EXHIBIT 10.1
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SENIOR UNSECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 13, 2004
among
WCI COMMUNITIES, INC.
as Borrower,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender,
and
an L/C Issuer,
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND BANK ONE, NA,
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC AND WACHOVIA CAPITAL
MARKETS, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
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EXHIBIT 10.1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS..................................... 1
1.01 Defined Terms........................................................ 1
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions........................................ 30
1.03 Accounting Terms..................................................... 31
1.04 Rounding............................................................. 31
1.05 Times of Day......................................................... 31
1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts............................................. 31
ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS................................ 32
2.01 Committed Loans...................................................... 32
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans......... 32
2.03 Letters of Credit.................................................... 34
2.04 Swing Line Loans..................................................... 43
2.05 Prepayments.......................................................... 45
2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.............................. 46
2.07 Repayment of Loans................................................... 46
2.08 Interest............................................................. 47
2.09 Fees................................................................. 47
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees..................................... 48
2.11 Evidence of Debt..................................................... 48
2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent's Clawback.................. 49
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders....................................... 50
2.14 Extension of Maturity Date........................................... 51
2.15 Increase in Commitments.............................................. 53
ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY............................... 54
3.01 Taxes................................................................ 54
3.02 Illegality........................................................... 56
3.03 Inability to Determine Rates......................................... 56
3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans................... 56
3.05 Compensation for Losses.............................................. 58
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders....................... 59
3.07 Survival............................................................. 59
ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS............................ 59
4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension............................... 59
4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.................................. 61
ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................... 62
5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws............. 62
5.02 Authorization; No Contravention...................................... 62
5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents........................... 62
5.04 Binding Effect....................................................... 62
5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; Solvency........... 62
5.06 Litigation........................................................... 63
5.07 No Default........................................................... 63
5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens......................................... 63
5.09 Secured Indebtedness................................................. 64
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5.10 INSURANCE..................................................................... 64
5.11 Taxes................................................................ 64
5.12 ERISA Compliance..................................................... 64
5.13 Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures......................................... 64
5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding
Company Act.......................................................... 65
5.15 Disclosure........................................................... 65
5.16 Compliance with Laws................................................. 65
5.17 Compliance with Environmental Laws................................... 66
5.18 Loans as Senior Indebtedness......................................... 67
5.19 Laws Pertaining to Land Sales........................................ 67
5.20 Fiscal Year.......................................................... 67
5.21 Common Enterprise and Consideration.................................. 67
ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS................................................ 67
6.01 Financial Statements and Other Reports............................... 67
6.02 Certificates; Other Information...................................... 68
6.03 Notices.............................................................. 70
6.04 Payment of Obligations............................................... 71
6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc....................................... 71
6.06 Maintenance of Properties............................................ 71
6.07 Maintenance of Insurance............................................. 72
6.08 Compliance with Laws................................................. 72
6.09 Books and Records.................................................... 72
6.10 Inspection Rights.................................................... 72
6.11 Use of Proceeds...................................................... 72
6.12 Additional Guarantors................................................ 73
6.13 Intangible, Recording and Stamp Tax.................................. 73
6.14 Further Assurances................................................... 73
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS................................................... 73
7.01 Permitted Secured Indebtedness....................................... 73
7.02 Permitted Liens...................................................... 74
7.03 Investments.......................................................... 75
7.04 Fundamental Changes.................................................. 77
7.05 Acquisitions......................................................... 77
7.06 Transactions with Affiliates......................................... 78
7.07 Senior Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Indebtedness.............. 78
7.08 Senior Notes......................................................... 79
7.09 Permitted Distributions.............................................. 80
7.10 Change in Nature of Business......................................... 80
7.11 Use of Proceeds...................................................... 80
7.12 No Other Negative Pledge............................................. 80
7.13 Senior Unsecured Debt................................................ 80
7.14 Minimum Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.................................. 81
7.15 Leverage Ratio....................................................... 81
7.16 EBITDA to Fixed Charges.............................................. 81
7.17 Unsold Units or Tower Unsold Units in Production..................... 81
ARTICLE VIII. BORROWING BASE AND FINANCING TOWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS............. 81
8.01 Borrowing Base....................................................... 81
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8.02 Commencement and Financing of Tower Construction Projects............ 82
ARTICLE IX. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES...................................... 84
9.01 Events of Default.................................................... 84
9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default....................................... 86
9.03 Application of Funds................................................. 87
ARTICLE X. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT................................................. 88
10.01 Appointment and Authority............................................ 88
10.02 Rights as a Lender................................................... 88
10.03 Exculpatory Provisions............................................... 88
10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent..................................... 89
10.05 Delegation of Duties................................................. 89
10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.................................. 89
10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders............... 90
10.08 No Other Duties, Etc................................................. 91
10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim........................ 91
10.10 Guaranty Matters..................................................... 91
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS........................................................ 92
11.01 Amendments, Etc...................................................... 92
11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication..................... 93
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies....................................... 95
11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver................................... 95
11.05 Payments Set Aside................................................... 97
11.06 Successors and Assigns............................................... 97
11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.................... 100
11.08 Right of Setoff...................................................... 101
11.09 Interest Rate Limitation............................................. 101
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness............................. 102
11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties........................... 102
11.12 Severability......................................................... 102
11.13 Replacement of Lenders............................................... 102
11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc..................................... 103
11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial................................................. 104
11.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice............................................... 104
11.17 Time of the Essence.................................................. 104
11.18 TERMINATION OF EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT............................. 105
SIGNATURES..................................................................... S-1
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SCHEDULES
1.04 Permitted Mortgages
2.01 Commitments and Applicable Percentages
2.03 Existing Letters of Credit
5.06 Litigation
5.13 Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures; Excluded Subsidiaries
11.02 Administrative Agent's Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Form of
A Committed Loan Notice
B Swing Line Loan Notice
C Note
D Borrowing Base Report
E Compliance Certificate
F Assignment and Assumption
G Unconditional Guaranty
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SENIOR UNSECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SENIOR UNSECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into
as of August 13, 2004, among WCI COMMUNITIES, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Borrower"), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the
"Lenders" and individually, a "Lender"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, and an L/C Issuer.
Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit
facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 DEFINED TERMS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:
"Adjusted Project Costs" means the Project Costs less Required Equity
Funds and Escrow Deposits used in construction.
"Adjusted Tangible Net Worth" means, as of any date, the Tangible Net
Worth plus the least of (a) fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding balance of
the Senior Subordinated Notes, (b) $150,000,000, and (c) twenty percent (20%) of
Tangible Net Worth.
"Administrative Agent" means Bank of America in its capacity as
administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
administrative agent.
"Administrative Agent's Office" means Administrative Agent's address and,
as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or
account as Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to Borrower and the
Lenders.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
"Aggregate Commitments" means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
"Agreement" means this Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement.
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"Amenities" means, collectively, the golf courses, marinas, clubhouses,
and swimming, tennis and other recreational facilities owned and operated by any
member of the Consolidated Group.
"Applicable Percentage" means with respect to any Lender as of any date,
the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate
Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment at such time. If the
commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of any L/C Issuer to
make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if
the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each
Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender
most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The
initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of
such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to
which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
"Applicable Rate" means, at the time of determination thereof, a
percentage per annum determined by the Pricing Level in effect on such date as
shown below:
Senior Eurodollar Performance Financial
Pricing Leverage Unsecured Rate /Swing Letter of Letter of
Level Ratio Debt Rating Line Rate Base Rate Credit Fee Credit Fee Unused Fee
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1 N/A BBB-/Baa3 1.00% 0.00% 1.00% 1.00% 0.20%
or better
2 Less than or N/A 1.05% 0.00% 1.05% 1.05% 0.25%
equal to
1.0:1
3 Greater N/A 1.25% 0.00% 1.25% 1.25% 0.275%
than 1.0:1
but less
than or
equal to
1.25:1
4 Greater N/A 1.50% 0.00% 1.25% 1.50% 0.275%
than
1.25:1
but less
than or
equal to
1.75:1
5 Greater N/A 1.75% 0.00% 1.50% 1.75% 0.30%
than
1.75:1
but less
than or
equal to
2.0:1
6 Greater N/A 2.00% 0.00% 1.75% 2.00% 0.35%
than 2.0:1
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be set at Level 4. Upon delivery of the
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02, after the end of each fiscal
quarter (commencing with the Compliance Certificate delivered for the fiscal
quarter ending June 30, 2004), the Applicable Rate shall automatically be
adjusted to the rate corresponding to the Leverage Ratio set forth in the table
above, such automatic adjustment to take effect on the last day that the
Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered, and shall remain in effect
until subsequently adjusted in
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accordance herewith upon the delivery of each such subsequent Compliance
Certificate. If Borrower fails to deliver such Compliance Certificate with
respect to any fiscal quarter within the period of time required by Section
6.02, then the Applicable Rate shall automatically be adjusted to that set forth
in Level 6 as of the first (1st) Business Day after the date on which such
Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered until Borrower delivers such
Compliance Certificate with respect to such fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (a) for so long as Borrower maintains an Investment Grade Rating, the
Applicable Rate as of any date of determination thereof shall be set at ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇,
and (b) at all times while an Event of Default exists, the Applicable Rate shall
be set at Level 6. In the event that the Debt Ratings are not equivalent, the
Applicable Rate shall be based on the two (2) highest Debt Ratings. Each change
in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt
Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period
commencing on the date of delivery by Borrower to Administrative Agent of notice
thereof pursuant to Section 6.03(e) and ending on the date immediately preceding
the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade,
during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and
ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such
change.
"Arrangers" means each of BAS and WCM, each in its capacity as joint lead
arranger and as a joint book manager.
"Assignment and Assumption" means an assignment and assumption entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by Administrative Agent,
in substantially the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by
Administrative Agent.
"Audited Financial Statements" means the audited consolidated balance
sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the Closing Date
to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the
Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination
of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of any L/C
Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
"Available Loan Commitment" means, as of any date, an amount equal to (a)
if Borrower has an Investment Grade Rating, the Aggregate Commitments, or (b) if
Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating, then the lesser of (i) the
Borrowing Base Availability and (ii) the Aggregate Commitments.
"Bank of America" means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
"BAS" means Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors.
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"Base Rate" means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest
in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of
America as its "prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank of America
based upon various factors including Bank of America's costs and desired return,
general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point
for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced
rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at
the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
"Base Rate Committed Loan" means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate
Loan.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
"Borrower" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
"Borrowing" means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the
context may require.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the
following assets which shall not be encumbered by any Lien, except for Customary
Permitted Liens and as provided in subparagraph (k) below:
(a) Unrestricted Cash. One hundred percent (100%) of Unrestricted Cash in
excess of $20,000,000, provided that the maximum amount of availability
includable in the Borrowing Base for Unrestricted Cash shall be $300,000,000;
plus
(b) Tower Construction Projects. With respect to a Tower Construction
Project owned by a Loan Party and financed under this Agreement, one hundred
percent (100%) of the Adjusted Project Costs incurred by such Loan Party with
respect thereto, provided that the Adjusted Project Costs shall be excluded from
computation in the Borrowing Base under this subparagraph (b) on the date which
is ninety (90) days from the Tower Completion Date for such Tower Construction
Project; furthermore, the maximum amount of availability includable in the
Borrowing Base amount under this subparagraph (b) shall not exceed eighty
percent (80%) of the Project Costs for such Tower Construction Project; plus
(c) Sold Units. With respect to Units owned by a Loan Party subject to
Housing Purchase Contracts (but not yet closed), ninety-five percent (95%) of
the difference between (x) the Unit Costs incurred by a Loan Party with respect
thereto and (y) the aggregate amount of all Customer Deposit Liabilities held
pursuant to each such Housing Purchase Contract which may be applied to the Unit
Costs; plus
(d) Unsold Units. With respect to Unsold Units owned by a Loan Party,
eighty percent (80%) of the Unit Costs incurred by a Loan Party with respect
thereto; provided that Unsold Units shall be excluded from computation in the
Borrowing Base under this subparagraph (d) on and after that date which is one
(1) year from the date of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for each
such Unsold Unit; plus
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(e) Sold (but not closed) Tower Units. With respect to Tower Units owned
by a Loan Party subject to Housing Purchase Contracts (but not yet closed) and
as to which ninety (90) days have elapsed from the Tower Completion Date,
seventy-five percent (75%) of the difference between (x) the Tower Unit Costs
incurred by a Loan Party with respect thereto and (y) the aggregate amount of
all Customer Deposit Liabilities held pursuant to each such Housing Purchase
Contract which may be applied to the Tower Unit Costs; provided that the such
Tower Units shall be excluded from computation in the Borrowing Base under this
subparagraph (e) on the date which is one hundred and eighty (180) days from the
Tower Completion Date for such Tower Units; furthermore, the maximum amount of
availability includable in the Borrowing Base amount under this subparagraph (e)
shall not exceed seventy five percent (75%) of the sales price under the Housing
Purchase Contracts; plus
(f) Finished Land Inventory. Seventy-five percent (75%) of Finished Land
Inventory Book Value owned by a Loan Party; provided that there shall be
excluded from this subparagraph (f) Developed Lots that are included within the
Borrowing Base under any other category set forth herein and that the maximum
amount of availability includable in the Borrowing Base for Developed Parcels
shall not exceed thirty (30%) of the Borrowing Base; plus
(g) Amenities. With respect to Amenities owned by a Loan Party and
operated as Equity Clubs and Non-Equity Clubs, seventy-five percent (75%) of the
difference of the actual cost of the Amenities less the portion of such costs
allocated on a pro rata basis to sold memberships and sold marina slips; and
with respect to Operating Amenities, seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost
basis thereof; plus
(h) Land Development Work in Process. With respect to improvements made by
a Loan Party to Developable Land not covered by (c), (d), or (f) above,
sixty-five percent (65%) of the Developed Lot Costs and the Developed Parcel
Costs of improvements made by a Loan Party to such Developable Land and
Developed Parcels and sixty-five percent (65%) of the Developable Land Book
Value of the Developable Land subject to such improvements; plus
(i) Eligible Joint Ventures and Eligible Excluded Subsidiaries. Sixty-five
percent (65%) of the amount of the Investment of a Loan Party in an Eligible
Joint Venture or an Eligible Excluded Subsidiary for which Borrower has provided
to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent of the
amount of such Investment; provided that the maximum amount of availability
includable in the Borrowing Base under this category shall be $50,000,000; plus
(j) Tower Unsold Units. (i) With respect to Tower Unsold Units and as to
which ninety (90) days have elapsed from the Tower Completion Date fifty percent
(50%) of the Tower Unit Costs incurred by a Loan Party with respect thereto, and
(ii) with respect to Tower Units owned by a Loan Party subject to Housing
Purchase Contracts (but not yet closed) and as to which one hundred and eighty
(180) days have elapsed from the Tower Completion Date, fifty percent (50%) of
the difference between (x) the Tower Unit Costs incurred by a Loan Party with
respect thereto and (y) the aggregate amount of all Customer Deposit Liabilities
held pursuant to
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each such Housing Purchase Contract which may be applied to the Tower Unit
Costs; provided that the such Tower Unsold Units and such Tower Units shall be
excluded from computation in the Borrowing Base under this subparagraph (j) on
and after that date which is one (1) year from the Tower Completion Date for
such Tower Unsold Units and such Tower Units, as applicable; plus
(k) Unimproved Developable Land. With respect to Developable Land owned by
a Loan Party where improvements have not commenced and which is not covered by
any other category in the Borrowing Base, thirty-five (35%) of the difference of
(i) Developable Land Book Value minus (ii) the amount of CDD Obligations and
Permitted Mortgages applicable to such Developable Land; provided that the
maximum amount of availability includable in the Borrowing Base amount under
this category shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base;
provided, however, that:
(i) the cost basis for any Borrowing Base asset shall not exceed its
net realizable value determined in accordance with GAAP and with respect
to any Borrowing Base category (other than (i) above) on a Project basis
as to such category and as to (i) above on an asset by asset basis;
(ii) for purposes of the cost calculations in the Borrowing Base,
capitalized costs such as interest expenses and Taxes shall be included
and capitalized cost such as corporate general and administrative costs
and marketing costs shall be excluded;
(iii) the portion of the Borrowing Base attributable to Tower
Construction Projects financed under this Agreement shall not at any time
exceed $100,000,000;
(iv) the portion of the Borrowing Base attributable to any single
Tower Construction Project financed under this Agreement shall not at any
time exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Borrowing Base;
and
(v) Tower Construction Projects, Tower Units and Tower Unsold Units
owned by a Loan Party and financed by Tower Construction Loans shall not
be included in the Borrowing Base until such time as they are no longer
subject to any Liens (other than Customary Permitted Liens).
