EXHIBIT 10.19
EXECUTION
COPY
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Credit Agreement
between
Broadcom Corporation
and
Bank of America, N.A.
Dated as of December 21, 2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS..................................................1
1.01 Defined Terms.................................................................1
1.02 Use of Certain Terms.........................................................15
1.03 Accounting Terms.............................................................16
1.04 Rounding.....................................................................16
1.05 Exhibits and Schedules.......................................................16
1.06 References to Agreements and Laws............................................16
SECTION 2. THE COMMITMENT AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT..........................................16
2.01 The Commitment...............................................................16
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans...........................17
2.03 Prepayments..................................................................17
2.04 Reduction or Termination of Commitment.......................................17
2.05 Principal and Interest.......................................................18
2.06 Fees.........................................................................18
2.07 Computation of Interest and Fees.............................................18
2.08 Making Payments..............................................................19
2.09 Funding Sources..............................................................19
SECTION 3. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY...........................................19
3.01 Taxes........................................................................19
3.02 Illegality...................................................................21
3.03 Inability to Determine Offshore Rate.........................................21
3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy..........................21
3.05 Breakfunding Costs...........................................................22
3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation..........................22
3.07 Survival.....................................................................23
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT.....................................23
4.01 Conditions of Initial Extension of Credit....................................23
4.02 Conditions to all Extensions of Credit.......................................24
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................................24
5.01 Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance with Laws.....................24
5.03 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations................................25
5.04 No Legal Bar.................................................................25
5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.............................25
5.06 Litigation...................................................................26
5.07 No Default...................................................................26
5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.................................................26
5.09 Taxes........................................................................26
5.10 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding
Company Act..................................................................26
5.11 ERISA Compliance.............................................................27
5.12 Intangible Assets............................................................27
5.13 Compliance With Laws.........................................................27
5.14 Environmental Compliance.....................................................27
5.15 Insurance....................................................................27
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5.16 Disclosure...................................................................28
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS............................................................28
6.01 Financial Statements.........................................................28
6.02 Certificates, Notices and Other Information..................................28
6.03 Payment of Taxes.............................................................29
6.04 Preservation of Existence....................................................30
6.05 Maintenance of Properties....................................................30
6.06 Maintenance of Insurance.....................................................30
6.07 Compliance With Laws.........................................................30
6.08 Inspection Rights............................................................30
6.09 Keeping of Records and Books of Account......................................30
6.10 Compliance with ERISA........................................................30
6.11 Compliance With Agreements...................................................30
6.12 Use of Proceeds..............................................................31
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS...............................................................31
7.01 Indebtedness.................................................................31
7.02 Liens and Negative Pledges...................................................32
7.03 Fundamental Changes..........................................................33
7.04 Dispositions.................................................................34
7.05 Investments; Acquisitions....................................................34
7.06 Restricted Payments..........................................................35
7.07 ERISA........................................................................35
7.08 Change in Nature of Business.................................................35
7.09 Transactions with Affiliates.................................................35
7.10 Hostile Acquisitions.........................................................35
7.11 Margin Regulations...........................................................35
7.12 Financial Covenants..........................................................36
7.13 Change in Auditors...........................................................36
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES...................................................36
8.01 Events of Default............................................................36
8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default...............................................38
SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS....................................................................39
9.01 Amendments; Consents.........................................................39
9.02 Requisite Notice; Effectiveness of Signatures and Electronic Mail............39
9.03 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes...........................................40
9.04 Successors and Assigns; Participations.......................................41
9.05 Set-Off......................................................................41
9.06 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...............................................42
9.07 Usury........................................................................42
9.08 Counterparts.................................................................42
9.09 Integration..................................................................42
9.10 Nature of Lender's Obligations...............................................42
9.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties...................................43
9.12 Indemnity by Borrower........................................................43
9.13 Nonliability of Lender.......................................................43
9.14 No Third Parties Benefited...................................................44
9.15 Severability.................................................................44
9.16 Confidentiality..............................................................44
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9.17 Further Assurances...........................................................45
9.18 Headings.....................................................................45
9.19 Time of the Essence..........................................................45
9.20 Governing Law................................................................45
9.21 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.............................................46
SIGNATURES.....................................................................................S-1
EXHIBITS
FORM OF
A Request for Extension of Credit
B Compliance Certificate
C Opinion of Counsel
SCHEDULES
5.02 Subsidiaries
7.01 Existing Indebtedness, Liens and Negative Pledges
9.02 Notice Addresses and Lending Office
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into as of December 21,
2001, by and between BROADCOM CORPORATION, a California corporation
("Borrower"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ("Lender").
RECITAL
Borrower has requested that Lender provide a revolving line of credit, and
Lender is willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
"Acquisition" means the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or
substantially all of the assets, capital stock or other ownership of any Person
or any division or line of business of any Person.
"Affiliate" means any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, another Person.
A Person shall be deemed to be "controlled by" any other Person if such other
Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power (a) to vote 10% or more of the
securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or managing general partners; or (b) to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract
or otherwise.
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time.
"Applicable Amount" means a per annum rate equal to:
(a) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 0 percent;
(b) with respect to Offshore Rate Loans, 1 percent; and
(c) with respect to the Commitment fee, 0.35 percent.
"Applicable Payment Date" means, (a) as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the
last day of the relevant Interest Period, any date that such Loan is prepaid or
converted in whole or in part and the Maturity Date; and (b) as to any other
Obligations, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and the Maturity
Date; provided, further, that interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be
payable from time to time upon demand of Lender.
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"Applicable Time" means California time.
"Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable and documented fees and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and the reasonable and
documented allocated cost of internal legal services and all reasonable and
documented out of pocket disbursements of internal counsel.
"Audited Financial Statements" means the audited consolidated balance
sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2000, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such
fiscal year of Borrower.
"Base Rate" means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest
in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Lender as its
"prime rate." Such rate is a rate set by Lender based upon various factors
including Lender'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 rate
announced by Lender shall take effect at the opening of business on the day
specified in the public announcement of such change.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest based on the Base Rate.
"Borrower" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
"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 Lender's Lending Office is located and, if such
day relates to any Offshore Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in
Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the offshore Dollar
interbank market.
"Cash" means money, currency or a credit balance in a Deposit Account.
"Cash Equivalents" means, as of any date, (a) marketable securities (i)
issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal
by the United States government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United
States of America the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within one year
after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such
date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, one of the two highest
ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor's ("S&P") or Moody's Investors
Service, Inc. ("Moody's"); (c) (i) commercial paper maturing no more than one
year from the date of creation thereof, or (ii) marketable debt securities
maturing within one year after such date, and, in each case, either issued by a
Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) or having, at the time of the acquisition
thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's; (d)
certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing within one year after
such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia that (i) is at least "adequately capitalized" (as
defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking
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regulator) and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not
less than $100,000,000; or (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i)
has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments
referred to in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above, (ii) has net assets of not
less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either
S&P or Moody's.
"Change of Control" means, with respect to any Person, 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)
any employee benefit plan of such Person or its subsidiaries, (ii) any
Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
administrator of any such plan or (iii) any Permitted Holder), becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person shall be deemed to
have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such person has the
right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the
membership interests of such Person; or
(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the
members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of
such Person cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of
that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing
body was approved by individuals referred to in subsection (i) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose
election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body
was approved by individuals referred to in subsections (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body.
"Closing Date" means the date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01
are satisfied or waived by Lender.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Commitment" means $90,000,000, as such amount may be reduced or adjusted
from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B, properly completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
"Consolidated Current Liabilities" means, as of any date of determination,
the total liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
which may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Charges" means, for any period, for Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium
payments, fees, charges and related expenses of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
connection with borrowed money (including
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capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of
assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP,
and (b) the portion of rent expense of Borrower and its Subsidiaries with
respect to such period under capital leases that is treated as interest in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated LTM Adjusted EBITDA" means, for any period, for Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i)
Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges, (iii) the amount of
taxes, based on or measured by income, used or included in the determination of
such Consolidated Net Income, (iv) the amount of depreciation and amortization
expense deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income including
amortization of intangibles (including goodwill), (v) non-cash stock
compensation expense and all other non-cash expenses (other than any such
non-cash expenses to the extent they represent an accrual of, or reserve for,
cash expenditures in any future period) but only to the extent deducted in the
calculation of Consolidated Net Income, (vi) merger and acquisition costs, (vii)
write-offs of goodwill and in process research and development costs, (viii)
restructuring costs, and (ix) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges or
losses to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income,
minus (b) the sum of (i) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains to the
extent added in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income and (ii) all other
non-cash items added in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income (other than
any such non-cash items to the extent they will result in the receipt of cash
payments in any future period).
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, for Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income (or loss) of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Quick Assets" means, as of any date of determination, for
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (a) Cash, (b) Cash
Equivalents, and (c) net current accounts receivable.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means, as of any date of determination,
for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Shareholders' Equity
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on that date minus the Intangible Assets of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on that date.
"Continuation" and "Continue" mean, with respect to any Offshore Rate
Loan, the continuation of such Offshore Rate Loan as an Offshore Rate Loan on
the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan.
"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Conversion" and "Convert" mean, with respect to any Loan, the conversion
of such Loan from or into another type of Loan.
