Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Published CUSIP Number:
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 9, 2009
among
AOL INC.,
as the Borrower,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
and
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
BNP PARIBAS
and
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as Co-Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section | Page | |||
ARTICLE I | ||||
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | ||||
1.01. | Defined Terms | 1 | ||
1.02. | Other Interpretive Provisions | 30 | ||
1.03. | Accounting Terms | 31 | ||
1.04. | Rounding | 31 | ||
1.05. | Times of Day | 31 | ||
1.06. | Letter of Credit Amounts | 32 | ||
1.07. | Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents | 32 | ||
1.08. | Time Warner Guaranty | 32 | ||
1.09. | Funding Through Applicable Lending Office | 32 | ||
ARTICLE II | ||||
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | ||||
2.01. | Committed Loans | 33 | ||
2.02. | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans | 33 | ||
2.03. | [Reserved] | 35 | ||
2.04. | Letters of Credit | 35 | ||
2.05. | Swing Line Loans | 43 | ||
2.06. | Prepayments | 46 | ||
2.07. | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 48 | ||
2.08. | Repayment of Loans | 48 | ||
2.09. | Interest | 49 | ||
2.10. | Fees | 50 | ||
2.11. | Computation of Interest and Fees | 50 | ||
2.12. | Evidence of Debt | 51 | ||
2.13. | Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback | 51 | ||
2.14. | Sharing of Payments by Lenders | 53 | ||
2.15. | Cash Collateral | 54 | ||
2.16. | Defaulting Lenders | 55 | ||
ARTICLE III | ||||
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | ||||
3.01. | Taxes | 57 | ||
3.02. | Illegality | 61 | ||
3.03. | Inability to Determine Rates | 62 | ||
3.04. | Increased Costs | 62 | ||
3.05. | Compensation for Losses | 64 | ||
3.06. | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 64 | ||
3.07. | Survival | 65 |
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Section | Page | |||
ARTICLE IV | ||||
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | ||||
4.01. | Conditions of Initial Credit Extension | 65 | ||
4.02. | Conditions to All Credit Extensions | 68 | ||
ARTICLE V | ||||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||
5.01. | Existence, Qualification and Power | 68 | ||
5.02. | Authorization; No Contravention | 69 | ||
5.03. | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | 69 | ||
5.04. | Binding Effect | 69 | ||
5.05. | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | 69 | ||
5.06. | Litigation | 70 | ||
5.07. | Ownership of Property; Liens | 70 | ||
5.08. | Environmental Compliance | 70 | ||
5.09. | Taxes | 70 | ||
5.10. | ERISA Compliance | 71 | ||
5.11. | Subsidiaries; Equity Interests | 71 | ||
5.12. | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | 72 | ||
5.13. | Disclosure | 72 | ||
5.14. | Compliance with Laws | 72 | ||
5.15. | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 72 | ||
5.16. | Solvency | 73 | ||
5.17. | Labor Matters | 73 | ||
5.18. | Collateral Documents | 73 | ||
5.19. | Senior Debt | 73 | ||
ARTICLE VI | ||||
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | ||||
6.01. | Financial Statements | 73 | ||
6.02. | Certificates; Other Information | 74 | ||
6.03. | Notices | 76 | ||
6.04. | Payment of Obligations | 77 | ||
6.05. | Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 77 | ||
6.06. | Maintenance of Properties | 77 | ||
6.07. | Maintenance of Insurance | 77 | ||
6.08. | Compliance with Laws | 77 | ||
6.09. | Books and Records | 77 | ||
6.10. | Inspection Rights | 78 | ||
6.11. | Use of Proceeds | 78 | ||
6.12. | Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security | 78 | ||
6.13. | Further Assurances | 80 | ||
6.14. | Designation of Subsidiaries | 80 | ||
6.15. | Post Closing Matters | 80 |
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Section | Page | |||
ARTICLE VII | ||||
NEGATIVE COVENANTS | ||||
7.01. | Liens | 81 | ||
7.02. | Investments | 83 | ||
7.03. | Indebtedness | 86 | ||
7.04. | Fundamental Changes | 88 | ||
7.05. | Dispositions | 88 | ||
7.06. | Restricted Payments | 89 | ||
7.07. | Change in Nature of Business | 90 | ||
7.08. | Transactions with Affiliates | 90 | ||
7.09. | Burdensome Agreements | 91 | ||
7.10. | Financial Covenants | 91 | ||
7.11. | Disqualified Equity Interests | 91 | ||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | ||||
8.01. | Events of Default | 92 | ||
8.02. | Remedies upon Event of Default | 94 | ||
8.03. | Application of Funds | 95 | ||
ARTICLE IX | ||||
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||||
9.01. | Appointment and Authority | 96 | ||
9.02. | Rights as a Lender | 97 | ||
9.03. | Exculpatory Provisions | 97 | ||
9.04. | Reliance by Administrative Agent | 98 | ||
9.05. | Delegation of Duties | 98 | ||
9.06. | Resignation of Administrative Agent | 98 | ||
9.07. | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | 100 | ||
9.08. | No Other Duties, Etc. | 100 | ||
9.09. | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 100 | ||
9.10. | Collateral and Guaranty Matters | 101 | ||
9.11. | Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements | 101 | ||
ARTICLE X | ||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
10.01. | Amendments, Etc. | 102 | ||
10.02. | Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication | 103 | ||
10.03. | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement | 106 | ||
10.04. | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 106 | ||
10.05. | Payments Set Aside | 108 | ||
10.06. | Successors and Assigns | 108 | ||
10.07. | Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | 113 | ||
10.08. | Right of Setoff | 114 | ||
10.09. | Interest Rate Limitation | 114 |
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Section | Page | |||
10.10. | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 114 | ||
10.11. | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 115 | ||
10.12. | Severability | 115 | ||
10.13. | Replacement of Lenders | 115 | ||
10.14. | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. | 116 | ||
10.15. | Waiver of Jury Trial | 117 | ||
10.16. | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | 117 | ||
10.17. | Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 118 | ||
10.18. | USA PATRIOT Act | 118 | ||
10.19. | Judgment Currency | 118 | ||
10.20. | Entire Agreement | 199 | ||
SIGNATURES | ||||
SCHEDULES | ||||
1.01A | Mandatory Costs | |||
1.01B | Subsidiary Guarantors | |||
2.01 | Commitments and Applicable Percentages | |||
5.06 | Litigation | |||
5.11 | Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments | |||
6.14 | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |||
6.15 | Post Closing Matters | |||
7.01 | Existing Liens | |||
7.02 | Existing Investments | |||
7.03 | Existing Indebtedness | |||
7.08 | Affiliate Transactions | |||
7.09 | Burdensome Agreements | |||
10.02 | Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices | |||
EXHIBITS | ||||
A | Form of Committed Loan Notice | |||
B | Form of Swing Line Loan Notice | |||
C | Form of Note | |||
D | Form of Compliance Certificate | |||
E-1 | Form of Assignment and Assumption | |||
E-2 | Form of Administrative Questionnaire | |||
F-1 | Form of Subsidiary Guaranty | |||
F-2 | Form of Time Warner Guaranty | |||
G | Form of Security Agreement | |||
H | Form of Perfection Certificate | |||
I | Form of L/C Issuer Agreement | |||
J | Form of Non-Bank Certificate |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of December 9, 2009, among AOL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Act” has the meaning specified inSection 10.18.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth onSchedule 10.02 with respect to such currency or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form ofExhibit E-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
“Alternative Currency” means each of Euro and Sterling.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to $50.0 million. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
“Alternative Currency Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10.0 million and (b) the Aggregate Commitments. The Alternative Currency Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, Swing Line Sublimit and the Aggregate Commitments.
“Annualized Basis”: with respect to any determination of Consolidated Cash Interest Charges for each of the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of such item from and after the Closing Date to and including the last day of such periodmultiplied by(y) (A) in the case of the four fiscal quarter period ending March 31, 2010, four (4), (B) in the case of the four fiscal quarter period ending June 30, 2010, two (2), and (C) in the case of the four fiscal quarter period ending September 30, 2010, four-thirds (4/3).
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant toSection 8.02 or if the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender onSchedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Index Debt as set forth below:
Applicable Rate | |||||||||||
Pricing Level | S&P/Moody’s | Commitment Fee | Loans (other than Base Rate Loans) and Letters of Credit | Base Rate Loans | |||||||
Category A | A-/A3 | 0.250 | % | 1.50 | % | 0.50 | % | ||||
Category B | BBB+/Baa1 | 0.250 | % | 2.00 | % | 1.00 | % | ||||
Category C | BBB/Baa2 | 0.375 | % | 2.50 | % | 1.50 | % | ||||
Category D | BBB-/Baa3 | 0.500 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.00 | % | ||||
Category E | <BBB-/Baa3 | 0.500 | % | 3.50 | % | 2.50 | % |
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect a rating for the senior unsecured long-term debt of Time Warner (the “Index Debt”) (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in clause (iii) of this definition), then the rating assigned by the other rating agency shall be used; (ii) if the ratings assigned by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the higher of the two ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Categories lower than the
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other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that of the higher of the two ratings; (iii) if either Moody’s or S&P shall cease to assign a rating to the Index Debt solely because Time Warner elects not to participate or otherwise cooperate in the ratings process of such rating agency, the Applicable Rate shall not be less than that in effect immediately prior to such rating agency’s rating becoming unavailable; and (iv) if the ratings assigned by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon the rating of the Index Debt in effect on the Closing Date. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the rating of the Index Debt shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means Banc of America Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required bySection 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form ofExhibit E-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and the related
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consolidated statements of operations, equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant toSection 2.07, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant toSection 8.02.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for Committed Loans with an Interest Period of one month plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified inSection 6.02.
“Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be
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carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Sterling, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Sterling are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for Sterling; and
(d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Sterling in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Sterling, or any other dealings in Sterling to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in London.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified inSection 2.15.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified inSection 2.15.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted underSection 7.01):
(a) Dollars, Sterling or Euros or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof;provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (f) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof or (C) whose short term commercial paper rating by S&P is at least “A-2” (or the then equivalent grade) or by Moody’s is at least “P-2” (or the then equivalent grade);
(d) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth,
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territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s;
(e) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b), (c) and (d) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above;
(f) commercial paper issued by any Person rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(g) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this definition; and
(h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated “AAA” by S&P or “Aaa” by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in the clauses above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have the ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (ii) other short-term investments utilized by foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in the clauses above.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957(a) of the Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
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“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding (i) prior to the Spin-Off, Time Warner or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or
(b) persons who are members of the board of directors of the Borrower on the Closing Date (or who will become members of the board of directors of the Borrower upon consummation of the Spin-Off as described in the Registration Statement) or persons designated or approved by such directors cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent inSection 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance withSection 10.01.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is or is required under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Joinders, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.12, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that create or purport to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans to the Borrower pursuant toSection 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name onSchedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Commitment Parties” means Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS Loan Finance, LLC.
“Committed Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant toSection 2.01.
