form8krefinanciang.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 3, 2010
KRATOS
DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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0-27231
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13-3818604
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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4810
Eastgate Mall
San
Diego, CA 92121
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(858)
812-7300
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The
information set forth under Item 2.03 is hereby incorporated by reference into
this Item 1.01.
Item
1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth under Item
2.03 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.
Item
2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.
On March
3, 2010, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered
into a new senior secured credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Key
Bank National Association (“KeyBank”) as Administrative Agent and Lender for a
new credit facility (the “New Credit Facility”) in the aggregate principal
amount of $60 million. The New Credit Facility is comprised of
(i) a $35 million term loan facility and (ii) a $25 million revolving line
of credit. Bank of America, N.A., is Syndication Agent and Lender,
and KeyBanc Capital Markets and Banc of America Securities, LLC acted as Co-Lead
Arrangers and Book Runners. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the term loan and revolving credit facility are both three year
facilities. The proceeds under the Credit Agreement may be used for
general corporate purposes including refinancing of existing bank debt, working
capital and acquisitions.
Also on
March 3, 2010, the Company entered into two Payoff Letters with KeyBank
terminating its existing $85 million credit facility (the “Existing Credit
Facility”). In connection with the refinancing of the Existing Credit
Facility, the Company borrowed $57.5 million under the New Credit
Facility. Approximately $25.0 million of the proceeds were used to
pay in full the remaining balance on the first lien term loan under the Existing
Credit Facility held by Silverpoint Capital LP (“Silverpoint”), at par, with no
prepayment penalties, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement that the Company
entered into with Silverpoint in October 2009. As a result of the
refinance, the Company expects to record an approximate $2.2 million interest
charge in the first quarter of 2010 related to the write-off of unamortized
financing costs related to the previous credit
facility. As of March 3, 2010, after giving full effect
to the refinancing and repayment in full of the Existing Credit Facility, the
Company had outstanding debt of $35.0 million under the New Credit Facility term
loan and $22.5 million under the New Credit Facility revolving line of
credit.
The Company may borrow funds under the Credit Agreements
(i) at the base rate, determined as the greater of (A) the prime loan
rate announced by KeyBank and (B) the sum of the weighted average overnight
federal funds rate published by the Federal Reserve Bank plus 50 basis points,
or (ii) at the offshore rate, determined by the Administrative Agent as the
offered rate for U.S. dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the requested
loan and having a maturity comparable to such interest period, which rate
appears (A) on the British Bankers’ Association internet web
page (http://www.bba.org.uk/public/libor/), or via (B) Reuters
(BBALIBORS), Bloomberg, Moneyline Telerate (Page 3750) or any other
information provider of the British Bankers’ Association daily Libor rates as of
11:00 A.M., London time, on the date which is the second day on which banks
are open for interbank deposits in London prior to the commencement of such
interest period; as adjusted for reserve requirements and rounded upwards if
necessary to the next higher 1/100%. Borrowings are subject to a Libor
floor rate of 2.75% or a Base Rate floor of 5.25%. Term loan
borrowings and revolver borrowings may be subject to an additional 450 basis
points and 375 basis points above LIBOR, respectively, based on the Company’s
credit ratings. In addition, the Company must pay a fee ranging from 30
basis points per annum to 75 points per annum, based on its credit ratings, on
the daily amount of the unused commitments under the revolving credit
facility. The initial interest rate under the New Credit Facility for
the term loan is approximately 7.25%, compared to the approximate 11.75%
interest rate under the Existing Credit Facility term loan. The
initial interest under the New Credit Facility for the revolving line of credit
is approximately 6.50%, compared to the approximate 6.75% rate under the
Existing Credit Facility revolving line of credit.
Pursuant
to certain terms of the Credit Agreement, in certain instances the Company is
required to prepay outstanding indebtedness prior to its stated maturity
date. Specifically, certain non-recurring cash inflows such as
proceeds from asset sales, insurance recoveries, and equity offerings as well as
certain annual operating cash flows may have to be used to pay down indebtedness
and may not be reborrowed.
The terms
of the Credit Agreement include customary representations and warranties, as
well as reporting and financial covenants, customary for financings of this
type. The Credit Agreement provides for the ability to increase the
revolving line of credit facility by up to $15 million to a total not to
exceed $40 million, in the event that the Administrative Agent elects to secure
additional commitments from Existing Lenders or from New Lenders.
The
foregoing description of the Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by the Credit Agreement attached as
Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits .
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10.1
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Credit
Agreement among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,
KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent and Lender, Bank of
America, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Lender and the other financial
institutions parties thereto with Keybanc Capital Markets and Banc of
America Securities, LLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Book Runners, dated as
of March 3, 2010.
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10.2
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Payoff
Letter (First Lien Credit Agreement) between Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions, Inc. and KeyBank National Association as Administrative Agent
dated as of March 3, 2010.
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10.3
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Payoff
Letter (Second Lien Credit Agreement) between Kratos Defense &
Security Solutions, Inc. and KeyBank National Association as
Administrative Agent dated as of March 3, 2010.
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99.1
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Press
Release of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. issued
on March 4, 2010.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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KRATOS
DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
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Date:
March 8, 2010
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/s/
Deanna Lund
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Deanna
Lund
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit Number
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Description
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10.1
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Credit
Agreement among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,
KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent and Lender, Bank of
America, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Lender and the other financial
institutions parties thereto with Keybanc Capital Markets and Banc of
America Securities, LLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Book Runners, dated as
of March 3, 2010.
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10.2
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Payoff
Letter (First Lien Credit Agreement) between Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions, Inc. and KeyBank National Association as Administrative Agent
dated as of March 3, 2010.
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10.3
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Payoff
Letter (Second Lien Credit Agreement) between Kratos Defense &
Security Solutions, Inc. and KeyBank National Association as
Administrative Agent dated as of March 3, 2010.
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99.1
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Press
Release of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. issued
on March 4, 2010.
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Credit
Agreement
among
Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,
KeyBank National
Association,
as
Administrative Agent,
and
Lender,
Bank of America, N.
A.,
as
Syndication Agent,
and
Lender,
and
The
Other Financial
Institutions
Party Hereto
with
KeyBanc Capital
Markets,
and
Banc of America Securities,
LLC,
as
Co-Lead Arranger and Book Runners
Dated
as of March 3, 2010
(A) $25,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
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(B) $35,000,000 Term Loan
Facility
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Section
1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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1.2
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USE
OF CERTAIN
TERMS
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30
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1.5
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EXHIBITS
AND SCHEDULES
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31
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1.6
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REFERENCES
TO AGREEMENTS AND LAWS
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31
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Section
2.
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THE
COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
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31
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2.1
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LOANS;
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
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31
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2.2
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BORROWINGS,
CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS.
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32
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2.5
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REDUCTION
OR TERMINATION OF COMMITMENTS
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41
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2.6
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PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST
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42
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2.8
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COMPUTATION
OF INTEREST AND FEES
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43
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2.12
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ADDITIONAL
LOAN COMMITMENTS
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45
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2.13
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SPECIAL
PROVISIONS REGARDING DEFAULTING LENDERS
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48
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Section
3.
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TAXES,
YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
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48
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3.3
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INABILITY
TO DETERMINE RATES
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50
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3.4
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INCREASED
COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY
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50
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3.5
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BREAKFUNDING
COSTS
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51
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3.6
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MATTERS
APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION
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51
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Section
4.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
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52
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4.1
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CONDITIONS
OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT
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52
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4.2
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CONDITIONS
TO ALL EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
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57
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Section
5.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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57
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5.1
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EXISTENCE
AND QUALIFICATION; POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
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57
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5.2
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POWER;
AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS
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58
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5.4
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EQUITY
SECURITIES AND OWNERSHIP
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58
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5.5
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS; PROJECTIONS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT
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59
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5.7
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NO
DEFAULT; CONTINUED BUSINESS
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59
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5.8
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OWNERSHIP
OF PROPERTY; LIENS
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60
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5.10
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MARGIN
REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
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60
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5.11
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ERISA
COMPLIANCE; EMPLOYEE MATTERS
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60
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5.12
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INTANGIBLE
ASSETS
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62
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5.13
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COMPLIANCE
WITH LAWS
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62
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5.14
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ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE
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62
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5.20
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MATERIAL
LEASES, MATERIAL REAL ESTATE ASSETS
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63
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5.21
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SECURITY
INTEREST IN COLLATERAL
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63
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5.23
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MATERIAL
CONTRACTS; ASSIGNED GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
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64
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5.25
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AFFILIATE
TRANSACTIONS
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64
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5.26
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DORMANT
SUBSIDIARIES
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64
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Section
6.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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64
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6.1
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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64
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6.2
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CERTIFICATES,
NOTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION
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66
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6.4
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PRESERVATION
OF EXISTENCE
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69
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6.5
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MAINTENANCE
OF PROPERTIES
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69
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6.6
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MAINTENANCE
OF INSURANCE
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69
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6.7
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COMPLIANCE
WITH LAWS
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69
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6.9
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KEEPING
OF RECORDS AND BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
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70
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6.10
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COMPLIANCE
WITH ERISA
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70
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6.11
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COMPLIANCE
WITH AGREEMENTS
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70
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6.12
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SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTIES AND PLEDGE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS AND OTHER
COLLATERAL
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71
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6.13
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FURTHER
ASSURANCES
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72
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6.16
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ADDITIONAL
MATERIAL REAL ESTATE ASSETS
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72
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6.17
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ADDITIONAL
COLLATERAL
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73
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6.19
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DORMANT
SUBSIDIARIES
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73
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6.20
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POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
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73
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Section
7.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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73
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7.3
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FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGES
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77
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7.6
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RESTRICTED
PAYMENTS
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80
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7.8
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CHANGE
IN NATURE OF BUSINESS
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81
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7.9
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TRANSACTIONS
WITH AFFILIATES
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81
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7.11
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CERTAIN
INDEBTEDNESS PAYMENTS, ETC
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81
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7.12
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FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
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82
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7.13
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ACCOUNTING
CHANGES
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82
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7.14
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GUARANTY
UNDER MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS
AGREEMENT82
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7.15
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AMENDMENTS
TO ORGANIZATION AGREEMENTS, AND MATERIAL CONTRACTS
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83
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7.16
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NO
FURTHER NEGATIVE PLEDGES
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83
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7.17
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RESTRICTIONS
ON SUBSIDIARY DISTRIBUTIONS
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83
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7.18
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SALES
AND LEASE BACKS
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83
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7.20
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ISSUANCE
OF DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK
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84
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Section
8.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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84
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8.2
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REMEDIES
UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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86
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Section
9.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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88
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9.1
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APPOINTMENT
AND AUTHORIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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88
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9.2
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DELEGATION
OF DUTIES
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89
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9.3
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LIABILITY
OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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89
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9.4
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RELIANCE
BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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89
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9.6
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CREDIT
DECISION; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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90
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9.7
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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91
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9.8
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
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91
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9.9
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SUCCESSOR
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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91
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9.10
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DESIGNATION
OF ARRANGER; NO AFFILIATE LIABILITY
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92
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Section
10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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92
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10.1
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AMENDMENTS;
CONSENTS
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92
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10.2
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TRANSMISSION
AND EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNATURES
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93
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10.3
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ATTORNEY
COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES
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94
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10.4
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SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
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95
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10.6
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SHARING
OF PAYMENTS
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98
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10.8
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NO
WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES
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99
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10.12
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NATURE
OF LENDERS’ OBLIGATIONS
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100
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10.13
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SURVIVAL
OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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100
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10.14
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INDEMNITY
BY BORROWER
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100
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10.15
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NONLIABILITY
OF LENDER
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102
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10.16
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NO
THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED
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102
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10.18
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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103
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10.19
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FURTHER
ASSURANCES
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104
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10.21
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TIME
OF THE ESSENCE
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104
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10.22
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FOREIGN
LENDERS
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104
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10.23
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REMOVAL
AND REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS
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105
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10.25
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WAIVER
OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
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105
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10.26
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PATRIOT
ACT NOTIFICATION
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106
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10.27
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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106
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EXHIBITS
A Form
of Request for Extension of Credit
B Form
of Compliance Certificate
C-1 Form
of Term Loan Note
C-2 Form
of Revolving Note
D Form
of Assignment and Assumption
E Form
of Pledge and Security Agreement
F Form
of Multi-Party Guaranty
G [Intentionally
Omitted]
H Form
of Collateral Questionnaire
I
Form of Acceptance Letter
J Form
of Landlord Waiver
SCHEDULES
2.1 Commitments
and Pro Rata Shares
2.3(l) Outstanding
Letters of Credit
5.1(a) Exceptions
to Good Standing
5.1(b) Subsidiaries
5.4
Equity Securities and Ownership
5.11 ERISA
Compliance; Employee Matters
5.15 Insurance
5.20 Material
Leases, Material Real Estate Assets
5.25 Affiliate
Transactions
5.26 Dormant
Subsidiaries
6.20 Post-Closing
Covenants
7.1(b) Existing
Indebtedness and Liens
7.1(e) Existing
Foreign Intercompany Indebtedness
7.4 Disposition
of Property
7.5 Investments
10.2 Offshore
and Domestic Lending Offices, Addresses for Notices
Credit
Agreement
This
Credit Agreement
(“Agreement”) is
entered into as of March 3, 2010, by and among Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), KeyBank National
Association, as Administrative Agent, as a Lender, , Bank of America, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent, as a Lender, such other lenders as shall from time to time
be party hereto, with KeyBanc Capital Markets
(“KeyBanc”) and Banc of America Securities,
LLC as Co-Lead Arrangers and Book Runners hereunder.
RECITALS
Borrower
has requested that Lenders and Issuing Lenders provide (i) a senior secured
revolving credit facility of up to $25,000,000 and (ii) a senior secured term
loan facility of up to $35,000,000, and Lenders, Issuing Lenders and
Administrative Agent are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“Acceptance Letter” means an
acceptance letter among Borrower, Administrative Agent and a New Lender,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
“Acquisition” means any
transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting,
directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of
the assets of a Person, or of any line of business or any division of a Person,
(b) the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock, partnership interests or
equity of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a wholly-owned
Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with
another Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary).
“Administrative Agent” means
KeyBank National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent under any
of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s
Office” means Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account
as set forth on Schedule
10.2, or such other address or account as Administrative Agent hereafter
may designate by written notice to Borrower and Lenders.
“Administrative Agent-Related
Persons” means Administrative Agent (including any successor agent),
together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of KeyBank, KeyBanc), and
the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons
and Affiliates.
“Affiliate” means any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
common control with another Person. A Person shall be deemed to be
“controlled by” any
other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power (a)
to vote 10% or more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or managing general partners; or (b)
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person
whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” means this Credit
Agreement, as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
writing from time to time.
“Annual Payments” means, with
respect to any Material Contract, (x) the total amount of the payments expected
to be paid or received, as applicable, under such Material Contract
(y) divided by the total number of years of the term of such Material
Contract.
“Applicable Margin” means the
following amounts per annum (expressed in basis points per annum), based upon
the Total Leverage Ratio:
Total
Leverage Ratio
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Revolving
Eurodollar Rate
Margin
(bps)
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Revolving
Base Rate
Margin
(bps)
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Commitment
Fee
(bps)
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Term
Loan Eurodollar Rate Margin (bps)
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Term
Loan Base Rate Margin (bps)
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X
>
2.50
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425.0
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175.0
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75.0
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450.0
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200.0
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2.00
< X ≤
2.50
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375.0
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125.0
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60.0
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450.0
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200.0
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1.50
< X ≤
2.00
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325.0
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100.0
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45.0
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450.0
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200.0
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X ≤
1.5
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275.0
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50.0
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30.0
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450.0
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200.0
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For
purposes of Borrower’s payment of interest in accordance with Section 2.6 and
the Commitment Fee specified in Section 2.7(a), each Applicable Margin
calculated in accordance with the most recent Compliance Certificate received by
Administrative Agent shall be in effect from the date such Compliance
Certificate is received by Administrative Agent to but excluding the date the
next Compliance Certificate is received; provided, however, that (i)
the Applicable Margin from the Closing Date until Administrative Agent’s receipt
of Borrower’s first Compliance Certificate shall be determined as if the Total
Leverage Ratio were 2.33:1.00, and (ii) if at any time Borrower has not
submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when
required under Section 6.2(a), the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if
the Total Leverage Ratio were in excess of 2.50:1.00. For the
avoidance of doubt, any reduction in the Applicable Margin pursuant to the grid
or provisions above shall not be permanent and shall be in effect only for so
long as the applicable Compliance Certificate demonstrates that the Total
Leverage Ratio is at or below the requisite level. In the event that
any financial statement delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or Compliance
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.2 is shown to be inaccurate
(regardless of whether this Credit Agreement or the Commitments are in effect
when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected would
have led to a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the
Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Borrower shall
immediately deliver to Administrative Agent a correct Compliance Certificate for
such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be determined by
reference to the corrected Compliance Certificate (but in no event shall the
Lenders owe any amounts to Borrower), and (iii) Borrower shall immediately pay
to the Administrative Agent the additional interest owing as a result of such
increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be
promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms
hereof. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder.
“Applicable Payment Date”
means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of the relevant Interest
Period or every three (3) months, whichever is earlier, any date that such Loan
is prepaid or converted in whole or in part and the Maturity Date; and (b) as to
any other Obligations; the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and the
Maturity Date; provided,
however, that interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be payable from
time to time upon demand of Administrative Agent.
“Approved Fund” means any
Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a
Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages
a Lender.
“Arranger” means KeyBanc
Capital Markets and Banc of America Securities, LLC, each in its capacity as
“Co-Lead Arranger” and
“Book
Runner.”
“Asset Coverage Ratio” means
as of any date of determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a) Eligible
Billed Accounts Receivable to (b) the amount of all Revolving
Outstandings.
“Asset Sale” means a
Disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part
of Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of
any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including, without limitation, contract
rights, intellectual property and the Equity Securities of any of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries, other than inventory sold or leased in the ordinary course of
business.
“Assigned Government
Contracts” shall mean all Government Contracts that (a) are also Material
Contracts or, (b) pursuant to the terms of Sections 6.17 and 8.2(c) hereof, are
required to be subject to an Instrument of Assignment and Notice of Assignment
of Claims.
“Assignment and Assumption”
means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee
(with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4), and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attorney Costs” means and
includes all reasonable attorney’s and other fees and disbursements of any law
firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of internal legal services
and all disbursements of internal counsel.
“Audited Financial
Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet, income
statement and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each 52 or 53 week
year, as applicable, ending on or about December 31.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title
11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and
hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means a
fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate
plus 1/2 of 1 %, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by KeyBank as its “prime rate”, and (c) the
then-applicable Eurodollar Rate for one (1) month interest periods, plus 1.00% per
annum. Such prime rate is a rate set by KeyBank based upon various
factors including KeyBank’s costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some
loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced
rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by KeyBank shall take
effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public
announcement of such change. If KeyBank ceases to establish or
publish a prime rate, the applicable “prime rate” thereafter (for purposes of
determining (b) above) shall be instead the prime rate reported in The Wall
Street Journal (or the average prime rate if a high and a low prime rate are
therein reported). Notwithstanding the forgoing, in no event shall
the Base Rate be less than 5.25%.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan
made in not less than the Minimum Amount pursuant to Requisite Notice to
Administrative Agent by delivering a Request for Extension of Credit not later
than the Requisite Time and specified to be a Base Rate Loan or if not
designated otherwise. Interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be
calculated using the Applicable Margin for the Base Rate effective as of the
date of the advance of such Base Rate Loan.
“Borrower” has the meaning
set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrowing” and “Borrow” each mean a
borrowing of Loans hereunder.
“Business Day” means each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banks in Cleveland, Ohio; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; or (if
interest is being determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) London,
England are generally authorized or obligated, by law or executive order, to
close.
“Capital Leases” means any
and all leases under which certain obligations are required to be capitalized on
the books of a lessee in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Acquisition
Consideration” means the amount of cash paid or payable in connection
with an Acquisition including, without limitation, (a) Indebtedness assumed or
incurred in connection with such Acquisition and (b) Indebtedness of such
Persons as are acquired in such Acquisition.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as
at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly
and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States
Government, or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case
maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision
of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing
within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition
thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;
(iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation
thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least
A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued or
accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that
(a) is at least “adequately
capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal
banking regulator), and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations)
of not less than $100,000,000; and (v) shares of any money market mutual fund
that (a) has at least ninety five percent (95%) of its assets invested
continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
above, (b) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (c) has the highest
rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s.
“Change of Control” means (a)
the acquisition of, or, if earlier, the shareholder or director approval of the
acquisition of, ownership or voting control, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, on or after the Closing Date, by any Person or group
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as then in effect), of (i) shares representing more than thirty-five
percent (35%) of the aggregate ordinary Voting Power and/or economic interest
represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of Borrower or (ii) the
power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board
of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower; (b) during any period of
twelve (12) consecutive months, the occupation of a majority of the seats (other
than vacant seats) on the board of directors or other governing body of Borrower
by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors or other
governing body of Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (c) the
occurrence of a change in control, or other similar provision, as defined in any
Material Indebtedness Agreement or (d) the termination of the employment of Eric
DeMarco by the Borrower, whether initiated by the Borrower or by Mr. DeMarco, in
substantially the role served by him as of the Closing Date, unless an interim
or permanent successor reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and the
Requisite Lenders is immediately appointed, such acceptance not to be
unreasonably withheld.
“Closing Date” means the date
all the conditions precedent in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in
accordance with Section 4.1.
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute
thereto.
“Collateral” has the meaning
set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Collateral Questionnaire”
means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H that provides
information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit
Party.
“Commitment” means, for each
Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1, as such amount
may be reduced, increased or otherwise adjusted from time to time in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement (collectively, the “Combined
Commitments”).
“Commitment Fee” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7 hereof.
“Compliance Certificate”
means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, properly completed
and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
“Confidential Information”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.18.
“Consolidated Capital
Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated
basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase of property and equipment
(including the portion of liabilities under any Capital Lease that is or should
be capitalized in accordance with GAAP) or which should otherwise be
capitalized” including, for the avoidance of doubt, expenditures in
respect of software to the extent capitalized in accordance with
GAAP.
“Consolidated Current Assets”
means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current
assets in conformity with GAAP after deducting any appropriate and adequate
reserves therefor in conformity with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash
Equivalents.
“Consolidated Current
Liabilities” means, as used in determining Consolidated Working Capital,
as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current
liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding (i) the current portion of long
term debt, (ii) other Indebtedness with a stated maturity of less than one year
that is outstanding at such time, (iii) obligations in respect of revolving
loans under any working capital credit facility, and (iv) liabilities related to
FIN 48 tax liabilities and deferred tax liabilities.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means,
for any period (and subject to the provisos contained in Section
7.13), (a) the sum of the following, provided that the items
contained in clauses (ii)-(vii) below shall be added to (i) only to the extent
they have been deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net
Income:
(i) Consolidated
Net Income; provided that all items of gain and income that are properly
classified as extraordinary in accordance with GAAP (but do not fall within
clauses (ii)-(viii) below) shall be excluded from such Consolidated Net
Income;
(ii) Consolidated
Interest Charges (excluding interest income);
(iii) the
amount of taxes, based on or measured by income, used or included in the
determination of such Consolidated Net Income;
(iv) the
amount of depreciation and amortization expense deducted in determining such
Consolidated Net Income, including any impairment of goodwill or other purchased
intangibles as defined under FASB ASC Topic 350 (previously FAS 142) or FASB ASC
Topic 360 (previously FAS 144);
(v) any
non-cash stock based compensation charges in such period pursuant to
GAAP;
(vi) the
amount of non-cash costs from the disposal of assets or changes to GAAP;
and
(vii) the
amount of earn-out or similar payments required to be reported as compensation
expense instead of goodwill;
(viii) the
amount of the purchase price and related transaction costs of any Acquisition
required to be expensed during such period that would otherwise have been
classified as goodwill prior to such implementation of FASB ASC Topic 805
(previously FAS 141R);
(ix) other
non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non-cash
item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash
items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid
in a prior period);
(x) amounts
representing actual transaction costs incurred by the target in any Permitted
Acquisition consummated by the Borrower, provided that such amounts (A) shall be
limited to transaction costs paid in cash and incurred directly in connection
with such Permitted Acquisition and prior to the consummation of such Permitted
Acquisition and (B) shall not exceed, with respect to each such Permitted
Acquisition, an aggregate amount equal to 12.5% of the purchase price in
connection therewith (as set forth in the definitive purchase agreement with
respect thereto and if not specified therein, then based on a valuation
acceptable to the Lenders);
(xi) non-recurring
extraordinary cash expenses (as reported in the Borrower’s public financial
statements) in an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters
ending on, or ending most recently prior to, the date of the then most recent
Compliance Certificate; provided, however, for the
avoidance of doubt, in no event will Borrower be permitted to add back any such
non-recurring extraordinary cash expenses to the extent the same would result in
the total amount of non-recurring extraordinary cash expenses added back
pursuant hereto exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated
EBITDA for the then most recent period of the four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters;
minus
(b) other
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any
such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or
reserve for potential cash item in any prior period).
“Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow” means, for any period ending after fiscal year 2009, an amount (if
positive) determined for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
equal to:
(a) the sum,
without duplication, of the amounts for such period of:
(i) Consolidated
EBITDA;
(ii) interest
income;
(iii) extraordinary
cash gains and extraordinary cash other income; and
(iv) the
Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment;
minus
(b) the sum,
without duplication, of the amounts for such period of:
(i) voluntary
and scheduled repayments of Indebtedness (excluding repayments of any revolving
credit indebtedness except to the extent the obligation of the relevant lenders
to make such revolving credit available is permanently reduced or terminated in
connection with such repayments, to the extent of such reduction or
termination);
(ii) Consolidated
Capital Expenditures paid in cash (net of any proceeds of related financings
with respect to such expenditures);
(iii) Consolidated
Interest Charges to the extent payable in cash;
(iv) provisions
for current taxes based on income of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and payable
in cash with respect to such period; and
(v) the
proceeds used to make mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(i) and
2.4(b)(ii), only to the extent included in clause (a) above.
“Consolidated Interest
Charges” means, for any period, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, fees, charges
and related expenses payable by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with
borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the
deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as
interest in accordance with GAAP, (b) the portion of rent payable by Borrower
and its Subsidiaries with respect to such period under Capital Leases that is
treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (c) the portion of rent under
any Synthetic Lease Obligation that would be treated as interest in accordance
with GAAP if the Synthetic Lease Obligation were treated as a Capital Lease
under GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income”
means, (a) the net income (or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period
determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (b) the sum
of:
(i) the
income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of Borrower) in which
any other Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint
interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions
actually paid to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person during such
period, plus
(ii) the
income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary
of Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
plus
(iii) the
income (or loss) of any Subsidiary of Borrower to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary
of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, plus
(iv) any after
tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of
any Pension Plan, plus
(v) the
income (or loss) from discontinued operations.
“Consolidated Working
Capital” means, as at any date of determination, the excess or deficiency
of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current
Liabilities.
“Consolidated Working Capital
Adjustment” means, for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount
(which may be a positive or a negative number) by which Consolidated Working
Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than)
Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period, as adjusted for any
non-cash changes in deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries.
“Continuation” and “Continue” mean, with respect
to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the continuation of such Eurodollar Rate Loan as an
Eurodollar Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Loan.
“Contractual Obligation”
means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or
of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control Agreements” means
each of the Securities Account Control Agreements, Uncertificated Securities
Control Agreements and Deposit Account Control Agreements required to be
executed pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Conversion” and “Convert” mean, with respect
to any Loan, the conversion of such Loan from or into another type of
Loan.
“Credit Party” means Borrower
and each Guarantor.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means
the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declining Lender” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“Default” means any event
that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an
Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an
interest rate that is two percent (2.0%) per annum in
excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the
applicable Loans (or, in the case of any fees and other amounts, at a rate which
is two percent (2.0%) per annum in
excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate
Loans).
“Defaulting Lender” shall
mean any Lender which is a Funds Defaulting Lender and/or an Insolvency
Defaulting Lender.
“Disclosure Letter” means
that Disclosure Letter of even date herewith and delivered to Administrative
Agent together with this Agreement, as the same may be updated from time to time
with the consent of the Requisite Lenders.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” mean the sale,
lease or sub lease (as lessor or sublessor), assignment, conveyance, transfer,
License Disposition or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback
transaction) of any property by any Person, or any exchange of property by such
Person with any other Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other
disposal with or without recourse of any notes or accounts receivable or any
rights and claims associated therewith; provided, however, that an
issuance by a Person of its Equity Securities shall not be a
Disposition.
“Disqualified Capital Stock”
means an Equity Security that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security
into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the
happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an
optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the first
anniversary of the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Loans, (b) is
convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer
thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Securities of the type
referred to in clause (a) above, in each case at any time prior to the first
anniversary of the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Loans, (c) contains
any repurchase obligation that may come into effect prior to payment in full of
all Obligations, (d) requires cash dividend payments prior to one (1) year after
the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Loans, (e) does not provide that any
claims of any holder of such Equity Security may have against Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries (including any claims as judgment creditor or other creditor in
respect of claims for the breach of any covenant contained therein) shall be
fully subordinated (including a full remedy bar) to the Obligations in a manner
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (f) provides the holders of such Equity
Security with any rights to receive any cash upon the occurrence of a change of
control prior to the first anniversary date on which the Obligations have been
irrevocably paid in full, unless the rights to receive such cash are contingent
upon the Obligations being irrevocably paid in full, or (g) is prohibited by the
terms of this Agreement.
