5. | Power of Attorney | 64 | ||||
4.6. | Right to Inspect | 65 | ||||
4.7. | Control Agreements | 65 | ||||
5. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 66 | ||||
i |
5.1. | No Encumbrances | 66 | ||||
5.2. | Eligible Accounts | 66 | ||||
5.3. | Eligible Inventory | 66 | ||||
5.4. | Equipment | 66 | ||||
5.5. | Location of Inventory and Equipment | 66 | ||||
5.6. | Inventory Records | 66 | ||||
5.7. | State of Incorporation; Location of Chief Executive Office; FEIN; | |||||
Organizational ID Number; Commercial Tort Claims. | 66 | |||||
5.8. | Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries. | 67 | ||||
5.9. | Due Authorization; No Conflict | 67 | ||||
5.10. | Litigation | 68 | ||||
5.11. | No Material Adverse Change | 68 | ||||
5.12. | Fraudulent Transfer | 69 | ||||
5.13. | Employee Benefits | 69 | ||||
5.14. | Environmental Condition | 69 | ||||
5.15. | Brokerage Fees | 69 | ||||
5.16. | Intellectual Property | 69 | ||||
5.17. | Leases | 69 | ||||
5.18. | Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts | 69 | ||||
5.19. | Complete Disclosure | 70 | ||||
5.20. | Indebtedness | 70 | ||||
5.21. | Credit Card Receipts | 70 | ||||
5.22. | Margin Stock | 70 | ||||
6. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 70 | ||||
6.1. | Accounting System | 70 | ||||
6.2. | Collateral Reporting | 71 | ||||
6.3. | Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates | 71 | ||||
6.4. | Guarantor Reports | 73 | ||||
6.5. | Returns | 73 | ||||
6.6. | Maintenance of Properties | 73 | ||||
6.7. | Taxes | 73 | ||||
6.8. | Insurance | 73 | ||||
6.9. | Location of Inventory and Equipment | 75 | ||||
6.10. | Compliance with Laws | 75 | ||||
6.11. | Leases | 75 | ||||
6.12. | Existence | 75 | ||||
6.13. | Environmental | 75 | ||||
6.14. | Disclosure Updates | 76 | ||||
6.15. | Formation of Subsidiaries | 76 | ||||
6.16. | Side Letter | 76 | ||||
7. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 76 | ||||
7.1. | Indebtedness | 76 | ||||
7.2. | Liens | 77 | ||||
7.3. | Restrictions on Fundamental Changes | 77 | ||||
7.4. | Disposal of Assets | 77 | ||||
7.5. | Change Name | 77 | ||||
ii |
7.6. | Nature of Business | 78 | ||||
7.7. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 78 | ||||
7.8. | Change of Control | 78 | ||||
7.9. | Consignments | 78 | ||||
7.10. | Distributions | 78 | ||||
7.11. | Accounting Methods | 78 | ||||
7.12. | Investments | 78 | ||||
7.13. | Transactions with Affiliates | 79 | ||||
7.14. | Suspension | 79 | ||||
7.15. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 79 | ||||
7.16. | Use of Proceeds | 79 | ||||
7.17. | Inventory and Equipment Storage | 79 | ||||
7.18. | Maximum Capital Expenditures. | 79 | ||||
8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 79 | ||||
9. | THE LENDER GROUPS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES | 82 | ||||
9.1. | Rights and Remedies | 82 | ||||
9.2. | Remedies Cumulative | 84 | ||||
10. | TAXES AND EXPENSES | 85 | ||||
11. | WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION | 85 | ||||
11.1. | Demand; Protest; etc | 85 | ||||
11.2. | The Lender Groups Liability for Borrower Collateral | 85 | ||||
11.3. | Indemnification | 85 | ||||
12. | NOTICES | 86 | ||||
13. | CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER | 87 | ||||
14. | ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS | 88 | ||||
14.1. | Assignments and Participations | 88 | ||||
14.2. | Successors | 90 | ||||
15. | AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS | 90 | ||||
15.1. | Amendments and Waivers | 90 | ||||
15.2. | Replacement of Holdout Lender | 91 | ||||
15.3. | No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies | 92 | ||||
16. | AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP | 92 | ||||
16.1. | Appointment and Authorization of Agent | 92 | ||||
16.2. | Delegation of Duties | 93 | ||||
16.3. | Liability of Agent | 93 | ||||
16.4. | Reliance by Agent | 94 | ||||
16.5. | Notice of Default or Event of Default | 94 | ||||
16.6. | Credit Decision | 94 | ||||
16.7. | Costs and Expenses; Indemnification | 95 | ||||
16.8. | Agent in Individual Capacity | 95 | ||||
iii |
16.9. | Successor Agent | 96 | ||||
16.10. | Lender in Individual Capacity | 96 | ||||
16.11. | Withholding Taxes | 96 | ||||
16.12. | Collateral Matters | 99 | ||||
16.13. | Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments | 100 | ||||
16.14. | Agency for Perfection | 101 | ||||
16.15. | Payments by Agent to the Lenders | 101 | ||||
16.16. | Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents | 101 | ||||
16.17. | Field Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by | |||||
Lenders; Other Reports and Information | 101 | |||||
16.18. | Several Obligations; No Liability | 102 | ||||
16.19. | Legal Representation of Agent | 102 | ||||
17. | GENERAL PROVISIONS | 103 | ||||
17.1. | Effectiveness | 103 | ||||
17.2. | Section Headings | 103 | ||||
17.3. | Interpretation | 103 | ||||
17.4. | Severability of Provisions | 103 | ||||
17.5. | Amendments in Writing | 103 | ||||
17.6. | Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution | 103 | ||||
17.7. | Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations | 103 | ||||
17.8. | Confidentiality | 104 | ||||
17.9. | Integration | 104 | ||||
17.10. | Amendment and Restatement | 105 |
iv
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES | ||||
Exhibit A-1 | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |||
Exhibit C-1 | Form of Compliance Certificate | |||
Exhibit L-1 | Form of LIBOR Notice | |||
Schedule | A-1 | Agents Account | ||
Schedule | A-2 | Authorized Persons | ||
Schedule | C-1 | Commitments | ||
Schedule | D-1 | Designated Account | ||
Schedule | E-1 | Eligible Inventory Locations | ||
Schedule | P-1 | Permitted Liens | ||
Schedule | 2.7(a) | Cash Management Banks | ||
Schedule | 5.5 | Locations of Inventory and Equipment | ||
Schedule | 5.7(a) | States of Organization | ||
Schedule | 5.7(b) | Chief Executive Offices | ||
Schedule | 5.7(c) | FEINs | ||
Schedule | 5.7(d) | Commercial Tort Claims | ||
Schedule | 5.8(b) | Capitalization of Borrower | ||
Schedule | 5.8(c) | Capitalization of Borrowers Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule | 5.10 | Litigation | ||
Schedule | 5.14 | Environmental Matters | ||
Schedule | 5.16 | Intellectual Property | ||
Schedule | 5.18 | Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts | ||
Schedule | 5.20 | Permitted Indebtedness | ||
Schedule | 5.21 | Credit Card Processors | ||
Schedule | 6.2 | Collateral Reporting |
v
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Agreement), is entered into as of August 20, 2007, by and among, on the one hand, the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a Lender and collectively as the Lenders) and WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (Agent), and, on the other hand, SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (Borrower).
WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent and certain financial institutions are party to a Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 31, 2003 as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 25, 2007 (as amended or otherwise modified as of the date hereof, the "First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement on the Restatement Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties agree that the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
1. | DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION. |
1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the | |
following definitions: |
Account means an account (as that term is defined in the Code), and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.
Account Debtor means any Person who is obligated under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account, chattel paper, or a General Intangible.
ACH Transactions means any cash management or related services (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic fund transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) provided by a Bank Product Provider for the account of Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
Additional Documents has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(c).
Adjusted Letter of Credit Usage means, as of the date of determination, the sum of (a) with respect to Qualified Import Letters of Credit issued for the purpose of purchasing Eligible Inventory, the Adjusted Qualified Import L/C Amount, plus (b) 100% of the undrawn amount of all other outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (c) 100% of the amount of outstanding time drafts accepted by the Underlying Issuer as a result of drawings under Underlying Letters of Credit.
-1-
Adjusted Qualified Import L/C Amount means, as of any date of determination with respect to all outstanding Qualified Import Letters of Credit issued for the purpose of purchasing Eligible Inventory, an amount equal to 100% of the undrawn amount of such Qualified Import Letters of Credit.
Adjusted Revolver Usage means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the then extant amount of outstanding Revolving Advances, plus (b) the then extant amount of the Adjusted Letter of Credit Usage.
Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, control means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Stock, by contract, or otherwise; provided, however, that, for purposes of the definition of Eligible Accounts and Section 7.13 hereof: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership or joint venture in which a Person is a partner or joint venturer shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.
Agent means WFRF, in its capacity as arranger and administrative agent hereunder, and any successor thereto.
Agent-Related Persons means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
Agent Revolving Advances has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
Agents Account means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on Schedule
A-1. |
Agents Liens means the Liens granted by Borrower or its Subsidiaries to Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Applicable Margin means (i) with respect to Term Loans, 4.50%; and (ii) with respect to Revolving Advances, Documentary Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit, the rates for Base Rate Loans, LIBOR Rate Loans, Documentary Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit set forth below:
-2-
Level | Average | Base Rate | LIBOR Rate | Documentary | Standby | |||||
Availability | Loans | Loans | Letters of | Letters of | ||||||
Credit | Credit | |||||||||
| | | | | | |||||
I | Greater than or equal to | 0% | 1.50% | 1.00% | 1.50% | |||||
$40,000,000 | ||||||||||
| | | | | | |||||
II | Greater than or equal to | 0% | 1.75% | 1.25% | 1.75% | |||||
$20,000,000 but less | ||||||||||
than $40,000,000 | ||||||||||
| | | | | | |||||
III | Less than $20,000,000 | 0.25% | 2.00% | 1.50% | 2.00% | |||||
| | | | | |
The Applicable Margin (other than with respect to Term Loans) shall be adjusted quarterly as of the first day of each calendar quarter, based upon the Average Availability for the immediately preceding calendar quarter.
Applicable Prepayment Premium means, (A) with respect to Revolving Obligations; (i) from the Restatement Date through and including May 25, 2008, 0.50% times the Maximum Revolver Prepayment Amount; (ii) from May 26, 2008 through and including May 25, 2009, 0.25% times the Maximum Revolver Prepayment Amount at such time and (iii) any time following May 25, 2009, 0%; and (B) with respect to Term Loan Obligations prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.4(a), 2.4(b)(ii) or 2.4(b)(iii) only, 1.00% of the principal amount prepaid (i.e. if Borrower prepays $1,000,000 of Term Loans the Applicable Prepayment Premium will equal $10,000).
Assignee has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1(a).
Assignment and Acceptance means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
Authorized Person means any of (i) the chief executive officer of the Borrower, (ii) chief financial officer of the Borrower, (iii) the treasurer of the Borrower, or (iv) any other executive officer of Borrower identified by the Borrower to the Agent in writing.
Availability means, as of any date of determination, the amount that Borrower is entitled to borrow as Revolving Advances hereunder (after giving effect to all then outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations) and all sublimits and reserves then applicable hereunder).
"Average Availability means for any calendar quarter an amount equal to the sum of the Availability for each day of such calendar quarter divided by the actual number of days in such calendar quarter, as determined by Agent, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Bank Product means any financial accommodation extended to Borrower or its Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider (other than pursuant to this Agreement) including: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH Transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or services, or (g) transactions under Hedge Agreements.
-3-
Bank Product Agreements means those agreements entered into from time to time by Borrower or its Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.
Bank Product Obligations means all obligations, liabilities, contingent reimbursement obligations, fees, and expenses owing by Borrower or its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by the Bank Product Agreements and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all such amounts that Borrower or its Subsidiaries are obligated to reimburse to Agent or any member of the Lender Group as a result of Agent or such member of the Lender Group purchasing participations from, or executing indemnities or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products provided by such Bank Product Provider to Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
Bank Product Provider means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates.
Bank Product Reserve means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) $3,000,000, and (b) the amount of reserves that Agent has established (based upon the Bank Product Providers reasonable determination of the credit exposure in respect of then extant Bank Products) in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.
Bankruptcy Code means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from
time to time. |
Base LIBOR Rate means the rate per annum, determined by Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers appropriate in its Permitted Discretion (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100%), to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of the requested Interest Period) are offered to major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11 a.m. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term and in an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of an extant LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Borrower in accordance with this Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Base Rate means, the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its prime rate, with the understanding that the prime rate is one of Wells Fargos base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate.
Base Rate Loan means the portion of a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
-4-
Benefit Plan means a defined benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) for which Borrower or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate of Borrower has been an employer (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA) within the past six years.
Board of Directors means the board of directors (or comparable managers) of Borrower or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).
Books means Borrowers and its Subsidiaries now owned or hereafter acquired books and records (including all of their Records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing their assets (including the Collateral) or liabilities, all of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries Records relating to their business operations or financial condition, and all of their goods or General Intangibles related to such information).
Borrower has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrower Collateral means all of Borrowers now owned or hereafter acquired right, title, and interest in and to each of the following:
(a) | all of its Accounts, | |||
(b) | all of its Books, | |||
(c) | all of its Deposit Accounts, | |||
(d) | all of its Equipment, | |||
(e) | all of its General Intangibles, | |||
(f) | all of its Goods (including, without limitation, Fixtures), | |||
(g) | all of its Inventory, | |||
(h) | all of its Investment Property (including all of its securities and Securities | |||
Accounts), | ||||
(i) | all of its Negotiable Collateral, | |||
(j) | all of its Commercial Tort Claims, | |||
(k) | all of its Leasehold Interests, | |||
(l) | all of its Real Property, | |||
(m) | money or other assets of Borrower that now or hereafter come into the |
possession, custody, or control of any member of the Lender Group,
(n) all insurance policy proceeds, refunds, and premium rebates, including, without limitation, proceeds of fire and credit insurance, whether any of such proceeds, refunds
-5-
and premium rebates arise out of any of the foregoing (subparagraphs (a) through (m) hereof) or otherwise,
(o) all liens, guarantees, rights, remedies and privileges pertaining to any of the foregoing (subparagraphs (a) through (m) hereof), including the right of stoppage in transit, and
(p) the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Property, Negotiable Collateral, Real Property, money, or other tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the term Borrower Collateral shall not include the Excluded Collateral.
Borrowing means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Term Loans or Revolving Advances made on the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of an Agent Revolving Advance.
Borrowing Base means, as of any date of determination, the result of:
(a) | the sum of : |
(i) 90% of the amount of Eligible Accounts consisting of Credit Card | |
Receivables, plus |
(ii) 85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts (other than Credit Card Receivables), less the amount if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
(b) | the lesser of: |
(i) 92.5% times the then extant Net Liquidation Percentage times the book | |
value of Borrowers Eligible Landed Inventory; and
(ii) 85% of cost of Borrower's Eligible Landed Inventory; plus
(c) | the lowest of |
(i) 85% times the then extant Net Liquidation Percentage times the book | |
value of Borrowers Eligible Refurbished Inventory, and
(ii) $10,000,000, plus
(d) | the lowest of |
(i) 85% times the then extant Net Liquidation Percentage times the book | |
value of Borrowers Eligible In-Transit Inventory, and -6-
(ii) $15,000,000, minus |
(e) the sum of (i) the Bank Product Reserve, (ii) the Minimum Availability Reserve, (iii) the Landlord Lien Reserves, (iv) the Customer Liability Reserves, (v) the Inventory Reserves, and (vi) the aggregate amount of such additional reserves, if any, established by Agent under Section 2.1(b).
Borrowing Base Availability means as of any date of determination, the Borrowing Base, less the Adjusted Letter of Credit Usage, less the then extant amount of outstanding Revolving Advances.
"Borrowing Base Collateral" means, all Accounts, Inventory, cash and Cash Equivalents constituting Collateral and all proceeds and products thereof.
Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the state of California, except that, if a determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term Business Day also shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
Capital Expenditures means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed; provided that the following shall not constitute Capital Expenditures: (i) any such expenditure made to restore, replace or rebuild property to the extent such expenditure is made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or damage recovery proceeds relating to any damage, loss, destruction or condemnation or (ii) any expenditure made with Retained Real Estate Proceeds.
Capital Lease means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Equivalents means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 18 months from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 18 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poors Rating Group (S&P), Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or Fitch IBCA, (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P, at least P-2 from Moodys or at least F-2 from Fitch IBCA, (d) certificates of deposit or bankers acceptances or time deposits maturing within 18 months from the date of acquisition thereof issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by or placed with, any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000,
-7-
(e) demand Deposit Accounts maintained with any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the amount maintained with any individual bank is less than or equal to $100,000 and is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) auction rate notes, floating rate notes, corporate notes/bonds or asset-backed securities, in each case having, at the time of acquisition, a rating of at least AA from S&P, at least P-1/MIG-1 from Moodys or at least F-1/A from Fitch IBCA and in each case having such maturities, not to exceed 18 months, as may be customary for investments of such types (based on maturities of similar investments as offered by a Bank Product Provider), (g) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (f) above, (h) Investments in repurchase agreements maturing (as to any repurchase obligation) within 90 days from the date of acquisition thereof, involving only assets of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) above, and entered into with a financial institution (acting through a branch or agency in the United States) having total assets in excess of $250,000,000, (i) any Bank Products obtained from a Bank Product Provider and (j) any Investments of a Subsidiary organized under the laws of Canada substantially similar to Investments of the types set forth in clauses (a) through (i) above.
Cash Management Accounts has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
Cash Management Agreements means those certain cash management agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, each of which is among Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, and one of the Cash Management Banks.
Cash Management Bank has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
Change of Control means that any person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 40%, or more, of the Stock of Borrower having the right to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors.
Check Clearance Collection Account has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7(b). |
Closing Date means October 31, 2003. |
Code means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time
to time. |
Collateral means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted under any of the Loan Documents.
Collateral Access Agreement means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in Borrowers or its Subsidiaries Books, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
Collection Accounts has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
-8-
Collections means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental proceeds, license related payments, and tax refunds).
"Commercial Tort Claims" means commercial tort claims (as that term is defined
in the Code). |
Commercial Tort Claim Assignment has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.4(b). |
Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment and Term Loan Commitment and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments and Term Loan Commitments, as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lenders name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.
Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 delivered by the chief financial officer or VP of Finance of Borrower to Agent.
Concentration Accounts has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to Borrower and the Subsidiaries for any period, the net income (or loss) of Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period without duplication, and solely to the extent included in computing net income (or loss), excluding any gains from Dispositions, non-cash gains or losses, any extraordinary gains and any gains from discontinued operations, any losses from Dispositions, any extraordinary losses, any losses from discontinued operations, any gains resulting from changes in accounting rules and any losses resulting from changes in accounting rules.
Consumer Installment Sales Receivables means, on any date of determination, Accounts consisting of rights of Borrower to payment under consumer installment sales agreements where reasonable credit scoring criteria (that has been approved by Agent in its Permitted Discretion) has been utilized.
Control Agreement means a control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, executed and delivered by Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
Control Exercise Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
Corporate Wholesale Receivables means, on any date of determination, corporate wholesale Accounts that have been approved in writing by Agent in its Permitted Discretion (and as to which such approval remains in effect).
Credit Card Agreements means those certain credit card receipts agreements, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and each of which is among Agent, Borrower, and one of Borrowers Credit Card Processors, whereby, among other things, such Credit Card Processor is irrevocably directed and agrees to transfer all proceeds of credit card
-9-
charges for sales by Borrower received by it (or other amounts payable by such Credit Card Processor) into a designated Concentration Account on a daily basis or such other periodic basis as Agent may otherwise direct.
Credit Card Processor means any Person (including an issuer of a credit card) that acts as a credit card clearinghouse or remits payments due to Borrower with respect to credit card charges accepted by Borrower.
Credit Card Receivables means, on any date of determination thereof, Accounts consisting of rights of Borrower to payment by any Credit Card Processor in connection with consumer retail sales for which Borrower has accepted payment by means of charges to major credit cards (MasterCard, VISA, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, and such other bank or non-bank credit or debit cards as may be approved by Agent in its Permitted Discretion).
"Customer Liabilities" means the Borrower and its Subsidiaries' potential liabilities to their customers, including in connection with merchandise deposits, returns, merchandise credits, gift certificates and frequent shopper programs.
Customer Liabilities Reserve means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) 25% times the amount of reserves established by Borrower on its financial statements in accordance with GAAP with respect to Customer Liabilities and (b) other such amount as the Agent determines by taking into account other factors that may reduce the probability that such Customer Liabilities may be redeemed including the historic redemption rate, the aging of the Customer Liabilities and the purposes and consideration for the issuance of the Customer Liability.
Customs Broker means V. Alexander & Co, Inc., or such other Persons as may be selected by Borrower after the date hereof who are reasonably acceptable to Agent to perform port of entry services to accept and process Inventory imported by Borrower and who have executed and delivered a Customs Broker Agreement.
Customs Broker Agreement means a custom broker agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, duly executed and delivered to Agent by a Customs Broker and Borrower.
Daily Balance means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Obligation, the amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such day.
Default means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender means any Lender that fails to make any Loan (or other extension of credit) that it is required to make hereunder on the date that it is required to do so hereunder.
Defaulting Lender Rate means (a) for the first 3 days from and after the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to Revolving Advances that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans).
-10-
Deferred Compensation Account means any Deposit Account or Securities Account maintained and used by Borrower exclusively for deposit of Deferred Compensation Amounts pending payment thereof as deferred compensation.
Deferred Compensation Amounts means such amounts as may be reserved from time to time by Borrower as reasonably contemplated or required pursuant to Borrowers deferred compensation program as in effect from time to time for use exclusively as deferred compensation for Borrowers officers or directors.
