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CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1997,
AMONG
HUB GROUP, INC.
HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.,
HUB HOLDINGS, INC.
THE LENDERS
PARTY HERETO,
AND
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AGENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION DESCRIPTION PAGE
SECTION 1. THE CREDITS.......................................................1
Section 1.1. Revolving Credit.........................................1
Section 1.2. Revolving Credit Loans...................................1
Section 1.3. Letters of Credit........................................2
Section 1.4. Manner and Disbursement of Revolving Credit Loans........5
Section 1.5. Appointment of Companies as Agents for Borrowers.........6
Section 1.6. Guaranty Agreements......................................6
SECTION 2. INTEREST AND CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES..............................6
Section 2.1. Interest Rate Options....................................6
Section 2.2. Minimum LIBOR Portion Amounts............................7
Section 2.3. Computation of Interest..................................7
Section 2.4. Manner of Rate Selection.................................7
Section 2.5. Change of Law............................................8
Section 2.6. Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain
Adjusted LIBOR...........................................8
Section 2.7. Taxes and Increased Costs................................8
Section 2.8. Change in Capital Adequacy Requirements.................10
Section 2.9. Funding Indemnity.......................................10
Section 2.10. Lending Branch..........................................10
Section 2.11. Discretion of Lenders as to Manner of Funding...........11
Section 2.12. Replacement of Affected Lenders.........................11
SECTION 3. FEES, PREPAYMENTS, TERMINATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS................12
Section 3.1. Fees....................................................12
Section 3.2. Voluntary Prepayments...................................12
Section 3.3. (a) Commitment Reductions...............................12
Section 3.4. Reduction and Termination of Commitments................13
Section 3.5. Place and Application of Payments.......................13
Section 3.6. Notations...............................................14
SECTION 4. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION......................................15
Section 4.1. Definitions.............................................15
Section 4.2. Interpretation..........................................26
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................26
Section 5.1. Organization and Qualification..........................26
Section 5.2. Corporate Authority and Validity of Obligations.........27
Section 5.3. Hub Group...............................................27
Section 5.4. Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock...........................28
Section 5.5. Financial Reports.......................................28
Section 5.6. No Material Adverse Change..............................28
Section 5.7. Full Disclosure.........................................29
Section 5.8. Good Title..............................................29
Section 5.9. Litigation and Other Controversies......................29
Section 5.10. Taxes...................................................29
Section 5.11. Approvals...............................................29
Section 5.12. Affiliate Transactions..................................29
Section 5.13. Investment Company; Public Utility Holding Company......30
Section 5.14. ERISA...................................................30
Section 5.15. Compliance with Laws....................................30
Section 5.16. Other Agreements........................................30
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.............................................31
Section 6.1. All Advances.......... .................................31
Section 6.2. Initial Advance........ ................................31
SECTION 7. COVENANTS........................................................32
Section 7.1. Maintenance of Business.................................32
Section 7.2. Maintenance of Properties...............................33
Section 7.3. Taxes and Assessments...................................33
Section 7.4. Insurance...............................................33
Section 7.5. Financial Reports.......................................33
Section 7.6. Inspection..............................................35
Section 7.7. Funded Debt Ratio.......................................35
Section 7.8. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.............................35
Section 7.9. Minimum EBITDA..........................................36
Section 7.10. Current Ratio...........................................36
Section 7.11. Indebtedness for Borrowed Money.........................36
Section 7.12. Liens...................................................37
Section 7.13. Investments, Acquisitions, Loans, Advances and
Guaranties..............................................38
Section 7.14. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales.......................40
Section 7.15. Maintenance of Subsidiaries.............................42
Section 7.16. Dividends By Public Hub Company.........................43
Section 7.17. ERISA...................................................43
Section 7.18. Compliance with Laws....................................43
Section 7.19. Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates....................43
Section 7.20. No Changes in Fiscal Year...............................44
Section 7.21. Formation of Subsidiaries...............................44
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Section 7.22. Change in the Nature of Business........................44
Section 7.23. Guaranty................................................44
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES...................................44
Section 8.1. Events of Default.......................................44
Section 8.2. Non-Bankruptcy Defaults.................................46
Section 8.3. Bankruptcy Defaults.....................................47
Section 8.4. Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit................47
SECTION 9. THE AGENT........................................................47
Section 9.1. Appointment and Authorization...........................47
Section 9.2. Rights as a Lender......................................48
Section 9.3. Standard of Care........................................48
Section 9.4. Costs and Expenses......................................49
Section 9.5. Indemnity...............................................49
SECTION 10. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY AND GUARANTIES.......................49
Section 10.1. Joint and Several Liability and Guaranties..............49
Section 10.2. Guaranty Unconditional..................................50
Section 10.3. Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement
in Certain Circumstances................................51
Section 10.4. Waivers.................................................51
Section 10.5. Limit on Recovery.......................................51
Section 10.6. Stay of Acceleration....................................52
Section 10.7. Benefit to Guarantors...................................52
Section 10.8. Guarantor Covenants.....................................52
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS....................................................52
Section 11.1. Withholding Taxes......................................52
Section 11.2. Non-Business Days......................................53
Section 11.3. No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies.........................53
Section 11.4. Waivers, Modifications and Amendments..................54
Section 11.5. Costs and Expenses.....................................54
Section 11.6. Documentary Taxes......................................54
Section 11.7. Survival of Representations............................55
Section 11.8. Survival of Indemnities................................55
Section 11.9. Participations.........................................55
Section 11.10. Assignment Agreements..................................55
Section 11.11. Notices................................................56
Section 11.12. Construction...........................................56
Section 11.13. Headings...............................................57
Section 11.14. Severability of Provisions.............................57
Section 11.15 Counterparts...........................................57
Section 11.16. Entire Understanding...................................57
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Section 11.17. Binding Nature, Governing Law, Etc.....................57
Section 11.18. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.......57
Section 11.19. Confidentiality........................................58
Section 11.20. No Third Party Rights..................................58
Signature....................................................................59
Exhibit A - Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit B - Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C - Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
Schedule 5.3 - Subsidiaries
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
To each of the Lenders party hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Hub Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Public
Hub Company"), Hub City Terminals, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Hub Chicago"),
and Hub Holdings, Inc. a Delaware corporation ("Hub Holdings") (Hub Chicago and
Hub Holding being hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Borrowers" and
individually as a "Borrower"), applies to you (the "Lenders") for your several
commitments, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and on the basis of the
representations and warranties hereinafter set forth, to extend credit to each
Borrower, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 1. THE CREDITS.
Section 1.1. Revolving Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Lender severally agrees to extend a revolving credit (the
"Revolving Credit") to the Borrowers which may be availed of by either Borrower
from time to time during the period from and including the date hereof to but
not including the Termination Date, at which time the commitments of the Lenders
to extend credit under the Revolving Credit shall expire. The Revolving Credit
may be utilized by the Borrowers in the form of Revolving Credit Loans and
Letters of Credit, all as more fully hereinafter set forth, provided that the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit
outstanding at any one time shall not exceed the Available Commitments (computed
after giving effect to any use of such credit concurrent with its extension
hereunder to repay the Milwaukee Hub Debt). During the period from and including
the date hereof to but not including the Termination Date, each Borrower may use
the Commitments by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing Revolving Credit Loans in
whole or in part and/or by having the Agent issue Letters of Credit, having such
Letters of Credit expire or otherwise terminate without having been drawn upon
or, if drawn upon, reimbursing the Agent for each such drawing, and having the
Agent issue new Letters of Credit, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, where a
determination of the unused or available amount of the Commitments is necessary,
the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit shall be deemed to utilize the
Commitments. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint,
and no Lender shall under any circumstances be obligated to extend credit under
the Revolving Credit in excess of its Percentage of the Available Commitments.