"Debtor Relief Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of
America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors,
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moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar
debtor relief Laws of the United States of America or other applicable
jurisdictions from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
"Default" means any event that, with the giving of any notice, the passage
of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
"Default Rate" means an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Amount, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus 2% per annum;
provided, however, that with respect to an Offshore Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable
Amount) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
"Deposit Account" means a demand, time, savings, passbook or similar
account maintained with a Person engaged in the business of banking, including a
savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union or trust company.
"Disposition" or "Dispose" means the sale, transfer, license 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.
"Dollar" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America.
"Environmental Laws" means all Laws relating to environmental, health,
safety and land use matters applicable to any property.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any
regulations issued pursuant thereto, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with 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 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 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 Sections 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 might reasonably be expected
to constitute 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 PBGC
premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate.
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"Event of Default" means any of the events specified in Section 8.
"Extension of Credit" means the borrowing, Conversion or Continuation of
any Loan (collectively, the "Extensions of Credit").
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates
on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided
that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average rate charged to Lender on such day on such transactions
as determined by Lender.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, that are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied. 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
Borrower or Lender shall so request, Lender and Borrower 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 Lender and
Borrower), provided that, until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall
continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(b) Borrower shall provide to Lender 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.
"Governmental Authority" means (a) any international, foreign, federal,
state, county or municipal government, or political subdivision thereof, (b) any
governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority, board, bureau, commission,
department, instrumentality, central bank or public body, or (c) any court,
administrative tribunal or public utility.
"Guaranty Obligation" means, as to any Person, any (a) guaranty by such
Person of Indebtedness of, or other obligation payable or performable by, any
other Person or (b) assurance, agreement, letter of responsibility, letter of
awareness, undertaking or arrangement given by such Person to an obligee of any
other Person with respect to the payment or performance of an obligation by, or
the financial condition of, such other Person, whether direct, indirect or
contingent, including any purchase or repurchase agreement covering such
obligation or any collateral security therefor, any agreement to provide funds
(by means of loans, capital contributions or otherwise) to such other Person,
any agreement to support the solvency or level of any balance sheet item of such
other Person or any "keep-well" or other arrangement of whatever nature given
for the purpose of assuring or holding harmless such obligee against loss with
respect to any obligation of such other Person; provided, however, that the term
Guaranty Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary
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course of business. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed to be
an amount equal to the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect
thereof as determined by the Person in good faith.
"Indebtedness" means, as to any Person at a particular time, all of the
following:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments;
(b) any direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising
under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), banker's
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net obligations under any Swap Contract in an amount equal to
(i) if such Swap Contract has been closed out, the termination value
thereof, or (ii) if such Swap Contract has not been closed out, the
mark-to-market value thereof determined on the basis of readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contract;
(d) whether or not so included as liabilities in accordance with
GAAP, all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services, and 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;
(e) lease payment obligations under capital leases or Synthetic
Lease Obligations; or
(f) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing.
For all purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is
expressly made non-recourse to such Person except for customary exceptions
reasonably acceptable to Lender.
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.
"Indemnitees" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.
"Intangible Assets" means assets that are considered to be intangible
assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer software,
copyrights, trade names, trade marks, patents, unamortized deferred charges,
unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.
"Interest Period" means for each Offshore Rate Loan, (a) initially, the
period commencing on the date such Offshore Rate Loan is disbursed or Continued
or Converted into such Offshore Rate Loan and (b) thereafter, the period
commencing on the last day of the
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preceding Interest Period, and ending, in each case, on the earlier of (x) the
scheduled Maturity Date, or (y) to the extent then available, one, two, or three
months thereafter (as selected by Borrower); 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 which begins on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) unless Lender otherwise consents, there may not be more than
five Interest Periods for Offshore Rate Loans in effect at any time.
"Investment" means, as to any Person, any acquisition or any investment by
such Person, whether by means of the purchase or other acquisition of stock or
other securities of any other Person or by means of a loan, creating a debt,
capital contribution, guaranty or other debt or equity participation or interest
in any other Person, including any partnership and joint venture interests in
such other Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any
Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"Laws" or "Law" means all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case whether or not having the force of law.
"Lending Office" means the office or offices of Lender described as such
on Schedule 9.02, or such other office or offices as Lender may from time to
time notify Borrower.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement (in the nature of compensating balances, Cash collateral accounts or
security interests), encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or
preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Laws of any jurisdiction), including
the interest of a purchaser of accounts receivable.
"Loan" means any advance made as provided in Section 2 (collectively,
the "Loans").
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"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, each Request for Extension of
Credit, each Compliance Certificate, each certificate, each fee letter, and each
other instrument, document and agreement from time to time delivered in
connection with this Agreement.
"Long Term Cash Equivalents" means, as of any date, (a) marketable
securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest
and principal by the United States government or (ii) issued by any agency of
the United States of America the obligations of which are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within
three years after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any
state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such
state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within three
years after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, one of
the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody's; (c) (i)
commercial paper maturing no more than three years from the date of creation
thereof, or (ii) marketable debt securities maturing within three years after
such date, and, in each case, either issued by a Lender (or an Affiliate of a
Lender) or having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least
A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's; (d) certificates of deposit or
bankers' acceptances maturing within three years after such date and issued or
accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that
(i) is at least "adequately capitalized" (as defined in the regulations of its
primary Federal banking regulator) and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in
such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; or (e) shares of any money
market mutual fund that (i) has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously
in the types of investments referred to in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above,
(ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest
rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody's.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any set of circumstances or events which
(a) has a material adverse effect upon the validity or enforceability of any
Loan Document and (b) is material and adverse to the condition (financial or
otherwise), business, assets, operations or prospects of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and which materially impairs the ability of
Borrower to perform the Obligations.
"Material Subsidiaries" means one or more Subsidiaries having, alone or in
the aggregate, (a) 5% or more of the gross revenue of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or (b) 5% or more of the fair market value
of the assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
"Maturity Date" means (a) December 19, 2002, or (b) such earlier date upon
which the Commitment may be terminated in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
"Minimum Amount" means, with respect to each of the following actions, the
minimum amount and any multiples in excess thereof set forth opposite such
action:
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MULTIPLES IN
TYPE OF ACTION MINIMUM AMOUNT EXCESS THEREOF
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Borrowing or prepayment of, or $1,000,000 $500,000
Conversion into, Base Rate Loans
Borrowing, prepayment or $1,000,000 $500,000
Continuation of, or Conversion
into, Offshore Rate Loans
Reduction in Commitments $5,000,000 $500,000
"Multiemployer Plan" means any employee benefit plan of the type described
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Negative Pledge" means a Contractual Obligation that restricts Liens on
property.
"Net Securities Proceeds" means the Cash proceeds (net of underwriting
discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated
therewith, including legal fees and expenses) from the issuance of Indebtedness
(as defined in subsections (a), (e) and (f) of the definition thereof) by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Obligations" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, Borrower arising under any Loan Document, whether
direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and
including interest that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Laws by or against Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of
Borrower.
"Offshore Base Rate" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Offshore Rate.
"Offshore Rate" means for any Interest Period with respect to any Offshore
Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by Lender pursuant to the following
formula:
Offshore Base Rate
Offshore Rate = ------------------------------------
1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
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Where,
"Offshore Base Rate" means, for such Interest Period:
(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Lender to be
the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate screen that
displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period, or
(b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding subsection (a)
does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall
cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by
Lender to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that
displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period, or
(c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding subsections
(a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the
next 1/100th of 1%) determined by Lender as the rate of interest at which
Dollar deposits for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in
same day funds in the approximate amount of the Offshore Rate Loan being
made, Converted or Continued and with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period would be offered by Lender's London Branch to major banks in the
offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest
Period.
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any day during any Interest
Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the
next 1/100th of 1%) in effect on such day applicable to Lender under regulations
issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities"). The Offshore Rate
for each outstanding Offshore Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of
the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
The determination of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage and the Offshore
Base Rate by Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent demonstrable error.
"Offshore Rate Loan" means a Loan bearing interest based on the Offshore
Rate.
"Ordinary Course Swap Obligations" means all obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap
Contract, provided that each of the following criteria is satisfied: (a) 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
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Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person and not for
purposes of speculation or taking a "market view;" and (b) such Swap Contracts
do not contain any provision ("walk-away" provision) exonerating the
non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding
transactions to the defaulting party.
"Organization Documents" means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws; (b) with respect to any
limited liability company, the articles of formation and operating agreement;
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of
business entity, the partnership or joint venture agreement and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its
formation with the secretary of state or other department in the state of its
formation, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Outstanding Obligations" means, as of any date, and giving effect to
making any Extensions of Credit requested on such date and all payments,
repayments and prepayments made on such date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Loans.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
thereto established under ERISA.
"Pension Plan" means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has
an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer plan (as
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time during
the immediately preceding five plan years.
"Permitted Holder" means (a) any current member of Borrower's Board of
Directors, (b) any current officer of Borrower, (c) any intervivos trust or
public or private foundation founded by any of the individuals set forth in
subsections (a) or (b), (d) any estate succeeding to the interests of any of the
individuals set forth in subsections (a) or (b), (e) any heirs, legatees or
devisees of any of the individuals set forth in subsections (a) or (b), and any
beneficiaries of any intervivos trust set forth in subsection (c), and (f) any
Affiliates of any of the foregoing.
"Person" means any individual, trustee, corporation, general partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, bank, business association, firm, joint venture,
Governmental Authority, or otherwise.
