(c) Each Deteriorating Lender and Delinquent Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each non-Deteriorating Lender and each non-Delinquent Lender from and against any and all loss, damage or expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and funds advanced by any Agent or by any non-Deteriorating Lender or non-Delinquent Lender, on account of a Deteriorating Lender’s or Delinquent Lender’s failure to timely fund its Commitment Percentage of a Loan or to otherwise perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Arrangers shall have no powers, rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(b) if to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, to Bank of America, N.A., 100 Federal Street, 9th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention: Rick Hill (Telecopy No. (617) 434-4131), with a copy to Riemer & Braunstein, LLP, Three Center Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, Attention: Kevin J. Simard, Esquire (Telecopy No. (617) 880-3456);
(c) if to the Co-Borrowing Base Agents, to (i) Bank of America, N.A., 100 Federal Street, 9th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention: Rick Hill (Telecopy No. (617) 434-4131), with a copy to Riemer & Braunstein, LLP, Three Center Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, Attention: Kevin J. Simard, Esquire (Telecopy No. (617) 880-3456), and to (ii) Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC, One Boston Place, 18th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, Attention: Patrick Norton (Telecopy No. (617) 523-4029), with a copy to Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C., 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10169, Attention: Michael Barocas, Esquire (Telecopy No. (212) 682-6104);
(d) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth on the signature pages hereto or on any Assignment and Acceptance for such Lender.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
Section 9.02Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by any Secured Party in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Bank and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted bySection 9.02(b), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Agents, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Loan Parties and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or
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agreements in writing entered into by the Agents and the Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders;providedthat no such waiver, amendment, modification or other agreement shall: (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the consent of such Lender or increase the Commitments to an amount greater than $100,000,000 without the consent of each Lender; (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or Letter of Credit Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the consent of each Lender affected thereby; (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or Letter of Credit Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of the Commitments or the Maturity Date, without the consent of each Lender affected thereby; (iv) changeSection 2.19, Section 2.21, Section 2.22 orSection 2.25 of this Agreement or Section 6.02 of the Security Agreement, without the consent of each Lender; (v) change any of the provisions of thisSection 9.02 or the definition of the term “Required Lenders”, or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the consent of each Lender; (vi) release any Borrower from its obligations under any Loan Document, or limit its liability in respect of such Loan Document, without the consent of each Lender; (vii) except in connection with asset sales and other dispositions permitted pursuant toSection 6.05 of this Agreement, release any material portion of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the consent of each Lender; (viii) change the definition of the terms “Availability”, “Borrowing Base” or “Excess Availability” or any component definition thereof if, as a result thereof, the amounts available to be borrowed by the Borrowers would be increased, without the consent of each Lender,provided that the foregoing shall not limit the discretion of the Administrative Agent or any Co-Borrowing Base Agent pursuant to clause (j) of the definition of Eligible Inventory, or to change, establish or eliminate any Reserves; (ix) increase the Permitted Overadvance, without the consent of each Lender; (x) except as expressly permitted herein, subordinate the Obligations hereunder, or the Liens granted hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, to any other Indebtedness or Lien, as the case may be, without the prior consent of each Lender; andprovided furtherthat no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agents or the Issuing Bank without the prior written consent of the Agents or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in thisSection 9.02, in the event that the Lead Borrower shall request that this Agreement or any other Loan Document be modified, amended or waived in a manner which would require the consent of the Lenders pursuant toSection 9.02(b) and such amendment is approved by the Required Lenders, but not by the percentage of the Lenders set forth in saidSection 9.02(b), the Lead Borrower and the Required Lenders shall be permitted to amend this Agreement without the consent of the Lender or Lenders which did not agree to the modification or amendment requested by the Lead Borrower (such Lender or Lenders, collectively the “Minority Lenders”) to provide for (w) the termination of the Commitment of each of the Minority Lenders, (x) the addition to this Agreement of one or more other financial institutions that would qualify as an Eligible Assignee or an increase in the Commitment of one or more of the Required Lenders, so that the Total Commitments after giving effect to such amendment shall be in the same amount as the Total
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Commitments immediately before giving effect to such amendment, (y) if any Loans are outstanding at the time of such amendment, the making of such additional Loans by such new or increasing Lender or Lenders, as the case may be, as may be necessary to repay in full the outstanding Loans (including principal, interest, and fees) of the Minority Lenders immediately before giving effect to such amendment and (z) such other modifications to this Agreement or the Loan Documents as may be appropriate and incidental to the foregoing;provided that each such Minority Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee or Required Lender(s) increasing its Commitment (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts).
