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EXHIBIT 4(c)
$32,000,000
REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of
April 4, 1997
among
TRANSMATION, INC.
AND
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
AND
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, AS AGENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. DEFINITIONS..............................................................................................7
SECTION 1.01. Definitions...............................................................................7
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SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms/Other Definitional Provisions...........................................17
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II. LOANS...................................................................................................18
SECTION 2.01. Revolving Credit Loans...................................................................18
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SECTION 2.02. Revolving Credit Notes...................................................................20
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SECTION 2.03. Interest on Revolving Credit Loans.......................................................20
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SECTION 2.04. Term Loans...............................................................................20
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SECTION 2.05. Term Notes; Grid Schedules...............................................................21
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SECTION 2.06. Interest on the Term Loans...............................................................21
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SECTION 2.07. Interest on Base Rate Loans..............................................................21
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SECTION 2.08. Interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans........................................................22
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SECTION 2.09. Continuation and Conversion of Loans.....................................................22
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SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans......................................................................23
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SECTION 2.11. Reduction or Termination of the Commitments..............................................24
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SECTION 2.12. Fees.....................................................................................24
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SECTION 2.13. Default Rate of Interest; Late Payment Penalty...........................................24
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SECTION 2.14. Application of Payments and Computations.................................................25
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SECTION 2.15. Funds; Manner of Payment.................................................................25
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SECTION 2.16. Capital Adequacy.........................................................................25
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SECTION 2.17. Inability to Determine Rate..............................................................26
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SECTION 2.18. Other Events.............................................................................26
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SECTION 2.19. Change in Legality.......................................................................27
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III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.............................................................................28
SECTION 3.01. Organization, Corporate Powers, etc......................................................28
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SECTION 3.02. Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention...............................29
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SECTION 3.03. Financial Condition......................................................................29
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SECTION 3.04. Taxes....................................................................................30
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SECTION 3.05. Title to Properties......................................................................30
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation...............................................................................30
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SECTION 3.07. Agreements...............................................................................30
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SECTION 3.08. ERISA....................................................................................31
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SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations..............................................................31
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SECTION 3.11. Subsidiaries.............................................................................31
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SECTION 3.12. Environmental Matters....................................................................32
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SECTION 3.13. Not an Investment Company................................................................32
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SECTION 3.14. Material Change..........................................................................32
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SECTION 3.15. Governmental Approval....................................................................33
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SECTION 3.16. Full Disclosure..........................................................................33
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SECTION 3.17. Binding Effect...........................................................................33
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SECTION 3.18. Trademarks and Licenses, etc.............................................................33
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SECTION 3.19. Acquisition..............................................................................33
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IV. CONDITIONS OF LENDING.......................................................................................34
SECTION 4.01. Closing Date.............................................................................34
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SECTION 4.02. Each Loan................................................................................38
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V. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS...................................................................................38
SECTION 5.01. Corporate Existence, Properties, Insurance, etc..........................................39
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SECTION 5.02. Payment of Indebtedness, Taxes, etc......................................................39
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SECTION 5.03. Reporting Requirements...................................................................39
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SECTION 5.04. Access to Premises and Records...........................................................41
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SECTION 5.05. Notice of Adverse Change.................................................................41
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SECTION 5.06. Notice of Default........................................................................42
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SECTION 5.07. ERISA....................................................................................42
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SECTION 5.08. Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law;
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Applicable Laws..........................................................................42
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SECTION 5.09. Subsidiaries.............................................................................42
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SECTION 5.10. Environmental Laws.......................................................................43
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SECTION 5.11. Voting of Subsidiaries' Shares...........................................................43
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SECTION 5.12. Proceeds of the Loans....................................................................43
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VI. NEGATIVE COVENANTS......................................................................................44
SECTION 6.01. Debt.....................................................................................44
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SECTION 6.02. Liens....................................................................................44
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SECTION 6.03 Leases...................................................................................46
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SECTION 6.04. Guarantees, Etc..........................................................................46
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SECTION 6.05. Sale of Notes............................................................................46
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SECTION 6.06. Investments..............................................................................46
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SECTION 6.07. Change in Business.......................................................................47
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SECTION 6.08. Dividends................................................................................47
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SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Debt........................................................................48
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SECTION 6.10. Accounting Policies and Procedures.......................................................48
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SECTION 6.11. Stock of Subsidiaries, Etc...............................................................48
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SECTION 6.12. Transactions with Affiliates.............................................................48
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SECTION 6.13. Merger or Consolidation or Sales of Assets...............................................48
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VII. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.....................................................................................48
SECTION 7.01. Capital Expenditures.....................................................................49
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SECTION 7.02. Cash Catalog Expenditures................................................................49
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SECTION 7.03. Fiscal Quarterly Losses..................................................................49
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SECTION 7.04. Leverage Ratio...........................................................................49
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VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.......................................................................................50
SECTION 8.01. Events of Default........................................................................50
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IX. MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................................................52
SECTION 9.01. Notices..................................................................................52
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SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement; Successors and Assigns............................................53
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SECTION 9.03. Expenses of the Agent and the Banks; Indemnification.....................................54
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SECTION 9.04. Applicable Law...........................................................................55
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SECTION 9.05. Waiver of Rights by the Bank; Waiver of Jury Trial, etc..................................55
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SECTION 9.06. Acknowledgments..........................................................................55
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SECTION 9.07. Consent to Jurisdiction..................................................................56
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SECTION 9.08. Extension of Maturity....................................................................56
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SECTION 9.09. Amendments and Waivers...................................................................56
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SECTION 9.10. Participations and Assignments...........................................................57
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SECTION 9.11. Reinstatement; Certain Payments..........................................................57
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SECTION 9.12. Right of Setoff..........................................................................58
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SECTION 9.13. Severability.............................................................................58
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SECTION 9.14. Counterparts.............................................................................58
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SECTION 9.15. Entire Agreement; Cumulative Remedies....................................................58
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SECTION 9.16. Headings.................................................................................58
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SECTION 9.17. Usury....................................................................................58
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X. THE AGENT; RELATIONS AMONG BANKS AND BORROWER...........................................................59
SECTION 10.01. Appointment, Powers and Immunities of Agent..............................................59
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SECTION 10.02. Reliance by Agent........................................................................59
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SECTION 10.03. Defaults.................................................................................60
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SECTION 10.04. Rights of Agent as a Bank................................................................60
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SECTION 10.05. Indemnification of Agent.................................................................61
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SECTION 10.06. Documents................................................................................61
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SECTION 10.07. Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Banks....................................................61
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SECTION 10.08. Failure of Agent to Act..................................................................61
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SECTION 10.09. Resignation or Removal of Agent..........................................................62
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SECTION 10.10. Amendments Concerning Agency Function....................................................62
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SECTION 10.11. Liability of Agent.......................................................................62
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SECTION 10.12. Transfer of Agency Function..............................................................62
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SECTION 10.13. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent........................................................62
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SECTION 10.14. Withholding Taxes........................................................................63
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SECTION 10.15. Several Obligations and Rights of Banks..................................................63
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SECTION 10.16. Pro Rata Treatment of Loans, Etc.........................................................63
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SECTION 10.17. Sharing of Payments Among Banks..........................................................64
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SCHEDULE 1.01....................................................................................................66
SCHEDULE 2.01....................................................................................................67
Notice of Borrowing (or Conversions)....................................................................67
SCHEDULE 2.02....................................................................................................69
Revolving Credit Note...................................................................................69
SCHEDULE 2.04....................................................................................................72
Term Note...............................................................................................72
SCHEDULE 3.05....................................................................................................74
List of Liens...........................................................................................74
SCHEDULE 3.06....................................................................................................75
List of Litigation......................................................................................75
SCHEDULE 3.II....................................................................................................76
List of Subsidiaries....................................................................................76
SCHEDULE 3.19....................................................................................................77
Asset Purchase Agreement................................................................................77
SCHEDULE 3.21....................................................................................................78
▇▇▇▇ Stock Agreement....................................................................................78
SCHEDULE 4.01(b).................................................................................................79
U.S. Legal Opinion......................................................................................79
SCHEDULE 4.01 (b-1)..............................................................................................80
Canadian Legal Opinion..................................................................................80
SCHEDULE 4.01 (f)................................................................................................81
U.S. Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement.....................................................................81
SCHEDULE 4.01 (f-1)..............................................................................................82
Foreign Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement..................................................................82
SCHEDULE 4.01(g).................................................................................................83
Foreign Subsidiary Pledge Agreement.....................................................................83
SCHEDULE 4.01(g-1)...............................................................................................84
U. S. Subsidiary Pledge Agreement.......................................................................84
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SCHEDULE 4.01(h).................................................................................................85
Borrower Security Agreement.............................................................................85
SCHEDULE 4.01(h-1)...............................................................................................86
Subsidiary Security Agreement...........................................................................86
SCHEDULE 4.01 (h-2)..............................................................................................87
Canadian Subsidiary Security Agreement..................................................................87
SCHEDULE 4.01(i).................................................................................................88
Mortgage and Negative Pledge Agreement..................................................................88
SCHEDULE 4.01(n).................................................................................................89
Certificate Concerning Acquisition......................................................................89
SCHEDULE 4.01(r).................................................................................................90
Subordination Agreements................................................................................90
SCHEDULE 4.01 (s)................................................................................................91
Subsidiary Subordination Agreements.....................................................................91
SCHEDULE 5.03 (e)................................................................................................92
Form of Certificate of No Default.......................................................................92
SCHEDULE 6.01....................................................................................................93
List of Debt............................................................................................93
SCHEDULE 6.02....................................................................................................94
List of Liens...........................................................................................94
SCHEDULE 6.03....................................................................................................95
List of Leases..........................................................................................95
SCHEDULE 9.10....................................................................................................96
Form of Assignment by Bank..............................................................................96
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REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
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REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of April 4, 1997 (the
"Agreement") among TRANSMATION, INC. ("Borrower"), an Ohio corporation with an
office and principal place of business at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY (a "Bank"), a New York
banking corporation with an office and principal place of business located at
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York 14240, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (a
"Bank), a Massachusetts corporation with an office and principal place of
business located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ and
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY , as Agent for the Banks (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Agent").
Borrower has requested the Banks to provide it with credit as provided
herein and each Bank is willing to provide credit to the Borrower on the terms
and the conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing the parties hereto
agree to the following:
I. DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the terms defined in the
preamble shall have the same meaning when used in this Agreement and the
following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
"Acquisition" shall mean the transaction contemplated in the Asset
Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Borrower will purchase the "Assets" and
assume the "Assumed Liabilities" (as such terms are defined in the Asset
Purchase Agreement) of E.I.L.
Instruments, Inc.
"Adjusted Eurodollar Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar
Rate Loan for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the product of (i) the Eurodollar
Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) the Eurodollar Reserves in
effect from time to time. For the purposes hereof, "Eurodollar Rate" shall mean,
with respect to any Loan for the Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate of
interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1
percent) appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the London
interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two business days prior to the
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first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period;
provided, however, that if more than one rate is specified in Telerate Page
3750, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates. If,
for any reason, such rate is not available, the term "Eurodollar Rate" shall
mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan for the Interest Period
applicable thereto, the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary to the next 1/16 of
1%) at which Dollar deposits approximately equal to the principal amount of the
proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan and for a duration equal to the applicable
proposed Interest Period are offered by the Agent in immediately available funds
in an Interbank Market for eurodollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York
City time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
For purposes hereof, the term "Eurodollar Reserves" means a fraction (expressed
as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of
which is the number one minus the applicable statutory reserve requirements for
the Agent (without duplication, but including, without limitation, basic,
supplemental, marginal or emergency reserves), from time to time in effect under
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) with respect to eurocurrency funding currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency liabilities" in Regulation D. It is agreed that for purposes
hereof any amount bearing interest at the Eurodollar Rate shall be deemed to
constitute a "Eurocurrency liability" as defined in Regulation D and to be
subject to the reserve requirements of Regulation D, without benefit of credit
or proration, exemptions or offsets which might otherwise be available to the
Agent from time to time under Regulation D. The Eurodollar Reserves shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in such
statutory reserve requirements.
"Adjusted Funded Debt" shall mean, as of any date, the Funded Debt plus
the Subordinated Debt, in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis.
"Adjusted Leverage Ratio" means on any day the ratio of (i) the amount
of Adjusted Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter to (ii) the
average EBITDA for the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending with the most
recently completed Fiscal Quarter.
"Affiliate" shall mean any Person which directly or indirectly
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries. The term "control" means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
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securities, by contract, or otherwise.
"Applicable Margin" means the appropriate percentages corresponding to
the Adjusted Leverage Ratio in effect as of the most recent Calculation Date as
shown below:
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Revolving Credit Loans Term Loans
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Pricing Adjusted Eurodollar Base Rate Eurodollar Base Rate
Level Leverage Ratio Rate Plus Plus Rate Plus Plus
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I g.t. 3.5 2.50% 1.00% 2.75% 1.25%
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II g.t. 3.0 & l.t.e. 3.5 2.25% 0.75% 2.50% 1.00%
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III g.t. 2.5 & l.t.e. 3.0 2.00% 0.50% 2.25% 0.75%
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IV g.t. 2.0 & l.t.e 2.5 1.75% 0.25% 2.00% 0.50%
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V g.t. 1.5 & l.t.e 2.0 1.50% 0% 1.75% 0.25%
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VI g.t. 1.0 & l.t.e. 1.5 1.25% 0% 1.50% 0%
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VII l.t.e. 1.0 1.00% 0% 1.25% 0%
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"Applicable Margin" shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each
a "Calculation Date") five Business Days after the date by which the Borrower is
required to provide the Chief Financial Officer's certificate in accordance with
the provisions of SECTION 5.03(e); provided that the initial Applicable Margin
shall be based on Pricing Level II (as shown above) and shall remain at Pricing
Level II until the first Calculation Date subsequent to March 31, 1998 and,
thereafter, the pricing level shall be determined by the then current Adjusted
Leverage Ratio; and provided further that if the Borrower fails to provide the
Chief Financial Officer's certificate required by SECTION 5.03(e) on or before
any Calculation Date subsequent to March 31, 1998, the Applicable Margin shall
be based on Pricing Level I from such Calculation Date until such time as an
appropriate Chief Financial Officer certificate is provided, whereupon the
pricing level shall be determined by the then current Adjusted Leverage Ratio
until the next Calculation Date. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
each determination of the Applicable Margin shall be effective from one
Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the
Applicable Margin shall be applicable to all existing Loans, as well as any new
Loans made thereafter.
"Applicable Percentage" shall mean for each Bank, the percentage of the
total Commitments represented by such Bank's Commitment. Each Bank's Applicable
Percentage as of the Closing Date is set forth in the definition of Commitment.
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"Asset Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Asset Purchase Agreement
dated March 4, 1997 between Transmation, Inc. and E.I.L. Instruments, Inc.,
including all schedules and exhibits attached thereto.
"Balance Shortfall Account" shall mean the account designated by
Borrower in writing to the Agent from time to time as Borrower's principal
demand deposit account with the Agent.
