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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS CO INC
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8-K
Oct 13, 2:28 PM ET
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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS CO INC 8-K
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Defined Terms
Section 1.2. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
Section 1.3. Terms Generally
Section 1.4. Accounting Terms; GAAP
ARTICLE 2 THE CREDITS
Section 2.1. Commitments and Loans
(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in dollars from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the later of (a) the earliest to occur of (x) the A Delayed Draw Funding Date, (y) the termination of the A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5(c) and (z) the A Delayed Draw Expiration Date and (b) the earliest to occur of (x) the B Delayed Draw Funding Date, (y) the termination of the B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5(c) and (z) the B Delayed Draw Expiration Date, not more than $160,000,000 of Revolving Loan Borrowings or Swingline Loans may be outstanding.
(b) A Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having an A Term Commitment severally agrees (i) to make an A Initial Term Loan to the Borrower in dollars on the Closing Date in a principal amount requested by the Borrower not to exceed such Lender’s A Initial Term Loan Commitment and (ii) to make an A Delayed Draw Term Loan to the Borrower in dollars on the A Delayed Draw Funding Date in a principal amount requested by the Borrower not to exceed such Lender’s A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment. Any remaining unutilized amount of the A Initial Term Loan Commitment or the A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall thereafter cease to be available. A Term Loans which are prepaid or repaid, in whole or in part, may not be reborrowed.
(c) B Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having a B Term Commitment severally agrees (i) to make a B Initial Term Loan to the Borrower in dollars on the Closing Date in a principal amount requested by the Borrower not to exceed such Lender’s B Initial Term Loan Commitment and (ii) to make an B Delayed Draw Term Loan to the Borrower in dollars on the B Delayed Draw Funding Date in a principal amount requested by the Borrower not to exceed such Lender’s B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment. Any remaining unutilized amount of the B Initial Term Loan Commitment or the B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall thereafter cease to be available. B Term Loans which are prepaid or repaid, in whole or in part, may not be reborrowed.
(d) Additional Term Loan Commitments. The Borrower may, at any time at its sole cost, expense and effort, request any one or more of the Lenders, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender (the decision to be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender, Affiliate or Approved Fund), or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to commit to make an Additional Term Loan, by submitting an Additional Term Loan Supplement duly executed by the Borrower and each such Lender, Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person, as the case may be, to the Administrative Agent. If such an Additional Term Loan Supplement is in all respects reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall execute such Additional Term Loan Supplement and deliver a copy thereof to the Borrower and each such Lender, Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person, as the case may be. Upon execution and delivery of such Additional Term Loan Supplement by the Administrative Agent, (i) in the case of each such Lender, such Lender’s Additional Term Loan Commitment with respect thereto shall be in the amount set forth in such Additional Term Loan
Supplement, and (ii) in the case of each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person, such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person shall thereupon become a party hereto and shall for all purposes of the Loan Documents be deemed a “Lender” having an Additional Term Loan Commitment as set forth in such Additional Term Loan Supplement; provided, however, that:
(A) immediately after giving effect thereto, the aggregate Additional Term Loan Commitments plus the sum of all increases in the aggregate Revolving Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.5(d), if any, shall not exceed $500,000,000;
(B) each such request for Additional Term Loan Commitments shall be in an amount not less than $25,000,000 or such amount plus an integral multiple of $5,000,000;
(C) the rate of interest per annum applicable to each series of Additional Term Loans (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders in the primary syndicate providing such Additional Term Loans, but exclusive of any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all such Lenders) determined as of the date of the making of such Additional Term Loans shall not be greater than 0.50% above the interest rate then in effect for the B Term Loans (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount paid to all Lenders in the primary syndicate of the B Term Loans, as such, but exclusive of any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all such Lenders); provided that if such rate of interest per annum applicable to each series of Additional Term Loans is greater than 0.50% above such interest rate then in effect for the B Term Loans, the definition of “Applicable Margin” shall be automatically amended with respect to the A Term Loans and the B Term Loans so that such rate of interest per annum applicable to each series of Additional Term Loans is not greater than 0.50% above such interest rate in effect for the A Term Loans and the B Term Loans, as so amended;
(D) each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower all forms, if any, that are required to be delivered by such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person pursuant to Section 3.7;
(E) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender a certificate of a Financial Officer demonstrating compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Covenants through the applicable Additional Term Loan Maturity Date and the Administrative Agent shall have received such customary certificates, legal opinions and other items as it shall reasonably request in connection with such Additional Term Loan Commitments;
(F) the Additional Term Loans shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the B Term Loans; and
(G) after giving effect to such Additional Term Loans, there shall not have occurred and be continuing any Default or Event of Default.
(e) Additional Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the terms and conditions, if any, set forth in the applicable Additional Term Loan Supplement, each Lender having an Additional Term Loan Commitment related thereto severally agrees to make a term loan (each an
“Additional Term Loan” and, collectively with the Additional Term Loan of each other Lender, the “Additional Term Loans”) to the Borrower on the Additional Term Loan Borrowing Date referred to therein in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Additional Term Loan Commitment reflected in such Additional Term Loan Supplement. On and as of the Closing Date no Lender has an Additional Term Loan Commitment.
(f) Treatment of Additional Term Loans. Unless and to the extent expressly provided to the contrary in an Effective Additional Term Loan Supplement, the terms of Sections 2.7(a), (b) and (c), and of the last paragraph of the defined term “Applicable Margin”, in each case applicable to B Term Loans shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Additional Term Loans made pursuant to such Effective Additional Term Loan Supplement.