Deferred Compensation Life Insurance means life insurance policies with respect to Borrowers officers or directors maintained by Borrower pursuant to its deferred compensation program.
Deposit Account means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the
Code). |
Designated Account means the Deposit Account of Borrower identified on
Schedule D-1. |
Designated Account Bank has the meaning ascribed thereto on Schedule D-1.
Dilution means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately prior 360 consecutive days, that is the result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or such other dilutive items as may be identified by Borrower or Agent (in its Permitted Discretion) with respect to Borrowers Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrowers billings with respect to Accounts during such period.
Dilution Reserve means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts by 1 percentage point for each percentage point by which Dilution is in excess of 5%.
Disbursement Letter means an instructional letter executed and delivered by Borrower to Agent regarding the extensions of credit to be made on the Restatement Date, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
"Disposition" means, as to any asset or right of Borrower or any Subsidiary, (a) any sale, lease, assignment or other transfer for value thereof (other than to Borrower or any Subsidiary), (b) any loss, destruction or damage thereof to the extent reimbursed by insurance or (c) any actual or threatened condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure or taking thereof, in each case excluding (i) Dispositions (other than with respect to real property) in any Fiscal Year, the Net Cash Proceeds of which do not in the aggregate exceed $500,000, (ii) assets subject to a Disposition described in clause (b) above which are replaced within 90 days from the date of receipt of insurance proceeds, in the case of loss, destruction or damage with assets performing the same or a similar function, (iii) Dispositions described in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions, and (iv) the sale or other transfer of Inventory in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of clarification, it is agreed that the sale, lease, assignment or other transfer for value of any owned real property by Borrower shall constitute a Disposition.
-11-
Dollars or $ means United States dollars. |
Due Diligence Letter means the due diligence letter sent by Agents counsel to Borrower, together with Borrowers completed responses to the inquiries set forth therein, the form and substance of such responses to be satisfactory to Agent.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such period, without duplication, Interest Expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization.
Eligible Accounts means those Accounts consisting of (1) Credit Card Receivables, (2) Corporate Wholesale Receivables, and (3) Consumer Installment Sales Receivables, in each case (for all such Accounts) that are created by Borrower in the ordinary course of its business, that arise out of Borrowers sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that reserves may be imposed from time to time by Agent in Agents Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash. Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(a) (i) Credit Card Receivables that the applicable Credit Card Processor has failed to pay within 5 days after the applicable sale date, (ii) Corporate Wholesale Receivables that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 60 days of original invoice date or Corporate Wholesale Receivables with selling terms of more than 30 days, or (iii) Consumer Installment Sales Receivables as to which the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 150 days of purchase;
(b) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,
(c) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of Borrower or an employee or agent of Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower,
(d) Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,
(e) Accounts that are not payable in Dollars or Canadian Dollars,
(f) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i) does not maintain its residence or chief executive office in the United States or Canada, or (ii) in the case of Account Debtors that are not natural persons, is not organized under the laws of the United States, Canada or any state or province thereof, or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless
-12-
(y) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has been delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent, or (z) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion,
(g) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which Borrower has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC § 3727), or (ii) any state of the United States,
(h) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of Borrower, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of setoff, or dispute,
(i) Accounts (other than Credit Card Receivables) with respect to an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to Borrower exceed 10% of all Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage, unless such obligations are backed by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance and issuer) that has been delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent; provided, however, that, in each case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit,
(j) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, is not Solvent, or as to which Borrower has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor,
(k) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is located in a state or jurisdiction (e.g., New Jersey, Minnesota, and West Virginia) that requires, as a condition to access to the courts of such jurisdiction, that a creditor qualify to transact business, file a business activities report or other report or form, or take one or more other actions, unless Borrower has so qualified, filed such reports or forms, or taken such actions (and, in each case, paid any required fees or other charges), except to the extent that Borrower may qualify subsequently as a foreign entity authorized to transact business in such state or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without incurring any cost or penalty viewed by Agent to be significant in amount, and such later qualification cures any access to such courts to enforce payment of such Account,
(l) Accounts, the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be doubtful by reason of the Account Debtors financial condition,
(m) Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agents Lien, and, with respect to Credit Card Receivables, are not subject to a Credit Card Agreement,
-13-
(n) Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor,
(o) Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by Borrower of the subject contract for goods or services, or
(p) Accounts owed under Consumer Installment Sales Contracts that are not currently due and payable or that are due and payable as a result of a default thereunder.
Eligible In-Transit Inventory means those items of Inventory that do not qualify as Eligible Landed Inventory solely because they are not in a location set forth on Schedule E-1 or in transit among such locations, but as to which (a) such Inventory currently is, and has been for a period not exceeding forty-five (45) days, in transit (whether by vessel, air, or land) from a location outside of the United States to a location set forth on Schedule E-1, (b) title to such Inventory has passed to a Credit Party, (c) such Inventory is insured against types of loss, damage, hazards, and risks, and in amounts, satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, (d) such Inventory is in the possession or control of a Freight Forwarder then subject to a Freight Forwarder Agreement and, to the extent such Inventory is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title, the same (1) is consigned to a Credit Party (either directly or by means of endorsements) and (2) is either (x) in the possession of a Credit Party, a Freight Forwarder then subject to a Freight Forwarder Agreement or a Customs Broker then subject to a Customs Broker Agreement, or (y) the subject of a telefacsimile copy that a Credit Party has received from the Underlying Issuer which issued the Underlying Letter of Credit and as to which a Credit Party also has received a confirmation from such Underlying Issuer that such document is in-transit by air-courier to a Credit Party or a Customs Broker then subject to a Customs Broker Agreement (in each case, in the United States) and (e) such Credit Party has certified to Agent (pursuant to an applicable borrowing base certificate delivered pursuant to Schedule 6.2(a)) that certifies that, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, such Inventory meets all of such Credit Partys representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents concerning Eligible Inventory, that to the knowledge of such Credit Party there is no reason why such Inventory would not be accepted by a Credit Party when it arrives in the State of California, and that the shipment as evidenced by the documents conforms to the related order documents. Delivery of each borrowing base certificate pursuant to Schedule 6.2(a) shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Credit Party that the Inventory listed (or otherwise treated) therein as being Eligible In-Transit Inventory satisfies the foregoing definition.
Eligible Inventory means Eligible Landed Inventory, Eligible Refurbished Inventory or Eligible In-Transit Inventory.
Eligible Landed Inventory means Inventory consisting of first quality (including as a result of refurbishing or repackaging) finished goods held for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers business that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of the one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that reserves may be imposed from time to time by Agent in Agents Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit or appraisal performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or
-14-
market on a basis consistent with Borrowers historical accounting practices, but excluding, for purposes of any such determination, the value of any capitalized costs unrelated to the acquisition of Inventory. An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Landed Inventory if:
(a) | Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto, |
(b) | it is not located at one of the locations in the United States set forth |
on Schedule E-1, as such schedule may be amended from time to time by notice from Borrower to Agent (or in transit from one such location to another such location),
(c) it is located on real property leased or owned by Borrower or in a contract warehouse, unless it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises,
(d) | it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agents Lien, |
(e) | it consists of goods returned or rejected by Borrowers customers, |
unless such goods have been fully refurbished (if necessary) and are packaged and ready for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers business, or
(f) it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items, work-in-process, raw materials, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, supplies used or consumed in Borrowers business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, seconds or Inventory acquired on consignment.
Eligible Refurbished Inventory means Inventory consisting of refurbished goods that is packaged and ready for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers business and that does not qualify as Eligible Landed Inventory solely because it is located at the Refurbishing Facility. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers historical accounting practices, but excluding, for purposes of any such determination, the value of any capitalized costs unrelated to the acquisition of Inventory.
Eligible Transferee means (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $250,000,000, (b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country and which has total assets in excess of $250,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, (c) a finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together with its Affiliates) total assets in excess of $250,000,000, (d) any Affiliate (other than individuals) of a Lender, (e) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person approved by Agent and Borrower (which approval of Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned), and (f) during the continuation of an Event of Default, any other Person approved by Agent.
-15-
Environmental Actions means any complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other communication, each, by or from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving (x) violations of Environmental Laws or (y) releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties, or businesses of Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors in interest.
Environmental Law means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on Borrower or its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health and safety, or Hazardous Materials, including CERCLA, 42 USC. § 9601 et seq.; RCRA, 42 USC. § 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC § 1251 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 USC § 2601 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 USC
§ 7401 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC § 300f et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 USC § 2701 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and the Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 USC § 11001 et seq.; the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, 49 USC § 5101 et seq.; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 USC §651 et seq. (to the extent it regulates occupational exposure to Hazardous Materials); any state and local or foreign counterparts or equivalents, in each case as amended from time to time.
Environmental Liabilities and Costs means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Actions required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.
Environmental Lien means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
Equipment means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code) and includes machinery, machine tools, motors, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, vehicles (including motor vehicles), computer hardware, tools, parts, and goods (other than consumer goods, farm products, or Inventory), wherever located, including all attachments, accessories, accessions, replacements, substitutions, additions, and improvements to any of the foregoing.
"Equity Security" means any issuance of equity securities by the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) any option to purchase equity securities or equity securities issued in connection with the exercise of stock options by any employee, director (or any Affiliate of a director purchasing or exercising stock options on behalf of such director in such director's capacity as a director of the Borrower) or the Identified Consultant of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to any stock option or stock purchase plan or benefit plan, (B) equity securities issued to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (C) equity securities representing directors' qualifying shares or (D) any equity securities issued or redeemed pursuant to Section 7.10(a).
-16-
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
ERISA Affiliate means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Borrower or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Borrower or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of Borrower or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 8.
"Excess Cash Flow" means, for any period, the remainder of (a) EBITDA for such period, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) repayments and voluntary prepayments of principal of Term Loans made during such period, (ii) scheduled repayments of the principal amount of Capital Leases made during such period, plus (iii) cash payments (not financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness) made in such period with respect to Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 7.18, plus (iv) all federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid in cash by Borrower and the Subsidiaries, plus (v) interest expense actually paid in cash for such period.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from
time to time. |
Excluded Collateral means (a) any lease, license, contract, or agreement to which Borrower is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the grant of a Lien to Agent shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation, or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of Borrower therein or (ii) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such lease, license, contract or agreement (in each case, other than to the extent that the restrictive terms of any such lease, license, contract, or agreement would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity), provided, however, that such Lien shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such abandonment, invalidation, unenforceability, breach, or termination shall be remedied and shall attach immediately to the products and proceeds of such lease, license, contract, or agreement and, to the extent severable, to any portion of such lease, license, contract, or agreement that does not result in any of the consequences specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above; (b) motor vehicles owned by Borrower, but only until such time as the aggregate net book value (net of any Purchase Money Indebtedness relating to such vehicles) of such motor vehicles first exceeds $500,000 (it being understood that, from and after such time, all Borrowers motor vehicles shall be included in the Borrower Collateral), and provided, that Agents Lien shall attach immediately to the products and proceeds of all such motor vehicles; (c) any Deferred Compensation Life Insurance and (d) the real property owned by the Borrower which the Agent has agreed to exclude from the grant of security interest hereunder.
-17-
Fee Letter means that certain fee letter, dated as of August 20, 2007, between Borrower and Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
FEIN means Federal Employer Identification Number.
"Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of Borrower and the Subsidiaries, which period shall be the 12-month period ending on January 31st of each year.
"Fixtures" means fixtures (as that term is defined in the Code).
Freight Forwarder means Panalpina, Inc., or such other Persons as may be selected by Borrower after the date hereof who are reasonably acceptable to Agent to perform freight forwarding or international transportation of Inventory imported by Borrower and who have executed and delivered a Freight Forwarder Agreement.
Freight Forwarder Agreement means a freight forwarder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, duly executed and delivered to Agent by a Freight Forwarder and Borrower.
Funding Date means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.
Funding Losses has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b)(ii).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.
General Intangibles means general intangibles (as that term is defined in the Code), including payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill, patents, trade names, trade secrets, trademarks, servicemarks, copyrights, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, infringement claims, computer programs, information contained on computer disks or tapes, software, literature, reports, catalogs, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims, and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof, and any other personal property other than Accounts, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment Property, and Negotiable Collateral.
"Goods" means goods (as that term is defined in the Code).
Governing Documents means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.
Governmental Authority means any federal, state, local, or other governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, department, or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.
Guarantor means any Person that from time to time may become a guarantor of the Obligations.
-18-
Guarantor Security Agreement means one or more security agreements executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Guaranty means on or more general continuing guaranties executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
Hazardous Materials means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify a substance by reason of such substances ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or EP (Extraction Procedure) toxicity, (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.
Hedge Agreement means any and all agreements or documents now existing or hereafter entered into by Borrower or its Subsidiaries that provide for an interest rate, credit, commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap, currency option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging Borrowers or its Subsidiaries exposure to fluctuations in interest or exchange rates, loan, credit exchange, security, or currency valuations or commodity prices.
Holdout Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 15.2(a).
"Identified Consultant" means JW Levin Partners LLC.
Indebtedness means (a) all obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate swaps, or other financial products, (c) all obligations as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of a Person or its Subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices), and (f) all obligations owing under Hedge Agreements (provided that the amount of such obligations shall be calculated based on the net termination value), and (g) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (f) above.
Indemnified Liabilities has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.
Indemnified Person has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.
-19-
Insolvency Proceeding means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
Interest Period means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13 and subject to Section 2.13(d)(ii)(y); provided, however, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended (subject to clauses (c)-(e) below) to the next succeeding Business Day, (b) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (c) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (d) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3, or 6 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (e) Borrower may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date.
Inventory means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
Inventory Reserves means reserves (determined from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion) for the estimated costs relating to unpaid freight charges, warehousing or storage charges, taxes, duties, and other similar unpaid costs associated with the acquisition of Eligible In-Transit Inventory by Borrower.
Investment means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, or capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona fide Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), purchases or other acquisitions of Indebtedness, Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Investment Property means investment property (as that term is defined in the Code), and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.
IRC means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.
Issuing Lender means WFRF or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrower and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lenders sole discretion, to become an Issuing Lender for the purpose of issuing L/Cs or L/C Undertakings pursuant to Section 2.12.
-20-
Landlord Lien Reserve means, without limitation of Section 2.1(b), with respect to any Leased Store Location a reserve for rent for one month for full rental obligations in any Landlord Lien State as may be established by Agent.
Landlord Lien State means each of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.
L/C has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a).
L/C Disbursement means a payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
L/C Undertaking has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a).
Leased Store Location means any Sharper Image store for which Borrower has a leasehold interest, and any related kiosk location leased by Borrower and serviced from any such store.
"Leasehold Interests" means leasehold interests (as that term is defined in the
Code). |
Lender and Lenders have the respective meanings set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, and shall include any other Person made a party to this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.
Lender Group means, individually and collectively, each of the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender) and Agent.
Lender Group Expenses means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes, and insurance premiums) required to be paid by Borrower or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Groups transactions with Borrower or its Subsidiaries, including, fees or charges for photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches (including tax lien, litigation, and UCC searches and including searches with the patent and trademark office, the copyright office, or the department of motor vehicles), filing, recording, publication, appraisal (including periodic collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in this Agreement), real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) costs and expenses incurred by Agent in the disbursement of funds to Borrower or other members of the Lender Group (by wire transfer or otherwise), (d) charges paid or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks, (e) reasonable costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (f) audit fees and expenses of Agent related to audit examinations of the Books to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in this Agreement, (g) reasonable costs and expenses of third party claims or any other suit paid or incurred by the Lender Group in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Lender Groups relationship with Borrower or any its
-21-
Subsidiaries, (h) Agents reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering, syndicating, or amending the Loan Documents, and (i) Agents and each Lenders reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a workout, a restructuring, or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning Borrower or its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether suit is brought, or in taking any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral.
Lender-Related Person means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lenders Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
Letter of Credit means an L/C or an L/C Undertaking, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Usage means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
LIBOR Deadline has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b)(i).
LIBOR Notice means a written notice in the form of Exhibit L-1.
LIBOR Rate means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100%) by dividing (a) the Base LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period, by (b) 100% minus the Reserve Percentage. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted on and as of the effective day of any change in the Reserve Percentage.
LIBOR Rate Loan means each portion of a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
Lien means any interest in an asset securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, any Person other than the owner of the asset, irrespective of whether (a) such interest is based on the common law, statute, or contract, (b) such interest is recorded or perfected, and (c) such interest is contingent upon the occurrence of some future event or events or the existence of some future circumstance or circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term Lien includes the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt, or from a lease, consignment, or bailment for security purposes and also includes reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances affecting Real Property.
Loan Account has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Bank Product Agreements, the Side Letter, the Cash Management Agreements, the Control Agreements, the Credit Card Agreements, the Customs Broker Agreements, Disbursement Letter, the Due Diligence Letter, the Fee Letter, the Letters of Credit, the Officers Certificate, the Patent Security Agreement, the
-22-
Trademark Security Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrower in connection with this Agreement and payable to a member of the Lender Group, and any other agreement entered into, now or in the future, by Borrower and the Lender Group in connection with this Agreement.
"Loans" means the Revolving Advances, Term Loans and other advances made by the Lenders or Agent hereunder.
Material Adverse Change means (a) a material adverse change in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of Borrowers and its Subsidiaries ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Groups ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of the Agents Liens with respect to the Collateral as a result of an action or failure to act on the part of Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
Maturity Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
Maximum Revolver Amount means, (i) during the period from January 1st through July 31st of each year, $85,000,000, (ii) during the period from August 1st through September 30th of each year, $100,000,000 and (iii) during the period from October 1st through December 31st of each year, $120,000,000.
"Maximum Revolver Prepayment Amount" means $120,000,000.
Minimum Availability Reserve means an amount equal to the product of the then applicable Maximum Revolver Amount times 7.5%.
Multicurrency Collection Account has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).
Negotiable Collateral means letters of credit, letter of credit rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts, documents, and chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper), and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means: |
(a) with respect to any Disposition, the aggregate cash proceeds (including cash proceeds received pursuant to policies of insurance and by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note, installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) received by Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to such Disposition net of (i) the direct costs relating to such Disposition (including sales commissions and legal, accounting and investment banking fees, commissions and expenses), (ii) any portion of such proceeds deposited in an escrow account pursuant to the documentation relating to such Disposition (provided that such amounts shall be treated as Net Cash Proceeds upon their release from such escrow account to Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary), (iii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such Disposition (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve other than to make a payment in respect of such liability, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds), (iv) taxes paid or reasonably estimated by Borrower to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available
-23-
tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), (v) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset subject to such Disposition (other than the Loans) and (vi) with respect to any Disposition described in clause (b) or (c) of the definition thereof, all money actually applied to repair, replace or reconstruct damaged property or property affected by loss, destruction, damage, condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure or taking, all of the costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, award or other payments, and any amounts retained by or paid to parties having superior rights to such proceeds, awards or other payments; and
(b) with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Equity Securities, the aggregate cash proceeds received by Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to such issuance, net of the direct costs relating to such issuance (including sales and underwriters commission).
Net Liquidation Percentage means the percentage of the book value of Borrowers Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Inventory, such percentage to be as determined from time to time by a qualified appraisal company selected by Agent.
Non-Owned Storage Facility means any distribution center or warehouse facility leased by Borrower, together with any other location where Inventory or Equipment of Borrower is stored or held pursuant to a lease, bailment, warehousing or similar arrangement, which location (a) is not owned by Borrower, and (b) is not a Leased Store Location.
Obligations means (a) all Loans, debts, principal, interest (including any interest that, but for the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, would have accrued), contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit, premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to Borrowers Loan Account pursuant hereto), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), charges, costs, Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that, but for the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, would have accrued), lease payments, guaranties, covenants, and duties of any kind and description owing by Borrower to the Lender Group pursuant to or evidenced by the Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all Lender Group Expenses that Borrower is required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents, and (b) all Bank Product Obligations. Any reference in this Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.
Officers Certificate means the representations and warranties of officers form submitted by Agent to Borrower, together with Borrowers completed responses to the inquiries set forth therein, the form and substance of such responses to be satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Originating Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1(e).
Overadvance has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
-24-
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1(e).
Patent Security Agreement means a patent security agreement executed and delivered by Borrower and Agent, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Permitted Discretion means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
Permitted Dispositions means (a) sales or other dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete in the ordinary course of business, (b) sales of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of business, (c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (d) the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business provided that any such license is subject to the Lien and other rights of the Agent in such patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, (e) in connection with any store closing, the subleasing of the applicable store space for the remainder of the then current term of the applicable lease(s), (f) dispositions of Equipment in the ordinary course of business in connection with the remodeling or refurbishing or closing of stores in an aggregate amount (based on the aggregate consideration, calculated as of the date of each such disposition) not in excess of $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, (g) the lapsing or abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights (other than the tradenames or trademarks "Sharper Image", "The Sharper Image" or "The Sharper Image Corporation") so long as the Borrower determines in good faith that such intellectual property rights are no longer useful in the business of the Borrower, (h) the sale or other transfer of the Borrower's distribution center owned on the Restatement Date provided that Borrower complies with the provisions of Section 2.4(b)(i) hereof, and (i) dispositions not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (h) of assets other than Accounts, or the trade name "Sharper Image", so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) each such disposition is consummated at fair value, in good faith, and pursuant to an arms length transaction, (iii) both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such disposition, Borrowing Base Availability shall be in excess of $15,000,000, and (iv) the aggregate amount of all such dispositions (based on the aggregate consideration, calculated as of the date of each such disposition) under this clause does not exceed $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.
Permitted Investments means (a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, (b) Investments in negotiable instruments for collection, (c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, (d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (e) Investments consisting of guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1, (f) Investments in Deferred Compensation Life Insurance to the extent permitted in Section 6.8(d), and (g) Investments not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (f) so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such Investment, Borrowing Base Availability shall be in excess of $15,000,000, and (iii) the
-25-
aggregate amount of all such Investments at any one time outstanding would not exceed $15,000,000.