Section 1.2. Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Revolving Credit may be availed of by each Borrower in
the form of loans (individually a "Revolving Credit Loan" and collectively the
"Revolving Credit Loans"). Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be
made ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective Percentages. Each
Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an amount of $100,000 or such
greater amount which is an integral multiple of $100,000; provided, however,
that a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans which bears interest with reference
to the Adjusted LIBOR shall be in such greater amount as is required by Section
2.2 hereof. All Revolving Credit Loans made by a Lender shall be made against
and evidenced by a single Revolving Credit Note of the Borrowers, jointly and
severally, (individually a "Revolving Credit Note" and collectively the
"Revolving Credit Notes") payable to the order of such Lender in the amount of
its Commitment, with each Revolving Credit Note to be in the form (with
appropriate insertions) attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each Revolving Credit Note
shall be dated the date of issuance thereof, be expressed to bear interest as
set forth in Section 2 hereof, and be expressed to mature on the Termination
Date. Without regard to the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Note
stated on its face, the actual principal amount at any time outstanding and
owing by the Borrowers on account thereof shall be the sum of all advances then
or theretofore made thereon less all payments of principal actually received.
Section 1.3. Letters of Credit.
(a) General Terms. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Revolving Credit may be availed of by each Borrower in the form of standby and
commercial letters of credit issued by the Agent for the account of such
Borrower (individually a "Letter of Credit" and collectively the "Letters of
Credit"), provided that the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit issued and
outstanding hereunder shall not at any time exceed $5,000,000. For purposes of
this Agreement, a Letter of Credit shall be deemed outstanding as of any time in
an amount equal to the maximum amount which has not yet been drawn but could be
drawn thereunder under any circumstances and over any period of time plus any
unreimbursed drawings then outstanding with respect thereto. If and to the
extent any Letter of Credit expires or otherwise terminates without having been
drawn upon, the availability under the Commitments shall to such extent be
reinstated. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued by the Agent, but each Lender
shall be obligated to reimburse the Agent for such Lender's Percentage of the
amount of each draft drawn under a Letter of Credit in accordance with this
Section 1.3 and, accordingly, each Letter of Credit shall be deemed to utilize
the Commitments of all Lenders pro rata in accordance with each Lender's
Percentage.
(b) Term. Each Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall expire not
later than the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months from the date of issuance (or
be cancelable not later than twelve (12) months from the date of issuance and
each renewal) or (ii) the Termination Date. In the event the Agent issues any
Letter of Credit with an expiration date that is automatically extended unless
the Agent gives notice that the expiration date will not so extend beyond its
then scheduled expiration date, the Agent will give such notice of non-renewal
before the time necessary to prevent such automatic extension if before such
required notice date (i) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit if so
extended would be after the Termination Date, (ii) the Commitments have
terminated or (iii) an Event of Default exists and the Required Lenders have
given the Agent instructions not to so permit the extension of the expiration
date of such Letter of Credit.
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(c) General Characteristics. Each Letter of Credit issued hereunder
shall be payable in U.S. Dollars, conform to the general requirements of the
Agent for the issuance of standby or commercial letters of credit, as the case
may be, as to form and substance, and be a letter of credit which the Agent may
lawfully issue.
(d) Applications. At the time either Borrower requests each Letter of
Credit to be issued (or prior to the first issuance of a Letter of Credit in the
case of a continuing application), such Borrower shall execute and deliver to
the Agent an application for such Letter of Credit in the form then customarily
prescribed by the Agent (individually an "Application" and collectively the
"Applications"). Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, the
obligation of such Borrower to reimburse the Agent for drawings under a Letter
of Credit shall be governed by the Application for such Letter of Credit.
Anything contained in the Applications to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the
Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations in respect
of each Letter of Credit, (ii) in the event the Agent is not reimbursed by the
Borrowers for the amount the Agent pays on any draft drawn under a Letter of
Credit issued hereunder by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date when such
drawing is paid, the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the Agent for the
amount of such draft paid shall bear interest (which the Borrowers hereby
promise to pay on demand) from and after the date the draft is paid until
payment in full thereof at a fluctuating rate per annum determined by adding 2%
to the Domestic Rate as from time to time in effect (computed on the basis of a
year of 365 days for the actual number of days elapsed), (iii) the Borrowers
shall pay fees in connection with each Letter of Credit as set forth in Section
3 hereof, (iv) except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3 hereof, prior to the
occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default the Agent will not call for
additional collateral security for the obligations of the Borrowers under the
Applications, (v) except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3 hereof, prior to
the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default the Agent will not call for
the funding of a Letter of Credit by the Borrowers prior to being presented with
a draft drawn thereunder (or, in the event the draft is a time draft, prior to
its due date) and (vi) before making payment on a drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the Agent will notify a Company of such drawing, together with notice of
the amount of such payment and the date such payment is expected to be made
(which payment date may be the same date as such notice is given in the case of
a drawing under a commercial Letter of Credit). The Borrowers hereby irrevocably
authorize the Agent to charge, while any Event of Default is continuing, any of
either Borrower's deposit accounts maintained with the Agent for the amount
necessary to reimburse the Agent for any drafts drawn under Letters of Credit
issued hereunder.
(e) Change in Laws. If the Agent or any Lender shall determine in
good faith that any change in any applicable law, regulation or guideline
(including, without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) or any new law, regulation or guideline, or any
interpretation of any of the foregoing by any governmental authority charged
with the administration thereof or any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or
other authority having jurisdiction over the Agent or such Lender (whether or
not having the force of law), shall:
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(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against the Letters of Credit, or the
Agent's or such Lender's or either Borrower's liability with respect
thereto; or
(ii) impose on the Agent or such Lender any penalty with
respect to the foregoing or any other condition regarding this
Agreement, the Applications or the Letters of Credit;
and the Agent or such Lender shall determine in good faith that the result of
any of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost (whether by incurring a cost
or adding to a cost) to the Agent or such Lender of issuing, maintaining or
participating in the Letters of Credit hereunder (without benefit of, or credit
for, any prorations, exemptions, credits or other offsets available under any
such laws, regulations, guidelines or interpretations thereof), then the
Borrowers shall pay within 15 days of demand to the Agent or such Lender from
time to time as specified by the Agent or such Lender such additional amounts as
the Agent or such Lender shall determine are sufficient to compensate and
indemnify it for such increased cost. If the Agent or any Lender makes such a
claim for compensation, it shall provide either Borrower (with a copy to the
Agent in the case of any Lender) a certificate setting forth the computation of
the increased cost as a result of any event mentioned herein in reasonable
detail and such certificate shall constitute prima facie evidence if reasonably
determined.
(f) Participations in Letters of Credit. Each Lender shall
participate on a pro rata basis in accordance with its Percentage in the Letters
of Credit issued by the Agent, which participation shall automatically arise
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit. Each Lender unconditionally agrees
that in the event the Agent is not immediately reimbursed by a Borrower for the
amount paid by the Agent on any draft presented under a Letter of Credit, then
in that event such Lender shall pay to the Agent such Lender's Percentage of the
amount of each draft so paid and in return such Lender shall automatically
receive an equivalent percentage participation in the rights of the Agent to
obtain reimbursement from the Borrowers for the amount of such draft, together
with interest thereon as provided for herein. The obligations of the Lenders to
the Agent under this subsection shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional
under any and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any
set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Lender may have or have
had against any one or more of the Borrowers, the Agent, any other Lender or any
other party whatsoever. In the event that any Lender fails to honor its
obligation to reimburse the Agent for its Percentage of the amount of any such
draft, then in that event (i) each other Lender shall pay to the Agent its pro
rata share of the payment due the Agent from the defaulting Lender, (ii) the
defaulting Lender shall have no right to participate in any recoveries from any
one or more of the Borrowers in respect of such draft and (iii) all amounts to
which the defaulting Lender would otherwise be entitled under the terms of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall first be applied to
reimbursing the Lenders for their respective pro rata shares of the defaulting
Lender's portion of the draft, together with interest thereon as provided for
herein. Upon reimbursement to the other Lenders (pursuant to clause (iii) above
or otherwise) of the amount advanced by them to the Agent in respect of the
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defaulting Lender's share of the draft together with interest thereon, the
defaulting Lender shall thereupon be entitled to its pro rata participation in
the Agent's right of recovery against any one or more of the Borrowers in
respect of the draft paid by the Agent.
Section 1.4. Manner and Disbursement of Revolving Credit Loans.