Section 2.2. Loans and Borrowings
(a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the applicable Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments, and each A Term Loan, B Term Loan and Additional Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of A Term Loans, B Term Loans or Additional Term Loans, as applicable, made by the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective A Term Commitments, B Term Commitments or related Additional Term Loan Commitments, as applicable. The failure of any applicable Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder, provided that the Revolving Commitments, A Term Commitments, B Term Commitments and Additional Term Loan Commitments of the applicable Lenders are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 3.4, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of (i) Revolving Loans, A Term Loans, B Term Loans, Additional Term Loans or Swingline Loans, as applicable, and (ii) ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as applicable, in each case as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan or a Loan that accrues interest at the Negotiated Rate. Each applicable Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan, provided that any exercise of such option shall not (i) affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) increase any cost or expense to the Borrower or impose any additional withholding requirement on the Borrower.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $3,000,000, provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments, in an aggregate amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.9(e) or in an aggregate amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of a Swingline Loan as contemplated by Section 2.10(c) or the entire aggregate outstanding principal amount of the A Term Loans, the B Term Loans or Additional Term Loans, as applicable. Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than $250,000. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time, provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 20 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after (i) the Revolving Maturity Date, in the case of Revolving Loans, (ii)
the A Term Maturity Date, in the case of A Term Loans, (iii) the B Term Maturity Date, in the case of B Term Loans or (iv) the applicable Additional Term Loan Maturity Date, in the case of Additional Term Loans.
Section 2.3. Requests for Borrowings
(a) To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (ii) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, e-mail or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.2:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, an A Term Borrowing, a B Term Borrowing or an Additional Term Loan Borrowing;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.4.
(b) If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
Section 2.4. Funding of Borrowings
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.10. Subject to Section 5.2, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting or otherwise transferring the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.9(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank. It is understood that each Lender with a B Initial Term Loan Commitment that also has outstanding prior to the Closing Date B Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement may satisfy its obligation to fund B Initial Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4 by executing
a Lender Authorization in which such Lender agrees to terminate the Loan Parties’ (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) obligations with respect to such B Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) (other than obligations which, pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, expressly survive the repayment thereof). No Lender shall be relieved of an obligation to fund B Delayed Draw Term Loans as a result of the preceding sentence.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to 11:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section or paragraph (e) of Section 2.9 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. If such Lender’s share of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of such fact to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum otherwise applicable to such Borrowing, on demand, from the Borrower. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower against any Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.5. Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments
(a) Unless previously terminated, (i)(A) the A Initial Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, (B) the A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the earliest of (x) the A Delayed Draw Funding Date, (y) termination of the A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to clause (b)(ii) below and (z) the A Delayed Draw Expiration Date, (ii)(A) the B Initial Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, (B) the B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the earliest of (x) the B Delayed Draw Funding Date, (y) termination of the B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to clause (b)(ii) below and (z) the B Delayed Draw Expiration Date and (iii) the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) (i) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments, provided that (i) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.7, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments, and (ii) each such reduction shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments, A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments or B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the
effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable, provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments, A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments or B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Each reduction, and any termination, of the Revolving Commitments, A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments and B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall be permanent, and each such reduction shall be made ratably among the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments, A Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments and B Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments.
(d) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, at its sole cost, expense and effort, request any one or more of the Lenders, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment or to provide a new Revolving Commitment, as the case may be (the decision to be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender, Affiliate or Approved Fund), or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender to provide a new Revolving Commitment, by submitting a Revolving Increase Supplement duly executed by the Borrower and each such Lender, Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person, as the case may be, to the Administrative Agent. If such Revolving Increase Supplement is in all respects reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall execute such Revolving Increase Supplement and deliver a copy thereof to the Borrower and each such Lender, Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person, as the case may be. Upon execution and delivery of such Revolving Increase Supplement by the Administrative Agent, (i) in the case of each such Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall be increased to the amount set forth in such Revolving Increase Supplement, (ii) in the case of each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person, such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person shall thereupon become a party hereto and shall for all purposes of the Loan Documents be deemed a “Lender” having a Revolving Commitment as set forth in such Revolving Increase Supplement, and (iii) in each case, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender, Affiliate, Approved Fund or such other Person, as the case may be, shall be as set forth in the applicable Revolving Increase Supplement; provided, however, that:
(A) immediately after giving effect thereto, the sum of all increases in the aggregate Revolving Commitments plus the aggregate amount of all Additional Term Loan Commitments made, if any, shall not exceed $500,000,000;
(B) each such increase shall be in an amount not less than $25,000,000 or such amount plus an integral multiple of $5,000,000;
(C) the Revolving Commitments shall not be increased on more than two occasions;
(D) if Revolving Loans would be outstanding immediately after giving effect to each such increase, then simultaneously with such increase (1) each such Lender, each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person and each other Lender shall be deemed to have entered into a master assignment and acceptance agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A, pursuant to which each such other Lender shall have assigned to each such Lender and each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person a
portion of its Revolving Loans necessary to reflect proportionately the Revolving Commitments as adjusted in accordance with this subsection (e), and (2) in connection with such assignment, each such Lender and each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the other Lenders, such amount as shall be necessary to appropriately reflect the assignment to it of Revolving Loans, and in connection with such master assignment each such other Lender may treat the assignment of Eurodollar Borrowings as a prepayment of such Eurodollar Borrowings for purposes of Section 3.6;
(E) each such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower all forms, if any, that are required to be delivered by such Affiliate, Approved Fund or other Person pursuant to Section 3.7; and
(F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender a certificate of a Financial Officer demonstrating compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Covenants through the Revolving Maturity Date and the Administrative Agent shall have received such customary certificates, legal opinions and other items as it shall reasonably request in connection with such increase.