Permitted Liens means (a) Liens held by Agent, (b) Liens for unpaid taxes that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder and are the subject of Permitted Protests, (c) Liens set forth on Schedule P-1, (d) the interests of lessors under operating leases, (e) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, (f) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not overdue by more than 30 days, so long as Agent is satisfied that, during such overdue period, such Liens will not impair the enforceability, validity or priority of any of the Agents Liens, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests, (g) Liens arising from deposits made in connection with obtaining workers compensation or other unemployment insurance, (h) Liens or deposits to secure performance of bids, tenders, or leases incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, (i) Liens granted as security for surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature in connection with obtaining such bonds in the ordinary course of business, (j) inchoate and unperfected Liens for escheat or use taxes that are not the subject of any judgment or other asserted claim for the payment of money, and any Liens resulting from any judgment or other asserted claim for the payment of money that is not an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.7, (k) with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, zoning restrictions, and similar encumbrances that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof, (m) Liens on assets other than Inventory, Accounts, Real Property, Cash Management Accounts, Deferred Compensation Accounts, or patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights, and securing Indebtedness or other obligations permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5,000,000 and (n) Liens on insurance policies held by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.1(i).
Permitted Protest means the right of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes), or rental payment, provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on the Books in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of the Agents Liens.
Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, Purchase Money Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $10,000,000.
"Permitted Working Capital Uses" means working capital expenditures of the Borrower other than (i) any Investment, (ii) any payment with respect to any settlement or judgment (other than Borrower's attorney fees) in excess of $1,000,000 for all such claims in any Fiscal Year unless otherwise agreed to by Agent in writing, (iii) any payment pursuant to Section 7.10, or (iv) repayment of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations).
-26-
Person means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.
Projections means Borrowers forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Borrower's historical financials, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
Pro Rata Share means, as of any date of determination,:
(a) with respect to a Lenders obligation to make Revolving Advances and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lenders Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Advances by (z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Advances,
(b) with respect to a Lenders obligation to participate in Letters of Credit, to reimburse the Issuing Lender, and to receive payments of fees with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lenders Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Advances by (z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Advances,
(c) with respect to a Lenders obligation to make Term Loans and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Term Loan Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lenders Term Loan Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Term Loan Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Term Loans by (z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans, and
(d) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 16.7), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lenders Revolver Commitment plus the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders portion of the Revolving Advances plus such Lender's outstanding Term Loans, by (ii) the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments of all Lenders plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Advances plus all outstanding Term Loans of all Lenders; provided, however, that in the event the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (A) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Advances plus such Lenders ratable portion of the Risk Participation Liability with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit
-27-
plus such Lender's outstanding Term Loans, by (B) the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Advances plus the aggregate amount of the Risk Participation Liability with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit plus all outstanding Term Loans of all Lenders.
Purchase Money Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred at the time of, or within 90 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof (together with any refinancings thereof permitted under Section 7.1(c)).
Qualified Cash means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such Deposit Account or Securities Account is the subject of a Control Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities intermediary located within the United States.
Qualified Import Letter of Credit means a Letter of Credit that (a) is issued to facilitate the purchase by Borrower of Eligible Inventory, (b) has an expiry date of less than 120 days and is otherwise in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and (c) is issued to support an Underlying Letter of Credit that only is drawable by the beneficiary thereof by the presentation of, among other documents, such applicable documents satisfactory to Agent as evidencing Borrowers title to the subject Inventory.
Real Property means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.
Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
Refurbishing Facility means that certain Proactive Solutions facility located at 350 Wainwright Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062.
Remedial Action means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) perform any pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, each, in connection with a release of Hazardous Materials, or (d) conduct any other removal or remedial actions authorized by 42 USC § 9601.
Replacement Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 15.2(a).
Report has the meaning set forth in Section 16.17.
Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate Pro Rata Shares (calculated under clause (d) of the definition of Pro Rata Shares) equal or exceed 50.1%.
"Required Revolving Lenders" means as of any date, Lenders holding 50.1% or more of Revolver Commitments determined on a combined basis and, following the termination of the Revolver Commitments, Lenders holding 50.1% or more of the outstanding Revolving
-28-
Obligations; provided that prior to termination of the Revolver Commitments, if any Lender breaches its obligation to fund any requested Revolving Advance, for so long as such breach exists, its voting rights hereunder shall be calculated with reference to its outstanding Revolving Advances rather than its Revolver Commitment.
"Required Term Loan Lenders" means as of any date, Lenders holding 50.1% or more of the outstanding principal balance of Term Loans.
Reserve Percentage means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements (including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are in effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as eurocurrency liabilities) of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the Reserve Percentage shall be zero.
"Restatement Date" means the date upon which all of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement have been met.
"Retained Real Estate Proceeds" means Net Cash Proceeds from the Disposition of real property owned by the Borrower in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate.
Revolver Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lenders name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 and in each case for the relevant period of the year specified on such Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.
Revolver Usage means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the then extant amount of outstanding Revolving Advances, plus (b) the then extant amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.
Revolving Advances has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
"Revolving Credit Lender" means a Lender with a Revolver Commitment or, following the termination of the Revolver Commitments, to which Revolving Obligations are owed.
"Revolving Obligations" means all Obligations consisting of Revolving Advances, fees, expenses and interest related thereto.
Risk Participation Liability means, as to each Letter of Credit, all reimbursement obligations of Borrower to the Issuing Lender with respect to an L/C Undertaking, consisting of (a) the amount available to be drawn or which may become available to be drawn, (b) all amounts that have been paid by the Issuing Lender to the Underlying Issuer to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower, whether by the making of an Advance or otherwise, and (c) all accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses payable with respect thereto.
-29-
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
Securities Account means a securities account (as that term is defined in the
Code). |
Settlement has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(f)(i).
Settlement Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(f)(i).
"Side Letter" means that certain letter agreement dated as of August 20, 2007 by and between the Borrower and WFRF.
Special Account and Securities Investments means, at any time, (a) Deferred Compensation Amounts in the Deferred Compensation Account, and (b) Permitted Investments of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Deferred Compensation Amounts in the Deferred Compensation Account), in an aggregate amount not in excess of $1,500,000, that at such time, both (i) consist of (x) Permitted Investments held in a Deposit Account or Securities Account, or
(y) | securities or other Investment Property, and (ii) are not (x) in a Cash Management Account, |
(y) | in a Deposit Account or Securities Account then subject to a Control Agreement, or (z) |
otherwise subject to the control of Agent in accordance with Sections 9-104 or 9-106 of the Code.
Solvent means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that, at fair valuations, the sum of such Persons assets is greater than all of such Persons debts.
Stock means all shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any other equity security (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).
Store Account means, for each of Borrowers stores, the Collection Account maintained by Borrower for deposit of Collections received at such store.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the shares of Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or appoint other comparable managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.
Swing Lender means WFRF or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrower and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lenders sole discretion, to become the Swing Lender under Section 2.3(d).
Swing Loan has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(i).
Taxes has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11.
-30-
"Term Loan Commitment" means $20,000,000 (as such amount may be reduced or otherwise modified pursuant to the Side Letter).
"Term Loan Lender" means any Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or, following the termination of the Term Loan Commitments, to which Term Loan Obligations are owed.
"Term Loan Maturity Date" means May 25, 2012 or such earlier date on which the Commitments terminate pursuant to Section 9.
"Term Loan Obligations" means all Obligations consisting of Term Loans and fees, expenses and interest related thereto.
"Term Loans" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 and, for purposes of clarification, shall include any "Initial Term Loans" or any "Incremental Term Loans" each as defined in the Side Letter.
Termination Date means May 25, 2012 or such earlier date on which the Commitments terminate pursuant to Section 9.
Trademark Security Agreement means a trademark security agreement executed and delivered by Borrower and Agent, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Triggering Period means (A) the period from (i) May 25, 2007 through (ii) the first date on or after May 25, 2007 on which Availability shall have been in excess of $15,000,000 for a period of six continuous months (the "Initial Triggering Period") and (B) after the Initial Triggering Period, the period commencing on the earlier to occur of either (i) the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, or (ii) the first date on which Availability shall fail to be in excess of $15,000,000 and terminating on the first date on which Availability shall have been in excess of $15,000,000 for a period of six continuous months. Agent will endeavor to notify Borrower within five (5) days of the Agent becoming aware of the occurrence of any Triggering Period occurring after the Initial Triggering Period.
UCC Filing Authorization Letter means a letter duly executed by Borrower authorizing Agent to file appropriate financing statements on Form UCC-1 (without the signature of Borrower), in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created by the Loan Documents.
United States means the United States of America.
Underlying Issuer means a third Person which is the beneficiary of an L/C Undertaking and which has issued a letter of credit at the request of the Issuing Lender for the benefit of Borrower.
Underlying Letter of Credit means a letter of credit that has been issued by an Underlying Issuer.
Voidable Transfer has the meaning set forth in Section 17.7.
-31-
Wells Fargo means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking
association. |
"Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds" means Net Cash Proceeds from the incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Equity Securities by the Borrower in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from and after the Restatement Date designated by the Borrower in writing to the Agent for application to identified Permitted Working Capital Uses.
WFRF means Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company. |
1.2. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided that, in the event of any change to GAAP or the application thereof occurring after the Restatement Date, at the request of Agent or Borrower, the parties shall in good faith consider appropriate amendments to adjust financial covenant levels herein to offsite the effects (if any) of such change. When used herein, the term financial statements shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term Borrower is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
1.3. Code. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein.
1.4. Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the term including is not limiting, and the term or has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to the repayment in full or satisfaction in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or cash-collaterization in accordance with the terms hereof) of all Obligations other than contingent indemnification Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and are not required to be repaid or cash collateralized pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in the other Loan Documents shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of the information contained therein.
-32-
1.5. Schedules and Exhibits. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
2. | LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT. | |
2.1. | Revolver Advances. | |
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term | ||
of this Agreement, each Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make revolving advances (Revolving Advances) to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed such Lenders Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount less the Letter of Credit Usage, or (ii) the Borrowing Base less the Adjusted Letter of Credit Usage.
(b) Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding, Agent shall have the right to establish and modify reserves (including all reserves referenced in the definition of Borrowing Base) in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, against the Borrowing Base, including, without limitation, reserves with respect to (i) shrinkage (so as to bring perpetual records in line with historical levels), (ii) sums that Borrower is required to pay (such as taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay under any Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (iii) amounts owing by Borrower or its Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral (other than any existing Permitted Lien set forth on Schedule P-1 which is specifically identified thereon as entitled to have priority over the Agents Liens), which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority superior to the Agents Liens (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral. In addition to the foregoing (and subject to Section 2.11 as to costs and expenses), Agent shall have the right to have the Borrowers Inventory reappraised by a qualified appraisal company selected by Agent from time to time after the Restatement Date for the purpose of re-determining the Net Liquidation Percentage of the Eligible Inventory and, as a result, re-determining the Borrowing Base.
(c) The Lenders shall have no obligation to make additional Revolving Advances hereunder to the extent such additional Revolving Advances would cause the Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount.
(d) Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement.
2.2. Term Loan Commitments. Each Lender agrees to make a loan to Borrower (each such loan, a Term Loan) on such dates and in the amounts set forth in the Side Letter in such Lenders applicable Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan Commitment. The Commitments of Lenders to make Term Loans shall expire concurrently with the making of the Term Loans on the date when such Term Loans are made and in the amounts so made.
-33-
2.3. | Borrowing Procedures and Settlements. |
(a) Procedure for Borrowing. Each Borrowing shall be made by an | |
irrevocable written request by an Authorized Person delivered to Agent (which notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Business Day prior to the date that is the requested Funding Date (subject to Section 2.13(b)(i) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loan) specifying (i) the amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a Business Day; provided, however, that in the case of a request for Swing Loan in an amount of $20,000,000, or less, such notice will be timely received if it is received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date) specifying (i) the amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a Business Day. At Agents election, in lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the required time. In such circumstances, Borrower agrees that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the giving of such notice and the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not affect the validity of the request.
(b) Agents Election. Promptly after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Agent shall elect, in its discretion, (i) to have the terms of Section 2.3(c) apply to such requested Borrowing, or (ii) if the Borrowing is for a Revolving Advance to request Swing Lender to make a Swing Loan pursuant to the terms of Section 2.3(d) in the amount of the requested Borrowing; provided, however, that (i) if Swing Lender declines in its sole discretion to make a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(d), Agent shall elect to have the terms of Section 2.3(c) apply to such requested Borrowing, and (ii) if a notice requesting a LIBOR Rate Loan has been timely delivered per Section 2.13(b)(i), Agent shall not have the option to request Swing Line Lender to make such Borrowing as a Swing Line Loan.
(c) | Making of Loans. |
(i) In the event that Agent shall elect to have the terms of this Section | |
2.3(c) apply to a requested Borrowing as described in Section 2.3(b), then promptly after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Agent shall notify the Lenders, not later than 1:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Funding Date applicable thereto, by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of the requested Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agents Account, not later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Funding Date applicable thereto. After Agents receipt of the proceeds of such Loans, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to Borrowers Designated Account; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(i), Agent shall not request any Lender to make, and no Lender shall have the obligation to make, any Loan if Agent shall have actual knowledge that (1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date.
-34-
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender on or prior to the Restatement Date or, with respect to any Borrowing after the Restatement Date, prior to 9:00 a.m. (California time) on the date of such Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available as and when required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrower the amount of that Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Lender shall not have made its full amount available to Agent in immediately available funds and Agent in such circumstances has made available to Borrower such amount, that Lender shall on the Business Day following such Funding Date make such amount available to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day during such period. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under this subsection shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such payment to Agent shall constitute such Lenders Loan on the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent will notify Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, Borrower shall pay such amount to Agent for Agents account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans composing such Borrowing. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan on any Funding Date shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation hereunder to make a Loan on such Funding Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on any Funding Date.
(iii) Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by Borrower to Agent for the Defaulting Lenders benefit, and, in the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments to each other non-Defaulting Lender member of the Lender Group ratably in accordance with their Commitments (but only to the extent that such Defaulting Lenders Loan was funded by the other members of the Lender Group) or, if so directed by Borrower and if no Default or Event of Default had occurred and is continuing (and to the extent such Defaulting Lenders Loan was not funded by the Lender Group), retain same to be re-advanced to Borrower as if such Defaulting Lender had made a Loan to Borrower. Subject to the foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its Permitted Discretion, re-lend to Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender and such Lenders Commitment shall be deemed to be zero. This Section shall remain effective with respect to such Lender until (x) the Obligations under this Agreement shall have been declared or shall have become immediately due and payable, (y) the non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, and Borrower shall have waived such Defaulting Lenders default in writing, or (z) the Defaulting Lender makes its Pro Rata Share
-35-
of the applicable Loan and pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect thereof. The operation of this Section shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Agent or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any such failure to fund by any Defaulting Lender shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle Borrower at its option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender to be acceptable to Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations, but including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation Liability) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever; provided, however, that any such assumption of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups or Borrowers rights or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund.
(d) | Making of Swing Loans. |
(i) In the event Agent shall elect, with the consent of Swing Lender, | |
as a Lender, to have the terms of this Section 2.3(d) apply to a requested Borrowing as described in Section 2.3(b), Swing Lender as a Lender shall make such Revolving Advance in the amount of such Borrowing (any such Revolving Advance made solely by Swing Lender as a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(d) being referred to as a Swing Loan and such Revolving Advances being referred to collectively as Swing Loans) available to Borrower on the Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds to Borrowers Designated Account. Each Swing Loan shall be deemed to be a Revolving Advance hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to other Revolving Advances except that no such Swing Loan shall be eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and all payments on any Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender as a Lender solely for its own account (and for the account of the holder of any participation interest with respect to such Swing Loan). Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(i), Agent shall not request Swing Lender as a Lender to make, and Swing Lender as a Lender shall not make, any Swing Loan if Agent has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date. Swing Lender as a Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have been satisfied on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making, in its sole discretion, any Swing Loan.
-36-
(ii) The Swing Loans shall be secured by the Agents Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Advances that are Base Rate Loans.
(e) | Agent Revolving Advances. |
(i) Agent hereby is authorized by Borrower and the Lenders, from | |
time to time in Agents sole discretion, (1) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (2) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have not been satisfied, to make Revolving Advances to Borrower on behalf of the Lenders that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion deems necessary or desirable (A) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (B) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), or (C) to pay any other amount chargeable to Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including Lender Group Expenses and the costs, fees, and expenses described in Section 10 (any of the Revolving Advances described in this Section 2.3(e) shall be referred to as Agent Revolving Advances). Each Agent Revolving Advance shall be deemed to be a Revolving Advance hereunder, except that no such Agent Revolving Advance shall be eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and all payments thereon shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account.
(ii) The Agent Revolving Advances shall be repayable on demand, secured by the Agents Liens granted to Agent under the Loan Documents, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Advances that are Base Rate Loans.
(f) Settlement. It is agreed that each Lenders funded portion of the Revolving Advances is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Revolving Advances. Such agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of or enforceable by Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among them as to the Revolving Advances, the Swing Loans, and the Agent Revolving Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) Agent shall request settlement (Settlement) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent, (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to each outstanding Swing Loan, (2) for itself, with respect to each Agent Revolving Advance, and (3) with respect to Borrowers or its Subsidiaries Collections received by Agent, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the Settlement Date). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Advances, Swing Loans, and Agent Revolving Advances for the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and
-37-
conditions contained herein (including Section 2.3(c)(iii)): (y) if a Lenders balance of the Revolving Advances (in each case, including Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances) exceeds such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances (in each case, including Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances (in each case, including Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances), and (z) if a Lenders balance of the Revolving Advances (including Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances) is less than such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances (in each case, including Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date transfer in immediately available funds to the Agents Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances (in each case, including Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing Loans or Agent Revolving Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing Loans or Agent Revolving Advances representing Swing Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Advances of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.
(ii) In determining whether a Lenders balance of the Revolving Advances, Swing Loans, and Agent Revolving Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances, Swing Loans, and Agent Revolving Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to principal, interest, fees payable by Borrower and allocable to the Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral. To the extent that a net amount is owed to any such Lender after such application, such net amount shall be distributed by Agent to that Lender as part of such next Settlement.
(iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Agent Revolving Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Advances for application to Swing Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances. If, as of any Settlement Date, Collections of Borrower or its Subsidiaries received by Agent since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances other than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent
-38-
for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders, to be applied to the outstanding Revolving Advances of such Lenders, an amount such that each Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Advances. During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Agent Revolving Advances, and each Lender (subject to the effect of letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders) with respect to the Revolving Advances other than Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.
(g) Notation. Agent shall record on its books the principal amount of the Loans owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans owing to Swing Lender, and Agent Revolving Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such records shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be correct and accurate. In addition, each Lender is authorized, at such Lenders option, to note the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of such Lenders Loans in its books and records, including computer records.
(h) Lenders Failure to Perform. All Loans (in each case, other than Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Loans (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.
(i) Optional Overadvances. Any contrary provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, the Lenders hereby authorize Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, and Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Revolving Advances (including Swing Loans) to Borrower notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or thereby would be created, so long as (i) after giving effect to such Revolving Advances, the outstanding Adjusted Revolver Usage does not exceed the Borrowing Base by more than $5,000,000, (ii) after giving effect to such Revolving Advances, the outstanding Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount, and (iii) at the time of the making of any such Revolving Advance, Agent does not believe, in good faith, that the Overadvance created by such Revolving Advance will be outstanding for more than 90 days. The foregoing provisions are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrower in any way. The Revolving Advances and Swing Loans, as applicable, that are made pursuant to this Section 2.3(i) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as any other Revolving Advance or Swing Loan, as applicable, except that they shall not be eligible for the LIBOR Option and the rate of interest applicable thereto shall be the rate applicable to Revolving Advances that are Base Rate Loans under Section 2.6(c) hereof without regard to the presence or absence of a Default or Event of Default.
-39-
(A) In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts permitted by the preceding paragraph, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such excess, Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that prior notice would result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value), and the Lenders with Revolver Commitments thereupon shall, together with Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrower intended to reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Advances to Borrower to an amount permitted by the preceding paragraph. In the event Agent or any Lender disagrees over the terms of reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the determination of the Required Lenders.
(B) Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be obligated to settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.3(f) for the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of any unintentional Overadvances by Agent reported to such Lender, any intentional Overadvances made as permitted under this Section 2.3(i), and any Overadvances resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses.
2.4. | Payments. |
(a) Voluntary Prepayment. Borrower may from time to time, on at least one | |
Business Days written notice or telephonic notice (followed immediately by written confirmation thereof) to Agent (which shall promptly advise each Lender thereof) not later than 11:00 a.m. California time on such day, prepay the Loans in whole or in part; provided that Borrower shall give notice to Agent, specifying the Loans to be prepaid and the date and amount of prepayment and any prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(a) shall be subject to the payment of any Applicable Prepayment Premium. Any such partial prepayment shall be in an amount equal to $200,000 or a higher integral multiple of $100,000.
