EXHIBIT 10.AAb
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Credit Agreement
Among
TECH DATA CORPORATION
and
Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and
Letter of Credit Issuing Lender,
and
Bank One, NA,
As Syndication Agent,
and
Scotiabanc, Inc.,
As Documentation Agent,
and
First Union National Bank,
as Managing Agent
and
The Other Financial
Institutions Party Hereto
Dated as of May 8, 2000
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Banc of America Securities LLC,
as
Sole Arranger and Sole Book Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS......................................................................2
1.01 Defined Terms...............................................................................2
1.02 Use of Certain Terms.......................................................................27
1.03 Accounting Terms...........................................................................28
1.04 Rounding...................................................................................28
1.05 Exhibits and Schedules.....................................................................28
1.06 References to Agreements and Laws..........................................................28
1.07 Currency Equivalents Generally.............................................................28
1.08 Financial Definitions and Acquisitions.....................................................28
SECTION 2. THE COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT...................................................30
2.01 Committed Loans............................................................................30
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans...............................30
2.03 Competitive Loans..........................................................................32
2.04 Letters of Credit..........................................................................37
2.05 Swing Line Loans...........................................................................41
2.06 Prepayments................................................................................42
2.07 Reduction or Termination of Commitments....................................................43
2.08 Principal and Interest.....................................................................43
2.09 Fees.......................................................................................44
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees...........................................................44
2.11 Making Payments............................................................................45
2.12 Funding Sources............................................................................46
2.13 Increase in Combined Commitments...........................................................46
2.14 Obligations to Collateral Agent............................................................47
SECTION 3. SECURITY...................................................................................49
3.01 Facility Guaranty..........................................................................49
3.02 Pledge Agreements..........................................................................49
3.03 Further Assurances.........................................................................49
3.04 Intercreditor Agreement....................................................................49
SECTION 4. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY.....................................................50
4.01 Taxes......................................................................................50
4.02 Illegality.................................................................................50
4.03 Inability to Determine Rates...............................................................51
4.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy........................................51
4.05 Breakfunding Costs.........................................................................52
4.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation........................................52
4.07 Survival...................................................................................53
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT...............................................54
5.01 Conditions of Initial Extension of Credit..................................................54
5.02 Conditions to all Extensions of Credit.....................................................55
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.............................................................57
6.01 Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance with Laws...................................57
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6.02 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations..............................................57
6.03 No Legal Bar...............................................................................57
6.04 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect...........................................57
6.05 Litigation.................................................................................58
6.06 No Default.................................................................................58
6.07 Ownership of Property; Liens...............................................................58
6.08 Taxes......................................................................................58
6.09 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.............58
6.10 ERISA Compliance...........................................................................59
6.11 Intangible Assets..........................................................................59
6.12 Compliance With Laws.......................................................................59
6.13 Environmental Compliance...................................................................59
6.14 Insurance..................................................................................60
6.15 Disclosure.................................................................................60
SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS......................................................................61
7.01 Financial Statements.......................................................................61
7.02 Certificates, Notices and Other Information................................................62
7.03 Payment of Taxes...........................................................................63
7.04 Preservation of Existence..................................................................63
7.05 Maintenance of Properties..................................................................63
7.06 Maintenance of Insurance...................................................................63
7.07 Compliance With Laws.......................................................................63
7.08 Inspection Rights..........................................................................63
7.09 Keeping of Records and Books of Account....................................................64
7.10 Compliance with ERISA......................................................................64
7.11 Compliance With Agreements.................................................................64
7.12 Use of Proceeds............................................................................64
7.13 New Subsidiaries...........................................................................64
SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.........................................................................66
8.01 Indebtedness...............................................................................66
8.02 Liens and Negative Pledges.................................................................66
8.03 Fundamental Changes........................................................................67
8.04 Dispositions...............................................................................68
8.05 Investments................................................................................68
8.06 Lease Obligations..........................................................................70
8.07 Restricted Payments........................................................................70
8.08 ERISA......................................................................................70
8.09 Change in Nature of Business...............................................................70
8.10 Transactions with Affiliates...............................................................70
8.11 Acquisitions...............................................................................70
8.12 Limitations on Upstreaming.................................................................70
8.13 Margin Regulations.........................................................................70
8.14 Financial Covenants........................................................................71
8.15 Change in Auditors.........................................................................71
8.16 Prohibition on Prepayment of Debt..........................................................71
8.17 Guaranty Obligations.......................................................................71
SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.............................................................72
9.01 Events of Default..........................................................................72
9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.............................................................74
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SECTION 10. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.......................................................................76
10.01 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent......................................76
10.02 Delegation of Duties.......................................................................76
10.03 Liability of Administrative Agent..........................................................76
10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent...........................................................77
10.05 Notice of Default..........................................................................77
10.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent.........................78
10.07 Indemnification of Administrative Agent....................................................78
10.08 Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity................................................79
10.09 Successor Administrative Agent.............................................................79
10.10 Co-Agents; Lead Managers...................................................................79
10.11 Collateral Matters.........................................................................80
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS..............................................................................82
11.01 Amendments; Consents.......................................................................82
11.02 Transmission and Effectiveness of Communications and Signatures............................83
11.03 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.........................................................84
11.04 Binding Effect; Assignment.................................................................84
11.05 Set-off....................................................................................86
11.06 Sharing of Payments........................................................................86
11.07 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.............................................................87
11.08 Usury......................................................................................87
11.09 Counterparts...............................................................................87
11.10 Integration................................................................................87
11.11 Nature of Lenders' Obligations.............................................................88
11.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties.................................................88
11.13 Indemnity by Borrower......................................................................88
11.14 Nonliability of Lenders....................................................................89
11.15 No Third Parties Benefited.................................................................90
11.16 Severability...............................................................................90
11.17 Confidentiality............................................................................90
11.18 Further Assurances.........................................................................91
11.19 Headings...................................................................................91
11.20 Time of the Essence........................................................................91
11.21 Foreign Lenders............................................................................91
11.22 Removal and Replacement of Lenders.........................................................92
11.23 Governing Law..............................................................................92
11.24 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury...........................................................93
11.25 ENTIRE AGREEMENT...........................................................................93
SIGNATURES......................................................................................................S-1
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EXHIBITS
FORM OF
A-1 Request for Extension of Credit
A-2 Request for Swing Line Loan
B Compliance Certificate
C Committed Loan Note
D Assignment and Acceptance
E-1 Competitive Bid Request
E-2 Competitive Bid
E-3 Competitive Loan Note
E-4 Competitive Bid Request/Administrative Agent Administered
E-5 Competitive Bid/Administrative Agent
F Intercreditor Agreement
G Swing Line Note
H Opinion of Counsel
I Commitment Increase Agreement
J Added Bank Agreement
K Facility Guaranty
SCHEDULES
1.01(a) Existing Letters of Credit
1.01(b) Offshore Currencies
2.01 Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
8.01 Existing Indebtedness, Liens and Negative Pledges
8.05 Investments
11.02 Offshore and Domestic Lending Offices, Addresses for Notices
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") is entered into as of May 8, 2000
by and among TECH DATA CORPORATION, a Florida corporation ("BORROWER"), each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, "LENDERS" and individually,
a "LENDER"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line
Lender and Issuing Lender.
RECITAL
Borrower has requested that Lenders and Issuing Lender provide a
multicurrency revolving line of credit, and Lenders, Issuing Lender and
Administrative Agent are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
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SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
"ABSOLUTE RATE" means a fixed rate of interest for a Competitive Loan
determined from an Absolute Rate Bid that has been accepted by Borrower.
"ABSOLUTE RATE BID" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.03A(B) and
SECTION 2.03B(B).
"ACQUISITION" means the acquisition of (i) a controlling equity
interest in another Person (including the purchase of an option, warrant or
convertible or similar type security to acquire such a controlling interest at
the time it becomes exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of
such equity interest or upon exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion
of securities into, such equity interest, or (ii) assets of another Person which
constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a line or
lines of business conducted by such Person.
"ADDED LENDER" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.13(A).
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" means, (i) Bank of America, N.A., in its
capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any
successor administrative agent and (ii) Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity
as Collateral Agent under the Pledge Agreements, or any successor collateral
agent.
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S OFFICE" means Administrative Agent's address
and, as appropriate, account as set forth on SCHEDULE 11.02, or such other
address or account as Administrative Agent hereafter may designate by written
notice to Borrower and Lenders.
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT-RELATED PERSONS" means Administrative Agent
(including any successor agent), together with its Affiliates (including, in the
case of Bank of America in its capacity as Administrative Agent, the Arranger)
and the Collateral Agent, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates and Collateral Agent.
"AFFILIATE" means any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, another Person.
A Person shall be deemed to be "controlled by" any other Person if such other
Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power (a) to vote 10% or more of the
securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or managing general partners; or (b) to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract
or otherwise.
"AGREEMENT" means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated,
extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time.
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"APPLICABLE AMOUNT" means the following amounts per annum, based upon
the Debt Rating:
APPLICABLE AMOUNT (IN BASIS POINTS PER ANNUM)
OFFSHORE RATE
AND
DEBT RATINGS LETTERS OF
PRICING LEVEL S&P/▇▇▇▇▇'▇ FACILITY FEE UTILIZATION FEE CREDIT BASE RATE
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1 => BBB+/Baa1 15.0 12.5 22.5 0.0
2 BBB/Baa2 17.5 12.5 45.0 0.0
3 BBB-/Baa3 20.0 12.5 67.5 0.0
4 BB+/Ba1 25.0 12.5 87.5 50.0
5 BB/Ba2 37.5 25.0 112.5 75.0
6 BB-/Ba3 50.0 25.0 150.0 100.0
"APPLICABLE PAYMENT DATE" means, (a) as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the
last day of the relevant Interest Period, any date that such Loan is prepaid or
converted in whole or in part and the Maturity Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
any Interest Period for an Offshore Rate Loan exceeds three months, interest
shall also be paid on the Business Day which falls every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period; and (b) as to any other Obligations, the
first Business Day following the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the
Borrower and the Maturity Date; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that interest accruing at the
Default Rate shall be payable from time to time upon demand of Administrative
Agent.
"APPLICABLE TIME" means New York time.
"ARRANGER" means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as
sole arranger and sole book manager.
"ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" means an Assignment and Acceptance
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT D.
"ATTORNEY COSTS" means and includes all fees and disbursements of any
law firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of internal legal
services and all disbursements of internal counsel.
"AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" means the audited consolidated balance
sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended January 31,
2000, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such
fiscal year of Borrower.
"BANK OF AMERICA" means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
"BASE RATE" means a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the sum of (i)
the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% or (b) the rate of
interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank
of America as its "prime rate" plus (ii) the Applicable
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Amount. The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various
factors including Bank of America's costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some
loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change
in the "prime rate" announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
"BASE RATE LOAN" means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be a Base
Rate Loan in accordance with SECTION 2.
"BORROWER" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
"BORROWER PARTY" means Borrower or any Person (except Lenders,
Administrative Agent and any of their respective Affiliates) from time to time
party to a Loan Document.
"BORROWING" and "BORROW" each mean a borrowing of Loans hereunder
consisting of Loans of the same type made on the same day in the same applicable
currency and, in the case of Offshore Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Periods.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which commercial banks in New York and Florida or the local lending office of
Administrative Agent set forth in SCHEDULE 11.02 are authorized or required by
law to close, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to:
(a) an Obligation denominated in Dollars, any such day on
which dealings are carried on in the applicable offshore Dollar market;
(b) an Obligation denominated in the euro or NCU, any such day
which is:
(i) for payments or purchases of the euro or NCU, a
TARGET Business Day; and
(ii) for all other purposes, including without
limitation the giving and receiving of notices hereunder, a
TARGET Business Day on which banks are generally open for
business in London, Frankfurt and in any other principal
financial center as Administrative Agent may from time to time
determine for this purpose; and
(c) an Obligation denominated in any other Offshore Currency,
a day on which commercial banks are open for foreign exchange business
in London, England, and on which dealings in the relevant Offshore
Currency are carried on in the applicable offshore foreign exchange
interbank market in which disbursement of or payment in such Offshore
Currency will be made or received hereunder.
A "TARGET BUSINESS DAY" is a day when TARGET (Trans-European Automated
Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer system), or any successor thereto,
is scheduled to be open for business.
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"CAPITAL LEASES" means all leases which have been or should be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time including
Statement No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and any successor
thereof.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means, with respect to Borrower, an event or series
of events by which:
(a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee
benefit plan of Borrower or its subsidiaries, or any Person acting in its
capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such
plan), becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person shall be deemed to
have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the membership interests of
Borrower; or
(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the
members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Borrower
cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election
or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing
body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body.
"CLOSING DATE" means the date all the conditions precedent in SECTION
5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with SECTION 5.01.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"COLLATERAL" means, collectively, all property of Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any other Person in which Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender is granted a Lien as security for all or any portion of the
Obligations under any Security Instrument.
"COLLATERAL AGENT" means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as
collateral agent (or as otherwise denominated) under any of the Loan Documents,
or any successor collateral agent.
"COMMITMENT" means, for each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such
Lender's name on SCHEDULE 2.01, as such amount may be reduced or adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (collectively, the
"COMBINED COMMITMENTS").
"COMMITTED LOAN" means a Base Rate Loan or an Offshore Rate Loan made
to Borrower by a Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share pursuant to
SECTION 2.01, except as otherwise provided herein.
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"COMMITTED LOAN NOTE" means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor
of a Lender evidencing Committed Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT C (collectively, the "COMMITTED LOAN NOTES").
"COMPETITIVE BID" means a written bid delivered to Borrower or
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to provide Competitive Loans,
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E-2 in the case of a bid delivered to the
Borrower and EXHIBIT E-5 in the case of a bid delivered to the Administrative
Agent, duly completed and signed by a Lender.
"COMPETITIVE BID MAXIMUM" means the maximum amount(s) a Lender is
willing to bid under a Competitive Bid for all Competitive Loans included
therein and/or individual Competitive Loans included therein.
"COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST" means a written request substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT E-1 in the case of a Competitive Bid made under SECTION 2.03A
and EXHIBIT E-4 in the case of a Competitive Bid made under SECTION 2.03B duly
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and delivered by
Requisite Notice.
"COMPETITIVE LOAN" means a Loan made by a Lender pursuant to SECTION
2.03A or SECTION 2.03B.
"COMPETITIVE LOAN MINIMUM AMOUNT" means, with respect to each of the
following actions with respect to each type of Competitive Loan, the following
amounts set forth opposite such action under such type of Competitive Loan (a
reference to "COMPETITIVE LOAN MINIMUM AMOUNT" shall also be deemed a reference
to the multiples in excess thereof set forth on the last line below):
MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR ABSOLUTE RATE BIDS OFFSHORE RATE BIDS
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Competitive Bid Requests $10,000,000 $10,000,000
Competitive Bids $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Competitive Loans $5,000,000 $5,000,000
With multiples in excess of above
amounts equal to $1,000,000 $1,000,000
"Competitive Loan Note" means a promissory note made by Borrower in
favor of a Lender evidencing Competitive Loans made by such Lender,
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E-3 (collectively, the "COMPETITIVE LOAN
NOTES").
"COMPETITIVE LOAN REQUISITE TIME" means, with respect to any of the
actions listed below, the time and date set forth opposite such action:
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TYPE OF ACTION APPLICABLE TIME ABSOLUTE RATE BID OFFSHORE RATE BID
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Delivery of Competitive Bid Request 12:00 Noon 1 Business Day prior to 4 Business Days prior to
Borrowing date Borrowing date
Delivery of Competitive Bid 9:30 a.m. Borrowing date 3 Business Days prior to
Borrowing date
Administrative Agent notifying 10:00 a.m. Borrowing date 3 Business Days prior to
Borrower of Competitive Bids Borrowing date
received if SECTION 2.03(B) is
applicable
Borrower's acceptance of Competitive 10:30 a.m. Borrowing date 3 Business Days prior to
Bids Borrowing date
"COMPETITIVE LOAN SUBLIMIT" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
the combined Commitments and (b) $50,000,000. The Competitive Loan Sublimit is
part of, and not in addition to, the combined Commitments.
"COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form
of EXHIBIT B, properly completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower.
"CONSOLIDATED CURRENT ASSETS" means cash and all other assets of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including accounts receivables whether or not
assigned under the Trade Receivable Purchase Facility, which are expected to be
realized in cash, sold in the ordinary course of business, or consumed within
one year or which otherwise would be classified as a current asset.
"CONSOLIDATED CURRENT LIABILITIES" means the sum of, without
duplication, (a) all liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries which by their
terms are payable within one year (including all Indebtedness payable on demand
or maturing not more than one year from the date of computation and the current
portion of Indebtedness having a maturity date in excess of one year), (b) all
Outstanding Obligations and (c) all obligations arising under the Transfer and
Administration Agreement.
"CONSOLIDATED CURRENT RATIO" means, as of any date of determination,
for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Current Assets as of such date to (b) Consolidated Current
Liabilities as of such date.
"CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" means, for any period, for Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
Consolidated Net Income, (b) Consolidated Interest Charges, (c) the amount of
taxes, based on or measured by income, used or included in the determination of
such Consolidated Net Income, and (d) the amount of depreciation and
amortization expense deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income;
provided, however, Consolidated EBITDA shall be subject to adjustment pursuant
to SECTION 1.08.
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"CONSOLIDATED FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS" means, as of any date of
determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the
sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations and liabilities,
whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations
hereunder), (b) Letter of Credit Usage, (c) the purchase price of Eligible
Receivables (as defined in the Transfer and Administration Agreement) sold
pursuant to the Trade Receivables Purchase Facility, (d) that portion of
obligations with respect to capital leases that are capitalized in the
consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (e) without
duplication, all Guaranty Obligations with respect to Indebtedness of the type
specified in subsections (a) and (d) above of Persons other than Borrower or any
Subsidiary.
"CONSOLIDATED INTEREST CHARGES" means, for any period, for Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium
payments, fees, charges and related expenses of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
connection with borrowed money (including, without limitation, capitalized
interest and dealer and program fees payable under the Transfer and
Administration Agreement and fees payable in respect of a Swap Contract) or in
connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the
extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the portion of rent
expense of Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to such period under
capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however, Consolidated Interest Charges shall be adjusted pursuant to SECTION
1.08(B).
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means the gross revenues of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries less all operating and non-operating expenses of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, plus or minus minority interest of a Person, including taxes on
income, but excluding as income: (i) gains or losses on the sale, conversion or
other disposition of capital assets, (ii) gains or losses on the acquisition,
retirement, sale or other disposition of capital stock and other securities of
Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) gains or losses on the collection of proceeds
of life insurance policies, (iv) any write-up of any asset, (v) any gain or loss
arising by reason of any foreign exchange transaction adjustment and (vi) any
other gain or loss or credit of an extraordinary nature as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED RENTAL EXPENSE" means, for any period, for Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the gross amount of all lease or
rental expense, whether or not characterized as rent, (including all payments
under the TDC TROL other than loan and holder payments representing a return of
principal) excluding payments in respect of Capital Leases constituting
Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, Consolidated Rental Expense shall be adjusted
pursuant to SECTION 1.08(B).
"CONSOLIDATED RENTAL EXPENSE RATIO" means, as of any date of
determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the
ratio of (a) the sum of Consolidated EBITDA plus Consolidated Rental Expense for
the period of the four fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) the sum of
Consolidated Interest Charges plus Consolidated Rental Expense for the period of
four fiscal quarters ending on (or immediately preceding) such date.
"CONSOLIDATED SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" means Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness minus Consolidated Subordinated Indebtedness.
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"CONSOLIDATED SENIOR LEVERAGE RATIO" means, as of any date of
determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Indebtedness as of such date to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters ending on (or
immediately preceding) such date.
"CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY" means, as of any date of
determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
shareholders' equity as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS" means Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness which is subordinated to the Obligations on terms acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
"CONSOLIDATED TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO" means, as of any date of
determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters ending on such
date.
"CONTINUATION" and "CONTINUE" mean, with respect to any Offshore Rate
Loan, the continuation of such Offshore Rate Loan as an Offshore Rate Loan on
the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan.
"CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
"CONVERSION" and "CONVERT" mean, with respect to any Loan, the
conversion of such Loan from or into another type of Loan.
"COST OF ACQUISITION" means the sum of (a) the market value, as of the
date of entering into any agreement to acquire any Person, of the assets and/or
capital stock or warrant or option to be transferred in connection therewith,
(b) the amount of cash and the face amount of any debt instrument given as
consideration and (c) any Indebtedness assumed (or taken subject to) by Borrower
or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition.
"CURRENCY SETTLEMENT DATE" means (a) with respect to any Extension of
Credit, the date such Extension of Credit is made, and (b) with respect to
Outstanding Obligations denominated in an Offshore Currency, any Applicable
Payment Date relevant thereto or, subject to SECTION 2.02(C), any additional and
more frequent dates as Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion or at
the direction of the Requisite Lenders, select from time to time.
"DEBT RATING" means, as of any date of determination, the rating as
determined by S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ (collectively, the "DEBT RATINGS") of
(a) Borrower's senior unsecured long-term debt;
(b) if the foregoing debt is not outstanding, then the rating
of this credit facility or the implied rating of Borrower's senior
unsecured debt securities, PROVIDED THAT if both ratings in this clause
(b) are available, then both shall apply; or
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(c) if neither (a) nor (b) applies, then the rating of
long-term debt issued by an equipment trust guaranteed by Borrower;
PROVIDED THAT (i) if a Debt Rating is issued by each of the foregoing
rating agencies, then the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with
Pricing Level 1 being the highest and Pricing Level 6 being the
lowest), unless there is a split in Debt Ratings of more than one
level, in which case the average of the two Debt Ratings (or the higher
of any two intermediate Debt Ratings) shall apply; (ii) initially, the
Debt Ratings shall be determined from the certificate delivered
pursuant to SECTION 5.01(A)(VIII); (iii) thereafter, the Debt Ratings
shall be determined from the most recent public announcement of any
changes in the Debt Ratings; and (iv) any change in the Applicable
Amount shall become effective on and as of the date of any public
announcement by a rating agency of any Debt Rating that indicates a
different Applicable Amount in accordance with this definition and the
above chart set forth under the definition of "Applicable Amount".
"DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of
America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States of America or
other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect affecting the rights
of creditors generally.
"DEFAULT" means any event, act or condition that, with the giving of
any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
"DEFAULT RATE" means an interest rate equal to the Base Rate PLUS the
Applicable Amount, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans PLUS 2% per annum;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to an Offshore Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable
Amount) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
"DIRECT FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary other than a Domestic
Subsidiary a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body
(other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly by Borrower or a Domestic
Subsidiary.
"DISPOSITION" or "DISPOSE" means the sale, transfer, license or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by
any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal with or
without recourse of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith.
"DOLLAR" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America.
"DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of Borrower organized under
the laws of the United States of America, any state or territory thereof or the
District of Columbia.
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"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE" means (a) a financial institution organized under
the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; (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 having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000,
PROVIDED that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the
United States; (c) a Person that is primarily engaged in the business of
commercial banking and that is (i) a Subsidiary of a Lender, (ii) a Subsidiary
of a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary, or (iii) a Person of which a
Lender is a Subsidiary; (d) another Lender; (e) any other entity which is an
"accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses,
including but not limited to, insurance companies, mutual funds and lease
financing companies; or (f) other lenders or institutional investors consented
to in writing in advance by Administrative Agent and Borrower. No Borrower Party
or any Affiliate of a Borrower Party shall be an Eligible Assignee.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means all Laws relating to environmental, health,
safety and land use matters applicable to any property.
"EQUIVALENT AMOUNT" means, as of any Currency Settlement Date, the
amount determined by Administrative Agent by reference to the following table:
IF THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT IS THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT IN THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT IN SUCH OFFSHORE
DENOMINATED IN: DOLLARS IS: CURRENCY IS:
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The amount of such Offshore Currency
that can be purchased with Dollars at
Dollars Such amount the Spot Rate for delivery on such
Currency Settlement Date
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The amount of Dollars that can be
purchased with such Offshore
An Offshore Currency Currency at the Spot Rate for
delivery on such Currency Such amount
Settlement Date
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and
any regulations issued pursuant thereto, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with Borrower within the meaning of Sections
414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes
of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
"ERISA EVENT" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension
Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section
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4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a
withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal
by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification
that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of
intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC
to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition
which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section
4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
"EURO" means the single currency of Participating Member States.
"EURO TRANSITION CUTOFF DATE" means December 31, 2001, or such other
date as may be established by EMU Legislation.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any of the events specified in SECTION 9.
"EXISTING CREDIT FACILITY" means that certain Revolving Credit and
Reimbursement Agreement dated as of August 28, 1997 among Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as agent and a syndicate of lenders.
"EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT" means those Letters of Credit described on
SCHEDULE 1.01(A).
"EXTENSION OF CREDIT" means (a) a Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation
of Loans and (b) a Letter of Credit Action wherein a new Letter of Credit is
issued or which has the effect of increasing the amount of, extending the
maturity of, or making a material modification to an outstanding Letter of
Credit or the reimbursement of drawings thereunder (collectively, the
"EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT").
"FACILITY GUARANTY" means, collectively or individually as the context
may require, each Guaranty Agreement between one or more Guarantors and
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
delivered as of the Closing Date and otherwise pursuant to SECTION 7.13, in each
case as hereafter amended, modified, supplemented or amended and restated from
time to time.
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates
on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; PROVIDED that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average rate charged to Bank of America on such day on such
transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
"FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in
the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination, consistently applied. If at any time any change in GAAP would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any
Loan Document, and either Borrower or Requisite Lenders shall so request,
Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to
amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light
of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders), provided
that, until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) Borrower
shall provide to Administrative Agent and Lenders financial statements and other
documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement
made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means (a) any international, foreign, federal,
state, county or municipal government, or political subdivision thereof, (b) any
governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority, board, bureau, commission,
department, instrumentality, central bank or public body, or (c) any court,
administrative tribunal or public utility.
"GUARANTORS" means, at any date, the Domestic Subsidiaries who are
required to be parties to a Facility Guaranty at such date.
"GUARANTY OBLIGATION" means, as to any Person, any (a) guaranty by such
Person of Indebtedness of, or other obligation payable or performable by, any
other Person or (b) assurance, agreement, letter of responsibility, letter of
awareness, undertaking or arrangement given by such Person to an obligee of any
other Person with respect to the payment or performance of an obligation by, or
the financial condition of, such other Person, whether direct, indirect or
contingent, including any purchase or repurchase agreement covering such
obligation or any collateral security therefor, any agreement to provide funds
(by means of loans, capital contributions or otherwise) to such other Person,
any agreement to support the solvency or level of any balance sheet item of such
other Person or any "keep-well" or other arrangement of whatever nature given
for the purpose of assuring or holding harmless such obligee against loss with
respect to any obligation of such other Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term
Guaranty Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business or a guaranty of obligations of a
customer of Borrower or its Subsidiaries which doesn't constitute Indebtedness
under the definition of "Indebtedness". The amount of any Guaranty Obligation
shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of
the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, covered by such Guaranty
Obligation or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the Person in good faith.
"INCREASED COMMITMENT DATE" has the meaning set forth in SECTION
2.13(B).
"INCREASING LENDER" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.13(A).
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"INDEBTEDNESS" means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments;
(b) any direct or contingent obligations of such Person
arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
banker's acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar
instruments;
(c) net obligations under any Swap Contract in an amount equal
to (i) if such Swap Contract has been closed out, the termination value
thereof, or (ii) if such Swap Contract has not been closed out, the
▇▇▇▇-to-market value thereof determined on the basis of readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer, Bloomberg or
similar service in such Swap Contract;
(d) whether or not so included as liabilities in accordance
with GAAP, all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, and indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being
purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not
such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited
in recourse;
(e) lease payment obligations under capital leases;
(f) the purchase price of Eligible Receivables (as defined in
the Transfer and Administration Agreement) sold pursuant to the Trade
Receivables Purchase Facility; and
(g) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person in respect of any
of the foregoing.
For all purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any Person
shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is
expressly made non-recourse to such Person except for customary exceptions
acceptable to Requisite Lenders. The term "Indebtedness" shall not include the
TDC TROL, payroll indebtedness, and trade indebtedness or guaranty thereof
incurred in the ordinary course of business (including trade indebtedness
through financial intermediaries) provided such trade indebtedness has a
maturity of less than one year, capital stock, surplus and retained earnings,
minority interests in the stock of Subsidiaries, other operating lease
obligations, reserves for deferred taxes and investment credits, and deferred
compensation obligations.
"INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 11.13.
"INDEMNITEES" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 11.13.
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" means one or more Intercreditor Agreements
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT F attached hereto among the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, agents for Senior Parity Debt Holders or Senior Parity
Debt Holders, all as provided for in SECTION 3.04.
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"INTEREST PERIOD" means:
(a) for each Offshore Rate Loan, (i) initially, the period commencing
on the date such Offshore Rate Loan is disbursed or Continued or Converted into
such Offshore Rate Loan and (ii) thereafter, the period commencing on the last
day of the preceding Interest Period, and ending, in each case, on the earlier
of (x) the scheduled Maturity Date, or (y) one, two, three or six months
thereafter; PROVIDED that:
(A) any Interest Period that would otherwise 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;
(B) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period; and
(C) unless Administrative Agent otherwise consents, there may
not be more than 16 Interest Periods for Offshore Rate Loans in effect
at any time; and
(b) for each Competitive Loan, the period from the date of disbursement
of such Loan to the maturity date of such Loan as determined in accordance with
the requirements of SECTION 2.03A or SECTION 2.03B, as the case may be.
"INVESTMENT" means, as to any Person, any acquisition or any investment
by such Person, whether by means of the purchase or other acquisition of stock
or other securities of any other Person or by means of a loan, creating a debt,
capital contribution, guaranty or other debt or equity participation or interest
in any other Person, including any partnership and joint venture interests in
such other Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any
Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"ISSUING LENDER" means Bank of America, or any successor issuing lender
hereunder.
"LAWS" or "LAW" means all international, foreign, federal, state and
local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case whether or not having the force of law.
"LENDER" means each lender from time to time party hereto and, as the
context requires, Swing Line Lender and Issuing Lender.
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"LENDING OFFICE" means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such
Lender described as such on SCHEDULE 11.02, or such other office or offices as a
Lender may from time to time notify Administrative Agent.
"LETTER OF CREDIT" means any standby letter of credit issued or
outstanding hereunder including the Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of
Credit may be a performance letter of credit or a financial letter of credit.
"LETTER OF CREDIT ACTION" means the issuance, supplement, amendment,
renewal, extension, modification or other action relating to a Letter of Credit
hereunder.
"LETTER OF CREDIT APPLICATION" means an application for a Letter of
Credit Action from time to time in use by Issuing Lender.
"LETTER OF CREDIT CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT" means a blocked deposit
account at Bank of America in which Borrower hereby grants a security interest
to Bank of America as security for Letter of Credit Usage and with respect to
which Borrower agrees to execute and deliver from time to time such
documentation as Administrative Agent or Bank of America may reasonably request
to further assure and confirm such security interest.
"LETTER OF CREDIT SUBLIMIT" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$125,000,000 and (b) the combined Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is
part of, and not in addition to, the combined Commitments.
"LETTER OF CREDIT USAGE" means, as at any date of determination, the
aggregate undrawn face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate amount of all drawings under the Letters of Credit not reimbursed by
Borrower or converted into Committed Loans.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement (in the nature of compensating balances, cash collateral accounts or
security interests), encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or
preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Laws of any jurisdiction), including
the interest of a purchaser of accounts receivable.
"LOAN" means any advance made by any Lender to Borrower as provided in
SECTION 2 (collectively, the "LOANS").
"LOAN DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement and each Note, each Letter of
Credit Application, each Request for Extension of Credit, each Compliance
Certificate, each Facility Guaranty, the Intercreditor Agreement, each Security
Instrument, each certificate, each fee letter, and each other instrument,
document and agreement from time to time delivered in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any set of circumstances or events
which (a) has or could reasonably be expected to have any material adverse
effect whatsoever upon the validity or
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enforceability of any Loan Document or the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder, (b) is or could reasonably be
expected to be material and adverse to the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, assets, operations or prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, or (c) materially impairs or could reasonably be expected to
materially impair the ability of any Borrower Party to perform the Obligations.
"MATURITY DATE" means (a) May 7, 2003 or (b) such earlier date upon
which the combined Commitments may be terminated in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
"MINIMUM AMOUNT" means, with respect to each of the following actions,
the minimum amount and any multiples in excess thereof set forth opposite such
action:
TYPE OF ACTION MINIMUM AMOUNT MULTIPLES IN EXCESS THEREOF
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Borrowing or prepayment of, or Conversion $5,000,000 $100,000
into, Base Rate Loans
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Borrowing, prepayment or Continuation of, $5,000,000 $1,000,000
or Conversion into, Dollar-denominated
Offshore Rate Loans
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Borrowing, prepayment or Continuation of, Equivalent Amount of $1,000,000 None
or Conversion into, Offshore Currency Loans
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Borrowing or prepayment of, Swing Line Loans $250,000 None
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Letter of Credit Action $100,000 or for Letters of Credit None
denominated in Offshore Currency,
the lesser of (a) Equivalent Amount
of $100,000 and (b) 500,000 units
of Offshore Currency
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Reduction in Commitments $10,000,000 $1,000,000
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Assignments $10,000,000 None
Increase in combined Commitments $15,000,000 $1,000,000
"MOODY'S" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means any employee benefit plan of the type
described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"NCU" means the national currency unit (other than the euro) of a
Participating Member State. From and after the Euro Transition Cutoff Date, all
references to NCU shall mean instead the euro.
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"NEGATIVE PLEDGE" means a Contractual Obligation that restricts Liens
on property.
"NO LOAN DATE" means any Business Day on which (a) there are no
Outstanding Obligations and (b) no Request for Extension of Credit is pending or
deemed pending.
"NOTES" means, collectively, the Committed Loan Notes, the Competitive
Loan Notes and the Swing Line Note.
"OBLIGATIONS" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties of, any Borrower Party arising under any Loan
Document or Qualifying Swap Contract, whether direct or indirect (including
those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest that accrues after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws by or against any
Borrower Party or any Subsidiary of any Borrower Party.
"OFFSHORE BASE RATE" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Offshore Rate.
"OFFSHORE CURRENCY" means those currencies listed on SCHEDULE 1.01(B),
subject to the limitations set forth therein, any additional currency permitted
in accordance with SECTION 2.02(E) and, prior to the Euro Transition Cutoff
Date, NCU's of a Participating Member State. From and after Euro Transition
Cutoff Date, Loans denominated in an NCU shall be automatically redenominated
into the euro as of the close of business on such date at the applicable rate
adopted and irrevocably fixed by the European Council (in accordance with
Article 109l(4) of the Treaty on European Union) on December 31, 1998 as the
official exchange rate between the euro and such NCU.
"OFFSHORE CURRENCY LOAN" means any Offshore Rate Loan denominated in an
Offshore Currency.
"OFFSHORE CURRENCY SUBLIMIT" means the Equivalent Amount of the
combined Commitments.
"OFFSHORE MARGIN BID" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.03A(B) and
SECTION 2.03B(B).
"OFFSHORE RATE" means for any Interest Period with respect to any
Offshore Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent pursuant
to the following formula:
Offshore Rate = OFFSHORE BASE RATE
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1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
Where,
"OFFSHORE BASE RATE" means, for such Interest Period:
(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by
Administrative Agent (or a Lender, as provided in SECTION 2.03A(H))to
be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate (formerly
known as Dow ▇▇▇▇▇ Markets) screen that displays an
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average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for
deposits in the applicable currency (for delivery on the first day of
such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or
(b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding
subsection (a) does not appear on such page or service or such page or
service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the
rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such
other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in the applicable
currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a
term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period, or
(c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding
subsections (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum
determined by Administrative Agent as the rate of interest (rounded
upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) at which deposits in the applicable
currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same
day funds in the approximate amount of the Offshore Rate Loan being
made, Continued or Converted by Administrative Agent (or its Affiliate)
in its capacity as a Lender and with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period would be offered by Bank of America's London Branch to major
banks in the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period.
"EURODOLLAR RESERVE PERCENTAGE" means, for any day during any
Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal,
rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) in effect on such day,
whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with
respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
liabilities"). The Offshore Rate for each outstanding Offshore Rate
Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any
change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
The determination of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage and the
Offshore Base Rate by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error.
"OFFSHORE RATE LOAN" means a Loan bearing interest based on the
Offshore Rate, which may be denominated in U.S. Dollars or an Offshore Currency.
Offshore Rate Loans include Offshore Currency Loans.
"ORDINARY COURSE LIENS" means Liens permitted under subsections (c)
through (h) of SECTION 8.02.
"ORDINARY COURSE SWAP OBLIGATIONS" means all obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap
Contract, provided that each of the following criteria is satisfied: (a) such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person
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in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks
associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held
or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities
issued by such Person and not for purposes of speculation or taking a "market
view;" and (b) such Swap Contracts do not contain any provision ("walk-away"
provision) exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make
payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party.
"ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS" means, (a) with respect to any corporation,
the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws; (b) with respect to
any limited liability company, the articles of formation and operating
agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or
other form of business entity, the partnership or joint venture agreement and
any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation with the secretary of state or other department in
the state of its formation, in each case as amended from time to time.
"OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS" means, as of any date, and giving effect to
making any Extensions of Credit requested on such date and all payments,
repayments and prepayments made on such date, (a) when reference is made to all
Lenders, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans
and (ii) all Letter of Credit Usage, and (b) when reference is made to one
Lender, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans
made by such Lender (excluding, in the case of Swing Line Lender, its Swing Line
Loans except to the extent not risk participated as provided in clause (iii)
below), (ii) such Lender's ratable risk participation in all Letter of Credit
Usage, and (iii) such Lender's ratable risk participation in all outstanding
Swing Line Loans.
"OVERNIGHT RATE" means, for any day, (a) with respect to payments in
Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate and (b) with respect to payments in Offshore
Currencies, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the
applicable Offshore Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount
with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such
day by Bank of America's principal office in London to major banks in the London
or other applicable offshore interbank market.
"PARTICIPATING MEMBER STATE" means each country which from time to time
becomes a Participating Member State as described in EMU Legislation.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
thereto established under ERISA.
"PENSION PLAN" means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term
is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has
an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer plan (as
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time during
the immediately preceding five plan years.
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"PERSON" means any individual, trustee, corporation, general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, bank, business association, firm,
joint venture, Governmental Authority, or otherwise.
"PLAN" means any employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by
a Borrower Party or by any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with a Borrower Party as defined in Section 4001(b) of ERISA and
insured by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under Title IV of ERISA.
"PLEDGE AGREEMENT" means, collectively or individually as the context
may indicate, any pledge agreement, charge, agreement, document, instrument or
conveyance, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent, conferring
under applicable foreign law upon Administrative Agent for the benefit of
Administrative Agent and Lenders a Lien upon 65% of the voting securities or
other interests having ordinary voting power and 100% of the other securities or
other ownership interests of a Direct Foreign Subsidiary as are owned by
Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, in each case as hereafter amended,
modified, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time.
"PRO RATA SHARE" means, with respect to each Lender, the percentage
(rounded, if necessary to the ninth decimal place) of the combined Commitments
set forth opposite the name of such Lender on SCHEDULE 2.01, as such share may
be adjusted as contemplated herein.
"QUALIFYING SWAP CONTRACT" means one or more Swap Contracts between the
Borrower and a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender with respect to Indebtedness
evidenced by the Notes.
"REGISTER" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.01(C).
"REPORTABLE EVENT" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b)
of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, a withdrawal from a Plan described in
Section 4063 of ERISA, or a cessation of operations described in Section 4062(e)
of ERISA.
"REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF CREDIT" means, unless otherwise specified
herein, (a) with respect to a Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation of Committed
Loans, a written request substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A-1, (b) with
respect to a Letter of Credit Action, a Letter of Credit Application, (c) with
respect to a Competitive Loan, a Competitive Bid Request, and (d) with respect
to a Swing Line Loan, a written request substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
A-2, in each case of a written Request for Extension of Credit, duly completed
and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and delivered by Requisite
Notice.
"REQUISITE LENDERS" means, as of any date of determination: (a) if the
Commitments are then in effect, Lenders (excluding any Lenders not funding when
required to do so hereunder) having in the aggregate more than 50% of the
combined Commitments then in effect and (b) if the Commitments have then been
terminated and there are Outstanding Obligations, Lenders holding Outstanding
Obligations aggregating more than 50% of such Outstanding Obligations.
"REQUISITE NOTICE" means, unless otherwise provided herein, (a)
irrevocable written notice to the intended recipient or (b) except with respect
to Letter of Credit Actions and notices related to Competitive Loans (which must
be in writing), irrevocable telephonic notice to the
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intended recipient, promptly followed by a written notice to such recipient.
Such notices shall be (i) delivered to such recipient at the address or
telephone number specified on SCHEDULE 11.02 or as otherwise designated by such
recipient by written notice to Administrative Agent, and (ii) if made by any
Borrower Party, given or made by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower Party.
Any written notice delivered in connection with any Loan Document shall be in
the form, if any, prescribed herein or therein. Any notice sent by other than
hardcopy shall be promptly confirmed by a telephone call to the recipient and,
if requested by Administrative Agent, by a manually-signed hardcopy thereof.
"REQUISITE TIME" means, with respect to any of the actions listed below
(except with respect to Competitive Loans which are set forth in the definition
of Competitive Loan Requisite Time), the time and date set forth below opposite
such action:
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TYPE OF ACTION APPLICABLE TIME DATE OF ACTION
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Delivery of Request for Extension of Credit
for, or notice for:
o Borrowing or prepayment of Base Rate Loans 10:00 a.m. Same Business Day as such Borrowing or
prepayment
o Conversion into Base Rate Loans 10:00 a.m. 3 Business Days prior such Conversion
o Borrowing, prepayment or Continuation 11:00 a.m. 3 Business Days prior to such Borrowing,
of, or Conversion into, Offshore Rate prepayment Continuation or Conversion
Loans denominated in Dollars
o Borrowing, prepayment or, SEE NOTE BELOW 3 Business Days prior to such Borrowing,
Continuation of, or Conversion into, prepayment, Continuation or Conversion
Offshore Rate Loans denominated in but 4 Business Days for Pacific Rim
Offshore Currencies currencies, including Japanese Yen
o Requests for additional Offshore Currencies 11:00 a.m. 15 Business Days prior to proposed
Extension of Credit
o Borrowing or prepayment of, Swing Line Loans 1:00 p.m. Same date as such Borrowing or prepayment
o Letter of Credit Action 11:00 a.m. 2 Business Days prior to such action (OR
SUCH LESSER TIME WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE TO
ISSUING LENDER)
o Voluntary reduction in or termination of 11:00 a.m. 3 Business Days prior to such reduction or
Commitments termination
Payments by Lenders or Borrower to 1:00 p.m. On date payment is due
Administrative Agent
Delivery of documents and payments by Borrower to 2:00 p.m. 10 Business Days prior to such increase in
Administrative Agent required to increase combined combined Commitments if such date is a No
Commitments Loan Date
15 Business Days prior to such increase in
combined Commitments if such date is not a
No Loan Date
NOTE: THE REQUISITE TIME FOR BORROWINGS AND PAYMENTS IN OFFSHORE CURRENCIES
SHALL BE THE LOCAL TIMES IN THE COUNTRY OF SETTLEMENT FOR SUCH OFFSHORE
CURRENCIES AS SPECIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO THE
PARTIES HERETO.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means, with respect to Borrower, the Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, President of the Americas, Executive Vice President of
Finance, and Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of Borrower or, with respect
to financial matters, the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower and
with respect to any other Borrower Party, the president, chief
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financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Borrower Party. Any
document or certificate hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower or a Borrower Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the
part of Borrower or such Borrower Party and such Responsible Officer shall be
conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of Borrower or such Borrower
Party.