Section 2.6. Repayment of Loans
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each applicable Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan, A Term Loan, B Term Loan and Additional Term Loan on the Revolving Maturity Date, A Term Maturity Date, B Term Maturity Date and the Additional Term Loan Maturity Date, respectively. The outstanding principal balance of each Swingline Loan shall be due and payable on the earliest to occur of the last day of the Swingline Interest Period applicable thereto, the Business Day immediately preceding the Revolving Maturity Date, and the date on which the Swingline Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, whether by acceleration or otherwise; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b) On the last day of each March, June, September and December, beginning with December 31, 2008, the Borrower shall repay the A Term Loans in the aggregate principal amount equal to the product of (i) the percentage set forth in the table below opposite such date and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the A Term Loans outstanding immediately following the earlier to occur of (x) the A Delayed Draw Funding Date and (y) the A Delayed Draw Expiration Date, with the remaining balance to be repaid on the A Term Maturity Date,
(c) On the last day of each March, June, September and December, beginning with December 31, 2008, the Borrower shall repay the B Term Loans in the aggregate principal amount equal to the product of (i) 0.25% and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the B Term Loans outstanding immediately following the earlier to occur of (x) the B Delayed Draw Funding Date and (y) the B Delayed Draw Expiration Date, with the remaining balance to be repaid on the B Term Maturity Date,
(d) The unpaid principal amount of each Additional Term Loan shall be payable in such amounts and on such dates, if any, as shall be set forth in the applicable Effective Additional Term Loan Supplement.
Section 2.7. Prepayment of Loans
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.7(b), each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied, at the Borrower’s discretion, to (i) the A Term Loans, (ii) the B Term Loans and the Additional Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and/or (iii) the Revolving Loans. Subject to Section 2.7(b), each prepayment of a Term Loan shall be applied to reduce the remaining installments payable thereon in the order of maturity specified by the Borrower.
(b) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, then, within five Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans pro rata in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Lenders having outstanding B Term Loans or, to the extent provided in an Additional Term Loan Supplement, the related Additional Term Loans, may elect to decline any mandatory prepayment of a B Term Borrowing or the related Additional Term Loan Borrowing, as applicable (the “Declined Loans”) under this Section 2.7(b) or Section 2.7(c). To make such an election, such Lenders shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower thereof by telephone not later than one Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have advised such Lenders of such prepayment in accordance with Section 2.7(e). Each such telephonic election shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, e-mail or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written election in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by each such Lender. Promptly following receipt of such election, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower of the details thereof and such declined prepayment may (at the Borrower’s option) be retained by the Borrower or applied pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.7. Each prepayment of a Term Loan required by this Section 2.7(b) and Section 2.7(c) shall be applied on a pro rata basis to reduce the remaining installments payable thereon in the order of maturity specified by the Borrower.
(c) If, for any fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall, on the Excess Cash Flow Application
Date relating to such fiscal year, prepay the Term Loans pro rata in an amount equal to (i) the Excess Cash Flow Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) the aggregate amount of all prepayments of Revolving Loans (including Loans repaid to the extent drawn under commitments increased pursuant to Section 2.5(d)) during such fiscal year to the extent accompanied by permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Commitments and all optional prepayments of Term Loans and Additional Term Loans during such fiscal year. Each such prepayment shall be made on a date (an “Excess Cash Flow Application Date”) no later than ten days after the date on which the financial statements of the Borrower referred to in Section 6.1(a) for such fiscal year are required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Each such prepayment shall be subject to the procedures set forth in the last five sentences of Section 2.7(b).
(d) In the event of any partial reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, then (i) at or prior to the date of such reduction or termination, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the applicable Lenders of the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures after giving effect thereto and (ii) if such sum would exceed the total Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such reduction or termination, then the Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction or termination, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.
(e) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of the prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid, provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.5, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.5. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing under Section 2.7(a) shall (i) with respect to Eurodollar Borrowings, be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000, and (ii) with respect to ABR Borrowings, be in an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $3,000,000. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any prepayment of Loans required under this Section 2.7 would result in the Borrower incurring break funding costs under Section 3.6 (the “Affected Loans”), at the election of the Borrower, the Affected Loans may be deposited in an escrow account on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and applied to the prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans (or such earlier date or dates as shall be requested by the Borrower); provided that at any time while a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon written direction from the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall apply any or all proceeds then on deposit to the payment of such Affected Loans.
Section 2.8. Evidence of Debt
(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the debt of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(c) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section shall be, absent demonstrable error, prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein, provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Any Lender may request that the Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender, a Note payable to such Lender. In addition, if requested by a Lender, its Note may be made payable to such Lender and its registered assigns in which case all Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.4) be represented by one or more Notes in like form payable to the payee named therein and its registered assigns.
Section 2.9. Letters of Credit
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in dollars for its own account (or for the account of any Subsidiary), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank requested to issue such Letter of Credit, at any time and from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to the third day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Upon satisfaction of the conditions in Section 5 on the Closing Date, in each case automatically and without further action on the part of any Person, (i) each Existing Letter of Credit will be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder for all purposes of the Loan Documents and (ii) each Lender that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have granted to each other Lender with a Revolving Commitment, and each other such Lender shall be deemed to have acquired from such issuer, a participation in each Existing Letter of Credit equal to such other Lender’s Applicable Percentage of (A) the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Existing Letter of Credit and (B) the aggregate amount of any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement in respect thereof. With respect to each Existing Letter of Credit (x) if, prior to the Closing Date, the relevant issuer sold a participation therein to a Lender with a Revolving Commitment, such issuer and Lender agree that such participation shall be automatically canceled upon consummation of the Closing Date, and (y) if, prior to the Closing Date, the relevant issuer sold a participation therein to any bank or financial institution that is not a Lender with a Revolving Commitment, such issuer shall procure the termination of such participation on or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Notice of Issuance; Amendment; Renewal; Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or facsimile (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank requested to issue such Letter of Credit) to such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (not later than two Business Days before the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter
of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank requested to issue such Letter of Credit, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and, upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments.