"Plan" means any employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by a
Borrower or by any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common
control with a Borrower as defined in Section 4001(b) of ERISA and insured by
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under Title IV of ERISA.
"Quick Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Quick Assets to (b) Consolidated Current Liabilities.
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"Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of
ERISA or the regulations thereunder, a withdrawal from a Plan described in
Section 4063 of ERISA, or a cessation of operations described in Section 4062(e)
of ERISA.
"Request for Extension of Credit" means, unless otherwise specified
herein, a written request substantially in the form of Exhibit A, duly completed
and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and delivered by Requisite
Notice.
"Requisite Notice" means a notice delivered in accordance with Section
9.02.
"Requisite Time" means, with respect to any of the actions listed below,
the time and date set forth below opposite such action (all times are in Pacific
time):
APPLICABLE
TYPE OF ACTION TIME DATE OF ACTION
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Delivery of Request for Extension of
Credit for, or notice for:
[ ] Borrowing of a Base Rate Loan 10:00 a.m. Same Business Day as such
borrowing or prepayment
[ ] Conversion into a Base Rate Loan 10:00 a.m. 3 Business Days prior such
Conversion
[ ] Borrowing, prepayment or 11:00 a.m. 3 Business Days prior to such
Continuation of, or Conversion into, borrowing, prepayment Continuation
an Offshore Rate Loan or Conversion
[ ] Voluntary reduction in or 11:00 a.m. 2 Business Days prior to such
termination of Commitment reduction or termination
[ ] Payments and prepayment of a Base 12:00 p.m. On date payment is due
Rate Loan to Borrower or Lender
"Responsible Officer" means the president, chief financial officer,
treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of Borrower. Any document or
certificate hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower shall
be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate,
partnership and/or other action on the part of Borrower and such Responsible
Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of Borrower.
"Restricted Payment" means:
(a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution by
Borrower or any Subsidiary, either in Cash or property, on any shares of
the capital stock of any class of Borrower or any Subsidiary (except
dividends or other distributions (i) payable solely in shares of capital
stock of Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) payable by any Subsidiary to
Borrower or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary);
(b) the purchase, redemption or retirement by Borrower or any
Subsidiary of any shares of its capital stock of any class or any
warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any shares of its
capital stock, whether directly or indirectly (except purchases,
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redemptions or retirements (i) payable solely in shares of capital stock
of Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) payable by any Subsidiary to
Borrower or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary);
(c) any other payment or distribution by Borrower or any Subsidiary
in respect of its capital stock, either directly or indirectly;
(d) any Investment other than an Investment otherwise permitted
under any Loan Document; or
(e) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value prior to any scheduled maturity,
scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, of any Indebtedness
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.
"ServerWorks" means ServerWorks Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"Shareholders' Equity" means, as of any date of determination for Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, shareholders' equity as of that
date determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the
shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or 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 to a "Subsidiary" or
to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries
of Borrower.
"Swap Contract" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
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 master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, as amended, restated, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, a "Master
Agreement"), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master
Agreement.
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"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 subsection (a) the amount(s) determined as
the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon
one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any
recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include Lender).
"Synthetic Lease Obligations" means all monetary obligations of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or
(b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations
which do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the
insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
Indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
"Threshold Amount" means $30,000,000.
"to the best knowledge of" means, when modifying a representation,
warranty or other statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described
therein is known by such Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a
natural Person, known by any officer of such Person) making the representation,
warranty or other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable due diligence
under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable
Person in similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by such
Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, would have been
known by an officer of such Person).
"type" of Loan means (a) a Base Rate Loan, and (b) an Offshore Rate Loan.
"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.
1.02 USE OF CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto, unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used herein, unless the context requires otherwise, the masculine,
feminine and neuter genders and the singular and plural include one another.
(c) The words "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when
used in any Loan Document shall refer to the Loan Documents as a whole and not
to any particular provision thereof. The term "including" is by way of example
and not limitation. References herein to a Section, subsection or clause shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the appropriate Section,
subsection or clause in this Agreement.
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(d) The term "or" is disjunctive; the term "and" is conjunctive. The term
"shall" is mandatory; the term "may" is permissive.
1.03 ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically or completely
defined in this Agreement shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data required to be submitted by 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.
1.04 ROUNDING. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the
number of places by which such ratio is expressed in this Agreement and rounding
the result up or down to the nearest number (with a round-up if there is no
nearest number) to the number of places by which such ratio is expressed in this
Agreement.
1.05 EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES. All exhibits and schedules to this Agreement,
either as originally existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended, are incorporated herein by this reference. A
matter disclosed on any Schedule shall be deemed disclosed on all Schedules.
1.06 REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS AND LAWS. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to agreements (including the Loan Documents) and
other contractual instruments shall include all amendments, restatements,
extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto (unless prohibited by
any Loan Document), and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory
and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or
interpreting such Law.
SECTION 2.
THE COMMITMENT AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
2.01 THE COMMITMENT.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Lender agrees to make, Convert and Continue Loans until the Maturity Date in
such amounts as Borrower may from time to time request; provided, however, that
the Outstanding Obligations shall not exceed the Commitment at any time. Subject
to the foregoing and the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow,
Convert, Continue, prepay and reborrow Loans as set forth herein without premium
or penalty.
(b) Loans made by Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts
or records maintained by Lender in the ordinary course of business. Upon the
request of Lender, the Loans may be evidenced by one or more notes, instead of
or in addition to loan accounts. Lender may attach schedules to its note(s) and
endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with
respect thereto. Such notes, loan accounts and records shall be prima facie
evidence absent demonstrable error of the amount of such Loans and payments
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thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in doing so shall not, however,
limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower to pay any amount owing
with respect to the Loans.
2.02 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS.
(a) Borrower may irrevocably request a borrowing, Conversion or
Continuation of Loans on any Business Day in a Minimum Amount therefor by
delivering a Request for Extension of Credit therefor by Requisite Notice to
Lender not later than the Requisite Time therefor. All borrowings, Conversions
and Continuations of Loans shall constitute Base Rate Loans unless properly and
timely otherwise designated as set forth in the prior sentence.
(b) Lender shall promptly notify Borrower of the interest rate applicable
to any Offshore Rate Loan upon determination of same (or upon Borrower's request
with respect to Offshore Rate Loans which Borrower is considering). Lender shall
from time to time notify Borrower of any change in its prime rate used in
determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such
change. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4,
all funds shall be credited in immediately available funds to Borrower.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, an Offshore Rate Loan may be
Continued or Converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Offshore Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, no
Loans may be requested as, Converted into or Continued as Offshore Rate Loans.
(d) If a Loan is to be made on the same date that another Loan is due and
payable, Borrower or Lender, as the case may be, shall, unless Lender otherwise
requests, make available the net amount of funds giving effect to both such
Loans and the effect for purposes of this Agreement shall be the same as if
separate transfers of funds had been made with respect to each such Loan.
2.03 PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Upon Requisite Notice to Lender not later than the Requisite Time
therefor, Borrower may at any time and from time to time voluntarily prepay
Loans in part in the Minimum Amount therefor or in full without premium or
penalty. Any prepayment of an Offshore Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all
accrued interest thereon, together with the costs set forth in Section 3.05.
(b) If for any reason the Outstanding Obligations exceed the Commitment as
in effect or as reduced or because of any limitation set forth in this Agreement
or otherwise, Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount
equal to such excess.
2.04 REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMITMENT.
(a) Upon Requisite Notice to Lender not later than the Requisite Time
therefor, Borrower may at any time and from time to time, without premium or
penalty, permanently and irrevocably reduce the Commitment in a Minimum Amount
therefor to an amount not less than the Outstanding Obligations at such time or
terminate the Commitment. Any such reduction or
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termination shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued and unpaid Commitment
fees with respect to the portion of the Commitment being reduced or terminated.
(b) On the date of receipt of the Net Securities Proceeds from the
issuance of any Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 7.01 (a)-(m)), the Commitment shall
be permanently reduced in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Securities
Proceeds.
2.05 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
(a) Except as otherwise provided hereunder, if not sooner paid, Borrower
agrees to pay the outstanding principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity
Date.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) below, and unless otherwise specified
herein, Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan
(before and after default, before and after maturity, before and after judgment,
and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws) from the date borrowed until paid in full (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) on each Applicable Payment Date at a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate determined in accordance with the definition of such type of Loan,
plus, to the extent applicable in each case, the Applicable Amount for such type
of Loan.
(c) If any amount payable by Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid
when due (after taking into account any applicable grace, notice and cure
periods), it shall thereafter bear interest (after as well as before entry of
judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) at a fluctuating interest rate
per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Law. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including
interest on past due interest) shall be payable upon demand.
2.06 FEES.
(a) COMMITMENT FEE. Borrower shall pay to Lender a Commitment fee equal to
the Applicable Amount times the actual daily amount by which the Commitment
exceeds the Outstanding Obligations. The Commitment fee shall accrue at all
times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date and shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on each Applicable Payment Date. The Commitment fee shall
be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable
Amount during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Amount separately for each period during such
quarter that such Applicable Amount was in effect. The Commitment fee shall
accrue at all times, including at any time during which one or more conditions
in Section 4 are not met.
(b) ARRANGEMENT FEE. On the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender an
upfront fee in an amount equal to $100,000. Such upfront fee is for the credit
facilities committed by Lender under this Agreement and are fully earned on the
date paid.