“Dollar,” “USD” and “$” mean lawful money of the
United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Dormant Subsidiaries” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.26 hereof.
“Eligible Assignee” means (i)
a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender (other
than a Defaulting Lender), (iii) an Approved Fund, (iv) the Administrative Agent
and (v) any other person (other than a natural person) approved by (A) the
Administrative Agent, (B) each Issuing Lender, and (C) unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Eligible
Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
“Eligible Billed Accounts
Receivable” means with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, as of any date of determination, subject to modification by
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion based upon the results of
a Field Audit, the face value of each account (as used in this definition, each
such account, an “Account”) arising out of any
contract or agreement (including any Government Contract) which is a bona fide,
non-contingent, existing obligation of the named account debtor thereunder (as
used in this definition, and with respect to each individual contract or
agreement, an “Account
Debtor”) actually and absolutely owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
thereof and arising from the sale and delivery of merchandise or the rendering
of services to such Account Debtor in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ business as presently conducted for which the Account
Debtor has been billed (or, to the extent the same such amounts are to be billed
with respect to any such contracts or agreements within ten (10) days after the
end of the month in which such determination is made, fifty percent (50%) of
such unbilled amount, but in no event more than $5,000,000, may also be
included) and that (a) with respect to Accounts arising under unbilled Assigned
Government Contracts that arose prior to the end of the immediately preceding
quarter-end, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall have provided to the
Administrative Agent an executed (i) Instrument of Assignment and (ii) Notice of
Assignment of Claims, each in substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, and (b) such Account satisfies and continues to satisfy
the following requirements:
(i) the
Account is evidenced by an invoice that has not remained unpaid for a period
exceeding one hundred twenty (120) days or more beyond the invoice date of the
invoice;
(ii) the
Account is not due from an Account Debtor whose debt on Accounts that are unpaid
for a period exceeding one hundred twenty (120) days or more after the invoice
date of the respective invoices exceeds fifty percent (50%) of such Account
Debtor’s total debt to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(iii) the
Account is a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor and no
offset (including, without limitation, discounts, advertising allowances,
counterclaims or contra accounts) or other defense on the part of such Account
Debtor or any claim on the part of such Account Debtor denying liability
thereunder has been asserted; provided, however, that if
the Account is subject to any such offset, defense or claim, or any inventory
related thereto has been returned, such account shall not be an Eligible Billed
Account Receivable only to the extent of the maximum amount of such offset,
defense, claim or return and the balance of such Account, if it otherwise
represents a valid, uncontested and legally enforceable obligation of the
Account Debtor and meets all of the other criteria for eligibility set forth
herein, shall be considered an Eligible Billed Account Receivable;
(iv) the
services have been performed or the subject merchandise has been shipped or
delivered on open Account to the named Account Debtor on an absolute sale basis
and not on a bill-and-hold, consignment, on approval or subject to any other
repurchase or return agreement and no material part of the subject goods has
been returned;
(v) other
than pursuant to the Security Documents, Permitted Liens under Section 7.2(l),
and non-consensual Permitted Liens arising under applicable laws, the Account is
not subject to any Lien or security interest whatsoever;
(vi) the
Account is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any
kind;
(vii) the
Account has not been turned over to any Person that is not a Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Borrower for collection;
(viii) with
respect to Accounts arising under contracts or agreements that are not
Government Contracts or contracts for which the United States Governmental
Authority is the end customer, it is not owing by an Account Debtor who shall
have failed to pay 20% or more of all receivables (excluding any contractually
permitted retainages associated with milestones under such contract or
agreement) owed by such Account Debtor to the Borrower or any Subsidiary within
the period set forth in (ii) above or who has become insolvent or is the
subject of any bankruptcy, arrangement, reorganization proceedings or other
proceedings for relief of debtors; and
(ix) it
is not owing by an Account Debtor that is an Affiliate of the
Borrower.
“Employee Benefits Plan”
means any “employee benefit
plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including without limitation,
a 401k plan, employee stock purchase program, deferred compensation program or
similar programs maintained by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries within the
past five (5) years from the date hereof.
“Environmental Laws” means
all Laws relating to environmental, health, safety and land use matters
applicable to Borrower or any of its properties.
“Equity Securities” of any
Person means (a) all common stock, preferred stock, participations, shares,
partnership interests or other equity interests in such Person (regardless of
how designated and whether or not voting or non-voting) and (b) all warrants,
options and other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, other than convertible
debt securities which have not been converted into common stock, preferred
stock, participations, shares, partnership interests or other equity interests
in any such Person.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, or any
successor Federal statute.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries within the meaning of Sections 414(b) or (c)
of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions
relating to Section 412 of the Code). Any former ERISA Affiliate of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA
Affiliate of Borrower or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this
definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of
Borrower or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such
period for which Borrower or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Code or
ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a
“reportable event”
within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued
thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (other than an event for which the
30 day notice is waived); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard
of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not
waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by
its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with
respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to
a Multiemployer Plan; (c) notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan in a
distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal
by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
from any Pension Plan with two or more non-related contributing sponsors or the
termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section
4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to
terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which
might reasonably constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of
liability on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the
application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) the withdrawal of Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or
partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from
any Multiemployer Plan if there is any liability or potential liability
therefor, or the receipt by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in
reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that
it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA;
(h) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition
on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or
under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in
respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (i) the assertion of a material claim
(other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan or
the assets thereof, or against Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (j)
receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any
Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the
failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption
from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; or (k) the imposition of a Lien
pursuant to Section 436 or 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect
to any Pension Plan.
“Eurodollar Rate” means for
any Interest Period with respect to each Eurodollar Rate Loan comprising part of
the same Borrowing, a rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent as the
offered rate for Dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the requested
Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to such Interest Period,
which rate appears (a) on the British Bankers’ Association internet web page
(http://www.bba.org.uk/public/libor/), or via (b) Reuters (BBALIBORS),
Bloomberg, Moneyline Telerate (Page 3750) or any other information provider of
the British Bankers’ Association daily Libor rates as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, on the date (an “Interest Determination
Date”) which is the second day on which banks are open for interbank
deposits in London prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period. If, on the Interest Determination Date for such Interest
Period, the Administrative Agent is unable to obtain any quotation as provided
above, the Eurodollar Rate for the relevant Interest Period shall be the rate
per annum that the Administrative Agent determines in good faith to be the
arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest sixth decimal place) of
all the per annum rates of interest at which deposits in Dollars in an amount
comparable to the requested Eurodollar Rate Loan in Dollars in respect of which
the Eurodollar Rate is then being determined for a period comparable to such
Interest Period are offered by Administrative Agent to prime banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time on such Interest
Determination Date. The Administrative Agent shall provide to
Borrower, upon request, details as to the manner in which the Eurodollar Rate is
calculated, but such calculation shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error. The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage by dividing (i) the Eurodollar Rate by (ii) one
minus the Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage. The determination of the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage and the Eurodollar Rate by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding the forgoing, in no
event shall the Eurodollar Rate be less than 2.75%.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means
a Loan made in not less than the Minimum Amount pursuant to Requisite Notice to
Administrative Agent and by deliverance of a Request for Extension of Credit not
later than the Requisite Time and specified to be an Eurodollar Rate
Loan.
Interest
on each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be calculated using the Applicable Margin for
the Eurodollar Rate effective as of the date of the advance, Continuation or
Conversion, as applicable, of such Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve
percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) in
effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations
issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
liabilities”).
“Event of Default” means any
of the events specified in Section 8.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor
federal statute.
“Existing Indebtedness” means
(a) Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under that certain First Lien
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2007, between Borrower, KeyBank
National Association, KeyBank Capital Markets and the lenders thereunder, as
amended prior to the Closing Date, and (b) Indebtedness and other obligations
outstanding under that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of
December 31, 2007, between Borrower, KeyBank National Association, KeyBank
Capital Markets and the lenders thereunder, as amended prior to the Closing
Date.
“Existing Lenders” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“Extension of Credit” means
(a) a Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation of Loans and (b) a Letter of Credit
Action wherein a new Letter of Credit is issued or which has the effect of
increasing the amount of, extending the maturity of, or making a material
modification to an outstanding Letter of Credit or the reimbursement of drawings
thereunder.
“Federal Funds Rate” means,
for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%)
equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the
Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next
succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next
succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rate charged to KeyBank on such day on such transactions as determined
by Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” means that
certain Fee Letter, dated November 23, 2009, by and between KeyBanc and
Borrower.
“Field Audit” has the meaning
set forth in Section 6.8.
“First Request” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“First-Tier Material Foreign
Subsidiary” means a direct Foreign Subsidiary of either Borrower or a
Domestic Subsidiary that is also a Material Subsidiary.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”
means as of any date of determination the ratio of (a) Borrower’s
Consolidated EBITDA for the preceding four (4) quarters (or for the period
ending June 30, 2010, the preceding two (2) quarters and, for the period ending
September 30, 2010, the preceding three (3) quarters) most recently ended to
(b) the sum of (i) scheduled principal amortization payments made pursuant
to this Agreement or any other document governing any Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary (but excluding the SYS subordinated debt payment of
$962,500 (due August 14, 2010) outstanding as of February 1, 2010), plus (ii) Consolidated
Interest Charges to the extent paid in cash (but excluding the amortization of
any capitalized fees), plus (iii) consolidated
income taxes to the extent paid in cash (less cash income tax refunds actually
received attributable to taxes paid in the current or immediately prior fiscal
year), plus (iv)
Consolidated Capital Expenditures, plus (v) the amount of any
Restricted Payments (but excluding any stock purchases related to the Borrower’s
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) or any Borrower match
to the 401(k) Plan that are expensed in the Borrower’s income statements), plus (vi) cash losses (net of
cash gains) resulting from discontinued operations, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP and in each case for the four (4) quarters (or, as the case
may be, two (2) or three (3) quarters) most recently ended; provided, however, that in no
event shall the items listed in subsection (b) above include any principal or
interest payments made with respect to the Existing Indebtedness.
“Foreign Lender” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.22.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary that is organized outside of the United States of
America.
“Fund” means any Person
(other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“Funds
Defaulting Lender” means
any Lender that (a) other than at the direction or request of any regulatory
agency or authority, defaults in its obligation to fund any Revolving Loan or
its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.3(e), (b) has notified
Borrower or Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement,
that it does not intend to comply with its obligation to fund any Revolving Loan
or its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.3(e) or its Pro Rata
Share of any payment under Section 9.7, (c) has failed to confirm that it will
comply with its obligation to fund any Revolving Loan or its portion of any
unreimbursed payment under Section 2.3(e) or its Pro Rata Share of any payment
under Section 9.7 within five (5) Business Days after written request for such
confirmation from Administrative Agent (which request may only be made after all
conditions to funding have been satisfied; provided that such Lender shall cease
to be a Funds Defaulting Lender upon receipt of such confirmation by
Administrative Agent, or (d) has failed to pay to Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any amount (other than its portion of any Revolving Loan or amounts
required to be paid under Section 2.3(e) or 9.7 or any other amount that is
de minimis) due under
any Loan Document within five (5) Business Days of the date due, unless, in case
of each of (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, such amount is the subject of a good
faith dispute.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances
as of the date of determination (except as otherwise set forth in Section 1.3),
consistently applied.
“Government Contracts” shall
mean all agreements, contracts and licenses to which any United States
Governmental Authority and any Credit Party are parties.
“Governmental Authority”
means (a) any international, foreign, federal, state, county or municipal
government, or political subdivision thereof, (b) any governmental or
quasi-governmental agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department,
instrumentality, central bank or public body, (c) any court, administrative
tribunal or public utility, or (d) any entity, officer or examiner exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to any government or any court.
“Guarantor” shall mean each
Domestic Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary in existence on the date
hereof (as set forth on Schedule 5.1 hereof) and
thereafter any other Domestic Subsidiary that shall become an obligor under the
Multi-Party Guaranty pursuant to the terms of Section 6.12 hereof.
“Guaranty Obligation” means,
as to any Person, any (a) guaranty by such Person of Indebtedness of, or other
obligation payable or performable by, any other Person or (b) assurance,
agreement, letter of responsibility, letter of awareness, undertaking or
arrangement given by such Person to an obligee of any other Person with respect
to the payment or performance of an obligation by, or the financial condition
of, such other Person, whether direct, indirect or contingent, including any
purchase or repurchase agreement covering such obligation or any collateral
security therefor, any agreement to provide funds (by means of loans, capital
contributions or otherwise) to such other Person, any agreement to support the
solvency or level of any balance sheet item of such other Person or any “keep-well” or other
arrangement of whatever nature, in each such case, given for the purpose of
assuring or holding harmless such obligee against loss with respect to any
obligation of such other Person; provided, however, that the
term Guaranty Obligation shall not include performance bond or other bond
guarantees or endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the
ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation
shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of
the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, covered by such Guaranty
Obligation or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the Person in good
faith.
“Hazardous Substance” means
any substance, material or waste, including asbestos and petroleum (including
crude oil or any fraction thereof), which is or becomes designated, classified
or regulated as “toxic,” “hazardous,” a “pollutant” or similar
designation under any Laws.
“Historical Financial
Statements” means as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial
statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008, consisting of a consolidated balance sheet, a consolidated statement
of income and a consolidated cash flow statement for such fiscal year, and (ii)
for the interim period from December 31, 2008, to the Closing Date, internally
prepared, unaudited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
consisting of a consolidated balance sheet, a consolidated statement of income
and a consolidated cash flow statement for each quarterly period completed prior
to ninety (90) days before the Closing Date, in the case of clauses (i) and
(ii), certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower as fairly presenting in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
“Increase Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“Indebtedness” means, as to
any Person:
(a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money (excluding however, all amounts
due under the corporate credit card programs of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries);
(b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments or upon which interest payments are customarily paid and all
obligations in respect of drafts accepted representing extensions of credit
whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money;
(c) any
direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), banker’s acceptances, bank guaranties,
surety bonds and similar instruments, but excluding performance bonds and
guaranties thereof, other than in the form of a letter of credit;
(d) the Swap
Termination Value of any Swap Contract (other than any Swap Contract existing on
the Closing Date);
(e) with or
without recourse, all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services in cash, including any obligations in respect of
earn-out payments, holdback amounts or other similar obligations in connection
with Acquisitions by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding all trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of business);
(f) Capital
Leases or Synthetic Lease Obligations, where (i) the amount of Indebtedness in
the case of Capital Leases shall be the amount of the capitalized lease
liability properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity
with GAAP and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness in the case of Synthetic Lease
Obligations shall be the sum of all outstanding principal advances and any other
sums advanced and outstanding pursuant to the Synthetic Lease
Obligations;
(g) all
obligations under asset securitization financing transactions, including
recourse sales of receivables but exclusive of nonrecourse sales of
receivables;
(h) all
indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned,
held or being purchased (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements) by that Person regardless
of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that
Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person;
(i) all
obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire
or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person;
and
(j) all
Guaranty Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing
obligations of any other Person.
For all
purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (to the extent the joint
venture consists of a legal entity where a joint venturer has pass-through
liability for all of the debts of the joint venture) in which such Person is a
general partner or a joint venturer, unless (other than with respect to clause
(g) above) such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person
(subject to customary recourse exceptions acceptable to Requisite
Lenders).
“Indemnified Liabilities” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.14.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning
set forth in Section 10.14.
“Insolvency Defaulting
Lender” means any Lender that
(a) has been adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having
regulatory authority over such Person or its assets to be, insolvent, (b)
becomes the subject of an insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization proceeding, or (c) becomes the subject of an appointment of a
receiver, intervenor or conservator under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect;
provided, however, that
a Lender shall not be an Insolvency Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the
ownership or acquisition by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality
thereof of any Equity Securities in such Lender or a parent company thereof,
unless, in the case of each of the foregoing, the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and each Issuing Lender shall determine in their sole and absolute
discretion that such Lender intends and is able (and has all necessary approvals
and authority) to continue to perform its obligations under and in accordance
with the Loan Documents.
“Instrument of Assignment”
means, with respect to any Assigned Government Contract (or any Government
Contract required to be assigned to Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections
6.17 and 8.2(c)), an Instrument of Assignment substantially in accordance with
the form attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement as Exhibit H.
“Intellectual Property Security
Agreement” means the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security
Agreement, and the Copyright Security Agreement, each dated as of the date
hereof, executed in favor of Administrative Agent (for the account of each
Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share) and each substantially in the
forms attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Interest Period” means for
each (a) Base Rate Loan (i) initially, the period commencing on the date such
Base Rate Loan is disbursed or Continued or Converted into such Base Rate Loan,
and (ii) thereafter, the period commencing on the last day of the preceding
Interest Period, and ending, in each case, on the earlier of (x) the scheduled
Maturity Date, or (y) three (3) months thereafter, as elected by Borrower, and
(b) Eurodollar Rate Loan, (i) initially, the period commencing on the date such
Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or Continued or Converted into such Eurodollar
Rate Loan, and (ii) thereafter, the period commencing on the last day of the
preceding Interest Period, and ending, in each case, on the earlier of (x) the
scheduled Maturity Date, or (y) one (1), two (2), or three (3) months
thereafter, as elected by Borrower; provided that:
(a) any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day
falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on
the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any
Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) unless
Administrative Agent otherwise consents, there may not be more than five (5)
Interest Periods for Eurodollar Rate Loans in effect at any time.
“Internal Control Event”
means a material weakness in, or fraud that involves management of, Borrower,
which fraud has a material effect on Borrower’s internal controls over financial
and other reporting, in each case as described in the Securities Laws, whether
or not Borrower is subject thereto.
“Investment” means, as to any
Person, any investment by such Person, whether by means of the purchase or other
acquisition of stock or other securities of any other Person or by means of a
loan, creating a debt, capital contribution, guaranty or other debt or equity
participation or interest in any other Person. For purposes of
covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually
invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value
of such Investment.
“IRS” means the United States
Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuing Lender” means (a)
KeyBank National Association, or (b) any other Lender, who (at the Borrower’s
request and with the Administrative Agent’s approval) from time to time effects
a Letter of Credit Action in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“KeyBank” means KeyBank
National Association.
“Landlord Waiver” means a
landlord waiver, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto (or in such
other form or with such modifications as shall be approved by the Administrative
Agent).
“Laws” or “Law” means all
international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules,
guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration
thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement,
interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and
agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having
the force of law.
“Lender” means each lender
from time to time party hereto and, as the context requires, each Issuing
Lender.
“Lending Office” means, as to
any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such on Schedule 10.2, or such other
office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Administrative
Agent.
“Letter of Credit” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c). A Letter of Credit may be a
performance letter of credit or a financial letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Action”
means the issuance, supplement, amendment, renewal, extension, modification or
other action relating to a Letter of Credit hereunder.
“Letter of Credit
Application” means an application for a Letter of Credit Action from time
to time in use by any Issuing Lender.
“Letter of Credit Expiration
Date” means the scheduled Maturity Date with respect to Revolving
Loans.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit”
means an amount equal to $10,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit
is part of, and not in addition to, the combined Revolving Loan
Commitments.
“Letter of Credit Usage”
means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate amount of all
drawings under the Letters of Credit not reimbursed by Borrower or converted
into Loans.
“License Disposition” means,
in respect of any patent, trademark, copyright, mask work, trade secret or other
intellectual property right owned or held by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(the “IP Holder”) which
is material to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (together, “Material IP”),
(a) the granting by the IP Holder of an exclusive license across all
or substantially all fields, uses or regions to any Person other than Borrower
or another Subsidiary, (b) the granting of any license by the IP Holder that
conveys directly or indirectly to any Person other than Borrower or its
Subsidiaries all or substantially all of the economic value of such Material IP,
or (c) the abandonment by the IP Holder of such Material IP.
“Lien” means (a) any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement in the nature
of cash collateral accounts or security interests, encumbrance, lien (statutory
or other), fixed or floating charge, or other security interest of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Laws of any jurisdiction), including the
interest of a purchaser of accounts receivable and (b) in the case of
Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such Securities.
“Loan” means any advance made
by any Lender to Borrower as provided in Section 2 that is either a Revolving
Loan or a Term Loan (collectively, the “Loans”).
“Loan Documents” means this
Agreement, each Note, the Multi-Party Guaranty, the Security Documents, each
Letter of Credit Application, each Request for Extension of Credit, the Fee
Letter and each certificate, each fee letter, and each other instrument or
agreement from time to time executed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any Responsible Officer and delivered in connection with this
Agreement.
“Mandate Letter” means that
certain Mandate Letter, dated November 23, 2009 by and between KeyBanc and
Borrower, including all attachments thereto.
“Material Adverse Effect”
means any set of circumstances or events which (a) has any material adverse
effect upon the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the rights
and remedies of Administrative Agent and Lenders hereunder or thereunder, (b) is
material and adverse to the prospects, financial condition, business, assets or
operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) has any
material adverse effect upon the value or condition of the Collateral, taken as
a whole, or (d) materially impairs the ability of any Credit Party to perform
the Obligations.
“Material Contract” means,
collectively, (a) any contract or agreement listed in the Disclosure Letter, (b) any
contract or agreement (including, without limitation, any Assigned Government
Contract) requiring Annual Payments to be made or providing for Annual Payments
to be received, in each case in excess of $2,000,000, (c) any other contract or
other arrangement (including, without limitation, any Assigned Government
Contract) to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than
the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to
renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) any
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness (other than a Loan
Document).
“Material Indebtedness
Agreement” shall mean any debt instrument, lease (capital, operating or
otherwise), guaranty, contract, commitment, agreement or other arrangement
evidencing any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess
of $2,500,000.
“Material Lease” means any
lease existing on the Closing Date or entered into by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries after the Closing Date with annual payments in excess of
$500,000.
“Material Real Estate Asset”
means (a) any fee-owned real estate asset having a fair market value in excess
of $2,000,000 as of any date of determination, or (b) any fee-owned real estate
asset that the Requisite Lenders have determined is material to the business,
operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Material Subsidiary” means
each Subsidiary of Borrower that has (a) assets as of the end of most recent
fiscal year of Borrower in excess of $2,000,000 or (b) net revenues in excess of
$5,000,000 for the most recent fiscal year of Borrower or (c) is otherwise
required to execute a joinder to the Multi-Party Guaranty and to the Pledge and
Security Agreement pursuant to Section 6.12.
“Maturity Date” means (a)
with respect to Revolving Loans, the earlier of (x) March 3, 2013 or (y) the
date upon which the Revolving Loan Commitments may be terminated in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement or (b) with respect to Term Loans, the earlier
of (x) March 3, 2013 or (y) the date that all Term Loans shall become due and
payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Maximum Rate” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.9.
“Minimum Amount” means, with
respect to each of the following actions, the minimum amount and any multiples
in excess thereof set forth opposite such action:
Type
of Action
|
|
Minimum
Amount
|
|
Multiples
in excess thereof
|
Borrowing
or prepayment of, or Conversion into, Base Rate Loans
|
|
$
1,000,000
|
|
$
500,000
|
Borrowing,
prepayment or Continuation of, Conversion into, Eurodollar Rate
Loans
|
|
$
1,000,000
|
|
$
500,000
|
Letter
of Credit Action
|
|
$25,000
|
|
None
|
Reduction
in Commitment
|
|
$
5,000,000
|
|
$1,000,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
“Modified Note” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“Multiemployer Plan” means
any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Multi-Party Guaranty” means
that Multi-Party Guaranty in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.
“Net Asset Sale Proceeds”
means, with respect to any Asset Sale resulting in gross proceeds of more than
$2,750,000, an amount equal to: (a) the sum of cash payments and Cash
Equivalents received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale
(including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment
pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as
and when so received), minus (b) any bona fide
direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including (i) income
or gains taxes paid or payable by the seller as a result of any gain recognized
in connection with such Asset Sale during the tax period applicable to the sale
(after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any
tax-sharing arrangements), (ii) payment of the outstanding principal amount of,
premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the
Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is
required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale,
and (iii) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or
contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and
warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of
any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale
Proceeds); provided,
however, that if at any time during the term of this Agreement Borrower
and its Subsidiaries have made Asset Sales resulting in gross proceeds of more
than $4,125,000, thereafter the amount described in clauses (a) and (b) of this
definition with respect to all Asset Sales (regardless of size) shall be
considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
“Net Cash Equity Proceeds”
means cash proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any
Equity Securities of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, net of underwriting
discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated
therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
“Net Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (a) any cash payments or
proceeds received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) under any
property/casualty, business interruption or “key man” life insurance
policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (ii) as a result of the
taking of any assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person
pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant
to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such
a taking, minus (b) (i)
any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Borrower or
such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred
in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (a)(ii) of
this definition, including income taxes paid or payable as a result of any gain
recognized in connection therewith (after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax-sharing arrangements).
“New Lenders” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.12.
“New Note” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.12.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall
mean each Lender other than an Insolvency Defaulting Lender or Funds Defaulting
Lender.
“Non-Defaulting Revolving
Lender” shall mean each Revolving Lender other than an Insolvency
Defaulting Lender or Funds Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Defaulting Term Lender”
shall mean each Term Lender other than an Insolvency Defaulting Lender or Funds
Defaulting Lender.
“Note” means a promissory
note made by Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing the Loans made by such
Lender, substantially in the form of either Exhibit C-1 or C-2, as applicable
(collectively, the “Notes”).
“Notice of Assignment of
Claims” means, with respect to any Assigned Government Contract (or any
Government Contract required to be assigned to Administrative Agent pursuant to
Sections 6.17 and 8.2(c)), a Notice of Assignment of Claims substantially in
accordance with the form attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement as Exhibit H.
“Obligations” means all
advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of,
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising under any Loan Document and under
any Swap Contract (entered into with any Lender or Affiliate thereof), whether
direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and
including interest that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Laws by or against Borrower or any Subsidiary of
Borrower.
“Organization Documents”
means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of
incorporation and the bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability company,
the articles of formation and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any
partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the
partnership or joint venture agreement and any agreement, instrument, filing or
notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation with the
secretary of state or other department in the state of its formation, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.1.
“Outstanding Obligations”
means, as of any date, and giving effect to making any Extensions of Credit
requested on such date and all payments, repayments and prepayments made on such
date, (a) when reference is made to all Lenders, the sum of (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Loans, and (ii) all Letter of Credit Usage,
and (b) when reference is made to one (1) Lender, the sum of (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Loans made by such Lender, and (ii) such
Lender’s ratable risk participation in all Letter of Credit Usage.
“Outstanding Percentage” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“PBGC” means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto established under
ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any
“employee pension benefit
plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is or was during
the past five (5) years sponsored or maintained by Borrower or any Subsidiary or
ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower or Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate
contributes or has or, during the past five (5) years, had an obligation to
contribute, including without limitation any multiple employer plan (as
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA).
“Permitted Acquisition” has
the meaning specified in Section 7.5(e).
“Permitted Exceptions” means
with respect to the property subject to any Material Lease as to which
Administrative Agent is granted a security interest in accordance with Section
6.15: (a) Liens arising by operation of law, materialmen’s,
mechanics’, workers’, repairmen’s, employees’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and
other like Liens in connection with any improvements or arising in the ordinary
course of business for amounts that either are not more than thirty (30) days
past due or are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and that have been bonded for not less than the full amount in
dispute (or as to which other security arrangements satisfactory to
Administrative Agent have been made), which bonding (or arrangements) shall
comply with applicable requirements of Laws, and has effectively stayed any
execution or enforcement of such Liens; (b) Liens arising out of judgments or
awards with respect to which appeals or other proceedings for review are being
prosecuted in good faith and for the payment of which adequate reserves have
been provided as required by GAAP or other appropriate provisions have been
made, so long as such proceedings have the effect of staying the execution of
such judgments or awards; (c) all encumbrances, exceptions, restrictions,
easements, rights of way, servitudes, encroachments and irregularities in title,
other than Liens which, in the reasonable assessment of the Administrative
Agent, do not materially impair the value of the real property security or the
use of such real property security for its intended purpose; (d) a Lien
consisting of a deposit or pledge made, in the ordinary course of business, in
connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under worker’s
compensation, unemployment insurance or similar legislation; and (e) Permitted
Liens.
“Permitted Indebtedness” has
the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Permitted Investments” has
the meaning specified in Section 7.5.
“Permitted Liens” has the
meaning specified in Section 7.2.
“Permitted Swap Obligations”
means all obligations (contingent or otherwise) of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries existing or arising under Swap Contracts, provided that such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person for the purpose of (a)
directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments or assets
held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of
securities issued by such Person in conjunction with a securities repurchase
program not otherwise prohibited hereunder; or (b) directly mitigating the
dilution associated with the issuance of convertible securities by Borrower, and
in any event not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view.”
“Person” means any
individual, trustee, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, bank, business association, firm, joint venture, Governmental
Authority, or otherwise.
“Pledge and Security
Agreement” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of
the date hereof, in favor of Administrative Agent (for the account of each
Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share) by Borrower and each Guarantor in
the form of Exhibit E
hereto.
“Prepayment Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e).
“Proceeding Party” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.5.
“Projections” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.5(b).