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank thereof or the applicable Revolving Lenders, the Issuing Bank thereof hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each such Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each such Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each such Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever; provided, however, that no Revolving Lender shall be obligated to make any payment to the Administrative Agent for any wrongful LC Disbursement made by an Issuing Bank as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of such Issuing Bank.
(e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, then such Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank therefor, in which case the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement and any accrued interest thereon not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such date, or if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on (A) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of receipt or (B) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior
to such time on the day of receipt, provided that, if the LC Disbursement is equal to or greater than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions of borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.3 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due (or if any such reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason), such Issuing Bank may notify the Administrative Agent that the applicable Issuing Bank is requesting that the applicable Lenders make an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement and any accrued interest thereon, in which case (1) the Administrative Agent shall notify each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of such ABR Revolving Borrowing, and (2) each Lender shall, whether or not any Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any representation or warranty shall be accurate, any condition to the making of any loan hereunder shall have been fulfilled, or any other matter whatsoever, make the Loan to be made by it under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders, (A) on such date, in the event that such Lender shall have received notice of such ABR Revolving Borrowing prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, or (B) if such notice has not been received by such Lender prior to such time on such date, then not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on (x) the Business Day that such Lender receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of receipt or (y) the Business Day immediately following the day that such Lender receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt. Such Loans shall, for all purposes hereof, be deemed to be an ABR Revolving Borrowing referred to in Section 2.1(a) and made pursuant to Section 2.3, and the Lenders’ obligations to make such Loans shall be absolute and unconditional. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Issuing Bank by promptly crediting or otherwise transferring the amounts so received, in like funds, to such Issuing Bank for the purpose of repaying in full the LC Disbursement and all accrued interest thereon. An ABR Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.9(e) made when the conditions to an ABR Borrowing are not satisfied under Section 5.3 shall not be deemed to have satisfied the Borrower’s reimbursement obligation with respect to an LC Disbursement for purposes of determining whether or not an Event of Default exists under clause (a) of Article 8.
(f) Obligations Absolute. Except as provided below, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower’s obligations to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither any Credit Party nor any of their respective Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower
to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit issued by it comply with the terms thereof, or in paying 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 such Letter of Credit. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank thereof may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit issued by it. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the applicable Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 3.1(b) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 3.3(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued by it thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash Collateral. If (x) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, or (y) the maturity of the Revolving Loans has been accelerated, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) of Article 8. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.9. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Such deposit shall not bear interest, nor shall the Administrative Agent be under any obligation whatsoever to invest the same, provided, however, that, at the request of the Borrower, such deposit shall be invested by the Administrative Agent in direct short-term obligations of, or short-term obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, in each case maturing no later than the expiry date of the Letter of Credit giving rise to the relevant LC Exposure. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount and any interest thereon (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
Section 2.10. Swingline Loans
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and, if such Swingline Loan is to bear interest at the Negotiated Rate, further subject to the agreement of the Swingline Lender and the Borrower with respect to the Negotiated Rate to be applied, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $30,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan if (i) any Revolving Lender shall be in default of its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any Revolving Lender shall have notified the Swingline Lender and the Borrower in writing at least one Business Day prior to the date of Borrowing with respect to such Swingline Loan that the conditions set forth in Section 5.3 have not been satisfied and such conditions remain unsatisfied as of the requested time of the making of such Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested date of such Borrowing, and (iii) the amount
of, and the length of the Swingline Interest Period for, each Swingline Loan, provided, however, that no such Swingline Interest Period shall end after the Business Day immediately preceding the Revolving Maturity Date. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall (with respect to Swingline Loans that bear interest at the Negotiated Rate, subject to its agreement with the Borrower on the Negotiated Rate to be applied thereto) make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.9(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day notify the Administrative Agent that the Swingline Lender is requesting that each Lender, and the Administrative Agent may (with the consent of Required Lenders) or shall (at the request of Required Lenders) by written notice given to the Swingline Lender not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require that each Lender, at the option of the Borrower, (i) make a Revolving Loan in an amount equal to its pro rata Revolving Commitment with respect to the outstanding principal balance of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Swingline Loans, or (ii) acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. In either such case (i) the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan or participation interest, as the case may be, and (ii) each Lender shall, whether or not any Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any representation or warranty shall be accurate, any condition to the making of any Loan hereunder shall have been fulfilled, or any other matter whatsoever, make the Revolving Loan required to be made by it, or purchase the participation required to be purchased by it, under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders, (A) in the event that such Lender receives such notice prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any Business Day, by no later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day, or (B) in the event that such Lender receives such notice at or after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any Business Day, by no later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the immediately succeeding Business Day. Any Loans made pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall, for all purposes hereof, be deemed to be Revolving Loans referred to in Section 2.1 and made pursuant to Section 2.4(a), and the Lenders’ obligations to make such Loans shall be absolute and unconditional. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans, or the amount of such participations, as the case may be, available to the Swingline Lender by promptly crediting or otherwise transferring the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Swingline Lender. Each Lender shall also be liable for an amount equal to the product of its pro rata Revolving Commitment and any amounts paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.10 that are subsequently rescinded or avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned. Such liabilities shall be absolute and unconditional and without regard to the occurrence of any Default or the compliance by the Borrower with any of its obligations under the Loan Documents. Whenever the Administrative Agent is reimbursed by the Borrower, for the account of the Swingline Lender, for any payment in connection with Swingline Loans and such payment relates to an amount previously paid by a Lender pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent will promptly pay over such payment to such Lender. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan or the making by the Lenders of a Revolving Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
Section 2.11. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
(a) Each Loan Party shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal of Loans, LC Disbursements, interest or fees, or of
amounts payable under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 or 10.3, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff or counterclaim (other than with respect to Excluded Taxes). Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its office at One Wall Street, New York, New York, or such other office as to which the Administrative Agent may notify the other parties hereto, except payments to be made to an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 10.3 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments made pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal of Loans, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest, fees and commissions then due hereunder (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods and/or cure periods, if any), such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest, fees and commissions then due hereunder ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest, fees and commissions then due to such parties and (ii) second, towards payment of principal of Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal of Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) 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 its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other applicable Lender, then the applicable Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other applicable Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the applicable Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of, and accrued interest on, their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph 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.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Loan Party prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable
Credit Parties hereunder that such Loan Party will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Loan Party has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to such Credit Parties the amount due. In such event, if such Loan Party has not in fact made such payment, then each such Credit Party severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Credit Party 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 the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Credit Party shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or 2.9(e), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Credit Party to satisfy such Credit Party’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
ARTICLE 3
INTEREST, FEES, YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.