“Committed Loan” has the meaning specified inSection 2.01.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant toSection 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form ofExhibit A.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form ofExhibit D.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such periodplus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) all interest expense for such period, (ii) the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes (including foreign withholding taxes, and including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto) payable by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles), (iv) non-cash compensation expense, which does not represent a cash item in such period or in any future period, arising from the granting of stock options, the granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any strike price reductions for dividends paid, repricing, amendment, modification, substitution or change of any stock option, stock appreciation rights or similar arrangements), (v) restructuring charges or reserves (including severance costs, lease termination payments and costs associated with divestures and dispositions), (vi) non-recurring litigation charges, (vii) any net loss from discontinued operations, (viii)(x) non-recurring expenses or losses and (y) any expenses related to any Investment, acquisition, Disposition or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder;provided that any amounts increasing “Consolidated EBITDA” pursuant to this clause (viii) may not exceed $50.0 million during any four consecutive fiscal quarter period, (ix) other non-cash expenses or charges (including impairment charges) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period and (x) extraordinary losses andminus (b) the following to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (ii) any net gain from discontinued operations, (iii) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (iv) extraordinary gains.
As of any date of determination and with respect to any applicable period, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Specified Transaction consummated at any time on or after the first day of such period and prior to the date of determination.
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“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date to the extent the same would be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP (excluding items which appear solely in the footnotes thereto).
“Consolidated Cash Interest Charges” means, for any period, the total expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid in cash with respect to such period determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP;provided that each of the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, the amount of Consolidated Cash Interest Charges shall be determined on an Annualized Basis.
As of any date of determination and with respect to any applicable period, Consolidated Cash Interest Charges shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Specified Transaction consummated at any time on or after the first day of such period and prior to the date of determination.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four prior fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Charges for such period.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period in accordance with GAAP;provided that Consolidated Net Income shall exclude (a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses for such period and (b) any income (or loss) for such period of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such Period to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
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United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rateplus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loansplus (iii) 2% per annum;provided,however, that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loanplus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rateplus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Committed Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (other than any de minimis amount) within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) has failed within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent (based on the reasonable belief that such Lender may not fulfill its funding obligations) to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans;provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt of such confirmation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (d) has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it has committed to extend credit, or (e) has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith;provided that “Disposition” shall not include any issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower to another Person.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is subject to mandatory repurchase or is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests) (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date the Loans are no longer outstanding.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
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“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee underSections 10.06(b)(iii) and(v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required underSection 10.06(b)(iii)).
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
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“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) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Euro Overnight Rate” means, for any day, the sum of the average of the rates per annum quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, to leading banks in the European interbank market by the Reference Banks for the offering of overnight deposits in Euro. The Administrative Agent shall determine the Euro Overnight Rate by obtaining quotes from the Reference Banks, and if any such Reference Bank fails to timely provide such quote for any day, then the Euro Overnight Rate for such day shall be determined by the average based on the quotes from the Reference Banks that provided quotes on that day.
“Euro Overnight Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Euro Overnight Rate.
“Euro Quoted Rate” means, for any day for any Swing Line Loan denominated in Euro, the rate per annum quoted by the applicable Swing Line Lender to the Borrower in response to a Borrowing Request for a Swing Line Borrowing as its overnight offer rate in effect for such Swing Line Loan at its principal office in London.
“Euro Quoted Rate Loan” means a Swing Line Loan that bears interest based on the Euro Quoted Rate.
“Eurocurrency Base Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
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“Eurocurrency Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
Eurocurrency Rate = | Eurocurrency Base Rate 1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage |
Where,
“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurocurrency Base Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by the Administrative Agent’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and
“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency. Committed Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be (i) Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans or (iii) Euro Overnight Rate Loans.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified inSection 8.01.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) taxes imposed on or measured
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by its net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any similar taxes in the nature of branch profits taxes within the meaning of Section 884(c) of the Code imposed by any jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) described in (a), (c) any withholding tax that is attributable to the recipient’s failure to comply withSection 3.01(e) and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower underSection 10.13), any United States federal withholding tax imposed on any interest payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant toSection 3.01(a)(ii) or(iii).
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day;provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letters” means (i) the joint lead arranger fee letter agreement, dated December 7, 2009 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, (ii) the commitment party fee letter agreement, dated October 28, 2009 among the Borrower and the Commitment Parties and (iii) the administrative agent fee letter agreement, dated October 28, 2009 between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien);provided that “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection, in each case, 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 related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranties” means (i) the guaranty made by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in the form ofExhibit F-1, including any guaranty or guaranty supplement required to be delivered pursuant toSection 6.12, and (ii) the Time Warner Guaranty.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into an interest rate Swap Contract permitted underArticle VI orVII, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.
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“Immaterial Subsidiary” means and Subsidiary of the Borrower other than any Material Subsidiary.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and payment obligations pursuant to agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, which payment obligations are contingent upon another Person’s satisfactory provision of services or products);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; and
(g) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership in, or other relationship with, such entity, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified inSection 10.04(b).
“Index Debt” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”
“Information” has the meaning specified inSection 10.07.
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“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” has the meaning specified inSection 4.01(a)(xi).
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date;provided,however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan denominated in Dollars), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice, or such other period that is less than twelve months requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the Lenders;provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, but giving effect to any returns actually received in respect of such Investment (not in excess of the amount of such Investment). Investments shall exclude extensions of trade credit and advances to customers and suppliers to the extent made in the ordinary course of business.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified inSection 5.16.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and each other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that has entered into an L/C Issuer Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder;provided that no Person shall at any time become an L/C Issuer if after giving effect thereto there would at such time be more than two (2) L/C Issuers. For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender shall be required to become an L/C Issuer without the written consent of such Lender.
“L/C Issuer Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form ofExhibit J, pursuant to which a Lender agrees to act as an L/C Issuer.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Creditplus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance withSection 1.06.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes each Swing Line Lender.
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“Lender-Related Distress Event” means with respect to any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any Debtor Relief Law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver, examiner or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt;provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof or the exercise of control over such Lender or Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or any instrumentality thereof.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is the earlier of (i) twelve months after the date of issuance of the applicable Letter of Credit and (ii) five days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day);provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Letter of Credit may have a Letter of Credit Expiration Date that is after the Maturity Date if such Letter of Credit Expiration Date is on or before the first anniversary of the Maturity Date.
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified inSection 2.04(h).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $30.0 million. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower underArticle II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
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“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral or other credit support pursuant to the provisions ofSection 2.15, the Fee Letters, the Guaranties and the Collateral Documents.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance withSchedule 1.01A.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the property, business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) the material rights and remedies of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole;provided,however, that any matters disclosed in the Registration Statement (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors,” any disclosures of risks in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or any other statements that are similarly non-specific or predictive or forward looking in nature, but in each case other than any specific factual information as to trends contained therein (including information as to trends and shifts in the business and the ongoing restructuring of the business)) shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which meets any of the following conditions: (a)(i) as of the last day of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC or furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.01, the Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in, or their proportionate share (based on their equity interests) of the book value of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of, the Restricted Subsidiary in question exceeds 5% of the book value of the total assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the last day of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC or furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.01, the equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the revenues from continuing operations of the Restricted Subsidiary in question exceeds 5% of the gross revenues from continuing operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries; or (iii) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the last day of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC or furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.01, the equity of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Consolidated EBITDA of the Restricted Subsidiary in question exceeds 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or (b)(i) as of the last day of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC or furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.01, the Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in, or their proportionate share (based on their equity interests) of the book value of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of, the Restricted Subsidiary in question, when taken together with the other Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that
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would otherwise be Immaterial Subsidiaries, exceeds 10% of the book value of the total assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the last day of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC or furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.01, the equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the revenues from continuing operations of the Restricted Subsidiary in question, when taken together with the other Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that would otherwise be Immaterial Subsidiaries, exceeds 10% of the gross revenues from continuing operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries; or (iii) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the last day of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC or furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 6.01, the equity of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Consolidated EBITDA of the Restricted Subsidiary in question, when taken together with the other Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that would otherwise be Immaterial Subsidiaries, exceeds 10% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower.
“Maturity Date” means December 8, 2010;provided,however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to the sale of any asset by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such sale (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with the sale thereof (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such sale and (C) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Borrower); and
(b) with respect to the sale of any capital stock or other equity interest by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such sale over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and other out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such sale.
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“Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form ofExhibit C.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, including, without limitation, any requirement to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit in accordance withSection 2.15, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Sterling, the Pound Sterling Overnight Rate and (c) with respect to any amount denominated in Euro, the Euro Overnight Rate.
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“Participant” has the meaning specified inSection 10.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified inSection 10.06(e).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form ofExhibit I or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified inSection 7.02(g).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform” has the meaning specified inSection 6.02.
“Pledged Debt” means, with respect to any Loan Party, (a) the debt securities owned by it, (b) any debt securities obtained in the future by such Grantor and (c) the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing such debt securities.
“Pledged Securities” has the meaning specified inSection 1.1(c) of the Security Agreement.
“Pound Sterling Overnight Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the rate on overnight Sterling deposits in the London interbank market as such rates are quoted on the applicable page of the Reuters Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Sterling deposits in the London interbank market).
“Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Pound Sterling Overnight Rate.
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“Pound Sterling Quoted Rate” means, for any day for any Swing Line Loan denominated in Sterling, a rate per annum quoted by the applicable Swing Line Lender to the Borrower in response to a Borrowing Request for a Swing Line Borrowing as its overnight offer rate in effect for such Swing Line Loan at its principal office in London.
“Pound Sterling Quoted Rate Loan” means a Swing Line Loan that bears interest based on the Pound Sterling Quoted Rate.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of the Borrower such that it is no longer a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, business unit, line of business or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction,” shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination;provided that the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are on a basis in accordance with GAAP and Article 11 of Regulation S-X;provided that such calculations shall not be required to be determined for any Specified Transaction that has an aggregate value of less than $1.0 million.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified inSection 6.02.
“Reference Banks” means Bank of America, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch.
“Register” has the meaning specified inSection 10.06(c).
“Registration Statement” means the registration statement of the Borrower on Form 10 filed with the SEC on July 27, 2009, with File Number 001-34419, as amended.
“Regulation S-X” shall mean Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
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“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant toSection 8.02, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition);provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party or Time Warner, as applicable, and as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary, and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant toArticle II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party or Time Warner, as applicable, shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party or Time Warner, as applicable, and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party or Time Warner, as applicable.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant toSection 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an
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Alternative Currency, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any interest rate Swap Contract permitted underArticle VI orArticle VII that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Obligations” means (i) all Obligations and (ii) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (including each Swing Line Lender), each L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant toSection 9.05, and the other Persons the Secured Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreement” has the meaning specified inSection 4.01(a)(x).
“Security Agreement Joinder” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the Security Agreement.
“Separation Agreement” means the Separation Agreement to be dated on or prior to the Spin-Off Date between the Borrower and Time Warner together with all schedules, annexes, exhibits and other attachments thereto.