"Borrowing Base Availability" means, as of any date, the sum of (a) the
Borrowing Base minus (b) all Senior Unsecured Debt (other than under this
Agreement).
"Borrowing Base Report" means a report with respect to the Borrowing Base
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the state where Administrative Agent's Office is located and, if such
day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
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Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by
and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
"Cash Collateralize" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
"CDD" means any Community Development District applicable to any of the
Properties.
"CDD Obligations" means the obligations of a Property Owner incurred with
respect to Community Development Districts and which are reflected as a
liability on the balance sheet of Borrower as required by GAAP.
"Change in Law" means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of
any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or
in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
"Change of Control" means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit
plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its
capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan)
other than a Principal becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3
and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or
group shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such
person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an "option right"),
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity
securities of Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into
account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right); or
(b) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the
members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Borrower
cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election
or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing
body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of
both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for,
or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body
occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or
group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or
on behalf of the board of directors); or
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(c) any Person other than a Principal or two (2) or more Persons other
than Principals acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise,
or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation
thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise,
directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies
of Borrower, or control over the equity securities of Borrower entitled to vote
for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Borrower
on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such
Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)
representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of such
securities; or
(d) for any reason a "change in control" or similar event shall occur as
provided in any agreement governing any Senior Notes, any Senior Subordinated
Notes, or any Subordinated Debt.
"Closing Date" means the first date all the conditions precedent in
Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.
"Clubs" means, collectively, Equity Clubs and Non-Equity Clubs.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Commitment" means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make
Committed Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase
participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line
Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 2.01 or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party
hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
"Committed Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.01.
"Committed Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Committed Loan Notice" means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a
conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit E.
"Consolidated Group" means, collectively, Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound.
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"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
"Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Core Businesses" means the business of planning, designing, engineering,
developing, constructing, marketing, selling, financing, managing and operating
real estate including business and commercial projects, office buildings,
residential subdivisions, condominiums (including low-, mid- and high-rise
condominiums), villa developments, single family residences, timeshares, hotels,
and related amenity improvements, which include golf clubs, marinas, tennis
facilities, and restaurants. In connection with the activities described above,
the Consolidated Group engages in planning, designing and engineering, land
development, construction/home building, marketing, real estate sales and
brokerage, mortgage brokerage and finance, title insurance, property management,
management of homeowner/condominium associations, fee based property development
and construction management services, real estate franchise brokerage business
and the operation of golf clubs, restaurants, marinas, conservation areas, rest
areas, hotels and health care facilities. The Consolidated Group may also engage
in various service business activities ancillary to and consistent with its
ownership and operation of real estate, such as pest control and security
services.
"Credit Extension" means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing; and (b)
an L/C Credit Extension.
"Customary Closing Costs" means the reasonable and customary closing costs
and commissions paid for at the time of the closing of the sale of the Tower
Units, not to exceed in the aggregate six percent (6%) of the gross sales price
of each such Tower Unit.
"Customary Permitted Liens" means the Liens permitted hereunder pursuant
to Sections 7.02(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (j).
"Customer Deposit Liabilities" means collectively, the escrow deposits,
down payments or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposited by purchasers pursuant to Housing
Purchase Contracts.
"Daily Floating Eurodollar Rate" means, as of any date, the rate per annum
at which Administrative Agent would offer to other major banks in the London
interbank market two (2) Business Days prior to such date, as adjusted from time
to time in Administrative Agent's sole discretion for then applicable reserve
requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates, and other regulatory costs.
"Debt Rating" means, as of any date of determination, by a Rating Agency,
(a) the rating of the Obligations under this Agreement, or (b) if such Rating
Agency does not publicly announce the rating described in clause (a) above, such
Rating Agency's rating of Borrower's non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured
long-term debt, or (c) if such Rating Agency does not
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publicly announce either of the ratings described in clauses (a) or (b) above,
such Rating Agency's publicly announced corporate rating of Borrower.
"Debtor Relief Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and
all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other
applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
"Default" means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both,
would be an Event of Default.
"Default Rate" means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than
Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the
Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) four percent
(4%) per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and a Swing Line Rate, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the
interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan
plus four percent (4%) per annum, and (b) when used with respect to the Letter
of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus four percent (4%) per
annum.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any
portion of the Committed Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or
participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within
one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to Administrative Agent or any other Lender any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of
the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been
deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
"Developable Land" means all Properties (a) on which residential property
and other property directly related to, or in conjunction with, such residential
property may be constructed or developed as part of, and consistent with, the
Core Business and under applicable Laws, including without limitation, the
construction of Tower Units, Units, Developed Parcels and Developed Lots, (b)
for which the intended use for the applicable Project is permissible under the
applicable regional plan, development agreement or applicable zoning, all of
which have vested status, and (c) the environmental or regional impact report
for the intended use, if required, is vested, but specifically excluding any
land on which a Property Owner and Administrative Agent reasonably agree that
development is restricted under federal or state wetlands protection or other
Environmental Laws.
"Developable Land Book Value" means the acquisition cost of a parcel of
Developable Land.
"Developed Lots" means each of the platted subdivided lots and the
Horizontal Improvements thereon located on Developable Land and which, under
applicable Laws, may be utilized as the site for a Unit, Tower Units or
multi-family facility including specifically those lots (a) that are ready for
construction of a Unit, Tower Units or multi-family facility and for
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which a building permit would then be issued to a Property Owner if applied for,
(b) with construction of Units or Tower Units underway thereon or (c) with fully
constructed Units or Tower Units situated thereon, but excluding lots under
development that are not yet ready for construction of Units or Tower Units
thereon.
"Developed Lot Book Value" means the cost of each Developed Lot determined
by allocating the acquisition cost and Developed Lot Costs of each Project (or
parcel of land located therein) among the lots and other land (such as
commercial, industrial, Amenities, etc.) located therein, which allocation shall
exclude any marketing and corporate general and administrative expenses.
"Developed Lot Costs" means the amount of actual costs incurred by a
Property Owner in connection with the development of Developable Land and
Developed Lot, but excluding therefrom: (a) costs incurred for the construction
of Units or Tower Units and (b) marketing, corporate general and administrative
costs and other costs not directly attributable to design, site improvement, and
construction of infrastructure on Developable Land and Developed Lots.
"Developed Parcels" means properties zoned either PUD, residential or
commercial and on which all Horizontal Improvements have been completed in
sufficient capacity to service the permitted use and density for such Developed
Parcel under applicable zoning and in accordance with requirements of
Governmental Authority.
"Developed Parcel Book Value" means the sum of the Developed Parcel Costs
attributable to such Developed Parcel plus the cost of each Developed Parcel
determined by allocating the acquisition cost and land development costs of each
Project among the Developed Parcel and the other property included from time to
time in the Project, which allocation shall exclude any marketing and corporate
general and administrative expenses.
"Developed Parcel Costs" means the amount of actual costs incurred by a
Property Owner in connection with the development of Developed Parcels
(including Horizontal Improvements).
"Direct Costs" means with respect to the construction of any condominium
development, the book value of the land plus the actual or projected costs of
personal property, and all labor, materials, fixtures, machinery and equipment
required to construct, equip and complete the improvements in accordance with
the plans and specifications therefor.
"Distribution" means any of the following: (a) the payment by any Person
of any distributions or other payments to its shareholders, partners, members or
other equity interest holders; (b) the declaration or payment of any dividend on
or in respect of shares of any class of capital stock of, or partnership,
membership or other equity interest in, any Person; (c) the purchase or other
retirement of any shares of any class of capital stock of, or partnership,
membership or equity interest in, any Person, directly or indirectly through a
Subsidiary or otherwise; (d) the return of capital by any Person to its
shareholders, partners, members or other equity interest holders; and (e) any
other payment on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock of,
or partnership, membership or other equity interest in, any Person.
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"Dollar" and "$" mean lawful money of the United States.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for Borrower and
its subsidiaries, as determined by GAAP, the sum of the amounts for such period
of (a) Net Income, plus (b) charges against income for foreign, federal, state
and local taxes, plus (c) Interest Expense, plus (d) depreciation, plus (e)
amortization expenses, including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill
and other intangible assets and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such
non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for
cash expenses in any future period or exceeds the amount of such accrual or
reserved expense in the current period) and amortization of deferred
compensation expense, plus (f) extraordinary losses, minus (g) extraordinary
gains minus (h) non-cash items increasing such Net Income for such period, other
than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each case,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; and
(c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i)
Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, and (ii) unless an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (each such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the
foregoing, "Eligible Assignee" shall not include (A) Borrower or any of
Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) any other Person that conducts (or
is an Affiliate of a Person that conducts) any businesses that are substantially
similar to any of the Core Businesses and would reasonably be deemed to be a
competitor of Borrower.
"Eligible Excluded Subsidiary" means an Excluded Subsidiary (other than
any not-for-profit golf clubs and common interest realty associations owned by
any member of the Consolidated Group) which meets all of the following criteria:
(a) the Excluded Subsidiary is the owner of an asset which qualifies for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base and is consistent with the Core Businesses; (b)
the interest of the member of the Consolidated Group in the Excluded Subsidiary
is unencumbered by any Lien; (c) all of the assets of the Excluded Subsidiary
are unencumbered by any Lien (excluding Customary Permitted Liens); and (d) the
member of the Consolidated Group holding the interest in the Excluded Subsidiary
has satisfied such other requirements as Administrative Agent may require to
permit the inclusion of the investment in such Excluded Subsidiary in the
Borrowing Base.
"Eligible Joint Venture" means a Joint Venture which meets all of the
following criteria: (a) the Joint Venture is the owner of an asset which
qualifies for inclusion in the Borrowing Base and is consistent with the Core
Businesses; (b) the interest of the member of the Consolidated Group in the
Joint Venture is unencumbered by any Lien; (c) all of the assets of the Joint
Venture are unencumbered (excluding Customary Permitted Liens); (d) the member
of the Consolidated Group holding the interest in the Joint Venture has
satisfied such other requirements as Administrative Agent may require to permit
the inclusion of the investment in such Joint Venture in the Borrowing Base; and
(e) no member of the Consolidated Group has received notice that an event of
default exists with respect to such Joint Venture by any of the members of the
Consolidated Group.
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"Eligible Participant" means any other Person (other than a natural
person); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible Participant"
shall not include (a) Borrower or any of Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries
or (b) or any other Person that conducts (or is an Affiliate of a Person that
conducts) any businesses that are substantially similar to any of the Core
Businesses and would reasonably be deemed to be a competitor of Borrower.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all applicable Federal, state, local,
and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the
environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including
those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to
waste or public systems.
"Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)
violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)
exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or
other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Equity Clubs" means Amenities in which the members hold an equity
ownership stake.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with Borrower within the meaning of Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes
of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
"ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject
to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial
employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment
of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or
the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
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"Escrow Deposits" means all ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money, escrow deposits, additional
deposits, or good faith deposits required from the purchasers under Housing
Purchase Contracts.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Interest Period with respect to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers
Association LIBOR Rate ("BBA LIBOR"), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by
the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period,
for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with
a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such
time for any reason, then the "Eurodollar Rate" for such Interest Period shall
be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at
which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period
in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being
made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America's London Branch to
major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
"Eurodollar Rate Loan" means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a
rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
"Excluded Subsidiaries" means (a) the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule
5.13 as of the Closing Date, and (b) any other Subsidiary designated from time
to time by Borrower subject to the terms of this Agreement.
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to Administrative Agent, any Lender,
any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any obligation of Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a)
taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated),
and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such
recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the
case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by
any other jurisdiction in which Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a
Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under
Section 11.13), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or
designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender's
failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with
Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor,
if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).
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"Existing Credit Agreement" means that certain Senior Unsecured Revolving
Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2002, among Borrower, Fleet National Bank,
as administrative agent, and the Lenders defined therein, as amended from time
to time.
"Existing Environmental Matters" means those certain existing material
environmental matters affecting portions of the Properties as identified on the
separate certification of Borrower dated of even date herewith.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means the letters of credit outstanding on
the date hereof and described on Schedule 2.03, which includes certain letters
of credit issued by Fleet National Bank under the Existing Credit Agreement.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on
the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded
upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of
America on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
"Fee Letters" means the letter agreement dated as of May 28, 2004, among
Borrower, Administrative Agent and BAS and the letter agreement dated as of May
28, 2004, between Borrower, Wachovia and WCM.
"Financial Covenants" means the covenants set forth in Sections 7.03(i),
7.04(a), 7.05, 7.09, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, and 7.17.
"Financial Letters of Credit" means any letters of credit other than
Performance Letters of Credit.
"Finished Land Inventory" means, collectively, Developed Lots and
Developed Parcels.
"Finished Land Inventory Book Value" means, collectively, the sum of
Developed Lot Book Value and Developed Parcel Book Value.
"Fitch" means Fitch IBCA, Duff & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, a division of Fitch, Inc. and any
successor thereto.
"Fixed Charges" mean, for any period, the sum of Interest Incurred and any
regularly scheduled amortization payments on the Total Debt, but excluding (a)
balloon payments, (b) interest on Tower Construction Loans covered by an
interest reserve, and (c) amortization payments on CDD Obligations.
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"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For
purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the
District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
"FRB" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States.
"Fronting Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(k).
"Fronting Fee Rate" means an amount equal to 0.125% per annum.
"Fund" means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be)
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other
principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied; provided that this definition
of GAAP shall not include the application of FASB Interpretation No. 46 or
similar pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in
January, 2003, as such interpretations or pronouncements may be amended or
modified from time to time.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States or any
other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including
any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
"Guarantee" means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by
another Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i)
to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of
income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor
to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or
(b) any Lien on any
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assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such
Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such
Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be
deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related
primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is
made or, if not stated or determinable, the reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term
"Guarantee" as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantors" means, collectively, each of the now or hereafter existing
Subsidiaries of Borrower, other than Excluded Subsidiaries.
"Hard Costs" means, with respect to any Tower Construction Project, Direct
Costs less the book value of the land and the amount of any contingency reserve
in the construction budget for such Tower Construction Projects.
"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
"Horizontal Improvements" means all utilities, including water and sewer,
located on real property together with a dedicated roadway built in material
compliance with applicable governmental regulations, all over rights-of-way
dedicated to the applicable Governmental Authority and any private roadways
otherwise built by the Property Owners in compliance with and permitted under
all applicable Laws.
"Housing Purchase Contract" means any legal, valid, binding and
enforceable written agreement for the sale of individual Units, Tower Units, or
Developed Lots to any bona-fide purchaser entered into by a Property Owner in
the ordinary course of its business with customary terms and conditions and that
provides for a cash down payment of not less than the greater of $5,000 or such
amount that is customary in the local market.
