Exhibit 10.13
FIRST AMENDMENT AND CONSENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of March 16, 2007 (this “Amendment”), among LBI MEDIA, INC. (the “Borrower”), THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto are party to the Credit Agreement referred to below;
WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to convert fourteen of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries into limited liability companies, including eight of such Subsidiaries that will be converted by means of merging such Subsidiaries into newly-formed Delaware limited liability companies, which are listed onSchedule 1 hereto (the “New Delaware LLCs”), with each such New Delaware LLC surviving such merger (the “Delaware Mergers”);
WHEREAS,after the Delaware Mergers, LBI Holdings I, Inc., a California corporation, will merge with and into Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Holdings”), with New Holdings as the surviving corporation (the “Holdings Merger”);
WHEREAS, immediately upon the consummation of the Holdings Merger, New Holdings will amend and restate its Certificate of Incorporation and issue certain shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Investment Agreement, and will thereupon consummate the Alta Repayment (as defined below);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Private Equity Issuance (as defined below) and the other Private Equity Related Transactions (as defined below), the Borrower has requested the amendment of the Credit Agreement and certain of the other Loan Documents (as defined below) and the consents set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender) and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are willing to so amend the Credit Agreement and such other Loan Documents and grant the consents set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.REFERENCE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT; DEFINITIONS.
(a) Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 8, 2006 (the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
(b) The terms “Alta Repayment”, “Assumption Agreement”, “Entity Conversion”, “Holdings Merger Agreement”, “Investment Agreement”, “Private Equity Issuance”, “Private Equity Issuance Documents”, “Private Equity Related Transactions” and “Termination Agreement” have the meanings specified inExhibit A hereto.
(c) Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings herein as therein, except to the extent that such meanings are amended hereby.
2.AMENDMENTS. Effective upon (i) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 below and the consummation of the Entity Conversion (in the case of Section 2(b)) and (ii) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5 below (in the case of Section 2(a) and Section 2(c)):
(a) The Credit Agreement (but not the exhibits or schedules thereto) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth inExhibit A hereto.
(b) The Loan Documents are hereby amended by inserting the schedules attached asAnnex I hereto in the place of the corresponding schedules to such Loan Documents, inserting Exhibit P attached asAnnex II hereto in the place of Exhibit P to the Credit Agreement and deleting Exhibit F to the Credit Agreement. The Security Agreement is hereby amended by deletingSchedule VII thereto, and by deleting subsections 6(k) and 6(l) thereof. From and after the effectiveness of such amendment, references in the Loan Documents toSchedule VII to, and to subsections 6(k) and 6(l) of, the Security Agreement shall be of no further effect.
(c) All references to “capital stock” in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to include capital stock of corporations, limited liability company or membership interests in limited liability companies, partnership interests in general or limited, and similar interests of any other entity, in each case (other than in Sections 7.5(m)(vii) and 7.6(f) of the Credit Agreement), other than Equity Rights.
3.CONSENTS.
Effective upon (i) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5 below (in the case of Section 3(a)) and (ii) the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 5.1 below (in the case of Section 3(b)), as applicable:
(a) Notwithstanding anything in any of the Loan Documents (including the Alta Subordination Agreement and the Investor Subordination Agreement, including Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.6(b) and (d), 4 and 8(b) of the Alta Subordination Agreement and Sections 4 and 7 of the Investor Subordination Agreement) to the contrary, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby (1) consent to (and waive any Defaults or Events of Default that would result
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from) the Alta Repayment and the Holdings Merger and the execution, delivery and performance by the Holding Companies, of the Termination Agreement, the Assumption Agreement and the Holdings Merger Agreement, and the termination of the Alta Subordination Agreement and the Investor Subordination Agreement pursuant to the following clauses (2) and (3) respectively, (2) agree that the Alta Subordination Agreement shall terminate on the 91st day after the receipt by the Purchasers (as defined in the Termination Agreement) of the Payoff Amount (as defined in the Termination Agreement), so long as no Reorganization (as defined in the Alta Subordination Agreement) proceeding has been initiated prior to such 91st day, without any further action by any Person (it being understood that the Holdings Merger and the Entity Conversion shall not, in any event, be deemed to be Reorganization proceedings) and (3) agree that upon the receipt by the Purchasers (as defined in the Termination Agreement) of the Payoff Amount (as defined in the Termination Agreement), the Investor Subordination Agreement shall terminate without any further action by any Person. Each of Alta, Holdings and New Holdings may rely on the provisions of this clause (a) as intended third-party beneficiaries thereof as if it were a party to this Amendment solely for purposes of this clause (a).
(b) Notwithstanding anything in any of the Loan Documents (including Sections 6.10 and 7.4 of the Credit Agreement and Section 6(a) of the Security Agreement) to the contrary, the Agents and the Lenders hereby consent to (and waive any Defaults or Events of Default that would result from) the Credit Parties and the New Delaware LLCs consummating the Entity Conversion and the Delaware Mergers and the Credit Parties’ and the New Delaware LLCs’ not complying with Sections 6.10(a) and 7.4 of the Credit Agreement and Section 6(a) of the Security Agreement in connection therewith, so long as (1) no Credit Party makes any Investment in any New Delaware LLC (other than a nominal Investment to establish such New Delaware LLC) prior to the applicable Delaware Merger and (2) the Borrower satisfies the conditions described in Sections 5.2, 5.5 and 5.6 below within 5 Business Days of the Entity Conversion and the Delaware Mergers.
4.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.The Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant that, immediately after the effectiveness of all of this Amendment (including Sections 2 and 3) and after giving effect to this Amendment (including Sections 2 and 3) and the other Amendment Transactions (as defined below):
4.1.Authorization; Enforceability. This Amendment, the Private Equity Issuance, the Holdings Merger, the Alta Repayment and the Termination Agreement (collectively, the “Amendment Transactions”) shall be within the organizational power and authority of each Holding Company, each Credit Party and Empire Burbank, to the extent such Holding Company, such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, shall be a party thereto and shall have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action on the part of such Holding Company, such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, to the extent such Holding Company, such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, shall be a party thereto. This Amendment and the documents executed and delivered in connection herewith and in connection with the Amendment Transactions, in each case, on or prior to the date of the Private Equity Issuance shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Holding Company, each Credit Party or Empire Burbank that shall be a party thereto and shall constitute
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legal, valid and binding obligations of such Holding Company, such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
4.2.Absence of Conflicts. The Amendment Transactions (other than the Alta Repayment) (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, (ii) those that have been obtained or made on or before the date of the Private Equity Issuance, (iii) the filing with and receipt of file stamped copies of documents from the California Secretary of State in connection with the Holdings Merger, and (iv) certain filings to be made with the appropriate Governmental Authorities with respect to intellectual property and real property, in each case in connection with the Entity Conversion, (b) do not violate any applicable law, policy or regulation or the organizational documents of any Holding Company, any Credit Party or Empire Burbank or any order of any Governmental Authority where any violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) do not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Credit Party or Empire Burbank, or any of their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Holding Company, any Credit Party or Empire Burbank, where any such violation or default or right to payment would have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) except for the Liens created by the Collateral Documents, do not result in the creation or imposition of any material Lien on any asset of any Holding Company, any Credit Party or Empire Burbank. The Alta Repayment (a) does not require any consent, approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, (ii) those that have been obtained or made on or before the date of the Private Equity Issuance, (iii) the filing with and receipt of file stamped copies of documents from the California Secretary of State in connection with the Holdings Merger, and (iv) certain filings to be made with the appropriate Governmental Authorities with respect to intellectual property and real property, in each case in connection with the Entity Conversion, (b) does not violate any applicable law, policy or regulation or the organizational documents of any Holding Company , any Credit Party or Empire Burbank or any order of any Governmental Authority where any violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) does not (i) violate or breach in any material respect the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, or (ii) violate or result in a default under any other material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Credit Party or Empire Burbank, or any of their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Holding Company, any Credit Party or Empire Burbank, where (in the case of clause (ii) only) any such violation or default or right to payment would have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) except for the Liens created by the Collateral Documents, does not result in the creation or imposition of any material Lien on any asset of a Holding Company, any Credit Party or Empire Burbank.
4.3.New Delaware LLCs. Prior to the Entity Conversion, no New Delaware LLC has owned any material property or asset, had any material liability or obligation other than becoming a guarantor under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture in accordance with the
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terms thereof, or conducted any business of any kind, other than its own formation and entering into documents effecting the foregoing.
5.CONDITIONS TO THIS AMENDMENT.
This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 5.1; provided, that the effectiveness of the amendments set forth in Sections 2(a) and 2(c) and the consents and waivers set forth in Section 3(a) shall be conditioned on the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
5.1.Execution of Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, each Guarantor party hereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.
5.2.Corporate Matters. The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, each Holding Company and each Guarantor (after giving effect to the Entity Conversion), a secretary’s certificate as to and attaching the organizational documents and incumbency of officers of such Person and authorization of such Person to execute and deliver this Amendment and the documents relating to the Private Equity Issuance, the Holdings Merger, the Entity Conversion and the Alta Repayment to which such Person is a party.
5.3.Holdings Merger. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) copies of the Holdings Merger Agreement (as modified in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), executed by each of the parties thereto, and
(b) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of the effectiveness of the Holdings Merger in the State of Delaware, including a copy of the file stamped certificate of merger with respect to the Holdings Merger as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
5.4.Private Equity Issuance; Alta Repayment; Entity Conversion. The Private Equity Issuance shall have occurred in accordance with the Private Equity Issuance Documents (in the form as delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the execution of this Amendment by the Administrative Agent) without any material amendment or waiver thereof that is materially adverse to the Lenders other than as consented to by the Administrative Agent, and the proceeds thereof shall have been applied to the Alta Repayment in an amount sufficient to consummate the Alta Repayment in accordance with the Termination Agreement. Not less than $40,000,000 of the proceeds of the Private Equity Issuance shall have been contributed to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully-executed copy of the Termination Agreement. The Entity Conversion shall have been consummated.
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5.5.Confirmations. The Administrative Agent shall have received a confirmation, in the form attached hereto asExhibit B, by the Guarantors (after giving effect to the Entity Conversion).
5.6.UCC Filings, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received such UCC-1 and UCC-3 financing statements and amendments as it shall reasonably require, and the certificates evidencing the membership interests of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (after giving effect to the Entity Conversion), duly endorsed in blank, pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement.
5.7.Outside Date. The Amendment Transactions shall have been consummated not later than April 15, 2007.
5.8.Private Equity Issuance Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received true, correct and complete copies of the Private Equity Issuance Documents to be executed on or before the date of the Private Equity Issuance, certified as of the date of the Private Equity Issuance by a Financial Officer of the Borrower (which certification shall be to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and which shall include a certification that there have been no material amendments or waivers of terms of the Private Equity Issuance Documents from the forms of the Private Equity Issuance Documents delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the execution of this Amendment by the Administrative Agent that are materially adverse to the Lenders other than as consented to by the Administrative Agent, which certificate may assume, absent notice from the Administrative Agent to the contrary on or before the date of such certificate or in the documents delivered with such certificate, that any amendments or waivers reflected in such certificate have been consented to by the Administrative Agent).
5.9.Certificate. A Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate stating that, after the effectiveness of all of this Amendment (including Sections 2 and 3) and after giving effect to this Amendment (including Sections 2 and 3) and the other Amendment Transactions, (i) the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the Private Equity Issuance as if made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date) and (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing.
5.10.Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received opinions of (i) O’Melveny & Myers LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, and (ii) Wiley Rein LLP, special FCC counsel to the Credit Parties, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
6.MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1. Except to the extent specifically amended, consented or waived hereby, the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and all related documents shall remain in full force and effect. Whenever the terms or sections amended hereby shall be referred to in the Credit Agreement, Loan Documents or such other documents (whether directly or by incorporation into
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other defined terms), such terms or sections shall be deemed to refer to those terms or sections as amended by this Amendment. The amendments effected hereby shall not effect a restatement of, or cause a novation of any obligations under, any of the Loan Documents. References in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to “the date hereof” or similar usages refer to May 8, 2006.
6.2. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one instrument.
6.3. This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
6.4. The Credit Parties agree to pay all reasonable expenses, including reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.5. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent agree to deliver to the Borrower the stock certificates of each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (together with stock powers relating thereto executed in blank) previously pledged by the Borrower, or affidavits of loss relating thereto reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, at the time of, and in exchange for, delivery by the Borrower of the membership certificates of such Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 5.6.
6.6. Each of the Lenders party hereto authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into such documents and agreements as may be reasonably necessary in order to effect this Amendment and the other Amendment Transactions.
6.7. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto (i) irrevocably consent to the assignment to, and assumption by, Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation, of the Alta Subordination Agreement and the rights, liabilities and obligations arising thereunder as set forth in the Assumption Agreement and (ii) waive any breach or event of default arising under the Alta Subordination Agreement and the Investor Subordination Agreement as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Holdings Merger Agreement or the Assumption Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment which shall be deemed to be a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.
BORROWER | ||
LBI MEDIA, INC., a California corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Lenard D. Liberman | |
Name: | Lenard D. Liberman | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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GUARANTORS | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF HOUSTON, INC.,a California corporation | ||
KZJL LICENSE CORP.,a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION, INC., a California corporation | ||
KRCA TELEVISION, INC., a California corporation | ||
KRCA LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING, INC., a California corporation | ||
LBI RADIO LICENSE CORP.,a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON, INC., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF DALLAS, INC., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF DALLAS LICENSE CORP.,a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF DALLAS, INC., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF DALLAS LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
EMPIRE BURBANK STUDIOS, INC., a California Corporation |
By: | /s/ Lenard D. Liberman | |
Name: | Lenard D. Liberman | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||
CREDIT SUISSE, | ||
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, | ||
as Administrative Agent and Lender | ||
By: | /s/ William O’Daly | |
Name: | William O’Daly | |
Title: | Director | |
By: | /s/ Mikhail Faybusovich | |
Name: | Mikhail Faybusovich | |
Title: | Associate | |
COLLATERAL AGENT | ||
CREDIT SUISSE, | ||
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ William O’Daly | |
Name: | William O’Daly | |
Title: | Director | |
By: | /s/ Mikhail Faybusovich | |
Name: | Mikhail Faybusovich | |
Title: | Associate |
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LENDER | ||
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Russ Lyons | |
Name: | Russ Lyons | |
Title: | Director |
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LENDER | ||
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sarah Kim | |
Name: | Sarah Kim | |
Title: | Managing Director |
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LENDER | ||
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Richard Vian | |
Name: | Richard Vian | |
Title: | Vice President |
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LENDER | ||
CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Scott Ploshay | |
Name: | Scott Ploshay | |
Title: | VP |
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LENDER | ||
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS | ||
By: | /s/ Susan LeFevre | |
Name: | Susan LeFevre | |
Title: | Director | |
By: | /s/ Evelyn Thierry | |
Name: | Evelyn Thierry | |
Title: | Vice President |
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LENDER | ||
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Christine Helmstetter | |
Name: | Christine Helmstetter | |
Title: | Vice President |
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LENDER | ||
US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Jaycee A. Barrett | |
Name: | Jaycee A. Barrett | |
Title: | Vice President |
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LENDER | ||
WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ John Gilsenan | |
Name: | John Gilsenan | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
Conformed Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
May 8, 2006
among
LBI MEDIA, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. and
HARRIS NESBITT,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Documentation Agent,
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent,
and
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent
ARTICLE 1 | DEFINITIONS | 2 | ||
1.1 | Defined Terms | 2 | ||
1.2 | Classification of Loans and Borrowings | 44 | ||
1.3 | Terms Generally | 44 | ||
1.4 | Accounting Terms; GAAP | 44 | ||
ARTICLE 2 | THE CREDITS | 45 | ||
2.1 | Revolving Credit Commitments | 45 | ||
2.2 | Loans and Borrowings | 47 | ||
2.3 | Requests for Borrowings | 48 | ||
2.4 | Letters of Credit | 49 | ||
2.5 | Funding of Borrowings | 53 | ||
2.6 | Interest Elections | 54 | ||
2.7 | Termination and Reduction of Commitments | 55 | ||
2.8 | Swing Loan Facility | 56 | ||
2.9 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 59 | ||
2.10 | Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 61 | ||
2.11 | Prepayment of Loans | 62 | ||
2.12 | Fees | 66 | ||
2.13 | Interest | 68 | ||
2.14 | Alternate Rate of Interest | 68 | ||
2.15 | Increased Costs | 69 | ||
2.16 | Break Funding Payments | 70 | ||
2.17 | Taxes | 71 | ||
2.18 | Payments Generally: Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs | 72 | ||
ARTICLE 3 | GUARANTEE BY GUARANTORS | 75 | ||
3.1 | The Guarantee | 75 | ||
3.2 | Obligations Unconditional | 75 | ||
3.3 | Reinstatement | 76 | ||
3.4 | Subrogation | 76 | ||
3.5 | Remedies | 76 | ||
3.6 | Continuing Guarantee | 77 | ||
3.7 | Rights of Contribution | 77 |
3.8 | General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations | 77 | ||
3.9 | Waivers | 78 | ||
ARTICLE 4 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 78 | ||
4.1 | Organization; Powers | 78 | ||
4.2 | Authorization; Enforceability | 78 | ||
4.3 | Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts | 79 | ||
4.4 | Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change | 79 | ||
4.5 | Properties | 80 | ||
4.6 | Litigation and Environmental Matters | 81 | ||
4.7 | Compliance with Laws and Agreements | 82 | ||
4.8 | Investment and Holding Company Status | 82 | ||
4.9 | Taxes | 82 | ||
4.10 | ERISA | 82 | ||
4.11 | Disclosure | 82 | ||
4.12 | Ownership and Capitalization | 82 | ||
4.13 | Subsidiaries | 83 | ||
4.14 | Material Indebtedness, Liens and Agreements | 83 | ||
4.15 | Permits and Licenses | 84 | ||
4.16 | Federal Reserve Regulations | 85 | ||
4.17 | Labor and Employment Matters | 85 | ||
4.18 | Subchapter S Election and QSSS Election | 86 | ||
4.19 | Senior Indebtedness | 86 | ||
4.20 | Patriot Act | 86 | ||
ARTICLE 5 | CONDITIONS | 86 | ||
5.1 | Effective Time | 86 | ||
5.2 | Each Extension of Credit | 91 | ||
ARTICLE 6 | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 91 | ||
6.1 | Financial Statements and Other Information | 91 | ||
6.2 | Notices of Material Events | 93 | ||
6.3 | Existence; Conduct of Business | 94 | ||
6.4 | Payment of Obligations | 95 | ||
6.5 | Maintenance of Properties; Insurance | 95 |
6.6 | Books and Records; Inspection Rights | 95 | ||
6.7 | Fiscal Year | 96 | ||
6.8 | Compliance with Laws, Maintenance of FCC Licenses | 96 | ||
6.9 | Use of Proceeds | 96 | ||
6.10 | Certain Obligations Respecting Guarantors and Collateral Security | 96 | ||
6.11 | ERISA | 97 | ||
6.12 | Environmental Matters; Reporting | 98 | ||
6.13 | Conforming Leasehold Interests | 98 | ||
6.14 | Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions | 98 | ||
6.15 | Private Equity Related Transactions | 99 | ||
ARTICLE 7 | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 99 | ||
7.1 | Indebtedness | 99 | ||
7.2 | Liens | 101 | ||
7.3 | [Reserved] | 103 | ||
7.4 | Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales | 103 | ||
7.5 | Investments; Hedging Agreements | 107 | ||
7.6 | Restricted Junior Payments | 111 | ||
7.7 | Transactions with Affiliates | 115 | ||
7.8 | Restrictive Agreements | 116 | ||
7.9 | Sale-Leaseback Transactions | 116 | ||
7.10 | Certain Financial Covenants | 117 | ||
7.11 | Lines of Business; Restrictions on the Borrower | 117 | ||
7.12 | [Reserved] | 118 | ||
7.13 | Modifications of Certain Documents | 118 | ||
7.14 | Empire Burbank | 118 | ||
7.15 | Holding Company Restrictions | 119 | ||
7.16 | License Subsidiaries | 122 | ||
ARTICLE 8 | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 122 | ||
8.1 | Events of Default | 122 | ||
ARTICLE 9 | THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT | 126 | ||
9.1 | Appointment and Authorization | 126 |
9.2 | Administrative Agent’s and Collateral Agent’s Rights as Lender | 126 | ||
9.3 | Duties As Expressly Stated | 127 | ||
9.4 | Reliance By Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent | 128 | ||
9.5 | Action Through Sub-Agents | 129 | ||
9.6 | Resignation of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and Appointment of Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | 129 | ||
9.7 | Lenders’ Independent Decisions | 130 | ||
9.8 | Indemnification | 130 | ||
9.9 | Consents Under Other Loan Documents | 131 | ||
9.10 | Co-Syndication Agents and Documentation Agent | 131 | ||
ARTICLE 10 | SPECIAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING COLLATERAL | 131 | ||
10.1 | Pari Passu | 131 | ||
10.2 | Turnover of Collateral | 131 | ||
10.3 | Right to Enforce Agreement | 132 | ||
ARTICLE 11 | MISCELLANEOUS | 132 | ||
11.1 | Notices | 132 | ||
11.2 | Waivers; Amendments | 133 | ||
11.3 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 134 | ||
11.4 | Successors and Assigns | 136 | ||
11.5 | Survival | 139 | ||
11.6 | Counterparts; Integration; References to Agreement; Effectiveness | 140 | ||
11.7 | Severability | 140 | ||
11.8 | Right of Setoff | 140 | ||
11.9 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 140 | ||
11.10 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 141 | ||
11.11 | Headings | 141 | ||
11.12 | Release of Collateral and Guarantees | 142 | ||
11.13 | Confidentiality | 142 | ||
11.14 | Continued Effectiveness; No Novation | 142 | ||
11.15 | USA Patriot Act | 143 | ||
11.16 | Commitments | 143 |
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2006 (this “Agreement”), among LBI MEDIA, INC., THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers, WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. and HARRIS NESBITT, as Co-Syndication Agents, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Documentation Agent CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Collateral Agent.
This Agreement amends, restates and supersedes, in its entirety, (a) that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2004, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Credit Suisse First Boston as administrative agent and lead arranger as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2004 and Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 28, 2005 and as further amended prior to May 8, 2006 (as so amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), which collectively amended and restated (b) that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 9, 2002, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, the agents party thereto, Fleet National Bank, as administrative agent, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 15, 2003, that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated October 10, 2003, and as further amended prior to June 11, 2004 (as so amended the “2002 Credit Agreement”), which collectively amended and restated (c) that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 20, 2001 among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, the agents party thereto, Fleet National Bank, as administrative agent (as amended prior to July 9, 2002, the “Original Credit Agreement” and together with the Existing Credit Agreement and the 2002 Credit Agreement, the “Prior Credit Agreements”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, each of the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement desires to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties hereof that this amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement shall not constitute a refinancing of the loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Closing Date, and all obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall continue to be secured by the grant to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Senior Lenders (as defined herein), of a Lien on the Collateral, and the Credit Parties shall execute and deliver a Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement evidencing such intention.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
1.1Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Acceleration” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated prior to or after the date hereof, by which (i) any Credit Party acquires the business of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any firm or corporation which is not a Credit Party, or any division or station of such firm or corporation, located in a specific geographic area or areas, whether through purchase of assets, purchase of stock, merger or otherwise or (ii) any Person that was not theretofore a Subsidiary of a Credit Party becomes a Subsidiary of a Credit Party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Relocation shall be deemed to be an Acquisition.
“Adjusted Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such dayplus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Adjusted Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means Credit Suisse, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and any successors appointed pursuant to Section 9.6.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) no individual shall be an Affiliate solely by reason of his or her being a director, officer or employee of any Credit Party and (b) none of the Credit Parties shall be Affiliates of each other.
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents.
“Alta” means Alta Communications VIII, L.P., Alta-Comm VIII S by S, LLC, Alta Communications VIII-B, L.P., Alta VIII Associates, LLC, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, UnionBanCalequities, Inc. and BancBoston Investments Inc., and their respective successors and assigns.
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“Alta Notes” means those certain amended promissory notes issued by Holdings to Alta pursuant to the Holdings Securities Purchase Agreement, as amended by the Holdings Amendment and the Holdings Second Amendment.
“Alta Repayment” means the repayment in full of all of the Alta Notes and the repurchase by Holdings of all outstanding equity interests or Equity Rights held by Alta (which constitutes the Alta Warrants) and the discharge and termination of all of the parties’ obligations under the Holdings Securities Purchase Documents pursuant to the Termination Agreement on the date of such repayment and repurchase (subject to the limitations set forth therein).
“Alta Subordination Agreement” means the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date among Holdings, Alta and Fleet National Bank, as predecessor administrative agent, as amended by the Holdings Amendment, the Holdings Second Amendment and the Holdings Third Amendment and confirmed by the Confirmation of Subordination Agreements, the Second Confirmation of Subordination Agreements and the Third Confirmation of Subordination Agreements, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Alta Warrants” means those certain amended warrants issued by Holdings to Alta pursuant to the Holdings Securities Purchase Agreement and that certain Warrant Agreement dated as of March 20, 2001 between Holdings and Alta, as amended by the Holdings Amendment and the Holdings Second Amendment.
“Applicable Margin” means, for any Type of Loans (i) for the Initial Payment Period (as defined below):
Applicable Margin (% per annum)
Loans | Base Rate Loans | LIBOR Loans | ||||
Revolving Credit Loans | 0.500 | % | 1.500 | % |
and
(ii) for any Payment Period (as defined below) (or any portion thereof), other than the Initial Payment Period, the respective rates indicated below for Loans of such Type opposite the applicable Total Leverage Ratio indicated below:
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Applicable Margin (% per annum)
Loans | ||||||
Total Leverage Ratio | Base Rate Loans | LIBOR Loans | ||||
Greater than 6.50 to 1 | 1.00 | % | 2.00 | % | ||
Less than or equal to 6.50 to 1 and greater than 6.00 to 1 | 0.75 | % | 1.75 | % | ||
Less than or equal to 6.00 to 1 and greater than 5.50 to 1 | 0.50 | % | 1.50 | % | ||
Less than or equal to 5.50 to 1 and greater than 5.00 to 1 | 0.25 | % | 1.25 | % | ||
Less than or equal to 5.00 to 1 | 0.00 | % | 1.00 | % |
For purposes hereof, a “Payment Period” means (i) initially, the period commencing on the Closing Date to and including the third Business Day after the date of delivery of the quarterly financial statements required by Section 6.1(b) for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended March 31, 2006 (the “Initial Payment Period”) and (ii) thereafter, the period commencing on the day immediately succeeding the last day of the prior Payment Period to but not including the third Business Day after the earlier of (x) the due date of the next Compliance Certificate required to be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1(c) concurrently with the delivery by the Borrower of the annual or any of the four quarterly financial statements required by Sections 6.1(a) or 6.1(b), respectively, or (y) the date of the actual receipt by the Administrative Agent of such Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Margin shall be effective for each Payment Period whether or not such Payment Period coincides with an Interest Period for LIBOR Borrowing.
The Total Leverage Ratio for any Payment Period except the Initial Payment Period shall be determined on the basis of the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1(c) concurrently with the delivery by the Borrower of the annual or quarterly financial statements required by Sections 6.1(a) or 6.1(b), respectively, setting forth, among other things, a calculation of the Total Leverage Ratio as at the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such Payment Period (i.e. the Total Leverage Ratio set forth in the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c) that is delivered together with the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006 shall be used to determine the Applicable Margin with respect to the first Payment Period that follows the Initial Payment Period, the Total Leverage Ratio set forth in the Compliance Certificate that is delivered together with the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 shall be used to determine the Applicable Margin with respect to the second Payment Period that follows the Initial Payment Period, and so forth);providedthat upon delivery by the Borrower of the Compliance Certificate concurrently with the delivery of the annual financial statements required by Section 6.1(a), the Applicable Margin shall be adjusted retroactively, as of the first day of the then current Payment Period, based on the calculation of the Total Leverage Ratio
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pursuant to such certificate and financial statements to the extent that the Total Leverage Ratio so calculated differs from the Total Leverage Ratio calculated based on the Compliance Certificate delivered concurrently with the quarterly financial statements for the fourth fiscal quarter of the preceding fiscal year required by Section 6.1(b). In the event of a retroactive adjustment in the determination of the Applicable Margin in favor of the Borrower, the amount of interest thereby refundable to the Borrower shall be applied on the date of such retroactive adjustment, to prepay interest payable on the Loans on apro ratabasis, thus permitting the Borrower to deduct such amount from their next interest payment. If the retroactive adjustment is in favor of the Lenders, the amount of interest due to the Lenders shall be paid in full to the Administrative Agent within five (5) days after written notice of such adjustment is provided to the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall include a request for any downward adjustment of the Applicable Margin with, or as part of, the Compliance Certificate concurrently with the delivery by the Borrower of the annual financial statements required by Section 6.1(a) and, in any event, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not be required to make any downward adjustment until a request of the Borrower shall have been received and unless such request is received within three months after the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate.
“Applicable Percentage” means (a) with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of the definition of LC Exposure and of Section 2.4 or 2.8, the percentage of the total Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (b) with respect to any Lender in respect of any indemnity claim under Section 11.3 arising out of an action or omission of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the percentage of the total Commitments or, in the event the Commitments are terminated, Loans hereunder represented by the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitment or, in the event the Commitments are terminated, Loans hereunder.
“Applicable Recipient” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18(d).
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Asset Sale Prepayment Date” means, with respect to any Asset Swap or Disposition resulting in any Excess Net Cash Payments, (a) the thirtieth day after the date of such Asset Swap or Disposition if the Borrower has not delivered a Reinvestment Certificate relating to all of the Excess Net Cash Payments relating to such Asset Swap or Disposition on or prior to such date, (b) the 360th day after the date of such Asset Swap or Disposition to the extent there are any Remaining Excess Net Cash Payments on such day, (c) the thirtieth day after any date on which the Borrower shall determine not to apply any Excess Net Cash Payments to a reinvestment as described in any Reinvestment Certificate or subsequent certificate to the extent there is any Remaining Excess Net Cash Payments on such thirtieth day, and (d) each day after such 360th day (occurring at least one fiscal quarter after such 360th day) on which the Borrower is required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1 to the extent any Credit Party shall receive Excess Net Cash Payments during the quarterly fiscal period ending on the date of such financial statements (or, in the case of the first such day occurring after such 360th day, during the period commencing on the day after such 360th day and ending on the first such day) in cash, whether
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under deferred payment arrangements or Disposition Investments entered into or received in connection with such Asset Swap or Disposition or otherwise and to the extent there are any Remaining Excess Net Cash Payments on such day;provided, that if the Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage is 0% with respect to such Asset Swap or Disposition, then there shall be no Asset Sale Prepayment Date with respect to such Asset Swap or Disposition or any Excess Net Cash Payments resulting therefrom.
“Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage” means 100%,provided that if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the date of the applicable Disposition or Asset Swap, on apro forma basis assuming the consummation of such Disposition or Asset Swap, is (i) greater than or equal to 5.0 to 1, but less than 6.0 to 1, such percentage shall be 50% or (ii) less than 5.0 to 1, such percentage shall be 0%.
“Asset Swap” means any transfer of assets of the Borrower or any Credit Party to any Person other than to the Borrower or any other Credit Party in exchange for assets of such Person.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.4), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form ofExhibit L.
“Assumption Agreement” means the Assumption Agreement by and between LBI Holdings I, Inc. and Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation, substantially in the form ofExhibit P annexed hereto (or in such other form delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), to be executed in connection with the Private Equity Issuance.
“Base Rate” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Base Rate.
“Basic Documents” means the Senior Facilities Documents.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” means LBI Media, Inc., a California corporation.
“Borrower’s knowledge” or any “Credit Party’s knowledge” or any similar phrase or words when used in connection with a statement, representation or warranty means to the actual knowledge of Jose or Lenard Liberman, the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower or such Credit Party, as applicable, or any responsible executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act), of the Borrower or such Credit Party, as applicable, after reasonable good faith inquiry made to ascertain the accuracy of the statement, representation or warranty.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
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“Borrowing Request” means a request for a Borrowing satisfying the requirements of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form ofExhibit D-1 annexed hereto.
“Broadcast Stations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.15(b).
“Burbank Office Property” means that certain real property located at 1845 Empire Avenue, Burbank, California 91504.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Los Angeles, California or New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;provided that, when used in connection with a LIBOR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in U.S. dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“California Taxable Income” shall mean the taxable income of Holdings for any taxable year computed pursuant to Section 23802 (or any successor provisions) of the California Revenue and Tax Code but calculated as if the taxable year of Holdings ended on the date with respect to which such taxable income calculation is made, reduced, but not below zero, by the amount of any Suspended Losses which are treated as incurred by Holdings in, and allowed as deductions on the tax returns of Holdings’ stockholders for, such taxable year.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the sum for the Credit Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) of the aggregate amount of expenditures (including the aggregate amount of Capital Lease Obligations incurred during such period) made to acquire or construct fixed assets, plant and equipment (including renewals, improvements and replacements, but excluding expenditures for repairs that do not extend the useful life of the asset) during such period computed in accordance with GAAP;provided that such term shall not include (i) any such expenditures in connection with any replacement or repair of Property affected by a Casualty Event, (ii) any such expenditures in connection with a Relocation with the exception of cash expenditures not subject to the reimbursement obligations of a Person other than a Credit Party, (iii) for each broadcast station received in any Voluntary Relocation, up to $4,000,000 in such expenditures but only to the extent paid from the cash proceeds received in such Voluntary Relocation which are used to upgrade or improve such broadcast station, (iv) for each broadcast station received in any Involuntary Relocation, any such expenditures paid from the cash proceeds received in such Involuntary Relocation which are used to upgrade or improve such broadcast station or (v) the purchase price, any broker’s fees payable and any transaction costs incurred in connection with any Acquisition permitted hereunder or under any Prior Credit Agreement.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any obligations under the Empire Burbank Lease shall not be Capital Lease Obligations.
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“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, (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 (1) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (2) 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 (1) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (2) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (3) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s, or (c) other cash equivalent investments agreed to from time to time between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Casualty Event” means, with respect to any Property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking of, such Property for which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds, or proceeds of a condemnation award or other compensation;provided that an Involuntary Relocation shall not be a Casualty Event.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline, order, decree or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners made or issued after the Closing Date.
“Change of Control” means
(a) Media Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Borrower’s outstanding capital stock and Total Voting Power,
(b) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of Media Holdings’ outstanding capital stock and Total Voting Power,
(c) on or prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, Jose and Lenard Liberman (together with their spouses, lineal descendants or heirs and devisees and any trusts controlled by them) (together, the “Principal Investors”) and/or any other Class B Permitted Transferees (as defined in subsection (d) below) shall cease to collectively own, directly or indirectly, more than
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50% of the economic interests in the outstanding equity securities of Holdings or 50% of the Total Voting Power of Holdings,
(d) after the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Principal Investors and all other Class B Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings as in effect on the date of the Private Equity Issuance) but excluding Holdings shall have acquired beneficial ownership of the greater of (A) 35% on a fully diluted basis of the Total Voting Power of Holdings and (B) a percentage of the aggregate Total Voting Power of Holdings on a fully diluted basis that is greater than the percentage of the aggregate Total Voting Power of Holdings then held by the Principal Investors and all other Class B Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings as in effect on the date of the Private Equity Issuance) but excluding Holdings, taken together, or
(e) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings shall be occupied by Persons who were not (i) nominated by the board of directors of Holdings or by one or more of the stockholders described in clause (c) above nor (ii) appointed or elected by a majority of the members of the board of directors of Holdings who are described in any of subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this clause (e) nor (iii) appointed or elected by a vote of the stockholders of Holdings in which Jose or Lenard Liberman or either of their respective spouses (or any trust controlled by any of them) and/or any other Class B Permitted Transferees (as defined in subsection (d) above) voted to approve the appointment or election of such Person or in which a majority of the Total Voting Power of the stockholders described in clause (c) above voted in favor of the appointment or election of such Person.
“Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Holdings.
“Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Holdings.
“Closing Date” means the date during which the Effective Time shall occur.
“Co-Syndication Agents” means Wachovia Bank, N.A. and Harris Nesbitt, in their capacities as co-syndication agents for the Lenders hereunder.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the Property (including capital stock and other equity interests) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for all obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder,provided that the Collateral shall not include any Real Property Assets.
“Collateral Agent” means Credit Suisse as collateral agent for the Senior Loans and any successors appointed pursuant to Section 9.6.
“Collateral Agreements” means the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Control Agreements and all other agreements, instruments or documents delivered by any Credit
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Party or any shareholder of a Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for any of the obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Collateral Agreements and the Subordination Documents.
“Commitment Fee Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.
“Commitment Utilization Percentage” means, for any day, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Loans outstanding on such dayplus (ii) the face amount of Letters of Credit outstanding on such day to (b) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments for such day, expressed as a percentage.
“Commitments” means, without duplication, the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Swing Loan Commitments (a subcommitment of the Revolving Credit Commitment).
“Communications Act” means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate duly executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower (required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c), 7.1(m), 7.4(d)(iii), 7.5(n) or 7.6(c)), in substantially the form ofExhibit M hereto.
“Confirmation of Pledge Agreement” means the Confirmation of Pledge Agreement dated as of July 9, 2002 among the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties.
“Confirmation of Subordination Agreements” means the Confirmation of Subordination Agreements dated as of July 9, 2002 among Alta, Holdings, the Credit Parties and Fleet National Bank, as predecessor administrative agent.
“Conforming Leasehold Interest” means any leasehold interest as to which the lessor has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (which writing has been delivered to the Collateral Agent), whether under terms of the applicable lease or under the terms of a Landlord Waiver and Consent, to the matters described in the “Landlord Waiver and Consent” attached hereto asExhibit I, which interest, if a subleasehold interest or sub-subleasehold interest, is not subject to any contrary restrictions contained in a superior lease or sublease.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” means, with respect to any bank account of any Credit Party except a bank account maintained with the Administrative Agent, a Control Agreement, substantially in the form ofExhibit O, or such other form that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, executed and delivered by such Credit Party, the depository institution at which such account is maintained and the Administrative Agent at the Original Closing Date or
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from time to time thereafter, as any such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Credit Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors (except that Empire Burbank will be a Guarantor but will not be deemed a Credit Party hereunder).
“Credit Suisse” means Credit Suisse, a bank organized under the laws of Switzerland acting through its Cayman Islands Branch.
“Deemed Prepayment” means, with respect to any Excess Net Cash Payments from any Disposition or Asset Swap or any excess Net Cash Payments resulting from any Casualty Event, the aggregate amount offered by the Borrower to prepay the Term Loans under the Term Loan Agreement with or with respect to such Excess Net Cash Payments or excess Net Cash Payments, as applicable (whether or not the Term Loan Lenders have accepted any such offer) if at the time of such offer to prepay (and after giving effect to all prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans (and coverage of LC Exposure) (accompanied by a permanent reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent such prepayment has been made with such Excess Net Cash Payments under Section 2.11(b)(i) or excess Net Cash Payments under Section 2.11(b)(ii), as applicable) on or prior to such date of offer to prepay), the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure is $0.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default Excess” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (including such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such Defaulting Lender.
“Default Period” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default and ending on the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or all obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are declared or become immediately due and payable, (ii) the date on which (a) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non-pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11) and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to the Borrower and Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments, and (iii) the date on which the Borrower, Administrative Agent and Required Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing.
“Defaulted Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.9(d).
“Defaulting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.9(d).
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“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed inSchedule 4.6.
“Disposition” means any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exchange, long-term lease accorded sales treatment under GAAP, transfer or other disposition (including by means of a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, joint venture or other substantive combination, but excluding any Asset Swap) of any assets, business or property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) by any Credit Party to any Person other than a Credit Party, including any Relocation but excluding (a) the granting of Liens permitted hereunder and (b) any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of (i) any property sold, leased or disposed of in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any property that is obsolete or no longer used or useful in the business of the Credit Parties (excluding any such disposition of operations or division discontinued or to be discontinued) and (iii) any Collateral under and as defined in the Collateral Documents pursuant to an exercise of remedies by the Administrative Agent thereunder, (c) leasing or non-exclusive licensing of any property in the ordinary course of business, (d) the sale of marketable securities, including “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U, liquid investments and other financial instruments in connection with the ordinary course cash management of the Credit Parties, (e) forgiveness or cancellation by any Credit Party of any loan by such Credit Party to any of its Affiliates, (f) the surrender or waiver of contractual rights of the settlement, release or surrender of contracts or tort claims in the ordinary course of business, (g) the non-exclusive licensing of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business, (h) leases of interests in real property entered into in the ordinary course of business, (i) disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents, and (j) other sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition in the ordinary course of business;provided that no such sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exchange, long-term lease, transfer or other disposition shall be deemed to be a “Disposition” unless such transaction shall be consummated outside the ordinary course of business and the aggregate consideration for such transaction or series of related transactions shall equal or exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year.
“Disposition Investment” means, with respect to any Disposition, any promissory notes or other evidences of Indebtedness or Investments received by any Credit Party in connection with such Disposition.
“Dividend Limitation” shall mean, with respect to Holdings, the sum of: (i) the product of the Maximum Effective California Ratetimes Holdings’ California Taxable Income except that the product in this clause (i) shall be zero (0) in the event Holdings does not qualify (or subsequently elects not) to be treated as an S Corporation for California income tax purposes, or Media Holdings or the Borrower does not qualify (or subsequently elects not) to be treated as a qualified subchapter S subsidiary;plus, (ii) the product of the Maximum Federal Rate and Holdings’ Federal Taxable Income.
“Documentation Agent” means Union Bank of California, N.A. in its capacity as documentation agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“EBITDA” means, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, Net Income of the Credit Parties during such period,plus (to the extent deducted in computing Net Income)(a) the
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sum of (i) Interest Expense during such period (including in connection with the LBI Media Intercompany Note) and any interest expense accrued during such period pursuant to the Holdings Securities Purchase Documents, the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, the Media Holdings Discount Notes and any other Holding Company Debt incurred in accordance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv), (ii) depreciation and amortization expense during such period (including without limitation charges under SFAS 142 for broadcast licenses, goodwill or other indefinite lived intangible assets), (iii) the aggregate amount paid, required to be paid or accrued (without duplication) in respect of income, franchise, real estate and other like taxes during such period, (iv) extraordinary losses during such period, (v) other non cash charges during such period, (vi) (x) Relocation costs, expenses and other amounts set forth in clauses (ii)(A) and (B), and subclauses (a)(i), (a)(v), (a)(vi) and (a)(vii) and (b) of clause (ii)(C) of the definition of Net Cash Payments and (y) Transaction Costs, in each case, incurred or paid during such period, (vii) Extraordinary Expenses for such period, (viii) Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions and Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions during such period, (ix) any non-compete payments made in cash during such period to sellers in connection with any Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed 20% of the aggregate consideration paid or payable by the Credit Parties in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (x) the aggregate amount of any payments made in cash during such period with respect to any portion of the “Incentive Bonus” which may become payable pursuant to the employment agreements of Winter Horton dated December 18, 2002, Andrew Mars dated November 15, 1998, Xavier Ortiz dated September 1, 1999 and Eduardo Leon dated December 1, 1999, in each case as amended from time to time, and the aggregate amount (not to exceed $12,500,000 during the term of this Agreement) of any such payments made in cash during such period under any other Management Incentive Contracts (including, in each case, the aggregate amount of any payments made in cash during such period with respect to any notes issued with respect thereto), (xi) forgiveness or cancellation of the loan to Lenard Liberman described in Item 5 ofSchedule 7.5 annexed hereto plus accrued interest thereon and (xii) forgiveness or cancellation of the loans to Jose and Lenard Liberman described inSchedule 7.5 annexed hereto (excluding Item 5) in an aggregate amount not in excess of $500,000 plus accrued interest thereonminus(to the extent not deducted in computing Net Income)(b) the sum of (i) extraordinary gains during such period, and (ii) cash Program Obligations Payments actually made during such period (or, with respect to Program Obligations Payments for which the proviso in the definition thereof is applicable, Program Obligations Payments amortized during such period) and (iii) any cash interest paid during such period in respect of the Liberman Subordinated Debt;providedthat (1) for purposes of determining EBITDA for any period during which a Disposition (other than any Relocation) is consummated, EBITDA shall be adjusted in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to give effect to the consummation of the Disposition (other than any Relocation) on a pro-forma basis, as if the Disposition (other than any Relocation) occurred on the first day of such period and (2) for any period for which EBITDA is determined and in which period an Acquisition permitted to be made hereunder is consummated, EBITDA shall be adjusted in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a) to give effect to the consummation of such Acquisition on a pro-forma basis, as if such Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period and (b) to reflect certain expense deductions in connection with such Acquisition reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Effective Time” means the time when the conditions specified in Section 5.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 11.2).
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“Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Approved Fund with respect to any Lender; and (b) (i) any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (ii) any savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (iii) any commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof;providedthat (1) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or (2) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country; and (iv) any other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance companies, mutual funds, financing companies and lease financing companies;provided that no Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party shall be an Eligible Assignee.
“Empire Burbank” means Empire Burbank Studios, Inc, a California corporation and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Empire Burbank Lease” means that certain Lease dated as of July 15, 1999 between Empire Burbank, as lessor, and LBCI, as lessee, relating to occupancy of the Burbank Office Property, (or a replacement lease in substantially the same form except that the Borrower is the lessee and the term thereof is extended (which replacement lease shall be deemed to be permitted under Section 7.14)), as modified by that certain First Amendment to Lease and Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of June 28, 2004 by and among Empire Burbank, LBCI and the Borrower and in each case as such lease may be further amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.14.
“Empire Burbank Loan” means a loan in the original principal amount of $2,617,034.17 made by Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Company to Empire Burbank pursuant to the Empire Burbank Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing.
“Empire Burbank Loan Documents” means the Empire Burbank Mortgage and the other documents evidencing the Empire Burbank Loan and described onSchedule 4.14, or any replacement documents evidencing a Permitted Refinancing, as such documents or replacement documents may be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.14.
“Empire Burbank Mortgage” means that certain deed of trust encumbering the Burbank Office Property, executed by Empire Burbank in favor of Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Company securing the Empire Burbank Loan, or any replacement deed of trust evidencing a Permitted Refinancing, as such deed of trust or replacement deed of trust may be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.14.
“Empire Burbank Sublease” means that certain Sublease Agreement between LBCI, as sublessor, and Empire Burbank, as sublessee, (or a replacement sublease in substantially the same form except that the Borrower is the sublessor and the term thereof is extended (which replacement sublease shall be deemed to be permitted under Section 7.14)), in each case relating to occupancy of certain portions of the Burbank Office Property by Empire Burbank, as modified by that certain First Amendment to Sublease Agreement and Assignment and Assumption dated
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as of June 28, 2004 by and among Empire Burbank, LBCI, and the Borrower and as such sublease may be further amended or modified from time to time.
“Entity Conversion” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Investment Agreement, as in effect on the date of the Private Equity Issuance.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Credit Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Rights” means, with respect to any Person, any subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including any stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance or sale of, or securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, such Person.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any liability related to a Multiemployer Plan under Title IV of ERISA, the term “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business that together with the Borrower is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan, (b) the existence with respect to any Pension Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan, (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or Pension Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan or (f) the receipt by the
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Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.
“Excess Net Cash Payments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(i)(A).
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income, net worth or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income or net worth by the United States of America, or by a jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or in which it is taxable solely on account of some connection other than the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the receipt of income hereunder, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.9(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Existing Debt” means Indebtedness described in (a) Schedule 4.14 and denoted “to be repaid on the Closing Date” and (b) Schedule 4.14 and denoted “to remain outstanding after the Closing Date”.
“Extraordinary Expenses” means those certain non-recurring, extraordinary fees and expenses incurred by Holdings, Media Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with proposed radio or television acquisitions not to exceed $250,000, individually, or $750,000 in the aggregate.
“Fair Market Value” means the value determined by the senior management of the Borrower in a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent;provided that with respect to assets which are purchased as part of a larger transaction and are sold concurrently or within one year of such acquisition, the senior management of the Borrower may, in determining Fair Market Value, take into account the sale price of such assets, as well as the consideration in the overall transaction.
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“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission or any governmental authority succeeding to any of its functions.
“FCC Licenses” means all radio, broadcast or other licenses, permits, certificates of compliance, franchises, approvals or authorizations granted or issued by the FCC to any Credit Party that are necessary for the broadcast or other operations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“FCC Regulations” means the Communications Act, and all regulations and written policies promulgated from time to time by the FCC under or in connection with or pertaining to the Communications Act.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Federal Taxable Income” shall mean the taxable income of Holdings for any taxable year computed pursuant to Section 1363(b) (or any successor provision) of the Code but calculated as if the taxable year of Holdings ended on the date with respect to which such taxable income calculation is made, reduced, but not below zero, by the amount of any Suspended Losses treated as incurred by Holdings in, and allowed as deductions on the tax returns of Holdings’ stockholders for, such taxable year.
“Financial Officer” means the chief executive officer, the president, the executive vice president, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2) to which such Collateral is subject.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Funding Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.9(d).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
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executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
“Guarantee” means a guarantee, an endorsement, a contingent agreement to purchase or to furnish funds for the payment or maintenance of, or otherwise to be or become contingently liable under or with respect to, the Indebtedness, other obligations, net worth, working capital or earnings of any Person, or a guarantee of the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the stock or equity interests of any Person, or an agreement to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, products, materials, supplies or services primarily for the purpose of enabling a debtor to make payment of such debtor’s obligations or an agreement to assure a creditor against loss, and including causing a bank or other financial institution to issue a letter of credit or other similar instrument for the benefit of another Person, but excluding endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder). The terms “Guarantee” and “Guaranteed” used as a verb shall have a correlative meaning.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.
“Guarantors” means all Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature in each case regulated or subject to regulation pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Holding Company” means each of (i) Holdings, (ii) Media Holdings, and (iii) any other holding company formed after the Closing Date which directly or indirectly owns all the equity interest of the Borrower and all of whose equity interests is directly or indirectly owned by Holdings.
“Holding Company Debt” means any Indebtedness of Holdings in respect of the Holdings Securities Purchase Documents and any Indebtedness of Media Holdings in respect of the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture and any other Indebtedness of any Holding Company incurred in compliance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv).
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“Holdings” means, prior to the effective time of the Holdings Merger, LBI Holdings I, Inc., a California corporation and the sole shareholder of Media Holdings, and thereafter Liberman Broadcasting, Inc, a Delaware corporation, and the sole shareholder of Media Holdings immediately after the Holdings Merger.
“Holdings Amendment” means the First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, Warrant Agreement and Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements dated as of July 9, 2002 among Holdings, Alta, Fleet National Bank, as predecessor administrative agent and the other parties thereto.
“Holdings Merger” means the merger of LBI Holdings I, Inc, a California corporation, with and into Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the surviving corporation.
“Holdings Merger Agreement” means an Agreement and Plan of Merger between Liberman Broadcasting Inc., a Delaware corporation, and LBI Holdings I, Inc. to be executed and delivered with respect to the Holdings Merger, substantially in the form ofExhibit Q annexed hereto, or in such other form delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Holdings Second Amendment” means the Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, Warrant Agreement and Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 10, 2003 among Holdings, Alta and Fleet National Bank, as predecessor administrative agent.
“Holdings Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date among the purchasers named therein and Holdings as amended by the Holdings Amendment, the Holdings Second Amendment and the Holdings Third Amendment, and as further amended, supplemented or modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.15, pursuant to which Holdings issued to Alta the Alta Notes and the Alta Warrants.
“Holdings Securities Purchase Documents” means (a) the Holdings Securities Purchase Agreement, (b) the Alta Notes, (c) the Alta Warrants and (d) all related instruments, agreements and other documents entered into by Holdings and Alta in connection therewith (including, to the extent executed and delivered, the Assumption Agreement and the Termination Agreement), in each case, as amended by the Holdings Amendment, the Holdings Second Amendment and the Holdings Third Amendment and as further amended, supplemented or modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.15.
“Holdings Third Amendment” means the Third Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement and Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Holdings, Alta, the Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Agent.
“Indebtedness” means, for any Person, without duplication: (a) obligations created, issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money; (b) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition price of Property or services, which purchase price is (i) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, other than trade accounts payable (other than
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for borrowed money) arising, and accrued expenses incurred, in the ordinary course of business so long as such trade accounts are payable within 180 days after the date of the respective goods are delivered or the respective services are rendered or otherwise are payable in accordance with customary practices; (c) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (d) obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for the account of such Person; (e) Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on the Property of such Person, whether or not the respective indebtedness so secured has been assumed by such Person; (f) the net obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including, any Hedging Agreement, and (g) Indebtedness of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above Guaranteed by such Person;provided in no event shall obligations under any Hedging Agreement be deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose of Section 7.10. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the obligations of any Credit Party to pay Relocation Profits (including any Relocation Tax Benefits (as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents)) to the Shop At Home Sellers under the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents shall not be Indebtedness until such time as such obligations are overdue and payable and not being contested in good faith or represented by a separate instrument, (y) any obligations under the Empire Burbank Lease shall not be Indebtedness and (z) any obligations with respect to non-compete payments in connection with any Permitted Acquisition shall not constitute Indebtedness so long as (i) the aggregate amount of all non-compete payments with respect to such Permitted Acquisition do not exceed 20% of the aggregate consideration paid or payable in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (ii) such non-compete payments do not have an interest or similar component.
“Indemnified Taxes” means all Taxes other than (a) Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes and (b) amounts constituting penalties or interest imposed with respect to Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
“Initial Breakage Expenses” means all expenses in respect of LIBOR breakage costs incurred in connection with the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Agent.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means as at any date, the ratio of(a) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such date, to(b) Interest Expense for such period.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.6 substantially in the form ofExhibit D-2 annexed hereto.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum, for the Credit Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP), of the following: (a) interest
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in respect of Total Debt accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period)plus (b) the net amounts payable (orminus the net amounts receivable) under Hedging Agreements accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period), with fees and costs attributable to such period being calculated assuming such fees and costs are amortized equally over the term of such Hedging Agreement, but excluding (i) reimbursement of legal fees and other similar transaction costs of the Transactions and (ii) any non-cash amortization of fees and expenses of the Transactionsplus (c) all letter of credit fees and expenses incurred after the Effective Timeplus (d) any payments in respect of liquidated damages paid in cash during such period pursuant to any registration rights agreement entered into in connection with any Indebtedness;provided that (i) interest in respect of Indebtedness which is not paid in cash but which is instead “paid-in-kind” through the issuance of additional notes or other instruments, (ii) any premium paid in connection with the redemption, repurchase, refinancing, repayment or retirement of any Indebtedness, including the redemptions, repurchases, refinancings, repayments or retirements described in clauses (a), (c) and (e) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions or in connection with the Alta Repayment, and (iii) any Initial Breakage Expenses, in each case, shall not be included in “Interest Expense.”
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, each Quarterly Date and (b) with respect to any LIBOR Loan, the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each Business Day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that would have been the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan had successive three month Interest Periods been applicable to such LIBOR Loan.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and provided such periods are available from all Lenders, nine or twelve months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect;provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(x) if any Interest Period for any Revolving Credit Borrowing would otherwise end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and
(y) notwithstanding the foregoing clause (x), no Interest Period shall have a duration of less than one month and, if the Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan would otherwise be a shorter period, such Loan shall not be available hereunder as a LIBOR Loan for such period.
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“Investment” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or other securities of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale) or (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding 180 days representing the purchase price of goods or services sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business or otherwise are payable in accordance with customary practices). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Capital Expenditures, Acquisitions and Relocations (other than promissory notes or debt or equity securities acquired in connection with any Relocation) shall not be deemed “Investments” for purposes hereof. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto minus the amount of any return of capital with respect to such Investment, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“Investment Agreement” means the Investment Agreement, dated as of the date of the Private Equity Issuance, among Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the investors named therein and the stockholders named therein.
“Investor Rights Agreement” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of, and executed in connection with, the Private Equity Issuance.
“Investor Subordination Agreement” means the Investor Subordination Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date between Alta and Fleet National Bank, as predecessor administrative agent as amended by the Holdings Amendment and as confirmed by the Confirmation of Subordination Agreements, the Second Confirmation of Subordination Agreements and the Third Confirmation of Subordination Agreements and as such agreement may hereafter be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Involuntary Relocation” means with respect to any television Broadcast Station, any Relocation described in clause (2) of the definition of the term Relocation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term Involuntary Relocation shall include any “Specified Involuntary Relocation” as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents as in effect on March 20, 2001.
“IP Collateral” means, collectively, any Collateral which is intellectual property of a Credit Party.
“IPO” means the initial public offering of the Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement.
“Issuing Lender” means Credit Suisse, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
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“Joint Lead Arrangers” means Credit Suisse and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, in their capacity as joint lead arrangers hereunder.
“Landlord Waiver and Consent” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, a letter, certificate or other instrument in writing from the lessor under the related lease, in substantially the form ofExhibit I or in such other form reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent.
“LBCI” means Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a California corporation, which, subject to the delivery of the notices required to be delivered under the Loan Documents, will change its name to Liberman Broadcasting of California, LLC and change its organizational form to a limited liability company on or about the date of consummation of the Private Equity Issuance.
“LBI Media Intercompany Note” means, to the extent that the Borrower may elect to complete the redemption or repurchase described in clause (a) or (c) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions, that certain Promissory Note that may be issued on or after the Qualifying IPO Closing Date by the Borrower to the order of Media Holdings or any other Holding Company in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount necessary to complete the redemption or repurchase described in clause (a) or (c) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions, substantially in the form delivered to the Administrative Agent, as such promissory note may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 7.13.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such timeplus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any lease of real property.
“Lender Joinder Agreement” means the Lender Joinder Agreement attached hereto asExhibit E pursuant to which a New Lender shall become a party to this Agreement.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Part II ofSchedule 2.1 (including the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender) and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to (a) an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance or (b) a Lender Joinder Agreement.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued on a standby basis or in support of trade obligations of any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement.
“Liberman Subordinated Debt” means the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.1(f).
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“Liberman Subordination Agreements” means the subordination agreements, if any, entered into pursuant to Section 7.1(f), as such agreements may be amended or modified in accordance with the terms hereof; and which agreements shall in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;provided that any such agreements that are substantially the same as those certain Liberman Subordination Agreements dated as of the Original Closing Date among the Borrower, Fleet National Bank and each of Jose and Lenard Liberman shall be deemed to be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the beginning of the relevant Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other service selected by the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period;provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “LIBOR” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.
“LIBOR” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“License Subsidiary” means any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or of a Subsidiary of the Borrower) formed solely for the purpose of holding FCC Licenses.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (other than an operating lease) (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement any promissory notes evidencing Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Loans hereunder, the Collateral Documents and any other instruments or documents delivered or to be delivered from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, as the same may be supplemented and amended from time to time in accordance with their respective terms.
“Loans” means the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Loans.
“Majority Facility Lenders” means, at any time, (i) the Required Lenders and (ii) the Required Term Loan Lenders.
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“Management Incentive Contracts” means employment agreements between Holdings and employees providing for payments in the event that the net value of Holdings exceeds certain thresholds.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Credit Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Credit Party to perform any of its respective material obligations under this Agreement or (c) the material rights of or material benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to which any Credit Party is a party (other than the Senior Facilities Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material FCC Licenses” shall mean an FCC License the loss of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Indebtedness” means (a) the Senior Subordinated Notes and (b)(i) Indebtedness (other than the Loans or Letters of Credit or the Empire Burbank Loan), or (ii) obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Credit Parties in each case of clause (i) and clause (ii) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Person in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Person would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Leasehold Property” means a Leasehold Property reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith consultation with the Borrower to be of material importance to the operations of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole.
“Maximum Effective California Rate” shall mean the product of: (i) the maximum California personal income tax rate imposed on individuals pursuant to Section 17041(a) and (c) (or any successor provisions) of the California Revenue and Tax Code;times (ii) the difference between one (1) and the Maximum Federal Rate expressed as a decimal.
“Maximum Federal Rate” shall mean the maximum Federal income tax rate imposed on individuals pursuant to Section 1(a)-(d) (or any successor provisions) of the Code, as adjusted pursuant to Section 15 (or any successor provision) of the Code, if applicable.
“Media Holdings” means LBI Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is the sole shareholder of the Borrower and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Media Holdings Discount Notes” means Media Holdings’ unsecured 11% Senior Discount Notes due 2013, including any Additional Notes and Exchange Notes (as each such term is defined in the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture), in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.15, and as issued pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture with aggregate gross cash proceeds not in excess of the sum of (a) $50,000,000 (excluding the amounts referred to in clause
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(b) of this definition)plus (b) the amount of any increase in the outstanding principal amount of such notes as a consequence of such notes being issued at a discount (i.e. accreted value).
“Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of October 10, 2003 between Media Holdings and U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Media Holdings Discount Notes were issued, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.15.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Payments” means,
(i) with respect to any Casualty Event, the aggregate amount of cash proceeds of insurance, cash condemnation awards and other cash compensation received by the Credit Parties in respect of such Casualty Event net of (A) legal, title, transfer and recording tax expenses, commissions, and fees and expenses directly related to such casualty event (including legal, accounting, brokerage, outside consultant and advisor, advertising and closing costs) incurred by the Credit Parties in connection therewith and (B) contractually required repayments of Indebtedness to the extent secured by a Lien on such property, (C) any Federal, state and local income, transfer or other taxes paid or estimated to be payable by Holdings, Media Holdings or any of the Credit Parties in respect of such Casualty Event and (D) any Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions and Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions relating to taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result of such Casualty Event;
(ii) with respect to any Disposition or Asset Swap, the aggregate amount of all cash payments received by any of the Credit Parties in connection with such Disposition or Asset Swap directly or indirectly, whether at the time of such Disposition or Asset Swap or after such Disposition or Asset Swap under deferred payment arrangements or Investments entered into or received in connection with such Disposition or Asset Swap (including Disposition Investments);provided that
(A) Net Cash Payments shall be net of (I) the amount of any legal, title, transfer and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses (including legal, accounting, brokerage, outside consultant and advisor, advertising and closing costs) paid or payable by Holdings, Media Holdings or any of the Credit Parties in connection with such Disposition or Asset Swap, (II) any Federal, state and local income, transfer or other taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by any of the Credit Parties as a result of such Disposition or Asset Swap, (III) to the extent not included in the foregoing, any Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions and Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions related to taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result of such Disposition or Asset Swap and (IV) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties
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to purchaser in respect of such Disposition or Asset Swap undertaken by any Credit Party in connection with such Disposition or Asset Swap;
(B) Net Cash Payments shall be net of any repayments by any of the Credit Parties of Indebtedness to the extent that (I) such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the property that is the subject of such Disposition or Asset Swap and (II) the transferee of (or holder of a Lien on) such property requires that such Indebtedness be repaid as a condition to the purchase of such property; and
(C) In addition to but without duplicating any amounts required to be deducted from Net Cash Payments under clauses (A) and (B) above, Net Cash Payments in connection with any Disposition or Asset Swap involving a Relocation shall be net of (a) all reasonable costs (as determined by Borrower (or its successor or assign) in its reasonable discretion) directly related to such Relocation including, without limitation, (i) transaction expenses (including professional advisor’s or broker’s fees and costs and financing and related fees, commissions and expenses, including lender waiver fees), (ii) engineering, construction, equipment and moving costs, (iii) marketing costs, (iv) the estimated aggregate amount of all obligations of any Credit Party (or its successor or its assign) after such Relocation under leases with respect to which it is the lessee immediately prior to such Relocation, (v) any penalties or liabilities incurred (or estimated to be incurred) by any Credit Party (or its success or assign) under contracts which cannot be terminated by such Credit Party (or its successor or assign) prior to such Relocation but which cannot be performed or are no longer necessary (in the sole but reasonable discretion of the Borrower (or its successor or assign)) by any Credit Party (or its successor or assign) following such Relocation, (vi) costs incurred in seeking governmental consents and permits required as part of such Relocation and (vii) costs incurred in seeking FCC consent to move such replaced station’s digital operations to the site of such replacement station’s analog operations (including all expenses of a type set forth in other clauses of this definition) and (b) any Relocation Profits (as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents), including any Relocation Tax Benefits (as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents), that are paid or payable to the Shop At Home Sellers or their assignees pursuant to the terms of the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents. Any estimated amounts under this clause (C) shall be based on good faith estimates of the Borrower on the date of the consummation of any Relocation which were reasonable when made but such estimates shall be subject to adjustment within 90 days thereafter; and
(iii) with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1), the aggregate amount of all cash proceeds received by any Credit Party therefrom less all legal, underwriting and similar fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
“Net Income” means net income of the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b)(ii).
“Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable (including post-petition interest) under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Omnibus Confirmation Agreement” means the Omnibus Confirmation Agreement dated as of June 11, 2004 among the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties amending and confirming the Credit Parties’ obligations under the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and any related agreements.
“Original Closing Date” means March 20, 2001.
“Original Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,provided that there shall be excluded from “Other Taxes” all Excluded Taxes.
“Outstanding Amount”, as of any date, means, an amount equal to (A) with respect to Section 2.11(b)(i)(B), the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders on such date, and (B) otherwise, the sum of (x) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders on such dateplus (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans on such date.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.4(f).
“Pension Plan” means any Plan that is a defined benefit pension plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(d).
“Permitted Dividend Amount” shall mean, for any taxable period, the amount by which the Dividend Limitation for the taxable year exceeds the aggregate Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions paid by the Borrower for such year pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(i) or 7.6(a) hereof, including distributions paid or loans made by the Borrower within 105 days after the end of the taxable year for which a distribution is paid or loan is made;provided, that:
(a) if, at the end of any taxable year of the Borrower, the Dividend Limitation for such year exceeds the aggregate Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions paid by the Borrower for such year pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(i) or 7.6(a) hereof, such excess shall be ignored for purposes of computing the Permitted Dividend Amount for any subsequent period;
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(b) if, at the end of any taxable year of the Borrower, the aggregate Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions paid by the Borrower for such year pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(i) or Section 7.6(a) hereof exceed the Dividend Limitation, the Permitted Dividend Amount shall be zero (0) and such excess shall be included in the calculation of the aggregate Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions paid by the Borrower for the following taxable year(s); and
(c) if Holdings’ S Corporation election made pursuant to Code Section 1362 (or any successor provision) shall be determined to be invalid, or is revoked or terminated, or the QSSS Election shall cease to be in effect for the Borrower, the Permitted Dividend Amount for the Borrower shall be zero (0) from and after the date of such invalidity, revocation, or termination.
“Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions” means cash distributions and/or loans (to be computed by the Tax Accountant) from the Borrower to Media Holdings or Holdings and/or from Media Holdings to Holdings, in respect of any taxable year to permit Holdings to pay its estimated and final state income tax liabilities which are attributable to the taxable income of Media Holdings and/or the Borrower for such taxable year calculated as though Media Holdings and the Borrower were S Corporations. If in any year Holdings or Media Holdings required to pay additional taxes with respect to a prior year’s tax return which are attributable to the taxable income of Media Holdings and/or the Borrower calculated as though Media Holdings and the Borrower were S Corporations (whether because of an audit by a taxing authority, an amended return the filing of which is required in the reasonable judgment of Holdings, Media Holdings or otherwise), the amount of Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions which may be paid or loaned in such year shall be increased by the amount of such additional taxes.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from Standard and Poor’s Ratings Service or from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e) investments in money market mutual funds that are rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service; and
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(f) Cash Equivalents.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
“Permitted Lines of Business” means the television and radio broadcast business, television and radio program production, rental of television, radio and related facilities and properties, outdoor advertising, the leasing or licensing of property or tower space, and general business services related to any of the foregoing and any business incident thereto.
“Permitted Refinancing” means a refinancing of the Empire Burbank Loan (other than with the Loans);provided that (i) the terms of the Empire Burbank Loan Documents evidencing such refinancing shall be substantially similar to the terms of the Empire Burbank Loan Documents existing on June 28, 2004, with such changes as do not materially adversely affect the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (it being understood that (a) no change to those provisions of the Empire Burbank Loan Documents referred to in Section 7.14(a)(i) shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and (b) replacement of the lessee under the Empire Burbank Lease of LBCI with the Borrower, replacement of the sublessor under the Empire Burbank Sublease of LBCI with the Borrower and lengthening the term of either shall not be considered to materially adversely affect the Administrative Agent or any Lender) or with such other terms as shall be approved by the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Empire Burbank Loan shall not exceed $4,000,000, (ii) no additional property shall be encumbered by the Empire Burbank Mortgage executed in connection with such refinancing and (iii) prior to consummation of such refinancing, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all loan documents relating thereto, certified by the Borrower to be true and correct copies thereof and to be all loan documents executed in connection with such refinancing.
“Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions” means cash distributions and/or loans made by the Borrower to Media Holdings, Holdings or the shareholders of Holdings and/or by Media Holdings to Holdings or such shareholders to permit the shareholders of Holdings to pay their estimated and final federal and state income tax liabilities attributable to the income of Media Holdings and/or the Borrower calculated as though Media Holdings and/or the Borrower were an S Corporation. Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions may be made not more frequently than quarterly with respect to each period for which an installment of estimated tax would be required to be paid by the shareholders of Holdings,provided, however, that the amount of such distributions or loans shall not exceed the Permitted Dividend Amount. For purposes of computing the amount of aggregate Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions for any taxable year, amounts paid in such taxable year by Media Holdings and/or the Borrower to the State of California on behalf of nonresident shareholders as estimated taxes or as withholding taxes pursuant to the California Revenue and Taxation Code shall be treated as Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions. If nonresident shareholders recontribute to Media Holdings and/or the Borrower any such amounts paid on their behalf, however, the amounts contributed shall be subtracted from the amount of aggregate Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions for the taxable year in which the contributions are made. If in any year Holdings’ shareholders are required to pay additional taxes with respect to a prior year’s tax return which are attributable to the taxable income of Media Holdings and/or the Borrower calculated as though Media Holdings and/or the Borrower were S Corporations (whether because of an audit by a taxing authority, an amended
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return the filing of which is required in the reasonable judgment of Holdings, or otherwise), the amount of Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions which may be paid in such year shall be increased by the amount of such additional taxes as determined by a Tax Accountant. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that in any future tax period Holdings fails to qualify as an S Corporation for California and/or other state tax purposes or otherwise fails to receive the benefits of S Corporation tax treatments, but continues to maintain its S Corporation status for federal income tax purposes, the amount that can be distributed or loaned under this paragraph or any other provisions of this Agreement shall include and shall be increased by the amount of California and/or other state taxes imposed on such distributions and loans (including the additional distributions and loans under this sentence). For the avoidance of doubt, in determining the amounts that can be distributed to pay the tax liabilities of the shareholders of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries under this definition and other provisions of this Agreement, if there are multiple distributions and/or loans (e.g., an amount from the Borrower to Media Holdings and the same amount from Media Holdings to Holdings), such a series of distributions and/or loans shall be only counted once.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA in which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA including but not limited to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
“Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date between the Credit Parties and Fleet National Bank, as predecessor administrative agent, as confirmed and amended by the Confirmation of Pledge Agreement, the Omnibus Confirmation Agreement and the Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement, as such agreement may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including the addition of new Credit Parties in accordance with Section 6.10.
“Post-Default Rate” means, for Base Rate Loans, a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Base Rateplus the Applicable Marginplus 2%, and, for LIBOR Loans, a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rateplus the Applicable Marginplus 2%.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum announced from time to time by Credit Suisse, as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Prior Credit Agreements” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Private Equity Issuance” means the issuance by Holdings of certain shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Private Equity Issuance Documents.
“Private Equity Issuance Documents” means the Investment Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and ancillary documents entered into pursuant thereto.
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“Private Equity Related Transactions” means the Holdings Merger, the Entity Conversions, the Private Equity Issuance, the execution, delivery and performance of the Private Equity Issuance Documents, the Alta Repayment and the payment of transaction fees, expenses and commissions (including fees payable to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC) in connection therewith.
“Program Obligations” means all obligations, whether fixed or contingent, of the Credit Parties in respect of the purchase, use, license or acquisition of programs, programming materials, films and similar assets used in connection with the television broadcast business and operations of the Credit Parties.
“Program Obligations Payments” means, for any period, the sum (determined on a consolidated basis and without duplication) of all payments by the Credit Parties made or scheduled to be made during such period in respect of Program Obligations;providedthat, with respect to any contract for Program Obligations which requires that the consideration therefor be paid by a Credit Party in one lump-sum payment, or in unequal payments over the term of such contract, such payment (or payments) shall be amortized over the period during which such programming is available under such contract.
“Property” means any interest of any kind in property or assets, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.
“Proprietary Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.5(b).
“PTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any successor or substitute office in which filings are necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable in order to create or perfect Liens on any IP Collateral.
“QSSS Election” means the election to treat any Person as a qualified Subchapter S subsidiary pursuant to Code Section 1361(b)(3) (or any successor provision).
“Qualifying IPO” means the consummation by Holdings, on or before May 7, 2010, of an initial public offering of common stock with gross proceeds to Holdings (without deduction of commissions) of $50,000,000 or more.
“Qualifying IPO Closing Date” means the date on which a Qualifying IPO has been consummated.
“Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions” means the following payments made from the net proceeds of a Qualifying IPO:
(a) (i) Holdings may make dividends and distributions to its stockholders and (ii) Holdings (or any other Holding Company that is the parent of Media Holdings) may redeem, repurchase, prepay or otherwise acquire (whether pursuant to the optional redemption provisions, in open market transactions or otherwise), not later than fifteen months after the consummation of such Qualifying IPO, all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of Holding Company Debt and pay premiums (including call premiums, early tender premiums or consent premiums) and interest thereon, which may consist of accrued interest, plus, if applicable, an
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amount of interest calculated on the basis of the next succeeding contractual redemption or maturity date, and any other amounts owing with respect thereto;
(b) Holdings shall contribute substantially all of the net proceeds of such Qualifying IPO (other than the amount described in clause (a) above) to Media Holdings within 10 Business Days of such Qualifying IPO;
(c) Media Holdings (or any other Holding Company that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Media Holdings and the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) may redeem, repurchase, prepay or otherwise acquire (whether pursuant to the optional redemption provisions, in open market transactions or otherwise), not later than fifteen months after the consummation of such Qualifying IPO, all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of Holding Company Debt and pay premiums (including call premiums, early tender premiums or consent premiums) and interest thereon, which may consist of accrued interest, plus, if applicable, an amount of interest calculated on the basis of the next succeeding contractual redemption or maturity date, and any other amounts owing with respect thereto;
(d) Media Holdings shall contribute substantially all of the net proceeds of such Qualifying IPO (other than the amounts described in clauses (a) and (c) above) to the Borrower within 10 Business Days of such Qualifying IPO; and
(e) the Borrower may redeem, repurchase, prepay or otherwise acquire (whether pursuant to the optional redemption provisions, in open market transactions or otherwise), not later than fifteen months after the consummation of such Qualifying IPO, all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of Subordinated Indebtedness (other than any Liberman Subordinated Debt) and pay premiums (including call premiums, early tender premiums or consent premiums) and interest thereon, which may consist of accrued interest, plus, if applicable, an amount of interest calculated on the basis of the next succeeding contractual redemption or maturity date, and any other amounts owing with respect thereto;
it being understood and agreed that so long as the sum of the amounts in clauses (a), (c) and (e) above does not exceed the net proceeds of a Qualifying IPO, such amounts shall be deemed to be from the net proceeds of a Qualifying IPO no matter the source of such amounts. In no event shall the amount of distributions and dividends to the stockholders of Holdings described in clause (a)(i) above exceed the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the excess of the gross proceeds of such Qualifying IPO (without deduction for any commissions or underwriter’s discount) over $50,000,000.
“Quarterly Dates” means the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Credit Parties, the first of which shall be June 30, 2006.
“Reaffirmation Agreement” means that certain Reaffirmation Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries.
“Real Property Asset” means, at any time of determination, any fee ownership or leasehold interest then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.
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“Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.15(a) that is an extension, renewal, refunding or replacement of other Indebtedness permitted under such Section 7.15(a) (whether such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with the repayment or redemption of such other Indebtedness or at any time thereafter (it being understood that, subject to the followingproviso, any Indebtedness incurred by the applicable Holding Company after the repayment or redemption of such other Indebtedness (up to an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount so repaid or redeemed plus accrued interest and premiums paid thereon) shall be deemed to be replacement of such other Indebtedness regardless of when such Indebtedness is incurred so long as such Indebtedness complies with the following clauses (i), (ii) and (iii))) and that (i) has covenants, events of default and mandatory prepayment requirements (whether by sinking fund payments, mandatory redemptions or repurchases or otherwise) that are not more restrictive in any material respect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the covenants, events of default and mandatory prepayment requirements in the Loan Documents, (ii) has a scheduled maturity date occurring no earlier than the Holding Company Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded or replaced and (iii) has a weighted average life to maturity greater than the Holding Company Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded or replaced;provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred after the repayment or redemption of such other Indebtedness, then such Indebtedness will cease to be considered to be Refinancing Indebtedness if the net cash proceeds thereof (x) are not promptly contributed (directly or indirectly) to the Borrower or (y) are not used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries within 12 months of the incurrence of such Indebtedness to make Investments (other than Permitted Investments), acquire assets used in a Permitted Line of Business, make Acquisitions permitted hereunder or Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder and/or, to the extent permitted hereunder, to prepay any Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (and, if such prepayment is the prepayment of Indebtedness under this Agreement, then to permanently reduce the Commitments hereunder up to the amount of such prepayment).
“Refunded Swing Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.8(d).
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.4(d).
“Registered Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.5(b).
“Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by Holdings for the registration of the initial public offering of the Class A Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be amended from time to time, or any subsequent registration statements.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Reimbursement Obligation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4(e).
“Reinvested Excess Net Cash Payments” means, with respect to any Asset Swap or Disposition resulting in any Excess Net Cash Payments, as of any date of determination, without duplication, any Excess Net Cash Payments resulting from such Asset Swap or Disposition that (without duplication), (a) so long as (x) such date is less than 360 days after the receipt of the
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Excess Net Cash Payments in respect of such Asset Swap or Disposition, are described in a Reinvestment Certificate or any subsequent certificate as intended to be applied to reinvestment in Reinvestment Assets, and (y) the Borrower has not determined not to apply any such amounts to investment in Reinvestment Assets, or (b) have been applied to reinvestment in the Reinvestment Assets on or prior to such date.
“Reinvestment Assets” means, with respect to any Asset Swap or Disposition resulting in any Excess Net Cash Payments, Investments (excluding Permitted Investments), assets similar to those subject to the applicable Disposition or Asset Swap, or other assets used in a Permitted Line of Business, Acquisitions permitted hereunder or Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder.
“Reinvestment Certificate” means, with respect to any Asset Swap or Disposition resulting in any Excess Net Cash Payments, a certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(i)(A) and certifying that the Borrower intends to reinvest all or a portion of the Excess Net Cash Payments relating to such Asset Swap or Disposition in Reinvestment Assets.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relocation” means with respect to any television Broadcast Station, (1) any transaction in which a 700 MHz Holder (or any other Person) offers consideration (which consideration consists of a different frequency or frequencies and/or other cash or non-cash consideration) to any Credit Party for the cessation of broadcasting on any of the existing analogue and/or digital frequencies of such Broadcast Station in order to accommodate the spectrum needs of such 700 MHz Holder, including the prevention of interference with such 700 MHz Holder’s operations, and such Credit Party is not ordered or directly or indirectly required by the FCC or any other Governmental Authority to enter into such transaction, or (2) any transaction in which FCC or any other Governmental Authority orders or otherwise directly or indirectly requires any Credit Party to cease broadcasting on any of its existing analogue and/or digital frequencies in order to accommodate the spectrum needs of any 700 MHz Holder, including the prevention of interference with such 700 MHz Holder’s operations, with or without any consideration. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term Relocation shall include any “Relocation” as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents as in effect on March 20, 2001. As used herein, “700 MHz Holder” means a holder of a 700 MHz license or construction permit.
“Relocation Profits” has the meaning given to such term in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents.
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“Remaining Excess Net Cash Payments” means, with respect to any Excess Net Cash Payments in respect of any Asset Swap or Disposition, as of any date, the amount of such Excess Net Cash Payments received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries from such Asset Swap or Disposition (or, if the Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage is 50%, then 50% of such amount of Excess Net Cash Payments) since the last Asset Sale Prepayment Date relating to the applicable Asset Swap or Disposition (or, if there has been no such date, since the date of such Asset Swap or Disposition), less the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of Reinvested Excess Net Cash Payments, (b) the aggregate amount of all prepayments and Deemed Prepayments of the Term Loans made with such Excess Net Cash Payments on or prior to such date, (c) the aggregate amount of all prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans (and the provision of cover for LC Exposure) under this Agreement, in each case to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments made with such Excess Net Cash Payments on or prior such date, and (d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Date described in clause (d) of the definition thereof, less 100% of any transaction expenses associated with such Disposition or Asset Swap not previously deducted in the determination of Excess Net Cash Payments plus (or minus, as the case may be) 100% (or if the Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage is 50%, then 50%) of any other adjustment received or paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to the respective agreements giving rise to such Disposition or Asset Swap and not previously taken into account in the determination of the Excess Net Cash Payments.
“Required Lenders” means Lenders having Loans, LC Exposure and unused Commitments representing in excess of 50% of the sum of the total Loans, LC Exposure and unused Commitments.
“Required Senior Lenders” means, at any time, Senior Lenders having Senior Loans, LC Exposure, unused Revolving Credit Commitments and, prior to the funding of the Term Loans, unused Term Loan Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Senior Loans and LC Exposure then outstanding plus unused Revolving Credit Commitments and unused Term Loan Commitments at such time.
“Required Term Loan Lenders” means, at any time, Senior Lenders having Term Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Term Loans then outstanding (or, prior to the funding of the Term Loans, the Senior Lenders having more than 50% of the unused Term Loan Commitments at such time).
“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of, or other equity interests in, any Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of stock or interests of the same class, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of, or other equity interests in, any Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of, or other equity interests in, any Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding, (iv) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption purchase, retirement, defeasance (including economic or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment or liquidated damages with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness, Holding Company Debt or other Indebtedness of any Holding
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Company (other than any intercompany loans from any of the Credit Parties), (v) any payment made to any Affiliates of any Credit Party, or prior to the date of the Alta Repayment, Alta Communications, in respect of management, consulting or other similar services provided to any Credit Party, and (vi) any portion of “Incentive Bonus” which may become payable pursuant to the employment agreement with Eduardo Leon referred to in Section 5.1(h). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be deemed to be Restricted Junior Payments: (a) any payment to any director, officer or employee of any Credit Party consisting of salary, other compensation (except to the extent described in clause (vi) above) or reimbursement of expenses and (b) any payments made in respect of the transactions permitted pursuant to Section 7.7. The cancellation or forgiveness of any loan made by any Credit Party with no cash payment by a Credit Party at the time of such forgiveness or cancellation to any of its Affiliates shall not be deemed to be a Restricted Junior Payment.
“Revolving Credit Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Time to but excluding the earlier of (a) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.7 and 2.11, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 11.4 or (c) adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.1(b). The initial maximum amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment is set forth on Part II ofSchedule 2.1, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate original amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is equal to $150,000,000.00.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b)(i).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b)(iii).
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and its LC Exposure at such time and in the case of the Swing Loan Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swing Loans which have not been refunded pursuant to Section 2.8(d).
“Revolving Credit Lender” means (a) initially, a Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment set forth opposite its name on Part II ofSchedule 2.1 and (b) thereafter, the Lenders from time to time holding Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments, after (i) giving effect to any assignments thereof permitted by Section 11.4 or (ii) becoming a New Lender in accordance with Section 2.1(b).
“Revolving Credit Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1(a) that utilizes the Revolving Credit Commitment.
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“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means March 31, 2012.
“Revolving Credit Notes” means the amended and restated promissory notes, substantially in the form ofExhibit A, issued by the Borrower in favor of the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“S Corporation” means a small business corporation within the meaning of Code Section 1361 (or any successor provision) for which an election is in effect under Code Section 1362(a) (or any successor provision).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Second Confirmation of Subordination Agreements” means the Second Confirmation of Subordination Agreements dated as of June 11, 2004 among Alta, Holdings and the Administrative Agent.
“Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement” means the Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Agent and the Credit Parties, substantially in the form ofExhibit C, amending and confirming the Credit Parties’ obligations under the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and any related agreements, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Secured Obligations” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement.
“Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of July 9, 2002 between the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as confirmed and amended by the Omnibus Confirmation Agreement and the Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement and thereafter in accordance with Section 6.10, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Commitment Increases” means the sum of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Term Loan Increases.
“Senior Debt” means the Total Debt, excluding (i) any Subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) obligations of Credit Parties to pay any liquidated damages under any registration rights agreement entered into in connection with Indebtedness to the extent such liquidated damages remain unpaid after the applicable due date under such registration rights agreement.
“Senior Facilities Documents” means the Loan Documents and the Term Loan Documents.
“Senior Facilities Maximum Increase Amount” means $50,000,000.
“Senior Lenders” means the Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders.
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“Senior Leverage Ratio” means, as at any date of determination thereof, the ratio of (a) Senior Debt to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such date.
“Senior Loans” means the Loans and the Term Loans.
“Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Borrower’s 10 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, including any Additional Notes and Exchange Notes (as each such term is defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture), in each case as issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $200,000,000, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.13.
“Senior Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of July 9, 2002, among the Borrower, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Senior Subordinated Notes were issued, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.13.
“Shop At Home Acquisition” means the acquisition on March 20, 2001 by Liberman Television of Houston, Inc. and KZJL License Corp. from the Shop At Home Sellers of the Broadcast Station KZJL-TV in Houston, Texas.
“Shop At Home Acquisition Documents” means the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 10, 2000, among the Borrower, Liberman Television of Houston, Inc. and KZJL License Corp. and the Shop At Home Sellers, as amended by First Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of December 22, 2000, the Second Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 27, 2001 and the Third Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of March 15, 2001 and all related instruments, agreements and other documents entered into by any Credit Party and any Shop At Home Seller in connection therewith, in each case as amended, supplemented or modified in accordance with the restrictions of Section 7.13.
“Shop At Home Sellers” means Shop At Home, Inc., SAH – Houston Corporation, SAH-Houston License Corp. and SAH License, Inc.
“Special Counsel” means Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, in its capacity as special counsel to Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as Joint Lead Arranger.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number oneminus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. LIBOR Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any
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Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Stockholder Voting Agreement” means the Voting Agreement by and between Lenard Liberman and Jose Liberman (if any) to be executed in connection with the IPO, substantially in the form delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) the Senior Subordinated Notes, (b) any Liberman Subordinated Debt, and (c) any Indebtedness of any Credit Party, incurred after the Effective Time which is subordinated to the payment of the Senior Loans as set forth in Section 7.1(m).
“Subordination Documents” means the Alta Subordination Agreement, the Investor Subordination Agreement, and the Liberman Subordination Agreements.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. References herein to “Subsidiaries” shall, unless the context requires otherwise, be deemed to be references to Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Suspended Losses” means the aggregate amount of losses and deductions of Holdings which have been taken into account by the shareholders of Holdings and disallowed under Code section 1366(d) (or successor provisions) in a prior taxable year.
“Swing Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(a).
“Swing Loan Commitment” means the commitment of the Swing Loan Lender to make Swing Loans, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.7 and 2.11 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by the Swing Loan Lender pursuant to Section 11.4.
“Swing Loan Lender” means Credit Suisse, in its capacity as the Swing Loan Lender.
“Swing Loan Note” means the promissory note, substantially in the form ofExhibit B, issued by the Borrower in favor of the Swing Loan Lender to evidence the Swing Loans.
“Swing Loan Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.8(b).
“Swing Loan Commitment” means a sublimit of the Revolving Credit Commitment equal to $5,000,000.
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“Tax Accountant” means any one of the five largest nationally recognized independent accounting firms, or any other independent accounting firm jointly approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term Loans” means those certain term loans made to the Borrower pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement. On the Closing Date that outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans shall be $110,000,000.
“Term Loan Agent” means Credit Suisse as administrative agent for the Term Loan Lenders.
“Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, the agents party thereto and Credit Suisse as administrative agent, as amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, consolidating or otherwise restructuring (including adding subsidiaries of the Borrower as additional guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group and whether or not increasing the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred thereunder.
“Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the agreement of such Term Loan Lender to make a Term Loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date. The aggregate original amount of the Term Loan Commitment is $110,000,000.
“Term Loan Increase” means any increase in the amount of the Term Loans pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement.
“Term Loan Documents” means the Term Loan Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement any promissory notes evidencing the Term Loans, any collateral documents securing the Term Loans and any other instruments or documents delivered or to be delivered from time to time pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, as the same may be supplemented and amended, amended and restated or refinanced from time to time in accordance with their respective terms.
“Term Loan Lender” means any Lender (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement).
“Termination Agreement” means the Termination and Payoff Agreement among LBI Holdings I, Inc., Liberman Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Alta that may be executed in connection with the Private Equity Issuance, substantially in the form delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Third Confirmation of Subordination Agreements” means the Third Confirmation of Subordination Agreements dated as of the date hereof among Alta, Holdings and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form ofExhibit N annexed hereto.
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“Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination thereof, the Indebtedness of the Credit Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) excluding (i) intercompany loans among the Credit Parties, (ii) Indebtedness under the Holdings Securities Purchase Documents and under the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture and documents related thereto and other Holding Company Debt incurred in accordance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv), in each case, if and to the extent no Credit Party is obligated with respect to such Indebtedness, (iii) the Liberman Subordinated Debt, (iv) the Empire Burbank Loan and (v) so long as the LBI Media Intercompany Note matures after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or, if sooner, if substantially all of the amount repaid prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date is used for the purposes described in clauses (a) or (c) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions, the LBI Media Intercompany Note.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination thereof, the ratio of(a) the Total Debt to(b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such date.
“Total Voting Power” means, with respect to any Person, the total number of votes which holders of securities or other ownership interests having the ordinary power to vote, in the absence of contingencies but after giving effect to the exercise and/or conversion of all outstanding options, warrants, and other securities which by their terms are convertible into voting securities, are entitled to cast in the election of directors, general partners or managers of such Person.