"Balance Shortfall Loans" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION
2.01(c).
"Base Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of one hundredth of one percent) equal
to the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus one half
of one percent or (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day. If for any reason
the Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that it is unable after due inquiry to ascertain the Federal
Funds Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Agent to
obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the Base Rate
shall be determined without regard to CLAUSE (a) of the first sentence of this
definition until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in
the Prime Rate or Federal Funds Rate, respectively.
"▇▇▇▇ Stock Agreement" means the Stock Registration and Repurchase
Agreement dated April 1, 1979 between Borrower and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, as amended
by the amendment thereto dated April 1, 1990.
"Borrowing" means Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans of the same
Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Date" shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date on
which such Loan is disbursed to the Borrower.
"Business Day" shall mean any day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday, on which the Banks are open for business in both New York City and
Boston, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that when used in connection with determining the
Eurodollar Rate, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which the
Banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in an Interbank Market.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean an obligation to pay rent or
other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to
use) real and/or personal property which obligation is required to be classified
and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP, and for purposes hereof the amount of such obligation shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with such principles.
"Chief Financial Officer" shall mean the Chief Financial Officer of the
Borrower.
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION 4.01.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"Commitment" means, with respect to each Bank, the obligation of such
Bank to make its Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with SECTION 2.01 of this
Agreement, up to the aggregate principal amount set forth below, as such amount
may be reduced or otherwise modified from time to time:
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Banks Commitment Applicable Percentage
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Manufacturers and Traders Trust $9,031,250 53.125%
Company
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State Street Bank and Trust Company 7,968,750 46.875%
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Total $17,000,000 100.00%
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The Commitments shall be deemed permanently terminated on the Termination Date
or such earlier date on which the Commitments shall have been terminated in
accordance herewith.
"Commonly Controlled Entity" shall mean an entity, whether or not
incorporated, which is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning
of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Borrower and
which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Consolidated Net Income" for any period shall mean the net income of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
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"Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean the shareholders equity of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for any period, the
interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and shall in any
event include, without limitation, (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii)
the amortization of all fees payable in connection with the incurrence of
Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense, (iii) the portion of
any Capitalized Lease Obligation allocable to interest expense, (iv) all fixed
or calculable dividend payments on preferred stock, and (v) payments of interest
expense in kind.
"Contractual Obligation" as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or any agreement, instrument or other undertaking
to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Debt" means with respect to any Person: (a) Indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money; (b) Indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of
property or services (except trade payables in the ordinary course of business);
(c) unfunded benefit liabilities of such Person under any Plan; (d) the face
amount of any outstanding letters of credit issued for the account of such
Person; (e) obligations arising under acceptance facilities; (f) Guarantees,
endorsements (other than for collection in the ordinary course of business) and
other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to
supply funds to invest in any Person, or otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss; (g) obligations secured by any lien on property of such Person; and (h)
Capitalized Lease Obligations. Debt shall not include operating leases.
"Default" shall mean any of the events specified in ARTICLE VIII
hereof, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice or the lapse of
time or both or any other condition has been satisfied.
"Dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the U.S.
"EBITDA" for any period shall mean the sum of (i) Consolidated Net
Income during such period, plus (to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income), (ii) all provisions for any federal, state or other
income taxes made by the Borrower during such period, (iii) Consolidated
Interest Expense during such period and (iv) the Borrower's consolidated
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depreciation and amortization expense, including amortization of good will, for
such period.
"E.I.L. Business" means the Sales and Service Division of E.I.L.
Instruments, Inc.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean any and all Federal, State, local or
municipal laws, rules orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees
or requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or
imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning environmental protection
matters, including, without limitation, Hazardous Materials, as now or may
hereafter be in effect.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in
effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA,
amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of
ERISA) which together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary would be deemed to be a
member of the same "controlled group" within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c),
(m) and (o) of the Code.
"Eurodollar Rate" and "Eurodollar Reserves" shall have the meaning
specified in the definition of "Adjusted Eurodollar Rate".
"Eurodollar Rate Loan" shall mean a Loan bearing interest in accordance
with SECTION 2.08 of this Agreement.
"Event of Default" shall mean any Event of Default set forth in ARTICLE
VIII.
"Executive Officer" shall mean either the Chairman, the President, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary, any
Vice-President , or the Treasurer of the Borrower and their respective
successors, if any, designated by the Board of Directors.
"Expiration Date" shall mean the final payment date of any Term Loan,
whether as stated by its terms or by prepayment or acceleration hereunder.
"Federal Funds Rate" means for any day the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates in overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such
date, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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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 and (b) if no such rate is
so published on such next preceding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for
such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Agent on such day in such
transactions as determined by the Agent.
"Fiscal Quarter" shall mean the three month period ending on each June
30, September 30, December 31 and March 31.
"Fiscal Year" shall mean the twelve month period beginning April 1 of
each year and ending on March 31 of the following year.
"Funded Debt" shall mean, with respect to any Person, all Debt of such
Person which by its terms matures more than one year from the date as of which
such Debt is incurred, and any Debt of such Person maturing within one year from
such date which is renewable or extendable at the option of the obligor to a
date beyond one year from such date (whether or not theretofore renewed or
extended), including any such Debt renewable or extendable at the option of the
obligor under, or payable from the proceeds of other Debt which may be incurred
pursuant to, the provisions of any revolving credit agreement or other similar
agreement plus the aggregate amount of Guarantees by that Person of all such
liabilities of other Persons. For purposes of this definition, the term Debt
shall not include Capitalized Lease Obligations.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.,
applied on a consistent basis, as defined in SECTION 1.02.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.
"Guarantee" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 6.04.
"Hazardous Materials" includes, without limit, any flammable
explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes,
hazardous or toxic substances, defined in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C.
Sections 9601, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended
(49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601, et seq.), and in the regulations adopted
and publications promulgated pursuant thereto, or any other laws.
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"Indebtedness" shall include all obligations, contingent and otherwise,
which in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles should be
classified upon the obligor's balance sheet as liabilities, but in any event
including liabilities (whether or not they should be so classified upon such
balance sheet) secured by any lien existing on property owned or acquired
subject thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been
assumed, and all guarantees.
"Insolvency" shall mean with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
condition that such plan is insolvent within the meaning of such term used in
Section 4245 of ERISA.
"Insolvent" shall mean the condition of Insolvency.
"Interbank Market" shall mean the London interbank market or the New
York interbank market.
"Interest Payment Date" shall mean (a) as to each Base Rate Loan (i)
the first Business Day of each month during the term thereof commencing with the
month immediately following the date of such Loan and (ii) the Termination Date
or Expiration Date, as the case may be, and (b) as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan
the last day of each applicable Interest Period with respect to such Loan and
the Termination Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be. For purposes
hereof, the date of a Base Rate Loan initially shall be the date on which such
Loan is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion to such Loan from another Type of Loan.
"Interest Period" means, as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date of such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding
day (or if there is no numerically corresponding day, the last day) of the
calendar month that is one, two or three months thereafter, as the Borrower may
elect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day
which shall not be a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall
in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
first preceding Business Day and (ii) no Interest Period may be selected for any
Eurodollar Rate Loan which expires later than the Termination Date or the
Expiration Date, as the case may be and (iii) where an Interest Period begins on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
in which the Interest Period is to end, such Interest Period shall end on the
last Business Day of such calendar month.
"Loan(s)" shall mean loans by the Banks to the Borrower pursuant to
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ARTICLE II hereof and shall refer to Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans,
each of which shall be a "Type" of Loan, and to Revolving Credit Loans or Term
Loans.
"Loan Documents" shall mean collectively, the Agreement, the Notes, and
the guarantees, stock pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages, and
other agreements or documents referred to in ARTICLE IV hereof and all other
documents, certificates and instruments executed in connection therewith.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect on (a)
the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability
of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (c) the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of the Banks hereunder or thereunder.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a Plan which is a Multiemployer Plan as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds
received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of such event including
(i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when
received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, the amount of insurance proceeds (or
the equivalent in foreign currency), and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or
similar event, the amount of condemnation awards and similar payments net of (b)
the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid or payable by the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries to third parties (other than Borrower Affiliates)
in connection with such event (which amounts may be reasonably estimated to the
extent not then known), (ii) in the case of a sale or other disposition of an
asset (including pursuant to a casualty or condemnation), the amount of all
payments required to be made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a result of
such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or
otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (iii)
the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries during the year that such event occurred or the
next succeeding year, and the amount of any reserves established in accordance
with GAAP by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities
reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case that are directly attributable
to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Chief Financial
Officer) provided, however, that (x) any excess of estimated fees and expenses
under CLAUSE (b)(i) over the actual amounts thereof shall constitute Net
Proceeds and be deemed to have been received on the date such excess can be
determined and (y) any excess of estimated
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taxes or contingency reserves under CLAUSE (b)(iii) over the actual amounts of
taxes referred to in such clause or contingent liabilities payable shall
constitute Net Proceeds and be deemed to have been received at the end of the
period referred to in such clause, in the case of taxes, and at the time any
such excess portion of the contingency reserve is reversed (and in the amount of
such reversal), in the case of contingency reserves.
"Note(s)" shall mean the Revolving Credit Notes and the Term Notes.
"Notice of Borrowing" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION
2.01(c).
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Subtitle A of Title 1 of ERISA or any successor thereto.
"Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership or government, or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" shall mean, at any particular time, any employee benefit plan
which is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly
Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under
Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5)
of ERISA.
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced from
time to time by the Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in
Buffalo, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date
such change is announced.
"Required Banks" shall mean, at any time while no Loans are
outstanding, Banks having 100% of the aggregate Commitments and, at any time
while Loans are outstanding, Banks holding 100% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Loans.
"Reportable Event" shall mean any of the events described in SECTION
4043(b) of ERISA other than those events as to which the twenty day notice
period is waived under Subsections .13, .14, .16, .18, .19 or .20 of PBGC Reg.
ss.2615.
"Revolving Credit Loan" shall mean a Loan to the Borrower pursuant to
SECTION 2.01.
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"Revolving Credit Note" shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower
delivered pursuant to SECTION 2.02.
"SEC" shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Senior Indebtedness" shall mean the Notes and all other Debt of the
Borrower, whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created or
incurred, which has not been approved by the Required Banks in writing as being
subordinate and junior to the Loans, and which is permitted hereby.
"Single Employer Plan" shall mean any plan which is not covered by
Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
"Subordinated Debt or Indebtedness" shall mean, as of any date, all
Indebtedness which is subordinated in right of payment, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Banks, to all Indebtedness of the Borrower to the
Banks.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to the Borrower, any corporation or
other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power (absolutely or contingently) for the
election of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the
time owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower.
"Sweep Agreements" means the Cash Management Services Agreement and the
related Addendum, copies of which are attached as SCHEDULE 1.01, between the
Borrower and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company.
"Term Loan" shall mean a term loan pursuant to SECTION 2.04 hereof.
"Term Note" shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower delivered
pursuant to SECTION 2.05 hereof.
"Termination Date" shall mean the earlier of January 4, 2001 or the
date the Commitments may otherwise be terminated in accordance herewith.
"Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party,
the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, and the consummation of
the Acquisition.
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"Type" shall have the meaning specified in definition of "Loan".
"Unfunded Current Liability" of any Plan means the amount, if any, by
which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Plan as of the close
of its most recent plan year exceeds the fair market value of the assets
allocable thereto, determined in accordance with Section 412 of the Code.
"U.S." means United States of America.
SECTION 1.02. ACCOUNTING TERMS/OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a)
Except as otherwise herein specifically provided, each accounting term used
herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and certificates and
reports as to financial statements required to be delivered to the Banks
hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis. All calculations made for the purposes of determining compliance with
this Agreement and of determining the Applicable Margin shall (except as
otherwise expressly provided herein) be made by application of GAAP applied on a
basis consistent with the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements
delivered pursuant to SECTION 5.03 (or, prior to the delivery of the first
financial statements pursuant to SECTION 5.03, consistent with financial
statements described in SECTION 3.03(a). GAAP shall mean those generally
accepted accounting principles and practices which are recognized as such by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants acting through the Financial
Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") or through other appropriate boards or
committees thereof and which are consistently applied for all periods so as to
properly reflect the financial condition, and the results of operations and
changes in financial position, of the Borrower, except that any accounting
principle or practice required to be changed by the FASB (or other appropriate
board or committee of the FASB) in order to continue as a generally accepted
accounting principle or practice may be so changed. Any dispute or disagreement
between the Borrower and the Required Banks relating to the determination of
generally accepted accounting principles shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusively resolved for all purposes hereof by the written opinion
with respect thereto, delivered to the Agent, of independent accountants
selected by the Borrower and approved by the Required Banks for the purpose of
auditing the periodic financial statements of the Borrower.
(b) Meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. For purposes of computation
of periods of time hereunder, the word "from" means "from and including" and the
words "to" and "until" shall mean "to
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but excluding". References in this Agreement to "Articles", "Sections",
"Schedules" or "Exhibits" shall be to Articles, Sections, Schedules or Exhibits
of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. The words
"include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the
phase "without limitation". Unless the context otherwise requires (a) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein)
and (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person's successors.
II. LOANS
SECTION 2.01. REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions, and relying upon the representations and warranties, set forth
herein, each Bank agrees to make loans (individually a "Revolving Credit Loan"
and, collectively, the "Revolving Credit Loans") to the Borrower at any time or
from time to time on or after the date hereof and until the earlier of the
Termination Date or the date the Commitments shall have been terminated in
accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount up to, but
not exceeding in the aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, the
amount of its Commitment. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow
hereunder on or after the date hereof and prior to the Termination Date, repay
or reborrow subject to the terms, provisions and limitations set forth herein.
After the Termination Date, no amounts repaid may be reborrowed.
(b) A Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans made by the Banks on any one
day shall be either Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, provided, that (i)
each such Borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in an amount not less than
$100,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000, (ii) each such Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in an amount not less than $500,000 and in
integral multiples of $250,000 and (iii) no more than six Revolving Credit Loans
may be outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans at any one time.
(c) Each Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, other than Balance Shortfall
Loans, as defined below, shall be made upon one (1) Business Day's and each
Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon one (1) Business Days',
prior written, telegraphic or facsimile notice from the Borrower to the Agent.
Each such notice (a "Notice of Borrowing") shall be in substantially the form of
SCHEDULE 2.01 hereto and shall specify (i) the
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requested date of such Borrowing, (ii) the requested Type of Loans, (iii) the
requested Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (iv) the
requested amount of such Borrowing. In order for a Notice of Borrowing to be
deemed received on a given Business Day, it must be received by the Agent no
later than 11:00 A.M. on such Business Day. The first sentence of this PARAGRAPH
(c) notwithstanding, as long as the Sweep Agreements remain in effect, the Banks
will make Revolving Credit Loans comprised of Base Rate Loans, without having
received any Notice of Borrowing or other notice or request from Borrower for
such Loans ("Balance Shortfall Loans"), on each Business Day in the amount, if
any, by which, at 9:00 A.M. on such Business Day, (i) the total amount of checks
drawn on the Balance Shortfall Account and held by the Agent for payment on such
day, plus $100,000, exceeds (ii) the balance of immediately available funds in
the Balance Shortfall Account, including the amount of any funds deposited to
such account by the Agent pursuant to the Sweep Agreements and SECTION 2.10(e);
provided, that, if such amount is not an integral multiple of $100,000, the
amount of each Borrowing of Balance Shortfall Loans shall be rounded upwards to
the next higher integral multiple of $100,000.
