EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.,
as the Borrower,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.,
as a Guarantor
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
COMERICA BANK-TEXAS,
as Co-Agent
and
The Lenders Party Hereto
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$60,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2002
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Lead Arranger and Book Runner
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[▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LOGO] [ROYAL BANK OF CANADA LOGO]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS.......................................................................1
Section 1.01 Defined Terms...............................................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions..............................................................30
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms...........................................................................31
Section 1.04 Rounding...................................................................................31
Section 1.05 References to Agreements and Laws..........................................................31
ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND BORROWINGS.......................................................................31
Section 2.01 Revolver Loans.............................................................................31
Section 2.02 Term Loan Facility.........................................................................32
Section 2.03 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.........................................32
Section 2.04 Prepayments................................................................................33
Section 2.05 Reduction or Termination of Commitments....................................................36
Section 2.06 Repayment of Loans.........................................................................37
Section 2.07 Interest...................................................................................37
Section 2.08 Fees.......................................................................................37
Section 2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees...........................................................38
Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt...........................................................................38
Section 2.11 Payments Generally.........................................................................39
Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments........................................................................40
Section 2.13 Priority of Hedging Obligations............................................................41
Section 2.14 Letters of Credit..........................................................................41
Section 2.15 Swing Line Loans...........................................................................47
ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY..............................................................49
Section 3.01 Taxes......................................................................................49
Section 3.02 Illegality.................................................................................50
Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates...............................................................51
Section 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.....51
Section 3.05 Funding Losses.............................................................................52
Section 3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation........................................52
Section 3.07 Survival...................................................................................52
ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWINGS...................................................................52
Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension.....................................................52
Section 4.02 Deadline for Conditions Effective Date.....................................................55
Section 4.03 Conditions to all Loans and L/C Credit Extension...........................................55
ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................................56
Section 5.01 Existence; Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws...................................56
Section 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention............................................................56
Section 5.03 Governmental Authorization.................................................................57
Section 5.04 Binding Effect.............................................................................57
Section 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect...........................................57
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Section 5.06 Litigation.................................................................................57
Section 5.07 No Default.................................................................................57
Section 5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens...............................................................57
Section 5.09 Environmental Compliance...................................................................58
Section 5.10 Insurance..................................................................................58
Section 5.11 Taxes......................................................................................58
Section 5.12 ERISA Compliance...........................................................................58
Section 5.13 Subsidiaries and other Investments.........................................................59
Section 5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act;
Use of Proceeds............................................................................59
Section 5.15 Disclosure.................................................................................59
Section 5.16 Labor Matters..............................................................................59
Section 5.17 Compliance with Laws.......................................................................59
Section 5.18 Third Party Approvals......................................................................60
Section 5.19 Solvency...................................................................................60
Section 5.20 Collateral.................................................................................60
Section 5.21 Concerning the Vessels.....................................................................60
Section 5.22 Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc.......................................................61
ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS................................................................................61
Section 6.01 Financial Statements.......................................................................61
Section 6.02 Certificates; Other Information............................................................62
Section 6.03 Notices....................................................................................63
Section 6.04 Payment of Obligations.....................................................................63
Section 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.............................................................63
Section 6.06 Maintenance of Assets and Business.........................................................64
Section 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance...................................................................64
Section 6.08 Compliance with Laws and Contractual Obligations...........................................64
Section 6.09 Books and Records..........................................................................64
Section 6.10 Inspection Rights..........................................................................64
Section 6.11 Compliance with ERISA......................................................................65
Section 6.12 Use of Proceeds............................................................................65
Section 6.13 Material Agreements........................................................................65
Section 6.14 Concerning the Vessels.....................................................................65
Section 6.15 Guaranties.................................................................................66
Section 6.16 Company Identity...........................................................................66
Section 6.17 Vessel Mortgages...........................................................................66
Section 6.18 Further Assurances; Additional Collateral..................................................66
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS..................................................................................67
Section 7.01 Liens......................................................................................67
Section 7.02 Investments and Acquisitions...............................................................69
Section 7.03 Hedging Agreements.........................................................................70
Section 7.04 Indebtedness...............................................................................70
Section 7.05 Lease Obligations..........................................................................70
Section 7.06 Fundamental Changes........................................................................70
Section 7.07 Dispositions...............................................................................71
Section 7.08 Restricted Payments; Distributions and Redemptions.........................................71
Section 7.09 ERISA......................................................................................72
Section 7.10 Nature of Business; Capital Expenditures...................................................72
Section 7.11 Transactions with Affiliates...............................................................72
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Section 7.12 Burdensome Agreements......................................................................72
Section 7.13 Use of Proceeds............................................................................72
Section 7.14 Amendments to Material Agreements; Amendment to Omnibus Agreement Administrative Fee.......72
Section 7.15 Financial Covenants........................................................................73
Section 7.16 Capital Expenditures.......................................................................73
Section 7.17 Subordinated Indebtedness..................................................................74
ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.....................................................................74
Section 8.01 Events of Default..........................................................................74
Section 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.............................................................76
ARTICLE IX. AGENTS...............................................................................................77
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent;
Lender Hedging Agreements..................................................................77
Section 9.02 Delegation of Duties.......................................................................78
Section 9.03 Default; Master Consent to Assignment......................................................78
Section 9.04 Liability of Administrative Agent..........................................................80
Section 9.05 Reliance by Administrative Agent...........................................................80
Section 9.06 Notice of Default..........................................................................81
Section 9.07 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent.........................81
Section 9.08 Indemnification of Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent...........................81
Section 9.09 Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in their Individual Capacities...................82
Section 9.10 Successor Agents...........................................................................82
Section 9.11 Other Agents; Lead Managers................................................................83
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................83
Section 10.01 Amendments, Release of Collateral, Etc................................................83
Section 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies....................................85
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies........................................................86
Section 10.04 Attorney Costs; Expenses and Taxes....................................................86
Section 10.05 Indemnification.......................................................................87
Section 10.06 Payments Set Aside....................................................................88
Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns................................................................88
Section 10.08 Confidentiality.......................................................................90
Section 10.09 Set-off...............................................................................91
Section 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation..............................................................91
Section 10.11 Counterparts..........................................................................92
Section 10.12 Integration...........................................................................92
Section 10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties............................................92
Section 10.14 Severability..........................................................................92
Section 10.15 Foreign Lenders.......................................................................92
Section 10.16 Governing Law.........................................................................93
Section 10.17 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury, Etc.................................................94
Section 10.18 Master Consent to Assignment..........................................................94
Section 10.19 Entire Agreement......................................................................94
SIGNATURES.............................................................................................S-1
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SCHEDULES
1.01(a) Description of Assumed Indebtedness
1.01(b) Designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shareholders
1.01(c) Stanolind Terminal Agreements
2.01 Commitments
5.13 Subsidiaries and other Equity Investments
5.21 Vessels
7.01 Existing Liens
10.02 Addresses for Notices to Borrower, Guarantors,
Administrative Agent, and Collateral Agent
EXHIBITS
Exhibit: Form of:
A-1 Committed Loan Notice
A-2 Conversion/Continuation Notice
B-1 Revolver Note
B-2 Term Note
C Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a)
D Assignment and Assumption
E-1 Subsidiary Guaranty
E-2 Guaranty (MLP)
F-1 Legal Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P.
F-2 Post-Closing Legal Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P.
G-1 Borrower Pledge and Security Agreement
G-2 Subsidiary Pledge and Security Agreement
G-3 MLP Pledge and Security Agreement
H Master Consent to Assignment
I Borrowing Base Certificate
J Swing Line Loan Notice
K Fleet Mortgage
L Leasehold Mortgage (Tampa Facility)
M Deed of Trust (Stanolind Terminal)
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
CREDIT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into as of November 6,
2002, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(the "Borrower"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(the "MLP"), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the
"Lenders" and individually, a "Lender"), ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, a Canadian
chartered bank under and governed by the provisions of the Bank Act, being S.C.
1991, c.46, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and COMERICA
BANK-TEXAS, a Texas State Bank, as Co-Agent.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a secured term loan
facility and a secured revolving credit facility, and the Lenders 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:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01 DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Accounts Receivable means and includes all of the Borrower's and the
Subsidiaries' now owned or hereafter acquired or arising accounts, as defined in
the U.C.C., including any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or
rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by performance.
Acquisition means any acquisition by a Company of assets (other than
equity interests and assets acquired in the ordinary course of business in
connection with or incidental to its then existing businesses and operations).
For the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition of Vessels shall not be considered a
transaction in the ordinary course of business.
Acquisition Subfacility has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
Acquisition Subfacility Commitment means an amount (subject to
reduction or cancellation as herein provided) equal to $10,000,000.
Additional Amount has the meaning specified in Section 7.17(a).
Administrative Agent means Royal Bank in its capacity as administrative
agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
Administrative Agent's Office means the Administrative Agent's address
and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other
address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to
the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such 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, managing members, 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.
Agent/Arranger Fee Letter has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b).
Agent-Related Persons means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent (including any successor administrative agent and collateral agent),
together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors,
employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
Aggregate Commitments has the meaning set forth in the definition of
"Commitment."
Aggregate Committed Sum means, on any date of determination, the sum of
all Committed Sums then in effect for all Lenders in respect of the Revolver
Facility and the Term Loan Facility (as the same may have been reduced or
canceled as provided in the Loan Documents).
Agreement means this
Credit Agreement.
Applicable Rate means the following percentages per annum set forth in
the table below, on any date of determination, with respect to the Type of
Credit Extension or commitment fee that corresponds to the Leverage Ratio at
such date of determination, as calculated based on the quarterly Compliance
Certificate most recently delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
APPLICABLE RATE
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Letter of
Credit and
Pricing Commitment Eurodollar Base Rate +
Level Leverage Ratio fee (bps) Rate + (bps) (bps)
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1 Less than or equal to 37.5 175.0 75.0
1.00:1.00
2 Greater than 1.00:1.00 but 37.5 200.0 100.0
less than or equal to
2.00:1.00
3 Greater than 2.00:1.00 but 50.0 225.0 125.0
less than or equal to
2.50:1.00
4 Greater than 2.50:1.00 but 50.0 250.0 150.0
less than or equal to
2.75:1.00
5 Greater than 2.75:1.00 50.0 275.0 175.0
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change
in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first day of the fiscal
quarter of the Borrower immediately following the date of a Compliance
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.02; provided, however, that if no
Compliance Certificate is delivered during a fiscal quarter when due in
accordance with such Section the following Pricing Levels and Applicable Rates
shall apply: (a) Pricing Level 4 shall apply as of the first day of such
following fiscal quarter if Pricing Level 1, 2, or 3 is in effect for the
current fiscal quarter; (b) Pricing Level 5 shall apply as of the first day of
such following fiscal quarter if Pricing Level 4 is in effect for the current
fiscal quarter; and (c) Base Rate plus 2.00% shall apply as of the first day of
such following fiscal quarter if Pricing Level 5 is in effect for the current
fiscal quarter. The Applicable Rate
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in effect from the Closing Date through the date the Compliance Certificate is
delivered in connection with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003, shall be
the greater of (i) Pricing Level 3 or (ii) the Pricing Level that corresponds to
the Leverage Ratio set forth in the most recently delivered Compliance
Certificate.
Appraisal shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(d).
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.
Arranger means Royal Bank, in its capacity as lead arranger and book
runner.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 10.07), and accepted by the Administrative Agent
substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
Assumed Indebtedness means the Indebtedness described on Schedule
1.01(a).
Attorney Costs means and includes the fees and disbursements of any law
firm or other external counsel.
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date, (a) in respect of any
Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on
a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP
and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of
the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if
such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
Authorizations means all filings, recordings, and registrations with,
and all validations or exemptions, approvals, orders, authorizations, consents,
franchises, licenses, certificates, and permits from, any Governmental
Authority.
Availability Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a).
Bank Guaranties means guaranties or other agreements or instruments
serving a similar function issued by a bank or other financial institution.
Base Rate means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest
in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time in its sole
discretion by Royal Bank as its prime commercial lending rate for United States
Dollar loans in the United States. Royal Bank's prime commercial lending rate is
not necessarily the lowest rate Royal Bank is charging any corporate customer.
Any change in such rate announced by Royal Bank 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 that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States of America.
Borrower has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
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Borrower Affiliate means the Borrower, the Borrower General Partner,
the MLP, the MLP General Partner, and each of their respective Subsidiaries.
Borrower General Partner means the general partner of the Borrower. As
of the Closing Date, the general partner of the Borrower is ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Operating GP
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Borrower Operating Agreements means the Organization Documents of each
of the MLP General Partner, the MLP, the Borrower General Partner, the Borrower
and each of their respective Subsidiaries.
Borrowing means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the
context may require.
Borrowing Base (Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility) means an
amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) seventy-five percent (75%) of the Eligible
Accounts Receivable and (ii) sixty percent (60%) of the Eligible Inventory
(amounts available under this clause (ii) of the Borrowing Base (Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility) which are attributable to Fertilizer shall not
exceed $4,000,000) less (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all First
Purchase Payables and (ii) the Borrowing Base Reserve. The Borrowing Base
(Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility) shall be determined each month by
reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the
Administrative Agent (absent any error in such Borrowing Base Certificate) which
shall be effective as of the date such certificate is required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.02(e).
Borrowing Base Certificate means a certificate in the form of Exhibit H
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, together with all
attachments contemplated thereby.
Borrowing Base Reserve means the following amounts:
BORROWING BASE RESERVE BORROWING BASE RESERVE PERIOD
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$0 Closing Date through January 5, 2003
$375,000 January 6, 2003 through April 5, 2003
$750,000 April 6, 2003 through July 5, 2003
$1,125,000 July 6, 2003 through October 5, 2003
$1,500,000 October 6, 2003 through January 5, 2004
$1,875,000 January 6, 2004 through April 5, 2004
$2,250,000 April 6, 2004 through July 5, 2004
$2,625,000 July 6, 2004 through October 5, 2004
$3,000,000 October 6, 2004 through January 5, 2005
$3,375,000 January 6, 2005 through April 5, 2005
$3,750,000 April 6, 2005 through July 5, 2005
$4,125,000 July 6, 2005 through Stated Maturity Date
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day
on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in
fact closed in, the state where the
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Administrative Agent's Office is located and, if such day relates to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits
are conducted by and between banks in the applicable offshore Dollar interbank
market.
Capital Expenditure by a Person means an expenditure (determined in
accordance with GAAP) for any fixed asset owned by such Person for use in the
operations of such Person having a useful life of more than one year, or any
improvements or additions thereto.
Capital Lease means any capital lease or sublease which should be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as
collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash and deposit account balances pursuant
to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, and the L/C Issuer (which documents hereby are consented
to by the Lenders).
Cash Equivalents means:
(a) United States Dollars;
(b) direct general obligations, or obligations of, or obligations fully
and unconditionally guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and
interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
remaining maturities of not more than thirteen (13) months, but excluding any
such securities whose terms do not provide for payment of a fixed dollar amount
upon maturity or call for redemptions;
(c) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of thirteen (13) months or less, bankers acceptances with maturities
not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, overnight bank deposits and other
similar short term instruments, in each case with any domestic commercial bank
(i) having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 and (ii) (A) having a
rating of at least "A2" by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and at least "A" by S&P or (B) that is a
Lender not rated by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and/or S&P;
(d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirteen (13)
months for underlying securities of the types described in (b) and (c) above
entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications in (c)
above;
(e) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than two
hundred seventy (270) days) of any Person rated "P-1" or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or
"A-1" or the equivalent by S&P; and
(f) money market mutual or similar funds having assets in excess of
$100,000,000, at least 95% of the assets of which are comprised of assets
specified in clause (a) through (e) above.
CF Industries means CF Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur means ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner means ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
Change of Control means (a) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource shall fail to own, directly
or indirectly, at least 51% of the general partnership interests and at least
33?% of the limited partnership interests in the MLP,
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(b) any Person, entity or group (other than ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource) acquires beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Exchange Act) of 66 2/3% or more of the limited partnership
interests in the MLP, (c) the MLP shall fail to own, directly or indirectly,
100% of the equity interests in the Borrower, (d) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource fails for any
reason to control, directly or indirectly, the management of the MLP or fails to
control, directly or indirectly, the management of the Borrower, or (e) a ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource Change of Control shall occur.
Change in Law means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation
or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the L/C
Issuer (or, for purposes of Section 3.04(b), by any lending office of such
Lender or by such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's holding company, if any) with any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
Closing Date means the date upon which this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents have been executed by the Borrower, the MLP, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, and the Collateral Agent.
Co-Agent Related Person means Comerica Bank-Texas, a Texas State Bank,
together with its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Collateral means all property and interests in property and proceeds
thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by the MLP, the Borrower, and their
respective Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien now or hereafter exists in favor
of the Lenders, or the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, including all
of the assets (including stock and other equity interests, provided, neither
equity interests in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur nor the general partnership interests of
the Borrower shall be pledged unless the conditions in Section 6.18 are
satisfied) of the MLP, the Borrower General Partner, the Borrower, and their
respective Subsidiaries, whether under this Agreement, the Collateral Documents,
or under any other document executed by any Borrower Affiliate and delivered to
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
Collateral Agent means Royal Bank, in its capacity as collateral agent
under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent.
Collateral Agent's Office means the Collateral Agent's address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or
account as the Collateral Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and
the Lenders.
Collateral Documents means (a) each guaranty, pledge agreement,
security agreement, ship mortgage, fleet mortgage, mortgage, assignment, and all
other security agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, chattel mortgages,
assignments, pledges, guaranties, financing statements, continuation statements,
extension agreements and other similar agreements or instruments executed by the
Borrower, the MLP, the Borrower General Partner, any Guarantor, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries for the benefit of the Lenders now or hereafter
delivered to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and all financing
statements (or comparable documents now or hereafter filed in accordance with
the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law) against the Borrower, the MLP,
the MLP General Partner, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries
as debtor in favor of the Lenders or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders as secured party to secure or guarantee the payment of any part of the
Obligations or the performance of any other duties and obligations of Borrower
under the Loan Documents, whenever made or delivered, and
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(b) any amendments, supplements, modifications, renewals, replacements,
consolidations, substitutions, restatements, and extensions of any of the
foregoing.
Commitment means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make (i)
Committed Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, in an amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed its Committed Sum, (ii) make Committed Loans
to the Borrower on the Conditions Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.02, in an
amount not to exceed its Committed Sum, (iii) to purchase participations in L/C
Obligations pursuant to Section 2.14, in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed, when aggregated with the Loans made pursuant
to Section 2.01, its Committed Sum, and (iv) to purchase participations in Swing
Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.15, in an amount at any one time outstanding
not to exceed its Committed Sum, in each case as such amount may be reduced or
adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (collectively, the
"Aggregate Commitments").
Committed Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Committed Loans of the same Type and having the same Interest Period made by
each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.02.
Committed Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 and 2.02.
Committed Loan Notice means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b)
a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a
continuation of Committed Loans as the same Type, pursuant to Section 2.03(a),
which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2,
as applicable.
Committed Sum means for any Lender (a) with respect to the Acquisition
Subfacility, at any date of determination occurring prior to the Maturity Date,
the amount stated beside such Lender's name under the heading for the
Acquisition Subfacility on the most-recently amended Schedule 2.01 to this
Agreement (which amount is subject to increase, reduction, or cancellation in
accordance with the Loan Documents), (b) with respect to the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility, at any date of determination occurring prior
to the Maturity Date, the amount stated beside such Lender's name under the
heading for the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility on the most recently
amended Schedule 2.01 to this Agreement (which amount is subject to increase,
reduction, or cancellation in accordance with the Loan Documents), and (c) with
respect to the Term Loan Facility, at any date of determination occurring prior
to the Maturity Date, the amount stated beside such Lender's name under the
heading for the Term Loan Facility on the most-recently amended Schedule 2.01 to
this Agreement (which amount is subject to increase, reduction, or cancellation
in accordance with the Loan Documents).
Company and Companies means, on any date of determination thereof, the
MLP, the Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries.
Compensation Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(e)(ii).
Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.
Conditions Effective Date means the first date all the conditions
precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section
4.01 (or, in the case of Sections 4.01(b) and (c), waived by the Person entitled
to receive the applicable payment).
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period, for the MLP and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i)
Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges, (iii) the amount of
taxes, based on or measured by income, used or included in the determination of
such
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Consolidated Net Income, (iv) the amount of depreciation, depletion, and
amortization expense deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (v)
other non-cash charges and expenses, including, without limitation, non-cash
charges and expenses relating to Swap Contracts or resulting from accounting
convention changes, of the MLP and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and
(vi) cash distributions actually received by the MLP and its Subsidiaries from
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur less (b) the amount of the MLP's and its Subsidiaries' equity
in the earnings of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur, all determined in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of calculating compliance with Section 7.15, (A)
Consolidated EBITDA for any fiscal quarter ending on or prior to September 30,
2002, shall be the pro forma results of the MLP set forth in financial
statements provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and to each
Lender, which financial information shall be prepared using a methodology
substantially similar to the methodology used in preparing the pro forma results
of the MLP as set forth in the MLP Registration Statement, and (B) Consolidated
EBITDA for any fiscal quarter ending on or after December 31, 2002, shall be the
actual results of the MLP as set forth in financial statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in the Form 10-K or 10-Q (financial results
for the period ended December 31, 2002, shall be adjusted on a pro forma basis
as necessary for the period prior to the MLP Offering Closing), in each case
with respect to which financial statements the Borrower shall have provided a
certificate containing the representations and warranties set forth in Section
5.05(a).