“Transaction Costs” means, for any period, nonrecurring out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which are incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with (a) the negotiation, preparation and consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the Basic Documents (as defined in the Prior Credit Agreements and including Initial Breakage Expenses but excluding any amount paid to any Affiliate of the Borrower), and (ii) obtaining all regulatory approvals, consents, filings or other matters required in connection with the transactions described herein and therein, including, any filing, registration or recording fees and charges and including costs, fees and expenses incurred after the Closing Date, the Original Closing Date, July 9, 2002 or June 11, 2004, as applicable;provided that the amounts described in this clause (a) with respect to this Agreement, shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate for all such amounts incurred since the Closing Date, (b) financing agreements and proposed financing agreements related to this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the Basic Documents (as defined in any Prior Credit Agreement) (including without limitation all fees and expenses paid to the agents thereunder and their respective counsel and like amounts paid in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement and obligations described in clause (a) of the definition of Existing Debt and refinancing thereof), and (c) the negotiation, preparation and consummation of the transactions contemplated and/or in connection with a Qualifying IPO, the Private Equity Related Transactions or any issuance of any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt) or any Holding Company Debt or any redemption, repurchase, refinancing, repayment or retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt) or Holding Company Debt (including the fees, costs, expenses and premiums paid in connection with such redemption, repurchase, refinancing, repayment or retirement of any such Subordinated Indebtedness or Holding Company Debt), including, without limitation, whether or
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not a Qualifying IPO, the Private Equity Issuance or any other such issuance of, or any such redemption, repurchase, refinancing, repayment or retirement of, such Indebtedness occurs, the nonrecurring out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation and/or consummation of the Holdings Merger, the Private Equity Related Transactions (including fees payable to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC in connection therewith), a Qualifying IPO (including the payment of the underwriting discounts in connection therewith but excluding any periodic reports required by the Exchange Act, and the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions (including the fees, costs, expenses and premiums paid in connection with the permitted redemptions, repayments and repurchases of Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt) and the Media Holdings Discount Notes or other Holding Company Debt. The term “Transaction Costs” shall include the initial and the routine periodic rating agency fees related to the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Media Holdings Discount Notes, and any other Subordinated Indebtedness and Holding Company Debt and the maintenance of the rating(s) thereon but excluding any rating agency fees related to subsequent transactions unrelated to the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Media Holdings Discount Notes and any other Subordinated Indebtedness or other Holding Company Debt) and excluding any rating agency fees payable in connection with an Acquisition.
“Transactions” means with respect to each Credit Party and Holding Company, (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower or such other Credit Party of the Senior Facilities Documents, and the documents related thereto, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and (ii) all transactions contemplated by the foregoing.
“Type” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Adjusted Base Rate.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
“U.S. Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Voluntary Relocation” means with respect to any television Broadcast Station, any Relocation described in clause (1) of the definition of the term Relocation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term Voluntary Relocation shall include any “Voluntary Relocation” as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents as in effect on March 20, 2001.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing 100% of the equity or ordinary voting power (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or, in the case of a partnership, 100% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
1.2Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Base Rate Loan” or a “LIBOR Loan”). In similar fashion, Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type.
1.3Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. References in Articles 6 and 7 in respect of the affirmative and negative covenants to be performed by the Credit Parties shall be interpreted to mean, with respect to Article 6, that the Borrower will, and will cause each of the other Credit Parties to, comply with such covenant, and, with respect to Article 7, that the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the other Credit Parties to, violate such covenant.
1.4Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time;provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend any such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders);provided, further, however, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
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ARTICLE 2
The Credits
2.1Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a)Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment;provided that the total Revolving Credit Exposure (after giving effect to any requested Revolving Credit Borrowing and any repayment of Swing Loans effected by any requested Revolving Credit Borrowing) shall not at any time exceed the total Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment under the Existing Credit Agreement (which were defined as “Lender”, “Revolving Credit Commitment” and “Revolving Credit Loan”, respectively, thereunder) immediately prior to the Effective Time is set forth opposite its name on Part I ofSchedule 2.1 annexed hereto and the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (which was defined as “Revolving Credit Commitments” thereunder) at such time was $220,000,000. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on the Closing Date is set forth opposite its name on Part II ofSchedule 2.1 and the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is $150,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) all “Revolving Credit Loans” made under the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to be maintained as Revolving Credit Loans under and governed by this Agreement or shall be converted into Term Loans under the Term Loan Agreement and (ii) the parties hereto further agree that on the Closing Date, all unpaid Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement (including without limitation all unpaid interest, fees and expenses) outstanding as of the Closing Date shall be deemed to be owing under and governed by this Agreement or by the Term Loan Agreement, as applicable.
(b)Revolving Credit Commitment Increases.
(i) In the event that the aggregate amount of the Senior Commitment Increases is less than the Senior Facilities Maximum Increase Amount, the Borrower shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period, by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent, to request that the Revolving Credit Commitments be increased (a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”);provided that the aggregate Term Loan Increases plus the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment Increases shall not at any time exceed the Senior Facilities Maximum Increase Amount.
(ii) Upon receipt of a written request from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall attempt to arrange and syndicate such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, by contacting one or more new lenders (the “New Lenders”) or one or more existing Lenders to determine whether such New
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Lenders desire to enter into Revolving Credit Commitments, and/or whether any such existing Lender, in its sole discretion, desires to increase the aggregate amount of its Revolving Credit Commitments. Each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be arranged and syndicated by the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, and any New Lenders shall be selected by the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers in consultation with the Borrower. The Administrative Agent’s and the Joint Lead Arrangers’ agreements to arrange and syndicate any such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall not be deemed to constitute a commitment, or an offer, to provide, such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or a representation, direct or implied, that such arrangement and syndication will be successful. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers such fees and expenses in connection with arranging and syndicating each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, as may be agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, to achieve a successful syndication of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, and no portion of such fees shall be allocable to any Persons other than the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, Lenders increasing the aggregate amount of their Revolving Credit Commitments or the New Lenders, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall have no liability to the Borrower or the Lenders if the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers are unable to successfully arrange and syndicate any requested Revolving Credit Commitment Increase. The Borrower may request Revolving Credit Commitment Increases on any number of occasions, subject to the conditions and provisions set forth herein. No Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment.
(iii) If the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers are able to successfully arrange and syndicate any requested Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall become effective on the date specified by the Administrative Agent (each such date being referred to a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Date”);provided that (x) no Default shall exist on the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Date both before and after giving effect to such proposed Revolving Credit Commitment Increase; (y) the Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses in connection with the arrangement and syndication of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase; and (z) the Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent any certificates or other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase. In the event the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall be unable to successfully arrange and syndicate any requested Revolving Credit Commitment Increase within thirty days of the date of any written request by the Borrower for such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, such request by the Borrower shall be deemed to have expired and the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall have no further obligation to continue such arrangement and syndication efforts;provided that the expiration of such thirty-day period shall not limit the Borrower’s right to make one or more additional requests for Revolving Credit Commitment Increase.
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(iv) On each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Date, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, and subject to the limitations set forth in clause (v) of this Section 2.1(b): (w) each New Lender taking part in such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall enter into one or more Lender Joinder Agreements or other documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and upon execution of such Lender Joinder Agreements or other documents, such New Lender taking part in such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be deemed to be a “Lender” under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (x) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be adjusted to take into account the Revolving Credit Commitments of the New Lenders taking part in such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and the increases, if any, of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the existing Lenders, and (y) each existing Lender who is increasing its Revolving Credit Commitments shall have returned to the Administrative Agent for cancellation its Revolving Credit Note, if any, and the Borrower shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each New Lender taking part in such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to the extent requested by such New Lender and each existing Lender who is increasing its Revolving Credit Commitments a new Revolving Credit Note to the extent requested by such existing Lender, in each case, in the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase. Each of the Lenders hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to revise Part II ofSchedule 2.1 on each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Date to reflect such increase without an amendment to this Agreement.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.1(b), in no event shall any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase result in (1) any increase or decrease in the amount of any Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment without such Lender’s prior written consent, or (2) the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Increases plus the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment Increases exceeding the Senior Facilities Maximum Increase Amount at any time.
(vi) Each Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase will be secured by the Collateral, pari passu with the other Senior Loans and will be deemed to be part of the Guaranteed Obligations under Article 3.
2.2Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14 and except with respect to Swing Loans, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any LIBOR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;provided
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that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for a LIBOR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount at least equal to $500,000 or any greater multiple of $100,000. At the time that each Base Rate Borrowing (other than a Swing Loan) is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is at least equal to $100,000 or any greater multiple of $100,000;provided that (i) a Base Rate Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Credit Commitments, and (ii) a Base Rate Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans may be in an amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.4(e). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time;provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten LIBOR Borrowings outstanding.
2.3Requests for Borrowings.
(a) To request a Borrowing (except requests for Swing Loan Borrowings which are subject to Section 2.8(b)), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (ii) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing;provided that any such notice of a Base Rate Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.4(e) may be given not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing;provided further that the Borrower shall use Swing Loan Borrowings to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement except to the extent that such Borrowings would cause the aggregate principal balance of all Swing Loans outstanding to exceed the Swing Loan Commitment, in which case the Borrower may use Base Rate Revolving Credit Borrowings to finance such reimbursement, but only to the extent of such excess. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in the form ofExhibit D-1 attached hereto and signed by the Borrower.
(b) Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.2:
(i) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(ii) the effective date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a LIBOR Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
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(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.5;
(vi) at any time when the outstanding Loans exceed $150,000,000 minus the aggregate amount of all “Net Proceeds” of “Asset Sales” and “Relocations” applied by the Borrower or any of its “Restricted Subsidiaries” after the Closing Date to repay any term “Indebtedness” under any “Credit Facility” or to repay any revolving credit “Indebtedness” under any “Credit Facility” and effect a corresponding commitment reduction under a “Credit Facility” pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and Section 4.10 of the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture (all of the foregoing terms in quotation marks are used as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture), (A) a certification that the Loans being incurred on such date, after giving effect to such Borrowing Request, are not incurred in violation of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, including a detailed calculation of the Leverage Ratio (as defined in the applicable indenture) demonstrating that such Leverage Ratio does not exceed 7.0 to 1 after giving effect to the Borrowing Request and (B) the Borrowing Request therefor must be in writing (and no telephonic Borrowing Requests shall be permitted).
(c) If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested LIBOR Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.3, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
2.4Letters of Credit.
(a)General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in addition to the Revolving Credit Loans provided for in Section 2.1(a) and the Swing Loans provided for in Section 2.8(a), the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account or for the account of any of its Subsidiaries which is a Guarantor by an Issuing Lender, in a form reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Lender, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period. In addition to such form, at the time of such request, the Borrower shall also deliver to the Administrative Agent the information required to be delivered pursuant to, if applicable, Section 2.3(b)(vi) (assuming, for the calculation of the Total Leverage Ratio, the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit). Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Revolving Credit Commitments. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an
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outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or send by telephonic facsimile (fax) (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by such Issuing Lender) to an Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (two Business Days before the date of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.4), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, whether such Letter of Credit is a documentary or trade Letter of Credit or a standby Letter of Credit, and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by such Issuing Lender, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Lender’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the aggregate LC Exposure of the Issuing Lender (determined for these purposes without giving effect to the participations therein of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.4) shall not exceed $5,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Issuing Lender is not the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, with a summary of the pertinent terms thereof and shall provide the Administrative Agent with a copy of such Letter of Credit and related application and any other documentation related thereto. The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of each notice delivered by the Borrower under this Section 2.4(b).
(c)Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (without giving effect to any extension thereof by reason of an interruption of business) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date 365 days, in the case of standby Letters of Credit, or 180 days, in the case of documentary or trade Letters of Credit, after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, 365 days or 180 days, as applicable, after such renewal or extension)provided that any such Letter of Credit may provide for automatic extensions thereof to a date not later than 365 days, in the case of standby Letters of Credit, or 180 days, in the case of documentary or trade Letters of Credit, beyond its current expiration date, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire before, and no Letter of Credit may be extended beyond, the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(d)Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) by an Issuing Lender, and without any further action on the part of such Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender hereby grants to each Revolving Credit Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Lender, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Issuing Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC
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Disbursement made by such Issuing Lender and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.4, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Issuing Lender shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e)Reimbursement. If an Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse (each a “Reimbursement Obligation”) such Issuing Lender in respect of such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives notice of such LC Disbursement,provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.3 that such payment be financed with a Revolving Credit Base Rate Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Credit Base Rate Borrowing.
If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.5 with respect to Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.5 shall apply to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders, treating each such payment as a Loan for this purpose), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Lender or, to the extent that the Revolving Credit Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Lender for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f)Obligations Absolute.
(i) The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.4 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, or any term or provision therein, (B) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
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fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (C) payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with the terms of such Letter of Credit and (D) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
(ii) Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor Issuing Lender, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Lender or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in clause (f)(i) above), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender;provided that nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be construed to excuse the Issuing Lender from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. Subject in all respects to the foregoing, the parties hereto expressly agree that:
(A) the Issuing Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(B) the Issuing Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such documents and to decline to make such payment if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and
(C) this clause (f)(ii) shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by the Issuing Lender when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).
(g)Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Lender shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under any Letter of Credit. The Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder;provided that any failure
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to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender and the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)Interim Interest. If the Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans;provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.4, then interest calculated in accordance with Section 2.13(c) shall accrue on the unpaid amount thereof. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Lender, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.4 to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i)Cash Collateralization. If either (i) an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, or (ii) the Borrower shall be required to provide cover for LC Exposure pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or 2.11(b), the Borrower shall immediately deposit with the Issuing Lender an amount in cash equal to, in the case of an Event of Default, the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon and, in the case of cover pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or 2.11(b), the amount required under Section 2.10(a) or 2.11(b), as the case may be;provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in clause (g) or (h) of Section 8.1. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral in the first instance for the LC Exposure under this Agreement and thereafter for the payment of any other obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder.
2.5Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan (other than a Swing Loan) to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m., New York time to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans (other than Swing Loans) available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request;provided that (i) Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement under any Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.4(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender and (ii) Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans made to finance the refunding of Swing Loans as provided in Section 2.8(d)(i) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Swing Loan Lender.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing (other than a Swing Loan Borrowing) that such
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Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.5 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender (and if the applicable Lender fails to pay immediately upon demand, the Borrower) agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Nothing in this Section 2.5 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments to the extent required by this Agreement or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.6Interest Elections.
(a) Each Borrowing (other than a Swing Loan Borrowing) initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.6;provided however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.6, no Swing Loan shall be converted from a Base Rate Borrowing to a LIBOR Borrowing. The Borrower may elect different options for continuations and conversions with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.6, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.3(a) if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in the form ofExhibit D-2 attached hereto and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.2:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options for continuations or conversions are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
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(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a LIBOR Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a LIBOR Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a LIBOR Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each affected Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a LIBOR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(f) The Borrower shall not be obligated to deliver a Borrowing Request in connection with any election to convert any Borrowing to a different Type or to continue any Borrowing or, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, any election of an Interest Period therefor pursuant this Section 2.6.
2.7Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated in accordance with the terms hereof, the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate at the close of business on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments or the Swing Loan Commitment;provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments or the Swing Loan Commitment shall be in an amount that is at least equal to $500,000 or any greater multiple of $100,000, and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent repayment in accordance with Section 2.10 or prepayment in accordance with Section 2.11 of the Loans, the total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the total Revolving Credit Commitments or (B) the Swing Loan Commitment if, after giving effect to any concurrent repayment of the Swing Loans in accordance with Section 2.10 or prepayment of the Loans in
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accordance with Section 2.11, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swing Loans would exceed the Swing Loan Commitment, after giving effect to such termination or reduction.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments or the Swing Loan Commitment under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.7 at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be irrevocable;provided that a notice of termination of any Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Swing Loan Commitment shall be permanent. Each reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments.
2.8Swing Loan Facility.
(a)The Swing Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, upon notice by the Borrower made to the Swing Loan Lender in accordance with Section 2.8(b)(i), the Swing Loan Lender hereby agrees to make loans (each a “Swing Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period between the Closing Date and the Business Day immediately prior to the expiration of the Revolving Credit Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Swing Loan Commitment. The Swing Loans shall be payable with interest accrued thereon on the Business Day immediately prior to the expiration of the Revolving Credit Availability Period. Amounts borrowed by the Borrower under this Section 2.8 may be repaid and reborrowed, subject to the conditions hereof. At the time that each Swing Loan Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is at least equal to $100,000 or any greater multiple of $100,000. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement and in addition to the Swing Loan Commitment limitation set forth above at no time shall the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested and the application of the proceeds thereof) plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested and the application of the proceeds thereof), plus (iii) the aggregate LC Exposure, exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders;provided, however, that subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 2.8(a) from time to time the ratio of (x) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of the Swing Loan Lender (both in its capacity as the Swing Loan Lender and in its capacity as a Revolving Credit Lender) to (y) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders (including the Swing Loan Lender both in its capacity as the Swing Loan Lender and in its capacity as a Revolving Credit Lender) may exceed its Applicable Percentage.
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(b)Requests for Swing Loans.
(i) When the Borrower desires the Swing Loan Lender to make a Swing Loan, it shall send to the Administrative Agent and the Swing Loan Lender a written request (or telephonic notice, if thereafter promptly confirmed in writing) (a “Swing Loan Request”), which request shall set forth (x) the principal amount of the proposed Swing Loan, and (y) the proposed date of Borrowing of such Swing Loan (which date shall be a Business Day). Each such Swing Loan Request must be received by the Swing Loan Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the proposed date of Borrowing of the Swing Loan being requested. Each Swing Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to borrow the Swing Loan from the Swing Loan Lender on the proposed date of Borrowing.
(ii) Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in this Agreement, at or before the close of business on the proposed date of Borrowing, the Swing Loan Lender shall make the Swing Loan available to the Borrower by crediting the amount of the Swing Loan to an account designated by the Borrower to the Swing Loan Lender;provided that Swing Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement under any Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.4(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Swing Loan Lender shall not advance any Swing Loans after it has received notice from any Lender or any Credit Party that a Default has occurred and is continuing and stating that no new Swing Loans are to be made until such Default has been cured or waived in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(c)Interest on Swing Loans. Each Swing Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan and shall bear interest for the account of the Swing Loan Lender thereof until repaid in full at the rate per annum equal to the Base Rateplus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. The Borrower promises to pay interest on the Swing Loans in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto. All such interest payable with respect to the Swing Loans shall be payable for the account of the Swing Loan Lender.
(d)Refundings of Swing Loans; Participations in Swing Loans.
(i) The Swing Loan Lender, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Loan Lender to act on its behalf) request each Revolving Credit Lender, including the Swing Loan Lender, in its capacity as a Revolving Credit Lender, to make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loans (the “Refunded Swing Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Upon such request, unless any of the Events of Default described in Section 8.1(g) or (h) shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 2.8(d)(ii) shall apply), each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swing Loan Lender, at the Administrative Agent’s office prior to 11:00 a.m. New York
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time in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Loans.
(ii) If, prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(i), an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(g) or (h) shall have occurred, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made, purchase an undivided participation interest in the Refunded Swing Loan in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of such Refunded Swing Loan. Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swing Loan Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation in such Refunded Swing Loan.
(iii) Whenever, at any time after the Swing Loan Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation interest in a Refunded Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(ii) above, the Swing Loan Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swing Loan Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participation interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation interest was outstanding and funded);provided,however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Loan Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swing Loan Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swing Loan Lender to it as such payment is required to be returned by the Swing Loan Lender.
(iv) If any Revolving Credit Lender does not make available to the Swing Loan Lender any amounts for the purpose of refunding a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(i) above or to purchase a participation interest in a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(ii) above (any such amounts payable by any Revolving Credit Lender being referred to herein as “Refunding or Participation Amounts”) on the applicable due date with respect thereto, then the applicable Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Loan Lender forthwith on demand such Refunding or Participation Amounts with interest thereon for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Swing Loan Lender but excluding the date of payment to the Swing Loan Lender, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such Lender pays such amount to the Swing Loan Lender, then such amount shall constitute such Revolving Credit Lender’s Loan included in such refunding Borrowing or the consideration for the purchase of such participation interest, as the case may be.
(v) The failure or refusal of any Revolving Credit Lender to make available to the Swing Loan Lender at the aforesaid time and place the amount of its Refunding or Participation Amounts (x) shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender from its several obligations hereunder to make available to the Swing Loan Lender the amount of such other Revolving Credit Lender’s Refunding or Participation Amounts and (y) shall not impose upon such other Revolving Credit Lender any liability with respect to such failure or refusal or otherwise increase the Revolving Credit Commitment of such other Revolving Credit Lender.
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(vi) Each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees that its obligation to make available to the Swing Loan Lender its Refunding or Participation Amount as described above shall (except to the extent expressly set forth in Section 2.8(d)(iv)) be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Swing Loan Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default, the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments or any other condition precedent whatsoever, (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Credit Party or any other Person, (D) any breach of any of the Loan Documents by any of the Credit Parties or any other Lender, or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;provided, however, that the obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender to make available to the Swing Loan Lender its Refunding or Participation Amount in respect of any Swing Loan is subject to the condition that the Swing Loan Lender believes in good faith that all conditions under Section 5.2 were satisfied at the time such Swing Loan was made;provided further that the Swing Loan Lender shall have been deemed to have believed in good faith that such conditions were satisfied unless, prior to the making of such Swing Loan, either (1) the Swing Loan Lender shall have received notice from any other Lender or any Credit Party that a Default existed as such time, or (2) the most recent Compliance Certificate received from the Borrower indicating that a Default has occurred and is continuing and, in either case, such Default had not been cured or waived at the time of the making of such Swing Loan.
2.9Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender or the Issuing Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or the Issuing Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender or the Issuing Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder, or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or the Issuing Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender or the Issuing Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the Issuing Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the Issuing Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 11.4), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment in its
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sole discretion);provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Lender), which consents shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (and participations in LC Disbursements), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
(c) If a Lender (any such Lender, a “Subject Lender”) refuses to consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement that, pursuant to Section 11.2, requires consent of 100% of the Lenders, so long as (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Borrower has obtained a written commitment from another Lender or an Eligible Assignee to purchase at par (plus accrued interest, fees and other amounts payable to the Subject Lender hereunder) the Subject Lender’s Loans and assume the Subject Lender’s Commitments and all other obligations of the Subject Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender is not an Issuing Lender with respect to any Letters of Credit outstanding (unless all such Letters of Credit are terminated or arrangements satisfactory to such Issuing Lender (such as a “back-to-back” letter of credit) are made), (iii) the Required Lenders have so consented and (iv) if applicable, the Subject Lender is unwilling to withdraw its refusal to consent within 2 Business Days after receipt by the Subject Lender and Administrative Agent of a written request to do so from the Borrower, the Borrower may require the Subject Lender to assign all of its Loans and Commitments to such other Lender, Lenders, Eligible Assignee or Eligible Assignees pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.4,providedthat, prior to or concurrently with such replacement, (1) the Borrower has paid to the Subject Lender all amounts required to be paid to such Lender under this Agreement through the effective date of the assignment, (2) the processing fee required to be paid by Section 11.4(b)(iii) shall have been paid by the Borrower or the Assignee to Administrative Agent, (3) all of the requirements for such assignment contained in Section 11.4, including the consent of Administrative Agent (if required) and the receipt by Administrative Agent of an executed Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (which each Subject Lender shall be obligated to provide with respect to its interest in the Loans in connection with the Borrower’s exercise of its rights under this subsection) and other supporting documents, have been fulfilled and (4) each assignee shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Subject Lender refused to consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing no Subject Lender shall be obligated to assign its Loans unless such Subject Lender receives payment of the purchase price and all other amounts described in clause (i) above.
(d) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any Lender, other than at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority, defaults (a “Defaulting Lender”) in its obligation to fund (a “Funding Default”) any Loan or its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.4(e) (in each case, a “Defaulted Loan”), then (i) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting
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Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” for purposes of voting on any matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to any of the Loan Documents; (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, (A) any voluntary prepayment of the Loans shall, if the Borrower so directs at the time of making such voluntary prepayment, be applied to the Loans of other Lenders as if such Defaulting Lender had no Loans outstanding and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and (B) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans shall, if the Borrower so directs at the time of making such mandatory prepayment, be applied to the Loans of other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender) as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that the Borrower shall be entitled to retain any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Loans that is not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the provisions of this clause (ii); (iii) such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and outstanding Loans and such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the LC Exposure shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the Revolving Credit Commitment fee payable to Lenders in respect of any day during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Revolving Credit Commitment fee with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (iv) the Commitment Utilization Percentage as at any date of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.9(d), performance by the Credit Parties of their obligations hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Funding Default or the operation of this Section 2.9(d). The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.9(d) are in addition to other rights and remedies which the Credit Parties may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default.
2.10Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender the then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. In addition, if following any reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments or at any other time the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shallfirst, repay the Swing Loans,second, repay the Revolving Credit Loans, andthird, provide cover for LC Exposure as specified in Section 2.4(i), in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. If at any time the aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding exceeds the Swing Loan Commitment, then the Borrower shall forthwith repay Swing Loans then outstanding in an amount equal to such excess, together with accrued interest.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from
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each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Swing Loans, the Swing Loan Lender ) shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 2.10 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein absent manifest error;provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) If so requested by any Lender by written notice to the Borrower, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender, a Revolving Credit Note in the principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. If so requested by the Swing Loan Lender by written notice to the Borrower, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Swing Loan Lender the Swing Loan Note in the principal amount of the Swing Loan Commitment.
2.11Prepayment of Loans.
(a)Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing (including any Swing Loan Borrowing) in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (other than LIBOR Loan breakage costs as provided in Section 2.16), subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section 2.11 and provided that each such prepayment shall be in an amount that is at least equal to $500,000 or any greater multiple of $100,000 or any lesser amount remaining outstanding. Each prepayment of Loans shall be applied in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.11.
(b)Mandatory Prepayments. The Borrower shall make prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (and reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder to the extent provided below in clauses (i) and (ii)) as follows:
(i)Sale of Assets. Without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to obtain the consent of the Required Lenders to any Disposition or Asset Swap not otherwise permitted hereunder:
(A)Notice. The Borrower agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date thirty days after the occurrence of any Disposition or series of Dispositions or any Asset Swap or series of Asset Swaps by any Credit Party which cause the aggregate Net Cash Payments in any fiscal year in respect of Dispositions and Asset Swaps to exceed $5,000,000 (such amount in excess of such $5,000,000 being referred to herein as the “Excess Net Cash
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Payments”), a statement certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (1) setting forth the estimated amount of the Excess Net Cash Payments of such Disposition or Asset Swap that on the date of such Disposition or Asset Swap were received by any Credit Party in cash, (2) indicating the amount, if any, of the Excess Net Cash Payments in respect of such Disposition or Asset Swap which the Borrower intends to reinvest in Reinvestment Assets, and (3) setting forth the calculations of the Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage as of the date of such Disposition or Asset Swap;provided that if the Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage is 0%, then such statement shall not require the information set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above.
(B)Prepayment. On each Asset Sale Prepayment Date, the Borrower will prepay the Loans (and provide cover for LC Exposure) in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the Remaining Excess Net Cash Payments as of such date and (2) the Outstanding Amount as of such date.
(C)Subsequent Notice. Upon any prepayment of the Loans on a date described in clause (d) of the definition of Asset Sale Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall provide a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth calculations (in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of, and certifying as to the Borrower’s intended application of, the amount of any Excess Net Cash Payments received during the quarterly fiscal period ending on the date of the financial statements required to be delivered on or prior to such date.
(D)Prepayment of Term Loans. In addition to any obligation to prepay Revolving Credit Loans with any Excess Net Cash Payments relating to any Asset Swap or Disposition in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(i)(B), the Borrower shall be required to prepay or make offers to prepay the Term Loans on any Asset Sale Prepayment Date to the extent required in Section 2.11(b) of the Term Loan Agreement.
The Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall be automatically reduced in the amount of any prepayment of the Loans under this clause (b)(i).
(ii)Proceeds of Casualty Events. To the extent any Credit Party shall receive excess Net Cash Payments in respect of insurance, condemnation awards or other compensation in respect of any Casualty Event affecting any property of any Credit Party in excess of $1,000,000 in any fiscal year, then the Borrower may apply such excess Net Cash Payments, within 360 days after such receipt (or 30 days following such earlier date after such receipt as such Credit Party shall have determined not to repair, replace or restore such property), to the repair or replacement of such property or to Investments (excluding Permitted Investments), reinvestment in similar assets to those subject to the Casualty Event or in other assets used in a Permitted Line of Business or Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder. Upon the expiration of such 360-day period (or upon any such earlier date), the Borrower shall apply the lesser of (1) the Outstanding Amount
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as of such date and (2) such excess Net Cash Payments (to the extent not so reinvested or intended to be reinvested) to either, at its option (A) prepay the Term Loans (or, if applicable, make a Deemed Prepayment of the Term Loans) or (B) prepay the Loans (and provide cover for LC Exposure as specified in Section 2.4(i)), such prepayment (and the corresponding reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments) to be effected in each case in the manner and to the extent specified in paragraph (c) of this Section 2.11.
The Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall be automatically reduced in the amount of any prepayment of the Loans under this clause (b)(ii).
(iii)Proceeds Otherwise Required to Pay Subordinated Debt. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that any of the Credit Parties shall have consummated (A) any “Asset Sale” (as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture), (B) any “Asset Sale” (as defined in the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture), (C) any Disposition or similar term as defined in the documents governing any Holding Company Debt incurred in accordance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv) or (D) any Disposition or similar term defined in the documents governing any other Subordinated Indebtedness that, in any such case, results in Net Cash Payments that would not be required to be applied in the manner specified in Section 2.11(b)(i) or Section 2.11(b)(i) of the initial Term Loan Agreement (or any analogous provision in any successor Term Loan Agreement), the Credit Parties, to the extent that the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture or the documents governing such other Holding Company Debt or Subordinated Indebtedness would require any prepayment or redemption of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Holding Company Debt issued by any Holding Company pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture or the documents governing such other Holding Company Debt or other Subordinated Indebtedness, respectively, shall be required, no later than one Business Day prior to the date on which the Borrower would otherwise be required to prepay or redeem any such Indebtedness or warrants, to prepay (or make a Deemed Prepayment, if applicable), at the Borrower’s option, the Loans or the Term Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 100% of the amount that the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture or the documents governing such other Holding Company Debt or Subordinated Indebtedness would otherwise require to be applied to any prepayment or redemption of the applicable Obligations or warrants and (2) the Outstanding Amount on the date of prepayment. Any such prepayment under this Agreement (other than the amount provided to cover LC Exposure) shall be shared and applied ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (with no reduction to the Commitments).