(d) Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Agent shall promptly
inform each Bank as to the terms of the Notice of Borrowing and of such Bank's
share thereof; and upon determining that a Borrowing of Balance Shortfall Loans
is required pursuant to paragraph (c) above, but not later than 11:00 A.M. on
the date of such determination, the Agent shall inform each Bank of the amount
and category of such Borrowing and of such Bank's share thereof. Each Bank shall
make its Applicable Percentage of the requested Borrowing of Revolving Credit
Loans available to the Agent by 1:00 P.M. on the date specified in the Notice of
Borrowing, in the case of Loans made in response to a Notice of Borrowing, and
by 3:00 P.M., in the case of Balance Shortfall Loans, by deposit of immediately
available funds at the principal office of the Agent in Rochester, New York or
at such other office as the Agent may designate in writing. The amount of the
requested Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans will then be made available to the
Borrower by the Agent crediting the Balance Shortfall Account to the extent the
amount of such Revolving Credit Loans are made available to the Agent by the
Banks.
(e) No Bank shall be responsible for the failure or delay by any other
Bank in its obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder; however, the
failure of any Bank to fulfill its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any
other Bank of its obligations hereunder. Unless the Agent has been notified by
any Bank prior to the date of any such Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that
such Bank does not intend to make available to the Agent
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its portion of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such date, the Agent may
assume that such Bank has made such amount available to the Agent on the date of
such Revolving Credit Loans, and the Agent in reliance upon such assumption, may
(in its sole discretion but without any obligation to do so) make available to
the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact
made available to the Agent, the Agent shall be able to recover such
corresponding amount from such Bank. If such Bank does not pay such
corresponding amount forthwith upon the Agent's demand therefore, the Agent will
promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such
corresponding amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be entitled to recover
from such Bank or the Borrower, as the case may be, interest on such
corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding
amount was made available by the Agent to the Borrower to the date such
corresponding amount is received by the Agent at a per annum rate equal (i) from
the Borrower at the applicable rate for such Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to
the Notice of Borrowing and (ii) from a Bank, at the Federal Funds Rate.
(f) The Banks shall have no obligation to make Loans during the
existence of a Default. Notwithstanding their lack of obligation, the Banks may,
in their discretion, choose to lend to the Borrower on such terms and conditions
as the Banks may determine, including, without restriction, the determination
(i) to lend on a borrowing base formula, (ii) to collect directly all of the
Borrower's accounts receivable and/or (iii) to require periodic collateral
reports from the Borrower. This provision shall not in any way limit the rights
and remedies of the Banks hereunder upon the occurrence of a Default.
SECTION 2.02. REVOLVING CREDIT NOTES. The Revolving Credit Loans by
each Bank shall be evidenced by a promissory note (a "Revolving Credit Note"),
substantially in the form attached hereto as SCHEDULE 2.02, appropriately
completed by the Borrower, duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower
and payable to the order of the Bank in the principal amount equal to such
Bank's Commitment. The date and amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of each
Bank, and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of any
such Revolving Credit Loan shall be recorded on the grid schedule annexed to
such Bank's Revolving Credit Note and the Borrower authorizes each Bank to make
such recordation. Each Revolving Credit Note and grid schedule shall be
presumptive evidence of the Revolving Credit Loans evidenced thereby absent
manifest error. The aggregate unpaid amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of
each Bank, at any time shall be the principal amount owing on such Bank's
Revolving Credit Note at such time. The aggregate principal
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amount outstanding on each Revolving Credit Note shall be payable on the
Termination Date. All accrued and unpaid interest on the Revolving Credit Loans
shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date and on the Termination Date (if
such date is not an Interest Payment Date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any such
day is not a Business Day, such accrued interest, if any, shall be payable on
the next succeeding Business Day with additional accrued interest until paid.
SECTION 2.03. INTEREST ON REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS. Each Revolving Credit
Loan shall bear interest in accordance with SECTION 2.07, if it is a Base Rate
Loan and SECTION 2.08, if it is a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
SECTION 2.04. TERM LOANS. (a) On the Closing Date, each Bank agrees to
make one or more Term Loans to the Borrower the aggregate principal amount of
which equals such Bank's Applicable Percentage of $15,000,000. Each Borrowing of
Term Loans may be comprised of either Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans,
as the Borrower may elect; provided that each Term Loan shall be in a principal
amount of not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000; and
provided further that to the extent that the Borrower designates a Borrowing of
Term Loans as Base Rate Loans, each Bank's share of such Base Rate Term Loans
shall be deemed one Term Loan; and provided further that to the extent that the
Borrower elects a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans with a given Interest
Period, each Bank's share of such Borrowing shall be deemed one Term Loan. Once
any amount of principal of a Term Loan is prepaid or repaid, such amount may not
be reborrowed.
(b) Each Bank shall make its Applicable Percentage of each Borrowing of
Term Loans available to the Agent by 1:00 P.M. on the Closing Date by deposit of
immediately available funds at the principal office of the Agent in Rochester,
New York. The amount of the requested Term Loans will then be made available to
the Borrower by the Agent by crediting the Balance Shortfall Account, to the
extent the amount of such Term Loans are made available to the Agent by the
Banks. No more than six Term Loans may be outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans
at any one time.
SECTION 2.05. TERM NOTES; GRID SCHEDULES. (a) The Term Loans of each
Bank shall be evidenced by a promissory note ("Term Note") substantially in the
form attached hereto as SCHEDULE 2.05, appropriately completed, payable to the
order of such Bank, duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower, and
in the principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term
Loans made by such Bank. The aggregate principal amount outstanding on the Term
Notes shall be payable as to
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principal in twenty-one (21) equal consecutive quarterly installments payable on
the first day of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing on January 1, 1998, with a
final payment due on January 1, 2003 (the "Expiration Date"). The date and
amount of each Term Loan, each applicable interest rate and related Interest
Period, and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of
such Term Loan shall be recorded on the grid schedule annexed to such Term Note,
and the Borrower authorizes each Bank to make such recordation. Each Term Note
and grid schedule shall be presumptive evidence of the Term Loan(s) made by each
Bank, absent manifest error.
(b) All said notations and endorsements on the grid schedules annexed
to all Notes shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as to such
notations and endorsements, provided, however, that the failure to make said
notation or endorsement with respect to any Loan or payment shall not limit or
otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower under the Agreement or the
Notes.
SECTION 2.06. INTEREST ON THE TERM LOANS. Each Term Loan shall bear
interest in accordance with SECTION 2.07, if it is a Base Rate Loan, and SECTION
2.08, if it is a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
SECTION 2.07. INTEREST ON BASE RATE LOANS. The Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan or Term
Loan that is a Base Rate Loan from the Borrowing Date of such Loan, or from the
date such Base Rate Loan is converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, until the
earlier of the date on which such Base Rate Loan is converted to a Eurodollar
Rate Loan or the date such principal amount is due and payable, on each Interest
Payment Date for such Loan at an interest rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Margin.
SECTION 2.08. INTEREST ON EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS. The Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan or Term
Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan from the Borrowing Date of such Loan, or
from the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is converted from a Base Rate Loan,
until the earlier of the date on which such Eurodollar Rate Loan is converted to
a Base Rate Loan or the date such principal amount is due and payable, on each
Interest Payment Date for such Loan at an interest rate per annum equal to the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
SECTION 2.09. CONTINUATION AND CONVERSION OF LOANS. The Borrower shall
have the right, at any time on telephone notice, with written confirmation, to
the Agent, given prior to 11:00 A.M. on the Business Day
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prior to such continuation or conversion (i) to continue any Borrowing comprised
of Eurodollar Rate Loans or a portion thereof into a subsequent Interest Period,
and (ii) to convert any Borrowing or portion thereof into a Borrowing of a
different Type, subject to the conditions precedent set forth below. The Agent
shall promptly notify the Banks of the contents of each such notice. The
conditions precedent are:
(a) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
at the time of such continuation or conversion;
(b) in the case of a continuation of or conversion of a
Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate principal amount of
Loans continued as or converted to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall not be
less than $500,000, and in integral multiples of $250,000; and in the
case of a continuation of or conversion of a Borrowing of Term Loans,
the aggregate principal amount of loans continued or converted shall be
not less than the lesser of $1,000,000 or the aggregate principal
amount of all Term Loans;
(c) each conversion shall be effected by each Bank by applying
the proceeds of its new Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loan to the
Loan (or portion thereof) being converted, and accrued interest on the
Loan (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower
at the time of conversion; and
(d) a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be converted to another Type of
Loan only on the last day of its Interest Period;
(e) each request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a continuation
thereof shall state an Interest Period for such Loan, and any such
request which shall fail to state an applicable Interest Period shall
be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of one month's
duration;
(f) in the event that the Borrower does not give notice to
continue any Eurodollar Rate Loan into a subsequent Interest Period,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that such Loan (unless
repaid) be converted to a Base Rate Loan at the expiration of the then
current Interest Period;
(g) no conversion or continuation of the Loans of any
Borrowing pursuant to this SECTION 2.09 shall affect the Applicable
Percentage of such Loans held by any Bank; and
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(h) a Borrowing of Term Loans may not be converted to or
continued as a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans if after giving
effect thereto (i) the Interest Period therefor would end after a date
on which any principal of Term Loans is scheduled to be repaid and (ii)
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Eurodollar Rate Term
Loans with Interest Periods ending on or prior to such scheduled
repayment date plus the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans
constituting Base Rate Loans would be less than the aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans required to be repaid on such scheduled repayment
date.
SECTION 2.10. PREPAYMENT OF LOANS. (a) Subject to the provisions of
SECTIONS 2.10(b), 2.15, 2.18 AND 2.19 hereof, the Borrower may, by 11:00 A.M. of
the day of prepayment in the case of a Base Rate Loan and on three (3) Business
Days' notice to the Agent (which the Agent will promptly transmit to each Bank)
in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, prepay the outstanding amount of any Loan
in whole or in part; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any prepayment of any Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall be made on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan; and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that each partial prepayment of any Loan, other than a
partial prepayment made pursuant to PARAGRAPH (e) below, shall be in a principal
amount not less than $500,000 and integral multiples thereof, except in the case
of a Base Rate Loan or a Term Loan with a balance of less than $500,000 which
may be prepaid in full. Each prepayment of a Term Loan shall be permanent.
(b) Borrower shall be required to prepay the outstanding principal of
the Term Loans with 100% of the Net Proceeds received from (i) the sale,
transfer or other disposition of all or any part of the assets of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, other than in the ordinary course of business, to the extent
that such disposition(s) result in aggregate Net Proceeds of more than $250,000
during any Fiscal Year of Borrower, and (ii) any casualty or other insured
damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or
similar proceeding of, any asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, but only to
the extent that the Net Proceeds therefrom have not been applied to repair,
restore or functionally replace such asset within 270 days after such event. Any
such mandatory prepayment shall be made not later than the Business Day next
following the day on which such Net Proceeds are received by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and shall be applied pro rata first to the principal amount of all
Base Rate Term Loans, and second to the principal amount of all Eurodollar Rate
Term Loans, provided, however, that the amount available for prepayment of
Eurodollar Rate Term Loans shall be placed in an escrow account with the Agent,
which shall be a money market account regularly offered by the Agent, until the
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last day of the current Interest Period, when it shall be applied to the
prepayment.
(c) The Borrower shall reimburse each Bank on demand for any loss
incurred or to be incurred by it in the reemployment of the funds released by
any prepayment or conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan required or permitted
by any provision of this Agreement, in each case if such Loan is prepaid or
converted other than on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan. The
Borrower further agrees to reimburse each Bank on demand for any loss (including
lost profit) incurred or to be incurred by it in the reemployment of the funds
released by any refusal by the Borrower to accept any requested Eurodollar Rate
Loan or any requested continuation thereof or conversion thereto.
(d) Each prepayment of any Term Loan shall be applied to the
installments thereof in the inverse order of maturity and, except for
prepayments pursuant to PARAGRAPH (e) below, each prepayment of any Loan shall
be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount of such prepayment to the date
thereof.
(e) At 9:00 A.M. on each Business Day, (i) the Agent agrees to deposit
in the Balance Shortfall Account funds available to the Borrower at such time
pursuant to the Sweep Agreements, to the extent, if any, necessary to cause the
balance in such account to equal the total amount of checks drawn on such
account and held by the Agent for payment on such day, plus $100,000; and (ii)
to the extent, if any, that such available funds exceed the amount required to
be so deposited, such available funds shall be applied by the Agent to prepay
the principal balance of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans that are
comprised of Base Rate Loans; and (iii) to the extent, if any, that a balance of
such available funds remains after the principal of such Revolving Credit Loans
has been prepaid entirely, such available fund balance may be invested as
provided in the Sweep Agreements.
SECTION 2.11. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE COMMITMENTS. The Borrower
shall have the right, upon at least two (2) Business Days' prior written or
telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing) to the Agent (which the Agent
will promptly transmit to each Bank), at any time to terminate or from time to
time reduce the Commitments without premium or penalty; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
(i) the Commitments may not be reduced to the extent that following such
reduction the unpaid principal of the Revolving Credit Notes would exceed the
Commitments as so reduced, (ii) any acceleration of the Termination Date shall
be accompanied
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by the payment of all commitment fees then accrued hereunder, and (iii) any
reduction of the Commitments shall be applied to reduce the Commitment of each
Bank according to its Applicable Percentage.
SECTION 2.12. FEES. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for the
account of each Bank, in consideration of each Bank's Commitment, (a) a
commitment fee of 1/4 of 1% per annum, for the period from and including the
date of this Agreement to but excluding the date on which its Commitment is
entirely terminated, on the average daily unused portion of such Commitment
(based on a year of 360 days), payable on the last day of each Fiscal Quarter
commencing on June 30, 1997, and (b) a closing fee of $80,000, payable on the
Closing Date. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent on the
Closing Date, in consideration of its acting as Agent, a fee of $45,000.
SECTION 2.13. DEFAULT RATE OF INTEREST; LATE PAYMENT PENALTY. During
the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, (i) the interest rates
applicable to the Loans shall immediately without further action by either Bank
be increased to 2% above the rate(s) of interest then in effect on the Loans and
(ii) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed converted at the end of the then
Interest Period to a Base Rate Loan and be deemed to bear interest at a rate
equal to 2% above the Base Rate until paid in full.
SECTION 2.14. APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. All
computations of the Base Rate and Eurodollar Rate and of fees and Default
interest charges hereunder shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of
360 days, for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding
the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are
payable.