“Pro Rata Share”
means:
(a) with
respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans, participate in Letters
of Credit, reimburse an Issuing Lender, and receive payments of principal,
interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (x) prior to the
Revolving Loan Commitment being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, by (ii) the
aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment of all Lenders and (y) from and after the
time the Revolving Loan Commitment has been terminated or reduced to zero, the
percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Outstandings by (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of all Revolving Outstandings;
(b) with
respect to a Lender’s obligation to make a Term Loan and receive payments of
principal, interest, fees, costs and expenses with respect thereto, (x) prior to
the making of the Term Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such
Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, by (ii) the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Term
Loan Commitments, and (y) from and after the making of the Term Loans, the
percentage obtained by dividing (i) the principal amount of such Lender’s Term
Loan by (ii) the principal amount of all Term Loans of all Lenders;
and
(c) with
respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender, (x) during any period
when Revolving Loan Commitments have not been terminated or Revolving
Outstandings or the Term Loans have not been paid in full, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment plus the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans held by such Lender, by
(ii) the aggregate amount of Revolving Loan Commitment of all Lenders plus the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that in the event
the Revolving Loan Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Pro Rata
Share shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (A) the principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Outstandings plus the unpaid principal amount of such
Lender’s Term Loan by (B) the principal amount of all outstanding Revolving
Outstandings plus the unpaid outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans of
all Lenders.
“PT” means Pacific
Time.
“Register” has the meanings
set forth in Section 10.4(c)
“Reportable Event” means any
of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations
thereunder, a withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan described in Section 4063 of
ERISA, or a cessation of operations described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA.
“Representatives” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.18.
“Request for Extension of
Credit” means, unless otherwise specified herein, (a) with respect to a
Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation of Loans, a written request substantially
in the form of Exhibit
A, and (b) with respect to a Letter of Credit Action, a Letter of Credit
Application; in each case duly completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower.
“Requested Increase” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
“Requisite Lenders” means,
subject to the terms of Section 2.13, (a) with respect to matters relating
solely to Revolving Lenders, two (2) or more Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders
that are not Affiliates holding or being responsible for 51% or more (or, if
there are less than three (3) Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders that are not
Affiliates, 100%) of the sum of all Revolving Outstandings and all unutilized
Revolving Loan Commitments, (b) with respect to matters relating solely to Term
Lenders, two (2) or more Non-Defaulting Term Lenders that are not Affiliates
holding or being responsible for 51% or more (or, if there are less than three
(3) Non-Defaulting Term Lenders that are not Affiliates, 100%) of the sum of all
outstanding Term Loans, and (c) with respect to all other matters, two (2) or
more Non-Defaulting Lenders that are not Affiliates holding or being responsible
for 51% or more (or, if there are less than three (3) Non-Defaulting Lenders
that are not Affiliates, 100%) of all outstanding Loans and unutilized
Commitments.
“Requisite Notice” means,
unless otherwise provided herein, (a) irrevocable written notice to the intended
recipient or (b) except with respect to Letter of Credit Actions (which must be
in writing), irrevocable telephonic notice to the intended recipient, promptly
followed by a written notice to such recipient. Such notices shall be
(i) delivered to such recipient at the address, email address or telephone
number specified on Schedule
10.2 or as otherwise designated by such recipient by Requisite Notice to
Administrative Agent, and (ii) if made by Borrower, given or made by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower. Any written notice delivered in
connection with any Loan Document shall be in the form, if any, prescribed
herein or therein. Any notice sent by other than hardcopy shall be
promptly confirmed by a telephone call to the recipient and, if requested by
Administrative Agent, by a manually-signed hardcopy thereof.
“Requisite Time” means, with
respect to any of the actions listed below, the time and date set forth below
opposite such action:
Type
of Action
|
|
Applicable
Time
|
|
Date
of Action
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
of Request for Extension of Credit, for or notice for:
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowing
or prepayment of, or Conversion into, Base Rate Loans
|
|
10:00
a.m. PT
|
|
Same
date as such Borrowing, prepayment or Conversion
|
Borrowing,
prepayment or Continuation of, or Conversion into, Eurodollar Rate Loans
or Termination of Commitment
|
|
10:00
a.m. PT
|
|
Three
(3) Business Days prior to such Borrowing, prepayment Continuation,
Conversion or Termination of Commitment
|
Letter
of Credit Action
|
|
10:00
a.m. PT
|
|
Two
(2) Business Days prior to such action (or such lesser time which is
acceptable to the then Issuing Lender)
|
Payments
by Lenders or Borrower to Administrative Agent
|
|
10:00
a.m. PT
|
|
On
date payment is due
|
|
|
|
|
|
“Responsible Officer” means
the chief executive officer, president, the chief financial officer, any vice
president of finance, the treasurer, the assistant treasurer or the corporate
controller of Borrower. Any document or certificate hereunder that is
signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower shall be conclusively presumed to
have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action
on the part of Borrower and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of Borrower.
“Restricted Payment”
means:
(a) the
declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution by Borrower or any
Subsidiary, either in cash or property, on any shares of Equity Securities of
any class of Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(b) any other
repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation. termination,
payment or distribution by Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of its Equity
Securities, either directly or indirectly.
“Revolving Lender” means any
Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Revolving Loan” means a
revolving loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section
2.1(a).
“Revolving Loan Availability”
means, at any time, the remainder of (i) the aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments at such time, minus (ii) the aggregate
Revolving Outstandings at such time.
“Revolving Loan Commitment”
means, in the aggregate $25,000,000, as reduced from time to time pursuant to
the terms of Section 2.5, or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms
of Section 2.12, and, with respect to any Revolving Lender, such Revolving
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amounts as set forth on Schedule 2.1 attached
hereto.
“Revolving Outstandings”
means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Loans, plus (b) the aggregate amount
of all Letter of Credit Usage.
“Securities” means any stock,
shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of
interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement,
options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness,
secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any
instruments commonly known as “securities” or any
certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to,
purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Laws” means the
Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards
and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of
the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date
hereunder.
“Security Documents” means
the Pledge and Security Agreement and the Intellectual Property Security
Agreements and any other documents or agreements pertaining to Liens or security
interests in the Collateral (including any Instrument of Assignment, Notice of
Assignment of Claims or account control agreement).
“Shortfall” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.12.
“Solvent” means, as to any
Person at any time, that (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is
greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed,
contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and
liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person is not less
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such
Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able
to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal
course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe
that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as
such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in
business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a
transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably
small capital.
“Subordinated Debt” means any
subordinated Indebtedness of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in form and substance
and on terms satisfactory to Requisite Lenders in their sole and absolute
discretion and expressly approved by Requisite Lenders after the date
hereof.
“Subsidiary” of a Person
means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or
other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned or
controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any
and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or
equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options
or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions,
interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions,
floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., or any other master
agreement.
“Swap Counterparties” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value”
means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account
the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been
closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in
clause (a) the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap
Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include any Lender).
“Synthetic Lease Obligations”
means all monetary obligations of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic,
off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations which do not appear on the balance
sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such
Person, would be characterized as secured debt of such Person (without regard
for accounting treatment).
“Term Lender” means any
Lender with an Term Loan Commitment.
“Term Loan” means a term loan
made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
“Term Loan Commitment” means,
in the aggregate, $35,000,000 and, with respect to any Term Lender, such Term
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount as set forth on Schedule 2.1 attached
hereto.
“Terrorism
Laws” means any of the following (a) Executive Order 13224
issued by the President of the United States, (b) the Terrorism Sanctions
Regulations (Title 31 Part 595 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), (c) the
Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 596 of the U.S.
Code of Federal Regulations), (d) the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions
Regulations (Title 31 Part 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), (e) the
Patriot Act (as it may be subsequently codified), (f) all other present and
future legal requirements of any Governmental Authority addressing, relating to,
or attempting to eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war and (g) any
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto or pursuant to any legal requirements
of any Governmental Authority governing terrorist acts or acts of
war.
“Threshold Conditions” means
that the following criteria have been satisfied at such time and on a pro forma basis: (i) Total
Leverage Ratio is less than (a) 2.50 to 1.00, through the quarter ended December
31, 2010, or (b) 2.25 to 1.00 thereafter, and (ii) the sum of cash on hand, Cash
Equivalents and the Revolving Loan Availability equals at least
$10,000,000.
“To the best knowledge of”
means, when modifying a representation, warranty or other statement of any
Person, that the fact or situation described therein is known by such Person
(or, (a) in the case of Borrower, known by any Responsible Officer or executive
officer of Borrower, or, (b) in the case of any other Person other than a
natural Person, known by any officer of such Person) making the representation,
warranty or other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable due diligence
under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable
Person in similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by such
Person (or, (a) in the case of Borrower, would have been known by any
Responsible Officer or executive officer of Borrower, or, (b) in the case of any
other Person other than a natural Person, would have been known by any executive
officer of such Person).
“Total Commitments” means an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of all Commitments (i.e., initially
$60,000,000), as the same may decrease pursuant to the terms of Section 2.5 or
increase pursuant to the terms of Section 2.12.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means,
as of any date of determination, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness as of
such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four (4) fiscal
quarters ending on, or ending most recently prior to, such date.
“Trade Date” has the meaning
set forth in Section 10.4.
“Treasury Rate” means, at any
date, the yield to maturity as of such date of United States Treasury securities
with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal
Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at
least two Business Days prior to such date (or, if such Statistical Release is
no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most
nearly equal to the period from such date to the date which is two years
following the Closing Date.
“Unfunded Pension Liability”
means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section
4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets,
determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“USA Patriot Act” means
United States Public Law 107-56, the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA
Patriot Act of 2001), as amended from time to time and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
“Voting Power” shall mean,
with respect to any Person, the exclusive ability to control, through the
ownership of shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests or otherwise, the election of members of the board of directors or
other similar governing body of such Person. The holding of a
designated percentage of Voting Power of a Person means the ownership of shares
of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other interests
of such Person sufficient to control exclusively the election of that percentage
of the members of the board of directors or similar governing body of such
Person.
1.2 USE OF CERTAIN
TERMS.
(a) All terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto,
unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used
herein, unless the context requires otherwise, the masculine, feminine and
neuter genders and the singular and plural include one another.
(c) The words
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan
Document shall refer to the Loan Documents as a whole and not to any particular
provision thereof. The term “including” is by way of example and not
limitation. References herein to a Section, subsection or clause
shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the appropriate Section,
subsection or clause in this Agreement.
(d) The term
“or” is disjunctive; the term “and” is conjunctive. The term “shall”
is mandatory; the term “may” is permissive.
1.3 ACCOUNTING
TERMS. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall be construed in conformity
with GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP (including, without
limitation, any conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards) would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any
Loan Document, and Borrower, Administrative Agent or any Lender shall so
request, Borrower and Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to
amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light
of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders), provided that, until so
amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance
with GAAP prior to such change therein and Borrower shall provide to
Administrative Agent and Lenders reconciliation statements requested by
Administrative Agent (reconciling the computations of such financial ratios and
requirements from the then-current GAAP computations to the computations under
GAAP prior to such change) in connection therewith. Financial
statements and other information required to be delivered by Borrower to Lenders
pursuant to Section 6.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect
at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation
statements provided for in Section 6.1(c), if applicable). Subject to
the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and
other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in
conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial
Statements.
1.4 ROUNDING. Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other
component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by
which such ratio is expressed in this Agreement and rounding the result up or
down to the nearest number (with a round-up if there is no nearest number), to
the number of places by which such ratio is expressed in this
Agreement.
1.5 EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES. All exhibits and schedules to this Agreement,
either as originally existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended with the consent of Requisite Lenders, are
incorporated herein by this reference.
1.6 REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS AND
LAWS. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a)
references to agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual
instruments shall include all amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements
and other modifications thereto (unless prohibited by any Loan Document), and
(b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such
Law.
SECTION
2. THE
COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
2.1 LOANS; MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to make Loans to (and to issue or
participate in Letters of Credit for the account of) the Borrower as
follows:
(a) Revolving
Loans. Each Lender severally agrees to make, Convert and
Continue loans on a revolving basis in Dollars from time to time until the
Maturity Date in such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such aggregate
amounts as Borrower may from time to time request from all such Revolving
Lenders; provided,
however, that (i) the Revolving Outstandings of all Revolving Lenders
shall not exceed at any time the combined Revolving Loan Commitments, as the
same may be from time to time adjusted in accordance with this Agreement and
(ii) the Revolving Outstandings of each Revolving Lender shall not at any time
exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, as the same may be
from time to time adjusted in accordance with this Agreement. The
amount of the combined Revolving Loan Commitments initially totals
$25,000,000. Following the date of this Agreement, the amount
of the Revolving Loan Commitments may be increased by up to $15,000,000 to a
total not to exceed $40,000,000 in the event Administrative Agent, acting in its
sole and absolute discretion, elects to secure additional commitments from the
Existing Lenders or from New Lenders as otherwise provided in Section 2.12
hereof. The Revolving Loans are a revolving credit
and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow, Convert,
Continue, prepay and reborrow Loans as set forth herein without premium or
penalty.
(b) Term
Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a loan to the Borrower in
Dollars on the Closing Date in an amount equal to such Term Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Term Loan Commitment. The Term Loan Commitment shall
expire concurrently with the making of the Term Loans on the Closing
Date. Once prepaid or repaid, the Term Loans may not be
reborrowed. The Term Loans shall be repaid in accordance with Section
2.4 and Section 2.6.
(c) Letters of
Credit. Subject to Section 2.3, each Issuing Lender agrees to
issue Letters of Credit, in each case containing such terms and conditions as
are permitted by this Agreement (each, a “Letter of Credit”), at the
request of and for the account of the Borrower from time to time before the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, and, as more fully set forth in Section 2.3,
each Revolving Lender agrees to purchase a participation in each such Letter of
Credit.
(d) Notes. Loans made
by each Lender shall be, at the request of such Lender, evidenced by one or more
Notes. The date, amount and maturity of each Lender’s Loans and
payments and other particulars with respect thereto may be endorsed on
schedule(s) attached to its Note by each Lender and/or recorded on one or more
loan accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the ordinary course of
business. Such Notes, loan accounts and records shall be conclusive
absent manifest error of the amount of such Loans and payments
thereon. Any failure to record or any error in doing so shall not,
however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower to pay any amount
owing with respect to the Loans.
2.2 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND
CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS.
(a) Borrower
may irrevocably request a Borrowing, Continuation or Conversion of any Loan, in
each case, in a Minimum Amount therefor by delivering a Request for Extension of
Credit therefor by Requisite Notice to Administrative Agent not later than the
Requisite Time therefor. All Borrowings, Conversions and
Continuations of Loans shall constitute Base Rate Loans unless properly and
timely otherwise designated in the applicable Request for Extension of
Credit.
(b) Following
receipt of a Request for Extension of Credit, Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each applicable Lender of its Pro Rata Share thereof by
Requisite Notice. In the case of a Borrowing of Loans, each
applicable Lender shall make the funds for its Loan available to Administrative
Agent at Administrative Agent’s Office not later than the Requisite Time
therefor on the Business Day specified in such Request for Extension of
Credit. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 (and, in the case of the initial Extension of Credit hereunder,
Section 4.1), all funds so received shall be made available to Borrower in
Dollars. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and
Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan
upon determination of same.
(c) Except as
otherwise provided herein, an Eurodollar Rate Loan may be Continued or Converted
only as of the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate
Loan. During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, no Loans
may be requested as, Converted into or Continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of Requisite Lenders, and Requisite Lenders may demand that
any or all of the then outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans be Converted
immediately into Base Rate Loans.
(d) If a Loan
is to be made on the same date that another Loan is due and payable, Borrower or
Lenders, as the case may be, shall, unless Administrative Agent otherwise
requests, make available to Administrative Agent the net amount of funds giving
effect to both such Loans and the effect for purposes of this Agreement shall be
the same as if separate transfers of funds had been made with respect to each
such Loan.
(e) The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan on any date shall not relieve any other
Lender of any obligation to make a Loan on such date, but no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Loan.
2.3 LETTERS OF
CREDIT.
(a) The Letter of Credit
Sublimit. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, an Issuing Lender
shall take such Letter of Credit Actions as Borrower may from time to time
request; provided,
however, that (i) the Revolving Outstandings of each Lender shall not at
any time exceed such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment; (ii) the Revolving
Outstandings of all Lenders shall not at any time exceed the combined Revolving
Loan Commitments; and (iii) Letter of Credit Usage shall not at any time exceed
the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(b) Letter of Credit
Actions. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, an Issuing Lender shall
take such Letter of Credit Actions as Borrower may from time to time
request. Subject to subsection (g) below and unless consented to by
the respective Issuing Lender and Requisite Lenders, no Letter of Credit may
expire more than twelve (12) months after the date of its issuance or last
renewal; provided,
however, that no Letter of Credit shall expire after the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date unless Borrower shall post cash collateral with respect to such
Letter of Credit in such manner as is reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing
Lender and the amount of the Letter of Credit does not exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit.
(c) Requesting Letter of Credit
Actions. Borrower may irrevocably request a Letter of Credit
Action in a Minimum Amount therefor by delivering a Letter of Credit Application
therefor to an Issuing Lender, with a copy to Administrative Agent (who shall
notify all Revolving Lenders) by Requisite Notice not later than the Requisite
Time therefor. Each Letter of Credit Action shall be in a form
acceptable to such Issuing Lender in its sole discretion. Unless
Administrative Agent notifies such Issuing Lender that such Letter of Credit
Action is not permitted hereunder, or such Issuing Lender notifies
Administrative Agent that it has determined that such Letter of Credit Action is
contrary to any Laws or policies of such Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender
shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2
with respect to any Letter of Credit Action constituting an Extension of Credit,
effect such Letter of Credit Action. This Agreement shall control in
the event of any conflict with any Letter of Credit Application. Upon
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to
have purchased from such Issuing Lender a risk participation therein in an
amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such
Letter of Credit.
(d) Reimbursement of Payments Under
Letters of Credit. Borrower shall reimburse the applicable
Issuing Lender through Administrative Agent for any payment that such Issuing
Lender makes under a Letter of Credit on or before the date of such payment;
provided, however, that
if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 can be satisfied, Borrower
may request a Borrowing of a Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.2 to reimburse
such Issuing Lender for such payment, or, failing to make such request, Borrower
shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans on such payment
date pursuant to subsection (e) below.
(e) Funding by Lender When Issuing
Lender Not Reimbursed. Upon any drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall notify Administrative Agent and
Borrower. If Borrower fails to timely make the payment required
pursuant to subsection (d) above, such Issuing Lender shall notify
Administrative Agent of such fact and the amount of such unreimbursed
payment. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving
Lender of its Pro Rata Share of such amount by Requisite Notice. Each
Revolving Lender shall make funds in an amount equal its Pro Rata Share of such
amount available to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent’s Office not
later than the Requisite Time therefor on the Business Day specified by
Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to
such Issuing Lender. The obligation of each Revolving Lender to so
reimburse each Issuing Lender shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected by the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default or any other
occurrence or event. Any such reimbursement shall not relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse any Issuing Lender for
the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of
Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(f) Nature of Revolving Lenders’
Funding. If the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2
can be satisfied (except for the giving of a Request for Extension of Credit) on
any date Borrower is obligated to, but fails to, reimburse any Issuing Lender
for a drawing under a Letter of Credit, the funding by Revolving Lenders
pursuant to the previous subsection shall be deemed to be a Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans (without regard to the Minimum Amount therefor) deemed requested by
Borrower. If the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 cannot
be satisfied on the date Borrower is obligated to, but fails to, reimburse an
Issuing Lender for a drawing under a Letter of Credit, the funding by Revolving
Lenders pursuant to the previous subsection shall be deemed to be a funding by
each Revolving Lender of its risk participation in such Letter of Credit, and
each Revolving Lender making such funding shall thereupon acquire a pro rata participation, to
the extent of its reimbursement, and interest in the claim of such Issuing
Lender against Borrower in respect of such payment and shall share in accordance
with that pro rata
participation, in any payment made by Borrower with respect to such
claim. Any amounts made available by a Revolving Lender under its
risk participation shall be payable by Borrower upon demand of Administrative
Agent, and shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Default
Rate.
(g) Obligations
Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to pay to any Issuing
Lender the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of
Credit shall be absolute, unconditional, and irrevocable. Without
limiting the foregoing, Borrower’s obligation shall not be affected by any of
the following circumstances:
(i) any lack
of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any
other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) any
amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from such Letter of Credit,
this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating hereto or
thereto;
(iii) the
existence of any claim, setoff, defense, or other rights which Borrower may have
at any time against any Issuing Lender, Administrative Agent or any Lender, any
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit (or any persons or entities for whom any
such beneficiary may be acting) or any other Person, whether in connection with
such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto, or any unrelated transactions;
(iv) any
demand, statement, or any other document presented under such Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid, or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever so long
as any such document appeared to comply with the terms of the Letter of
Credit;
(v) any
payment made by an Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit to any Person
purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the
benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or
successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit,
including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws;
(vi) the
existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery
of any property purported to be represented by documents presented in connection
with such Letter of Credit or for any difference between any such property and
the character, quality, quantity, condition, or value of such property as
described in such documents;
(vii) the time,
place, manner, order or contents of shipments or deliveries of property as
described in documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit or the
existence, nature and extent of any insurance relative thereto;
(viii) the
solvency or financial responsibility of any party issuing any documents in
connection with such Letter of Credit;
(ix) any
failure or delay in notice of shipments or arrival of any property;
(x) any error
in the transmission of any message relating to such Letter of Credit not caused
by an Issuing Lender, or any delay or interruption in any such
message;
(xi) any
error, neglect or default of any correspondent of any Issuing Lender in
connection with such Letter of Credit;
(xii) any
consequence arising from acts of God, wars, insurrections; civil unrest,
terrorist action, disturbances, labor disputes, emergency conditions or other
causes beyond the control of any Issuing Lender;
(xiii) so long
as an Issuing Lender in good faith determines that the document appears to
comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit, the form, accuracy, genuineness
or legal effect of any contract or document referred to in any document
submitted to such Issuing Lender in connection with such Letter of Credit;
and
(xiv) any other
circumstances whatsoever where an Issuing Lender has acted in good
faith.
In
addition, Borrower will promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and
amendments thereto delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will
immediately notify the relevant Issuing Lender in writing. Borrower
shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such Issuing
Lender and its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid.
(h) Role of Issuing
Lender. Each Revolving Lender and Borrower agree that, in
paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, an Issuing Lender shall not have
any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to
ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the
authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. No
Administrative Agent-Related Person, nor any Issuing Lender, nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of an Issuing Lender shall
be liable to any Revolving Lender for any action taken or omitted in connection
herewith at the request or with the approval of Revolving Lenders or Requisite
Lenders, as applicable; any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or the due execution, effectiveness, validity
or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of
Credit. Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of
any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
provided, however, that
this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing
such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at
law or under any other agreement. No Administrative Agent-Related
Person, nor any Issuing Lender, nor any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of such Issuing Lender, shall be liable or responsible
for any of the matters described in subsection (g) above. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, any Issuing Lender may
accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, and each such Issuing Lender shall not be
responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or
assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights
or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove
to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(i) Applicability of ISP98 and
UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by an Issuing Lender
and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued and subject to applicable laws,
performance under Letters of Credit by any Issuing Lender, its correspondents,
and beneficiaries will be governed by, with respect to standby Letters of
Credit, the rules of the “International Standby Practices
1998” (ISP98) or such later revision as may be published by the
International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”).
(j) Letter of Credit
Fee. On each Applicable Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to
Administrative Agent in arrears, for the account of each Non-Defaulting
Revolving Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a Letter of Credit fee
equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Loans that are Revolving
Loans on a per annum basis times the actual daily maximum amount available to be
drawn under each Letter of Credit for the period since the later of the Closing
Date and the previous Applicable Payment Date. If there is any change
in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be
computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period
during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.
(k) Fronting Fee and Documentary and
Processing Charges Payable to Issuing Lender. On each
Applicable Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the sole
account of each respective Issuing Lender a fronting fee in an amount equal to
0.25% per annum on the daily average face amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit for each Issuing Lender, payable in arrears. In addition,
Borrower shall pay directly to each Issuing Lender, upon demand, for its sole
account its customary documentary and processing charges in accordance with its
standard schedule, as from time to time in effect, for any Letter of Credit
Action or other occurrence relating to a Letter of Credit for which such charges
are customarily made. Such fees and charges are
nonrefundable.
(l) Outstanding Letters of
Credit. Immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Letters of
Credit listed on Schedule
2.03(l) issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December
31, 2007, among Borrower, the lenders party thereto and KeyBank National
Association, as Administrative Agent, are and shall remain outstanding under
this Agreement.
2.4 PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Voluntary
Prepayments.
(i) Revolving
Loans. Upon Requisite Notice to Administrative Agent not later
than the Requisite Time therefor, Borrower may at any time and from time to time
voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans in part in the Minimum Amount therefor or in
full without premium or penalty. Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Revolving Lender of such voluntary prepayment and of such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. Any prepayment of a Revolving Loan
shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon and, in the case of any
Revolving Loan that is an Eurodollar Rate Loan, the amounts set forth in Section
3.5.
(ii) Term Loans. Upon
Requisite Notice to Administrative Agent not later than the Requisite Time
therefor, Borrower may at any time and from time to time voluntarily prepay Term
Loans in part in the Minimum Amount therefor or in full, in each case without
any penalty or premium . Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Term Lender of such voluntary prepayment and of such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of such prepayment. Any prepayment of a Term Loan shall be
accompanied by all accrued interest thereon and, in the case of any Term Loan
that is an Eurodollar Rate Loan, the amounts set forth in Section
3.5.
(iii) Application of Voluntary
Prepayments. Any prepayment of any Revolving Loan pursuant to
Section 2.4(a)(i) shall be applied to repay outstanding Revolving Loans to the
full extent thereof. Any voluntary prepayment of any Term Loans
pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii) shall be applied to repay such Term Loans on a
pro rata basis (in
accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof) and shall
be further applied (in inverse order of maturity beginning with the Maturity
Date balloon payment) on a pro
rata basis to reduce the remaining scheduled Installments of principal of
such Term Loans, as applicable.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments.
(i) Asset Sales. No
later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay
Loans and/or Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set
forth in Section 2.4(c) or 2.4(e), as applicable, in an aggregate amount equal
to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
(ii) Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds. No later than the first Business Day following the
date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent
as loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay
Loans and/or Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set
forth in Section 2.4(c) or 2.4(e), as applicable, in an aggregate amount equal
to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds; provided, (i) so long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to
the extent that aggregate Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds from the Closing
Date through the applicable date of determination do not exceed
$7,500,000, Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one
or more of its Subsidiaries to invest such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt thereof in long term productive
assets of the general type used in the business of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration or
replacement of the applicable assets thereof; provided further, pending any such
investment all such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, as the case may be,
shall be applied to prepay Revolving Loans to the extent outstanding (without a
reduction in Revolving Loan Commitments).
(iii) Issuance of Equity
Securities. On the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Net Cash Equity Proceeds which, when combined with any other
Net Cash Equity Proceeds received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries since
the Closing Date, total in excess of $50,000,000, Borrower shall prepay the
Loans and/or the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set
forth in Section 2.4(c) or 2.4(e), as applicable, in an aggregate amount equal
to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Equity Proceeds in excess of
$50,000,000; provided,
however, that in the event any Net Cash Equity Proceeds received by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which, when combined with all other Net Cash
Equity Proceeds received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries since the
Closing Date do not total in excess of $50,000,000, are not used in the manner
described in the second proviso of Section 7.5(e) hereof within ninety (90) days
of such receipt, Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Loan
Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.4(c) or
2.4(e), as applicable, in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of such Net Cash Equity Proceeds.
(iv) Issuance of
Debt. On the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.1), Borrower shall prepay the
Loans and/or the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set
forth in Section 2.4(c) or 2.4(e), as applicable, in an aggregate amount equal
to one hundred percent (100%) of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts
and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith,
including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(v) Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow. In the event that (i) there shall be Consolidated Excess
Cash Flow for any fiscal year (commencing with Fiscal Year 2010) and (ii) the
Total Leverage Ratio at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter for such fiscal
year is greater than or equal to 2.00:1.00, Borrower shall, no later than ninety
(90) days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter for such fiscal year,
prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently
reduced as set forth in Section 2.4(c) or 2.4(e), as applicable, in an aggregate
amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of such Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow.
(vi) Revolving
Loans. If for any reason the Revolving Outstandings exceed the
combined Revolving Loan Commitments as in effect or as reduced because of any
limitation set forth in this Agreement or otherwise, Borrower shall immediately
prepay Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(vii) Prepayment
Certificate. Concurrently with any mandatory prepayment of the
Loans and/or reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Sections
2.4(b)(i)-(vi), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of
a Responsible Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the
applicable net proceeds or other applicable financial tests or proceeds giving
rise to the prepayment, as the case may be. In the event that
Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded
the amount set forth in such certificate, Borrower shall promptly make an
additional prepayment of the Loans and/or the Revolving Loan Commitments shall
be permanently reduced in an amount equal to such excess, and Borrower shall
concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of a
Responsible Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
(c) Application of Mandatory
Prepayments. Subject to Section 2.4(e) below, any mandatory
prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.4(b) shall be applied in the
following order: first,
to prepay Term Loans on a pro
rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal
amounts thereof) and shall be further applied in inverse order of maturity
(beginning with the Maturity Date balloon payment) to reduce the remaining
scheduled installments of principal of the Term Loans; and second, to prepay the
Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof and to further permanently reduce the
Revolving Loan Commitments by the amount of such prepayment (provided that in no
event shall the Revolving Loan Commitments be permanently reduced pursuant to
this Section 2.4(c) below $15,000,000); provided however that
mandatory prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(vi), shall not be applied
to prepay Term Loans but shall be applied to prepay any outstanding Revolving
Loans (but not to permanently reduce Revolving Loan Commitments).