Consolidated Funded Debt means, as of any date of determination, for
the MLP 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 Letters of Credit and all other
Obligations hereunder), (b) Attributable Indebtedness with respect to Capital
Leases, (c) Attributable Indebtedness with respect to Synthetic Lease
Obligations, and (d) without duplication, all Guaranty Obligations with respect
to Indebtedness of the type specified in subsections (a) through (c) above.
Consolidated Interest Charges means, for any period, for the MLP and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all interest, premium
payments, fees, charges and related expenses of the MLP and its Subsidiaries in
connection with Indebtedness (including capitalized interest), in each case to
the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, for the MLP and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income or net loss of the MLP and
its Subsidiaries from continuing operations, provided that there shall be
excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein): (a)
the income (or loss) of any entity other than a Subsidiary in which the MLP or
any Subsidiary has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such
income has been actually received by the MLP or such Subsidiary in the form of
cash dividends or similar cash distributions; (b) net extraordinary gains and
losses (other than, in the case of losses, losses resulting from charges against
net income to establish or increase reserves for potential environmental
liabilities and reserves for exposure under rate cases), (c) any gains or losses
attributable to non-cash write-ups or write-downs of assets, (d) proceeds of any
insurance on property, plant or equipment other than business interruption
insurance, (e) any gain or loss, net of taxes, on the sale, retirement or other
disposition of assets (including the capital stock or other equity ownership of
any other person, but excluding the sale of inventories in the ordinary course
of business), and (f) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles.
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound.
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Contribution Agreement means the Contribution, Conveyance and
Assumption Agreement dated as of October 31, 2002, by and among the MLP, the
Borrower, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, the MLP General Partner, the Borrower General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas
Marine, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇. Gas, Inc., a Texas corporation, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Transport, Inc., a Texas corporation, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur Holding Corporation, a
Nevada corporation, and Midstream Fuel Service LLC, an Alabama limited liability
company.
Credit Extension means each of the following: (a) a Committed
Borrowing, (b) a Swing Line Borrowing, and (c) an L/C Credit Extension.
Current Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
consolidated current assets of the MLP and its Subsidiaries (including any
unused portion of the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment) to
(b) consolidated current liabilities of the MLP and its Subsidiaries, both as
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that for purposes of this
definition, non-cash marked-to-market adjustments relating to Swap Agreements
required to be made under GAAP shall be excluded for purposes of determining
such ratio.
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 and affecting the
rights of creditors generally.
Default means any event 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 (a) the Base Rate plus (b)
the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2% per
annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any
Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each
case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
Designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shareholders means the shareholders of ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource reflected in Schedule 1.01(b) hereto, together with their respective
Affiliates, Family and Family Trusts.
Disposition or Dispose means the sale, transfer, license, or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property
(including stock, partnership and other equity interests) by any Person of
property owned by such Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer, or
other disposal (including any damage to, loss or destruction of any property, or
other event resulting in payments being made to a Person under an insurance
policy or as a result of any condemnation or Vessel requisition), with or
without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Disposition shall not
include the issuance by a Person of its own equity interests.
Distribution Loan means a Committed Loan which is made in whole or in
part for the purpose of paying a Quarterly Distribution or for the purpose of
reimbursing the General Partner for the purchase price of partnership units
purchased under the MLP's long-term incentive plan.
Dollar or $ means lawful money of the United States of America.
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Domestic Person means any corporation, general partnership, limited
partnership, or limited liability company that is organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Eligible Accounts Receivable means Accounts Receivable, excluding any
Account Receivable:
(a) with respect to which more than ninety (90) days have elapsed since
the date of the original invoice;
(b) with respect to which any of the representations, warranties,
covenants, and agreements contained in any Collateral Document are incorrect or
have been breached in any material respect;
(c) with respect to which, in whole or in part, a check, promissory
note, draft, trade acceptance or other instrument for the payment of money has
been received, presented for payment and returned uncollected for any reason for
such Account Receivable (or any other Account Receivable due from such account
debtor);
(d) which represents a progress billing (as hereinafter defined) or as
to which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries has extended the time for
payment without the consent of the Administrative Agent; for the purposes
hereof, "progress billing" means any invoice for goods sold or leased or
services rendered under a contract or agreement pursuant to which the account
debtor's obligation to pay such invoice is conditioned upon the Borrower's or
any of the Subsidiaries' completion of any further performance under the
contract or agreement;
(e) with respect to which any one or more of the following events has
occurred to the account debtor on such Account Receivable: death or judicial
declaration of incompetency of an account debtor who is an individual; the
filing by or against the account debtor of a request or petition for
liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as a
bankrupt, winding-up, or other relief under the bankruptcy, insolvency, or
similar laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any
foreign jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect; the making of any general
assignment by the account debtor for the benefit of creditors; the appointment
of a receiver or trustee for the account debtor or for any of the assets of the
account debtor, including, without limitation, the appointment of or taking
possession by a "custodian," as defined in the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code; the
institution by or against the account debtor of any other type of insolvency
proceeding (under the bankruptcy laws of the United States or otherwise) or of
any formal or informal proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of,
settlement of claims against, or winding up of affairs of, the account debtor;
the sale, assignment, or transfer of all or any material part of the assets of
the account debtor; the nonpayment generally by the account debtor of its debts
as they become due; or the cessation of the business of the account debtor as a
going concern;
(f) if twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the aggregate Dollar amount
of outstanding Accounts Receivable owed at such time by the account debtor
thereon is classified as ineligible under clause (a) above, provided, however,
any Account Receivable classified as ineligible under clause (a) above shall not
be included in the calculation of the twenty-five percent (25%) threshold in
this clause (f) if such Account Receivable is the subject of a bona fide dispute
between such account debtor and the Borrower;
(g) owed by an account debtor which: (1) does not maintain its chief
executive office in the United States; or (2) is not organized under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof; or (3) is the government of any foreign
country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other
political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation,
or other instrumentality
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thereof; except to the extent that such Account Receivable is secured or payable
by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its
discretion;
(h) owed by an account debtor which is an Affiliate or employee of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(i) except as provided in clause (k) below, with respect to which
either the perfection, enforceability, or validity of the Collateral Agent's
Liens in such Account Receivable, or the Collateral Agent's right or ability to
obtain direct payment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of such Account
Receivable, is governed by any federal, state, or local statutory requirements
other than those of the U.C.C.;
(j) owed by an account debtor to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, is indebted in any way, or which is subject to any right of setoff
or recoupment by the account debtor, or if the account debtor thereon has
disputed liability or made any claim with respect to any other Account
Receivable due from such account debtor; but in each such case only to the
extent of such indebtedness, setoff, recoupment, dispute, or claim;
(k) owed by the government of the United States, or any department,
agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. Section 3727 et seq.),
and any other steps necessary to perfect the Collateral Agent's Liens therein,
have been complied with to the Administrative Agent's and Collateral Agent's
satisfaction with respect to such Account Receivable;
(l) owed by any state, municipality, or other political subdivision of
the United States, or any department, agency, public corporation, or other
instrumentality thereof and as to which the Administrative Agent determines that
its Lien therein is not or cannot be perfected;
(m) which represents a sale on a ▇▇▇▇-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale
and return, sale on approval, consignment, or other repurchase or return basis;
(n) which is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or by
chattel paper;
(o) if the Administrative Agent believes, in the exercise of its
reasonable judgment, that the prospect of collection of such Account Receivable
is reasonably likely to be impaired or that the Account Receivable could
reasonably be expected not to be paid by reason of the account debtor's
financial inability to pay;
(p) with respect to which the account debtor is located in any state
requiring the filing of a Notice of Business Activities Report or similar report
in order to permit the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to seek judicial
enforcement in such state of payment of such Account Receivable, unless such
Borrower or Subsidiary has qualified to do business in such state or has filed a
Notice of Business Activities Report or equivalent report for the then current
year;
(q) which arises out of a sale not made in the ordinary course of the
Borrower's or any of the Subsidiaries' business;
(r) with respect to which the goods giving rise to such Account
Receivable have not been shipped and delivered to and accepted by the account
debtor or the services giving rise to such Account Receivable have not been
performed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as applicable, and, if applicable,
accepted by the account debtor, or the account debtor revokes its acceptance of
such goods or services;
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(s) owed by an account debtor which is obligated to the Borrower or any
of the Subsidiaries respecting Accounts Receivable the aggregate unpaid balance
of which exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate unpaid balance of
all Accounts Receivable owed to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at such
time by all of the Borrower's and the Subsidiaries' account debtors, but only to
the extent of such excess;
(t) which is not subject to a first priority and perfected security
interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders except
that the Collateral Agent's Liens may be subject to a statutory Lien in respect
of First Purchase Payables;
(u) which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their
reasonable discretion determine to be ineligible.
If any Account Receivable at any time ceases to be an Eligible Account
Receivable, then such Account Receivable shall promptly be excluded from the
calculation of Eligible Accounts Receivable.
Eligible Assignee means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c)
an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (other than a natural Person) approved
by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Swing Line Lender, (iii) in case of
any assignment of a Revolver Commitment, the L/C Issuer, and (iv) unless a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Borrower
(each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible Assignee" shall not include the
Borrower, the MLP, any ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party, or any of their respective Affiliates or
Subsidiaries.
Eligible Inventory means all Inventory excluding any Inventory:
(a) that is not owned by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;
(b) that is not subject to the Collateral Agent's Liens, which are
perfected as to such Inventory, or that are subject to any other Lien whatsoever
(other than those in respect of First Purchase Payables or the Liens described
in clause (d), (l) and (m) (to the extent clause (f) below has been complied
with) of Section 7.01 ("Permitted Inventory Liens") provided that such Permitted
Inventory Liens described in clause (d), (l) and (m) of Section 7.01 (1) are
junior in priority to the Collateral Agent's Liens and (2) do not materially
impair the ability of the Collateral Agent to realize on or obtain the full
benefit of such Inventory);
(c) that does not consist of finished goods or raw materials;
(d) that is not in good condition, is obsolete, is damaged, is
unmerchantable, or does not meet all standards imposed by any governmental
authority, having regulatory authority over such goods, their use or sale;
(e) that is located outside the United States of America (or that is in
transit from vendors or suppliers);
(f) that is in possession of a bailee or in a facility leased by the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, unless (i) the bailee or the lessor has
delivered to the Administrative Agent, if requested by the Administrative Agent,
a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, or (ii) an amount sufficient in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent has been deducted from the value of such Inventory to cover
rents, storage, handling and related charges;
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(g) that is Inventory placed on consignment;
(h) which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their
reasonable discretion determine to be ineligible.
If any Inventory at any time ceases to be Eligible Inventory, such
Inventory shall promptly be excluded from the calculation of Eligible Inventory.
Environmental Law means any applicable Law that relates to (a) the
condition or protection of air, groundwater, surface water, soil, or other
environmental media, (b) the environment, including natural resources or any
activity which affects the environment, (c) the regulation of any pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, substances, and Hazardous Substances, including, without
limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) ("CERCLA"), the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended by the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.), the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq.), the
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section
11001 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section
1801 et seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Section
4321 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. Section 2701 et seq.), the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), the
Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. Section 401 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water
Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 and Section 300f et seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.),
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.), and analogous
state and local Laws, as any of the foregoing may have been and may be amended
or supplemented from time to time, and any analogous enacted or adopted Law, or
(d) the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for
purposes of provisions of this Agreement relating to obligations imposed under
Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension
Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension
Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which 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 the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
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Eurodollar Rate means for any Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan:
(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page (such page
currently being page 3750) of the Telerate screen (or any successor thereto)
that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
for deposits in Dollars (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) if 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 the 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
Dollars (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) if the rates referenced in the preceding subsections (a) and (b)
are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as
the rate of interest (rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) at which
deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in
same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made,
continued or converted by Royal Bank and with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period would be offered by Royal Bank'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 Rate Loan means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a
rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
Event of Default means any of the events or circumstances specified in
Article VIII.
Evergreen Letter of Credit has the meaning specified in Section
2.14(b)(iii).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Facilities means, collectively, the Revolver Facility and the Term Loan
Facility; Facility means either of the Revolver Facility or the Term Loan
Facility.
Family means, in respect of any individual, the heirs, legatees,
descendants and blood relatives to the third degree of consanguinity of such
individual.
Family Trusts means, in respect of any individual, any trusts for the
exclusive benefit of such individual, his/her spouse and lineal descendants, so
long as such individual has the exclusive right to control each such trust.
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
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average rate charged to Royal Bank on such day on such transactions as
determined by the Administrative Agent.
Fertilizer means fertilizer which is a finished product and ready for
sale.
First Purchase Payables means the unpaid amount of any payable
obligation of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries related to the purchase of
hydrocarbons by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which are (in the
judgment of the Administrative Agent) secured by a statutory Lien, which shall
include but not be limited to the statutory Liens created under the Laws of
Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma, to the extent such payable
obligation is not at the time in question covered by a Letter of Credit issued
hereunder.
Fixed Assets means the Vessels, real estate, and all other fixed
assets, as such term is used in accordance with GAAP, owned by the Borrower, or
any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Lender has the meaning specified in Section 10.15.
Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will
be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles 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 the
Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in
GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so
amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) the Borrower shall
provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and
other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested
hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other legal
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
Guarantors means any Person, including the MLP and every present and
future Subsidiary of Borrower and the MLP, which undertakes to be liable for all
or any part of the Obligations by execution of a Guaranty, or otherwise.
Guaranty means a Guaranty now or hereafter made by any Guarantor in
favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, substantially in the
form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2, as may be amended from time to time.
Guaranty Obligation means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other payment obligation of another
Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly,
and
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including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or
pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other payment obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other payment obligation of the payment of such
Indebtedness or other payment obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
other payment obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in
any other manner the obligees in respect of such Indebtedness or other payment
obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligees against loss in
respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness or other payment obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other payment obligation is assumed
by such Person; provided, however, that the term "Guaranty Obligation" shall not
include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed to be
the lesser of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable outstanding
amount of the related primary obligation and (b) the maximum amount for which
such guarantying Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument
embodying such Guaranty Obligation, unless the outstanding amount of such
primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guarantying Person may
be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such
Guaranty Obligation shall be the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof as determined by the guarantying Person in good faith.
Hazardous Substance means any substance that poses a threat to, or is
regulated to protect, human health, safety, public welfare, or the environment,
including without limitation: (a) any "hazardous substance," "pollutant" or
"contaminant," and any "petroleum" or "natural gas liquids" as those terms are
defined or used under Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ( 42 U.S.C. Sections 9601 et
seq.) ("CERCLA"), (b) "solid waste" as defined by the federal Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 6901 et seq.), (c) asbestos or a material
containing asbestos, (d) any material that contains lead or lead-based paint,
(e) any item or equipment that contains or is contaminated by polychlorinated
biphenyls, (f) any radioactive material, (g) urea formaldehyde, (h) putrescible
materials, (i) infectious materials, (j) toxic microorganisms, including mold,
or (k) any substance the presence or Release of which requires reporting,
investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law.
Honor Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c)(i).
Indebtedness means, as to any Person at a particular time, all of the
following:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the face amount of all letters of credit (including standby and
commercial), banker's acceptances, Bank Guaranties, surety bonds, and similar
instruments issued for the account of such Person, and, without duplication, all
drafts drawn and unpaid thereunder;
(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 marked-to-market value
thereof determined on the basis of readily available quotations provided by any
recognized dealer 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, other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business
not overdue by more than 60 days, and indebtedness (excluding prepaid
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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) Capital Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
(f) Off-Balance Sheet Indebtedness; and
(g) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include
the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a
general partner, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such
Person except for customary exceptions acceptable to the Required Lenders. The
amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall
be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of
such date.
Indemnified Liabilities has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
Indemnitees has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
Initial Financial Statements means the financial statements delivered
pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of Section 4.01(a)(vii).
Interest Coverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four prior fiscal
quarters ending on such date to (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Charges
during such period and (ii) imputed interest charges on Synthetic Leases, of the
MLP and its Subsidiaries during such period. For purposes of calculating the
Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Charges and imputed interest
charges on Synthetic Leases (A) for the fiscal quarter ending September 30,
2002, shall be the pro forma results of the MLP set forth in the financial
statements provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and to each
Lender, which financial information shall be prepared using a methodology
substantially similar to the methodology used in preparing the pro forma results
of the MLP as set forth in the MLP Registration Statement and (B) for any fiscal
quarter ending on or after December 31, 2002, shall be the actual results of the
MLP as set forth in financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in the Form 10-K or 10-Q (financial results for the period ended
December 31, 2002, shall be adjusted on a pro forma basis as necessary for the
period prior to the MLP Offering Closing), in each case with respect to which
financial statements the Borrower shall have provided a certificate containing
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.05(a).
Interest Payment Date means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three
months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of
such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any
Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
Interest Period means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or
six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice;
provided that:
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(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, in
the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, 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 pertaining to a Eurodollar Rate Loan that
begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there
is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the scheduled Maturity Date.
Inventory means, for any of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, all now
owned or hereafter acquired Fertilizer and liquefied petroleum gas (excluding
line fill), wherever located, held for sale, each valued at the lower of cost or
Market Price, and all documents of title or other documents (as defined in the
U.C.C.) representing them.
Investment means, as to any Person, any investment by such Person,
whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or
other securities of another Person or (b) a loan, advance or capital
contribution to, guaranty of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any
partnership or joint venture interest 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, less all returns of principal or equity thereon, and shall,
if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash be deemed to
have been made in an amount equal to the fair market value of such property.
Investment Reduction Event means the occurrence of any of the
following: (a) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource, any ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party or any Company ceases to own,
directly or indirectly, (i) 50% of the membership interest in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur
General Partner, or (ii) 50% of the ownership interest in any successor entity
that controls the management of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur, (b) Borrower's percentage
equity ownership of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur is reduced below 49.5% and, as a result of
such reduction, cash distributions received by the Borrower from ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Sulphur are reduced, or (c) any event occurs which triggers an obligation on the
part of the MLP, the Borrower, or any of their Subsidiaries to purchase from CF
Industries (or an Affiliate of CF Industries) equity interests in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Sulphur or ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner and such obligation is not timely
satisfied; provided, that a sale of all of the MLP's, the Borrower's, and their
Subsidiaries' equity interests in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur or, after such sale, any of
the events set forth in (a) or (b), shall not constitute an Event of Default so
long as prepayments are made as required under Section 2.04.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Laws means, collectively, all applicable 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, licenses, authorizations and permits of, any
Governmental Authority.
L/C Advance means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's
participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
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L/C Borrowing means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing
under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made
or refinanced as a Borrowing.
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or
increase of the amount thereof.
L/C Issuer means any affiliate, unit, or agency of Royal Bank or any
other Lender which has agreed to issue one or more Letters of Credit at the
request of the Administrative Agent (which shall, at the Borrower's request,
notify the Borrower from time to time of the identity of such other Lender).
L/C Obligations means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate
undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of
all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.
Lender has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto
and, as the context requires, includes the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
Lender Hedging Agreement means a Swap Contract between a Company and a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
Lending Office means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such
Lender set forth on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or
offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
Letter of Credit means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.
Letter of Credit Application means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in use
by the L/C Issuer.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date means the day that is five days prior
to the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding
Business Day).
Letter of Credit Sublimit means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
the Aggregate Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitments and (b)
$5,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to,
the Aggregate Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitments.
Leverage Ratio means, for the MLP and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt as of the
determination date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal
quarters ending on such date, or if such date is not the last day of a fiscal
quarter, ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever to secure or provide for payment of any obligation of any
Person, (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.
Limited Partnership Agreement (Borrower) means the Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Borrower, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit 3.4 to the MLP
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Registration Statement, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified in accordance with Section 7.14.
Limited Partnership Agreement (MLP) means the First Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the MLP, substantially in the form
attached as Appendix A to the MLP Registration Statement, as the same may be
amended, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 7.14.
Loan means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.01, Section 2.02 or Section 2.15.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, each Note, the Master Consent to
Assignment, each of the Collateral Documents, the Agent/Arranger Fee Letter,
each Committed Loan Notice, each Swing Line Notice, each Compliance Certificate,
the Guaranties, any Subordination Agreement, each Letter of Credit Application,
and each other agreement, document or instrument delivered by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries from time to time in connection with this Agreement and
the Notes.
Loan Party means each of the Borrower, each Guarantor, and each
Borrower Affiliate that executes one or more Loan Documents.
Majority Lenders means (a) on any date of determination on and after
the Closing Date and prior to the date of the initial Borrowing, those Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments, (b) on any date of
determination on and after the date of the initial Borrowing and prior to the
Maturity Date, those Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (i) the
Revolver Commitment plus (ii) the Term Loan Principal Debt; and (c) on any date
of determination on or after the Maturity Date, those Lenders holding more than
50% of the Outstanding Amount of Loans.
Maricopa, Arizona Fertilizer Plant means the fertilizer plant owned and
operated by the Borrower located in Maricopa, Arizona.