"Increasing Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
"Indebtedness" means, without duplication, with respect to any Person
(other than any Person that would be included solely as a result of the
application of FASB Interpretation No. 46 or similar pronouncements issued by
the Financial Accounting Standards Board in January, 2003, as such
interpretations or pronouncements may be amended or modified from time to time)
(a) indebtedness or liability for borrowed money, including, without limitation,
subordinated indebtedness; (b) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, or other similar instruments; (c) obligations for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not
include obligations with respect to options to purchase real property that have
not been exercised; (d) obligations as lessee under capital leases to the extent
that the same would, in accordance with GAAP, appear as liabilities in such
Person's
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consolidated balance sheet; (e) current liabilities in respect of unfunded
vested benefits under any Plans and incurred withdrawal liability under any
Plan; (f) reimbursement obligations under letters of credit (including
contingent obligations with respect to letters of credit not yet drawn upon);
(g) obligations under acceptance facilities; (h) all guaranties, endorsements
(other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), and
other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to
supply funds to invest in any other Person, or otherwise to assure a creditor
against loss; (i) obligations secured by any Liens (other than Customary
Permitted Liens) on any property of such Person, whether or not the obligations
have been assumed; (j) net liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange or cap
agreements (valued as the termination value thereof, computed in accordance with
a method approved by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and
agreed to by such Person in the applicable agreement); and (k) all Guarantees of
such Person with respect to the foregoing. Indebtedness shall not include trade
accounts payable and accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business and
undrawn Performance Letters of Credit, payment and performance bonds and other
performance obligations and guaranties with respect thereto. The amount of any
condominium assurance bonds, as permitted by Section 7.01, shall be equal to the
amount of Customer Deposit Liabilities in accordance with GAAP.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
"Indirect Costs" means, with respect to each Project, title insurance
premiums, survey charges, engineering fees, architectural fees, real estate
taxes, appraisal costs, commitment fees and interest payable under the related
Indebtedness, premiums for other insurance, marketing, advertising and leasing
costs, brokerage commissions, legal fees, accounting fees, construction
inspector fees, permit and other governmental fees and charges, impact fees,
utility access or connection fees, overhead and administrative costs, and all
other expenses which are expenditures relating to such Project and are not
Direct Costs.
"Interest Expense" means, with respect to any period, the sum of (a) all
charges for such period that are considered interest expense under generally
accepted accounting principles including amortization of previously capitalized
interest, plus (b) the portion of rent paid by Borrower and its subsidiaries, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, (without duplication) for that fiscal period
under capital lease obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance
with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13, in each case
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Incurred" means, for any period, the total interest paid or
accrued by Borrower and its subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP
(including the interest component of any capital leases and excluding fees paid
in connection with the closing under this Agreement or thereafter and excluding
interest or fees payable under the Tower Construction Loans to the extent drawn
under the Tower Construction Loans).
"Interest Payment Date" means: (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan and a Swing Line Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to
such Loan and the Maturity
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Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan
exceeds three (3) months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months
after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment
Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan and any Swing Line Loan, the last
Business Day of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement,
commencing on August 31, 2004, and the Maturity Date.
"Interest Period" means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date seven (7) days,
fourteen (14) days, or one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter,
as selected by Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
"Investment" means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition
or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan,
advance (other than advances with respect to accounts receivable made in the
ordinary course of business on customary credit terms) or capital contribution
to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any
partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement
pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or
(c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For
purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base and covenant compliance, the amount
of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of
all additions thereto, and minus any return in cash of the original amount of
such Investment, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or
write-ups, writedowns or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
"Investment Grade Rating" means that at least two of the three following
Debt Ratings exist at the same time: (a) a Moody's Debt Rating of Baa3 or
better; (b) a S & P Debt Rating of BBB- or better; and (c) a Fitch Debt Rating
of BBB- or better.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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"ISP" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the "International
Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
"Issuer Documents" means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter
Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered
into by the applicable L/C Issuer and Borrower (or any Subsidiary or Joint
Venture) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of
Credit.
"Joint Venture" means any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which
Borrower or any other member of the Consolidated Group holds any stock (other
than stock issued by a public company and purchased on a recognized stock
exchange), partnership interest, joint venture interest, limited liability
company interest or other equity interest.
"Laws" means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and
local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case whether or not having the force of law.
"L/C Advance" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's funding of
its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable
Percentage.
"L/C Borrowing" means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing
under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made
or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing.
"L/C Credit Extension" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the
amount thereof.
"L/C Issuers" means Bank of America, in its individual capacity as a bank
issuing Letters of Credit hereunder, and Wachovia, in its individual capacity as
a bank issuing Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuers of Letters
of Credit hereunder, and "L/C Issuer" means any one of the L/C Issuers.
"L/C Obligations" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For
purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance
with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of
determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may
still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP,
such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be "outstanding" in the amount so
remaining available to be drawn.
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"Lender" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto
and, as the context requires, includes Swing Line Lender.
"Lending Office" means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such
Lender described as such in such Lender's Administrative Questionnaire, or such
other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and
Administrative Agent.
"Letter of Credit" means any Financial Letter of Credit or any Performance
Letter of Credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of
Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby
letter of credit.
"Letter of Credit Application" means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use
by any L/C Issuer.
"Letter of Credit Expiration Date" means the date that is 364-days after
the Maturity Date.
"Letter of Credit Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(j).
"Letter of Credit Sublimit" means an amount equal to $250,000,000. The
Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments.
"Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of
such date to (b) Adjusted Tangible Net Worth as of such date.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of
a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other
encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"Loan" means an extension of credit by a Lender to Borrower under Article
II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document,
the Fee Letters, and each of the Unconditional Guaranties.
"Loan Parties" means, collectively, Borrower and each Guarantor.
"Majority Lenders" means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having
more than fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment
of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C
Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, Lenders holding
in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Outstandings (with
the aggregate amount of each Lender's risk participation and funded
participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed "held" by
such
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Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and
the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting
Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Majority
Lenders.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities
(actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
Borrower or the Consolidated Group taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment
of the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to
which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against Borrower of any Loan Document
to which it is a party.
"Maturity Date" means the later of (a) August 12, 2008, and (b) if
maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.14, such extended maturity date as
determined pursuant to Section 2.14.
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
"Multiemployer Plan" means any employee benefit plan of the type described
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes
or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years,
has made or been obligated to make contributions.
"Net Income" means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or
consolidated net deficit) of Borrower and its subsidiaries, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Net Sales Proceeds" means the gross sales price of each unreleased Tower
Unit, cabana, or other appurtenance thereto less only Customary Closing Costs
and the portion of the Escrow Deposits for such Tower Unit which are allowed to
be used in accordance with applicable law to fund a portion of the Project Costs
of the applicable improvements.
"Net Worth" means, as of any date, the excess of Total Assets over Total
Liabilities.
"Non-Equity Clubs" means the amenities in which the members own a
non-equity ownership stake.
"Note" means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Lender
evidencing Committed Loans made by such Lender, and in the case of the Swing
Line Lender, evidencing all Loans made by the Swing Line Lender, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C.
"Obligations" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due
or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any
Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such
Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and
fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
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"Organization Documents" means: (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles
of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to
any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the
partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or
organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect
thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the
applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity.
"Other Taxes" means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
"Outstanding Amount" means (a) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing
Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after
giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans
and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with
respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations
on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such
date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of
such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by Borrower of
Unreimbursed Amounts.
"Participant" has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"Pension Plan" means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has
an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during
the immediately preceding five plan years.
"Performance Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued: (a) on
behalf of a Person in favor of a Governmental Authority, including, without
limitation, any utility, water, or sewer authority, or other similar entity, for
the purpose of assuring such Governmental Authority that such Person or an
Affiliate of such Person will properly and timely complete work it has agreed to
perform for the benefit of such Governmental Authority; (b) in lieu of cash
deposits, including, without limitation, to obtain a license, in place of a
utility deposit, or for land option contracts; or (c) in lieu of other contract
performance, including, without limitation, bid and performance bonds.
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"Permitted Liens" has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
"Permitted Mortgages" means the existing first in priority mortgages
affecting portions of the Properties which are more particularly described on
Schedule 1.04.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
"Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by Borrower or, with respect to any such plan
that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA
Affiliate.
"Principals" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, any spouse or
immediate family member of either ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. or ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or any
trust or other entity Controlled by either ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. or ▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and "Principal" means any one of the Principals.
"Project Costs" means, collectively, the sum of all Direct Costs and
Indirect Costs that will be incurred by a Project Owner in connection with the
acquisition of the applicable Property, the construction, equipping and
completion of the Project, the marketing of space in the Project, and the
operation and carrying of the Project through the Maturity Date.
"Projects" means one or more of the properties, including, without
limitation, communities, Tower Construction Projects, and single and
multi-family developments, being owned and developed by one or more of the
Property Owners from time to time.
"Property" means the land including any improvements situated thereon
(including, without limitation, all Developable Land, Amenities, Developed Lots,
Developed Parcels and Units, Tower Units, completed or under construction) owned
or acquired by a Property Owner from time to time.
"Property Owners" means Borrower and such other members of the
Consolidated Group as shall now or hereafter own Properties.
"Rating Agency" means any of Moody's, S&P, or Fitch.
"Register" has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors
of such Person and of such Person's Affiliates.
"Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been
waived.
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"Request for Credit Extension" means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with
respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with
respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
"Required Equity Funds" means, collectively, the value of the Property
before any construction of any improvements, free and clear of any Liens other
than Permitted Liens.
"Required Lenders" means, as of any date, Lenders having at least 66-2/3%
of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans
and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been
terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, Lenders holding in the aggregate at least
66-2/3% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender's
risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line
Loans being deemed "held" by such Lender for purposes of this definition);
provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held
or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of
making a determination of Required Lenders.
"Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer, treasurer or the general counsel of a Loan Party or any
Person designated by a Responsible Officer to act on behalf of a Responsible
Officer; provided that such designated Person may not designate any other Person
to be a Responsible Officer. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by
a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have
been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on
the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
"Restricted Cash" means all cash of the Consolidated Group allocated for
expenditure or Distribution or held as Customer Deposit Liabilities or otherwise
characterized as a deposit (less that portion of Customer Deposit Liabilities
used for construction costs).
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
"Senior Notes" means, as of any date of determination, such senior
unsecured notes and such Senior Subordinated Notes having a maturity date of
less than one year from such date of determination as may be issued by Borrower
or any Subsidiary in offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or
issued in a transaction exempt under Rule144A as promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933 and in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08,
and any and all amendments, restatements, renewals, extensions, consolidations
or other modifications thereof.
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"Senior Subordinated Notes" means, collectively, the Senior Subordinated
Notes issued as of February 20, 2001 in the aggregate principal amount of
$350,000,000 due February 15, 2011, the additional Senior Subordinated Notes
issued as of April 24, 2002, in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000
due May 1, 2012, the additional Contingent Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
issued as of August 5, 2003, in the aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000
due August 5, 2023, the additional Senior Subordinated Notes issued as of
September 29, 2003, in the aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000 due
October 1, 2013, and any other issuances of senior subordinated notes in
accordance with the requirements of Section 7.07, all as the same may be
amended, restated, renewed, extended, consolidated, refinanced or otherwise
modified in accordance with the requirements of Section 7.07.
"Senior Unsecured Debt" means, as of any date, without duplication, (a)
all unsecured indebtedness or liability for borrowed money (other than
Subordinated Indebtedness) of the Consolidated Group, plus (b) all unsecured
obligations (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) of the Consolidated Group
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments, plus (c)
all unsecured obligations (other than Subordinated Indebtedness), in an amount
determined by GAAP, of the Consolidated Group for the deferred purchase price of
property; provided, however, that this clause (c) shall not include obligations
of (i) the Consolidated Group with respect to options to purchase real property
that have not been exercised, or (ii) any Person that would be included in the
Consolidated Group solely as a result of the application of FASB Interpretation
No. 46 or similar pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board in January, 2003, as such interpretations or pronouncements may be amended
or modified from time to time, plus (d) all unsecured reimbursement obligations
with respect to drawn Financial Letters of Credit and Performance Letters of
Credit and the face amount of all undrawn Financial Letters of Credit, in each
case issued for the account of, or guaranteed by, any member of the Consolidated
Group, plus (e) all Guarantees by any member of the Consolidated Group (without
duplication) of the indebtedness or obligations described in clauses (a), (b),
(c) or (d) above.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means, as of any date, any Indebtedness of the
Consolidated Group that is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and
conditions reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, other than any Senior
Subordinated Notes having a maturity date of less than one year from such date
of determination.
"Subsequent Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or other business entity (except for joint ventures or
similar arrangements which would not be considered a Subsidiary of such Person
but for the application of FASB Interpretation No. 46 or similar pronouncements
regarding consolidation issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in
January, 2003, as such interpretations or pronouncements may be amended or
modified from time to time) of which a majority of the shares of securities or
other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
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specified, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower. This definition of
Subsidiary, as it relates to the Consolidated Group, shall expressly exclude any
not-for-profit golf clubs and common interest realty associations owned by any
member of the Consolidated Group.
"Sun City Center Lease Intangible" means the amount by which the value of
the Kings Point Recreation operations which are part of the Amenities owned and
operated by Sun City Center Golf Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
exceeds the related real estate assets associated with the Sun City Center
lease.
"Swap Contract" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps,
commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or
options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options,
forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions,
collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a "Master Agreement"), including
any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
"Swap Termination Value" means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after
the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
▇▇▇▇-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
"Swing Line" means the revolving credit facility made available by Swing
Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Swing Line Borrowing" means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04.
"Swing Line Lender" means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of
Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
"Swing Line Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
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"Swing Line Loan Notice" means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant
to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
"Swing Line Rate" means, with respect to any Swing Line Loan, the Daily
Floating Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Rate plus 0.15%.
"Swing Line Sublimit" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$50,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part
of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
"Tangible Net Worth" means, as of any date, the Net Worth less the net
book value (after deducting reserves applicable thereto) of all of the
intangible assets of Borrower and its subsidiaries, as determined in accordance
with GAAP. Intangible assets shall be determined in accordance with GAAP and
shall exclude all deferred financing costs, deferred tax assets, and the Sun
City Center Lease Intangible.
"Taxes" means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
"Total Assets" means, as of any date, all consolidated assets of Borrower
and its subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Total Debt" means, as of any date, the sum of all Indebtedness of
Borrower and its subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP, including,
without limitation or duplication, the Total Outstandings, Tower Construction
Loans, Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes and any purchase money loans,
plus CDD Obligations plus Customer Deposit Liabilities as shown on Borrower's
financial statements in accordance with GAAP, less Restricted Cash related to
such Customer Deposit Liabilities.
"Total Enterprise Value" means, with respect to any merger, consolidation
or stock acquisition, the sum of the market value of the equity interests in the
target entity acquired in such transaction, plus Indebtedness of the target
entity acquired in such transaction, less Unrestricted Cash of the target entity
acquired in such transaction.
"Total Liabilities" means, as of any date, all consolidated liabilities of
Borrower and its subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP, which are
properly accounted for as such in accordance with GAAP.
"Total Outstandings" means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans
and all L/C Obligations.
"Tower Completion Date" means, with respect to each Tower Construction
Project, the date that at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the Tower Units
subject to Housing Purchase Contracts have closed.
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"Tower Construction Lenders" means one or more of the Lenders or other
financial institutions making Tower Construction Loans.
"Tower Construction Loan Agreements" means the construction loan
agreements evidencing the Tower Construction Loans, including, without
limitation, the Consolidated, Amended and Restated Revolving Construction Loan
Agreement dated as March 30, 2004, by and among Borrower and Bay Colony-Gateway,
Inc., as borrowers, Fleet National Bank, as administrative agent, and the
Lenders defined therein, and the Amended and Restated Construction Loan
Agreement dated October 30, 2002, by and among Borrower, Wachovia, as Agent, and
the Lenders defined therein.
"Tower Construction Loans" means the loans made outside this Agreement for
the purpose of financing the construction and development of Tower Construction
Projects.
"Tower Construction Projects" means the multi-family residential
condominium projects having Hard Costs of $10,000,000 or more.
"Tower Unit Costs" means the Developed Lot Book Value on which Tower Units
(completed or under construction) are situated plus the cost of the construction
of vertical improvements.