"RESTRICTED PAYMENT" means:
(a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution
by Borrower or any Subsidiary, either in cash or property, on any
shares of the capital stock of any class (or other equity interest) of
Borrower or any Subsidiary (except dividends or other distributions
payable solely in shares of capital stock of Borrower or any Subsidiary
or payable by any Subsidiary to Borrower or to a wholly-owned
Subsidiary);
(b) the purchase, redemption or retirement by Borrower or any
Subsidiary of any shares of its capital stock of any class (or other
equity interest) or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or
acquire any shares of its capital stock, whether directly or
indirectly; provided, the purchase, redemption or retirement by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary of shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary
shall not be deemed a Restricted Payment;
(c) any other payment or distribution by Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of its capital stock (or other equity interest),
either directly or indirectly; provided, the payment or distribution by
a Subsidiary to the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed a
Restricted Payment; and
(d) any Investment other than an Investment otherwise
permitted under any Loan Document.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc.
"SECURITY INSTRUMENTS" means, collectively, the Pledge Agreement and
all other agreements, instruments and other documents, whether now existing or
hereafter in effect, pursuant to which Borrower or any Subsidiary shall grant or
convey to Administrative Agent or Lenders a Lien in, or any other Person shall
acknowledge any such Lien in, property as security for all or any portion of the
Obligations, as any of them may be amended, modified, supplemented or amended
and restated from time to time.
"SENIOR PARITY DEBT" means Indebtedness described in subsection (a) of
the definition of Indebtedness issued by Borrower (including a guaranty of such
Indebtedness by a Domestic Subsidiary which is a Significant Subsidiary) in
connection with a private placement or public offering of debt securities;
provided that all of the following conditions shall be satisfied:
(a) the instruments and agreements evidencing such Indebtedness, and
any agreement under which such Indebtedness is created, (i) shall provide that
the right to payment of the holders or owners of Senior Parity Debt (including
any trustee or agent acting on behalf of such holders or owners, collectively
"Senior Parity Debt Holders") shall rank PARI PASSU in all
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respects with the rights of the Lenders and Administrative Agent with respect to
the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, (ii)
shall provide for no lien in favor of the Senior Parity Debt Holder other than
those granted in favor of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (iii)
shall not contain covenants more restrictive than those contained in the Loan
Documents;
(b) both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to
the issuance of such Indebtedness, there shall not have occurred and be
continuing any Default or Event of Default;
(c) Borrower shall furnish to Administrative Agent, not later than the
earliest date of delivery thereof to any actual or prospective Senior Parity
Debt Holder, copies of (i) all preliminary placement memoranda and final
placement memoranda relating to such Indebtedness and (ii) drafts of all
documents and agreements under which such Indebtedness is to be created or
governed; and
(d) not later than ten (10) days prior to the issuance of such
Indebtedness, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Compliance
Certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer and containing calculations
giving historical pro forma effect to the issuance of such Indebtedness as of
and for the prior four fiscal quarters ending at the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter of Borrower preceding the date of such issuance (assuming for
such purpose that the initial rate or rates of interest provided for therein
(and giving effect to any increase in rates of interest therein provided)
remained in effect for such four fiscal quarters), which Compliance Certificate
shall demonstrate that the issuance of such Indebtedness does not cause, create
or result in a Default or Event of Default on a historical pro forma basis.
"SENIOR PARITY DEBT HOLDERS" has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Senior Parity Debt.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary which has either (a)
total assets of more than $25,000,000 or (b) total revenues of more than
$25,000,000 during any four fiscal quarter period; provided, however,
Significant Subsidiary shall not include (w) any Subsidiary which is a
partnership whose sole purpose is holding a single real estate asset, (x) a
Subsidiary established to act as a foreign sales corporation under the Code, and
(y) Tech Data Finance SPV, Inc.
"SPOT RATE" for a currency means the rate quoted by Bank of America two
Business Days prior to the applicable Currency Settlement Date as the spot rate
for the purchase by Bank of America of such currency with another currency
through its FX Trading Office on such Currency Settlement Date.
"SUBSEQUENT PARTICIPANT" means each country that adopts the euro as its
lawful currency after January 1, 1999.
"SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority
of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for
the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly, or
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indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless
otherwise specified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in
this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower.
"SWAP CONTRACT" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis
swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity
swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index
swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward
bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency
rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, as amended, restated, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, a "MASTER
Agreement"), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master
Agreement.
"SWAP TERMINATION VALUE" means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after
the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) the amount(s) determined as the
▇▇▇▇-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer, Bloomberg or similar service in such Swap Contracts (which may include
any Lender).
"SWING LINE" means the revolving line of credit established by Swing
Line Lender in favor of Borrower pursuant to SECTION 2.05.
"SWING LINE LENDER" means Bank of America, or any successor swing line
Lender hereunder.
"SWING LINE LOAN" means a Loan denominated in Dollars made by Swing
Line Lender to Borrower under the Swing Line which shall be a Base Rate Loan or
shall bear interest at such other rate mutually agreeable to the Swing Line
Lender and Borrower.
"SWING LINE NOTE" means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of
Swing Line Lender evidencing Swing Line Loans made by Swing Line Lender,
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT G.
"SWING LINE SUBLIMIT" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$35,000,000 and (b) the combined Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part
of, and not in addition to, the combined Commitments.
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"SYNTHETIC LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means all monetary obligations of a
Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease
(including the TDC TROL), or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of
property creating obligations which do not appear on the balance sheet of such
Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be
characterized as the Indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).
"TDC TROL" means the Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated May 8,
2000 between Borrower, as lessee, and First Security Bank, N.A. in its capacity
as owner trustee of the TD 1996 Real Estate Trust, as the same may be amended,
modified, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time, and the other
operative agreements.
"TRADE RECEIVABLES PURCHASE FACILITY" means the facility created for
the benefit of Tech Data Finance SPV, Inc. and Borrower pursuant to the Transfer
and Administration Agreement.
"TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT" means the Transfer and
Administration Agreement dated as of May 8, 2000 among Borrower, Tech Data
Finance SPV, Inc., the Bank Investors, and Enterprise Funding Corporation, as
amended, modified, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time,
providing for the purchase of Receivables (as defined therein) of Tech Data
Finance SPV, Inc. by Enterprise Funding Corporation.
"THRESHOLD AMOUNT" means $10,000,000.
"TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE OF" means, when modifying a representation,
warranty or other statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described
therein is known by such Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a
natural Person, known by any officer of such Person) making the representation,
warranty or other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable due diligence
under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable
Person in similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by such
Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, would have been
known by an officer of such Person).
"TYPE" of Loan means (a) a Base Rate Loan, (b) an Offshore Rate Loan,
(c) a Swing Line Loan, (d) a Competitive Loan bearing interest at an Absolute
Rate and (e) a Competitive Loan bearing interest based on the Offshore Base
Rate.
"UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY" means the excess of a Pension Plan's
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value
of that Pension Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions
used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the
applicable plan year.
1.02 USE OF CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto, unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used herein, unless the context requires otherwise, the
masculine, feminine and neuter genders and the singular and plural include one
another.
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(c) The words "HEREIN" and "HEREUNDER" and words of similar import when
used in any Loan Document shall refer to the Loan Documents as a whole and not
to any particular provision thereof. The term "INCLUDING" is by way of example
and not limitation. References herein to a Section, subsection or clause shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the appropriate Section,
subsection or clause in this Agreement.
(d) The term "OR" is disjunctive; the term "AND" is conjunctive. The
term "SHALL" is mandatory; the term "MAY" is permissive.
1.03 ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined in this Agreement shall be construed in conformity with, and
all financial data required to be submitted by this Agreement shall be prepared
in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time
to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited
Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
1.04 ROUNDING. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the
appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed in this
Agreement and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a
round-up if there is no nearest number) to the number of places by which such
ratio is expressed in this Agreement.
1.05 EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES. All exhibits and schedules to this
Agreement, either as originally existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended, are incorporated herein by this reference. A
matter disclosed on any Schedule shall be deemed disclosed on all Schedules.
1.06 REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS AND LAWS. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to agreements (including the Loan Documents) and
other contractual instruments shall include all amendments, restatements,
extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto (unless prohibited by
any Loan Document), and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory
and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or
interpreting such Law.
1.07 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS GENERALLY. Administrative Agent shall
determine the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of Extensions of Credit and
Outstanding Obligations denominated in Offshore Currencies as of each Currency
Settlement Date applicable thereto. Except for purposes of financial statements
delivered by Borrower Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants
hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any
currency for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Equivalent Amount in
Dollars as so determined by Administrative Agent.
1.08 FINANCIAL DEFINITIONS AND ACQUISITIONS.
The following rules of interpretation shall apply to the extent
Borrower or any Subsidiary consummates any Acquisition during the term of this
Agreement that is accounted for as a "purchase".
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(A) As of the last day of each of the four fiscal quarters of Borrower
next following the date of such Acquisition (including the fiscal quarter that
includes the date of such Acquisition), Consolidated EBITDA shall include the
results of operations of the Person or assets so acquired, which amounts shall
be determined on a historical pro forma basis as if such Acquisition had been
accounted for as a "pooling of interests" and which amounts may include such
adjustments as are permitted under Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; provided that in
making the adjustments provided for in this SECTION 1.08(A), Consolidated
Interest Charges shall be adjusted as provided in SECTION 1.08(B);
(B) As of the last day of each of the four fiscal quarters of Borrower
next following the date of such Acquisition (including the fiscal quarter that
includes the date of such Acquisition), Consolidated Interest Charges and
Consolidated Rental Expense shall include the results of operations of the
Person or assets so acquired, which amounts shall be determined on a historical
pro forma basis as if such Acquisition had been consummated as a "pooling of
interests"; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in the case of the occurrence of an Acquisition,
there shall be added to Consolidated Interest Charges for the first four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending after the date of such Acquisition an amount
which shall be determined by multiplying that portion of the Cost of Acquisition
that represents Indebtedness (net of Indebtedness repaid in connection with such
Acquisitions) incurred to fund such Cost of Acquisition, whether incurred,
assumed or acquired, times the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness
(adjusted for any discount) which is in effect on the date of determination and
then multiplying the result by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 minus
the actual number of days that have elapsed from and after the date of such
Acquisition and the denominator of which is 365; and
(C) For the purpose of determining the amount of any increase in the
minimum Consolidated Shareholders' Equity requirement of SECTION 8.14(A), any
increase in Consolidated Shareholders Equity from treatment of such Acquisition
as a "pooling of interests" pursuant to SECTION 1.08(A) above shall be
disregarded.
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SECTION 2.
THE COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
2.01 COMMITTED LOANS.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
each Lender severally agrees to make, Convert and Continue Committed Loans in
Dollars and Offshore Currencies until the Maturity Date in such amounts as
Borrower may from time to time request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Equivalent
Amount in Dollars of the Outstanding Obligations of each Lender (EXCLUDING any
Lender's Competitive Loans and Swing Line Lender's Swing Line Loans) shall not
exceed such Lender's Commitment at any time, the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of
the Outstanding Obligations of all Lenders shall not exceed the combined
Commitments at any time and the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of all the
Outstanding Obligations denominated in an Offshore Currency shall not exceed the
Offshore Currency Sublimit at any time. This is a revolving credit and, subject
to the foregoing and the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow,
Convert, Continue, prepay and reborrow Committed Loans as set forth herein
without premium or penalty.
(b) Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan
accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the ordinary course of
business. Upon the request of any Lender made through Administrative Agent, such
Lender's Loans may be evidenced by one or more Notes, instead of or in addition
to loan accounts. Each such Lender may attach schedules to its Note(s) and
endorse thereon the date, amount, applicable currency and maturity of its
Committed Loans and payments with respect thereto. Such Notes, loan accounts and
records shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of such Loans
and payments thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in doing so shall
not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower to pay any
amount owing with respect to the Loans.
2.02 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF COMMITTED LOANS.
(a) Borrower may irrevocably request a Borrowing, Conversion or
Continuation of Committed Loans on any Business Day in a Minimum Amount therefor
by delivering a Request for Extension of Credit therefor by Requisite Notice to
Administrative Agent not later than the Requisite Time therefor. All Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans shall constitute Base Rate
Loans unless properly and timely otherwise designated as set forth in the prior
sentence. Loans may only be Converted into or Continued as Loans denominated in
the same currency as originally borrowed.
(b) Following receipt of a Request for Extension of Credit denominated
in Dollars, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its Pro
Rata Share thereof by Requisite Notice. Following receipt of a Request for
Extension of Credit denominated in an Offshore Currency, Administrative Agent
shall on the next following Business Day notify each Lender by Requisite Notice
of the aggregate amount of such Extension of Credit in such Offshore Currency,
the aggregate Equivalent Amount of such Extension of Credit in Dollars and the
applicable Spot Rate used by Administrative Agent to determine such Equivalent
Amount. If any Lender determines that it is unable, in its sole discretion and
for any reason, to fund an Offshore Currency Loan in a requested Offshore
Currency, it shall notify Administrative Agent
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(who shall notify Borrower and the other Lenders) prior to the time specified by
Administrative Agent for setting the rate for such Offshore Currency Loan, and
such Request for Extension of Credit shall be deemed withdrawn. In the case of a
Borrowing of Committed Loans, each Lender shall make the funds for its Loan
available to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent's Office not later
than the Requisite Time therefor on the Business Day specified in such Request
for Extension of Credit. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in SECTION 5.02 (and, if the initial Extension of Credit hereunder,
SECTION 5.01), all funds so received shall be made available to Borrower in like
funds received. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Lenders
of the interest rate applicable to any Offshore Rate Loan which is a Committed
Loan upon determination of same. Administrative Agent shall from time to time
notify Borrower and Lenders of any change in Bank of America's prime rate used
in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such
change.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, an Offshore Rate Loan may be
Continued or Converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Offshore Rate Loan. The Dollar Equivalent Amount of an Offshore Rate Loan and
Letter of Credit denominated in an Offshore Currency shall be determined at
least once every three months. During the existence of a Default or Event of
Default, no Committed Loans may be requested as, Converted into or Continued as
Offshore Rate Loans without the consent of Requisite Lenders, and Requisite
Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Offshore Rate Loans
be Converted immediately into Base Rate Loans and any or all of the then
outstanding Offshore Currency Loans be prepaid immediately and reborrowed as
Base Rate Loans in the principal Equivalent Amount in Dollars of such Offshore
Currency Loans.
(d) If a Committed Loan is to be made on the same date that another
Committed Loan in the same currency is due and payable, Borrower or Lenders, as
the case may be, shall, unless Administrative Agent otherwise requests, make
available to Administrative Agent the net amount of funds giving effect to both
such Loans and the effect for purposes of this Agreement shall be the same as if
separate transfers of funds had been made with respect to each such Loan.
(e) Borrower may from time to time request Extensions of Credit in
currencies other than those listed in the definition of Offshore Currency so
long as such currency is freely traded in the offshore interbank foreign
exchange markets and freely transferable and freely convertible into Dollars.
Borrower shall request any such additional currency by Requisite Notice to
Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify each Lender) not later than the
Requisite Time therefor. Each Lender shall notify Administrative Agent (who
shall promptly notify Borrower) whether it can, in its sole discretion, make an
Extension of Credit in such requested currency. If all Lenders consent to such
currency, such currency shall thereafter be deemed for all purposes an Offshore
Currency hereunder available for Extensions of Credit.
(f) Without prejudice and in addition to any method of conversion or
rounding prescribed by any EMU Legislation and without prejudice to (i) the
liabilities for indebtedness of Borrower Parties to Lenders under or pursuant to
this Agreement or (ii) Lenders' Commitments, any reference in this Agreement to
a minimum amount (or an integral multiple thereof) in a national currency of a
Subsequent Participant to be paid to or by Administrative Agent shall
immediately, upon it becoming a Subsequent Participant, be replaced by a
reference to such
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reasonably comparable and convenient amount (or an integral multiple thereof) in
the euro unit as Administrative Agent may specify.
(g) Administrative Agent may from time to time further modify the terms
of, and practices contemplated by, this Agreement with respect to the euro to
the extent Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that
such modifications are necessary or convenient to reflect new laws, regulations,
customs or practices developed in connection with the euro. Administrative Agent
may effect such modifications, and this Agreement shall be deemed so amended,
without the consent of Borrower or Lenders to the extent such modifications are
not materially disadvantageous to Borrower and Lenders, upon notice thereto.
(h) The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan on any date
shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation to make a Committed Loan on
such date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to so make its Committed Loan.
2.03A COMPETITIVE LOANS--BORROWER ADMINISTERED.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
each Lender may in its sole and absolute discretion make Competitive Loans in
Dollars only until the Maturity Date in such amounts as Borrower may from time
to time request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of
the Outstanding Obligations of all Lenders shall not exceed the combined
Commitments at any time, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Competitive Loans made by all Lenders shall not exceed the Competitive Loan
Sublimit at any time, and (iii) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the
Outstanding Obligations denominated in an Offshore Currency shall not exceed the
Offshore Currency Sublimit at any time. The aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Competitive Loans made by any Lender may exceed its Commitment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the Outstanding
Obligations of each Lender (excluding its outstanding Competitive Loans) shall
not exceed such Lender's Commitment. The Competitive Loans shall be deemed to
utilize the combined Commitments by an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof.
(b) Borrower may irrevocably request Competitive Loans in a Competitive
Loan Minimum Amount therefor by delivering a Competitive Bid Request by
Requisite Notice to each Lender not later than the Competitive Loan Requisite
Time therefor, with a copy of such Competitive Bid Request to the Administrative
Agent. Each Competitive Bid Request shall state whether it is requesting a
Competitive Loan with a fixed interest rate (an "ABSOLUTE RATE BID") or a
interest rate margin above or below the Offshore Base Rate (an "OFFSHORE MARGIN
BID"). Borrower may not request Competitive Bids for more than three maturities
nor request more than one type of Competitive Loan in a single Competitive Bid
Request.
(c) No Competitive Bid Request shall be made for an Absolute Bid with a
maturity of less than 14 days or more than 180 days, for an Offshore Margin Bid
with a maturity of less than one month or more than six months, or in any case
with a maturity date subsequent to the Maturity Date. No more than six (6)
different maturities for Competitive Loans may be outstanding at any time.
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(d) Each Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion, bid or not
bid on all or a portion of the Competitive Loans requested in such Competitive
Bid Request by delivering by Requisite Notice an irrevocable Competitive Bid to
the Borrower by the Competitive Loan Requisite Time therefor. Any Competitive
Bid received after such Competitive Loan Requisite Time, that is in a form other
than a Competitive Bid, or that is otherwise not responsive to the Competitive
Bid Request shall be disregarded. A Lender may correct any Competitive Bid
containing a manifest error if it does so by the Competitive Loan Requisite Time
therefor.
(e) The Competitive Bid Maximum offered by a Lender for any Competitive
Loan(s) requested in a Competitive Bid may be less than the principal amount of
such Competitive Loan(s) requested by Borrower, but shall not be less than the
Competitive Loan Minimum Amount for any Competitive Loan for which such Lender
is bidding. Each Competitive Bid shall expire unless accepted by Borrower prior
to the Competitive Loan Requisite Time therefor.
(f) Borrower may, in its sole and absolute discretion, accept or reject
any Competitive Bid, or any portion thereof, PROVIDED that if Borrower accepts
any Competitive Bid, or any portion thereof, all of the following shall apply:
(i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of such acceptance not later than
the Competitive Loan Requisite Time for doing so, (ii) Borrower must accept all
Absolute Rate Bids at all lower fixed interest rates before accepting any
portion of Absolute Rate Bids at a higher fixed interest rate, (iii) Borrower
must accept all Offshore Margin Bids at all lower margins over the Offshore Base
Rate before accepting any portion of Offshore Margin Bids at a higher margin
over the Offshore Base Rate, (iv) each Competitive Loan to be made must be in a
Competitive Loan Minimum Amount therefor, (v) if two or more Lenders have
submitted a Competitive Bid at the same fixed interest rate or margin, then,
unless otherwise agreed by Borrower and such Lenders, Borrower must accept
either all of such Competitive Bids or accept such Competitive Bids in the same
approximate proportion as the Competitive Bid Maximum of each Lender for such
Competitive Loan bears to the aggregate Competitive Bid Maximums of all such
Lenders for such Competitive Loans (subject to clause (iv) above), and (vi)
Borrower may not accept Competitive Bids for an aggregate amount in excess of
the Competitive Loans requested in its Competitive Bid Request.
(g) The Borrower shall promptly notify by Requisite Notice each Lender
whose Competitive Bid, or any portion thereof has been accepted or rejected by
Borrower. Any Competitive Bid or portion thereof not timely accepted by Borrower
and/or timely notified by the Borrower to a Lender as having been accepted shall
be deemed rejected.
(h) In the case of an Offshore Margin Bid, each Lender making the
Competitive Loan at the Offshore Margin Bid shall determine the Offshore Base
Rate on the date which is two Business Days prior to the date of the proposed
Competitive Loan, and promptly thereafter notify Borrower of such Offshore Base
Rate.