SECTION 2.15. FUNDS; MANNER OF PAYMENT. Each Loan and each payment and
prepayment of principal and interest on the Notes shall be made without set-off
or counterclaim against any Bank. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder or
under any Note shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest
or fees, as the case may be. All payments under this Agreement or the Notes
shall be made in Dollars and immediately available funds not later than 1:00
P.M. Rochester, New York time on the relevant dates specified above (each such
payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on
the next succeeding Business Day) to the Agent's account designated to each Bank
by the Agent and maintained at its office in Rochester, New York, for the
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account of each Bank. The Agent, or any Bank for whose account any such payment
is to be made, may (but shall not be obligated to), debit the amount of any such
payment which is not made by such time to any ordinary deposit account of the
Borrower with the Agent or such Bank, as the case may be, and any Bank so doing
shall promptly notify the Agent. The Borrower shall, at the time of making each
payment under this Agreement or the Notes, except for payments made pursuant to
SECTION 2.10(e), specify to the Agent the principal or other amount payable by
the Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes to which such payment is to be
applied (and in the event that it fails to so specify, or if a Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may apply such payment as
it may elect in its sole discretion (subject to SECTION 10.16)). Each payment
received by the Agent hereunder or under any Note for the account of a Bank
shall be paid promptly to such Bank, in immediately available funds.
SECTION 2.16. CAPITAL ADEQUACY. If any Bank shall have determined that,
after the date hereof, the adoption of any applicable law, rule, regulation or
guideline regarding capital adequacy, or any change in any of the foregoing or
in the interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by any
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Bank (or any
lending office of such Bank) or such Bank's holding company with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Bank's capital or on the capital of such Bank's holding company, if any,
as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such
Bank or its holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change,
compliance or directive (taking into consideration the Bank's policies and the
policies of the Bank's holding company with respect to capital adequacy) by an
amount deemed by such Bank to be material, then from time to time the Borrower
shall pay to such Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the
Bank or the Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
SECTION 2.17. INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATE. In the event, and on each
occasion, that on the day two Business Days prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, any Bank shall have determined
(which determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding upon the Borrower) that such rate will not accurately reflect the cost
to the Bank of making or funding the principal amount of a Eurodollar Rate Loan
during such Interest Period, or that
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reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the rate on the Eurodollar Rate
Loan as set forth in the definition of "Adjusted Eurodollar Rate" herein, the
Bank shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written, telegraphic,
telephonic or facsimile notice of such determination to the Borrower and the
Agent and any pending request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Rate or for Loan
conversion or continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed a request
for a Base Rate Loan. After such notice shall have been given, and until the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, each request for a
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to be a request for a Base Rate Loan.
SECTION 2.18. OTHER EVENTS. (a) In the event that any enactment of or
change after the date hereof in applicable law, regulation, condition, directive
or interpretation thereof (including any request, guideline or policy and
including, without limitation, Regulation D promulgated by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter
in effect) by any authority charged with the administration or interpretation
thereof:
(i) subjects any Bank to any tax with respect to the Loans
hereunder or changes the basis of taxation of payment to the Bank of
principal of or interest on any Loan or any commitment fee hereunder or
any other amounts payable hereunder (other than any tax measured by or
based upon the overall net income of the Bank or any branch or office
thereof, imposed by the U. S. or by any other jurisdiction in which the
Bank is qualified to do business or any political subdivision or taxing
authority therein); or
(ii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve or
deposit requirements against any assets held by, deposits with or for
the account of, or loans or commitments by, an office of the Bank in
connection with payments by the Bank hereunder; or
(iii) imposes upon the Bank or any Interbank Market any other
condition with respect to any amount paid or payable to or by the Bank
pursuant to this Agreement;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Bank of
making the payment or maintaining its Commitment or its Term Loans or to reduce
the amount of the payment receivable by the Bank hereunder or to require the
Bank to make the payment on or calculated by reference to the gross amount of
the sum received by it pursuant hereto, in each case by an amount which the Bank
in its reasonable judgment deems material,
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then:
(A) the Bank shall promptly notify the Agent and the Borrower in
writing of the happening of such event;
(B) the Bank shall promptly deliver to the Agent and the Borrower
a certificate stating the change which has occurred or the
reserve requirements or other conditions which have been
imposed on the Bank or the request, direction or requirement
with which it has complied, together with the date thereof,
the amount of such increased cost, reduction or payment and
the way in which such amount has been calculated; and
(C) the Borrower shall pay to the Bank, within 30 days after
delivery of the certificate referred to in CLAUSE (B) above,
such an amount or amounts as will compensate the Bank for such
additional cost, reduction or payment.
Each Bank agrees to designate a different office of the Bank as its lending
office for Eurodollar Rate Loans if the designation would avoid or reduce any
amount payable by the Borrower to the Bank pursuant to this PARAGRAPH (a);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such designation need not be made if it would result in
any additional costs, expenses or risks to the Bank that are not reimbursed by
the Borrower pursuant hereto or would be in any other respect prejudicial to the
Bank. If any Bank makes a demand for compensation pursuant to this PARAGRAPH
(a), the Borrower may at any time, upon at least three Business Days' prior
written or telegraphic notice to the Agent and the Bank either (i) repay in full
any outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon to
the date of prepayment or (ii) convert such Loan to a Base Rate Loan, in each
case notwithstanding the provisions of SECTIONS 2.09(d) AND 2.10(a). No such
repayment or conversion shall affect Borrower's obligation under SECTION
2.10(c).
(b) Failure on the part of any Bank to demand compensation under
PARAGRAPH (a) above on any one occasion shall not constitute a waiver of its
right to demand such compensation on any other occasion and failure on the part
of a Bank to deliver any certificate in a timely manner shall not in any way
reduce any obligations of the Borrower to such Bank under this SECTION 2.18.
SECTION 2.19. CHANGE IN LEGALITY. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement, if any change after the date
hereof in any law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof by any
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governmental authority charged with the administration thereof shall make it
unlawful (based on the opinion of any counsel, whether in-house, special or
general, for any Bank) for such Bank to make or maintain any Eurodollar Rate
Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to
any Eurodollar Rate Loan, then, by written notice to the Agent and the Borrower
by the Bank, the Bank may:
(i) declare that such Bank's obligation to make Eurodollar
Rate Loans, and its obligation to convert Base Rate Loans into
Eurodollar Rate Loans, shall be suspended until such declaration is
subsequently withdrawn; and all Eurodollar Rate Loans that would
otherwise be made or renewed by such Bank shall be made instead as Base
Rate Loans; and the Bank agrees to withdraw any such declaration if and
to the extent that the making and/or maintenance by the Bank of its
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall cease to be unlawful; and
(ii) require that all outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans made
by it be converted to Base Rate Loans, whereupon all such Loans shall
be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans as of the effective date
of such notice as provided in PARAGRAPH (b) below (notwithstanding the
provisions of SECTION 2.10) and all payments and repayments that would
otherwise have been applied to such Bank's converted Loans shall be
applied instead to its Base Rate Loans.
(b) For purposes of this SECTION 2.19, a notice to the Borrower by any
Bank pursuant to PARAGRAPH (a) above shall be effective, if lawful and if any
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall then be outstanding, on the last day of then current
Interest Period; otherwise, such notice shall be effective on the date of
receipt by the Borrower.
(c) Each Bank agrees to designate a different office as its lending
office for Eurodollar Rate Loans if such designation will effect compliance with
the law or regulation or interpretation thereof invoking the provisions of this
SECTION 2.19; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such designation need not be made if it
would result in any additional costs, expenses or risks to the Bank that are not
reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant hereto or would be in any other respect
prejudicial to the Bank.
III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and each Bank that:
SECTION 3.01. ORGANIZATION, CORPORATE POWERS, ETC. The Borrower (i)
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is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Ohio, (ii) has the power and authority to own its
properties, to consummate the Transactions, including the Acquisition, and to
carry on its business as now being conducted and as contemplated after
completion of the Acquisition, (iii) is duly qualified to do business in every
jurisdiction wherein the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
properties is such as to require such qualification and (iv) has the corporate
power to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents.
SECTION 3.02. CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION; NO
CONTRAVENTION. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each
Subsidiary of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of
the Transactions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
hereunder (a) have been duly authorized, (b) will not violate (i) any provision
of law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, (ii) any order of any court or other agency of government binding on
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any indenture, agreement, including the ▇▇▇▇
Stock Agreement, or other instrument to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is
a party, or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their properties
are bound, and (c) will not be in conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute (with due notice and/or lapse of time) a default under, any such
indenture, agreement, including the ▇▇▇▇ Stock Agreement, or other instrument,
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of
any nature whatsoever upon any of its property or assets other than as
contemplated by the Loan Documents. Each person executing the Loan Documents has
full authority to execute and deliver same for and on behalf of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
SECTION 3.03. FINANCIAL CONDITION. (a) The Borrower has furnished the
Agent and each Bank with consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 1996, audited and certified by
Price Waterhouse & Co. LLP, together with Borrower's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, for the 9 month period ending December 31, 1996 and Borrower's unaudited
statement/balance sheet and the related statements of income and retained
earnings for the period ending January 31, 1997. Such financial statements were
prepared in conformity with GAAP (except for the unaudited statements as of and
for the period ending January 31, 1997, which were prepared consistently with
past practices and substantially in conformity with GAAP), and present fairly
the consolidated financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and as of
the date of such financial statements and the results of operations for the
period covered thereby.
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(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries had, at the date
of the most recent balance sheet referred to above, any material contingent
obligation, contingent liability or liability for taxes, or any material
long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including, without
limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction
or other financial derivative, which is not reflected in the foregoing
statements or in the notes thereto.
(c) During the period from December 31, 1996 to and including the date
hereof there has been no sale, transfer or other disposition by the Borrower or
any of its consolidated Subsidiaries of any material part of its or their
business or property and no purchase or other acquisition of any business or
property (including any capital stock of any other Person) that was material in
relation to the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries at December 31, 1996, nor any agreement to do so,
other than the Asset Purchase Agreement and the sale in January, 1997 of land
owned by the Borrower on ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Road, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County, New York.
(d) Since December 31, 1996 there has been no development or event nor
any prospective development or event, which has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no obligation or liability,
contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which is material
in amount and which is not, or shall not be, reflected in the foregoing
statements (and the related notes thereto) as of said date.
SECTION 3.04. TAXES. All assessed deficiencies resulting from Internal
Revenue Service examinations of the Federal income tax returns of the Borrower
have been discharged or reserved against. The Borrower has filed or caused to be
filed all Federal, state and local tax returns which are required to be filed,
and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes as shown on said returns or on any
assessment received by it, to the extent that such taxes have become due, except
any such taxes that are immaterial in amount or are being contested in good
faith with appropriate reserves set aside therefor.
SECTION 3.05. TITLE TO PROPERTIES. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
have good and marketable title to their respective properties and assets
reflected on the balance sheet referred to in SECTION 3.03 hereof, except for
such properties and assets as have been disposed of since the date of such
balance sheet as no longer used or useful in the conduct of its business or as
have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business, and all such
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properties and assets are free and clear of mortgages, pledges, liens, charges
and other encumbrances, except as required or permitted by the provisions hereof
or as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3.05.
SECTION 3.06. LITIGATION. (a) Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3.06,
there are no actions, suits or proceedings (whether or not purportedly on behalf
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any material property of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, at law or in equity or before or by any Federal, state, municipal
or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign; and (b) neither the Borrower nor any of
its Subsidiaries is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction,
decree, rule or regulation of any court or Federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign.
SECTION 3.07. AGREEMENTS. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter
or other corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree
or regulation materially and adversely affecting its business, properties or
assets, operations or condition (financial or otherwise). Neither the Borrower
nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in any manner which would have a
Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions
contained in any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party.
SECTION 3.08. ERISA. No Reportable Event has occurred during the
five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or
deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material
respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. The present value
of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan maintained by the
Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity (based on those assumptions used to
fund the Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date
on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the
assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits. Neither the Borrower nor
any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any
Multiemployer Plan, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity
would become subject to any liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer
Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the
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date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer
Plan is in reorganization or Insolvent.
SECTION 3.09. MORTGAGE. The real property description attached to the
mortgage to be executed pursuant to SECTION 4.01(i) correctly describes the real
property located at 977 Mt. Read Boulevard, Rochester, New York, which property
is owned by the Borrower free and clear of all mortgages, liens and other
encumbrances.
SECTION 3.10. FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS. (a) The Borrower is not
engaged principally in, nor does it have as one of its important activities, the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
"margin stock" (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the U.S., as amended to the date hereof). If
requested by any Bank, the Borrower will furnish to such Bank a statement on
Federal Reserve Form U-1.
(b) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to
purchase or to carry margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying margin stock, or to refund indebtedness originally
incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose which violates or is
inconsistent with the provisions of the Regulations G, T, U, or X of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SECTION 3.11. SUBSIDIARIES. Attached hereto as SCHEDULE 3.11 is a
correct and complete list of all the Borrower's Subsidiaries and Affiliates,
showing as to each Subsidiary, its name, the jurisdiction of its incorporation
and the percentage of such outstanding shares owned by the Borrower and other
Subsidiaries, respectively. Each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries and Affiliates
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all corporate powers and
all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business as now conducted.
SECTION 3.12. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. To the best knowledge of the
Borrower, each of the representations and warranties set forth in PARAGRAPHS (a)
THROUGH (e) of this Section is true and correct with respect to each parcel of
real property owned or operated by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries (the
"Properties").
(a) The Properties do not contain, and have not previously
contained, in, on, or under, including, without limitation, the soil
and
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groundwater thereunder, any Hazardous Materials.
(b) The Properties and all operations and facilities at the
Properties are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, and there is
no Hazardous Materials contamination or violation of any Environmental
Law which could interfere with the continued operation of any of the
Properties or impair the fair market value of any thereof.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any complaint, notice of violation, alleged violation,
investigation or advisory action or of potential liability or of
potential responsibility regarding environmental protection matters or
permit compliance with regard to the Properties, nor is the Borrower
aware that any Governmental Authority is contemplating delivering to
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any such notice.
(d) Hazardous Materials have not been generated, treated,
stored, disposed of, at, on or under any of the Properties, nor have
any Hazardous Materials been transferred from the Properties to any
other location.
(e) There are no governmental, administrative actions or
judicial proceedings pending or contemplated under any Environmental
Laws to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be
named as a party with respect to the Properties, nor are there any
consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders
or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements
outstanding under any Environmental Laws with respect to any of the
Properties.
SECTION 3.13. NOT AN INVESTMENT COMPANY. The Borrower is not an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. The Borrower is not subject to regulation under any Federal or State
statute or regulation which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
SECTION 3.14. MATERIAL CHANGE. No material adverse change in the
business or operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has occurred
since the financial statements dated as of December 31, 1996 previously
delivered to the Banks.
SECTION 3.15. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL. No registration with or consent
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or approval of, or other action by, any Federal, state or other governmental
authority or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents or the consummation of the
Transactions.