"Tower Units" means the condominium units at the Tower Construction
Projects, whether completed or under construction, held by Project Owner for
sale in the ordinary course of business, and in which the rights of ownership
and occupancy are to be sold.
"Tower Unsold Unit" means a Tower Unit with respect to which construction
has begun (measured by the commencement of the construction of vertical
improvements beyond the foundation) and for which a Housing Purchase Contract
has not been entered into (or has been entered into but has terminated).
"Type" means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base
Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
"Unconditional Guaranty" means the Unconditional Guaranty made by the
Guarantors in favor of Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in
the form of Exhibit G.
"Unentitled Land" means any land in which no improvements have been made
and which requires appropriate approval, permitting and zoning under applicable
Laws and regulations before the land may be developed.
"Unfunded Pension Liability" means the excess of a Pension Plan's benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for
funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable
plan year.
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"Unit Costs" means the Developed Lot Book Value on which Units (completed
or under construction) are situated plus the cost of the construction of
vertical improvements with respect thereto.
"United States" and "U.S." mean the United States of America.
"Units" means the single-family or multi-family residences, other than
Tower Units, whether completed or under construction, owned and held by the
Consolidated Group for sale in the ordinary course of business, and in which the
rights of ownership and occupancy are to be sold other than on a time-sharing or
periodic basis.
"Unreimbursed Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
"Unrestricted Cash" means all cash of the Loan Parties which is not
Restricted Cash.
"Unsold Unit" means a Unit with respect to which construction has begun
(measured by the commencement of the construction of vertical improvements
beyond the foundation) and for which a Housing Purchase Contract has not been
entered into.
"Unused Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).
"Wachovia" means Wachovia Bank, National Association and its successors.
"WCM" means Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and its successors
1.02 OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS. With reference to this Agreement and
each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular
and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any
pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed
by the phrase "without limitation." The word "will" shall be construed to have
the same meaning and effect as the word "shall." Unless the context requires
otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or
other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as
referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person's successors and assigns, (iii) the words "herein," "hereof" and
"hereunder," and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall
be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any
particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in
which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending replacing or
interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless
otherwise specified,
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refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time, and (vi) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have
the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word "from" means "from and including;" the words "to" and
"until" each mean "to but excluding;" and the word "through" means "to and
including."
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 ACCOUNTING TERMS. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not
specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with,
and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial
calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be
prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing
the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan
Document, and either Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request,
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to
amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light
of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders);
provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to
be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii)
Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial
statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably
requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such
ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.04 ROUNDING. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the
number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result
up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
1.05 TIMES OF DAY. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.06 LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNTS. Unless otherwise specified herein, the
amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount
of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with
respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer
Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the
stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
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the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all
such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such
time.
ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 COMMITTED LOANS. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a "Committed
Loan") to Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the amount of such Lender's Commitment; provided, however, that
after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (a) the Total Outstandings shall
not exceed the Available Loan Commitment, and (b) the sum of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender's
Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus
such Lender's Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line
Loans shall not exceed such Lender's Commitment. Within the limits of each
Lender's Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof,
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and
reborrow under this Section 2.01. Committed Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF COMMITTED LOANS.
(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one
Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made
upon Borrower's irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, which may be given
by telephone. Each such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not
later than 12:00 noon (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of
any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of
any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Committed Loans, and (ii)
on the Business Day of the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate
Committed Loans. Each telephonic notice by Borrower pursuant to this Section
2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Administrative Agent of a
written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided
in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate
Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple
of $50,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing,
a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the
principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv)
the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans
are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period
with respect thereto. If Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a
Committed Loan Notice or if Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a
conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall
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be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to
Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period
then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If Borrower
requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans
in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it
will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of
the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by Borrower, Administrative Agent shall notify each
Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described
in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Lender
shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds at Administrative Agent's Office not later than 2:00
p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if
such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to Borrower in like funds as
received by Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of Borrower
on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire
transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to
(and reasonably acceptable to) Administrative Agent by Borrower; provided,
however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such
Borrowing is given by Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the
proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of
any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to Borrower as
provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be
continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be
requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the
consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of
the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are
outstanding, Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders of any
change in Bank of America's prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of
Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed
Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods
in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans.
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2.03 LETTERS OF CREDIT.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each
L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set
forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day
during the Availability Period, to issue Letters of Credit, including
Performance Letters of Credit, for the account of Borrower, its
Subsidiaries, or the Joint Ventures and to amend or extend Letters of
Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below,
and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account
of Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or the Joint Ventures and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension
with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the limitations set forth in the
proviso of Section 2.01 shall not be exceeded, and (y) the Outstanding
Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit
Sublimit. Each request by Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by Borrower that
the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set
forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing
limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower's ability
to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly
Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to
replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon
and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have
been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be
subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof; provided that,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying on the
representations and warranties herein set forth, Fleet National Bank
agrees to continue outstanding until expiration each of the Existing
Letters of Credit issued by it and to be an L/C Issuer solely with respect
to such Existing Letters of Credit until the earlier of (A) consummation
of the merger between Bank of America and Fleet National Bank, in which
case Bank of America shall automatically become the L/C Issuer with
respect to such Existing Letters of Credit and Fleet National Bank shall
cease to be an L/C Issuer hereunder, and (B) the date of the expiration or
cancellation of all Existing Letters of Credit issued by Fleet National
Bank.
(ii) No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months
after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required
Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would
occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the
Lenders have approved such expiry date.
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(iii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or
restrain the applicable L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of
Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall
prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance
of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement
(for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C
Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or
more policies of the applicable L/C Issuer;
(C) except as otherwise consented to by the applicable L/C
Issuer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, such
Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency
other than Dollars;
(E) a default of any Lender's obligations to fund under
Section 2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting
Lender hereunder, unless the applicable L/C Issuer has entered into
satisfactory arrangements with Borrower or such Lender to eliminate
such L/C Issuer's risk with respect to such Lender.
(iv) No L/C Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C
Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit
in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter
of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to
issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or
(B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect
to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated
therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and
immunities (A) provided to Administrative Agent in Article X with respect
to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection
with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and
Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the
term "Administrative
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Agent" as used in Article X included such L/C Issuer with respect to such
acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to
such L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit;
Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case
may be, upon the request of Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a
copy to Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit
Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer
of Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the
applicable L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as
Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular
instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or
date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application
shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer: (A) the
proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D)
the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the
full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as such L/C Issuer
may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding
Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form
and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be
amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such
other matters as L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, Borrower shall
furnish to the applicable L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent such other
documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit
issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer
or Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the
applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone
or in writing) that Administrative Agent has received a copy of such
Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer
will provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless such L/C
Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, Administrative Agent
or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date
of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or
more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be
satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C
Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the
account of Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the
applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with
such L/C Issuer's usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon
the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the
applicable L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an
amount equal to the product of such Lender's Applicable Percentage times
the amount of such Letter of Credit.
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(iii) If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit
Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension
provisions (each, an "Auto-Extension Letter of Credit"); provided that any
such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to
prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period
(commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving
prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the
"Non-Extension Notice Date") in each such twelve-month period to be agreed
upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise
directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, Borrower shall not be required to
make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be
deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer
to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry
date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided,
however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A)
such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would
have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the
provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or
(B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or
before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension
Notice Date (1) from Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have
elected not to permit such extension or (2) from Administrative Agent, any
Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified
in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the
applicable L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any
amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto
or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver
to Borrower and Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such
Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any
notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer who receives
such notice shall notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof. Not
later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by any L/C Issuer under a
Letter of Credit (each such date, an "Honor Date"), Borrower shall
reimburse such L/C Issuer through Administrative Agent in an amount equal
to the amount of such drawing. If Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C
Issuer by such time, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the
"Unreimbursed Amount"), and the amount of such Lender's Applicable
Percentage thereof. In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the
Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard
to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal
amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized
portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan
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Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if
immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an
immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding
effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(i) make funds available to Administrative Agent for the account of
the applicable L/C Issuer at Administrative Agent's Office in an amount
equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section
2.03(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to
have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to Borrower in such amount.
Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to such L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully
refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other
reason, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from L/C Issuer an L/C
Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so
refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand
(together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In
such event, each Lender's payment to Administrative Agent for the account
of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in
respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an
L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer
for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the
account of such L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances
to reimburse each L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as
contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may
have against an L/C Issuer, Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any
other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender's obligation to make
Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by Borrower of a
Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse an L/C Issuer for
the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of
Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent
for the account of an L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such
Lender pursuant to the
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foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from
such Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount
with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to
such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal
Funds Rate and a rate determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of an L/C
Issuer submitted to any Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect
to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any
Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender's L/C
Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if
Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any
payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon
(whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash
Collateral applied thereto by Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent
will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
period of time during which such Lender's L/C Advance was outstanding) in
the same funds as those received by Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by Administrative Agent for the account
of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned
under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by an L/C Issuer in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account
of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand
to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The
obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in
full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse an L/C
Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C
Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances,
including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit,
this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or
other right that Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against
any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person
for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), any
L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement,
the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
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(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented
under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by any L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by any
L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to
any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any
arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of,
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each
amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with Borrower's instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will
immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. Borrower shall be conclusively
deemed to have waived any such claim against each L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, no L/C Issuer shall have any responsibility to
obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents
expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the
validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person
executing or delivering any such document. No L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent,
any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or
assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action
taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of
the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or
omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the
due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or
instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Borrower hereby
assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with
respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower's pursuing such
rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law
or under any other agreement. No L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent, any of their
respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any
L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in
such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against
an L/C Issuer, and an L/C Issuer may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but
only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary,
damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were caused by such L/C
Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence or
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such L/C Issuer's willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in
whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. (i) Upon the request of Administrative Agent, if any
L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of
Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, on the
Maturity Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, Borrower
shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount
of all L/C Obligations. Sections 2.05 and 9.02(c) set forth certain additional
requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section
2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 9.02(c), "Cash Collateralize" means to pledge and
deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each L/C
Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit
account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented
to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.
Borrower hereby grants to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each L/C
Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts
and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral
shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of
America.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by any
L/C Issuer and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such
agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP
shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform
Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the
International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each
commercial Letter of Credit.
(i) L/C Issuer Reporting Requirements. Each L/C Issuer shall, no later
than last Business Day of each month, provide to Administrative Agent and
Borrower a schedule of the Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, showing the date of issuance of
each Letter of Credit, the account party, the original face amount (if any), the
expiration date, and the reference number of any Letter of Credit outstanding at
any time during such month, and showing the aggregate amount (if any) payable by
Borrower to such L/C Issuer during such month pursuant to Section 2.03(k).
Promptly after the receipt of such schedule from each L/C Issuer, Administrative
Agent shall provide to Lenders a summary of such schedules.
(j) Letter of Credit Fees. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter
of Credit fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee") for each Performance Letter of Credit
and each Financial Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate for such Letter
of Credit minus the Fronting Fee Rate for such Letter of
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Credit (applied on a per diem basis) times the daily maximum amount available to
be drawn under such Letter of Credit (including all increases thereof
contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application
therefor, whether or not such increases have taken effect at such time). For
purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance
with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly
basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business Day after the
end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such
date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the
Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under
each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate
separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in
effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter
of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(k) Fronting Fees and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C
Issuer. Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own
account a fronting fee (the "Fronting Fee") for each Performance Letter of
Credit and each Financial Letter of Credit equal to the Fronting Fee Rate times
the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit
(including all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the
Letter of Credit Application therefor, whether or not such increases have taken
effect at such time). For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be
drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be
determined in accordance with Section 1.06. The Fronting Fees shall be (i)
computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first
Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December,
commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter
of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In
addition, Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own
account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing
fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to
letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and
standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(l) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between
the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall
control.
(m) Letters of Credit Issued for Joint Ventures and Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in
support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Joint Venture or a
Subsidiary, Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer
hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. Borrower hereby
acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of any Joint
Ventures or Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of Borrower, and that Borrower's
business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Joint Ventures
and Subsidiaries.
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2.04 SWING LINE LOANS.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders
set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans (each such loan, a "Swing Line
Loan") to Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability
Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount
of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans,
when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of
Committed Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender,
may exceed the amount of such Lender's Commitment; provided, however, that after
giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, limitations set forth in the proviso of
Section 2.1 shall not be exceeded, and provided, further, that Borrower shall
not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing
Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under
Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Immediately upon the making
of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from Swing Line Lender a risk participation
in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender's
Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon
Borrower's irrevocable notice to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by Swing Line
Lender and Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the requested
borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be
a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a
Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery
to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
Promptly after receipt by Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan
Notice, Swing Line Lender will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone
or in writing) that Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan
Notice and, if not, Swing Line Lender will notify Administrative Agent (by
telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless Swing Line Lender has
received notice (by telephone or in writing) from Administrative Agent
(including at the request of any Lender) prior to 4:00 p.m. on the date of the
proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing Swing Line Lender not to make such
Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the
first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable
conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, Swing Line Lender will, not later than 5:00 p.m. on
the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of
its Swing Line Loan available to Borrower at its office by crediting the account
of Borrower on the books of Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) During the existence of a Default or if any Swing Line Loan
shall be outstanding for more than five (5) Business Days Swing Line
Lender may request, on behalf of Borrower (which hereby irrevocably
authorizes Swing Line Lender to so
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request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan
in an amount equal to such Lender's Applicable Percentage of the amount of
Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing
(which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for
purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02,
without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the
principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion
of the Available Loan Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section
4.02. Swing Line Lender shall furnish Borrower with a copy of the
applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to
Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its
Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan
Notice available to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds
for the account of Swing Line Lender at Administrative Agent's Office not
later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice,
whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds
available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to
Borrower in such amount. Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by
such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the
request for Base Rate Committed Loans submitted by Swing Line Lender as
set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by Swing Line Lender that
each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line
Loan and each Lender's payment to Administrative Agent for the account of
Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment
in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent
for the account of Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by
such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c)
by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), Swing Line Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through Administrative
Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from
the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to
the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Swing Line
Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A certificate of Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender
(through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under
this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase
and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section
2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such Lender may have against Swing Line
Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the
occurrence and continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence,
event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided, however, that each Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall
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relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to repay Swing Line
Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk
participation in a Swing Line Loan, if Swing Line Lender receives any
payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, Swing Line Lender will
distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
period of time during which such Lender's risk participation was funded)
in the same funds as those received by Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by Swing Line Lender in respect of
principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by
Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section
11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Swing Line
Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to Swing Line Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus
interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is
returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.
Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of Swing Line
Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. Swing Line Lender shall be
responsible for invoicing Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until
each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to
this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender's Applicable Percentage of any Swing
Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for
the account of Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to Swing Line Lender.
2.05 PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, at any time or from
time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without
premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (A) three (3) Business Days prior
to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of
prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Committed
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $50,000
in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof
then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such
prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid. Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and
of the amount of such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such
notice is given by Borrower,
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Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of
a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the
amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of
the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(b) Borrower may, upon notice to Swing Line Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay
Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(i) such notice must be received by Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent
not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such
prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by
Borrower, Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified
in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(c) If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the
Available Loan Commitment then in effect, Borrower shall immediately prepay
Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal
to such excess; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) unless after
prepayment in full of the Loans, the Total Outstandings exceed the Available
Loan Commitment then in effect.
2.06 TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS. Borrower may, upon notice to
Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time
permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice
shall be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5)
Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such
partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) Borrower shall not terminate or
reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any
concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the
Aggregate Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the
Aggregate Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit
exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be
automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. Administrative Agent will
promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of
the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be
applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage.
All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate
Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.07 REPAYMENT OF LOANS.
(a) Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate
principal amount of Committed Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of
(i) the date five (5) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the
Maturity Date.
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2.08 INTEREST.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for
each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such
Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the
applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a
rate per annum equal to the Swing Line Rate.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due
(without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by Borrower
under any Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such
amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum
at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.