(i) Each Lender which has had a Competitive Bid, or portion thereof,
accepted by Borrower shall make the funds for its Competitive Loan(s) in Dollars
available directly to Borrower not later than the Requisite Time therefor on the
Business Day specified in such Competitive Loan Request.
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(j) After each Competitive Bid auction, the Borrower shall notify all
Lenders which submitted a Competitive Bid in such auction of the ranges of bids
submitted (without the bidder's name) and accepted for each Competitive Loan and
the aggregate amount of Competitive Loans borrowed.
(k) Each Lender's Competitive Loan shall be evidenced by such Lender's
Competitive Loan Note or by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by
such Lender in the ordinary course of business, in each case subject to SECTION
2.01(B). Each Competitive Loan shall be due and payable on the maturity date of
such Competitive Loan. Competitive Loans may not be prepaid without the consent
of the Lender making such Competitive Loan, and, in such case, Competitive Loans
may be non ratably prepaid.
(l) Subject to SECTION 2.08(C), Borrower shall pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan (before and after default,
before and after maturity, before and after judgment, and before and after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) from the date
borrowed until paid in full (whether by acceleration or otherwise) on the
maturity date of such Competitive Loan.
(m) Each Competitive Loan based on an interest rate margin above or
below the Offshore Base Rate shall be subject to SECTIONS 4.02, 4.03 and 4.05 as
if such Competitive Loan were an Offshore Rate Loan.
(n) In addition to, and not by way of limitation of SECTION 11.13, the
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent has no
responsibilities, obligations or liabilities in connection with the solicitation
or making of Competitive Loans pursuant to this SECTION 2.03A. The Borrower
agrees that it shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and
its Affiliates, directors, officers, agents, attorneys and employees from any
and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action asserted by any Person,
including any Lender, by reason of any Competitive Loan or request therefore
made pursuant to this SECTION 2.03A.
2.03B. COMPETITIVE LOANS--ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ADMINISTERED.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
each Lender may in its sole and absolute discretion make Competitive Loans in
Dollars only until the Maturity Date in such amounts as Borrower may from time
to time request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of
the Outstanding Obligations of all Lenders shall not exceed the combined
Commitments at any time, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Competitive Bid Loans made by all Lenders shall not exceed the Competitive Bid
Sublimit at any time and (iii) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the
Outstanding Obligations denominated in an Offshore Currency shall not exceed the
Offshore Currency Sublimit at any time. The aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Competitive Loans made by any Lender may exceed its Commitment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the Outstanding
Obligations of each Lender (excluding its outstanding Competitive Loans) shall
not exceed such Lender's Commitment. The Competitive Loans shall be deemed to
utilize the combined Commitments by an amount equal to the Equivalent Amount in
Dollars of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof.
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(b) The Borrower may irrevocably request the Administrative Agent, and
the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may agree to receive and to
deliver to the Lenders Competitive Bid Requests on behalf of the Borrower and to
receive the Competitive Bids, in which case Borrower may irrevocably request
Competitive Loans in a Competitive Loan Minimum Amount therefor by delivering a
Competitive Bid Request by Requisite Notice to Administrative Agent not later
than the Competitive Loan Requisite Time therefor. Each Competitive Bid Request
shall state whether it is requesting a Competitive Loan with a fixed interest
rate (an "ABSOLUTE RATE BID") or a interest rate margin above or below the
Offshore Base Rate (an "OFFSHORE MARGIN BID"). Borrower may not request
Competitive Bids for more than three maturities nor request more than one type
of Competitive Loan in a single Competitive Bid Request. Unless Administrative
Agent otherwise agrees, in its sole and absolute discretion, Borrower may not
submit a Competitive Bid Request if it has submitted another Competitive Bid
Request within the prior five Business Days.
(c) No Competitive Bid Request shall be made for an Absolute Bid with a
maturity of less than 14 days or more than 180 days, for an Offshore Margin Bid
with a maturity of less than one month or more than six months, or in any case
with a maturity date subsequent to the Maturity Date. No more than six (6)
different maturities for Competitive Loans may be outstanding at any time.
(d) Administrative Agent shall promptly notify all Lenders of a
Competitive Bid Request by Requisite Notice. Each Lender may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, bid or not bid on all or a portion of the Competitive Loans
requested in such Competitive Bid Request by delivering by Requisite Notice an
irrevocable Competitive Bid to Administrative Agent by the Competitive Loan
Requisite Time therefor. Any Competitive Bid received after such Competitive
Loan Requisite Time, that is in a form other than a Competitive Bid, or that is
otherwise not responsive to the Competitive Bid Request shall be disregarded. A
Lender may correct any Competitive Bid containing a manifest error if it does so
by the Competitive Loan Requisite Time therefor. Administrative Agent may, but
shall not be required to, notify any Lender of any manifest error it detects in
such Lender's Competitive Bid.
(e) The Competitive Bid Maximum offered by a Lender for any Competitive
Loan(s) requested in a Competitive Bid may be less than the principal amount of
such Competitive Loan(s) requested by Borrower, but shall not be less than the
Competitive Loan Minimum Amount for any Competitive Loan for which such Lender
is bidding. Each Competitive Bid shall expire unless accepted by Borrower prior
to the Competitive Loan Requisite Time therefor.
(f) Not later than the Competitive Loan Requisite Time therefor,
Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower which Lenders provided conforming
Competitive Bids and the terms of such Competitive Bids. Borrower may, in its
sole and absolute discretion, accept or reject any Competitive Bid, or any
portion thereof, PROVIDED that if Borrower accepts any Competitive Bid, or any
portion thereof, all of the following shall apply: (i) Borrower shall notify
Administrative Agent of such acceptance not later than the Competitive Loan
Requisite Time for doing so, (ii) Borrower must accept all Absolute Rate Bids at
all lower fixed interest rates before accepting any portion of Absolute Rate
Bids at a higher fixed interest rate, (iii) Borrower must accept all Offshore
Margin Bids at all lower margins over the Offshore Base Rate before accepting
any portion of Offshore Margin Bids at a higher margin over the Offshore Base
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Rate, (iv) each Competitive Loan to be made must be in a Competitive Loan
Minimum Amount therefor, (v) if two or more Lenders have submitted a Competitive
Bid at the same fixed interest rate or margin, then, unless otherwise agreed by
Borrower, Administrative Agent and such Lenders, Borrower must accept either all
of such Competitive Bids or accept such Competitive Bids in the same approximate
proportion as the Competitive Bid Maximum of each Lender for such Competitive
Loan bears to the aggregate Competitive Bid Maximums of all such Lenders for
such Competitive Loans (subject to clause (iv) above), and (vi) Borrower may not
accept Competitive Bids for an aggregate amount in excess of the Competitive
Loans requested in its Competitive Bid Request.
(g) Administrative Agent shall promptly notify by Requisite Notice each
Lender whose Competitive Bid, or any portion thereof has been accepted or
rejected by Borrower. Any Competitive Bid or portion thereof not timely accepted
by Borrower and/or timely notified by Administrative Agent to a Lender as having
been accepted shall be deemed rejected.
(h) In the case of an Offshore Margin Bid, Administrative Agent shall
determine the Offshore Base Rate on the date which is two Business Days prior to
the date of the proposed Competitive Loan, and shall promptly thereafter notify
Borrower and Lenders whose Offshore Margin Bids were accepted by Borrower of
such Offshore Base Rate.
(i) Each Lender which has had a Competitive Bid, or portion thereof,
accepted by Borrower shall make the funds for its Competitive Loan(s) in the
currency of such Competitive Loan(s) available to Administrative Agent at
Administrative Agent's Office not later than the Requisite Time therefor on the
Business Day specified in such Competitive Loan Request. Upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions set forth in SECTION 4.02, Administrative Agent shall
make all funds so received available to Borrower.
(j) After each Competitive Bid auction, Administrative Agent shall
notify all Lenders which submitted a Competitive Bid in such auction of the
ranges of bids submitted (without the bidder's name) and accepted for each
Competitive Loan and the aggregate amount of Competitive Loans borrowed.
(k) Each Lender's Competitive Loan shall be evidenced by such Lender's
Competitive Loan Note or by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by
such Lender in the ordinary course of business, in each case subject to SECTION
2.01(B). Each Competitive Loan shall be due and payable on the maturity date of
such Competitive Loan. Competitive Loans may not be prepaid without the consent
of the Lender making such Competitive Loan, and, in such case, Competitive Loans
may be non ratably prepaid.
(l) Subject to Section 2.08(c), Borrower shall pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan (before and after default,
before and after maturity, before and after judgment, and before and after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) from the date
borrowed until paid in full (whether by acceleration or otherwise) on the
maturity date of such Competitive Loan.
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(m) Each Competitive Loan based on an interest rate margin above or
below the Offshore Base Rate shall be subject to SECTIONS 3.02, 3.03 and 3.05 as
if such Competitive Loan was an Offshore Rate Loan.
(n) Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for its own account an
administration fee of $3,000 for each Competitive Bid Request submitted to
Administrative Agent (whether or not any bids are submitted or accepted), which
fee shall be payable on the date such Competitive Bid Request is submitted.
2.04 LETTERS OF CREDIT.
(a) THE LETTER OF CREDIT COMMITMENT. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, until the Maturity Date, Issuing Lender
shall take such Letter of Credit Actions denominated in Dollars or Offshore
Currencies as Borrower may from time to time request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the Outstanding Obligations of each Lender
(EXCLUDING any Lender's Competitive Loans and Swing Line Lender's Swing Line
Loans) shall not exceed such Lender's Commitment, (ii) the Equivalent Amount in
Dollars of the Outstanding Obligations of all Lenders shall not exceed the
combined Commitments at any time, (iii) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the
Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit at any
time and (iv) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the Outstanding Obligations
denominated in an Offshore Currency shall not exceed the Offshore Currency
Sublimit at any time. Subject to subsection (f) below and unless consented to by
Issuing Lender and Requisite Lenders, no Letter of Credit may expire more than
12 months after the date of its issuance or last renewal; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no Letter of Credit shall expire after the fifth (5th) Business Day
preceding the Maturity Date. If any Letter of Credit Usage remains outstanding
after such date, Borrower shall, not later than such date, deposit cash in an
Equivalent Amount in Dollars equal to such Letter of Credit Usage in a Letter of
Credit Cash Collateral Account.
(b) REQUESTING LETTER OF CREDIT ACTIONS. Borrower may irrevocably
request a Letter of Credit Action in a Minimum Amount therefor by delivering a
Letter of Credit Application therefor to Issuing Lender, with a copy to
Administrative Agent (who shall notify Lenders), by Requisite Notice not later
than the Requisite Time therefor. Each Letter of Credit Action shall be in a
form acceptable to Issuing Lender in its sole discretion. Unless Administrative
Agent notifies Issuing Lender that such Letter of Credit Action is not permitted
hereunder, or Issuing Lender notifies Administrative Agent that it has
determined that such Letter of Credit Action is contrary to any Laws or policies
of Issuing Lender, Issuing Lender shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in SECTION 5.02 with respect to any Letter of Credit Action
constituting an Extension of Credit, effect such Letter of Credit Action. This
Agreement shall control in the event of any conflict with any Letter of Credit
Application. Upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be
deemed to have purchased from Issuing Lender a risk participation therein in an
amount equal to such Lender's Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of
Credit.
(c) REIMBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS UNDER LETTERS OF CREDIT. Borrower shall
reimburse Issuing Lender through Administrative Agent for any payment that
Issuing Lender makes under a Letter of Credit on or before the date of such
payment in the Equivalent Amount
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in Dollars of such payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the conditions precedent
set forth in SECTION 5.02 can be satisfied, Borrower may request a Borrowing of
Committed Loans to reimburse Issuing Lender for such payment pursuant to SECTION
2.02, or, failing to make such request, Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans on such payment date pursuant to
subsection (e) below.
(d) FUNDING BY LENDERS WHEN ISSUING LENDER NOT REIMBURSED. Upon any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, Issuing Lender shall notify Administrative
Agent and Borrower. If Borrower fails to timely make the payment required
pursuant to subsection (c) above, Issuing Lender shall notify Administrative
Agent of such fact and the amount of such unreimbursed payment. Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its Pro Rata Share of such amount by
Requisite Notice. Each Lender shall make funds in an amount equal its Pro Rata
Share of such amount available to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent's
Office not later than the Requisite Time therefor on the Business Day specified
by Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received
to Issuing Lender. The obligation of each Lender to so reimburse Issuing Lender
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the occurrence
of a Default or Event of Default or any other occurrence or event. Any such
reimbursement shall not relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower
to reimburse Issuing Lender for the amount of any payment made by Issuing Lender
under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(e) NATURE OF LENDERS' FUNDING. If the conditions precedent set forth
in SECTION 5.02 can be satisfied (except for the giving of a Request for
Extension of Credit) on any date Borrower is obligated to, but fails to,
reimburse Issuing Lender for a drawing under a Letter of Credit, the funding by
Lenders pursuant to the previous subsection shall be deemed to be a Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans (without regard to the Minimum Amount therefor) deemed requested
by Borrower. If the conditions precedent set forth in SECTION 5.02 cannot be
satisfied on the date Borrower is obligated to, but fails to, reimburse Issuing
Lender for a drawing under a Letter of Credit, the funding by Lenders pursuant
to the previous subsection shall be deemed to be a funding by each Lender of its
risk participation in such Letter of Credit, and each Lender making such funding
shall thereupon acquire a pro rata participation, to the extent of its
reimbursement, in the claim of Issuing Lender against Borrower in respect of
such payment and shall share, in accordance with that pro rata participation, in
any payment made by Borrower with respect to such claim. Any amounts made
available by a Lender under its risk participation shall be payable by Borrower
upon demand of Administrative Agent, and shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to the Default Rate.
(f) SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO EVERGREEN LETTERS OF CREDIT.
Borrower may request Letters of Credit that have automatic extension or renewal
provisions ("evergreen" Letters of Credit) so long as Issuing Lender consents in
its sole and absolute discretion thereto and has the right to not permit any
such extension or renewal at least annually within a notice period to be agreed
upon at the time each such Letter of Credit is issued. Once an evergreen Letter
of Credit is issued, unless Administrative Agent has notified Issuing Lender
that Requisite Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or renewal, the
Borrower Parties, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be deemed to have
authorized (but may not require) Issuing Lender to, in its sole and absolute
discretion, permit the renewal of such evergreen Letter of Credit at any time to
a date not later than the Maturity Date, and, unless directed by Issuing
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Lender, Borrower shall not be required to request such extension or renewal.
Issuing Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion elect not to permit an
evergreen Letter of Credit to be extended or renewed at any time.
(g) OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE. The obligation of Borrower to pay to Issuing
Lender the amount of any payment made by Issuing Lender under any Letter of
Credit shall be absolute, unconditional, and irrevocable. Without limiting the
foregoing, Borrower's obligation shall not be affected by any of the following
circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of
Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure
from such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or
instrument relating hereto or thereto;
(iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense, or other
rights which Borrower may have at any time against Issuing Lender,
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any beneficiary of such Letter of
Credit (or any persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary may be
acting) or any other Person, whether in connection with such Letter of
Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto, or any unrelated transactions;
(iv) any demand, statement, or any other document presented
under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid,
or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect whatsoever so long as any such document
appeared to comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit;
(v) payment by Issuing Lender in good faith under such Letter
of Credit against presentation of a draft or any accompanying document
which does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
or any payment made by Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit to
any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy,
debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any
arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws;
(vi) the solvency or financial responsibility of any party
issuing any documents in connection with such Letter of Credit;
(vii) any error in the transmission of any message relating to
such Letter of Credit not caused by Issuing Lender, or any delay or
interruption in any such message;
(viii) any error, neglect or default of any correspondent of
Issuing Lender in connection with such Letter of Credit;
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(ix) any consequence arising from acts of God, wars,
insurrections, civil unrest, disturbances, labor disputes, emergency
conditions or other causes beyond the control of Issuing Lender;
(x) so long as Issuing Lender in good faith determines that
the document appears to comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit,
the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any contract or
document referred to in any document submitted to Issuing Lender in
connection with such Letter of Credit; and
(xi) any other circumstances whatsoever where Issuing Lender
has acted in good faith.
In addition, Borrower will promptly examine a copy of each Letter of
Credit and amendments thereto delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with Borrower's instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will
immediately notify Issuing Lender in writing. Borrower shall be conclusively
deemed to have waived any such claim against Issuing Lender and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(h) ROLE OF ISSUING LENDER. Each Lender and Borrower Party agree that,
in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, Issuing Lender shall not have
any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to
ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the
authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. No
Administrative Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of Issuing Lender shall be liable to any Lender for
any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the
approval of Lenders or Requisite Lenders, as applicable; any action taken or
omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or the due
execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or
instrument related to any Letter of Credit. Borrower hereby assumes all risks of
the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use
of any Letter of Credit; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this assumption is not intended
to, and shall not, preclude Borrower's pursuing such rights and remedies as it
may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other
agreement. No Administrative Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective
correspondents, participants or assignees of Issuing Lender, shall be liable or
responsible for any of the matters described in subsection (g) above. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Issuing Lender may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
and Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of
any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in
whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(i) APPLICABILITY OF ISP98. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by
Issuing Lender and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued and subject to
applicable laws, performance under Letters of Credit by Issuing Lender, its
correspondents, and beneficiaries will be governed by the rules of the
"International Standby Practices 1998" ("ISP98") or such later revision as
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may be published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice,
subject to applicable laws.
(j) LETTER OF CREDIT FEES. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent
on each Applicable Payment Date in arrears, for the account of each Lender in
accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a Letter of Credit fee equal to the
Applicable Amount for Letters of Credit times the actual daily maximum amount
available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit since the later of the Closing
Date and the previous Applicable Payment Date. If there is any change in the
Applicable Amount during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed
and multiplied by the Applicable Amount separately for each period during such
quarter that such Applicable Amount was in effect.
(k) FRONTING FEE AND DOCUMENTARY AND PROCESSING CHARGES PAYABLE TO
ISSUING LENDER. Borrower shall pay directly to Issuing Lender for its sole
account a fronting fee in an amount equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum on the daily
average face amount thereof, payable quarterly in arrears on each Applicable
Payment Date. In addition, Borrower shall pay directly to Issuing Lender, upon
demand, for its sole account its customary documentary and processing charges in
accordance with its standard schedule, as from time to time in effect, for any
Letter of Credit Action or other occurrence relating to a Letter of Credit for
which such charges are customarily made. Such fees and charges are
nonrefundable.
2.05 SWING LINE LOANS.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Swing Line Lender agrees to make Swing Line Loans in Dollars until the Maturity
Date in such amounts as Borrower may from time to time request; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed the Swing Line Sublimit and (ii) the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of
the Outstanding Obligations of each Lender (EXCLUDING any Lender's Competitive
Loans and Swing Line Lender's Swing Line Loans) shall not exceed such Lender's
Commitment and the Equivalent Amount in Dollars of the Outstanding Obligations
of all Lenders shall not exceed the combined Commitments at any time. This is a
revolving credit and, subject to the foregoing and the other terms and
conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swing Line Loans as
set forth herein without premium or penalty. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a
Base Rate Loan and shall bear interest at the rate of interest (including
Applicable Amount, if any) otherwise payable on Base Rate Loans or shall bear
interest at such other rate mutually agreeable to Swing Line Lender and
Borrower.
(b) Unless notified to the contrary by Swing Line Lender, Borrower may
irrevocably request a Swing Line Loan in Dollars on any Business Day in a
Minimum Amount therefor by delivering a Request for Extension of Credit therefor
by Requisite Notice to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent not later than
the Requisite Time therefor. Promptly after receipt of such request, Swing Line
Lender shall obtain telephonic verification from Administrative Agent that such
Swing Line Loan is permitted hereunder. Upon receiving such verification, Swing
Line Lender shall make such Swing Line Loan available to Borrower. Without the
consent of Requisite Lenders and Swing Line Lender, no Swing Line Loan shall be
made if to the actual knowledge of the Swing Line Lender there exists a Default
or Event of Default. Upon the making of each Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall
be deemed to have purchased from Swing
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Line Lender a risk participation therein in an amount equal to such Lender's Pro
Rata Share TIMES the amount of the Swing Line Loan.
(c) Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing Borrower for
interest on the Swing Line Loans. Unless and until any Swing Line Loan is
converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or a funding by Lenders of their
participation therein, the interest payable on Swing Line Loans is solely for
the account of Swing Line Lender.
(d) Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan not later than the
Requisite Time for payments hereunder upon the earlier of (i) demand made by
Swing Line Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent) and (ii) the Maturity
Date. Payments shall be made directly to Swing Line Lender. If the conditions
precedent set forth in SECTION 5.02 can be satisfied, Borrower may request a
Borrowing of Committed Loans to repay Swing Line Lender pursuant to SECTION 2.02
or, failing to make such request, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (without regard to the Minimum Amount therefor) on
such payment date in a principal amount equal to such payment. Swing Line Lender
shall promptly notify Administrative Agent of each Swing Line Loan and each
payment thereof.
(e) If Borrower fails to timely make (by payment, a Borrowing or a
deemed Borrowing) any payment of principal of or interest on any Swing Line Loan
to Swing Line Lender, Swing Line Lender shall notify Administrative Agent of
such fact and the unpaid amount. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of its Pro Rata Share of such unpaid amount by Requisite Notice, and each
Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of such unpaid amount available to
Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent's Office not later than the
Requisite Time for payments hereunder on the following Business Day. The
obligation of each Lender to make such payment shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by the occurrence of such or any other
Event of Default or any other event. Each Lender's payment shall be deemed to be
a funding of such Lender's participation in such Swing Line Loan, and each
Lender making such funding shall thereupon acquire a pro rata participation, to
the extent of its payment, in the claim of Swing Line Lender against Borrower in
respect of such payment and shall share, in accordance with that pro rata
participation, in any payment made by Borrower with respect to such claim. Any
amounts made available by a Lender under its risk participation shall not
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to repay Swing Line
Lender for any amount of Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided
herein, and such amounts made available shall be payable by Borrower upon demand
of Administrative Agent, and shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the Default Rate.