2.07 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. Computation of interest on Base
Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Lender's "prime rate" shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and
the actual number of days elapsed. Computation of all other types of interest
and all fees shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
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360 days and the actual number of days elapsed which results in a higher yield
to Lender than a method based on a year of 365 or 366 days. Interest shall
accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue
on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion
is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is
made shall bear interest for one day.
2.08 MAKING PAYMENTS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments by Borrower shall be
made to Lender at its Lending Office, and all payments by Lender shall be made
to Lender in the deposit account from time to time designated by Borrower to
Lender, in each case not later than the Requisite Time for such type of payment.
All payments received after such Requisite Time shall be deemed received on the
next succeeding Business Day. All payments shall be made in immediately
available funds in lawful money of the United States of America. All payments by
Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim,
defense, recoupment or setoff.
(b) Subject to the definition of "Interest Period," if any payment to be
made by Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment
shall instead be considered due on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest and fees.
2.09 FUNDING SOURCES. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
obligate Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner or to constitute a representation by Lender that it has obtained or will
obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
SECTION 3.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 TAXES.
(a) Any and all payments by Borrower to or for the account of Lender under
any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
and all taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding taxes imposed on or measured by its net income, 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 Lender is organized or
maintains a lending office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If Borrower shall be
required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
under any Loan Document to Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), Lender receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) Borrower shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with
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applicable Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment,
Borrower shall furnish to Lender the original or a certified copy of a receipt
evidencing payment thereof.
(b) In addition, Borrower agrees to pay any and all stamp, court or
documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar
levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise
with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").
(c) If Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to Lender,
Borrower shall also pay to Lender, at the time interest is paid, such additional
amount that Lender specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after
factoring in all taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income)
Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.
(d) Borrower agrees to indemnify Lender for the full amount of Taxes and
Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by Lender, amounts
payable under Section 3.01(c) and any liability (including penalties, interest
and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto.
(e) Lender is a national banking association organized under the laws of
the United States of America and is a United States person as defined under
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
(f) If any Lender is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision
thereof (for purposes of this Section 3.01(f), a "NON-US LENDER"), such Non-US
Lender shall deliver to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date, and at such
other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower (in the
reasonable exercise of its discretion), two original copies of IRS Form W-8BEN
or W-8ECI (or any successor forms) properly completed and duly executed by
Lender, or, in the case of a Non-US Lender claiming exemption from United States
federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect
to payments of "portfolio interest," a form W-8BEN.
Each Non-US Lender hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial
delivery by such Lender of such forms, whenever a lapse in time or change in
circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence so delivered
obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly
(i) deliver to Borrower two original copies of renewals, amendments or
additional or successor forms, properly completed and duly executed by such
Lender, together with any other certificate or statement of exemption required
in order to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to United
States withholding tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Loan
Documents, or (ii) notify Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms,
certificates or other evidence.
Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Non-US
Lender under this Section 3.01 if such Lender shall have failed to satisfy the
requirements of this subsection (f); provided that if such Lender shall have
satisfied the requirements of this subsection (f) on the date such Lender became
a Lender, nothing in this subsection (f) shall
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relieve Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 3.01
in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation,
administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly
entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date
establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to withholding as
described in this subsection (f).
3.02 ILLEGALITY. If Lender determines that any Laws have made it unlawful,
or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for Lender
or its Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Offshore Rate Loans, or
materially restricts the authority of Lender to purchase or sell, or to take
deposits of, Dollars in the applicable offshore Dollar market, or to determine
or charge interest rates based upon the Offshore Rate, then, on notice thereof
by Lender to Borrower, any obligation of Lender to make Offshore Rate Loans
shall be suspended until Lender notifies Borrower that the circumstances giving
rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice,
Borrower shall, upon demand from Lender, prepay or Convert all Offshore Rate
Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Offshore Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Offshore Rate
Loans. Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation
will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of
Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to Lender.
3.03 INABILITY TO DETERMINE OFFSHORE RATE. If, in connection with any
Request for Extension of Credit involving any Offshore Rate Loan, Lender
determines that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the
applicable offshore dollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period
of the requested Offshore Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for determining the underlying interest rate for such Offshore Rate Loan,
or (c) such underlying interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to Lender of funding such Offshore Rate Loan, Lender shall promptly notify
Borrower. Thereafter, the obligation of Lender to make or maintain such Offshore
Rate Loan shall be suspended until Lender revokes such notice. Upon receipt of
such notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for an Offshore Rate Loan
or, failing that, be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a
Base Rate Loan in the amount specified therein.
3.04 INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY.
(a) If Lender determines that any Law or change therein or in the
interpretation or administration thereof, in each case that becomes effective
after the date hereof:
(i) subject Lender to any Tax, duty, or other charge with respect to
any Offshore Rate Loans or its obligation to make Offshore Rate Loans, or
change the basis on which taxes are imposed on any amounts payable to
Lender under this Agreement in respect of any Offshore Rate Loans;
(ii) shall impose or modify any reserve, special deposit, or similar
requirement (other than the reserve requirement utilized in the
determination of the Offshore Rate)
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relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits
with or other liabilities or commitments of, Lender (including the
Commitment); or
(iii) shall impose on Lender or on the offshore interbank market any
other condition affecting this Agreement or any of such extensions of
credit or liabilities or commitments;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Lender of
making, Converting into, Continuing, or maintaining any Offshore Rate Loans or
to reduce any sum received or receivable by Lender under this Agreement with
respect to any Offshore Rate Loans, then from time to time upon demand of
Lender, Borrower shall pay to Lender such additional amounts as will compensate
Lender for such increased cost or reduction.
(b) If Lender determines that any change in or the interpretation of any
Laws have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of Lender or
compliance by Lender (or its Lending Office) or any corporation controlling
Lender as a consequence of Lender's obligations hereunder (taking into
consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and Lender's desired
return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of Lender, Borrower shall
pay to Lender such additional amounts as will compensate Lender for such
reduction.
3.05 BREAKFUNDING COSTS. Upon demand of Lender from time to time, Borrower
shall promptly compensate Lender for and hold Lender harmless from any loss,
cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any Continuation, Conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other
than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of
acceleration, or otherwise); or
(b) any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of Lender
to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, Continue or Convert any Loan other than a
Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower; including any
loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation
or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees
payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. Borrower
shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by Lender in connection
with the foregoing.
3.06 MATTERS APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION. A certificate of
Lender claiming compensation under this Section 3 and setting forth the
additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be prima facie
evidence of the amount thereof absent demonstrable error. In determining such
amount, Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. For
purposes of this Section 3, Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Offshore
Rate Loan at the Offshore Base Rate used in determining the Offshore Rate for
such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore
interbank market, whether or not such Offshore Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
Lender agrees that it will use reasonable efforts to make, fund or maintain
Offshore Rate Loans through another lending office of Lender if (i) as a result
thereof the additional amounts that would otherwise be required to be paid to
Lender pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.04 would be materially reduced and (ii)
as
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determined by Lender in its sole discretion, such action would not otherwise be
disadvantageous to Lender.
3.07 SURVIVAL. All of Borrower's obligations under this Section 3 shall
survive termination of the Commitment and payment in full of all Obligations.
SECTION 4.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
4.01 CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Lender
to make the initial Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to satisfaction of
the following conditions precedent:
(a) Except as otherwise specified by Lender, Lender's receipt of the
following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by
originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible
Officer of the signing Borrower, each dated on, or in the case of third-party
certificates, recently before the Closing Date and each in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number
for distribution to Lender and Borrower;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency
certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of Borrower
as Lender may require to establish the identities of and verify the
authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to
act as a Responsible Officer thereof;
(iii) such evidence as Lender may reasonably require to verify that
Borrower is duly organized or formed, validly existing, in good standing
and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction in which it is
required to be qualified to engage in business, including certified copies
of Borrower's Organization Documents, certificates of good standing and/or
qualification to engage in business, tax status certificates, and the
like;
(iv) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower
certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.01(c) and (d)
have been satisfied, and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance
since June 30, 2001 which has a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) an opinion of counsel to Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit C; and
(vi) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or
opinions as Lender reasonably may require.
(b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have
been paid.
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(c) The representations and warranties made by Borrower herein, or which
are contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement
furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be
correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(d) Borrower shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) Borrower shall have paid all Attorney Costs of Lender to the extent
invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of
Attorney Costs as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs
incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that
such estimate shall not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between
Borrower and Lender).
4.02 CONDITIONS TO ALL EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT. In addition to any applicable
conditions precedent set forth elsewhere in this Section 4 or in Section 2, the
obligation of Lender to honor any Request for Extension of Credit is subject to
the following conditions precedent:
(a) the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in Section 5,
or which are contained in any certificate, document or financial or other
statement furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith,
shall be correct on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit, except to
the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to any
earlier date.
(b) no Default or Event of Default exists, or would result from such
proposed Extension of Credit.
(c) Lender shall have timely received a Request for Extension of Credit by
Requisite Notice by the Requisite Time therefor.
(d) Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it,
such other assurances, certificates, documents or consents related to the
foregoing as Lender reasonably may require.
Each Request for Extension of Credit by Borrower shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a)
and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit.