(d) No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. Each holder of a Note shall be bound by any amendment, modification, waiver or consent authorized as provided herein, whether or not a Note shall have been marked to indicate such amendment, modification, waiver or consent and any consent by a Lender, or any holder of a Note, shall bind any Person subsequently acquiring a Note, whether or not a Note is so marked. No amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective against the Borrowers unless signed by the Borrowers or other applicable Loan Party.
Section 9.03Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally pay: (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and the preparation, negotiation, administration, management, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (A) counsel for the Agents and the Arrangers, (B) outside consultants for the Agents, and (C) appraisers and commercial finance examiners permitted under this Agreement; (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder; and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel and any outside consultants for the Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders) incurred by the Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, or in connection with the enforcement or protection of the rights of the Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders in connection with the Loan Documents (including their rights under thisSection 9.03), including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans;providedthat the Lenders who are not the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Co-Borrowing Base Agents, the Arrangers or the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to reimbursement for no more than one counsel or outside consultant representing all
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such Lenders (absent a conflict of interest, in which case the Lenders may engage and be reimbursed for additional counsel or outside consultants).
(b) The Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Agents, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of: (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or any other transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit); (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries; or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto;providedthat such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any Affiliate of such Indemnitee (or of any officer, director, employee, advisor or agent of such Indemnitee or any such Indemnitee’s Affiliates). In connection with any indemnified claim hereunder, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to select its own counsel the Loan Parties shall promptly pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.
(c) To the extent that any Loan Party fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agents or the Issuing Bank under paragraphs (a) or (b) of thisSection 9.03, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agents or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s Commitment Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount.
(d) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. The Loan Parties further agree that no Indemnitee shall have any liability to the Loan Parties, any Person asserting claims by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any other Person in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents except as a result of the Indemnitee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
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(e) All amounts due under thisSection 9.03 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
Section 9.04Designation of Lead Borrower as Borrowers’ Agent.
(a) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Lead Borrower as that Borrower’s agent to obtain Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder, the proceeds of which shall be available to each Borrower for those uses as set forth herein. As the disclosed principal for its agent, each Borrower shall be obligated to the Agents and each Lender on account of Loans so made and Letters of Credit so issued hereunder as if made directly by the Lenders to that Borrower, notwithstanding the manner by which such Loans and Letters of Credit are recorded on the books and records of the Lead Borrower and of any Borrower.
(b) Each Borrower recognizes that credit available to it hereunder is in excess of and on better terms than it otherwise could obtain on and for its own account and that one of the reasons therefore is its joining in the credit facility contemplated herein with all other Borrowers. Consequently, each Borrower hereby assumes and agrees to discharge all Obligations of all other Borrowers as if the Borrower so assuming were each other Borrower.
(c) The Lead Borrower shall act as a conduit for each Borrower (including itself, as a “Borrower”) on whose behalf the Lead Borrower has requested a Loan. The Lead Borrower shall cause the transfer of the proceeds of each Loan to the (those) Borrower(s) on whose behalf such Loan was obtained. Neither the Agents nor any Lender shall have any obligation to see to the application of such proceeds.
(d) Each of the Borrowers shall remain liable to the Agents and the Lenders for the payment and performance of all Obligations (which payment and performance shall continue to be secured by all Collateral granted by each of the Borrowers) notwithstanding any determination by the Administrative Agent to cease making Loans or causing Letters of Credit to be issued to or for the benefit of any Borrower.
(e) The authority of the Lead Borrower to request Loans on behalf of, and to bind, the Borrowers, shall continue unless and until the Administrative Agent actually receives:
(i) written notice of: (i) the termination of such authority, and (ii) the subsequent appointment of a successor Lead Borrower, which notice is signed by a Financial Officer of each Borrower (other than the chief executive officer of the Lead Borrower being replaced) then eligible for borrowing under this Agreement; and
(ii) written notice from such successive Lead Borrower (A) accepting such appointment, (B) acknowledging that such removal and appointment has been effected by a Financial Officer of each Borrower, and (C) acknowledging that, from and after the date of such appointment, the newly appointed Lead Borrower shall be bound by the terms hereof, and that as used herein, the term “Lead Borrower” shall mean and include the newly appointed Lead Borrower.
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Section 9.05Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and any such attempted assignment or transfer without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Secured Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it);providedthat (i) except in the case of an assignment by a Lender to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, the Lead Borrower (but only if no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing), the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank must give their prior written consent to such assignment by a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) any assignment made by a Lender may be made only to one or more Eligible Assignees, (iii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Revolving Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower otherwise consent, (iv) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations, (v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant toSection 9.05(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits ofSection 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance withSection 9.05(e).