Either Borrower shall give written or telephonic notice to the Agent (which
notice shall be irrevocable once given and, if given by telephone, shall be
promptly confirmed in writing) by no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the
date such Borrower requests that any Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans be made
to it under the Commitments, and the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of
the Agent's receipt of each such notice. Each such notice shall specify the date
of the Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans requested (which must be a Business
Day), the Borrower making such Borrowing, the type of Loan being requested, and
the amount of such Borrowing. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall
initially constitute part of the Domestic Rate Portion except to the extent such
Borrower has otherwise timely elected that such Borrowing, or any part thereof,
constitute part of a LIBOR Portion as provided in Section 2 hereof. Such
Borrower agrees that the Agent may rely upon any written or telephonic notice
given by any person the Agent in good faith believes is an Authorized
Representative without the necessity of independent investigation and, in the
event any telephonic notice conflicts with the written confirmation, such
telephonic notice shall govern if the Agent and the Lenders have acted in
reliance thereon. Not later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date specified
for any Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans to be made hereunder, each Lender
shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan comprising part of such
Borrowing available to the Agent in Chicago, Illinois in immediately available
funds. Subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the proceeds of each
Revolving Credit Loan shall be made available to the relevant Borrower at the
principal office of the Agent in Chicago, Illinois, in immediately available
funds, upon receipt by the Agent from each Lender of its Percentage of such
Borrowing. Unless the Agent shall have been notified by a Lender prior to 1:00
p.m. (Chicago time) on the date a Borrowing is to be made hereunder that such
Lender does not intend to make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan
available to the Agent, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
proceeds available to the Agent on such date and the Agent may in reliance upon
such assumption make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount.
If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such
Lender and the Agent has made such amount available to such Borrower, the Agent
shall be entitled to receive such amount from such Lender forthwith upon the
Agent's demand, together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the
period commencing on the date such amount was made available to such Borrower
and ending on but excluding the date the Agent recovers such amount at a rate
per annum equal to the effective rate charged to the Agent for overnight federal
funds transactions with member banks of the federal reserve system for each day
as determined by the Agent (or in the case of a day which is not a Business Day,
then for the preceding day). If such amount is not received from such Lender by
the Agent immediately upon demand, the Borrowers will, on demand, repay to the
Agent the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loan attributable to such Lender
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable
to the relevant Loan, but without such payment being considered a payment or
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prepayment of a LIBOR Portion, so that the Borrowers will have no liability
under Section 2.9 hereof with respect to such payment.
Section 1.5. Appointment of Companies as Agents for Borrowers. Each
Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints each of the other Companies as its agent
hereunder to make requests on such Borrower's behalf under Section 1 hereof for
Revolving Credit Loans to be made to such Borrower, to select on such Borrower's
behalf the interest rate to be applicable under Section 2 hereof to Portions of
Revolving Credit Loans made to such Borrower, to receive notices and other
communications sent to it under the Loan Documents and to take any other action
contemplated by the Loan Documents with respect to credit extended hereunder to
such Borrower. The Agent shall be entitled to conclusively presume that any such
action by a Company under the Loan Documents is taken on behalf of any one or
more of the Borrowers whether or not the relevant Borrower so indicates. Nothing
in this Section shall preclude a Borrower from acting on its own behalf.
Section 1.6. Guaranty Agreements. Payment of the Obligations shall
be guaranteed by each Hub Partnership in which one or more of the Companies own
100% of the equity interest and by each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, in each case
pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement.
SECTION 2. INTEREST AND CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section 2.1. Interest Rate Options.
(a) Portions. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2,
portions of the principal indebtedness evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes
(all of the indebtedness evidenced by Revolving Credit Notes of the same type
bearing interest at the same rate for the same period of time being hereinafter
referred to as a "Portion") may, at the option of either Borrower, bear interest
with reference to the Domestic Rate ("Domestic Rate Portions") or with reference
to the Adjusted LIBOR ("LIBOR Portions") and Portions may be converted from time
to time from one basis to another. All of the indebtedness evidenced by
Revolving Credit Notes of the same type which is not part of a LIBOR Portion
shall constitute a single Domestic Rate Portion. All of the indebtedness
evidenced by Revolving Credit Notes of the same type which bears interest with
reference to a particular Adjusted LIBOR for a particular Interest Period shall
constitute a single LIBOR Portion. There shall not be more than 3 LIBOR Portions
applicable to Revolving Credit Notes of the same type outstanding at any one
time, and each Lender shall have a ratable interest in each Portion based on its
Percentage. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
obligation of the Lenders to create, continue or effect by conversion any LIBOR
Portion shall be conditioned upon the fact that at the time no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The Borrowers hereby jointly
and severally promise to pay interest on each Portion at the rates and times
specified in this Section 2.
(b) Domestic Rate Portion. The Domestic Rate Portion shall bear
interest at the rate per annum equal to the Domestic Rate as in effect from time
to time, provided that if the Domestic Rate Portion or any part thereof is not
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paid when due (whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise) such Portion
shall bear interest, whether before or after judgment, until payment in full
thereof at the rate per annum determined by adding 2% to the Domestic Rate as
from time to time in effect. Interest on the Domestic Rate Portion shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and
December in each year (commencing September 30, 1997) and at maturity of the
applicable Revolving Credit Notes, and interest after maturity (whether by lapse
of time, acceleration or otherwise) shall be due and payable upon demand. Any
change in the interest rate on the Domestic Rate Portion resulting from a change
in the Domestic Rate shall be effective on the date of the relevant change in
the Domestic Rate.
(c) LIBOR Portions. Each LIBOR Portion shall bear interest for each
Interest Period selected therefor at a rate per annum determined by adding the
Applicable Margin to the Adjusted LIBOR for such Interest Period, provided that
if any LIBOR Portion is not paid when due (whether by lapse of time,
acceleration or otherwise) such Portion shall bear interest, whether before or
after judgment, until payment in full thereof through the end of the Interest
Period then applicable thereto at the rate per annum determined by adding 2% to
the interest rate which would otherwise be applicable thereto, and effective at
the end of such Interest Period such LIBOR Portion shall automatically be
converted into and added to the Domestic Rate Portion and shall thereafter bear
interest at the interest rate applicable to the Domestic Rate Portion after
default. Interest on each LIBOR Portion shall be due and payable on the last day
of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, with respect to any Interest
Period applicable to a LIBOR Portion in excess of three months, on the date
occurring every three months after the date such Interest Period began and at
the end of such Interest Period, and interest after maturity (whether by lapse
of time, acceleration or otherwise) shall be due and payable upon demand. Either
Borrower shall notify the Agent on or before 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the
third Business Day preceding the end of an Interest Period applicable to a LIBOR
Portion whether such LIBOR Portion is to continue as a LIBOR Portion, in which
event the Borrower shall notify the Agent of the new Interest Period selected
therefor, and in the event such Borrower shall fail to so notify the Agent, such
LIBOR Portion shall automatically be converted into and added to the applicable
Domestic Rate Portion as of and on the last day of such Interest Period. The
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of each notice received from such
Borrower pursuant to the foregoing provision.
Section 2.2. Minimum LIBOR Portion Amounts. Each LIBOR Portion
shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or such greater amount which is an
integral multiple of $100,000.
Section 2.3. Computation of Interest. All interest on each LIBOR
Portion shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual
number of days elapsed. All interest on the Domestic Rate Portion shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, in a leap year, 366 days) for
the actual number of days elapsed.
Section 2.4. Manner of Rate Selection. Either Borrower shall notify
the Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least 3 Business Days prior to the
date upon which the Borrower requests that any LIBOR Portion be created or that
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any part of the Domestic Rate Portion be converted into a LIBOR Portion (each
notice to specify in each instance the amount thereof and the Interest Period
selected therefor), and the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of each
notice received from such Borrower pursuant to the foregoing provision. If any
request is made to convert a LIBOR Portion into the other type of Portion
available hereunder, such conversion shall only be made so as to become
effective as of the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. All
requests for the creation, continuance and conversion of Portions under this
Agreement shall be irrevocable. Such requests may be written or oral and the
Agent is hereby authorized to honor telephonic requests for creations,
continuances and conversions received by it from any person the Agent in good
faith believes to be an Authorized Representative without the necessity of
independent investigation, the Borrowers hereby jointly and severally
indemnifying the Agent and the Lenders from any liability or loss ensuing from
so acting.