Market Price means on each day a spot price for the Inventory being
valued, determined by published prices and methodology approved by
Administrative Agent from time to time, adjusted to reflect any differences in
grade between the index Inventory and the actual Inventory and to reflect
transportation costs or other appropriate location price differential from the
actual location to the index location.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Marine means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Marine LLC, a Texas limited
liability company.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales, Inc., a Texas corporation.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource or any Subsidiary of ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource, other than the MLP General Partner, the MLP, the Borrower General
Partner, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource Management Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource Change of Control means (a) a change resulting in any
person (as such term is used in section 13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) or related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in
Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of
such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity
as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of such plan), other than
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource and the Designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shareholders, (i) becoming the
"beneficial owners" (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act
as in effect
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on the date of the Closing), directly or indirectly, of more than 33 1/3% of the
total voting power of all classes then outstanding of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource's voting
stock, or (ii) succeeding in having elected, or causing the election or
appointment of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource with directors not nominated or appointed by the Designated
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shareholders; provided, that, for the purpose of the foregoing
definition, a Person shall not be deemed to "beneficially own" securities
tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such
Person or any of such Person's Affiliates until such tendered securities are
accepted for purchase or exchange, or (b) the 120th day after ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
(or his Successor) or ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or his Successor) ceases to be President
and Chief Executive Officer of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource if a Successor is not appointed
to act as President and Chief Executive Officer of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource within such
120 day period.
Master Consent to Assignment means the Master Consent to Assignment,
substantially in the form of Exhibit H.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, assets, liabilities
(actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the MLP and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower or the MLP
to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c)
a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against the Borrower, the MLP, or any other Loan Party of any
Loan Document, or (d) a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders to enforce its or
their remedies under any Loan Document.
Material Agreements means the following:
(a) Contribution Agreement,
(b) Omnibus Agreement,
(c) Limited Liability Company Agreement of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General
Partner, dated as of November 22, 2000, as amended,
(d) Agreement of Limited Partnership of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur dated as of
November 22, 2000, as amended,
(e) Terminal Services Agreement dated as of November 1, 2002, by and
between the Borrower and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales,
(f) Contract for Marine Transportation dated as of November 1, 2002, by
and between the Borrower and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource,
(g) Product Storage Agreement (Arcadia Storage Facility), dated as of
November 1, 2002, by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Underground Storage, Inc., a Texas
corporation, and the Borrower,
(h) Product Supply Agreement dated as of November 1, 2002, by and
between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales and the Borrower,
(i) Marine Fuel Agreement dated as of November 1, 2002, by and between
Midstream Fuel Service, LLC, an Alabama limited liability company, and the
Borrower,
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(j) Throughput Agreement dated as of November 1, 2002, by and between
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales and the Borrower,
(k) Motor Carrier Agreement dated as of November 1, 2002, by and
between the Borrower and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Transport, Inc., a Texas corporation,
(l) Assignment and Assumption of Lease and Sublease dated as of
November 1, 2002, by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales and the Borrower,
(m) Lease Agreement dated as of December 16, 1976, as amended, by and
between Tampa Port Authority and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Sales,
(n) Consent and Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur dated as of October 25, 2002, by and among ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur
Holding Corporation, a Nevada corporation, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner, CF
Industries, and the Borrower,
(o) Contribution Agreement dated as of November 20, 2000, by and
between ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Marine, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Transport, Inc.; and
(p) Stanolind Terminal Agreements;
(q) any and all other agreements now or hereafter entered into by and
among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource, the MLP, the Borrower, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, and CF Industries, or any of its affiliates, material to the
business of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur if the termination of such contract could be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(r) any other contract material to the business of the MLP or the
Borrower to which the Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate is a party if the
termination of such contract could be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. "Material Agreement" means each of such Material Agreements.
Maturity Date means (a) the Stated Maturity Date, or (b) such earlier
effective date of any other termination, cancellation, or acceleration of all
Commitments under this Agreement.
Maximum Amount and Maximum Rate respectively mean, for each Lender, the
maximum non-usurious amount and the maximum non-usurious rate of interest which,
under applicable Law, such Lender is permitted to contract for, charge, take,
reserve, or receive on the Obligations.
Maximum Credit Exposure shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.15(e).
Midstream Business means marine transportation, terminalling,
distribution, and midstream logistical services with respect to hydrocarbon
products and by-products, specialty chemicals, and other liquids and manufacture
and marketing of sulphur-based fertilizers and related products and other
businesses reasonably related thereto.
MLP means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Midstream Partners L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
MLP General Partner means the general partner of the MLP. As of the
Closing Date, the general partner of the MLP is ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Midstream GP LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
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MLP Offering means the initial sale to the public of common units in
the MLP pursuant to the MLP Registration Statement.
MLP Offering Closing means the consummation of the sale of common units
to the public pursuant to the MLP Registration Statement.
MLP Registration Statement means the Registration Statement on Form S-1
filed on July 1, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection
with the sale of common units in the MLP, as may be amended from time to time.
Mortgaged Vessels means the vessels described in the Vessel Mortgages.
Mortgages means the mortgages, deeds of trust, or similar instruments
executed by any of the Loan Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, including without limitation, the Vessel Mortgages, and
all supplements, assignments, amendments, and restatements thereto (or any
agreement in substitution therefore, and "Mortgage" means each of such
Mortgages).
Multiemployer Plan means any employee benefit plan of the type
described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding
three calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds means (a) with respect to any Disposition, cash
(including any cash received by way of deferred payment as and when received and
payment of amounts due under any insurance policy) received by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in connection with and as consideration therefor, on or
after the date of consummation of such transaction, after (i) deduction of Taxes
payable in connection with or as a result of such transaction, and (ii) payment
of all usual and customary brokerage commissions and all other reasonable fees
and expenses related to such transaction (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and closing costs incurred in connection with such
transaction), and (b) with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, proceeds of
such Indebtedness after payment of all reasonable closing costs.
Net Worth means, as of any date of determination, for the MLP the
difference between (i) net worth of the MLP on that date minus (ii) goodwill of
the MLP on that date in excess of $3,000,000, each determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Nonrenewal Notice Date has the meaning specified in Section
2.14(b)(iii).
Notes means the Revolver Notes and the Term Notes of the Borrower,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 and B-2, respectively, hereto,
evidencing the obligation of Borrower to repay the Loans, and "Note" means any
one of such promissory notes issued hereunder.
Obligations means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document, 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 by or against any Loan
Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the
debtor in such proceeding. In addition, all references to the "Obligations" in
the Collateral Documents and in Sections 2.13 and 10.09 of this Agreement shall,
in addition to the foregoing, also include all present and future indebtedness,
liabilities, and obligations (and all renewals and extensions thereof or any
part thereof) now or hereafter owed to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender
arising pursuant to any Lender Hedging Agreement.
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Obligor means the Borrower or any other Person (other than the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or any Lender) obligated under any
Loan Document.
Off-Balance Sheet Indebtedness of a Person means (a) any repurchase
obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes
receivable sold by such Person, (b) any liability under any sale and leaseback
transaction which is not a Capital Lease, or (c) any obligation arising with
respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes
the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance
sheets of such Person, but excluding from this clause (c) operating leases.
Omnibus Agreement means the Omnibus Agreement dated as of November 1,
2002, among the MLP, the Borrower, the MLP General Partner, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource
as amended in accordance with Section 7.14.
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 certificate of formation and operating agreement;
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of
business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of
formation 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.
Other Taxes has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
Outstanding Amount on any date (i) with respect to Committed Loans and
Swing Line Loans, means the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after
giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments occurring on such
date, (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations, the amount of such L/C
Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension
occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of
outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the
maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on
such date, and (iii) for purposes of Section 2.11(d) with respect to Obligations
under a Lender Hedging Agreement, means the amount then due and payable under
such Lender Hedging Agreement.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Pension Plan means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2)(A) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
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.
Permitted Acquisition means an Acquisition or Investment by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower resulting in ownership of assets inside
the United States, or of equity interests in a Domestic Person, so long as the
following requirements have been satisfied:
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(a) Such Investment results in the Borrower's ownership of a Subsidiary
(or such Investment is an Investment in an existing Subsidiary), and the
Borrower shall have complied with the requirements of Sections 6.15 and 6.18 as
of the date of such Investment;
(b) If a Borrowing is to be made under the Acquisition Subfacility in
connection with such Acquisition or Investment, not less than fourteen (14) days
prior to the closing of such Acquisition or Investment, the Borrower shall (i)
in the case of an Investment in equity interests, deliver historical financial
statements of the acquisition target, (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent
pro forma financial statements acceptable to the Administrative Agent and a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower demonstrating pro forma
compliance with Section 7.15 as of the closing of such Acquisition or Investment
after giving effect thereto and after giving effect to any Indebtedness
(including Obligations) incurred in connection therewith, and (iii) deliver to
the Administrative Agent an Appraisal not more than six months old of newly
acquired Fixed Assets of the Borrower and the Guarantors after giving effect to
such Acquisition or Investment;
(c) Each Investment shall have been approved or consented to by the
board of directors or similar governing entity of the Person being acquired; and
(d) As of the closing of such Acquisition or Investment no Default or
Event of Default shall exist or occur as a result of, and after giving effect
to, such Acquisition or Investment.
Permitted Inventory Liens has the meaning set forth in the definition
of Eligible Inventory.
Permitted Liens means Liens permitted under Section 7.01 as described
in such Section.
Person means any natural person, trustee, corporation, general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, bank, business association, firm,
joint venture, Governmental Authority, company or other entity.
Plan means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
Principal Payment means a payment of principal (or, in the case of a
Capitalized Lease or a Synthetic Lease, Attributable Indebtedness), whether
pursuant to an amortization schedule, at maturity, or otherwise.
Pro Rata Share means, at any date of determination, for any Lender with
respect to a particular Facility or Subfacility, the percentage (carried out to
the ninth decimal place) that its Committed Sum for such Facility or Subfacility
bears to the aggregate Committed Sums of all Lenders for such Facility or
Subfacility.
Proceeds Account has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b)(iii).
Purchase Price means, with respect to any Acquisition, all direct,
indirect, and deferred cash and non-cash payments made to or for the benefit of
the Person being acquired (or whose assets are being acquired), its
shareholders, officers, directors, employees, or Affiliates in connection with
such Acquisition, including, without limitation, the amount of any Indebtedness
being assumed in connection with such Acquisition and (subject to the
limitations on Indebtedness hereunder) seller financing, payments under
non-competition or consulting agreements entered into in connection with such
Acquisition and similar agreements, all non-cash consideration and the value of
any stock, options, or warrants or other rights to acquire stock issued as part
of the consideration in such transaction.
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Purchased Assets means the assets purchased from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource and
its Subsidiaries and transferred to the MLP, the Borrower, and their respective
subsidiaries pursuant to the Contribution Agreement.
Quarterly Distributions means with respect to the Borrower, the
distributions by the Borrower of Available Cash (as defined in the Limited
Partnership Agreement (Borrower) as in effect on the Closing Date) or with
respect to MLP, the distributions by the MLP of Available Cash (as defined in
the Limited Partnership Agreement (MLP) as in effect on the Closing Date).
Reduction Amount has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Triggering Sale.
Register has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(c).
Reinvested means used for capital expenditures or Acquisitions in
connection with the Midstream Business of a Company.
Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
Release means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposal,
deposit, dispersal, migrating, or other movement into the air, ground, or
surface water, or soil.
Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c)
of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
Request for Credit Extension means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with
respect to an L/C Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with
respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Notice.
Required Lenders means (a) on any date of determination on and after
the Closing Date and prior to the date of the initial Borrowing, those Lenders
holding more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Commitments, (b) on any date of
determination on and after the date of the initial Borrowing and prior to the
Maturity Date, those Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the sum of (i) the
Revolver Commitment plus (ii) the Term Loan Principal Debt; and (c) on any date
of determination on or after the Maturity Date, those Lenders holding more than
66 2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of Loans.
Required Revolver Lenders means (a) on any date of determination on and
after the Closing Date and prior to the date of the initial Borrowing, those
Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the (i) Acquisition Subfacility Commitment
and (ii) Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment (b) on any date of
determination on and after the date of the initial Borrowing and prior to the
Maturity Date, those Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Revolver
Commitment; and (c) on any date of determination on or after the Maturity Date,
those Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Revolver Principal Debt.
Required Term Lenders means (a) on any date of determination on and
after the Closing Date and prior to the date of the initial Borrowing, those
Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Term Loan Facility Commitment (b) on
any date of determination on and after the date of the initial Borrowing and
prior to the Maturity Date, those Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Term
Loan Committed Sum;
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and (c) on any date of determination on or after the Maturity Date, those
Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Term Loan Principal Debt.
Responsible Officer means the president, chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Person. Any
document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan
Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary
corporate, partnership, limited liability company, and/or other action on the
part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
Restricted Payment by a Person means any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any equity
interest in such Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such equity interest or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
such equity interest.
Restoration Plan means a plan approved by the Administrative Agent
under which the Borrower will use Net Cash Proceeds received as the result of
payments made as a result of any condemnation or Vessel requisition or under
insurance policies to repair, replace, restore, or purchase substitute property
for property that has been damaged or destroyed. Such approval shall not be
unreasonably, conditioned, delayed or withheld.
Revolver Commitment means an amount (subject to reduction or
cancellation as herein provided) equal to the sum of (i) the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment, plus (ii) the Acquisition
Subfacility Commitment, or as the context may require, means the Lenders'
commitments to make Loans under the Revolver Facility pursuant to Section 2.01.
Revolver Facility means the credit facility as described in and subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 2.01.
Revolver Lender means, on any date of determination, any Lender that
has a Committed Sum under the Revolver Facility or that is owed any Revolver
Principal Debt.
Revolver Note means a promissory note in substantially the form of
Exhibit B-1, and all renewals and extensions of all or any part thereof.
Revolver Principal Debt means, on any date of determination, the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Committed Loans under the Revolver
Facility.
Rights means rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and benefits.
Royal Bank means Royal Bank of Canada.
Security Agreements means, collectively, the security agreements, or
similar instruments, executed by any of the Loan Parties in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and all supplements,
assignments, amendments, and restatements thereto (or any agreement in
substitution therefore), and "Security Agreement" means each of such Security
Agreements.
Stanolind Terminal Agreements means the agreements described on
Schedule 1.01(c).
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Stated Maturity Date means November 4, 2005.
Subfacilities means, collectively, the Acquisition Subfacility and the
Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility; Subfacility means either of the
Acquisition Subfacility or the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility.
Subordinated Indebtedness has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(b).
Subordination Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(b).
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 indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. For avoidance of doubt, the Borrower's current 49.5% limited
partnership interest in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur does not constitute "control." Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" or to
"Subsidiaries" shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Successor means any Person approved by the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders. A Successor shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders if such Person has adequate industry experience and such
approval shall not be unreasonably, conditioned, delayed or withheld.
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis
swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity
swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index
swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward
bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency
rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a "Master Agreement"), including
any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Swap Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after
the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) the amount(s) determined as the
▇▇▇▇-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include any Lender).
Swing Line means the revolving credit facility made available by the
Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.15.
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Swing Line Borrowing means a Borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.15.
Swing Line Lender means Royal Bank of Canada in its capacity as
provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
Swing Line Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
Swing Line Loan Notice means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.15(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit J.
Swing Line Sublimit means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$3,500,000 and (b) the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitments. The
Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitments.
Synthetic Lease Obligation means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for
the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the
balance sheet of such Person but which are depreciated for tax purposes by such
Person. The amount of any Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be
deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of
such date.
Taxes has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.
Term Lender means, on any date of determination, any Lender that has a
Committed Sum under the Term Loan Facility or that is owed any Term Loan
Principal Debt.
Term Loan Commitment means an amount (subject to reduction or
cancellation as herein provided) equal to $25,000,000.
Term Loan Facility means the credit facility as described in and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.02.
Term Note means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-2, and all renewals and extensions of all or any part thereof.
Term Loan Principal Debt means, on any date of determination, the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Committed Loans under the Term Loan
Facility.
Threshold Amount at any time means an amount equal to 5% of the
Borrower's consolidated assets measured as of the close of the then most recent
fiscal quarter end.
Triggering Sale means any Disposition (including sales of stock of
Subsidiaries) (other than a transfer of assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower to the Borrower or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower)
with respect to which the Net Cash Proceeds realized by any Company for such
Disposition, when aggregated with the Net Cash Proceeds from all such other
Dispositions by all Companies occurring since the Closing Date, equals or
exceeds the Threshold Amount. The portion of the Net Cash Proceeds in excess of
the Threshold Amount is herein called the "Reduction Amount." For purposes of
the definition Triggering Sale and Section 2.04(b)(i) and (iii), Dispositions
shall not include Dispositions permitted by Section 7.07(a), (b), or (c).
Type means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base
Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
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U.C.C. means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the state of
New York.
Unauthorized Assignment means (a) an assignment by a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party to
any Person other than another ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party of any of its rights or obligations
under a Material Agreement if such assignment could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) a holder of Liens shall foreclose or
there shall occur a transfer in lieu of foreclosure or other involuntary
transfer of any interests of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party in a Material Agreement if such
foreclosure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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.
Unreimbursed Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c)(i).
U.S. Flag Vessels shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.21(a).
U.S. Vessel Mortgage means the First Preferred Fleet Mortgage executed
and delivered by the Borrower on or before the Conditions Effective Date and the
First Preferred Fleet Mortgage executed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Marine on or before the
Conditions Effective Date, each substantially in the form attached as Exhibit K.
Vessel Mortgages means, collectively, the U.S. Vessel Mortgage and any
other vessel mortgage now or hereafter executed by any of the Borrower, the MLP,
or their Subsidiaries to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
Vessel(s) means all vessels owned by the Borrower, the MLP, and their
Subsidiaries, from time to time, including, without limitation those vessels
listed on Schedule 5.21 and individually, any of such vessels.
Voting Stock means the capital stock (or equivalent thereof) of any
class or kind, of a Person, the holders of which are entitled to vote for the
election of directors, managers, or other voting members of the governing body
of such Person.
Wholly-Owned when used in connection with a Person means any Subsidiary
of such Person of which all of the issued and outstanding equity interests
(except shares required as directors' qualifying shares) shall be owned by such
Person or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(c).
Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment means an amount
equal to the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base (Working Capital/Distribution
Subfacility) and (ii) (subject to reduction or cancellation as herein provided)
$25,000,000.
SECTION 1.02 OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
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(b) (i) The words "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and
not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Unless otherwise specified herein, Article, Section,
Exhibit and Schedule references are to this Agreement.
(iii) The term "including" is by way of example and not
limitation.
(iv) The term "documents" includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced.
(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a
later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including;" the words "to"
and "until" each mean "to but excluding;" and the word "through" means "to and
including."
(d) Section headings herein and the other Loan Documents are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 1.03 ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be
prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing
the audited financial statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein.
SECTION 1.04 ROUNDING. Any financial ratios required to be maintained
by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the
appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and
rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if
there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05 REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS AND LAWS. Unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, (a) references to agreements (including the Loan
Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments,
restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not 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.
ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS AND BORROWINGS
SECTION 2.01 REVOLVER LOANS.
(a) Subject to and in reliance upon the terms, conditions,
representations, and warranties in the Loan Documents, each Lender severally,
but not jointly, agrees to make loans (each such Loan a "Committed Loan") to the
Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
Conditions Effective Date to the Maturity Date (the "Availability Period"), in
an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of one or more Committed Borrowings under (i) the
Acquisition Subfacility (further described in Section 2.01(b) below) not to
exceed such Lender's Committed Sum under the Acquisition Subfacility, and (ii)
the Working
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Capital/Distribution Subfacility (further described in Section 2.01(c) below)
not to exceed, when aggregated with the Outstanding Amount of the L/C
Obligations and Swing Line Loans, such Lender's Committed Sum under the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility. Such Committed Borrowings may be repaid and
reborrowed from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
Loan Documents; provided that, each such Committed Borrowing must occur on a
Business Day and no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Maturity Date.
(b) Committed Loans under the Acquisition Subfacility shall be
available to Borrower for the purposes set forth in Section 6.12(b). After
giving effect to any Committed Borrowing under the Acquisition Subfacility, the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Loans under the Acquisition
Subfacility shall not exceed the Acquisition Subfacility Commitment then in
effect.
(c) Committed Loans under the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility
shall be available to Borrower for the purposes set forth in Section 6.12(c);
provided, however, Committed Borrowings under the Working Capital/Distribution
Subfacility will be available to fund not more than $2,500,000 in Distribution
Loans in any four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters. After giving effect to any
Committed Borrowing under the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility, the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Loans, Swing Line Loans, and L/C
Obligations under the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility shall not exceed
the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment then in effect.
SECTION 2.02 TERM LOAN FACILITY. Subject to and in reliance upon the
terms, conditions, representations, and warranties in the Loan Documents, each
Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make Committed Loans to Borrower in
a single disbursement on the Conditions Effective Date in aggregate amount not
to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of
the Term Loan Commitment. If all or a portion of the Term Loan Principal Debt is
paid or prepaid, then the amount so paid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Any
portion of the Term Loan Commitment that remains undisbursed after the initial
disbursement under the Term Loan Facility shall be reduced to zero and cancelled
on the date of such initial disbursement.
SECTION 2.03 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS.