SECTION 3.16. FULL DISCLOSURE. All written information heretofore
furnished by the Borrower to the Banks for purposes of or in connection with
this Agreement and the Transactions is, and all such information hereafter
furnished by the Borrower to the Banks will be, true and accurate in all
material respects on the date as of which such information is stated or
certified. To the best of Borrower's knowledge based on investigation by the
Borrower's officers, the Borrower has disclosed to the Banks in writing any and
all facts which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, have had or would
be reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect. For the purpose of the
preceding sentence, the facts relating to the E.I.L. Business shall, as of the
date of this Agreement, be deemed to include only those set forth in the Asset
Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 3.17. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement and each other Loan
Documents to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, enforceable against such Person in
accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles
relating to enforceability.
SECTION 3.18. TRADEMARKS AND LICENSES, ETC. The Borrower and its
Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use, to the best
of their knowledge, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names,
franchises, authorizations and other rights that are reasonably necessary for
the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights
of any other Person. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, no slogan or other
advertising device or product, now employed, or now contemplated to be employed
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any
other Person; no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending
or threatened, and no statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, proposed regarding the foregoing.
SECTION 3.19. ACQUISITION. SCHEDULE 3.19, which is separate from but
delivered by Borrower to the Banks with this Agreement, contains a true and
correct copy of the Asset Purchase Agreement and all schedules,
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exhibits, side letters, and other documents attached to or delivered with or in
connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement by either party thereto. The Asset
Purchase Agreement is a valid and binding contract with respect to each party
thereto and is enforceable against each party in accordance with its terms.
Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, Borrower will purchase all of the
assets and assume all of the liabilities to be purchased and assumed thereunder,
except for assets and liabilities which are to purchased and assumed by
Transmation (Canada), Inc. The Borrower has furnished the Agent and each Bank
with consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income and retained
earnings of the E.I.L. Business for the fiscal years ending October 31, 1995 and
1996, and a consolidated statement of income and retained earnings of the E.I.L.
Business for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1994, in each case audited and
certified by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., together with the unaudited balance sheet
and related statements of income and retained earnings for the period ended
January 31, 1997. Such financial statements were prepared in conformity with
GAAP, (except for the unaudited statements as of and for the period ending
January 31, 1997, which were prepared consistently with past practices and
substantially in conformity with GAAP), and present fairly the financial
condition of the E.I.L. Business as of the respective dates of such financial
statements and the results of operations for the periods covered thereby. During
the period from January 31, 1997 to and including the date hereof, there has
been no development or event or any prospective development or event, which has
had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of the E.I.L. Business taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.20. SOLVENCY. Immediately after the consummation of the
Acquisition and the Transactions to occur on the date of the initial Borrowing
hereunder and immediately following the making of each Loan made on such date
and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a)
the fair value of the assets (tangible and intangible) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed their or
its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the
present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability on their or its debts and other liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and
mature; (c) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries will be able to pay its
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries, taken together,
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will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in
which it is or they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is
proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
SECTION 3.21. ▇▇▇▇ STOCK AGREEMENT. SCHEDULE 3.21 contains a true and
correct copy of the ▇▇▇▇ Stock Agreement.
IV. CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 4.01. CLOSING DATE. The obligations of the Banks to make Loans
hereunder shall not become effective until the date (the "Closing Date") on
which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party
hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party
or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include telecopy
transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed
to the Agent and the Banks and dated the Closing Date) of each of (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇, U.S. counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of
SCHEDULE 4.01(b), and (ii) Gowlins, Strathy & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Canadian counsel to the
Borrower, substantially in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(b-1), and, in the case of
each such opinion required by this paragraph, covering such other matters
relating to the parties, the Loan Documents or the Acquisition as the Required
Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests each such counsel
to deliver such opinions.
(c) The Agent and each Bank shall have received such documents and
certificates as the Agent and each Bank or its respective counsel may reasonably
request relating to the organization, existence and (in the case of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries located in the U. S.) good standing of each, the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent and each Bank and its respective counsel.
(d) The Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date
and signed by the Chief Financial Officer, confirming compliance with the
conditions set forth in PARAGRAPHS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 4.02.
(e) The Agent shall have received, for its own account and for the
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account of each Bank, to the extent invoiced, all fees and other amounts due and
payable to the Agent and each Bank on or prior to the Closing Date, including,
to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other
Loan Document.
(f) The Agent shall have received counterparts of (i) the U.S.
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(f), signed on
behalf of each U.S. Subsidiary, and (ii) the Foreign Subsidiary Guarantee, in
the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(f-l), signed on behalf of each Foreign Subsidiary.
(g) The Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of the (x) the
Foreign Subsidiary Pledge Agreement, in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(g), signed on
behalf of the Borrower, and (y) the U.S. Subsidiary Pledge Agreement signed, in
the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(g-1), on behalf of the Borrower, (ii) stock
certificates representing all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv)
stock powers and instruments of transfer, endorsed in blank, with respect to
such stock certificates.
(h) The Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of (x) the Borrower
Security Agreement, in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(h), signed on behalf of the
Borrower (y) the Subsidiary Security Agreement, in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01
(h-1), signed on behalf of each U.S. Subsidiary and (z) the Canadian Subsidiary
Security Agreement, in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(h-2), signed by Transmation
(Canada) Inc. and (ii) all documents and instruments, including Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by
the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the liens
intended to be created under such Security Agreements.
(i) The Agent shall have received a counterpart of the Mortgage, and of
the Negative Pledge Agreement, each in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(i), signed on
behalf of the Borrower.
(j) The Agent shall have received Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent) searches, satisfactory to the Banks and their legal counsel,
including (i) the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent) filings made with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and
E.I.L. Instruments, Inc. in the jurisdictions where they do business or have
assets, and (ii) copies of the financing statements (or similar documents)
disclosed by such searches and evidence that the liens indicated by such
financing statements (or similar documents) and not permitted
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hereunder have been released or terminated.
(k) The Acquisition shall have been consummated, in all respects in
accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, with each party
thereto having fulfilled all of the conditions to such party's obligations set
forth in Article 8 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, except to the extent that
such conditions have not been met or fulfilled with the consent of each Bank.
(l) The Agent and each Bank shall have been provided, on or prior to
the Closing Date, with the opportunity to review all documents exchanged between
the parties at the closing under the Asset Purchase Agreement, including all
opinions of counsel delivered by each party, and such documents shall be in all
material respects consistent with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Banks.
(m) The Agent and each Bank shall have received a "fairness opinion"
with respect to the Acquisition from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLC and an appraisal of the
Borrower's equipment from ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., in each case reasonably
satisfactory to the Banks.
(n) The Agent and each Bank shall have received a certificate of the
Chief Financial Officer, in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(n), to the effect set
forth below, and each of the following shall be true and correct on the date of
such certificate:
(i) The Acquisition shall have been consummated in all
respects in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement,
with each party to the Asset Purchase Agreement having fulfilled all of
the conditions to such party's obligations set forth in Article 8 of
the Asset Purchase Agreement, except to the extent that such conditions
have not been met or fulfilled with the consent of each Bank.
(ii) The Agent and each Bank shall have been provided on or
prior to the Closing Date with an opportunity to review all documents
exchanged between the parties at the closing under the Asset Purchase
Agreement, including all opinions of counsel delivered by either party,
and such documents shall be in all material respects consistent with
the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the schedules and
exhibits attached thereto, except to the extent approved by the Banks.
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(iii) Borrower and its Subsidiary, Transmation (Canada), Inc.,
as the case may be, shall have received all of the assets to be
purchased by it pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement free and clear
of all mortgages, pledges, liens, charges and other encumbrances except
for those provided for in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
(iv) All representations and warranties of the Borrower
contained in the Agreement and any Loan Document made as of and after
the Closing Date are true and correct as of the date of such lending
after inclusion or reflection, as appropriate, of all assets purchased
and liabilities assumed by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant
to the Asset Purchase Agreement.
(v) Following is a reconciliation of the Borrower's use of the
Borrowings to be made on the date of such lending for the payment of
the purchase price payable pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement,
and application to the cost and expenses of the Acquisition and the
Asset Purchase Agreement, and to the payment of Indebtedness as
required pursuant to SECTION 4.01 (O).
(o) Except as permitted under SECTION 6.01, all Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including that assumed in the Transactions (other
than Indebtedness set forth on SCHEDULE 6.01) and that pursuant to the Revolving
Credit Facility Agreement between Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, dated
SEPTEMBER 3, 1994 (which agreement shall be terminated), shall have been repaid
in full, and all obligations thereunder and security interests relating thereto
shall have been discharged or assigned to the Agent, as Agent for the Banks, and
the Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence of such repayment, discharge
or assignment.
(p) The Agent and each Bank shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that the Borrower has, and has caused each of its
Subsidiaries to have, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies,
insurance (or, to the extent customary for similar companies engaged in the same
or similar businesses, self insurance) in such amounts and against such risks
(including fire and other risks insured by extended coverage) as are customarily
maintained by similar companies engaged in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations, including public liability insurance
against claims for personal injury, death or property damage occurring upon,
about or in connection with the use of any properties owned, occupied or
controlled by it as well as such other insurance as may be required by law.
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(q) The Agent and each Bank shall have received copies of the
certificate of incorporation of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, and certified
resolutions and incumbency certificates for the Borrower and each Subsidiary,
related to the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Loan Documents
and the consummation of the Transactions.
(r) The Agent and each Bank shall have received counterparts of
Subordination Agreements in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(r), signed by each of E.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, subordinating an Indebtedness of approximately of $1,756,000, and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, subordinating an Indebtedness of approximately of $1,344,000.
(s) The Agent and each Bank shall have received counterparts of
Subsidiary Subordination Agreements in the form of SCHEDULE 4.01(s), signed by
each Subsidiary and subordinating any Indebtedness now or hereafter owed by
Borrower to such Subsidiary.
The Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Bank of the Closing Date and each
initial Loan, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Commitments of the Banks shall terminate unless each of the
foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Required Banks) at or prior
to 3:00 P.M., Rochester time, on April 30, 1997.
SECTION 4.02. EACH LOAN. The obligation of each Bank to make a Loan on
the occasion of any Borrowing, is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the
Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the date of such Loan.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Loan, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Loan shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the Borrowing Date thereof as to the matters specified in PARAGRAPHS
(a) AND (b) of this Section.
V. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants and agrees with the Banks that, so long as this
Agreement shall remain in effect or any of the principal of or interest on
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the Notes or any fees or other amounts remain unpaid hereunder, it will, and
will cause each of their Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 5.01. CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROPERTIES, INSURANCE, ETC. Except
as permitted in SECTION 5.02, do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a corporation and
its rights and franchises and comply, in all material respects, with all laws
applicable to it. At all times maintain, preserve and protect all franchises,
trade names, licenses, patents, trademarks and copyrights and preserve all
material property used or useful in the conduct of their business and keep the
same in good repair, working order and condition, reasonable wear and tear
excluded, and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and
proper repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times and at all times keep its insurable
proportions adequately insured, except that Borrower shall be permitted to
decline to take any or all of such actions with respect to either or both of
Transmation Australia Pty. Ltd. and Transmation Singapore Pte. Ltd. as long as
it first notifies the Agent and the Banks.
SECTION 5.02. PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS, TAXES, ETC. (a) Pay all
Indebtedness and obligations as and when due and payable and (b) pay and
discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income and profits,
or upon any of its property, real, personal or mixed, or upon any part thereof,
before the same shall become in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, might become a lien or
charge upon such properties or any part thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay and discharge
or cause to be paid and discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or
claim so long as the validity thereof shall be contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, and the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be, shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect to any such
tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so contested; and FURTHER PROVIDED that,
subject to the foregoing proviso, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will pay or
cause to be paid all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims upon the
commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien which has attached as security
therefor.
SECTION 5.03. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Furnish directly to each of the
Banks:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after
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the end of each Fiscal Year of Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
Fiscal Year and a consolidated income statement and statements of cash
flows and changes in stockholders' equity of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, all in reasonable
detail and stating in comparative form the respective consolidated
figures for the corresponding date and period in the prior Fiscal Year,
and all prepared in accordance with GAAP and as to the consolidated
statements accompanied by an opinion thereon acceptable to the Required
Banks by Price Waterhouse and Co. LLP or other independent accountants
of national standing selected by the Borrower;
(b) deliver together with the information required in
PARAGRAPH (a) above, the same information presented on a consolidating
basis prepared by management of the Borrower, except that Borrower
shall not be required to deliver statements of cash flows on a
consolidating basis;
(c) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a report (which may consist of
Borrower's then current Form 10- Q Quarterly Report filed with the
SEC), which includes a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
Fiscal Quarter and a consolidated and consolidating income statement
and consolidated statement of cash flows and changes in stockholders'
equity, of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the
period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending
with the end of such Fiscal Quarter, all in reasonable detail and
stating in comparative form the respective consolidated and
consolidating (as appropriate) figures for the corresponding date and
period in the previous Fiscal Year and all prepared in accordance with
GAAP and certified by the Chief Financial Officer (subject to year-end
adjustments);
(d) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any reports
submitted to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by independent
certified public accountants in connection with examination of the
financial statements of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary made by
such accountants;
(e) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial
statements referred to in CLAUSE (c) above, a certificate of the Chief
Financial Officer, in the form of SCHEDULE 5.03(e), (i) certifying that
to the best of his knowledge no Default or Event of Default has
occurred
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and is continuing or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action
which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto, and (ii) with
computations of the Adjusted Leverage Ratio and computations
demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in ARTICLE VII,
as of the end of the latest Fiscal Quarter covered by such financial
statements;
(f) promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of each
action, suit, and proceeding before any court or governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
which, (i) involves a claim in which it appears that the claim or the
potential liability exceeds $50,000, (ii) if determined adversely to
the Borrower or such Subsidiary, could have a Material Adverse Effect,
or (iii) questions the validity of any of the Loan Documents or of any
of the Transactions;
(g) as soon as possible after the occurrence of each Default
or Event of Default, a written notice setting forth the details of such
Default or Event of Default and the action which is proposed to be
taken by the Borrower with respect thereto;
(h) promptly upon presentation to Borrower's audit committee,
a copy of the management letter prepared by the Borrower's independent
auditors in connection with each report delivered pursuant to CLAUSE
(a) above.
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 30 days after
the end of each month, a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet
of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
month and a consolidated and consolidating income statement, of the
Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period commencing at
the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such
month, all in reasonable detail and all prepared in accordance with
GAAP and certified by the Chief Financial Officer (subject to year-end
adjustments);
(j) Upon their becoming available, copies of all regular and
periodic reports, if any, and any registration statements and
prospectuses, which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall file
with the SEC.
(k) Upon their becoming available, copies of all reports,
proxy
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statements and financial statements mailed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally.
(l) promptly, from time to time, such other information
regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of
the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries as the Required Banks may
reasonably request.