(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default
exists, Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding
Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest
on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be
specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with
the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.09 FEES. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (j) and
(k) of Section 2.03:
(a) Unused Fee. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account
of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, an unused fee (the
"Unused Fee") equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by
which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of
Committed Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The unused
fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any
time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and
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shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day after
the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first
such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date. The unused
fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the
Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed
and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such
quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b) Other Fees.
(i) Borrower shall pay to BAS, Administrative Agent, Wachovia, and
WCM for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times
specified in their respective Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned
when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii) Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been
separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so
specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be
refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. All computations of fees and
interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed
(which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if
computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for
the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any
portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided
that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject
to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by
Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive
and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.11 EVIDENCE OF DEBT.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or
more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by Administrative Agent
in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error
of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to Borrower and the
interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower
hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event
of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and
the accounts and records of Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of
manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through Administrative
Agent, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through Administrative
Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender's Loans in addition to such
accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse
thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and
payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a),
each Lender and Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice accounts or
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records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in
Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the
accounts and records maintained by Administrative Agent and the accounts and
records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.12 PAYMENTS GENERALLY; ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S CLAWBACK.
(a) General. All payments to be made by Borrower shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower
hereunder shall be made to Administrative Agent, for the account of the
respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at Administrative Agent's
Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on
the date specified herein. Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each
Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein)
of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender's
Lending Office. All payments received by Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m.
shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable
interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If and to the extent Administrative
Agent shall not make such payments to Lenders when due as set forth in the
preceding sentence, then such unpaid amounts shall accrue interest, payable by
Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate from the due date until (but not
including) the date on which Administrative Agent makes such payments to
Lenders. If any payment to be made by Borrower shall come due on a day other
than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day,
and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as
the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Eurodollar Loans and prior to any Base Rate Committed Loans
that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender's
share of such Committed Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section
2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Committed Borrowing available to Administrative Agent, then
the applicable Lender and Borrower severally agree to pay to Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available
funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is made available to Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to
Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender,
the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and
(B) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrower, the interest rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans. If Borrower and such Lender shall pay such
interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period,
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to Borrower the amount of such
interest paid by Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Committed Borrowing to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid
shall constitute such Lender's Committed Loan included in such Committed
Borrowing. Any payment by Borrower shall be without prejudice
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to any claim Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make
such payment to Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date
on which any payment is due to Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders or an L/C Issuer hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment,
Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date
in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to
the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In
such event, if Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the
Lenders or L/C Issuers, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender or L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at the greater of the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to
any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available
to Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided
in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made
available to Borrower by Administrative Agent because the conditions to the
applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived
in accordance with the terms hereof, Administrative Agent shall return such
funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without
interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders
hereunder to make Committed Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit
and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan, to
fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any
date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding
obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan, to purchase its
participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender
to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to
constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 SHARING OF PAYMENTS BY LENDERS. If any Lender shall, by exercising
any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of
any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by it, or the
participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in
such Lender's receiving payment of a proportion of the
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aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest
thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the
Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify Administrative Agent
of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of
the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that
the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased
and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,
such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest;
and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply
to (x) any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of
its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line
Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall
apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such
Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation.
2.14 EXTENSION OF MATURITY DATE.
(a) Requests for Extension. Borrower may, by notice to Administrative
Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders) (the "Extension Request Date")
request at any time (but not more than once during any fiscal year of Borrower
and at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the Maturity Date) that each
Lender extend such Lender's Maturity Date (the "Existing Maturity Date") for an
additional one (1) or two (2) years from the Existing Maturity Date (the
"Requested Maturity Date"); provided that the Existing Maturity Date may not be
extended by a period of more than four (4) years from the Existing Maturity
Date.
(b) Lender Elections to Extend. Each Lender, acting in its sole and
individual discretion, shall, by notice to Administrative Agent given not later
than the date (the "Notice Date") that is sixty (60) days after the Extension
Request Date, advise Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to
such extension (and each Lender that determines not to so extend its Maturity
Date (a "Non-Extending Lender") shall notify Administrative Agent of such fact
promptly after such determination (but in any event no later than the Notice
Date) and any Lender that does not so advise Administrative Agent on or before
the Notice Date shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Lender. The election of
any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so
agree.
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(c) Notification by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall
notify Borrower of each Lender's determination under this Section 2.14 no later
than the date five (5) days after the Notice Date (or, if such date is not a
Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day).
(d) Additional Commitment Lenders. Borrower shall have the right on or
before the Existing Maturity Date to replace each Non-Extending Lender with, and
add as "Lenders" under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more Eligible
Assignees (each, an "Additional Commitment Lender") as provided in Section
11.13, each of which Additional Commitment Lenders shall have entered into an
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender
shall, effective as of the Existing Maturity Date, undertake a Commitment (and,
if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender, its Commitment
shall be in addition to such Lender's Commitment hereunder on such date).
(e) Minimum Extension Requirement. If (and only if) the total of the
Commitments of the Lenders that have agreed so to extend their Maturity Date and
the additional Commitments of the Additional Commitment Lenders shall be more
than 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Commitments in effect immediately prior to the
Existing Maturity Date, then, effective as of the Existing Maturity Date, the
Maturity Date of each Extending Lender and of each Additional Commitment Lender
shall be extended to the Requested Maturity Date (except that, if such date is
not a Business Day, such Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next
preceding Business Day) and each Additional Commitment Lender shall thereupon
become a "Lender" for all purposes of this Agreement.
(f) Conditions to Effectiveness of Extensions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section shall not
be effective with respect to any Lender unless:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such extension and after giving effect thereto;
(ii) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement
are true and correct on and as of the date of such extension and after
giving effect thereto, as though made on and as of such date (or, if any
such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as
of a specific date, as of such specific date);
(iii) on the Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, Borrower
shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent
necessary to keep outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any revised
Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders effective as of such
date; and
(iv) pay to the Lenders (other than the Non-Extending Lenders) any
extension fees agreed to by Borrower and such Lenders.
(g) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.
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2.15 INCREASE IN COMMITMENTS.
(a) After the Closing Date, Administrative Agent may, from time to time
upon five (5) Business Days prior notice by Borrower of a request to increase
the Aggregate Commitments, increase the Aggregate Commitments by (x) admitting
additional Lenders hereunder (each a "Subsequent Lender"), or (y) increasing the
Commitment of any Lender (each an "Increasing Lender"), subject to the following
conditions:
(i) each Subsequent Lender is an Eligible Assignee;
(ii) Borrower executes (A) a new Note payable to the order of a
Subsequent Lender, if requested by such Subsequent Lender, or (B) a
replacement Note payable to the order of an Increasing Lender, if
requested by such Increasing Lender;
(iii) each Subsequent Lender executes a signature page to this
Agreement;
(iv) after giving effect to the admission of any Subsequent Lender
or the increase in the Commitment of any Increasing Lender, the Aggregate
Commitments do not exceed $750,000,000 (less the amount of any previous
reduction pursuant to Section 2.06);
(v) each increase in the Aggregate Commitments shall be in the
minimum amount of $5,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000;
(vi) no admission of any Subsequent Lender shall increase the
Commitment of any existing Lender without the consent of such existing
Lender;
(vii) no Lender shall be an Increasing Lender without the consent of
such Lender; and
(viii) no Default or Event of Default exists nor would occur after
giving effect to such increase.
(b) After the admission of any Subsequent Lender or the increase in the
Commitment of any Increasing Lender, Administrative Agent shall promptly provide
to each Lender a new Schedule 2.01 to this Agreement. In the event that there
are any Loans outstanding after giving effect to an increase in the Aggregate
Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.15, upon notice from Administrative Agent
to each Lender, the amount of such Loans owing to each Lender shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect the new Applicable Percentages of the Lenders
(in which case Borrower shall pay any amounts required under Section 3.05).
(c) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Sections 2.13 or 11.01 (other than Section 11.01(i)) to the contrary.
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ARTICLE III.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 TAXES.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made
free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes, provided that if Borrower shall be required by applicable law to
deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments,
then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section) Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions been made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii)
Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by Borrower. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative
Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer, within ten (10) days after demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to
amounts payable under this Section) paid by Administrative Agent, such Lender or
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender or an L/C Issuer (with a
copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or
on behalf of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority,
Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy
of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a
copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption
from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which
Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction
is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent), at the time or
times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or
Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if
requested by Borrower or
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Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by
applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as
will enable Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such
Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that
Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender
shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as
shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such
Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the request of Borrower or Administrative Agent, but only if
such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is
applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN
claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the
United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the
exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a
certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a "bank"
within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a "10 percent
shareholder" of Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the
Code, or (C) a "controlled foreign corporation" described in section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for
claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal
withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary
documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower to
determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund
of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower or
with respect to which Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section, it shall pay to Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower
under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such
refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Administrative Agent, such Lender
or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest
paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),
provided that Borrower, upon the request of Administrative Agent, such Lender or
L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer in the event
Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund
to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to
require Administrative Agent, any Lender
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or any L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to Borrower or any other
Person.
3.02 ILLEGALITY. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it
unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful,
for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund
Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the
Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions
on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of,
Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender
to Borrower through Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make
or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies
Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower shall, upon
demand from such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay or, if
applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans,
either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such
Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrower shall
also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03 INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES. If the Required Lenders determine that
for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a
conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being
offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable
amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any
requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan , or
(c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a
proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
such Lenders of funding such Loan, Administrative Agent will promptly so notify
Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or
maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until Administrative Agent
(upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt
of such notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be
deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
3.04 INCREASED COSTS; RESERVES ON EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets
of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or
participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement
contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or any L/C Issuer;
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(ii) subject any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind
whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any
participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or
change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or L/C Issuer in
respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by
Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any
Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or L/C Issuer); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank
market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or
Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or L/C
Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of
maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit),
or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or L/C
Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon
request of such Lender or L/C Issuer, Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that
any Change in Law affecting such Lender or L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of
such Lender or such Lender's or L/C Issuer's holding company, if any, regarding
capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Lender's or L/C Issuer's capital or on the capital of such Lender's or
L/C Issuer's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the
Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer,
to a level below that which such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender's or L/C
Issuer's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender's or L/C Issuer's policies and the policies of
such Lender's or L/C Issuer's holding company with respect to capital adequacy),
then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or
L/C Issuer or such Lender's or L/C Issuer's holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C
Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender
or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to Borrower shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer,
as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten
(10) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any
L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's or L/C Issuer's right to
demand such compensation, provided that Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the
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foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or
reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or L/C Issuer's
intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the
nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. Borrower shall pay to each Lender,
as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits
(currently known as "Eurocurrency liabilities"), additional interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs
of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such
Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be
due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided
Borrower shall have received at least ten (10) days' prior notice (with a copy
to Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a
Lender fails to give notice ten (10) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment
Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable ten (10) days from
receipt of such notice.
3.05 COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such
Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred
by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan
other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by
reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of
such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any
Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by
Borrower; or
(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the
last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by
Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from
the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender
in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrower to the Lenders
under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market
for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such
Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
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3.06 MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 3.04, or Borrower is required to pay any additional
amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section
3.02, then such Lender (x) shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different
Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its
rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment
(i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04,
as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant
to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such
Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be
disadvantageous to such Lender, and (y) shall deliver to Administrative Agent
and Borrower a calculation of any such compensation or additional amount, in
reasonable detail. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any
Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 3.01, Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.
3.07 SURVIVAL. All of Borrower's obligations under this Article III shall
survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other
Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01 CONDITIONS OF INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSION. The obligation of each L/C
Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject
to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Administrative Agent's receipt of the following, each of which
shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless
otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of
the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of
certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing
Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent
and each of the Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the
Unconditional Guaranty, sufficient in number for distribution to
Administrative Agent, each Lender and Borrower;
(ii) a Note executed by Borrower in favor of each Lender
requesting a Note;
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(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action,
incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible
Officers of each Loan Party as Administrative Agent may require
evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible
Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in
connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
such Loan Party is a party;
(iv) such documents and certifications as Administrative Agent
may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly
organized or formed, and that each of Loan Party is validly
existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in
each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of
properties or the conduct of its business require such
qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) a favorable opinion of Borrower's counsel, addressed to
Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning
the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Required Lenders may
reasonably request;
(vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party
either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses
and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that
no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
(vii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections
4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, and (B) that there has been no
event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial
Statements that has had or would reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(C) the current Debt Ratings, if any, and a calculation of the
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Borrower
most recently ended prior to the Closing Date; and (D) to the extent
Borrower's Debt Rating is not Investment Grade as of the Closing
Date, a Borrowing Base Report;
(viii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained
pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect;
(ix) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been or
concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated; and
(x) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents
or opinions as Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, Swing Line
Lender or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.
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(b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall
have been paid.
(c) Unless waived by Administrative Agent, Borrower shall have paid
all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent to
the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional
amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its
reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to
be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such
estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts
between Borrower and Administrative Agent).
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.04, for
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section
4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to a Lender unless Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
4.02 CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT EXTENSIONS. The obligation of each Lender to
honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice
requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions
precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of Borrower and each other
Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are
contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection
herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of
such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall
be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes
of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the
most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b),
respectively, of Section 6.01.
(b) No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from
such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds
thereof.
(c) Administrative Agent and, if applicable, an L/C Issuer or Swing
Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in
accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice
requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by Borrower shall be deemed to
be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections
4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable
Credit Extension.
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ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that:
5.01 EXISTENCE, QUALIFICATION AND POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each member
of the Consolidated Group (a) is (i) in the case of Borrower, duly organized or
formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization, and (ii) in the case of each other member
of the Consolidated Group, duly organized or formed, validly existing and in
good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its
assets and carry on its business, and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly
qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, and (d) is in
compliance with all Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (a)(ii),
(b)(i), (c) or (d), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02 AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is
party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any
of such Person's Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any
breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any
payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is
a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental
Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject,
or (c) violate any Law.
5.03 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION; OTHER CONSENTS. No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
5.04 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan
Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered
by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each
other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that
is party thereto in accordance with its terms.
5.05 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT; SOLVENCY.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present the financial
condition of Borrower and its subsidiaries, as
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determined in accordance with GAAP, as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly
noted therein.
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group
dated March 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on
that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted
therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of Borrower and its
subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP, as of the date thereof and
their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case
of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end
audit adjustments.
(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no
event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Borrower (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby), and the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, is solvent, has
assets having a fair value in excess of the amount required to pay its probable
liabilities on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured, and has
access to adequate funds for the conduct of its business and the ability to pay
its debts from time to time incurred in connection therewith as such debts
mature.
5.06 LITIGATION. Except for the litigation described on Schedule 5.06,
there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the
knowledge of Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened or
contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental
Authority, by or against any member of the Consolidated Group or against any of
their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or (b) would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to any
member of the Consolidated Group, and, if so adversely determined, would
(individually or collectively with other any action by or before any
Governmental Authority) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.07 NO DEFAULT. No member of the Consolidated Group is in default under
or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that would, either individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.
5.08 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS. Each member of the Consolidated Group
has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its
business, except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
property of Borrower and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than
Liens permitted by Section 7.02.
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5.09 SECURED INDEBTEDNESS. No member of the Consolidated Group has any
secured Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted by the provisions
contained in Section 7.01.
5.10 INSURANCE. The Consolidated Group maintains insurance in compliance
with Section 6.07.
5.11 TAXES. The members of the Consolidated Group have filed all Federal,
state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have
paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or
assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax
assessment against any member of the Consolidated Group that would, if made,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party
nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.