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“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, in each case, assuming that Indebtedness is refinanced at maturity. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Restricted Subsidiary or of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of the Borrower such that it is no longer a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, business unit, line of business or facility used for the operations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, designation or redesignation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any asset classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Spin-Off” means the complete legal and structural separation of the Borrower from Time Warner pursuant to the Separation Agreement, such that from and after such spin-off, the Borrower will no longer be a Subsidiary of Time Warner.
“Spin-Off Date” means the date upon which the Spin-Off is consummated.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made;provided that the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; andprovidedfurther that such L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests
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having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means each of the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed onSchedule 1.01B and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Material Subsidiary and a Domestic Subsidiary that shall be required to execute and deliver a Guaranty pursuant toSection 6.12.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other similar master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon the amount that would be payable in respect of such Swap Contract if such Swap Contract were terminated on such date.
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant toSection 2.05.
“Swing Line Lender” means each of Bank of America and each other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that has entered into a written agreement to act as a Swing Line Lender, in each case, in its capacity as a provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder;provided that no Person shall at any time become a Swing Line Lender if after giving effect thereto there would at such time be more than two (2) Swing Line Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender shall be required to become a Swing Line Lender without the written consent of such Lender.
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“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified inSection 2.05(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant toSection 2.05(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form ofExhibit B.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $25.0 million and (b) the Aggregate Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Threshold Amount” means $25.0 million.
“Time Warner” means Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Time Warner Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2006 among Time Warner, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Time Warner Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by Time Warner in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the form ofExhibit F-2.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the consummation of the Spin-Off, (b) the entering into by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, and (c) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the foregoing.
“Type” means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan, a Euro Overnight Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York;provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
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jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified inSection 2.04(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means the Subsidiaries set forth onSchedule 6.14 and any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant toSection 6.14 subsequent to the Closing Date.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (B) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
1.02. Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified,
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refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03. Accounting Terms.
(a)Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements,except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b)Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower and Time Warner shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders);provided that, if such request is given by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent with respect to such change, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.04. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
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1.06. Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time;provided,however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.07. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Committed Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing, a conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Committed Borrowing, Swing Line Borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.
1.08. Time Warner Guaranty. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Time Warner Guaranty, the terms of the Time Warner Guaranty shall prevail.
1.09. Funding Through Applicable Lending Office. Any Lender may, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, designate an Affiliate of such Lender as its applicable Lending Office with respect to any Loans to be made by such Lender to the Borrower or make any Loan available to any Borrower by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loans;provided that (i) any such Affiliate shall only be entitled to the benefits ofSections 3.01,3.04 and3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein andSection 3.06) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant toSection 10.06(b) at the time of such designation and (ii) such designation is registered in the Register. In the event that a Lender designates an Affiliate of such Lender as its applicable Lending Office for Loans to the Borrower or makes any Loan
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available to the Borrower by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loans, then all Loans and reimbursement obligations to be funded by such Lender under to the Borrower shall be funded by such applicable Lending Office or foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate, as applicable, and all payments of interest, fees, principal and other amounts payable to such Lender shall be payable to such applicable Lending Office or foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate, as applicable. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, no designation by any Lender of an Affiliate as its applicable Lending Office or making any Loan available to the Borrower by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loans shall alter the obligation of the Borrower to pay any principal, interest, fees or other amounts hereunder.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01. Committed Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (each such loan, a “Committed Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars or one or more Alternative Currencies from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment;provided,however, that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender,plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, during the Availability Period, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under thisSection 2.01, prepay underSection 2.06, and reborrow under thisSection 2.01. Committed Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans, Euro Overnight Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.
(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans or Euro Overnight Rate Loans, as applicable, (ii) 10:00 a.m. on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans and (iii) 10:00 a.m. (London time) one Business Day prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans or Euro Overnight Rate Loans;provided,however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
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Loans, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 a.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to thisSection 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans and Euro Overnight Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1.0 million or a whole multiple of $1.0 million in excess thereof (or if the available Aggregate Commitments are less than $1.0 million or not a whole multiple thereof, the full amount thereof). Except as provided inSections 2.04(c) and2.05(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1.0 million or a whole multiple of $1.0 million in excess thereof (or if the available Aggregate Commitments are less than $1.0 million or not a whole multiple thereof, the full amount thereof). Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and (vi) the currency of the Committed Loans to be borrowed. If the Borrower fails to specify a currency in a Committed Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then the Committed Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans;provided,however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Committed Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans or Euro Overnight Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. No Committed Loan may be converted into or continued as a Committed Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Committed Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Committed Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, in each case, described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a
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Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Committed Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than 1:00 p.m. (London time), in the case of any Committed Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth inSection 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension,Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower;provided,however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing,first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, andsecond, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Administrative Agent’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.
2.03. [Reserved].
2.04. Letters of Credit.
(a)The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and, if applicable,Section 2.15(ii), (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in thisSection 2.04, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the date that is five days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day), to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
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account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder;provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender,plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit, if the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Lenders and such L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date.
(iii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $50,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency; or
(E) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, subject to the provisions ofSection 2.16.
(iv) No L/C Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
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(v) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The applicable L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, subject to the terms of this Agreement, and the applicable L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent inArticle IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the applicable L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used inArticle IX included the applicable L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(b)Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) whether such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency; (E) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (F) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (H) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (I) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the applicable L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the applicable L/C Issuer has received written notice from the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of
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issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained inArticle IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the applicable L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentagetimes the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) the applicable L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified the applicable L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or not later than 3:00 p.m. (London time) on the date of any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing;provided that if notice of such drawing is not provided to the Borrower prior to 11:00 a.m. on the Honor Date, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer on the next succeeding Business Day. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified inSection 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth inSection 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to thisSection 2.04(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
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(ii) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant toSection 2.04(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions ofSection 2.04(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth inSection 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant toSection 2.04(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under thisSection 2.04.
(iv) Until each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to thisSection 2.04(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by thisSection 2.04(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;provided,however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to thisSection 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth inSection 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of thisSection 2.04(c) by the time specified inSection 2.04(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the applicable L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the applicable L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any
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administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the applicable L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance withSection 2.04(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant toSection 2.04(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described inSection 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)Obligations Absolute.The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right (other than a defense of payment or performance with respect to any obligations owing to any L/C Issuer) that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), any L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
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transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by an L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by an L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower as provided inSection 2.04(f).
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f)Role of L/C Issuer.Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, no L/C Issuer shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;provided,however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of an L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) ofSection 2.04(e);provided,however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary
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notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, an L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g)Applicability of ISP and UCP.Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(h)Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Ratetimes the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, subject to the provisions ofSection 2.16 with respect to any Letter of Credit Fee payable to a Defaulting Lender. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance withSection 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(i)Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.The Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee at a rate per annum equal to 0.125%, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the amount of such Letter of Credit, computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, and (iii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, payable on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
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shall be determined in accordance withSection 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the applicable L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(j)Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(k)Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(l)Letter of Credit Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, following the Maturity Date, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall remain jointly and severally obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuers hereunder for any and all drawings under any Letter of Credit that has a Letter of Credit Expiration Date after the Maturity Date. The obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this clause shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
2.05. Swing Line Loans.
(a)The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in thisSection 2.05, may in its sole discretion make loans in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and L/C Obligations of a Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment;provided,however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender,plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment and (iii) the aggregate amount of Swing Line Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Swingline Sublimit, andprovided,further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under thisSection 2.05, prepay underSection 2.06, and reborrow under thisSection 2.05. Each Swing Line Loan (i) denominated in Dollars shall be a Base Rate Loan, (ii) denominated in Sterling shall be a Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan or a Pound Sterling Quoted Rate Loan and (iii) denominated in
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Euro shall be a Euro Overnight Rate Loan or a Euro Quoted Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentagetimes the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b)Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable written notice to the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent. Each such notice must be received by the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date (in case of Dollar-denominated Swing Line Loans) or not later than 9:30 a.m. (London time) (in the case of Alternative Currency-denominated Swing Line Loans), and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $500,000 and whole multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the applicable Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, such Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, such Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the applicable Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. (in the case of Dollar-denominated Swing Line Loans) or prior to 1:00 p.m. (London time) (in the case of Alternative Currency-denominated Swing Line Loans) on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence ofSection 2.05(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified inArticle IV are not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. (in the case of Dollar-denominated Swing Line Loans) or not later than 1:00 p.m. (London time) (in the case of Alternative Currency-denominated Swing Line Loans) on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the applicable Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.
(c)Refinancing of Swing Line Loans. (i) The applicable Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes such Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan, Euro Overnight Rate Loan or Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan, as applicable, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements ofSection 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, Euro Overnight Rate Loan or Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth inSection 4.02. The applicable Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to
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its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available (including for this purpose Cash Collateral and other credit support made available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the applicable Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. (in the case of Base Rate Committed Loans) or not later than 9:30 a.m. (London time) (in the case of Euro Overnight Rate Loans or Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans) on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject toSection 2.05(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan, Euro Overnight Rate Loan or Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan, as applicable, to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance withSection 2.05(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Committed Loans, Euro Overnight Rate Loan or Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan, as applicable, submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant toSection 2.05(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of thisSection 2.05(c) by the time specified inSection 2.05(c)(i), the applicable Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to thisSection 2.05(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the applicable Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;provided,however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to thisSection 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth inSection 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
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(d)Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the applicable Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, such Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by a Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by such Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described inSection 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the applicable Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the applicable Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to thisSection 2.05 to refinance such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f)Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.06. Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part;provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (A) 1:00 p.m. three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (B) 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans and (C) 12:00 p.m. (London time) one Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of any Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans or Euro Overnight Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment shall be in a principal amount of $5.0 million or a whole multiple of $1.0 million in excess thereof; or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,provided that a notice of prepayment 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 if such condition is not satisfied. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
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Section 3.05. Subject toSection 2.18, each such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(b) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than (x) 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the prepayment of any Swing Line Loans that are denominated in Dollars and (y) 12:00 p.m. (London time) on the date of the prepayment of any Swing Line Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,provided that a notice of prepayment delivered by the Borrower in connection with a termination of the full amount of all the Commitments 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 if such condition is not satisfied.
(c) If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect (other than solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates), the Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess;provided,however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to thisSection 2.06(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.
(d) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower on December 31, 2009, March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, September 30, 2010 or on such other dates as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that (i) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies and L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect for a period of at least five (5) consecutive Business Days, (ii) the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Alternative Currency Swingline Sublimit then in effect for a period of at least five (5) consecutive Business Days (in each case, determined by reference to the Dollar Equivalent thereof for any applicable Alternative Currency, as set forth on the Reuters World Currency Page at 11:00 a.m. London time on such date), then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the applicable Outstanding Amount(s) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect or Alternative Currency Swingline Sublimit then in effect, as applicable, or (iii) if as a result of changes in currency exchange rates, the Total Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect for a period of at least five (5) consecutive Business Days, then, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, the
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Borrower shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment to an amount such that (x) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies do not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect and (y) the Total Outstanding do not exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect.