SECTION 5.04. ACCESS TO PREMISES AND RECORDS. Maintain financial
records in accordance with GAAP; permit representatives of the Banks to have
access to such financial records and the premises of the Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries upon request, and to make such excerpts from such records or to
conduct such audits and field examinations as such representatives deem
reasonably necessary; and permit representatives of the Banks to have access to
the financial records and premises of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries,
upon request, to audit the Banks' collateral securing the Loans; and the
Borrower shall pay the Banks a fee of $2,500 for each such audit, provided that
Borrower shall not be required to pay for more than one such audit during any
Fiscal Year in which no Default existed.
SECTION 5.05. NOTICE OF ADVERSE CHANGE. Promptly, but not later than
fifteen (15) Business Days after any change or information shall have come to
the attention of any Executive Officer notify the Agent, for delivery to the
Banks, in writing of (a) any change in the business or the operations which, in
the good faith judgment of such Executive Officer, would be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) any information which indicates that any
financial statements which are the subject of any representation contained in
this Agreement, or which are furnished to the Banks pursuant to this Agreement,
fail, to any material extent, to present fairly the financial condition and
results of operations purported to be presented therein, disclosing the nature
thereof.
SECTION 5.06. NOTICE OF DEFAULT. Promptly, in the event any Executive
Officer knows of any Default or Event of Default, or knows of an event of
default under any other agreement, furnish to the Agent, for delivery to the
Banks, a written statement as to such occurrence, specifying the nature and
extent thereof and the action (if any) which is proposed to be taken with
respect thereto.
SECTION 5.07. ERISA. (a) Comply, in all material respects with the
provisions of ERISA applicable to any Plan maintained by the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries; and (b) as soon as possible and, in any event, within 10 days
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after the Borrower or any Subsidiary knows any of the following, deliver to the
Agent, for delivery to the Banks, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer
setting forth details as to such occurrence and such action, if any, which the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take,
together with any notices required or proposed to be given to or filed with or
by the Borrower, the Subsidiary, the ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a Plan
participant or the Plan Administrator with respect thereto: (i) that a
Reportable Event has occurred or is expected to occur, (ii) that an accumulated
funding deficiency has been incurred or an application may be or has been made
to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum
funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension
of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Plan,
(iii) that a Plan has been or may be terminated, reorganized, partitioned or
declared insolvent under Title IV of ERISA, (iv) that a Plan has an Unfunded
Current Liability giving rise to a lien under ERISA, (v) that proceedings may be
or have been instituted to terminate a Plan, (vi) that a proceeding has been
instituted pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution
to a Plan, or (vii) that the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate
will or may incur any liability (including any contingent or secondary
liability) to or on account of the termination of or withdrawal from a Plan
under Section 4062, 4063, 4064, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA. In addition to any
certificates or notices delivered to the Agent pursuant to the preceding
sentence, copies of annual reports and any other notices received by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary and required to be delivered to the Agent hereunder
shall be delivered to the Agent no later than 30 days after the later of the
date such report or notice has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service or
the PBGC, given to Plan participants or received by the Borrower or the
Subsidiary.
SECTION 5.08. COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
OF LAW; APPLICABLE LAWS. Comply, in all material respects, with all Contractual
Obligations and requirements of law.
SECTION 5.09. SUBSIDIARIES. Give the Agent, for delivery to the Banks,
prompt written notice of the creation, establishment or acquisition, in any
manner, of any Subsidiary or Affiliate not existing on the date hereof, and with
such notice, in form satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Banks, (i) a
Guarantee executed by such Subsidiary of payment of all Loans, (ii) a pledge of
the stock of such Subsidiary and a security agreement covering all of such
Subsidiary's asset, each securing all Loans, and (iii) all related documentation
required pursuant to each such agreement.
SECTION 5.10. ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
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(a) Comply with, and insure compliance by all tenants and subtenants,
if any, with, all Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain and
insure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any
and all licenses, approvals, registrations or permits required by Environmental
Laws;
(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of
all Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental Laws except to the extent
that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and
(c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Bank and
their respective employees, agents, officers and directors, from and against any
claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and
expenses of whatever kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise,
arising out of, or in any way relating to the violation of or non-compliance
with any Environmental Laws applicable to the real property owned or operated by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any orders, requirements or demands
of Governmental Authorities related thereto, including, without limitation,
attorney's and consultant's fees, investigation and laboratory fees, court costs
and litigation expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise
out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking
indemnification therefor.
SECTION 5.11. VOTING OF SUBSIDIARIES' SHARES. The Borrower will vote
the shares of any Subsidiary, and cause any Subsidiary shares to be voted, in a
manner which will not violate any of the covenants or restrictions of this
Agreement or any other of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 5.12. PROCEEDS OF THE LOANS. The proceeds of the Term Loans
shall be used by the Borrower only to finance the Acquisition, including payment
of the Acquisition price and related fees and costs of the Acquisition. The
proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans may be utilized, in a single drawing made
on the Closing Date of no more than $12 million, to fund the Acquisition price
and related fees and costs; and otherwise the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans
shall be used first to pay Indebtedness as contemplated in SECTION 4.01(i), and
thereafter to finance the ongoing working capital requirements and other general
corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
Borrower may not use the proceeds of any Loans to make advances to or
investments in any
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of its Subsidiaries except as permitted pursuant to SECTION 6.06(E).
SECTION 5.13. MANAGEMENT. Continue to employ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as
the Borrower's President and Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board
unless a replacement satisfactory to the Required Banks is appointed within 45
days of the date ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ceases to be employed in either such position.
SECTION 5.14. ACQUISITION DOCUMENTS. Within five days after the Closing
Date, Borrower will provide the Agent and each Bank with a set of copies of the
documents referred to in SECTION 4.01(l).
VI. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees with the Banks that, so long as this
Agreement shall remain in effect or any of the principal of or interest on the
Notes or any fees or other amounts remain unpaid hereunder, it will not, nor
will it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
SECTION 6.01. DEBT. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt,
except:
(a) Debt of the Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes;
(b) Debt described in SCHEDULE 6.01, but no renewals, extensions or
refinancings thereof;
(c) Subordinated Debt in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Banks;
(d) Subordinated Debt of the Borrower to any Subsidiary or Debt of any
Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary;
(e) Accounts payable to trade creditors for goods or services which are
not aged more than 90 days from billing date and current operating liabilities
(other than for borrowed money) which are not more than 90 days past due, in
each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and paid within the
specified time, unless contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(f) Debt in respect of letters of credit issued for the account of the
Borrower or any such Subsidiary in an aggregate face amount outstanding at any
time of up to $250,000;
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(g) Debt incurred in connection with acceptances of the Borrower or any
such Subsidiary in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time of up to
$250,000;
(h) Debt of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary secured by purchase
money liens permitted by SECTION 6.02 in an aggregate principal amount at any
time up to $250,000;
(i) Debt incurred to finance the acquisition of motor vehicles used in
Borrower's business.
SECTION 6.02. LIENS. Incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any
mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance or restriction of any nature
whatsoever (including conditional sales, other title retention agreements or
liens on inventory or accounts receivables) on any of their assets now or
hereafter owned, other than:
(a) liens existing on the date hereof as set forth on SCHEDULE
6.02 which liens are not to be renewed, extended or refinanced except
as set forth on SCHEDULE 6.02;
(b) deposits under workmen's compensation, unemployment
insurance and social security laws, or to secure the performance of
bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed
money) or leases or to secure statutory obligations or surety or appeal
bonds or discharge of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or to secure indemnity, performance
or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of business;
(c) statutory liens of landlords and other liens imposed by
law, such as carriers', warehousemen's or mechanic's liens, incurred in
good faith in the ordinary course of business and deposits made or
bonds filed in the ordinary course of business to obtain the release of
such liens;
(d) liens for taxes not yet due, or liens for taxes contested
as permitted by SECTION 5.02;
(e) any other liens granted to the Agent and the Banks; and
(f) Purchase money liens on any property hereafter acquired or
the assumption of any lien on property existing at the time of such
acquisition, or a lien incurred in connection with any conditional sale
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or other title retention agreement or a Capitalized Lease Obligation,
provided that;
(i) any property subject to any of the foregoing is
acquired by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of its business and the lien on any such
property is created contemporaneously with such acquisition;
(ii) the obligation secured by any lien so created,
assumed or existing shall not exceed 100% of the lesser of
cost or fair market value as of the time of acquisition of the
property covered thereby to the Borrower or such Subsidiary
acquiring the same;
(iii) each such lien shall attach only to the
property so acquired and fixed improvements thereon;
(iv) the obligations secured by such Lien are
permitted by the provisions of SECTION 6.01 and the related
expenditure is permitted under SECTION 7.01.
SECTION 6.03 LEASES. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any
obligation as lessee for the rental or hire of any real or personal property
except: (a) leases existing on the date of this Agreement, as described in
SCHEDULE 6.03, and any extensions or renewals thereof; (b) leases (other than
Capitalized Lease Obligations) which do not in the aggregate require the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to make payments
(including taxes, insurance, maintenance and similar expense which the Borrower
or any Subsidiary is required to pay under the terms of any lease) in any Fiscal
Year of the Borrower in excess of the amount set forth with respect to such
Fiscal Year in the table following this paragraph; (c) leases between the
Borrower and any such Subsidiary or between any such Subsidiaries; and (d)
Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted by SECTION 6.02; and (e) leases for the
replacement of existing motor vehicles and office space.
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1998 $250,000
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1999 $500,000
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2000 $750,000
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2001 $1,000,000
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2002 $1,250,000
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2003 $1,500,000
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SECTION 6.04. GUARANTEES, ETC. Assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise
be or become directly or contingently responsible or liable (including, but not
limited to, an agreement to purchase any obligation, stock, assets, goods or
services or to supply or advance any funds, assets, goods or services, or any
agreement to maintain or cause such Person to maintain a minimum working capital
or net worth or otherwise to assure the creditors of any Person against loss)
for the obligations of any Person ("Guarantee"), or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do so, (i) except Guarantees by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business, and (ii) except Guarantees of obligations aggregating not
more than 10% of the amount of its tangible net worth from time to time, which
Guarantee obligations shall be included in Indebtedness, Debt or Funded Debt, as
appropriate, depending on the terms of the guaranteed obligations.
SECTION 6.05. SALE OF NOTES. Sell, transfer, discount or otherwise
dispose of notes, accounts receivable or other rights to receive payment with or
without recourse, except for the purpose of collection in the ordinary course of
business.
SECTION 6.06. INVESTMENTS. Make investments, lend or advance money,
purchase or hold beneficially any stock, other securities, or evidences of
Indebtedness of, purchase or acquire all or a substantial part of the assets of,
make or permit to exist any interest whatsoever in, any other Person, except:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or
obligations guaranteed by the United States of America, provided that
such obligations mature within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof; or
(b) time certificates of deposit issued by either Bank or
affiliates of either Bank; or
(c) commercial paper rated not less than A-1 or P-1 or their
equivalent by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's
Corporation, respectively; or
(d) money market mutual funds having assets in excess of two
billion dollars;
(e) advances to and/or investments in Subsidiaries who have
provided to the Agent and the Banks all documents required pursuant
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to SECTION 4.01 or SECTION 5.09, as the case may be.
(f) advances to or investments in Transmation Australia Pty.
Ltd. and Transmation Singapore Pte. Ltd. pursuant to statutory
obligations to the Australian and Singapore governments to support the
solvency of each such Subsidiary.
(g) The Acquisition.
SECTION 6.07. CHANGE IN BUSINESS. Materially change or alter the nature
of its business from the business currently engaged in.
SECTION 6.08. DIVIDENDS. Declare or pay any cash dividend on its
capital stock or make any other distribution with respect to its capital stock
(other than distributions in accordance with SECTION 6.13 hereof) or redeem,
retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for value or set
apart any sum for the redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of,
directly or indirectly, any share of its capital stock or warrants or options
therefor except that: (a) the Borrower may declare and deliver dividends and
make distributions payable solely in common stock of the Borrower; or (b) the
Borrower may purchase or otherwise acquire shares of its capital stock by
exchange for or out of the proceeds received from a substantially concurrent
issue of new shares of its capital stock.; or (c) Borrower may purchase shares
of its capital stock if required pursuant to PARAGRAPH 4 of the ▇▇▇▇ Stock
Agreement, as long as (i) no Default either exists at the time of such purchase
or would be created thereby and (ii) the purchase price is less than the amount
by which Consolidated Net Worth as of the last day of the latest Fiscal Quarter
prior to the purchase exceeds the Required Post-Redemption Consolidated Net
Worth as of such day. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Required
Post-Redemption Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean a Consolidated Net Worth of
$11,000,000; provided that, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30,
1997, such amount shall increase at the end of each Fiscal Quarter by 60% of any
Consolidated Net Income shown on the financial statements for such Fiscal
Quarter required to be delivered to the Banks pursuant to SECTION 5.03 (c); and
the Required Post-Redemption Consolidated Net Worth shall not be reduced even
though Consolidated Net Income is less than zero in any Fiscal Quarter.
SECTION 6.09. SUBORDINATED DEBT. Make any optional prepayment of, or
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or amend any provision in respect of the
subordination or the terms of payment of any Subordinated Debt, except that such
Subordinated Debt may be converted in part or in
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full to equity.
SECTION 6.10. ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Permit any material
change in the accounting policies and procedures of the Borrower, other than as
required by GAAP, including a change in the Borrower's Fiscal Year, without the
prior consent of the Required Banks.
SECTION 6.11. STOCK OF SUBSIDIARIES, ETC. (a) Sell or otherwise dispose
of any shares of capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries, or (b) permit any
such Subsidiary to issue any additional shares of its capital stock.
SECTION 6.12. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except for the transactions
under the ▇▇▇▇ Stock Agreement permitted under SECTION 6.08, enter into any
transaction, including, without limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of
property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate or permit any of
its Subsidiaries to enter into any transaction, including, without limitation,
the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with
any Affiliate, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's business and upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than it
would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person not an
Affiliate.
SECTION 6.13. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OR SALES OF ASSETS. Borrower will
not and will not permit a Subsidiary to, become a party to any merger or
consolidation or sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of, out of the
ordinary course of business, in any Fiscal Year assets having an aggregate value
on the books of Borrower and its Subsidiaries of more than $250,000 (except that
any Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with Borrower, so long as the
Borrower would be the surviving corporation or with another Subsidiary);
provided, however, that in any case, no Default would exist under the covenants
contained in this Agreement and the Borrower would be able to issue at least
$1.00 of additional Senior Indebtedness.
VII. FINANCIAL COVENANTS
So long as this Agreement shall remain in effect or any of the
principal or interest on any of the Notes or any fees or other amounts shall
remain unpaid, the Borrower agrees that:
SECTION 7.01. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. The Borrower shall not make or
permit its Subsidiaries to make aggregate Capital Expenditures for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries during any Fiscal Year of the Borrower that
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exceed the sum of total consolidated depreciation and amortization expense plus
consolidated amortization of goodwill for that Fiscal Year, plus $500,000. For
purpose of this Section, "Capital Expenditures" means for any period, the amount
in Dollars of gross expenditures (including expenditures under Capitalized Lease
Obligations) made for fixed assets, real property, plant and equipment, and all
renewals, improvements and replacements thereto (but not repairs thereof)
incurred during such period.