(d) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(e) Waiver of Certain
Prepayments.
(i) Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event Borrower is
required to make any mandatory prepayment of any Loans (other than mandatory
prepayments to be applied directly to outstanding Revolving Loans pursuant to
Section 2.4(c)), not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date (the
“Prepayment Date”) on
which Borrower is required to make such mandatory prepayment (or, if shorter,
promptly upon Borrower’s becoming aware of any event requiring such mandatory
prepayment), Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of the amount of such
prepayment, and Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Term
Lender of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such mandatory
prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such
Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to Borrower and
Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the first Business
Day prior to the Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does
not notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such
option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Prepayment Date shall be
deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option to decline
payments). On the Prepayment Date, Borrower shall pay to
Administrative Agent the amount of the mandatory prepayment, which amount shall
be applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the mandatory prepayment
payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to
prepay the Term Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the
scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans in accordance with Section
2.4(c)), and (ii) to the extent of any excess (the “Declined Prepayment
Amount”), if the Threshold Conditions do not exist, to prepay the
Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.4(e)(ii). Borrower will
(on any Prepayment Date) provide to Administrative Agent a certificate (signed
by a Responsible Officer) as to the status of the Threshold Conditions at the
time of such Prepayment Date will such supporting detail and calculations as
Administrative Agent shall request. Failure to provide such
certificate and satisfactory supporting detail and calculations will be deemed
to be an acknowledgement that the Threshold Conditions do not exist at such
time.
(ii) Promptly
upon receiving notice from the Term Lenders of their respective intent to waive
receipt of mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i), but in any event
no later than the first Business Day prior to the Prepayment Date,
Administrative Agent will (if the Threshold Conditions do not exist or if the
Borrower has not provided the documentation required 2.4(e)(i) above) notify
each Revolving Lender of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
applicable Declined Prepayment Amount and such Lender’s option to
refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by
giving written notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to do
so on or before the Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which
does not notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to exercise
such option on or before the Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as
of such date, not to exercise such option to decline payments). On
the Prepayment Date, the Declined Prepayment Amount shall be applied in an
amount equal to that portion of the Declined Prepayment Amount payable to those
Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Revolving
Loans of such Lenders to the full extent thereof and to further permanently
reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments by the amount of such prepayment; provided, however, that in no
event shall the Revolving Loan Commitments be permanently reduced pursuant to
this Section 2.4(e)(ii) below $15,000,000.
2.5 REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF
COMMITMENTS. Upon Requisite Notice to Administrative Agent not
later than the Requisite Time therefor, Borrower may at any time and from time
to time, without premium or penalty, permanently and irrevocably reduce the
Revolving Loan Commitments in a Minimum Amount therefor to an amount not less
than the Revolving Outstandings at such time or terminate the Revolving Loan
Commitments. Any such reduction or termination shall be accompanied
by payment of all accrued and unpaid commitment fees with respect to the portion
of the Revolving Loan Commitments being reduced or
terminated. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Revolving
Lenders of any such request for reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan
Commitments. Each Revolving Lender’s Commitment shall be reduced by
an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of
such reduction.
2.6 PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST.
(a) Except as
otherwise provided hereunder, if not sooner paid, Borrower agrees to pay the
outstanding principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.
(b) The
principal amounts of the Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly
installments in the aggregate amounts set forth below on the last day of each
calendar quarter, commencing June 30, 2010:
Calendar
Quarter Ending
|
Term
Loan Installments
|
|
|
June
30, 2010
|
$1,750,000
|
September
30, 2010
|
$1,750,000
|
December
31, 2010
|
$1,750,000
|
March
31, 2011
|
$1,750,000
|
June
30, 2011
|
$1,750,000
|
September
30, 2011
|
$1,750,000
|
December
31, 2011
|
$1,750,000
|
March
31, 2012
|
$1,750,000
|
June
30, 2012
|
$1,750,000
|
September
30, 2012
|
$1,750,000
|
December
31, 2012
|
$1,750,000
|
Maturity
Date
|
$15,750,000
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, such installments shall be reduced in connection with any
voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans, as the case may be, in
accordance with Sections 2.4(a)(iii) and 2.4(c), as applicable.
(c) Subject
to subsection (d) below, and unless otherwise specified herein, Borrower shall
pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan (before and after
default, before and after maturity, before and after judgment, and before and
after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) from the
date borrowed until paid in full (whether by acceleration or otherwise) on each
Applicable Payment Date at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
determined in accordance with the definition of such type of Loan, plus the Applicable Margin
specified in the definition in this Agreement of Applicable Margin with respect
to such type of Loan.
(d) Notwithstanding
subsection (c) of this Section, upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or
any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest
(including post petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or
other applicable bankruptcy laws, whether or not allowed in such a proceeding)
payable on demand at the Default Rate. Payment or acceptance of the
increased rates of interest provided for in this section is not a permitted
alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of
Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative
Agent or any Lender.
2.7 FEES.
(a) Commitment
Fee. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent (for the
account of each Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender according to its Pro Rata Share)
the respective commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) set forth
in the definition of Applicable Margin, calculated on the average unused amount
of the combined Revolving Loan Commitments. The Commitment Fee shall
be calculated and payable quarterly in arrears on each Applicable Payment
Date. The Commitment Fee shall continue to accrue at all times,
including at any time during which one or more conditions in Section 4 are not
met.
(b) Other
Fees. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, KeyBanc and
Lenders all fees and other amounts specified in the Mandate Letter and the Fee
Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein. All fees
payable under the Mandate Letter and the Fee Letter are solely for the account
of Administrative Agent, KeyBanc and/or the Lenders, as applicable, and are
nonrefundable.
2.8 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND
FEES. Computation of interest on Base Rate Loans when the Base
Rate is determined by KeyBank’s “prime rate” shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and
the actual number of days elapsed. Computation of other types of
interest and all fees shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days and
the actual number of days elapsed, which results in a higher yield to Lenders
than a method based on a year of 365 or 366 days. Interest shall
accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue
on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion
is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is
made shall bear interest for one day.
2.9 MAKING PAYMENTS.
(a) Except as
otherwise provided herein, all payments by Borrower or any Lender hereunder
shall be made to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent’s Office not later
than the Requisite Time for such type of payment. All payments
received after such Requisite Time shall be deemed received on the next
succeeding Business Day. All payments shall be made in immediately
available funds in lawful money of the United States of America. All
payments by Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any
counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
(b) Upon
satisfaction of any applicable terms and conditions set forth herein (including,
without limitation, those set forth in Section 2.13), Administrative Agent shall
promptly pay amounts received in accordance with the prior subsection available
in like funds as received, as follows: (i) if payable to Borrower, by
crediting such account as Borrower may designate in writing to Administrative
Agent from time to time, and (ii) if payable to any Lender, by wire transfer to
such Lender at its Lending Office. In the case of amounts held by
Administrative Agent that are payable to Borrower, if any applicable terms and
conditions are not so satisfied, Administrative Agent shall return any funds it
is holding that would otherwise be payable to Borrower to the Lenders making
such funds available, without interest.
(c) Subject
to the definition of “Interest
Period,” if any payment to be made by Borrower shall come due on a day
other than a Business Day, payment shall instead be considered due on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest and fees.
(d) Unless
Borrower or any Lender has notified Administrative Agent prior to the date any
payment to be made by it is due, that it does not intend to remit such payment,
Administrative Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion, assume that
Borrower or Lender, as the case may be, has timely remitted such payment and
may, in its sole and absolute discretion and in reliance thereon, make available
such payment to the Person entitled thereto. If such payment was not
in fact remitted to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds,
then:
(i) if
Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand
repay to Administrative Agent the amount of such assumed payment made available
to such Lender, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and
including the date such amount was made available by Administrative Agent to
such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to Administrative Agent at the
Federal Funds Rate; and
(ii) if any
Lender failed to make such payment, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender. If such
Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative
Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent promptly shall notify Borrower,
and Borrower shall pay such corresponding amount to Administrative
Agent. Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to recover from
such Lender interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from
the date such corresponding amount was made available by Administrative Agent to
Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by Administrative
Agent, (A) from such Lender at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal Funds
Rate, and (B) from Borrower, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
applicable to such Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice
any rights which Administrative Agent or Borrower may have against any Lender as
a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
(e) If
Administrative Agent or any Lender is required at any time to return to
Borrower, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official
under any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws, any portion of a payments made by
Borrower, each Lender shall, on demand of Administrative Agent, return its share
of the amount to be returned, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand
to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal
Funds Rate.
2.10 FUNDING
SOURCES. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to obligate
any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or
to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.11 COLLATERAL. Borrower’s
Obligations are secured by or will be secured by the Security
Documents.
2.12 ADDITIONAL
LOAN COMMITMENTS.
(a) Provided
that no Default of Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Borrower shall have the option from time to time, by giving written notice (an
“Increase
Notice”), to
the Administrative Agent prior to the Maturity Date, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, to increase the total Revolving Loan
Commitments by an amount up to $15,000,000 (the amount of the requested increase
to be set forth in the Increase Notice) (which, assuming no previous reduction
in the Revolving Loan Commitments, would result in a maximum total Revolving
Loan Commitment of $40,000,000). The increase in the total Revolving
Loan Commitment pursuant to any such particular request shall be at least in the
Minimum Amount but in no event greater than $15,000,000 less any previous
increase in the total Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to this Section and
less any reduction pursuant to Section 2.5 (a “Requested Increase”). The Increase
Notice shall contain such other details with respect to such Requested Increase
as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(b) Upon
receipt of the Increase Notice, from Borrower, Administrative Agent shall
promptly send a copy of the Increase Notice to each Revolving Lender and shall
request that each such Lender increase its Revolving Loan Commitment by an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Requested Increase (the “First Request”). Each Revolving Lender
shall have the right, but not the obligation, acting in its sole and absolute
discretion, to increase its Revolving Loan Commitment by an amount equal to its
Pro Rata Shares of the Requested Increase, and shall have a period of fifteen
(15) days from the First Request to notify Administrative Agent whether or not
such Revolving Lender elects so to increase its Revolving Loan
Commitment. Any Revolving Lender that fails to respond to the First
Request within such fifteen (15)-day period will be deemed to have elected not
to increase its respective Revolving Loan Commitment. If all
Revolving Lenders elect to increase their respective Revolving Loan Commitments
by amounts equal to their respective Pro Rata Share of the Requested Increase,
Administrative Agent shall so notify Borrower and Revolving Lenders, and
Borrower shall proceed in accordance with Section (c) below. If any
Revolving Lender (any such Revolving Lender, a “Declining Lender”) shall not elect or shall
be deemed to have elected not to increase its Revolving Loan Commitment as
aforesaid, (i) the amount of such Declining Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment
shall remain unchanged, (ii) Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and each
of the other Revolving Lenders as to which Revolving Lenders have elected to
increase their Revolving Loan Commitments and by what amounts and (iii) if
Borrower so requests, Administrative Agent shall either (A) solicit from the
Revolving Lenders that elected to increase their respective Revolving Loan
Commitments a further increase in their Revolving Loan Commitments in an
aggregate amount equal to all or any portion of the aggregate amount of the
Declining Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Requested Increase (the “Shortfall”) or
(B) submit a list of proposed lenders that are not then a party to this Credit
Agreement to Borrower for its review and approval (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) in order to obtain additional Revolving Loan
Commitments in an amount equal to the Shortfall.
(c) In
connection with the Requested Increase in the Revolving Loan Commitments of some
or all of the Revolving Lenders as provided in Section 2.12(b) above, Borrower
shall execute a modification to its Notes (each a “Modified Note”) evidencing
such increase, as well as such other modifications to this Credit Agreement as
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. In connection with the
addition of new lenders as a result of solicitations by Administrative Agent
pursuant to 2.12(b) above (the “New Lenders”), Borrower, Administrative
Agent and each New Lender shall execute an Acceptance Letter in the form of
Exhibit I, Borrower
shall execute a
Note to each New Lender in the amount of the New Lender's Commitment (a “New Note”) and
Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders shall execute such
modifications to this Credit Agreement (including, without limitation,
modifications of the financial covenants contained in Section 7.12 hereof)
as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, whereupon the New Lender shall
become, and have the rights and obligations of a “Revolving Lender”, with a
Revolving Loan Commitment in the amount set forth in such Acceptance
Letter. Each Modified Note and New Note shall constitute a “Revolving Note” for all
purposes of this Credit Agreement. Borrower shall also execute and
deliver to Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders such additional
documents, instruments, certifications and opinions as the Administrative Agent
may require in its sole and absolute discretion, including, without limitation,
a Compliance Certificate, demonstrating compliance with all covenants,
representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents after giving
effect to the increase, and any amendments to Security Documents as
Administrative Agent may request, and Borrower shall pay any updated Uniform
Commercial Code searches, all filing costs and fees, Attorney Costs and any and
all intangible taxes or other taxes, assessments or charges or any similar fees,
taxes or expenses arising in connection with such increase.
(d) If
at the time a New Lender becomes a Revolving Lender (or a Revolving Lender
increases its Revolving Loan Commitment) pursuant to this Section 2.12 there is
any principal outstanding under the existing Notes of the previously admitted
Revolving Lenders (the “Existing Lenders”), such
New Lenders (or Revolving Lender increasing its Revolving Loan Commitment) shall
remit to Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Outstanding Percentage (as
defined below) multiplied
by the Commitment of the New Lenders (or the amount of the increase in
the Commitment of a Lender increasing its Commitment), which amount shall be
deemed advanced under the Revolving Loan of the New Lender (or the Revolving
Lender increasing its Revolving Loan Commitment). Administrative
Agent shall pay such amount to the Existing Lenders in accordance with the
Existing Lenders' respective Pro Rata Shares (as calculated immediately prior to
the admission of the New Lenders (or the increase in a Revolving Lender's
Revolving Loan Commitment), and such payment shall effect an automatic reduction
of the outstanding principal balance under the respective Revolving Notes of the
Existing Lenders. For purposes of this Section, the term “Outstanding Percentage” means
the ratio of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount under the Revolving
Notes of the Existing Lenders, immediately prior to the admission of the New
Lender (or the increase in the Revolving Loan Commitment of a Revolving Lender),
to (ii) the aggregate of the Revolving Loan Commitments of the Existing Lenders
(as increased pursuant to this Section, if applicable) and the New
Lenders. Administrative Agent shall distribute an amended Schedule 2.1, which shall
thereafter be incorporated into this Agreement, to reflect adjustments to
Revolving Lenders and their Revolving Loan Commitments.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 2.12 to the contrary, making the Requested Increase is
subject to the approval of Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving
Lenders or New Lenders, as applicable, acting in their sole and absolute
discretion, and no provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
constitute (or be construed to constitute) a commitment by Administrative Agent
or any Revolving Lender to lend any Requested Increase, and additional
conditions and fees may be required by them in connection
therewith.
(f) The
obligation of the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders or New Lenders
to make the Requested Increase pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be
conditioned upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent which must
be satisfied prior to the effectiveness of any increase of the total Revolving
Loan Commitment:
(i) Payment of Arrangement
Fee. Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent the fees
associated with the Requested Increase as Administrative Agent and Borrower
shall mutually agree.
(ii) No Default. On the
date such Increase Notice is given and on the date such increase becomes
effective, both immediately before and after the total Revolving Loan Commitment
is increased, there shall exist no Default or Event of Default;
(iii) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties made by
Borrower in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of Borrower or
any of its respective Subsidiaries in connection therewith or after the date
thereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of such
Increase Notice and on the date the total Revolving Loan Commitment is
increased, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date in which case such representations and
warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date, both immediately before and after giving effect thereto;
and
(iv) Other. Borrower
shall satisfy such other conditions to such Requested Increase as Administrative
Agent may require in its reasonable discretion (including, without limitation,
financial information (including evidence of pro forma covenant
compliance) and reasonably satisfactory evidence, including opinions, of due
authorization, execution, delivery, enforceability and absence of conflicts
typically delivered in connection with extension of credit to a business
entity).
2.13 SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING
DEFAULTING LENDERS. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the
following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting
Lender:
(b) fees
shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment
of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.7(a);
(c) with
respect to Defaulting Lenders only, the unutilized Revolving Loan Commitments,
the Revolving Outstandings and/or the outstanding Term Loans of such Defaulting
Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Requisite
Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to
any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 10.1), provided that any waiver,
amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected
Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected
Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(d) if any
Letter of Credit Usage exists at the time a Revolving Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or
any part of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit
Usage shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share but only to the extent (x) the
sum of all Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Outstandings plus such Defaulting
Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage does not exceed the total of all Non-Defaulting
Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 are satisfied at such time; and
(ii) if the
reallocation described in paragraph (c)(i) above cannot, or can only partially,
be effected, the Borrower shall, within one (1) Business Day following notice by
the Administrative Agent, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Letter of Credit Usage (after giving effect to any partial
reallocation pursuant to paragraph (c)(i) above) in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b) and for so long as any such Letter of
Credit Usage is outstanding;
(iii) if the
Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Letter of Credit Usage pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), the
Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender
pursuant to Section 2.3(j) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Letter of Credit Usage during the period such Defaulting Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage is cash
collateralized;
(iv) if the
Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage of the non-Defaulting Lenders are
reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), then the fees payable to the
Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3(j) shall be adjusted
in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Pro Rata Shares;
or
(v) if any
Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage is not cash
collateralized, prepaid or reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), then,
without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable Issuing Bank or
any Lender hereunder, all facility fees that otherwise would have been payable
to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting
Lender’s Revolving Commitment that was utilized by such Pro Rata Share of the
Letter of Credit Usage) and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.3(j)
with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit
Usage shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Bank until such Defaulting
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage is cash collateralized by
such Defaulting Lender;
(e) so long
as any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be
required to issue, extend, create, incur, amend or increase any Letter of Credit
unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the
Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders and/or cash
collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.13(c),
and participating interests in any such newly issued, extended or created Letter
of Credit shall be allocated among Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in a manner
consistent with Section 2.13(c)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate
therein); and
(f) any
amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of
principal, interest, fees or otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender
pursuant to the Loan Documents) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such
Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated
account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such
time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any
amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder,
(ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of
any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the applicable Issuing Bank
hereunder, (iii) third,
if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an Issuing Bank, to
be held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the
Defaulting Lender of any participating interest in any Letter of Credit, (iv)
fourth, to the funding
of any Revolving Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to
fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the
Administrative Agent, (v) fifth, if so determined by
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, held in such account as cash
collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender of any
Revolving Loans under this Agreement, (vi) sixth , to the payment of any
amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks as a result of any judgment of
a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or any Issuing Bank
against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of
its obligations under this Agreement, (vii) seventh , to the payment of
any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender
as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this
Agreement, and (viii) eighth, to such Defaulting
Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is (x) a
prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans or reimbursement obligations in
respect of any payment made by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit for
which a Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and (y) made
at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 are satisfied, such
payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Revolving Loans of, and
reimbursement obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders pro rata prior to being
applied to the prepayment of any Revolving Loans, or reimbursement obligations
owed to, any Defaulting Lender.
In the
event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, and each Issuing Bank each
agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused
such Revolving Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Pro Rata Share of the
Letter of Credit Usage of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect
the inclusion of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date
such Revolving Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the
other Revolving Lenders as the Administrative shall determine may be necessary
in order for such Revolving Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance
with its Pro Rata Share.
(g) Upon any
Lender becoming a Defaulting Lender, Borrower may remove and replace such
Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 10.23 hereof.
SECTION
3. TAXES,
YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.1 TAXES.
(a) Any and
all payments by Borrower to or for the account of Administrative Agent or any
Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts,
deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges (including, but
not limited to, estimated taxes), and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of Administrative Agent and each Lender, (i) taxes
imposed on or measured by its net income, (ii) franchise taxes imposed on it (in
lieu of net income taxes) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision
thereof) under the Laws of which Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the
case may be, is organized or maintains a lending office; (iii) any branch
profits tax imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed
by another jurisdiction in which Borrower is located; (iv) applicable
withholding tax imposed by Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code that is withheld
by Administrative Agent from a payment to any Foreign Lender (as defined in
Section 10.22 of this Agreement) pursuant to Section 10.22; and (v) any
penalties, interest, costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) imposed on
Administrative Agent or any Lender arising from a determination by any
Governmental Authority that Administrative Agent did not properly withhold any
tax or other amount from payments made in respect of any Foreign Lender (all
such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to
as “Taxes”). If
Borrower shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of
any sum payable under any Loan Document to Administrative Agent or any Lender
(other than as a result of a breach by a Foreign Lender of its obligations under
Section 10.22 of this Agreement), (A) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), Administrative Agent
and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions been made, (B) Borrower shall make such deductions, (C)
Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority
or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (D) within thirty
(30) days after the date of such payment, Borrower shall furnish to
Administrative Agent (who shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or
a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(b) In
addition, Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, recording,
filing, transfer, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property
taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any
Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter
referred to as “Other
Taxes”).
(c) If
Borrower shall be required by the Laws of any jurisdiction outside the United
States to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan
Document to Administrative Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall also pay to such
Lender or Administrative Agent (for the account of such Lender), at the time
interest is paid, such additional amount that the respective Administrative
Agent or such Lender specifies as necessary to preserve the after tax yield
(after factoring in United States (federal and state) taxes imposed on or
measured by net income) such Lender would have received if such deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section)
had not been made.
(d) Borrower
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Administrative Agent and each Lender
harmless for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section) paid by Administrative Agent and such Lender; and (ii) any
liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto; provided that (A) Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify
the Administrative Agent or any Lender for any penalties described in clause
(ii) above to the extent the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable,
(1) had actual knowledge of the existence of the tax, interest, or expense, the
non-payment of which gave rise to such penalties, and (2) failed to give
Borrower notice of such tax, interest or expense within ten (10) Business Days
after the Administrative Agent or such Lender received actual knowledge of the
existence thereof; and (B) except to the extent contemplated in clause (A) of
this Section 3.1(d), nothing contained in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
imply any obligation on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
provide Borrower with the notice of any such tax, penalty, interest or
expense. Payment under this subsection (d) shall be made within
thirty (30) days after the date the Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a
demand therefor.
3.2 ILLEGALITY. If any
Lender determines that any Laws have made it unlawful, or that any Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable
Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or materially
restricts the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits
of, Dollars in the applicable offshore Dollar market, or to determine or charge
interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by Lender
to Borrower through Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies
Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower
shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent),
prepay or Convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender, either on the last
day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Lender may lawfully continue to
maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if Lender may
not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Each
Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will
avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such
Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
3.3 INABILITY TO DETERMINE
RATES. If, in connection with any Request for Extension of
Credit involving any Eurodollar Rate Loan, Administrative Agent determines (or
the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders) that (a) Dollar
deposits are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore dollar market
for the applicable amount and Interest Period of the requested Eurodollar Rate
Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the
underlying interest rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) such underlying
interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lender of
funding such Eurodollar Rate Loan, Administrative Agent will promptly notify
Borrower and all Lenders. Thereafter, the obligation of all Lenders
to make or maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be suspended until
Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such
notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of Eurodollar
Rate Loans or, failing that, be deemed to have converted such request into a
request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified
therein.
3.4 INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN;
CAPITAL ADEQUACY.
(a) If
any Lender determines that any Laws announced after the date hereof
(i) impose on
such Lender any Tax, duty, or other charge with respect to any Eurodollar Rate
Loans or its obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans (other than as a result of
any change in the rate of applicable taxes imposed on or measured by the net
income of Administrative Agent or any Lender);
(ii) change
the basis on which Taxes are imposed on any amounts payable to such Lender under
this Agreement in respect of any Eurodollar Rate Loans;
(iii) impose or
modify any reserve, special deposit, or similar requirement (other than the
reserve requirement utilized in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate)
relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or
other liabilities or commitments of, such Lender (including its Commitment);
or
(iv) impose on
such Lender or on the offshore Dollar interbank market any other condition
affecting this Agreement or any of such extensions of credit or liabilities or
commitments;
and the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making,
Converting into, Continuing, or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loans or to
reduce any sum received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement with
respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, then from time to time upon demand of such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent), Borrower shall pay
to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduction (except to the extent that such increased cost or
reduction is an amount subject to Section 3.1, in which case the sum received or
receivable by such Lender shall be increased in accordance with the provisions
of Section 3.1).
(b) If any
Lender determines that any change in or the interpretation of any Laws announced
after the date hereof have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of such Lender or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) or
any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s
obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to
capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to
time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative
Agent), Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such reduction; provided, however, that
Borrower shall not be required to pay additional amounts to compensate any
Lender for (i) any applicable withholding tax imposed by Sections 1441 and 1442
of the Code that is withheld by Administrative Agent from a payment to any
Foreign Lender pursuant to Section 10.22, (ii) any reduction in connection with
any penalties, interest, costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) arising
from a determination by any Governmental Authority that Administrative Agent did
not properly withhold any tax or other amount from payments made in respect of
any Foreign Lender; or (iii) any change in the rate of applicable taxes imposed
on or measured by net income.
3.5 BREAKFUNDING
COSTS. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such
Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred
by it as a result of:
(a) any
Continuation, Conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base
Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan
(whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or
otherwise); or
(b) any
failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make
a Loan) to prepay, borrow, Continue or Convert any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower;
including
any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the
liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees
charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
3.6 MATTERS
APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION.
(a) The
Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Section 3
shall deliver to Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder, which shall be
conclusive in the absence of clearly demonstrable error. In
determining such amount, Lenders may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods. For purposes of this Section 3, a Lender shall
be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan at the Eurodollar Rate for
such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore Dollar
interbank market, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so
funded.
(b) Borrower
shall not be obligated to pay any amount under this Section 3 which arose prior
to the date which is one hundred eighty (180) days preceding the date of such
demand or is attributable to periods prior to the date which is one hundred
eighty (180) days preceding the date of such demand; provided, however, that in
the event any Law is enacted that retroactively imposes any cost or charge upon
the Administrative Agent or any Lender that would otherwise be a basis for
compensation under Sections 3.1 through 3.5, the Administrative Agent or such
Lender may make a demand for such compensation through and including the date
which is one hundred eighty (180)days after the date upon which such Law takes
effect.
(c) Upon any
Lender making a claim for compensation under Section 3.1 or 3.4, Borrower
may remove and replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.23
hereof.
3.7 SURVIVAL. All of
Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall survive for a period of one
(1) year after the later of termination of the Commitments, and payment in full
of all Obligations; provided,
however, that the obligation of Borrower to make any payment under this
Section 3 is contingent upon the receipt by Borrower of the certificate
described in Section 3.6(a) within the later of (a) one hundred eighty (180)
days after the later of the repayment of all Loans, the termination of all
Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitment, or (b) in the case of
any Law retroactively imposing any cost or charge upon the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, one hundred eighty (180) days after the date upon which such Law
takes effect.
SECTION
4. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
4.1 CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF
CREDIT. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial
Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to satisfaction (or waiver by
Administrative Agent) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Loan Documents and Other Closing
Deliverables. Unless waived by Administrative Agent and
Lenders, Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be
originals unless otherwise specified or agreed to by Administrative Agent, each
properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Credit Party, each
dated on, or in the case of third party certificates, recently before the
Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative
Agent, Lenders and their legal counsel:
(i) executed
counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to
Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower;
(ii) the Notes
executed by Borrower in favor of each Lender, each in a principal amount equal
to such Lender’s Commitment;
(iii) the
Multi-Party Guaranty;
(iv) the
Pledge and Security Agreement, together with such certificates, stock powers,
registrations and other supporting documents (including the Control Agreements)
as Administrative Agent shall reasonably require;
(v) the
Intellectual Property Security Agreements together with such certificates, stock
powers, registrations and other supporting documents as Administrative Agent
shall reasonably require;
(vi) such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or
other certificates of Responsible Officers of Borrower as Administrative Agent
may require to establish the identities of and verify the authority and capacity
of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer
thereof;
(vii) sufficient
copies of each Organization Document of each Credit Party, as applicable, and,
to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate
governmental official, for each Lender, each dated the Closing Date or a recent
date prior thereto;
(viii) resolutions
of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of each Credit Party
approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it or
its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date
by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect
without modification or amendment;
(ix) a good
standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Credit
Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each
jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity
to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date;
(x) a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower (A) that the
representations and warranties made by Borrower herein are true and correct on
and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and
warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be
true and correct as of such earlier date), (B) that Borrower is in compliance
with all the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result from the consummation of the borrowing contemplated hereby, and (C)
that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited
Financial Statements which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(xi) opinions
of counsel to Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent; and
(xii) such
other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as
Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender or Requisite Lenders reasonably may
require.
(b) Fees and
Expenses. Any fees and expenses required to be paid by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to Administrative Agent, KeyBanc or any
Lender on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the Mandate Letter, the Fee
Letter, any Loan Document or otherwise shall have been paid.
(c) Attorney
Costs. Unless waived by Administrative Agent, Borrower shall
have paid all Attorney Costs of Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced
prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of Attorney Costs
as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be
incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate
shall not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between Borrower and
Administrative Agent).