(b) Mandatory Prepayment. (a) Borrower shall (x) prepay Revolving Advances with any Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds (it being understood that the Borrower, subject to the conditions of Borrowing hereunder, may reborrow Revolving Loans for Permitted Working Capital Uses); provided, that if such Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds are used to prepay Term Loans, then this clause (x) shall not apply to such Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds; (y) in the case of clauses (ii),(iii) and (iv) below (A) prepay the Term Loans (including in the case of any prepayment pursuant to clauses (b)(ii) and (iii) below the payment of the Applicable Prepayment Premium) until paid in full and (B) thereafter repay the Revolving Advances and (z) in the case of clause (i) below prepay the Term Loans and Revolving Advances in equal amounts, in each case, at the following times and in the following amounts:
-40-
(i) not later than the fifth Business Day following the receipt by Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Net Cash Proceeds (other than Retained Real Estate Proceeds) from any Disposition, in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds (other than Retained Real Estate Proceeds);
(ii) not later than the fifth Business Day following the receipt by Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Net Cash Proceeds (other than Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds) from the incurrence of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting Loans or otherwise permitted under any clause of Section 7.1 other than Section 7.1(d)) in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds (other than any Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds);
(iii) not later than the fifth Business Day following the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Net Cash Proceeds (other than any Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds) from the issuance of any Equity Securities, in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds (other than any Working Capital Net Cash Proceeds); and
(iv) within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with Fiscal Year 2007), in an amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year provided that only that amount of such Excess Cash Flow in any Fiscal Year shall be required to be prepaid that would not result in Borrowing Base Availability after giving effect to such prepayment of less than $20,000,000; provided further that in no event shall the amount of any prepayments of Term Loans (i) for Fiscal Year 2007 due to operation of this clause (iv) exceed, $2,500,000 or (ii) for any other Fiscal Year of the Borrower due to the operation of this clause (iv) exceed $5,000,000.
(c) All Prepayments. Any prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor shall include interest on the principal amount being repaid and shall be subject to Section 2.13(b)(ii). All prepayments of a Loan shall be applied first to that portion of such Loan comprised of Base Rate Loans and then to that portion of such Loan comprised of LIBOR Rate Loans, in direct order of Interest Period maturities. All prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied pro rata to the remaining installments thereof.
(d) | Repayment. |
(i) Revolving Loans. The Revolving Loans shall be paid, for the | |
account of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans, in full on the Termination Date.
(ii) Term Loans. The Term Loans shall be paid, for the account of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share thereof, in equal monthly installments beginning on the dates and in the amounts as set forth in the Side Letter on the last day of each calendar month with the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan to be paid in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
(e) Payments by Borrower. |
-41-
(i) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower shall be made to Agents Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) on the date specified herein. Any payment received by Agent later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day. If any payment by Borrower hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, except to the extent the amount thereof is charged to the Loan Account pursuant to Section 2.10 on or as of such due date, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrower will not make such payment in full as and when required, Agent may assume that Borrower has made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent Borrower does not make such payment in full to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.
(f) | Apportionment and Application of Payments. |
(i) Except as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting Lenders | |
and except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents (including letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders), aggregate principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and payments of fees and expenses (other than fees or expenses that are for Agents separate account, after giving effect to any letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee relates. All payments shall be remitted to Agent and all such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied as follows:
(A) first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,
(B) second, to pay any Lender Group Expenses then due to the Lenders under the Loan Documents, on a ratable basis, until paid in full,
(C) third, to pay any fees then due to Agent (for its separate account, after giving effect to any letter agreements
-42-
between Agent and individual Lenders) under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(D) fourth, to pay any fees then due to any or all of the Lenders (after giving effect to any letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders) under the Loan Documents, on a ratable basis, until paid in full,
(E) fifth, to pay interest due in respect of all Agent Revolving Advances until paid in full,
(F) sixth, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Loans (other than Agent Revolving Advances) and the Swing Loans until paid in full,
(G) seventh, to pay the principal of all Agent Revolving Advances until paid in full,
(H) eighth, to pay the principal of all Swing Loans until paid in full,
(I) ninth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and at Agents election (which election Agent agrees will not be made if an Overadvance would be created thereby), to pay amounts then due and owing by Borrower or its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Products until paid in full,
(J) tenth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, ratably to pay the principal of all Loans until paid in full,
(K) eleventh, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, ratably (i) to ratably pay the principal of all Loans until paid in full, (ii) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the ratable benefit of Issuing Lender and those Lenders having a Revolver Commitment, as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage until paid in full, and (iii) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral in an amount up to the amount of the Bank Product Reserve established prior to the occurrence of, and not in contemplation of, the subject Event of Default until Borrowers and its Subsidiaries obligations in respect of the then extant Bank Products have been paid in full or the cash collateral amount has been exhausted,
(L) twelfth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to pay any other Obligations (including the provision of amounts to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral in an amount up to the
-43-
amount determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion as the amount necessary to secure Borrowers and its Subsidiaries obligations in respect of the then extant Bank Products), and
(M) thirteenth, to Borrower (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(ii) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in Section 2.3(f).
(iii) In each instance, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, this Section 2.4(f) shall not be deemed to apply to any payment by Borrower specified by Borrower to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement.
(iv) For purposes of the foregoing, paid in full means payment of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(v) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.4 and other provisions contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such priority provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.4 shall control and govern.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, each of the Lenders agrees that following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, proceeds of Borrowing Base Collateral shall be applied first to the Revolving Obligations until such Obligations are paid in full and thereafter to the Term Loan Obligations and proceeds of any other Collateral shall be applied first to the Term Loan Obligations until such Obligations are paid in full.
(g) Turnover. If a holder of Term Loan Obligations or Revolving Obligations receives any payment, prepayment or distribution on account of Term Loan Obligations or Revolving Obligations in violation or in contradiction of the priority provisions of subsection 2.4(f) (either directly or indirectly as a result of a return or other disgorgement of a previously made payment), such holder of Term Loan Obligations or Revolving Obligations shall hold such payment, distribution or prepayment in trust for Agent and the holders of the Obligations entitled to such proceeds and promptly deliver such payment, distribution or
-44-
prepayment to Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of the appropriate Obligations entitled to such proceeds.
(h) Rights of Holders of Term Loan Obligations and/or Revolving Obligations. One or more of the holders of Term Loan Obligations or Revolving Obligations may at any time freely hold or from time to time acquire other Loans or commitments to make other Loans hereunder and related rights and benefits arising under this Agreement, including voting power as a Lender entitled to be counted for purposes of determining whether an action has been taken or approved by Required Lenders, and as such shall be in all respects entitled to fully participate in, enjoy and enforce all of the rights, privileges and benefits accorded to the holders of such Loans and commitments to make Loans to the extent of its interests in such Loans or commitments, including the right to exercise such voting power and otherwise act as it may see fit to protect and enhance its own interests on any basis elected by it, without any limitation or restriction whatsoever.
(i) Other Loan Documents. The provisions contained in Section 2.4(f) shall be applicable to the other Loan Documents as fully as if such provisions were originally set forth therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent any Loan Document provides for the application of proceeds of the sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral to the Obligations, such proceeds shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2.4(f) hereof, regardless of the manner in which such Loan Document provides for the application of such proceeds among types of Obligations.
2.5. Overadvances. If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations) owed by Borrower to the Lender Group pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.12 is greater than either the Dollar or percentage limitations set forth in Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.12, as applicable (an Overadvance), Borrower immediately shall pay to Agent, in cash, the amount of such excess, which amount shall be used by Agent to reduce the Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 2.4(b). In addition, Borrower hereby promises to pay the Obligations (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses) in Dollars in full as and when due and payable under the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
2.6. | Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations. |
(a) Interest Rates. Except as provided in clause (c) below, all Obligations | |
(except for undrawn Letters of Credit and Bank Product Obligations) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof as follows (i) if the relevant Obligation is a Revolving Advance that is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans, (ii) if the relevant Obligation is a Term Loan or an Obligation related to the Term Loans, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Term Loans and (iii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.
(b) Letter of Credit Fees. Borrower shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Lenders), Letter of Credit fees (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in Section 2.12(e)) (i) with respect to standby Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for standby Letters of Credit times the Daily
-45-
Balance of the undrawn amount of all such outstanding standby Letters of Credit, and (ii) with respect to documentary Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for documentary Letters of Credit times the Daily Balance of the undrawn amount of all such outstanding documentary Letters of Credit.
(c) Default Rate. Upon (x) the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (and at the election of Agent or the Required Lenders), (y) Agent having given Borrower written notice of such Event of Default (provided, that no such notice is required if the Event of Default is an Event of Default under Section 8.4 or 8.5 hereof), and (z) Borrower having failed to cure such Event of Default within 15 days after delivery of such notice (no such period being applicable in the case of an Event of Default under Section 8.4 or 8.5),
(i) all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit and except for Bank Product Obligations) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable to such Obligations hereunder, and
(ii) the Letter of Credit fee provided for above shall be increased to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.
(d) Payment. Except as provided to the contrary in Section 2.13(a), interest, Letter of Credit fees, and all other fees payable hereunder shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each month at any time that Obligations or Commitments are outstanding. Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrower, to charge such interest and fees, all Lender Group Expenses (as and when incurred), the charges, commissions, fees, and costs provided for in Section 2.12(e) (as and when accrued or incurred), the fees and costs provided for in Section 2.11 (as and when accrued or incurred), and all other payments as and when due and payable under any Loan Document (including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product Providers in respect of Bank Products up to the amount of the then extant Bank Product Reserve) to Borrowers Loan Account, which amounts thereafter shall constitute Revolving Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Advances hereunder. Any interest not paid when due shall be compounded by being charged to Borrowers Loan Account and shall thereafter constitute Revolving Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Advances that are Base Rate Loans hereunder.
(e) Computation. All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual number of days elapsed. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the Base Rate.
(f) Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable. Borrower and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it; provided, however, that, anything contained herein to
-46-
the contrary notwithstanding, if said rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrower is and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and payment received from Borrower in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.
2.7. Cash Management. In each case subject to the timing contemplated in Sections
3.1 | and 3.2 with respect to the Cash Management Agreements referenced in such Sections: (a) Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to establish and |
maintain cash management services of a type and on terms satisfactory to Agent at one or more of the banks set forth on Schedule 2.7(a) (each, a Cash Management Bank), and, in connection therewith, establish and maintain at such Cash Management Banks pursuant to the terms hereof (i) one or more accounts designated (either in Schedule 2.7(a) or pursuant to Section 2.7(e)) as concentration accounts (the Concentration Accounts) and (ii) additional accounts designated (either in Schedule 2.7(a) or pursuant to Section 2.7(e)) as collection accounts (the Collection Accounts, and together with the Concentration Accounts, the Cash Management Accounts).
(b) Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (1) request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure that all of its and its Subsidiaries Account Debtors forward payment of the amounts owed by them directly to a Cash Management Bank for deposit into a Concentration Account, (2) deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof (and subject to Section 2.7(d) with respect to payments from Credit Card Processors), all such Collections from Account Debtors (including those sent directly to a Cash Management Bank) into a Concentration Account, or, with respect to checks, into the Collection Account designated (in Schedule 2.7(a) or pursuant to Section 2.7(e)) as the Check Clearance Collection Account (the Check Clearance Collection Account), or, with respect to receivables denominated in a foreign currency, into the Collection Account designated (either in Schedule 2.7(a) or pursuant to Section 2.7(e)) as the Multicurrency Collection Account (the Multicurrency Collection Account), and (3) deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all other Collections (including cash, checks, drafts and all other forms of daily store receipts or other similar items of payment) received by or otherwise under its control into a Cash Management Account. Borrower further agrees that with respect to each Collection Account, it shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times require each applicable Cash Management Bank to forward, by automatic periodic transfers not less frequently than once in any period of three (3) Business Days, all amounts in each such Collection Account into a Concentration Account; provided, however, that (w) with respect to the Check Clearance Collection Account, so long as all funds in such Check Clearance Collection Account represent checks received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, such automatic transfers of funds therein shall be required only at any time the balance thereof should exceed $400,000, but in no event less frequently than once in any ten (10) day period, (x) immediately after giving effect to each such transfer from such Check Clearance Collection Account into a Concentration Account, Borrower may maintain an amount not to exceed $200,000 in such Check Clearance Collection Account, (y) immediately after giving effect to each such transfer from any Collection Account (other than the Check Clearance Collection Account) into a Concentration Account, Borrower may maintain an amount not to exceed $1,000 in any such Collection Account, and (z) so long as no Triggering Period shall have occurred and be
-47-
continuing, Agent shall permit all funds in any Concentration Account to be forwarded, by daily sweeps, to the Designated Account.
(c) With respect to each Cash Management Account, each Cash Management Bank shall establish and maintain Cash Management Agreements with Agent and Borrower, in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided; however, that, with respect to Store Accounts only, Borrowers obligations hereunder with respect to establishing any such Cash Management Agreement shall be limited to use of reasonable best efforts to deliver the form of Cash Management Agreement to each such Cash Management Bank. Each Cash Management Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) all items of payment deposited in such Cash Management Account and proceeds thereof are subject to the control of Agent, (ii) the Cash Management Bank has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Cash Management Account other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Cash Management Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (iii) from and after the date that it receives written notification from Agent (a Control Exercise Notice), it immediately will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Cash Management Account to the Agents Account or as otherwise directed by Agent. Anything contained herein into the contrary notwithstanding, Agent agrees that it shall not provide a Control Exercise Notice to the Cash Management Banks except during a Triggering Period. At any time during a Triggering Period, Agent shall be free to exercise its right to issue a Control Exercise Notice and such Control Exercise Notice will be deemed to have been delivered within five (5) days of any Triggering Period unless Agent otherwise elects. Agent shall deliver to Borrower a copy of any such Control Exercise Notice promptly after delivery thereof to the applicable Cash Management Bank; provided, however that a non-willful failure to so do shall not affect the validity of any such Control Exercise Notice or otherwise limit Agents right to send any other Control Exercise Notice. Upon the subsequent termination of such Triggering Period, Agent shall withdraw such Control Exercise Notice and permit funds to be transferred as set forth in Section 2.7(b) above, including as to Borrower access to funds in any Concentration Account (and daily sweeps thereof into the Designated Account), but subject in all events to the right of Agent to deliver a Control Exercise Notice during any subsequent Triggering Period.
(d) Borrower shall establish and maintain Credit Card Agreements with Agent and each Credit Card Processor. Each such Credit Card Agreement shall provide, among other things, that each such Credit Card Processor shall transfer all proceeds of credit card charges for sales by Borrower received by it (or other amounts payable by such Credit Card Processor) into a designated Concentration Account on a daily basis or such other periodic basis as Agent may otherwise direct. Borrower shall not change any direction or designation set forth in the Credit Card Agreements regarding payment of charges without the prior written consent of Agent.
(e) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower may amend Schedule 2.7(a) to add or replace a Cash Management Bank or Cash Management Account; provided, however, that (i) such prospective Cash Management Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Agent shall have consented in writing in advance to the opening of such Cash Management Account with the prospective Cash Management Bank (which consent shall not be required with respect to any additional Cash Management Account at an existing Cash Management Bank and otherwise shall not be unreasonably withheld), and (ii) subject to Section 2.7(c), prior to the time of the opening of any Cash Management Account,
-48-
Borrower (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) and such prospective Cash Management Bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a Cash Management Agreement. Borrower (or its Subsidiaries, as applicable) shall close any of its Cash Management Accounts (and establish replacement cash management accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within 45 days of notice from Agent (or such longer period as Borrower and Agent may agree) that the creditworthiness of any Cash Management Bank is no longer acceptable in Agents reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any event within 60 days of notice from Agent (or such longer period as Borrower and Agent may agree) that the operating performance, funds transfer, or availability procedures or performance of the Cash Management Bank with respect to Cash Management Accounts or Agents liability under any Cash Management Agreement with such Cash Management Bank is no longer acceptable in Agents reasonable judgment.
(f) The Cash Management Accounts shall be cash collateral accounts, with all cash, checks and similar items of payment in such accounts securing payment of the Obligations, and in which Borrower hereby grants a Lien to Agent.
2.8. Crediting Payments. The receipt of any payment item by Agent (whether from transfers to Agent by the Cash Management Banks pursuant to the Cash Management Agreements or otherwise) shall not be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds made to the Agents Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrower shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent only if it is received into the Agents Account on a Business Day on or before 11:00 a.m. (California time). If any payment item is received into the Agents Account on a non-Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. (California time) on a Business Day, it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.
2.9. Designated Account. Agent is authorized to make the Loans and Issuing Lender is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant to Section 2.6(d). Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of the Loans requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrower, any Loan, Agent Revolving Advance, or Swing Loan requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.
2.10. Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations. Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrower (the Loan Account) on which Borrower will be charged with all Loans (including Agent Revolving Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrower or for Borrowers account, the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Lender for Borrowers account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (except for Bank Product Obligations), including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with Section 2.8, the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrower or for Borrowers account, including all amounts received in the Agents
-49-
Account from any Cash Management Bank. Agent shall render statements regarding the Loan Account to Borrower, including principal, interest, fees, and including an itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrower and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof by Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements.
2.11. Fees. Borrower shall pay to Agent the following fees and charges, which fees and charges shall be non-refundable when paid (irrespective of whether this Agreement is terminated thereafter) and shall be apportioned among the Lenders in accordance with the terms of letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders:
(a) Unused Line Fee. On the first day of each month during the term of this Agreement, an unused line fee in an amount equal to 0.20% per annum times the result of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount at such time, less (ii) the sum of (A) the average Daily Balance of Revolving Advances that were outstanding during the immediately preceding month, plus (B) the average Daily Balance of the Letter of Credit Usage during the immediately preceding month,
(b) Fee Letter Fees. As and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter, and
(c) Audit, Appraisal, and Valuation Charges. Audit, appraisal, and valuation fees and charges as follows (i) a fee of $950 per day, per auditor, plus out-of-pocket transportation and lodging expenses for each financial audit of Borrower performed by personnel employed by Agent, (ii) if implemented, a fee of $950 per day, per applicable individual, plus out-of-pocket expenses for the one-time establishment of electronic collateral reporting systems, (iii) a fee of $1,500 per day per appraiser, plus out-of-pocket expenses, for each appraisal of the Collateral, or any portion thereof, performed by personnel employed by Agent, and (iv) a fee of $1,500 per day per appraiser, or $950 per day per auditor or other individual, as applicable, plus additional out-of-pocket transportation and lodging expenses, and such additional out-of-pocket non-personnel related expenses, as applicable, if Agent elects to employ the services of one or more third Persons to perform financial audits of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, to appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or to assess Borrowers or its Subsidiaries business valuation. The foregoing notwithstanding, from and after the Restatement Date, Borrower shall not be required to pay for more than 2 financial audits and 1 inventory appraisal during any 12 consecutive month period so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, it being understood that, for any audit or appraisal conducted (or commenced) at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall pay all fees as specified above for Agents employees and all expenses and costs paid or incurred by Agent.
2.12. | Letters of Credit. |
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Issuing Lender | |
agrees to issue letters of credit for the account of Borrower (each, an L/C) or to purchase participations or execute indemnities or reimbursement obligations (each such undertaking, an L/C Undertaking) with respect to letters of credit issued by an Underlying Issuer (as of the Restatement Date, the prospective Underlying Issuer is to be Wells Fargo) for the account of
-50-
Borrower. To request the issuance of an L/C or an L/C Undertaking (or the amendment, renewal, or extension of an outstanding L/C or L/C Undertaking), Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Lender) to the Issuing Lender and Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of an L/C or L/C Undertaking, or identifying the L/C or L/C Undertaking to be amended, renewed, or extended, specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such L/C or L/C Undertaking is to expire, the amount of such L/C or L/C Undertaking, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof (or the beneficiary of the Underlying Letter of Credit, as applicable), and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such L/C or L/C Undertaking. If requested by the Issuing Lender, Borrower also shall be an applicant under the application with respect to any Underlying Letter of Credit that is to be the subject of an L/C Undertaking. The Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit if any of the following would result after giving effect to the issuance of such requested Letter of Credit:
(i) the Adjusted Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Borrowing Base less the then extant amount of outstanding Revolving Advances, or
(ii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $40,000,000, or
(iii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the then extant amount of outstanding Revolving Advances.
Borrower and the Lender Group acknowledge and agree that certain Underlying Letters of Credit may be issued to support letters of credit that already are outstanding as of the Restatement Date. Each Letter of Credit (and corresponding Underlying Letter of Credit) shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Issuing Lender (in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion), including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars. If Issuing Lender is obligated to advance funds under a Letter of Credit, Borrower immediately shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement to Issuing Lender by paying to Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than 11:00 a.m., California time, on the date that such L/C Disbursement is made or such other date as written or telephonic notice thereof is first received by Borrower, if Borrower shall have received such written or telephonic notice of such L/C Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., California time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m., California time, on the immediately succeeding Business Day, and, in the absence of such reimbursement, the L/C Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be a Revolving Advance hereunder and, thereafter, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Advances that are Base Rate Loans under Section 2.6. To the extent an L/C Disbursement is deemed to be a Revolving Advance hereunder, Borrowers obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Advance. Promptly following receipt by Agent of any payment from Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.12(c) to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear.
(b) Promptly following receipt of a notice of L/C Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.12(a), each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of
-51-
any Revolving Advance deemed made pursuant to the foregoing subsection on the same terms and conditions as if Borrower had requested such Revolving Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders with Revolver Commitments, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have granted to each Lender with a Revolver Commitment, and each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation Liability of such Letter of Credit, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of any payments made by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender and not reimbursed by Borrower on the date due as provided in clause (a) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to Borrower for any reason. Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.12(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and such remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3 hereof. If any such Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of the Issuing Lender) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.
(c) Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group harmless from any loss, cost, expense, or liability, and reasonable attorneys fees incurred by the Lender Group arising out of or in connection with any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any other member of the Lender Group. Borrower agrees to be bound by the Underlying Issuers regulations and interpretations of any Underlying Letter of Credit or by Issuing Lenders interpretations of any L/C issued by Issuing Lender to or for Borrowers account, even though this interpretation may be different from Borrowers own, and Borrower understands and agrees that the Lender Group shall not be liable for any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or commission, in following Borrowers instructions or those contained in the Letter of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto. Borrower understands that the L/C Undertakings may require Issuing Lender to indemnify the Underlying Issuer for certain costs or liabilities arising out of claims by Borrower against such Underlying Issuer. Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group harmless with respect to any loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys fees), or liability incurred by the Lender Group under any L/C Undertaking as a result of the Lender Groups indemnification of any Underlying Issuer; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any other member of the Lender Group.