SECTION 7.02. CASH CATALOG EXPENDITURES. Borrower shall not make, nor
permit its Subsidiaries to make, aggregate Cash Catalog Expenditures during any
Fiscal Year that exceed 4% of the consolidated sales of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for that year. "Cash Catalog Expenditures" for any Fiscal Year
means, for purposes of this Section, the aggregate amount incurred in such
Fiscal Year by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for purchases of goods and
services associated with catalog operations, production, distribution and
processing, regardless of whether any amounts are actually paid during such
Fiscal Year.
SECTION 7.03. FISCAL QUARTERLY LOSSES. Borrower shall not permit
Consolidated Net Income before extraordinary items and losses from discontinued
operations to be less than zero for two consecutive Fiscal Quarters.
Consolidated Net Income shall be measured at each Fiscal Quarter end.
SECTION 7.04. LEVERAGE RATIO. The Borrower shall maintain an Adjusted
Leverage Ratio of not greater than that set forth below at the end of each
Fiscal Quarter as indicated:
FISCAL QUARTER ENDING MAXIMUM RATIO
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6/30/97 4.00
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9/30/97 3.50
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12/31/97 3.25
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3/31/98 3.00
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6/30/98 3.00
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9/30/98 2.75
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12/31/98 2.50
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3/31/99 2.25
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6/30/99 2.00
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9/30/99 2.00
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12/31/99 2.00
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3/31/00 and thereafter 1.75
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VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01. Events of Default. In the case of the happening of any of
the following events ("Events of Default"):
(a) default shall occur (i) in the payment of the principal or
interest on any of the Notes or Loans within ten (10) days of when due
or (ii) in the payment of any fees or other amounts due hereunder
within ten (10) days after such fees or other amounts become due in
accordance herewith;
(b) any representation or warranty herein or in any of the
Loan Documents, in any certificate or report furnished in connection
herewith or in any amendment to this Agreement, shall prove to be false
or misleading in any material respect when made or given or deemed made
or given;
(c) default shall be made in respect of any agreements or
obligations relating to Debt of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries for
borrowed money (other than the Notes), in excess of $50,000 with
respect to any individual Debt or $100,000 with respect to all such
Debt, if the effect of such default or the result of any action by the
obligee is to accelerate the maturity of such Debt or to permit the
holder or obligee thereof (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or
obligee) to cause such Debt to become due prior to the stated maturity
thereof or which, with the passage of time, the giving of notice or
both would constitute an event of default under any agreement, or any
such obligation shall not be paid when due after giving effect to any
applicable grace period;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance
of any covenant, condition or agreement to be performed pursuant to
ARTICLE VI or ARTICLE VII of this Agreement;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance
of any covenant, condition or agreement to be performed pursuant to
this Agreement other than as described in CLAUSES (a) AND (d) above
which shall continue unremedied for more than ten (10) days;
(f) (i) default shall be made in the observance or performance
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of any covenant, condition or agreement of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to be performed pursuant to the Loan Documents (other than
this Agreement) and not cured within any applicable grace period or
(ii) any of the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement), shall cease
to be in full force and effect or shall be declared to be null and
void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested or
any party thereto shall deny that it has any further liability to the
Banks with respect thereto;
(g) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than
Transmation Australia Pty. Ltd. or Transmation Singapore Pte. Ltd.
shall (i) voluntarily commence any case, proceeding or other action or
file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other existing or future Federal domestic or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution
of, or fail to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner, any such
proceeding or the filing of any such petition, (iii) apply for or
consent to the employment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or similar official for the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of any of their property, (iv)
file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed
against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or
(vii) take corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(h) an involuntary case, proceeding or other action shall be
commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of
competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or of a substantial part of its or any of their
property, under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
existing or future Federal, domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
for a substantial part of any of their property, or (iii) the
winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance
of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process
against any of their assets having an aggregate value of $150,000 or
more, which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which
shall not have been vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending
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appeal within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof;
(j) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a
liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance) of $150,000 or more
unless either (i) all such judgments or decrees shall have been
vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within thirty (30)
days from the entry thereof or (ii) Borrower shall have reserved for
same on Borrower's financial statements and shall actually be
contesting same in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(k) (i) any Person shall engage in any "prohibited
transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as
defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist
with respect to any Plan, or any lien shall arise on the assets of the
Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity in favor of the PBGC or a
Plan, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or
proceedings shall be commenced to have a trustee appointed, or a
trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single
Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or
appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required
Banks, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of
Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for
purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Borrower or any Commonly
Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required
Banks is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal
from, or the Insolvency or reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or
(vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist, with respect to
a Plan; and in each case in CLAUSES (i) THROUGH (vi) above, such event
or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if
any, could subject the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any tax,
penalty or other liabilities in the aggregate material in relation to
the business, operation, property or financial or other condition of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
then, at any time thereafter during the continuance of any such event, the
Agent, acting on the instructions of the Required Banks may, by written notice
to the Borrower (i) terminate the Commitments, and/or, (ii) declare the Notes to
be forthwith due and payable, both as to principal and interest, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if an
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event specified in SECTION 8.01(g) OR (h) hereof shall have occurred, the
Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Notes shall immediately become
due and payable, and the Agent and each Bank in each instance shall have the
right to exercise its rights under the Loan Documents as permitted by law.
IX. MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. NOTICES. All notices, requests and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand,
facsimile, certified mail, overnight courier service, addressed as set forth
below, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective
parties hereto. All notices and other communications shall be deemed to have
been given on receipt.
(a) if to the Agent, at
Manufactures and Traders Trust Company, as Agent
M&T Place
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Commercial Banking Division
J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President
Fax #: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
(b) if to the Banks, at
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
M&T Place
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Commercial Banking Division
J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President
Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President
Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
(c) If to the Borrower, at
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▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: President
Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
(d) as to each such party at such other address as such party
shall have designated to the other in a written notice
complying as to delivery with the provisions of this SECTION
9.01.
SECTION 9.02. SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. (a) All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in the
certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the making by the Banks of
the Loans herein contemplated and the execution and delivery to the Banks of the
Notes evidencing such Loans and shall continue in full force and effect so long
as the Notes are outstanding and unpaid or the Commitments are outstanding.
(b) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred
to, (i) such reference shall be deemed to include (i) the successors and assigns
of such party; (ii) all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of
the Borrower which are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Agent and the Banks and
(iii) no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or
have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Banks shall not have any
obligation to any Person not a party to this Agreement or other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.03. EXPENSES OF THE AGENT AND THE BANKS; INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Borrower will pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by the Agent and the Banks in connection with the preparation,
development and execution of the Loan Documents and any amendment, supplement or
modification to this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, the
making of the Loans hereunder, the costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the enforcement or preservation of any rights of the Agent and the Banks
under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents or in connection
with the Loans, and such costs and expenses shall include without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and the Banks; provided that the
fees (but not the disbursements) of U.S. counsel for each of the Banks with
respect to the preparation, development and execution of the Loan Documents
described in ARTICLE IV hereof, and with respect to the Loans to be made on the
Closing
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Date, shall aggregate $15,000.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Agent and the Banks and their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents against, and to hold the
Agent and the Banks and each such person harmless from, any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel
fees and expenses, incurred by or asserted against the Agent or any Bank or any
such person arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the
use of any of the proceeds of the Loans, (ii) this Agreement or other Loan
Documents, (iii) the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their
respective obligations hereunder and thereunder (including but not limited to
the making of the Commitments) and consummation of the Transactions (iv) breach
of any representation or warranty or (v) any claim, litigation, investigation or
proceedings relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not the Agent or any
Bank or any such person is a party thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
indemnity shall not, as to the Agent or any Bank, apply to any such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extend that they result
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or such Bank.
(c) The Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Agent and the Banks and their respective officers, directors, shareholder,
agents and employees (collectively, the "Indemnities") from and against any
loss, cost, damage, liability, lien, deficiency, fine, penalty or expense
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable
expenses for investigation, removal, cleanup and remedial costs and modification
costs incurred to permit, continue or resume normal operations of any property
or assets or business of the firm) arising from a violation of, or failure to
comply with any Environmental Laws and to remove any lien arising therefrom
except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any
Indemnitee, which any of the Indemnities may incur or which may be claimed or
recorded against any of the Indemnities by any Person.
(d) The provisions of this SECTION 9.03 shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this
Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions, the repayment of any of the
Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Agent or any Bank. All amounts due under this SECTION 9.03 shall
be payable on written demand therefor.
SECTION 9.04. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement, the Notes and the
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other Loan Documents (other than those containing a contrary express choice of
law) shall be governed and construed by and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 9.05. WAIVER OF RIGHTS BY THE BANK; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC.
(a) Neither any failure nor any delay on the part of the Agent or any Bank in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Loan Documents
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise
thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. Except as prohibited by law, each party hereto hereby waives any
right it may have to claim or recover in any litigation referred to in this
Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages
other than, or in addition to, actual direct damages. Each party hereto (i)
certifies that neither any representative, agent or attorney of the Agent or any
Bank has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the Agent or such Bank would
not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers and (ii)
acknowledges that it has been induced to enter into this Agreement or the Loan
Documents, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and
certifications herein.
(b) THE BORROWER AND THE AGENT AND EACH BANK HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE, AND COVENANT THAT THEY WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS
PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN
RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM OR ACTION IN ANY WAY, INVOLVING OR ARISING, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
SECTION 9.06. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents;
(b) neither the Agent nor any Bank has any fiduciary
relationship with the Borrower and the relationship between the Agent
and the Banks, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, is
solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture exists between the Borrower and the Banks
or between the Agent and the Banks.
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SECTION 9.07. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. (a) The Borrower hereby
irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States
federal or New York State court sitting in Rochester, New York in any action or
proceedings arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents and the Borrower
hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court and irrevocably waives
any objection it may now or hereafter have as to the venue of any such action or
proceeding brought in such a court or the fact that such court is an
inconvenient forum.
(b) The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the
service or process in any such action or proceeding in any of the aforesaid
courts by the mailing of copies of such process to it by certified or registered
mail at its address specified in SUBSECTION 9.01.
SECTION 9.08. EXTENSION OF MATURITY. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, whenever a payment to be made hereunder shall fall due and
payable on any day other than a Business Day, such payment may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in
computing interest.
SECTION 9.09. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document may be amended or modified only by an instrument in writing signed by
the Borrower, the Agent and the Required Banks, or by the Borrower and the Agent
acting with the consent of the Required Banks and any provision of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Document may be waived by the Required Banks
or by the Agent acting with the consent of the Required Banks; PROVIDED that no
amendment, modification or waiver shall, unless by an instrument signed by all
of the Banks or by the Agent acting with the consent of all of the Banks: (a)
increase or extend the term, or extend the time or waive any requirement for the
reduction or termination, of the Commitments, (b) extend the date fixed for the
payment of principal of or interest on any Loan, (c) reduce the amount of any
payment of principal thereof or the rate at which interest is payable thereon or
any fee payable hereunder, (d) alter the terms of this SECTION 9.09, (e) amend
the definition of the term "Required Banks", (f) release the Banks' lien or
security interest with respect to collateral having a fair market value
aggregating $250,000 or more or (g) waive any of the conditions precedent set
forth in ARTICLE IV hereof and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any amendment of ARTICLE
X hereof or any amendment which increases the obligations of the Agent hereunder
shall require the consent of the Agent. No failure on the part of the Agent or
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any Bank to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof or preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and
not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.10. PARTICIPATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS. (a) This Agreement shall
be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Borrower, the Agent, the
Banks and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may
not assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder. Each Bank may
assign, or sell participations in, all or any part of its Commitment or any Loan
to another bank or other entity, in which event (i) in the case of an
assignment, upon notice thereof by the Bank to the Borrower with a copy to the
Agent, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same
rights, benefits and obligations as it would have if it were a Bank hereunder;
and (ii) in the case of a participation, the participant shall have no rights
under the Loan Documents and all amounts payable by the Borrower under ARTICLE
ll shall be determined as if such Bank had not sold such participation. The
agreement executed by such Bank with an assignee shall be in the form of
SCHEDULE 9.10; and the agreement executed by such Bank with a participant shall
not give the participant the right to require such Bank to take or omit to take
any action hereunder except action directly relating to (i) the extension of a
payment date with respect to any portion of the principal of or interest on any
amount outstanding hereunder allocated to such participant, (ii) the reduction
of the principal amount outstanding hereunder or (iii) the reduction of the rate
of interest payable on such amount or any amount of fees payable hereunder to a
rate or amount, as the case may be, below that which the participant is entitled
to receive under its agreement with such Bank. Such Bank may furnish any
information concerning the Borrower in the possession of such Bank from time to
time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and
participants); provided that such Bank shall require any such prospective
assignee or such participant (prospective or otherwise) to agree in writing to
maintain the confidentiality of such information.
(b) In addition to the assignments and participations permitted under
PARAGRAPH (a) above, any Bank may assign and pledge all or any portion of its
Loans and Note to (i) any affiliate of such Bank or (ii) any Federal Reserve
Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal
Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall release the assigning Bank from its
obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 9.11. REINSTATEMENT; CERTAIN PAYMENTS. If claim is ever made
upon a Bank for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received by such
Bank in payment or on account of any of the obligations under this Agreement,
the Bank shall give prompt notice of such claim to the Agent and the Borrower,
and if the Bank repays all or part of said amount by reason of (i) any judgment,
decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over the
Bank or any of its property, or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such
claim effected by the Bank with any such claimant, then and in such event the
Borrower agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise
shall be binding upon the Borrower notwithstanding the cancellation of the Notes
or other instrument evidencing the Borrower's obligations to such Bank under
this Agreement or the termination of this Agreement, and the Borrower shall be
and remain liable to such Bank hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered
to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by the
Bank.
SECTION 9.12. RIGHT OF SETOFF. In addition to any rights and remedies
of the Banks provided by law, each Bank is hereby authorized at any time and
from time to time as long as an Event of Default exists without prior notice to
the Borrower (any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower) 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 and
other indebtedness at any time owing by such Bank to or for the credit or the
account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower
now and hereafter existing under this Agreement and the Note held by such Bank,
irrespective of whether or not the Bank shall have made any demand under this
Agreement or the Note and although such obligations may be in any currency,
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured. Each Bank
agrees to promptly notify the Agent and the Borrower after any such setoff and
application made by a Bank, but the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Bank under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of setoff) which the Banks may have.
SECTION 9.13. SEVERABILITY. In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement or in the Notes should be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 9.14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two
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or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which, when taken together, shall constitute but one instrument.
SECTION 9.15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
(a) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire
agreement among the parties hereto and thereto as to the subject matter hereof
and thereof and supersede any previous agreement, oral or written, as to such
subject matter.