2.07. Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) The Borrower may (and to the extent required bySection 2.07(b), shall), upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments;provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5.0 million or any whole multiple of $1.0 million in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Swing Line Sublimit or the Alternative Currency Swingline Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess and (v) any such notice of termination delivered by the Borrower in connection with a termination of the full amount of all the Commitments 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 if such condition is not satisfied. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(b) If the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of any property in accordance withSection 7.05(k), the Borrower shall permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments in an aggregate principal amount as required by such Section (such required amount to be reduced (without duplication) by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of any voluntary reductions of the Aggregate Commitments made by the Borrower prior to such date) immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person. If any prepayments of Loans are required to be made pursuant toSection 2.06(c) as a result of the reduction in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to thisSection 2.07(b), such prepayments,first, shall be applied ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the Swing Line Loans,second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Committed Loans and,third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer or the Lenders, as applicable.
2.08. Repayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Committed Loans outstanding on such date.
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(b) The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date.
2.09. Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Periodplus the Applicable Rateplus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom) the Mandatory Cost; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rateplus the Applicable Rate; (iii) each Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Pound Sterling Overnight Rateplus the Applicable Rateplus the Mandatory Cost; (iv) each Euro Overnight Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Euro Overnight Rateplus the Applicable Rateplus the Mandatory Cost; (v) each Swing Line Loan denominated in Dollars shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rateplus the Applicable Rate; (vi) each Swing Line Loan that is a Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Pound Sterling Overnight Rateplus the Applicable Rateplus the Mandatory Cost; (vii) each Swing Line Loan that is a Pound Sterling Quoted Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Pound Sterling Quoted Rateplus the Applicable Rateplus the Mandatory Cost; (viii) each Swing Line Loan that is a Euro Overnight Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Euro Overnight Rateplus the Applicable Rateplus the Mandatory Cost; and (ix) each Swing Line Loan that is a Euro Quoted Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Euro Quoted Rateplus the Applicable Rateplus the Mandatory Cost.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then such overdue amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
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(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.10. Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) ofSection 2.04:
(a)Commitment Fee.The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders ratably in accordance with their Applicable Percentages, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Ratetimes the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans of all Lenders and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject toSection 2.16 with respect to the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions inArticle IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b)Other Fees. (i) The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent and each initial Lender on the Closing Date for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed in writing between the Borrower and the applicable party).
(ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.11. Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate) and Pound Sterling Overnight Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid,provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject toSection 2.13(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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2.12. Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.13. Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff (other than a defense of payment or performance). Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than 1:00 p.m. (London time) specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. If, for any reason, the Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m. and (ii) after 1:00 p.m. (London time) specified by the
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Administrative Agent in case of payment in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b)Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. (i) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Committed Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Committed Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance withSection 2.02 (or, in the case of a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required bySection 2.02) 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 Committed Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the applicable Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in such Committed Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. 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 L/C Issuers 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 Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuers, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders and the applicable L/C Issuers, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the applicable Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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(c)Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of thisArticle II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth inArticle IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d)Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant toSection 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment underSection 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment underSection 10.04(c).
(e)Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.14. Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them,provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral or other credit support (and proceeds thereof) in respect of obligations relating to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans (including related Lender participation obligations) provided for inSection 2.15, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
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assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
2.15. Cash Collateral. (i) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, if any L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing and the conditions set forth inSection 4.02 to a Committed Borrowing cannot then be met, for so long as such L/C Borrowing is outstanding and (ii) in connection with any Letter of Credit that has a Letter of Credit Expiration Date that is after the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize (x) promptly following such request in the case of clause (i) and (y) at the later of (A) the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (B) the 91st day prior to the Maturity Date in the case of clause (ii), in each case, 105% of the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations (such Outstanding Amount to be determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing, the 91st day prior to the Maturity Date or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as applicable) or, in the case of clause (ii), provide a back-to-back letter of credit in a face amount at least equal to 105% of the then undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit from an issuer and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer in its sole discretion. Any Letter of Credit that is so Cash Collateralized or in respect of which such a back-to-back letter of credit shall have been issued shall be deemed no longer outstanding for purposes of this Agreement solely with respect to the Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations in L/C Obligations with respect to such Letters of Credit. For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in deposit accounts designated by the Administrative Agent and which are under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent to be invested in Cash Equivalents or other investments reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or claims of the depositary bank arising by operation of law or that the total amount of such funds is less than the amount required by the first sentence of thisSection 2.15, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts designated by the Administrative Agent as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (x) 100% or 105%, as applicable, of such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under
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applicable Law, to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds 100% or 105%, as applicable, of the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower.
2.16. Defaulting Lenders.
If at any time any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender:
(a) The Borrower may replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant toSection 10.06 (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Assignees;provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person.
(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant toSection 2.16(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, and (ii) deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (i) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and, if applicable, participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, (ii) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (iii) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
(c) Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant toSection 2.10(a).
(d) the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder,provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, and any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of any affected Lender or all affected Lenders or such Lender shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender that is an affected Lender or such Lender;
(e) If any Swing Line Loans or L/C Obligations exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
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(i) all or any part of such Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Outstanding Amount of Loans does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth inSection 4.2 are satisfied at such time; and
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Swing Line Loans and (y) second, Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) for so long as such L/C Obligations are outstanding, unless the applicable Swing Line Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, have agreed on an alternate arrangement;
(iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations pursuant toSection 2.16(e), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant toSection 2.04(h) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations during the period of such collateralization;
(iv) if the Applicable Percentages of the L/C Obligations of the non-Defaulting Lenders are reallocated pursuant toSection 2.16(e), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant toSection 2.04(h) shall be correspondingly adjusted for the benefit of such non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages; or
(v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant toSection 2.16(e), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender underSection 2.04(h) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations shall be payable to the applicable L/C Issuer until such Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated;
(f) So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the L/C Issuers shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or Cash Collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance withSection 2.16(e), and participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit or newly made Swing Line Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a
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manner consistent withSection 2.16(e)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein);
(g) If no Swing Line Loans or L/C Obligations then exist, or all the obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of the outstanding Swing Line Loans or L/C Obligations have been reallocated, Cash Collateralized or prepaid as contemplated in paragraph (e)(i) or (ii) of thisSection 2.16, the Borrower shall have the right (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), notwithstandingSection 2.14, to terminate the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender only upon not less than three Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent and payment in full on the date of such termination to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Defaulting Lender, of the principal and accrued interest and fees then owing to such Defaulting Lender; and
(h) Any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied as follows (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, unless subject to a good faith dispute, (ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender hereunder unless subject to a good faith dispute, (iii) third, to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, (iv) fourth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction;provided, that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans in which Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and (y) made at a time when the conditions inSection 4.02 are satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans owed to all non-Defaulting Lenderspro rata prior to being applied to prepayment of any Loans owed to any Defaulting Lender.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Applicable Percentages of the non-Defaulting Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Line Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01. Taxes.
(a)Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. (i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws
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require the applicable withholding agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the applicable withholding agent, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.
(ii) If an applicable withholding agent shall be required by any applicable Laws to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the applicable withholding agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the applicable withholding agent based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the applicable Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) has been made, the Administrative Agent or Lender (which shall include the L/C Issuers for the purpose of thisSection 3.01), as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(b)Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.
(c)Tax Indemnifications. (i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or payable by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender, to the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e) below;provided that no Lender shall be required to indemnify the Administrative Agent with respect to any penalties, interest or expenses otherwise payable pursuant to this sentence to the extent that such penalties, interest or expenses resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
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Administrative Agent in connection with its failure to pay such Taxes. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(d)Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in thisSection 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by applicable Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e)Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation. (i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the above two sentences, in the case of any taxes that are not U.S. federal withholding taxes, the completion, execution and submission of forms shall not be required if in the Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense or would be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and
(B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the
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Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(II) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form ofExhibit K to the effect that no interest payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the Foreign Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business and such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation), executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, a certificate in substantially the form ofExhibit K, Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable;provided that, if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a certificate, in substantially the form ofExhibit K, on behalf of such beneficial owner(s), or
(V) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iii) Each Foreign Lender shall, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Foreign Lender of the forms described above, whenever a lapse in time or change in such Foreign Lender’s circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence so delivered obsolete or inaccurate, promptly (1) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) renewals, amendments or
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additional or successor forms, properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender, together with any other certificate or statement of exemption required in order to confirm or establish such Foreign Lender’s status or that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in applicable tax or (2) notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence.
(f)Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which the Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Party under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
3.02. Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in Dollars to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined
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by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03. Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being offered to banks in the applicable interbank eurodollar market for such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
3.04. Increased Costs.
(a)Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except (A) any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurocurrency Rate and (B) the requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth below) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan made by it (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by
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Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer);
(iii) result in the failure of the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, to represent the cost to any Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans; or
(iv) impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate 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 Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate (or any Loan in the case of paragraph (ii) above), or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender or such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d)Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a
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waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation,provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, 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 such L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
3.05. Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
(c) any assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant toSection 10.13; or
(d) any failure by the Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency;
including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under thisSection 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Base Rate used in determining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a)Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation underSection 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or such L/C Issuer pursuant toSection 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant toSection 3.02, then such
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Lender or such L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant toSection 3.01 or3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant toSection 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation underSection 3.04, 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 toSection 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance withSection 10.13.
3.07. Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under thisArticle III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, resignation of the Administrative Agent, and any assignment by a Lender pursuant toSection 10.06.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01. Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party or Time Warner, as applicable, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Time Warner Guaranty;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party and Time Warner as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or the Time Warner Guaranty, as applicable;
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(iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Party and Time Warner’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date;
(v) an opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably request;
(vi) an opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel to Time Warner, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning Time Warner and the Time Warner Guaranty as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably request;
(vii) an opinion of McGuireWoods LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably request;
(viii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified inSections 4.02(a) and(b) have been satisfied;
(ix) a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transactions;
(x) a security agreement, in substantially the form ofExhibit G (together with each other security agreement and security agreement joinder delivered pursuant toSection 6.12, in each case as amended, the “Security Agreement”), duly executed by each Loan Party, together with:
(A) certificates representing the Pledged Securities of each Material Subsidiary (that is a Domestic Subsidiary) referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments, if any, evidencing the Pledged Debt indorsed in blank required to be delivered pursuant to the Security Agreement,
(B) proper financing statements in form appropriate for filing under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement,
(C) the results of recent lien searches, listing all effective financing statements, tax and judgment liens filed in the jurisdictions referred to in clause (B) above and the jurisdictions of the chief executive
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office of each Loan Party that name any Loan Party as debtor, together with copies of such other financing statements, tax and judgment liens,
(D) completed patent and trademark searches from the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to all registered patents and trademarks of the applicable Loan Parties, and
(E) evidence that all other action that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement has been taken (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters and UCC-3 termination statements);
(xi) a patent security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit 2 to the Security Agreement and a trademark security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit 3 to the Security Agreement (the “Intellectual Property Security Agreements”), duly executed by each Loan Party; and
(xii) the Perfection Certificate, duly executed by each Loan Party.
(b) Any fees or expenses for which an invoice has been delivered to the Borrower at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date required to be paid on the Closing Date by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, as required by the Fee Letters) shall have been paid.