5.12 ERISA COMPLIANCE.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each
Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter
is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best
knowledge of Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the
loss of, such qualification. Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all
required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no
application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened
claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with
respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary
responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither Borrower
nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than
premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither
Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur,
any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under
Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or
4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither Borrower nor
any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
5.13 SUBSIDIARIES; JOINT VENTURES. Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than
those (i) specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 and (ii) those
Subsidiaries that will be
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disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 as required by, and in compliance with,
Section 6.01(e). All of the Excluded Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.13 are
Eligible Excluded Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 5.13. No member
of the Consolidated Group owns or holds of record and/or beneficially (whether
directly or indirectly) any shares of any class in the capital of any
corporations nor any legal and/or beneficial interests in any Joint Venture,
except for (i) the Joint Ventures listed on Part (b) of Schedule 5.13, and (ii)
the Joint Ventures that will be disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.13 as
required by, and in compliance with, Section 6.01(e). All of the Joint Ventures
are Eligible Joint Ventures, except as set forth on Schedule 5.13
5.14 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT.
(a) Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of
its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock
(within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of
the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more
than twenty five percent (25%) of the value of the assets (either of Borrower
only or of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the
provisions of Section 7.02 or Section 7.06 or subject to any restriction
contained in any agreement or instrument between Borrower and any Lender or any
Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section
9.01(e) will be margin stock.
(b) None of Borrower, any Person Controlling Borrower, or any Subsidiary
(i) is a "holding company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or
an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company," within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.15 DISCLOSURE. No report, financial statement, certificate or other
information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan
Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder
or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by
other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that with respect to projected financial information, Borrower
represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon
assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
5.16 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
(a) The location, construction, occupancy, development, operation and use
of the Properties comply in all material respects with the terms of all of the
following encumbrances constituting Permitted Liens: all applicable regional
impact plans and reports, all applicable restrictive covenants and deed
restrictions and all applicable Laws. The Property Owners have obtained all
necessary certificates, licenses, authorizations, registrations, permits and/or
approvals necessary for the use and operation of the Properties or any part
thereof (the "Permits") as currently developed in accordance with all applicable
Laws.
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(b) Borrower and each other member of the Consolidated Group is in
compliance with all applicable Laws, except to the extent that failure to do so
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17 COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
(a) None of the Property Owners, nor any operator of the Properties or any
operations thereon is in violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental
Laws, which violation would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Affect. The separate certification from Borrower dated of even date herewith
describes all of the Existing Environmental Matters. Each of the Property Owners
shall take all actions necessary to comply with all compliance orders affecting
the Properties and cause the Existing Environmental Matters to comply with all
Environmental Laws.
(b) Except for the Existing Environmental Matters, none of the Property
Owners has received notice from any third party including, without limitation,
any federal, state or local Governmental Authority: (i) that it has been
identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") as a
potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, with respect to a site
listed on the National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ (1986); or
(ii) that any Hazardous Materials which any Property Owner has generated,
transported or disposed of has been found at any site at which a federal, state
or local Governmental Authority or other third party has conducted or has
ordered that any Property Owner conduct a remedial investigation, removal or
other response action pursuant to any Environmental Law; or (iii) that any
Property Owner is a named party to any claim, action, cause of action,
complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding (in each case, contingent or
otherwise) arising out of any third party's incurrence of costs, expenses,
losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with the release or
presence of Hazardous Substances.
(c) Except for the Existing Environmental Matters: (i) no portion of the
Properties has been used for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of
Hazardous Substances except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws,
and no underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous
Substances is located on any portion of the Properties, except for underground
tanks for fuel maintained in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws; (ii)
in the course of any activities conducted by any Property Owner or operators of
its properties, no Hazardous Substances have been generated or are being used on
the Properties except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) to
the best of Borrower's knowledge, there have been no releases (i.e. any past or
present releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping) or threatened releases
of Hazardous Substances on, upon, into or from any Properties of any Property
Owner, which releases would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the value of the Properties taken as a whole; (iv) to the best
knowledge of the Property Owners, there have been no releases on, upon, from or
into any real property in the vicinity of any of the Properties which, through
soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to be located on, and which
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of,
the Properties taken as a whole; and (v) to the best of Borrower's knowledge,
any Hazardous Substances that have been generated on any of the Properties have
been transported
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offsite only by carriers having an identification number issued by the EPA,
treated or disposed of only by treatment or disposal facilities maintaining
valid permits as required under applicable Environmental Laws, which
transporters and facilities have been and are, to the best knowledge of
Borrower, operating in compliance with such permits and applicable Environmental
Laws.
5.18 LOANS AS SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. All Obligations of the Loan Parties to
the Lenders are senior in right of payment to the Senior Subordinated Notes.
5.19 LAWS PERTAINING TO LAND SALES. None of the Property Owners have
received any notice that it is in violation of the Interstate Land Sales Full
Disclosure Act (the "Interstate Land Sales Act"), the Florida Land Sales
Practices Law (the "Florida Land Sales Law") or similar laws pertaining to land
sales (including, without limitation, any laws pertaining to the sale of
interests in timeshare units) in any state in which any Property Owner sells,
transfers, manages, operates, develops or otherwise disposes of property, which
violation would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.20 FISCAL YEAR. The Consolidated Group has a Fiscal Year ending December
31 of each calendar year.
5.21 COMMON ENTERPRISE AND CONSIDERATION. The members of the Consolidated
Group are collectively engaged in a common enterprise for the furtherance of the
Core Businesses. Accordingly, the Loan Parties have received good and adequate
consideration for the entering into the Loan Documents to which they are parties
to. Furthermore, the members of the Consolidated Group agree that an advance to
Borrower that is subsequently disbursed by Borrower to any members of the
Consolidated Group for use by such entity shall benefit all of the other members
of the Consolidated Group, even if the advance is based upon a Borrowing Base
which includes assets of members of the Consolidated Group that do not receive
the disbursement from Borrower. The members of the Consolidated Group agree that
they will each receive good and adequate benefit from this common arrangement
given the common enterprise of all of the foregoing as set forth above.
ARTICLE VI.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or
other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of
Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case
of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, and 6.03) cause each member
of the Consolidated Group to:
6.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER REPORTS. Deliver to Administrative
Agent, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, a consolidated balance
sheet of Borrower and its subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with
GAAP, as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated
statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and
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cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail
and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report
and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally
recognized standing reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, which
report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and shall not
be subject to any "going concern" or like qualification or exception or
any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45)
days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its
subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP, as at the end of such
fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter
and for the portion of Borrower's fiscal year then ended, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal
quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the
previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by a Responsible
Officer of Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results
of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows of Borrower and its
subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) on or before March 31 of each year, a two (2) year projected
balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement and compliance with
the Financial Covenants; and
(d) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45)
days after the end of each fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of Borrower,
updates to Schedules 5.13 (upon the deliveries of such updates, Schedule
5.13 shall be automatically updated, without any further consent from
Administrative Agent or the Lenders) to the extent that such Schedule is
not accurate or complete as of the last day of such fiscal quarter.
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section
6.02(d), Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information
under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of
the obligation of Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in
clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.
6.02 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION. Deliver to Administrative Agent, in
form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified
public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that
in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of
any Default under the Financial Covenants set forth herein or, if any such
Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;
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(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance
Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, and the
Compliance Certificate delivered concurrently with the financial
statements referred to in Section 6.01(a) shall include, among other
things, a calculation of the covenant set forth in Section 8.02(f);
(c) promptly after any request by Administrative Agent or any
Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or
recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit
committee of the board of directors) of Borrower by independent
accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
(d) within five (5) days after the same are available, copies of
each of the following documents of Borrower not otherwise required to be
delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement:
(i) proxy statements and annual reports to shareholders;
(ii) annual reports on Form 10-K;
(iii) quarterly reports on Form 10-Q; and
(iv) each current report on Form 8-K (other than current
reports on Form 8-K relating only to "Other Events" under Item 5 of
Form 8-K or other items defined as "Other Events" as may be assigned
in the future) and transaction statements on Schedule TO, 13D or
13E-3 that Borrower may file under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934;
(e) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after
receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of
each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable
agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any formal
investigation or other formal inquiries not in the ordinary course by such
agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary thereof;
(f) a Borrowing Base Report in such form and at such times specified
in Section 8.01; and
(g) promptly, such additional information regarding the business,
financial or corporate affairs of Borrower or any Subsidiary, or
compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as Administrative Agent
or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or Section
6.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise
filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall
be deemed to have been delivered on the date (a) on which Borrower posts such
documents, or provides a link thereto on Borrower's website
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on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (b) on which
such documents are posted on Borrower's behalf on an Internet or intranet
website, if any, to which each Lender and Administrative Agent have access
(whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by
Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) Borrower shall deliver paper copies of
such documents to Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests Borrower to
deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper
copies is given by Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) Borrower shall
notify Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail)
of the posting of any such documents and provide to Administrative Agent by
electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance Borrower shall be
required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by
Section 6.02(b) to Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance
Certificates, Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the
delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any
event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by Borrower with any
such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for
requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) Administrative Agent and/or the
Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and each L/C Issuer materials
and/or information provided by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder (collectively,
the "Borrower Materials") by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or
another similar electronic system (the "Platform") and (b) certain of the
Lenders may be "public-side" Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive
material non-public information with respect to Borrower or its securities)
(each, a "Public Lender"). Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all the Borrower
Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and
conspicuously marked "PUBLIC" which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word
"PUBLIC" shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking
Borrower Materials "PUBLIC," Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such
Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not material
information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to
Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state
securities laws; (y) all the Borrower Materials marked "PUBLIC" are permitted to
be made available through a portion of the Platform designated "Public
Investor;" and (z) Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to
treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked "PUBLIC" as being suitable only
for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated "Public Investor."
6.03 NOTICES. Promptly notify Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default;
(b) of any matter that has resulted or would reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or
non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of
Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation,
proceeding or suspension between Borrower or any Subsidiary and any
Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material
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development in, any material litigation or proceeding affecting Borrower
or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental
Laws;
(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial
reporting practices by Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(e) of any announcement by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇, S&P, or Fitch of any change or
possible change in a Debt Rating.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Borrower has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a)
shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and
any other Loan Document that have been breached.
6.04 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Pay and discharge as the same shall become
due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax
liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its
properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance
with GAAP are being maintained by Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful
claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c)
all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination
provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such
Indebtedness.
6.05 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in
full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by
Section 7.04 or 7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights,
privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the
normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve
or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service
marks, the non-preservation of which would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.06 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Preserve and maintain the Properties in
good order, repair and condition, and shall promptly restore damage from
casualty or condemnation, which condemnation or casualty would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and shall not permit or commit waste
on the Properties and shall cause each and every part of the Properties to
comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws, and any lawful private
restrictions or other requirements or provisions relating to the development,
operation, maintenance or use of the Properties, including, without limitation,
the terms and provisions of any mortgages or other agreements or instruments
constituting Permitted Liens. Other than in the ordinary course of the Core
Businesses, no portion of the Properties shall be removed, demolished or altered
in any material manner, which materially diminishes the value of the Properties
taken as a whole without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent. Upon
any
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casualty, condemnation, removal, demolition, or such alteration, the portion of
any such affected Properties shall be removed from the Borrowing Base.
6.07 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurers not Affiliates of Borrower insurance with respect to its
properties and business against such casualties and contingencies, including
windstorm and flood insurance and terrorism insurance (to the extent terrorism
insurance is available on a commercially reasonable basis), as shall be in
accordance with the general practices of businesses engaged in similar
activities in similar geographic areas, and in amounts, containing such terms,
in such forms and for such periods as may be reasonable and prudent in
accordance with sound business practices. Borrower shall furnish to
Administrative Agent certificates or other evidence satisfactory to
Administrative Agent of compliance with the foregoing insurance provision. The
Consolidated Group shall at all times comply with and conform to all provisions
of each such insurance policy and to all requirements of the insurers thereunder
applicable to the Consolidated Group, the Properties or to the use, occupation,
possession, operation, maintenance or repair of all or any portion of the
Properties. To the extent any insurance coverage required by this Section 6.07
is cancelled or otherwise terminated through no fault of Borrower or any other
member of the Consolidated Group, Borrower shall have a commercially reasonable
time to replace such insurance coverage provided Borrower proceeds with
diligence to replace such coverage
6.08 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Comply in all material respects with the
requirements of all Laws, including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws,
and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its
business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of
Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply
therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Maintain proper books of record and account, in
which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently
applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the
assets and business of Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
6.10 INSPECTION RIGHTS. Upon the reasonable request of Administrative
Agent, allow Administrative Agent and any Lender that accompanies Administrative
Agent and their representatives to inspect any of their properties, to review
reports, files, and other records maintained in the ordinary course of the Core
Businesses, from time to time, during reasonable business hours; provided that
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and except in the case
of Administrative Agent and its representatives, such inspections shall be at
each Lender's sole cost and expense
6.11 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit
solely for to provide working capital needs for the Core Businesses in a manner
consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and other general corporate
purposes, including the acquisitions and Investments permitted under Sections
7.03, 7.04, and 7.05.
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6.12 ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS. Notify Administrative Agent at the time that
any Person becomes a Subsidiary, unless such Subsidiary is an Excluded
Subsidiary, and promptly thereafter (and in any event within forty-five (45)
days), cause such Subsidiary, unless such Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary,
to become a Guarantor, by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent a
counterpart of the Unconditional Guaranty or such other document as
Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, all in form,
content and scope reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
6.13 INTANGIBLE, RECORDING AND STAMP TAX. Promptly pay all Florida
intangible taxes or documentary stamp taxes assessed against the Consolidated
Group, Administrative Agent or any of Lenders as a result of this Agreement or
any document related hereto, if any. Borrower agrees to promptly provide stamped
original receipts of such payments to Administrative Agent.
6.14 FURTHER ASSURANCES. At any time and from time to time, execute and
deliver such further instruments and take such further action as may reasonably
be requested by Administrative Agent, in each case further and more perfectly to
effect the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
ARTICLE VII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or
other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of
Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any
member of the Consolidated Group to, directly or indirectly:
7.01 PERMITTED SECURED INDEBTEDNESS. Incur or permit to exist or remain
outstanding any Indebtedness that is secured by any Lien (other than Customary
Permitted Lien) to any Person; provided, however, that the Consolidated Group
may incur or permit to exist or remain outstanding:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party arising under this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness in the respect of taxes, assessments, governmental
charges, and claims for labor, materials or supplies, to the extent that
payment thereof is not yet due or is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, and an adequate reserve has been established
therefor and is maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(c) Tower Construction Loans, subject to the requirements of Section
8.02;
(d) non-recourse purchase money Indebtedness, subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 7.02(l);
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(e) Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of an
asset or Indebtedness of a Person, in either case, existing at the time
such asset or Person is acquired by, or merged or consolidated with or
into, any member of the Consolidated Group (and refinancings, refundings,
renewals, extensions, and replacements of such Indebtedness that do not
increase the outstanding principal amount thereof at the time of such
refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension, or replacement), so long as
(i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such
acquisition, merger, or consolidation, and (ii) no Default or Event of
Default then exists or arises as a result thereof;
(f) Indebtedness of Financial Resources Group, Inc., a Subsidiary of
Borrower, not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time; and
(g) Indebtedness of the type described in clause (a) or clause (b)
of the definition of "Indebtedness" and not otherwise permitted in clauses
(a) through (f) above, secured by a Permitted Lien, in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time.