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and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the processing and recordation fee referred to inSection 9.05(b) and any written consent to such assignment required bySection 9.05(b), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Loan Parties, the Agents, and the Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);providedthat (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 Loan Parties, the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation in the Commitments, the Loans and the Letters of Credit Outstandings shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and, except as provided in the following sentence, to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents. Subject toSection 9.05(f), the Loan Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits ofSection 2.23,Section 2.24, andSection 2.25 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant toSection 9.05(b). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits ofSection 9.09 as though it were a Lender;providedthat such Participant agrees to be subject toSection 2.25(b) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Loan Parties, shall maintain at its offices a record of each agreement or instrument effecting any participation and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of its Participants and their rights with respect to principal amounts and other Obligations from time to time (each a “Participation Register”). The entries in each Participation Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in a Participant Register as a Participant for all purposes of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of entitlement to benefits underSection 2.23,Section 2.24, andSection 2.25 orSection 9.09). The Participation Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment underSection 2.23 orSection 2.26 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits ofSection 2.26 unless (i) the Lead Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply withSection 2.26(e) as though it were a Lender and (ii) such Participant is eligible for exemption from the withholding Tax referred to therein, following compliance withSection 2.26(e).
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to any of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 341, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest;providedthat no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 9.06Survival.
All covenants, agreements, indemnities, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that any Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions ofSection 2.21,Section 2.24 andSection 9.03 andARTICLE VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. In connection with the termination of this Agreement and the release and termination of the security interest in the Collateral, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Agents, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and the Issuing Bank, may require such assurances and indemnities as it shall reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to protect the Agents, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and the Issuing Bank against loss on account of such release and termination, including without limitation, with respect to credit previously applied to the Obligations that may reasonably be expected to be subsequently reversed or revoked, or to secure such assurances and indemnities, including but not limited to, requiring cash collateral for same.
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Section 9.07Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all contemporaneous or previous agreements and 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 Agents, the Loan Parties and the Lenders and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 9.08Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9.09Right of Setoff.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Secured Party, each Participant, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Secured Party, Participant or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Loan Parties against any of and all the Obligations of the Loan Parties now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Secured Party, Participant or Affiliate irrespective of whether or not such Secured Party, Participant or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured;providedthat such Secured Party, Participant or Affiliate shall provide the Lead Borrower with notice promptly after exercise of such right of setoff. The rights of each Secured Party, Participant and Affiliate under thisSection 9.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Secured Party, Participant or Affiliate may have. No Secured Party will, or will permit its Participant or Affiliate, to exercise its rights under thisSection 9.09 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE COLLATERAL AGENT TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, AS APPLICABLE, PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE BY ANY SECURED PARTY, PARTICIPANT, OR AFFILIATE
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OF THEIR RIGHT OF SETOFF UNDER THIS SECTION ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.
Section 9.10Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(b) The Loan Parties agree that any suit for the enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be brought in any New York state or federal court sitting in New York County as the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion and consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. The Loan Parties hereby waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit or any such court or that such suit is brought in an inconvenient forum. The Loan Parties agree that any action commenced by any Loan Party asserting any claim or counterclaim arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be brought solely in any New York state or federal court sitting in New York County as the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts with respect to any such action.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices inSection 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 9.11WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO A JURY IN ANY TRIAL OF ANY CASE OR CONTROVERSY IN WHICH ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, ANY LENDER OR ANY PARTICIPANT IS OR BECOMES A PARTY (WHETHER SUCH CASE OR CONTROVERSY IS INITIATED BY OR AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, AND/OR SUCH LENDER OR PARTICIPANT OR IN WHICH ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, OR SUCH LENDER OR PARTICIPANT, IS JOINED AS A PARTY LITIGANT), WHICH CASE OR CONTROVERSY ARISES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF OR RELATES TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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Section 9.12Headings.
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.13Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under Applicable Law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with Applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefore) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Section 9.14Additional Waivers.
(a) The Obligations are the joint and several obligations of each Loan Party. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against any other Loan Party under the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Loan Party, or (iii) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release of, any of the security held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Loan Party or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Party as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations).
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(c) To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with any other Loan Party, or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Loan Party hereunder except to the extent that all the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Pursuant to Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to Applicable Law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Loan Party against any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.
(d) Upon payment by any Loan Party of any Obligations, all rights of such Loan Party against any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations. In addition, any indebtedness of any Loan Party now or hereafter held by any other Loan Party is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, Loan Party may make payments to any other Loan Party on account of any such indebtedness. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, none of the Loan Parties will demand, sue for, or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness.
Section 9.15Confidentiality.