(d) Litigation. Administrative
Agent and its counsel shall have been provided sufficient information concerning
any and all outstanding litigation involving Borrower or its Subsidiaries and
shall be satisfied with the same, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(e) Existing
Indebtedness. On the Closing Date, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall have (i) repaid in full all Existing Indebtedness, (ii)
terminated any commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit
thereunder, (iii) delivered to Administrative Agent all documents or instruments
necessary to release all Liens securing Existing Indebtedness or other
obligations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries thereunder being repaid on the
Closing Date, and (iv) made arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent
with respect to the cancellation of any letters of credit outstanding thereunder
or the issuance of Letters of Credit to support the obligations of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(f) Authorizations and
Consents. Each Credit Party shall have obtained all
governmental authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that
are necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect
and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any
action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would
restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents or the financing thereof and no action,
request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal
with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any
applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion
shall have expired.
(g) Collateral. In
order to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a
valid, perfected first priority security interest in the personal property
Collateral, Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) evidence
satisfactory to Administrative Agent of the compliance by each Credit Party of
their obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Security
Documents (including their obligations to execute and deliver UCC financing
statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper and any
agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided
therein);
(ii) A
completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Closing Date and executed by a
Responsible Officer of each Credit Party, together with all attachments
contemplated thereby, including (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of all effective UCC financing statements
(or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of
any Credit Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Collateral Questionnaire,
together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC
termination statements (or similar documents) duly executed by all applicable
Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to
terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings)
disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of
Permitted Liens);
(iii) opinions
of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent) with respect to the creation and perfection of the security interests in
favor of Administrative Agent in such Collateral and such other matters governed
by the laws of each jurisdiction in which any Credit Party or any personal
property Collateral is located as Administrative Agent may reasonably request,
in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent; and
(iv) evidence
that each Credit Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other action,
executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other
agreement, document and instrument (including without limitation, any
intercompany notes evidencing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section 7.1(e)) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording
(other than as set forth herein) reasonably required by Collateral
Agent.
(v) With
respect to each Assigned Government Contract (A) an executed Instrument of
Assignment, and (B) an executed Notice of Assignment of Claims in connection
with United States government receivables complying with the terms of the
Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, 31 U.S.C. § 3727, 41 U.S.C. § 15. and
otherwise acceptable in form to Administrative Agent, to be held by the
Administrative Agent, subject to the terms of Section 8.2(d) hereof authorizing
Administrative Agent to file such Notices of Assignment of Claims with the
appropriate governmental authorities at Administrative Agent’s discretion upon
an Event of Default.
(vi) with
respect to each Material Lease, a Landlord Waiver from the landlord under such
Material Lease; provided
that no such Landlord Waiver shall be required with respect to (A) the
Borrower’s lease of its current headquarters located at 4810 Eastgate Mall, San
Diego, California, (B) the Borrower’s lease of its new headquarters to be
located at 4820 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, California, or (C) any Material Lease
that could not be obtained after the Credit Party that is the lessee under such
Material Lease shall have used its reasonable best efforts to do
so.
(vii) With
respect to each Material Real Estate Asset, if any, all such mortgages,
documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates as Administrative
Agent shall reasonably require with respect to each such Material Real Estate
Asset to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a
valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected
first priority security interest in such Material Real Estate
Assets. In addition to the foregoing, Borrower shall, at the request
of the Administrative Agent, deliver to Administrative Agent (and each Lender)
such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Material Real Estate
Assets with respect to which Administrative Agent has been granted a
Lien.
(viii) Administrative
Agent shall have received a duly executed Control Agreement covering any
applicable account collateral to the extent required under the Pledge and
Security Agreement.
(h) Financial Statements;
Projections. Lenders shall have received from Borrower (i) the
Historical Financial Statements and (ii) the Projections.
(i) Evidence of
Insurance. Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate from Borrower’s insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to
it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 6.6 is in
full force and effect, together with endorsements naming Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of Lenders, as additional insured and loss payee thereunder to
the extent required under Section 6.6.
(j) Solvency
Certificate. On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate from Borrower dated as of the Closing Date and
addressed to Administrative Agent and Lenders, and in form, scope and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, with appropriate attachments and
demonstrating that after giving effect to the Extensions of Credit to be made on
the Closing Date, Borrower and its Subsidiaries are and will be
Solvent.
(k) Due
Diligence. Other than changes occurring in the ordinary course
of business, no information or materials are or should have been available to
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date that are materially
inconsistent with the material previously provided to Administrative Agent for
its due diligence review of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(l) Subordination of SYS
Notes. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.20, on the
Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received executed subordination
agreements from the holders of the Unsecured Subordinated Convertible Notes
issued by SYS in the original aggregate principal amount of
$3,125,000.
4.2 CONDITIONS TO ALL EXTENSIONS OF
CREDIT. In addition to any applicable conditions precedent set
forth elsewhere in this Section 4 or in Section 2, the obligation of each Lender
to honor any Request for Extension of Credit other than a Conversion or
Continuation is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) the
representations and warranties of Borrower contained in each of the Loan
Documents shall be correct on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer
to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date;
(b) no
Default or Event of Default exists, or would result from such proposed Extension
of Credit;
(c) Administrative
Agent shall have timely received a Request for Extension of Credit by Requisite
Notice by the Requisite Time;
(d) Administrative
Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it, such other
assurances, certificates, documents or consents related to the foregoing as
Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders reasonably may require;
and
(e) no order,
judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority shall purport to restrain any
Lender from making any Loans to be made by it; no injunction or other
restraining order shall have been issued, shall be pending or noticed with
respect to any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enjoin or otherwise prevent
the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of,
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the making of Loans
hereunder.
Each
Request for Extension of Credit by Borrower shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.2(a),
(b) and (e) have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Extension of
Credit.
SECTION
5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Borrower
represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Lenders that:
5.1 EXISTENCE AND QUALIFICATION; POWER;
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
(a) Each
Credit Party is duly organized, validly existing and, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(a), in
good standing under the Laws of the state of its organization, has the requisite
power and authority and the legal right to own, lease and operate its
properties, to conduct its business as currently conducted, is duly qualified
and in good standing under the Laws of every jurisdiction where it is required
to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified could not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and is in compliance with
all Laws except to the extent that noncompliance could not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Schedule 5.1(b) attached
hereto lists, as of the Closing Date, each of
the Subsidiaries.
5.2 POWER; AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEABLE
OBLIGATIONS. Each Credit Party has the requisite power and
authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform each Loan Document to
which it is a party and Borrower has the corporate or other entity power and
authority to borrow hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize
the borrowings on the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party. No consent or authorization of,
filing with, or other act by or in respect of any Governmental Authority or any
other Person, is required in connection with the borrowings hereunder or with
the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Loan Documents have
been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party which is a party hereto,
and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Credit Party,
enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with their respective
terms.
5.3 NO LEGAL BAR. The
execution, delivery, and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and compliance with the provisions thereof have been duly
authorized by all requisite action on the part of such Credit Party and do not
and will not (a) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of, or require
any consent under (i) any Organization Documents of the Credit Parties, (ii) any
applicable material Laws, rules, or regulations or any order, writ, injunction,
or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, or (iii) any material
Contractual Obligation of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or by
which any of them or any of their property is bound or subject, (b) constitute a
default under any material agreement or instrument, (c) require any registration
with, consent or approval of, notice to, or any other action to, with or by, and
Governmental Authority, or (d) result in, or require, the creation or imposition
of any Lien on any of the properties of such Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Liens granted in connection herewith).
5.4 EQUITY SECURITIES AND
OWNERSHIP. The
Equity Securities of each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries has been duly
authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.4, as of the date
hereof, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other
agreement to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and
there is no membership interest or other Equity Security of Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require,
the issuance by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any additional membership
interests or other Equity Securities of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
other Equity Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the
right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Equity
Security of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule
5.4 sets forth a true,
complete and correct list as of the Closing Date, both before and after giving
effect to the Loan Documents, of the name of Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries and indicates for each such Person (other than Borrower) its
ownership (by holder and percentage interest) and the type of entity of each of
them, and the number and class of authorized and issued Equity Securities of
such Subsidiary. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.4, as of the Closing
Date, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any equity investments in
any other corporation or entity.
5.5 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; PROJECTIONS; NO
MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.
(a) The
Historical Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise
expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and
their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) to the extent required by GAAP,
show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof.
(b) On and as
of the relevant date of determination, the Projections of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the period of fiscal year 2010 through and including fiscal
year 2014, including quarterly projections for each month during fiscal year
2010 (the “Projections”) are based on
good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of Borrower and as
of the relevant date of determination, management of Borrower believed that the
Projections were reasonable and attainable.
(c) Since
December 31, 2008, (i) there has been no event or circumstance which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) except as set
forth on Schedule 5.5
hereto and as disclosed in the Borrower’s public filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission from time to time, no Internal Control Event has
occurred.
5.6 LITIGATION. Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure
Letter, there are (a) no lawsuits, investigations or proceedings of or
before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending or, to the best of
knowledge of Borrower, threatened by or against Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues which, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b)
no orders, writs, injunctions, judgments, or decrees of any court or government
agency or instrumentality to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which the property or assets of them are bound, or (c) no
grievances, disputes, or controversies outstanding with any union or other
organization of the employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the
knowledge of Borrower or such Subsidiaries, threats of work stoppage, strike, or
pending demands for collective bargaining, which could reasonably be expected to
cause or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7 NO DEFAULT; CONTINUED
BUSINESS. Neither Borrower nor any its Subsidiaries are in
default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the
consummation of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or the making
of the Extensions of Credit hereunder. There exists no actual,
pending, or, to Borrower’s knowledge, any threatened termination, cancellation
or limitation of, or any modification or change in the business relationship of
Borrower or any Subsidiary and any customer or supplier, or any group of
customers or suppliers, whose purchases or supplies, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to cause or result in a Material Adverse
Effect, and there exists no present condition or state of facts or circumstances
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent
any Credit Party from conducting such business or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement in substantially the same manner in which it was previously
conducted.
5.8 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY;
LIENS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have valid fee or
leasehold interests in all real property which they use in their respective
businesses, and Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to
all their other property, and none of such property is subject to any Lien,
except as permitted in Section 7.2.
5.9 TAXES. Borrower and
its Subsidiaries have timely filed all material tax returns which are required
to be filed, and have paid, or made provision for the payment of, all taxes
whether or not shown as due on any tax return, except (a) such taxes, if any, as
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which
adequate reserves have been both established and maintained in accordance with
GAAP, and (b) immaterial taxes in de minimis amounts; provided, however, that in
each case no material item or portion of property of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is in jeopardy of being seized, levied upon or
forfeited. Borrower knows of no proposed tax assessment against
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is not being actively contested by
Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and as
to which adequate reserves have been both established and maintained in
accordance with GAAP.
5.10 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT.
(a) Neither
Borrower for any of its Subsidiaries is engaged nor will it engage, principally
or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock” within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time
hereafter in effect. No part of the proceeds of any Extensions of
Credit hereunder will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock” as so defined
or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the
provisions of Regulations T, U or X of such Board of Governors.
(b) Neither
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is or is required to be registered as an
“investment company”
under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.11 ERISA COMPLIANCE; EMPLOYEE
MATTERS.
(a) Each
Employee Benefits Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable
Laws. Each Employee Benefits Plan that is intended to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion
letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being
processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of
Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such
qualification. Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all
required contributions to each Pension Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code,
and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization
period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any
Pension Plan. There has been no prohibited transaction (which is not
otherwise exempt under Section 4975 of the Code) or violation of the fiduciary
responsibility rules under ERISA with respect to any Employee Benefits Plan that
has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) (i) No
ERISA Event has occurred or, to the best of knowledge of Borrower or any
Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension
Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither Borrower nor any
Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than
premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or, to the best of
knowledge of Borrower or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, reasonably expects
to incur, any liability (and, to the best of knowledge of Borrower or any
Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, no event has occurred which, with the giving of
notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under
Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v)
neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a
transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of
ERISA. Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Code,
no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the
purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
extending beyond the end of the month in which any such retired or former
employee terminates employment.
(c) Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries has good labor relations. Borrower, its
Subsidiaries, and their respective employees, agents and representatives have
not committed any material unfair labor practice as defined in the National
Labor Relations Act. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has
been or is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been and is (a)
no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened against any
of them before the National Labor Relations Board or any other Governmental
Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any
collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement that is so pending against
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of Borrower,
threatened against any of them, (b) no labor dispute, strike, lockout, slowdown
or work stoppage in existence or threatened against, involving or affecting
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (c) no labor union, labor organization, trade union,
works council, or group of employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has
made a pending demand for recognition or certification, and there are no
representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a
representation proceeding presently pending or threatened to be brought or filed
with the National Labor Relations Board or any other Governmental Authority, and
(d) to the best knowledge of Borrower, no union representation question existing
with respect to any of the employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and,
to the best knowledge of Borrower, no labor union organizing activity with
respect to any employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is taking
place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b), (c), or
(d) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or as disclosed in Schedule 5.11.
5.12 INTANGIBLE
ASSETS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the
right to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights,
franchises, licenses and other intangible assets that are used in the conduct of
their respective businesses as now operated or could obtain such right without
causing a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such items, to the best knowledge
of Borrower, conflicts with the valid trademark, trade name, copyright, patent,
patent right or intangible asset of any other Person to the extent that such
conflict has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.13 COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with all material Laws that are applicable to such
Person.
5.14 ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE. Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct in the
ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental
Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of
any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties,
and as a result thereof Borrower has reasonably concluded that such
Environmental Laws and claims do not, and could not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.15 INSURANCE. The
properties of Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound
and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of Borrower, in such amounts,
with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by
companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in
localities where Borrower or such Subsidiary operates. Schedule 5.15 sets forth a
list of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Credit Parties and each
of their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and, as of the Closing Date, all
premiums in respect of such insurance have been paid
5.16 SWAP
OBLIGATIONS. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has
incurred any outstanding obligations under any Swap Contracts, other than
Permitted Swap Obligations. Borrower has undertaken its own
independent assessment of its consolidated assets, liabilities and commitments
and has considered appropriate means of mitigating and managing risks associated
with such matters and has not relied on any swap counterparty or any Affiliate
of any swap counterparty in determining whether to enter into any Swap
Contract.
5.17 SOLVENCY. Borrower
has received consideration that is the reasonable equivalent value of the
obligations and liabilities Borrower has incurred in favor of Administrative
Agent and the Lenders. Borrower is Solvent and Borrower will be
Solvent after giving effect to the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents
to Administrative Agent and the Lenders and the Extensions of Credit thereunder
(on a pro forma
basis). Except for the impact of certain intercompany loans which are
not converted into equity (the impact of which does not, taken as a whole,
render the Guarantors insolvent), each Guarantor is Solvent and each Guarantor
will be Solvent after giving effect to the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents to Administrative Agent and the Lenders and the Extensions of Credit
thereunder (on a pro
forma basis).
5.18 DISCLOSURE. No
statement, information, report, representation, or warranty made by any Credit
Party in any Loan Document or furnished to Lender in connection with any Loan
Document contains any untrue statement of a material fact or, when viewed
together with Borrower’s periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading; provided
that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents
only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time. After due inquiry by Borrower,
there is no known fact that any Credit Party has not disclosed to Administrative
Agent and the Lenders that has or is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.19 PATRIOT ACT.
(a) Neither
the Loans contemplated hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will
violate the Anti-Terrorism Order, the USA Patriot Act, the Trading with the
Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the
United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or
any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
(b) Neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary (1) is a Person described or designated in the
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order, or (2) to the best
knowledge of Borrower, engages in any dealings or transactions with any such
Person. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all
material respects, with the USA Patriot Act.
(c) No part
of the proceeds from the Loans hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly,
for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party,
official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else
acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or
obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
5.20 MATERIAL LEASES, MATERIAL REAL ESTATE
ASSETS. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.20, (a) there are
no Material Leases and (b) there are no Material Real Estate
Assets.
5.21 SECURITY INTEREST IN
COLLATERAL. The provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents create legal and valid Liens on all the
Collateral in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, and such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens
on the Collateral, securing the Obligations, enforceable against the applicable
Loan Party and all third parties, and having priority over all other Liens on
the Collateral except in the case of (a) Liens permitted pursuant to Section
7.2, to the extent any such Liens would have priority over the Liens in favor of
Collateral Agent pursuant to any applicable law and (b) Liens perfected only by
possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent
Administrative Agent has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such
Collateral.
5.22 PERMITS,
ETC. Each
Credit Party has, and is in compliance with, all permits, licenses,
authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations required for such
Person lawfully to own, lease, manage or operate, or to acquire, each business
currently owned, leased, managed or operated, or to be acquired, by such Person,
which, if not obtained, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No condition exists or event has occurred which, in itself or
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would result in the
suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any such
permit, license, authorization, approval, entitlement or accreditation, and
there is no claim that any thereof is not in full force and effect, except, to
the extent any such condition, event or claim could not be reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.23 MATERIAL
CONTRACTS; ASSIGNED GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Set forth in the
Disclosure Letter is a true, correct and complete list of all the Material
Contracts in effect on the Closing Date. All such Material Contracts,
together with any updates provided pursuant to Section 6.2(l), are in full force
and effect and no defaults currently exist thereunder (other than as described
in the Disclosure Letter or in such updates).
With
respect to each Assigned Government Contract, the proceeds of Extensions of
Credit will be used, inter
alia, to finance the performance of the work to be performed by the
relevant Credit Party party thereto. Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Letter, no Assigned Government Contract contains any provision
permitting reduction or set offs of amounts to be paid
thereunder. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, no Assigned
Government Contract contains any provision restricting assignments of sums due
thereunder to the Administrative Agent.
5.24 CERTAIN FEES. No broker’s or finder’s fee or
commission will be payable with respect hereto or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.25 AFFILIATE
TRANSACTIONS. Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.25, as of
the date of this Agreement, there are no existing or proposed agreements,
arrangements, understandings, or transactions between any Credit Party and any
of the officers, members, managers, directors, stockholders, parents, other
interest holders, employees, or Affiliates (other than other Credit Parties) of
any Credit Party or any members of their respective immediate families, and none
of the foregoing Persons are directly or indirectly indebted to or have any
direct or indirect ownership, partnership, or voting interest in any Affiliate
of any Credit Party or any Person with which any Credit Party has a business
relationship or which competes with any Credit Party.
5.26 DORMANT
SUBSIDIARIES. None of the Subsidiaries of Borrower set forth
on Schedule 5.26 (the
“Dormant Subsidiaries”)
have any material continuing operations or conduct any material business and all
are in the process of being dissolved by the Borrower. Borrower is
using its reasonable best efforts to complete the dissolution process with
respect to each Dormant Subsidiary in a timely manner.
SECTION
6. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
So long
as any Obligation (excluding inchoate indemnity obligations) remains unpaid or
unperformed, or any portion of the Commitments or any Letter of Credit remain
outstanding, Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of Borrower’s
reporting covenants set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2(a)-(c)), cause each
Subsidiary, to:
6.1 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS. Deliver to Administrative Agent and each Lender,
in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Requisite
Lenders:
(a) as soon
as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet, a consolidated statement
of income and a consolidated cash flow statement of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable
detail, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent
certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing, which report and
opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and shall not be subject to
any qualifications or exceptions as to the scope of the audit nor to any
qualifications or exceptions not reasonably acceptable to Requisite
Lenders;
(b) as soon
as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower, a
consolidated balance sheet, a consolidated statement of income and a
consolidated cash flow statement of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end
of such fiscal quarter, and for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of
Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal
year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in
reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower as fairly
presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes.
(c) if, as a
result of any change in accounting principles and policies (or the application
thereof) from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial
Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or 6.1(b) will differ in any
material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been
delivered pursuant to such sections had no such change in accounting principles
and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial
statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all
such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent.
Except
for the Compliance Certificates referred to in such clause (a) of Section 6.2,
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to
maintain copies of the reports referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of this
Section 6.1, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance
by Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely
responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such
reports.
6.2 CERTIFICATES, NOTICES AND OTHER
INFORMATION. Deliver to Administrative Agent and each Lender,
in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Requisite
Lenders:
(a) concurrent
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.1(a) and
(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower;
(b) promptly
after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial
statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of Borrower,
and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration
statements which Borrower may file or be required to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not
otherwise required to be delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant
hereto;
(c) promptly
after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Default or Event of
Default;
(d) notice of
any change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by Borrower
or any Subsidiary that is material to Borrower or to Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis;
(e) promptly
after the commencement thereof, notice of any litigation, investigation or
proceeding affecting Borrower where the reasonably expected damages to Borrower
exceed $2,500,000, or in which injunctive relief or similar relief is sought,
which relief, if granted, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(f) promptly
after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Reportable Event with respect to any
Pension Plan or the intent to terminate any Pension Plan, or the institution of
proceedings or the taking or expected taking of any other action to terminate
any Pension Plan or withdraw from any Pension Plan;
(g) (i) in
advance of, if known, or promptly after the occurrence of any ERISA Event, a
written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or
threatened by the IRS, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto;
and (ii) promptly following such ERISA Event, copies of (1) each Schedule B
(Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
with the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all notices received by
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (3) copies of
such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee
Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(h) promptly
after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Material Adverse
Effect;
(i) as soon
as practicable and in any event no later than February 28 of each fiscal year, a
consolidated plan and financial forecast for such fiscal year and each fiscal
year (or portion thereof) through the final maturity date of the Loans (a “Financial Plan”), including
(i) a forecasted consolidated and consolidating (prepared on a business segment
basis) balance sheet and forecasted consolidated and consolidating (prepared on
a business segment basis) statements of income and cash flows of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for each such fiscal year, together with pro forma Compliance
Certificates for each such fiscal year and an explanation of the assumptions on
which such forecasts are based, (ii) forecasted consolidated statements of
income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each month of the
fiscal year then beginning, (iii) forecasts demonstrating projected compliance
with the requirements of Section 7.12 through the Maturity Date of the Term
Loans, and (iv) forecasts demonstrating adequate liquidity through the Maturity
Date of the Term Loans, together, in each case, with an explanation of the
assumptions on which such forecasts are based all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and accompanied by a certificate
from a Responsible Office of Borrower certifying that the projections contained
therein are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Borrower
to be reasonable at the time made and at the time of delivery
thereof.
(j) as soon
as practicable and in any event by the last day of each fiscal year, a report in
form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent outlining all material
insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such report by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and all material insurance coverage planned to be maintained by
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the immediately succeeding fiscal
year;
(k) with
reasonable promptness, written notice of any change in the board of directors
(or similar governing body) of Borrower;
(l) promptly,
and in any event within ten (10) Business Days (i) after any Material Contract
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated prior to scheduled
completion or amended in a manner that would (x) decrease the revenue to be
received by any Credit Party during any fiscal year under such Material Contract
by more than 25% or (y) increase the cost to be paid by any Credit Party during
any fiscal year under such Material Contract by more than 25%, and (ii) after
any new Material Contract is entered into, a written statement describing such
event, with copies of such material amendments or new contracts, delivered to
Administrative Agent (to the extent such delivery is permitted by the terms of
any such Material Contract, provided that no such prohibition on delivery shall
be effective if it were bargained for by Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary
with the intent of avoiding compliance with this Section 6.2(l)), and an
explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto;
(m) as soon
as practicable (but, in any event, within seven (7) days following receipt
thereof), copies of all environmental audits and reports with respect to
environmental matters at any facility of Borrower or its Subsidiaries or which
relate to any environmental liabilities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries which,
in any such case, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) at least
thirty (30) days prior to the occurrence of any change (i) in any Credit Party’s
corporate name, (ii) in any Credit Party’s identity or corporate structure, or
(iii) in any Credit Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number, Borrower
will furnish to the Administrative Agent notice thereof. Borrower
agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence
unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise
that are required in order for Administrative Agent to continue at all times
following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in
all the Collateral and for the Collateral at all times following such change to
have a valid, legal and perfected security interest as contemplated in the
Security Documents. Borrower will furnish to Administrative Agent
prompt written notice of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or claims made or
asserted against any Collateral or interest therein. Borrower also
agrees promptly to notify Administrative Agent in writing if any material
portion of the Collateral is lost, damaged or destroyed;
(o) each
year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.1(a), a certificate (i) either
confirming that there has been no material change in such information since the
date of the Collateral Questionnaire delivered on the Closing Date or the date
of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and/or
identifying such changes, and (ii) updating the Collateral Questionnaire to
reflect material changes in such information since the date of the Collateral
Questionnaire delivered on the Closing Date or the date of the most recent
certificate delivered pursuant to this Section;
(p) promptly
(i) if any Credit Party obtains knowledge that any Credit Party or any Person
which owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities of any Credit Party,
or any other holder at any time of any direct or indirect equitable, legal or
beneficial interest therein is the subject of any of the Terrorism Laws, such
Credit Party will notify Administrative Agent and (ii) upon the request of any
Lender, such Credit Party will provide any information such Lender believes is
reasonably necessary to be delivered to comply with the Patriot
Act;
(q) as soon
as practicable (but, in any event, within twenty (25) days following the end of
each month), a report (accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of
Borrower setting forth details) in scope and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent detailing the composition and aging of all Eligible Billed
Accounts Receivable and compliance with the Asset Coverage Ratio covenant
contained in Section 7.12(b) hereof;
(r) concurrent
with delivery of the Compliance Certificate as set forth in Section 6.2(a)
above, notice of any Assigned Government Contract(s) executed after the end of
the most recent period for which a notice for any Assigned Government Contract
has been delivered, which notice shall, inter alia, provide such
information as is needed to cause such Assigned Government Contract to be
subjected to the Lien of the Pledge and Security Agreement as required by
Section 6.17 hereof and Sections 4 and 4.6 of the Pledge and Security Agreement;
and
(s) promptly,
such other data and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested
by Administrative Agent.
Each
notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred
to therein and stating what action Borrower has taken and proposes to take with
respect thereto. Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to
request the delivery or to maintain copies of the reports and communications
referred to in Section 6.2(b), and in any event shall have no responsibility to
monitor compliance by Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each
Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining
its copies of such reports and communications.
6.3 PAYMENT OF
TAXES. Pay and discharge when due all taxes, assessments, and
governmental charges, except for (a) any such tax, assessment, charge, or levy
which is a Lien permitted under Section 7.2(i) and (b) immaterial taxes in de minimis
amounts.
6.4 PRESERVATION OF
EXISTENCE. Preserve and maintain its existence, governmental
authorizations, licenses, permits, rights, franchises and privileges necessary
or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except (i) Dormant
Subsidiaries, (ii) as permitted by Section 7.3, or (iii) where failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 MAINTENANCE OF
PROPERTIES. Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material
properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good
order and condition, subject to wear and tear in the ordinary course of
business, and not permit any waste of its properties, except where failure to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.6 MAINTENANCE OF
INSURANCE. Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained,
with financially sound and reputable insurers, (i) business interruption
insurance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (ii) casualty
insurance, such public liability insurance, third party property damage
insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the
assets, properties and businesses of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as are
customarily carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of
established reputation of similar size and engaged in similar businesses, in
each case in such amounts (giving effect to self insurance which comports with
the requirements of this Section and provided that adequate reserves therefor
are maintained in accordance with GAAP), with such deductibles, covering such
risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such
Persons. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name Administrative
Agent, on behalf of Lenders as an additional insured thereunder as its interests
may appear, and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a
loss payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to
Administrative Agent, that names Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders, as
the loss payee thereunder and provides for at least thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice to Administrative Agent of any modification or cancellation of
such policy and that no act or default of Borrower or any other Person shall
affect the right of Administrative Agent to recover under such policy or
policies in case of loss or damage.
6.7 COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS.
(a) Comply
with the requirements of all applicable Laws and orders of any Governmental
Authority, noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Conduct
its operations and keep and maintain its property in material compliance with
all Environmental Laws.
6.8 INSPECTION
RIGHTS. At any time during regular business hours and as often
as reasonably requested upon reasonable notice, permit Administrative Agent or
any Lender, or any employee, agent or representative thereof, to examine, audit
and make copies and abstracts from Borrower’s records and books of account and
to visit and inspect its and its Subsidiaries’ properties and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts with any of its officers and key employees (which
rights shall include, without limitation, the right to perform an annual (or
more frequent if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing)
field audit and analysis of the Eligible Billed Accounts Receivable (and related
accounting practices (including practices regarding revenue recognition),
related unbilled receivables and similar related items) performed by
Administrative Agent or any independent contractor for the benefit of
Administrative Agent and Lenders, herein, a “Field Audit”), and, upon
request, furnish promptly to Administrative Agent or any Lender true copies of
all financial information and internal management reports made available to
their senior management. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination, photocopying or
making extracts of, or discuss, any document, information or other matter that
(i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary
information, or (ii) the disclosure of which to any Lender, or its designated
representative, is then prohibited by law or any agreement binding on Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries that was not entered into by Borrower or any such
Subsidiary for the purpose of concealing information from the
Lenders. Borrower shall, however, furnish to Administrative Agent
such information concerning Borrower’s intellectual property (including, without
limitation, application and registration numbers for any filings in connection
with such intellectual property) and Assigned Government Contracts as is
reasonably necessary to permit Administrative Agent (on behalf of itself and the
other Lenders) to perfect a security interest in such intellectual property and
Assigned Government Contracts. Borrower will, upon the request of
Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders, participate in a meeting of
Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each fiscal year (or more often if
any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) to be held at
Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by
Borrower and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower
and Administrative Agent.