7.02 PERMITTED LIENS. Create or permit to exist any Lien on any of its
property except for the following by a member of the Consolidated Group where
designated (the "Permitted Liens"):
(a) Liens and other encumbrances arising from attachments or similar
proceedings, pending litigation, judgments or taxes or assessments or
government charges in any such event whose validity or amount is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been established and are maintained in accordance with GAAP,
or taxes and assessments which are not due and delinquent;
(b) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and
other like Liens and Liens imposed by law, created in the ordinary course
of business, for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves or
other appropriate provisions are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(c) pledges or deposits made in connection with workmen's
compensation, employee benefit plans, unemployment or other insurance, old
age pensions, or other Social Security benefits;
(d) the Permitted Mortgages;
(e) equipment leases or other operating leases in the ordinary
course of business;
(f) impact Liens required by applicable Governmental Authorities;
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(g) Liens with respect to CDD Obligations;
(h) easements and restrictions of record customary in with any of
the Core Businesses;
(i) restrictions and easements in connection with an acquisition
permitted under Section 7.05 as to a member of the Consolidated Group;
(j) Liens in favor of Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or
pursuant to this Agreement;
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(c);
(l) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(d);
provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property
other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, and (ii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of
cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being
acquired on the date of acquisition;
(m) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(e);
provided that such Liens exist at the time the relevant asset or Person is
acquired by, or merged or consolidated with, the applicable member of the
Consolidated Group;
(n) Liens with respect to the Indebtedness allowed under Section
7.01(f);
(o) Liens with respect to recourse purchase money Indebtedness; and
(p) Liens approved in writing by Administrative Agent securing
Indebtedness of Borrower which shall be approved so long as such Liens
secure such Indebtedness and the Obligations on a pari passu basis in a
manner reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
7.03 INVESTMENTS. Make any Investments (other than in Property or
Indebtedness secured by Property consistent with the Core Business and subject
to Section 7.05), except:
(a) marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States
of America that mature within one (1) year from the date of purchase;
(b) marketable direct obligations of any of the following: Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Student Loan Marketing Association,
Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Government
National Mortgage Association, Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate
Credit Banks, Federal Financing Banks, Export-Import Bank of the United
States, Federal Land Banks, or any other agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America;
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(c) demand deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances
and time deposits of banks organized under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof having total assets in excess of
$100,000,000;
(d) securities commonly known as "commercial paper" issued by a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof that at the time of purchase have been rated
and the ratings for which are not less that "P-1" if rated by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
Investors Services, Inc., and not less than "A-1" if rated by Standard and
Poor's Corporation;
(e) mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Government National
Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and other mortgage-backed bonds
which at the time of purchase are rated by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, inc.
or by Standard & Poor's Corporation at not less than "AA" if then rated by
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and not less than "AA" if then rated by
Standard & Poor's Corporation;
(f) repurchase agreements having a term not greater than ninety (90)
days and fully secured by securities described in the foregoing Sections
7.03 (a), (b) or (e) with banks described in the foregoing Section 7.03(c)
or with financial institutions or other corporations having total assets
in excess of $500,000,000;
(g) shares of so-called "money market funds" registered with the SEC
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which maintain a level per-share
value, invest principally in investments described in the foregoing
Sections 7.03(a) through (f) and have total assets in excess of
$50,000,000;
(h) Investments in Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries),
subject to Section 7.04;
(i) Investments in existing or new Joint Ventures and Excluded
Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of which, when added to the aggregate
amount of any Guarantees of the Indebtedness of such Joint Ventures and
Excluded Subsidiaries permitted by Section 7.01 above, shall not exceed
thirty percent (30%) of Adjusted Tangible Net Worth at any time;
(j) Investments of a character not otherwise specified in this
Section 7.03(i), the value of which shall not exceed five percent (5%) of
Adjusted Tangible Net Worth; and
(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business for the
management and operation of hotels; provided that such Investments in an
aggregate amount shall not exceed at any time ten percent (10%) of
Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.
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7.04 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES.
(a) Without the prior written approval of the Majority Lenders, none
of the Consolidated Group will at any time merge or consolidate with or
into any Person, except for the following: (i) Subsidiaries of Borrower
may merge into Borrower or another Subsidiary of Borrower; and (ii) a
merger, consolidation or stock or asset acquisition in the ordinary course
of Borrower's Core Businesses, provided that the aggregate Total
Enterprise Value of any such transactions shall not exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of Total Assets calculated at the time of each such
transaction. Borrower shall provide thirty (30) days prior notice to
Administrative Agent of any proposed permitted merger hereunder and shall
cause the Consolidated Group to execute such documents as Administrative
Agent may request in order to continue the effectiveness of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.
(b) Create a Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary to conduct its Core
Businesses (including Investments permitted under Section 7.03). Any new
Subsidiary shall automatically become a member of the Consolidated Group
and Borrower shall cause such new Subsidiary that is not an Excluded
Subsidiary, to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an
Unconditional Guaranty the extent required by Section 6.12. Such
Subsidiary shall also be included as a Property Owner as appropriate and
shall enter into such other documents or instruments as Administrative
Agent may request in order to cause such Subsidiary to comply with the
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Section 6.12.
The Subsidiaries formed by a member of the Consolidated Group for
homeowners' associations may be owned in part by the homeowners in the
applicable community and with respect to Amenities, in part by the owners
of memberships in Equity Clubs.
7.05 ACQUISITIONS.
(a) Developable Land. Acquire additional Developable Land during any
period in which Borrower's Debt Rating is not Investment Grade, unless the
following conditions are continuously complied with:
(i) the Consolidated Group is then and will immediately after
such acquisition be in compliance with all covenants contained in
this Agreement;
(ii) the Property meets the requirements to constitute
Developable Land;
(iii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would occur
upon such acquisition; and
(iv) the aggregate net book value (including capitalized
interest and overhead) of all Properties (excluding Amenities, Units
and Tower Units) not subject to a purchase contract, less the
balance of applicable CDD Obligations, is less than one hundred
fifty percent (150%) of Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.
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(b) Unentitled Land. Acquire additional Unentitled Land during any
period in which Borrower's Debt Rating is not Investment Grade, unless
that the conditions in Sections 7.05(a)(i) and (iii) are continuously
complied with and the aggregate book value (including all acquisition
costs) of all Unentitled Land after giving effect to such acquisition does
not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.
7.06 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Enter into any agreement to pay any
fees, wages, salary, bonus, commission, contributions to benefit plans or any
other compensation for goods or services or otherwise enter into any other
agreement or arrangement with its Affiliates or to or for the benefit of any
Person who is a director or officer of the Consolidated Group or any of its
Affiliates or who has, or any of whose Affiliates has, a beneficial interest in
the capital stock or partnership interests of any of the Consolidated Group or
any of its Affiliates, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of such member's business and upon terms and conditions
materially no more favorable than those such member would be willing to enter
into with an unaffiliated third party; provided that the following transactions
shall not be prohibited by this Section 7.06: (i) any transaction, in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, having a value of $500,000 or
less; and (ii) transactions otherwise permitted by this Agreement; and (iii)
Borrower's Employee Homesite Purchase Policy. At the request of Administrative
Agent, Borrower shall provide computations and evidence of compliance with this
Section 7.06.
7.07 SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS.
(a) Issue additional Senior Subordinated Notes, unless the following
conditions are satisfied in connection with each such issuance:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(ii) the maturity date of any issuance of Senior Subordinated Notes
must extend at least one hundred seventy-nine (179) days beyond the
Maturity Date of this Agreement;
(iii) the provisions pursuant to which such Senior Subordinated
Notes are subordinate to the Obligations shall be acceptable to
Administrative Agent in the exercise of its sole discretion, and shall
include, without limitation, standstill and payment blockage requirements
on the holders of such Senior Subordinated Notes for a period of at least
one hundred seventy-nine (179) days following a Default or Event of
Default hereunder, as more particularly described in the indentures with
respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes outstanding on the Closing Date;
(iv) the covenants contained in any indenture or other agreement
relating to such Senior Subordinated Notes must be less restrictive than
the covenants contained in this Agreement;
(v) such Senior Subordinated Notes must be unsecured; and
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(vi) the outstanding principal amount of any such Senior
Subordinated Notes having a maturity date of less than one year from the
date of the determination must be covered by the Borrowing Base as
indicated in the definition of "Borrowing Base Availability" in Section
1.01 above.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders:
(i) repay, prepay, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Senior
Subordinated Notes or any other Subordinated Indebtedness, provided,
however, that nothing contained in this Section 7.07 shall prevent any
member of the Consolidated Group from (A) making regularly scheduled
payments of principal and interest on any Senior Subordinated Notes or any
other Subordinated Indebtedness if no Default or Event of Default exists
and the payments would not cause a Default or Event of Default to occur,
or (B) prepaying or repurchasing any Senior Subordinated Notes or any
other Subordinated Indebtedness if no Default or Event of Default exists
and the payments would not cause a Default or Event of Default to occur;
or
(ii) other than in connection with the action permitted in clause
(i) above, permit the modification, waiver or amendment of any of the
terms of any Senior Subordinated Notes, except for modifications, waivers
or amendments that do not (x) increase the interest rate, fees or other
charges provided for therein or change the maturity date or any other
scheduled date for repayment of principal of such Senior Subordinated
Notes, (y) change the subordination provisions of such Senior Subordinated
Notes or (z) impose upon any member of the Consolidated Group any
obligation or limitation that, in the reasonable judgment of
Administrative Agent, is, in any material respect, more burdensome or
restrictive than those currently provided for in this Agreement; or
(iii) other than in connection with the action permitted in clause
(i) above, permit (whether or not within the control of a member of the
Consolidated Group) the modification, waiver, or amendment of, or release
of any parties to, any subordination agreement or subordination provisions
contained in any indenture with respect to any Senior Subordinated Notes.
7.08 SENIOR NOTES.
(a) Issue any Senior Notes, unless the following covenants are satisfied
in connection with each such issuance:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(ii) the payment of the Senior Notes shall rank pari passu with
payment of the Obligations;
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(iii) the covenants contained in any indenture or other agreement
relating to the Senior Notes must not be more restrictive than the
covenants contained in this Agreement;
(iv) the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes must be
covered by the Borrowing Base at all times as indicated in the definition
of "Borrowing Base Availability" in Section 1.01 above; and
(v) the Senior Notes must be unsecured.
(b) Permit the modification, waiver or amendment of any of the terms of
any Senior Notes, except for modifications, waivers or amendments that do not
contravene clauses (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), or (a)(v) above.
7.09 PERMITTED DISTRIBUTIONS. Make any Distributions; provided that
Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other
distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common equity
interests of such Person; provided further that if no Default or Events of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur and be continuing as a
result thereof, Borrower may make Distributions in an amount not to exceed (i)
$100,000,000 plus, (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the sum of (A) the Net Income of
all members of the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis from March 31,
2004, minus (B) the amount of any Distributions previously made under this
Section 7.09 since the Closing Date. In the event that the Financial Statements
for any Fiscal Year disclose that Borrower did not qualify for any Distribution
that has been previously made, then the amount of subsequent Distributions under
this Section 7.09 shall be decreased accordingly.
7.10 CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. Engage in any material line of business
substantially different from any of the Core Businesses.
7.11 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether
directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to
purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB)
or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
7.12 NO OTHER NEGATIVE PLEDGE. Covenant or otherwise agree with any Person
(other than the Lenders and Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement),
whether in connection with obtaining or modifying credit accommodations from
such Person, or incurring other Indebtedness, or otherwise, to keep its
unencumbered assets free of any or all Liens.
7.13 SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT. Permit, at any time during which Borrower does
not have an Investment Grade Debt Rating, (a) the Total Outstandings to exceed
the Borrowing Base Availability or (b) the Borrowing Base Availability to be
less than zero (0).
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7.14 MINIMUM ADJUSTED TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Permit the Adjusted Tangible Net
Worth determined as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Borrower to be less than
the sum of the following:
(a) an amount equal to $715,834,000; plus
(b) an amount equal to fifty (50%) of the Net Income earned after
March 31, 2004; plus
(c) an amount equal to fifty (50%) of the aggregate proceeds of
Equity Offerings (net of equity substituted from proceeds of new equity)
after the Closing Date.
7.15 LEVERAGE RATIO. Permit the Leverage Ratio determined as of the end of
any fiscal quarter of Borrower to be greater than 2.25 to 1.0.
7.16 EBITDA TO FIXED CHARGES. Permit the ratio of EBITDA to Fixed Charges
to be less than 2.0 to 1.0. Compliance with this covenant shall be calculated on
a rolling four (4) quarter basis and shall be tested as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter of Borrower.
7.17 UNSOLD UNITS OR TOWER UNSOLD UNITS IN PRODUCTION. Permit, at any time
during which Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Debt Rating, the number
of Unsold Units financed under this Agreement and Tower Unsold Units financed
under this Agreement as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Borrower to exceed
thirty five percent (35%) of the aggregate number of such Unit and Tower Unit
sales for the immediately preceding four (4) fiscal quarters of Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII.
BORROWING BASE AND FINANCING TOWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
8.01 BORROWING BASE. So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment
hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or
unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall,
and cause each member of the Consolidated Group to, represent, warrant and
covenant as follows:
(a) The Loan Parties are the owners of all assets eligible for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base, including, without limitation,
Unrestricted Cash, Tower Construction Projects, Developable Land, Units,
Tower Units, Finished Land Inventory, Eligible Joint Ventures, Eligible
Excluded Subsidiaries and the Amenities the value of which is to be
included in the Borrowing Base and shall neither create nor suffer to
exist any Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens) thereon; and
(b) One of the Loan Parties is the owner of each Developed Lot,
Developed Parcel, Tower Unit, Tower Construction Project, and Unit, the
value of which is to be included in the Borrowing Base and shall neither
create nor suffer to exist any Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens)
thereon, nor sell, assign, transfer or create or suffer to
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exist any Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens) in any Housing
Purchase Contract or other right constituting proceeds thereof to or in
favor of any other Person.
For the purpose of computing the Borrowing Base, Borrower shall furnish to
Administrative Agent information with such specificity as Administrative Agent
shall from time to time require in the form of Exhibit D (the "Borrowing Base
Report"), or in such other form and substance and at such times, in each case,
as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, including a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower showing a calculation of the
Borrowing Base (attaching all documentation used in such calculations). If the
sum of (i) the Total Outstandings plus (ii) the outstanding principal balance of
the Senior Notes is greater than or equal to sixty percent (60%) of the
Borrowing Base, such information shall be provided to Administrative Agent
monthly within forty-five (45) days of the last day of the immediately preceding
month; and if the sum of (i) the Total Outstandings plus (ii) the outstanding
principal balance of the Senior Notes is less than sixty percent (60%) of the
Borrowing Base, such information shall be provided to Administrative Agent
quarterly within forty-five (45) days of the immediately preceding quarter end.
8.02 COMMENCEMENT AND FINANCING OF TOWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. So long as
any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall
remain outstanding, Borrower shall, and cause each member of the Consolidated
Group to, comply with all of the following:
(a) Multi-family residential condominium projects having Hard Costs
of less than $10,000,000 and developed in the ordinary course of
Borrower's business may be financed under this Agreement.
(b) Borrower shall have the option to finance under this Agreement
any Tower Construction Projects the Hard Costs of which are equal to or
greater than $10,000,000 but less than $25,000,000 upon satisfaction of
the requirements contained in Section 8.02(d)(i).
(c) Borrower shall have the option to finance under this Agreement
any Tower Construction Projects the Hard Costs of which are equal to or
greater than $25,000,000 upon satisfaction of the requirements contained
in Sections 8.02(d)(i) and (ii).
(d) With respect to any Tower Construction Projects financed outside
this Agreement, no member of the Consolidated Group shall use any proceeds
of the Loans or Letters of Credit or any of its funds to construct
vertical improvements beyond the foundation for such a Tower Construction
Project until such member of the Consolidated Group has complied with the
conditions of this Section 8.02(d). Borrower acknowledges the desire of
Bank of America and certain of the other Lenders (individually or in any
combination) to provide the Tower Construction Loans. Prior to
construction of vertical improvements at any such Tower Construction
Project beyond the foundation of any such Tower Construction Project, the
following conditions must be satisfied:
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(i) All governmental approvals as required from time to time
shall have been obtained and issued;
(ii) Borrower shall have entered into a construction contract
with a financially sound and reputable bonded contractor;
(iii) Borrower shall have entered into Housing Purchase
Contracts for Tower Units which produce proceeds from sales (net of
selling expenses and Customer Deposit Liabilities used for
construction costs) in excess of seventy five percent (75%) of the
Construction Loan Amount;
(iv) Loan documents for Tower Construction Loan must not
provide for the following: (1) cross default to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, whether directly or indirectly; or (2)
financial covenants which are more restrictive than the Financial
Covenants contained in this Agreement; and
(v) Borrower shall have closed a Tower Construction Loan
(either with one or more of the Lenders or some other lender) not in
excess of eighty (80%) of the sum of (x) the total cost of the
aggregate Tower Construction Projects being financed (including the
book value of the land and interest and soft costs) minus (y) the
Customer Deposit Liabilities deposited or to be deposited with
respect to such Tower Construction Projects.