Section 2.5. Change of Law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Agreement or any Revolving Credit Note, if at any time any Lender shall
determine in good faith that any change in applicable laws, treaties or
regulations or in the interpretation thereof makes it unlawful for such Lender
to create or continue to maintain any LIBOR Portion, it shall promptly so notify
the Agent (which shall in turn promptly notify either Borrower and the other
Lenders) and the obligation of such Lender to create, continue or maintain any
such LIBOR Portion under this Agreement shall terminate if and so long as such
Lender is legally required not to create, continue or maintain such LIBOR
Portion. The Borrowers, on demand, shall, if a Lender is legally required to
discontinue its maintenance of any such LIBOR Portion, thereupon prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the affected LIBOR Portion, together with all
interest accrued thereon and all other amounts payable to affected Lender with
respect thereto under this Agreement; provided, however, that the relevant
Borrower may elect to convert the principal amount of the affected Portion into
the other type of Portion available hereunder, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
Section 2.6. Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain
Adjusted LIBOR. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any
Revolving Credit Note, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period, the
Required Lenders shall determine in good faith that deposits in the amount of
any LIBOR Portion scheduled to be outstanding during such Interest Period are
not readily available to such Lenders in the relevant market or, by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining Adjusted LIBOR, then such Lenders shall promptly give
notice thereof to the Agent (which shall in turn promptly notify each Borrower
and the other Lenders) and the obligations of the Lenders to create, continue or
effect by conversion any such LIBOR Portion in such amount and for such Interest
Period shall terminate until deposits in such amount and for the Interest Period
selected by the relevant Borrower shall again be readily available in the
relevant market and adequate and reasonable means exist for ascertaining
Adjusted LIBOR.
Section 2.7. Taxes and Increased Costs. With respect to any LIBOR
Portion, if any Lender shall determine in good faith that any change in any
applicable law, treaty, regulation or guideline (including, without limitation,
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Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or any new
law, treaty, regulation or guideline, or any interpretation of any of the
foregoing by any governmental authority charged with the administration thereof
or any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority having
jurisdiction over such Lender or its lending branch or the LIBOR Portions
contemplated by this Agreement (whether or not having the force of law), shall:
(i) impose, increase, or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits in
or for the account of, or loans by, or any other acquisition of funds
or disbursements by, such Lender which is not in any instance already
accounted for in computing the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR
Portion;
(ii) subject such Lender, any LIBOR Portion or a Revolving
Credit Note to the extent it evidences such a Portion to any tax
(including, without limitation, any United States interest equalization
tax or similar tax however named applicable to the acquisition or
holding of debt obligations and any interest or penalties with respect
thereto), duty, charge, stamp tax, fee, deduction or withholding in
respect of this Agreement, any LIBOR Portion or a Revolving Credit Note
to the extent it evidences such a Portion, except such taxes as may be
measured by the overall net income or gross receipts of such Lender or
its lending branches and imposed by any jurisdiction, or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof, in which such Lender transacts
business;
(iii) change the basis of taxation of payments of principal and
interest due from any Borrower to such Lender hereunder or under a
Revolving Credit Note to the extent it evidences any LIBOR Portion
(other than by a change in taxation of the overall net income or gross
receipts of such Lender or its lending branches); or
(iv) impose on such Lender any penalty with respect to the
foregoing or any other condition regarding this Agreement, any LIBOR
Portion, or its disbursement, or a Revolving Credit Note to the extent
it evidences any LIBOR Portion;
and such Lender shall determine in good faith that the result of any of the
foregoing is to increase the actual cost (whether by incurring a cost or adding
to a cost) to such Lender of creating or maintaining any LIBOR Portion hereunder
or to reduce the amount of principal or interest received or receivable by such
Lender (without benefit of, or credit for, any prorations, exemption, credits or
other offsets available under any such laws, treaties, regulations, guidelines
or interpretations thereof), then the Borrowers shall pay within 15 days of
demand to the Agent for the account of such Lender from time to time as
specified by such Lender such additional amounts as such Lender shall reasonably
determine are sufficient to compensate and indemnify it for such increased cost
or reduced amount. If a Lender makes such a claim for compensation, it shall
provide to either Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) a certificate setting
forth the computation of the increased cost or reduced amount as a result of any
event mentioned herein in reasonable detail and such certificate shall
constitute prima facie evidence if reasonably determined.
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Section 2.8. Change in Capital Adequacy Requirements. If any Lender
shall determine that the adoption after the date hereof of any generally
applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change in
any existing law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
by such Lender (or any of its branches) with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the
rate of return on such Lender's capital caused directly by such Lender's
obligations hereunder or for the credit which is the subject matter hereof to a
level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's policies with
respect to liquidity and capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to
be material, then from time to time, within fifteen (15) days after demand by
such Lender, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender
such additional amount or amounts reasonably determined by such Lender as will
compensate such Lender for such reduction. If a Lender makes such a claim for
compensation, it shall provide to either Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) a
certificate setting forth the computation of the amount demanded in reasonable
detail and the amount reflected in such certificate, shall, if reasonably
determined, constitute prima facie evidence.
Section 2.9. Funding Indemnity. In the event any Lender shall incur
any loss, cost or expense (including, without limitation, any loss (including
loss of profit), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
re-employment of deposits or other funds acquired or contracted to be acquired
by such Lender to fund or maintain its part of any LIBOR Portion or the
relending or reinvesting of such deposits or other funds or amounts paid or
prepaid to such Lender) as a result of:
(i) any payment of a LIBOR Portion on a date other than the
last day of the then applicable Interest Period for any reason, whether
before or after default, and whether or not such payment is required by
any provisions of this Agreement; or
(ii) any failure by either Borrower to create, borrow,
continue or effect by conversion a LIBOR Portion on the date specified
in a notice given pursuant to this Agreement;
then, upon the demand of such Lender, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for
the account of such Lender such amount as will reimburse such Lender for such
loss, cost or expense. If a Lender requests such a reimbursement, it shall
provide to either Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) a certificate setting
forth the computation of the loss, cost or expense giving rise to the request
for reimbursement in reasonable detail and such certificate shall be conclusive
if reasonably determined.
Section 2.10. Lending Branch. Each Lender may, at its option, elect
to make, fund or maintain its pro rata share of the Revolving Credit Loans
hereunder at the branches or offices specified on the signature pages hereof or
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on any Assignment Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 11.10
hereof or at such of its branches or offices as such Lender may from time to
time elect; provided, that if a Lender at its option (not when required by this
Agreement) designates an alternative lending office or branch as described
above, to the extent such designation would at the time of such redesignation
require the Borrowers to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 1.3(e), 2.7, 2.8 or
11.1 hereof in excess of that for which the Borrowers would have already been
liable had such alternative office or branch not been used, the Borrowers shall
not be liable for such increased amounts. To the extent reasonably possible, a
Lender will use reasonable commercial efforts available to it to mitigate or
avoid any obligation by the Borrowers to pay any amount pursuant to Section
1.3(e), 2.7 or 2.8 hereof or the occurrence of any circumstances of the nature
described in Section 2.6 hereof, including without limitation the designation of
an alternate branch or funding office with respect to its pro rata share of the
LIBOR Portions to reduce any liability of the Borrowers to such Lender under
Section 2.7 or Section 2.8 hereof or to avoid the unavailability of an interest
rate option under Section 2.6 hereof, so long as such efforts are neither
impractical nor otherwise disadvantageous to the Lender.
Section 2.11. Discretion of Lenders as to Manner of Funding.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender
shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of its
Revolving Credit Notes in any manner it sees fit, it being understood, however,
that for the purposes of this Agreement all determinations hereunder (including,
without limitation, determinations under Sections 2.6, 2.7 and 2.9 hereof) shall
be made as if each Lender had actually funded and maintained each LIBOR Portion
during each Interest Period applicable thereto through the purchase of deposits
in the relevant market in the amount of its pro rata share of such LIBOR
Portion, having a maturity corresponding to such Interest Period, and bearing an
interest rate equal to the LIBOR for such Interest Period.