6.9 KEEPING OF RECORDS AND BOOKS OF
ACCOUNT. Keep records and books of account adequate to prepare
financial statements in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied, and in
conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having
regulatory jurisdiction over Borrower or any applicable Subsidiary.
6.10 COMPLIANCE WITH
ERISA. Cause, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates
to: (a) maintain each Employee Benefits Plan in compliance in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other
applicable Laws; (b) to take all actions to cause each Employee Benefits Plan
which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such
qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Pension Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Code.
6.11 COMPLIANCE WITH
AGREEMENTS. Promptly and fully comply with all Contractual
Obligations to which any one or more of them is a party, except for any such
Contractual Obligations (a) the nonperformance of which would not cause a
Default or Event of Default, (b) then being contested by any of them in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, or (c) if the failure to comply therewith
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12 SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTIES AND PLEDGE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS AND OTHER COLLATERAL.
(a) Domestic
Subsidiaries. In the event that the aggregate gross revenues
or assets of Borrower and Guarantors for any fiscal year ending after the
Closing Date when taken together with 65% of the aggregate gross revenues and
assets of Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries as to which 65% of the ownership
interests thereof have been pledged in favor of Administrative Agent for the
benefit of Lenders, is less than 95% of the aggregate gross revenues or assets
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year,
Borrower will, within ninety (90) days after the end of such fiscal year, cause
one or more additional Domestic Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent a joinder to the Multi-Party Guaranty and to the Pledge and
Security Agreement along with any such other supporting documentation,
certificates (accompanied by irrevocable undated stock powers, duly endorsed in
blank), corporate governance and authorization documents as may be deemed
reasonably necessary or advisable by Administrative Agent such that the
aggregate gross revenues and assets for such fiscal year of Borrower and
Guarantors, when taken together with 65% of the aggregate gross revenues and
assets of Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries as to which 65% of the ownership
interests thereof have been pledged in favor of Administrative Agent for the
benefit of Lenders, equal to at least 95% of the aggregate gross revenues and
assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such fiscal
year.
In
addition, in the event that (x) Borrower creates or acquires a Domestic
Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary, or (y) any Domestic Subsidiary of
Borrower that has not previously executed a joinder to the Multi-Party Guaranty
and the Pledge and Security Agreement becomes a guarantor in respect of the
obligations of Borrower or any Subsidiary under any Material Indebtedness
Agreement, Borrower shall within forty-five (45) days (unless a longer period is
agreed to by Administrative Agent) (i) cause such Domestic Subsidiary to execute
and deliver to Administrative Agent a joinder to the Multi-Party Guaranty and
the Pledge and Security Agreement along with any such other supporting
documentation, certificates (accompanied by irrevocable undated stock powers,
duly endorsed in blank, and such other Collateral related deliveries, as may be
required under the Pledge and Security Agreement), corporate governance and
authorization documents as may be deemed necessary or advisable by
Administrative Agent, (ii) execute and deliver a supplement to the Pledge and
Security Agreement pledging to Administrative Agent (for the benefit of each
Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share) the ownership interests in such
Domestic Subsidiary, (iii) deliver to Administrative Agent (for the benefit of
each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share) the outstanding share
certificates (or other evidence of its equity) evidencing such pledged ownership
interests, and (iv) execute and deliver any additional Control Agreements that
the Administrative Agent shall require with respect to the
Collateral.
(b) Foreign Subsidiary Stock
Pledge. In the event Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary
creates or acquires a First-Tier Material Foreign Subsidiary, Borrower shall and
shall cause its Domestic Subsidiaries to, within ninety (90) days (unless a
longer period is agreed to by Administrative Agent), (i) pledge to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, 65% of the ownership
interest owned by a Credit Party pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement,
(ii) deliver to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the outstanding shares
certificates (or other evidence of equity), as applicable, evidencing such
pledged ownership interest, and (iii) take such further actions as
Administrative Agent reasonably requests to perfect the security interest in
such pledged ownership interests; provided, however, that, if
Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion after consultation with Borrower,
determines that the cost of perfecting, in a foreign jurisdiction, the
Administrative Agent’s security interest, for the benefit of the Lenders, in
such ownership interests relating to any First-Tier Material Foreign Subsidiary
is impractical or cost-prohibitive, then the Administrative Agent may agree to
forego the foreign perfection of such security interest.
6.13 FURTHER
ASSURANCES. At any time or from time to time upon the request
of Administrative Agent, each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly
execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts
and things as Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders may reasonably request
in order to effect fully the purposes of the Loan Documents, including providing
Lenders with any information reasonably requested pursuant to Section
10.26. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each
Credit Party shall take such actions as Administrative Agent may reasonably
request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the
Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Borrower and
its Material Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding Equity Securities of
Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries (subject to limitations contained in the
Loan Documents with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries), and shall give
Administrative Agent prompt written notice of its acquisition of any asset or
assets with a value representing more than five percent (5%) of the combined
assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date to the extent
that Collateral Agent’s security interest therein to secure the Obligations will
not be perfected by the Uniform Commercial Code filings currently in effect at
such time.
6.14 USE OF
PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of Extensions of Credit for lawful
corporate purposes including (i) the refinancing of existing indebtedness of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and (ii) working capital and
general corporate purposes, including financing the performance of the work to
be performed under each Assigned Government Contract, and Acquisitions, not
otherwise in contravention of this Agreement. No part of the proceeds
of any Loan and no Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or
indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any law, including
Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
6.15 LANDLORD
WAIVERS. Concurrently with entering into any Material Lease
after the Closing Date, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a Landlord
Waiver with respect to such Material Lease and the property leased
thereby.
6.16 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL REAL ESTATE
ASSETS. In the event that any Credit Party acquires a Material
Real Estate Asset after the Closing Date or any real property asset owned or
leased on the Closing Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset and such
interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Security
Documents in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of lenders, then
such Credit Party, contemporaneously with acquiring such Material Real Estate
Asset, or promptly after a real estate asset owned or leased on the Closing Date
becomes a Material Real Estate Asset, shall take all such actions and execute
and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such mortgages,
documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates as Administrative
Agent shall reasonably require with respect to each such Material Real Estate
Asset to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a
valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected
first priority security interest in such Material Real Estate
Assets. In addition to the foregoing, Borrower shall, at the request
of Administrative Agent, deliver, from time to time, to Administrative Agent and
Lenders such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Material Real
Estate Assets with respect to which Administrative Agent has been granted a
Lien.
6.17 ADDITIONAL
COLLATERAL. As required in
Sections 4 and 4.6 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, unless otherwise
expressly agreed, with respect to any Collateral hereafter owned or acquired,
Borrower will (or will cause the relevant Guarantor to) comply with such
requirements within ten (10) days of such Credit Party acquiring rights
therein. Borrower will promptly inform the Administrative Agent of
its (or any Guarantor’s) acquisition of any Collateral for which any action is
required by Sections 4 and 4.6 of the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
With
respect to any Assigned Government Contract that comes into existence after the
Closing Date, and as required by Section 4.6 of the Pledge and Security
Agreement, Borrower shall promptly (but in no event later than the date which is
five (5) Business Days after delivery of the notice reporting the execution of
such Assigned Government Contract) (i) deliver to Administrative Agent (i) an
executed Instrument of Assignment and (ii) an executed Notice of Assignment of
Claims.
With
respect to any Government Contract that is then not subject to both an executed
Instrument of Assignment and an executed Notice of Assignment of Claims, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall, with respect to each such
Government Contract, deliver (or shall cause the applicable Subsidiary to
deliver) promptly to Administrative Agent (i) an executed Instrument of
Assignment and (ii) an executed Notice of Assignment of Claims, on the terms and
conditions set forth therein.
6.18 RATINGS. If requested by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender becoming a Lender after the Closing Date,
Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with such
Lender in obtaining and causing to be maintained a shadow corporate rating by
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.
6.19 DORMANT
SUBSIDIARIES. Borrower shall not permit any of the Dormant
Subsidiaries to have any material continuing operations or conduct any material
business and shall use its reasonable best efforts to complete the dissolution
process (which may, so long as the same will not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the remaining Credit Parties, without limitation, and is otherwise deemed
advisable by the Borrower, include using available bankruptcy or similar
processes) with respect to each Dormant Subsidiary in a timely
manner.
6.20 POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS. Borrower hereby covenants that on or prior to the
dates set forth on Schedule
6.20 hereto, Borrower shall, or cause its Subsidiaries to, satisfy the
conditions set forth on Schedule 6.20 hereto (the
failure to comply with which shall constitute an immediate Event of
Default).
6.21 DEPOSIT
ACCOUNTS. Borrower hereby covenants that it will, within two
hundred seventy (270) days of the Closing Date, cause substantially all of its
(and its Subsidiaries) material Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts to be
transferred to, and thereafter maintained with, a Lender; provided, that the fees,
terms, conditions and other agreements pertaining to such Deposit Accounts and
Securities Accounts shall be those that are commonly used and offered by such
Lender to customers similar to Borrower and shall be competitively
priced. This requirement will not apply to Deposit Accounts or
Securities Accounts of any Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date as part of
a Permitted Acquisition.
SECTION
7. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
So long
as any Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed, or any portion of the
Commitments or any Letter of Credit remain outstanding, Borrower shall not, nor
shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 INDEBTEDNESS. Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except for the following
(“Permitted
Indebtedness”) :
(a) Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.1
hereto;
(c) Indebtedness
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries under loans and Capital Leases incurred by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the acquisition by such Person of
real property, improvements, fixtures, equipment or other fixed assets (together
with attachments, ascensions, additions, “soft costs” and proceeds
thereof); provided that in each case, (i) such Indebtedness is incurred by such
Person at the time of, or not later than six (6) months after, the acquisition
by such Person of the property so financed, (ii) such Indebtedness does not
exceed the purchase price of the property so financed, and (iii) the aggregate
of all such Indebtedness at any time outstanding does not exceed
$2,500,000;
(d) Indebtedness
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries under initial or successive refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions of any Indebtedness permitted by subsections
(b), (c), (j), (k), (l) and (m) of this Section 7.1; provided that, with respect
to any such refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, (i) the
amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the reasonable
premium or other amount paid, and reasonable fees and expenses incurred, in
connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any utilized
commitments thereunder, (ii) the terms and conditions thereof, including those
relating to amortization, maturity, collateral and subordination, are not less
favorable to the Lenders than the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded,
renewed or extended, (iii) the weighted average life of the principal payments
pursuant to such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the weighted average life
of such payments pursuant to such Indebtedness immediately prior to such
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (iv) such Indebtedness shall not
include Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the
Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and (v) such
Indebtedness shall not be refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended if any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom;
(e) Indebtedness
of Borrower to any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries, Indebtedness of any of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries to Borrower or Indebtedness of any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries to
any of Borrower’s other Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor to any Foreign Subsidiary or
any Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor, other than the Indebtedness of Foreign
Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 7.1(e), does not
exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding; and provided further that (i) all such
Indebtedness shall be evidenced by promissory notes and all such notes shall be
subject to a first priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement,
(ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of
payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the
applicable promissory notes or an intercompany subordination agreement that in
any such case, is reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (iii) any
payment by any such Guarantor Subsidiary under any guaranty of the Obligations
shall result in a pro
tanto reduction of the amount of any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary
to Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries for whose benefit such payment is
made.
(f) Subordinated
Debt as the same shall have been approved by Requisite Lenders; provided that the aggregate
amount of such Subordinated Debt at any time outstanding shall not exceed
$5,000,000;
(g) [Intentionally
omitted];
(h) Subject
to the limitations set forth in (f) above, Indebtedness incurred in favor of
sellers in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (not including any holdback
amounts), to the extent permitted in the definition thereof, and provided that
all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to
the payment in full of the Obligations on terms and subject to documentation
reasonably satisfactory to Requisite Lenders;
(i) Indebtedness
arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the corporate
credit card programs of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(j) Guaranty
Obligations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries guarantying Indebtedness
otherwise permitted hereunder of Borrower or any Subsidiary of
Borrower;
(k) Indebtedness
arising from the honoring of a check, draft or similar instrument against
insufficient funds or from the endorsement of instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s’ business;
(l) Permitted
Swap Obligations;
(m) Indebtedness
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to surety, appeal,
indemnity, performance or other similar bonds arising in the ordinary course of
business
(n) Indebtedness
with respect to agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase
price, earnest money or similar obligations in connection with Acquisitions or
Dispositions otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
(o) Indebtedness
with respect to cash deposited by customers to obtain the right to delivery of
future goods or services; and
(p) Other
unsecured Indebtedness not included in (a) through (o) above and not exceeding,
in the aggregate at any one time $2,000,000; provided that all such
Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of
the Obligations on terms and subject to documentation reasonably satisfactory to
Requisite Lenders.
7.2 LIENS. Incur,
assume or suffer to exist, any Lien upon any of its property, assets or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following
(“Permitted
Liens”):
(a) Liens
existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.1 and any renewals
or extensions thereof; provided that the property
covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the obligations
secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.1(b);
(b) Liens
pursuant to any Loan Document;
(c) Liens on
the property or assets of any Person which becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower
after the date of this Agreement or acquired after the date of this Agreement;
provided that (i) such
Liens exist at the time such Person became a Subsidiary or the assets were
acquired, (ii) such Liens were not created in contemplation of the acquisition
of such Person or assets and (iii) such Liens do not at any time apply to any
other assets or properties of the Borrower;
(d) Rights of
vendors or lessors under conditional sale agreements, Capital Leases or other
agreements relating to Indebtedness described in Section 7.1(c) or other title
retention agreements; provided
that in each case, (i) such rights secure or otherwise relate to
Permitted Indebtedness, (ii) such rights do not extend to any property other
than property acquired with the proceeds of such Permitted Indebtedness
(together with accessions, additions, replacements and proceeds thereof), and
(iii) such rights do not secure any Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness;
(e) Liens
incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with leases,
subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to Persons not interfering in any
material respect with the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and any
interest or title of a lessee or licensee under any such leases, subleases,
licenses or sublicenses;
(f) Liens
arising in connection with judgments not constituting an Event of Default
pursuant to Section 8.1(i);
(g) [Intentionally
omitted];
(h) Liens
required in connection with the corporate credit card program of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, provided
that any Collateral securing such Liens shall not exceed $400,000 at any
time.
(i) Liens for
taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(j) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a
period of more than sixty (60) days or which are being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with
GAAP;
(k) pledges
or deposits in connection with worker’s compensation, employee benefit plans,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(l) Liens to
secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money),
leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and
other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business
(including, without limitation, Liens securing all those obligations described
in Section 7.1(m)) provided,
however, that all such Liens, in the aggregate, do not secure obligations
in excess of $2,000,000;
(m) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions, Liens granted by a third-party lessor to any Person
and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate,
are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract
from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of any Person;
(n) Liens in
favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties and in connection with the importation of goods in the
ordinary course of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses;
(o) Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business solely by virtue of any statutory or
common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar
rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a
creditor depository institution; provided that (i) such
deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to
restrictions against access by Borrower in excess of those set forth by
regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board, and (ii) such deposit
account is not intended by Borrower or any Subsidiary to provide collateral to
the depository institution;
(p) Liens on
insurance proceeds in favor of insurance companies with respect to the financing
of insurance premiums, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business;
and
(q) purported
Liens evidenced by the filing of Uniform Commercial Code precautionary financing
statements relating to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of
business.
(r) Liens not
otherwise permitted hereunder on the property or assets of Borrower and any of
its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness, provided the aggregate Indebtedness
secured thereby does not exceed $500,000, and such Liens either (a) do not
encumber any Collateral or (b) are subordinated to the Liens securing the
Obligations on terms and subject to documentation satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent;
provided, however, that in no
event shall any Lien (other than Liens granted pursuant to the Security
Documents) be permitted to exist on, or in respect of, (i) any depositary or
investment account containing any cash or Cash Equivalent of Borrower or any of
its Domestic Subsidiaries, except for Liens in favor of the entity (and its
affiliates) with which any such depository or investment account is maintained
or (ii) any Collateral consisting of Securities pledged pursuant to the Security
Documents.
7.3 FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGES. Merge or consolidate with or into any Person or
liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself, or permit or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution or sell all or substantially all of its assets, except
that:
(a) any
Subsidiary may merge with (i) Borrower, provided that Borrower shall
be the continuing or surviving corporation, (ii) any Guarantor Subsidiary or, if
such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor, with any other Subsidiary, and (iii) any
joint venture, partnership or other Person, so long as such joint venture,
partnership and other Person will, as a result of making such merger and all
other contemporaneous related transactions, become a Guarantor Subsidiary or, if
such Subsidiary is not a guarantor, a Subsidiary;
(b) any
Subsidiary may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (through
voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up or otherwise), to Borrower or
to another Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or, if the selling or transferring
Subsidiary is not a Guarantor, to any other Subsidiary;
(c) Borrower
may merge into or consolidate with any other Person; provided that (i) Borrower is
the surviving corporation, and (ii) prior to and immediately after giving effect
to such merger or consolidation, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(d) any
Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into any other Person or sell all or
substantially all of its assets to the extent such transaction is a Disposition
otherwise permitted under Section 7.4 (other than Section 7.4(c)) or an
Investment otherwise permitted under Section 7.5 (other than Section 7.5(c)) and
prior to and immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
and
(e) subject
to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.19 and the requirements of Section
2.4(b)(i), Dormant Subsidiaries may be liquidated, wound up or dissolved and all
or substantially all of their assets sold.
7.4 DISPOSITIONS. Make
any Dispositions, except:
(a) Dispositions
of assets (i) that do not constitute Asset Sales or (ii) made to Borrower or any
Guarantor Subsidiary;
(b) Dispositions
consisting of subleases of leased real property no longer necessary to the
operation of the applicable Credit Party’s business;
(c) Dispositions
permitted by Section 7.3;
(d) Dispositions
of the property described on Schedule 7.4;
(e) Dispositions
which constitute the making or liquidating of Permitted Investments;
and
(f) Dispositions
which constitute the incurrence (but not the enforcement) of Permitted
Liens;
(g) Dispositions
of surplus equipment or damaged, obsolete or worn out property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Asset
Sales, the proceeds of which when aggregated with the proceeds of all other
Asset Sales made since the Closing Date, are less than $10,000,000; provided (1) the
consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to
the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of
directors of Borrower (or similar governing body)), (2) no less than eighty
percent (80%) thereof shall be paid in cash, and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds
thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.4(b)(i).
7.5 INVESTMENTS. Make
any Investments, except for the following (“Permitted
Investments”):
(a) Investments
existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.5;
(b) Investments
in cash and Cash Equivalents, and which conform to the investment policies
adopted by the Board of Directors of Borrower from time to time;
(c) Investments
permitted by Section 7.1 or Section 7.3;
(d) Investments
(i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof
from financially troubled account debtors, and (ii) constituting deposits,
prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of
business consistent with the past practices of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries;
(e) Investments
constituting Acquisitions; provided that each such
Acquisition (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”)
meets the following criteria: (i) in the case of a merger, amalgamation or other
combination including Borrower, Borrower shall be the surviving entity, (ii) in
the case of a merger, amalgamation or other combination including a Credit Party
(other than Borrower), a Credit Party shall be the surviving entity; (iii) the
business to be acquired shall be (x) in same business or lines of business in
which Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date and (y)
shall have had positive Consolidated EBITDA for the four (4) quarter period most
recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition, (iv) no Default or Event
of Default shall exist prior to or after giving effect to such Acquisition or
shall result therefrom, (v) all transactions in connection therewith shall be
consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable Laws,
(vi) Borrower shall have provided to Administrative Agent and each of the
Lenders, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to such Acquisition, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower showing pro forma compliance with
Section 7.12 hereof, both before and after the proposed Acquisition, together
with all relevant financial information with respect to such Acquisition,
including the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition and any other
information required to demonstrate compliance with Section 7.12, (vii) such
Acquisition shall have been approved by the board of directors or other
governing body or controlling Person of the Person from whom the business is
acquired and is otherwise not considered to be a “hostile” Acquisition, (viii)
the Threshold Conditions shall be satisfied at the time of the proposed
Acquisition and also on a pro
forma basis, (ix) (A) the aggregate consideration in respect of all
Acquisitions occurring after the Closing Date, whether consisting of Cash
Acquisition Consideration or Equity Securities, shall not exceed $125,000,000
during the term of this Agreement (B) the aggregate Cash Acquisition
Consideration in respect of all Acquisitions occurring after the Closing Date
shall not exceed $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, in each case
unless otherwise approved by the Requisite Lenders; provided further, that the
amount set forth in clause (ix)(B) of this Section 7.5(e) may be increased by
Net Cash Equity Proceeds (not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the
term of this Agreement) received by the Borrower after the Closing Date, so long
as any such Net Cash Equity Proceeds are actually used to fund a Permitted
Acquisition within ninety (90) days of such receipt by Borrower; and provided, further, that the
amount of consideration paid in respect of any Acquisition, regardless of the
form of that consideration, shall be deemed to be the total purchase price of
such Acquisition (including all fees and expenses paid in connection therewith),
regardless of how any portion of such purchase price may be treated for purposes
of calculating Consolidated EBITDA hereunder or for any other
purpose.
(f) Investments
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Permitted Swap Obligations;
(g) Advances
to officers, directors and employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business
purposes;
(h) Investments
of Borrower in any of its Subsidiaries and Investments of any Subsidiary of
Borrower in Borrower or another Subsidiary of Borrower; provided, however, that in
the case of any such Investments that are equity Investments, the Equity
Securities represented thereby shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement; and provided further, that the
aggregate amount of Investments by Borrower and Guarantors in Foreign
Subsidiaries and non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (which are not otherwise permitted
under this Section 7.5), other than Investments in respect of any Indebtedness
of Foreign Subsidiaries in existence on the date hereof as set forth on Schedule 7.1(e) that has been
converted into Equity Interests in such Subsidiary after the date hereof, does
not exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding;
(i) Extensions
of credit to customers or suppliers of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business and any Investments received in satisfaction or
partial satisfaction thereof;
(j) Guaranty
Obligations permitted by Section 7.1;
(k) Investments
received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as distributions on claims in
connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and
in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers
and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Investments
of any Subsidiary existing at the time it becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower,
provided that such
Investments were not made in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary
of Borrower; and
(m) Investments
consisting of loans to employees, officers and directors, the proceeds of which
shall be used to purchase Equity Securities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries;
and
(n) Other
Investments not exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time
outstanding.
7.6 RESTRICTED
PAYMENTS. Make any Restricted Payments, except as
follows:
(a) Borrower
or any Subsidiary, as applicable, may pay dividends or other distributions (i)
on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of Borrower now or
hereafter outstanding solely in shares of that class of stock to holders of that
class or (ii) payable by a Subsidiary to Borrower or to a Guarantor
Subsidiary;
(b) Borrower
may distribute rights pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or redeem such
rights, provided that
such redemption is in accordance with the terms of such shareholder rights
plan;
(c) Borrower
may make Restricted Payments or purchase its own Equity Securities in connection
with or pursuant to any of its Employee Benefits Plans or in connection with the
death, retirement or termination of its employees, officers or directors, or in
connection with its contribution matches to its employee 401(k) plans or its
ESPP’s;
(d) Borrower
may repurchase fractional shares of capital stock arising out of stock
dividends, splits or combinations, business combinations or conversion of
convertible securities; and
(e) So long
as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii)
Borrower is in pro
forma compliance with Section 7.12 hereof (both before and after the
proposed purchase as evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of
Borrower and such other information as Administrative Agent shall request),
Borrower may purchase its own Equity Securities in an amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate over the life of this Agreement; provided, however, that the
aggregate amount of such Equity Securities purchases permitted hereby shall
increase to a total of $10,000,000 if the Borrower (y) has maintained a Total
Leverage Ratio of less than 1.50 to 1.00 for a period of two (2) consecutive
fiscal quarters commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2010 and (z)
will have (after giving effect to such proposed purchase) on a pro forma basis, a Total
Leverage Ratio of less than 1.50 to 1.00.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event will Borrower or any Subsidiary be permitted to make
any restricted Payments with respect to any obligations related to any
provisions for deferred or contingent purchase price payments (including,
without limitation, any “earn
out” provisions) if, the Threshold Conditions would not be satisfied (i)
at the time of such proposed Restricted Payment (and after giving effect
thereto) and (ii) on a pro
forma basis thereafter.
7.7 ERISA. At any time
engage in a transaction which could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of
ERISA, or permit any Employee Benefits Plan to (a) engage in any non-exempt
“prohibited
transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code); (b) fail to comply
with ERISA or any other applicable Laws; or (c) incur any material “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), which, with respect to
each event listed above could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.8 CHANGE IN NATURE OF
BUSINESS. Engage, either directly or indirectly through
Affiliates or Acquisitions in any line of business other than the business of
designing, engineering, installing and testing C5ISR (command/control,
communications, computing, combat, intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance) systems, providing engineering design support and systems
integration services for weapons systems and associated support systems,
operating and maintaining technical services for military target ranges and
weapons system ranges, providing technical support solutions for federal, state,
local and municipal government agencies, and providing a variety of
communication products and surveillance products for federal government
agencies, any other business incidental or reasonably related thereto, or any
businesses that are, as determined by the Board of Directors of Borrower in its
good faith reasonable judgment, appropriate extensions thereof.
7.9 TRANSACTIONS WITH
AFFILIATES. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any
Affiliate (other than transactions among Credit Parties) of Borrower other than
arm’s-length transactions with Affiliates that are otherwise permitted hereunder
and except as follows:
(a) reasonable
and customary fees in Borrower’s industry paid to members of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower; and
(b) reasonable
and customary compensation arrangements and benefit plans for officers and other
employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into or maintained in the
ordinary course of business; provided that such
transactions could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on Borrower or any Subsidiary.
7.10 USE OF
PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other
than (i) the refinancing of existing indebtedness of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and (ii) working capital and general corporate
purposes (including, without limitation, performing work under each Assigned
Government Contract) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including Acquisitions,
not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
7.11 CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS PAYMENTS,
ETC. (a) Pay, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise
satisfy in any manner prior to the scheduled payment thereof any portion of any
Subordinated Debt, or (b) amend, modify or otherwise change the terms of any
document, instrument or agreement evidencing Subordinated Debt such that such
amendment, modification or change would (i) cause the outstanding aggregate
principal amount of all such Subordinated Debt so amended, modified or changed
to be increased (except as a consequence of the deferral of cash interest
payments by adding such payments to the principal amount thereof) as a
consequence of such amendment, modification or change, (ii) increase the
interest rate applicable thereto, or (iii) accelerate the scheduled payment
thereof.
7.12 FINANCIAL
COVENANTS.
(a) Maximum Total Leverage
Ratio. Permit the Total Leverage Ratio, determined as of the
last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower (measured on a rolling four (4)
quarter basis for the trailing four (4) fiscal quarters) to be greater than the
correlative ratio indicated in the table set
forth below:
Fiscal
Quarter
Ending
|
Total
Leverage Ratio
|
|
|
March
31, 2010
|
2.75:1.00
|
June
30, 2010
|
2.75:1.00
|
September
30, 2010
|
2.75:1.00
|
December
31, 2010
|
2.75:1.00
|
March
31, 2011 and thereafter
|
2.50:1.00
|
(b) Minimum Asset Coverage
Ratio. Permit the Asset Coverage Ratio determined as of the
last day of any fiscal month (but giving effect to the provisions relating to
permitted unbilled accounts set forth in the definition of “Eligible Billed Accounts
Receivable”) of Borrower to be less than 1.25 to 1.00.
(c) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, determined as
of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower (measured on the Measurement
Period set forth below), to be less than the correlative ratio indicated in the
table set
forth below:
Fiscal
Quarter
Ending
|
Fixed
Charge
Coverage
Ratio
|
Measurement
Period
|
|
|
|
June
30, 2010
|
1.10:1.00
|
Rolling
two (2) quarter basis for the trailing two (2) fiscal
quarters
|
September
30, 2010
|
1.10:1.00
|
Rolling three (3) quarter basis for the trailing three (3) fiscal
quarters
|
December
31, 2010
|
1.10:1.00
|
Rolling
four (4) quarter basis for the trailing four (4) fiscal
quarters
|
March
31, 2011 and thereafter
|
1.25:1.00
|
Rolling
four (4) quarter basis for the trailing four (4) fiscal
quarters
|
(d) Certain
Calculations. With respect to any period during which a
Permitted Acquisition or an Asset Sale has occurred, for purposes of determining
compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in Sections 7.12(a),
(b) and (c), if during such period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have
made any Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale, Consolidated EBITDA and the
components of Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period shall be calculated
after giving pro forma
effect to such Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale and any Indebtedness incurred
or repaid in connection therewith as if such Permitted Acquisition, Asset Sale
or Indebtedness had occurred or been incurred or repaid, as applicable, on the
first day of such period; provided that, with respect
to Permitted Acquisitions, the pro forma effect and
add-backs may be derived from the financial statements delivered in connection
with the Permitted Acquisition pursuant to Section 7.5(e)(vi), as approved by
the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
7.13 ACCOUNTING
CHANGES. Change (a) its fiscal year (currently ending on the
last Sunday of the year but expected to end, during the term of this Agreement,
on December 26, 2010, on December 25, 2011 and on December 30,
2012); provided,
however, that Borrower is hereby permitted to change the ending date of
its fiscal year to end on or about December 31 but in any event within seven (7)
days of December 31; provided,
further, that with respect to calculations for determining (i)
Consolidated EBITDA, (ii) any prepayments required by Section 2.4(b) and (iii)
compliance with the financial covenants contained in Section 7.12, the
amortization, interest and other payments due on December 31 of any year shall
be deemed to be paid at the end of such fiscal year ending immediately prior to
such December 31), or (b) its accounting practices except as required by
GAAP.