Section 3.1. Interest
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin. The Loans comprising each Swingline Borrowing shall bear interest at either the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender and the Borrower, at the Negotiated Rate for the Swingline Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, all Revolving Loans made pursuant to Section 2.10(c) shall bear interest at the interest rate otherwise applicable to Revolving Loans and not the Negotiated Rate.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan, any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan or any LC Disbursement, 2% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or such LC Disbursement as provided in the preceding paragraph of this Section, (ii) in the case of overdue interest, 2% plus the rate that would be otherwise applicable to principal of the Loan on which such interest is accruing or LC Disbursement (assuming such LC Disbursement were a Eurodollar Loan) as provided in the preceding paragraph of this Section or (iii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in the preceding paragraph of this Section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Swingline Loan is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise then borne by such Swingline Loan.
(c) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than the prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and
(iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(d) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
Section 3.2. Interest Elections
(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.3 and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.3. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the applicable Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.3 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, e-mail or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall be converted to a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Section 3.3. Fees
(a) (i) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender having a Revolving Commitment (other than a Defaulting Lender), a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin on the average daily amount of the unused Revolving Commitment (provided that Swingline Loans shall not be deemed to be a use of the Revolving Commitments for the purpose of the calculation of such commitment fee) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates (it being understood that LC Exposure constitutes a use of the Revolving Commitment). Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, each date on which the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (and 366 days in a leap year) and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender having a Revolving Commitment (other than a Defaulting Lender) a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin (minus the fronting fee referred to in clause (ii) below) on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC
Exposure and (ii) to each Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of .125% per annum or such lesser rate as may be separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any such LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Accrued participation fees and fronting fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Credit Party, for its own account, fees and other amounts payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and such Credit Party.
(d) All fees and other amounts payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent (or to each Issuing Bank in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees and other amounts paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 3.4. Alternate Rate of Interest
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
Section 3.5. Increased Costs; Illegality
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Eurodollar Loans made by such Credit Party or any Letter of Credit or participations therein, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (other than relating to Taxes, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 3.7, or the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Taxes payable by a Credit Party);
(ii) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Credit Party (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(iii) impose on any Credit Party or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement, any Eurodollar Loans made by such Credit Party or any Letter of Credit or participations therein,
(b) If any Credit Party determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Credit Party’s capital or on the capital of such Credit Party’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made, the Letters of Credit issued or the participations therein held, by such Credit Party to a level below that which such Credit Party or such Credit Party’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Credit Party’s policies and the policies of such Credit Party’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), by an amount reasonably deemed by such Credit Party to be material, then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Credit Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Credit Party or such Credit Party’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Credit Party setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Credit Party or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Credit Party the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Credit Party to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Credit Party’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Credit Party pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Credit Party notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Credit Party’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if, after the Closing Date any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any Eurodollar Loan or to
give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent:
(i) such Lender may declare that Eurodollar Loans will not thereafter (for the duration of such unlawfulness) be made by such Lender hereunder (or be continued for additional Interest Periods) and ABR Loans will not thereafter (for such duration) be converted into Eurodollar Loans, whereupon any request for a Eurodollar Borrowing or to convert an ABR Borrowing to a Eurodollar Borrowing or to continue a Eurodollar Borrowing, as applicable, for an additional Interest Period shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan (or a request to continue an ABR Loan as such for an additional Interest Period or to convert a Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, as applicable), unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) such Lender may require that all outstanding Eurodollar Loans made by it be converted to ABR Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans, as of the effective date of such notice as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph.
Section 3.6. Break Funding Payments
Section 3.7. Taxes
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder and under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that, if such Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or 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), the applicable Credit Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Each Loan Party shall indemnify each Credit Party, within ten days after written demand therefor (which demand shall set forth the amount and the reasons therefor in reasonable detail), for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority paid by such Credit Party on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable out-of-pocket 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 setting forth the amount of such payment or liability and the reasons therefor in reasonable detail delivered to the Borrower by a Credit Party, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Credit Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Loan Party reasonably believes that Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the applicable Credit Party or Transferee will reasonably cooperate with the Loan Party to obtain a refund of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes for the benefit of the Loan Party, provided that the Loan Party shall reimburse the applicable Credit Party for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising from such cooperation.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the 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 the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the relevant Loan Party is located, or under any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law and reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Lender (and, in the case of a pass-through entity, each of its beneficial owners) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a “Non-US Lender”) shall to the extent it is legally able to do so deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Borrower and to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) (A) two accurate and complete copies of the appropriate IRS Form W-8, or, (B) in the case of a Non-US Lender claiming
exemption from United States federal withholding Tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit I and two accurate and complete copies of the appropriate IRS Form W-8, or any subsequent versions or successors to such forms, in each case properly completed and duly executed by such Non-US Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding Tax on all payments by the Borrower or any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (ii) each Lender (and, in the case of a non-United States pass-through entity, each of its beneficial owners) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete copies of IRS Form W-9, or any subsequent versions or successors to such form. The forms referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be delivered by each Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the United States taxing authorities for such purpose).