(c) The Lenders shall have received an unaudited balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows of the Borrower for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2009 and for the nine-month period of the 2009 fiscal year and for the comparable periods of the prior fiscal year.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that all material Governmental Authority and third-party approvals necessary in connection with the Spin-Off as contemplated in the Registration Statement will be obtained and in full force and effect when the Spin-Off is completed.
(e) Arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have been made for the completion of the Spin-Off within a reasonable period of time after the Closing Date (but no later than the 90th day after the Closing Date) and substantially as described in the Registration Statement.
(f) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness or preferred stock other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and Indebtedness listed onSchedule 7.03.
(g) The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.
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Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph ofSection 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in thisSection 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
4.02. Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained inArticle V or any other Loan Document, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects with respect to any representation or warranty that is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects with respect to any representation or warranty that is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of thisSection 4.02, the representations and warranties contained inSections 5.05(a) and(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, ofSection 6.01.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lenders shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified inSections 4.02(a) and(b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
5.01. Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents
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and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (a) (other than the formation and existence of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor that, individually, constitutes a Material Subsidiary), (b) or (c) above, to the extent that failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law except, in each case referred to in clause (b) and (c), to the extent any such conflict, breach, contravention or payment, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.03. Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent that such approvals, consents, exceptions, authorizations or other actions, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.04. Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and general equitable principles of Law.
5.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated September 30, 2009 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
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shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby; subject, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.06. Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as specifically disclosed inSchedule 5.06, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.07. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title and except where the failure to have such title or other interest, in each case, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted bySection 7.01.
5.08. Environmental Compliance. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.09. Taxes. Except for any action or inaction that could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect: each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has (a) timely filed all Tax returns required to be filed and all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all respects, (b) duly and timely paid, collected or remitted or caused to be duly and timely paid, collected or remitted all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax return) due and payable, collectible or remittable by it and all assessments received by it and (c) satisfied all of its withholding Tax obligations, other than Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and if such contest shall have the effect of suspending enforcement or collection of such Taxes, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all material Taxes not yet due and payable and
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none of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has ever “participated” in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4. There is no proposed Tax assessments, deficiencies or audits that could be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10. ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws, (ii) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification and (iii) the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
5.11. Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) ofSchedule 5.11, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by a Loan Party in the amounts specified on Part (a) ofSchedule 5.11 free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted inSection 7.01. The Borrower has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part (b) ofSchedule 5.11. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable.
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5.12. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions ofSection 7.01 orSection 7.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope ofSection 8.01(e) will be margin stock.
(b) The Borrower is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.13. Disclosure. No report, financial statement or certificate furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, when furnished as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, it being understood that such projections may vary from actual results and such variance may be material.
5.14. Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.15. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, as currently conducted except to the extent any failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, the intellectual property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary does not infringe upon any rights held by any other Person, except to the extent such infringement, either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding the use, validity or enforceability of the intellectual property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (the “Company IP”) is pending or,
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to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.16. Solvency. The Borrower is, together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Solvent.
5.17. Labor Matters. There are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five years, except to the extent such events, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.18. Collateral Documents. The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable Lien (subject only to Liens permitted bySection 7.01) on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral described therein to the extent such Lien may be perfected by possession, filing financing statements under the UCC or the filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Upon filing of the financing statements under the UCC and the filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the delivery of the Pledged Debt and Pledged Securities to the Administrative Agent to the extent required under the Security Agreement, the Administrative Agent will have a perfected first-priority Lien on the Collateral (subject only to Liens permitted bySection 7.01), subject to the terms of the Security Agreement.
5.19. Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” and “Designated Senior Debt” (or any other terms of similar meaning and import) under any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent the concept of Designated Senior Debt (or similar concept) exists therein).
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than an unasserted or contingent Obligations), or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth inSections 6.01,6.02 and6.03) cause each Restricted Subsidiary to:
6.01. Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Borrower ending December 31, 2009, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
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previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2010), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statements of operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, and the related consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form, as applicable, the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant toSection 6.02, the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.
6.02. Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to inSection 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and, to the extent such public accountants provide such certificates, stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default under the financial covenants set forth herein or, if any such Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to inSections 6.01(a) and(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
(c) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
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(d) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(e) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; and
(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant toSection 6.01(a) or(b) orSection 6.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed onSchedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent);provided that: (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required bySection 6.02(b) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities
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of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC,” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, each L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided,however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth inSection 10.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”
6.03. Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default, which is known (or should be known) by any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party;
(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any material dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws;
(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary;
(e) of any announcement by Moody’s or S&P of any change in a rating of the Index Debt; and
(f) of the occurrence of any Disposition of property or assets for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant toSection 2.07(b).
Each notice pursuant to thisSection 6.03(other thanSections 6.03(e) and(f)) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant toSection 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
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6.04. Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including all of its Tax liabilities, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and such contest shall have the effect of suspending enforcement or collection of such Taxes, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to pay or discharge the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.05. Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted bySection 7.04 or7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except in the case of clause (a) (other than as to the existence of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor that, individually, constitutes a Material Subsidiary) and this clause (b), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) take all reasonable action to maintain and/or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, for which non-preservation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06. Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except in the case of clause (a) and this clause (b) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.
6.07. Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies that are not Affiliates of the Borrower, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. All such insurance as it relates to the Collateral shall name the Administrative Agent as additional insured on behalf of the Secured Parties (in the case of liability insurance) or loss payee (in the case of property insurance), as applicable.
6.08. Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws (including, without limitation, ERISA and all Environmental Laws) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09. Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP in all material respects shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
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6.10. Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (other than the records of the Board of Directors of such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary), and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower;provided,however, that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise the rights underSection 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than two (2) times during any calendar year absent the existence and continuance of an Event of Default and only one (1) such time shall be at the Borrower’s expense;provided that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall permit the Borrower to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants.
6.11. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
6.12. Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security.
(a) Upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than (x) any CFC or (y) any Immaterial Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, then the Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense:
(i) within 25 days after such formation or acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), cause such Subsidiary, and cause each direct and indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary (if it has not already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty or guaranty supplement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents,
(ii) within 25 days after such formation or acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the personal properties of such Restricted Subsidiary, in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(iii) within 25 days after such formation or acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), cause such Restricted Subsidiary and each direct and indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary (if it has not already done so) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, Security Agreement Joinders, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security and pledge agreements, as specified by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including delivery of all Pledged Securities in and of such Restricted Subsidiary, and other instruments of the type specified inSection 4.01(a)(x)), securing payment of all the
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Secured Obligations of such Subsidiary or such parent, as the case may be, under the Loan Documents and constituting Liens on all personal properties subject to such agreements, and
(iv) within 30 days after such formation or acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), cause such Restricted Subsidiary and each direct and indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary (if it has not already done so) to take whatever action (including the filing of UCC financing statements) may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and security and pledge agreements delivered pursuant toSection 6.12(a)(iii).
(b) At any time upon request of the Administrative Agent, promptly execute and deliver any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits of, or (as applicable) in perfecting and preserving the Liens of, such guaranties, Security Agreements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security and pledge agreements.
(c) At any time on or prior to the date that is 45 days following the Closing Date, the Borrower may designate AOL UK Limited (“AOL UK”) as a Subsidiary Guarantor. Within such period after such notice (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower shall cause AOL UK to (i) duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty or guaranty supplement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the personal properties of such Restricted Subsidiary, in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, a debenture and share charge (which shall also be executed and delivered by any Subsidiary Guarantor owning the Equity Interests of AOL UK) and other instruments as specified by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, securing payment of all the Secured Obligations under the Loan Documents and constituting Liens on all personal properties subject to such agreements;provided that the Liens created pursuant to such agreements shall be similar in scope to the Liens created under the Security Agreement, (iv) take whatever action (including delivery of all Equity Interests in and of AOL UK) as may be necessary or advisable under the laws of the United Kingdom in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to such debenture and share charge and other instruments;provided that the Liens created pursuant to such agreements shall be similar in scope to the Liens created under the Security Agreement and (v) deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for AOL UK acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the matters contained in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(d) If, at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, Subsidiaries that are not “Material Subsidiaries” pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of
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“Material Subsidiary” comprise in the aggregate a “Material Subsidiary” pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof, then the Borrower shall, not later than 25 days after the date by which financial statements for such quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, cause one or more such Subsidiaries designated by the Borrower to become additional Subsidiary Guarantors (notwithstanding that such Subsidiaries are, individually, not Material Subsidiaries) such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true.
6.13. Further Assurances. Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents and (ii) assure, convey, grant assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or not or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Loan Document to which any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is or is to be a party, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to do so.
6.14. Designation of Subsidiaries. The board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary;provided that (a) immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the covenants set forth inSections 7.02,7.03 and7.10 (and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating such compliance) and (c) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or continue as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if (i) it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary provides any Guarantee or credit support of any kind, including any undertaking, Guarantee, indemnity, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness of any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or is directly or indirectly liable on such Indebtedness, as a guarantor or otherwise or any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary contains a default that would permit, upon notice, lapse of time or both, any holder of any Indebtedness of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity. The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary (as applicable) therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Person’s (as applicable) investment therein and the Investment resulting from such designation must otherwise be in compliance withSection 7.02. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. The Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower on the Closing Date are listed onSchedule 6.14.
6.15. Post Closing Matters. To the extent not delivered on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each relevant Loan Party to meet the requirements set forth on
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Schedule 6.15 within the time frames specified in such Schedule;provided that in each case, the Administrative Agent may extend the number of days for compliance, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than unasserted or contingent Obligations), or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
7.01. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) (i) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document and (ii) Liens on cash or deposits granted in favor of a Swing Line Lender or an L/C Issuer to Cash Collateralize any Defaulting Lender’s participation in Swing Line Loans or Letters of Credit, respectively, as contemplated bySections 2.15 and2.16, respectively;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed onSchedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof;provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not increased, (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased except as contemplated bySection 7.03(b), (iii) the direct and any contingent obligors with respect thereto are not increased, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted bySection 7.03(b);
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs 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 affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default underSection 8.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted underSection 7.03(e);provided that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition;
(j) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;providedthat such Liens were not created in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or Investment and do not extend to any assets (other than proceeds and products thereof) other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or acquired by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, and the applicable Indebtedness secured by such Lien is permitted underSection 7.03(f);
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted bySection 7.03(f);provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets (other than proceeds and products thereof) other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or acquired by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Permitted Acquisition;
(l) Liens on property of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors;
(m) (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (x) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (y) secure any Indebtedness, (ii) any interest or title of a lessor under leases entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(n) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity
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trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions, relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations or relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(o) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings; and
(q) other Liens not to exceed $25.0 million;provided that Liens under thisSection 7.01(q) shall not extend to or cover any of the Borrower’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ owned real property.