2.06 PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Upon Requisite Notice to Administrative Agent not later than the
Requisite Time therefor, Borrower may at any time and from time to time
voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in part in the Minimum Amount therefor or in
full without premium or penalty. Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender thereof and of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. Any
prepayment of an Offshore Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest
thereon, together with the costs set forth in SECTION 4.05.
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(b) Upon Requisite Notice to Swing Line Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) not later than the Requisite Time therefor, Borrower may
at any time and from time to time voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in part in
the Minimum Amount therefor or in full without premium or penalty.
(c) If for any reason the Outstanding Obligations exceed the combined
Commitments as in effect or as reduced or because of any limitation set forth in
this Agreement or otherwise, Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and/or
deposit cash in a Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Account in an aggregate
amount equal to such excess.
(d) Each payment or prepayment on account of Competitive Loans must be
made ratably among all outstanding Competitive Loans of the same type borrowed
on the same day; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Competitive Loan may be prepaid
without the prior written consent of Lender making such Competitive Loan.
2.07 REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMITMENTS. Upon Requisite Notice to
Administrative Agent not later than the Requisite Time therefor, Borrower may at
any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty, permanently and
irrevocably reduce the Commitments in a Minimum Amount therefor to an amount not
less than the Outstanding Obligations at such time or terminate the Commitments.
Any such reduction or termination shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued
and unpaid facility fees and utilization fees with respect to the portion of the
Commitments being reduced or terminated. Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify Lenders of any such request for reduction or termination of the
Commitments. Each Lender's Commitment shall be reduced by an amount equal to
such Lender's Pro Rata Share times the amount of such reduction.
2.08 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
(a) Except as otherwise provided hereunder, if not sooner paid,
Borrower agrees to pay the outstanding principal amount of each Committed Loan
on the Maturity Date.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) below, and unless otherwise specified
herein, Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan
(before and after default, before and after maturity, before and after judgment,
and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws) from the date borrowed until paid in full (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) on each Applicable Payment Date at a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate determined in accordance with the definition of such type of Loan,
plus, to the extent applicable in each case, the Applicable Amount for such type
of Loan. Interest on Offshore Currency Loans shall be paid in the currency of
such Offshore Currency Loan.
(c) If any amount payable by any Borrower Party under any Loan Document
is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), it shall
thereafter bear interest (after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to
the extent permitted by law) at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all
times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Law. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past
due interest) shall be payable upon demand.
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2.09 FEES.
(a) FACILITY FEE. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a facility fee equal to the Applicable Amount TIMES the
actual daily amount of its Commitment, regardless of usage. The facility fee
shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date and
shall be payable each fiscal quarter in arrears on each Applicable Payment Date.
The facility fee shall be calculated each fiscal quarter in arrears, and if
there is any change in the Applicable Amount during any quarter, the actual
daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Amount
separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Amount was
in effect. The facility fee shall accrue at all times, including at any time
during which one or more conditions in SECTION 5 are not met.
(b) UTILIZATION FEE. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a utilization fee equal to the Applicable Amount TIMES
the actual daily amount of the sum of (i) aggregate outstanding principal amount
of all Loans and (ii) Letter of Credit Usage any time during which the sum of
(x) aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans and (y) Letter of Credit
Usage exceed 50% of the combined Commitments. The utilization fee shall be
calculated each fiscal quarter in arrears, and if there is any change in the
Applicable Amount during any fiscal quarter, the actual daily amount shall be
computed and multiplied by the Applicable Amount separately for each period
during such quarter that such Applicable Amount was in effect. The utilization
fee shall accrue at all times that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Loans and Letter of Credit Usage exceed 50% of the combined Commitments,
including any time during which one or more conditions in SECTION 5 are not met.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent an
administrative fee in such amounts and at such times as set forth in a separate
letter agreement among Borrower, Administrative Agent and Arranger. The agency
fee is for the services to be performed by Administrative Agent in acting as
Administrative Agent and is fully earned on the date paid. The agency fee paid
to Administrative Agent is solely for its own account and is nonrefundable.
(d) STRUCTURING AND SYNDICATION FEE. On the Closing Date, Borrower
shall pay to Arranger a structuring and syndication fee in the amount set forth
in a separate letter agreement among Borrower, Administrative Agent and
Arranger. Such arrangement fee is for the services of Arranger in arranging,
structuring and syndicating the credit facilities under this Agreement and is
fully earned on the date paid. The structuring and syndication fee paid to
Arranger is solely for its own account and is nonrefundable.
(e) LENDERS' UPFRONT FEE. On the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay to
Administrative Agent, for the respective accounts of Lenders pro rata according
to their respective Pro Rata Shares, an upfront fee in an amount set forth in a
separate letter between Borrower, Administrative Agent and Arranger. Such
upfront fees are for the credit facilities committed by Lenders under this
Agreement and are fully earned on the date paid. The upfront fee paid to Lenders
is solely for their own account and is nonrefundable.
2.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. Computation of interest on Base
Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America's "prime rate"
shall be calculated on the
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basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and the actual number of
days elapsed. Computation of all other types of interest and all fees shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days
elapsed, which results in a higher yield to Lenders than a method based on a
year of 365 or 366 days. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which
the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for
the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, PROVIDED that any Loan that
is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day.
2.11 MAKING PAYMENTS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments by Borrower or
any Lender hereunder shall be made to Administrative Agent at Administrative
Agent's Office not later than the Requisite Time for such type of payment. All
payments received after such Requisite Time shall be deemed received on the next
succeeding Business Day. All payments shall be made in immediately available
funds in the currency of such extension of credit. All payments by Borrower
shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense,
recoupment or setoff. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, if
and to the extent that EMU Legislation provides that amounts denominated in the
euro or an NCU may be paid within a country in either the euro or the NCU of
that country by crediting an account of the creditor in that country, payments
may be made in either the euro or such NCU.
(b) Upon satisfaction of any applicable terms and conditions set forth
herein, Administrative Agent shall promptly make any amounts received in
accordance with the prior subsection available in like funds received as
follows: (i) if payable to Borrower, by crediting a deposit account designated
from time to time by Borrower to Administrative Agent by Requisite Notice, and
(ii) if payable to any Lender, by wire transfer to such Lender at its Lending
Office. If such conditions are not so satisfied, Administrative Agent shall
return any funds it is holding to the Lenders making such funds available,
without interest.
(c) Subject to the definition of "Interest Period," if any payment to
be made by any Borrower Party shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
payment shall instead be considered due on the next succeeding Business Day, and
such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest and fees.
(d) Unless Borrower or any Lender has notified Administrative Agent
prior to the date any payment to be made by it is due, that it does not intend
to remit such payment, Administrative Agent may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, assume that Borrower or Lender, as the case may be, has timely
remitted such payment and may, in its sole and absolute discretion and in
reliance thereon, make available such payment to the Person entitled thereto. If
such payment was not in fact remitted to Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds, then:
(i) if Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall
forthwith on demand repay to Administrative Agent the amount of such
assumed payment made available to such Lender, together with interest
thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount
was made available by Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date
such amount is repaid to Administrative Agent at the Federal Funds
Rate; and
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(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand
from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount
forth-with upon Administrative Agent's demand therefor, Administrative
Agent promptly shall notify Borrower, and Borrower shall pay such
corresponding amount to Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent also
shall be entitled to recover from such Lender interest on such
corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such
corresponding amount was made available by Administrative Agent to
Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by
Administrative Agent, (A) from such Lender at a rate per annum equal to
the daily Federal Funds Rate, and (B) from Borrower, at a rate per
annum equal to the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to
fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which Administrative
Agent or Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any
default by such Lender hereunder.
(e) If Administrative Agent or any Lender is required at any time to
return to Borrower, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any
official under any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws, any portion of a payment
made by Borrower, each Lender shall, on demand of Administrative Agent, return
its share of the amount to be returned, plus interest thereon from the date of
such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the
daily Federal Funds Rate.
2.12 FUNDING SOURCES. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or
will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 INCREASE IN COMBINED COMMITMENTS.
(a) Borrower shall have the right, without the consent of Lenders but
subject to the approval of Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), to effectuate from time to time an increase in the
combined Commitments under this Agreement by adding to this Agreement one or
more Persons that are Eligible Assignees (who shall, upon completion of the
requirements of this SECTION 2.13 constitute "Lenders" hereunder) (an "Added
Lender"), or by allowing one or more Lenders in their sole discretion to
increase their respective Commitments hereunder (each an "Increasing Lender"),
so that such added and increased Commitments shall equal the increase in
Commitments effectuated pursuant to this SECTION 2.13; PROVIDED that (i) no
increase in or added Commitment shall be less than the Minimum Amount, (ii) no
increase in or added Commitments pursuant to this SECTION 2.13 shall be less
than the Minimum Amount or result in combined Commitments exceeding
$800,000,000, (iii) no Lender's Commitment shall be increased under this SECTION
2.13 without the consent of such Lender, (iv) there shall exist no Default or
Event of Default immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to
such increased or added Commitment, and (v) there shall have been no ratable
reduction of Commitments pursuant to SECTION 2.07. Borrower shall deliver or
pay, as applicable, to Administrative Agent by the Requisite Time each of the
following items with respect to each Added Lender and Increasing Lender:
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(i) a written notice of Borrower's intention to
increase the combined Commitments pursuant to this SECTION
2.13, which shall specify each new Eligible Assignee, if any,
the changes in amounts of Commitments that will result, and
such other information as is reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent;
(ii) documents in the form of EXHIBIT I or EXHIBIT J,
as may be required by Administrative Agent, executed and
delivered by each new Eligible Assignee and each Lender
agreeing to increase its Commitment, pursuant to which it
becomes a party hereto or increases its Commitment, as the
case may be;
(iii) if requested by the applicable Lender, Notes
or replacement Notes, as the case may be, executed and
delivered by Borrower; and
(iv) a non-refundable processing fee of $4,000 with
respect to each Added Lender or Increasing Lender for the sole
account of Administrative Agent.
(b) Upon receipt of any notice referred to in clause (a)(i) above,
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Upon execution
and delivery of such documents and the payment of such fee (the "Increased
Commitment Date"), such new Eligible Assignee shall constitute a "Lender"
hereunder with a Commitment as specified therein, or such Lender's Commitment
shall increase as specified therein, as the case may be. Immediately upon the
effectiveness of the addition of such Added Lender or the increase in the
Commitment of such Increasing Lender under this SECTION 2.13 (i) the respective
Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders shall be deemed modified as appropriate to
correspond to such changed combined Commitments, and (ii) if there are at such
time outstanding any Committed Loans or Letter of Credit Usage or Swing Line
Loans, each Lender whose Pro Rata Share has been decreased as a result of the
increase in the combined Commitments shall be deemed to have assigned, without
recourse, to each Added Lender and Increasing Lender such portion of such
Lender's Committed Loans and participations in such Letter of Credit Usage and
Swing Line Loans as shall be necessary to effectuate such adjustment in Pro Rata
Shares. Each Increasing Lender and Added Lender (A) shall be deemed to have
assumed such portion of such Committed Loans and participating interest in
Letter of Credit Usage and Swing Line Loans and (B) shall fund to each other
Lender on the Increased Commitment Date the amount of Committed Loans assigned
by it to such Lender. Borrower agrees to pay to the Lenders on demand any and
all amounts to the extent payable pursuant to SECTION 4.05 as a result of any
such prepayment of Committed Loans occasioned by the foregoing increase in
Commitments and the reallocation of the Pro Rata Shares.
(c) This section shall supercede any provisions in SECTION 11.01 to the
contrary.
2.14 OBLIGATIONS TO COLLATERAL AGENT. The Borrower hereby agrees
vis-a-vis the Collateral Agent that it shall pay to the Collateral Agent all
amounts which the Borrower is now or may at any time and from time to time
hereafter be obligated to pay in respect of the Obligations, including without
limitation amounts payable to each Lender and the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement, including any amount due pursuant to the Facility Guaranty or
under any Qualifying Swap Contract (the "Covenant to Pay Obligations"), if and
when such
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amounts become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or
such other document.
The Borrower and the Collateral Agent agree and acknowledge that the
Covenant to Pay Obligations consist of obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower to the Collateral Agent separate and independent from and without
prejudice to the liabilities and obligations which the Borrower has or may have
at any time to the Lender, the Administrative Agent or other Person under this
Agreement or other Loan Documents or any Qualifying Swap Contract, provided that
the total liability of the Borrower under the Covenant to Pay Obligations shall
be decreased from time to time to the extent that the Borrower shall have paid
to the Lender or the Administrative Agent or other appropriate payee any amount
due under this Agreement or other applicable Loan Document or Qualifying Swap
Contract, and the total liability of the Borrower via-a-vis the Lender, the
Administrative Agent and any counterparty under a Qualifying Swap Contract under
this Agreement or other applicable Loan Document or Qualifying Swap Contract,
shall be decreased to the extent that the Borrower shall have paid to the
Collateral Agent such amount due pursuant to the Covenant to Pay Obligations.
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SECTION 3.
SECURITY
3.01 FACILITY GUARANTY. As security for the full and timely payment and
performance of all Obligations, Borrower shall on or before the Closing Date do
or cause to be done all things necessary to cause each Domestic Subsidiary that
is a Significant Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders a Facility Guaranty and shall further cause each
Person who thereafter becomes a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary to do all those things required by SECTION 7.13 hereof.
3.02 PLEDGE AGREEMENTS. As security for the full and timely payment and
performance of (i) all Obligations now existing or hereafter arising and (ii) if
applicable, all obligations of Guarantors under the Facility Guaranty, Borrower
shall, and shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary to, on the Closing Date deliver
to Collateral Agent, Pledge Agreements which shall pledge to Collateral Agent
for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders, 65% of the voting
securities or other interests having ordinary voting power and 100% of the other
securities of or other ownership interests in each Direct Foreign Subsidiary
that is a Significant Subsidiary as are owned by Borrower or any Domestic
Subsidiary and shall take such further action and deliver or cause to be
delivered such further documents as required by the Security Instruments or
otherwise as Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effect the transactions
contemplated by this SECTION 3.
3.03 FURTHER ASSURANCES. At the request of Administrative Agent,
Borrower shall or shall cause all other Borrower Parties, as the case may be, to
execute, by its Responsible Officer, alone or with Administrative Agent, any
certificate, instrument, financing statement, control agreement, statement or
document or to procure any such certificate, instrument, statement or document,
or to take such other action (and pay all connected costs) which Administrative
Agent reasonably deems necessary from time to time to create, continue or
preserve the Liens and security interests in the Collateral (and the perfection
and priority thereof) of Collateral Agent as contemplated hereby and by the
other Loan Documents and specifically including all Collateral acquired by
Borrower or other Borrower Party after the Closing Date.
3.04 INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in the Security Instruments, in the event that Borrower or any
Subsidiary shall issue any Senior Parity Debt or enter into the TDC TROL, each
of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent is authorized, without the consent
of the Lenders, to enter into one or more intercreditor agreements or other
similar arrangements with the Senior Parity Debt Holders including the lenders
and holders party to the TDC TROL in order to effectuate pari passu status
between the Obligations and such Senior Parity Debt, including obligations under
the TDC TROL. At the election of the Borrower, Senior Parity Debt may either (i)
benefit from a guaranty of payment by Domestic Subsidiaries, or (ii) have the
benefit of a pledge of 65% of the voting securities or other ownership interest
having voting power and 100% of the other securities of or other ownership
interest in Direct Foreign Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries, or
(iii) both of the foregoing. Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall
take all such further actions as are necessary to effectuate the transactions
contemplated by this SECTION 3.04, all at the sole expense of Borrower.
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SECTION 4.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
4.01 TAXES.
(a) Any and all payments by Borrower to or for the account of
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes,
duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar
charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, EXCLUDING, in the case of
Administrative Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its net
income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or
maintains a lending office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "TAXES"). If Borrower shall be
required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
under any Loan Document to Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section), Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) Borrower
shall make such deductions, (iii) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to
the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment, Borrower shall
furnish to Administrative Agent (who shall forward the same to such Lender) the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(b) In addition, Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future
stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or
charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan
Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter
referred to as "OTHER TAXES").
(c) If Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to
Administrative Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall also pay to such Lender or
Administrative Agent (for the account of such Lender), at the time interest is
paid, such additional amount that the respective Lender specifies as necessary
to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all taxes, including taxes
imposed on or measured by net income) such Lender would have received if such
Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.
(d) Borrower agrees to indemnify Administrative Agent and each Lender
for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section)
paid by Administrative Agent and such Lender, amounts payable under SECTION
4.01(C) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto.
4.02 ILLEGALITY. If any Lender determines that any Laws have made it
unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful,
for any Lender or its applicable
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Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Offshore Rate Loans or issue Letters of
Credit in an Offshore Currency, or materially restricts the authority of such
Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or the applicable
Offshore Currency in the applicable offshore interbank market, or to determine
or charge interest rates based upon the Offshore Rate or issue Letters of Credit
in an Offshore Currency, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Borrower
through Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make Offshore
Rate Loans or to issue Letters of Credit in an Offshore Currency shall be
suspended until such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower that the
circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of
such notice, Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Agent), prepay or Convert all Offshore Rate Loans of such Lender,
either on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Offshore Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Offshore
Rate Loans. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such
designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith
judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
4.03 INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES. If, in connection with any Request
for Extension of Credit involving any Offshore Rate Loan, Administrative Agent
determines that (a) deposits in Dollars or the applicable Offshore Currency are
not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore dollar market for the
applicable amount and Interest Period of the requested Offshore Rate Loan, (b)
adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the underlying
interest rate for such Offshore Rate Loan, or (c) such underlying interest rate
does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders of funding such
Offshore Rate Loan, Administrative Agent will promptly notify Borrower and all
Lenders. Thereafter, the obligation of Lenders to make or maintain such Offshore
Rate Loan shall be suspended until Administrative Agent revokes such notice.
Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a
Borrowing of Offshore Rate Loans or, failing that, be deemed to have converted
such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount
specified therein.
4.04 INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY.
(a) If any Lender (including the Issuing Bank) determines that any
Laws:
(i) subject such Lender to any tax, duty, or other charge with
respect to any Offshore Rate Loans or its obligation to make Offshore
Rate Loans or to issue or maintain Letters of Credit in an Offshore
Currency, or change the basis on which taxes are imposed on any amounts
payable to such Lender under this Agreement in respect of any Offshore
Rate Loans or Letters of Credit (and related reimbursement obligations)
in an Offshore Currency;
(ii) shall impose or modify any reserve, special deposit, or
similar requirement (other than the reserve requirement utilized in the
determination of the Offshore Rate) relating to any extensions of
credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities or
commitments of, such Lender (including its Commitment); or
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(iii) shall impose on such Lender or on the offshore interbank
market any other condition affecting this Agreement or any of such
extensions of credit or liabilities or commitments;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of
making, Converting into, Continuing, or maintaining any Offshore Rate Loans or
issuing or maintaining Letters of Credit in an Offshore Currency or to reduce
any sum received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement with respect
to any Offshore Rate Loans or Letters of Credit (including related reimbursement
obligations) in an Offshore Currency, then from time to time upon demand of
Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent), Borrower shall pay
to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduction.
(b) If any Lender determines that any change in or the interpretation
of any Laws have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of
such Lender or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) or any
corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender's
obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to
capital adequacy and such Lender's desired return on capital), then from time to
time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender
for such reduction.
4.05 BREAKFUNDING COSTS. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such
Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred
by it as a result of:
(a) any Continuation, Conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan
other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest
Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of
acceleration, or otherwise), and including, without limitation, prepayments
arising under SECTION 2.13; or
(b) any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of
such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, Continue or Convert any Loan
other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower;
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from
the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender
in connection with the foregoing.
4.06 MATTERS APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION.
(a) A certificate of Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming
compensation under this SECTION 4 and setting forth the additional amount or
amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of clearly
demonstrable error. In determining such amount, Administrative Agent or any
Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. For purposes of
this SECTION 4, a Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Offshore Rate Loan
at the Offshore Base Rate used in determining the Offshore Rate for such Loan by
a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore interbank
market, whether or not such Offshore Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
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(b) Upon any Lender making a claim for compensation under SECTION 4.01,
SECTION 4.02, if such claim is not made by all Lenders or 4.04, Borrower may
remove and replace such Lender in accordance with SECTION 11.22.
4.07 SURVIVAL. All of Borrower's obligations under this SECTION 4 shall
survive termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations.