(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from
one Type to the other, and each continuation of Committed Loans as the same Type
shall be made upon the Borrower's irrevocable notice to the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon,
New York,
New York time, (i)
three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion
to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (ii) one Business Day prior to
the conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Committed Loans, or one
Business Day prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed
Loans. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed
and signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower. Each Committed Borrowing
of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof. Each Committed Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written)
shall specify (i) whether the Committed Borrowing, conversion or continuation
(as applicable) is under the Term Loan Facility, the Acquisition Subfacility or
the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility, (ii) whether the Borrower is
requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type
to the other, or a continuation of Committed Loans as the same Type, (iii) the
requested date of the Committed Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the
case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the principal amount of
Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (v) the Type of
Committed Loans to be borrowed or to
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which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (vi) if applicable, the
duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to
specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower
fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the
applicable Committed Loans shall be made or continued as, or converted to, Base
Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective
as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the
applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Committed Borrowing
of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such
Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be
deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable
Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is
provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of
the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans described
in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Lender
shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent's Office not
later than 12:00 Noon,
New York,
New York time, on the Business Day specified in
the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (and, if such Committed Borrowing is the
initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all
funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the
books of Royal Bank with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such
funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date of
the Committed Borrowing there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the
payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of
any such Swing Line Loans, and third to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be
continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, no
Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand
that any or all of the then outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans be converted
immediately to Base Rate Loans.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan upon
determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by
the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of
Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as
the same Type, there shall not be more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect
at any given time with respect to Committed Loans.
SECTION 2.04 PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay in
whole or in part Committed Loans outstanding under the Acquisition Subfacility,
the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility and/or the Term Loan Principal Debt
without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m.,
New York,
New York time, (A)
three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
and (B) the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans;
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(ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any
prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of
Committed Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of such Lender's Pro Rata
Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower
shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall
be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with
any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such prepayment
shall be applied to the Committed Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares.
Unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would arise as a result thereof, any payment or prepayment of the Committed
Loans may be reborrowed under the Revolver Facility by the Borrower, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments from Net Cash Proceeds.
(i) (A) Except as provided in clause (B) with respect to
condemnation, Vessel requisition, or insurance proceeds, if any portion
of the Net Cash Proceeds realized by a Company from any Triggering Sale
(including any deferred purchase price therefore) has not been
Reinvested within one hundred eighty (180) days from the receipt by
such Company of such Net Cash Proceeds (including receipt of any
deferred payments for any such Triggering Sale or portion thereof, if
and when received), then on the Business Day following such one hundred
eightieth (180th) day the Commitments shall be permanently reduced, and
the Loans shall be prepaid, in an amount equal to the portion of the
Reduction Amount that is not so Reinvested. (B) If any portion of the
Net Cash Proceeds realized by a Company from any Triggering Sale
received as the result of payments made as a result of any condemnation
or Vessel requisition or under any insurance policy has not been used
in connection with a Restoration Plan, then on the Business Day
following the time period for restoration specified in the Restoration
Plan the Commitments shall be permanently reduced, and the Loans shall
be prepaid, in an amount equal to the portion of the Reduction Amount
remaining on deposit in the Proceeds Account. Net Cash Proceeds of a
Disposition that equal, when aggregated with Net Cash Proceeds of all
Dispositions since the Closing Date, an amount less than the Threshold
Amount shall not be required to be used for mandatory prepayments or
commitment reductions pursuant to this Section 2.04(b).
(ii) If any Net Cash Proceeds are received by a Company (A)
from the issuance or incurrence of Subordinated Indebtedness by a
Company, (B) from the Disposition of any equity interests in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Sulphur owned by a Company, or (C) in respect of the dissolution of ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur, the Loans shall be prepaid and, in the case of clause
(A), the Commitments shall be permanently reduced, immediately upon
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds in an amount equal to the amount of
Net Cash Proceeds received in respect of such Subordinated
Indebtedness, Disposition, or dissolution whether or not such
Disposition or dissolution qualifies as a Triggering Sale.
(iii) Upon receipt by any Company of Net Cash Proceeds from a
Triggering Sale, the Borrower shall (or shall cause the applicable
Company to) deposit an amount equal to the Reduction Amount into an
account or accounts with the Collateral Agent (collectively, the
"Proceeds Account"); provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be
required to deposit an amount that is more than the amount of the
Commitments. In the case of Section 2.04(b)(i)(A), such Reduction
Amount shall remain in the Proceeds Account until the earlier of (x)
the date such
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Reduction Amount is Reinvested, or (y) the one hundred eightieth
(180th) day following the receipt of such Reduction Amount. If such
Reduction Amount is not Reinvested as herein provided, such proceeds
shall, on the Business Day following such one hundred eightieth (180th)
day, be used for prepayment of Loans and any excess shall be refunded
to the Borrower, or, if there are no outstanding Loans or unpaid
outstanding Obligations then due, such Reduction Amount shall be
refunded to the Borrower, and the Commitments shall be permanently
reduced as provided in Section 2.04(b)(i); provided, however, that if
the outstanding Loans are Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Collateral Agent
shall hold such proceeds in the Proceeds Account until the Eurodollar
Rate Loans can be prepaid without incurring funding losses under
Section 3.05; provided, further, that if the Loans have become due and
payable pursuant to Section 8.02 or otherwise, the Collateral Agent
shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, deliver funds from
the Proceeds Account to the Administrative Agent which may, without
notice, apply all such funds to the repayment of the Obligations. In
the case of Section 2.04(b)(i)(B), such Reduction Amount shall remain
in the Proceeds Account until the earlier of (x) the date such
Reduction Amount is to be applied in connection with the applicable
Restoration Plan, or (y) the Business Day following the final day of
the applicable Restoration Plan (or in the absence of an applicable
Restoration Plan delivered pursuant to Section 6.07, on a date
identified by the Administrative Agent which shall not be earlier than
180 days after the receipt of such Reduction Amount). If such Reduction
Amount is not used in connection with a Restoration Plan, such proceeds
shall, on the Business Day following the last day of the applicable
Restoration Plan or on a date chosen by the Administrative Agent (which
shall not be earlier than 180 days after the receipt of such Reduction
Amount), as appropriate, be used for prepayment of Loans and any excess
shall be refunded to the Borrower, or, if there are no outstanding
Loans or unpaid outstanding Obligations then due, such Reduction Amount
shall be refunded to the Borrower, and the Commitments shall be
permanently reduced as provided in Section 2.04(b)(i); provided,
however, that if the outstanding Loans are Eurodollar Rate Loans, the
Collateral Agent shall hold such proceeds in the Proceeds Account until
the Eurodollar Rate Loans can be prepaid without incurring funding
losses under Section 3.05; provided, further, that if the Loans have
become due and payable pursuant to Section 8.02 or otherwise, the
Collateral Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, shall
deliver funds from the Proceeds Account to the Administrative Agent
which may, without notice, apply all funds in the Proceeds Account to
repayment of the Obligations.
(iv) The prepayments and commitment reductions provided for in
this Section 2.04(b) shall be applied as follows, unless a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise as a
result thereof (whereupon the provisions of Section 2.11(d) shall
apply): (A) first, as a payment of all Unreimbursed Amounts then
outstanding, until paid in full, (B) second, as a repayment of all
Swing Line Loans, then outstanding, until paid in full, (c) third, as a
repayment of the Term Loan Principal Debt, until paid in full, and (D)
fourth, as a repayment of Revolver Principal Debt, to be allocated on a
pro rata basis between the Acquisition Subfacility and the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility. If any prepayments of Revolver
Principal Debt pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii) are made, the Revolver
Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of such
prepayments on a pro rata basis between the Acquisition Subfacility and
the Working Capital Distribution Subfacility.
(v) All funds held in the Proceeds Account shall be invested
in time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by the
Administrative Agent or in investments that constitute Cash Equivalents
(provided that the maturities thereof shall not exceed 180 days). All
interest and income earned on the amounts held in the Proceeds Account
shall be paid to the Borrower at the time the funds therein are applied
as provided in this Section 2.04(b).
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(vi) The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders, a lien on and security interest in and to
the Proceeds Account and all monies, cash, checks, drafts, certificates
of deposit, instruments, investment property, and other items received
by Collateral Agent for deposit therein and held therein, as security
for the Obligations. The rights granted by this Section 2.04(b)(vi)
shall be in addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent under any
statutory banker's Lien or the common law right of setoff.
(c) Mandatory Payments/Reductions. (i) If for any reason the
Outstanding Amount of all Committed Loans, Swing Line Loans, and L/C Obligations
at any time exceeds the Aggregate Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall
immediately prepay Committed Loans and/or Swing Line Loans and/or Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess
unless such excess occurs as a result of an event described in clause (ii) of
this Section in which case such excess shall be repaid within three Business
Days of such excess occurring; and (ii) if for any reason the Outstanding Amount
of all Committed Loans, Swing Line Loans, and L/C Obligations under the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility exceeds the Working Capital/Distribution
Subfacility Commitment, the Borrower shall prepay Committed Loans and/or Swing
Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount
equal to such excess within three Business Days of such excess occurring.
(d) Prepayments: Interest/Consequential Loss. All prepayments under
this Section 2.04 shall be made together with accrued interest to the date of
such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and any amounts due under
Section 3.05.
(e) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily
prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.
New York,
New York time on the
date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount
of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall
make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be
due and payable on the date specified therein.
SECTION 2.05 REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMITMENTS. The Borrower may,
upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments or
(prior to the Initial Funding Date) permanently reduce the Term Loan Commitment,
or permanently reduce the Revolver Commitment to an amount not less than the sum
of the Outstanding Amount of the then existing (a) Revolver Principal Debt, (b)
L/C Obligations, and (c) Swing Line Loans; provided that (i) any such notice
shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
New
York, New York time, five Business Days prior to the date of termination or
reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of
$1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (iii) any
Revolver Commitment reduction shall be allocated between the Acquisition
Subfacility and the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility in amounts not less
than $500,000. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of any
such notice of reduction or termination. Once reduced in accordance with this
Section, the Commitments may not be increased. Any reduction of the Revolver
Commitment shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its
Pro Rata Share, and any reduction of the Term Loan Commitment shall be applied
to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All commitment
fees on the portion of the Commitment so terminated which have accrued to the
effective date of any termination of Commitments shall be paid on the effective
date of such termination.
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SECTION 2.06 REPAYMENT OF LOANS.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the
aggregate principal amount of Committed Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to
occur of (i) each Friday during the term hereof or, if any Friday is not a
Business Day, the next Business Day following such Friday and (ii) the Maturity
Date.
SECTION 2.07 INTEREST.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate
Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on
the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a
rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on all past due amounts 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
such past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and
payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be
specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with
the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) If the designated rate applicable to any Borrowing exceeds the
Maximum Rate, the rate of interest on such Borrowing shall be limited to the
Maximum Rate, but any subsequent reductions in such designated rate shall not
reduce the rate of interest thereon below the Maximum Rate until the total
amount of interest accrued thereon equals the amount of interest which would
have accrued thereon if such designated rate had at all times been in effect. In
the event that at maturity (stated or by acceleration), or at final payment of
the Outstanding Amount of any Committed Loans, Swing Line Loans or L/C
Obligations, the total amount of interest paid or accrued is less than the
amount of interest which would have accrued if such designated rates had at all
times been in effect, then, at such time and to the extent permitted by Law, the
Borrower shall pay an amount equal to the difference between (a) the lesser of
the amount of interest which would have accrued if such designated rates had at
all times been in effect and the amount of interest which would have accrued if
the Maximum Rate had at all times been in effect, and (b) the amount of interest
actually paid or accrued on such Outstanding Amount.
SECTION 2.08 FEES.
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a
commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by
which the Aggregate Committed Sum with respect to the Revolver Facility exceeds
the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans with respect to the
Revolver Facility and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The
commitment fee shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the
Maturity Date and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the
first such date to
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occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date. The commitment fee shall
be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable
Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter
that such Applicable Rate was in effect. The commitment fee shall accrue at all
times, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in
Article IV is not met.
(b) Arranger's and Agency Fees. The Borrower shall pay certain fees to
the Arranger for the Arranger's own account, and shall pay an agency fee to the
Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent's own account, in the amounts
and at the times specified in the letter agreement, dated September 5, 2002 (the
"Agent/Arranger Fee Letter"), between the Borrower, the Arranger and the
Administrative Agent. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be
nonrefundable for any reason whatsoever.
(c) Lenders' Upfront Fee. On the Conditions Effective Date, the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders
in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, an upfront fee in the
agreed amount in accordance with the Agent/Arranger Fee Letter. Such upfront
fees are for the credit facilities by the Lenders under this Agreement and are
fully earned on the date paid. The upfront fee paid to each Lender is solely for
its own account and is nonrefundable for any reason whatsoever.
SECTION 2.09 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. Computation of interest
on Base Rate Loans shall be calculated on the 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 the payee thereof 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.
SECTION 2.10 EVIDENCE OF DEBT.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one
or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative
Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by
the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest
error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower
and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in
doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the
Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In
the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any
Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of
such matters, the accounts and records of such Lender shall control. Upon the
request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, such Lender's Loans
may be evidenced by one or more Notes. Each Lender may attach schedules to its
Note(s) and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity
of the applicable Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection
(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with
its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by
such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the
event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of
such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall
control.
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SECTION 2.11 PAYMENTS GENERALLY.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower
hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent's
Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 noon,
New York, New York time, on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent
will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable
share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire
transfer to such Lender's Lending Office. All payments received by the
Administrative Agent after 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, shall be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee
shall continue to accrue.
(b) Subject to the definition of "Interest Period," if any payment to
be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of
time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(c) If no Default or Event of Default exists and if no order of
application is otherwise specified in the Loan Documents, payments and
prepayments of the Obligations shall be applied first to fees, second to accrued
interest then due and payable on the Outstanding Amount of Loans and L/C
Obligations, and then to the remaining Obligations in the order and manner as
Borrower may direct.
(d) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to
the Administrative Agent to pay fully the Obligations then due, or if a Default
or Event of Default exists, any payment or prepayment shall be applied in the
following order: (i) to the payment of enforcement expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, including Attorney Costs; (ii) to the ratable payment of
all other fees, expenses, and indemnities for which the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders are entitled to payment but have not yet been paid or reimbursed in
accordance with the Loan Documents (as used in this Section 2.11(d)(ii), a
"ratable payment" for any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be, on any
date of determination, that proportion which the portion of the total fees,
expenses, and indemnities owed to such Lender or the Administrative Agent bears
to the total aggregate fees and indemnities owed to all Lenders and the
Administrative Agent on such date of determination); (iii) to the ratable
payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Outstanding Amount of Loans and
the Outstanding Amount of Obligations under Lender Hedging Agreements (as used
in this Section 2.11(d)(iii), "ratable payment" means, for any Lender (or Lender
Affiliate, in the case of Lender Hedging Agreements), on any date of
determination, that proportion which the accrued and unpaid interest on the
Outstanding Amount of Loans and the Outstanding Amount of Obligations under
Lender Hedging Agreements owed to such Lender (or Lender Affiliate, in the case
of Lender Hedging Agreements) bears to the total accrued and unpaid interest on
the Outstanding Amount of Loans and the Outstanding Amount of Obligations under
Lender Hedging Agreements owed to all Lenders (and Affiliates, in the case of
Lender Hedging Agreements)); (iv) to the ratable payment of the Outstanding
Amount of Loans (as used in this Section 2.11(d)(iv), "ratable payment" means
for any Lender, on any date of determination, that proportion which the
Outstanding Amount of Loans owed to such Lender bears to the Outstanding Amount
of Loans owed to all Lenders); (v) to Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit,
and (vi) to the payment of the remaining Obligations then due, if any, in the
order and manner the Required Lenders deem appropriate.
(e) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative
Agent prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the
Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case
may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the
Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and
may (but shall
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not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding
amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment
was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds,
then:
(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender
shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion
of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in
immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect
of each day from and including the date such amount was made available
by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is
repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, at
the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender
shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount
thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon
for the period from the date such amount was made available by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is
recovered by the Administrative Agent (the "Compensation Period") at a
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent,
then such amount shall constitute such Lender's Committed Loan,
included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such
amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent's demand therefor, the
Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and
the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent,
together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate
per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable
Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from
its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights
which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any
Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect to any
amount owing under this subsection (e) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(f) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for
any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of
this Article II, and the conditions to the applicable Borrowing set forth in
Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from
such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(g) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans are several
and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan on any date required
hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to
do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation.
(h) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the
funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a
representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for
any Loan in any particular place or manner.
SECTION 2.12 SHARING OF PAYMENTS. If, other than as expressly provided
elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Committed Loans made
by it, or the participations in the L/C Obligations, or in Swing Line Loans held
by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any
right of set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share
contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such
participations in the Committed Loans made by them, and/or such
subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans
held by them, as the
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case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the
excess payment in respect of such Committed Loan or such participations, as the
case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing
Lender, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender
shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together
with an amount equal to such paying Lender's ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender's required repayment to (ii)
the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or
other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total
amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a
participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject
to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender
were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and
binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this
Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or
repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section
shall from and after such 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.
SECTION 2.13 PRIORITY OF HEDGING OBLIGATIONS. Any amounts received in
satisfaction of any Obligations arising under the Loan Documents, including,
without limitation, Obligations under this Agreement and any Lender Hedging
Agreement, shall rank pari passu in right of payment and shall be used to repay
such Obligations on a pro rata basis.
SECTION 2.14 LETTERS OF CREDIT.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A)
the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.14, (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Conditions Effective Date until
the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for
the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or renew
Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with
subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of
Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters
of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
provided that the L/C Issuer shall not be obligated to make any L/C
Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender
shall be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit if as of the
date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Outstanding Amount of all
L/C Obligations and all Loans under the Working Capital/Distribution
Subfacility would exceed the Aggregate Commitments under the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount
of the Loans of any Lender under the Working Capital/Distribution
Subfacility, plus such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such Lender's
Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment, or (z) the
Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Borrower's ability to obtain Letters of
Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may,
during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace
Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and
reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if:
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(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin
or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit,
or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer
shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from,
the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of
Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with
respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or
capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or
shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost
or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and
which the L/C Issuer in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ material to it;
(B) subject to Section 2.14(b)(iii), the expiry date
of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than
twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal,
unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of
Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date,
unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would
violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer generally
applicable to all borrowers; or
(E) such Letter of Credit is in a face amount less
than $100,000, or is to be used for a purpose other than as
described in Section 6.12 or is denominated in a currency
other than Dollars.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any
Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such
time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept
the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit;
Evergreen Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the
case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C
Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a
Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such L/C Application must be
received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m., New York, New York time, at least two Business Days (or
such later date and time as the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular
instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or
date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit
Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C
Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of
Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the
expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary
thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and
(G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a
request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended;
(B) the proposed date of
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amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of
the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer
may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit
Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received
a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if
not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy
thereof. Upon receipt by the L/C Issuer of confirmation from the
Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is
permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested
date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter
into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in
accordance with the L/C Issuer's usual and customary business
practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each
Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a participation in such Letter
of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender's Pro Rata
Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of
Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in it sole and absolute
discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic
renewal provisions (each, an "Evergreen Letter of Credit"); provided
that any such Evergreen Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to
prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period
(commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by
giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day
(the "Nonrenewal Notice Date") in each such twelve-month period to be
agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless
otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be
required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such
renewal. Once an Evergreen Letter of Credit has been issued, the
Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the
L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time
to a date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date;
provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such
renewal if it has received notice on or before the Business Day
immediately preceding the Nonrenewal Notice Date (1) from the
Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to
permit such renewal or (2) from any Lender stating that one or more of
the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.03 is not then
satisfied and directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such renewal.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the L/C
Issuer shall have no obligation to permit the renewal of any Evergreen
Letter of Credit at any time.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or
any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect
thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy
of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the L/C
Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.
Not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the date of any payment by
the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an "Honor
Date"), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the
Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.
If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor
Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the "Unreimbursed
Amount"), and such Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed
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Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an
amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum
and multiples specified in Section 2.03 for the principal amount of
Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of
the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.03
(other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given
by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
2.14(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in
writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall
not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer)
shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.14(c)(i) make funds
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer
at the Administrative Agent's Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m., New York
time, on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section
2.14(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed
to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount.
The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C
Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not
fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because
the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 cannot be satisfied or for any
other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the
L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount
that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable
on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the
Default Rate. In such event, each Lender's payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.14(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its
participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance
from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under
this Section 2.14.
(iv) Until each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance
pursuant to this Section 2.14(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account
of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C
Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.14(c), shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of
a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or
condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Any such
reimbursement shall not relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of
the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment
made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with
interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount
required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.14(c) by the time specified in Section 2.14(c)(ii),
the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest
thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the
date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer
at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time
in effect. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to
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any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under
any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender's L/C
Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.14(c),
if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer
any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the
Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of cash Collateral applied
thereto by the Administrative Agent), or any payment of interest
thereon, the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its
Pro Rata Share thereof in the same funds as those received by the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.14(c)(i) is
required to be returned, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on
demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date
of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse
the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit, and to repay each
L/C Borrowing and each drawing under a Letter of Credit that is refinanced by a
Borrowing of Loans, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall
be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of
Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off,
defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against
any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any
Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with
this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter
of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any
unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or 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; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a
drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by
the L/C Issuer 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 Law; or
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(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing, that might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and
each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with the Borrower's instructions or other irregularity, the
Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be
conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in
paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer 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 Agent-Related Person
nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C
Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the
Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution,
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related
to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The 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 the Borrower's pursuing
such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at
law or under any other agreement. No Agent-Related Person, nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer, shall be
liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through
(v) of Section 2.14(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer,
and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the
extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C
Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer's willful
failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the
beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the
terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation
of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer 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 the L/C Issuer 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.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i)
if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any
Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if,
as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit may for any
reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the Borrower shall
immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount). The Borrower hereby
grants the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders,
a Lien on all such cash and deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent.