7.02. Investments. Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of Cash Equivalents;
(b) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
(c) (i) Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof and listed onSchedule 7.02, (ii) additional Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Loan Parties;provided that any Indebtedness evidencing such Investment and held by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor is unsecured and subordinated to the Obligations, (iii) additional Investments by Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Loan Parties in other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (iv) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Investment, additional Investments by the Loan Parties in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors in an aggregate outstanding amount invested on and after the Closing Date not to exceed $100.0 million;provided that Investments permitted under this clause (iv) shall not be made in Restricted Subsidiaries that were formed or acquired after the Closing Date in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, and (v) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Investment, additional Investments by the Loan Parties in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount invested on and after the Closing Date not to exceed $50.0 million;
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(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(e) other Investments to the extent financed with the Net Cash Proceeds of the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower other than any such sales or issuances of Equity Interests to another Loan Party;
(f) other Investments in an aggregate outstanding amount invested on and after the Closing Date not to exceed $100.0 million;
(g) the purchase or other acquisition of all of the property and assets or business of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or a division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary owned directly by the Borrower or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including as a result of a merger or consolidation, andprovided that if the total cash consideration paid by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries for such purchase or acquisition exceeds $25.0 million, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall own directly at least 90% of the Equity Interests of such Person upon the consummation thereof);providedfurther that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to thisSection 7.02(g) (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”):
(i) any such newly created or acquired Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements ofSection 6.12;
(ii) the acquired property, assets or business of the Person to be (or the property of which is to be) so purchased or otherwise acquired shall be in substantially the same, related or complementary lines of business as one or more of the principal businesses of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) the total cash consideration paid by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any such purchase or other acquisition, when aggregated with the total cash paid by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for all other purchases and other acquisitions made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to thisSection 7.02(g), shall not exceed the sum of the Net Cash Proceeds from Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date pursuant toSection 7.05(k),less any Net Cash Proceeds to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are required bySection 7.05(k) to be applied pursuant toSection 2.07(b);provided that to the extent such Dispositions giving rise to such Net Cash Proceeds include Dispositions of Collateral or the Equity Interests of a Loan Party, the Person to be acquired in such Permitted Acquisition shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor with
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Collateral of a reasonably equivalent value to the Collateral Disposed of as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith;
(iv) (A) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with all of the covenants set forth inSection 7.10, such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant toSection 6.01(a) or(b) as though such purchase or other acquisition had been consummated as of the first day of the fiscal period covered thereby; and
(v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, no later than the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is to be consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in thisSection 7.02(g) have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition;
(h) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing or similar arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Investments consisting of Liens and Restricted Payments expressly permitted underSections 7.01 and7.06, respectively;
(j) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a corporation merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance withSection 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(k) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) to the extent constituting Investments, the transactions and fees contemplated in the agreements entered into with Time Warner listed onSchedule 7.08; and
(m) other Investments in any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in connection with Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date pursuant toSection 7.05(k);provided that if such Dispositions were Dispositions of Collateral or the Equity Interests of a Loan Party, the assets comprising such Investment shall have a reasonably
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equivalent fair market value and shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent as Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
7.03. Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed onSchedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof;provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (ii) such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iii) no Person that is not an obligor under the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended shall be an obligor under such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and (iv)(A) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall not refinance Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, (C) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not refinance Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (D) any such refinancing Indebtedness shall not have any greater collateral security than such Indebtedness being refinanced and (E) the terms (other than interest rate but including without limitation the restrictive covenants) of any such Indebtedness do not include financial maintenance covenants and are no more burdensome to the Borrower taken as a whole than the terms of this Agreement;
(c) Guarantees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, which Guarantee is otherwise permitted underSection 7.02;provided that no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to thisSection 7.03(c) shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary providing such Guarantee is a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor existing or arising under any Swap Contract,provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a
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“market view”; and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(e) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement;
(f) Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million at any time outstanding;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, which Indebtedness shall (i) in the case of Indebtedness owed to a Loan Party, constitute Pledged Debt, (ii) be subordinated on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (iii) be otherwise permitted under the provisions ofSection 7.02;
(h) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries constituting indemnification obligations in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or other Investments permitted bySection 7.02;
(j) Obligations under Cash Management Agreements and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;provided that any reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are reimbursed within 20 days following the incurrence thereof;
(m) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(n) other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; and
(o) other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million outstanding at any time.
7.04. Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower,provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries,provided that when any Subsidiary Guarantor is merging with another Restricted Subsidiary, the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary;provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(c) so long as no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, in connection with any acquisition permitted underSection 7.02(g), any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it;provided that (i) the Person surviving such merger shall be a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any such merger to which any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) is a party, such Loan Party is the surviving Person; and
(d) so long as no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition otherwise expressly permitted pursuant toSection 7.05.
7.05. Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn-out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
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(d) Dispositions of property by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary Guarantor;provided that if the transferor of such property is a Subsidiary Guarantor, (i) the transferee thereof must either be the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted underSection 7.02;
(e) Dispositions permitted bySection 7.02,Section 7.04 (other thanSection 7.04(d)) andSection 7.06;
(f) Dispositions pursuant to leases in the ordinary course of business (including the renewals of existing office leases);
(g) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business of Cash Equivalents;
(h) leases, subleases, licenses, assignments or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(i) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(j) Dispositions of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business in connection with the collection or compromise thereof; and
(k) other Dispositions;provided that (i) the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good faith by the Borrower’s Board of Directors), (ii) to the extent the consideration (whether cash or non-cash) received from such Dispositions exceeds $250.0 million in the aggregate on and after the Closing Date (with any non-cash consideration measured in terms of the fair market value thereof for purposes of this clause (ii)), the outstanding Commitments shall be reduced pursuant toSection 2.07(b) in an aggregate principal amount equal to 50% of such excess and (iii) the fair market value of any non-cash consideration received in such Disposition is set forth in an officer’s certificate delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at the time of such Disposition, which certificate shall also indicate the method of determining such fair market value and contain calculations in reasonable detail showing the same;
provided,however, that any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (k) shall be for fair market value.
7.06. Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom:
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(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person that owns an Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective holdings of the type of Equity Interest in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made;
(b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person;
(c) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests issued by it with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other common Equity Interests; and
(d) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make payments in respect of its Equity Interests pursuant to employee stock options, compensation plans, employment agreements and similar agreements upon the death, disability or termination of employment of the applicable employees for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing),provided that the sum of all such payments under this clause (d) shall not exceed $30.0 million in the aggregate on and after the Closing Date.
7.07. Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.
7.08. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate,provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) transactions between or among the Borrower and any Loan Party or between and among any Loan Parties, (ii) transactions between or among any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (iii) transactions with Time Warner or its Subsidiaries pursuant to agreements listed onSchedule 7.08, (iv) equity issuances, repurchases, retirements or other acquisitions or retirements of Equity Interests by the Borrower permitted underSection 7.06(d), (v) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements and (vi) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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7.09. Burdensome Agreements. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that (a) limits the ability (x) of any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (y) of any Restricted Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (z) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person;provided,however, that this clause (z) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted underSection 7.03(e) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person in each case, other than (i) Contractual Obligations existing on the date hereof and listed onSchedule 7.09, (ii) Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) Contractual Obligations that represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party which is permitted bySection 7.03 (but solely to the extent such Contractual Obligations apply to the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party), (iv) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted underSection 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business, (v) are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted underSections 7.03(b) and(e) (but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness (or the proceeds and products thereof)), (vi) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto and (vii) are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
7.10. Financial Covenants.
(a)Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the end of any fiscal quarter (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2010) to be less than 4.0 to 1.0.
(b)Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of (i) the date of each Credit Extension and (ii) the end of each fiscal quarter (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2010) to be greater than 1.5 to 1.0.
7.11. Disqualified Equity Interests. Issue, incur, assume or become obligated, directly or indirectly with respect to, any Disqualified Equity Interests.
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01. Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a)Non-Payment. The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within five days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
(b)Specific Covenants. The Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to (i) perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any ofSection 6.03(a) (in respect of any Default),6.05, or6.14 orArticle VII or (ii) Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit with a Letter of Credit Expiration Date after the Maturity Date as required bySection 2.15; or
(c)Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after the earlier of (x) receipt by the Borrower of written notice of such default from the Administrative Agent (which may be at the request of any Lender) and (y) the date on which any Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware (or should have become aware) of such default; or
(d)Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be materially incorrect or misleading (or incorrect, with respect to any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact that is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) when made or deemed made; or
(e)Cross-Default. (i) The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise but after giving effect to any applicable grace period) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable; (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early
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Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or (iii) an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Time Warner Credit Agreement) (or similar equivalent concept in the case of a refinancing or replacement of the Time Warner Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing; or
(f)Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. The Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting a Material Subsidiary or Time Warner institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g)Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting a Material Subsidiary or Time Warner becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 60 days after its issue or levy; or
(h)Judgments. There is entered against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments or orders) exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of 45 consecutive days; or
(i)ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
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(j)Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or Time Warner or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or Time Warner or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document; or
(k)Collateral Documents. Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant toSection 4.02 or6.12 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted bySection 7.01) on the Collateral purported to be covered thereby; or
(l)Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
8.02. Remedies upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under the Loan Documents;
provided,however, that upon the occurrence of an event specified inSection 8.01(f) with respect to the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting a Material Subsidiary or Time Warner under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Notwithstanding anything else in thisSection 8.02, so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Time Warner shall have the option to purchase all the outstanding Loans and Commitments,provided that (i) the Time Warner Guaranty shall be in full force and
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effect; (ii) prior notice of such repayment shall be provided to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender, (iii) all outstanding Loans and Commitments shall be purchased, (iv) such Loans and Commitments shall be purchased at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus all accrued and unpaid interest and fees and any other amounts thereon and (v) all Letters of Credit shall be Cash Collateralized pursuant toSection 2.15. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this paragraph promptly, but in any event within 20 Business Days, following receipt of the notice delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence. Any amounts payable by Time Warner pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders. In order to effectuate the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall calculate, upon the written request of Time Warner from time to time, the amount of cash that would be necessary so to purchase all the outstanding Loans and Commitments.
8.03. Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for inSection 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso toSection 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions ofSections 2.15 and2.16, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable underArticle III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (and not in its other capacities hereunder);
Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (including fees, charges, and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and each L/C Issuer payable pursuant toSection 10.05 and amounts payable underArticle III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clauseSecond payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clauseThird payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and Secured Obligations then owing under the Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Hedge Bank and the Cash Management Banks, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clauseFourth held by them;provided that to the extent any payment pursuant to this clauseFourth would be made from proceeds attributable to realization upon the Time Warner Guarantee, such payments shall be made only to that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings;
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Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the respective L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant toSections 2.04 and2.15;
Sixth, if such amounts were not previously paid as a result of the conditions specified in the proviso to clauseFourth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations then owing under the Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably the Hedge Bank and the Cash Management Banks, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clauseSixth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject toSections 2.04(c) and2.15, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clauseFifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms ofArticle IX hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
9.01. Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents 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 hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and such L/C Issuer for
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purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent,” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of thisArticle IX andArticle X (includingSection 10.04(c)), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents), as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
9.02. Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
9.03. Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents),provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided inSections 10.01 and8.02) or (ii) in the
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absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (vi) the value or the sufficiency of the Collateral or (vii) the satisfaction of any condition set forth inArticle IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
9.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent 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.