Section 2.12. Replacement of Affected Lenders. At any time any
Lender is an Affected Lender, the Borrowers may replace such Lender as a party
to this Agreement with one or more other bank(s) or financial institution(s)
acceptable to the Agent (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld),
such bank(s) or financial institution(s) to have Commitments which total the
Affected Lender's Commitment and are otherwise in such amounts as shall satisfy
Section 11.10 hereof (and upon notice from the Borrowers such Affected Lender
shall assign pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, and without recourse or
warranty, its Commitments, its Loans, its Revolving Credit Note, and all of its
other rights and obligations hereunder to such replacement bank(s) or other
financial institution(s) for a purchase price equal to the sum of the principal
amount of the Loans so assigned, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
such Affected Lender's ratable share of all accrued and unpaid commitment and
letter of credit fees and all other Obligations owed to the Affected Lender, but
in any event without any payment of any amounts otherwise payable under Section
2.9 hereof as a result of such Lender receiving payment of any LIBOR Portion
prior to the end of an Interest Period therefor). Any such assumption and
purchase shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.10 hereof
relating to assignments of Loans and Commitments.
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SECTION 3. FEES, PREPAYMENTS, TERMINATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS.
Section 3.1. Fees.
(a) Commitment Fee. For the period from and including the date hereof
to but not including the Termination Date, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders in accordance with their Percentages, a
commitment fee at the Applicable Margin (computed on the basis of a year of 360
days for the actual number of days elapsed) on the average daily unused portion
of the Commitments. Such commitment fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on
the last day of each March, June, September and December in each year
(commencing December 31, 1997) and on the Termination Date.
(b) Letter of Credit Fees. Quarterly in arrears, on the last day of
each March, June, September and December in each year (commencing December 31,
1997), the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, a letter of credit fee computed at the rate of 1/2 of 1% per annum
(computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days
elapsed) on the average daily face amount of Letters of Credit outstanding
during the immediately preceding three (3) months. In addition to the letter of
credit fee called for above, the Borrowers further agrees to pay to the Agent
for its own account such processing and transaction fees and charges as the
Agent from time to time customarily imposes in connection with any amendment,
cancellation, negotiation and/or payment of letters of credit and drafts drawn
thereunder.
(c) Arrangement Fee. On the date hereof, the Borrowers shall pay
to the Agent, for its own use and benefit, an arrangement fee as mutually agreed
upon by the Borrowers and the Agent.
Section 3.2. Voluntary Prepayments. Each Borrower shall have the
privilege of prepaying the Revolving Credit Notes in whole or in part (but if in
part, then in a minimum amount of $100,000) at any time, which shall promptly so
notify the Lenders, by paying to the Agent for the account of the Lenders the
principal amount to be prepaid and if such a prepayment prepays the Revolving
Credit Notes in full and is accompanied by the termination in whole of the
Commitments, accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment and any amounts
due to the Lenders under Section 2.9 hereof.
Section 3.3. (a) Commitment Reductions The Borrowers covenant and
agree that if at any time the sum of the then unpaid principal balance of the
Revolving Credit Notes plus the then outstanding amount of Letters of Credit
shall be in excess of the Available Commitments, the Borrowers shall immediately
and without notice or demand pay over the amount of the excess to the Agent for
the account of the Lenders as and for a mandatory prepayment on such
Obligations, with each such prepayment first to be applied to the Revolving
Credit Notes until payment in full thereof with any remaining balance to be held
by the Agent as collateral security for the Obligations owing under the
Applications.
(b) Mandatory Prepayment. If, within 30 days after receiving notice
under Section 7.5(e) of a Change of Control Event, the Agent or Required Lenders
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notify either Borrower that the Bank requires prepayment of the Revolving Credit
Notes, on the date set forth in such notice (which date shall be no earlier than
(x) 30 days after such notice is given or (y) the day on which any member of the
Hub Group prepays any other Indebtedness for Borrowed Money aggregating in
excess of $500,000 before its original scheduled due date, whichever day is
earlier), the Borrowers shall pay in full all Obligations then outstanding,
including the collateralization of the outstanding Letters of Credit in the
manner contemplated by Section 8.4 hereof, and the Commitments shall terminate
in full.
Section 3.4. Reduction and Termination of Commitments. (a)
Voluntary. Either Borrower shall have the privilege from time to time upon not
less than one Business Day's prior notice to the Agent (which shall promptly
notify the Lenders) to ratably reduce the Commitments in whole or in part (but
in part then in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 or such greater amount which is
an integral multiple of $100,000), provided that the Commitments may not be
reduced to the extent that after giving effect to such reduction, the aggregate
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit then
outstanding would exceed the Available Commitments. Any termination of the
Commitments pursuant to this Section may not be reinstated. Any reduction in the
Commitments made pursuant to this Section 3.4(a) shall reduce the amounts of the
Commitments as scheduled to be in force during the period in which the reduction
occurs, and the amount of the Commitments scheduled to be in force for each
period occurring thereafter pursuant to the definition of the term "Commitments"
shall be reduced by a like amount.
(b) Generally. All reductions in the Commitments (whether voluntary
or mandatory) shall decrease the Commitments (and thus the Available
Commitments) of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Percentages.
Section 3.5. Place and Application of Payments. All payments of
principal, interest, fees and all other Obligations payable hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents shall be made to the Agent at its office at 111 West
Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois (or at such other place as the Agent may
specify) on the date any such payment is due and payable. Payments received by
the Agent after 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) shall be deemed received as of the
opening of business on the next Business Day. All such payments shall be made in
lawful money of the United States of America, in immediately available funds at
the place of payment, without set-off or counterclaim. Except as herein
provided, all payments shall be received by the Agent for the ratable account of
the Lenders in accordance with their Percentages and shall be promptly
distributed by the Agent ratably to the Lenders. Unless either Borrower
otherwise directs, principal payments shall be first applied to the Domestic
Rate Portion until payment in full thereof, with any balance applied to the
LIBOR Portions in the order in which their Interest Periods expire.
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments
and collections received in respect of the Obligations by the Agent or any of
the Lenders after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default shall be remitted to the Agent and distributed as follows:
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(a) first, to the payment of any outstanding reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by the Agent in protecting, preserving or
enforcing rights under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, and in any event including all reasonable costs and expenses
of a character which the Borrowers have agreed to pay under Section
11.5 hereof (such funds to be retained by the Agent for its own account
unless it has previously been reimbursed for such costs and expenses by
the Lenders, in which event such amounts shall be remitted to the
Lenders to reimburse them for payments theretofore made to the Agent);
(b) second, to the payment of any outstanding interest or
other fees or Obligations due under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents other than for principal, pro rata as among the Agent
and the Lenders in accord with the amount of such interest and other
fees or Obligations owing each;
(c) third, to the payment of the principal of the Revolving
Credit Notes and any liabilities in respect of unpaid drawings under
the Letters of Credit, pro rata as among the Lenders in accord with the
then respective unpaid principal balances of the Revolving Credit Notes
and the then unpaid liabilities in respect of unpaid drawings under the
Letters of Credit;
(d) fourth, to the Agent, to be held as collateral security
for any undrawn Letters of Credit, until the Agent is holding an amount
of cash equal to the then outstanding amount of all Letters of Credit;
and
(e) fifth, to the Borrowers or to whoever the Agent
reasonably determines to be lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 3.6. Notations. Each Revolving Credit Loan made against a
Revolving Credit Note, the status of all amounts evidenced by a Revolving Credit
Note as constituting part of the Domestic Rate Portion or a LIBOR Portion, and,
in the case of each LIBOR Portion, the rate of interest and Interest Period
applicable to such Portion shall be recorded by the relevant Lender on its books
and records or, at its option in any instance, endorsed on a schedule to its
Revolving Credit Note and the unpaid principal balance and status, rates and
Interest Periods so recorded or endorsed by such Lender shall be prima facie
evidence in any court or other proceeding brought to enforce such Revolving
Credit Note of the principal amount remaining unpaid thereon, the status of the
Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Loans evidenced thereby and the
interest rates and Interest Periods applicable thereto; provided that the
failure of a Lender to record any of the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise
affect the unconditionally and absolutely joint or several obligation of the
Borrowers to repay the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Note together
with accrued interest thereon. A Lender shall record on a schedule thereto the
status of all amounts evidenced thereby as constituting part of the applicable
Domestic Rate Portion or a LIBOR Portion and, in the case of each LIBOR Portion,
the rate of interest and the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 4. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.