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SECTION 5.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
5.01 CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of each
Lender to make its initial Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Unless waived by all Lenders (or by Administrative Agent with
respect to immaterial matters or items specified in subsection (vi) or (vii)
below with respect to which Borrower has given assurances satisfactory to
Administrative Agent that they will be delivered promptly following the Closing
Date), Administrative Agent's receipt of the following, each of which shall be
originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise
specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing
Borrower Party, each dated on, or in the case of third-party certificates,
recently before the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, Lenders and their respective legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in
number for distribution to Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower;
(ii) executed counterparts of the Facility Guaranty and Pledge
Agreement;
(iii) Committed Loan Notes executed by Borrower in favor of
each Lender requesting same, each in a principal amount equal to such
Lender's Commitment;
(iv) Competitive Loan Notes executed by Borrower in favor of
each Lender requesting same, each in the principal amount of the
Competitive Loan Sublimit;
(v) a Swing Line Note executed by Borrower in favor of Swing
Line Lender requesting same in the principal amount of the Swing Line
Sublimit;
(vi) such certificates of resolutions or other action,
incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible
Officers of each Borrower Party as Administrative Agent or any Lender
may require to establish the identities of and verify the authority and
capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a
Responsible Officer thereof;
(vii) such evidence as Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably require to verify that each Borrower Party is duly organized
or formed, validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage
in business in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be
qualified to engage in business, including certified copies of each
Borrower Party's Organization Documents, certificates of good standing
and/or qualification to engage in business, tax clearance certificates,
and the like;
(viii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in SECTIONS
5.01(c) and (d) have been satisfied (B) that there has been no event or
circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements which
has a Material Adverse Effect; and (C) the current Debt Ratings;
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(ix) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower as of the fiscal year end preceding the
Closing Date;
(x) a schedule as of the most recent fiscal quarter end
preceding the Closing Date in the form and content set forth in SECTION
7.02(B)(II);
(xi) an opinion of counsel to each Borrower Party
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT H hereto and opinions of counsel
in each foreign jurisdiction governing a Pledge Agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Lenders;
(xii) written evidence that all commitments under the Existing
Credit Agreement have been or concurrently herewith are being
terminated, all outstanding amounts thereunder have been paid in full,
and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Facility
have been or concurrently herewith are being released;
(xiii) written agreement of the Borrower terminating all
rights under the Existing Credit Agreement; and
(xiv) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents
or opinions as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender or Requisite
Lenders reasonably may require.
(b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall
have been paid.
(c) The representations and warranties made by each Borrower Party
herein or in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any certificate,
document or financial or other statement furnished at any time under or in
connection herewith or therewith, shall be correct on and as of the Closing
Date.
(d) Each Borrower Party shall be in compliance with all the terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) Borrower shall have paid all Attorney Costs and other out-of-pocket
expenses of Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the
Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute
its reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it
through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not
thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between Borrower and
Administrative Agent).
5.02 CONDITIONS TO ALL EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT. In addition to any
applicable conditions precedent set forth elsewhere in this SECTION 5 or in
SECTIONS 2 OR 3, the obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for
Extension of Credit is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) the representations and warranties of each Borrower Party contained
in SECTION 6 or in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time
under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be correct on and as of the
date of such Extension of Credit, except to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date.
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(b) no Default or Event of Default exists, or would result from such
proposed Extension of Credit.
(c) Administrative Agent shall have timely received a Request for
Extension of Credit by Requisite Notice by the Requisite Time therefor.
(d) Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance
satisfactory to it and the Requisite Lenders, such other assurances,
certificates, documents or consents related to the foregoing as Administrative
Agent or Requisite Lenders reasonably may require.
Each Request for Extension of Credit by Borrower shall be deemed to be
a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in SECTIONS 5.02(A)
and (B) have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit.
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SECTION 6.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Lenders
that:
6.01 EXISTENCE AND QUALIFICATION; POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each
Borrower Party is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly
organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
state of its incorporation or organization, has the power and authority and the
legal right to own and operate its properties, to lease the properties it
operates and to conduct its business, is duly qualified and in good standing
under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and is in
compliance with all Laws except to the extent that noncompliance does not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.02 POWER; AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS. Each Borrower Party
has the power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform
each Loan Document to which it is a party and Borrower has power and authority
to borrow hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
borrowings on the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party. No consent or authorization of, filing with,
or other act by or in respect of any Governmental Authority, that has not been
obtained, is required in connection with the borrowings hereunder or with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents. The Loan Documents have been duly executed
and delivered by each Borrower Party, and constitute a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each Borrower Party, enforceable against each Borrower Party in
accordance with their respective terms.
6.03 NO LEGAL BAR. The execution, delivery, and performance by each
Borrower Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and compliance with
the provisions thereof have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the
part of such Borrower Party and do not and will not (a) violate or conflict
with, or result in a breach of, or require any consent under (i) any
Organization Documents of such Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
any applicable Laws, rules, or regulations or any order, writ, injunction, or
decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, or (iii) any Contractual
Obligation of such Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any of
them or any of their property is bound or subject, (b) constitute a default
under any such agreement or instrument, or (c) result in, or require, the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the properties of such Borrower
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as provided in the Loan Documents.
6.04 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly
noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities,
direct or contingent, of
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for
taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby.
(b) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been
no event or circumstance which has a Material Adverse Effect.
6.05 LITIGATION. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or
before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge
of Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened by or against any
Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or
revenues which, if determined adversely, has or would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.06 NO DEFAULT. Neither any Borrower Party nor any of its Subsidiaries
are in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation which has a
Material Adverse Effect, and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or will result from the consummation of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, or the making of the Extensions of Credit hereunder.
6.07 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS. Each Borrower Party and its
Subsidiaries have valid fee or leasehold interests in all real property which
they use in their respective businesses, and each Borrower Party and its
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all their other property, and
none of such property is subject to any Lien, EXCEPT as permitted in SECTION
8.02.
6.08 TAXES. Each Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax
returns which are required to be filed, and have paid, or made provision for the
payment of, all taxes with respect to the periods, property or transactions
covered by said returns, or pursuant to any assessment received by such Borrower
Party or its respective Subsidiaries, EXCEPT (a) such taxes, if any, as are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which
adequate reserves have been established and maintained, and (b) immaterial
taxes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in each case no material item or portion of
property of any Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in jeopardy of
being seized, levied upon or forfeited.
6.09 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT.
(a) No Borrower Party is engaged or will engage, principally or as one
of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of "purchasing" or "carrying" "margin stock" within the respective meanings of
each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect. No part
of the proceeds of any Extensions of Credit hereunder will be used for
"purchasing" or "carrying" "margin stock" as so defined or for any purpose which
violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulations U
or X of such Board of Governors.
(b) No Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a "holding
company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of
a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," within
the meaning of the Public Utility Holding
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Company Act of 1935, or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
6.10 ERISA COMPLIANCE.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws. Each
Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter
is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best
knowledge of Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the
loss of, such qualification. Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all
required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no
application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority,
with respect to any Plan that has a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no
prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with
respect to any Plan that has a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither Borrower
nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than
premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither
Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur,
any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under
Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or
4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither Borrower nor
any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.11 INTANGIBLE ASSETS. Each Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries own,
or possess the right to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents,
patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intangible assets that are used in
the conduct of their respective businesses as now operated, and none of such
items, to the best knowledge of Borrower, conflicts with the valid trademark,
trade name, copyright, patent, patent right or intangible asset of any other
Person to the extent that such conflict has a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries are
in compliance in all material respects with all Laws that are applicable to it.
6.13 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Each Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries
conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing
Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for
violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations
and properties, and as a result thereof Borrower has reasonably concluded that
such Environmental Laws and claims do not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.14 INSURANCE. The properties of each Borrower Party and its
Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies not Affiliates of Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and
covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar
businesses and owning similar properties in localities where such Borrower Party
or such Subsidiary operates.
6.15 DISCLOSURE. No statement, information, report, representation, or
warranty made by any Borrower Party in any Loan Document or furnished to
Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with any Loan Document contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading.
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SECTION 7.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any portion
of the Commitments remains outstanding, Borrower shall, and shall (except in the
case of Borrower's reporting covenants), cause each Subsidiary to:
7.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Deliver to Administrative Agent and each
Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Requisite
Lenders:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 95 days after the end
of each fiscal year of Borrower, consolidated and consolidating balance sheets
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the
related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and cash flows for
such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, audited and accompanied by a
report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally
recognized standing reasonably acceptable to Requisite Lenders, which report and
opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and shall not be subject to
any qualifications or exceptions as to the scope of the audit nor to any
qualifications and exceptions not reasonably acceptable to Requisite Lenders;
and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 50 days after the end
of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower,
consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated and
consolidating statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and
for the portion of Borrower's fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case
in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the
previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year,
all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower as
fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(c) Reports required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of
this SECTION 7.01 shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which
Borrower posts such reports on Borrower's website on the Internet at the website
address listed on SCHEDULE 11.02 hereof or when such report is posted on the
Securities and Exchange Commission's website at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇.; PROVIDED that (x)
Borrower shall deliver paper copies of the reports referred to in such clauses
(a) and (b) of this SECTION 7.01 to Administrative Agent or any Lender who
requests Borrower to deliver such paper copies until written request to cease
delivering paper copies is given by Administrative Agent or such Lender, (y)
Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent and Lenders of the posting of any
such new material, and (z) in every instance Borrower shall provide paper copies
of the original executed Compliance Certificates required by clause (a) of
SECTION 7.02 to Administrative Agent with a copy, which may be by facsimile, to
each Lender. Except for the Compliance Certificates referred to in such clause
(a) of SECTION 7.02, Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request
the delivery or to maintain copies of the reports referred to in clauses (a) and
(b) of this SECTION 7.01, and in any event shall have no responsibility to
monitor compliance by Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each
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Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining
its copies of such reports.
7.02 CERTIFICATES, NOTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION. Deliver to
Administrative Agent and each Lender in form and detail satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred
to in SECTION 7.01(A), a certificate of its independent certified public
accountants certifying (with respect to the consolidated financial statements)
such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary
therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default under the
financial covenants set forth herein or, if any such Default or Event of Default
shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred
to in SECTIONS 7.01(A) and (B), a (i) duly completed Compliance Certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and (ii) a certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer in form acceptable to the Administrative Agent setting forth
the amount of assets and revenues of each of the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries;
(c) promptly after request by Administrative Agent or any Lender,
copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations
submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of
directors) of Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the
accounts or books of Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
(d) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual
report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to
the stockholders of Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and
special reports and registration statements which Borrower may file or be
required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to
be delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(e) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Default or
Event of Default;
(f) notice of any material change in accounting policies or financial
reporting practices by Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of any litigation,
investigation or proceeding affecting any Borrower Party where the amount
involved exceeds the Threshold Amount, or in which injunctive relief or similar
relief is sought, which relief, if granted, has a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Reportable
Event with respect to any Plan or the intent to terminate any Plan, or the
institution of proceedings or the taking or expected taking of any other action
to terminate any Plan or withdraw from any Plan;
(i) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Material
Adverse Effect;
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(j) promptly, notice of any announcement by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P of any
change in a Debt Rating or other announcement as to the Borrower; and
(k) promptly, such other data and information as from time to time may
be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, or, through Administrative
Agent, any Lender.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Borrower has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto.
7.03 PAYMENT OF TAXES. Pay and discharge when due all taxes,
assessments, and governmental charges, Ordinary Course Liens or levies imposed
on any Borrower Party or its Subsidiaries or on its income or profits or any of
its property, except for any such tax, assessment, charge, or levy which is an
Ordinary Course Lien under subsection (c) of SECTION 8.02.
7.04 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE. Preserve and maintain its existence,
licenses, permits, rights, franchises and privileges necessary or desirable in
the normal conduct of its business, except where failure to do so does not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
7.05 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Maintain, preserve and protect all of
its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business
in good order and condition, subject to wear and tear in the ordinary course of
business, and not permit any waste of its properties.
7.06 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Maintain liability and casualty
insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such
amounts with such deductibles and against such risks as is customary for
similarly situated businesses.
7.07 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
(a) Comply with the requirements of all applicable Laws and orders of
any Governmental Authority, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Conduct its operations and keep and maintain its property in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, the noncompliance with which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.08 INSPECTION RIGHTS. At any time during regular business hours and
as often as reasonably requested and upon reasonable prior notice, permit
Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any employee, agent or representative
thereof, to examine, audit and make copies and abstracts from the Borrower
Parties' records and books of account and to visit and inspect their properties
and to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with any of their officers
and key employees and independent certified public accountants, and, upon
request, furnish promptly to Administrative Agent or any Lender true copies of
all financial information and internal management reports made available to
their senior management.
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7.09 KEEPING OF RECORDS AND BOOKS OF ACCOUNT. Keep adequate records and
books of account reflecting all financial transactions in conformity with GAAP,
consistently applied, and in material conformity with all applicable
requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over
Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary.
7.10 COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA. Cause, and cause each of its ERISA
Affiliates to: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state
law; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code to
maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Code.
7.11 COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENTS. Promptly and fully comply with all
Contractual Obligations to which any one or more of them is a party, EXCEPT for
any such Contractual Obligations (a) the performance of which would cause a
Default or Event of Default, (b) then being contested by any of them in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, or (c) if the failure to comply therewith does
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.12 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of Extensions of Credit for
working capital, capital expenditures, refinancing existing Indebtedness and
other lawful general corporate purposes not otherwise in contravention of this
Agreement.
7.13 NEW SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) Within 30 days in the case of clause (i) and 60 days in the case of
clause (ii) of the formation or Acquisition of any Significant Subsidiary or at
any time a Subsidiary becomes a Significant Subsidiary, cause to be delivered to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(i) In the case of a Significant Subsidiary that is a
Domestic Subsidiary, (A) a Facility Guaranty substantially in
the form of EXHIBIT K executed by such Significant Subsidiary,
(B) an opinion of counsel to the Significant Subsidiary dated
as of the date of delivery of the Facility Guaranty provided
for in this SECTION 7.13 and addressed to Administrative Agent
and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to Administrative Agent, and (C) the Organization Documents of
such Significant Subsidiary;
(ii) In the case of a Significant Subsidiary that is
a Direct Foreign Subsidiary, (A) a Pledge Agreement executed
by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary directly owning the
stock of such Significant Subsidiary which shall pledge to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Administrative Agent
and the Lenders, 65% of the voting securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power and 100% of the other
securities or of interests in such Significant Subsidiary, (B)
opinions of counsel to each Pledgor and to the Significant
Subsidiary that under the laws of the applicable foreign
jurisdiction, all agreements, notices and other documents
required to be executed, delivered, filed or recorded and all
other action required to be taken, within or pursuant to the
laws of such jurisdiction to perfect the Lien conferred in
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Agent has been duly executed, delivered, filed, recorded or
taken, as the case may be, and (C) take such further action
and deliver or cause to be delivered such further documents as
reasonably requested by Administrative Agent to effect the
transactions contemplated herein;
(b) If at any time the sum of the total assets or total annual revenues
of Domestic Subsidiaries that have not executed and delivered to Administrative
Agent a Facility Guaranty exceeds in the aggregate $150,000,000, Borrower shall
promptly cause there to be delivered to Administrative Agent one or more
additional Facility Guaranties of Domestic Subsidiaries that do not constitute
Significant Subsidiaries in order that after giving effect to such additional
Facility Guaranties, the sum of the total assets or total revenues, in either or
both cases, of Domestic Subsidiaries not having delivered a Facility Guaranty
does not exceed in the aggregate $150,000,000.
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SECTION 8.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed, or any portion
of the Commitments remains outstanding, Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit
any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
8.01 INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any secured
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) secured Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on
SCHEDULE 8.01 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof,
PROVIDED that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of
such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to
the premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection
with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any utilized commitments
thereunder;
(c) Qualifying Swap Contract;
(d) Senior Parity Debt;
(e) purchase money Indebtedness described in SECTION 8.02(J) and
Capital Leases described in SECTION 8.02(K) not to exceed an aggregate
outstanding principal amount at any time of $20,000,000, excluding those
described on SCHEDULE 8.01; and
(f) any obligations arising under the Transfer and Administration
Agreement.
8.02 LIENS AND NEGATIVE PLEDGES. Incur, assume or suffer to exist, any
Lien or Negative Pledge upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document and Qualifying Swap Contract;
(b) Liens and Negative Pledges existing on the date hereof and listed
on SCHEDULE 8.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, PROVIDED that the
property covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the
obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by SECTION 8.01(B);
(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto
are maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's
or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not
overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto
are maintained;
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(e) pledges or deposits in connection with worker's compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the
value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(h) attachment, judgment or other similar Liens arising in connection
with litigation or other legal proceedings (and not otherwise a Default
hereunder) in the ordinary course of business that is currently being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, adequate reserves have been set aside
and no material property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture and
the claims in respect of such Liens are fully covered by insurance (subject to
ordinary and customary deductibles);
(i) Liens on receivables arising in connection with the Trade
Receivables Purchase Facility;
(j) purchase money Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted under SECTION
8.01(E) and incurred to purchase fixed assets, provided such Indebtedness
represents not less than 75% of the purchase price of such assets as of the date
of purchase thereof and no property other than the assets so purchased secures
such Indebtedness;
(k) Liens arising in connection with Capital Leases permitted under
SECTION 8.01(E); provided that no Lien shall extend to any other property other
than the assets subject to such Capital Lease; and
(l) Liens arising under the Pledge Agreements securing Senior Parity
Debt and Negative Pledges entered into in connection with the issuance of Senior
Parity Debt.
8.03 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Merge or consolidate with or into any Person
or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself, or permit or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution or sell all or substantially all of its assets, except, that so long
as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) Borrower provided that Borrower
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (ii) any one or more Domestic
Subsidiaries, and (iii) any joint venture, partnership or other Person, so long
as such joint venture, partnership and other Person will, as a result of making
such merger and all other contemporaneous related transactions, become a
Domestic Subsidiary; PROVIDED that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging
into another Subsidiary, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or
surviving Person;
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(b) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets
(upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to Borrower or to a Domestic
Subsidiary; PROVIDED that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is selling all or
substantially all of its assets to another Subsidiary, the Subsidiary acquiring
such assets shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary; and
(c) any Foreign Subsidiary may merge into and may transfer assets to
another Subsidiary; and
(d) the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve or sell all or substantially
all of the assets of one or more Subsidiaries during a fiscal year so long as
the aggregate book value of the Subsidiaries liquidated or dissolved or assets
sold during such fiscal year does not exceed the Threshold Amount.
8.04 DISPOSITIONS. Make any Dispositions, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of cash, cash equivalents, inventory and other
property in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that such property is
exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property,
or the proceeds of such sale are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase
price of such replacement property or where Borrower or any Subsidiary determine
in good faith that the failure to replace such equipment will not be detrimental
to the business of Borrower or such Subsidiary; and
(d) Dispositions of assets or property (other than cash) by Borrower or
any Subsidiary to Borrower or any Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such Disposition permitted in subsections (a) through
(d) of this SECTION 8.04 shall be for less than the fair market value of the
property being disposed of.
(e) Dispositions permitted by SECTION 8.03;
(f) Dispositions of receivables pursuant to the Transfer and
Administration Agreement; and
(g) Dispositions, in addition to those set forth in clauses (a) through
(f) of this SECTION 8.04, in any fiscal year which do not in the aggregate
exceed the Threshold Amount during such fiscal year.
8.05 INVESTMENTS. Make any Investments, EXCEPT:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided that such obligations
mature within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(b) any evidence of Indebtedness, maturing not more than one year after
such time, issued or guaranteed by the government of a country ("OECD Country")
which is a member of the Organization for Economic Corporation and development
or any agency thereof;
(c) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by
any of the Lenders or certificates or deposit maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition issued by a bank or trust company which is a member of the
Federal Reserve System or an applicable central bank of an OECD Country having
capital surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $400 million and, in
the case of a member of the Federal Reserve System, being rated A-3 or better by
Standard & Poor's Rating Services or A or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Services,
Inc.;
(d) commercial paper rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor's Rating
Services or P-1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Services, Inc. (Commercial Paper
Record);
(e) Investments existing on the date hereof and described in SCHEDULE
8.05;
(f) cash and cash equivalents;
(g) advances to officers, directors and employees of Borrower and
Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary
business purposes;
(h) Investments of Borrower or any Subsidiary in Borrower or another
Domestic Subsidiary;
(i) extensions of credit to customers or suppliers of Borrower and
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and any Investments received in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof;
(j) Guaranty Obligations permitted by SECTION 8.01;
(k) Investments permitted by SECTION 8.03;
(l) additional Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries in excess of
$1,200,000,000 so long as such additional investments do not exceed the sum of
(x) 25% of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity and (y) 25% of the proceeds of the
issuance of capital stock of Borrower after the date hereof;
(m) Investments in Persons with whom Borrower or a Subsidiary are
engaged in a business relationship or which provide products or services to
Borrower or a Subsidiary, so long as the Investment does not exceed $10,000,000
in any one such Person or $50,000,000 in the aggregate;
(n) Investments by a Foreign Subsidiary in another Foreign Subsidiary;
and
(o) Acquisitions permitted under SECTION 8.11.
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8.06 LEASE OBLIGATIONS. Create or suffer to exist any obligations for
the payment of rent for any property under lease or agreement to lease, except:
(a) leases in existence on the date hereof, including the TDC TROL and
any renewal, extension or refinancing thereof; and
(b) leases (other than capital leases) entered into or assumed by
Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof in the ordinary course of
business.
8.07 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. Make any Restricted Payments, provided,
however, that the Borrower may (i) purchase shares of its common stock for the
purpose of making required contributions to its employee stock option plan so
long as the aggregate dollar amount spent for such stock in any fiscal year of
Borrower does not exceed $10,000,000, and (ii) Tech Data Germany, AG may pay
dividends to its shareholders so long as the aggregate amount of such dividend
paid in any fiscal year does not exceed $1,000,000.
8.08 ERISA. At any time engage in a transaction which could be subject
to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, or permit any Pension Plan to (a) engage
in any non-exempt "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section 4975 of the
Code); (b) fail to comply with ERISA or any other applicable Laws; or (c) incur
any material "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of
ERISA), which, with respect to each event listed above, has a Material Adverse
Effect.
8.09 CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. Make any change in the nature of the
business of any Borrower Party as conducted and as proposed to be conducted as
of the date hereof.
8.10 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Enter into any transaction of any
kind with any Affiliate of Borrower, other than Subsidiaries, other than
arm's-length transactions with Affiliates that are otherwise permitted
hereunder.