9.05. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
9.06. Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the
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Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a Lender. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above;provided that 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 (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative 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 resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article andSection 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(b) The Administrative Agent agrees that in the event it shall fail, in its capacity as a Lender hereunder, to fund its portion of any Borrowing within three Business Days of the date on which it shall have been required to fund same, so long as the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender as a result of such failure, it shall cooperate in good faith with efforts initiated by the Borrower to replace it with a successor administrative agent that is satisfactory to the Required Lenders and the Borrower (including resigning in connection with such replacement).
(c) Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an L/C Issuer and as a Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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9.07. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
9.08. No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers, or Documentation Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender, an L/C Issuer or a Swing Line Lender hereunder.
9.09. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent underSections 2.04(i) and(j),2.10 and10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent underSections 2.10 and10.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any L/C Issuer any plan of
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reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
9.10. Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as potential Cash Management Bank and a potential Hedge Bank) and each L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than (A) unasserted or contingent obligations and (B) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank shall have been made) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer shall have been made), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) that is subject to a Lien permitted bySection 7.01(i) to the extent the documents governing such Lien do not permit the Lien of the Administrative Agent on such property, or (iv) subject toSection 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted bySection 7.01(i); and
(c) to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to thisSection 9.10. In each case as specified in thisSection 9.10, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and thisSection 9.10.
9.11. Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guaranty or any Collateral Document, no Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits ofSection 8.03, any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any
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action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of thisArticle IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.01. Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders, Time Warner and (except with respect to the Time Warner Guarantee) the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;provided,however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth inSection 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant toSection 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to thisSection 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;provided,however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(e) changeSection 2.14 orSection 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby;
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(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or Section 2.16(d) or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release (i) all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranties or (ii) the Time Warner Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) amend the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender; or
(j) amendSection 10.06(b) to impose any additional restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations without the written consent of each Lender;
andprovided,further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto.
If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement,provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) all such Non-Consenting Lenders are replaced and (ii) one or more banks or other entities which are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lenders pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become Lenders for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lenders to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements ofSection 10.13.
10.02. Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(a)Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
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delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person onSchedule 10.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b)Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent,provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant toArticle II if such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it,provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement),provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c)The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE
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ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party;provided,however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d)Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and any Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e)Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders.The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the
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Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided and provided under each other Loan Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance withSection 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers;provided,however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any L/C Issuer or any Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance withSection 10.08 (subject to the terms ofSection 2.14), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; andprovided,further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant toSection 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject toSection 2.14, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
10.04. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a)Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this
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Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed inSection 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory,IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE;provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c)Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), each L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), each L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or any L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or any L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions ofSection 2.13(d).
(d)Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any
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Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e)Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(f)Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and any Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Secured Obligations.
10.05. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and each L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Secured Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
10.06. Successors and Assigns.
(a)Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security
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interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it);provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5.0 million unless each of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Swing Line Lender and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);provided,however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.
(ii)Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans;
(iii)Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default underSection 8.01(a),
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Section 8.01(f) (with respect to the Borrower) orSection 8.01(g) (with respect to the Borrower) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Swing Line Lender (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required.
(iv)Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500;provided,however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v)No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) any Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), (C) to a natural person or (D) to Time Warner or any of its Affiliates except as provided inSection 8.02.
provided, that the requirements and limitations set forth in thisSection 10.06(b) shall not be applicable to any assignments of Commitment and Loans by Lenders to Time Warner pursuant to the last paragraph ofSection 8.02.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits ofSections 3.01,3.04,3.05, and10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c)Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative
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Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it);provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso toSection 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits ofSections 3.01,3.04 and3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein andSection 3.06) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits ofSection 10.08 as though it were a Lender,provided such Participant agrees to be subject toSection 2.14 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall be required to disclose, or otherwise share, its Participant Register with any Loan Party. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(f)Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment underSection 3.01 or3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been
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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 (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(g)Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank;provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h)Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender After Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder;provided,however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant toSection 2.04(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant toSection 2.05(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(i) In the event that any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender or S&P, Moody’s and Thomson’s BankWatch (or InsuranceWatch Ratings Service, in the case of Lenders that are insurance companies (or Best’s Insurance Reports, if such insurance company is not rated by Insurance Watch Ratings Service)) shall, after the date that any Lender becomes a Lender, downgrade the long-term certificate deposit ratings of such Lender, and the resulting ratings shall be below BBB-, Baa3 and C (or BB, in the case of a Lender that is an insurance company (or B, in the case of an insurance company not rated by InsuranceWatch Ratings Service)) (or, with respect to any Lender that is not rated by any such ratings service or provider, an L/C Issuer or a Swing Line Lender shall have reasonably determined that there has occurred a material adverse change in the financial condition of any such Lender, or a material impairment of the ability of any such Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, as compared to such condition or ability as
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of the date that any such Lender became a Lender), then such L/C Issuer shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its own expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, to replace such Lender with an assignee (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained inSection 10.07(b) above), and such Lender hereby agrees to transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained inSection 10.07(b) above, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the prior written consent of the Borrower to the extent otherwise required bySection 10.07(b)) all its interests, rights and obligations in respect of its Commitment to such assignee;provided,however, that (i) no such assignment shall conflict with any law, rule and regulation or order of any Governmental Authority and (ii) such L/C Issuer or such assignee, as the case may be, shall pay to such Lender in immediately available funds on the date of such assignment the principal of and interest accrued to the date of payment on the Loans made by such Lender hereunder and all other amounts accrued for such Lender’s account or owed to it hereunder.
10.07. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant toSection 2.16 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. In addition, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to ratings agencies, market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to
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have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
10.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party that are due and payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, each L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application,provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
10.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
10.10. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
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understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided inSection 4.01, 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 that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
10.11. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
10.12. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of thisSection 10.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
10.13. Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation underSection 3.04, 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 toSection 3.01, 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, and consents required by,Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment),provided that:
(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified inSection 10.06(b);
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(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to not less than 100% of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts underSection 3.05) 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);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation underSection 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant toSection 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
10.14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a)GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b)SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS SITING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND ANY APPELLATE COURT THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c)WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW
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OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d)SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES INSECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10.15. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
10.16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in
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the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
10.17. Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
10.18. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with the Act. The Borrower shall and the Subsidiary Guarantors, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.
10.19. Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or under any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If
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the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
10.20. Entire Agreement.THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
AOL INC., as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Arthur Minson | |
Name: | Arthur Minson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Acknowledged and consented to:
TIME WARNER INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Edward B. Ruggiero | |
Name: | Edward B. Ruggiero | |
Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Antonikia Thomas | |
Name: | Antonikia Thomas | |
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Lisa M. Webster | |
Name: | Lisa M. Webster | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Andreas Neumeier | |
Name: | Andreas Neumeier | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
By: | /s/ Anca Trifan | |
Name: | Anca Trifan | |
Title: | Director |
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Ryan Vetsch | |
Name: | Ryan Vetsch | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Irja R. Otsa | |
Name: | Irja R. Otsa | |
Title: | Associate Director | |
By: | /s/ Marie Haddad | |
Name: | Marie Haddad | |
Title: | Associate Director |
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Kate Kang | |
Name: | Kate Kang | |
Title: | Vice President |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Alex Daw | |
Name: | Alex Daw | |
Title: | Vice President |
BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Gregory R. Paul | |
Name: | Gregory R. Paul | |
Title: | Managing Director |
BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Maria Bliznakova | |
Name: | Maria Bliznakova | |
Title: | Vice President |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Tina L. Ruyter | |
Name: | Tina L. Ruyter | |
Title: | Vice President |
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Walton | |
Name: | Mark Walton | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Criag J. Malloy | |
Name: | Criag J. Malloy | |
Title: | Director |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF COMMITTED LOAN NOTICE
Date: ,
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the other financial institutions party thereto from time to time and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned hereby requests (select one):
¨ A Borrowing of Committed Loans ¨ A conversion or continuation of Loans
1. | On (a Business Day). |
2. | In the amount of . |
3. | Comprised of . |
[Type of Committed Loan requested]
4. | In the following currency: |
5. | For Eurocurrency Rate Loans: with an Interest Period of months. |
The Committed Borrowing, if any, requested herein complies with the provisos to the first sentence ofSection 2.01 of the Agreement.
AOL INC. |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
A-1-1
Form of Committed Loan Notice
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE
Date: ,
To: | [Bank of America, N.A.][ ], as Swing Line Lender |
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned hereby requests a Swing Line Loan:
1. | On (a Business Day). |
2. | In the amount of . |
The Swing Line Borrowing requested herein complies with the requirements of the provisos to the first sentence ofSection 2.05(a) of the Agreement.
AOL INC. |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
B-1
Form of Swing Line Loan Notice
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement. Except as otherwise provided inSection 2.05(f) of the Agreement with respect to Swing Line Loans, all payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in the currency in which such Committed Loan was denominated and in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. This Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranties and is secured by the Collateral. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
C-1
Form of Note
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AOL INC. |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
C-2
Form of Note
LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO
Date | Type of | Currency | End of Interest Period | Amount of Principal or Interest Paid This Date | Outstanding Principal Balance This Date | Notation Made By | ||||||
C-2
Form of Note
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Financial Statement Date: ,
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the of the Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Borrower, and that:
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscalyear-end financial statements]
1. The Borrower has delivered the year-end audited financial statements required bySection 6.01(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscalquarter-end financial statements]
1. The Borrower has delivered the unaudited financial statements required bySection 6.01(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
2. The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and financial condition of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by such financial statements.
3. A review of the activities of the Borrower during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Borrower performed and observed all its Obligations under the Loan Documents, and
D-1
Form of Compliance Certificate
[select one:]
[to the best knowledge of the undersigned, during such fiscal period the Borrower performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and no Default has occurred and is continuing.]
—or—
[to the best knowledge of the undersigned, during such fiscal period the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Default and its nature and status:]
4. The financial covenant analyses and information set forth onSchedules 1 and2 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of , .