-52-
(d) Borrower hereby authorizes and directs any Underlying Issuer to deliver to the Issuing Lender all instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by such Underlying Issuer pursuant to such Underlying Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon the Issuing Lenders instructions with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Underlying Letter of Credit and the related application.
(e) Any and all charges, commissions, fees, and costs incurred by the Issuing Lender relating to Underlying Letters of Credit shall be Lender Group Expenses for purposes of this Agreement and immediately shall be reimbursable by Borrower to Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender.
(f) If by reason of (i) any change after the Restatement Date in any applicable law, treaty, rule, or regulation or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (ii) compliance by the Underlying Issuer or the Lender Group with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):
(i) any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder, or
(ii) there shall be imposed on the Underlying Issuer or the Lender Group any other condition regarding any Underlying Letter of Credit or any Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto,
and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to the Lender Group of issuing, making, guaranteeing, or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof by the Lender Group (and, as to any Lender, except (x) any costs relating to payments on account of Taxes and additional amounts required to be paid pursuant to, or explicitly excluded from payment under, Section 16.11, and (y) any such cost or reduction as a result of a change of general applicability in (1) taxes imposed on or measured by the Lenders net income, or (2) franchise taxes imposed on the Lender, in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction, or any political subdivision thereof, under the laws of which it is organized or otherwise resides for tax purposes or maintains any lending office), then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within 270 days after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify Borrower, and Borrower shall pay on demand such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate the Lender Group for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder. The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this Section, as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.
(g) Borrower acknowledges and agrees that certain of the Qualified Import Letters of Credit may provide for the presentation of time drafts to the Underlying Issuer. If an Underlying Issuer accepts such a time draft that is presented under an Underlying Letter of Credit, it is acknowledged and agreed that (i) the Letter of Credit will require the Issuing Lender to reimburse the Underlying Issuer for amounts paid on account of such time draft on or after the maturity date thereof, (ii) the pricing provisions hereof (including Sections 2.6(b) and 2.12(e))
-53-
shall continue to apply, until payment of such time draft on or after the maturity date thereof, as if the Underlying Letter of Credit were still outstanding, and (iii) on the date on which Issuing Lender makes payment to the Underlying Issuer of the amounts paid on account of such time draft, Borrower immediately shall reimburse such amount to Issuing Lender and such amount shall constitute an L/C Disbursement hereunder.
2.13. | LIBOR Option. |
(a) Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged | |
at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrower shall have the option (the LIBOR Option) to have interest on all or a portion of the Loans be charged at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the date that is 3 months after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period, (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which the Required Lenders or Agent on behalf thereof elect to accelerate the maturity of all or any portion of the Obligations, or (iv) termination of this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Rate Loan, unless Borrower properly has exercised the LIBOR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon written notice from Agent to Borrower of its election to deny access to the LIBOR Option, Borrower no longer shall have the option to request that Revolving Advances bear interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate and, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, Agent shall have the right to convert the interest rate on all outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder.
(b) | LIBOR Election. |
(i) Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no | |
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (California time) at least 3 Business Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the LIBOR Deadline). Notice of Borrowers election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the Loans and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. (California time) on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the Lenders having a Revolver Commitment.
(ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower. In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense incurred by Agent or any Lender as a result of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (c) the failure to borrow (for a reason other than or a result of the
-54-
failure of such Lender to make the applicable requested Loan notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions precedent relating thereto), convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice or other notices of prepayment delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, and expenses, collectively, Funding Losses). Funding Losses shall, with respect to Agent or any Lender, be deemed to equal the amount determined by Agent or such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan had such event not occurred, at the LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable thereto, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert, or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period therefor), minus (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which Agent or such Lender would be offered were it to be offered, at the commencement of such period, Dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period in the London interbank market. A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Borrower setting forth any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iii) Borrower shall have not more than 11 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time provided that no more than 3 LIBOR Rate Loans shall be Term Loans. Borrower only may exercise the LIBOR Option for LIBOR Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof.
(c) Prepayments. Borrower may prepay LIBOR Rate Loans at any time; provided, however, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any automatic prepayment through the required application by Agent of proceeds of Borrowers and its Subsidiaries Collections in accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance with clause (b)(ii) above.
(d) | Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate. |
(i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent, in consultation with | |
Borrower, with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except, for any Lender, (x) any costs relating to payments on account of Taxes and additional amounts required to be paid pursuant to, or explicitly excluded from payment under, Section 16.11, and (y) changes of general applicability in (1) taxes imposed on or measured by the Lenders net income, or (2) franchise taxes imposed on the Lender, in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction, or any political subdivision thereof, under the laws of which it is organized or otherwise resides for tax purposes or maintains any lending office)
-55-
and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage, which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender (y) require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (z) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under clause (b)(ii) above).
(ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation of application thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall (x) give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lenders notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans, and (z) Borrower shall not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so. Each Lender at such time having as its lending office an office outside the United States agrees to use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for such a notice of changed circumstances and would not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.
(e) No Requirement of Matched Funding. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at the LIBOR Rate. The provisions of this Section shall apply as if each Lender or its Participants had match funded any Obligation as to which interest is accruing at the LIBOR Rate by acquiring eurodollar deposits for each Interest Period in the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loans.
2.14. Capital Requirements. If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that (i) the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such Lender or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request, or directive of any such entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on such Lenders or such holding companys capital as
-56-
a consequence of such Lenders Commitments hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such Lenders or such holding companys then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such entitys capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then such Lender may notify Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such notice, Borrower agrees to pay such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable within 90 days after presentation by such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail such Lenders calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, Borrower will not be required to compensate any Lender pursuant to this Section for any reduction incurred more than 270 days before such Lender notified Borrower of the change in law (or other circumstance) giving rise to such reduction. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
2.15. | Buy-Out Right of Term Loan Lenders vis-à-vis Revolving Credit Lenders. |
(a) At any time on or after the earlier of the date that any one or more of the | |
following events (each, a Term Loan Buyout Event) has occurred and is continuing: (i) the termination of the Revolver Commitments based on an Event of Default under the Loan Documents; (ii) any of the Obligations owing to the Term Loan Lenders shall not be paid in full when due and owing; or (iii) the Agent shall otherwise have exercised remedies or commenced any enforcement actions in accordance with the Loan Documents, the Term Loan Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, upon 5 Business Days advance written notice from the Term Loan Lenders (a Committed Buy-Out Notice from Term Loan Lenders) to the Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, to acquire from the Revolving Credit Lenders all (but not less than all) of the right, title, and interest of the Revolving Credit Lenders in and to the Obligations owing to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Revolver Commitments and the Loan Documents.
(b) Upon the receipt by Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, of the Committed Buy-Out Notice, those Term Loan Lenders that have elected in writing to participate in the purchase option set forth in this subsection 2.15 (the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders) irrevocably shall be committed to acquire, within 5 Business Days following such receipt, from the Revolving Credit Lenders all (but not less than all) of the right, title, and interest of the Revolving Credit Lenders in and to the Obligations owing to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Revolver Commitments, and the Loan Documents by paying to Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in cash a purchase price equal to: 100% of the outstanding balance with respect thereto, including, without limitation, principal, interest accrued and unpaid thereon and any unpaid fees and (other than any termination charge that would have been payable to Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement), unreimbursed obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owing to the Revolving Credit Lenders which may include the cash collateralization of obligations with respect to undrawn Letter of Credit in an amount not to exceed 105% thereof, and Bank Product Obligations in a amount not to exceed 100% of the Bank Product Obligations to the extent that such Bank Product Obligations are to be repaid prior to Term Loan Obligations in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2.4(f), and all expenses to the extent earned or due and payable
-57-
in accordance with the Loan Documents (including the reimbursement of extraordinary expenses, financial examination expenses and appraisal fees) whereupon each of Revolving Credit Lenders shall assign to the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders, without any representation, recourse, or warranty whatsoever (except that each of Revolving Credit Lenders shall warrant to the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders that (1) the amount quoted by such Revolving Credit Lender as its portion of the purchase price represents the amount shown due with respect to the claims transferred as reflected on its books and records, (2) it owns, or has the right to transfer to the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders the rights being transferred, and (3) such transfer will be free and clear of Liens and adverse claims), its right, title, and interest with respect to the Obligations owing to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Revolver Commitments and the Loan Documents, at no expense to the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders other than the reimbursement by the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Revolving Credit Lenders and the legal counsel thereof in connection with documenting and effecting such assignment and the related delivery to the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders of the original Loan Documents in the possession of the Revolving Credit Lenders, and, in connection with such assignment, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall deliver to the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders any original Loan Documents and any Collateral in their possession and execute such other documents, instruments, and agreements reasonably necessary to effect such assignment; provided, however, that, if (i) any termination charge is received in cash, (ii) all other Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) are repaid in full, and (iii) all Revolver Commitments under this Agreement are terminated, then the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders shall pay a supplemental purchase price in respect of the Purchasing Term Loan Lenders purchase under this Section 2.15 in an amount equal to the portion of the termination charge to which the Revolving Credit Lenders would have been entitled had the purchase under this Section 2.15 not occurred. The right to purchase the right, title and interest of the Term Loan Lenders in and to the Obligations owing to the Revolving Credit Loan Lenders shall be allocated among Purchasing Term Loan Lenders, pro rata, based on their respective Term Loan Commitments.
2.16. | Buy-Out Right of Revolving Credit Lenders vis-à-vis Term Loan Lenders. |
(a) At any time on or after the earlier of the date that an Event of Default | |
under Section 8.1 with respect to payments on Term Loans or arising out of non-compliance by Borrower with any condition, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement with respect to the Term Loan Lenders have a right of consent under subsection 15.1, the Revolving Credit Loan Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, upon 5 Business Days advance written notice from the Agent (a Committed Buy-Out Notice of the Revolving Credit Loan Lenders) to the Term Loan Lenders to acquire from the Term Loan Lenders all (but not less than all) of the right, title and interest of the Term Loan Lenders in and to the Obligations owing to Term Loan Lenders and the Loan Documents.
(b) Upon the receipt by Term Loan Lenders of the Committed Buy-Out Notice from Revolving Credit Loan Lenders, those Revolving Credit Loan Lenders that have elected in writing to participate in the purchase option set forth in this subsection 2.16 (the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders) irrevocably shall be committed to acquire, within 5 Business Days following such receipt, from the Term Loan Lenders all (but not less than all) of the right, title, and interest of the Term Loan Lenders in and to the Obligations owing to the Term Loan Lenders, and the Loan Documents by paying to Term Loan Lenders in cash a
-58-
purchase price equal to: 100% of the outstanding balance with respect thereto, including, without limitation, principal, interest accrued and unpaid thereon and any unpaid fees, and all expenses to the extent earned or due and payable in accordance with the Loan Documents to Term Loan Lenders whereupon each of Term Loan Lenders shall assign to the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders, without any representation, recourse, or warranty whatsoever (except that each of Term Loan Lenders shall warrant to the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders that (1) the amount quoted by such Term Loan Lender as its portion of the purchase price represents the amount shown due with respect to the claims transferred as reflected on its books and records, (2) it owns, or has the right to transfer to the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders the rights being transferred, and (3) such transfer will be free and clear of Liens and adverse claims), its right, title, and interest with respect to the Obligations owing to Term Loan Lenders and the Loan Documents, at no expense to the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders other than the reimbursement by the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of Term Loan Lenders and the legal counsel thereof in connection with documenting and effecting such assignment and the related delivery to the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders of the original Loan Documents in the possession of the Term Loan Lenders, and, in connection with such assignment, Term Loan Lenders shall deliver to the Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders any original Loan Documents and any Collateral in their possession and execute such other documents, instruments, and agreements reasonably necessary to effect such assignment. The right to purchase the right, title and interest of Revolving Credit Loan Lenders in and to the Obligations owing to Term Loan Lenders shall be allocated among Purchasing Revolving Credit Loan Lenders, pro rata, based on their respective Revolving Loan Commitments.
(c) Revolving Credit Loan Lenders rights under this subsection 2.16 and subject to the rights of Term Loan Lenders pursuant to subsection 2.15. Revolving Credit Loan Lenders shall only be able to exercise their rights under this subsection 2.16 if Term Loan Lenders have not previously elected to exercise their rights under subsection 2.16.
Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, in the event that both the Revolving Credit Lenders and Term Loan Lenders are entitled to exercise their respective buyout options pursuant to either Section 2.15 or 2.16 at the same time, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the first option to exercise such rights and to the extent such rights are not exercised by the Revolving Credit Lenders the Term Loan Lenders shall have the rights otherwise afforded them hereunder to exercise such rights.
3. | CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT. |
3.1. Conditions Precedent to the Restatement Date. The obligation of the Lender | |
Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial Loans under the Credit Agreement on the Restatement Date (or otherwise to extend any credit provided for hereunder), is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, of each of the conditions precedent set forth below:
(a) | the Restatement Date shall occur on or before August 20, 2007; |
(b) | Agent shall have received each of the following documents, in form and |
substance satisfactory to Agent, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
-59-
(i) | Reaffirmation of Collateral Documents, |
(ii) | the Disbursement Letter, |
(iii) | the Fee Letter, |
(iv) | the Side Letter, and |
(v) | the Officers Certificate, |
(c) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of Borrower attesting to the resolutions of Borrowers Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party and authorizing specific officers of Borrower to execute the same;
(d) Agent shall have received copies of Borrowers Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Restatement Date, certified by the Secretary of Borrower;
(e) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to Borrower, dated within 10 days of the Restatement Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(f) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to Borrower, each dated within 30 days of the Restatement Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other than the jurisdiction of organization of Borrower) in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions;
(g) Agent shall have received intellectual property searches with respect to all domestic registered intellectual property of the Borrower;
(h) [Intentionally Omitted]; (i) [Intentionally Omitted]; |
(j) Agent shall have received an opinion of Borrowers counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;
(k) Borrower shall have paid all documented and invoiced Lender Group Expenses incurred in connection with the transactions evidenced by this Agreement;
(l) Borrower shall have delivered executed Intellectual Property Security Agreements in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and appropriate for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office; and
(m) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
-60-
3.2. Conditions Subsequent to the Initial Extension of Credit. The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to continue to make Advances (or otherwise extend credit hereunder) is subject to the fulfillment, on or before the date applicable thereto, of each of the conditions subsequent set forth below:
(a) Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Agent Collateral Access Agreements for each of Borrower's distribution centers within ninety (90) days of the Restatement Date provided, in the event that Borrower is unable to deliver any such Collateral Access Agreements to Agent, Borrower shall provide Agent with a certificate detailing that Borrower used its commercially reasonable efforts but was unable to obtain such agreements.
3.3. Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make any Loans hereunder at any time (or to extend any other credit hereunder) shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date);
(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof;
(c) no injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature restricting or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the extending of such credit shall have been issued and remain in force by any Governmental Authority against Borrower, Agent, any Lender, or any of their Affiliates; and
(d) no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred.
3.4. Term. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term ending on May 25, 2012 (the Maturity Date). The foregoing notwithstanding, the Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders, shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default in accordance with Section 9.1.
3.5. Effect of Termination. On the date of termination of this Agreement, all Obligations (including contingent reimbursement obligations of Borrower with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit) immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand (including either (i) providing cash collateral to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders with a Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, or (ii) causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing Lender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bank Product Obligations shall be subject to the terms and conditions (including as to termination) set forth in the applicable Bank Product Agreements, and, in connection with any termination of this Agreement, such termination and the release of any applicable Agents Liens shall be subject to the provision by Borrower of cash collateral (in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure)
-61-
to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers with respect to the then extant Bank Product Obligations. No termination of this Agreement, however, shall relieve or discharge Borrower or its Subsidiaries of their duties, Obligations, or covenants hereunder and the Agents Liens in the Collateral shall remain in effect until all Obligations have been paid in full (including by the provision of cash collateral as set forth above) and the Lender Groups obligations to provide additional credit hereunder have been terminated. When this Agreement has been terminated and all of the Obligations have been paid in full (including by the provision of cash collateral as set forth above) and the Lender Groups obligations to provide additional credit under the Loan Documents have been terminated irrevocably, Agent will, at Borrowers sole expense, execute and deliver any UCC termination statements, lien releases, mortgage releases, re-assignments of trademarks, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, the Agents Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent with respect to the Obligations.
3.6. Early Termination by Borrower. Borrower has the option, at any time upon 30 days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement by paying to Agent, in cash, the Obligations (including (a) either (i) providing cash collateral to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders with a Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, or (ii) causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing Lender, and (b) providing cash collateral (in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers with respect to the then extant Bank Product Obligations), in full, together with the Applicable Prepayment Premium (to be allocated based upon letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders). If Borrower has sent a notice of termination pursuant to the provisions of this Section, then the Commitments shall terminate and Borrower shall be obligated to repay the Obligations (including (a) either (i) providing cash collateral to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders with a Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, or (ii) causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing Lender, and (b) providing cash collateral (in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers with respect to the then extant Bank Product Obligations), in full, together with the Applicable Prepayment Premium, on the date set forth as the date of termination of this Agreement in such notice; provided that any such notice may be conditioned on the effectiveness of any refinancing. In the event of the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations at any time prior to the Maturity Date, for any other reason, including (a) termination upon the election of the Required Lenders to terminate after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (b) foreclosure and sale of Collateral, (c) sale of the Collateral in any Insolvency Proceeding, or (d) restructure, reorganization, or compromise of the Obligations by the confirmation of a plan of reorganization or any other plan of compromise, restructure, or arrangement in any Insolvency Proceeding, then, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining the actual amount of damages to the Lender Group or profits lost by the Lender Group as a result of such early termination, and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable estimation and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Lender Group, Borrower shall pay the Applicable Prepayment Premium to Agent (to be allocated based upon letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders), measured as of the date of such termination. The foregoing (and the definition of Applicable Prepayment Premium set forth in Section 1.1) to the contrary
-62-
notwithstanding, in the event that Borrower repays the Obligations in full and terminates this Agreement pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.6 and if such repayment occurs with the proceeds of a refinancing provided by Wells Fargo or any Affiliate thereof, then the Applicable Prepayment Premium shall equal zero.
4. | CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST. |
4.1. Grant of Security Interest. Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of | |
the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, a continuing security interest in all of its right, title, and interest in all currently existing and hereafter acquired or arising Borrower Collateral in order to secure prompt repayment of any and all of the Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents and in order to secure prompt performance by Borrower of each of its covenants and duties under the Loan Documents. The Agents Liens in and to the Borrower Collateral shall attach to all Borrower Collateral without further act on the part of Agent or Borrower. Anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, except for Permitted Dispositions, Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no authority, express or implied, to dispose of any item or portion of the Collateral (it being understood, with respect to any such Permitted Disposition of Borrower Collateral, Agents Liens in and to such Borrower Collateral shall be released automatically upon consummation of such Permitted Disposition, and the proceeds and products of such Permitted Disposition shall be subject to Agents Liens); provided that with respect to any Leasehold Interests owned by the Borrower, the Borrower may transfer or terminate such interests in the ordinary course of business without needing to obtain any consent of the Agent or any Lender for such transfer or termination and the Agent's Liens in and to any such Leasehold Interests subject to such Disposition shall be released automatically upon such transfer or termination.
4.2. Negotiable Collateral. In the event that any Borrower Collateral, including proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, and if and to the extent that Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion that perfection or priority of Agents security interest is dependent on or enhanced by possession, Borrower, promptly following the request of Agent, shall endorse and deliver physical possession of such Negotiable Collateral to Agent.
4.3. Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles, and Negotiable Collateral. At any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent or Agents designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of Borrower that Borrowers Accounts, chattel paper, or General Intangibles have been assigned to Agent or that Agent has a security interest therein, or (b) collect Borrowers Accounts, chattel paper, or General Intangibles directly and charge the collection costs and expenses to the Loan Account. Borrower agrees that it will hold in trust for the Lender Group, as the Lender Groups trustee, any of its or its Subsidiaries Collections that it receives and immediately will deliver such Collections to Agent or a Cash Management Bank in their original form as received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
4.4. Filing of Financing Statements; Commercial Tort Claims; Delivery of Additional Documentation Required.
(a) Borrower authorizes Agent to file any financing statement necessary or desirable to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and any continuation statement or amendment with respect thereto, in any appropriate filing office without the signature of Borrower where permitted by applicable law.
-63-
(b) At any time when an Event of Default has occurred and has continued for at least 10 days, Borrower shall, upon request of Agent, promptly deliver to Agent a written description of each commercial tort claim, to the extent individually or in the aggregate for an amount in excess of $50,000, then held by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (and not yet subject to a Commercial Tort Claim Assignment) and shall deliver a written agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, pursuant to which Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall pledge and collaterally assign all of its right, title and interest in and to each such commercial tort claim to Agent, as security for the Obligations (a Commercial Tort Claim Assignment). The subsequent cure or waiver of the applicable Event of Default shall not affect the enforceability of any executed and delivered Commercial Tort Claim Assignment.
(c) At any time upon the request of Agent, Borrower shall execute or deliver to Agent, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute or deliver to Agent, any and all financing statements, original financing statements in lieu of continuation statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges, assignments, Commercial Tort Claim Assignments, endorsements of certificates of title, and all other documents (collectively, the Additional Documents) that Agent may request in its Permitted Discretion, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, to create, perfect, and continue perfected or to better perfect the Agents Liens in the assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or personal) (except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property (other than Real Property which is Excluded Collateral) owned on the Restatement Date or in any Real Property acquired after the Restatement Date, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in Borrowers name and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office. In addition, on such periodic basis as Agent shall require in its Permitted Discretion (but no more frequently than quarterly), Borrower shall (i) provide Agent with a report of all new material patentable, copyrightable, or trademarkable materials acquired or generated by Borrower or its Subsidiaries during the prior period, (ii) cause all material patents, copyrights, and trademarks acquired or generated by Borrower or its Subsidiaries that are not already the subject of a registration with the appropriate filing office (or an application therefor diligently prosecuted) to be registered with such appropriate filing office in a manner sufficient to impart constructive notice of Borrowers or the applicable Subsidiarys ownership thereof, and (iii) cause to be prepared, executed, and delivered to Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Loan Documents to identify such patents, copyrights, and trademarks as being subject to the security interests created thereunder. Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, the Borrower will not be required to deliver any landlord waivers or other Additional Documents with respect to the perfection of the Liens on the Leasehold Interests of Borrower.