Section 4.1. Definitions. The following terms when used herein
shall have the following meanings:
"Adjusted LIBOR" means a rate per annum determined by the Agent in
accordance with the following formula:
Adjusted LIBOR = LIBOR
100%-Reserve Percentage
"Reserve Percentage" means, for the purpose of computing Adjusted LIBOR, the
maximum rate of all reserve requirements (including, without limitation, any
marginal, emergency, supplemental or other special reserves) imposed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) under
Regulation D on Eurocurrency liabilities (as such term is defined in Regulation
D) for the applicable Interest Period as of the first day of such Interest
Period, but subject to any amendments to such reserve requirement by such Board
or its successor, and taking into account any transitional adjustments thereto
becoming effective during such Interest Period. For purposes of this definition,
LIBOR Portions shall be deemed to be Eurocurrency liabilities as defined in
Regulation D without benefit of or credit for prorations, exemptions or offsets
under Regulation D. "LIBOR" means, for each Interest Period, (a) the LIBOR Index
Rate for such Interest Period, if such rate is available, and (b) if the LIBOR
Index Rate cannot be determined, the arithmetic average of the rates of interest
per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) at which
deposits in U.S. Dollars in immediately available funds are offered to the Agent
at 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) 2 Business Days before the beginning of
such Interest Period by 3 or more major banks in the interbank eurodollar market
selected by the Agent for a period equal to such Interest Period and in an
amount equal or comparable to the applicable LIBOR Portion scheduled to be
outstanding from the Agent during such Interest Period. "LIBOR Index Rate"
means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for
deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period which
appears on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the
date 2 Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period. "Telerate
Page 3750" means the display designated as "Page 3750" on the Telerate Service
(or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such other
service as may be nominated by the British Bankers' Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying British Banker's Association
Interest Settlement Rates for U.S. Dollar deposits). Each determination of LIBOR
made by the Agent shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and the
Lenders absent manifest error.
"Affected Lender" means any Lender which has given notice to either
Borrower (which has not been rescinded) of (i) any obligation by the Borrowers
to pay any amount pursuant to Section 1.3(e), 2.7, 2.8 or 11.1 hereof or (ii)
the occurrence of any circumstances of the nature described in Section 2.6
hereof.
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"Affiliate" means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, another Person.
A Person shall be deemed to control another Person for the purposes of this
definition if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to
direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the other
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, common directors,
trustees or officers, by contract or otherwise.
"Agent" means Harris Trust and Savings Bank and any successor thereto
appointed pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof.
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended,
modified or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Applicable Margin" with respect to LIBOR Portions of the Revolving
Credit Loans and the commitment fee, shall mean the rate specified for such
Obligation below, subject to monthly adjustment as hereinafter provided:
When Following Applicable
Status Exists For Margin For
any LIBOR Portions
Determination of Each Revolving Credit Note Commitment Fee Is:
Date Is:
Level I Status 0.800% .20%
Level II Status 1.000% .25%
Level III Status 1.125% .30%
Level IV Status 1.250% .35%
provided, however, that all of the foregoing is subject to the following:
(i) the initial Applicable Margin in effect through the
first Determination Date shall be the Applicable Margin for Level II
Status;
(ii) on or before the date that is ten Business Days after the
latest date by which the Companies are required to deliver pursuant to
Section 7.5 hereof a compliance certificate to the Agent for a given
quarterly accounting period (such date that is ten Business Days after
the latest date by which the Companies are required to deliver such
compliance certificate to the Agent being herein referred to as the
"Determination Date"), the Companies shall determine to the Agent's
reasonable satisfaction whether Level I Status, Level II Status, Level
III Status or Level IV Status exists as of the close of the applicable
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quarterly accounting period, based upon the compliance certificate and
financial statements delivered to the Agent under Section 7.5 hereof
for such accounting period;
(iii) any change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective
from the Determination Date for the relevant quarterly accounting
period, with such new Applicable Margin to continue in effect until the
next Determination Date in accordance with the foregoing. If the
Companies have not delivered a compliance certificate by the date such
compliance certificate is required to be delivered under Section 7.5
hereof, until a compliance certificate is delivered before the next
Determination Date, the Applicable Margin shall be the Applicable
Margin for Level IV Status. If the Companies subsequently deliver a
compliance certificate before the next Determination Date, the
Applicable Margin established by such compliance certificate shall take
effect from the date of delivery until next Determination Date in
accordance with the foregoing; and
(iv) if and so long as any Default or any Event of Default by
reason of noncompliance with Section 7.5(a) or 7.5(b) hereof has
occurred and is continuing hereunder, notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Applicable Margin shall be the Applicable Margin
for Level IV Status.
"Application" is defined in Section 1.3 hereof.
"Assignment Agreements" is defined in Section 11.10 hereof.
"Authorized Representative" means those persons shown on the list of
officers provided by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 6.2(a) hereof or on any
update of any such list provided by either Borrower to the Agent, or any further
or different officer of any Borrower so named by any Authorized Representative
of any Borrower in a written notice to the Agent.
"Available Commitments" shall mean as of any time the amount (if any)
by which the Commitments as then in effect exceed the amount then outstanding on
the Milwaukee Hub Debt.
"Bank" is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Borrowers" shall mean Hub Chicago and Hub Holdings, collectively, and,
also, each individually, with all promises and covenants (including promises to
pay) and representations and warranties of and by the Borrowers made in the Loan
Documents or any other instruments or documents delivered pursuant thereto to be
and constitute the joint and several promises, covenants, representations and
warranties of and by each and all of such corporations.
"Borrowing" means the total of Revolving Credit Loans of a single type
made to a given Borrower by all the Lenders on a single date, and if such
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Revolving Credit Loans are to be part of a LIBOR Portion, for a single Interest
Period. Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans are made and maintained ratably
from each of the Lenders according to their Percentages.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which
the Agent is not authorized or required to close in Chicago, Illinois and, when
used with respect to LIBOR Portions, a day on which the Agent is also dealing in
United States Dollar deposits in London, England and Nassau, Bahamas.
"Capital Lease" means any lease of Property which in accordance with
GAAP is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any Person, the amount of
the liability shown on the balance sheet of such Person in respect of a Capital
Lease determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Change of Control Event" means the occurrence of any one or more of
the following: (i) Phillip C. Yeager, members of his immediate family and trusts
for the benefit of any one or more of the foregoing (collectively the "Yeager
family") shall cease at any time and for any reason to own, both legally and
beneficially, Voting Stock in the Public Hub Company having at least 51% of the
ordinary voting power over the Public Hub Company; or (ii) any Borrower shall
cease at any time and for any reason to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Public Hub Company; or (iii) Hub Chicago shall cease at any time and for any
reason to be the sole general partner of any Hub Partnership or cease to at any
time and for any reason to own, both legally and beneficially, at least 30% of
the equity interest in any Hub Partnership (provided that (1) any Hub
Partnership other than a Guarantor may be converted into another type of
business entity without causing a Change of Control Event hereunder if and so
long as (a) Hub Chicago shall own, both legally and beneficially, at least 30%
of the equity interest in such new business entity, (b) Hub Chicago shall
possess, directly or indirectly, in all material respects the same power to
direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of such new
business entity as it had as a general partner of such Hub Partnership with
respect to the management and policies of such Hub Partnership and (c) all the
assets of such Hub Partnership shall be transferred to such new business entity
in compliance with Section 7.14 hereof; and (2) any Guarantor (other than a
Company) may be converted into another type of business entity without causing a
Change of Control Event hereunder if and so long as (a) one or more of the
Borrowers, taken together, shall own, both legally and beneficially, 100% of the
equity interest in such new business entity and (b) all the assets of such
Guarantor shall be transferred to such new business entity in compliance with
Section 7.14 hereof; or (iv) the Companies and Hub Partnerships, taken together,
shall cease at any time and for any reason to own, both legally and
beneficially, all the equity interests in Hub Highway Services, a partnership,
or such partnership shall lose its license from the Department of Transportation
as a broker in arranging for the transportation of general commodities by motor
vehicle; or (v) the Companies shall cease to own, both legally and beneficially,
at least a majority of the equity interests in Hub Distribution.