(b) The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.16. HEADINGS. Section headings used herein are for
convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction of or be
taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement.
SECTION 9.17. USURY. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes shall be
subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be required to the
extent that receipt thereof would be contrary to provisions of law applicable to
a Bank limiting rates of interest which may be charged or collected by such
Bank.
SECTION 9.18. MORTGAGE RECORDING. The Banks and the Agent agree that
the mortgage to be delivered pursuant to SECTION 4.01(i) shall not be recorded;
but all parties agree that such mortgage may, at the discretion of the Required
Banks, be recorded during the existence of a Default and Borrower agrees to pay,
on demand by the Agent, all recording fees and mortgage tax in connection with
such recording.
X. THE AGENT; RELATIONS AMONG BANKS AND BORROWER
SECTION 10.01. APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND IMMUNITIES OF AGENT. Each Bank
hereby irrevocably (but subject to removal by the Required Banks pursuant to
SECTION 10.09) appoints and authorizes the Agent to act as its agent hereunder
and under any other Loan Document with such powers as are specifically delegated
to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and any other Loan Document,
together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent
shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in
this Agreement and any other Loan Document, and shall not by reason of this
Agreement be a trustee for any Bank. The Agent shall not be responsible to the
Banks for
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any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower or
any officer or official of the Borrower or any other Person contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or in any certificate or other document or
instrument referred to or provided for in, or received by any of them under,
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the value, legality, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or any other document or instrument referred to or
provided for herein or therein, for the perfection or priority of any collateral
security for the Loans or for any failure by the Borrower to perform any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agent may employ agents and
attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible, except as to money or securities
received by it or its authorized agents, for the negligence or misconduct of any
such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Neither
the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be
liable or responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or
therewith, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Borrower shall pay any fee agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent with
respect to the Agent's services hereunder. The Agent shall have the right,
without the consent of any of the Banks, to release the Banks' lien or security
interest with respect to collateral having an aggregate fair market value at the
time of release of up to $250,000.
SECTION 10.02. RELIANCE BY AGENT. The Agent shall be entitled to rely
upon any certification, notice or other communication (including any thereof by
telephone, telex, telegram or cable) believed by it to be genuine and correct
and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons,
and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and
other experts selected by the Agent. The Agent may deem and treat each Bank as
the holder of the Loans made by it for all purposes hereof unless and until a
notice of the assignment or transfer thereof satisfactory to the Agent signed by
such Bank shall have been furnished to the Agent but the Agent shall not be
required to deal with any Person who has acquired a participation in any Loan
from a Bank. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, the Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions
signed by the Required Banks, and such instructions of the Required Banks and
any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of
the Banks and any other holder of all or any portion of any Loan.
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SECTION 10.03. DEFAULTS. The Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default (other than the
non-payment of principal of or interest on the Loans to the extent the same is
required to be paid to the Agent for the account of the Banks) unless the Agent
has received notice from a Bank or the Borrower specifying such Default or Event
of Default and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default." In the event
that the Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of
Default, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Banks, but not later
than 7 Business Days after the Agent's receipt of such notice (and shall give
each Bank prompt notice of each such non-payment). The Agent shall (subject to
SECTION 10.08) take such action, under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, with respect to such Default or Event of Default which is continuing
as shall be directed by the Required Banks; provided that, unless and until the
Agent shall have received such directions, the Agent may take such action (as
long as the expenses of taking any such action are reasonable in relation to the
benefits actually received by the Banks as a result thereof) or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall
deem advisable in the best interest of the Banks; and provided further that the
Agent shall not be required to take any such action which it determines to be
contrary to law.
SECTION 10.04. RIGHTS OF AGENT AS A BANK. With respect to its
Commitment and the Loans made by it, the Agent in its capacity as a Bank
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Bank and
may exercise the same as though it were not acting as the Agent, and the term
"Bank" or "Banks" shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the
Agent in its capacity as a Bank. The Agent and its affiliates may (without
having to account therefor to any Bank) accept deposits from, lend money to (on
a secured or unsecured basis), and generally engage in any kind of banking,
trust or other business with, the Borrower (and any of its Affiliates) as if it
were not acting as the Agent, and the Agent may accept fees and other
consideration from the Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement
or otherwise without having to account for the same to the Banks. Although the
Agent and its affiliates may in the course of such relationships and
relationships with other Persons acquire information about the Borrower, its
Affiliates and such other Persons, the Agent shall have no duty to disclose such
information to the Banks.
SECTION 10.05. INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENT. Each Bank agrees to indemnify
the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed under SECTION 9.03 or under the
applicable provisions of any other Loan Document, but without limiting the
obligations of the Borrower under SECTION 9.03 or such provisions), ratably in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage (without
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giving effect to any participations, in all or any portion of such Loans, sold
by them to any other Person) for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other documents contemplated by or
referred to herein or the Transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
(including, without limitation, the costs and expenses which the Borrower is
obligated to pay under SECTION 9.03 or under the applicable provisions of any
other Loan Document but excluding, unless a Default or Event of Default has
occurred, normal administrative costs and expenses incident to the performance
of its agency duties hereunder) or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or
thereof or of any such other documents or instruments; provided that no Bank
shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified.
SECTION 10.06. DOCUMENTS. The Agent will forward to each Bank, promptly
after the Agent's receipt thereof, a copy of each report, notice or other
document required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be delivered
to the Agent for such Bank.
SECTION 10.07. NON-RELIANCE ON AGENT AND OTHER BANKS. Each Bank agrees
that it has, independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other Bank,
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and decision to
enter into this Agreement and that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as
it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own analysis and
decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document. The Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the
performance or observance by the Borrower of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or
to inspect the properties or books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Except for
notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be
furnished to the Banks by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Bank with any credit or other information
concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (or any of their Affiliates) which may come into the possession of
the Agent or any of its affiliates. The Agent shall not be required to file this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document or instrument referred to
herein or
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therein, for record or give notice of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any document or instrument referred to herein or therein, to anyone.
SECTION 10.08. FAILURE OF AGENT TO ACT. Except for action expressly
required of the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall in all cases be fully justified
in failing or refusing to act hereunder unless it shall have received further
assurances (which may include cash collateral) of the indemnification
obligations of the Banks under SECTION 10.05 in respect of any and all liability
and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to
take any such action.
SECTION 10.09. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF AGENT. Subject to the
appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, the Agent may
resign at any time by giving 30 days written notice thereof to the Banks and the
Borrower; and the Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by the
Required Banks, provided that the Borrower and the other Banks shall be promptly
notified thereof. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Banks shall
have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Required Banks and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the
Required Banks' removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on
behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank. The
Required Banks or the retiring Agent, as the case may be, shall upon the
appointment of a successor Agent promptly so notify the Borrower and the other
Banks. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor
Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the
retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.
After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the
provisions of this ARTICLE 10 shall continue in effect for its benefit in
respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as
the Agent.
SECTION 10.10. AMENDMENTS CONCERNING AGENCY FUNCTION. The Agent shall
not be bound by any waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document which affects its duties hereunder or
thereunder unless it shall have given its prior consent thereto.
SECTION 10.11. LIABILITY OF AGENT. The Agent shall not have any
liabilities or responsibilities to the Borrower on account of the failure of any
Bank to perform its obligations hereunder or to any Bank on account of the
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failure of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other
Loan Document.
SECTION 10.12. TRANSFER OF AGENCY FUNCTION. Without the consent of the
Borrower or any Bank, the Agent may at any time or from time to time transfer
its functions as Agent hereunder to any of its offices wherever located,
provided that the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Banks
thereof.
SECTION 10.13. NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE AGENT. Unless the Agent
shall have been notified by a Bank or the Borrower (either one as appropriate
being the "Payor") prior to the date on which such Bank is to make payment
hereunder to the Agent of the proceeds of a Loan or the Borrower is to make
payment to the Agent, as the case may be (either such payment being a "Required
Payment"), which notice shall be effective upon receipt, that the Payor does not
intend to make the Required Payment to the Agent, the Agent may assume that the
Required Payment has been made and may, in reliance upon such assumption (but
shall not be required to), make the amount thereof available to the intended
recipient on such date and, if the Payor has not in fact made the Required
Payment to the Agent, the recipient of such payment (and, if such recipient is
the Borrower and the Payor Bank fails to pay the amount thereof to the Agent
forthwith upon demand, the Borrower) shall, on demand, repay to the Agent the
amount made available to it together with interest thereon for the period from
the date such amount was so made available by the Agent until the date the Agent
recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to the average daily Federal
Funds Rate for such period.
SECTION 10.14. WITHHOLDING TAXES. Each Bank represents that it is
entitled to receive any payments to be made to it hereunder without the
withholding of any tax and will furnish to the Agent such forms, certifications,
statements and other documents as the Agent may request from time to time to
evidence such Bank's exemption from the withholding of any tax imposed by any
jurisdiction or to enable the Agent to comply with any applicable laws or
regulations relating thereto. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, if
any Bank is not created or organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state
thereof, in the event that the payment of interest by the Borrower is treated
for U.S. income tax purposes as derived in whole or in part from sources from
within the U.S., such Bank will furnish to the Agent Form 4224 or Form 1001 of
the Internal Revenue Service, or such other forms, certifications, statements or
documents, duly executed and completed by such Bank as evidence of such Bank's
exemption from the withholding of U.S. tax with respect thereto. The Agent shall
not be
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obligated to make any payments hereunder to such Bank in respect of any Loan or
such Bank's Commitment until such Bank shall have furnished to the Agent the
requested form, certification, statement or document.
SECTION 10.15. SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF BANKS. The failure of
any Bank to make any Loan to be made by it on the date specified therefor shall
not relieve any other Bank of its obligation to make its Loan on such date, but
no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make a Loan to
be made by such other Bank. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each
Bank shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Bank shall be entitled
to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall
not be necessary for any other Bank to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
SECTION 10.16. PRO RATA TREATMENT OF LOANS, ETC. Except to the extent
otherwise provided: (a) each Borrowing under SECTIONS 2.01 OR 2.04 shall be made
from the Banks, each reduction or termination of the amount of the Commitments
under SECTION 2.11 shall be applied to the Commitments of the Banks, and each
payment of a commitment fee or closing fee accruing under SECTION 2.12 shall be
made for the account of the Banks, pro rata according to their respective
Applicable Percentages; (b) each conversion under SECTION 2.09 of Loans of a
particular Type (but not conversions provided for by SECTIONS 2.18 OR 2.19),
shall be made pro rata among the Banks holding Loans of such Type according to
the respective principal amounts of such Loans by such Banks; (c) each
prepayment and payment of principal of or interest on Loans of a particular Type
and a particular Interest Period shall be made to the Agent for the account of
the Banks holding Loans of such Type and Interest Period pro rata in accordance
with the respective unpaid principal amounts of such Loans of such Interest
Period held by such Banks. Any and all amounts actually received by the Agent
pursuant to or in connection with the enforcement of any Loan Document other
than this Agreement (whether pursuant to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding
or otherwise), including the proceeds of any collection, sale, transfer or other
disposition of any collateral or any portion thereof, shall be applied and
distributed (i) first to the payment of all out of pocket costs and expenses
(including attorney's fees and disbursement) incurred by the Agent in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or by any Bank which shall have notified,
with reasonable specificity, the Agent and the other Banks of such costs and
expenses, including all amounts against or for which the Agent is to be
indemnified or reimbursed hereunder by the Banks; (ii) second, to the Banks pro
rata in accordance with the respected unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held
by each Bank until all amounts owing in respect of the Loans and this Agreement
are paid in full; and (iii)
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third, the balance, if any to such Person as shall be entitled thereto. Prior to
making distributions pursuant to CLAUSES (ii) AND (iii) above, the Agent may
retain as a reserve such portion of such amounts as it may reasonably determine
is sufficient to cover costs and expenses incurred and to be incurred by the
Agent whose amount has not yet been determined. As soon as it determines that
any portion of such proceeds are no longer required to be held in such reserve,
the Agent shall distribute the same to the Banks as required above. The failure
of the Agent to deduct from such proceeds costs and expenses payable pursuant to
this paragraph first prior to the disbursement of any such proceeds (x) shall
not effect the right of the Agent to be reimbursed therefore by the Borrower and
to be indemnified with respect thereto by the Banks and (xx) shall not render
the Agent liable to any Bank claiming all or a portion thereof pursuant to
CLAUSE (I) above.
SECTION 10.17. SHARING OF PAYMENTS AMONG BANKS. If a Bank shall obtain
payment of any principal of or interest on any Loan made by it through the
exercise of any right of setoff, banker's lien, counterclaim, or by any other
means (including any payment obtained from or charged against any third party
and any payment or amount received pursuant to any Loan Document other than this
Agreement), it shall promptly purchase from the other Banks participations in
(or, if and to the extent specified by such Bank, direct interests in) the Loans
made by the other Banks in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from
time to time as shall be equitable to the end that all the Banks shall share the
benefit of such payment (net of any expenses which may be incurred by such Bank
in obtaining or preserving such benefit) pro rata in accordance with the unpaid
principal and interest on the Loans held by each of them. To such end the Banks
shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of
participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise
be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Bank so purchasing a participation (or
direct interest) in the Loans made by other Banks may exercise all rights of
setoff, banker's lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such
participation (or direct interest). Nothing contained herein shall require any
Bank to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Bank to
exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to
any other indebtedness of the Borrower.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and the Agent and each Bank have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all
of the day and year first above written.
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TRANSMATION, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: President
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS
TRUST COMPANY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS
AGENT
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title Vice President
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TABLE OF SCHEDULES
* Schedule 1.01 Sweep Agreements
* Schedule 2.01 Notice of Borrowing (or Conversions)
* Schedule 2.02 Revolving Credit Note (Grid Schedule)
* Schedule 2.04 Term Note
* Schedule 3.05 List of Liens
* Schedule 3.06 List of Litigation
* Schedule 3.11 List of Subsidiaries
* Schedule 3.19 Asset Purchase Agreement
* Schedule 3.21 ▇▇▇▇ Stock Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(b) U.S. Legal Opinion
* Schedule 4.01(b-1) Canadian Legal Opinion
* Schedule 4.01(f) U.S. Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(f-1) Foreign Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(g) Foreign Subsidiary Pledge Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(g-1) U.S. Subsidiary Pledge Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(h) Borrower Security Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(h-1) Subsidiary Security Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(h-2) Canadian Subsidiary Security Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(i) Mortgage and Negative Pledge Agreement
* Schedule 4.01(n) Certificate Concerning Acquisition
* Schedule 4.01(r) Subordination Agreements
* Schedule 4.01(s) Subsidiary Subordination Agreements
* Schedule 5.03(e) Form of Certificate of No Default
* Schedule 6.01 List of Debt
* Schedule 6.02 List of Liens
* Schedule 6.03 List of Leases
* Schedule 9.10 Form of Bank Assignment
* OMITTED SCHEDULES
UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE REGISTRANT WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF ANY OF THE
REFERENCED OMITTED SCHEDULES.