4.5. Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes, and appoints Agent (and any of Agents officers, employees, or agents designated by Agent) as Borrowers true and lawful attorney, with power (in each case, to the maximum extent permitted by law) to (a) if Borrower refuses to, or fails timely to execute and deliver any of the documents described in Section 4.4, sign the name of Borrower on any of the documents described in Section 4.4, (b) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, sign
-64-
Borrowers name on any invoice or bill of lading relating to the Borrower Collateral, drafts against Account Debtors, or notices to Account Debtors, (c) send requests for verification of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries Accounts, (d) endorse Borrowers name on any of its payment items (including all of its Collections) that may come into the Lender Groups possession, (e) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, make, settle, and adjust all claims under Borrowers policies of insurance and make all determinations and decisions with respect to such policies of insurance, and (f) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting Borrowers or its Subsidiaries Accounts, chattel paper, or General Intangibles directly with Account Debtors, for amounts and upon terms that Agent determines to be reasonable, and Agent may cause to be executed and delivered any documents and releases that Agent determines to be necessary. The appointment of Agent as Borrowers attorney, and each and every one of its rights and powers, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until all of the Obligations have been fully and finally repaid and performed and the Lender Groups obligations to extend credit hereunder are terminated.
4.6. Right to Inspect. Agent and each Lender (through any of their respective officers, employees, or agents) shall have the right, from time to time hereafter to inspect the Books and make copies or abstracts thereof and to check, test, and appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, in order to verify Borrowers and its Subsidiaries financial condition or the amount, quality, value, condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral.
4.7. | Control Agreements. |
(a) Borrower agrees that it will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, | |
transfer assets out of any of their Deposit Accounts (other than as specified in Section 2.7 with respect to Cash Management Accounts) or Securities Accounts; provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Borrower and its Subsidiaries may use such assets (and the proceeds thereof) to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and, if the transfer is to another bank or securities intermediary, so long as Borrower (or its Subsidiary, as applicable), Agent, and the substitute bank or securities intermediary have entered into a Control Agreement (subject to Section 7.12 hereof). No arrangement contemplated hereby or by any Control Agreement in respect of any Securities Accounts or other Investment Property shall be modified by Borrower without the prior written consent of Agent. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may notify any bank or securities intermediary to liquidate the applicable Deposit Account (including pursuant to Section 2.7(c) with respect to Cash Management Accounts) or Securities Account or any related Investment Property maintained or held thereby and remit the proceeds thereof to the Agents Account or as otherwise directed by Agent.
(b) Borrower agrees that, subject to Section 2.7 (with respect to Cash Management Accounts) and Section 7.12 with respect to all other Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, it will and will cause its Subsidiaries to take any or all reasonable steps that Agent requests in order for Agent to obtain control in accordance with Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, and 9-107 of the Code with respect to any of (i) its or their Securities Accounts, Deposit Accounts, electronic chattel paper, Investment Property, and (ii) only during a Triggering Period, pursuant to any such reasonable (in Agent's Permitted Discretion) request, its or their letter-of-credit rights; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be so required to cause Agent to obtain such control with respect to the Special Account and Securities Investments.
-65-
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects, as of the date hereof, and shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects, as of the Restatement Date and at and as of the date of the making of each Loan (or other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Loan (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
5.1. No Encumbrances. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title to their personal property assets and good and marketable title to their Real Property (subject to exceptions that do not, in the aggregate, materially impair the use, value or marketability or any such Real Property), in each case, free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens.
5.2. Eligible Accounts. The Eligible Accounts are bona fide existing payment obligations of Account Debtors created by the sale and delivery of Inventory or the rendition of services to such Account Debtors in the ordinary course of Borrowers business, owed to Borrower without any known defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation. As to each Account that is identified by Borrower as an Eligible Account in a borrowing base report submitted to Agent, such Account is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts.
5.3. Eligible Inventory. All Eligible Inventory is of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects. As to each item of Inventory that is identified by Borrower as Eligible Inventory in a borrowing base report submitted to Agent, such Inventory is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory.
5.4. Equipment. All of the Equipment of Borrower and its Subsidiaries is used or held for use in their business and is fit for such purposes.
5.5. Location of Inventory and Equipment. The Inventory and Equipment of Borrower and its Subsidiaries are located only at, or in-transit between, the locations identified on Schedule 5.5 (as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to Section 6.9). Schedule 5.5 separately identifies each Leased Store Location and each Non-Owned Storage Facility, and sets forth the owners and operators thereof. Except as permitted in Sections 6.9 and 7.17, the Inventory and Equipment of Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not stored with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party, unless such party has entered into a Collateral Access Agreement with Borrower and Lender.
5.6. Inventory Records. Borrower keeps correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Subsidiaries Inventory and the book value thereof.
5.7. State of Incorporation; Location of Chief Executive Office; FEIN; Organizational ID Number; Commercial Tort Claims.
-66-
(a) As of the Restatement Date, the jurisdiction of organization of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on Schedule 5.7(a).
(b) The chief executive office of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is located at the address indicated on Schedule 5.7(b) (as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to Section 6.9).
(c) Borrowers and each of its Subsidiaries FEIN and organizational identification number, if any, are identified on Schedule 5.7(c).
(d) As of the Restatement Date, Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not hold any commercial tort claims involving a claim for more than $500,000, except as set forth on Schedule 5.7(d).
5.8. | Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries. |
(a) Borrower is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the | |
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and qualified to do business in any state where the failure to be so qualified reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
(b) Set forth on Schedule 5.8(b), is a complete and accurate description of the authorized capital Stock of Borrower, by class, and, as of the Restatement Date, a description of the number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding. Other than as described on Schedule 5.8(b), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Borrowers capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. Borrower is not subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its capital Stock except as permitted in Section 7.10.
(c) Set forth on Schedule 5.8(c), is a complete and accurate list of Borrowers direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the jurisdiction of their organization, (ii) the number of shares of each class of common and preferred Stock authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (iii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by Borrower. All of the outstanding capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8(c), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Borrowers Subsidiaries capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of Borrowers Subsidiaries capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital Stock.
5.9. | Due Authorization; No Conflict. |
(a) The execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of this Agreement | |
and the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Borrower.
-67-
(b) The execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to Borrower, the Governing Documents of Borrower, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on Borrower, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any material contractual obligation of Borrower, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any properties or assets of Borrower, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of Borrowers interestholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any material contractual obligation of Borrower, other than (x) consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect, or (y) consents or approvals from suppliers, customers or other contractual counterparties of Borrower or its Subsidiaries required for any foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.
(c) Other than the filing of financing statements, the execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than (x) consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and (y) consents or approvals from any Governmental Authority required by Lender for any foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.
(d) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party, and all other documents contemplated hereby and thereby, when executed and delivered by Borrower will be the legally valid and binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally.
(e) The Agents Liens are validly created, perfected (except for Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts for which no Cash Management Agreement nor Control Agreement is required under this Agreement and the Liens on the Leasehold Interests of the Borrower), and first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.
5.10. Litigation. Other than those matters disclosed on Schedule 5.10, there are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened against Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, except for (a) matters that are fully covered by insurance (subject to customary deductibles), and (b) matters that, to the extent having a reasonable risk of being decided adversely to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, if so decided adversely, reasonably could not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
5.11. No Material Adverse Change. All financial statements relating to Borrower and its Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrower to the Lender Group have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects, Borrowers and its Subsidiaries financial condition as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended. There has not been a Material Adverse Change with respect to Borrower and its Subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements submitted to the Lender Group on or before the Restatement Date.
-68-
5.12. | Fraudulent Transfer. | |
(a) | Borrower is Solvent. | |
(b) | No transfer of property is being made by Borrower or its Subsidiaries and | |
no obligation is being incurred by Borrower or its Subsidiaries 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 Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
5.13. Employee Benefits. None of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any Benefit Plan.
5.14. Environmental Condition. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.14 or except for matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (a) to Borrowers knowledge, none of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries assets has ever been used by Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or by previous owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such production, storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation of applicable Environmental Law, (b) to Borrowers knowledge, none of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and (d) neither Borrower nor its Subsidiaries has received a summons, citation, notice, or directive from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal or state governmental agency concerning any action or omission by Borrower or its Subsidiaries resulting in the releasing or disposing of Hazardous Materials into the environment.
5.15. Brokerage Fees. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has utilized the services of any broker or finder in connection with Borrowers obtaining financing from the Lender Group under this Agreement and no brokerage commission or finders fee is payable by Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection herewith.
5.16. Intellectual Property. Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or hold licenses in, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, and licenses that are necessary to the conduct of its business as currently conducted. Attached hereto as Schedule 5.16 (as updated from time to time) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, copyrights, and copyright registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office as to which Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner or is an exclusive licensee.
5.17. Leases. Borrower and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they are operating. All of such leases are valid and subsisting and no material default by Borrower or its Subsidiaries exists under any of them.
5.18. Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Set forth on Schedule 5.18 (including by reference to Section 2.7(a)) are all of Borrowers and its Subsidiaries Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts as of the Restatement Date, including, with respect to each
-69-
bank or securities intermediary (i) the name and address of such Person, and (ii) the account numbers of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person. Schedule 2.7(a) separately identifies each Store Account, setting forth, for such Store Account, the applicable store(s) relating thereto.
5.19. Complete Disclosure. All factual information (taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any transaction contemplated herein or therein is, and all other such factual information (taken as a whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. As of the date on which any Projections are prepared for delivery to Agent, with respect to such Projections, the Borrower represents and warrants that such Projections were prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of the preparation thereof, it being understood that (without limiting Borrowers obligations hereunder relating to or based on such projections) such projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Borrowers control, such that no warranty can be given that the projections will be realized.
5.20. Indebtedness. Set forth on Schedule 5.20 is a true and complete list of all Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Restatement Date that is to remain outstanding after the Restatement Date and such Schedule accurately reflects the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and the principal terms thereof.
5.21. Credit Card Receipts. Schedule 5.21 sets forth Borrowers Credit Card Processors and all material arrangements to which Borrower is a party with respect to the payment to Borrower of the proceeds of credit card charges for sales by Borrower as of the Restatement Date.
5.22. Margin Stock. Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of any Loan (including any Agent Revolving Advance or Swing Line Loan) or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. |
Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to do all of the following:
6.1. Accounting System. Maintain a system of accounting that enables Borrower to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP and maintain records pertaining to the Collateral that contain information as from time to time reasonably may be requested by Agent.
-70-
Borrower also shall keep an inventory reporting system that shows all additions, sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to its and its Subsidiaries Inventory.
6.2. Collateral Reporting. Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) with the documents set forth on Schedule 6.2 in accordance with the delivery schedule set forth thereon.
6.3. Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Deliver to Agent, with copies to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days (60 days in the case of a month that is the end of one of Borrowers fiscal quarters) after the end of each month during each of Borrowers Fiscal Years,
(i) | a company prepared consolidated balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow covering Borrowers and its Subsidiaries operations during such period, | |
(ii) | a Compliance Certificate signed by the chief financial officer or VP of Finance of Borrower to the effect that: | |
(A) | the financial statements delivered hereunder have | |
been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, | ||
(B) | the representations and warranties of Borrower | |
contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such certificate, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date), and | ||
(C) | there does not exist any condition or event that | |
constitutes a Default or Event of Default (or, to the extent of any non-compliance, describing such non-compliance as to which he or she may have knowledge and what action Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect thereto), and | ||
(iii) | for each month that is the date on which a financial covenant in Section 7.18 is to be tested, a Compliance Certificate demonstrating, in reasonable detail, compliance at the end of such period with the applicable financial covenants contained in Section 7.18, | |
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of Borrowers Fiscal Years, financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each such Fiscal Year, audited by independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to Agent
-71-
and certified, with only such qualifications as may be satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, by such accountants to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (such audited financial statements to include a balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow and, if prepared, such accountants letter to management),
(c) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the start of the Borrower's 2008 Fiscal Year, and 30 days after the start of each of Borrowers Fiscal Years thereafter, copies of Borrowers Projections, in form and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) satisfactory to Agent, in its sole discretion, for the forthcoming Fiscal Year, month by month, certified by the chief financial officer or VP of Finance of Borrower as being prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation thereof,
(d) | if and when filed by Borrower (or promptly thereafter), | |
(i) | Form 10-Q quarterly reports, Form 10-K annual reports, and Form 8-K current reports, and any other filings made by Borrower with the SEC, it being understood that, as to any such filings, Borrower may deliver the same by electronic mail (to such email address(es) as may be provided for such purpose from time to time by Agent), including any such electronic mail specifying the applicable filing, and | |
(ii) | any other information that is provided by Borrower to its shareholders generally, | |
(e) | upon request by Agent, satisfactory evidence of payment, and extent of | |
nonpayment (if applicable), by Borrower and its Subsidiaries of applicable excise taxes in each jurisdiction in which (i) Borrower or its Subsidiaries conducts business or is required to pay any such excise tax, (ii) where Borrowers or its Subsidiaries failure to pay any such applicable excise tax would result in a Lien on the properties or assets of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) where Borrowers or its Subsidiaries failure to pay any such applicable excise tax reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,
(f) | Intentionally Omitted, |
(g) | promptly after Borrower has knowledge of any event or condition that |
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, notice thereof and a statement of the curative action that Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto,
(h) promptly after the commencement thereof, but in any event within
5 Business Days after the service of process with respect thereto on Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, notice of all actions, suits, or proceedings brought by or against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority which, if determined adversely to Borrower or such Subsidiary, reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and
(i) upon the request of Agent, any other report reasonably requested relating to the financial condition of Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
-72-
In addition to the financial statements referred to above, Borrower agrees (if and when it has any Subsidiaries) to deliver financial statements prepared on both a consolidated and consolidating basis and agrees that no Subsidiary of Borrower will have a Fiscal Year different from that of Borrower. Borrower agrees to cooperate with Agent to allow Agent to consult with its independent certified public accountants if Agent reasonably requests the right to do so (and Agent shall notify Borrower as to the timing of such consultations and permit Borrower an opportunity to be present thereat or to otherwise participate therein) and that, in such connection, its independent certified public accountants are authorized to communicate with Agent and to release to Agent whatever financial information concerning Borrower or its Subsidiaries Agent reasonably may request.
6.4. Guarantor Reports. Cause each Guarantor (if any) to deliver its annual financial statements at the time when Borrower provides its audited financial statements to Agent, but only to the extent such Guarantors financial statements are not consolidated with Borrowers financial statements, and copies of all federal income tax returns as soon as the same are available and in any event no later than 30 days after the same are required to be filed by law.
6.5. Returns. Cause returns and allowances, as between Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their Account Debtors, to be on the same basis and in accordance with the usual customary practices of Borrower, as they exist at the time of the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
6.6. Maintenance of Properties. Maintain and preserve all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct to its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder, except (subject to Section 6.11 with respect to leases) for any non-compliance therewith and/or any loss or forfeiture thereunder that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on all or any portion of the Borrower Collateral or otherwise result in a Material Adverse Change.
6.7. Taxes. Cause all assessments and taxes, whether real, personal, or otherwise, due or payable by, or imposed, levied, or assessed against Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets to be paid in full, before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period, except (a) to the extent that the validity of such assessment or tax shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest, (b) as to any sales taxes (but not use taxes) or state or federal income taxes, to the extent the aggregate unpaid past due (taking into account any applicable extension) amount of all such taxes at all times is less than $1,000,000, and (c) as to any assessments or taxes (other than with respect to sales taxes or state or federal income taxes), to the extent that such failure to pay such assessments or taxes, could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Subject to the foregoing, Borrower will and will cause its Subsidiaries to make timely payment or deposit of all tax payments and withholding taxes required of it and them by applicable laws, including those laws concerning F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A., state disability, and local, state, and federal income taxes, and will, upon request, furnish Agent with proof reasonably satisfactory to Agent indicating that Borrower and its Subsidiaries have made such payments or deposits.
6.8. Insurance. |
-73-
(a) At Borrowers expense, maintain insurance respecting its and its Subsidiaries assets wherever located, covering loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, and all other hazards and risks as ordinarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses. Borrower also shall maintain business interruption, public liability, and product liability insurance, as well as insurance against larceny, embezzlement, and criminal misappropriation. All such policies of insurance shall be in such amounts and with such insurance companies as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Subject to Section 3.2 as to timing, Borrower shall deliver copies of all such policies to Agent with a satisfactory lenders loss payable endorsement (subject to Section 6.8(d) with respect to Deferred Compensation Life Insurance) naming Agent as sole loss payee (or, to the extent required by the applicable insurer, naming Borrower as loss payee provided, that in each such case Borrower shall at all times maintain instructions in effect with such insurer (which instructions Borrower shall not change without Agents prior written consent) directing payment of all amounts to Borrower as such loss payee, directly to the Concentration Account) or additional insured, as appropriate. Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to give not less than 30 days prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss in excess of $100,000 covered by such insurance. Agent shall have the exclusive right to adjust any losses claimed under any such insurance policies (subject to Section 6.8(d) with respect to Deferred Compensation Life Insurance) in excess of $1,000,000 (or in any amount after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default), without any liability to Borrower whatsoever in respect of such adjustments. Any monies received as payment for any loss under any insurance policy mentioned above (other than liability insurance policies, and subject to Section 6.8(d) with respect to Deferred Compensation Life Insurance) or as payment of any award or compensation for condemnation or taking by eminent domain, shall be made or forwarded, as applicable, to the Concentration Account (and Agent shall permit the applicable insurer to make such payment directly to the Concentration Account); provided, however that, any such payments relating to (or based on any loss with respect to) Inventory and any such payments made or received during a Triggering Period shall, in each case at the option of the Required Lenders, (i) be paid by the applicable insurer directly to Agent (pursuant to such instructions as Agent may deliver), and/or (ii) upon any such payment to the Concentration Account or directly to Agent, be applied directly to the prepayment of the Obligations.
(c) Borrower will not and will not suffer or permit its Subsidiaries to take out separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 6.8, unless subject to the standard set forth in Section 6.8(a) Agent is included thereon as named insured with the loss payable to Agent under a lenders loss payable endorsement or its equivalent or, as applicable with payments made to the Concentration Account. Borrower promptly shall notify Agent whenever such separate insurance is taken out, specifying the insurer thereunder and full particulars as to the policies evidencing the same, and copies of such policies promptly shall be provided to Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to Deferred Compensation Life Insurance, Borrower shall not be required to name Agent as sole loss payee or additional insured (or to deliver an endorsement) and shall have the right to adjust claims and receive and distribute proceeds with respect thereto; provided, however, that in no event shall
-74-
Borrower (i) make aggregate payments with respect to obtaining and maintaining all such Deferred Compensation Life Insurance in excess of $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, or (ii) cause or permit any such Deferred Compensation Life Insurance to be subject to any Lien.
6.9. Location of Inventory and Equipment. Keep Borrowers and its Subsidiaries Inventory and Equipment only at the locations identified on Schedule 5.5 and their chief executive offices only at the locations identified on Schedule 5.7(b); provided, however, that Borrower may amend Schedule 5.5 and Schedule 5.7 so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 30 days prior to the date on which such Inventory or Equipment is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is relocated, and (a) with respect to any new chief executive office, such new location is within the United States and at the time of such written notification, Borrower provides Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto, and (b) except as expressly permitted in Section 7.17 with respect to locations outside the United States, (i) with respect to any new Non-Owned Storage Facility, Borrower uses commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain and deliver to Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto, and (ii) with respect to any other such new location, Borrower uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto.
6.10. Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority, including the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act, except where failure to so comply individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
6.11. Leases. Pay when due all rents and other amounts payable under any leases to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Borrowers or any such Subsidiaries properties and assets are bound, except (a) to the extent such payments are the subject of a Permitted Protest or (b) lease payments in an aggregate amount at all times less than (i) $8,000,000 with respect to Leased Store Locations, and (ii) $1,000,000 with respect to all other leased locations (including all Non-Owned Storage Facilities).
6.12. Existence. At all times preserve and keep in full force and effect Borrowers and its Subsidiaries valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to their businesses.
6.13. Environmental. Except for such Environmental Liens, failures to comply, releases, Environmental Actions, notices, citations or orders which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (a) keep any property either owned or operated by Borrower or its Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens, (b) comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and provide to Agent documentation of such compliance which Agent reasonably requests, (c) promptly notify Agent of any release of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by Borrower or its Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or otherwise to come into compliance with applicable Environmental Law, and (d) promptly, but in any event within 10 days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent with written notice of any of the following: (i) notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action, or notice that an Environmental Action will be
-75-
filed, against Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and (iii) notice of any environmental violation, citation, or other administrative order received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
6.14. Disclosure Updates. Promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report furnished to the Lender Group contained any untrue statement of a material fact or, when taken together with all written information, exhibits and reports so furnished, omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall any such notification have the affect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto. The Borrower will notify Agent of any change in Credit Card Processor, which Credit Card Processor will be reasonably acceptable to Agent.