Each of the Lenders agrees that it will not disclose without the prior consent of the Lead Borrower (other than to its employees, employees of Affiliates, auditors, counsel or other professional advisors, in each case who have a need to know such Confidential Information in accordance with customary banking practices or to another Lender if the Lender or such Lender’s holding or parent company in its sole discretion reasonably determines that any such party should have access to such information) any information with respect to the Borrowers or any other Loan Party which is furnished pursuant to this Agreement (all such information, “Confidential Information”);providedthat any Lender may disclose any Confidential Information: (a) as has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of any duty of confidentiality hereunder by such Lender or the Administrative Agent or a disclosure in violation of any duty of confidentiality hereunder known to such Lender or the Administrative Agent to have been made by any person or entity to which such Lender or the Administrative Agent has delivered such Confidential Information; (b) as may be required in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any municipal, state or federal regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over such Lender or to the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or similar organizations
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(whether in the United States or elsewhere) or their successors; (c) as may be required in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation; provided, however, that if the Lender is able to do so prior to complying with the summons or subpoena, such Lender shall provide the Lead Borrower with prompt notice of such required disclosure so that the Loan Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy; (d) in order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to such Lender; (e) in connection with the enforcement of remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (f) to any prospective transferee in connection with any contemplated transfer of any of the Loans or Notes or any interest therein by such Lender provided that such prospective transferee receives such Confidential Information having been made aware of the confidential nature thereof and agrees to be bound by the terms of thisSection 9.15. The Loan Parties hereby agree that the failure of a Lender to comply with the provisions of thisSection 9.15 shall not relieve the Loan Parties of any of its obligations to such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 9.16Publicity.
The Agents may issue a “tombstone” notice of the establishment of the credit facility contemplated by this Agreement and may make reference to the Lead Borrower (and may utilize any logo or other distinctive symbol associated with each Loan Party;providedthat the Lead Borrower is provided with a sample for its reasonable approval and any such usage is in accordance with any trademark usage standards provided by the Lead Borrower) in connection with any advertising, promotion, or marketing undertaken by the Agents. The Loan Parties shall give the Agents one (1) business days notice of any press release prior to it being issued, which press release shall be acceptable to the Agents in its reasonable discretion.
Section 9.17USA Patriot Act.
Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act. No part of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used by the Loan Parties, directly or indirectly, for any payment to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business, or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
Section 9.18Foreign Asset Control Regulations.
Neither of the advance of the Loans nor the use of the proceeds of any thereof will violate the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended) (the “Trading With the Enemy Act”) or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign Assets Control
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Regulations”) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not be limited to (a) Executive Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “Executive Order”) and (b) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)). Furthermore, none of the Borrowers or their Affiliates (a) is or will become a “blocked person” as described in the Executive Order, the Trading With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (b) knowingly engages or will engage in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such “blocked person” or in any manner violative of any such order.
Section 9.19Existing Credit Agreement Amended and Restated.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement, (a) this Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety (except to the extent that definitions from the Existing Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference) and (b) the rights and obligations of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be subsumed within, and be governed by, this Agreement;provided,however, that the Loan Parties hereby agree that (i) the Letter of Credit Outstandings under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement on the Effective Date shall be Letter of Credit Outstandings hereunder, and (ii) all Obligations and Other Liabilities of the Loan Parties under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain outstanding, shall constitute continuing Obligations and Other Liabilities secured by the Collateral, and this Agreement shall not be deemed to evidence or result in a novation or repayment and reborrowing of such obligations and other liabilities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as a sealed instrument as of the day and year first above written.
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| TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, as Lead Borrower and as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| RECORD TOWN, INC., as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| RECORD TOWN USA, LLC, as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| TRANS WORLD NEW YORK, LLC, as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| TRANS WORLD FLORIDA, LLC, as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| MOVIES PLUS, INC., as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| RECORD TOWN UTAH, LLC, as a Borrower |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| MEDIA LOGIC USA, LLC, as a Facility Guarantor |
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| By: | Record Town, Inc., its sole member | |
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| By: | /s/ John J. Sullivan | |
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| Name: | John J. Sullivan | |
| Title: | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
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| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as Collateral Agent, as Co-Borrowing Base Agent, as Swingline Lender, as Issuing Bank, and as a Lender |
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| By: | | /s/ Rick Hill | |
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| Name: | Rick Hill | |
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| Title: | Managing Director | |
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| 100 Federal Street, 9th Floor |
| Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
| Attn: Rick Hill |
| Telephone: (617) 434-4080 |
| Telecopy: (617) 434-4080 |
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| WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC, as Co-Borrowing Base Agent and as a Lender |
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| By: | | /s/ Cory Loftus | |
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| Name: | Cory Loftus | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
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| One Boston Place, 18th Floor |
| Boston, Massachusetts 02108 |
| Attn: Cory Loftus |
| Telephone: (617) 854-7259 |
| Telecopy: (877) 302-1418 |
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