(g) If a Credit Party 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 a Loan Party or with respect to which a Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.7, it shall pay to the Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Party under this Section 3.7 with respect to Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Credit Party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Credit Party agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Credit Party in the event the Credit Party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Credit Party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Loan Party or any other Person.
Section 3.8. Mitigation Obligations
Section 3.9. Replacement of Lenders
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1. Organization; Powers
Section 4.2. Authorization; Enforceability
Section 4.3. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
Section 4.4. Financial Condition
(i) with respect to Insight Holdings, its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006, and its Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005;
(ii) with respect to Insight Midwest, its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006, and its Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005;
(iii) with respect to the Borrower (A) the consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations and members’ capital and cash flows thereof as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, (B) the consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations and members’ capital and cash flows thereof as of and for the fiscal quarter thereof ended June 30, 2006 certified by its chief financial officer, and (C) a consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations and members’ capital and cash flows as of and for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, adjusted to give effect on a Pro Forma Basis to each of the Transactions, certified by its chief financial officer; and
(iv) with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, forecasts of financial performance through fiscal year 2011 (the “Forecasts”).
Section 4.5. Properties
(a) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and tangible personal property, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries owns, or is entitled to use, all United States trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and trade secrets material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such failure to own or be entitled to use or infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.6. Litigation and Environmental Matters
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (i) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that relate to the execution, delivery, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the performance of any of the Transactions by any of the parties thereto.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
Section 4.7. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
Section 4.8. Investment Company Status
Section 4.9. Taxes
Section 4.10. ERISA
Section 4.11. Disclosure
Section 4.12. Subsidiaries
Section 4.13. Insurance
Section 4.14. Labor Matters
Section 4.15. Solvency
Section 4.16. Security Documents
Section 4.17. Federal Reserve Regulations
(a) None of the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the regulations of the Board.
Section 4.18. Use of Proceeds
ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS
Section 5.1. Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit.
(i) the legal opinion of Dow Lohnes PLLC, special counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1;
(ii) the legal opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, special New York counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2; and
(iii) the legal opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-3.
Section 5.2. Conditions to Delayed Draws
Section 5.3. Conditions to Future Credit Events
ARTICLE 6
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Section 6.1. Financial Statements and Other Information
Section 6.2. Notices of Material Events
Section 6.3. Existence; Conduct of Business
Section 6.4. Payment and Performance of Obligations
Section 6.5. Maintenance of Properties
Section 6.6. Books and Records; Inspection Rights
Section 6.7. Compliance with Laws
Section 6.8. Insurance
Section 6.9. Casualty and Condemnation
Section 6.10. Additional Subsidiaries
(a) If any Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary, other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include (x) any Domestic Subsidiary that was previously not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that becomes a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (y) any Domestic Subsidiary that was previously an Immaterial Subsidiary and that ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent in writing thereof not later than the tenth Business Day after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired and (a) the Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to (i) execute and deliver each applicable Guarantee Document (or otherwise become a party thereto in the manner provided therein) and become a party to each applicable Security Document in the manner provided therein, in each case not later than the tenth Business Day after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired and (ii) promptly take such actions to create and perfect Liens on such Subsidiary’s Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and (b) if any Equity Interests issued by any such Subsidiary are owned or held by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower will cause such Equity Interests to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents not later than the tenth Business Day after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired.
(b) If any first tier Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include any Foreign Subsidiary that was previously an Immaterial Subsidiary and that ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent in writing thereof not later than the tenth Business Day after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired and, if any Equity Interests issued by any such Subsidiary are owned or held by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower will cause such Equity Interests to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents not later than the tenth Business Day after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree (provided, that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary be required to be so pledged).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by Section 7.4,
and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transaction, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section 6.10(a) or 6.10(b), as applicable, until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply within ten Business Days).
Section 6.11. Further Assurances
Section 6.12. Environmental Compliance
Section 6.13. Use of Proceeds of Delayed Draw Loans.
ARTICLE 7
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Section 7.1. Indebtedness; Equity Interests
Section 7.2. Liens
Section 7.3. Fundamental Changes
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially all of the Equity Interests issued by any of the Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that:
(i) (A) any Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving Person, (B) any Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor in a transaction in which a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving entity, (C) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and (D) the Borrower may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any Person, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(ii) the Borrower may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person or may liquidate or dissolve into a Post-Exit Borrower, in each case in connection with the Exit Event permitted by Section 7.14;
(iii) any Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any Person in a transaction that is not permitted by clause (i) of this Section 7.3(a), provided that (A) such
merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not prohibited by Sections 7.4 or 7.5, as applicable or (B) substantially concurrently with such transaction, the continuing or surviving Person shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor);
(iv) (A) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or to any Subsidiary Guarantor (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) and (B) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise);
(v) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets in a transaction that is not permitted by clause (iv) of this Section 7.3(a) (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise); provided that such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition is also permitted by Section 7.5;
(vi) (A) any Subsidiary may liquidate, wind up or dissolve or dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business (so long as the assets of any such Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor are transferred to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor) and (B) any Immaterial Subsidiary may liquidate, wind up or dissolve or dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, in each case if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, winding up, dissolution or disposal is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(vii) any Investment permitted by Section 7.4 may be structured as a merger, consolidation or amalgamation; and
(viii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may liquidate, wind up or dissolve or transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, to the extent required, in the Borrower’s good faith judgment, to consummate the Exit Event permitted by Section 7.14.
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and businesses which are now, or which in the future shall have become, reasonably related thereto or a reasonable extension thereof.