6.15. Formation of Subsidiaries. At the time that Borrower or any Guarantor forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Restatement Date, Borrower or such Guarantor shall (a) cause such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent a Guaranty (or joinder to an existing Guaranty) and a Guarantor Security Agreement (or joinder to an existing Guarantor Security Agreement), together with such other security documents, as well as appropriate UCC-1 financing statements, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary (other than any such assets that would not be required to be subject to Agents Liens if they were assets of the Borrower), (b) provide to Agent a pledge agreement and appropriate certificates and powers or UCC-1 financing statements, hypothecating all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and (c) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel satisfactory to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above. Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be a Loan Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Hong Kong Subsidiary shall not be required to execute a joinder to the Guaranty or Guarantor Security Agreement or take the other actions required by this Section 6.15.
6.16. Side Letter. Borrower agrees to take all actions required by the Side Letter.
7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. |
Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Borrower will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
7.1. Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with Indebtedness owed to Underlying Issuers with respect to Underlying Letters of Credit and any other Obligations that constitute Indebtedness,
-76-
(b) | Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 5.20, |
(c) | Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness, and any refinancings, renewals |
or extensions thereof (and continuance or renewals of the Permitted Liens associated therewith) that do not result in an increase in the then extant principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed or extended.
(d) unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.1, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time,
(e) Indebtedness secured exclusively by Permitted Liens described in clause (m) of the definition of Permitted Liens, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time,
(f) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,
(g) Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,
(h) Indebtedness in connection with Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and
(i) Indebtedness owing to any insurance company providing insurance to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed the premiums owed to such insurance company by Borrower and such Subsidiaries.
7.2. Liens. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens (including Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is refinanced, renewed, or extended under Section 7.1(c) and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber those assets that secured the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness).
7.3. | Restrictions on Fundamental Changes. |
(a) Enter into any merger (other than in connection with a Permitted | |
Investment where Borrower is the surviving entity), consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization.
(b) | Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or | |||
dissolution). | ||||
(c) | Convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, in |
one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its assets.
7.4. Disposal of Assets. Other than Permitted Dispositions, convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries assets.
7.5. Change Name. Change Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries names, FEINs, organizational identification number, state of organization or organizational identity; provided, however, that Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may change their names upon at least 30 days
-77-
prior written notice to Agent of such change and so long as, at the time of such written notification, Borrower or its Subsidiary provides any financing statements necessary to perfect and continue perfected the Agents Liens.
7.6. Nature of Business. Make any material change in the principal nature of its or their business.
7.7. | [Intentionally Omitted]. |
7.8. | Change of Control. Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly, any Change |
of Control. |
7.9. Consignments. Consign any of its or their Inventory or sell any of its or their Inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale.
7.10. Distributions. Make any distribution or declare or pay any dividends (in cash or other property, other than common Stock) on, or purchase, acquire, redeem, or retire any of Borrowers Stock, of any class, whether now or hereafter outstanding, except:
(a) the purchase or redemption of Borrowers Stock in connection with and pursuant to the terms of employee benefit and stock option plans.
(b) additional purchases or redemptions of Borrower's Stock approved by Borrower's board of directors so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom; and (ii) both immediately before and for a six month period following such repurchase or redemption on a pro forma projected basis after giving effect to such repurchase or redemption, Availability would be greater than or equal to $40,000,000 as evidenced by the delivery by the Borrower of a certificate to Agent two (2) days prior to such repurchase or redemption certifying to and demonstrating such projected Availability (or, in the case of projected pro forma Availability, certifying that such projections were prepared on the basis of assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time of delivery).
7.11. Accounting Methods. Modify or change its Fiscal Year or its method of accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP).
7.12. Investments. Except for Permitted Investments, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment; provided, however, that, Borrower shall not and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, except with respect to Special Account and Securities Investments and subject to Section 3.2 (as to initial delivery of Control Agreements), (a) have Permitted Investments in Deposit Accounts (other than Cash Management Accounts) or Securities Accounts unless Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and the applicable securities intermediary or bank have entered into Control Agreements governing such Permitted Investments in order to perfect (and further establish) the Agents Liens in such Permitted Investments, or (b) establish or maintain any Deposit Account (other than a Cash Management Account) or Securities Account unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement in respect of such Deposit Account or Securities Account.
-78-
7.13. Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Borrower except for transactions (a) that are in the ordinary course of Borrowers business, upon fair and reasonable terms, and that are no less favorable to Borrower than would be obtained in an arms length transaction with a non-Affiliate, (b) that consist of officer or director compensation or employee benefit programs, in each case that are in the ordinary course of Borrowers business and upon fair and reasonable terms to Borrower, or
(c) | that consist of repurchases or redemptions permitted under Sections 7.10. | |
7.14. | Suspension. Suspend or go out of a substantial portion of its or their business. | |
7.15. | [Intentionally Omitted]. | |
7.16. | Use of Proceeds. Use (a) the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other than | |
(i) | to pay transactional fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the | |
other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (ii) thereafter, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for its lawful and permitted purposes.
7.17. Inventory and Equipment Storage. Store the Inventory or Equipment of Borrower or its Subsidiaries at any time now or hereafter with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party without Agents prior written consent, unless such storage arrangement is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Inventory at that certain Vitesse Warehousing facility (in Rotterdam, The Netherlands) identified in Schedule 5.5 so long as the aggregate value of the Inventory stored at such location at all times is less than $2,500,000, (ii) Inventory at other locations outside the United States, so long as the aggregate value of the Inventory stored at such other locations at all times is less than $1,000,000, (iii) Equipment at locations outside the United States, so long as the aggregate value of all such Equipment stored at such locations at all times is less than $5,000,000, and (iv) Inventory at a Non-Owned Storage Facility in the United States for which a Collateral Access Agreement has not been obtained notwithstanding Borrowers compliance with its obligations with respect thereto under Sections 3.2 and 6.9.
7.18. Maximum Capital Expenditures. . Permit the maximum amount of Capital Expenditures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to exceed $10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 50% of the unused portion of the Capital Expenditures allowance for any Fiscal Year may be carried over to the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year only to be used in such Fiscal Year and shall be deemed to be used first in such succeeding Fiscal Year before any Capital Expenditures allowance for that Fiscal Year has been used.
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. |
Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an Event of Default) under this Agreement:
8.1. If Borrower fails to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable, all or any portion of the Obligations (whether of principal, interest (including any interest which, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such amounts), fees and charges due the Lender Group, reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts constituting Obligations) other than Bank Product Obligations; provided, however that in the
-79-
case of Overadvances that are caused by the charging of interest, fees, or Lender Expenses to the Loan Account, such event shall not constitute an Event of Default if, within 3 Business Days of its receipt of telephonic notice of such Overadvance, Borrower eliminates such Overadvance;
8.2. | If Borrower: |
(a) fails to perform, keep, or observe any term, provision, condition, covenant, | |
or agreement contained in Sections 3.2, 4.6, 6.8(a), 6.11, 6.12, 6.16 and 7.1 through 7.18 of this Agreement;
(b) fails or neglects to perform, keep, or otherwise observe any term, provision, condition, covenant, or agreement contained in Sections 2.7(b), 2.7(c), 2.7(d), 2.7(e) or 4.7(a) of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 2 Business Days; or
(c) fails or neglects to perform, keep, or observe any term, provision, condition, covenant, or agreement contained in Sections 6.2, 6.7, 6.8(b), 6.8(c), 6.9, 6.10, 6.14, and 6.15 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 5 Business Days; or
(d) fails or neglects to perform, keep, or observe any other term, provision, condition, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement, or in any of the other Loan Documents (giving effect to any grace periods, cure periods, or required notices, if any, expressly provided for in such Loan Documents), in each case, other than any such term, provision, covenant, or agreement that is the subject of another provision of this Section 8 (in which event such other provision of this Section 8 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 10 Business Days;
provided that, during any period of time that any such failure or neglect referred to in this paragraph exists, even if such failure or neglect is not yet an Event of Default, the Lender Group shall be relieved of its obligation to extend credit hereunder;
8.3. If any material portion of Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress warrant, levied upon, or comes into the possession of any third Person and the same is not discharged before the earlier of 30 days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such property or asset is subject to forfeiture by Borrower or such Subsidiary;
8.4. If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or Borrower admits in writing its inability to, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due;
8.5. If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, and any of the following events occur: (a) Borrower or such Subsidiary consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not timely controverted; provided, however, that, during the pendency of such period from the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding until it is so controverted/dismissed, each member of the Lender Group shall be relieved of its obligations to extend credit hereunder, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within 45 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof; provided, however, that, during the pendency of such period from the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding until it is so
-80-
controverted/dismissed, each member of the Lender Group shall be relieved of its obligations to extend credit hereunder, (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (e) an order for relief shall have been entered therein;
8.6. If Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs;
8.7. If one or more judgments or other asserted claims for the payment of money (including pursuant to any notice of Lien, levy, assessment or other asserted claim with respect to taxes or debts owing to United States, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or by any state, county, municipal, or governmental agency) involving an aggregate amount of $2,000,000, or more (not including any amount thereof covered by insurance or, with respect to escheat or use taxes, any amount to the extent the applicable Lien is excluded pursuant to the first proviso below to this subsection), becomes a Lien upon any of Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries assets and the same is not released, discharged, bonded against, or stayed pending appeal before the earlier of 30 days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such asset is subject to being forfeited by Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided, however, that, with respect to any such Lien for escheat or use taxes, the same shall not be an Event of Default under this subsection so long as (a) such Lien does not have priority over Agent's Liens in the subject assets, (b) Borrower or such Subsidiary is diligently and in good faith contesting such escheat or use taxes by applicable proceedings and has established a reserve on the Books in such amount as is required under GAAP, and (c) such Lien is released, discharged, bonded against, or stayed pending appeal before 5 days prior to the date on which such asset is subject to being forfeited by Borrower or such Subsidiary;
8.8. | [Intentionally Omitted.] |
8.9. | If there is a default in one or more agreements to which Borrower or any of its |
Subsidiaries is a party relative to Borrowers or such Subsidiarys Indebtedness involving an aggregate amount of $2,500,000, or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of obligations thereunder, or (ii) results in a right by the other party thereto, irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate the maturity of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries obligations thereunder; or
8.10. If Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries makes any payment on account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of payment to the payment of the Obligations, except to the extent such payment is permitted by the terms of the subordination provisions applicable to such Indebtedness;
8.11. If any material misstatement or misrepresentation exists now or hereafter in any warranty, representation, statement, or Record made to the Lender Group by Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any officer, employee, agent, or director of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
8.12. If the obligation of any Guarantor under any Guaranty or Guarantor Security Agreement is limited (other than as expressly contemplated thereby) or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor thereunder; or
-81-
8.13. If this Agreement or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, perfected first priority Lien on or security interest in the Collateral covered hereby or thereby; or
8.14. Any provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason (except as expressly permitted hereby or thereby) be declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or a proceeding shall be commenced by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Borrower or its Subsidiaries, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or Borrower or its Subsidiaries shall deny that Borrower or its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document.
9. | THE LENDER GROUPS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. |
9.1. Rights and Remedies. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuation, of an | |
Event of Default, the Required Lenders (at their election but without notice of their election and without demand except as set forth below) may authorize and instruct Agent to do any one or more of the following on behalf of the Lender Group (and Agent, acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, shall do the same on behalf of the Lender Group), all of which are authorized by Borrower:
(a) Upon notice to Borrower (except with respect to an Event of Default under Sections 8.4 or 8.5, in which case no such notice shall be required, or in the event Agent determines, in its Permitted Discretion, that exigent circumstances (such as, without limitation, fraud, concealment, conversion, waste, or abscondment) require immediate action prior to delivery of such notice in order to preserve, protect, or obtain possession or control over the Collateral or any portion thereof, in which case Agent shall deliver such notice as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances), declare all Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations), whether evidenced by this Agreement, by any of the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, immediately due and payable;
(b) Cease advancing money or extending credit to or for the benefit of Borrower under this Agreement, under any of the Loan Documents (other than Bank Product Agreements), or under any other agreement between Borrower and the Lender Group;
(c) Upon notice to Borrower (except with respect to an Event of Default under Sections 8.4 or 8.5, in which case no such notice shall be required), terminate this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents (other than Bank Product Agreements) as to any future liability or obligation of the Lender Group, but without affecting any of the Agents Liens in the Collateral and without affecting the Obligations;
(d) Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with Borrowers Account Debtors for amounts and upon terms which Agent considers advisable, and in such cases, Agent will credit Borrowers Loan Account with only the net amounts received by Agent in payment of such disputed Accounts after deducting all Lender Group Expenses incurred or expended in connection therewith;
-82-
(e) Cause Borrower to hold all of its returned Inventory in trust for the Lender Group and segregate all such Inventory from all other assets of Borrower or in Borrowers possession;
(f) Without notice to or demand upon Borrower, make such payments and do such acts as Agent considers necessary or reasonable to protect its security interests in the Collateral. Borrower agrees to assemble the Collateral if Agent so requires, and to make the Collateral available to Agent at a place that Agent may designate which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Borrower authorizes Agent to enter the premises where the Collateral is located, to take and maintain possession of the Collateral, or any part of it, and to pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien that in Agents determination appears to conflict with the Agents Liens in and to the Collateral and to pay all expenses incurred in connection therewith and to charge Borrowers Loan Account therefor. With respect to any of Borrowers owned or leased premises, Borrower hereby grants Agent a license to enter into possession of such premises and to occupy the same, without charge, in order to exercise any of the Lender Groups rights or remedies provided herein, at law, in equity, or otherwise;
(g) Without notice to Borrower (such notice being expressly waived), and without constituting an acceptance of any collateral in full or partial satisfaction of an obligation (within the meaning of the Code), set off and apply to the Obligations, to the full extent permitted by law, any and all (i) balances and deposits of Borrower held by the Lender Group (including any amounts received in the Cash Management Accounts), or (ii) Indebtedness at any time owing to or for the credit or the account of Borrower held by the Lender Group;
(h) Hold, as cash collateral, any and all balances and deposits of Borrower held by the Lender Group, and any amounts received in the Cash Management Accounts, to secure the full and final repayment of all of the Obligations;
(i) Ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for sale, and sell (in the manner provided for herein) the Borrower Collateral. Borrower hereby grants to Agent a license or other right to use, without charge, Borrowers labels, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains to the Borrower Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Borrower Collateral and Borrowers rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the Lender Groups benefit;
(j) Sell the Borrower Collateral at either a public or private sale, or both, by way of one or more contracts or transactions, for cash or on terms, in such manner and at such places (including Borrowers premises) as Agent determines is commercially reasonable. It is not necessary that the Borrower Collateral be present at any such sale;
(k) | Agent shall give notice of the disposition of the Borrower Collateral as | |||||
follows: | ||||||
(i) | Agent shall give Borrower a notice in writing of the time and place | |||||
of public sale, or, if the sale is a private sale or some other | ||||||
disposition other than a public sale is to be made of the Borrower |
-83-
Collateral, the time on or after which the private sale or other disposition is to be made; and | |
(ii) | The notice shall be personally delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to Borrower as provided in Section 12, at least 10 days before the earliest time of disposition set forth in the notice; no notice needs to be given prior to the disposition of any portion of the Borrower Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market; |
(l) | Agent, on behalf of the Lender Group, may credit bid and purchase at any | |||
public sale; | ||||
(m) | Agent may seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession |
of all or any portion of the Borrower Collateral or to operate same and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, may seek the appointment of such a receiver without the requirement of prior notice or a hearing; and
(n) The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity or pursuant to any other Loan Document;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.4 or Section 8.5, in addition to the remedies set forth above, without any notice to Borrower or any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations) then outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, upon or at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (a) under Section 8.1 with respect to payments on Term Loans or (b) arising as a result of any noncompliance by Borrower with any condition, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement with respect to which the Term Loan Lenders have a right of consent under Section 15.1 or any Event of Default under Section 7.18, the Term Loan Lenders (acting upon the written consent of a majority in interest of such Lenders) may send a notice to Agent of its intent to direct Agent to accelerate the Obligations and/or to exercise enforcement rights and remedies against Borrower, Guarantors and/or the Collateral. On the date which is one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of such notice, Agent shall take such action as Term Loan Lenders may require to accelerate the Obligations (unless Agent shall have previously accelerated the Obligations) and/or exercise enforcement rights and remedies against Borrower, Guarantors and/or the Collateral as are available to Agent under this Section 9 (unless Agent shall have previously begun exercising enforcement rights and remedies against Borrower and/or the Collateral).
9.2. Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided
-84-
under the Code, by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it.
10. TAXES AND EXPENSES. |
If Borrower fails to pay when due any monies (whether taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased properties or assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) due to third Persons, or fails to make any deposits or furnish any required proof of payment or deposit, all as required under the terms of this Agreement, then, Agent, in its sole discretion and without prior notice to Borrower, may do any or all of the following: (a) make payment of the same or any part thereof (except to the extent the same is subject to a Permitted Protest expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement), (b) set up such reserves in Borrowers Loan Account as Agent deems necessary to protect the Lender Group from the exposure created by such failure, or (c) in the case of the failure to comply with Section 6.8 hereof, obtain and maintain insurance policies of the type described in Section 6.8 and take any action with respect to such policies as Agent deems prudent. Any such amounts paid by Agent shall constitute Lender Group Expenses and any such payments shall not constitute an agreement by the Lender Group to make similar payments in the future or a waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default under this Agreement. Agent need not inquire as to, or contest the validity of, any such expense, tax, or Lien and the receipt of the usual official notice for the payment thereof shall be conclusive evidence that the same was validly due and owing.
11. | WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION. |
11.1. Demand; Protest; etc. Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest, | |
notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which Borrower may in any way be liable.
11.2. The Lender Groups Liability for Borrower Collateral. Borrower hereby agrees that: (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, the Lender Group shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Borrower Collateral, (ii) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, except, in each case, to the extent such liability arises from the Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct, and (b) except as otherwise provided in (a), all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Borrower Collateral shall be borne by Borrower.
11.3. Indemnification. Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each, an Indemnified Person) harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, and damages, and all reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements and other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or
-85-
related to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance, or administration (including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of Borrowers and its Subsidiaries compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, and (b) with respect to any investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the use of the proceeds of the credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities). The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower shall have no obligation to any Indemnified Person under this Section 11.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which Borrower was required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrower with respect thereto. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
12. NOTICES. |
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands by Borrower or Agent to the other relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as Borrower or Agent, as applicable, may designate to each other in accordance herewith), or telefacsimile to Borrower or Agent, as the case may be, at its address set forth below:
If to Borrower: | SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION | |
350 The Embarcadero, 6 th Floor | ||
San Francisco, California 94105 | ||
Attn: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Fax No. 415 ###-###-#### | ||
If to Agent: | WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC | |
One Boston Place, 18 th floor | ||
Boston, Massachusetts 02108 | ||
Attn: Shaper Image Account Manager | ||
Fax No. 617 ###-###-#### | ||
with copies to: | WINSTON & STRAWN LLP | |
35 West Wacker Drive | ||
Suite 4200 |
-86-
Chicago, Illinois 60601 Attn: Matthew D. O'Meara, Esq. Fax No. (312) 558-5700 |
Agent and Borrower may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in accordance with this Section 12, other than notices by Agent in connection with enforcement rights against the Borrower Collateral under the provisions of the Code, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that notices sent by the Lender Group in connection with the exercise of enforcement rights against Borrower Collateral under the provisions of the Code shall be deemed sent when deposited in the mail or personally delivered, or, where permitted by law, transmitted by telefacsimile or any other method set forth above.
13. | CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. |
(a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER | |
LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY BORROWER COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH BORROWER COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. BORROWER AND THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 13(b).
(c) BORROWER AND THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. BORROWER AND THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND
-87-
VOLUNTARILY | WAIVES | ITS | JURY | TRIAL | RIGHTS | FOLLOWING | ||||||
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. | IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A |
COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
14. | ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS. | |
14.1. | Assignments and Participations. | |
(a) Any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more assignees (each an | ||
Assignee) that are Eligible Transferees all, or any ratable part of all, of the Obligations, the Commitments and the other rights and obligations of such Lender, in each case hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000; provided however that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall have approved such Eligible Transferee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, further, that Borrower and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i) written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee, (ii) such Lender and its Assignee have delivered to Borrower and Agent a fully executed Assignment and Acceptance, and (iii) the assignor Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent for Agents separate account a processing fee in the amount of $5,000. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the payment of any fees shall not be required and the Assignee need not be an Eligible Transferee if such assignment is in connection with any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business or loan portfolio of the assigning Lender.
(b) From and after the date that Agent notifies the assignor Lender (with a copy to Borrower) that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance and payment of the above-referenced processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assignor Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to Section 11.3 hereof) and be released from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto), and such assignment shall effect a novation between Borrower and the Assignee; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such assigning Lenders obligations under Article 16 and Section 17.8 of this Agreement.
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (1) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
-88-
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (2) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Borrower or the performance or observance by Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (3) such Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (4) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (5) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to Agent, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (6) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) Immediately upon Agents receipt of the required processing fee payment and the fully executed Assignment and Acceptance, this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments arising therefrom. The Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Commitments of the assigning Lender pro tanto.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, with the written consent of Agent, sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions, or other Persons not Affiliates of such Lender
(a Participant) participating interests in its Obligations, the Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the Originating Lender) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (provided that no written consent of Agent shall be required in connection with any sale of any such participating interests by a Lender to an Eligible Transferee); provided, however, that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating Lender hereunder shall not constitute a Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the Originating Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrower, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating Lender in connection with the Originating Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment to, or consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any other Loan Document would (A) extend the final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B) reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or guaranties (except to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan Documents) supporting the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender, or (E) change the amount or due dates of scheduled principal repayments or prepayments or premiums, and (v) all amounts payable by Borrower hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation, except that, if amounts outstanding
-89-
under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed to have the right of set-off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement. The rights of any Participant only shall be derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such Participant participates and no Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders, Agent, Borrower, the Collections of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Obligations. No Participant shall have the right to participate directly in the making of decisions by the Lenders among themselves.
(f) In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 17.8, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
(g) Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Bank or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.