8.11 ACQUISITIONS. Acquire all or any part of the assets or equity
securities of any Person unless (a) such Person is in the same or similar line
or lines of business as that engaged in by Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) no
Default or Event of Default occurs or is created or results from such
Acquisition, and (c) the Cost of Acquisition of such assets or equity securities
of any Person does not exceed 35% of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity.
8.12 LIMITATIONS ON UPSTREAMING. Agree with any Person to any
restriction or limitation on the making of Restricted Payments or transferring
of assets from any Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
8.13 MARGIN REGULATIONS. No Borrower Party shall use the proceeds of
any Extensions of Credit hereunder for "purchasing" or "carrying" "margin stock"
as so defined or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent
with, the provisions of Regulations U or X of such Board of Governors.
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8.14 FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
(a) CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY. Permit Consolidated
Shareholders' Equity at any time to be less than the sum of (a) $810,956,000,
(b) an amount equal to 75% of the Consolidated Net Income earned in each fiscal
quarter ending after January 31, 2000 (with no deduction for a net loss in any
such fiscal quarter) and (c) an amount equal to 50% of the proceeds of the
issuance and sale of capital stock of Borrower (including upon any conversion of
debt securities of Borrower into such capital stock) after the date hereof.
(b) CONSOLIDATED SENIOR LEVERAGE RATIO. Permit the Consolidated Senior
Leverage Ratio at any time during the respective periods set forth below to be
greater than the ratio set forth below opposite each such period:
MAXIMUM
CONSOLIDATED SENIOR
PERIODS LEVERAGE RATIO
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Closing Date through January 31, 2001 3.75 to 1.00
February 1, 2001 through January 31, 2002 3.50 to 1.00
Thereafter 3.25 to 1.00
(c) CONSOLIDATED TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO. Permit the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio at any time to be greater than 4.50 to 1.00.
(d) CONSOLIDATED CURRENT RATIO. Permit the Consolidated Current Ratio
as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 1.20 to
1.00.
(f) CONSOLIDATED RENTAL EXPENSE RATIO. Permit the Consolidated Rental
Expense Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less
than 2.50 to 1.00.
8.15 CHANGE IN AUDITORS. Change the certified public accountants
auditing the books of Borrower except to certified public accountant of
nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to Requisite Lenders in
being understood that any of the largest 5 accounting firms in the United States
are acceptable.
8.16 PROHIBITION ON PREPAYMENT OF DEBT. (a) Prepay, redeem, purchase,
defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any
Subordinated Indebtedness; or
(b) amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of any
Indebtedness described in SECTION 8.01(B) or any lease so that the terms and
conditions thereof are less favorable to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders than the terms of such Indebtedness or leases as of the Closing Date.
8.17 GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist the
guaranty of payment of accounts receivable owed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary
by one or more of its customers except guaranties of payment of accounts
receivable (i) which accounts receivable arise in the ordinary course of
business, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount of such Guaranty Obligations
do not exceed at any time $50,000,000.
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SECTION 9.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Borrower fails to pay any principal on any Outstanding Obligation
(other than fees) as and on the date when due; or
(b) Borrower fails to pay any interest on any Outstanding Obligation,
or any facility fees or utilization fees due hereunder when due; or fails to pay
any other fees or amount payable to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any
Loan Document within three days after the date due; or
(c) Any default occurs in the observance or performance of any
agreement contained in SECTION 7.01, 7.02, 7.04, 7.08, 7.13 or SECTION 8; or
(d) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as such term is or may
hereafter be specifically defined in any other Loan Document) under any other
Loan Document; or any Borrower Party fails to perform or observe any other
covenant or agreement (not specified in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above)
contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such
failure continues for 30 days; or
(e) Any representation or warranty in any Loan Document or in any
certificate, agreement, instrument or other document made or delivered by any
Borrower Party pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document shall be
false or misleading or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed
made; or
(f) (i) Any Borrower Party (x) defaults in any payment when due of
principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder)
having an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount or (y)
defaults in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition
relating to any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) or contained in
any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any
other event shall occur, the effect of which default or other event is to cause,
or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent
on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause,
with the giving of notice if required, Indebtedness having an aggregate
principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount to be demanded or become due
(automatically or otherwise) prior to its stated maturity, or any Guaranty
Obligation in such amount to become payable or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded, or any Borrower Party is unable or admits in writing its
inability to pay its debts as they mature; or (ii) the occurrence under any Swap
Contract of an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract)
resulting from (x) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which
Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap
Contract) or (y) the occurrence of any Termination Event under such Swap
Contract (as defined therein) as to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is an
Affected Party (as so defined) as a result of which, in either event, the Swap
Termination Value owed by Borrower or such Subsidiary is greater than the
Threshold Amount; or
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(g) Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and
for any reason other than the agreement of all Lenders or satisfaction in full
of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, invalid or unenforceable
in any respect; or any Borrower Party denies that it has any or further
liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke,
terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(h) (i) A final judgment against any Borrower Party is entered for the
payment of money in excess of the Threshold Amount, or any non-monetary final
judgment is entered against any Borrower Party which has a Material Adverse
Effect and, in each case, if such judgment remains unsatisfied without
procurement of a stay of execution within (A) 30 calendar days after the date of
entry of judgment or, (B) if earlier, five days prior to the date of any
proposed sale, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar
process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of
any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 calendar
days after its issue or levy; or
(i) Any Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or
consents to the institution of any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws, or makes
an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the
appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its
property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent
of that Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60
calendar days; or any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws relating to any such
Person or to all or any part of its property is instituted without the consent
of that Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an
order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(j) (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in liability of Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold
Amount; (ii) the aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liability among all
Pension Plans at any time exceeds the Threshold Amount; or (iii) Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable
grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability
under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in
excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(k) There occurs any Change of Control; or
(l) Any event occurs which has a Material Adverse Effect; or
(m) If a Termination Event (as defined in the Transfer and
Administration Agreement) shall occur under the Transfer and Administration
Agreement which Termination Event (as defined in the Transfer and Administration
Agreement) is not cured or waived;
(n) If there occurs any event of default under the TDC TROL which is
not cured within any grace period.
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9.02 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. Without limiting any other rights
or remedies of Administrative Agent or Lenders provided for elsewhere in this
Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, or by applicable Law, or in equity, or
otherwise:
(a) Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of any Event of
Default OTHER THAN an Event of Default described in SECTION 9.01(I):
(i) Requisite Lenders may request Administrative Agent to, and
Administrative Agent thereupon shall, terminate the Commitments and/or
declare all or any part of the unpaid principal of all Loans, all
interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts payable under
the Loan Documents to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the
same shall become and be immediately due and payable, without protest,
presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or further notice of any kind,
all of which are expressly waived by Borrower; and
(ii) Issuing Lender may, with the approval of Administrative
Agent on behalf of Requisite Lenders, demand immediate payment by
Borrower of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all outstanding
Letter of Credit Usage to be held in a Letter of Credit Cash Collateral
Account.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in SECTION
9.01(I):
(i) the Commitments and all other obligations of
Administrative Agent or Lenders shall automatically terminate without
notice to or demand upon Borrower, which are expressly waived by
Borrower;
(ii) the unpaid principal of all Loans, all interest accrued
and unpaid thereon and all other amounts payable under the Loan
Documents shall be immediately due and payable, without protest,
presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or further notice of any kind,
all of which are expressly waived by Borrower; and
(iii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all
outstanding Letter of Credit Usage shall be immediately due and payable
to Issuing Lender without notice to or demand upon Borrower, which are
expressly waived by Borrower, to be held in a Letter of Credit Cash
Collateral Account.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Lenders and
Administrative Agent, or any of them, without notice to (except as expressly
provided for in any Loan Document) or demand upon Borrower, which are expressly
waived by Borrower (except as to notices expressly provided for in any Loan
Document), may proceed to (but only with the consent of Requisite Lenders)
protect, exercise and enforce their rights and remedies under the Loan Documents
against any Borrower Party and such other rights and remedies as are provided by
Law or equity.
(d) Except as permitted by SECTION 11.05, no Lender may exercise any
rights or remedies with respect to the Obligations without the consent of
Requisite Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion. The order and manner in
which Administrative Agent's and Lenders' rights and remedies are to be
exercised shall be determined by Requisite Lenders in their sole and absolute
discretion. Regardless of how a Lender may treat payments for the purpose of its
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own accounting, for the purpose of computing the Obligations hereunder, payments
shall be applied FIRST, to costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs)
incurred by Administrative Agent and each Lender, SECOND, to the payment of
accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans to and including the date of such
application, THIRD, to the payment of the unpaid principal of the Loans, FOURTH,
to the payment of all other amounts (including fees) then owing to
Administrative Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents, and FIFTH, to the
payment of amounts owed under any Qualifying Swap Contract, in each case paid
pro rata to each Lender in the same proportions that the aggregate Obligations
owed to each Lender under the Loan Documents bear to the aggregate Obligations
owed under the Loan Documents to all Lenders, without priority or preference
among Lenders. No application of payments will cure any Event of Default, or
prevent acceleration, or continued acceleration, of amounts payable under the
Loan Documents, or prevent the exercise, or continued exercise, of rights or
remedies of Administrative Agent and Lenders hereunder or thereunder or at Law
or in equity.
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SECTION 10.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to SECTION 10.09) appoints,
designates and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such 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 it by
the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities,
except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Administrative Agent have or
be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing sentence, the use of the term "agent" in this Agreement with
reference to Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or
other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any
applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom,
and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between
independent contracting parties.
(b) Issuing Lender shall act on behalf of Lenders with respect to any
Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith until such
time and except for so long as Administrative Agent may agree at the request of
Requisite Lenders to act for such Issuing Lender with respect thereto; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Issuing Lender shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i)
provided to Administrative Agent in this SECTION 10 with respect to any acts
taken or omissions suffered by Issuing Lender in connection with Letters of
Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the application and
agreements for letters of credit pertaining to the Letters of Credit as fully as
if the term "Administrative Agent" as used in this SECTION 10 included Issuing
Lender with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided
in this Agreement with respect to Issuing Lender.
10.02 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. Administrative Agent may execute any of its
duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents,
employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Administrative Agent shall not
be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact
that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
10.03 LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. No Administrative
Agent-Related Person 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 for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set
forth herein), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant
for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Borrower
Party or any officer 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 Administrative Agent
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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 any Borrower Party
or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Administrative Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation
to any Lender or participant 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 properties, books or
records of any Borrower Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof.
10.04 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(a) Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution,
representation, 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 any Borrower Party), independent accountants
and other experts reasonably selected by Administrative Agent. Administrative
Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
Requisite Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first
be indemnified to its satisfaction by Lenders against any and all liability and
expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take
any such action. Administrative 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 Requisite Lenders or all
Lenders, if required hereunder, and such request and any action taken or failure
to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of Lenders and participants.
Where this Agreement expressly permits or prohibits an action unless Requisite
Lenders otherwise determine, and in all other instances, Administrative Agent
may, but shall not be required to, initiate any solicitation for the consent or
a vote of Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in SECTION 5.01, each Lender and participant shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter either sent by Administrative Agent to each Lender for consent,
approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to
or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender.
10.05 NOTICE OF DEFAULT. Administrative 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 and fees
required to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders, unless
Administrative 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". Administrative
Agent will notify Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. Administrative
Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as
may be directed by Requisite Lenders in accordance with SECTION 9; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that unless and until Administrative Agent has received any such
direction, Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain
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from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it
shall deem advisable or in the best interest of Lenders.
10.06 CREDIT DECISION; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT. Each Lender and participant acknowledges that no Administrative
Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no
act by Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any consent to and
acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Borrower Party or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Administrative Agent-Related Person to any
Lender or participant as to any matter, including whether Administrative
Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession.
Each Lender, including any Lender by assignment, and each participant represents
to Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any
Administrative 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 any Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, 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 any Borrower Party hereunder. Each Lender and participant also
represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any
Administrative 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 any Borrower
Party and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to Lenders by Administrative Agent
herein, Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender or participant with any credit or other information
concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of any Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Administrative
Agent-Related Person.
10.07 INDEMNIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Lenders shall indemnify upon
demand each Administrative Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by
or on behalf of any Borrower Party and without limiting the obligation of any
Borrower Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Administrative
Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities
incurred by it; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Lender shall be liable for the
payment to any Administrative Agent-Related Person of any portion of such
Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no action taken in accordance with the
directions of Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence
or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limitation of the
foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Administrative Agent upon demand for its
ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs)
incurred by Administrative 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,
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to the extent that Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by
or on behalf of any Borrower Party. The undertaking in this Section shall
survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or
replacement of Administrative Agent.
10.08 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. Bank of America 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
any Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as though Bank of America
were not Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender hereunder and without notice to
or consent of Lenders. Lenders and participants acknowledge that, pursuant to
such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information
regarding any Borrower Party or its Affiliates (including information that may
be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any Borrower Party or such
Affiliate) and acknowledge that Administrative Agent shall be under no
obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, Bank
of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any
other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative
Agent or Issuing Lender.
10.09 SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Administrative Agent may resign
as Administrative Agent upon 30 days' notice to Lenders. If Administrative Agent
resigns under this Agreement, Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among Lenders
a successor administrative agent for Lenders which successor administrative
agent must be consented to by Borrower at all times other than during the
existence of an Event of Default (which consent of Borrower shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor administrative agent is
appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Administrative
Agent, Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with Lenders and
Borrower, a successor administrative agent from among Lenders. Upon the
acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, such
successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term "Administrative Agent"
shall mean such successor administrative agent and the retiring Administrative
Agent's appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be
terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this SECTION 10 and SECTIONS 11.03 and
11.13 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor
administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent (whether
by failure to obtain Borrower consent or otherwise) by the date which is 30 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective
and Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Administrative Agent hereunder
until such time, if any, as Requisite Lenders appoint a successor agent as
provided for above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if Bank of America
resigns as Administrative Agent pursuant to this SECTION 10.09, it may elect, in
its sole discretion, to simultaneously be replaced as "Issuing Lender" and
"Swing Line Lender" hereunder pursuant to documentation in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Bank of America.
10.10 CO-AGENTS; LEAD MANAGERS. None of Lenders identified on the
facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a "co-agent" or "lead
manager" shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or
duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all
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Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of Lenders so
identified as a "co-agent" or "lead manager" shall have or be deemed to
have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender
acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of
Lenders so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in
taking or not taking action hereunder.
10.11 COLLATERAL MATTERS.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to SECTION 10.09) appoints,
designates and authorizes Collateral Agent to take such 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 it by
the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except
those expressly set forth herein and in the Pledge Agreements, nor shall
Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities,
duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Collateral Agent. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term "agent"
in this Agreement with reference to Collateral Agent is not intended to connote
any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency
doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of
market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative
relationship between independent contracting parties. Without limiting the
generality of SECTION 10.08, each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the
Collateral Agent is acting as a collateral agent for the Lenders, owner trustee
and holders under the TDC TROL and Senior Parity Debt Holders as provided in the
Pledge Agreements and authorizes the Collateral Agent to carry out all those
obligations and shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of the
collateral agent described in the Pledge Agreements. Collateral Agent shall have
all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to Administrative Agent in this
SECTION 10 with respect to the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated
therein, including without limitation any acts taken or omissions suffered by
Collateral Agent in connection with or contemplated by such documents or
transactions as fully as if the term "Administrative Agent" as used in this
SECTION 10 included Collateral Agent with respect to such documents,
transactions, acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided in this
Agreement, and specifically SECTION 11 hereof, and the other Loan Documents with
respect to Collateral Agent.
(b) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent is
authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to
or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time take any action with
respect to any Collateral or the Security Instruments which may be necessary to
perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and Liens upon the
Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Instruments.
(c) The Lenders irrevocably authorize each of the Administrative Agent
and Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien
granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent upon any
Collateral (i) upon termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all
Loans and all other Obligations known to the Administrative Agent and payable
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii)
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constituting property sold or to be sold or disposed of as part of or in
connection with any disposition permitted hereunder; (iii) constituting property
in which Borrower or any Subsidiary owned no interest at the time the Lien was
granted or at any time thereafter; (iv) constituting property leased by Borrower
or any Subsidiary in a transaction permitted under this Agreement; or (v)
consisting of an instrument evidencing Indebtedness or other debt instrument, if
the indebtedness evidenced hereby has been paid in full. Upon request by the
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm
in writing the Administrative Agent's authority to release particular types or
items of Collateral pursuant to this subsection 10.11(C), PROVIDED that the
absence of any such confirmation for whatever reason shall not affect the
Administrative Agent's or Collateral Agent's rights under this SECTION 10.11.
(d) Each Lender agrees with and in favor of each other (which agreement
shall not be for the benefit of Borrower or any Subsidiary) that the Obligations
to such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be
secured by any real property collateral now or hereafter acquired by such
Lender.
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SECTION 11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 AMENDMENTS; CONSENTS. No amendment, modification, supplement,
extension, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, no approval or consent thereunder, and no consent to any
departure by any Borrower Party therefrom shall be effective unless in writing
signed by Requisite Lenders and acknowledged by Administrative Agent, and each
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the specific purpose for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, without the approval in writing of Administrative Agent and all Lenders,
no amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or consent may be
effective to:
(a) Reduce the amount of principal or required principal payments or
prepayments of any Outstanding Obligations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that only the
consent of Requisite Lenders shall be required in any instance where Lenders
have the right to consent to the release price of any property or Persons being
Disposed of;
(b) Reduce the rate of interest payable on any Outstanding Obligations
or the amount of any fee or other amount payable to any Lender under the Loan
Documents (unless consented to by each Lender entitled to receive such fee or
other amount), including in each case, any change in the way any financial
covenant used to determine the Applicable Amount is calculated;
(c) Waive an Event of Default consisting of the failure of Borrower to
pay when due principal, interest or any facility fee or utilization fee;
(d) Postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, prepayment
of principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Loan or any installment
of any facility fee or utilization fee, to extend the term of, or increase the
amount of, any Lender's Commitment (it being understood that a waiver of any
Event of Default not referred to in subsection (c) above shall require only the
consent of Required Lenders) or, except as set forth in SECTION 2.13, modify the
Pro Rata Share of any Lender;
(e) Amend the definition of "REQUISITE LENDERS" or the provisions of
SECTION 5, SECTION 9.02(D), SECTION 10, this SECTION 11.01 or SECTION 11.06; or
(f) Amend any provision of this Agreement that expressly requires the
consent or approval of all Lenders;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by Issuing Lender in addition to Requisite Lenders or all
Lenders, as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of Issuing Lender, (ii)
no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
Administrative Agent in addition to Requisite Lenders or all Lenders, as the
case may be, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent, (iii) no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Swing Line
Lender in addition to Requisite
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Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of Swing
Line Lender, and (iv) any fee letters may be amended, or rights or privileges
thereunder waived, in a writing executed by the parties thereto. Any amendment,
modification, supplement, termination, waiver or consent pursuant to this
Section shall apply equally to, and shall be binding upon, all Lenders and
Administrative Agent.
11.02 TRANSMISSION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNATURES.
(A) MODES OF DELIVERY. Except as otherwise provided in any Loan
Document, notices, requests, demands, directions, agreements and documents
delivered in connection with the Loan Documents (collectively, "COMMUNICATIONS")
shall be transmitted by Requisite Notice to the number and address set forth on
SCHEDULE 11.02, may be delivered by the following modes of delivery, and shall
be effective as follows:
MODE OF DELIVERY EFFECTIVE ON EARLIER OF ACTUAL RECEIPT AND:
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Courier Scheduled delivery date
Facsimile When transmission in legible form complete
Mail Fourth Business Day after deposit in U.S.
mail first class postage pre-paid
Personal delivery When received
Telephone When conversation completed
Electronic Mail When received
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that communications delivered to Administrative Agent
pursuant to SECTION 2 must be in writing and shall not be effective until
actually received by Administrative Agent.
(b) RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS. Administrative Agent
and Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act on any communications purportedly
given by or on behalf of any Borrower Party even if (i) such communications (A)
were not made in a manner specified herein, (B) were incomplete or (C) were not
preceded or followed by any other notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms
thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any subsequent related
communications provided for herein. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative
Agent and Lenders from any loss, cost, expense or liability as a result of
relying on any communications permitted herein so long as such Administrative
Agent and Lenders have acted in good faith.
(c) EFFECTIVENESS OF FACSIMILE DOCUMENTS AND SIGNATURES. Loan Documents
may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such
documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force
and effect as hardcopies with manual signatures and shall be binding on all
Borrower Parties and Administrative Agent and Lenders. Administrative Agent may
also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a
manually-signed hardcopy thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to request
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or deliver any such manually-signed hardcopy shall not affect the effectiveness
of any facsimile document or signature.
(d) EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRONIC MAIL. Electronic mail and internet and
intranet websites may be used to distribute routine communications, such as
financial statements and other information and to distribute agreements and
other documents to be signed by Lenders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Request for
Extension of Credit or executed or legally-binding notice, agreement, waiver,
amendment or other communication may be sent by electronic mail.
11.03 ATTORNEY COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES. Borrower agrees (a) to pay or
reimburse Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of the
Loan Documents, and the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of
any amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to, any Loan
Documents, and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith,
and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including all reasonable Attorney Costs, (b) to pay or reimburse
Administrative Agent and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with any restructuring, reorganization (including a bankruptcy
reorganization) and enforcement or attempted enforcement, or preservation of any
rights under any Loan Documents, and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, or in connection with any refinancing, or restructuring
of any such documents in the nature of a "workout" or of any insolvency or
bankruptcy proceeding, including Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and
expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and
appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public
accountants and other outside experts retained by Administrative Agent or any
Lender. The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of all
Obligations.