7.14 GUARANTY UNDER MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS
AGREEMENT. Permit any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower to be or
become liable as an obligor under any Material Indebtedness Agreement unless
such Subsidiary shall also be a Guarantor under this Agreement prior to or
concurrently therewith. Permit any Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower to
be or become liable as an obligor under any Material Indebtedness Agreement
unless 65% of the ownership interests thereof have been pledged in favor of
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders.
7.15 AMENDMENTS TO
ORGANIZATION AGREEMENTS, AND MATERIAL CONTRACTS. (a) Amend or permit
any amendments to any Credit Party’s Organization Documents; or (b) amend or
permit any amendments to, or terminate or waive any provision of, any Material
Contract requiring Annual
Payments to be made or providing for Annual Payments to be received, in each
case in excess of $5,000,000 if such amendment, termination, or waiver
would (i) decrease the revenue to be received by any Credit Party during any
fiscal year under such Material
Contract by more than 25% or (ii) increase the cost to be paid by any
Credit Party during any fiscal year under such Material Contract by more than
25%.
7.16 NO FURTHER NEGATIVE
PLEDGES. Except with respect
to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness
permitted hereby or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to
an Asset Sale permitted under Section 7.4, and (b) restrictions by reason
of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers
contained in leases, licenses, contracts with Governmental Authorities and
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such
restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the
property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as
the case may be) permit any Credit Party to enter into any agreement prohibiting
the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
7.17 RESTRICTIONS ON
SUBSIDIARY DISTRIBUTIONS. Except as provided herein,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of
Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such
Subsidiary’s Equity Securities owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of
Borrower, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to
Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (c) make loans or advances to
Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, or (d) transfer any of its
property or assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower other than
restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Section
7.1(c) that impose restrictions on the property so acquired, (ii) by reason of
customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers
contained in leases, licenses, contracts with Governmental Authorities, joint
venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business, and (iii) create customary restrictions on the Disposition
of assets contained in agreements relating to the sale of assets pending such
sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets that
are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder. No Credit Party
shall, nor shall it permit its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Contractual
Obligation which would prohibit a Subsidiary of Borrower from becoming a Credit
Party.
7.18 SALES AND LEASE
BACKS. Directly or indirectly become or remain liable as
lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, which such Credit Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or
to transfer to any other Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries)
or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property
which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party to any
Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such
lease.
7.19 DEPOSIT
ACCOUNTS. Except for any cash collateral account permitted
under Section 6.1(i) and 6.2(h) and necessary to support the credit card program
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, establish or maintain a Deposit Account or
Securities Account (as each such term is defined in the Pledge and Security
Agreement) that is not subject to a Control Agreement (as defined in the Pledge
and Security Agreement) and no Credit Party will deposit Collateral (including
the proceeds thereof) or the proceeds of Loans in a Deposit Account or
Securities Account that is not subject to a Control Agreement, except as may be
permitted under the Pledge and Security Agreement.
7.20 ISSUANCE OF DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL
STOCK. Issue or sell any Disqualified Capital
Stock.
SECTION
8. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.1 EVENTS OF
DEFAULT. Any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Borrower
fails to pay (i) when due the principal of and premium, if any, on any Loan
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise; or (ii) when due any
installment of principal of any Loan, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by
mandatory prepayment or otherwise; or
(b) Borrower
fails to pay interest on any Outstanding Obligation, the Commitment Fee or any
other fees due hereunder within three (3) Business Days after the date when due;
or
(c) Any
default occurs in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in
Section 6.4 or Section 7; or
(d) Any
default occurs in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in
Section 6.1 and such default continues for three (3) days; or
(e) The
occurrence of an Event of Default (as such term is or may hereafter be
specifically defined in any other Loan Document) under any other Loan Document;
or Borrower fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not
specified in subsections (a), (b) (c) or (d) above) contained in any Loan
Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for
thirty (30) days; or
(f) Any
representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made
by any Credit Party in any in any Loan Document proves to have been incorrect in
any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(g) Any
Credit Party (x) defaults on any payment when due, which remains uncured beyond
any applicable cure period, of principal or interest on any Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate principal amount in excess of
$3,500,000, or (y) defaults in the observance or performance of any other
agreement or covenant relating to any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
hereunder) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or
relating thereto, or any other event shall occur, the effect of which default or
other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
(or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or
beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, any Indebtedness
in excess of $3,500,000 to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof
to be demanded on account of such default or other event; or (ii) the occurrence
under any Swap Contract of an “Early Termination Date” (or
such similar term as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (x) any event
of default under such Swap Contract as to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is
the “Defaulting Party”
(or such similar term as defined in such Swap Contract) or (y) any termination
event under any Swap Contract (as defined therein) as to which Borrower or any
Subsidiary is an affected party (as so defined) (other than termination events
resulting solely from changes in the value of Borrower’s stock price or other
rates, prices or indices underlying any such Swap Contract), and as to which, in
either event, the “Swap
Termination Value” (or such similar term as defined in such Swap
Contract) owed by Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater
than $3,500,000; or
(h) Any Loan
Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other
than the agreement of all Lenders or satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be null and void, invalid or unenforceable in any
respect; or Administrative Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid
and perfected Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Security
Documents with the priority required by the relevant Security Document, in each
case for any reason other than the failure of Administrative Agent to take any
action within its control; or any Credit Party contests the validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document or denies that it has any or further
liability or obligation under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or
purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any such Loan Document; or
(i) A final
judgment (to the extent not covered by insurance (less any deductible) from a
solvent insurer who has accepted tender of defense and is defending such action)
against Borrower or any Subsidiary is entered for the payment of money in excess
of $3,500,000 and such judgment remains unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed
by appeal or otherwise for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of its
entry, or any non-monetary final judgment is entered against Borrower or any
Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
and such judgment remains unvacated, unbonded or unstayed by appeal or otherwise
for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of its entry.
(j) (i) A
court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in
respect of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in
effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall
be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary
case shall be commenced against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in
effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or
other officer having similar powers over Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or
there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver,
trustee or other custodian of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a
substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or
similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the
property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in
this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty (60) days without having been
dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(k) (i)
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with
respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or
under any other Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent
to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion
of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent
to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other
custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii)
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or
shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due;
or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise
authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in
Section 8.1(j); or
(l) (i) An
ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $3,500,000;
(ii) the aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liability among all Pension Plans
at any time exceeds $3,500,000; (iii) Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace
period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under
Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in
excess of $3,500,000; or (iv) the events listed in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
in the aggregate have resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of Borrower or its Material Subsidiaries in excess of $3,500,000;
or
(m) There
occurs any Change of Control; or
(n) There
occurs a change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, operations,
affairs or prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which
in the reasonable determination of Requisite Lenders has had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.2 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF
DEFAULT. Without limiting any other rights or remedies of
Administrative Agent or Lenders provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, or the
other Loan Documents, or by applicable Law, or in equity, or
otherwise:
(a) Upon the
occurrence, and during the continuance, of any Event of Default other than an
Event of Default described in Section 8.1(j) or (k):
(i) Requisite
Lenders may request Administrative Agent to, and Administrative Agent thereupon
shall, terminate the Commitments and/or declare all or any part of the unpaid
principal of all Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other
amounts payable under the Loan Documents to be immediately due and payable,
whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and payable, without
protest, presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or further notice of any kind,
all of which are expressly waived by Borrower; and/or
(ii) Each
Issuing Lender, with the approval of Administrative Agent on behalf of Requisite
Lenders, may demand immediate payment by Borrower of an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of all outstanding Letter of Credit Usage to be held in a
blocked Letter of Credit cash collateral account held with KeyBank.
(b) Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(j)
or (k):
(i) the
Commitments and all other obligations of Administrative Agent or Lenders shall
automatically terminate without notice to or demand upon Borrower, which are
expressly waived by Borrower;
(ii) the
unpaid principal of all Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all
other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall be immediately due and
payable, without protest, presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or further
notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower;
and
(iii) an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letter of Credit Usage shall be
immediately due and payable to each corresponding Issuing Lender without notice
to or demand upon Borrower, which are expressly waived by Borrower, to be held
in a blocked Letter of Credit cash collateral account held with
KeyBank.
(c) Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, Lenders and Administrative Agent, or any of
them, may require the Borrower and any Subsidiary to promptly execute and
deliver to Administrative Agent an Instrument of Assignment and Notice of
Assignment of Claims for any Government Contract that is not already the subject
of an Instrument of Assignment and Notice of Assignment of Claims all as more
fully set forth in Section 6.17.
(d) Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, Lenders and Administrative Agent, or any of
them, without notice to (except as expressly provided for in any Loan Document)
or demand upon Borrower, which are expressly waived by Borrower (except as to
notices expressly provided for in any Loan Document), may proceed to (but only
with the consent of Requisite Lenders) protect, exercise and enforce their
rights and remedies under the Loan Documents against Borrower (including,
without limitation, Administrative Agent may file any signed Notices of
Assignment of Claims previously delivered to Administrative Agent, including
those required to be delivered by Section 6.17 and 8.2(c) above, relating to
Assigned Government Contracts with the appropriate governmental authorities at
Administrative Agent’s discretion) and such other rights and remedies as are
provided by Law or equity (including, without limitation, the provisions of the
applicable Uniform Commercial Code).
(e) Except as
permitted by Section 10.5, no Lender may exercise any rights or remedies with
respect to the Obligations without the consent of Requisite Lenders in their
sole and absolute discretion.
(f) The order
and manner in which Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and remedies are
to be exercised shall be determined by Requisite Lenders in their sole and
absolute discretion. Regardless of how a Lender may treat payments
for the purpose of its own accounting, for the purpose of computing the
Obligations hereunder, payments shall be applied first, to costs and expenses
(including Attorney Costs) incurred by Administrative Agent and each Lender,
second, to the payment
of accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans to and including the date of such
application, third, to
the payment of the unpaid principal of the Loans, and fourth, to the payment of all
other amounts (including fees) then owing to Administrative Agent and Lenders
under the Loan Documents, in each case (other than with respect
to any applicable fees that are not shared ratably, which amounts
shall be paid as otherwise directed herein) paid pro rata to each Lender in
the same proportions that the aggregate Obligations owed to each Lender under
the Loan Documents bear to the aggregate Obligations owed under the Loan
Documents to all Lenders, without priority or preference among
Lenders. Each Credit Party acknowledges the relative rights,
priorities and agreements, as set forth in this Agreement, including as set
forth in this Section 8.2(e). No application of payments will cure
any Event of Default, or prevent acceleration, or continued acceleration, of
amounts payable under the Loan Documents, or prevent the exercise, or continued
exercise, of rights or remedies of Administrative Agent and Lenders hereunder or
thereunder or at Law or in equity.
SECTION
9. ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
9.1 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(a) Each
Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to Section 9.9) appoints, designates and
authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the
provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such
powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document,
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, nor shall Administrative Agent have or be deemed to
have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against
Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement
with reference to Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary
or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any
applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of
market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative
relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) Each
Issuing Lender shall act on behalf of Revolving Lenders with respect to any
Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith until such
time and except for so long as Administrative Agent may agree at the request of
Requisite Lenders to act for such Issuing Lender with respect thereto; provided, however, that each
Issuing Lender shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to
Administrative Agent in this Section 9 with respect to any acts taken or
omissions suffered by such Issuing Lender in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the application and agreements
for letters of credit pertaining to the Letters of Credit as fully as if the
term “Administrative
Agent” as used in this Section 9 included such Issuing Lender with
respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided in this
Agreement with respect to each such Issuing Lender.
9.2 DELEGATION OF
DUTIES. Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees
or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact
that it selects with reasonable care.
9.3 LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT. No Administrative Agent-Related Person shall (i) be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions
contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct),
or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recital, statement,
representation or warranty made by Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of
Borrower, or any officer thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other
Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by Administrative Agent under or in
connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Borrower or any other party to
any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Administrative Agent-Related Person shall be under any
obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of Borrower or any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries or
Affiliates.
9.4 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT.
(a) Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any writing, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or
other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice
and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by Administrative
Agent. Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or
refusing to take any action under any other Loan Document unless it shall first
receive such advice or concurrence of Requisite Lenders as it deems appropriate
and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action. Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document in accordance with a request or consent of Requisite Lenders or all
Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender), if required hereunder, and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding
upon all of Lenders. Where this Agreement expressly permits or
prohibits an action unless Requisite Lenders otherwise determine, and in all
other instances, Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to,
initiate any solicitation for the consent or a vote of Lenders.
(b) For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.1,
each Lender that has executed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented
to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
either sent by Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent, approval,
acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to or
approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender.
9.5 NOTICE OF
DEFAULT. Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except
with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required
to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders, unless
Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of
default”. Administrative Agent will notify Lenders of its
receipt of any such notice. Administrative Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be directed by
Requisite Lenders in accordance with Section 8; provided, however, that
unless and until Administrative Agent has received any such direction,
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of
Lenders.
9.6 CREDIT DECISION; DISCLOSURE OF
INFORMATION BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Each Lender acknowledges
that no Administrative Agent-Related Person has made any representation or
warranty to it, and that no act by Administrative Agent hereinafter taken,
including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the
affairs of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Administrative Agent-Related Person to any
Lender as to any matter, including whether Administrative Agent-Related Persons
have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender,
including any Lender by assignment, represents to Administrative Agent that it
has, independently and without reliance upon any Administrative Agent-Related
Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate,
made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating
to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into
this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower hereunder. Each
Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any
Administrative Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information
as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it
deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of
Borrower. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly
required to be furnished to Lenders by Administrative Agent herein,
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any
Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which may come into the possession of any
Administrative Agent-Related Person.
9.7 INDEMNIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT. Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Administrative
Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower
and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless
each Administrative Agent-Related Person from and against any and all
Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided, however, that no
Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Administrative Agent-Related
Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such
Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, further, that no
action taken in accordance with the directions of Requisite Lenders shall be
deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this
Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall
reimburse Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or
out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by Administrative
Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document
contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Administrative Agent
is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower. The
undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations
hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Administrative
Agent.
9.8 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY. KeyBank and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue
letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity
interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial
advisory, underwriting or other business with Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates as though KeyBank were not Administrative Agent or an Issuing Lender
hereunder and without notice to or consent of Lenders. Lenders
acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, KeyBank or its Affiliates may
receive information regarding Borrower or its Affiliates (including information
that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Borrower or such
Affiliate) and acknowledge that Administrative Agent shall be under no
obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its
Loans, KeyBank shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any
other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative
Agent or an Issuing Lender.
9.9 SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT. Administrative Agent may, and at the request of
Requisite Lenders (which, for purposes hereof, so long as KeyBank National
Association holds at least 20% of the Combined Commitments as of the Closing
Date, must include KeyBank National Association) shall, resign as Administrative
Agent upon thirty (30) days’ notice to Lenders. If Administrative
Agent resigns under this Agreement, Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among
Lenders a successor administrative agent for Lenders which successor
administrative agent shall be approved by Borrower. If no successor
administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation
of Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with
Lenders and Borrower and upon approval of Borrower (other than at any time as
there exists a Default or an Event of Default) which will not be unreasonably
withheld, a successor administrative agent from among Lenders. Upon
the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder,
such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall
mean such successor administrative agent and the retiring Administrative Agent’s
appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be
terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation
hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 and Sections
10.3 and 10.14 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this
Agreement. If no successor administrative agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent (whether due to absence of Borrower approval
or otherwise) by the date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring
Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and Lenders
shall perform all of the duties of Administrative Agent hereunder until such
time, if any, as Requisite Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for
above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, KeyBank may not be
removed as Administrative Agent at the request of Requisite Lenders unless
KeyBank shall also simultaneously be replaced as an “Issuing Lender” hereunder
pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
KeyBank. Any Administrative Agent hereunder must hold a Commitment in
an amount not less than the $5,000,000.
9.10 DESIGNATION OF ARRANGER; NO AFFILIATE
LIABILITY. The parties hereto hereby designate (a) KeyBanc
Capital Markets, an Affiliate of KeyBank and (b) Banc of America Securities,
LLC, an Affiliate of Bank of America, N.A., each as a “Co-Lead Arranger” and “Co- Book Runner” under this
Agreement. None of Lenders (or Affiliates of Lenders) identified from
time to time herein by the titles “Lead Arranger,” “Book Runner,” or similar
titles shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or
duty under this Agreement in such capacity. Without limiting the
foregoing, none of Lenders (or Affiliates of Lenders) so identified shall have
or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of Lenders
(or Affiliates of Lenders) so identified in deciding to enter into this
Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 AMENDMENTS;
CONSENTS. No amendment, modification, supplement, extension,
termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, no approval or consent thereunder, and no consent to any departure by
Borrower therefrom shall be effective unless in writing signed by Requisite
Lenders and acknowledged by Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, without the approval in writing of Administrative Agent and all Lenders
(other than any Defaulting Lender except as set forth in the proviso of Section
2.13(b)) that would be affected thereby, no amendment, modification, supplement,
termination, waiver or consent may be effective:
(a) To reduce
the amount of principal, principal prepayments or the rate of interest payable
on, any Loan, or the amount of any fee or other amount payable to any Lender
under the Loan Documents (unless such modification is consented to by each
Lender entitled to receive such fee) or to waive an Event of Default consisting
of the failure of Borrower to pay when due principal, interest or any Commitment
Fee;
(b) To
postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, prepayment of principal
of, or any installment of interest on, any Loan or any installment of any
Commitment Fee, to extend the term of, or increase the amount of, any Lender’s
Commitment (it being understood that a waiver of an Event of Default shall not
constitute an extension or increase in the Commitment of any Lender) or modify
the Pro Rata Share of any Lender;
(c) To
release collateral in which Lenders have a security interest to secure the
performance of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents constituting more
than $2,500,000 in value;
(d) To
release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as
expressly provided in the Loan Documents;
(e) To amend
the definition of “Requisite
Lenders” or “Pro Rata
Share” or the provisions of Section 4, Section 9, this Section 10.1 or
Section 10.6;
(f) To
consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights
and obligations under any Loan Document; and
(g) To amend
any provision of this Agreement that expressly requires the consent or approval
of all Lenders;
provided, however, that (i)
no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by any
Issuing Lender in addition to Requisite Lenders or all Lenders (other than any
Defaulting Lender), as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of each such
Issuing Lender, (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by Administrative Agent in addition to Requisite Lenders or all
Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender), as the case may be, affect the
rights or duties of Administrative Agent, and (iii) the Mandate Letter and the
Fee Letter (or any similar letters that may be entered into from time to time)
may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed
by the parties thereto. Any amendment, modification, supplement,
termination, waiver or consent pursuant to this Section shall apply equally to,
and shall be binding upon, all Lenders and Administrative Agent.
10.2 TRANSMISSION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNATURES.
(a) Modes of
Delivery. Except as otherwise provided in any Loan Document,
notices, requests, demands, directions, agreements and documents delivered in
connection with the Loan Documents (collectively, “communications”) shall be
transmitted by Requisite Notice to the number and address set forth on Schedule 10.2, may be
delivered by the following modes of delivery, and shall be effective as
follows:
Mode
of Delivery
|
Effective
on earlier of actual receipt and:
|
Courier
|
Scheduled
delivery date
|
Facsimile
|
When
transmission in legible form complete
|
Mail
|
Fourth
Business Day after deposit in U.S. mail first class postage
pre-paid
|
Personal
delivery
|
When
received
|
E-mail
|
When
received
|
Telephone
|
When
conversation completed
|
|
|
provided, however, that
communications delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2 must be
in writing and shall not be effective until actually received by Administrative
Agent.
(b) Reliance by Administrative Agent and
Lenders. Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to
rely and act on any communications purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower
even if (i) such communications (A) were not made in a manner specified herein,
(B) were incomplete or (C) were not preceded or followed by any other notice
specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient,
varied from any subsequent related communications provided for
herein. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent and Lenders
from any loss, cost, expense or liability as a result of relying on any
communications permitted herein.
(c) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents
and Signatures. Documents and agreements delivered from time
to time in connection with the Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed
by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures
shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as hardcopies
with manual signatures and shall be binding on all Borrower and its Subsidiaries
and Administrative Agent and Lenders. Administrative Agent may also
request that any such documents and signature be confirmed by a manually-signed
hardcopy thereof; provided,
however, that the failure to request or deliver any such manually-signed
hardcopy shall not affect the effectiveness of any facsimile documents or
signatures.
10.3 ATTORNEY COSTS, EXPENSES AND
TAXES. Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse Administrative
Agent and each Lender for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of the
Loan Documents (including the expenses in connection with the obtainment and
maintenance by any Lender of a shadow corporate rating as described in Section
6.18), and the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of any
amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to any Loan Documents,
and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, including
all reasonable Attorney Costs, (b) , upon demand therefor, (i) with respect
to any Field Audit or other business analysis performed by Administrative Agent
or any independent contractor for the benefit of Agent with respect to Eligible
Billed Accounts Receivable, a reasonable daily audit fee for each Person
employed by Administrative Agent to perform such audit or analysis, plus all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses related to travel) incurred by Administrative Agent in the performance
of such Field Audit or analysis, and (ii) with respect to any Field Audit
or other business analysis performed by an independent contractor for the
benefit of Agent with respect to Eligible Billed Accounts Receivable, the
customary amount such independent contractor charges Administrative Agent to
perform such audit or analysis, plus all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs or expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses related to travel) incurred by Administrative Agent or such independent
contractor in the performance of such audit or
analysis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall only be required to pay the
foregoing fees, costs and expenses with respect to no more than one (1) of such
Field Audits per calendar year (excluding from this limitation the Field Audit
to be performed within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date), and (c) to pay or
reimburse Administrative Agent and each Lender for all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with any refinancing, restructuring, reorganization
(including a bankruptcy reorganization), collection and enforcement or attempted
enforcement, or preservation of any rights under any Loan Documents, and any
other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, or in connection
with any refinancing, or restructuring of any such documents in the nature of a
“workout” or of any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, including Attorney Costs. The
foregoing costs and expenses shall include all reasonable search, filing, and
appraisal charges and fees and recording, filing, transfer, court, documentary,
stamp or similar taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Administrative Agent or any Lender and the cost of independent
public accountants and other outside experts retained by Administrative Agent or
any Lender. Any amount payable by Borrower under this Section shall
bear interest from the tenth (10th) Business Day following the date of demand
for payment at the Default Rate, unless waived by Administrative
Agent. The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of all
Obligations.
10.4 SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS.
(a) Successors and Assigns
Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender
may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of
this Section 10.4, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 10.4 or (iii) by way of pledge or
assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f)
of this Section 10.4 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any
party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 10.4 and,
to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by
Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more
assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to
it); provided that any
such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions.
(i) Minimum
Amounts.
(1) in the
case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment
to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount
need be assigned; and
(2) in any
case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section 10.4, the aggregate
amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding
thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the
principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to
each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if
“Trade Date” is
specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be
less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of a Revolving
Loan/Revolving Loan Commitment, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in
respect of a Term Loan, unless the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) Proportionate
Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment
assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from
assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Loan
tranches (i.e., either Revolving Loans/Revolving Loan Commitments or Term Loans)
on a non-pro rata
basis.
(iii) Required
Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section 10.4 and,
in addition:
(1) the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) a
Revolving Loan/Revolving Loan Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that
is not a Revolving Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment, an Affiliate of such
Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Revolving Lender or
(ii) a Term Loan to a Person who is not an Eligible Assignee; and
(2) the
consent of the relevant Issuing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the
obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters
of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
(iv) Assignment and
Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with
a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the assignee, if it is not a
Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.
(v) No Assignment to
Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or
any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi) No Assignment to Natural
Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural
person.
(vii) No Assignment to Defaulting
Lenders. No such assignment shall be made to a Defaulting
Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this Section 10.4, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to
this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections III, 10.3, 10.14 and 10.15 of this
Agreement with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the
effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with
this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (d) of this Section 10.4.
(c) Register. The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Cleveland, Ohio a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal
amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a
natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries or any Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of any Defaulting Lender)
(each, a “Participant”)
in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing
to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)
such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders and each Issuing Lender shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation
shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement
or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver which (A) extends
the Maturity Date as to such Participant or any other date upon which any
payment of money is due to such Participant, (B) reduces the rate of interest
owing to such Participant, any fee or any other monetary amount owing to such
Participant, or (C) reduces the amount of any installment of principal owing to
such Participant all as described in Sections 10.1(a) and
10.1(b). Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, the Borrower
agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section III to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 10.4. To the
extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 10.5 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to
be subject to Section 10.6 as though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations upon Participant
Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any
greater payment under Section III than the applicable Lender would have been
entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the
Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a
Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section III unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such
Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to
comply with Section 10.22 as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain
Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to
secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or
assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
10.5 SET-OFF. In
addition to any rights and remedies of Administrative Agent and Lenders or any
assignee or participant of any Lender or any Affiliate thereof (each, a “Proceeding Party”) provided
by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,
each Proceeding Party is authorized at any time and from time to time, without
prior notice to Borrower, any such notice being waived by Borrower to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to proceed directly, by right of set-off,
banker’s lien, or otherwise, against any assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
which may be in the hands of such Proceeding Party (including all general or
special, time or demand, provisional or other deposits and other indebtedness
owing by such Proceeding Party to or for the credit or the account of Borrower)
and apply such assets against the Obligations, irrespective of whether such
Proceeding Party shall have made any demand therefor and although such
Obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify
Borrower and Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by
such Lender; provided,
however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application.
10.6 SHARING OF
PAYMENTS. Each Lender severally agrees that if it, through the
exercise of any right of setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim against Borrower
or otherwise, receives payment on account of the Outstanding Obligations held by
it that is ratably more than any other Lender receives in payment on account of
the Outstanding Obligations held by such other Lender, then, subject to
applicable Laws: (a) the Lender exercising the right of setoff,
banker’s lien or counterclaim or otherwise receiving such payment shall
purchase, and shall be deemed to have simultaneously purchased, from such other
Lender a participation in the Outstanding Obligations held by the other Lender
and shall pay to such other Lender a purchase price in an amount so that the
share of the Outstanding Obligations held by each Lender after the exercise of
the right of setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim or receipt of payment shall
be in the same proportion that existed prior to the exercise of the right of
setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim or receipt of payment; and (b) such other
adjustments and purchases of participations shall be made from time to time as
shall be equitable to ensure that all Lenders share any payment obtained in
respect of the Outstanding Obligations ratably in accordance with each Lender’s
share of the Outstanding Obligations immediately prior to, and without taking
into account, the payment; provided that, if all or any portion of a
disproportionate payment obtained as a result of the exercise of the right of
setoff, banker’s lien, counterclaim or otherwise is thereafter recovered from
the purchasing Lender by Borrower or any Person claiming through or succeeding
to the rights of Borrower, the purchase of a participation shall be rescinded
and the purchase price thereof shall be restored to the extent of the recovery,
but without interest. Each Lender that purchases a participation in
the Outstanding Obligations pursuant to this Section shall from and after the
purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and
other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the
Outstanding Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing
Lender were the original owner of the Outstanding Obligations
purchased. Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements
and agrees that any Lender holding a participation in an Obligation so purchased
may exercise any and all rights of setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim with
respect to the participation as fully as if Lender were the original owner of
the Obligation purchased.
10.7 NO SETOFF. As to
any and all funds, securities or other assets of Borrower which are now or
hereafter held by Administrative Agent or any Lender as collateral pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any of the Obligations
(collectively the “Collateral
Assets”), Administrative Agent and Lenders agree that they shall not
exercise any right of setoff or recoupment against nor shall they assert any
security interest in the Collateral Assets in connection with any other
obligation owed to Administrative Agent or any Lender which is unrelated to this
Agreement or the Loan Documents, except for: (i) recovery for any
items deposited with Administrative Agent or any Lender and returned unpaid or
as to which claims have been asserted as to breach of transfer or presentment
warranties, (ii) overdrafts on any account which generated the funds which
constitute part of the Collateral Assets, (iii) automated clearing house
entries, and (iv) Administrative Agent or any Lender’s usual and customary fees
for services rendered in connection with the assets or bank accounts which
constitute the Collateral Assets.
10.8 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE
REMEDIES. No failure by any Lender or Administrative Agent to
exercise, and no delay by any Lender or Administrative Agent in exercising, any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege under any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
terms and conditions of Section 4 may be waived in whole or in part, with or
without terms or conditions, in respect of any Extension of Credit without
prejudicing Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s rights to assert them in whole or
in part in respect of any other Extension of Credit.
(a) The
rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein or therein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by Law. Any decision by Administrative Agent or any Lender
not to require payment of any interest (including interest at the Default Rate),
fee, cost or other amount payable under any Loan Document or to calculate any
amount payable by a particular method on any occasion shall in no way limit or
be deemed a waiver of Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s right to require full
payment thereof, or to calculate an amount payable by another method that is not
inconsistent with this Agreement, on any other or subsequent
occasion.
(b) The terms
and conditions of Section 9 are for the sole benefit of Administrative Agent and
Lenders.