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto.
"Commitments" means, collectively, the commitments of the Lenders to
extend credit under the Revolving Credit in the amounts specified below for each
of the periods specified below:
FROM AND TO AND COMMITMENTS
INCLUDING INCLUDING SHALL BE
The date hereof 9/15/99 $36,000,000
9/16/99 9/15/00 $30,600,000
9/16/00 9/15/01 $23,400,000
9/16/01 the Termination Date $16,200,000
"Companies" shall mean the Public Hub Company, Hub Chicago and Hub
Holdings, collectively, and, also, each individually, with all promises and
covenants (including promises to pay) and representations and warranties of and
by the Companies made in the Loan Documents or any other instruments or
documents delivered pursuant thereto to be and constitute the joint and several
promises, covenants, representations and warranties of and by each and all of
such corporations.
"Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control which, together with any Company, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Current Ratio" means, at any time the same is to be determined, the
ratio of current assets of the Hub Group to current liabilities of the Hub Group
(excluding the Milwaukee Hub Debt), all as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
"Default" means any event or condition the occurrence of which would,
with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, constitute an Event
of Default.
"Dividend Notes" means the five-year maturity low-interest rate notes
of the Hub Partnerships aggregating approximately $12,000,000 in principal
amount evidencing the deferred portion of the approximately $24,200,000 dividend
by the Hub S Corporations and Hub Chicago described in the Prospectus.
"Domestic Rate" means, for any day, the greater of (i) the rate of
interest announced by the Agent from time to time as its prime commercial rate,
as in effect on such day (it being understood and agreed that such rate may not
be the Agent's best or lowest rate); and (ii) the sum of (x) the rate determined
by the Agent to be the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
higher 1/100 of 1%) of the rates per annum quoted to the Agent at approximately
10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) (or as soon thereafter as is practicable) on such day
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(or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business
Day) by two or more Federal funds brokers selected by the Agent for the sale to
the Agent at face value of Federal funds in an amount equal or comparable to the
principal amount owed to the Agent for which such rate is being determined, plus
(y) 3/8 of 1%.
"Domestic Rate Portions" is defined in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
"EBITDA" means, with reference to any period, Net Income for such
period plus all amounts deducted in arriving at such Net Income amount in
respect of (i) Interest Expense for such period, plus (ii) federal, state and
local income taxes for such period, plus (iii) all amounts properly charged for
depreciation and amortization during such period on the books of the Hub Group,
plus (iv) any deduction for Minority Interest during such period, plus (v)
non-cash charges during such period on the books of the Hub Group.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or any successor statute thereto.
"Event of Default" means any event or condition identified as such in
Section 9.1 hereof.
"Fixed Charges" means, with reference to any period, the sum (without
duplication) of (i) the aggregate amount of payments required to be made by the
Hub Group during such period in respect of principal on all Indebtedness for
Borrowed Money (whether at maturity, as a result of mandatory sinking fund
redemption, mandatory prepayment, acceleration or otherwise), plus (ii) Interest
Expense for such period, plus (iii) the aggregate amount of payments required to
be made by the Hub Group during such period in respect of leases or similar
arrangements (including without limitation all payments required under operating
and Capital Leases) under which the Companies, the Hub Partnerships, the Public
Hub Company or any Subsidiary is liable as lessee.
"Foreign Partnership" means any partnership that is formed under the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States (or any State thereof).
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is formed under the laws
of any jurisdiction other than the United States (or any State thereof).
"Funded Debt Ratio" means, as of any time the same is to be determined,
the ratio of (x) Total Funded Debt as of such time to (y) EBITDA for the then
four most recently completed fiscal quarters of the Public Hub Company.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time, as applied by the Public Hub Company on a basis consistent with
the preparation of the Public Hub Company's most recent financial statements
furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof.
"Golden Gate Hub" means Hub City Golden Gate, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
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"Guaranty Agreement" means a letter to the Agent in the form of Exhibit
C hereto executed by a Hub Partnership or Subsidiary in each case whereby it
acknowledges it is party hereto as a Guarantor and liable for the Obligations
under Section 10 hereof; provided, however, that (i) Hub Partnerships in which
less than 100% of the equity interest therein is owned by one or more of the
Companies and (ii) Subsidiaries (other than Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries) may limit
the right of recovery on their Guaranty Agreements.
"Guarantor" is defined in Section 10.1 hereof, provided that for
purposes of Section 5.3 hereof, the term "Guarantor" shall exclude the Public
Hub Company.
"Hub Chicago" is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Hub Distribution" means Hub Group Distribution Services, an Illinois
general partnership.
"Hub Group" shall mean, the Companies, Subsidiaries and Hub
Partnerships, collectively, and, also, each individually, with all promises and
covenants (including promises to pay) and representations and warranties of and
by the Hub Group made in the Loan Documents or any other instruments or
documents delivered pursuant thereto to be and constitute the joint and several
promises, covenants, representations and warranties of and by each and all of
such Persons. The phrase "any member of the Hub Group" and derivatives thereof
appearing in the Loan Documents shall be deemed a reference to any or all of the
Persons comprising the Hub Group (as applicable), and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the term "Hub Group" as used in the Loan Documents
shall be deemed a reference to any one or more of such Persons whether or not
such phrase or any derivative thereof is used in conjunction with such term.
"Hub Holdings" is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Hub Partnership" shall mean each limited partnership, limited
liability partnership or limited liability company in which Hub Chicago is a
general partner (or equivalent member in the case of a limited liability company
or partnership) engaged in the business of arranging for the movement of
customers' freight by intermodal container or trailer or by truck. The parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that by virtue of the foregoing definition, Hub
Distribution is not a Hub Partnership.
"Hub S Corporations" means the separate corporations (but in any event
excluding Hub Chicago) organized under Subchapter S of the Code, which owned the
so-called Hub network prior to the restructuring described in the Prospectus.
"Indebtedness for Borrowed Money" means for any Person (without
duplication) (i) all indebtedness created, assumed or incurred in any manner by
such Person representing money borrowed (including by the issuance of debt
securities), (ii) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business), (iii) all indebtedness secured by any Lien upon Property of such
Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment
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of such indebtedness, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person and
(v) all obligations of such Person on or with respect to letters of credit,
bankers' acceptances and other extensions of credit whether or not representing
obligations for borrowed money.
"Interest Expense" means, with reference to any period, the sum of all
interest charges (including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized
Lease Obligations and all amortization of debt discount and expense) of the Hub
Group for such period determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any LIBOR Portion, the period
commencing on, as the case may be, the creation, continuation or conversion date
with respect to such LIBOR Portion and ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter as
selected by either Company in its notice as provided herein; provided that all
of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which
is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day, unless in the case of an Interest Period
for a LIBOR Portion the result of such extension would be to carry such
Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) no Interest Period may extend beyond the final maturity
date of the Revolving Credit Note; and
(iii) the interest rate to be applicable to each Portion for
each Interest Period shall apply from and including the first day of
such Interest Period to but excluding the last day thereof.
For purposes of determining an Interest Period, a month means a period starting
on one day in a calendar month and ending on a numerically corresponding day in
the next calendar month, provided, however, if an Interest Period begins on the
last day of a month or if there is no numerically corresponding day in the month
in which an Interest Period is to end, then such Interest Period shall end on
the last Business Day of such month.
"LA Hub" means Hub City Los Angeles, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"Lender" means Harris Trust and Savings Bank, the other signatories
hereto (other than the Company) and all other lenders becoming parties hereto
pursuant to Section 11.10 hereof.
"Letter of Credit" is defined in Section 1.3 hereof.
"Level I Status" means, for any Margin Determination Date, that as of
the close of the most recently completed calendar month with reference to which
such Margin Determination Date was set, the Funded Debt Ratio is less than 1.00
to 1.