AOL INC. |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
D-2
Form of Compliance Certificate
For the Quarter/Year ended (“Statement Date”)
SCHEDULE 1
to the Compliance Certificate
($ in 000’s)
I. | Section 7.10 (a) – Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. |
A. | Consolidated EBITDA for four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on above date (“Subject Period”): | ||||||
1. | Consolidated Net Income for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
2. | All interest expense for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
3. | Provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
4. | Depreciation expenses for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
5. | Amortization expenses for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
6. | non-cash compensation expense, which does not represent a cash item in such period or in any future period: | $ | |||||
7. | restructuring charges or reserves | $ | |||||
8. | non-recurring litigation charges | $ | |||||
9. | any net loss from discontinued operations | $ | |||||
10. | non-recurring expenses or losses1 | $ | |||||
11. | any expenses related to any Investment, acquisition, Disposition or recapitalization2 | $ | |||||
12. | other non-cash expenses or charges (including impairment charges) of the Borrower and its |
1 | Not to exceed $50.0 million for any four-quarter period when taken together with item 11. |
2 | Not to exceed $50.0 million for any four-quarter period when taken together with item 10. |
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Restricted Subsidiaries, which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period | $ | ||||||
13. | extraordinary losses | $ | |||||
14. | Income tax credits for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
15. | any net gain from discontinued operations | $ | |||||
16. | Non-cash additions to Consolidated Net Income for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
17. | Extraordinary gains | $ | |||||
18. | Consolidated EBITDA (Lines I.A1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 -17): | $ | |||||
B. | Consolidated Cash Interest Charges for Subject Period: | $ | |||||
C. | Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (Line I.A.18 ÷ Line I.B): | to 1.0 | |||||
Minimum required: | 4.0 to 1.0 |
II. | Section 7.10 (b) – Consolidated Leverage Ratio. |
A. | Consolidated Funded Indebtedness at Statement Date: | $ | |||||
B. | Consolidated EBITDA for Subject Period (Line I.A.18 above): | $ | |||||
C. | Consolidated Leverage Ratio (Line II.A ( Line II.B): | to 1.0 | |||||
Maximum permitted: | 1.5 to 1.0 |
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For the Quarter/Year ended (“Statement Date”)
SCHEDULE 2
to the Compliance Certificate
($ in 000’s)
Consolidated EBITDA
(in accordance with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA
as set forth in the Agreement)
Consolidated EBITDA | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||
Consolidated Net Income | ||||||||||
+ Consolidated Cash Interest Charges | ||||||||||
+ income taxes | ||||||||||
+ depreciation expense | ||||||||||
+ amortization expense | ||||||||||
+ non-recurring non-cash expenses | ||||||||||
+ non-cash compensation expense, which does not represent a cash item in such period or in any future period | ||||||||||
+ restructuring charges or reserves | ||||||||||
+ non-recurring litigation charges |
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Consolidated EBITDA | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||
+ any net loss from discontinued operations | ||||||||||
+ non-recurring expenses or losses | ||||||||||
+ any expenses related to any Investment, acquisition, Disposition or recapitalization | ||||||||||
+ other non-cash expenses or charges (including impairment charges) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period | ||||||||||
+ extraordinary losses | ||||||||||
- income tax credits | ||||||||||
- any net gain from discontinued operations | ||||||||||
- non-cash income | ||||||||||
- extraordinary gains | ||||||||||
= Consolidated EBITDA |
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EXHIBIT E-1
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]3 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]4 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]5 hereunder are several and not joint.]6 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] thereunder (including, without limitation, the Letters of Credit and the Swing Line Loans included therein) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims,
3 | For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language. |
4 | For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language. |
5 | Select as appropriate. |
6 | Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees. |
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malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
1. | Assignor[s]: |
2. | Assignee[s]: |
[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]
3. | Borrower(s): |
4. | Administrative Agent: Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement |
5. | Credit Agreement: Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2009, among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
6. | Assigned Interest[s]: |
Assignor[s]7 | Assignee[s]8 | Aggregate Amount of Commitment for all Lenders9 | Amount of Commitment Assigned | Percentage Assigned of Commitment10 | CUSIP Number | |||||
$ | $ | % | ||||||||
$ | $ | % | ||||||||
$ | $ | % |
[7. Trade Date: ]11
7 | List each Assignor, as appropriate. |
8 | List each Assignee, as appropriate. |
9 | Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. |
10 | Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment of all Lenders thereunder. |
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Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR [NAME OF ASSIGNOR] | ||
By: | ||
Title: | ||
ASSIGNEE [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] | ||
By: | ||
Title: |
[Consented to and]12 Accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | ||
Title: |
Footnote continued from previous page.
11 | To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. |
12 | To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
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[Consented to:]13 | ||
By: | ||
Title: |
13 | To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
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ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
[ ]14
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. | Representations and Warranties. |
1.1.Assignor. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2.Assignee. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee underSection 10.06(b)(iii) and(v) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required underSection 10.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without
14 | Describe Credit Agreement at option of Administrative Agent. |
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reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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 Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2.Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3.General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS REPLY FORM – US DOLLAR ONLY
CONFIDENTIAL
EXHIBIT E-2
FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE
I. Borrower Name: | AOL, Inc | |||
$ | Type of Credit Facility _________________ |
II. Legal Name of Lender of Record for Signature Page:
• | Signing Credit Agreement YES NO |
• | Coming in via Assignment YES NO |
III. Type of Lender:
(Bank, Asset Manager, Broker/Dealer, CLO/CDO, Finance Company, Hedge Fund, Insurance, Mutual Fund, Pension Fund, Other Regulated Investment Fund, Special Purpose Vehicle, Other – please specify)
IV. Domestic Address: | V. Eurodollar Address: | |||
VI. Contact Information:
Syndicate level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its related parties or their respective securities will be made available to the Credit Contact(s). The Credit Contacts identified must be able to receive such information in accordance with his/her institution’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and State securities laws.
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Form of Administrative Questionnaire |
ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS REPLY FORM – US DOLLAR ONLY
CONFIDENTIAL
Primary | Secondary Operations Contact | Operations Contact | ||||
Name: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Title: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Address: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Telephone: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Facsimile: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
E Mail Address: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
IntraLinks E Mail Address: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ |
Does Secondary Operations Contact need copy of notices? YES NO
Letter of Credit | Draft Documentation Contact | Legal Counsel | ||||
Name: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Title: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Address: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Telephone: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
Facsimile: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ | |||
E Mail Address: | _______________________ | _______________________ | _______________________ |
VII. Lender’s Standby Letter of Credit, Commercial Letter of Credit, and Bankers’ Acceptance Fed Wire Payment Instructions (if applicable):
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ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS REPLY FORM – US DOLLAR ONLY
CONFIDENTIAL
Pay to: | ||
(Bank Name) | ||
(ABA #) | ||
(Account #) | ||
(Attention) |
VIII. Lender’s Fed Wire Payment Instructions:
Pay to: | ||
(Bank Name) | ||
(ABA #) (City/State) | ||
(Account #) (Account Name) | ||
(Attention) |
IX. Organizational Structure and Tax Status
Please refer to the enclosed withholding tax instructions below and then complete this section accordingly:
Lender Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN): _______________________________________________
Tax Withholding Form Delivered to Bank of America*:
________W-9
________ W-8BEN
________ W-8ECI
________ W-8EXP
________ W-8IMY
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ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS REPLY FORM – US DOLLAR ONLY
CONFIDENTIAL
Tax Contact | ||
Name: | ______________________ | |
Title: | ______________________ | |
Address: | ______________________ | |
Telephone: | ______________________ | |
Facsimile: | ______________________ | |
E Mail Address: | ______________________ |
NON–U.S. LENDER INSTITUTIONS
1. Corporations:
If your institution is incorporated outside of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and is the beneficial owner of the interest and other income it receives, you must complete one of the following three tax forms, as applicable to your institution: a.) Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner), b.) Form W-8ECI (Income Effectively Connected to a U.S. Trade or Business), or c.) Form W-8EXP (Certificate of Foreign Government or Governmental Agency).
A U.S. taxpayer identification number is required for any institution submitting a Form W-8 ECI. It is also required on Form W-8BEN for certain institutions claiming the benefits of a tax treaty with the U.S. Please refer to the instructions when completing the form applicable to your institution. In addition, please be advised that U.S. tax regulations do not permit the acceptance of faxed forms.An original tax form must be submitted.
2. Flow-Through Entities
If your institution is organized outside the U.S., and is classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as either a Partnership, Trust, Qualified or Non-Qualified Intermediary, or other non-U.S. flow-through entity, an original Form W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. branches for United States Tax Withholding) must be completed by the intermediary together with a withholding statement. Flow-through entities other than Qualified Intermediaries are required to include tax forms for each of the underlying beneficial owners.
Please refer to the instructions when completing this form. In addition, please be advised that U.S. tax regulations do not permit the acceptance of faxed forms.Original tax form(s) must be submitted.
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ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS REPLY FORM – US DOLLAR ONLY
CONFIDENTIAL
U.S. LENDER INSTITUTIONS:
If your institution is incorporated or organized within the United States, you must complete and return Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification).Please be advised that we require an original form W-9.
Pursuant to the language contained in the tax section of the Credit Agreement, the applicable tax form for your institution must be completed and returned on or prior to the date on which your institution becomes a lender under this Credit Agreement. Failure to provide the proper tax form when requested will subject your institution to U.S. tax withholding.
* | Additional guidance and instructions as to where to submit this documentation can be found at this link: |
X. Bank of America Payment Instructions:
Pay to: | Bank of America, N.A. | |
ABA # 026009593 | ||
New York, NY | ||
Acct. # 3750836479 | ||
Attn: Large Corporate Loans | ||
Ref: AOL, Inc |
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EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
[Provided under separate cover]
F-1-1
Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF TIME WARNER GUARANTY
[Provided under separate cover]
F-2-1
Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT
[Provided under separate cover]
G-1
Form of Security Agreement
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
[Provided under separate cover]
H-1
Forms of Perfection Certificate
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF L/C ISSUER AGREEMENT
[ ], 20[ ]
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto, the other financial institutions party thereto from time to time and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
WHEREAS, Bank of America, N.A. is a L/C Issuer under the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, [LENDER] is a Lender under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned desires [LENDER] to become an additional L/C Issuer under the Credit Agreement in accordance with the definition of “L/C Issuer” in the Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby agrees as follows:
In accordance with the definition of “L/C Issuer” in the Credit Agreement, each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges that as of the date of this L/C Issuer Agreement (this “Agreement”) [LENDER] shall be an additional L/C Issuer under the Credit Agreement and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of the Credit Agreement applicable thereto.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of New York.
[Signature pages follow.]
I-1
Form of L/C Issuer Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
AOL INC. | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: |
I-2
Form of L/C Issuer Agreement
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Administrative Agent | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: |
I-3
Form of L/C Issuer Agreement
[LENDER] | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Form of L/C Issuer Agreement
EXHIBIT J-1
FORM OF
NON-BANK TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2009 (the “Agreement”), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall furnish the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.
[Signature Page Follows]
J-1-1
Form of Non-Bank Certificate
[Lender] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
J-1-2
Form of Non-Bank Certificate
EXHIBIT J-2
FORM OF
NON-BANK TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2009 (the “Agreement”), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Form of Non-Bank Certificate
[Lender] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
J-2-2
Form of Non-Bank Certificate
EXHIBIT J-3
FORM OF
NON-BANK TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2009 (the “Agreement”), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) and Section 10.07(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent share-holder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Foreign Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Foreign Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Foreign Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Form of Non-Bank Certificate
[Participant] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] |
Dated: �� , 20[ ]
J-3-2
Form of Non-Bank Certificate
EXHIBIT J-4
FORM OF
NON-BANK TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2009 (the “Agreement”), among AOL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Foreign Lender with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Foreign Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Foreign Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the under-signed, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[Signature Page Follows]
J-4-1
Form of Non-Bank Certificate
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J-4-2
Form of Non-Bank Certificate