14.2. Successors. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided, however, that Borrower may not assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall release Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to Section 14.1 hereof and, except as expressly required pursuant to Section 14.1 hereof, no consent or approval by Borrower is required in connection with any such assignment.
15. | AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. |
15.1. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this | |
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and Borrower and then any 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 waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all of the Lenders affected thereby and Borrower, do any of the following:
(a) | increase or extend any Commitment of any Lender, |
(b) | postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan |
Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
-90-
(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
(d) change the percentage of the Commitments that is required to take any action hereunder,
(e) amend or modify this Section or any provision of the Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders,
(f) release Collateral other than as permitted by Section 16.12,
(g) change the definition of Required Lenders, "Required Term Loan Lenders", "Required Revolving Lenders" or Pro Rata Share,
(h) contractually subordinate any of the Agents Liens,
(i) release Borrower or any Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of
money, or |
(j) change the definition of Borrowing Base or the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory, Eligible In-Transit Inventory, Eligible Landed Inventory, Eligible Refurbished Inventory, Maximum Revolver Amount, in each case in any manner that would cause the Borrowing Base to be increased, or change Section 2.1(b), or
(k) amend any of the provisions of Section 16.
and, provided further, however, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall permit (i) any release of Borrowing Base Collateral not otherwise expressly permitted hereby without the consent in writing of the Required Revolving Lenders; and (ii) any release of Collateral (other than Borrowing Base Collateral) not otherwise expressly permitted hereby without the consent in writing of the Required Term Loan Lenders; (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, amend, modify or waive any provision of Sections 2.4(b) or 2.4(f) with respect to the timing or application of mandatory prepayments of the Loans or application of proceeds of Collateral without the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders and (C) that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent, Issuing Lender, or Swing Lender, as applicable, affect the rights or duties of Agent, Issuing Lender, or Swing Lender, as applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
The foregoing notwithstanding, any amendment, modification, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of Borrower, shall not require consent by or the agreement of Borrower.
15.2. | Replacement of Holdout Lender. |
(a) If any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires | |
the unanimous consent, authorization, or agreement of all Lenders or the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders, and a Lender, or Term Loan Lender, in the case of actions requiring the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders, (Holdout Lender) fails to give its consent,
-91-
authorization, or agreement, then Agent (or Borrower, with the consent of Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), upon at least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice to the Holdout Lender, may permanently replace the Holdout Lender with one or more substitute Lenders (each, a Replacement Lender), and the Holdout Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given.
(b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation Liability) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever. If the Holdout Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 14.1. Until such time as the Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender shall remain obligated to make the Holdout Lenders Pro Rata Share of Revolving Advances and to purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation Liability of such Letter of Credit.
15.3. No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated. No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agents and each Lenders rights thereafter to require strict performance by Borrower of any provision of this Agreement. Agents and each Lenders rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have.
16. | AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP. |
16.1. Appointment and Authorization of Agent. Each Lender hereby designates and | |
appoints WFRF as its representative under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 16. The provisions of this Section 16 (other than Section 16.11) are solely for the benefit of Agent, and the Lenders, and Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein. Any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
-92-
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent; it being expressly understood and agreed that the use of the word Agent is for convenience only, that WFRF is merely the representative of the Lenders, and only has the contractual duties set forth herein. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Loans for itself or on behalf of Lenders as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Borrower, the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents.
16.2. Delegation of Duties. Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith, and without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
16.3. Liability of Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except to the extent of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Borrower, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Borrower or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the Books or properties of Borrower or the books or records or properties of any of Borrowers Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
-93-
16.4. Reliance by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Borrower or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received, Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the requisite Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
16.5. Notice of Default or Event of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such notice is a notice of default. Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains actual knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to its Participants, if any. Subject to Section 16.4, Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 9; provided, however, that unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
16.6. Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that none of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each Lender represents to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower and any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower and any
-94-
other Person party to a Loan Document. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of Borrower and any other Person party to a Loan Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons.
16.7. Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. Agent may incur and pay Lender Group Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including court costs, attorneys fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors, consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral, whether or not Borrower is obligated to reimburse Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to the Loan Agreement or otherwise. Agent is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient amounts from the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries received by Agent to reimburse Agent for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders. In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses from the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries received by Agent, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to or reimburse Agent for the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), according to their Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such Persons gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make a Revolving Advance or other extension of credit hereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such Lenders Pro Rata Share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
16.8. Agent in Individual Capacity. WFRF and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though WFRF were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case, without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, WFRF or its Affiliates may receive information regarding Borrower or its Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Borrower or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders
-95-
acknowledge that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The terms Lender and Lenders include WFRF in its individual capacity.
16.9. Successor Agent. Agent may resign as Agent upon 45 days notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders. If no successor Agent is appointed and shall have accepted such appointment prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor Agent. If Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of applicable law, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders, chosen in consultation with the Borrower. In any such event (whether an appointment by Agent or by the Required Lenders) described in the two immediately preceding sentences, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring Agent and the term Agent shall mean such successor Agent and, upon such acceptance, the retiring Agents appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agents resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 16 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 45 days following a retiring Agents notice of resignation, the retiring Agents resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above.
16.10. Lender in Individual Capacity. Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding Borrower or its Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Borrower or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender not shall be under any obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to the Swing Loans and Agent Revolving Advances, Swing Lender shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender holding Revolving Obligations and may exercise the same as though it were not the sub-agent of Agent.
16.11. | Withholding Taxes. |
(a) If any Lender is a foreign person within the meaning of the IRC and | |
such Lender is eligible to claim an exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the IRC, such Lender agrees with and in favor of Agent and Borrower, to deliver to Agent and Borrower:
-96-
(i) | if such Lender claims an exemption from withholding tax pursuant to its portfolio interest exception, (A) a statement of the Lender, signed under penalty of perjury, that it is not a (I) a bank as described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a 10% shareholder of Borrower (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation related to Borrower within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC, and (B) a properly completed and executed IRS Form W- 8BEN, before the first payment of any interest under this Agreement and at any other time reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower; |
(ii) | if such Lender claims an exemption from, or a reduction of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN before the first payment of any interest under this Agreement and at any other time reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower; |
(iii) | if such Lender claims that interest paid under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is effectively connected with a United States trade or business of such Lender, two properly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI before the first payment of any interest is due under this Agreement and at any other time reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower; |
(iv) | such other form or forms as may be required under the IRC or other laws of the United States as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding tax. |
Such Lender agrees promptly to notify Agent and Borrower of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(b) If any Lender claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty by providing IRS Form W-8BEN and such Lender sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of Borrower owing to such Lender, such Lender agrees to notify Agent of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of Borrower to such Lender. To the extent of such percentage amount, Agent will treat such Lenders IRS Form W-8BEN as no longer valid. In addition, in the case of participations, such Lender agrees to deliver to Agent an IRS Form W8-IMY of the Lender and an IRS Form W9 or W8-BEN of each participant entitling the Borrower to make payments in the same (or lesser) amounts as if such participation has not been granted.
(c) If any Lender is entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax, Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax after taking into account such reduction. If the forms or other documentation required by subsection (a) of this Section are not delivered to Agent, then Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.
-97-
(d) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to Agent under this Section, together with all costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses). The obligation of the Lenders under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
(e) All payments made by Borrower hereunder or under any note will be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense, except as required by applicable law other than for Taxes (as defined below). All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction (other than the United States) or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than of the United States) with respect to such payments (but excluding, any tax imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (i) measured by or based on the net income or net profits of a Lender, or (ii) to the extent that such tax results from a change in the circumstances of the Lender, including a change in the residence, place of organization, or principal place of business of the Lender, or a change in the branch or lending office of the Lender participating in the transactions set forth herein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as Taxes). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any note, including any amount paid pursuant to this Section 16.11(e) after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to Agent or any Lender (i) that is not organized under the laws of the United States, if such Person fails to comply with the other requirements of this Section 16.11, or (ii) if the increase in such amount payable results from Agents or such Lenders own willful misconduct or gross negligence. Borrower will furnish to Agent as promptly as possible after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by Borrower.
(f) Each Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to comply timely with any certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements if such compliance is required by law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, deduction or withholding of any Taxes for which such Borrower is required to pay any additional amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender pursuant to this Section 16.11; provided that complying with such requirements would not be materially more onerous (in form, in procedure or in the substance of information disclosed) to a Lender than complying with the comparable information or other reporting requirements imposed under U.S. tax law, regulations and administrative practice.
-98-
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 16.11, the Borrower will not be required to make payments under this Section 16.11 with respect to taxes that are imposed on amounts payable to the Lender at the time the Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office outside the United States), except to the extent that such 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 Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 16.11.
(h) If any payment by the Borrower is made to or for the account of the Lender after deduction for or on account of any Taxes, and increased payments are made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 16.11, then, if the Lender reasonably determines that it has received or been granted a refund of, credit against or remission of such Taxes, such Lender shall reimburse to the Borrower such amount as such Lender shall determine to be attributable to the relevant Taxes or deduction or withholding; provided, that (i) such Lender shall not be obligated to disclose to the Borrower any information regarding its tax affairs and computations, and (ii) nothing herein shall be construed so as to interfere with the right of such Lender to arrange its tax affairs as it deems appropriate.
(i) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Lender pursuant to this Section 16.11 as a result of a change of law occurring after the date hereof, then such Lender (but only if at such time such Lenders lending office is outside the United States) agrees to use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will eliminate or reduce such additional payment which may thereafter accrue and would not, in the good faith judgment of the Lender, otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender; provided that the mere existence of fees, charges, costs or expenses that the Borrower has offered and agreed to pay on behalf of a Lender shall not be deemed to be materially disadvantageous to the Lender.
16.12. | Collateral Matters. |
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize Agent, at its option and in its | |
sole discretion, to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full by Borrower of all Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a release is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Borrower certifies to Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under Section 7.4 of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which Borrower or its Subsidiaries owned no interest at the time the Agents Lien was granted nor at any time thereafter, or (iv) constituting property leased to Borrower or its Subsidiaries under a lease that has expired or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement. Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (x) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders, (y) if the Collateral consists of all or substantially all of the Borrowing Base Collateral, the Required Revolving Lenders and the Required Lenders, or (z) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than Borrowing Base Collateral), the Required Term Loan Lenders and the Required Lenders. Upon request by Agent or Borrower at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing Agents authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 16.12; provided, however, that (1) Agent shall not be required to execute any document necessary to evidence
-99-
such release on terms that, in Agents opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by Borrower, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
(b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Borrower or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Agents Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given Agents own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender as to any of the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein.
16.13. | Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments. |
(a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written | |
consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Borrower or any deposit accounts of Borrower now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lenders ratable portion of all such distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (1) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (2) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, however, that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the provisions of this Section 16.13(b)(ii)(2) shall apply such that a Lender
-100-
shall only be required to purchase an interest and participation in the Obligations of the respective tranche of such Lender's Obligations (i.e. a Lender holding only Revolving Obligations shall only be required to purchase an interest and participation in Revolving Obligations and a Lender holding only Term Loan Obligations shall only be required to purchase an interest and participation in Term Loan Obligations; provided that a Lender that holds both Revolving Obligations and Term Loan Obligations shall be required to purchase an interest and participation in each such tranche as otherwise required hereby.
16.14. Agency for Perfection. Agent hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting the Agents Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Code can be perfected only by possession or control. Should any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agents request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agents instructions.
16.15. Payments by Agent to the Lenders. All payments to be made by Agent to the Lenders shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, or interest of the Obligations.
16.16. Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group agrees that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
16.17. Field Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
(a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report (each a Report and collectively, Reports) prepared by Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,
(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report,
(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Borrower and will rely significantly upon the Books, as well as on representations of Borrowers personnel,
(d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with Section 17.8, and
-101-
(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrower, or the indemnifying Lenders participation in, or the indemnifying Lenders purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrower, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by 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.
In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Borrower to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Borrower to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Borrower, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lenders notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Borrower the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Borrower, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.
16.18. Several Obligations; No Liability. Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint) obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time outstanding, the amount of their respective Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or liability to any Participant of any other Lender. Except as provided in Section 16.7, no member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group. No Lender shall be responsible to Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any other Lender to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder, nor to advance for it or on its behalf in connection with its Commitment, nor to take any other action on its behalf hereunder or in connection with the financing contemplated herein.
16.19. Legal Representation of Agent. In connection with the negotiation, drafting, and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in connection with future legal representation relating to loan administration, amendments, modifications, waivers, or enforcement of remedies, Winston & Strawn LLP (Winston & Strawn) only has represented and only shall represent WFRF in its capacity as Agent and as a Lender. Each other Lender
-102-
hereby acknowledges that Winston & Strawn does not represent it in connection with any such matters.
17. | GENERAL PROVISIONS. |
17.1. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when | |
executed by Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature pages hereof.
17.2. Section Headings. Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
17.3. Interpretation. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against the Lender Group or Borrower, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
17.4. Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
17.5. Amendments in Writing. This Agreement only can be amended by a writing signed by Agent (on behalf of the requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 15.1) and Borrower.
17.6. Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.
17.7. Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations. If the incurrence or payment of the Obligations by Borrower or any Guarantor or the transfer to the Lender Group of any property should for any reason subsequently be declared to be void or voidable under any state or federal law relating to creditors rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or transfers of property (collectively, a Voidable Transfer), and if the Lender Group is required to repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the reasonable advice of its counsel, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that the Lender Group is required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the liability of Borrower or any such Guarantor automatically shall be revived, reinstated, and restored and shall exist as though such Voidable Transfer had never been made.
-103-
17.8. Confidentiality. The Agent and the Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain as confidential all Projections (including the Side Letter and the Fee Letter) and other non-public information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans (collectively, Confidential Information) provided to Agent or such Lender by Borrower, and specifically designated by Borrower in good faith at the time of delivery thereof as being Confidential Information, except that Agent or such Lender may disclose such information: (a) to attorneys for, and accountants and auditors to, any member of the Lender Group, (b) to other advisors and consultants to any member of the Lender Group, provided that any such advisor or consultant shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.8 or similar confidentiality agreement, (c) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.8 or similar confidentiality agreement, (d) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation (with prompt notice to the Borrower so that the Borrower may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive Agents or any Lenders compliance with the provisions of this Section 17.8), (e) as may be agreed to in advance by Borrower or its Subsidiaries or as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process (with prompt notice to the Borrower so that the Borrower may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive Agents or any Lenders compliance with the provisions of this Section 17.8), (f) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or Lender), (g) in connection with any assignment, prospective assignment, sale, prospective sale, participation or prospective participations, or pledge or prospective pledge of any Lenders interest under this Agreement, provided that any such assignee, prospective assignee, purchaser, prospective purchaser, participant, prospective participant, pledgee, or prospective pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.8 or similar confidentiality agreement, and (h) in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 17.8 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations. Anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of confidentiality contained herein and therein, as they relate to the transactions contemplated hereby, shall not apply to the federal tax structure or federal tax treatment of such transactions, and each party hereto (and any employee, representative, or agent of any party hereto) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the federal tax structure and federal tax treatment of such transactions (including all materials related to such tax structure and tax treatment). The preceding sentence is intended to cause the transactions contemplated hereby to not be treated as having been offered under conditions of confidentiality for purposes of Section 1.6011-4(b)(3) (or any successor provision) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 6011 of the IRC, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with such purpose. In addition, each party hereto acknowledges that it has no proprietary or exclusive rights to the tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby or any tax matter or tax idea related thereto.
17.9. Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and
-104-
shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.
17.10. Amendment and Restatement. |
On the Restatement Date, the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall be amended, restated and superseded in its entirety. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection herewith do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing, or termination of the "Obligations" (as defined in the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) under the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as in effect prior to the Restatement Date; (ii) such "Obligations" are in all respects continuing with only the terms thereof being modified as provided in this Agreement; (iii) the Liens as granted under the Loan Documents securing payment of such "Obligations" are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect and secure the payment of the Obligations (as defined in this Agreement) and are hereby fully ratified and affirmed; and (iv) upon the effectiveness of this Agreement all loans and letters of credit outstanding under the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement immediately before the effectiveness of this Agreement will be part of the Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, Borrower hereby fully and unconditionally ratifies and affirms all Loan Documents and agrees that all collateral granted thereunder shall from and after the date hereof secure all Obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the modifications effected by this Agreement of the representations, warranties and covenants of Borrower contained in the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Borrower acknowledges and agrees that any causes of action or other rights created in favor of any Lender and its successors arising out of the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in or delivered (including representations and warranties delivered in connection with the making of the loans or other extensions of credit thereunder) in connection with the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
All indemnification obligations of Borrower pursuant to the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (including any arising from a breach of the representations thereunder) shall survive the amendment and restatement of the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement.
On and after the Restatement Date, each reference in the Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or similar words referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement.
[Signature pages to follow.] |
-105-
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION | ||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||
By: | /s/ Rebecca L. Roedell | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | |||
WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC, | ||||
a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent and as | a | |||
Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Lynn Whitmore | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Loan and Security Agreement]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Schedule A-1 Agents Account |
An account at a bank designated by Agent from time to time as the account into which Borrower shall make all payments to Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and into which the Lender Group shall make all payments to Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; unless and until Agent notifies Borrower and the Lender Group to the contrary, Agents Account shall be that certain deposit account bearing account number 49450-88607 and maintained by Agent with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, California, ABA # 121000248.
Lender | January 1 st through July 31 st Revolver | |
Commitment | ||
| | |
Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC | $85,000,000 | |
| | |
All Lenders | $85,000,000* | |
| | |
Lender | August 1 st through September 30 th | |
Revolver Commitment | ||
| | |
Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC | $100,000,000 | |
| | |
All Lenders | $100,000,000* | |
| | |
Lender | October 1 st through December 31 st | |
Revolver Commitment | ||
| | |
Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC | $120,000,000 | |
| | |
All Lenders | $120,000,000* | |
| |
* The amounts in each column above are without duplication of amounts in any other column.
TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS
Lender | Term Loan Commitment** | |
| | |
Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC | $20,000,000** | |
| | |
All Lenders | $20,000,000** | |
| |
**Subject to adjustment as set forth in the Side Letter.
Schedule D-1 Designated Account |
Account number 11350647 of Borrower maintained with Borrowers Designated Account Bank, or such other deposit account of Borrower (located within the United States) that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrower to Agent.
Designated Account Bank means PNC Bank, National Association, whose office is located at Two PNC Plaza, 31st Floor, 620 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, and whose ABA number is 043-000-096.
Schedule 5.21
Credit Card Processors
Schedule 6.2 Collateral Reporting |
Borrower shall provide Agent with the following documents at the following times in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent:
(a) Borrowing Base Certificate. On a weekly basis, not later than Wednesday of each week (for the prior week through Friday of such prior week), Borrower shall provide to Agent a signed borrowing base certificate, in form as approved by Agent and including a detailed calculation of the Borrowing Base (including detail regarding those Accounts of Borrower that are not Eligible Accounts) plus a detailed aging, by total, of the Accounts of Borrower, together with a reconciliation to the detailed calculation of the Borrowing Base previously provided to Agent. Such certificate may be sent to Agent electronically (with an electronic signature) or by facsimile transmission, provided, that in each case, upon request by Agent, the original thereof is forwarded to Agent within two (2) days of such transmission. No adjustments to the borrowing base certificate may be made without supporting documentation and such other documentation as may be reasonably requested by Agent from time to time.
(b) Daily Reports. On a daily basis (to the extent applicable for any day):
(i) notice of any claim, offset, or dispute involving an amount in excess of $1,000,000 asserted by any Account Debtor with respect to Borrowers and its Subsidiaries Accounts; and
(ii) notice of all claims, offsets, or disputes asserted by Account Debtors with respect to Borrowers and its Subsidiaries Consumer Installment Sales Receivables.
(c) Monthly Reports. Monthly, Borrower shall provide to Agent original counterparts of (each in such form as Agent from time to time may specify):
(i) Within 20 days after the end of such month for the immediately preceding month, each of the following;
(A) Inventory summary report by location and by department, separately indicating the refurbished Inventory at each such location;
(B) flash sales report by geographical market (Borrowers format in use on the Restatement Date is acceptable);
(C) | Inventory certificate in Agents format; and |
(D) | statement of store activity in Agents format. |
(ii) | Within | 30 days of the end of each month for the immediately | ||
preceding month: | ||||
(A) | a detailed report regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries | |||
cash and Cash Equivalents; |
(B) | comparable store sales; |
(C) | a listing (in a manner consistent with Schedule 5.18) of all |
Deposit Accounts (and other agreements of the type required to be disclosed on Schedule 5.18 on the Restatement Date) opened by the Borrower subsequent to the Restatement Date and not otherwise disclosed by the Borrower to the Agent pursuant to this clause (C);
(D) a listing (in a manner consistent with Schedule 5.21) of all Credit Card Processor Agreements (and other agreements of the type required to be disclosed on Schedule 5.21 on the Restatement Date) entered into by the Borrower subsequent to the Restatement Date and not otherwise disclosed by the Borrower to the Agent pursuant to this clause (D);
(f) | Additional Reports. Upon request by Agent, Borrower shall provide to | |||||
Agent: | ||||||
(i) | copies of invoices in connection with Borrowers and its |
Subsidiaries Accounts, credit memos, remittance advices, deposit slips, shipping and delivery documents in connection with Borrowers and its Subsidiaries Accounts and, for Inventory and Equipment acquired by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, purchase orders and invoices;
(ii) a detailed list of Borrowers and its Subsidiaries customers; provided, that if such information cannot reasonably be provided in reports to Agent (or if Agent shall so request), Borrower shall provide access and assistance to Agent to permit Agent to obtain such information in Borrowers and its Subsidiaries records (including databases) at any applicable location where such records are stored or maintained; and
(iii) such other reports as to the Collateral or the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as Agent may request in its Permitted Discretion.