(iv)Proceeds of Indebtedness. On the date of the incurrence by any Credit Party of any Subordinated Indebtedness other than Subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 7.1 (but without limiting the provisions of Section 7.1), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a statement certified by a Financial Officer, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the estimated amount of the Net Cash Payments from such incurrence of such Subordinated Indebtedness that will (on the date of such incurrence of Subordinated
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Indebtedness) be received by any Credit Party and such Credit Party will, at its option prepay the Loans hereunder (and provide cover for LC Exposure as specified in Section 2.4(i)), with no reduction of the Commitments hereunder or prepay (or, if applicable, make a Deemed Prepayment of) the Term Loans, on the date of such incurrence of Subordinated Indebtedness, in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (A) 100% of the Net Cash Payments from such incurrence of Indebtedness received by such Credit Party and (B) the Outstanding Amount then in effect. Any such prepayment under this Agreement (other than the amount provided to cover LC Exposure) shall be shared and applied ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (with no reduction to the Commitments).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, in the event any Term Loan Lender declines any offer to prepay the Term Loans with respect to Net Cash Payments received at a time when the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders is zero, the portion of the Net Cash Payments that would otherwise have been applied to prepay the portion of the Term Loans held by such declining Term Loan Lender may be used by the Credit Parties (and, in the case of the following clause (y), Media Holdings or any other Holding Company), (x) subject to the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or of any indenture relating to other Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt), to prepay the Senior Subordinated Notes or such other Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, (y) subject to the subordination provisions of the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture or of the agreements related to other Holding Company Debt, as a dividend or loan to Media Holdings or any other Holding Company, to be applied by Media Holdings or such other Holding Company to the prepayment of the Media Holdings Discount Notes or such other Holding Company Debt, as applicable, or (z) for any legal purposes in accordance with this Agreement (without, in the case of this clause (z), giving effect to this sentence).
(c)Application. The Borrower shall have the right at any time to cause voluntary prepayments pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section to be applied to prepay the Loans, and such prepayment shall be applied ratably among the Lenders in clauses (i) through (iii) below in proportion to their respective Commitments (with no reduction to the Commitments). Subject to the preceding sentence and subject to the prepayment made pursuant to subsections (b)(iii) and (iv) of this Section being applied in accordance with such subsections (with no reduction to the Commitments), in the event of any optional prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, or any mandatory prepayment of Loans pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, the proceeds shall be applied as follows:
(i)first, to the extent that a repayment of Swing Loans shall at such time be required pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.10(a), to the repayment of Swing Loans, but only to such extent (with no reduction in the Commitments);
(ii)second, to the extent that Revolving Credit Exposure shall at such time exceed the total Revolving Credit Commitments, such prepayment shall be applied to the repayment of Revolving Credit Loans to be shared and applied ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (with no reduction to the Commitments); and
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(iii)third, (A) the amount of any optional prepayment shall be appliedfirst, to the repayment of Swing Loans and,second, to the repayment of Revolving Credit Loans, and (B) the amount of any mandatory prepayment shall be appliedfirst, to the repayment of Swing Loans and,second, to the repayment of Revolving Credit Loans and,third, to provide cover for LC Exposure, and, in the case of mandatory prepayment pursuant to subsections (b)(i) and (ii), to the simultaneous permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments (but only to the extent of the amount of prepayment and cover for LC Exposure), in each case to be shared and applied ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments.
(d)Notification of Prepayments. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment under Sections 2.11(a) or 2.11(b) not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, except that prepayments of Base Rate Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) may be made upon one Business Day’s notice. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment of Swing Loans under Sections 2.11(a) or 2.11(b) not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of such prepayment, which date shall be a Business Day. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid;provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of Revolving Credit Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.7(c), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.7. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing (other than a Swing Loan Borrowing), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.11 (other than a Swing Loan Borrowing) shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.2.
(e)Prepayments Accompanied by Interest. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Sections 2.8(c) or 2.13.
(f)Limitation. The Borrower will not be required to apply Excess Net Cash Payments in respect of any Disposition or Asset Swap on any Asset Sale Prepayment Date in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(i) to the extent that the amount of such Excess Net Cash Payments required to be applied as of such date exceeds the sum, as of such date, of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure plus the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans.
2.12Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the percentage set forth below opposite the Commitment Utilization Percentage with respect to each day (the “Commitment Fee Rate”) of the daily unused amount of the respective Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender (excluding with respect to the Swing Loan Lender the amount of any Swing Loans) during the period from and including the date on which the Effective Time shall occur to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Credit Commitment terminates:
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Commitment Utilization Percentage | Commitment Fee Rate | ||
Less than 50% | 0.500 | % | |
Greater than or equal to 50% | 0.250 | % |
(b) Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on each Quarterly Date and on the date such Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay with respect to Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder the following fees:
(i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then used in determining interest on Revolving Credit LIBOR Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the date on which there shall no longer be any Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder, and
(ii) to the Issuing Lender (x) a fronting fee for its own account, equal to 0.25% per annum on the face amount of each Letter of Credit, payable in arrears on each Quarterly Date, and (y) the Issuing Lender’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.
Accrued participation fees shall be payable in arrears on each Quarterly Date and on the date the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof,provided that any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agents, for their own accounts, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed in writing between the Borrower and each Agent.
(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances, absent manifest error in the determination thereof.
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2.13Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Base Rateplus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The Loans comprising each LIBOR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowingplus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all amounts which are not paid when due shall bear interest until paid in full at the Post-Default Rate.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan;provided that (i) interest accrued at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, (iii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion and (iv) all accrued interest on all Loans shall be payable upon expiration of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Adjusted Base Rate at times when the Adjusted Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Adjusted Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the aggregate interest, fees and other amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to the Lenders or any Lender hereunder are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the Indebtedness evidenced hereby or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the Lenders or any Lender for the use or the forbearance of the Indebtedness evidenced hereby exceed the maximum permissible under applicable law. If under or from any circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof or of any of the other Loan Documents at the time of performance of such provision shall be due, shall involve transcending the limit of such validity prescribed by applicable law then the obligation to be fulfilled shall automatically be reduced to the limits of such validity and if under or from circumstances whatsoever the Lenders or any Lender should ever receive as interest any amount which would exceed the highest lawful rate, the amount of such interest that is excessive shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Indebtedness evidenced hereby and not to the payment of interest. This provision shall control every other provision of this Agreement and all provisions of every other Loan Document.
2.14Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a LIBOR Borrowing:
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(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the affected Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and such Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any such Borrowing to, or continuation of any such Borrowing as, a LIBOR Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a LIBOR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.
2.15Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Lender; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Lender of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued the Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then
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from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender, or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive so long as it reflects a reasonable basis for the calculation of the amounts set forth therein and does not contain any manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation;provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is (i) retroactive and (ii) occurred within such six-month period, then the six-month period referred to above may be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof, but in no event any period prior to the Closing Date.
2.16Break Funding Payments.
(a) In the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (ii) the conversion of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable and is revoked in accordance herewith) or (iv) the assignment of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.9, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event;provided that if the occurrence of any event described in clause (iii) above shall occur solely as a result of any Lender’s failure to make available such Lender’s share of any LIBOR Borrowing, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under this Section 2.16(a) with respect to such event. Nothing in this Section 2.16 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments to the extent required by this Agreement or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
(b) In the case of a LIBOR Loan, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of
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(i) the amount of interest that such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period (or if such Lender does not accept deposits, then the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period),
over
(ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) for U.S. dollar deposits from other banks in the LIBOR market at the commencement of such period.
(c) A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
2.17Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes;provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17) paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be (and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto during the period prior to the Borrower making the payment demanded under this paragraph (c)), whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own
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behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Lender (as the case may be) shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower, or with respect to which the Borrower has paid increased amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Lender shall notify the Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and shall exercise reasonable efforts (at no cost to such Lender) to make the appropriate claim to such Governmental Authority for such a refund. In the event any such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Lender are refunded to such Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Lender, the Lender receiving such refund shall forthwith pay over such amount to the Administrative Agent and each such refunded amount shall be (i) applied to prepay interest payable on the Revolving Credit Loans, or to pay any other obligations of the Credit Parties then due hereunder, or (ii) in the event all obligations hereunder and under all of the Loan Documents have been indefeasibly paid in full, refunded to the Borrower.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of any receipt issued by such Governmental Authority to the Borrower evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of a jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
2.18Payments Generally: Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or under Sections 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at such of its offices in New York as shall be notified to the relevant parties from time to time, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 11.3 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof, and the Borrower shall have no liability in the event timely or correct distribution of such payments is not so made. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any
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payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all Obligations then due and payable under the Loan Documents, (i) under any circumstances other than after the occurrence and during the continuation of Acceleration, such funds shall be applied (A) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, (B) second, to pay principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, and Hedging Obligations (which Hedging Obligations distributed under this clause (B) shall not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate) entered into by a Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements and Hedging Obligations then due to such parties and (C) third, to other Hedging Obligations entered into by a Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, ratably among the parties thereto in accordance with the amounts of Hedging Obligations due to such parties, and (D) fourth, to other Obligations due to the Lenders and their Affiliates under the Loan Documents, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts due to such parties or (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuation of any Acceleration, in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) If any Revolving Credit Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of set-off or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Credit Loans made by it (other than pursuant to Sections 2.4, 2.8, 2.15 or 2.17), then, if there is any Reimbursement Obligation outstanding in respect of which the Issuing Lender has not received payment in full from such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.4(e) (the amount of such Reimbursement Obligation being such Revolving Credit Lender’s “LC Deficiency Amount”) or if there is any Swing Loan outstanding in respect of which, pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(i) or (ii), the Swing Loan Lender has not received payment in full from such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(i) or (ii) (the amount of such Swing Loan being such Revolving Credit Lender’s “SL Deficiency Amount”), such Revolving Credit Lender shall both (a) purchase a participation in such Reimbursement Obligation in an amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of such payment obtained by such Revolving Credit Lender (the “Payment Amount”) by a fraction, the numerator of which is such LC Deficiency Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of such LC Deficiency Amountplus such SL Deficiency Amount (such sum being the “Aggregate Deficiency” with respect to such Payment Amount), and (b) purchase a participation in such Swing Loan in an amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying such Payment Amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is such SL Deficiency and the denominator of which is such Aggregate Deficiency. If, after giving effect to the foregoing, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans (or participations in LC Disbursements) (other than pursuant to Sections 2.4, 2.8, 2.15 or 2.17), resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate principal amount of its Loans (and participations in LC Disbursements) and accrued interest thereon than the proportion of such amounts received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans (and LC Disbursements) of the other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of such payments shall be shared by all the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate
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amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans (and participations in LC Disbursements);provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans (or participations in LC Disbursements) to any assignee or participant, other than to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender entitled thereto (the “Applicable Recipient”) hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Applicable Recipient the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each Applicable Recipient severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Applicable Recipient with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.4(d), 2.4(e), 2.5(b), 2.8(d)(i) or (ii) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
(f) Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans from the Lenders under Section 2.1 shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of commitment fees under Section 2.12 in respect of Commitments shall be made for the account of the Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.7 shall be applied to the Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) LIBOR Loans having the same Interest Period shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their Commitments (in the case of the making of Loans) or their Loans (in the case of conversions and continuations of Loans); (iii) each payment or prepayment by the Borrower of principal of Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by such Lenders, except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.11; (iv) each payment by the Borrower of interest on Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the Lenders; and (v) each payment by the Borrower of participation fees in respect of Letters of Credit shall be made for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders pro
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rata in accordance with the amount of participation fees then due and payable to the Revolving Credit Lenders, except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.11.
ARTICLE 3
Guarantee by Guarantors
3.1The Guarantee. Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment and performance in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower, all LC Disbursements and all other amounts from time to time owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and all other obligations of the Borrower to any Lender or Related Party hereunder or to any Lender or the affiliate of any Lender under any Hedging Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor hereby further agrees that if the Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, each Guarantor will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
3.2Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor under Section 3.1 are absolute and unconditional irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 3.2 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to such Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions hereof or of the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted;
(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or
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amended in any respect, or any right hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or
(iv) any lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected or any Collateral is released or otherwise compromised or liquidated for less than fair value.
The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, protest and all notices whatsoever (except as expressly required hereby) and any requirement that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
3.3Reinstatement. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Article 3 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each of the Guarantors agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
3.4Subrogation. Until such time as the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, each Guarantor hereby waives all rights of subrogation or contribution, whether arising by contract or operation of law (including any such right arising under the Federal Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended) or otherwise by reason of any payment by it pursuant to the provisions of this Article 3.
3.5Remedies. Each Guarantor agrees that, as between such Guarantor and the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrower hereunder may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.1 or Section 2.4(i), as applicable (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.1 or Section 2.4(i), as applicable) for purposes of Section 3.1 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for purposes of Section 3.1.
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3.6Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article 3 is a continuing irrevocable guarantee of payment and performance, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations prior to the indefeasible payment in full of Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
3.7Rights of Contribution. The Guarantors hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any Guarantor shall become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the payment by such Guarantor of any Guaranteed Obligations, each other Guarantor shall, on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the next sentence), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor an amount equal to such Guarantor’s Pro Rata Share (as defined below and determined, for this purpose, without reference to the properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess Funding Guarantor) of the Excess Payment (as defined below) in respect of such Guaranteed Obligations. The payment obligation of a Guarantor to any Excess Funding Guarantor under this Section 3.7 shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Article 3 and such Excess Funding Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess until payment and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations.
For purposes of this Section 3.7, (i) “Excess Funding Guarantor” means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, a Guarantor that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) “Excess Payment” means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, the amount paid by an Excess Funding Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations and (iii) “Pro Rata Share” means, for any Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the amount by which the aggregate present fair saleable value of all properties of such Guarantor (excluding any shares of stock of, or ownership interest in, any other Guarantor) exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and any obligations of any other Guarantor that have been Guaranteed by such Guarantor) to (y) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of all of the Credit Parties exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) of all of the Credit Parties, determined (A) with respect to any Guarantor that is a party hereto at the Effective Time, as of the Effective Time, and (B) with respect to any other Guarantor, as of the date such Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder.
3.8General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any state or non-U.S. corporate law, or any state or Federal or non-U.S. bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 3.1 would otherwise, taking into account the provisions of Section 3.7, be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 3.1, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any Lender, Agent or other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
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3.9Waivers. As used in this paragraph, any reference to “the principal” includes the Borrower, and any reference to “the creditor” includes the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders. In accordance with Section 2856 of the California Civil Code (a) each Guarantor waives any and all rights and defenses available to such Guarantor by reason of Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, 2899 and 3433 of the California Civil Code, including without limitation any and all rights or defenses any Guarantor may have by reason of protection afforded to the principal with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or to any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations with respect to any of such guarantor’s obligations under its guaranty, in either case pursuant to the antideficiency or other laws of the State of California limiting or discharging the principal’s indebtedness or such guarantor’s obligations, including without limitation Section 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure; and (b) each Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the creditor, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a Guaranteed Obligation, has destroyed Guarantor’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against the principal by the operation of Section 580d of the Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise; and even though that election of remedies by the creditor, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for an obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, has destroyed Guarantor’s rights of contribution against such other guarantor. No other provision of this Guaranty shall be construed as limiting the generality of any of the covenants and waivers set forth in this paragraph. As provided below, this Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The foregoing waivers are included solely out of an abundance of caution, and do not affect or limit in any way the parties’ choice of New York law to govern this Agreement and the Guaranteed Obligations.
ARTICLE 4
Representations and Warranties
Each of the Credit Parties and Empire Burbank represents and warrants to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and each Agent, as to itself and each other Credit Party and Empire Burbank that:
4.1Organization; Powers. Each Credit Party and Empire Burbank has been duly formed or organized and is validly existing under the laws of formations or its jurisdiction of organization. Each Credit Party and Empire Burbank has all requisite organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure to have such power or authority or to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the organizational power and authority of each Credit Party and Empire Burbank to the extent such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, is a party to the Basic Documents and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action on the part of such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, to the extent such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, is a party thereto. This Agreement, the Collateral Documents and all other Basic Documents have been duly
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authorized, executed and delivered by each Credit Party or Empire Burbank, that is a party thereto and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Credit Party or Empire Burbank, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
4.3Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. As of the Closing Date except as set forth onSchedule 4.3, the Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, and except that certain actions taken in furtherance of the rights underArticle 8 may require prior consent of the FCC under the Communications Act, (b) will not violate any applicable law, policy or regulation or the organizational documents of any Credit Party or Empire Burbank that is a party to the Basic Documents or any order of any Governmental Authority where any violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Credit Party or Empire Burbank, or any assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Credit Party or Empire Burbank, where any such violation or default or right to payment would have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) except for the Liens created by the Collateral Documents, will not result in the creation or imposition of any material Lien on any asset of any Credit Party or Empire Burbank. Except as set forth therein, all consents, approvals, registrations, filings and other actions required as set forth in suchSchedule 4.3 have been obtained on or before the Closing Date.
4.4Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the following financial statements:
(i) the audited consolidated balance sheet, statements of earnings, statements of stockholders’ equity, statements of cash flows and notes to consolidated financial statements of Holdings and the applicable Credit Parties as of and for fiscal years ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively, accompanied by an opinion of Ernst & Young, LLP independent public accountants;
(ii) the pro forma unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of the Effective Time prepared by the Borrower under the assumption that the Transactions had been consummated; and
(iii) projected statements of cash flow for the Credit Parties for fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
Such financial statements (except for any portion thereof which represents a projection or assumption as to future events of the date of such statement, including any financial projections and pro formas) in the Borrower’s opinion present fairly, in all material respects, the respective actual consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the respective
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entities as of such respective dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of such unaudited statements. Such pro forma statements were prepared by the Credit Parties in good faith and incorporate adjustments that were reasonable when made. Such projections were prepared by the Credit Parties in good faith and were based on assumptions that the Credit Parties believed were reasonable when made.
(b) Since December 31, 2005, there has been no change in the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Credit Parties taken as a whole from that set forth in the December 31, 2005 audited consolidated financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph (a) above that has a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) None of the Credit Parties has on the date hereof any contingent liabilities, liabilities for taxes, long term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments in each case that are material in relation to the Credit Parties taken as a whole, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in the balance sheets as at the end of their respective fiscal years ended in 2004 and 2005 (or notes thereto), referred to above, as provided for inSchedule 4.4, or as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, or as referred to or reflected or provided for in the financial statements described in this Section 4.4.
4.5Properties.
(a) Each of the Credit Parties has good, sufficient and legal title to, or valid, subsisting and enforceable leasehold interests in, all its Property material to its business, except where the failure to have such good and marketable title or leasehold or license interests could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) As of the Closing Date, except as disclosed onSchedule 4.5(b), each of the Credit Parties owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business (including the call letters with respect to each Broadcast Station) (excluding rights related to software programs and copyrights with respect to the content of news and other programming broadcast or disseminated as part of the Permitted Lines of Business) as currently conducted except for those failure to own or license which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (the “Proprietary Rights”), and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, the use thereof by the Credit Parties does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, all such trademark applications and registrations, trademarks, registered copyrights, patents and patent applications, together with the domain names, web sites, and web site registrations which are owned by or licensed to any Credit Party are listed onSchedule 4.5(b) (collectively “Registered Rights”). As of the Closing Date, except as set forth onSchedule 4.5, all of the Registered Rights have been duly registered in, filed in or issued by the PTO, the United States Register of Copyrights, a domain name registrar or other corresponding offices of other jurisdictions as identified on such schedule, and have been properly maintained and renewed in accordance with all applicable provisions of law and administrative regulations in the United States or in each such other jurisdiction, as applicable,
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except where the failure to so register, file, maintain or renew would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As of the Closing Date,Schedule 4.5(c) contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all owned Real Property Assets and (ii) all material leases, subleases or assignments of leases (together with all material amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Property Asset of any Credit Party, regardless of whether such Credit Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such lease, sublease or assignment. As of the Closing Date, to the Borrower’s knowledge except as specified in clause (ii) ofSchedule 4.5(c), each agreement listed in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, no material default has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each such agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.
4.6Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority which have been filed against or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Credit Parties (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Credit Parties (i) has failed to comply with any applicable laws (including Environmental Law) or (ii) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any Governmental Authority.
(c) No Credit Party, any Subsidiary of a Credit Party nor any of their facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Liability, or any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter or request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law the receipt of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are and, to each of the Credit Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ knowledge, have been, no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, any predecessor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Materials
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at any facility, and none of the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent, except as carried out in compliance with Environmental Law or except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws could not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity which individually or in the aggregate has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except as set forth onSchedule 4.7, each of the Credit Parties is in compliance with all laws, regulations, policies and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.8Investment and Holding Company Status. No Credit Party is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or (b) a “bank holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.
4.9Taxes. Except as set forth onSchedule 4.9, each of the Credit Parties has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Credit Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11Disclosure. The information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Credit Parties or the Holding Companies to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, both in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents or included herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, prepared by the Administrative Agent in reliance on such information, when taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact (known to the Credit Parties or the Holding Companies, in the case of any document not furnished by the Credit Parties or the Holding Companies) necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect at the time made or delivered.
4.12Ownership and Capitalization. As of the Closing Date, the capital structure and ownership of the Credit Parties and the Holding Companies is correctly described in Part I of
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Schedule 4.12. As of Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on or prior to such date, the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of, and other equity interests in, each of the Credit Parties and the Holding Companies consists of the stock and interests described on Part I ofSchedule 4.12, in each case all of which is duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable. As of Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on or prior to such date, except as set forth in Part I ofSchedule 4.12, (x) there are no outstanding Equity Rights with respect to any Credit Party and (y) there are no outstanding obligations of any Credit Party to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of or other interests in any Credit Party nor are there any outstanding obligations of any Credit Party to make payments to any Person, such as “phantom stock” payments, where the amount thereof is calculated with reference to the Fair Market Value or equity value of any Credit Party.
4.13Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Part II ofSchedule 4.12 (as updated by the Borrower from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), (a) each Credit Party and its respective Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Senior Facilities Documents), and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown to be held by it in Part II ofSchedule 4.12 (as so updated), and (b) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
4.14Material Indebtedness, Liens and Agreements.
(a) As of the Closing Date,Schedule 4.14(a) is a complete and correct list of all Material Indebtedness (other than intercompany loans between or among the Credit Parties and/or to or from Empire Burbank) to, or guarantee of any Material Indebtedness by, any Credit Party or Holding Company, and, to the extent specified therein, the aggregate principal or face amount outstanding or that may become outstanding with respect thereto is correctly described inSchedule 4.14(a).
(b) As of the Closing Date,Schedule 4.14(b) is a complete and correct list of each Lien securing Material Indebtedness of any Credit Party and covering any property of the Credit Parties, and the aggregate Material Indebtedness secured (or which may be secured) by such Liens in the aggregate and the Property covered by each such Lien is correctly described in the appropriate part ofSchedule 4.14(b).
(c) As of the Closing Date,Schedule 4.14(c) is a complete and correct list of all Material Contracts.
True and complete copies of each agreement listed on the appropriate part ofSchedule 4.14 have been delivered to the Administrative Agent or Special Counsel, together with all amendments, waivers and other modifications thereto. As of the Closing Date, all such agreements are valid, subsisting, in full force and effect, are currently binding and after the Transactions occurring on or prior to such date will continue to be binding upon each Credit Party that is a party thereto, except where the failure to be so valid, subsisting, in full force and effect or binding would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the Credit Parties are not in default under any such agreements, except where such default would not
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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the licenses and other agreements to which any Credit Party is a party collectively entitle the Credit Parties to use all Proprietary Rights material to the conduct of the business of the Credit Parties as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted after the Transactions occurring on or prior to such date, except where the failure to be so entitled would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15Permits and Licenses.
(a) Each of the Credit Parties has, and is in all material respects in compliance with respect to, all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations of Governmental Authorities necessary to conduct its business as presently conducted and to own or lease and operate its properties excluding FCC Licenses.
(b) As of the Closing Date,Schedule 4.15 is a complete and correct list of each Material FCC License granted or assigned to any Credit Party, including those under which the Credit Parties have the right to operate their respective television and radio broadcast stations covered thereby (“Broadcast Stations”) (and includes, with respect to each such FCC License, the city of license and the call letters, frequency and expiration date thereof). As of the Closing Date, the FCC Licenses listed onSchedule 4.15 with respect to any Broadcast Station owned or operated by the Credit Parties include all material authorizations, licenses and permits issued by the FCC (other than auxiliary services licenses) that are required by the Communications Act or necessary for the operation of such Broadcast Station and conduct of the business of the Credit Parties with respect to such Broadcast Station, as now conducted or proposed to be conducted. Except as disclosed inSchedule 4.15(b), the operation and ownership of each Broadcast Station by the Credit Parties complies with the Communications Act in all material respects. Except as disclosed inSchedule 4.15(b), as of the Closing Date, the FCC Licenses listed onSchedule 4.15 are validly issued and in full force and effect. Except as disclosed inSchedule 4.15(b), as of the Closing Date, the Credit Parties have fulfilled all of their obligations with respect thereto (including the filing of all registrations, applications, reports, and other documents as required by the FCC or other Governmental Authority), and have paid all fees and other amounts required to be paid by them under all applicable FCC Regulations, in each case, except where the failure to do so would not result in termination, suspension or material diminution in scope of a Material FCC License. Except as disclosed inSchedule 4.15(b), to the Borrower’s knowledge, no rights of any Credit Party under any Material FCC License conflict with the valid rights of any other Person in any material respect. Except as disclosed inSchedule 4.15(b), to the Borrower’s knowledge, no event has occurred that would be reasonably likely to result in the revocation, termination or material adverse modification of any Material FCC License, any FCC enforcement proceeding against the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any FCC License including any notice of violation, any notice of apparent liability for forfeiture or any forfeiture or affect materially adversely any rights of the Credit Parties thereunder, and none of the Credit Parties has any reason to believe that any Material FCC License will not be renewed in the ordinary course of business other than FCC Licenses for analog television stations which may expire upon completion of conversion to digital television or loss of any license solely as a result from a Relocation.
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(c) Except as described onSchedule 4.15(c), as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party knows of any application currently pending before, or to be filed with, the FCC, the grant of which application would result in the authorization of a new or modified station whose authorized transmissions would materially and impermissibly interfere with any of the operations, signals, transmission or receptions of any Credit Party (as such impermissible interference is described in the FCC’s rules, regulations and policies, including, without limitation, the FCC’s rules relating to Receiver Induced Third Order Intermodulation Effect, Blanketing, Antenna Separation, Desired-to-Undesired Signal Ratios, and Prohibited Contour Overlap).
(d) The Credit Parties have obtained and hold all authorizations required by the FCC for delivery of programming to foreign broadcast stations pursuant to Section 325(c) of the Communications Act to the extent required by their respective businesses and operations. All of such authorizations are in effect, and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there is no reason to believe that any such authorization would not be renewed in the ordinary course.
(e) The Credit Parties are in compliance with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Communications Act relating to the interests of non-U.S. persons in broadcast licensees.
(f) Each Credit Party, with regard to each full service television station which either holds or controls a Material FCC License, is in material compliance with all applicable FCC regulations, policies and timetables with respect to the transition to digital television service and, except as may be set forth onSchedule 4.15(f), no Credit Party knows of any reason why any such television station would fail to complete the construction of digital services by the date required pursuant to FCC rules and policies, taking into account any extensions granted and in effect as of the Closing Date.
4.16Federal Reserve Regulations. No Credit Party is engaged principally or as one of its important activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board). The making of the Loans hereunder, the use of the proceeds thereof or of any Letter of Credit as contemplated hereby and the security arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents will not violate or be inconsistent with any of the provisions of Regulation U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
4.17Labor and Employment Matters. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either
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individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.18Subchapter S Election and QSSS Election. As of the Closing Date, Holdings has made an S Corporation election in accordance with Code Section 1362 and elections to treat Media Holdings and the Borrower as a qualified subchapter S subsidiaries have been made. As of the Closing Date, Holdings has not elected, pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23801, not to be treated as an S Corporation for California income tax purposes. As of the Closing Date, none of Holdings’ individual shareholders are nonresidents of the State of California.
4.19Senior Indebtedness. The obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents constitute “Senior Debt” and “Designated Senior Debt” under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture. The provisions of Article 10 of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture are enforceable by each Lender and each other holder of any obligations of the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
4.20Patriot Act. Each Credit Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Uniting And Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), the “Patriot Act”). No part of the proceeds of the Loans 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.
ARTICLE 5
Conditions
5.1Effective Time. The obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, and of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 11.2):
(a)Counterparts of Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
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(b)Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly completed and executed Revolving Credit Note for each Lender that has requested a note in accordance with Section 2.10(e), unless waived by the Lender which would otherwise receive any such note.
(c)Organizational Structure. The organizational structure, capitalization and ownership of the Credit Parties, after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date, shall be as set forth onSchedule 4.12. The Administrative Agent shall have had the opportunity to review, and shall be reasonably satisfied with, the Credit Parties’ state and federal tax assumptions and the capital, organization and structure of the Credit Parties, after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d)Existence and Good Standing. The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or Special Counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of Empire Burbank, each Credit Party and Holding Company, the authorization of the Transactions occurring on the Closing Date and any other legal matters relating to the Credit Parties or Holding Companies, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Transactions occurring on the Closing Date, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Special Counsel.
(e)Security Interests in Personal and Mixed Property. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Credit Parties shall have taken or caused to be taken all such actions, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered all such agreements, documents and instruments, and made or caused to be made all such filings and recordings that may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Lenders, a valid and perfected First Priority security interest in the entire personal and mixed property Collateral;provided, however, that to the extent that the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion after good faith consultation with the Borrower shall determine that the costs of obtaining a security interest in any item of Collateral is excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby, the Administrative Agent may waive such requirement with respect to such item, so long as the Credit Parties covenant that such item shall not become subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens. Such actions shall include the following:
(i)Collateral Documents. Delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement, the Third Confirmation to Subordination Agreements, duly executed by the parties thereto, together with accurate and complete schedules to all such Collateral Documents;
(ii)Lien Searches and UCC Termination Statements. Delivery to the Administrative Agent of (A) the results of recent searches, by one or more Persons satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as set forth inSchedule 5.1(e)(ii) with respect to UCC financing statements and fixture filings and judgment and tax lien filings which may have been made with respect to any personal or mixed property of the Credit Parties, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and UCC termination statements for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements or fixture filings encumbering the assets of the Credit
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Parties (other than any such financing statements or fixture filings in respect of Liens permitted to remain outstanding pursuant to the terms of this Agreement); and
(iii)Control Agreements. Delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Control Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, for the deposit accounts and securities accounts listed onSchedule 5.1(e)(iii) and maintained by the Credit Parties at Union Bank of California, N.A. other than those accounts noted on such schedule as not being subject to a Control Agreement.