Section 7.4. Investments
Section 7.5. Asset Sales
Section 7.6. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
Section 7.7. Hedging Agreements
Section 7.8. Restricted Payments
Section 7.9. Transactions with Affiliates
Section 7.10. Restrictive Agreements
Section 7.11. Amendment of Material Documents
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under the Management Agreements, other than amendments, modifications or waivers that would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Credit Parties in any material respect, provided that the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a copy of each such amendment, modification or waiver promptly after the execution and delivery thereof, and provided further that (i) any termination of any Management Agreement and (ii) any amendment, modification or waiver that increases the fees payable under the Management Agreement so long as all fees (or other payments in the nature of a fee, but excluding ordinary course expense reimbursement and indemnities) payable pursuant to all Management Agreements then in effect do not in the aggregate exceed (x) prior to the Exit Event Effective Date, 3% of the consolidated gross revenue of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal quarter and (y) upon and following the Exit Event Effective Date, 6% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal quarter, shall not in either case be deemed to adversely affect the Credit Parties.
(b) The Borrower will not permit the Parent to amend, modify or waive any of its rights under the Partnership Agreement, other than amendments, modifications or waivers that would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Credit Parties in any material respect; provided (i) that the Borrower or the Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender a copy of each amendment, modification or waiver promptly after the execution and delivery thereof and (ii) the provisions of this Section 7.11(b) shall not apply to any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of the Partnership Agreement in connection with or in contemplation of the Exit Event permitted by Section 7.14.
Section 7.12. Interest Coverage Ratio
Section 7.13. Leverage Ratio
Section 7.14. Exit Event
(a) The Borrower shall not permit to occur the Exit Event, unless:
(I) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Financial Covenants on a Pro Forma Basis upon consummation of the Exit Event (without giving effect to any Specified Equity Contribution), it being understood that such compliance will be tested after giving effect to any repayment, redemption or assumption of Indebtedness of any Holding Company, the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Exit Event and the payment, repayment, redemption, assumption or repurchase of any other Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.14(b);
(II) immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Exit Event, there shall not be existing and continuing any (A) Default due to failure to comply with Section 6.1(a) or (b) or (B) Event of Default under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (h), (i) or (o) of Article 8;
(III) all assets to be allocated to Insight LP (or any Person or Persons that succeed to the rights of Insight LP under the Partnership Agreement) in the Exit Event will be owned by (except as otherwise permitted by clause (b) below) the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (such assets, the “Exit Assets”) immediately after giving effect to each action taken in furtherance of the Exit Event; provided that (a) the Exit Assets shall not include any cash or Cash Equivalents received in the Exit Event or any asset comprised of the assumption, repayment, redemption or repurchase of Indebtedness of any Holding Company, Parent, Borrower or any Subsidiary by a TCI Exit Person and (b) Exit Assets may be owned by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, to the extent the aggregate amount of all such Exit Assets owned by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries immediately after giving effect to such action does not exceed the aggregate amount of Investments permitted to be made by Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors in Persons that are not the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 7.4(c) and (y);
(IV) the Adjusted Annualized Consolidated Operating Cash Flow generated by the Exit Assets for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended with respect to which a delivery requirement for a compliance certificate pursuant to Section 6.1(c) has arisen (or, prior to the due date for the first such compliance certificate, as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available) (such Adjusted Annualized Consolidated
Operating Cash Flow for such fiscal quarter, the “Exit Cash Flow”) shall be no less than $150,000,000; and
(V) 75% of the Exit Cash Flow shall be generated by assets that were, as of the Exit Event Commencement Date, held by the Borrower or one or more of the Subsidiaries.
(b) So long as Section 7.14(a) shall be complied with, any cash or Cash Equivalents received as a result of the Exit Event may be applied (without duplication), at the Borrower’s option, to:
ARTICLE 8
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
ARTICLE 9
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Notices
Section 10.2. Waivers; Amendments
(a) No failure or delay by any Credit Party in exercising any right or power under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of Section 2.1 with respect to Additional Term Loans and Section 2.5(d) with respect to a new Revolving Commitment, neither any Loan Document nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders, provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation with respect to an LC Disbursement, or reduce the rate of any interest thereon (other than any waiver of default interest payable pursuant to Section 3.1(b)), or reduce any fees, payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Credit Party directly and adversely affected thereby, (iii) postpone any scheduled principal payment date or postpone any other payment at stated maturity of any Loan or the date of payment of any reimbursement obligation with respect to an LC Disbursement, any interest (other than any waiver of default interest) or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce (other than any waiver of default interest) the amount of, or waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of each Credit Party directly and adversely
affected thereby, (iv) change any provision hereof in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required by Section 2.11(b), the application of mandatory prepayments required by Section 2.7(b), or the pro rata reduction of Revolving Commitments required by Section 2.5(d), without the written consent of each Credit Party directly and adversely affected thereby, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or reduce the percentage set forth in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that an amendment shall not be deemed to change such provisions to the extent it effects an increase in the commitment of any Lender(s) or in the aggregate amount of the commitments of any class), (vi) release the Parent or any material Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Documents (except as expressly provided herein or in the Security Documents or the Guarantee Documents), or limit its liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender, and provided, further, that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of one Class of Lenders (but not of any other Class of Lenders) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (C) any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the Financial Covenants shall require the consent only of the Borrower and the Required Lenders. 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 its consent and the principal amount of any outstanding Loans (or the rate of interest thereon) or fee of such Defaulting Lender shall not be decreased without such Defaulting Lender’s consent.