(h) Applicability of ISP98. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the
L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any
such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the
"International Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of
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International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in
effect at the time of issuance) shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a
Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued equal to the product of
the Applicable Rate times the actual daily undrawn amount under each Letter of
Credit. Such fee for each Letter of Credit shall be due and payable on the last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the
first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, and on the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate
during any quarter, the actual daily undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit
shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each
period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C
Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account an
annual fronting fee in an amount with respect to each Letter of Credit issued
equal to the greater of (i) $500 or (ii) 1/4 of 1% per annum calculated on the
daily undrawn face amount thereof. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly
to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation,
amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of
the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.
Such fees and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. In the event of any
conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit
Application, the terms hereof shall control.
SECTION 2.15 SWING LINE LOANS.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans (each such loan, a "Swing
Line Loan") to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding
the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing
Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of
Committed Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender,
may exceed the amount of such Lender's Commitment; provided, however, that after
giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Amount Outstanding under the
Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility shall not exceed the Aggregate
Commitments under the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility, and (ii) the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans under the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility of any Lender, plus such Lender's Pro Rata
Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed
such Lender's Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility Commitment, and provided,
further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to
refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under
this Section 2.15, prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under this Section
2.15. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan and shall be outstanding
for no longer than five (5) Business Days. Immediately upon the making of a
Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk
participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such
Lender's Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon
the Borrower's irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. New York, New York time on the
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requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which
shall be a minimum of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.
Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after
receipt by the Administrative Agent of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice,
the Administrative Agent will notify the Swing Line Lender (by telephone or in
writing) of such Swing Line Loan Notice and the contents thereof. Unless the
Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the
Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:30 p.m.
New York, New York time on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A)
directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of
the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section
2.15(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. New York, New York
time on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the
amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at its office by
crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in
immediately available funds.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute
discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its
behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan in an amount
equal to such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans
then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written
request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes
hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03,
without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the
principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized
portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section 4.03. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a
copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering
such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such
Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at
the Administrative Agent's Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day
specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section
2.15(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed
to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount.
The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing
Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be
refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.15(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Committed Loans submitted by the
Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request
by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender's payment
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender
pursuant to Section 2.15(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of
such participation.
(iii) If any Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any
amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.15(c) by the time specified in Section
2.15(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from
such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such
amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment
is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the Swing Line Lender
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at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time
in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts
owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(iv) Each Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans or to
purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.15(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may
have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person
for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each
Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section
2.15(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.03. No such
funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the
obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with
interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a
risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender
receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line
Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such
payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to
reflect the period of time during which such Lender's risk
participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the
Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in
respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to
be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances
described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender
shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand
of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of
such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make
such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender
shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line
Loans. Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.15 to refinance such Lender's Pro Rata
Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall
be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to the Swing Line Lender.
ARTICLE III.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
SECTION 3.01 TAXES.
(a) Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of the
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 the
Administrative Agent
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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 the Administrative Agent
or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains its 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 the Borrower shall be required by any Laws to deduct
any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the
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), each of the
Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it
would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall
make such deductions, (iii) the 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, the Borrower shall
furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such
Lender) the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof.
(b) In addition, the 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 the 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 the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall also pay to the
Administrative Agent (for the account of such Lender) or to such Lender, at the
time interest is paid, such additional amount that such 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) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender for (i) 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 the Administrative Agent and such Lender, (ii) amounts
payable under Section 3.01(c) and (iii) any liability (including penalties,
interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payment under
this subsection (d) shall be made within 30 days after the date the Lender or
the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor.
SECTION 3.02 ILLEGALITY. If any Lender determines that any Law has made
it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is
unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or
fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or materially restricts the authority of such Lender
to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the applicable offshore
Dollar market, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the
Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through
the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue
Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer
exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such
Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable,
convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on
the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Lender may lawfully
continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if
such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay interest on
the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different
Lending Office if such designation will avoid the
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need for such notice and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
SECTION 3.03 INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES. If the Administrative Agent
determines in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a
conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being
offered to banks in the applicable offshore Dollar market for the applicable
amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for such
Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (b) if the Required Lenders determine and notify the
Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan does
not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding such
Eurodollar Rate Loan, then the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the
Borrower and all Lenders. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or
maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent
revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any
pending request for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a
request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified
therein.
SECTION 3.04 INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY;
RESERVES ON EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS.
(a) If any Lender determines that as a result of a Change in Law, or
such Lender's compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to
such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar
Rate Loans, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender
in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this
subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from
(i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) changes
in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the
United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either
thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending
Office, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c) utilized,
as to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate), then
from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent), the 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 a Change In Law regarding capital adequacy
has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender 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 of such demand to the
Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional
amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.
(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall
be required under regulations of the Board to maintain reserves with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits
(currently known as "Eurocurrency liabilities"), additional costs on the unpaid
principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such
reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in
good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and
payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the
Borrower shall have received at least 15 days' prior notice (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender
fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such
additional interest shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such
notice.
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SECTION 3.05 FUNDING LOSSES. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the 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); or
(b) any failure by the 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 the
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. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees
charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the
Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore Dollar interbank
market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such
Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
SECTION 3.06 MATTERS APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION.
(a) A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming
compensation under this Article III and setting forth the additional amount or
amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such
Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01,
then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending
office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in
the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be,
in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower
hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.
SECTION 3.07 SURVIVAL. All of the Borrower's obligations under this
Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and payment in full of
all the other Obligations.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWINGS
SECTION 4.01 CONDITIONS TO INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSION. The obligation of
each Lender to fund its portion of the initial Credit Extension hereunder is
subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent's receipt of the following, each of which
shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) and unless
otherwise specified, each properly executed by an
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authorized officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Conditions
Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a
recent date before the Conditions Effective Date) or the Closing Date, as
appropriate, and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Master
Consent to Assignment, the Guaranties, the U.S. Vessel Mortgages, the
Mortgages executed by the Borrower substantially in the forms of
Exhibits L and M and all other Collateral Documents required by the
Administrative Agent, each dated as of the Closing Date or as of the
Conditions Effective Date;
(ii) Notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender
requesting such Notes, each in a principal amount equal to such
Lender's Committed Sum, each dated as of the Closing Date or as of the
Conditions Effective Date;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action,
incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of officers of each
Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require to establish the
identities of and verify the authority and capacity of each officer
thereof authorized to act in connection with this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
(iv) such evidence as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require to verify that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed,
validly existing, and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its
organization;
(v) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower certifying that (A) the MLP Offering Closing has occurred and
that the gross proceeds of the sale of limited partner units (other
than proceeds paid by the MLP General Partner and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties) are
not less than $55,000,000, (B) that the representations and warranties
contained in Article V are true and correct in all respects on and as
of such date, (C) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing as of such date, (D) since December 31, 2001 there has
occurred no material adverse change in (x) the business, assets,
liabilities (actual or contingent), operations, or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or (y) any of the
businesses, assets or liabilities acquired or assumed or being acquired
or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (E) Purchased
Assets have been conveyed to the Borrower pursuant to the Contribution
Agreement, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries own the assets and
businesses reflected on the MLP Balance Sheet free and clear of all
Liens other than Permitted Liens and Liens to be released on the
Closing Date (as described in Section 4.01(h)), (F) there is no
litigation, investigation or proceeding known to and affecting the
Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate for which the Borrower is required
to give notice pursuant to Section 6.03(c) (or, if there is any such
litigation, investigation or proceeding, then a notice containing the
information required by Section 6.03(c) shall be given concurrently
with the delivery of the certificate given pursuant to this clause
(v)), and (G) no action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending
or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental
authority by or against the Borrower, any Guarantor, the MLP General
Partner, or any of their respective properties, that (x) could
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Borrower
or any Guarantor, or (y) seeks to affect or pertains to any transaction
contemplated hereby or the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents;
(vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer (A) listing the
Material Agreements then in effect, each of which shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
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(B) attaching a copy of each of the listed Material Agreements, and (C)
certifying that each such Material Agreement has been duly executed and
is in full force and effect;
(vii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer providing copies
of the following or a copy of the MLP Registration Statement containing
the following (A) historical audited financial information for
predecessor entities and/or businesses for the three (3) years ended
December 31, 2001, and historical unaudited financial information for
predecessor entities and/or businesses for the fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 2002, and June 30, 2002; and (B) such other financial
information as the Administrative Agent may request;
(viii) opinions from (A) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel to each
Loan Party and the General Partner, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-1 hereto, and (B) local counsel to each Loan Party with
respect to each deed of trust or mortgage executed by a Loan Party;
(ix) a letter from CT Corporation System, Inc., to accept
service of process in the State of New York on behalf of the Borrower
and each Guarantor;
(x) a duly completed Compliance Certificate in the form of
Exhibit C signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and a
Responsible Officer of the MLP demonstrating pro forma compliance with
Section 7.15 as of the Closing Date;
(xi) a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate in the form
of Exhibit H signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and a
Responsible Officer of the MLP; and
(xii) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents
or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line
Lender, or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.
(b) Any fees due and payable at the Conditions Effective Date shall
have been paid.
(c) The Borrower shall have paid Attorney Costs of the Administrative
Agent to the extent invoiced prior to, or on, the Conditions Effective Date.
(d) The Borrower shall be a direct or indirectly wholly-owned
subsidiary of the MLP, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource shall own at least 51% of the MLP
General Partner.
(e) Each Company shall have delivered the following documents:
(i) such Lien searches and abstracts of title as the
Administrative Agent shall have requested, and such termination
statements or other documents as may be necessary to confirm that the
Collateral is subject to no other Liens (other than Permitted Liens and
Liens to be released on the Closing Date (as described in Section
4.01(h)) in favor of any Persons;
(ii) funds sufficient to pay any filing or recording tax or
fee in connection with any and all UCC-1 financing statements or UCC-3
amendment financing statements, or fees associated with the filing of
the Mortgages or amendments to Mortgages;
(iii) evidence that the Collateral Agent has been named as
loss payee and mortgagee under all policies of casualty insurance
pertaining to the Collateral;
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(iv) such consents, estoppels, subordination agreements and
other documents and instruments executed by landlords and other Persons
party to material contracts relating to any Collateral as to which the
Collateral Agent shall be granted a Lien for the benefit of the
Lenders, as requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender;
(v) certificates evidencing all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents,
which certificates shall in each case be accompanied by undated stock
powers duly executed in blank and, with respect to uncertificated
securities pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, confirmation
and evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the security
interest in such uncertificated securities has been transferred to and
perfected by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in
accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code; and
(vi) evidence that all other actions necessary or, in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or the
Lenders, desirable to perfect and protect the first priority Lien
created by the Collateral Documents (except to the extent otherwise
permitted hereunder), and to enhance the Administrative Agent's and the
Collateral Agent's ability to preserve and protect its interests in and
access to the Collateral, have been taken;
(f) Receipt of (i) a commitment with respect to the Stanolind Terminal
and the Tampa Terminal to issue a mortgagee's title policy issued by a title
company satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including all waivers and endorsements
as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require), together with the payment
of all premiums for the issuance of such title policies, (ii) surveys with
respect to the real estate Collateral satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(iii) certificates of title for each of the U.S. Flag Vessels, (iv) a field
audit and inventory valuation report in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, and (v) other information regarding the Collateral
requested by the Administrative Agent.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received from an independent
appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent an Appraisal setting forth the
orderly liquidation value of the Fixed Assets which shall be at least
$50,000,000.
(h) Evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all Assumed
Indebtedness will be repaid, and that all liens on the Purchased Assets securing
the Assumed Indebtedness shall be released upon the initial funding hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of
the Conditions Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.02 DEADLINE FOR CONDITIONS EFFECTIVE DATE. If for any reason
the Closing Date has not occurred on or before November 30, 2002, or the
Conditions Effective Date has not occurred on or before the 5th day after the
Closing Date, then, unless otherwise agreed by all Lenders, the Aggregate
Commitments shall terminate on and as of such date.
SECTION 4.03 CONDITIONS TO ALL LOANS AND L/C CREDIT EXTENSION. The
obligation of each Lender to honor any Committed Loan Notice or Swing Line
Notice, and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to issue any Letter of Credit, is
subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in
Article V, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or
in connection herewith, including, but not limited to the Collateral Documents,
shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Loan is made,
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continued or converted, as applicable, or such Letter of Credit is issued except
to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an
earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier
date.
(b) No Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from
such proposed Loan, continuation or conversion, or L/C Credit Extension.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the
Swing Line Lender, shall have received a Request for Credit Extension and, if
applicable, a Letter of Credit Application in accordance with the requirements
hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Borrower shall be
deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in
Sections 4.03(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the
applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of the Borrower and the MLP, and each Guarantor by its execution
of a Guaranty, represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01 EXISTENCE; QUALIFICATION AND POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
As of the Conditions Effective Date, the Borrower is a direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the MLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource owns at least 51% of the
MLP General Partner. As of the Conditions Effective Date, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur is a
limited partnership organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of Delaware, and ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner is a
limited liability company organized, validly existing, and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the MLP General Partner, the
Borrower General Partner, and each Loan Party (a) is a corporation, partnership
or limited liability company organized or formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all governmental
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to own its assets, carry on its
business and to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and is licensed 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 or license, and (d) is in compliance with all Laws, except in each
case referred to in clause (c) or this clause (d), to the extent that failure to
do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
of the MLP, the Borrower, and their Subsidiaries is a citizen of the United
States as defined in Section 2 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended, entitled
to own and operate the Vessels under their respective Certificates of
Documentation, which the MLP, the Borrower, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gas Marine shall
maintain, or cause to be maintained, in full force and effect, and each is duly
qualified to engage in coastwise trade.
SECTION 5.02 AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION. The execution, delivery
and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is
party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any
of such Person's Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any
breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, any material
Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or any order, injunction,
writ or decree of any Governmental Authority to which such Person or its
property is subject; or (c) violate any Law relating to such Loan Party.
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SECTION 5.03 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION. No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority, except for the filings of mortgages and lien notices in
connection with the granting of security interests pursuant to the Collateral
Documents, is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery
or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.
SECTION 5.04 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement has been, and each other
Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been duly executed and
delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes,
and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid
and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party
that is party thereto in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and
general principles of equity.
SECTION 5.05 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.
(a) The Initial Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein and except for footnotes with respect to
unaudited financial statements included therein. The Initial Financial
Statements (i) fairly present the financial condition of the entities therein
named and their respective Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results
of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance in all material
respects with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein and except for footnotes with
respect to unaudited financial statements included therein; and (ii) show all
material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
entities therein named and their 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 December 31, 2001, there has been no event or circumstance
that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06 LITIGATION. There are no actions, suits, proceedings,
claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the MLP or the Borrower
threatened or contemplated in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or
before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any Borrower
Affiliate or against any of their properties or revenues which (a) seek to
affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the borrowing of
Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, or the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or (b) if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07 NO DEFAULT. Neither the Borrower nor any Borrower
Affiliate is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation
which could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect including
any Material Agreement. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 5.08 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS. From and after the
Conditions Effective Date, (a) each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries (i) have
valid leasehold interests in all its leased real property and (ii) have good
title to all its personal and real property (other than its leased real
property) necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for
such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (b) the property of the MLP, the Borrower and their
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respective Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens and
Liens to be released on the Closing Date in accordance with Section 4.01(h).
SECTION 5.09 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. The MLP and the Borrower have
reasonably concluded that (a) there are no claims alleging potential liability
under or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law except any such
claims that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) there is no environmental condition or
circumstance, such as the presence or Release of any Hazardous Substance, on any
property owned, operated or used the Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) there is
no violation of or by the Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate of any
Environmental Law, except for such violations as could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10 INSURANCE. The properties of the Borrower and the Borrower
Affiliates are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
not Affiliates of the 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 the Borrower or the
Borrower Affiliates operate.
SECTION 5.11 TAXES. The Borrower and the Borrower Affiliates have filed
all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be
filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments,
fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their
properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax
assessment against any Borrower Affiliate or any of their respective
Subsidiaries that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.12 ERISA COMPLIANCE. The representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 5.12 shall apply only if the Borrower or an ERISA
Affiliate establishes a Plan.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws except
to the extent that noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. 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 nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss
of, such qualification, except to the extent that nonqualification could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The 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, except to the extent that nonpayment could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) There are no pending or threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or
action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the MLP nor
the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in or permitted to occur and no
other party has engaged in or permitted to occur any prohibited transaction or
violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) no
Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability that (when aggregated with any
other Unfunded Pension Liability) has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) neither the Borrower nor any
ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.13 SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS. As of the Conditions
Effective Date the Borrower will have no Subsidiaries other than those
specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.13, and will have no equity investment in
any other corporation or other entity other than those specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.13. From and after the Conditions Effective Date the MLP has no
Subsidiaries other than the Borrower, the Borrower General Partner, and the
Borrower's Subsidiaries.
SECTION 5.14 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY
HOLDING COMPANY ACT; USE OF PROCEEDS.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Borrower Affiliate is engaged nor will
it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued
by the Board), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock. Margin Stock constitutes less than 25% of those assets of each
Loan Party which are subject to any limitation on a sale, pledge, or other
restrictions hereunder.
(b) None of the Borrower, any Borrower Affiliate, any Person
controlling the Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate, or any Subsidiary thereof
(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 Company Act of 1935,
or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
(c) The Borrower will use all proceeds of Credit Extension in the
manner set forth in Section 6.12.
SECTION 5.15 DISCLOSURE. All material factual information hereto
furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby, as modified or supplemented by other
information so furnished, is true and accurate in all material respects, and
such information is not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact
necessary to make such information not misleading. All estimates and projections
delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender were based upon information
that was available at the time such estimates or projections were prepared and
believed to be correct and upon assumptions believed to be reasonable.
SECTION 5.16 LABOR MATTERS. There are no actual or threatened strikes,
labor disputes, slowdowns, walkouts, or other concerted interruptions of the
MLP's, the Borrower's, or any of their Subsidiaries' operations that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.17 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Neither the Borrower nor any
Borrower Affiliate is in violation of any Laws, other than such violations which
could not, individually or collectively, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any Borrower Affiliate has
received notice alleging any noncompliance with any Laws, except for such
noncompliance which no longer exists, or which non-compliance could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.18 THIRD PARTY APPROVALS. Except for consents obtained prior
to the Conditions Effective Date, no material approval, consent, exemption,
authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any party that
is not a party to this Agreement is necessary or required in connection with the
transfer of assets to the Borrower pursuant to the Contribution Agreement or in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 5.19 SOLVENCY. Neither the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis nor the MLP and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are
"insolvent" as such term is used and defined in (i) the United States Bankruptcy
Code or (ii) the New York Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act.
SECTION 5.20 COLLATERAL.
(a) The provisions of each of the Collateral Documents are effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal,
valid and enforceable first priority security interest in all right, title and
interest of each Company in the Collateral described therein, except as
otherwise permitted hereunder; and the Collateral Agent is authorized to file
financing statements in the offices in all of the jurisdictions listed in the
schedule to all Security Agreements and Mortgages.
(b) None of the terms or provisions of any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any Borrower
Affiliate is a party or by which the Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate or the
property of the Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate is bound prohibit the filing
or recordation of any of the Loan Documents or any other action which is
necessary or appropriate in connection with the perfection of the Liens on
material assets evidenced and created by any of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 5.21 CONCERNING THE VESSELS.
(a) Schedule 5.21 sets forth a true and correct list describing each of
the Vessels owned on the Closing Date by the Borrower, the MLP, and their
Subsidiaries and correctly sets forth whether each such Vessel is owned by the
Borrower, the MLP, or one of their Subsidiaries. Each Vessel has been
appropriately registered under the laws of its jurisdiction of registration,
including, with respect to each Vessel shown on Schedule 5.21 hereof as being
registered under the laws of the United States of America (the "U.S. Flag
Vessels"), and as of the Closing Date except as disclosed to the Lenders in
writing, none of the Borrower, the MLP, or any of their Subsidiaries own any
Vessels registered under the laws of the United States of America other than the
U.S. Flag Vessels.
(b) Each Vessel complies with all applicable maritime laws and
regulations, including, with respect to each U.S. Flag Vessel, all applicable
requirements of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and in effect, and all
applicable regulations thereunder and all applicable requirements of the
maritime laws of the United States of America and all applicable regulations
thereunder except in such instances in which the failure to comply therewith
could not, individually or collectively, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Borrower, the MLP, and their Subsidiaries
is a citizen of the United States for purposes of operating each of the U.S.