(f)Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party to the Intercreditor Agreement either (i) a counterpart of the Intercreditor Agreement signed on behalf of such party, or (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of the Intercreditor Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(g)Evidence of Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Credit Parties’ insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to them that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 6.5 is in full force and effect and that the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders has been named as additional insured, mortgagee and loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 6.5.
(h)Material Contracts. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of (i) any and all agreements among any of the holders of capital stock of or other equity interests in the Credit Parties or the Holding Companies, (ii) any stock option plans, phantom stock incentive programs and similar arrangements provided by the Credit Parties to any Person, in each case as such will be in effect from and after the Closing Date and (iii) the employment agreements with Messrs. Eduardo Leon dated December 1, 1999, Andrew Mars dated November 15, 1998, Xavier Ortiz dated April 1, 1999, Winter Horton, dated December 18, 2002, and Bill Keenan, dated April 18, 2006 (which constitute all material employment agreements with senior executives of the Credit Parties on the Closing Date).
(i)Necessary Governmental Authorizations and Consents; Expiration of Waiting Periods, Etc. The Credit Parties have obtained all permits, licenses, authorizations or consents from all Governmental Authorities (including the FCC) and all consents of other Persons with respect to Material Indebtedness, Liens and agreements listed onSchedule 4.14 (and so identified thereon), in each case that are necessary in connection with the Transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents and occurring on the Closing Date, and the continued operation of the Broadcast Stations operated and business conducted, and proposed to be conducted, by the Credit Parties, in substantially the same manner as conducted by the Credit Parties prior to the Closing Date, and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect, in each case other than those the failure to obtain or maintain which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 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 Governmental Authority to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.
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(j)Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Credit Parties the certified financial statements, operating projections and budgets referred to in Section 4.4 hereof, and the same shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall not be materially inconsistent with the information previously provided to the Administrative Agent.
(k)Solvency Assurances. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, substantially in the form ofExhibit G, from a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that, as of the Effective Time and after giving effect to the initial Senior Loans under the Term Loan Agreement and hereunder (if any) and to the other Transactions occurring on the Closing Date:
(i) the aggregate value of all properties of the Credit Parties at their present fair saleable value on a going concern basis (i.e., the amount that may be realized within a reasonable time, considered to be six months to one year, either through collection or sale at the regular market value, conceiving the latter as the amount that could be obtained for such properties within such period by a capable and diligent businessman from an interested buyer who is willing to purchase under ordinary selling conditions), exceed the amount of all the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of the Credit Parties;
(ii) the Credit Parties will not, on a consolidated basis, have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct their business operations as heretofore conducted; and
(iii) the Credit Parties will have, on a consolidated basis, sufficient cash flow to enable them to pay their debts as they mature.
Such certificate shall include a statement to the effect that the financial projections and underlying assumptions contained in such analysis are, fair and reasonable in the opinion of such Financial Officer at the time when made.
(l)Term Loan Agreement Financing. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Credit Parties shall have entered into the Term Loan Documents, which shall constitute a binding written agreement of each of the parties thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, (A) the Term Loan Lenders shall have made the Term Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate amount of not less than $110,000,000, (B) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the Term Loan Documents and the same shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Special Counsel, and (C) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent confirming the events set forth in clause (A) above.
(m)Permitted Incurrence of Senior Loans. The Administrative Agent shall have received from a Financial Officer of the Borrower
(i) a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that (A) the Loans under this Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (assuming $150,000,000 of such Loans were incurred on the date
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hereof, and without giving effect to any Revolving Credit Commitment Increases) (the “Original Revolving Credit Loans”), are permitted to be incurred under clause (i) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09 of each of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, (B) the Original Revolving Credit Loans are permitted to be secured by the assets of the Credit Parties under Section 4.12 of, and clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” in Section 1.01 of, each of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, (C) the Original Revolving Credit Loans constitute “Designated Senior Debt” and “Senior Debt” subject to the benefits of Article 10 of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and (D) this Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date, constitutes a “Credit Agreement” as defined in each such indenture; and
(ii) a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that (A) the Term Loans under the Term Loan Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof and without giving effect to any Term Loan Increase) (the “Original Term Loans”) are permitted to be incurred under the first paragraph of Section 4.09 of each of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture (including a detailed calculation of the Leverage Ratio under each such Indenture demonstrating compliance with the Leverage Ratio (as defined in each such indenture) upon the incurrence of the Senior Loans in accordance with covenants set forth in such indentures, (B) the Original Term Loans are permitted to be secured by the assets of the Credit Parties under Section 4.12 of, and clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” in Section 1.01 of, each of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, (C) the Original Term Loans constitute “Designated Senior Debt” and “Senior Debt” under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and (D) the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date constitutes a “Credit Agreement” as defined in each such indenture.
(n)No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2005, there shall have occurred no Material Adverse Effect (in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent) with respect to the Credit Parties taken as a whole.
(o)Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Closing Date) of (i) O’Melveny & Myers LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, substantially in the form ofExhibit J, and (ii) Wiley, Rein & Fielding, LLP, special FCC counsel to the Credit Parties substantially in the form ofExhibit K (and each Credit Party hereby requests each such counsel to deliver such opinions).
(p)Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall have received all reasonable fees and other amounts due and payable to such Persons and Special Counsel at or prior to the Effective Time, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
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(q)Other Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Special Counsel shall have reasonably requested and the same shall be satisfactory to each of them and Special Counsel.
5.2Each Extension of Credit. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Lender to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, or (as applicable) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, both before and after giving effect thereto and to the use of the proceeds thereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of an earlier date, such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and to the extent any representation or warranty makes reference to one or more of the Schedules to this Agreement, the Credit Parties shall make revisions to the Schedules, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to take into account the consummation of any Acquisitions permitted hereunder and other transactions permitted hereunder).
(b)No Defaults. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, or (as applicable) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
ARTICLE 6
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of the Credit Parties covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
6.1Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available and in any event no later than the earlier of (x) 95 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Credit Parties and (y) five days after the date the financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries referred to in clause (i) below are required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission (after giving effect to any extensions):
(i) consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of retained earnings and cash flows of the Credit Parties for such fiscal year and the related consolidated balance sheet of the Credit Parties as at the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year (provided that, if the report of the Borrower filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K fulfills the foregoing requirements for the
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furnishing of annual financial statements, the Borrower may fulfill such requirement by delivering to the Administrative Agent such report of the Borrower on Form 10-K for the applicable fiscal year), and
(ii) an opinion of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) stating that said consolidated financial statements referred to in the preceding clause (i) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Credit Parties as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP, and a statement of such accountants that, in connection with their audit, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the Credit Parties failed to comply with the terms, covenants, provisions or conditions of Section 7.10, insofar as they relate to accounting matters,
(b) as soon as available and in any event within no later than the earlier of (x) 50 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period (including the fourth fiscal period) of each fiscal year of the Credit Parties and (y) five days after the date the financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries referred to in clause (i) below are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (after giving effect to any extensions):
(i) consolidated statements of income of the Credit Parties for such period and for the period from the beginning of the respective fiscal year to the end of such period, and the related consolidated balance sheet of the Credit Parties as at the end of such period, together with a comparison against amounts set forth in the budget for statements of income for such period (provided that, if the report of the Borrower filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-Q fulfills the foregoing requirements for the furnishing of quarterly financial statements, the Borrower may fulfill such requirement by delivering to the Administrative Agent such report of the Borrower on Form 10-Q for the applicable fiscal quarter), and
(ii) a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Credit Parties, which certificate shall state that said consolidated financial statements referred to in the preceding clause (i) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Credit Parties in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the omission of footnotes);
(c) commencing with the financial statements delivered under clause (b) above for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006, concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) and (b) above, a Compliance Certificate;
(d) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the holders of any Indebtedness of the Credit Parties or any Holding Company generally, copies of all financial statements, regular reports and other statements so mailed;
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(e) as soon as available and in any event no later than 60 days after the commencement of each fiscal year, a budget for the Credit Parties for such fiscal year;
(f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses filed by any Holding Company or any Credit Party with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission or with any national securities exchange or market quotation system and copies of all press releases made available generally by the Holding Company or any Credit Party to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Holding Company or any Credit Party, including, to the extent not included in the foregoing, any regular periodic and other reports and statements provided by any Holding Company or any Credit Party to the holders of Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt) or the holders of the Media Holdings Discount Notes or other Holding Company Debt;provided, however, that, except for any information required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(a) or (b) above, so long as the Borrower files any such material with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied by such filings; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Credit Party, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request.
6.2Notices of Material Events. The Credit Parties, promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof, will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting any Credit Party or other Affiliate thereof for which there is a reasonable possibility of a determination that would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $2,500,000 in the aggregate (regardless of insurance coverage), shall be rendered by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction against any Credit Party;
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event related to the Plan of any Credit Party or knowledge after due inquiry of any ERISA Event related to a Plan of any other ERISA Affiliate that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Credit Parties in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,500,000;
(e) the receipt by any Credit Party from the FCC or any other Governmental Authority of (i) any order or notice of the FCC or any other Governmental Authority or any court of competent jurisdiction which designates any Material FCC License or any other material
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license, permit or authorization of the Credit Parties, or any application therefore, for a hearing, or which refuses renewal or extension of, or revokes, materially modifies, terminates or suspends any Material FCC License or other material license, permit or authorization now or hereafter held by any Credit Party, or (ii) any notice of any competing application filed with respect to any Material FCC License or other material license, permit or authorization now or hereafter held by any Credit Party, or any material citation, material notice of violation or material order to show cause issued by the FCC or any other Governmental Authority with respect to any Credit Party;
(f) any communication, written or oral, with the Internal Revenue Service or the California Franchise Tax Board regarding the validity, revocation, and/or termination of the S Corporation Election or the QSSS Election as well as the timing thereof;
(g) copies of its federal income tax returns (Forms 1120-S), California income tax returns, and summaries of all financial information used to calculate the Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions and Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions;
(h) for any taxable year of Holdings ending prior to the consummation of the Private Equity Issuance, any communications, written or oral, with the Internal Revenue Service or the California Franchise Tax Board regarding proposed or agreed upon changes in the Federal Taxable Income or the California Taxable Income which would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) for any taxable year of Holdings ending prior to the consummation of the Private Equity Issuance in which the Federal Taxable Income or the California Taxable Income is negative, with copies of Holdings’ shareholders’ individual federal and California income tax returns for the taxable year(s) of its shareholder(s) ending on or after such year; and
(j) on the date of the occurrence thereof, notice that (i) any or all of the obligations under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture or any or all of the obligations under any other Subordinated Indebtedness or Holding Company Debt have been accelerated, or (ii) that trustee or required holders of the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Media Holdings Discount Notes, any other Subordinated Indebtedness or Holding Company Debt has been given notice that any or all such obligations are to be accelerated.
Each notice delivered under this Section 6.2 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Credit Parties setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
6.3Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of the Credit Parties will do or cause to be done all things necessary in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits and franchises material to the conduct of the business of the Credit Parties taken as a whole;provided that (i) the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or any discontinuance or sale of such business permitted under Section 7.4 and (ii) no Credit Party shall be required to preserve any such existence, right, franchise, license or permit if the preservation
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thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders.
6.4Payment of Obligations. Each of the Credit Parties will pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such Credit Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. Each of the Credit Parties will (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted (other than obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment), and (b) maintain insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, as may be required by law, and such other insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including business interruption insurance, product liability insurance and media perils insurance, in each case, in such amounts (after giving effect to self-insurance) with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such companies. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Credit Parties will maintain or cause to be maintained (or provide evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that such insurance is not available at a reasonable cost) (i) replacement value property insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance and (ii)(x) with respect to each property located in California on the Closing Date, such policies of earthquake insurance as are currently maintained by the Credit Parties, so long as the same remain available at commercially reasonable rates and (y) for each property located in California acquired after the Closing Date such additional policies of earthquake insurance with similar scope and amounts as the policies maintained by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date, in each case, in such amounts (after giving effect to self-insurance) with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary by companies of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. Such policies of insurance with respect to the Credit Parties shall (x) name the Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent and Term Loan Agent as additional insureds thereunder as their interests may appear and (y) in the case of each business interruption and property insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent that names the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Lenders as the loss payee thereunder (except with respect to losses of less than $1,500,000 per occurrence, which may be paid directly to Borrower provided no Default is continuing) and provides for at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent of any modifications or cancellation of such policy except that only 10 days’ prior written notice shall be required for cancellation for non-payment of premium.
6.6Books and Records; Inspection Rights. Each of the Credit Parties will keep proper books of record and account in which entries are made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities which fairly record such transactions in all material respects and activities consistent with past practice. Each of the Credit Parties will
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permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times during normal business hours to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with Jose Liberman, Lenard Liberman or the Borrower’s chief financial officer and Borrower’s independent accountants;providedthe Borrower may choose to be present at or participate in any of such discussions. The Credit Parties, in consultation with the Administrative Agent, if requested by the Administrative Agent, will arrange for a meeting to be held at least once every year with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder at which the business and operations of the Credit Parties are discussed.
6.7Fiscal Year. None of the Credit Parties will change its fiscal year or the method of determining the last day of the first three fiscal quarters in each of its fiscal years without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld but which may be conditioned on amendments to Section 7.10.
6.8Compliance with Laws, Maintenance of FCC Licenses. Each of the Credit Parties will comply with (i) all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including all Environmental Laws) and (ii) the terms of all FCC Licenses, except, in the case of clause (i) or clause (ii), where the failure to do so individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party shall file or cause to be filed all necessary applications for renewal of, and shall preserve in full force and effect all, Material FCC Licenses;provided, however, that any failure to preserve any Material FCC License in full force and effect which results either from (x) the conversion of analog television stations to digital television, (y) a Relocation or (z) any asset sale, Asset Swap or other Disposition permitted hereunder shall not constitute a breach of this Section 6.8.
6.9Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit will be used only for (a) Transaction Costs, (b) Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to Section 7.4, (c) Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder, (d) closing costs for the Transactions, (e) the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions to the extent permitted hereunder, and (f) general corporate (or company) and working capital purposes of the Credit Parties. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or the Letters of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, to purchase or carry any margin stock or for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations U, T and X.
6.10Certain Obligations Respecting Guarantors and Collateral Security.
(a)Additional Subsidiaries. In the event that any Credit Party shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary after the date hereof, such Credit Party will cause such new Subsidiary, within ten Business Days after such formation or acquisition:
(i) to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent the following documents: (1) a counterpart to this Agreement (and thereby to become a party to this Agreement, as a “Guarantor” hereunder) and (2) a counterpart to the Pledge Agreement and a counterpart to the Security Agreement (and thereby to become a party to each such agreement);
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(ii) to take such action (including delivering such shares of stock and executing and delivering such UCC financing statements) as shall be necessary to create and perfect valid and enforceable First Priority Liens on all assets and property of such Subsidiary, subject only to Permitted Liens, consistent with the provisions of the applicable Collateral Documents; and
(iii) to deliver such proof of organizational action, incumbency of officers and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by each Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.1 at the Effective Time or as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested.
(b)Ownership of Subsidiaries. Subject to Section 7.4, no Credit Party shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of stock or other equity interests in any Subsidiary owned by it, nor issue or permit any Subsidiary, to issue, any shares of stock of any class or other equity interests whatsoever to any Person, except that (i) the Borrower may issue stock or equity to any Holding Company and (ii) any Credit Party may issue stock or equity to another Credit Party provided such stock or equity is pledged to the Administrative Agent as set forth below. Subject to Section 7.4, each of the Credit Parties will cause each of its Subsidiaries to take such action from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that the percentage of the equity capital of any class or character owned by such Credit Party in any Subsidiary on the date hereof (or, in the case of any newly formed or newly acquired Subsidiary, on the date of formation or acquisition) is not at any time decreased, other than by reason of transfers to another Credit Party. In the event that any additional shares of stock or other equity interests shall be issued by any Credit Party (other than issuance by the Borrower of its capital stock to any Holding Company), the respective holder of such shares of stock or other equity interests shall forthwith deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement the certificates evidencing such shares of stock, accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank, and shall take such other action as the Administrative Agent shall request to perfect the security interest created therein pursuant to such pledge agreement.
6.11ERISA. Except where a failure to comply with any of the following, individually or in the aggregate, would not or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the extent applicable, the Credit Parties will maintain, and cause each ERISA Affiliate to maintain, each Plan of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate in compliance with all applicable requirements of ERISA and of the Code and with all applicable rulings and regulations issued under the provisions of ERISA and of the Code and (ii) the Credit Parties will not and, to the extent they have the authority to do so, will not permit any of the ERISA Affiliates to (a) engage in any transaction with respect to any Plan which would subject any Credit Party to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, (b) fail to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Plan, any of the Credit Parties or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto, or permit to exist any accumulated funding deficiency (as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension Plan or (c) fail to make any payments to any Multiemployer Plan that any of the Credit Parties or any of the ERISA Affiliates may be required to make under any agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan or any law pertaining thereto.
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6.12Environmental Matters; Reporting. The Credit Parties will observe and comply with, and cause each Affiliate to observe and comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any government or government agency relating to health, safety, pollution, hazardous materials or other environmental matters to the extent non-compliance could have a Material Adverse Effect. The Credit Parties will give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any violation as to any environmental matter by any Credit Party or Affiliate and of the commencement of any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to health, safety or environmental matters (a) in which an adverse result would have a material adverse effect on any operating permits, air emission permits, water discharge permits, hazardous waste permits or other permits held by any Credit Party or Affiliate which are material to the operations of such Credit Party or Affiliate, or (b) which will, or is likely to, have a Material Adverse Effect on such Credit Party or Affiliate to any Person or which will require a material expenditure by such Credit Party or Affiliate to cure any alleged problem or violation.
6.13Conforming Leasehold Interests.
(a) If after the Closing Date (i) any Credit Party acquires, or (ii) at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary that is not required to become a Guarantor), such Person holds, any Material Leasehold Property, the Credit Party or such Person shall use commercially reasonable efforts (which shall not include the payment of money) to cause such Material Leasehold Property to be a Conforming Leasehold Interest but excluding any Material Leasehold Property where, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, the costs of causing such property to become a Conforming Leasehold Interest is excessive in relation to the value of the benefit to be afforded to the Lenders thereby or where such property is not material to the business and operations of such Credit Party or such Person.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder shall not be secured by any pledge or grant of a security or collateral interest in or to any Real Property Assets owned or held by the Credit Parties. On or promptly after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall cause any and all mortgages, assignments or similar documents constituting a Lien upon any Real Property Assets and granted to secure any obligations under or with respect to the Existing Credit Agreement to be released, reconveyed and terminated in all respects. Further, the Administrative Agent agrees to cancel and terminate on or promptly after the Closing Date any and all assignments of any security interest in or to any license agreement or similar document, in each case relating to any Real Property Asset or interests therein (and including any tower license) to the extent such assignment was granted by any Credit Party in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement.
6.14Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions. The Borrower shall:
(a) cause the applicable Holding Company to apply the applicable portions of the net proceeds of any Qualifying IPO in accordance with clauses (b) and (d) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions (it being understood that amounts which any Holding Company intends to use within 15 months of the consummation of such Qualifying IPO for purposes described in clause (a) or (c) of such definition may be held (subject to clauses (b) and (c) below) by such Holding Company);
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(b) cause the applicable Holding Company to apply substantially all of the net proceeds of any Qualifying IPO not applied pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions as of the date fifteen months after the consummation of such Qualifying IPO to a contribution to Media Holdings on such date; and
(c) cause Media Holdings and any other applicable Holding Company to contribute substantially all of the net proceeds of any Qualifying IPO not applied pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions as of the date fifteen months after the consummation of such Qualifying IPO to a contribution to the Borrower on such date.
6.15Private Equity Related Transactions. The Borrower shall (a) cause Holdings to apply such of the net proceeds of the Private Equity Issuance as may be required to make the Alta Repayment to the making of the Alta Repayment immediately upon the closing of the Private Equity Issuance, (b) immediately thereafter, cause Holdings to apply all of the excess of such net proceeds over the amount so applied to a contribution to Media Holdings, and (c) immediately thereafter, cause Media Holdings to apply all of the net proceeds so contributed by Holdings to a contribution to the Borrower in an amount of at least $40,000,000.
ARTICLE 7
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Credit Parties covenant and agree with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
7.1Indebtedness. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries shall not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof which is set forth inSchedule 4.14 and has been designated on such schedule as Indebtedness that will remain outstanding following the funding of the initial Loans, and any extension, renewal, refunding or replacement of any such Indebtedness that does not increase the principal amount thereof;
(c) Unsecured Indebtedness of any Credit Party to any other Credit Party;
(d) Indebtedness of Empire Burbank under the Empire Burbank Loan Documents;provided that the outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness under the Empire Burbank Loan does not exceed $4,000,000;
(e) On or after the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Holding Company pursuant to the LBI Media Intercompany Note so long as the LBI Media Intercompany Note matures after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or, if sooner, if substantially all of the amount repaid prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date is
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used for the purposes described in clause (a) or (c) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions;
(f) Indebtedness to Jose and/or Lenard Liberman (or their spouses, lineal descendants, or heirs and devises or any trusts controlled by them) but only to the extent such indebtedness is subordinated to the Loans (or any Credit Party’s obligations to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent) pursuant to subordination agreements substantially identical to the Liberman Subordination Agreements;provided that the aggregate Indebtedness of the Credit Parties under this Section 7.1(f) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(g) Indebtedness of the Credit Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) consisting of Capital Lease Obligations or Indebtedness, as applicable, secured by Liens permitted under Sections 7.2(i) or 7.2(q) and/or in connection with the acquisition of real property (other than any real property received or acquired in any Acquisition or Relocation) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding (i) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding or (ii) thereafter, $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(h) Indebtedness (i) under any Hedging Agreement or (ii) for bank overdrafts in the ordinary course of business that are promptly repaid;
(i) Indebtedness arising from guaranties of Indebtedness of any Credit Party permitted hereunder or other agreements of any Credit Party providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar customary obligations, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business or assets of any Credit Party permitted by this Agreement;
(j) Indebtedness in respect of the Relocation Profit to the extent required to be paid to the Shop At Home Sellers pursuant to the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents;
(k) Indebtedness in respect of the Term Loans under the Term Loan Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $110,000,000 plus the amount of any incremental term loans permitted to be incurred under the Term Loan Agreement;provided that the aggregate amount of incremental term loans permitted to be incurred under the Term Loan Agreement plus any Revolving Credit Commitment Increases shall not exceed $50,000,000;
(l) Unsecured Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $150,000,000;provided the Borrower may incur up to an additional $50,000,000 of unsecured Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or caused thereby and, if the interest rate on such additional Indebtedness exceeds 10- 1/8% per annum, then subject to the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of an officer’s certificate executed by a Financial Officer demonstrating on a pro forma basis compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.10(b) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended as if such incurrence had occurred on the first day of such period;
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(m) In addition to the Indebtedness permitted under clauses (f) and (l), Subordinated Indebtedness;provided that (i) such Subordinated Indebtedness is unsecured, (ii) no such Subordinated Indebtedness shall have scheduled maturity or scheduled amortization of principal earlier than twelve months after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (iii) no agreement or instrument executed with respect to such Subordinated Indebtedness shall have any financial covenants, cross defaults or terms which conflict with, or covenants which are more restrictive than the terms of the Loan Documents, and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of all such agreements and instruments prior to the execution thereof, (iv) the terms of subordination of such Subordinated Indebtedness shall (A) in the case of Subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount together with clause (l) of up to $225,000,000, be substantially consistent with the subordination terms governing the Senior Subordinated Notes and (B) in the case of any Subordinated Indebtedness in excess of such amount, be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (v) no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would result from the incurrence of such Subordinated Indebtedness, and the Borrower shall have delivered a pro forma Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent demonstrating such compliance;
(n) Indebtedness required to be incurred in connection with any “Incentive Bonus” which may become payable pursuant to Eduardo Leon’s employment agreement;
(o) Guarantees (including Guarantees of Subordinated Indebtedness by Subsidiaries of the Borrower that have Guaranteed the Obligations) of Indebtedness or Guarantees, in each case permitted under this Section 7.1 except that no Credit Party will Guarantee the Empire Burbank Loan; and
(p) In addition to the foregoing, unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding (i) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, $10,000,000 at any time outstanding or (ii) thereafter, $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;provided that no Indebtedness to any holder of Indebtedness of Holdings shall be permitted to be incurred under this subsection (p) unless such Indebtedness is subject to a subordination agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
7.2Liens. No Credit Party or Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien in favor of any other Person on any Property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except (the following being called “Permitted Liens”):
(a) Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Senior Facilities Documents;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of any Credit Party or Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth inSchedule 7.2(b);provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of any Credit Party and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
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(c) Liens for Taxes if obligations with respect to such Taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted or are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty;
(d) landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens, and vendors’ Liens imposed by statute or common law not securing the repayment of Indebtedness, arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and Liens securing judgments (including pre-judgment attachments) but only to the extent, for an amount and for a period not resulting in an Event of Default under Section 8.1(j) hereof;
(e) pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance agreements;
(f) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, 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;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of Property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material in amount, and which do not and will not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Credit Party;
(h) Liens consisting of bankers’ liens and rights of setoff, in each case, arising by operation of law, and Liens on documents presented in letter of credit drawings;
(i) Liens on tangible property, including real or personal property, acquired, constructed or improved by any Credit Party,provided that (A) such Liens secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 7.1(g), (B) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 120 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets, and (D) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of any Credit Party or Subsidiary;
(j) Liens created by (i) the Empire Burbank Mortgage;provided that such Liens shall apply only to the Burbank Office Property and any other property of Empire Burbank referred to in such Empire Burbank Mortgage on the date the Empire Burbank Loan was funded and (ii) the Empire Burbank Lease;
(k) Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings with respect to Property leased by the Credit Parties;
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(l) Assignments of uncollectible accounts receivable to collection agencies in the ordinary course of business;
(m) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property
(n) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;
(o) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(p) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(q) Liens existing on any Property at the time of its acquisition (or on the property of any Person at the time of acquisition of such Person) and not created in anticipation of such acquisition so long as such Liens do not extend to any other assets; and
(r) Liens securing any Hedging Agreement with any Lender or the affiliate of any Lender.
If any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens, it shall make or cause to be made effective provisions whereby the obligations under the Senior Facilities Documents will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness secured thereby as long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured;provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as a consent by Required Lenders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien not otherwise permitted hereby.
7.3 [Reserved].
7.4Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales. No Credit Party will enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution). No Credit Party will effect any Disposition or Relocation or acquire any business or property from, or capital stock of, or other equity interests in, or be a party to any acquisition (including any Acquisition) of, any Person except for purchases by any Credit Party of property to be used in the ordinary course of business, Investments permitted hereunder, Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder, and Acquisitions permitted hereunder. No Credit Party will convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose (including any Disposition) of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any part of its business or property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including receivables and leasehold interests;provided that a Credit Party may (1) lease or sublease real property to the extent such lease or sublease would not materially interfere with the operation of the businesses of the Credit Parties and (2) enter into any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition described
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clauses (a) through (j) of the definition of Disposition. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) at the Borrower’s expense hereby agree to complete, execute and deliver to the Borrower, upon reasonable prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and upon provision by the Borrower of a draft of such instrument, any release or termination of security interest required to permit the applicable Credit Party conveying, selling, leasing, transferring or otherwise disposing of any part of its property pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement to convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of such property free and clear of any Lien under the Collateral Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.4:
(a) (1) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower or any License Subsidiary) may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any other Credit Party, and any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may be merged into any Credit Party (with the Credit Party as the surviving entity);provided that if any such transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the Borrower or such Wholly Owned Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving entity and (2) the Credit Parties and the Subsidiaries formed for the purposes of the Entity Conversions may consummate the Entity Conversions;
(b) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower or any License Subsidiary) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its property (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Credit Party;
(c) the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Credit Party may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to the Borrower or any other Credit Party;
(d) any Credit Party may enter into Acquisitions to acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any division, business or broadcast station or capital stock of, or other equity interests in (including acquisitions by purchase of assets, purchase of stock, merger or otherwise or by an Asset Swap), any Person (collectively, “Permitted Acquisitions”), subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) immediately prior to such Acquisition and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(ii) to the extent that the Permitted Acquisition is structured as an Acquisition of capital stock, such capital stock shall be held by a Credit Party and the Subsidiary so acquired shall comply with the provisions of Section 6.10;
(iii) immediately following the proposed Acquisition after giving effect to such Acquisition on a pro forma basis incorporating such pro forma assumptions as are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, the Credit Parties shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.10(a) and (b) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma Compliance Certificate to such effect;
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(iv) the aggregate consideration paid or exchanged by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with any such individual Acquisition shall not exceed (A) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, $100,000,000 or (B) thereafter, $125,000,000, in each case, without the consent of Required Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;
(v) the business so acquired shall be located in (A) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, the United States or (B) thereafter, the United States or any state or territory thereof or Mexico;provided that the aggregate consideration paid or exchanged by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the date hereof in connection with all acquisitions of businesses located in Mexico shall not exceed $50,000,000;
(vi) the Credit Parties have delivered such financial information with respect to the business to be acquired as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested; and
(vii) any individual Permitted Acquisition of properties or assets located in the United States for aggregate consideration of $25,000,000 or greater shall be also conditioned on delivery to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of (1) all material documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to insure that the Senior Lenders have a First Priority Lien in, and assignment of, all personal property assets and interests acquired, including consents of third parties if reasonably requested and (2) if such Permitted Acquisition is of a television or radio property and the aggregate consideration therefor is $40,000,000 or greater, an opinion of FCC counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) The Credit Parties shall be permitted to sell, lease or assign:
(i) obsolete or worn-out property (including leasehold interests), tools or equipment no longer used or useful in its business,
(ii) any inventory or other property sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and on ordinary business terms,
(iii) interests in real property by lease entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) the surrender of waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contracts or tort claims in the ordinary course of business,
(v) Dispositions; 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 senior management of the Borrower), (2) no less than 75% thereof shall be paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, and (3) the Net Cash Payments thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.11(b)(i);provided furtherthat the aggregate amount of Dispositions in any fiscal year pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed 35% of the EBITDA of the Credit Parties for the immediately preceding fiscal year, as stated in the
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Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c) for the most recently ended fiscal year, or, if such Compliance Certificate is not available at the time of such proposed Disposition, as demonstrated through financial statements and reports acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;
(vi) Asset Swaps, so long as (A) such Asset Swap is made on an arm’s-length basis and the Borrower or such Credit Party, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Swap at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or capital stock issued or sold or otherwise disposed of, (B) the Borrower or such Subsidiary complies with Sections 6.10 and 6.13 with respect to any assets acquired and (C) any Asset Swap of any Broadcast Station shall only be in exchange for another television and/or radio broadcast station(s) and like assets, and assets related to the operation of such stations, cash and Indebtedness, or Investments in respect of Indebtedness, evidenced by notes;
(vii) Dispositions in connection with operations or divisions discontinued or to be discontinued;
(viii) Investments made in accordance with Section 7.5; and
(ix) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute a Disposition.