SECTION 5.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that:
5.01 EXISTENCE AND QUALIFICATION; POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Borrower is
a corporation duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the state of its incorporation or organization, has the power
and authority and the legal right to own and operate its properties, to lease
the properties it operates and to conduct its business, is
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duly qualified and 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, and is in compliance with all Laws except to the
extent that lack of qualification or noncompliance does not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.02 SUBSIDIARIES. All of the Subsidiaries of Borrower as of the Closing
Date and their jurisdictions of organization are listed on Schedule 5.02 and
Schedule 5.02 correctly sets forth, as of the Closing Date, the ownership
interest of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries in each of the Subsidiaries of
Borrower identified therein.
5.03 POWER; AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS. Borrower has the power
and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform each Loan
Document, and Borrower has power and authority to borrow hereunder and has taken
all necessary action to authorize the borrowings on the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. No consent or
authorization of, filing with, or other act by or in respect of any Governmental
Authority or any other person is required in connection with the borrowings
hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Loan
Documents have been duly executed and delivered by Borrower, and constitute a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of Debtor Relief
Laws, the effect of equitable principles (whether applied in an action at law or
a suit in equity), and the other exceptions and qualifications set forth in the
legal opinion furnished to Lender pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(v).
5.04 NO LEGAL BAR. The execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and compliance with the provisions
thereof have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of
Borrower and do not and will not (a) violate or conflict with, or result in a
breach of, or require any consent under (i) any Organization Documents of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any applicable Laws, rules, or
regulations or any order, writ, injunction, or decree of any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator, or (iii) any Contractual Obligation of Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or by which any of them or any of their property is bound or
subject, (b) constitute a default under any such agreement or instrument, or (c)
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the
properties of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
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; (ii) fairly present the financial condition
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly
noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities,
direct or contingent, of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof,
including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby.
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(b) Since June 30, 2001, there has been no event or circumstance which has
a Material Adverse Effect.
5.06 LITIGATION.
Except as disclosed in Borrower's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on or prior to August 15, 2001, no litigation, investigation or
proceeding of or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or,
to the knowledge of Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened by
or against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their
properties or revenues which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.07 NO DEFAULT. Neither Borrower nor any its Subsidiaries are in default
under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation which has a Material Adverse
Effect, and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
will result from the consummation of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, or the making of the Extensions of Credit hereunder.
5.08 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
valid fee or leasehold interests in all real property which they use in their
respective businesses, and Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to all their other property, and none of such property is
subject to any Lien, except as permitted in Section 7.02.
5.09 TAXES. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns which
are required to be filed, and have paid, or made provision for the payment of,
all taxes with respect to the periods, property or transactions shown to be due
on said returns, or pursuant to any assessment received by Borrower or its
respective Subsidiaries, except (a) such taxes, if any, as are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have
been established and maintained, and (b) immaterial taxes; provided, however,
that in each case no material item or portion of property of Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries is in jeopardy of being seized, levied upon or forfeited.
5.10 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT.
(a) Borrower is not engaged, and will not engage, principally or as one of
its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
"purchasing" or "carrying" "margin stock" within the respective meanings of each
of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect. No part of the
proceeds of any Extensions of Credit hereunder will be used for "purchasing" or
"carrying" "margin stock" as so defined or for any purpose which violates, or
which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of
such Board of Governors.
(b) Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a "holding
company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of
a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," within
the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or (ii) is or is
required to be registered as an "investment company" under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
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5.11 ERISA COMPLIANCE.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws. 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 Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the
loss of, such qualification. Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all
required contributions to each 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 Borrower, threatened
claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with
respect to any Plan that has a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no
prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with
respect to any Plan that has a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither 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
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 Borrower nor
any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
5.12 INTANGIBLE ASSETS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the
right to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights,
franchises, licenses and other intangible assets that are used in the conduct of
their respective businesses as now operated except where failure to own or
possess the same has a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such items, to the
best knowledge of Borrower, conflicts with the valid trademark, trade name,
copyright, patent, patent right or intangible asset of any other Person to the
extent that such conflict has a Material Adverse Effect.
5.13 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with all Laws and applicable orders of any Governmental Authority that are
applicable to it, noncompliance with which has a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Existing Environmental Laws and claims
alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any
Environmental Law on the respective businesses, operations and properties of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.15 INSURANCE. The properties of Borrower and its Subsidiaries are
insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates
of Borrower, in such
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amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as Borrower has
determined in good faith to be necessary.
5.16 DISCLOSURE. No statement, information, report, representation, or
warranty made by Borrower in any Loan Document or furnished to Lender in
connection with any Loan Document contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein
or therein not misleading, and Borrower has disclosed to Lender all facts and
circumstances which can reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 6.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any portion of
the Commitment remains outstanding, Borrower shall, and shall (except in the
case of Borrower's reporting covenants), cause each Subsidiary to:
6.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Deliver to Lender in form and detail
satisfactory to Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 100 days after the end
of each fiscal year of Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated
statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in
reasonable detail, audited and accompanied by an opinion of an independent
certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably
acceptable to Lender, which opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP
and shall not be subject to any qualifications or exceptions as to the scope of
the audit nor to any qualifications and exceptions not reasonably acceptable to
Lender; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 50 days after the end of
each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower, a
consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash
flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of Borrower's fiscal year then
ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding
portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes.
6.02 CERTIFICATES, NOTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION. Deliver to Lender in
form and detail satisfactory to Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to
in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower;
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(b) promptly after reasonable request by Lender, copies of any detailed
audit reports and management letters or recommendations with respect to the
annual financial statements delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 6.01(a)
submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of
directors) of Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the audit
of the accounts or books of Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report,
proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the
stockholders of Borrower, and copies of all annual and quarterly reports which
Borrower may file or be required to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and not otherwise required to be delivered to Lender pursuant hereto;
(d) promptly after the occurrence thereof becomes known or should have
become known to a Responsible Officer or the general counsel of Borrower, notice
of any Default or Event of Default;
(e) notice of any material change in accounting policies or financial
reporting practices by Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(f) promptly after the commencement thereof becomes known or should have
become known to a Responsible Officer or the general counsel of Borrower, notice
of any litigation, investigation or proceeding against Borrower or any
Subsidiary where the amount sought exceeds the Threshold Amount, or in which
injunctive relief or similar relief is sought, which relief is reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) promptly after the occurrence thereof becomes known to a Responsible
Officer or the general counsel of Borrower, notice of any Reportable Event with
respect to any Plan or the intent to terminate any Plan, or the institution of
proceedings or the taking or expected taking of any other action to terminate
any Plan or withdraw from any Plan;
(h) promptly after the occurrence thereof becomes known to a Responsible
Officer or the general counsel of Borrower, notice of any Material Adverse
Effect; and
(i) promptly, such other data and information as from time to time may be
reasonably requested by Lender.
Each notice under Section 6.02 (d), (f), (g), or (h) pursuant to this
Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower
setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what
action Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.03 PAYMENT OF TAXES. Pay and discharge when due all taxes, assessments,
and governmental charges, Liens or levies imposed on Borrower or its
Subsidiaries or on its income or profits or any of its property, except for any
such tax, assessment, charge, or levy permitted under Section 7.02(c) or
excepted from Section 5.09.
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6.04 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE. Preserve and maintain its existence,
licenses, permits, rights, franchises and privileges necessary or desirable in
the normal conduct of its business, except where failure to do so does not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
6.05 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Maintain, preserve and protect all of its
material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in
good order and condition, subject to wear and tear in the ordinary course of
business, and not permit any waste of its properties.
6.06 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Maintain liability and casualty insurance
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such amounts with
such deductibles and against such risks as Borrower has determined in good faith
to be necessary.
6.07 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
(a) Comply with the requirements of all applicable Laws and orders of any
Governmental Authority, noncompliance with which has a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Conduct its operations and keep and maintain its property in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, noncompliance with which has a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.08 INSPECTION RIGHTS. At any time during regular business hours and as
often as reasonably requested, upon reasonable prior notice, permit Lender, or
any employee, agent or representative thereof upon execution of Borrower's
standard confidentiality agreement for visitors and contractors and at Lender's
sole cost and expense, to examine, audit and make copies and abstracts from the
Borrower's records and books of account and to visit and inspect its properties
and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with any of its officers and
key employees for the sole purpose of determining compliance with and monitoring
the Commitment, and, upon request, furnish promptly to Lender true copies of all
financial information and internal management reports made available to its
senior management.
6.09 KEEPING OF RECORDS AND BOOKS OF ACCOUNT. Keep adequate records and
books of account reflecting all financial transactions in conformity with GAAP,
consistently applied, and in material conformity with all applicable
requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over
Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary.
6.10 COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA. Cause, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates
to: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law; (b)
cause each Plan which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain
such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan subject
to Section 412 of the Code.