Flag Vessels in the coastwise trade in accordance with Section 2 of the Shipping
Act of 1916, as amended and in effect, and the regulations thereunder. Each
bareboat or demise charterer of each of the U.S. Flag Vessels operated in the
coastwise trade of the United States (i) is a citizen of the United States for
purposes of operating and maintaining such U.S. Flag Vessels in the coastwise
trade in accordance with Section 2 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and
in effect, and the regulations thereunder or (ii) is in compliance with the
citizenship requirements set forth in 46 App. U.S.C.A. Section 883-1. Each of
the U.S. Flag Vessels listed on Schedule 5.21 attached hereto and which is in
operation is covered by a valid Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection, and
Schedule
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5.21 attached hereto lists the U.S. Flag Vessels which have a load line
certificate and which are classed by the American Bureau of Shipping (or any
other classification society or societies satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders). Each U.S. Flag Vessel operated and maintained as a
vessel in the coastwise trade of the United States is so operated in accordance
with the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and in effect, and the regulations
thereunder, and all other U.S. Flag Vessels if operated and maintained in the
coastwise trade would be eligible to be so operated in accordance with the
Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and in effect, and the regulations thereunder.
In addition to the information regarding U.S. Flag Vessels, Schedule 5.21 sets
forth a list of all other Vessels owned by the Borrower, the MLP, and their
Subsidiaries.
(c) Each Vessel subject to a Vessel Mortgage is covered by hull and
machinery, protection and indemnity, war risk, loss of earnings and excess
liability insurance in accordance with the requirements of such Vessel Mortgage.
SECTION 5.22 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LICENSES, ETC. Each Loan Party
owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the material trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and
other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the
operation of its business. To the knowledge of each Loan Party, no such
intellectual property infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No
claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best
knowledge of each Loan Party, threatened, which, either individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE VI.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan
or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit
shall remain outstanding, each of the Borrower and the MLP shall, and shall
cause each of their Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Deliver to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) within thirty (30) days of the MLP Offering Closing, a consolidated
unaudited balance sheet of the MLP and its Subsidiaries as of the MLP Offering
Closing, in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the MLP
as fairly presenting the financial condition of the MLP and its Subsidiaries;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days (or
such shorter time as required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission) after the end of each fiscal year of the MLP, consolidated balance
sheets of the MLP and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and
the related 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
of the MLP, if any, all in reasonable detail, audited and accompanied by a
report and opinion of KPMG LLP or other independent certified public accountant
of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Required 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 the Required
Lenders (the preceding may be in the form of the MLP's annual report filed on
Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission; December 31 is the fiscal
year end of the MLP and the Borrower); and
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(c) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days
(or such shorter time as required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission) after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the MLP, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the MLP and
its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related
statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion
of the MLP'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 of the MLP, if any, and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal
year of the MLP, if any, all in reasonable detail (the preceding may be in the
form of the MLP's annual report filed on Form 10-Q with the Securities and
Exchange Commission) and certified by a Responsible Officer of the MLP as fairly
presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
MLP and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
SECTION 6.02 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION. Deliver to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, at the expense of the Borrower, in form
and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred
to in Sections 6.01(b) and (c), a duly completed Compliance Certificate in form
of Exhibit C signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower who is a senior
financial officer and responsible for regulatory reporting and filing and a
Responsible Officer of the MLP;
(b) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual
report, proxy or financial statement or other report or written communication
sent to the equity owners of the MLP, and copies of all annual, regular,
periodic and special reports and registration statements which the MLP may file
or be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to
the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(c) promptly after execution thereof, copies of Material Agreements and
any material amendment thereto;
(d) on October 31 of each year, appraisal reports in form and substance
and from appraisers satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (each such report
herein, an "Appraisal"), dated as of September 30 of such year and setting forth
the then current orderly liquidation values of all Fixed Assets, provided, that
if a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred or a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may
obtain additional Appraisals;
(e) as soon as possible, but not later than 12:00 noon New York, New
York time, on the last Business Day of each month, a Borrowing Base Certificate
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the
Eligible Accounts Receivable and Eligible Inventory as of the last day of the
immediately preceding month, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, a listing and aging of Eligible Accounts Receivable by counterparty,
and a Schedule of Eligible Inventory volumes and market rates (with sources);
(f) on October 31 of each year, a field audit and inventory valuation
report in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a "Field
Audit") dated October 15 of such year and, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, one
additional Field Audit to be delivered during such year;
(g) annually, together with the items delivered pursuant to Section
6.01(b) herein, projections of operations for the year commencing the preceding
January 1 for the MLP and its Subsidiaries based
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upon information that is then currently available and believed to be correct in
good faith and upon assumptions believed to be reasonable; and
(h) promptly, such additional information regarding the business,
financial or company affairs of any Loan Party as the Administrative Agent, at
the request of any Lender, may from time to time reasonably request, which
information may include copies of any detailed audit reports, if any, management
letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit
committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants
in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or
any audit of any of them.
SECTION 6.03 NOTICES. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender within ten (10) days of an officer of a Borrower Affiliate having
knowledge of any of the following:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, including any of the following events if
such has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a
Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party; (ii) any litigation, investigation by
or required by a Governmental Authority, proceeding or suspension of licenses or
permits between any Loan Party and any Governmental Authority; (iii) any
dispute, litigation, investigation or proceeding involving any Loan Party
related to any Environmental Law;
(c) of any litigation, investigation or proceeding and affecting the
Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate in which (i) the amount involved exceeds
(individually or collectively) $3,500,000, or (ii) injunctive relief or other
relief is sought, which could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial
reporting practices by the Borrower or the MLP; and
(e) of any event that gives any owner of an equity interest in ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur or ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner a right to buy the equity
interest of another owner.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken
and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section
6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this
Agreement or other Loan Document that have been breached.
SECTION 6.04 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Pay and discharge as the same
shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a)
all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or
its properties or assets and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by
law become a Lien upon its property, except, in the case of Clause (a) or (b),
where (x) the validity thereof are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and (y) adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by the appropriate Loan Party.
SECTION 6.05 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC. (a) Preserve, renew and
maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under
the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except in a transaction
permitted by Sections 7.06 and 7.07, (b) take all action to maintain all rights,
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privileges, permits, licenses and franchises material to the conduct of its
business, except in a transaction permitted by Sections 7.06 and 7.07.
SECTION 6.06 MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS AND BUSINESS. (a) Maintain all
material properties, equipment, licenses, permits, and franchises necessary for
its normal business; (b) keep all of its assets which are necessary to its
business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted)
and make all necessary repairs thereto and replacements thereof; (c) do all
things necessary to obtain, renew, extend, and continue in effect all
Authorizations which may at any time and from time to time be necessary for the
operation of its business in compliance with applicable Law, except where the
failure to so maintain, renew, extend, or continue in effect could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (d) preserve or renew
all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the
non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (e) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the
operation and maintenance of its facilities.
SECTION 6.07 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Maintain with responsible
insurance companies insurance with respect to its properties and business
against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts
as is customary in the case of similar businesses and which is satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and will (i) furnish to the
Administrative Agent on each anniversary of the Effective Date a certificate or
certificates of insurance from the applicable insurance company evidencing the
existence of insurance required to be maintained by this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and evidencing that Collateral Agent is listed as sole loss payee
on property insurance and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
Lenders are additional insureds on liability insurance, (ii) upon request of the
Administrative Agent, furnish to each Lender at reasonable intervals a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the nature
and extent of all insurance maintained in accordance with this Section, and
(iii) as soon as possible, but in any event within one hundred eighty days of a
Triggering Sale resulting from an event where payments are made as a result of
any condemnation or Vessel requisition or under an insurance policy described in
this Section 6.07, furnish to the Administrative Agent a Restoration Plan.
SECTION 6.08 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. (a)
Comply with the requirements of all Laws (including Environmental Laws)
applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in
which (i) such requirement of Law is being contested in good faith or a bona
fide dispute exists with respect thereto; or (ii) the failure to comply
therewith could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) comply with all Contractual Obligations, except where the failure to comply
therewith could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and (c) comply with the rules and requirements of any classification society in
which any Vessel is classed except where the failure to comply therewith could
not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.09 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Maintain proper books of record and
account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP
consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters
involving its assets and business; and (b) maintain such books of record and
account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any
Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over it.
SECTION 6.10 INSPECTION RIGHTS. Permit representatives and independent
contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any
of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records,
and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public
accountants, at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often
as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance
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notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that when an Event of Default exists
the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective
representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the
expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without
advance notice.
SECTION 6.11 COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA. With respect to each Plan
maintained by a Company, do each of the following: (a) maintain each Plan in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the
Code and other federal or state Laws, (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,
except to the extent that noncompliance, with respect to each event listed
above, could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.12 USE OF PROCEEDS.
(a) Use the proceeds of the Term Loan Facility to finance the purchase
of the Purchased Assets, including without limitation, the repayment of the
Assumed Indebtedness not repaid with the proceeds of the MLP Offering;
(b) Use the proceeds of the Acquisition Subfacility as follows: to
finance Investments and Acquisitions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of
Persons or assets and Capital Expenditures subject to compliance with this
Agreement, including Sections 7.02 and 7.10; and
(c) Use the proceeds (including Letters of Credit) of the Working
Capital/Distribution Subfacility to (i) fund working capital and general
partnership requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including without
limitation, payments to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource pursuant to the Omnibus Agreement for
reimbursement of expenses and corporate overhead, (ii) fund Quarterly
Distributions to the extent permitted by Sections 2.01(c) and 7.08(b) and (c),
(iii) pay fees, costs and expenses owed pursuant to this Agreement and incurred
pursuant to the MLP Offering, and (iv) to finance the purchase of the Purchased
Assets, including without limitation, the repayment of the Assumed Indebtedness
not repaid with the proceeds of the MLP Offering.
SECTION 6.13 MATERIAL AGREEMENTS. Enforce the obligations of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Parties contained in the indemnification provisions of the Omnibus Agreement,
and enforce all other obligations of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties contained in the
Material Agreements to the same extent as they would enforce similar obligations
of unrelated third parties.
SECTION 6.14 CONCERNING THE VESSELS. The MLP and the Borrower shall,
and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, at all times operate each Vessel
in compliance in all respects with all applicable governmental rules,
regulations and requirements pertaining to such Vessels (including, without
limitation, all requirements of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and in
effect, applicable to each U.S. Flag Vessel) and, to the extent required to be
classed, in compliance in all respects with all rules, regulations and
requirements of the applicable classification society except in such instances
in which the failure to so operate could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The MLP and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of
their Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain and shall assure that each demise
or bareboat charterer of the U.S. Flag Vessels operated and maintained in the
coastwise trade of the United States shall maintain, as required, its
citizenship of the United States for purposes of operating each of the U.S. Flag
Vessels in the coastwise trade in accordance with Section 2 of the Shipping Act
of 1916, as amended and in effect, and the regulations thereunder or the
citizenship requirements set forth in 46 App. U.S.C.A. Section 883-1. Upon
request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders the certificate of each classification
society covering each of the U.S. Flag Vessels listed on Schedule 5.21 attached
hereto no later than thirty
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(30) days after the end of each fiscal year of the MLP. The MLP and the Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, keep each U.S. Flag Vessel
registered under the laws of the United States and each Vessel (other than a
U.S. Flag Vessel) flagged under the laws of another jurisdiction and shall
maintain in full force and effect the Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection (or
the equivalent for any Vessel registered under the laws of another jurisdiction)
of each Vessel that is in operation and which requires such a certificate and
furnish to the Administrative Agent copies of all renewals and extensions
thereof.
SECTION 6.15 GUARANTIES. As an inducement to the Administrative Agent
and Lenders to enter into this Agreement, cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower,
the MLP and each Subsidiary of the MLP (other than the Borrower) to execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty, each substantially in the form
and upon the terms of Exhibit E-1 and Exhibit E-2, respectively, providing for
the guaranty of payment and performance of the Obligations. In addition, at the
time of the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary to
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (a) a Guaranty substantially in
the form and upon the terms of Exhibit E-1, providing for the guaranty of
payment and performance of the Obligations, (b) Collateral Documents in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent creating liens and security
interests in all assets and properties of such Subsidiary and in the equity
interests in such Subsidiary, and (c) certified copies of such Subsidiary's
Organization Documents and opinions of counsel with respect to such Subsidiary
and such Guaranty, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 hereto, and (d) such
other documents and instruments as may be required with respect to such
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.18.
SECTION 6.16 COMPANY IDENTITY. The MLP and the Borrower shall do or
cause to be done (or refrain from doing or causing to be done, as the case may
be) all things necessary to ensure that the separate legal identity of the
Borrower, the MLP and, except as permitted by Section 7.06, each of their
respective Subsidiaries will at all times be respected and that none of the
Borrower, the MLP, or any of their Subsidiaries will be liable for any
obligations, contractual or otherwise, of the MLP General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource or any other entity in which the MLP General Partner or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource
owns any equity interest, except as permitted by Sections 5.13 and 7.02. Without
limiting the foregoing, the MLP and the Borrower will, and will cause each of
their respective Subsidiaries to (a) observe all requirements, procedures and
formalities necessary or advisable in order that the MLP, the Borrower and each
of their respective Subsidiaries will for all purposes be considered validly
existing Persons separate and distinct from the MLP General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource and their other subsidiaries, (b) not permit any commingling of the
assets of the MLP General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource or any of their other
Subsidiaries with assets of the MLP, the Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries which would prevent the assets of the MLP General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource or any of their other Subsidiaries from being readily distinguished
from the assets of the MLP, the Borrower, and their respective Subsidiaries, and
(c) take reasonable and customary actions to ensure that creditors of the MLP
General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource, and their other Subsidiaries are aware that
each such Person is an entity separate and distinct from the MLP, the Borrower,
and their respective Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.17 VESSEL MORTGAGES. Within one Business Day of the Closing
Date an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel to each Loan Party executing a
Vessel Mortgage, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 hereto.
SECTION 6.18 FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL.
(a) The Borrower and the MLP shall cause the MLP and each Subsidiary of
the Borrower and the MLP to take such actions and to execute and deliver such
documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent shall require to ensure
that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders shall, at all times, have
received currently effective duly executed Loan Documents granting Lien and
security
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interest in substantially all of the assets of the MLP and each Subsidiary of
the Borrower and the MLP, including (i) at least 80% (based on fair market
value) of the Vessels and the other fixed assets, and all accounts receivable,
inventory, equipment, general intangibles, and deposit accounts, and (ii) all
other material assets and properties of the MLP, the Borrower, and their
Subsidiaries including all capital stock, partnership, joint venture, membership
interests, or other equity interests, provided, (A) equity interests in ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur will not be pledged until (1) ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur Organization
Documents no longer prohibit the MLP, the Borrower, or their Subsidiaries from
granting a Lien and security interest in equity interests in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur
or (2) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource, its Subsidiaries, or Affiliates own all the equity
interests in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur and ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner and (B)
general partnership interests in the Borrower shall not be pledged by the
Borrower General Partner until (1) such time as the Borrower General Partner
Organization Documents no longer prohibit the Borrower General Partner from
granting a Lien and security interest in the general partnership interests of
the Borrower and (2) such pledge shall not result in any material adverse tax
consequences to the MLP or its Subsidiaries.
(b) In connection with the actions required pursuant to the foregoing
subsection (a), the Borrower and the MLP shall cause the MLP and each Subsidiary
of the Borrower and the MLP to execute and deliver such stock certificates,
blank stock powers, evidence of corporate authorization, opinions of counsel,
current valuations, evidence of title, title opinions, title insurance and other
documents, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain landlord and
mortgagee waivers and third party consents, as shall be requested by the
Administrative Agent, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) The Liens required by this Section 6.18 shall be perfected Liens in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, subject in
priority to no other Liens except Permitted Liens of the type described in
Section 7.01 (other than Section 7.01(h) and, in the case of the Vessels and
other fixed assets required to be pledged pursuant to Section 6.18(a)(i), other
than Section 7.01(b), (h), (i), (j), and (k)). If the Administrative Agent shall
determine that, as of any date, the Borrower or the MLP shall have failed to
comply with this Section 6.18, the Administrative Agent may (and at the
direction of the Required Lenders, shall) notify the Borrower in writing of such
failure and, within 30 days from and after receipt of such written notice by the
Borrower, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
supplemental or additional Loan Documents, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and its counsel, securing payment of the Notes and the
other Obligations and covering additional assets and properties not then
encumbered by any Loan Documents (together with such other information, as may
be requested by the Administrative Agent, each of which shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) such that the
Administrative Agent shall have received currently effective duly executed and
perfected Collateral Documents encumbering substantially all of the assets of
the MLP, the Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries as required by
Section 6.18(a).
ARTICLE VII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan
or other Obligations shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit
shall remain outstanding, each of the MLP and the Borrower agree that they shall
not, nor shall they permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly:
SECTION 7.01 LIENS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien
upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
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(b) (i) Liens existing on the Purchased Assets securing the Assumed
Indebtedness that will be repaid on the date of the initial funding hereunder
with the proceeds of the MLP Offering which shall be released upon such Assumed
Indebtedness repayment and (ii) Liens existing on the Conditions Effective Date
and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided
that the property covered thereby is not increased, the amount of the
Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased, and any of the Indebtedness
thereby secured is permitted by Section 7.04(e);
(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 on the books of the applicable Person 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 thirty (30) days or which are being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with
GAAP;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(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, in each case
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances affecting real property which (i) are described in any title policy
delivered with respect to the Collateral, or (ii) do not materially interfere
with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default;
(i) any Lien existing on any asset (other than stock of a Subsidiary)
prior to acquisition thereof by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, and not created in
contemplation of such acquisition, provided that (i) no such Lien shall be
extended to cover property other than the asset being acquired, and (ii) the
Indebtedness thereby secured is permitted by Section 7.04(e);
(j) Liens securing Capitalized Lease obligations provided that the
Indebtedness in respect of such Capitalized Lease is permitted under Section
7.04(e);
(k) Purchase money Liens upon or in any property acquired by Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the deferred portion of the purchase price
of such property or to secure Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition
of such property and refinancings, renewals, and extensions of such Liens,
provided that (i) no such Lien shall be extended to cover property other than
the property being acquired, and (ii) the Indebtedness thereby secured is
permitted by Section 7.04(e);
(l) Liens reserved in or exercisable under any lease or sublease
permitted under Section 7.05 to which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a lessee
which secure the payment of rent or compliance with the terms of such lease or
sublease; provided, that the rent under such lease or sublease is not then
overdue for a period of thirty (30) days;
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(m) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease permitted under
Section 7.05 entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of its business and covering only the assets so leased;
(n) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection
with margin requirements under Swap Contracts not to exceed in the aggregate
$250,000 at any time outstanding;
(o) interests of lessees in leases under which such Person is a lessor,
provided such leaseholds are otherwise not prohibited by the terms of this
Agreement;
(p) Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of
setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of
the MLP or any Subsidiary on deposit with or in possession of such bank; and
(q) Liens represented by the escrow of cash or Cash Equivalents, and
the earnings thereon, securing the obligations of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries under any agreement to acquire, or pursuant to which it acquired,
assets Reinvested in accordance with this Agreement or other assets or property
which it is permitted to acquire pursuant to Section 7.02 securing the
obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the seller of the
property under any agreement pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries may acquire assets Reinvested in accordance with this Agreement or
other assets or property which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries are permitted to
acquire pursuant to Section 7.02.
SECTION 7.02 INVESTMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS. Make any Acquisitions or
make or own any Investments, except:
(a) Acquisition of assets by the Borrower on the Conditions Effective
Date pursuant to the Contribution Agreement;
(b) Investments existing on the Conditions Effective Date and listed in
Section (b) of Schedule 5.13;
(c) cash or Cash Equivalents;
(d) Investments constituting Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.04;
(e) Investments by the MLP in the Borrower;
(f) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in any Subsidiary
of the Borrower that, prior to such Investment, is a Guarantor;
(g) Investments made after the Closing Date in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur which
do not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate; provided, no additional Investments
otherwise permitted under this clause (g) shall be permitted to be made at any
time a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(h) trade accounts receivable which are for goods furnished or services
rendered in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Permitted Acquisitions by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;
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(j) Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of
accounts receivable from financially troubled account debtors to the extent
reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(k) Guaranty Obligations permitted by Section 7.04; and
(l) Investments resulting from transactions permitted by Section 7.06.
SECTION 7.03 HEDGING AGREEMENTS. Enter into any Swap Contracts other
than in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of protecting against
fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices, or foreign exchange rates and
not for purposes of speculation, provided that the Swap Contract shall not
contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation
to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party.
SECTION 7.04 INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, or assume any Indebtedness
except:
(a) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness owed by a Subsidiary to the Borrower or to a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or by the Borrower to a Guarantor, provided, that, to
the extent such Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note, such note shall
be pledged to secure the Obligations and is in the possession of the Collateral
Agent;
(c) Other Indebtedness of the Borrower and the MLP ("Subordinated
Indebtedness") which Subordinated Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the
Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement containing terms in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (a
"Subordination Agreement"), provided that such Subordinated Indebtedness shall
bear a market rate of interest, shall not require any payment of principal
earlier than six (6) months after the Stated Maturity Date, and the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof shall be used to prepay the Loans and reduce the Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.04(b);
(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower, the MLP or
any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract to the extent
permitted by Section 7.03; and
(e) Other Indebtedness of the MLP, the Borrower and their respective
Subsidiaries not to exceed $5,000,000 in aggregate principal amount outstanding
at any time.