(f) The Credit Parties shall be permitted to effect any Relocation,provided thatthe following conditions have been satisfied:
(i) Such Voluntary Relocation shall not, as determined on the date of the consummation of such Voluntary Relocation, have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole;
(ii) The Credit Parties shall give 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of the proposed Relocation, which notice shall include a description of all material aspects of the Relocation including the consideration to be received by any Credit Party in connection therewith;
(iii) Simultaneously with informing the Shop At Home Sellers under the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents of any Relocation Profit, the Credit Parties shall so inform the Administrative Agent and thereafter keep the Administrative Agent apprised of the negotiation thereof, and shall forward to the Administrative Agent copies of all material correspondence, including, without limitation, any “Buyer’s Relocation Profit Notice” or “Challenge Notice” (as such terms are defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents) and all correspondence pertaining to any implementation of the Valuation Mechanism (as defined in the Shop At Home Acquisition Documents);
(iv) to the extent any representation or warranty herein makes reference to one or more of the Schedules to this Agreement, the Credit Parties shall make revisions to such Schedules, in each case as of the date of the consummation of any Relocation and notwithstanding that such representation or warranty may expressly state that it is made
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as of an earlier date, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, solely to take into account the consummation of such Relocation; and
(v) In connection with any Involuntary Relocation the Credit Parties shall use their best efforts to receive only cash consideration therefor.
(g) Upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), the Borrower may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Borrower in another jurisdiction to realize tax or other benefits. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders; and
(h) Upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, Media Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may convert from a corporation to a limited liability company for the sole purpose of realizing tax or other benefits,provided that prior to such conversion, the Borrower shall provide such documents, agreements, certificates and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to cause such successor entity to (and to evidence that such successor entity shall) continue to be subject to the Loan Documents to the same extent as the predecessor entity.
7.5Investments; Hedging Agreements. No Credit Party will make or permit to remain outstanding any Investment, except in the case of any Credit Party
(a) Investments by the Credit Parties in capital stock of, and other equity interests in, their Subsidiaries to the extent outstanding at the Effective Time and as set forth onSchedule 4.12 or4.14(a) hereto, Investments consisting of deferred payment obligations in connection with permitted sales of assets, advances by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party (which advances, whether existing on the Closing Date or made thereafter, may be cancelled or forgiven by such Credit Party) and capital contributions by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party;
(b) advances, loans and extensions of credit to any director, officer or employee of a Credit Party or any other Person, Investments by the Credit Parties in connection with the satisfaction of accounts receivable or other Indebtedness due from a customer of a Credit Party or claims due and owing to the Credit Parties or otherwise for the benefit of the business of the Credit Parties;providedthat the maximum aggregate principal amount of any Investments permitted under this subsection (b) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding, and, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Default shall be caused thereby, the Credit Parties may forgive or cancel any such advance, loan or extension of credit;
(c) Permitted Investments;
(d) Investments (i) in any deferred payment obligations or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors or in satisfaction of judgments and (ii) resulting from deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers, or otherwise made in connection with workers compensation, utility, leases and similar deposits, in any case, made in the ordinary course of business;
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(e) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments constituting non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition (or other disposition not constituting a Disposition) otherwise permitted hereunder;
(g) Investments arising in connection with Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which any Credit Party is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and not for speculation;
(h) Checking and deposit accounts used in the ordinary course of business maintained with the Administrative Agent or other depository institutions who have executed Control Agreements except for (A) the deposit accounts maintained with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., so long as the Borrower maintains an agreement to sweep the daily balances in such accounts at the end of each Business Day on which such daily balances exceed a specified balance, not to exceed $400,000 to (1) an account at Union Bank of California, N.A. described on Schedule 1 of the Control Agreement delivered in connection with the Original Credit Agreement (the “Existing Control Agreement”) or (2) an account covered by a new Control Agreement obtained pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(iii) or otherwise, and (B) the securities accounts and deposit accounts maintained with Union Bank of California, N.A. for which Control Agreements will not be obtained as described onSchedule 5.1(e)(iii);
(i) escrow deposits made pursuant to Acquisitions permitted hereunder;
(j) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them and described inSchedule 7.5 annexed hereto and the Borrower may own intercompany loans made to Holdings prior to the Closing Date and the Borrower may forgive or cancel such loans;
(k) the Borrower may acquire and hold obligations of one or more officers or other employees of the Credit Parties in connection with such officers’ or employees’ acquisition of shares of Holdings’ common stock, so long as no cash is actually advanced by any Credit Party to such officers or employees or any Holding Company in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations and, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Default shall be caused thereby, the Credit Parties may forgive or cancel any such advance, loan or extension of credit;
(l) the Credit Parties may accept promissory notes, debt or equity securities or other Investments as consideration in any Relocation, the aggregate amount of which received after the Closing Date shall not exceed $10,000,000;provided, that the Credit Parties may accept promissory notes, debt or equity securities or other Investments as consideration in an Involuntary Relocation in excess of such amount so long as the receipt of such excess Investments would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(m) The following Investments:
(i) with respect to any period during which Holdings is an S Corporation or a substantially similar pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes
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and a QSSS Election is in effect for the Borrower, the Borrower may make loans to Media Holdings, Holdings or the shareholders of Holdings in an amount (together with dividend payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(a)) not in excess of the Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions and the Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions,
(ii) the Borrower may make loans (together with dividend payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(d)) to Media Holdings in an amount equal to the scheduled payments of interest on the Media Holdings Discount Notes to the extent required to be paid in cash pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, but only to the extent permitted under the applicable subordination terms thereof,provided, that, in any fiscal year, the aggregate amount of cash loans made pursuant to this clause (ii) during such fiscal year (together with the amount of cash distributions made pursuant to Section 7.6(d) during such fiscal year) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of scheduled payments of interest on the Media Holdings Discount Notes to the extent required to be paid in cash on or after October 15, 2008 pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture during such fiscal year (for the avoidance of doubt any cash interest payments which may become due prior to October 15, 2008 as a result of any election to make cash interest payments with respect to the Media Holdings Discount Notes shall not be deemed to be “required to be paid in cash,” for the purposes of Sections 7.5 and 7.6),
(iii) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Default shall be caused thereby, the Borrower may make loans (together with dividend payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(e)) to any Holding Company in an amount equal to the scheduled payments of interest on the Holding Company Debt incurred in accordance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv) to the extent required to be paid in cash pursuant to the documentation governing such Holding Company Debt and any liquidated damages required to be paid during such fiscal year in connection with any registration rights agreement relating thereto,provided, that, in any fiscal year, the aggregate amount of cash loans made pursuant to this clause (iii) during such fiscal year (together with the amount of cash distributions made pursuant to Section 7.6(e) during such fiscal year) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of scheduled payments of interest on such Holding Company Debt to the extent required to be paid in cash during such fiscal year,
(iv) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, the Borrower may make loans to any Holding Company (A) to pay administrative expenses and other costs and expenses,provided, that the amount of cash loans made pursuant to this clause (iv) (together with the amount of cash distributions made pursuant to Section 7.6(h)(i)) shall not exceed (1) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, $3,000,000 and (2) thereafter, $5,000,000, in each case, in any fiscal year and (B) to pay indemnity claims arising under, or amounts required to be paid to third parties pursuant to, the Private Equity Issuance Documents in an aggregate amount not to exceed during the term of this Agreement (together with the amount of cash distributions made pursuant to Section 7.6(h)(ii)) the amount of proceeds of the Private Equity Issuance actually contributed to the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.15(c),
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(v) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, any Credit Party may make loans to Holdings to enable Holdings to make the payments with respect to any portion of the “Incentive Bonus” which may become payable pursuant to (A) the employment agreements of Winter Horton dated December 18, 2002, Andrew Mars dated November 15, 1998 and Xavier Ortiz dated September 1, 1999, in each case as amended from time to time, respectively, and (B) any other Management Incentive Contracts or, in each case, with respect to any notes issued with respect thereto;provided that the aggregate amount of such loans (together with the aggregate amount of dividends made pursuant to Section 7.6(k)) shall not exceed (x) the amount of such bonuses required to be paid under such employment agreements, in the case of clause (A) above, or (y) $12,500,000, in the case of clause (B) above (including, in each case, any amounts required to be paid under any such notes),
(vi) the Borrower may make loans to any Holding Company to permit such Holding Company to make the Qualifying IPO Funding Transaction payments;provided that the aggregate amount of such loans together with all payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of permitted Qualifying IPO Funding Transaction payments;
(vii) the Borrower may make loans to Holdings or Media Holdings to permit Holdings or Media Holdings to (A) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire Holdings’ capital stock in open market transactions or otherwise (including redemptions) or (B) pay dividends or other distributions to any holders of the capital stock of Holdings;provided that in the case of each loan under this clause (vii): (x) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby, (y) after giving effect to any such loan, (1) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, the Total Leverage Ratio (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such loan and the application of proceeds thereof) is less than 5.00 to 1 and (2) thereafter, the Total Leverage Ratio (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such loan and the application of proceeds thereof) is 1.0x lower than the maximum Total Leverage Ratio at such time required under Section 7.10(a), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2) for the fiscal quarter most recently completed at such time as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of the same after giving effect to such loan and payment together with the financial statements required to be delivered by Section 6.1(b) and (z) the Senior Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such loan and payment and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of such Senior Leverage Ratio after giving effect to such loan and payment) shall not, in the case of any of the foregoing payments, exceed 5.00 to 1;
(viii) at any time on or after October 15, 2008, the Borrower may make loans to Media Holdings or any other Holding Company to permit Media Holdings or such other Holding Company to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (but not in any open market transaction) the Media Holdings Discount Notes or other Holding Company Debt and to pay any interest, premium, fees, costs, expenses and other amounts owing thereunder;provided that in the case of each loan made under this clause (viii): (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby (including under
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Section 7.10, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such loan, the application of the proceeds thereof and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith), as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of the same, together with the financial statements required to be delivered by Section 6.1(b) and, (ii) if such loan is made other than with proceeds of the issuance of any Subordinated Indebtedness under Section 7.1(l) or (m), the Senior Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such loan, the application of the proceeds thereof and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith is not greater than 4.00 to 1 (and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of such Senior Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the making of such loan); and
(ix) the Borrower may forgive or cancel any of the loans made pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) above; and
(n) additional Investments not referred to in any other clause of this Section 7.5,provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Investments at any time outstanding made on or after the Closing Date (net of any returns of capital with respect thereto) shall not exceed (A) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, $10,000,000 or (B) thereafter, $20,000,000 and (ii) at the time of making any such Investment, no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would result therefrom and the Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma Compliance Certificate to such effect.
7.6Restricted Junior Payments. No Credit Party will declare or make any Restricted Junior Payment at any time;provided, however, that
(a) with respect to any period during which Holdings is an S Corporation or a substantially similar pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes and a QSSS Election is in effect for the Borrower, the Borrower may declare and make dividend payments to Media Holdings in an amount (together with loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(i)) not in excess of the Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions and the Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions;
(b) the Borrower may make the Qualifying IPO Funding Transaction payments or make dividends to Holding Companies (including through any other Holding Company) in amounts to permit Holding Companies to make Qualifying IPO Funding Transaction payments (provided that the aggregate amount of such payments together with payments made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(vi) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of permitted Qualifying IPO Funding Transaction payments);
(c) the Borrower may make scheduled payments of interest on (i) the Senior Subordinated Notes to the extent required to be paid in cash pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, and subject to the applicable subordination terms thereof and (ii) other Subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 7.1(m) to the extent required by the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which such Subordinated Indebtedness was issued, and subject to the applicable subordination terms thereof;
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(d) the Borrower may declare and make dividends (together with loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(ii)) to Media Holdings in an amount equal to the scheduled payments of interest on the Media Holdings Discount Notes to the extent required to be paid in cash pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, and subject to the applicable subordination terms thereof,provided that, in any fiscal year, the aggregate amount paid pursuant to this clause (d) during such fiscal year (together with the aggregate amount of loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(ii) during such fiscal year), shall not exceed the aggregate amount of scheduled payments of interest on the Media Holdings Discount Notes to the extent required to be paid in cash on or after October 15, 2008 pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture during such fiscal year (for the avoidance of doubt any cash interest payments which may become due prior to October 15, 2008 as a result of any election to make cash interest payments with respect to the Media Holdings Discount Notes shall not be deemed to be “required to be paid in cash,” for the purposes of Sections 7.5 and 7.6);
(e) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, the Borrower may make dividends (together with loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(iii)) to any Holding Company (including through any other Holding Company) in an amount equal to the scheduled payments of interest on Holding Company Debt incurred in accordance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv) to the extent required to be paid in cash pursuant to the documentation governing such Holding Company Debt,provided, that, in any fiscal year, the aggregate amount of dividends made pursuant to this clause (e) during such fiscal year (together with the amount of loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(iii) during such fiscal year) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of scheduled payments of interest on such Holding Company Debt to the extent required to be paid in cash during such fiscal year;
(f) the Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments in order for the Borrower or a Holding Company, as the case may be, to (i) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire Holdings’ capital stock in open market transactions or otherwise (including redemptions) and/or (ii) pay dividends or other distributions to any holders of the capital stock of Holdings;provided that in the case of each payment under this clause (f): (x) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby, (y) after giving effect to any such payment, (1) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, the Total Leverage Ratio (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such payment) is less than 5.00 to 1 and (2) thereafter, the Total Leverage Ratio (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such payment) is 1.0x lower than the maximum Total Leverage Ratio at such time required under Section 7.10(a), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2) for the fiscal quarter most recently completed at such time as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of the same after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment together with the financial statements required to be delivered by Section 6.1(b) and (z) the Senior Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such Restricted Junior Payment (and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of such Senior Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the payment of such Restricted Junior Payment) shall not, in the case of any of the foregoing payments, exceed 5.00 to 1;
(g) at any time on or after October 15, 2008 the Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments in order for Media Holdings or any other Holding Company to
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redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (but not in any open market transaction) the Media Holdings Discount Notes or other Holding Company Debt and to pay any interest, premium, fees, costs, expenses and other amounts owing thereunder;provided that in the case of each payment under this clause (g): (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby (including under Section 7.10, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such payment, the application of the proceeds thereof and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith), as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of the same, together with the financial statements required to be delivered by Section 6.1(b) and, (ii) if such Restricted Junior Payment is made other than with proceeds of the issuance of Subordinated Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.1(l) or (m), the Senior Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such Restricted Junior Payment, the application of the proceeds thereof and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith is not greater than 4.00 to 1 (and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of such Senior Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the payment of such Restricted Junior Payment);
(h) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Junior Payments to any Holding Company (i) to pay administrative expenses and other costs and expenses;provided that the amount of cash distributions made pursuant to this clause (h) (together with the amount of loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(iv)(A)) shall not exceed (A) prior to the Qualifying IPO Closing Date, $3,000,000 and (B) thereafter, $5,000,000, in each case, in any fiscal year and (ii) to pay indemnity claims arising under, or amounts required to be paid to third parties pursuant to the Private Equity Issuance Documents in an aggregate amount not to exceed during the term of this Agreement (together with the amount of loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(iv)(B)) the amount of proceeds of the Private Equity Issuance actually contributed to the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.15(c);
(i) the Credit Parties may pay their obligations to Empire Burbank to the extent required to be paid under the Empire Burbank Lease;
(j) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, LBCI, or any successor entity thereto, may make the payments described in clause (vi) of the definition of Restricted Junior Payment or make the payments with respect to any notes issued under the employment agreement described in such clause (vi);
(k) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, any Credit Party may make dividend payments to Holdings (through another Holding Company, if applicable), to enable Holdings to make the payments with respect to any portion of the “Incentive Bonus” which may become payable pursuant to (A) the employment agreements of Winter Horton dated December 18, 2002, Andrew Mars dated November 15, 1998, and Xavier Ortiz dated September 1, 1999, in each case as amended from time to time, respectively, and (B) any other Management Incentive Contracts or, in each case, with respect to any notes issued with respect thereto;provided that the aggregate amount of such dividends (together with the aggregate amount of loans made pursuant to Section 7.5(m)(v)) shall not exceed (x) the amount of such bonuses required to be paid under such employment agreements,
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in the case of clause (A) above, or (y) in the case of clause (B) above, $12,500,000 (including, in each case, any amounts required to be paid under any such notes);
(l) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, the Borrower may make payments of interest on the Liberman Subordinated Debt to the extent such payments of interest are permitted to be made under the Liberman Subordination Agreements; and
(m) at any time on or after July 15, 2007, the Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (but not in any open market transaction) Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt) and to pay any interest, premium, fees, costs, expenses and other amounts owing thereunder; provided that in the case of each payment under this clause (m): (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby (including under Section 7.10, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such payment, the application of the proceeds thereof and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith), as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of the same, together with the financial statements required to be delivered by Section 6.1(b) and, (ii) if such Restricted Junior Payment is made other than with proceeds of the issuance of Subordinated Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.1(l) or (m) or Holding Company Debt, the Senior Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such Restricted Junior Payment, the application of the proceeds thereof and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith is not greater than 4.00 to 1 (and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying as to and providing a reasonably detailed calculation of such Senior Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the payment of such Restricted Junior Payment).
Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the making of any dividend or distribution, or other payment constituting a Restricted Junior Payment under clauses (ii) or (iii) of the definition thereof by any Subsidiary to any Credit Party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if part or all of a Permitted Holdings Tax Distribution or a Permitted Shareholder Tax Distribution is made in the form of a loan (rather than a dividend or other form of distribution), then (i) the terms of such loan shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Borrower, and (ii) the subsequent cancellation or forgiveness of such loan shall not be treated as a Restricted Junior Payment and shall not reduce the amount of subsequent Permitted Holdings Tax Distributions or Permitted Shareholder Tax Distributions.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including the Alta Subordination Agreement and the Investor Subordination Agreement) to the contrary, each Agent and each Lender hereby consents to (i) the Assumption Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Stockholder Voting Agreement, the Termination Agreement, the Holdings Merger Agreement, the Holdings Merger, the Entity Conversions, the Qualifying IPO, and the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions and to the execution, delivery and performance by the Administrative Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Lenders) of the Second Confirmation of Subordination Agreements, the Third Confirmation of Subordination Agreements, the Omnibus Confirmation Agreement and the Second Omnibus Confirmation Agreement, and (ii) the payments permitted under the last paragraph of Section 2.11(b), and nothing herein or therein
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shall be deemed to prohibit the Alta Repayment or any payments described in clauses (a), (c) or, subject to the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or of the indenture relating to other Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt), as applicable, (e) of the definition of Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions made within fifteen months after the consummation of the Qualifying IPO.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to the contrary, with respect to any period during which Holdings is not an S Corporation or a substantially similar pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes, any Credit Party will be permitted to make payments to any other Credit Party or any Holding Company (whether in the form of loans, dividends, distributions, contributions or otherwise) to permit such other Credit Party or such Holding Company to pay any federal, state, foreign or local tax liability of any Credit Party or any federal, state, foreign or local tax liability of any Holding Company attributable to the Credit Parties (including tax liabilities determined under Section 1552 of the Code and the consolidated return regulations promulgated under the Code);provided that any amount, not used to pay such tax liability, and refunds which are received by any Holding Company which are attributable to any Credit Party or otherwise attributable to the amounts so distributed shall be returned promptly by such Holding Company to the Credit Parties. Neither Section 7.5 nor this Section 7.6 shall prohibit any payment permitted to be made by the last paragraph of Section 2.11(b) or any loan or dividend to Media Holdings or any other Holding Company promptly applied in the manner contemplated thereby.
7.7Transactions with Affiliates. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including pursuant to any of the Sections of Articles 6 or 7), no Credit Party will directly or indirectly (a) make any Investment in an Affiliate; (b) transfer, sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of any property to an Affiliate; (c) merge into or consolidate with an Affiliate, or purchase or acquire property from an Affiliate; or (d) enter into any other transaction directly or indirectly with or for the benefit of an Affiliate (including guarantees and assumptions of obligations of an Affiliate), in each case for clauses (a) through (d), other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to such Credit Party as those that might reasonably be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such an Affiliate;provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to the following:
(i) any Affiliate who is an individual may serve as a director, officer, employee or consultant of any Credit Party, receive compensation for his or her services in such capacity and benefit from Investments to the extent specified in Section 7.5(b);
(ii) the Credit Parties may engage in and continue the transactions with or for the benefit of Affiliates which are described inSchedule 7.7, and in other similar transactions or transactions entered in the ordinary course of business,provided that the terms of such similar transactions or such ordinary course transactions are not less favorable to the Credit Parties than the terms of a commercially reasonable, arms’ length transaction between non-affiliated parties;provided, further that with respect to any such transaction involving the payment by a Credit Party of consideration in excess of $5,000,000, the Credit Parties shall provide adequate documentary and other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the terms of such transaction satisfy the immediately preceding proviso; and
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(iii) the Credit Parties may make the payments permitted by Sections 6.9(e) and (f); and
(iv) the Borrower may issue the LBI Media Intercompany Note to Media Holdings or any other Holding Company, borrow funds thereunder and repay such note, in each case, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth herein.
7.8Restrictive Agreements. No Credit Party will, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement (other than this Agreement, the Term Loan Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the documents related thereto, the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture and the documents related thereto, any documents governing any Holding Company Debt incurred in accordance with Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv) and any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder) that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of any Credit Party to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or to make or repay loans or advances to any other Credit Party;provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law, this Agreement, the Term Loan Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the documents related thereto, the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture and the documents thereto or any documents governing any Holding Company Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.15(a)(i) or (iv) or any Indebtedness permitted hereunder, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified onSchedule 7.8 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary, its assets or other Dispositions or Asset Swaps pending such sale or Disposition or Asset Swap;provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that are to be sold or Disposed of, as the case may be, and such sale or Disposition or Asset Swap is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement, (v) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1(g) that impose restrictions on the property so acquired, (vi) the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements relating solely to the securities, assets and revenues of such joint venture, and (vii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.
7.9Sale-Leaseback Transactions. No Credit Party will, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangements with any Person (other than another Credit Party;provided the Administrative Agent receives prior written notice of such transaction, copies of all documents and an opportunity to comment thereon) whereby such Credit Party shall sell or transfer (or request another Person to purchase) any property, real, personal or mixed, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property from any Person.
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7.10Certain Financial Covenants. All of the following covenants shall be measured at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Credit Parties, based on the four immediately preceding fiscal quarters of the Credit Parties, except as otherwise set forth below.
(a)Total Leverage Ratio. The Credit Parties will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter below to exceed the ratio set opposite such period below:
Fiscal Quarter ending | Ratio | |
June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006, March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2007 | 7.75 to 1 | |
December 31, 2007, March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008, September 30, 2008 | 7.50 to 1 | |
December 31, 2008, March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, September 30, 2009 | 7.25 to 1 | |
December 31, 2009, March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, September 30, 2010 | 7.00 to 1 | |
December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011 | 6.75 to 1 | |
December 31, 2011 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter | 6.50 to 1 |
(b)Interest Coverage Ratio. The Credit Parties will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter occurring during the periods below to be less than the ratio set opposite such period below:
Period | Ratio | |
Closing Date through September 30, 2006 | 1.50 to 1 | |
October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 | 1.60 to 1 | |
October 1, 2007 and thereafter | 1.70 to 1 |
(c)Capital Expenditures. The Credit Parties will not permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year to exceed $18,000,000;provided, however that to the extent that actual Capital Expenditures permitted under this subsection (c) in any fiscal year shall be less than the maximum amount permitted for such fiscal year, the excess of the maximum amount permitted under this subsection (c) over the actual Capital Expenditures shall be available for Capital Expenditures in the immediately succeeding fiscal year but may not be carried over into any subsequent fiscal year. For purposes of this Section 7.10(c), Capital Expenditures made by the reinvestment of Net Cash Payments in accordance with Section 2.11(b) shall not be deemed Capital Expenditures.
7.11Lines of Business; Restrictions on the Borrower. No Credit Party shall engage to any substantial extent in any line or lines of business activity other than (i) the Permitted Lines of Business, and (ii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall not acquire any assets in connection with any
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Acquisitions except for equity interests of Subsidiaries, cash and cash equivalents, and Investments permitted hereunder and other assets acquired through Subsidiaries.
7.12[Reserved].
7.13Modifications of Certain Documents. No Credit Party will consent to any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the provisions of any agreements, instruments or documents in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness, the effect of which is to (i) increase principal, interest, fees, reimbursements or other amounts payable with respect thereto or create any additional payment obligations thereunder, (ii) accelerate any scheduled or otherwise required payments of principal, interest, fees, reimbursements or other amounts, (iii) cause any covenants or other agreements to be more restrictive upon, or burdensome to the Credit Parties in any material respect, (iv) alter any event of default provisions contained in any Subordinated Indebtedness in a manner materially adverse to the Credit Parties, (v) modify any of the subordination provisions thereof, (vi) designate any Indebtedness (other than the Senior Loans and the other obligations of the Credit Parties under the Senior Facilities Documents) as “Designated Senior Debt” for purposes of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, or (vii) make any other change which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case, without the prior consent of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent on their behalf. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Credit Party will Guarantee any Subordinated Indebtedness or any Holding Company Debt or any other Indebtedness of any Holding Company without the prior consent of the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
7.14Empire Burbank.
(a) Empire Burbank shall not (i) amend, modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change to, the Empire Burbank Loan Documents in a manner which materially adversely affects the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or (ii) amend, modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change to, the Empire Burbank Lease in a manner which materially adversely affects the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (it being understood that no amendment or modification to the last sentence of Section 5.2 of the Empire Burbank Lease (regarding the rights of creditors to enter the premises to exercise rights and remedies regarding personal property of LBCI) shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Default shall be caused thereby, Empire Burbank may at any time pay or prepay in full or in part the obligations owing under the Empire Burbank Loan Documents (whether or not such payment or prepayment is made with the proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing).
(b) The Borrower agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any written declaration of default made by the lender under the Empire Burbank Loan Documents.
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(c) Empire Burbank shall not (i) engage in any business other than the ownership of the Burbank Office Property (and any additions to such Property), the leasing of such Property pursuant to the Empire Burbank Lease, the subleasing of certain portions thereof under the Empire Burbank Sublease, the subleasing or renting to third parties of certain sound stages, production equipment, studios and related office space included in such Property (or any additions to such Property) for use by such third parties or Empire Burbank as production facilities and businesses incidental thereto and guaranteeing the obligations under the Loan Documents, the obligations under the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the documents related thereto or to other Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Liberman Subordinated Debt) or (ii) own any assets other than the Burbank Office Property and any additions to such Property, its interests under the Empire Burbank Lease and the Empire Burbank Sublease and certain production and related equipment for use by third parties in connection with the subleasing of such sound stages and studios and additional assets necessary or advisable for the conduct in the ordinary course of its business described in clause (i).
7.15Holding Company Restrictions.
(a) The Holding Companies shall not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness which requires the payment in cash of any principal or interest in respect thereof prior to September 30, 2012, without the written consent of the Required Lenders, except for (i) the Indebtedness incurred or to be incurred by Media Holdings pursuant to the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture and any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, (ii) intercompany Indebtedness incurred by any Holding Company and owing to the Borrower or any other Credit Party or any other Holding Company, (iii) the Indebtedness which may be required to be incurred by Holdings under the employment agreements described in Section 5.1(h) and any other Management Incentive Contracts to the extent that payments under the phantom stock incentive provisions of such agreements are not permitted by this Agreement or any other document to be made in cash and any Refinancing Indebtedness, and (iv) in addition to any of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), Indebtedness incurred by any Holding Company after the date hereof (and any Refinancing Indebtedness) so long as (1) no Default exists at the time of such incurrence or would result therefrom, (2) no installments of principal of such Holding Company Debt shall be payable (whether by sinking fund payments, mandatory redemptions or repurchases or otherwise) earlier than the date six months after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (other than mandatory prepayments and mandatory offers to purchase that are no more burdensome on the Holding Companies, in any material respect, than the Media Holdings Discount Notes), (3) the covenants, events of default and mandatory prepayment requirements (whether by sinking fund payments, mandatory redemptions or repurchases or otherwise), of such Holding Company Debt are not more restrictive in any material respect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the covenants, events of default and mandatory prepayment requirements in the Loan Documents, (4) the aggregate principal amount of all such Holding Company Debtplus Indebtedness incurred under clause (i) above does not exceed $100,000,000 (valuing any Indebtedness issued at a discount at the amount of gross proceeds of the issuance thereof, and excluding, at any date of determination, the amount of any increase in the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness over the amount of such gross proceeds (i.e., accreted value) as a consequence of such Indebtedness being issued at discount) at any one time outstanding, (5) no Liens are created by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to secure such Indebtedness, (6) no Credit Party shall guaranty any such Holding Company Debt, and (7) the
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Borrower furnishes to the Administrative Agent on the date of such incurrence a certificate of a Financial Officer demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance with the foregoing conditions.
(b) Except for (x) the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions and the Private Equity Related Transactions, (y) the execution, delivery and performance of agreements in connection therewith (including the Assumption Agreement, Termination Agreement, the Private Equity Issuance Documents and documents related thereto) and (z) transactions permitted by Sections 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 and 7.15(a) (including the application of proceeds contemplated by such transactions) and any purchase, redemption, retirement, refinancing or other acquisition for value or payment or prepayment of the principal of, or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect thereof with the proceeds of Holding Company Debt, no Holding Company will purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value, or set apart any money for a sinking, defeasance or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, or make any payment or prepayment of the principal of, or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of, the Media Holdings Discount Notes, except (A) to the extent required by the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture (for the avoidance of doubt any cash interest payments which may become due prior to October 15, 2008 as a result of any election to make cash interest payments with respect to the Media Holdings Discount Notes shall not be deemed to be a payment of interest required by the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture) or (B) if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, permitted by the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture.