6.11 COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENTS. Promptly and fully comply with all
Contractual Obligations to which any one or more of them is a party, except for
any such Contractual Obligations (a) the performance of which would cause a
Default or Event of Default, (b) then being contested by any of them in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, or (c) if the failure to comply therewith does
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.12 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of Extensions of Credit for lawful
general corporate purposes not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed, or any portion of
the Commitment remains outstanding, Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly do any of the following without the
written consent of Lender:
7.01 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 on Schedule
7.01 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof, provided
that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the
premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with
such refinancing and by an amount equal to any utilized commitments thereunder;
(c) intercompany Guaranty Obligations of Borrower or any Subsidiaries
guarantying Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of Borrower or any
wholly-owned Subsidiary;
(d) Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a check, draft or similar
instrument against insufficient funds or the endorsement of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Ordinary Course Swap Obligations;
(f) trade and other accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with customary trade terms and which are not overdue for a period of
more than 90 days;
(g) deferred taxes;
(h) Indebtedness of ServerWorks in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $10,000,000 at any time;
(i) Indebtedness of Borrower to any of its Subsidiaries and of any
Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(j) Indebtedness that is (i) convertible into the capital stock of
Borrower, (ii) subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and (iii) due
after the Maturity Date;
(k) Unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$20,000,000 at any time;
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(l) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 (i)
and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof, provided that
the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the
premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with
such refinancing and by an amount equal to any utilized commitments thereunder;;
(m) Indebtedness of any Person assumed by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of
Borrower, in each case as a result of any Acquisition of such Person permitted
under Section 7.05 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions of
such Indebtedness, provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not
increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension
except by an amount equal to the premium or other amount paid, and fees and
expenses incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to
any utilized commitments thereunder; provided further that such Indebtedness is
not incurred in connection with any such Acquisition or in anticipation thereof;
and
(n) Unsecured Indebtedness to no more than two lenders that is entirely
used to permanently reduce the Commitment pursuant to Section 2.04(b); provided
that, to the extent required by Section 2.03(b), Borrower also prepays the Loans
if necessary as a consequence of such reduction in the Commitment.
7.02 LIENS AND NEGATIVE PLEDGES. Incur, assume or suffer to exist, any
Lien or Negative Pledge upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens and Negative Pledges existing on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property
covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the obligations
secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.01(b);
(c) Liens for taxes or other governmental charges not yet due or which are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable
Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or
other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not
overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto
are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;
(e) pledges or deposits in connection with worker's compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation or statutory
obligations in the ordinary course of business;
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(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(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) attachment, judgment or other similar Liens arising in connection with
litigation or other legal proceedings (and not otherwise a Default hereunder) in
the ordinary course of business that are currently being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings, adequate reserves have been set aside and no
material property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture or the
claims in respect of such Liens are fully covered by insurance (subject to
ordinary and customary deductibles);
(i) Liens on any asset existing at the time of acquisition of such asset
by Borrower or a Subsidiary, or Liens to secure the payment of all or any part
of the purchase price of an asset upon the acquisition of such asset by Borrower
or a Subsidiary; provided that the Lien shall apply only to the asset so
acquired;
(j) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(m); provided
that such Liens apply only to the assets acquired in connection with the
permitted Acquisition or the assets of the Person that becomes a Subsidiary of
Borrower as a result of the permitted Acquisition; and
(k) Replacements, extensions and renewals of Liens permitted under
subsections (i) and (j) of this Section 7.02.
7.03 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Merge or consolidate with or into any Person or
liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself, or permit or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution or sell all or substantially all of its assets, except, that so long
as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) Borrower may merge with any Person, so long as Borrower is the
continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) Borrower provided that Borrower
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (ii) any other Subsidiary, and
(iii) any other Person, so long as such other Person will, as a result of making
such merger and all other contemporaneous related transactions, become a
Subsidiary; provided that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging into
another Subsidiary, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or
surviving Person;
(c) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to Borrower or to another Subsidiary;
provided that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is selling all or substantially
all of its assets to another Subsidiary, the Subsidiary acquiring such assets
shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary; and
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(d) any Subsidiary which is not a Material Subsidiary may liquidate,
wind-up or dissolve itself or suffer any liquidation or dissolution.
7.04 DISPOSITIONS. Make any Dispositions, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of Cash, Cash Equivalents, inventory and other property
in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of assets or property to the extent that such property is
exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property,
or the proceeds of such sale are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase
price of such replacement property or where Borrower or any Subsidiary determine
in good faith that the failure to replace such equipment will not be detrimental
to the business of Borrower or such Subsidiary; and
(d) Dispositions of assets or property by any Subsidiary to Borrower or
another wholly-owned Subsidiary; provided, however, that no such Disposition
pursuant to subsections (a), (b), or (c) above shall be for less than the fair
market value of the property being disposed of; and
(e) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.03.
7.05 INVESTMENTS; ACQUISITIONS. Make any Investments or Acquisitions,
except:
(a) Investments existing on the date hereof and disclosed to Lender in
writing on or prior to the date hereof;
(b) Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(c) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of Borrower
and Subsidiaries;
(d) Investments of any Subsidiary in Borrower or another Subsidiary;
(e) Investments of Borrower in its Subsidiaries;
(e) extensions of credit to customers or suppliers of Borrower and
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and any Investments received in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof;
(f) Guaranty Obligations permitted by Section 7.01;
(g) Investments permitted by Section 7.03;
(h) Acquisitions, provided that (i) the total purchase price is paid
solely in shares of the capital stock of Borrower and (ii) Borrower shall have
delivered a Compliance Certificate to
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Lender demonstrating that, after giving effect to such proposed Acquisition,
Borrower shall be in compliance with the requirements of Section 7.12;
(i) Long Term Cash Equivalents; and
(j) additional Investments and Acquisitions not exceeding $250,000,000 in
the aggregate.
7.06 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. Make any Restricted Payments except:
(a) redemptions or other repurchases of Borrower's capital stock, stock
equivalents or stock options from departing employees, directors or officers of
Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(b) purchases of previously unissued or treasury capital stock of Borrower
by a Subsidiary for share exchanges arising from Acquisitions; and
(c) prepayments, repayments, redemptions, defeasances or other
acquisitions or retirements for value of any Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred under Section 7.01(j); provided, however, that, five days prior to any
such proposed prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition
or retirement, Borrower delivers to Lender a Compliance Certificate
demonstrating in reasonable detail that (i) no Default or Event of Default
exists and (ii) no Event of Default would result under Section 7.12 from the
proposed prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement.
7.07 ERISA. At any time engage in a transaction which could be subject to
Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, or permit any Pension Plan to (a) engage in
any non-exempt "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section 4975 of the
Code); (b) fail to comply with ERISA or any other applicable Laws; or (c) incur
any material "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of
ERISA), which, with respect to each event listed above, has a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.08 CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. Make any change in the nature of the
business of Borrower as conducted and as proposed to be conducted as of the date
hereof.
7.09 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Enter into any transaction of any kind
with any Affiliate of Borrower other than (i) arm's-length transactions with
Affiliates that are otherwise permitted hereunder and (ii) transactions with any
Person who is an Affiliate of Borrower solely as a result of Borrower or any
Subsidiary having an investment in such Person.
7.10 HOSTILE ACQUISITIONS. Use the proceeds of any Loan in connection with
the acquisition of a voting interest of 5% or more in any Person if such
acquisition is opposed by the board of directors or management of such Person.
7.11 MARGIN REGULATIONS. Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any
Extensions of Credit hereunder for "purchasing" or "carrying" "margin stock" as
so defined or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent
with, the provisions of Regulations U or X of such Board of Governors.
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7.12 FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
(a) CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Permit Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Borrower to be less than the
greater of (a) $750,000,000 or (b) the sum of (i) 80% of Consolidated Tangible
Net Worth as of June 30, 2001 and, (ii) an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate
increases in Stockholders' Equity of Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the
date hereof by reason of the issuance and sale of capital stock of Borrower
(including upon any conversion of debt securities of Borrower into such capital
stock) minus (b) the sum of (i) stock-based compensation expense and (ii) in
process research and development write offs associated with Acquisitions taken
within 90 days of the consummation thereof.
(b) MINIMUM CONSOLIDATED LTM ADJUSTED EBITDA. Permit Consolidated LTM
Adjusted EBITDA as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Borrower for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters then ended to be less than <$125,000,000>.
(c) QUICK RATIO. Permit the Quick Ratio as of the end of any fiscal
quarter of Borrower to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.
7.13 CHANGE IN AUDITORS. Change the certified public accountants auditing
the books of Borrower except to another certified public accountant of
nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to Lender.