(e) Without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, no member of the Consolidated
Group shall modify any provisions of any documents evidencing or securing
any of the Tower Construction Loans or enter into new agreements with
respect thereto which would (i) grant additional collateral with respect
thereto; (ii) increase the amount of any Tower Construction Loans by more
than five percent (5%) of the sum of the original commitment under such
Tower Construction Loan plus any contemplated increases in the original
commitment as set forth in the applicable Construction Loan Agreement, if
any; or (iii) otherwise materially adversely impact the Loans. Borrower
shall promptly provide to Administrative Agent copies of all proposed
modifications, amendments, restatements, extensions, renewals and
clarifications of any documents evidencing or securing any of such Tower
Construction Loans and copies of notices of default or events of default
with respect thereto.
(f) With respect to any Tower Construction Projects financed under
this Agreement, no member of the Consolidated Group shall construct
vertical improvements beyond the foundation for such a Tower Construction
Project, if the aggregate Net Sales Proceeds of the Tower Units subject to
Housing Purchase Contracts (but not yet closed) are less than ninety
percent (90%) of the Adjusted Project Costs. Compliance with this covenant
shall be tested in connection with the addition of a proposed Tower
Construction Project to be financed pursuant to Section 8.02(b) or (c).
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ARTICLE IX.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default:
(a) Non-Payment. Borrower fails to pay (i) as of the due date thereof, any
amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Borrowing; provided that to the
extent such failure is caused by an error or omission of an administrative or
operational nature and funds are available on such due date to enable Borrower
to make such payment, then such failure shall not constitute an Event of Default
unless such failure continues for three (3) Business Days after such due date,
or (ii) within three (3) Business Days from the due date stated on the
applicable invoice delivered by Administrative Agent to Borrower for any Unused
Fees, any interest on any Loan, any interest on any L/C Borrowing, any Letter of
Credit Fee or any other fee or amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. (i) Borrower fails to perform or observe any term,
covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.01, 6.02, or 6.03, or
Sections 7.08, 7.09, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, or Section 8.02(f), and such
failure continues unremedied for thirty (30) days after the date such failure
occurred, or (ii) any Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant
or agreement contained in Section 1 of the Unconditional Guaranty; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other
covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained
in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure
continues for thirty (30) days after the earlier of the date a Responsible
Officer of Borrower has knowledge of such failure or written notice thereof to
Borrower from Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty,
certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of
Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any
document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or
misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. (i) Any member of the Consolidated Group (A) fails to
make any payment when due (after giving effect to the expiration of any
applicable grace periods) (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee
(other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having
an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts
and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated
credit arrangement) of more than the $10,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or
perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or
Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or
relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or
other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on
behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with
the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become
due or to be repurchased,
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prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to
repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its
stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in
respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an
Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any
event of default under such Swap Contract as to which Borrower or any Subsidiary
is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any
Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the any
member of the Consolidated Group is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in
either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by Borrower or such Subsidiary as
a result thereof is greater than the $10,000,000; provided that any non-recourse
purchase money loans and any non-recourse loans to Joint Ventures shall be
excluded from this Section 9.01(e); or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any member of the Consolidated Group
institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for
or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material
part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the
application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged
or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its
property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues
undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is
entered in any such proceeding; or any member of the Consolidated Group shall
take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or
acquiescence in, any of the foregoing; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any member of the Consolidated
Group becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to
pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or
execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material
part of the property of the Consolidated Group, taken as a whole, and is not
released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty (30) days after its issue or
levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any member of the Consolidated
Group (i) a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate
amount exceeding the $10,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent
third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or
(ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or would reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor
upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of thirty (30) consecutive
days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending
appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in liability of Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000,
or (ii) Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay
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when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment
payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA
under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any provision of any Loan Document, at
any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as
expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any
other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any
provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or
further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke,
terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document; or
(k) Default under Tower Construction Loan. An event of default shall have
been declared by any Tower Construction Lender and be continuing under such
Tower Construction Lender's Tower Construction Loan Agreement beyond any
applicable cure period; or
(l) Indictment. Borrower or any Property Owner shall be indicted for a
federal crime, a punishment for which could include the forfeiture of any of its
assets which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; or
(m) Default under Notes. An event of default occurs and is continuing
under any of the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Senior Notes; or
(n) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
9.02 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing unremedied, Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may,
with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following
actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any
obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be
terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans,
all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or
payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower;
(c) require that Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in
an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and
remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents;
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provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the
United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of
each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the
unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other
amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the
obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid
shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of
Administrative Agent or any Lender.
9.03 APPLICATION OF FUNDS. After the exercise of remedies provided for in
Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and
payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash
Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts
received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by Administrative Agent
in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent and amounts payable under
Article III) payable to Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the
Lenders and L/C Issuers (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to
the respective Lenders and L/C Issuers (including fees and time charges for
attorneys who may be employees of any Lender or any L/C Issuer) and amounts
payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts
described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued
and unpaid interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably
among the Lenders and L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts
described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and L/C
Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth
held by them;
Fifth, to Administrative Agent for the account of each L/C Issuer, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn
amount of Letters of Credit; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, to Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the
aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above
shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.
If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit
have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied
to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
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ARTICLE X.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORITY. Each of the Lenders and each L/C Issuer
hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes
Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such
powers as are delegated to Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof,
together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The
provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and L/C Issuers, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall
have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
10.02 RIGHTS AS A LENDER. The Person serving as Administrative Agent
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as
any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative
Agent and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly
indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving
as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and
its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial
advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind
of business with Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if
such Person were not Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to
account therefor to the Lenders.
10.03 EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS. Administrative Agent shall not have any
duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative
Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that
Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the
Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents),
provided that Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any
action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose
Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document
or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the
failure to disclose, any information relating to Borrower or any of its
Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
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Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the
circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Administrative Agent shall be
deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing
such Default is given to Administrative Agent by Borrower, a Lender or an L/C
Issuer.
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to
ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction
of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to Administrative
Agent.
10.04 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any
notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting
or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed,
sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Administrative Agent also
may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it
to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for
relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must
be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, Administrative
Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C
Issuer unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary
from such Lender or L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance
of such Letter of Credit. Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.05 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. Administrative Agent may perform any and all
of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other
Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by
Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their
respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall
apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of Administrative Agent
and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in
connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as
well as activities as Administrative Agent.
10.06 RESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Administrative Agent may at any
time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, L/C Issuers and Borrower.
Upon receipt of any
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such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in
consultation with Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with
an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office
in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30)
days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation,
then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and L/C
Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set
forth above; provided that if Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and the
Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such
resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice
and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) all
payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or
through Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each
L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance
of a successor's appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom
as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by Borrower to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for
the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as
Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an L/C Issuer and Swing
Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative
Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all
of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and
Swing Line Lender, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be
discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue
letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding
at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to the
retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C
Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.07 NON-RELIANCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER LENDERS. Each Lender
and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender
and each L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related
Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to
time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not
taking action under or
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based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or
any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.08 NO OTHER DUTIES, ETC. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers or Co-Documentation Agents
listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or
responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except
in its capacity, as applicable, as Administrative Agent, a Lender or an L/C
Issuer hereunder.
10.09 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to any Loan Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of
whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and
payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and
all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders, L/C Issuers and Administrative Agent (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Lenders, L/C Issuers and Administrative Agent and their respective agents
and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, L/C Issuers and
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(j) and (k), 2.09 and 11.04)
allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Lender and each L/C Issuer to make such payments to Administrative Agent
and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Lenders and L/C Issuers, to pay to Administrative Agent
any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any L/C
Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize
Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such
proceeding.
10.10 GUARANTY MATTERS. The Lenders and L/C Issuers irrevocably authorize
Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any
Guarantor from its
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obligations under the Unconditional Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a
Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder or becomes an
Excluded Subsidiary or a Joint Venture.
Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders
will confirm in writing Administrative Agent's authority to release any
Guarantor from its obligations under the Unconditional Guaranty pursuant to this
Section 10.10.
ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 AMENDMENTS, ETC. Unless expressly stated otherwise herein, no
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and no consent to any departure by Borrower or any other Loan Party
therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders
and Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged
by Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided,
however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the
written consent of each Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate
any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written
consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due
to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified
herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the
second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or change the manner of
computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable
defined term) used in determining the Applicable Rate that would result in
a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be
necessary to amend the definition of "Default Rate" or to waive any
obligation of Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the
Default Rate;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter
the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written
consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definitions of
"Required Lenders" or "Majority Lenders" or any other provision hereof
specifying the number or
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percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the
Unconditional Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) change, waive, suspend or modify the provisions and requirements
of Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.06, 6.07, 6.08, 6.09, 6.10, 6.13,
Sections 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 7.08, and 7.09, and
Section 8.02 without the written consent of the Majority Lenders; or
(i) increase the Aggregate Commitments above the amount set forth
Section 2.15(b)(iv).
and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this
Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to
be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above,
affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii)
no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the
rights or duties of Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; and (iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges
thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have
any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder,
except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended
without the consent of such Lender.
11.02 NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as
provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder
to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as
follows:
(i) if to Borrower, Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or Swing
Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or
telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number,
electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its
Administrative Questionnaire.
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Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified
or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices
sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if
not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to
have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such
subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the
Lenders and L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic
communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall
not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if
such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified Administrative Agent that
it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. Administrative Agent or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to
accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of
such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender's receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the "return receipt requested" function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is
not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on
the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications
posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the
deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in
the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Borrower, Administrative Agent, L/C
Issuers and Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone
number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other
parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or
telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to
Borrower, Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders.
Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers, and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and
act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line
Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower even if (i) such
notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not
preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the
terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation
thereof. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each
Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses
and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice
purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower. All telephonic notices to and
other telephonic communications with Administrative Agent may be recorded by
Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such
recording.
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11.03 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure by any Lender, any L/C
Issuer or Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in
exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights,
remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
11.04 EXPENSES; INDEMNITY; DAMAGE WAIVER.
(a) Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for
Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution,
delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or
any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof
(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any L/C
Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C
Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), and shall pay all fees and
time charges for attorneys who may be employees of Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any L/C Issuer, in connection with the enforcement or protection of
its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans
made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket
expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect
of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by Borrower. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each
Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an
"Indemnitee") against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and
disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by
any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by
Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the
performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or
thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the
proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with
such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit),
(iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or
from any property owned or operated by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any Environmental Liability related
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in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party or by Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless
of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not
caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory
or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as
to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim
brought by Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in
bad faith of such Indemnitee's obligations hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, if Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable
judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that Borrower for any reason
fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of
this Section to be paid by it to Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent
thereof), any L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each
Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent),
such L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender's
Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,
provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or any L/C Issuer in its
capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting
for Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such L/C Issuer in
connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this
subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim
against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages)
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the
use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above
shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of
any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications,
electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not
later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation
of Administrative Agent and any L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the
termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all the other Obligations.
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11.05 PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf
of Borrower is made to Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or
Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of
setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside
or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Administrative
Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a
trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the
obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each L/C Issuer severally
agrees to pay to Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without
duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is
made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect. The obligations of the Lenders and L/C Issuers under clause (b) of the
preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement.
11.06 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Borrower
nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent
and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation
in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by
way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions
of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or
transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of
Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or
more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans
(including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C
Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that:
(i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining
amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment and the Loans at the time
owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of
a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose
includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the
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Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the
Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined
as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such
assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is
specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall
not be less than $10,000,000 unless each of Administrative Agent and, so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower
otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed);
(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned,
except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing
Line Loans;
(iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by
Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender unless the
Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender (whether or not
the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee);
and
(iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the Eligible Assignee, if it
shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in
each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a
party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 11.04 with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Upon request, Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a
Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall
be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d)
of this Section.
(c) Register. Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an
agent of Borrower, shall maintain at Administrative Agent's Office a copy of
each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of,
and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, Administrative Agent and the
Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to
the terms hereof as a
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Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to
the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and
each L/C Issuer at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a
material or substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender
wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may request and
receive from Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or
notice to, Borrower or Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Eligible
Participant (each, a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender's participations in L/C
Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower, Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and L/C Issuers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to
clauses (a) through (g) of Sections 11.01 that affects such Participant. Subject
to subsection (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall
be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent
as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant
also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a
Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 and
Section 11.13 as though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to
such Participant is made with Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant
that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the
benefits of Section 3.01 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold
to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to
comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such Lender as a party hereto.
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(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words "execution," "signed,"
"signature," and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be
deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic
form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or
enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in
any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act,
or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act.
(h) Resignation by an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank
of America or Wachovia assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to
subsection (b) above, Bank of America or Wachovia, as applicable, may, (i) upon
thirty (30) days' notice to Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer
and/or (ii) upon thirty (30) days' notice to Borrower, resign as Swing Line
Lender (with respect to Bank of America). In the event of any such resignation
as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (with respect to Bank of America),
Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C
Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by
Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of (A) Bank
of America as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be or (B)
Wachovia as an Swing Line Lender. If Bank of America or Wachovia shall resign as
an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer
hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective
date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect
thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed
Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section
2.03(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all
the rights of Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing
Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such
resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate
Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans
pursuant to Section 2.04(c).
11.07 TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates' respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to
the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the
exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i)
any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant
in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or
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prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of Borrower or
(h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as
a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to Administrative
Agent, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower.
For purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received
from Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of
their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available
to Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis
prior to disclosure by Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of
information received from Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in
this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information but no less than a reasonable standard of care.
11.08 RIGHT OF SETOFF. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender, L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is
hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior
written consent of Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and
other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, L/C
Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or
any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of Borrower or such
Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to such Lender or L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such
Lender or L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document and although such obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party
may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender
or L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or
obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, L/C Issuer and their
respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, L/C Issuer or
their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees to
notify Borrower and Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and
application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such setoff and application.
11.09 INTEREST RATE LIMITATION. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the
Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest
permitted by applicable Law (the "Maximum Rate"). If Administrative Agent or any
Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the
excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds
such unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower. In determining whether the interest
contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds
the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
(a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or
premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects
thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or
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unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of
the Obligations hereunder.
11.10 COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other
Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except
as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall
have been executed by Administrative Agent and when Administrative Agent shall
have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures
of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11.11 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith
shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such
representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by
Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by
Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any
Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force
and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain
unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
11.12 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality,
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
11.13 REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any
Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then Borrower may, at its
sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and Administrative Agent,
require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section
11.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations
(which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment),
provided that:
(a) Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent the assignment
fee specified in Section 11.06(b);
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(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to
the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05)
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant
to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation
if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease
to apply.
11.14 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE AND
ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN THIS AGREEMENT), OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT,
AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL
CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED
IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL
JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUERS MAY
OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS
PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
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(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE
OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
11.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.16 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTICE. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as
hereinafter defined) and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of
any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the
USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the "Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Borrower
and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify Borrower in accordance with the Act.
11.17 TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.
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11.18 TERMINATION OF EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT. On the Closing Date, the
Total Commitments under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall
terminate, and each of Fleet National Bank, as Lead Agent under and as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreements, and the Lenders that are party to the
Existing Credit Agreement hereby waive advance notice of such termination.
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