(c) Except for (x) the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions and the Private Equity Related Transactions, (y) the execution, delivery and performance of agreements in connection therewith (including the Assumption Agreement, the Termination Agreement, the Private Equity Issuance Documents and documents related thereto) and (z) transactions permitted by Sections 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 and 7.15(a) (including the application of proceeds contemplated by such transactions) and in connection with any purchase, redemption, retirement, refinancing or other acquisition for value or payment or prepayment of the principal of, or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect thereof with the proceeds of Holding Company Debt, no Holding Company will consent to any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the provisions of the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture or any document relating to any other Holding Company Debt permitted hereunder, the effect of which is to (i) increase principal, interest, fees, reimbursements or other amounts payable with respect thereto or create any additional payment obligations thereunder, (ii) accelerate any scheduled or otherwise required payments of principal, interest, fees, reimbursements or other amounts, (iii) cause any amount of interest payable “in kind” to be payable in cash, (iv) cause any covenants or other agreements to be more restrictive upon, or burdensome to, such Holding Company, in any respect materially adverse to the Credit Parties, (v) alter any event of default provisions contained in the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture in any material respect, or (vi) make any other change which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent on their behalf.
(d) Media Holdings shall not conduct any business or own any assets other than holding all of the equity interests issued by the Borrower or any other Holding Company, holding cash and cash equivalents, making any loans to or from any other Holding Company or any Credit Party, or any loans to any shareholder of Holdings, forgiving or canceling any such
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loans or any other loans to its Affiliates, making distributions or loans to its shareholders, performing managerial functions relating to the businesses of the Credit Parties, entering into and performing its obligations under the Media Holdings Discount Notes Indenture, the LBI Media Intercompany Note, any documents relating to any other Holding Company Indebtedness permitted hereunder, the Basic Documents to which it is a party, the Basic Documents (as defined in any Prior Credit Agreement) to which it is a party, the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions and the Private Equity Related Transactions and any transactions permitted by Sections 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 and 7.15(a) (including the application of proceeds contemplated by such transactions) and any purchase, redemption, retirement, refinancing or other acquisition for value or payment or prepayment of the principal of, or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect thereof with the proceeds of Holding Company Debt, and any activities reasonably incident to any the foregoing of this subsection (d).
(e) Holdings shall not conduct any business or own any assets other than holding all of the equity interests issued by Media Holdings (or, if a new Holding Company is created after the Closing Date, all of the equity interests of such Holding Company to the extent applicable), holding cash and cash equivalents, making any loans to or from any other Holding Company or any Credit Party or any loans to any shareholder of Holdings, forgiving or canceling any such loans or any other loans to its Affiliates, making distributions or loans to its shareholders, performing managerial functions relating to the businesses of the Credit Parties and the other Holding Companies, performing all activities in connection with (and entering into and performing any agreements in respect of) the LBI Media Intercompany Note, any Holding Company Debt and any other permitted Indebtedness of any Holding Company, the Private Equity Issuance Documents, the key employee agreements to which it is or will be a party (and service agreements with any Credit Party relating to such employment agreements), any stock incentive plans or other employee benefit plans for the issuance of equity or any interests in its equity, any transactions relating to Holdings’ equity or any interests in its equity, including any transactions pursuant to which Holdings issues its equity or any interests in its equity as consideration for acquisitions and other transactions (but excluding any such transaction that results in Holdings owning, directly or indirectly, any operating asset, other than those owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), the Holdings Merger, a Qualifying IPO, the Qualifying IPO Funding Transactions, the Private Equity Related Transactions and transactions permitted by Sections 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 and 7.15(a) (including the application of proceeds contemplated by such transactions) and any purchase, redemption, retirement, refinancing or other acquisition for value or payment or prepayment of the principal of, or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect thereof with the proceeds of Holding Company Debt, and engaging in all activities entered into (and entering into and performing any agreements related thereto) in order to perform its roles and functions as may be necessary or desirable as a publicly traded holding company, and performing such roles and functions as may be necessary or desirable as a publicly traded holding company and any activities reasonably incident to any the foregoing of this subsection (e).
(f) Media Holdings shall not pledge, encumber or hypothecate any of the capital stock of the Borrower. Holdings shall not pledge, encumber or hypothecate any of the capital stock of Media Holdings.
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7.16License Subsidiaries.
(a) Other than ancillary FCC Licenses owned by Empire Burbank (none of which are Material FCC Licenses), the Credit Parties will cause each FCC License which is owned or acquired by any Credit Party to be held in a License Subsidiary at all times.
(b) The Credit Parties shall not allow any License Subsidiary to (i) own any right, franchise or other asset except for FCC Licenses transferred to it by a Credit Party and FCC Licenses acquired by it directly or (ii) engage in any business or make any Investment other than holding such FCC Licenses and activities incidental thereto;provided that nothing herein shall prohibit any License Subsidiary from (x) entering into and performing under management agreements in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with one or more Credit Parties pursuant to which such License Subsidiary licenses to such Credit Parties for royalty payments the FCC Licenses owned by such License Subsidiary and pursuant to which such Credit Parties agree to operate their stations in accordance with policies established by such License Subsidiary and in accordance with FCC Regulations and (y) engaging in business incidental thereto. The rights of each License Subsidiary and each Operating Subsidiary under each such management agreement shall constitute Collateral and at the request of the Administrative Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any event allowing the License Subsidiary the authority to terminate such agreement, the License Subsidiary shall cause such termination to occur.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no License Subsidiary shall be permitted, under any circumstances, to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist:
(i) any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness to the Credit Parties or under the Loan Documents and the Indebtedness as a guarantor under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or any other obligations and Indebtedness permitted hereunder;
(ii) any Lien, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents or Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (h), (p), (q), (r) and (s) of Section 7.2; and
(iii) any Guarantee, other than the Guarantee of the Loans and the Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Notes or other obligations and Indebtedness permitted hereunder (including any Subordinated Indebtedness).
ARTICLE 8
Events of Default
8.1Events of Default.
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
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(a) the Credit Parties shall fail to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (i) any principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement, on the due date thereof, (ii) any interest on any Loan, within three Business Days after the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise, or (iii) any other amount payable under this Agreement or any fee payable under this Agreement or any other agreement, within five Business Days after the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration of such due or prepayment date, or otherwise;
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or Empire Burbank in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or of any Loan Document, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or of any Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made in any material respect;
(c) (i) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 6.2(a) or 6.3 or in Article 7, (ii) any Holding Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 7.15, or (iii) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, condition or agreement contained in Article 6 and such failure described in this clause (iii) shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (x) actual knowledge by a Financial Officer of any Credit Party or (y) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (given at the request of any Lender) to the Borrower;
(d) (i) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this Section) or any other Loan Document or (ii) Empire Burbank shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 7.14, and such failure described in clause (i) or (ii) shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (given at the request of any Lender) to the Borrower;
(e) any Credit Party shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness (other than obligations under the Loan Documents) of any Credit Party, when and as the same shall become due and payable, after giving effect to any grace period with respect thereto;
(f) (i) any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall default in any payment of principal or interest, regardless of the amount, due in respect of Material Indebtedness (other than the Obligations under the Loan Documents) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Material Indebtedness was created, and whether or not such default has been waived by the holders of such Material Indebtedness; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party with respect to any other material term of (x) one or more items of such Material Indebtedness or (y) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Material Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Material Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of
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such holder or holders), to cause, that Material Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be;
(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any Credit Party or Holding Company or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Credit Party or Holding Company or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h) any Credit Party or Holding Company shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (g) of this Section, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Credit Party or Holding Company or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;provided that none of the foregoing events of this clause (h) shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of the consummation of the Holdings Merger or any Entity Conversion;
(i) any Credit Party or Holding Company shall become unable, admit in writing or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate (exclusive of judgment amounts fully covered by insurance where the insurer has acknowledged coverage in respect of such judgment (it being understood that an insurer may assert a reservation of rights under applicable policies)) shall be rendered by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction against any Credit Party and the same shall not be vacated or discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge), or a stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within 60 days from the date of entry thereof and the relevant Credit Party shall not, within said period of 60 days, or such longer period during which execution of the same shall have been stayed, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal;
(k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) any Change of Control shall have occurred;
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(m) any of the following shall occur: (i) the Liens created by the Collateral Documents shall at any time (other than by reason of the Administrative Agent relinquishing such Lien) cease in any material respect to constitute valid and perfected Liens on the Collateral intended to be covered thereby; (ii) except for expiration in accordance with its respective terms, any Collateral Document shall for whatever reason be terminated, or shall cease to be in full force and effect; or (iii) the enforceability of any Collateral Document shall be contested in writing by any Credit Party;
(n) any Credit Party or Empire Burbank shall assert in writing that its obligations hereunder or under the Collateral Documents shall be invalid or unenforceable;
(o) (i) any Holding Company shall default in any payment of principal or interest, regardless of the amount, due in respect of Holding Company Debt aggregating $10,000,000 or greater beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Holding Company Debt was created, and whether or not such default has been waived by the holders of such Holding Company Debt; or (ii) breach or default by any Holding Company with respect to any other material term of (x) one or more items of Holding Company Debt in the principal amounts referred to in clause (i) above, or (y) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Holding Company Debt, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Holding Company Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Holding Company Debt to become or be declared due and payable (or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be;
(p) other than as a result of a sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or from the conversion of any Broadcast Station to digital television or in connection with any Relocation, except any such conversion or Relocation which causes a Material Adverse Effect, any Credit Party shall (i) lose, fail to keep in force, suffer the termination, suspension or revocation of, or terminate or forfeit, any Material FCC License(s), or (ii) suffer any adverse amendment to any FCC License(s) if, in the case of this clause (ii), the same could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(q) any Credit Party shall permit its on-the-air broadcast operations to be interrupted at any time for more than seven days, whether or not consecutive, during any period of ten consecutive days, if such interruption is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (after giving effect to any applicable business interruption insurance) unless (and only so long as), substantially all damages, liabilities and other effects of such interruption of service (including any adverse effect on the Credit Parties’ ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement) are fully covered by business interruption insurance;
then, and in every such event (other than an event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Section 8.1), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Credit Parties, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal
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not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Credit Parties accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Credit Parties. Upon the occurrence of any such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, direct the Collateral Agent to exercise all of the rights hereunder or under the Collateral Documents or applicable law, including the rights as secured party and mortgagee under the Collateral Documents; and in case of any event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Section 8.1, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Credit Parties accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Credit Parties, and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be permitted to exercise (or the Administrative Agent shall direct the Collateral Agent to exercise) such rights hereunder or under the Collateral Documents or applicable law, including the rights as secured party and mortgagee under the Collateral Documents to the extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE 9
The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
9.1Appointment and Authorization.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as its administrative agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (ii) the Collateral Agent as its collateral agent and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Senior Facilities Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees to act as representative and bailee with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents. Any action taken by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral, and the exercise by the Collateral Agent of its powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
9.2Administrative Agent’s and Collateral Agent’s Rights as Lender. The bank or other financial institution serving as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender, and such institution and its Affiliates may accept deposits
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from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of any thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender hereunder.
9.3Duties As Expressly Stated. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor the Issuing Lender shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, is required to exercise pursuant to a written direction from the Required Lenders, the Required Senior Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, as applicable (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders or Senior Lenders as is required hereunder or under any other Loan Document with respect to such action), (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not have any duty to disclose, or shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the financial institution serving as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates or Approved Funds in any capacity, and (d) the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Person to investigate, confirm or assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Credit Parties or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents or otherwise have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner, or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its discretion, exercised in good faith, and that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, except for any liability to the Administrative Agent or a Lender as a result of any action or inaction by the Collateral Agent that is determined to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct pursuant to a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, the Required Senior Lenders, the Majority Facility Lenders or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, as applicable, (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders or the Senior Lenders as is required hereunder or under any other Loan Document with respect to such action) or all of the Lenders if expressly required, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender by the Borrower or a Lender, and each of the Administrative Agent and the
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Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in, or in connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or in connection herewith of therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 5 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not, except to the extent the Collateral Agent is expressly instructed by the Majority Facility Lenders (or the Required Senior Lenders, as the case may be) with respect to collateral security under the Senior Facilities Documents, be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder or under any other Loan Document;provided, however, that neither Agent shall be required to take any action which exposes such Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to the Loan Documents or applicable law.
9.4Reliance By Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive written advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders, the Required Senior Lenders, the Majority Facility Lenders or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, as the case may be (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action (it being understood that this provision shall not release the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from performing any action with respect to the Borrower expressly required to be performed by it pursuant to the terms hereof) under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, the Required Senior Lenders, the Majority Facility Lenders or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, as the case may be (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
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9.5Action Through Sub-Agents. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender may perform any and all of its duties, and exercise its rights and powers, by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to its activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Issuing Lender.
9.6Resignation of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and Appointment of Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, (i) in the case of a resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the prior written consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required during the continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in Los Angeles, California or New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in Los Angeles, California or New York, New York, and (ii) in the case of a resignation of the Collateral Agent, the Majority Facility Lenders or, after the occurrence and during the continuation of any Acceleration, the Required Senior Lenders shall have the right, with the prior written consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required during the continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor Collateral Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in Los Angeles, California or New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in Los Angeles, California or New York, New York. If no such successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders, respectively, with the consent of the Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent or retiring Collateral Agent, as the case may be, gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent or retiring Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a successor Administrative Agent or successor Collateral Agent, as applicable, meeting the qualifications set forth above;provided that, in the case of the retiring Administrative Agent, if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided hereunder to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders with the consent of the Borrower appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and the retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents
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(if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph and except that the resigning Collateral Agent shall, at the expense of the Credit Parties, without representation, warranty or recourse, execute and deliver such documents, instruments and agreements as are reasonably necessary to effect an assignment of the rights and obligations of the retiring Collateral Agent to the successor Collateral Agent and deliver all Collateral then in its possession to the successor Collateral Agent). Any resignation of the Collateral Agent shall not affect in any way the validity or perfection of the Liens under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent or a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s or retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent or while the retiring Collateral Agent was acting as Collateral Agent.
9.7Lenders’ Independent Decisions. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Except as explicitly provided herein, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender do not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect to such operations, business, property, condition or creditworthiness, whether such information comes into its possession on or before the first Event of Default or at any time thereafter. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor the Issuing Lender shall be deemed a trustee or other fiduciary on behalf of any party. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Credit Party of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or to inspect the properties or books of the Borrower or any other Credit Party.
9.8Indemnification.
(a) Each Lender agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Issuing Lender (to the extent not reimbursed under Section 11.3, but without limiting the obligations of the Borrower under Section 11.3), ratably in accordance with the aggregate principal amount of the respective Commitments of and/or Loans and LC Exposure held by the Lenders (or, if all of the Commitments shall have been terminated or expired, ratably in accordance with the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans and LC Exposure held by the Lenders), for any and all liabilities (including pursuant to any Environmental Law), obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, deficiencies, suits, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) or disbursements of any kind and
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nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers or the Issuing Lender (including by any Lender) arising out of or by reason of any investigation in or in any way relating to or arising out of any Loan Document or any other documents contemplated by or referred to therein for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers or the Issuing Lender under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents or other such documents or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the costs and expenses that the Borrower is obligated to pay under Section 11.3, but excluding, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, normal administrative costs and expenses incident to the performance of its agency duties hereunder) or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents;provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified. The agreements set forth in this Section 9.8 shall survive the payment of all Loans and other obligations hereunder and shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other indemnification agreements contained in any other Loan Document.
9.9Consents Under Other Loan Documents. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent may, with the prior consent of the Required Lenders (but not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or waiver under any of the other Loan Documents.
9.10Co-Syndication Agents and Documentation Agent. Neither the Co-Syndication Agents nor the Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, express or implied. No such Agent shall incur any personal liability by reason of being named the Co-Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agent hereunder.
ARTICLE 10
Special Provisions Governing Collateral
10.1Pari Passu. Each of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and each Lender acknowledges that the Collateral is being granted by the Credit Parties to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Lenders on a pari passu basis in all respects and at all times as set forth herein without any priority of one Senior Lender over any other with respect to such Collateral.
10.2Turnover of Collateral. If any Lender acquires custody, control or possession of any assets of the Credit Parties or proceeds therefrom, whether by set-off, counterclaim or otherwise (other than deposit accounts of the Credit Parties and amounts on deposit therein), other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall promptly cause such assets or proceeds to be delivered to or put in the custody, possession or control of the Collateral Agent or, if the Collateral Agent shall so designate, an agent of the Collateral Agent (which agent may be a branch or affiliate of the Collateral Agent or any Lender) in the same form of payment received, with appropriate endorsements for distribution in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. Until such time as the provisions of the
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immediately preceding sentence have been complied with, such Lender shall be deemed to hold such Collateral and proceeds in trust for the Collateral Agent.
10.3Right to Enforce Agreement.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have the exclusive right to manage, perform and enforce the terms of the Collateral Documents with respect to the Collateral, to exercise and enforce all privileges and rights thereunder in respect of the Collateral according to its discretion exercised in good faith (notwithstanding any Default under the Senior Facilities Documents), including, without limitation, the exclusive right to administer, take or retake control or possession of any Collateral, to hold, prepare for sale, process, sell, lease, dispose of, or liquidate any Collateral, to foreclose or forbear from foreclosure in respect of any Collateral, seeking or not seeking relief from any stay against foreclosure or other remedies in any insolvency proceeding in respect of any Collateral and the acceptance of any Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any indebtedness. Subject to Section 11.12, only the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Agent (or, after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Acceleration, the Required Senior Lenders) and in accordance with the Senior Facilities Documents, shall have the right to restrict or permit, or approve or disapprove, the sale, transfer or other disposition of Collateral, in each case in connection with enforcement of foreclosure remedies under the Loan Documents. Any costs and expenses or other amounts paid or to be paid by the Collateral Agent may be paid by the Lenders and shall constitute part of the Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral.
(b) Promptly upon the request of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent will, at the expense of Credit Parties, join in enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceedings with respect to the Collateral and otherwise cooperate fully in the maintenance of such proceedings by the Collateral Agent, including, without limitation, by executing and delivering all such directions, consents, pleadings, releases and other documents and instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith, it being understood that the conduct of such proceedings shall at all times be under the exclusive control of the Collateral Agent.
ARTICLE 11
Miscellaneous
11.1Notices. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telephonic facsimile (fax), as follows:
(a) if to any Credit Party, to LBI Media, Inc., 1845 West Empire Avenue, Burbank, CA 91504, Attention: Executive Vice President (fax no. (818) 558-4244), with copies to: O’Melveny & Myers LLP, 400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attention: Joseph K. Kim (fax no. (213) 430-6407);
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(b) if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Eleven Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10010, Attention: William O’Daly (fax no. (212) 325-8072), with a copy to Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, Attention: George Ticknor (fax no. (617) 227-4420);
(c) if to any Lender (including to Credit Suisse in its capacity as the Issuing Lender), to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Any party hereto may change its address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
11.2Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Credit Party or Subsidiary therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 11.2(b), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except to the extent this Agreement or any other Loan Document provides for revisions to the schedules hereto or thereto with the approval of the Administrative Agent or except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent;provided that no such agreement shall:
(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender and the Administrative Agent, except that the consent of the Administrative Agent shall not be required with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase;
(ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
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(iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement other than mandatory prepayments of the Loans required under Section 2.11(b), or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, change the maturity date of any Loan, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, or postpone the ultimate expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(iv) change Section 2.11(c) in a manner that would alter the application of prepayments thereunder, or change Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without in each case the written consent of each Lender;
(v) change any of the provisions of this Section 11.2 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(vi) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations in respect of its Guarantee under Article 3 or release all or substantially all of the Collateral (or terminate any Lien with respect thereto), except as expressly permitted in the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(vii) waive any of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5.1 without the consent of each Lender and the Administrative Agent;
provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of such Agent, the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be.
(c) Waivers, amendments and modifications of Loan Documents are subject to the requirements specified in Section 11.2(b) and, unless and until the Intercreditor Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms, Section 3 of the Intercreditor Agreement.
11.3Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Credit Parties jointly and severally agree to pay, or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers or the Lenders, as applicable, for paying, (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Special Counsel, any FCC counsel or local counsel, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent which the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (x) the
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administration of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or (y) the custody or preservation of, the sale of , collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iv) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 11.3, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including in connection with any insolvency proceeding, workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof, and (v) all Other Taxes levied by any Governmental Authority in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other document referred to herein or therein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated by any Collateral Document or any other document referred to therein.
(b) The Credit Parties jointly and severally agree to indemnify the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuing Lender and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee and settlement costs, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby (excluding fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lenders in connection with the execution and delivery by such Indemnitee of the Loan Documents), the performance or failure to perform by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing (including in connection with any insolvency proceeding), whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto;provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have) resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) To the extent that the Credit Parties fail to pay any amount required to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger or the Issuing Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 11.3, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such Joint Lead Arranger or the Issuing
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Lender, as applicable, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount;provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such Joint Lead Arranger or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, none of the Credit Parties shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section 11.3 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
11.4Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and the Administrative Agent (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Credit Party without such consent 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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may 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) and may assign Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans;provided that:
(i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Credit Commitment or any Lender’s obligations in respect of its LC Exposure, the Issuing Lender) each must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned),
(ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or Approved Fund with respect to a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Loans or Commitment, the amount of the Loans or Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such
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assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than the lesser of $5,000,000, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent;provided that for such purposes, the amount of outstanding Loans and unused Commitments shall be determined without regard to any Swing Loans then outstanding;
(iii) the parties to each assignment (other than an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or Approved Fund with respect to a Lender) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,000,provided that in the case of contemporaneous assignments by a Lender to more than one Approved Fund with respect to a Lender managed by the same investment adviser (which funds are not then Lenders), only a single such $3,000 fee shall be payable for all such contemporaneous assignments, and
(iv) the assignee shall be an Eligible Assignee and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;
provided further that any consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required (i) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) in the event of an assignment to an existing Lender, or (iii) in the event of an assignment by General Electric Capital Corporation following a determination by such Lender or its affiliate, the National Broadcasting Company (“NBC”), that continued ownership of rights or obligations hereunder would (A) violate FCC rules pertinent to attributable ownership or (B) cause NBC to forgo investments or acquisition opportunities in any of the markets in which the Borrower then operates, then, in each case, such Lender shall consult with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent regarding proposed assignees and use reasonable efforts to cause such assignment to an assignee reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions of Section 11.4(b)(ii) shall not apply until the date on which the primary syndication of the Commitments has been completed.
(c) Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 11.4, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 11.3 with respect to matters described therein occurring or accruing prior to the effective date of any such Assignment and Acceptance). Notwithstanding anything therein to the contrary, no Approved Fund shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the assignment effected by such transferor Lender had no assignment occurred. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with paragraph (b) of this
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Section 11.4 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 (f) of this Section.
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York, New York or Los Angeles, California a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance and Lender Joinder Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the identity of the Swing Loan Lender and the amount of the Swing Loan Commitment and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender 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 (absent manifest error). The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and any Lender or the Administrative Agent, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) (i) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 11.4 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section 11.4, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and (ii) upon its receipt of a duly completed Lender Joinder Agreement executed by a New Lender and Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.1(b), and the New Lender’s completed Administrative Questionnaire, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Lender Joinder Agreement and record the information contained therein in the Register.
(f) Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and 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, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 11.2(b), or Section 11.2(c), that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (g) of this Section 11.4, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 11.4.
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(g) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17 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 2.17 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 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(h) 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 such pledge or assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank;provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(i) Anything in this Section 11.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or participate any interest in any Loan held by it hereunder to any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries without the prior consent of each Lender and the Administrative Agent.
(j) A Lender may furnish any information concerning any Credit Party, Holding Company or Subsidiary in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants) subject, however, to and so long as the recipient agrees in writing to be bound by, the provisions of Section 11.13. In addition, the Administrative Agent may furnish any information concerning any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in the Administrative Agent’s possession to any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 11.13. The Credit Parties shall assist any Lender in effectuating any assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 11.4 (including during syndication) in whatever manner such Lender reasonably deems necessary, including participation in meetings with prospective transferees.
(k) Each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof hereby agrees that it is an Eligible Assignee described in the definition thereof. Each Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to agree that the agreements of such Lender contained in Section 3 of such Assignment and Acceptance are incorporated herein by this reference.
11.5Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties and Subsidiaries herein and in the other Loan Documents, and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is outstanding and
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unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 11.3 and Article 9 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
11.6Counterparts; Integration; References to Agreement; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or its counsel and to certain other lenders constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Whenever there is a reference in any Collateral Document or UCC Financing Statement to the “Credit Agreement” to which the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Credit Parties are parties, such reference shall be deemed to be made to this Agreement among the parties hereto. Except as provided in Section 5.1, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11.7Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
11.8Right of Setoff. Subject to Section 2.18, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 11.8 are in addition to any other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender may have.
11.9Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This Agreement and all issues arising with respect hereto, including the validity or enforceability of any agreement contained herein and the issue of usury with respect
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to the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be construed in all respects in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of State of New York and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York court (or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court). Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against any Credit Party or Subsidiary or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 11.9. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
11.10WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.10.
11.11Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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11.12Release of Collateral and Guarantees. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders (as the case may be) agree that if all of the capital stock of or other equity interests in, or any assets of, any Subsidiary that is owned by the Credit Parties is sold to any Person as permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or if any Subsidiary is merged or consolidated with or into any other Person as permitted by the terms of this Agreement and such Subsidiary is not the continuing or surviving corporation, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall, upon request of the Borrower (and upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such evidence as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request to establish that such sale, designation, merger or consolidation is permitted by the terms of this Agreement), terminate the Guarantee of such Subsidiary under Article 3 and authorize the Collateral Agent to release the Lien created by the Collateral Documents on any capital stock of or other equity interests in such Subsidiary and on any assets of such Subsidiary.
11.13Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to keep confidential information obtained by it pursuant hereto and the other Loan Documents confidential in accordance with such Lender’s customary practices and agrees that it will only use such information in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and not disclose any of such information other than (a) to such Lender’s employees, representatives, directors, officers, accountants, attorneys, auditors (including any external auditors), agents, professional advisors, trustees or Affiliates who are advised of the confidential nature of such information or to any direct or indirect contractual counter party in swap agreements or such contractual counter party’s professional advisor (so long as such auditors, contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counter party agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 11.13), (b) to the extent such information presently is or hereafter becomes available to such Lender on a non-confidential basis from any source of such information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure (so long as such information does not become publicly available as a result of a breach of this Section 11.13), (c) to the extent disclosure is required by law (including applicable securities law), regulation, subpoena or judicial order or process (provided that notice of such requirement or order shall be promptly furnished to the Borrower unless such notice is legally prohibited) or requested or required by bank, securities, insurance or investment company regulators or auditors or any administrative body or commission (including the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) to whose jurisdiction such Lender or its Affiliates may be subject, (d) to any rating agency to the extent required in connection with any rating to be assigned to such Lender, (e) to assignees or participants or prospective assignees or participants who agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 11.13, (f) to the extent required in connection with any litigation between any Credit Party and any Lender with respect to the Loans or this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (g) with the Borrower’s prior written consent.
11.14Continued Effectiveness; No Novation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Agreement are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation of the obligations, liabilities or indebtedness of the Credit Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm, amend and restate the obligations, liabilities and indebtedness created under or otherwise evidenced by the Existing Credit Agreement that is evidenced by the notes provided for therein and secured by the collateral contemplated thereby and hereby (it being understood that it was the intention of the
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parties to the Existing Credit Agreement to reaffirm, amend and restate the obligations, liabilities and indebtedness created under or otherwise evidenced by the Prior Credit Agreements that is evidenced by the notes provided for therein and secured by the collateral contemplated thereby). The Credit Parties acknowledge and confirm that the liens and security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Documents secure the obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the Credit Parties to the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, and that the term “Secured Obligations” used in certain of the Loan Documents (or any other term used herein to describe or refer to the obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the Credit Parties) describes and refers to the Credit Parties’ obligations, liabilities and indebtedness hereunder and under the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, as the same had been amended, modified, supplemented or restated prior to the date hereof and as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. The Loan Documents and all agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing shall each be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement. Cross-references in the Loan Documents to particular section or subsection numbers in any Prior Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be cross-references to the corresponding sections or subsections, as applicable, of this Agreement.
11.15USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act, and the Borrower agrees to provide such information from time to time to any Lender upon reasonable request.
11.16Commitments. Upon the effectiveness hereof, the Administrative Agent shall reallocate the commitments and Loans of the Lenders hereunder and shall notify the Lenders of any payments required to be made so that the commitments and Loans of the Lenders are in accordance with Schedule 2.1. Upon receipt of such notice, each Lender shall make the payments specified therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER | ||
LBI MEDIA, INC., a California corporation | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
GUARANTORS | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF HOUSTON, INC., a California corporation | ||
KZJL LICENSE CORP.,a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION, INC., a California corporation | ||
KRCA TELEVISION, INC., a California corporation | ||
KRCA LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING, INC., a California corporation | ||
LBI RADIO LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON, INC., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF DALLAS, INC., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF DALLAS LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF DALLAS, INC., a California corporation | ||
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF DALLAS LICENSE CORP., a California corporation | ||
EMPIRE BURBANK STUDIOS, INC., a California Corporation | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
HOLDING COMPANIES | ||
Solely with respect to provisions of Section 7.15: | ||
LBI HOLDINGS I, INC., a California corporation | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
LBI MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | William O’Daly | |
Title: | Director | |
By: |
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Name: | Doreen B. Welch | |
Title: | Associate | |
COLLATERAL AGENT | ||
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH as Collateral Agent | ||
By: |
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Name: | William O’Daly | |
Title: | Director | |
By: |
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Name: | Doreen B. Welch | |
Title: | Associate |
JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS | ||
Solely with respect to provisions of Section 2.1(b): | ||
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
CO-SYNDICATION AGENT | ||
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. as Co-Syndication Agent and Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
CO-SYNDICATION AGENT | ||
HARRIS NESBITT FINANCING, INC., as Co-Syndication Agent and Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
DOCUMENTATION AGENT | ||
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. | ||
By: |
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Name: | Peter C. Connoy | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
LENDER | ||
CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
LENDER | ||
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
LENDER | ||
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
LENDER | ||
UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
LENDER | ||
US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
LENDER | ||
WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
The following have become parties to this Credit Agreement as of the date set forth next to their respective signatures:
ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS | ||||
[NAME OF GUARANTOR] | ||||
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