SECTION 8.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Borrower fails to pay any principal on any Outstanding Obligation
(other than fees) within two days after the date when due; or
(b) Borrower fails to pay any interest on any Outstanding Obligations, any
Commitment fees due hereunder, or any other fees or amount payable to Lender
under any Loan Document, in each case within five days after Lender notifies
Borrower that such interest, Commitment fees, fees or other amounts are due; or
(c) Any default occurs in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in Section 6.02(d), 6.02(e), 6.02(f), 6.02(h), 6.04, 7.03, 7.10, 7.11
or 7.12; or
(d) Any default occurs in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in Section 6.01, 6.02(a), 6.02(b). 6.02(c), 6.02(g), 6.02(i), 6.08,
7.01, 7.02, 7.04-7.09, or 7.13 and such default continues for three days after
Lender notifies Borrower; or
(e) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as such term is or may
hereafter be specifically defined in any other Loan Document) under any other
Loan Document; or Borrower fails to perform or observe any other covenant or
agreement (not specified in subsection (a), (b),
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(c) or (d) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or
observed and such failure continues for 30 days after Lender notifies Borrower;
or
(f) Any representation or warranty in any Loan Document or in any
certificate, agreement, instrument or other document made or delivered by
Borrower pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document proves to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(g) (i) Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries which, alone or
together, constitute Material Subsidiaries, (x) defaults beyond applicable cure,
grace and notice periods in any payment when due of principal of or interest on
any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate
principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount or (y) defaults beyond
applicable cure, grace and notice periods in the observance or performance of
any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness hereunder) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing,
securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur, the effect of
which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of
such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or
beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required,
Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Threshold
Amount to be demanded or become due (automatically or otherwise) prior to its
stated maturity, or any Guaranty Obligation in such amount to become payable or
Cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded, or Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is unable or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as
they mature, and such default continues for three days after Lender notifies
Borrower; or (ii) the occurrence under any Swap Contract of an Early Termination
Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (x) any event of default
under such Swap Contract as to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is the
Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (y) the occurrence of any
Termination Event under such Swap Contract (as defined therein) as to which
Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) as a result of
which, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by Borrower or such
Subsidiary is greater than the Threshold Amount and such Early Termination Date
shall not have been rescinded within three days after Lender notifies Borrower;
or
(h) Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and
for any reason other than the agreement of Lender or satisfaction in full of all
the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, invalid or unenforceable in any
material respect; or Borrower denies that it has any or further liability or
obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind
any Loan Document; or
(i) (i) A final judgment against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
entered for the payment of money in excess of the Threshold Amount, or any
non-monetary final judgment is entered against Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries which has a Material Adverse Effect and, in each case, if such
judgment remains unsatisfied without procurement of a stay of execution within
(A) 45 calendar days after the date of entry of judgment or, (B) if earlier,
five days prior to the date of any proposed sale, 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 45 calendar days after its issue or levy; or
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(j) Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries which, alone or together,
constitute Material Subsidiaries, institutes or consents to the institution of
any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws, 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 that Person and the appointment
continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under
Debtor Relief Laws relating to any such Person or to all or any part of its
property is instituted without the consent of that Person and continues
undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered
in any such proceeding; or
(k) (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 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; (ii) the aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liability among all
Pension Plans at any time exceeds the Threshold Amount; or (iii) 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
(l) There occurs any Change of Control of Borrower.
8.02 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. Without limiting any other rights or
remedies of Lender provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, the Loan Documents,
or by applicable Law, or in equity, or otherwise:
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default
other than an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(j), Lender may
terminate the Commitment and/or declare all or any part of the unpaid principal
of all Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts
payable under the Loan Documents to be immediately due and payable, whereupon
the same shall become and be immediately due and payable, without protest,
presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or notice of any kind, all of which are
expressly waived by Borrower.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section
8.01(j), the Commitment and all other obligations of Lender under the Loan
Documents shall automatically terminate without notice to or demand upon
Borrower, which are expressly waived by Borrower, and the unpaid principal of
all Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts payable
under the Loan Documents shall be immediately due and payable, without protest,
presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or notice of any kind, all of which are
expressly waived by Borrower.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, Lender, without notice to (except as expressly provided for in any Loan
Document) or demand upon Borrower, which are expressly waived by Borrower
(except as to notices expressly provided for in any Loan Document), may proceed
to protect, exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
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under the Loan Documents against Borrower and such other rights and remedies as
are provided by Law or equity.
(d) The order and manner in which Lender's rights and remedies are to be
exercised shall be determined by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
Regardless of how Lender may treat payments for the purpose of its own
accounting, for the purpose of computing the Obligations hereunder, payments
shall be applied first, to costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs)
incurred by Lender, second, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the
Loans to and including the date of such application, third, to the payment of
the unpaid principal of the Loans, and fourth, to the payment of all other
amounts (including fees) then owing to Lender under the Loan Documents. No
application of payments will cure any Event of Default, or prevent acceleration,
or continued acceleration, of amounts payable under the Loan Documents, or
prevent the exercise, or continued exercise, of rights or remedies of Lender
hereunder or thereunder or at Law or in equity.
SECTION 9.
MISCELLANEOUS
9.01 AMENDMENTS; CONSENTS. No amendment, modification, supplement,
extension, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, no approval or consent thereunder, and no consent to any
departure by Borrower therefrom shall be effective unless in writing signed by
Lender and Borrower and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
9.02 REQUISITE NOTICE; EFFECTIVENESS OF SIGNATURES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL.
(a) REQUISITE NOTICE. Notices given in connection with any Loan Document
shall be delivered to the intended recipient at the number and/or address set
forth on Schedule 9.02 (or as otherwise specified from time to time by such
recipient in writing to Lender) and shall be given by (i) irrevocable written
notice or (ii) except as otherwise provided, irrevocable telephonic (not
voicemail) notice. Such notices may be delivered, must be confirmed and shall be
effective as follows:
MODE OF DELIVERY EFFECTIVE ON EARLIER OF ACTUAL RECEIPT, AND:
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Mail Fourth Business Day after deposit in U.S. mail, first
class postage pre-paid
Courier or hand
delivery One Business Day after signed for by recipient
Telephone (not When conversation completed (must be confirmed in
voicemail) writing)
Facsimile When confirmed by telephone (not voicemail)
Electronic Mail When delivered (usage subject to subsection (c) below)
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provided, however, that notices delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 2 shall
not be effective until actually received by Lender; provided, further, that
Lender may require that any notice be confirmed or followed by a manually-signed
hardcopy thereof. Notices shall be in any form prescribed herein and, if sent by
Borrower, shall be made by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Notices delivered
and, if required, confirmed in accordance with this subsection shall be deemed
to have been delivered by Requisite Notice.
(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF FACSIMILE DOCUMENTS AND SIGNATURES. Loan Documents
may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such
documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force
and effect as manually-signed hardcopies and shall be binding on Borrower and
Lender. Lender may also require that any such documents and signatures be
confirmed by a manually-signed hardcopy thereof; provided, however, that the
failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any
facsimile document or signature.
(c) LIMITED USAGE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL, TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE. Facsimile
or electronic mail and internet and intranet websites may be used to distribute
routine communications, such as financial statements and other information, or
to distribute agreements and other documents to be signed by Lender and
Borrower. No other legally-binding and/or time-sensitive communication or
Request for Extension of Credit may be sent by electronic mail, facsimile or
telephone without the consent of, the intended recipient in each instance;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may deliver
Requests for Extension of Credit to Lender by telephone and facsimile by the
required time provided that any such telephonic notice shall be promptly
confirmed in writing by delivery by facsimile of a Request for Extension of
Credit to Lender on or before the proposed borrowing date.
(d) RELIANCE BY LENDER. Lender shall be entitled to rely and act upon any
notices purportedly given by or on behalf of 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 notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as
understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. Borrower
shall indemnify Lender- from any loss, cost, expense or liability as a result of
relying on any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower.
9.03 ATTORNEY COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES. Borrower agrees (a) to pay or
reimburse Lender for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of
the Loan Documents, and the development, preparation, negotiation and execution
of any amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to, any Loan
Documents, and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith,
and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (b) to pay or reimburse Lender
for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred in connection with
any refinancing, restructuring, reorganization (including a bankruptcy
reorganization) and enforcement or attempted enforcement, or preservation of any
rights under any Loan Documents, and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, or in connection with any refinancing, or restructuring
of any such documents in the nature of a "workout" or of any insolvency or
bankruptcy proceeding, including Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and
expenses shall include all reasonable and documented search, filing, recording,
title insurance
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and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other reasonable
and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender and the reasonable and
documented cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts
retained by Lender. Any amount payable to Lender under this Section shall bear
interest from the second Business Day following the date of demand for payment
at the Default Rate. The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of
all Obligations.
9.04 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; PARTICIPATIONS. (a) This Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party will be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and
assigns, except that Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights under
this Agreement without the prior written consent of Lender and any such
attempted assignment shall be void. Lender in its sole and absolute discretion
may at any time, and from time to time, sell, assign (with the consent of
Borrower other than during the existence of a Default or an Event of Default,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) or grant participations in all
or a portion of the Commitment and/or the Obligations outstanding under this
Agreement or any Loan Document; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of
the Commitment, Loans and other Obligations of the assigning Lender and the
assignee subject to each such assignment shall not be less than $20,000,000.
Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that any such assignment or
participation will give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower to the assignee
or participant upon written notice from Lender to Borrower. Borrower agrees to
execute, and cause each other Borrower to execute, any documents reasonably
requested by Lender in connection with any such assignment. All information
provided by or on behalf of Borrower to Lender or its Affiliates may be
furnished by Lender to its Affiliates and to any actual or proposed assignee or
participant.
(b) In the event that Lender assigns any portion of the Commitment, Loans
and other Obligations to one or more assignees, Borrower and Lender agree that
this Agreement shall be amended pursuant to a mutually agreed upon amendment in
order to provide that (i) Lender shall act as agent for itself and all such
assignees, (ii) amendments, modifications and waivers of provisions of this
Agreement (other than those that reduce the principal amount of any Loan,
postpone the scheduled final maturity date of any Loan, postpone the date on
which any interest or fees are payable, decrease the interest rate borne by any
Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to
any of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c)) or the amount of fees payable
hereunder or increase the maximum duration of interest periods, which shall not
be effective without the written consent of all lenders) shall not be effective
without the written consent of lenders holding 51% or more of the Commitment and
(ii) Requests for Extension of Credit, payments and Compliance Certificates
shall be delivered to the agent.