(c) In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in paragraph (b) of this Section being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, so long as the Lender that is acting as Administrative Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent, require each of the Non-Consenting Lenders to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.4), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment) and that shall consent to the Proposed Change, provided that (a) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent(s) shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, (b) each Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (c) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 10.4(b).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement (it being understood that no Lender shall have any obligation to provide or to commit to provide all or any portion of any such additional credit facility) and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and any Additional Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
(e) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche hereunder (“Replacement Term Loans”), provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the amount of any premium necessary to accomplish such refinancing and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) the Applicable Margin (or similar interest rate spread) for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin (or similar interest rate spread) for such Refinanced Term Loans, (c) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
(f) Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, if within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of any of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent (acting in its sole discretion) and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
(g) Any Lender may authorize the Administrative Agent to sign any amendment, modification or waiver hereto in any authorization form agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative agent and no Lender shall be entitled to see any other Lender’s authorization form.
Section 10.3. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (x) Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, special counsel for the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners, in connection with the preparation and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and (y) counsel for the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of any Loan Document, (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each Issuing Bank 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 costs expenses incurred by any Credit Party, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single firm of counsel for the Credit Parties (unless a conflict exists, in which case, the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of reasonably necessary additional counsel for the affected Credit Parties shall be covered), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents during the continuation of an Event of Default, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify each Credit Party and each Related Party thereof (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 reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single firm of counsel for the Indemnitees (unless a conflict exists, in which case, reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of reasonably necessary additional counsel for the affected Indemnitees shall be covered), but excluding Taxes, which are governed by Section 3.7, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof including any refusal of an Issuing Bank 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 the Parent, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Parent, the Borrower or any of the 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 and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (A) the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties, (B) any claims of such Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee and/or (C) the breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, an amount equal to the product of such unpaid amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is such Revolving Lender’s Total Credit Exposure and the denominator of which is the aggregate Total Credit Exposure of all Revolving Lenders (in each case determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought or, in the event that no Revolving Lender shall have any Total Credit Exposure at such time, as of the last time at which any Revolving Lender had a Total Credit Exposure), provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as applicable, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the 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 and actual damages) arising out of, in connection with,
or as a result of, any Loan Document or any agreement, instrument or other document contemplated thereby, the Transactions or any Loan or any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly but in no event later than ten Business Days after written demand therefor.
Section 10.4. Successors and Assigns
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each Credit Party) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of any Loan Document.
(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more banks or other financial institutions all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment or obligations in respect of its LC Exposure, A Term Commitment, B Term Commitment and/or Additional Term Loan Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it), provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender, each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of all or any portion of a Revolving Commitment or obligations in respect of its LC Exposure, each Issuing Bank and, in the case of an assignment of all or any portion of a Revolving Commitment or obligations in respect of its Swingline Exposure, the Swingline Lender) must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Commitment, the amount of the Revolving Commitment and A Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 and after giving effect to such assignment such Lender shall have a Revolving Commitment and A Term Loans outstanding equal to at least $5,000,000 unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender, the amount of the B Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 without the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (iv) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Additional Term Loan Commitment, the amount of the Additional Term Loan Commitment and Additional Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 without the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, provided that in the case of assignments on the same day by a Lender to more than one fund managed or advised by the same investment advisor, such assignments shall be deemed to be a single assignment for purposes of the calculation and payment of such processing and recordation fee, provided further that no such fee shall be payable in connection with any assignments by any of the Arrangers or their respective Affiliates in connection
with the primary syndication of the Loans hereunder, and (vi) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire, and provided further, that any consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default under paragraphs (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article 8 has occurred and is continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be subject to the obligations under and be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 10.3). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under the Loan Documents that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of the Loan Documents as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section.
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York City a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error, and the Borrower and each Credit Party shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Credit Party, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or any Credit Party, sell participations to one or more banks or other financial institutions (each such bank or other financial institution being called a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment, LC Exposure and outstanding Revolving Loans, A Term Loans, B Term Loans and Additional Term Loans owing to it), provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Loan Parties and the Credit Parties shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents. 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 the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any Loan Documents, provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 10.2(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 (and shall have the related obligations thereunder) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.8 as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.5 or 3.7 than the Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the Borrower has expressed prior written consent to such greater payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender which is required to acquire a participation pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be entitled to payment under Section 3.5 or 3.7 with respect to such participation proportionately to the same extent as such Lender is entitled to payment under Section 3.5 or 3.7, as applicable, with respect to its interest in the Loans other than such participation. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.7 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.7(e) and (f) as though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under the Loan Documents to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest, provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) No assignment or participation made or purported to be made to any Assignee or Participant shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Borrower if it would require the Borrower to make any filing with any Governmental Authority or qualify any Loan or Note under the laws of any jurisdiction, and the Borrower shall be entitled to request and receive such information and assurances as it may reasonably request from any Lender or any Assignee or Participant to determine whether any such filing or qualification is required or whether any assignment or participation is otherwise in accordance with applicable law.
Section 10.5. Survival
Section 10.6. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
Section 10.7. Severability
Section 10.8. Right of Setoff
Section 10.9. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
Section 10.10. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
Section 10.11. Headings
Section 10.12. Interest Rate Limitation
Section 10.13. Patriot Act
Section 10.14. Confidentiality
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (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), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee under Section 10.4 or pledgee under Section 10.4(g) of or Participant in (or trustee for such assignee, pledge or Participant), or any prospective assignee under Section 10.4 or pledgee under Section 10.4(g) of or Participant in (or trustee for such assignee, pledge or Participant), any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower (other than a source actually known by such disclosing Person to be bound by confidentiality provisions comparable to those set forth in this Section 10.14). For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from or on behalf of the Borrower relating to the Borrower, any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by or on behalf of the Borrower (other than from a source actually known by such party to be bound by confidentiality obligations). 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.
(b) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.14 FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(c) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS
IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE DELIVERED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
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