11.04 BINDING EFFECT; ASSIGNMENT.
(a) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a
party will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower, Administrative
Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that,
Borrower may not assign its rights hereunder or thereunder or any interest
herein or therein without the prior written consent of all Lenders and any such
attempted assignment shall be void. Any Lender may at any time pledge its Note
or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under this Agreement
to a Federal Reserve Bank, but no such pledge shall release such Lender from its
obligations hereunder or grant to such Federal Reserve Bank the rights of a
Lender hereunder absent foreclosure of such pledge.
(b) From time to time following the Closing Date, each Lender may
assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of its Commitment
and/or Extensions of Credit; PROVIDED that (i) such assignment, if not to a
Lender or an Affiliate of the assigning Lender, shall be consented to by
Borrower at all times other than during the existence of a Default or Event of
Default and by Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender (which
consent of Borrower, Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) a copy of a duly signed and
completed Assignment and Acceptance shall be delivered to Administrative Agent,
(iii) except in the case of an assignment
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(A) to an Affiliate of the assigning Lender or to another Lender or (B) of the
entire remaining Commitment of the assigning Lender, the portion of the
Commitment assigned shall not be less than the Minimum Amount therefor, and (iv)
the effective date of any such assignment shall be as specified in the
Assignment and Acceptance, but not earlier than the date which is five Business
Days after the date Administrative Agent has received the Assignment and
Acceptance. Upon obtaining any consent required as set forth in the prior
sentence, any forms required by SECTION 11.21 and payment of the requisite fee
described below, the assignee named therein shall be a Lender for all purposes
of this Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Interest (as defined in such
Assignment and Acceptance), and the assigning Lender shall be released from any
further obligations under this Agreement to the extent of such Assigned
Interest. Upon request, Borrower shall execute and deliver new or replacement
Notes to the assigning Lender and the assignee Lender to evidence Loans made by
them. Administrative Agent's consent to any assignment shall not be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by any Administrative Agent-Related
Person as to any matter. Administrative Agent shall record the information
contained in the Assignment and Acceptance in the Register. For purposes hereof,
each mutual fund that is an Affiliate of a Lender shall be deemed to be a single
Eligible Assignee, whether or not such fund is managed by the same fund manager
as other mutual funds that are Affiliates of the same Lender.
(c) After receipt of a completed Assignment and Acceptance, and receipt
of an assignment fee of $4,000 from such Eligible Assignee and/or such assigning
Lender (including in the case of assignments to Affiliates of assigning
Lenders), Administrative Agent shall, promptly following the effective date
thereof, provide to Borrower and Lenders a revised SCHEDULE 11.02 giving effect
thereto.
(d) Each Lender may from time to time, without the consent of any other
Person, grant participations to one or more other Person (including another
Lender) of all or any portion of its Pro Rata Share of its Commitment and/or
Extensions of Credit; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such Lender's obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, (iii) the participating banks or other financial institutions shall
not be a Lender hereunder for any purpose except, if the participation agreement
so provides, for the purposes of SECTION 4 (but only to the extent that the cost
of such benefits to Borrower does not exceed the cost which Borrower would have
incurred in respect of such Lender absent the participation) and subject to
SECTIONS 11.05 AND 11.06, (iv) Borrower, Administrative Agent and the other
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, (v)
the participation agreement shall not restrict an increase in the combined
Commitments or in the granting Lender's Commitment or Pro Rata Share, so long as
the amount of the participation interest is not increased, and (vi) the consent
of the holder of such participation interest shall not be required for
amendments or waivers of provisions of the Loan Documents; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the assigning Lender may, in any agreement with a participant, give such
participant the right to consent to any matter which (A) extends the Maturity
Date as to such participant or any other date upon which any payment of money is
due to such participant, (B) reduces the rate of interest owing to such
participant, any fee or any other monetary amount owing to such participant, or
(C) reduces the amount of any installment of principal owing to such
participant. Any Lender that sells a participation to any Person that is a
"foreign corporation, partnership or trust" within the meaning of the Code shall
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include in its participation agreement with such Person a covenant by such
Person that such Person will comply with the provisions of SECTION 11.21 as if
such Person were a Lender and provide that Administrative Agent and Borrower
shall be third party beneficiaries of such covenant.
11.05 SET-OFF. In addition to any rights and remedies of Administrative
Agent and Lenders or any assignee or participant of any Lender or any Affiliate
thereof (each, a "PROCEEDING PARTY") provided by law, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Proceeding Party is
authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to Borrower,
any such notice being waived by Borrower to the fullest extent permitted by law,
to proceed directly, by right of set-off, banker's lien, or otherwise, against
any assets of the Borrower Parties which may be in the hands of such Proceeding
Party (including all general or special, time or demand, provisional or other
deposits and other indebtedness owing by such Proceeding Party to or for the
credit or the account of Borrower) and apply such assets against the
Obligations, irrespective of whether such Proceeding Party shall have made any
demand therefor and although such Obligations may be unmatured; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, this SECTION 11.05 shall not supercede or affect the arrangements of
any Proceeding Party under any assignment of account, Lockbox Agreement or other
arrangement restricting the Proceeding Party's rights in any account. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify Borrower and Administrative Agent after any
such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application.
11.06 SHARING OF PAYMENTS. Each Lender severally agrees that if it,
through the exercise of any right of setoff, banker's lien or counterclaim
against Borrower or otherwise, receives payment of the Obligations held by it of
a type owed ratably to the various Lenders that is ratably more than any other
Lender receives in payment of those Obligations held by such other Lender, then,
subject to applicable Laws: (a) such Lender exercising the right of setoff,
banker's lien or counterclaim or otherwise receiving such payment shall
purchase, and shall be deemed to have simultaneously purchased, from the other
Lender a participation in the Obligations held by the other Lender and shall pay
to the other Lender a purchase price in an amount so that the share of the
Obligations held by each Lender after the exercise of the right of setoff,
banker's lien or counterclaim or receipt of payment shall be in the same
proportion that existed prior to the exercise of the right of setoff, banker's
lien or counterclaim or receipt of payment; and (b) such other adjustments and
purchases of participations shall be made from time to time as shall be
equitable to ensure that all Lenders share any payment obtained in respect of
the Obligations ratably in accordance with each Lender's share of the
Obligations immediately prior to, and without taking into account, the payment;
PROVIDED that, if all or any portion of a disproportionate payment obtained as a
result of the exercise of the right of setoff, banker's lien, counterclaim or
otherwise is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender by Borrower or any
Person claiming through or succeeding to the rights of Borrower, the purchase of
a participation shall be rescinded and the purchase price thereof shall be
restored to the extent of the recovery, but without interest. Each Lender that
purchases a participation in the Obligations pursuant to this Section shall from
and after the purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands,
directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the
portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing
Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased. Borrower expressly
consents to the
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foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a participation in an
Obligation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of setoff, banker's lien
or counterclaim with respect to the participation as fully as if Lender were the
original owner of the Obligation purchased.
11.07 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
(a) No failure by any Lender or Administrative Agent to exercise, and
no delay by any Lender or Administrative Agent in exercising, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under any
Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
(b) The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein or therein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by Law. Any decision by Administrative Agent or any Lender
not to require payment of any interest (including Default Interest), fee, cost
or other amount payable under any Loan Document or to calculate any amount
payable by a particular method on any occasion shall in no way limit or be
deemed a waiver of Administrative Agent's or such Lender's right to require full
payment thereof, or to calculate an amount payable by another method that is not
inconsistent with this Agreement, on any other or subsequent occasion.
(c) Except with respect to SECTION 10.09, the terms and conditions of
SECTION 10 are for the sole benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders.
11.08 USURY. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any
Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents
shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by
applicable Law (the "MAXIMUM RATE"). If Administrative Agent or any Lender shall
receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excessive
interest shall be applied to the principal of the Outstanding Obligations or, if
it exceeds the unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower. In determining whether
the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a
Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an
expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments
and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in
equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated
term of the Obligations.
11.09 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
11.10 INTEGRATION. This Agreement, together with the other Loan
Documents and any letter agreements referred to herein, comprises the complete
and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on the subject matter hereof.
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those
of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and
govern; PROVIDED that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor
of Administrative Agent
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or Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this
Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the
respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor
of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
11.11 NATURE OF LENDERS' OBLIGATIONS. Nothing contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and no action taken by Administrative Agent
or Lenders or any of them pursuant hereto or thereto may, or may be deemed to,
make Lenders a partnership, an association, a joint venture or other entity,
either among themselves or with Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower. Each
Lender's obligation to make any Extension of Credit pursuant hereto is several
and not joint or joint and several. A default by any Lender will not increase
the Pro Rata Share attributable to any other Lender.
11.12 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations
and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document, certificate or
statement delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or
therewith shall survive the execution and delivery thereof. Such representations
and warranties have been or will be relied upon by Administrative Agent and each
Lender, notwithstanding any investigation made by Administrative Agent or any
Lender or on their behalf.
11.13 INDEMNITY BY BORROWER.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, Borrower agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each
Administrative Agent-Related Person and each Lender and their respective
Affiliates, directors, officers, agents, attorneys and employees (collectively
the "INDEMNITEES") from and against: (a) any and all claims, demands, actions or
causes of action that are asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (other
than Administrative Agent or any Lender) relating directly or indirectly to a
claim, demand, action or cause of action that such Person asserts or may assert
against any Borrower Party, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their officers
or directors; (b) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action
arising out of or relating to, the Loan Documents, any predecessor loan
documents, the Commitments, the use or contemplated use of the proceeds of any
Loan, or the relationship of any Borrower Party, Administrative Agent and
Lenders under this Agreement; (c) any administrative or investigative proceeding
by any Governmental Authority arising out of or related to a claim, demand,
action or cause of action described in subsection (a) or (b) above; and (d) any
and all liabilities, losses, costs or expenses (including Attorney Costs) that
any Indemnitee suffers or incurs as a result of the assertion of any foregoing
claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding, or as a result of the
preparation of any defense in connection with any foregoing claim, demand,
action, cause of action or proceeding, in all cases, whether or not arising out
of the negligence of an Indemnitee, whether or not an Indemnitee is a party to
such claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding (all the foregoing,
collectively, the "INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES"); PROVIDED that no Indemnitee shall
be entitled to indemnification for any loss caused by its own gross negligence
or willful misconduct or for any loss asserted against it by another Indemnitee.
The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of all Obligations.
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(b) If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is
necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one
currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be Spot Rate.
The obligation of Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY") other than
that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Loan Documents (the "AGREEMENT CURRENCY"), be discharged only
to the extent that Administrative Agent and Lenders can purchase the Equivalent
Amount of the Agreement Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so
purchased is insufficient, Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify relevant Indemnitees against
such loss. If the Equivalent Amount of the Agreement Currency is greater than
the amount due, Lender agrees to return any excess to the Person who may be
entitled thereto.
11.14 NONLIABILITY OF LENDERS. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) Any inspections of any property of Borrower made by or through
Administrative Agent or Lenders are for purposes of administration of the Loan
Documents only, and Borrower is not entitled to rely upon the same (whether or
not such inspections are at the expense of Borrower);
(b) By accepting or approving anything required to be observed,
performed, fulfilled or given to Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to the
Loan Documents, neither Administrative Agent nor Lenders shall be deemed to have
warranted or represented the sufficiency, legality, effectiveness or legal
effect of the same, or of any term, provision or condition thereof, and such
acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute a warranty or representation
to anyone with respect thereto by Administrative Agent or Lenders;
(c) The relationship between Borrower and Administrative Agent and
Lenders is, and shall at all times remain, solely that of borrower and lenders;
neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall under any circumstance be
deemed to be in a relationship of confidence or trust or a fiduciary
relationship with Borrower or its Affiliates, or to owe any fiduciary duty to
Borrower or its Affiliates; neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender
undertakes or assumes any responsibility or duty to Borrower or its Affiliates
to select, review, inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform Borrower or
its Affiliates of any matter in connection with their property or the operations
of Borrower or its Affiliates; Borrower and its Affiliates shall rely entirely
upon their own judgment with respect to such matters; and any review,
inspection, supervision, exercise of judgment or supply of information
undertaken or assumed by Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with
such matters is solely for the protection of Administrative Agent and Lenders
and neither Borrower nor any other Person is entitled to rely thereon; and
(d) Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible or
liable to any Person for any loss, damage, liability or claim of any kind
relating to injury or death to Persons or damage to property caused by the
actions, inaction or negligence of Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries and Borrower
hereby indemnifies and holds Administrative Agent and Lenders harmless from any
such loss, damage, liability or claim.
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11.15 NO THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED. This Agreement is made for the
purpose of defining and setting forth certain obligations, rights and duties of
Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders in connection with the Extensions of
Credit, and is made for the sole benefit of Borrower, Administrative Agent and
Lenders, and Administrative Agent's and Lenders' successors and assigns. Except
as provided in SECTIONS 11.04 and 11.13, no other Person shall have any rights
of any nature hereunder or by reason hereof.
11.16 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of the Loan Documents that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions thereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
11.17 CONFIDENTIALITY. Administrative Agent, each Lender and each
participant shall use any confidential non-public information concerning the
Borrower Parties and their Subsidiaries that is furnished to Administrative
Agent or such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower Parties and their
Subsidiaries in connection with the Loan Documents (collectively, "CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION") solely for the purpose of evaluating and providing products and
services to them and administering and enforcing the Loan Documents, and it will
hold the Confidential Information in confidence. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Administrative Agent and each Lender may disclose Confidential Information (a)
to their affiliates or any of their or their affiliates' directors, officers,
employees, auditors, counsel, advisors, or representatives (collectively, the
"REPRESENTATIVES") whom it determines need to know such information for the
purposes set forth in this Section; and (b) to any bank or financial institution
or other entity to which such Lender has assigned or desires to assign an
interest or participation in the Loan Documents or the Obligations, PROVIDED
that any such foregoing recipient of such Confidential Information agrees to
keep such Confidential Information confidential as specified herein. In
addition, Administrative Agent, each Lender, and each Representative may
disclose the Confidential Information (a) to any governmental agency or
regulatory body having or claiming to have authority to regulate or oversee any
aspect of Administrative Agent's or such Lender's business or that of their
Representatives in connection with the exercise of such authority or claimed
authority; (b) to the extent necessary or appropriate to effect or preserve
Administrative Agent's or such Lender's or any of their Affiliates' security (if
any) for any Obligation or to enforce any right or remedy or in connection with
any claims asserted by or against Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of
their Representatives; and (c) pursuant to any subpoena or any similar legal
process. For purposes hereof, the term "Confidential Information" shall not
include information that (x) is in Administrative Agent's or a Lender's or
Representative's possession prior to its being provided by or on behalf of the
Borrower Parties, PROVIDED that such information is not known by Administrative
Agent or such Lender or such Representative to be subject to another
confidentiality agreement with, or other legal or contractual obligation of
confidentiality to, a Borrower Party, (y) is or becomes publicly available
(other than through a breach hereof by Administrative Agent or such Lender or
such Representative), or (z) becomes available to Administrative Agent or such
Lender or such Representative on a nonconfidential basis, PROVIDED that the
source of such information was not known by Administrative Agent or such Lender
or such Representative to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other legal
or contractual obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information.
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11.18 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each Borrower Party shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to, at their expense and without expense to Lenders or
Administrative Agent, do, execute and deliver such further acts and documents as
any Lender or Administrative Agent from time to time reasonably requires for the
assuring and confirming unto Lenders or Administrative Agent of the rights
hereby created or intended now or hereafter so to be, or for carrying out the
intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of any Loan Document.
11.19 HEADINGS. Section headings in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are included for convenience of reference only and are not part of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents for any other purpose.
11.20 TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of the Loan
Documents.
11.21 FOREIGN LENDERS. Each Lender that is a "foreign corporation,
partnership or trust" within the meaning of the Code shall deliver to
Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject to withholding
under the Code (or after accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two
duly signed completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto
(relating to such Person and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of,
withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Person by Borrower pursuant
to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all
payments to be made to such Person by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or
such other evidence satisfactory to Borrower and Administrative Agent that such
Person is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax.
Thereafter and from time to time, each such Person shall (a) promptly submit to
Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one of
such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the
relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then
current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is
satisfactory to Borrower and Administrative Agent of any available exemption
from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments
to be made to such Person by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (b) promptly
notify the Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render
invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (c) take such steps as shall not
be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending
Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that Borrower make any
deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Person. If such
Person fails to deliver the above forms or other documentation, then
Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Person an
amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax imposed by Sections 1441 and
1442 of the Code, without reduction. If any Governmental Authority asserts that
Administrative Agent did not properly withhold any tax or other amount from
payments made in respect of such Person, such Person shall indemnify
Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes
imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Agent under this
Section, and costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of Administrative
Agent. The obligation of Lenders under this Section shall survive the payment of
all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent.
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11.22 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS.
(a) Under the circumstances set forth in SECTION 4.06(B) of this
Agreement providing that Borrower shall have the right to remove or replace a
Lender as a party to this Agreement, Borrower may, upon notice to such Lender
and Administrative Agent, remove such Lender by (i) non ratably terminating such
Lender's Commitment (and thereby reducing the aggregate Commitments) and/or (ii)
causing such Lender to assign its Commitment to one or more other Lenders or
Eligible Assignees procured by Borrower pursuant to SECTION 11.04(B). Borrower
shall (x) pay in full all principal, interest and fees owing to such Lender
through the date of termination or assignment (including any amounts payable
pursuant to SECTION 4.05), (y) provide appropriate assurances and indemnities
(which may include letters of credit) to such Lender as it may reasonably
require with respect to its participation interest in any Letters of Credit or
any Swing Line Loans then outstanding and (z) release such Lender from its
obligations under the Loan Documents. Any Lender being replaced shall execute
and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance covering such Lender's Commitment.
Administrative Agent shall distribute an amended SCHEDULE 2.01, which shall
thereafter be incorporated into this Agreement, to reflect adjustments to
Lenders and their Commitments. Borrower may net any payments required hereunder
against any funds being provided in the same currency by any Lender or Eligible
Assignee replacing a terminating Lender. The effect for purposes of this
Agreement shall be the same as if separate transfers of funds had been made with
respect thereto.
(b) In order to make all Lender's interests in any outstanding
Extensions of Credit ratable in accordance with any revised Pro Rata Shares
after giving effect to the removal or replacement of a Lender, Borrower shall
pay or prepay, if necessary, on the effective date thereof, all outstanding
Extensions of Credit of all Lenders, together with any amounts due under SECTION
4.05. Borrower may then request Extensions of Credit from Lenders in accordance
with their revised Pro Rata Shares.
(c) This section shall supercede any provisions in SECTION 11.01 to the
contrary.
11.23 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, NOTWITHSTANDING ITS EXECUTION OUTSIDE OF
SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL
RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
SITTING IN PINELLAS COUNTY OR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS,
FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THOSE COURTS. EACH BORROWER PARTY,
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING
ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON
CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER
DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH
LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH
MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.
11.24 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT
HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION
OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH
OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM
WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH
CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT
OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH
CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT
A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR
A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE
SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
11.25 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY
EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE
PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
TECH DATA CORPORATION
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, Issuing
Lender and Swing Line Lender
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SCOTIABANC, INC.
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The Bank of Nova Scotia
New York Agency
ABA No.: 026 002 532
For Credit to: Scotiabanc, Inc.
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Re: Tech Data Corporation
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BANK ONE, NA
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Bank One, NA
Chicago, Illinois
ABA No.: 071 000 013
Account No.: 4811-5286-00000
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Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
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In favor of: First Union National Bank
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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SUNTRUST BANK
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Title: Vice President
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
SunTrust Bank
Orlando, Florida
ABA No.: 063 102 152
Account No.: 9215004320
Account Name: SunTrust Bank
Attention: Commercial Loan Operations
For further credit to: Tech Data Corporation
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Favor: Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG,
New York Branch
ABA No.: 026 008 808
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL
By: /s/ A DE GROMARD /s/ P. LATROBE
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Name: A. de Gromard P. Latrobe
Title: Senior Vice President Director
Domestic Lender Branch:
Credit Industriel et Commercial
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
HSBC Bank USA
New York, New York
Account Name: Credit Industriel et Commercial
Account No.: 000123439
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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DG BANK DEUTSCHE
GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG,
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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Title: S.V.P.
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Title: Vice President
Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Office:
DG Bank AG, Atlanta Agency
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Bank of New York
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For Account: DG Bank, New York
Account No.: 8900433876
For further Credit to: Tech Data Corporation
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CITICORP USA, INC.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Office:
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Citibank, N.A.
New York, New York
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Account No.: 3885 8061
Account Name: Citicorp Industrial Credit
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Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN,
LIMITED
By: /s/ MINAMI MIURA
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Name: Minami Miura
Title: Senior Vice President
Lending Office:
The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
New York Branch
1251 Avenue of the Americas
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
New York Branch
ABA No.: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Credit Administration
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
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Name: Xinyue ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ B. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President Vice President
Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Office:
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Dresdner Bank AG, New York and
Grand Cayman Branches
New York, New York
ABA No.: 026 008 303
Account No.: 1 120 347-15
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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Title: V.P.
Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Office:
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
ABA No.: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Account Name: BCA Italiana
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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BANK HAPOALIM B.M.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President First Vice President
& Corporate Manager
Lending Office:
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
ABA No.: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Account No.: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-00000
Account Name: Bank Hapoalim B.M.
Attention: Commercial Loan Operations
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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NATEXIS BANQUE
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. van Tulder ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Multinational Group VP
Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Office:
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
New York, New York
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Account No.: ▇▇▇-▇-▇▇▇▇▇
Account Name: Natexis Banque, NY
Attention: Loan Dept.
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK
AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Office:
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Wire Transfer Instructions:
Deutsche Bank AG
New York Branch
ABA No.: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Reference: Tech Data Corporation
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