9.05 SET-OFF. In addition to any rights and remedies of Lender or any
assignee or participant of Lender or any Affiliates thereof (each, a "Proceeding
Party") provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, each Proceeding Party is authorized at any time and from time
to time, without prior notice to Borrower, any such notice being waived by
Borrower to the fullest extent permitted by law, to proceed directly, by right
of set-off, banker's lien, or otherwise, against any assets of Borrower which
may be in the hands of such Proceeding Party (including all general or special,
time or demand, provisional or other deposits and other indebtedness owing by
such Proceeding Party to or for the credit or the account of Borrower) and apply
such assets against the Obligations, irrespective of whether such
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Proceeding Party shall have made any demand therefor and although such
Obligations may be unmatured.
9.06 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure by Lender to exercise, and
no delay by Lender in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under any Loan Document
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges
herein or therein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law. Any decision by Lender not to
require payment of any interest (including Default Interest), fee, cost or other
amount payable under any Loan Document or to calculate any amount payable by a
particular method on any occasion shall in no way limit or be deemed a waiver of
Lender's right to require full payment thereof, or to calculate an amount
payable by another method that is not inconsistent with this Agreement, on any
other or subsequent occasion.
9.07 USURY. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan
Document, the interest and fees paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan
Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted
by applicable Law (the "Maximum Rate"). If Lender shall receive interest or a
fee in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excessive interest or fee
shall be applied to the principal of the Outstanding Obligations or, if it
exceeds the unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower. In determining whether the
interest or a fee contracted for, charged, or received by Lender exceeds the
Maximum Rate, Lender 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.
9.08 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
9.09 INTEGRATION. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents
and any letter agreements referred to herein, comprises the complete and
integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior agreements, written or oral, on the subject matter hereof. In the
event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any
other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and govern;
provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of
Lender in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this
Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the
respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor
of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
9.10 NATURE OF LENDER'S OBLIGATIONS. Nothing contained in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document and no action taken by Lender pursuant hereto or
thereto may, or may be deemed to, make Lender a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or other entity with Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower.
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9.11 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document, certificate or
statement delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or
therewith shall survive the execution and delivery thereof. Such representations
and warranties have been or will be relied upon by Lender, notwithstanding any
investigation made by Lender or on its behalf.
9.12 INDEMNITY BY BORROWER. Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby are consummated, Borrower agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless
Lender, its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees,
agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the "Indemnitees") from and against:
(a) any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action that are asserted
against any Indemnitee by any Person relating directly or indirectly to a claim,
demand, action or cause of action that such Person asserts or may assert against
Borrower, any of their Affiliates or any of their officers or directors; (b) any
and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action arising out of or relating
to, the Loan Documents, any predecessor loan documents, the Commitment, the use
or contemplated use of the proceeds of any Loan, or the relationship of Borrower
and Lender under this Agreement; (c) any administrative or investigative
proceeding by any Governmental Authority arising out of or related to a claim,
demand, action or cause of action described in subsection (a) or (b) above; and
(d) any and all liabilities (including liabilities under indemnities), losses,
reasonable and documented out of pocket costs or expenses (including Attorney
Costs) that any Indemnitee suffers or incurs as a result of the assertion of any
foregoing claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding, or as a result
of the preparation of any defense in connection with any foregoing claim,
demand, action, cause of action or proceeding, in all cases, whether or not
arising out of the negligence of an Indemnitee, whether or not an Indemnitee is
a party to such claim, demand, action, cause of action or proceeding (all the
foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"); provided that no
Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification for any loss caused by the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee or for any loss asserted
against it by another Indemnitee. The agreements in this Section shall survive
repayment of all Obligations.
9.13 NONLIABILITY OF LENDER. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) Any inspections of any property of Borrower made by or through Lender
are for purposes of administration of the Loan Documents only, and Borrower is
not entitled to rely upon the same (whether or not such inspections are at the
expense of Borrower);
(b) By accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed,
fulfilled or given to Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents, Lender shall not be
deemed to have warranted or represented the sufficiency, legality, effectiveness
or legal effect of the same, or of any term, provision or condition thereof, and
such acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute a warranty or
representation to anyone with respect thereto by Lender;
(c) The relationship between Borrower and Lender created by this Agreement
is, and shall at all times remain, solely that of borrower and lender; Lender
shall not under any circumstance be deemed to be in a relationship of confidence
or trust or a fiduciary relationship with Borrower or its Affiliates, or to owe
any fiduciary duty to Borrower or its Affiliates as a consequence of this
Agreement; by virtue of entering into this Agreement, Lender does not undertake
or assume any responsibility or duty to Borrower or its Affiliates to select,
review,
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inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform Borrower or its Affiliates of
any matter in connection with their property or the operations of Borrower or
its Affiliates; Borrower and its Affiliates shall rely entirely upon their own
judgment with respect to such matters; and any review, inspection, supervision,
exercise of judgment or supply of information undertaken or assumed by Lender in
connection with this Agreement relative to such matters is solely for the
protection of Lender and neither Borrower nor any other Person is entitled to
rely thereon; and
(d) Lender shall not be responsible or liable to any Person for any loss,
damage, liability or claim of any kind relating to injury or death to Persons or
damage to property caused by the actions, inaction or negligence of Borrower
and/or its Affiliates and Borrower hereby indemnifies and holds Lender harmless
from any such loss, damage, liability or claim.
9.14 NO THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED. This Agreement is made for the purpose of
defining and setting forth certain obligations, rights and duties of Borrower
and Lender in connection with the Extensions of Credit, and is made for the sole
benefit of Borrower and Lender, and Lender's successors and assigns. Except as
provided in Sections 9.04 and 9.12, no other Person shall have any rights of any
nature hereunder or by reason hereof.
9.15 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of the Loan Documents that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
9.16 CONFIDENTIALITY. Lender and each participant and assignee shall use
any confidential non-public information concerning Borrower and its Subsidiaries
that is furnished to it by or on behalf of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
connection with the Loan Documents (collectively, "Confidential Information")
solely for the purpose of evaluating and providing products and services to them
and administering and enforcing the Loan Documents, and it will hold the
Confidential Information in confidence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender
may disclose Confidential Information (a) to its Affiliates or any of its or its
Affiliates' directors, officers, employees, auditors, counsel, advisors, or
representatives (collectively, the "Representatives") whom it determines need to
know such information for the purposes set forth in this Section; (b) to any
bank or financial institution or other entity to which Lender has assigned or
desires to assign an interest or participation in the Loan Documents or the
Obligations, provided that any such foregoing recipient of such Confidential
Information agrees to keep such Confidential Information confidential as
specified herein; (c) to any governmental agency or regulatory body having or
claiming to have authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of Lender's
business in connection with the exercise of such authority or claimed authority;
(d) to the extent necessary or appropriate to effect or preserve Lender's or any
of its Affiliates' security (if any) for any Obligation or to enforce any right
or remedy or in connection with any claims asserted by or against Lender or any
of its Representatives; and (e) pursuant to any subpoena or any similar legal
process; provided that, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or
court order, Lender shall notify Borrower of any request by any governmental or
regulatory agency (other than any such request in connection with any
examination of the financial condition of Lender by such regulatory agency) for
disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such
information. For purposes hereof, the term "Confidential
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Information" shall not include information that (x) is in Lender's possession
prior to its being provided by or on behalf of Borrower, provided that such
information is not known by Lender to be subject to another confidentiality
agreement with, or other legal or contractual obligation of confidentiality to,
a Borrower, (y) is or becomes publicly available (other than through a breach
hereof by Lender), or (z) becomes available to Lender on a nonconfidential
basis, provided that the source of such information was not known by Lender to
be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other legal or contractual obligation
of confidentiality with respect to such information.
9.17 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall, at their
expense and without expense to Lender, do, execute and deliver such further acts
and documents as Lender from time to time reasonably requires for the assuring
and confirming unto Lender of the rights hereby created or intended now or
hereafter so to be, or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the
performance of the terms of any Loan Document.
9.18 HEADINGS. Section headings in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are included for convenience of reference only and are not part of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents for any other purpose.
9.19 TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.
9.20 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL
RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SITTING IN ORANGE COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF
SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, BORROWER AND LENDER
CONSENTS, FOR THEMSELVES AND IN RESPECT OF THEIR PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. BORROWER AND LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE
GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. BORROWER AND LENDER AGREE THAT
SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO BORROWER OR LENDER AT THEIR RESPECTIVE
ADDRESSES PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.02, THAT SUCH SERVICE IS
SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER BORROWER OR LENDER IN ANY SUCH
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ACTION OR PROCEEDINGS AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN
EVERY RESPECT AND THAT BORROWER AND LENDER RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
9.21 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY
EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR
CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR
RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH
RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE
WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR
TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH
CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT
A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR
A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE
SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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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.
BROADCOM CORPORATION
By: /s/ WILLIAM J. RUEHLE
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Name: William J. Ruehle
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Title: CFO and Vice President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By: /s/ KEVIN MCMAHON
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Name: Kevin McMahon
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Title: Managing Director
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
BROADCOM CORPORATION
AND
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2001
Exhibit A Form of Request for Extension of Credit
Exhibit B Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Opinion of Counsel
Schedule 5.02 Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.01 Existing Indebtedness, Liens and Negative Pledges
Schedule 9.02 Notice Addresses and Lending Office
Broadcom Corporation agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any of the
foregoing exhibits to the SEC upon request.