Provided, that if any Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to this Section 7.04,
both before and after such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed, no
Default or Event of Default shall exist.
SECTION 7.05 LEASE OBLIGATIONS. Create or suffer to exist any
obligations for the payment of rent by such Person as lessee for any property
under lease or agreement to lease (other than those constituting Synthetic Lease
Obligations or Capital Leases), except for operating leases entered into or
assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business,
provided that, such operating leases will not require the payment of an
aggregate amount of annual payments in excess of $5,000,000.
SECTION 7.06 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Merge or consolidate with or into, or
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or
in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long
as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom:
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(a) any Person may merge into the Borrower provided that the Borrower
is the surviving entity and the requirements set forth in the definition of
Permitted Acquisition (other than clause (a)) with respect to Investments are
satisfied;
(b) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower, provided that the
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more
Subsidiaries, provided that when any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is merging with
another Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or
surviving Person;
(c) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets
(upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Borrower or to another
Subsidiary; provided that if the seller in such a transaction is a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary, then the purchaser must also be the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary;
(d) any Person (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the
Borrower) may merge into any Subsidiary provided that such Subsidiary is the
surviving entity and the requirements set forth in the definition of Permitted
Acquisition with respect to Investments are satisfied; and
(e) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make Dispositions permitted by
Section 7.07.
SECTION 7.07 DISPOSITIONS. Make any Disposition or enter into any
agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of inventory or
obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions by any Subsidiary to the Borrower, or by any
Subsidiary or by the Borrower, to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;
(c) Dispositions of the Maricopa, Arizona Fertilizer Plant; or
(d) other Dispositions for fair market value, provided no Default or
Event of Default then exists or arises as a result thereof, provided that if a
prepayment is required by Section 2.04(b)(i), the Borrower shall make such
prepayment in accordance with such Section.
SECTION 7.08 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS; DISTRIBUTIONS AND REDEMPTIONS.
Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any
obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (and, in the case of a Restricted
Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any Subsidiary and
to each owner of capital stock or other equity interest of such Subsidiary on a
pro rata basis based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) the Borrower may declare and make Quarterly Distributions of
Available Cash as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement (Borrower) as in
effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, distributions of the
proceeds of Distribution Loans) to the extent such Quarterly Distributions are
made in accordance with the Limited Partnership Agreement (Borrower); provided,
that at the time each such Quarterly Distribution is made no Default or Event of
Default exists or would result therefrom;
(c) the MLP may (i) declare and make Quarterly Distributions of
Available Cash as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement (MLP) as in
effect on the Closing Date (including, without
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limitation, distributions of the proceeds of Distribution Loans) to the extent
such Quarterly Distributions are made in accordance with the Limited Partnership
Agreement (MLP) and (ii) purchase units under and in accordance with any MLP
Long-Term Incentive Plan (as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement
(MLP)); provided, that at the time each such Quarterly Distribution or purchase
is made no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom; and
(d) the MLP may declare and make dividend payments or other
distributions payable solely in common units.
SECTION 7.09 ERISA. At any time engage in a transaction which could be
subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, or permit any Plan maintained by a
Company 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, could be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7.10 NATURE OF BUSINESS; CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Engage in any
line of business other than the Midstream Business, or make any Capital
Expenditures or Acquisitions or Investments permitted by Section 7.02 except in
connection with the Midstream Business. The MLP may not engage in any business
other than ownership of the Borrower and the operation of the MLP.
SECTION 7.11 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Sell, lease, or otherwise
transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any
property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any
of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions in the ordinary course of business
and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower, the MLP,
or such Subsidiary than such Person could obtain in a comparable arm's length
transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower, the MLP, or such
Subsidiary, (b) transactions among the Borrower Affiliates, (c) any Restricted
Payment permitted by Section 7.08, or (d) transactions pursuant to the
agreements described in clauses (a) through (p) of the definition of Material
Agreements, which agreements in the opinion of the Borrower when taken as a
whole are fair and reasonable to the Borrower, the MLP, and their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 7.12 BURDENSOME AGREEMENTS. Enter into any Contractual
Obligation that limits the ability of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments
to the Borrower or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower; provided that
the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions (i) imposed by law
or by any Loan Document, (ii) existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule
7.01 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or
modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii)
contained in agreements relating to a Disposition to a Person who is not an
Affiliate of the MLP or any of its Subsidiaries pending such Disposition,
provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property or assets
to be subject to such Disposition and such Disposition is permitted hereunder,
(iv) imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this
Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) customary provisions in leases and
other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.
SECTION 7.13 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of any Loan for purposes
other than those permitted by Section 6.12, or use the proceeds of any Loan,
whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or
ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation
U of the Board) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such
purpose.
SECTION 7.14 AMENDMENTS TO MATERIAL AGREEMENTS; AMENDMENT TO OMNIBUS
AGREEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. Permit any amendment to any Borrower Operating
Agreement or any Material
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Agreement, if such amendment could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, no amendment shall be made to
the Omnibus Agreement that shall increase the annual $1,000,000 administrative
fee paid to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource (other than (i) adjustments approved by the
Conflicts Committee (as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement (MLP)) to
account for adjustments in the nature of the services provided by ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource and/or its Affiliates as a result of acquisitions by the MLP and its
Subsidiaries or other expansions of the business of the MLP and its Subsidiaries
and (ii) inflation adjustments made pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus
Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date).
SECTION 7.15 FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
(a) Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of
the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than the ratio of 3.0 to 1.0.
(b) Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio at any time to be greater
than the ratio of 3.5 to 1.0.
(c) Minimum Net Worth. Permit the Net Worth at any time to be less than
$35,000,000.
(d) Current Ratio. Permit the Current Ratio as of the end of any fiscal
quarter to be less than the ratio of 1.10 to 1.00.
(e) Fixed Asset Coverage. Permit at any time the orderly liquidation
value of the Fixed Assets subject to the Collateral Documents as set forth in
the most current Appraisal delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 6.02(d) (the "OLV" which value shall be net of any Indebtedness (other
than the Obligations) secured by a Lien on the applicable assets) to be less
than 200% of the sum of Acquisition/Term Outstandings. As used in this Section,
"Acquisition/Term Outstandings" at any time means the sum of (i) the Term Loan
Principal Debt and (ii) Revolver Principal Debt outstanding at such time under
the Acquisition Subfacility. If on any date such OLV is less than 200% of the
Acquisition/Term Outstandings, then the Borrower shall, as soon as possible, but
in any event within thirty (30) days make a mandatory payment of Committed Loans
in an amount sufficient to cause a reduction of the Acquisition/Term
Outstandings such that the OLV is equal to or greater than 200% of the
Acquisition/Term Outstandings.
(f) Adjustments for Acquisitions. For purposes of calculating the
Interest Coverage Ratio and the Leverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA and
Consolidated Interest Charges shall be adjusted on a pro forma basis (in a
manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent if unaudited or by an independent
certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) for any Person or assets sold or acquired and any
Indebtedness incurred or assumed after the beginning of any four-fiscal quarter
period being measured with respect to such ratios as if such assets had been
sold or acquired at the beginning of such four-fiscal quarter period.
SECTION 7.16 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Permit (a) annual capital
expenditures of the MLP, the Borrower, and their Subsidiaries to exceed the sum
of $10,000,000 and the Additional Amount and (b) capital expenditures to be used
for purposes other than those related to the Midstream Business. For purposes of
this Section 7.16, "Additional Amount" shall mean, for any fiscal year of the
MLP, the Borrower, and their Subsidiaries, an amount of capital expenditures
equal to $10,000,000 less capital expenditures made for the previous fiscal year
(capital expenditures for the previous fiscal year shall not include any portion
of the Additional Amount calculated for the previous fiscal year).
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SECTION 7.17 SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS. Neither the Borrower nor the
MLP will amend documents governing Subordinated Indebtedness unless approved in
writing by the Required Lenders. The Borrower shall not make any payments of
interest or any other amounts in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness if a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result from such payment. The Borrower will not repay any principal, interest or
other indebtedness in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any
redemption or acquisition for value or defeasance, refinancing or exchange
thereof or therefore, or make any payments in contravention of the applicable
Subordination Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any of the following shall constitute
an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to
be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation or
(ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on
any Loan, any L/C Obligation, any commitment or other fee due hereunder, or any
other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any
term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03(a), 6.05 (with
respect to the MLP's and the Borrower's existence), 6.12, or Article VII; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any
other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above)
contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such
failure continues for 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date notice has been
given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or a Lender or (ii) the date a
Responsible Officer knew or reasonably should have known of such Default; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made
or deemed made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan
Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith
proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
or
(e) Cross-Default. (i) The Borrower or any other Loan Party (A) fails
to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness
or Guaranty Obligation (other than Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an
aggregate principal amount (or, in the case of a Capitalized Lease or a
Synthetic Lease Obligation, Attributable Indebtedness) (including undrawn or
available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any
combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than (individually or
collectively) $3,500,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement
or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guaranty Obligation or
contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating
thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event
is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, the lessor
under such Synthetic Lease Obligation or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of
such Guaranty Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or
holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if
required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased
or redeemed (automatically or otherwise) prior to its stated maturity, or such
Guaranty Obligation to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to
be demanded; or (ii) (A) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early
Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract)resulting from any event of
default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any other Loan
Party is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract)
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and the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party as a
result thereof is greater than (individually or collectively) $3,500,000, or (B)
there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in
such Swap Contract) resulting from any Termination Event (as so defined) under
such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is an
Affected Party (as so defined) and the Swap Termination Value owed by the
Borrower and other Loan Party as a result thereof is greater than (individually
or collectively) $3,500,000 and such amount is not paid when due under such Swap
Contract, or (iii) there occurs an Event of Default (as such term is defined in
any Collateral Document); or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. (i) (A) The Borrower or any Borrower
Affiliate or ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur or ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner institutes
or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to
the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator, or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its
property or takes any action to effect any of the foregoing; or (B) any
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar
officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the
appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or (C) any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or
any part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and
continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief
is entered in any such proceeding; (ii) (A) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource institutes or
consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to
the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its
property or takes any action to effect any of the foregoing; or (B) any
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar
officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the
appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or (C) any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or
any part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and
continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief
is entered in any such proceeding provided, in the case of any event described
in this clause (ii), that such event could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Borrower or any
Borrower Affiliate, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sulphur General Partner, or any
of their respective Subsidiaries becomes unable or admits in writing its
inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any
writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or
levied against property which is a material part of the property of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully
bonded within 45 days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. (i) There is entered against the Borrower or any other
Loan Party (other than the MLP General Partner) or (A) a final judgment or order
for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding (individually or
collectively) $3,500,000 (to the extent not covered by third-party insurance as
to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (B) any non-monetary final
judgment that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and, in either case, (1) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any
creditor upon such judgment or order, or (2) there is a period of 30 consecutive
days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending
appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; (ii) there is entered against ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Resource (A) a final judgment or order for the payment of money that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) any non-monetary
final judgment that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and, in either case, (1) enforcement proceedings are commenced by
any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (2) there is a period of 30
consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason
of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
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(i) ERISA. (i) If the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their
ERISA Affiliates maintains any Pension Plan or any Multiemployer Plan, 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 the Borrower
or any other Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $3,500,000,
or (ii) if there is any Multiemployer Plan, the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any ERISA Affiliate thereof 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 $3,500,000; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after
its execution and delivery and for any reason other than the agreement of all
the Lenders or termination of all Commitments and 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 material respect; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further
liability or obligation under any Loan Document (except for a Loan Party
released therefrom pursuant to a Disposition or other transaction permitted
hereunder), or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(l) Dissolution. The Borrower or any Borrower Affiliate shall dissolve,
liquidate, or otherwise terminate its existence, except as permitted in Section
7.06; or
(m) Material Agreements. (i) Termination of any Material Agreement or
any material provision of any of the foregoing if such termination could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such agreement or
provision is not replaced (prior to such cessation) in a manner that will
prevent such Material Adverse Effect; (ii) default by any Person in the
performance or observance of any material term of any Material Agreement which
is not cured within the applicable cure period specified in such Material
Agreement, if such default could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or (iii) any Unauthorized Assignment shall occur; or
(n) Collateral; Impairment of Security, etc. (i) Any provision of any
Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or
enforceable against a Loan Party or any Loan Party shall so state in writing or
bring an action to limit its obligations or liabilities thereunder; or (ii) any
Collateral Document shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms
thereof) cease to create a valid security interest in the Collateral purported
to be covered thereby or such security interest shall for any reason cease to be
a perfected and first priority security interest subject to Permitted Liens; or
(iii) any provision of a Subordination Agreement shall cease to be effective or
shall not be enforceable, or any holder of Subordinated Indebtedness shall seek
to invalidate any provision of a Subordination Agreement; or
(o) Investment Reduction Event. There occurs any Investment Reduction
Event.
SECTION 8.02 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default
occurs, the Administrative Agent:
(a) (i) shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of the
Required Term Lenders, declare the commitment of each Term Lender to make Loans
under the Term Loan Facility to be terminated, whereupon such commitments shall
be terminated; and (ii) shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of
the Required Revolver Lenders declare the commitment of each Revolver Lender to
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make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to
be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligations shall be terminated;
(b) shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of the Required
Lenders, declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all
interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of
acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower;
(c) shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of the Required
Lenders, declare that an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations be immediately due and payable by the Borrower, without presentment,
demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower,
and require that the Borrower deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent
to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then
Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d) shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of the Required
Lenders, exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies
available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any event specified in subsection
(f)(i) of Section 8.01, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically
terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest
and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and
an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall be
deemed to be forthwith due and owing by the Borrower to the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders as of the date of such occurrence and the Borrower's obligation to pay
such amounts shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any
beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a
portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit and, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be
affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the Borrower
may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever.
Such payments shall be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent as cash
collateral securing the L/C Obligations.
ARTICLE IX.
AGENTS
SECTION 9.01 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
COLLATERAL AGENT; LENDER HEDGING AGREEMENTS.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to Section 9.10) appoints,
designates and authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and the 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 herein or in
any other Loan Document, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral
Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set
forth herein, nor shall either the Administrative Agent or the 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 the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent. Without
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limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term "agent"
herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative
Agent or the 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.
(b) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the 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 the Administrative Agent may agree at the
request of the Required Lenders to act for the L/C Issuer with respect thereto;
provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and
immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article IX with
respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer 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 Article IX
included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as
additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(c) To the extent any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender is a party to
a Lender Hedging Agreement and accepts the benefits of the Liens in the
Collateral arising pursuant to the Collateral Documents, such Lender (for itself
and on behalf of any such Affiliates) shall be deemed (i) to appoint Royal Bank,
as its nominee and agent, to act for and on behalf of such Lender or Affiliate
thereof in connection with the Collateral Documents and (ii) to be bound by the
terms of this Article IX.
SECTION 9.02 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. Either the Administrative Agent or
the Collateral 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 and other consultants or experts
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall 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.
SECTION 9.03 DEFAULT; MASTER CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT.
(a) Upon the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of
Default, the Lenders agree to promptly confer in order that Required Lenders or
the Lenders, as the case may be, may agree upon a course of action for the
enforcement of the rights of the Lenders; and the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action (without
incurring any liability to any Person for so refraining) unless and until the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as appropriate, shall have
received instructions from Required Lenders. All rights of action under the Loan
Documents and all right to the Collateral, if any, hereunder may be enforced by
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and any suit or proceeding
instituted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in furtherance of
such enforcement shall be brought in its name as the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as applicable, without the necessity of joining as plaintiffs
or defendants any other Lender, and the recovery of any judgment shall be for
the benefit of the Lenders (and, with respect to Lender Hedging Agreements,
Affiliates, if applicable) subject to the expenses of the Administrative Agent
and/or the Collateral Agent. In actions with respect to any property of the
Borrower or any other Obligor, each of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent is acting for the ratable benefit of each Lender (and, with
respect to Lender Hedging Agreement, Affiliates, if applicable). Any and all
agreements to subordinate (whether made heretofore or hereafter) other
indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to the Obligation shall be construed as
being for the ratable benefit of each Lender (and, with respect to Lender
Hedging Agreement, Affiliates, if applicable).
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(b) Each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Lenders (and, with respect to Lender Hedging Agreement,
Affiliates, if applicable).
(c) Except to the extent unanimity (or other percentage set forth in
Section 10.1) is required hereunder, each Lender agrees that any action taken by
the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents,
and the exercise by the Required Lenders of the power set forth herein or
therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto,
shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders.
(d) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent is hereby
authorized on behalf of the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or
further consent from any Lender, from time to time to take any action with
respect to any Collateral or Collateral Documents which may be necessary to
perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to
the Collateral Documents.
(e) Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall
have any obligation whatsoever to any Lender or to any other Person to assure
that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Obligor or is cared for,
protected, or insured or has been encumbered or that the Liens granted to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent herein or pursuant thereto have
been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or
enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or
in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or
to continue exercising, any of the Rights granted or available to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in this Section 9.03 or in any of
the Collateral Documents; it being understood and agreed that in respect of the
Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in
its sole discretion, given the Administrative Agent's or the Collateral Agent's
own interest in the Collateral as one of the Lenders and that neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or liability
whatsoever to any Lender, other than to act without gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(f) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize each of the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option and discretion, to release any
Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent upon
any Collateral: (i) constituting property in which no Obligor owned an interest
at the time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; (ii) constituting
property leased to an Obligor under a lease which has expired or been terminated
in a transaction permitted under the Loan Document or is about to expire and
which has not been, and is not intended by such Obligor to be, renewed; and
(iii) consisting of an instrument evidencing Indebtedness pledged to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders),
if the Indebtedness evidenced thereby has been paid in full. In addition, the
Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
to release Liens upon Collateral as contemplated in Section 10.01(c) or (d), or
if approved, authorized, or ratified in writing by the requisite Lenders. Upon
request by the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent at any time, the
Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent's and/or the Collateral
Agent's authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to
this Section 9.03.
(g) In furtherance of the authorizations set forth in this Section
9.03, each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution,
for and on behalf of and in the name of each such Lender, (i) to enter into
Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, any appointments of
substitute trustees under any Collateral Documents), (ii) to take action with
respect to the Collateral and Collateral Documents to perfect, maintain, and
preserve the Liens securing the Obligations, and (iii) to execute instruments of
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release or to take other action necessary to release Liens upon any Collateral
to the extent authorized in paragraph (f) hereof. This power of attorney shall
be liberally, not restrictively, construed so as to give the greatest latitude
to the Administrative Agent's and the Collateral Agent's power, as attorney,
relative to the Collateral matters described in this Section 9.03. The
respective powers and authorities herein conferred on the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent may be exercised by each of the Administrative Agent
and/or the Collateral Agent through any Person who, at the time of the execution
of a particular instrument, is an officer of such agent. The power of attorney
conferred by this Section 9.03(g) is granted for valuable consideration and is
coupled with an interest and is irrevocable so long as the Obligations, or any
part thereof, shall remain unpaid or the Lenders are obligated to make any
Borrowings under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.04 LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. No Agent-Related Person
shall (a) 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 (b) be
responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital,
statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any officer
thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability
or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the
creation, perfection or priority of any Liens purported to be created by any of
the Loan Documents, or the validity, genuineness, enforceability, existence,
value or sufficiency of any collateral security, or to make any inquiry
respecting the performance by the Borrower of its obligations hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party
to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No
Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender 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 Loan Party or
any Affiliate thereof.
SECTION 9.05 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral 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 Loan
Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent. Each of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral 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 the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so
requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the 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. Each of the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting,
or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in
accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders or all the Lenders,
if required hereunder, and such request and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and participants. Where
this Agreement expressly permits or prohibits an action unless the Required
Lenders otherwise determine, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral
Agent shall, and in all other instances, the Administrative Agent and/or the
Collateral Agent may, but shall not be required to, initiate any solicitation
for the consent or a vote of the Lenders.
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(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has funded its Pro Rata Share of the
Borrowing(s) on the Conditions Effective Date (or, if there is no Borrowing made
on such date, each Lender other than Lenders who gave written objection to the
Administrative Agent prior to such date) shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
either sent by the Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent, approval,
acceptance or satisfaction, or required hereunder to be consented to or approved
by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender.
SECTION 9.06 NOTICE OF DEFAULT. The 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 the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from
a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or
Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default." The
Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice.
The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with
Article VIII; provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent
has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect
to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best
interest of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.07 CREDIT DECISION; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has
made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any consent to and
acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any
Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty
by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether
Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession.
Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that
it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties
and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory
Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision
to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder.
Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance
upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis,
appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary
to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial
and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to
be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
herein, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any
duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial
and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of
their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any
Agent-Related Person.