10.9 USURY. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest and fees
paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum
rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If Administrative Agent
or any Lender shall receive interest or a fee in an amount that exceeds the
Maximum Rate, the excessive interest or fee shall be applied to the principal of
the Outstanding Obligations or, if it exceeds the unpaid principal, refunded to
Borrower. In determining whether the interest or a fee contracted
for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or any Lender exceeds the
Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a)
characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium
rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof,
and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the
total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the
Obligations.
10.10 COUNTERPARTS. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
10.11 INTEGRATION. This
Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents and any letter agreements
referred to herein, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the
parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements,
written or oral, on the subject matter hereof. In the event of any
conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan
Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and govern; provided
that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of Administrative
Agent or Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with
this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint
participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither
against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair
meaning thereof.
10.12 NATURE OF LENDERS’
OBLIGATIONS. Nothing contained in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document and no action taken by Administrative Agent or Lenders or any of
them pursuant hereto or thereto may, or may be deemed to, make Lenders a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or other entity, either among
themselves or with Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower. Each
Lender’s obligation to make any Extension of Credit pursuant hereto is several
and not joint or joint and several; provided that, in the case of
the initial Extension of Credit only, each Lender’s obligation is conditioned
upon the performance by all other Lenders of their obligations to make the
initial Extension of Credit. Except as set forth in Section 2.13, a
default by any Lender will not increase the Pro Rata Share attributable to any
other Lender.
10.13 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES. All representations and warranties made hereunder
and in any Loan Document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and
delivery thereof but shall terminate the later of (a) when the Commitments are
terminated and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or have expired and
(b) when no Obligations remain outstanding under any Loan
Document. Such representations and warranties have been or will be
relied upon by Administrative Agent and each Lender, notwithstanding any
investigation made by Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their
behalf.
10.14 INDEMNITY BY
BORROWER.
(a) Borrower
agrees to indemnify, defend (subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel), save
and hold harmless each Administrative Agent-Related Person and each Lender and
each of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, agents, attorneys and
employees (each, an “Indemnitee”) from and
against: (a) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action
that are asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (other than
Administrative Agent or any Lender) relating directly or indirectly to a claim,
demand, action or cause of action that such Person asserts or may assert against
Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any its officers or directors; (b) any and
all claims, demands, actions or causes of action arising out of or relating to,
the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, amounts due under Section
10.3 hereof), any predecessor loan documents, the Commitments, the use or
contemplated use of the proceeds of any Loan, property that is the subject of
any Material Lease or any other collateral given to secure the obligations of
Borrower under this Agreement, or the relationship of Borrower, Administrative
Agent and Lenders under this Agreement; (c) any administrative or investigative
proceeding by any Governmental Authority arising out of or related to a claim,
demand, action or cause of action described in subsection (a) or (b) above; and
(d) all liabilities, claims, actions, loss, damages, including, without
limitation, foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages, costs and
expenses (including sums paid in settlement of claims and all consultant, expert
and legal fees and expenses of Indemnitees’ counsel) directly or indirectly
arising out of or resulting from any Hazardous Substance being present at any
time in or around any part of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s properties
(leasehold or fee), or in the soil, groundwater or soil vapor on or under
Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s properties (leasehold or fee), including those
incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any
clean-up, remedial, removal or restoration work, or any resulting damages or
injuries to the person or property of any third parties or to any natural
resources; (e) any and all liabilities, losses, costs or expenses (including
Attorney Costs) that any Indemnitee suffers or incurs as a result of the
assertion of any foregoing claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding,
or as a result of the preparation of any defense in connection with any
foregoing claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding, in all cases,
whether or not an Indemnitee is a party to such claim, demand, action, cause of
action or proceeding, including those liabilities caused by an Indemnitee’s own
comparative, contributory or sole negligence (all the foregoing, collectively,
the “Indemnified
Liabilities”); provided
that no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification for any loss
caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order or for any loss
asserted against it by another Indemnitee. To the extent that the
undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this
Section 10.14 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are
violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall
contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under
applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities
incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.
(b) To the
extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each
Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against each Administrative Agent-Related
Person and each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates, directors,
officers, agents, attorneys and employees, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on
contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out
of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement
or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission
or event occurring in connection therewith, and each Credit Party hereby waives,
releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether
or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its
favor.
10.15 NONLIABILITY OF
LENDER. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) Any
inspections of any property of Borrower made by or through Administrative Agent
or Lenders are for purposes of administration of the Loan Documents only, and
Borrower is not entitled to rely upon the same (whether or not such inspections
are at the expense of Borrower);
(b) By
accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed, fulfilled or
given to Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents, neither
Administrative Agent nor Lenders shall be deemed to have warranted or
represented the sufficiency, legality, effectiveness or legal effect of the
same, or of any term, provision or condition thereof, and such acceptance or
approval thereof shall not constitute a warranty or representation to anyone
with respect thereto by Administrative Agent or Lenders;
(c) The
relationship between Borrower and Administrative Agent and Lenders is, and shall
at all times remain, solely that of borrower and lenders; neither Administrative
Agent nor Lenders shall under any circumstance be deemed to be in a relationship
of confidence or trust or a fiduciary relationship with Borrower or its
Affiliates, or to owe any fiduciary duty to Borrower or its Affiliates; neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender undertakes or assumes any responsibility or
duty to Borrower or its Affiliates to select, review, inspect, supervise, pass
judgment upon or inform Borrower or its Affiliates of any matter in connection
with their property or the operations of Borrower or its Affiliates; Borrower
and its Affiliates shall rely entirely upon their own judgment with respect to
such matters; and any review, inspection, supervision, exercise of judgment or
supply of information undertaken or assumed by Lender in connection with such
matters is solely for the protection of Lenders and neither Borrower nor any
other Person is entitled to rely thereon; and
(d) Neither
Administrative Agent nor Lenders shall be responsible or liable to any Person
for any loss, damage, liability or claim of any kind relating to injury or death
to Persons or damage to property caused by the actions, inaction or negligence
of Borrower and/or its Affiliates and Borrower hereby indemnifies and holds
Administrative Agent and Lenders harmless from any such loss, damage, liability
or claim.
10.16 NO THIRD PARTIES
BENEFITED. This Agreement is made for the purpose of defining
and setting forth certain obligations, rights and duties of Borrower,
Administrative Agent and Lenders in connection with the Extensions of Credit,
and is made for the sole benefit of Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders,
and Administrative Agent and Lenders’ successors and assigns. Except
as provided in Sections 10.14 and 10.22, no other Person shall have any rights
of any nature hereunder or by reason hereof.
10.17 SEVERABILITY. Any
provision of the Loan Documents that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
10.18 CONFIDENTIALITY. Administrative
Agent and each Lender shall use any confidential non-public information
concerning Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is furnished to Administrative
Agent or such Lender by or on behalf of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
connection with the Loan Documents that has been identified in writing as
confidential at the time so furnished (collectively, “Confidential Information”)
solely for the purpose of evaluating and providing products and services to them
and administering and enforcing the Loan Documents, and it will hold the
Confidential Information in confidence in accordance with such Person’s
customary procedures for handling confidential of the same
nature. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Administrative Agent and each
Lender may disclose Confidential Information to: (a) their
Affiliates, or any of their or their Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees,
advisors, or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) whom it
determines need to know such information for the purposes set forth in this
Section (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made
will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and
instructed to keep such Confidential Information confidential); (b) any bank or
financial institution or other entity to which such Lender has assigned or
desires to assign an interest or participation in the Loan Documents or the
Obligations or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors
thereto) in connection with Swap Contracts, provided that any such foregoing
recipient of such Confidential Information agrees to keep such Confidential
Information confidential as specified herein; (c) any governmental agency or
regulatory body having or claiming to have authority to regulate or oversee any
aspect of Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s business or that of their
Representatives in connection with the exercise of such authority or claimed
authority; (d) to the extent necessary or appropriate to effect or preserve
Administrative Agent or such Lender’s or any of their Affiliates’ security (if
any) for any Obligation or to enforce any right or remedy or in connection with
any claims asserted by or against Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of
its Representatives; (e) pursuant to any subpoena or any similar legal or
regulatory process so long as Borrower is, or has been, to the extent possible,
given notice of such legal or regulatory process and the opportunity to seek a
protective order; (f) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any
disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the
confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the Credit Parties
received by it from any of the Agents or any Lender; and (g) disclosures to any
Lender’s financing sources, provided that prior to any disclosure, such
financing source is informed of the confidential nature of the
information. For purposes hereof, the term “Confidential Information”
shall not include information that (x) is in Administrative Agent’s or such
Lender’s possession prior to its being provided by or on behalf of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, provided that such information is not known by Administrative
Agent or such Lender to be subject to another confidentiality agreement with, or
other legal or contractual obligation of confidentiality to, Borrower, (y) is or
becomes publicly available (other than through a breach hereof by Administrative
Agent or such Lender), or (z) becomes available to Administrative Agent or such
Lender on a nonconfidential basis, provided that the source of such information
was not known by Administrative Agent or such Lender to be bound by a
confidentiality agreement or other legal or contractual obligation of
confidentiality with respect to such information. Administrative
Agent and each Lender acknowledges that (i) the Confidential Information may
include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary,
as the case may be, (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the
use of material, non-public information and (iii) it will handle material
non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary in accordance
with all Laws, including federal and state securities Laws applicable to
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, provided that neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall in any way be responsible for
compliance with such Laws by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and provided, further, that
nothing in this sentence shall limit the right of Administrative Agent or any
Lender to disclose Confidential Information as otherwise permitted in this
Section 10.18.
10.19 FURTHER
ASSURANCES. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall, at their
expense and without expense to Administrative Agent or Lenders, do, execute and
deliver such further acts and documents as any Lender or Administrative Agent
from time to time reasonably requires for the assuring and confirming unto
Lenders of the rights hereby created or intended now or hereafter so to be, or
for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of
any Loan Document.
10.20 HEADINGS. Section
headings in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and are not part of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents for any other purpose.
10.21 TIME OF THE
ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of the Loan
Documents.
10.22 FOREIGN
LENDERS. Each Lender that is a “foreign corporation,
partnership or trust” within the meaning of the Code (a “Foreign Lender”) shall
deliver to Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject to
withholding under the Code (or after accepting an assignment of an interest
herein), two duly signed completed copies of either Form W-8BEN or any successor
thereto (relating to such Person and entitling it to a complete exemption from
withholding on all payments to be made to such Person by Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement) or Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all
payments to be made to such Person by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) of
the IRS or such other evidence satisfactory to Borrower and Administrative Agent
that no withholding under the United States federal income tax laws is required
with respect to such Person. Thereafter and from time to time, each
such Person shall (a) promptly submit to Administrative Agent such additional
duly completed and signed copies of one of such forms (or such successor forms
as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing
authorities) as may then be available under then current United States laws and
regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is satisfactory to Borrower and
Administrative Agent of any available exemption from, United States withholding
taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Person by Borrower pursuant
to this Agreement, and (b) take such steps as shall not be materially
disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be
reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to
avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that Borrower make any deduction or
withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Person. If such
Persons fail to deliver the above forms or other documentation, then
Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Person an
amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax imposed by Sections 1441 and
1442 of the Code. If any Governmental Authority asserts that
Administrative Agent did not properly withhold any tax or other amount from
payments made in respect of such Person, such Person shall indemnify
Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest and costs
and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of Administrative Agent. The
obligation of Lenders under this Section shall survive the payment of all
Obligations and the resignation or replacement of Administrative
Agent.
10.23 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
LENDERS. Under any circumstances set forth in this Agreement
providing that Borrower shall have the right to remove and replace a Lender as a
party to this Agreement, Borrower may, upon notice to such Lender and
Administrative Agent, remove such Lender by causing such Lender to assign its
Commitment to one or more other Lenders or Eligible Assignees acceptable to
Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender; provided, however, that
during the existence of any Event of Default, Borrower may not remove or replace
a Lender pursuant to this Section 10.23. Any removed or replaced
Lender shall be entitled, subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.13,
to (x) payment in full of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts owing
to such Lender or such Lender’s affiliated Indemnitees under any Loan Document
through the date of termination or assignment (including any amounts payable
pursuant to Section 3.5 and any applicable prepayment compensation under Section
2.4), (y) appropriate assurances and indemnities (which may include letters of
credit) as such Lender may reasonably require with respect to its participation
interest in any Letters of Credit, and (z) a release of such Lender from its
obligations under the Loan Documents. Any Lender being replaced shall
execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption covering such Lender’s
Commitment, and shall otherwise comply with Section 10.4 (and Borrower shall be
responsible for payment of any processing and recordation fee payable under
Section 10.4(b)(iv)). Administrative Agent shall distribute an
amended Schedule 2.1,
which shall thereafter be incorporated into this Agreement, to reflect
adjustments to Lenders and their Commitments.
10.24 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL
RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE
STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF
AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE
COURTS. BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON
THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER
PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH
STATE.
10.25 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING
UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO
THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING
OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND
EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR
CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS
SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES
HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
10.26 PATRIOT ACT
NOTIFICATION. Each Lender subject to the Act and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies Borrower (and each Subsidiary) that, pursuant to the requirements of
the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information
that identifies Borrower (and, to the extent requested, each Subsidiary), which
information includes the name and address of Borrower (and, to the extent
requested, each Subsidiary) and other information that will allow such Lender or
Administrative Agent to identify Borrower (and, to the extent requested, each
Subsidiary) in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
10.27 ENTIRE
AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the final agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by
evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements of the
parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the
parties.
[SIGNATURES
ON FOLLOWING PAGE.]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date fast above written.
Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions, Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation,
as
Borrower
|
KeyBank
National Association,
as
Administrative Agent and Lender
|
By:
|
/s/
Deanna H. Lund |
By:
|
/s/
Raed Y. Alfayoumi |
Name:
|
Deanna
H. Lund |
Name:
|
Raed
Y. Alfayoumi
|
Title:
|
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Title:
|
Vice
President
|
Bank
of America, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent and Lender
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Barbara P. Levy |
|
Name:
|
Barbaba
P. Levy |
|
Title:
|
Sr.
Vice President |
|
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
CH2\7993389.13
Exhibit
10.2
KeyBank National
Association
127
Public Square
Cleveland,
Ohio 44114
PAYOFF
LETTER
March 3,
2010
Kratos
Defense & Securities Solutions, Inc.
4810
Eastgate Mall
San
Diego, California 92121
|
Each
of the Lenders under that certain
|
|
Credit Agreement dated as of March 3,
2010
|
|
2010 among the below defined
Borrower,
|
|
KeyBank National Association, as
Administrative
|
|
Agent and the Lenders Party Thereto
|
Re:
|
Payment
of Obligations Under First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December 31,
2007, among Kratos Defense & Securities Solutions, Inc. (“Borrower”), the
lenders party thereto (“Lenders”) and KeyBank
National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Agent”)
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December 31,
2007, by and among Borrower, Lenders, Agent and KeyBank Capital Markets, as Lead
Arranger and Book Runner (as amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof,
the “Credit
Agreement”). Each capitalized term used herein and defined in
the Credit Agreement, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning
given such term in the Credit Agreement.
Borrower
has notified Agent and Lenders that, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Borrower
intends to terminate the Commitments under the Credit Agreement and repay all
outstanding indebtedness and other obligations owing from Borrower and
Guarantors to the Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement (the “Obligations”) on March 3,
2010 (the “Termination
Date”).
The sum
of the aggregate outstanding principal balance, accrued interest, commitment
fees, and any other fees and expenses due to Agent and Lenders and all other
payment obligations (excluding legal fees and expenses that may be incurred on
or after the date of this Payoff Letter) under the Credit Agreement, as of the
Termination Date, will be $45,380,507.16 (the “Payoff
Amount”). A detailed breakdown of the Payoff Amount is set
forth in Exhibit A
hereto.
Upon
receipt by Agent of the Payoff Amount (in immediately available funds) by wire
transfer as follows:
|
KeyBank
National Association
Cleveland,
OH
ABA
No. 041001039
Account: 114022
8209035
Account
Name: KNB Services
Reference: Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Attention: Kathy
Gosnell, Service officer
|
|
(a) the Commitments under the
Credit Agreement shall terminate, (b) none of the Agent or the
Lenders shall have any further obligations to Borrower to make advances under
the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents, and (c) Borrower (and Guarantors)
will no longer be indebted to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, and the Loan Documents shall terminate (and the Agent shall terminate
and release all liens and security interests granted to Agent, for the benefit
of the Lenders, to secure the Obligations) and the Borrower and its designees
shall be authorized to file termination statements and other instruments and
documents evidencing the termination and release of such liens or security
interests; provided
that Borrower and Guarantors shall remain liable for any and all obligations
that by their terms survive termination of the Loan Documents.
For each
day after the Termination Date, to the extent no additional borrowings are made
by Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and assuming that there has been no
change in the Base Rate, additional interest and fees shall accrue and be
payable by Borrower to Agent in an amount equal to $11,993.30 or such other
amount as Agent shall advise if the Base Rate or Offshore Rate has changed (the
“Per Diem Amount”)
until the Loans are paid in full. The Payoff Amount must be received,
in immediately available funds, by 4:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on the Termination
Date (or any subsequent date thereafter) in order for Borrower to avoid having
to pay the Per Diem Amount for such date.
In
consideration of the payment in full of the Obligations, Agent, on behalf of
Lenders, hereby agrees to, upon Agent’s receipt of the Payoff Amount, cause any
stock certificates and other instruments which represent collateral released
hereunder to be delivered to Borrower or its designee, file termination
statements with respect to the security interests and liens which Borrower and
Guarantors have granted to Agent and, if necessary, reassign to Borrower (or the
appropriate Guarantor) all of Borrower’s (or such Guarantor’s) assignments to
Agent.
In
connection therewith, Agent agrees to execute and deliver to Borrower, from time
to time, such additional termination statements, releases, documents,
certificates and further assurances as it may reasonably request to effectuate
the transactions contemplated by this Payoff Letter. Borrower shall
pay all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses, and special
foreign counsel fees and expenses related to the release of pledges of foreign
shares) in connection with the Credit Agreement or this Payoff Letter that may
be incurred on or after the date of this Payoff Letter.
In
addition, the Borrower and the other Credit Parties agree that, upon the receipt
by Agent of the Payoff Amount, such Credit Parties release the Agent and the
Lenders and their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries and each of their
respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and
representatives as well as their respective successors and assigns from any and
all claims, obligations, rights, causes of action, and liabilities, of whatever
kind or nature, whether known or unknown, whether foreseen or unforeseen,
arising on or before the date hereof, which such Credit Parties ever had, now
have or hereafter can, shall or may have for, upon or by reason of any matter,
cause or thing whatsoever, which are based upon, arise under or are related to
the Credit Documents (except to the extent that any such claim relates to
obligations that by their terms survive termination of the Loan
Documents).
This
Payoff Letter and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York without regard to principles thereof regarding conflict of
laws.
[Signature
Page Follows]
This
Payoff Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, by different
parties hereto in separate counterparts and by facsimile signature, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
agreement.
Very truly
yours,
|
KeyBank National
Association,
as
Agent
By:
/s/ Raed Y.
Alfayoumi
Name:
Raed Y. Alfayoumi
Title:
Vice President
|
The
undersigned consents to the terms of this Payoff Letter:
|
Kratos
Defense & Securities Solutions, Inc.
By: /s/
Laura L.
Siegal
Name: Laura
L
Siegal
Title: Vice
President, Corporate
Controller
|
EXHIBIT
A
(Description
of indebtedness as of March 3, 2010)
Principal
Interest
(to 03/03/10)
Fees
(to 03/03/10)
LIBOR
Breakage Fees
|
|
$44,636,958.20
$732,157.17
$11,391.79
$0.0
|
PAYOFF
AMOUNT (for03/03/10)
|
|
$45,380,507.16
|
CH2\8046372.5
Exhibit
10.3
KeyBank National
Association
127
Public Square
Cleveland,
Ohio 44114
PAYOFF
LETTER
March 3,
2010
Kratos
Defense & Securities Solutions, Inc.
4810
Eastgate Mall
San
Diego, California 92121
|
Each
of the Lenders under that certain
|
|
Credit Agreement dated as of March 3,
2010,
|
|
2010 among the below defined
Borrower,
|
|
KeyBank National Association, as
Administrative
|
|
Agent and the Lenders Party Thereto
|
Re:
|
Payment
of Obligations Under Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December 31,
2007, among Kratos Defense & Securities Solutions, Inc. (“Borrower”), the
lenders party thereto (“Lenders”) and KeyBank
National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Agent”)
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December 31,
2007, by and among Borrower, Lenders, Agent and KeyBank Capital Markets, as Lead
Arranger and Book Runner (as amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof,
the “Credit
Agreement”). Each capitalized term used herein and defined in
the Credit Agreement, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning
given such term in the Credit Agreement.
Borrower
has notified Agent and Lenders that, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Borrower
intends to repay all outstanding indebtedness and other obligations owing from
Borrower and Guarantors to the Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement
(the “Obligations”) on
March 3, 2010 (the “Termination
Date”).
The sum
of the aggregate outstanding principal balance, accrued interest and any other
fees and expenses due to Agent and Lenders and all other payment obligations
(excluding legal fees and expenses that may be incurred on or after the date of
this Payoff Letter) under the Credit Agreement, as of the Termination Date, will
be $9,975,831.69 (the
“Payoff
Amount”). A detailed breakdown of the Payoff Amount is set
forth in Exhibit A
hereto.
Upon
receipt by Agent of the Payoff Amount (in immediately available funds) by wire
transfer as follows:
|
KeyBank
National Association
Cleveland,
OH
ABA
No. 041001039
Account: 114022
8209035
Account
Name: KNB Services
Reference: Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Attention: Kathy
Gosnell, Service officer
|
|
Borrower
(and Guarantors) will no longer be indebted to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, and the Loan Documents shall terminate (and the Agent shall
terminate and release all liens and security interests granted to Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, to secure the Obligations) and the Borrower and its
designees shall be authorized to file termination statements and other
instruments and documents evidencing the termination and release of such liens
or security interests; provided that Borrower and
Guarantors shall remain liable for any and all obligations that by their terms
survive termination of the Loan Documents.
For each
day after the Termination Date, assuming that there has been no change in the
Base Rate, additional interest and fees shall accrue and be payable by Borrower
to Agent in an amount equal to $3,154.79 or such other amount as Agent shall
advise if the Base Rate or Offshore Rate has changed (the “Per Diem Amount”) until the
Loans are paid in full. The Payoff Amount must be received, in
immediately available funds, by 4:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on the Termination Date
(or any subsequent date thereafter) in order for Borrower to avoid having to pay
the Per Diem Amount for such date.
In
consideration of the payment in full of the Obligations, Agent, on behalf of
Lenders, hereby agrees to, upon Agent’s receipt of the Payoff Amount, cause any
stock certificates and other instruments which represent collateral released
hereunder to be delivered to Borrower or its designee, file termination
statements with respect to the security interests and liens which Borrower and
Guarantors have granted to Agent and, if necessary, reassign to Borrower (or the
appropriate Guarantor) all of Borrower’s (or such Guarantor’s) assignments to
Agent.
In
connection therewith, Agent agrees to execute and deliver to Borrower, from time
to time, such additional termination statements, releases, documents,
certificates and further assurances as it may reasonably request to effectuate
the transactions contemplated by this Payoff Letter. Borrower shall
pay all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses, and special
foreign counsel fees and expenses related to the release of pledges of foreign
shares) in connection with the Credit Agreement or this Payoff Letter that may
be incurred on or after the date of this Payoff Letter.
In
addition, the Borrower and the other Credit Parties agree that, upon the receipt
by Agent of the Payoff Amount, such Credit Parties release the Agent and the
Lenders and their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries and each of their
respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and
representatives as well as their respective successors and assigns from any and
all claims, obligations, rights, causes of action, and liabilities, of whatever
kind or nature, whether known or unknown, whether foreseen or unforeseen,
arising on or before the date hereof, which such Credit Parties ever had, now
have or hereafter can, shall or may have for, upon or by reason of any matter,
cause or thing whatsoever, which are based upon, arise under or are related to
the Credit Documents (except to the extent that any such claim relates to
obligations that by their terms survive termination of the Loan
Documents).
This
Payoff Letter and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York without regard to principles thereof regarding conflict of
laws.
Signature
Page Follows]
This
Payoff Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, by different
parties hereto in separate counterparts and by facsimile signature, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
agreement.
Very truly
yours,
|
KeyBank National
Association,
as
Agent
By:
/s/ Raed Y.
Alfayoumi
Name:
Raed Y. Alfayoumi
Title:
Vice President
|
The
undersigned consents to the terms of this Payoff Letter:
|
Kratos
Defense & Securities Solutions, Inc.
By: /s/
Laura L.
Siegal
Name: Laura
L.
Siegal
Title: Vice
President, Corporate
Controller
|
EXHIBIT
A
(Description
of indebtedness as of March 3, 2010)
Principal
Interest
(to 03/03/10)
Fees
(to 03/03/10)
LIBOR
Breakage Fees
|
|
$9,800,000.00
$175,831.69
$0.0
$0.0
|
PAYOFF
AMOUNT (for 03/03/10)
|
|
$9,975,831.69
|
CH2\8038326.4
Exhibit 99.1
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
|
Press
Contact:
Yolanda
White
858-812-7302
Investor
Information:
877-934-4687
investor@kratosdefense.com
|
KRATOS
DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL REFINANCING OF CREDIT
FACILITY
·
|
Silverpoint
Capital LP term loan paid off in full, at
par
|
·
|
Significant
reduction of overall borrowing costs; Term loan interest rate reduced by
approximately 450 basis points per
year
|
·
|
Provides
additional flexibility in Kratos’ capital
structure
|
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 4, 2010
– Kratos Defense &
Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leading National Security,
Information Technology Assurance and Public Safety solutions provider, today
reported that it has successfully completed the refinancing of its existing
credit facilities in a bank syndication led by KeyBank National Association
(NYSE: KEY), as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., (NYSE: BAC) as
Co-Lead Arranger and Book Runners. The $60 million credit facility
replaces the Company’s existing $85 million credit facility, and includes the
pay off of the outstanding Silverpoint Capital LP term loan, at par, with no pre
payment penalties. The $60 million credit facility is comprised of a
$25 million 3-year revolving line of credit and a $35 million 3-year term
loan. The interest rate on the term loan has been reduced from
approximately 11.75 percent per annum to approximately 7.25 per annum, subject
to fluctuations in LIBOR.
As a
result of the pay-off of the Company’s previous credit facility, the Company
will record an approximate $2.2 million charge to interest expense in the first
quarter of 2010 related to the write-off of unamortized financing costs of the
previous credit facility.
Deanna
Lund, Kratos Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer said “We are
extremely pleased with the completion of the refinancing of our credit
facility. We significantly delevered the Company in the fourth
quarter with the equity transaction we completed, and have now built a bank
syndication team that we believe is comprised of long-term partners with KeyBank
and Bank of America that will be valuable in our future growth. In
addition, we have reduced our overall borrowing costs and have built additional
flexibility into our capital structure. ”
Kratos
will discuss further details of the new credit facility on its scheduled fourth
quarter and fiscal year 2009 earnings conference call on Wednesday, March 10 at
2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The call will be webcast over the Internet and can be
accessed at www.kratosdefense.com.
About
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) provides mission critical
engineering, IT services and war fighter solutions for the U.S. federal
government and for state and local agencies. Principal services include C5ISR,
weapon systems sustainment, military weapon range operations and technical
services, network engineering services, information assurance and cyber security
solutions, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design
and integration. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California, with
resources located throughout the U.S. and at key strategic military locations.
News and information are available at www.KratosDefense.com.
About
KeyCorp
Cleveland-based
KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies,
with assets of approximately $93 billion. BusinessWeek Magazine named Key
the top bank in its Customer Service Champ 2009 edition, ranking Key 11th out of
the top 25 companies that include many known for their customer service acumen.
Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking,
consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals
and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses,
internationally. For more information, visit https://www.key.com.
About
Bank of America
Bank of
America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual
consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a
full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk
management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in
the United States, serving approximately 59 million consumer and small business
relationships with 6,000 retail banking offices, more than 18,000 ATMs and
award-winning online banking with nearly 30 million active users. Bank of
America is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global
leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of
asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals
around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to more than 4
million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online
products and services. The company serves clients in more than 150 countries.
Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is a component of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
www.bankofamerica.com
Notice
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news
release and filing contains certain forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, expressed or implied
statements concerning the Company’s expectations regarding future borrowing
costs and capital availability. Such statements are only predictions, and the
Company’s actual results may differ materially. Factors that may cause the
Company’s results to differ include, but are not limited to: risks of adverse
regulatory action or litigation; risks associated with debt leverage; risks that
our cost cutting initiatives will not provide the anticipated benefits; risks
that changes, cutbacks or delays in spending by the U.S. Department of Defense
may occur, which could cause delays or cancellations of key government
contracts; risks that changes may
occur in Federal government (or other applicable) procurement laws, regulations,
policies and budgets; risks related to our compliance with applicable
contracting and procurement laws, regulations and standards; risks relating to
contract performance; changes in the competitive environment (including as a
result of bid protests); failure to successfully consummate acquisitions
or integrate acquired operations and competition in the marketplace which could
reduce revenues and profit margins; risks that potential future goodwill
impairments will adversely affect our operating results; risks that anticipated
tax benefits will not be realized in accordance with our expectations; and risks
that the current economic environment will adversely impact our business. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These
and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the period ended December 28, 2008, and in other filings made
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.