SECTION 9.08 INDEMNIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL
AGENT. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the
Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not
reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation
of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each 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
Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified
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Liabilities resulting from such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct;
provided, however, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the
Required 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 each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses
(including Attorney Costs) incurred by each of the Administrative Agent and each
of the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or
any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the
Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent is not reimbursed for such
expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall
survive termination of the Commitments, the payment of all Obligations hereunder
and the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent and/or the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 9.09 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT IN THEIR
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. Royal Bank and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept
deposits from, acquire equity interests in (any equity interests acquired shall
be held by a Royal Bank Affiliate) and generally engage in any kind of banking,
trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan
Parties and their respective Affiliates as though Royal Bank were not the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or the L/C Issuer hereunder and
without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that,
pursuant to such activities, Royal Bank or its Affiliates may receive
information regarding any Loan Party or its Affiliates (including information
that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party
or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that neither the Administrative Agent nor the
Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to
them. With respect to its Loans, Royal Bank shall have the same rights and
powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and
powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or
the L/C Issuer, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" include Royal Bank in its
individual capacity.
SECTION 9.10 SUCCESSOR AGENTS.
(a) The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30
days' notice to the Lenders with a copy of such notice to the Borrower. If the
Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall
appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent for the Lenders
which successor administrative agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at
all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default. If no
successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the
resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint,
after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor administrative
agent from among the 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 Article IX and Sections 10.03 and
10.13 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 by the
date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring Administrative Agent's
notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the
duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
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(b) The Collateral Agent may resign as Collateral Agent upon 30 days'
notice to the Lenders with a copy of such notice to the Borrower. If the
Collateral Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall
appoint from among the Lenders a successor collateral agent for the Lenders
which successor collateral agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all
times other than during the existence of an Event of Default. If no successor
collateral agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of
the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with
the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor collateral agent from among the
Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent
hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights,
powers and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent and the term "Collateral
Agent" shall mean such successor collateral agent and the retiring Collateral
Agent's appointment, powers and duties as Collateral Agent shall be terminated.
After any retiring Collateral Agent's resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent,
the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.03 and 10.13 shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Collateral Agent under this Agreement. If no successor collateral agent has
accepted appointment as Collateral Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days
following a retiring Collateral Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Collateral Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and
the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Collateral Agent hereunder
until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as
provided for above.
(c) If the Collateral Agent deems it necessary or advisable to appoint
a substitute Collateral Agent that qualifies as citizen of the United States
under Section 2 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and then in effect, then
the Collateral Agent shall appoint a substitute Collateral Agent. Each Lender
that qualifies to serve as Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 9.12 agrees
to accept appointment as Collateral Agent.
SECTION 9.11 OTHER AGENTS; LEAD MANAGERS. None of the Lenders or other
Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a
"co-agent," any other type of agent (other than the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent), "lead arranger," or "book runner" shall have any right,
power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other
than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing,
none of the Lenders so identified 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 the Lenders so identified in deciding to enter into
this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01 AMENDMENTS, RELEASE OF COLLATERAL, ETC.
(a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any
other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the
Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may
be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each of the Lenders directly
affected thereby and by the Borrower, and acknowledged by the Administrative
Agent, do any of the following:
(i) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or
reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02);
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(ii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal,
interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them)
hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest
specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing or (subject to clause
(ii) of the proviso below) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder
or under any other Loan Document, provided, however, that only the
consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the
definition of "Default Rate" or to waive any obligation of the Borrower
to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(iv) change the percentage of the Aggregate Commitments or of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations
which is required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action
hereunder;
(v) change the Pro Rata Share of any Lender;
(vi) Release a material amount of Collateral or release any
Guarantor from a Guaranty (except as otherwise permitted under this
Section 10.01);
(vii) amend this Section, or Section 2.12, or any provision
herein providing for unanimous consent or other action by all the
Lenders; or
(viii) change the allocation of payments between the Revolver
Facility and the Term Loan Facility.
and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Required Lenders or all
the Lenders, as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer
under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter
of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to
the Required Lenders or all the Lenders, as the case may be, affect the rights
or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; (iii) the Agent/Arranger Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or
privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Lender that has failed to
fund any portion of the Loans or participation in L/C Obligations required to be
funded by it hereunder shall not have any right to approve or disapprove any
amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Pro Rata Share of such
Lender may not be increased without the consent of such Lender, and (iv) no
amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing
Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or
duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement.
(b) Any amendment to any Loan Document which purports to (i) decrease
the amount of any mandatory prepayment or commitment reduction required by
Section 2.04 or (ii) change this Section 10.01(b), must be by an instrument in
writing executed by Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Required Revolver
Lenders, and the Required Term Lenders.
(c) Upon any sale, transfer, or disposition of Collateral which is
permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents, and upon ten (10) Business Days' prior
written request by the Borrower (which request must be accompanied by (i) true
and correct copies of all material documents of transfer or disposition,
including any contract of sale, (ii) a preliminary closing statement and
instructions to the title company, if any, (iii) all requested release
instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and
(iv) if required, written consent of the requisite Lenders, the Administrative
Agent (or the Collateral
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Agent, as applicable) shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders
to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of Liens
granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant hereto
in such Collateral. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent
shall be required to execute any release instruments on terms which, in the
Administrative Agent's or the Collateral Agent's opinion, would expose the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to liability or create any
obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of liens without
recourse or warranty. No such release shall impair the Administrative Agent's or
the Collateral Agent's lien on the proceeds of sale of such Collateral.
(d) If all outstanding Loans and other Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full and the Commitments have terminated or have been
reduced to zero, and, subject to Section 10.01(e) all Lender Hedging Agreement
have terminated, each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
agrees to, and the Lenders hereby instruct the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as applicable, to, at the Borrower's expense, execute such
releases of the Collateral Documents as the Borrower shall reasonably request
and this Agreement shall be deemed terminated except that such termination shall
not relieve the Borrower of any obligation to make any payments to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or any Lender required by any Loan
Document to the extent accruing, or relating to an event occurring, prior to
such termination.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the
Commitments have been terminated, and the only outstanding Obligations are
amounts owed pursuant to one or more Lender Hedging Agreements, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will, and is hereby
authorized to, (A) release the Liens created under the Loan Documents and (B)
release all Guaranties of the Borrower, provided, that contemporaneously with
such release, (i) the Borrower (and, if applicable, the Subsidiary that is a
party to such Lender Hedging Agreements) (A) executes a margin agreement in form
and substance acceptable to such Lender(s) (or its Affiliates) that are parties
to such Lender Hedging Agreements (the "Lender Counterparties") and (B), if
required, provides collateral in the form of cash or a letter of credit having
an aggregate value acceptable to such Lender Counterparties, and (ii) if such
Lender Hedging Agreement is executed by a Subsidiary of the Borrower and the
Borrower and the MLP are not parties thereto, the Borrower and the MLP execute a
guaranty covering such Subsidiary's obligations thereunder, such guaranty to be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender Counterparties. Any release
under this Section 10.01(e) must be in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION 10.02 NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS; FACSIMILE COPIES.
(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices
and other communications provided for hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission) and mailed,
faxed or delivered, to the address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection
(c) below) electronic mail address specified for notices on Schedule 10.02 (for
the Borrower, any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, and the Collateral Agent)
or on the Administrative Questionnaire (for the other Lenders); or, in the case
of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
the Swing Line Lender, or the L/C Issuer, to such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a notice to the other parties, and in the case of
any other party, to such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Swing Line Lender, and the L/C Issuer. All such notices and other communications
shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual
receipt by the intended recipient and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by
courier, when signed for by the intended recipient; (B) if delivered by mail,
four Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered
by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if
delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the
provisions of subsection (c) below), when delivered; provided,
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however, that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually
received by such Person. Any notice or other communication permitted to be
given, made or confirmed by telephone hereunder shall be given, made or
confirmed by means of a telephone call to the intended recipient at the number
specified in accordance with this Section, it being understood and agreed that a
voicemail message shall in no event be effective as a notice, communication or
confirmation hereunder.
(b) 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 manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan
Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders. The
Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be
confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the
failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any
facsimile document or signature.
(c) Limited Use of Electronic Mail. Electronic mail and internet and
intranet websites may be used only to distribute routine communications, such as
financial statements and other information, and to distribute Loan Documents for
execution by the parties thereto, and shall not be recognized hereunder for any
other purpose.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Notices) purportedly
given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in
a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by
any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as
understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower
shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses,
costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on
each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic
notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be
recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby
consents to such recording.
SECTION 10.03 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure by any Lender,
the Administrative Agent, or the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay by
any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
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.
SECTION 10.04 ATTORNEY COSTS; EXPENSES AND TAXES. The Borrower agrees
(a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation,
negotiation, syndication, administration and execution of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, including the filing, recording, refiling or rerecording
of any Mortgage, any pledge agreement and any Security Agreement and/or any
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements relating thereto and all
amendments, supplements and modifications to any thereof and any and all other
documents or instruments of further assurance required to be filed or recorded
or refiled or rerecorded by the terms hereof or of any mortgage, any pledge
agreement or any security agreement, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other
modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the
consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (b) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each
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Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement,
attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses
incurred during any workout or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and
during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law), including all 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 the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the cost of independent public
accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, or any Lender. The agreements in this Section shall survive
the termination of the Commitments and repayment of all the other Obligations.
SECTION 10.05 INDEMNIFICATION. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated, each of the Borrower, the MLP, and each
other Guarantor (by execution of a Guaranty), jointly and severally, agrees to
indemnify, save and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Co-Agent
Related Person, each Arranger, each Lender, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C
Issuer and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel,
agents and attorneys-in-fact (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 the Administrative Agent, Swing
Line Lender, 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
Loan Party, any Affiliate of any Loan Party or any of their respective officers
or directors, arising out of or relating to, the Loan Documents, the
Commitments, the use or contemplated use of the proceeds of any Loans, or the
relationship of any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swing
Line Lender, and the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(b) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action that may at any
time (including at any time following repayment of the Obligations and the
resignation of the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, or the replacement
of any Lender) be asserted or imposed against any Indemnitee, arising out of or
relating to, the Loan Documents, the Commitments, the use or contemplated use of
the proceeds of any Loans, or the relationship of any Loan Party, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender, and the L/C Issuer
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (c) without limiting the
foregoing, any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action, judgments
and orders, penalties and fines that are asserted or imposed against any
Indemnitee, (i) under the application of any Environmental Law applicable to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets,
including the treatment or disposal of Hazardous Substances on any of their
properties or assets, (ii) as a result of the breach or non-compliance by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary with any Environmental Law applicable to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, (iii) due to past ownership by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of any of their properties or assets or past activity on any of their properties
or assets which, though lawful and fully permissible at the time, could result
in present liability, (iv) due to the presence, use, storage, treatment or
disposal of Hazardous Substances on or under, or the escape, seepage, leakage,
spillage, discharge, emission or Release from, any of the properties owned or
operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any liability asserted or
arising under any Environmental Law), regardless of whether caused by, or within
the control of, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, or (v) due to any other
environmental, health or safety condition in connection with the Loan Documents;
(d) 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), (b) or (c) above; and (e) any and all liabilities
(including liabilities under indemnities), losses, costs or expenses (including
Attorney Costs and settlement 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 STRICT LIABILITY OR NEGLIGENCE OF AN
INDEMNITEE, and 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
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Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification for any claim to the extent
caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this
Section shall survive and continue for the benefit of the indemnitees at all
times after the Borrower's acceptance of the Lenders' commitments for the Senior
Credit Facility, whether or not the Conditions Effective Date shall occur and
shall survive the termination of the Commitments and repayment of all the other
Obligations.
SECTION 10.06 PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. To the extent that the Borrower makes
a payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent
or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds
of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its
discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then
(a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect
as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b)
each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its
applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative
Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to
time in effect.
SECTION 10.07 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor the MLP may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section
or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the
restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted
assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in
this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any
Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this
Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of
each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this
subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at
the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment of
the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment and the Loans
at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect,
the outstanding principal balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject
to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if
"Trade Date" is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade
Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in
respect of a Loan under the Revolver Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of any
assignment of a Loan under the Term Loan Facility, unless each of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consent (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as
an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and
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obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment
assigned except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit the assignment of a
proportionate part of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations in respect
of either the Revolver Facility or the Term Loan Facility (i.e. an assignment
need not be ratable as between the Revolver Facility and the Term Loan Facility,
but assignments of the Revolver Facility shall be ratable as between the
Acquisition Subfacility and the Working Capital/Distribution Subfacility) and
shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing Line Loans, (iii) any assignment
of a Revolver Commitment must be approved by the Administrative Agent and the
L/C Issuer unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender
with a Revolver Commitment (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise
qualify as an Eligible Assignee); and (iv) the parties to each assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption,
together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the Eligible
Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the
Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
3.07, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to
the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (d) of this Section.
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an
agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal
amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of
this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person
(other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates
or Subsidiaries) (each, a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's
rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender's participation in L/C
Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the 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. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (i) postpone any date upon
which any payment of money is scheduled to be paid to such Participant, (ii)
reduce the principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable to such
Participant, or (iii) release the MLP from its Guaranty. Subject to subsection
(e) of this
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Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of
this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender, provided
such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.12 as though it were a
Lender.
(e) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's
prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 10.15 as though
it were a Lender.
(f) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its
Notes, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no
such pledge or assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
(g) If the consent of the Borrower to an assignment or to an Eligible
Assignee is required hereunder (including a consent to an assignment which does
not meet the minimum assignment threshold specified in clause (i) of the proviso
to the first sentence of Section 10.07(b)), the Borrower shall be deemed to have
given its consent five Business Days after the date notice thereof has been
delivered by the assigning Lender (through the Administrative Agent) unless such
consent is expressly refused by the Borrower prior to such fifth Business Day.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at
any time Royal Bank assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to
subsection (b) above, Royal Bank may, (i) upon 30 days' notice to the Borrower
and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days' notice to the
Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as
L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from
among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder;
provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor
shall affect the resignation of Royal Bank as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender.
Royal Bank shall retain all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer
hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective
date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect
thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or
fund participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.14(c)). If
Royal Bank resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the
Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made
by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including
the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk
participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).
SECTION 10.08 CONFIDENTIALITY. Each Lender agrees that it will not
disclose without the prior consent of the Borrower (other than to directors,
officers, employees, auditors, accountants, counsel or other professional
advisors of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or any Lender) any
information with respect to the MLP, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, which is
furnished pursuant to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby,
provided that any Lender may disclose any such information (a) (i) as has become
generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach of this
Section 10.08, (ii) was or becomes available to Royal Bank on a nonconfidential
basis prior to its disclosure pursuant hereto or (iii) is obtained by Royal Bank
on a non-confidential basis from a source
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other than the Borrower provided that such source is not known to Royal Bank to
be subject to an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information,
(b) as may be required in any report, statement or testimony submitted to or
required by any municipal, state or federal regulatory body having or claiming
to have jurisdiction over such Lender or submitted to or required by the Board
or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or similar organizations (whether
in the United States of America or elsewhere) or their successors, (c) as may be
required in response to any summons or subpoena in connection with any
litigation, (d) in order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling
applicable to such Lender, (e) to any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or
any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement, provided that such Eligible Assignee or
Participant or prospective Eligible Assignee or Participant executes an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those contained in
this Section 10.08, (f) in connection with the exercise of any remedy by such
Lender following an Event of Default pertaining to the Loan Documents, (g) in
connection with any litigation involving such Lender pertaining to the Loan
Documents, (h) to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or (i) to any
Affiliate (other than any Affiliate of any Lender that is a broker dealer) of
any Lender who is involved with the transactions contemplated hereby (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of
the confidential nature of such information and obligated to keep such
information confidential on the same terms as set forth in this Section 10.08).
SECTION 10.09 SET-OFF. In addition to any rights and remedies of the
Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time,
without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice
being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan
Party) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time
held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the
credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all
Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, now or hereafter
existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and
although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower and the 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.
SECTION 10.10 INTEREST RATE LIMITATION. It is the intention of the
parties hereto to comply with applicable usury laws; accordingly,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement or in any of the
other Loan Documents securing the payment hereof or otherwise relating hereto,
in no event shall this Agreement or such other Loan Documents require the
payment or permit the payment, taking, reserving, receiving, collection, or
charging of any sums constituting interest under applicable laws, if any, which
exceed the maximum amount permitted by such laws. If any such excess interest is
called for, contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received in connection
with the Loans or in any of the Loan Documents securing the payment thereof or
otherwise relating thereto, or in any communication by the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders or any other person to the Borrower or any other Person, or in
the event all or part of the principal or interest thereof shall be prepaid or
accelerated, so that under any of such circumstances or under any other
circumstance whatsoever the amount of interest contracted for, charged, taken,
reserved, or received on the amount of principal actually outstanding from time
to time pursuant to the Agreement shall exceed the maximum amount of interest
permitted by applicable usury laws, then in any such event it is agreed as
follows: (i) the provisions of this paragraph shall govern and control, (ii)
neither the Borrower nor any other Person or entity now or hereafter liable for
the payment of the Obligations shall be obligated to pay the amount of such
interest to the extent such interest is in excess of the maximum amount of
interest permitted by applicable usury laws, (iii) any such excess which is or
has been received notwithstanding this paragraph shall be credited against the
then unpaid principal
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balance hereunder or, if the Loans have been or would be paid in full, refunded
to the Borrower, and (iv) the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents securing the payment hereof and otherwise relating hereto, and any
communication to the Borrower, shall immediately be deemed reformed and such
excess interest reduced, without the necessity of executing any other document,
to the maximum lawful rate allowed under applicable laws as now or hereafter
construed by courts having jurisdiction hereof or thereof. Without limiting the
foregoing, all calculations of the rate of the interest contracted for, charged,
taken, reserved, or received in connection with the Loans or this Agreement
which are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the
maximum lawful rate shall be made to the extent permitted by applicable laws by
amortizing, prorating, allocating and spreading during the period of the full
term of the Loans, including all prior and subsequent renewals and extensions,
all interest at any time contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received.
The terms of this paragraph shall be deemed to be incorporated in every document
and communication relating to the Loans or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 10.11 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.
SECTION 10.12 INTEGRATION. This Agreement, together with the other Loan
Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the
subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written
or oral, on such subject matter. 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; provided that the inclusion of
supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the
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.
SECTION 10.13 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All
representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or
therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such
representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender, regardless of any
investigation made by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or any
Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full
force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation shall remain unpaid
or unsatisfied.
SECTION 10.14 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party 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.
SECTION 10.15 FOREIGN LENDERS. Each Lender that is a "foreign
corporation, partnership or trust" within the meaning of the Code (a "Foreign
Lender") shall deliver to the 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 the 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 the
Borrower
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pursuant to this Agreement) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Borrower
and the 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 the 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 the
Borrower and the 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 the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (b) promptly
notify the Administrative 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 the 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 the 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 the Administrative Agent did not properly
withhold any tax or other amount from payments made in respect of such Person,
such Person shall indemnify the 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 the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under
this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation or
replacement of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.16 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CONFLICTS
OF LAW RULES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATION LAW)
AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW; AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL
RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) THE MLP, THE BORROWER, ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO, AND EACH GUARANTOR,
BY EXECUTION OF A GUARANTY, AGREES AS TO THIS SECTION 10.16(b). ANY LEGAL ACTION
OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE MLP, THE BORROWER, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE SWING LINE LENDER, THE L/C ISSUER, AND THE LENDERS
CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE MLP, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, THE SWING LINE LENDER, THE L/C ISSUER, AND THE LENDERS 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 THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. THE MLP, THE BORROWER, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE SWING LINE LENDER, THE L/C ISSUER, AND THE LENDERS
EACH WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, AND
CONSENT TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE
MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
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MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE 10.02, SUCH
SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE TEN DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE SWING LINE LENDER, THE L/C
ISSUER OR ANY LENDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH
OF THE MLP, THE BORROWER, AND EACH GUARANTOR, BY ITS EXECUTION OF A GUARANTY,
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, WITH AN ADDRESS AT ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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PROCESS AGENT IN ITS NAME, PLACE AND STEAD TO RECEIVE AND FORWARD SERVICE OF ANY
AND ALL WRITS, SUMMONSES AND OTHER LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE IN ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE MADE UPON THE NEW YORK PROCESS AGENT, AND
AGREES TO TAKE ALL SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SAID APPOINTMENT
IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
SECTION 10.17 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY, ETC. EACH PARTY TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND EACH GUARANTOR, BY EXECUTION OF A GUARANTY, HEREBY (a) EXPRESSLY
AND IRREVOCABLY 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 TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS 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 COMPANIES TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY; AND (b) EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT
PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH ACTION
ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OTHER
THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES, PROVIDED THAT THE WAIVER CONTAINED IN
THIS CLAUSE (b) SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PARTY AGAINST WHOM
DAMAGES ARE SOUGHT HAS ENGAGED IN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
SECTION 10.18 MASTER CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT. The Lenders hereby
authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into the Master Consent to
Assignment and each Lender agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions
of the Master Consent to Assignment to the same extent as if it were a signatory
thereto.
SECTION 10.19 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.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership, as Borrower
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ OPERATING GP LLC,
its General Partner
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.,
its Sole Member
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM GP LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership, as Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDSTREAM GP LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent
and Collateral Agent
By: /s/ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender, as L/C
Issuer, and as Swing Line Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Vice President
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COMERICA BANK - TEXAS, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: SVP
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SOUTHWEST BANK OF TEXAS, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President
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WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President
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HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President
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