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"Level II Status" means, for any Margin Determination Date, that as of
the close of the most recently completed calendar month with reference to which
such Margin Determination Date was set, the Funded Debt Ratio is greater than or
equal to 1.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 1.40 to 1.
"Level III Status" means, for any Margin Determination Date, that as of
the close of the most recently completed calendar month with reference to which
such Margin Determination Date was set, the Funded Debt Ratio is greater than
1.40 to 1 but less than or equal to 1.80 to 1.
"Level IV Status" means, for any Margin Determination Date, that as of
the close of the most recently completed calendar month with reference to which
such Margin Determination Date was set, the Funded Debt Ratio is greater than
1.80 to 1.
"LIBOR Portions" is defined in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind in respect of any Property, including the interests of a
vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capital Lease or other title
retention arrangement.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Notes, the
Applications, the Guaranty Agreements and each other instrument or document to
be delivered hereunder or thereunder or otherwise in connection therewith.
"Milwaukee Hub Debt" means all principal of and interest on that
certain Promissory Note of Hub Holdings payable to the order of Hub City North
Central, Inc. in the face principal amount of $14,969,576 representing the
deferred portion of the consideration for Hub Holding's acquisition in 1996 of
the business conducted by Hub City North Central, Inc.
"Minority Interest" means and includes (i) the percentage of each Hub
Partnership's (other than Hub Partnerships Wholly-Owned by the Public Hub
Company or Hub Holdings) income before taxes allocable to the limited partners
of such Hub Partnership and (ii) the percentage of Hub Distribution's income
before taxes allocable to the partners of Hub Distribution (other than the
Public Hub Company and Hub Chicago).
"Net Income" means, with reference to any period, the net income (or
net loss) of the Hub Group for such period as computed on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP, and, without limiting the foregoing, after deduction
from gross income of all expenses and reserves, including reserves for all taxes
on or measured by income, but excluding any extraordinary profits and also
excluding any taxes on such profits.
"Obligations" means all obligations of the Borrowers and either of them
to pay principal and interest on the Revolving Credit Loans, all reimbursement
obligations owing under the Applications, all fees and charges payable
hereunder, and all other payment obligations of each Borrower and each Guarantor
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arising under or in relation to any Loan Document, in each case whether now
existing or hereafter arising, due or to become due, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or acquired.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any Person
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Percentage" means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Commitments
then in effect (after giving effect to any voluntary or mandatory reductions
thereof), which percentage is set forth opposite such Lender's name on the
applicable signature page hereof under the heading "Percentage of Commitments"
or opposite such Lender's signature on Assignment Agreements delivered pursuant
to Section 11.10 hereof.
"Permitted Acquisitions" means the acquisitions substantially
concurrent with the initial Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans hereunder of all
of the limited partnership interest (which constitutes 70% of the entire equity
interest) in each of the LA Hub and the Golden Gate Hub for an aggregate
consideration not to exceed $60,000,000.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association,
trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization,
including a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of
ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code
that either (i) is maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees
of a member of the Controlled Group or (ii) is maintained pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than
one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group
is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the
preceding five plan years made contributions.
"Portion" is defined in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
"Property" means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether
real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus filed by the Public Hub Company with
the SEC on or about March 13, 1996 for the Public Hub Company's issuance of and
sale of 4,575,000 of Class A shares of its common capital stock.
"Public Hub Company" is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Required Lenders" means, as of the date of determinations thereof,
those Lenders holding at least 60% of the Commitments or, in the event that no
Commitments are outstanding hereunder, holding at least 60% in aggregate
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and credit risk on the Letters of
Credit outstanding hereunder.
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"Restricted Payments" means (i) Restricted Payments by the Public Hub
Company (as defined in Section 7.16 hereof) and (ii) any payment or other
distribution on account of the interest of any partner or member (other than any
Company) in any Hub Partnership from or out of such Hub Partnership's ordinary
net earnings or proceeds of its liquidation.
"Revolving Credit" is defined in Section 1.1 hereof.
"Revolving Credit Loan" is defined in Section 1.2 hereof.
"Revolving Credit Note" is defined in Section 1.2 hereof.
"SEC" means the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
successor thereto.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation or other Person more than 50% of the
outstanding ordinary voting shares or other equity interests of which is at the
time directly or indirectly owned by the Public Hub Company, by one or more of
its Subsidiaries, or by the Public Hub Company and one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
"Termination Date" means September 15, 2002, or such earlier date on
which the Commitment is terminated in whole pursuant to Sections 3.4, 8.2 or 8.3
hereof.
"Total Funded Debt" means, at any time the same is to be determined,
the aggregate of all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Hub Group at such
time, plus (without duplication) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any
other Person which is directly or indirectly Guarantied by any member of the Hub
Group or which any member of the Hub Group has agreed (contingently or
otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which any member of
the Hub Group has otherwise assured a creditor against loss. In any
determination of Total Funded Debt, in the event the holder's right of recovery
on any guaranty or similar obligation owed to such holder is limited in writing,
the holder's right of recovery on, the Total Funded Debt attributable to such
guaranty or other instrument shall be the amount to which liability thereon has
been so limited.
"Unfunded Vested Liabilities" means, for any Plan at any time, the
amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued
benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of all Plan assets
allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation
date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a
potential liability of a member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC or the Plan
under Title IV of ERISA.
"Voting Stock" of any Person means capital stock of any class or
classes (however designated) having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or such Person, other than stock having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency.
"Welfare Plan" means a "welfare plan" as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA.
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"Wholly-Owned Guarantor" means (i) each Guarantor which is a Hub
Partnership in which 100% of the equity interest therein is owned, both legally
and beneficially, by any one or more of the Companies and (ii) each other
Guarantor which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of which all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock (other than directors' qualifying shares
as required by law) or other equity interests are owned by the Public Hub
Company and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries within the meaning of this
definition.
Section 4.2. Interpretation. The foregoing definitions are equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words
"hereof", "herein", and "hereunder" and words of like import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement. All references to time of day herein are references
to Chicago, Illinois time unless otherwise specifically provided. Where the
character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is
required to be determined or any consolidation or other accounting computation
is required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement, it shall be done in
accordance with GAAP except where such principles are inconsistent with the
specific provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that if any change in
GAAP would affect (or would result in a change in the method of calculation of)
any of the covenants set forth in Section 7 or any definition related thereto,
then the Companies, the Agent and the Lenders will negotiate in good faith to
amend in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all such covenants and
definitions as would be affected by such change in GAAP to the extent necessary
to maintain the economic terms of such covenants as in effect under this
Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to such changes in GAAP; provided
further, however, that until the amendment of such covenants and definitions
shall have been agreed upon by the Companies and the Required Lenders, the
covenants and definitions in effect immediately prior to such amendment shall
remain in effect and any determination of compliance with any such covenant
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect immediately prior to
such change in GAAP and consistently applied.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Companies and Guarantors jointly and severally represent and
warrant to the Agent and Lenders as follows:
Section 5.1. Organization and Qualification. Each Company is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws
of the state of its incorporation, has full and adequate corporate power to own
its Property and conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed or
qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it
requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to be so
licensed or qualified would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, Properties, business or operations of the
Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole.
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Section 5.2. Corporate Authority and Validity of Obligations. Each
Company has full right and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to perform all of its obligations hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents and in the case of each Borrower, to make the borrowings herein
provided for and to issue its Revolving Credit Notes in evidence thereof. The
Loan Documents delivered by each Company have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Company and constitute valid and binding obligations of such
Company enforceable in accordance with their terms except as enforceability may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity
(regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
do not, nor does the performance or observance by each Company of any of the
matters and things herein or therein provided for, contravene or constitute a
default under any provision of law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree
binding upon any Company or any provision of the charter, articles of
incorporation or by-laws of any Company or any material covenant, indenture or
agreement of or affecting any Company or any of its Properties, or result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of either Company.
Section 5.3. Hub Group. Each Guarantor is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
incorporated or organized, as the case may be, has full and adequate power to
own its Property and conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed
or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of
the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it
requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to be so
licensed or qualified would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, Properties, business or operations of the
Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole. The Hub Partnerships and
Subsidiaries (if any) listed on Schedule 5.3 hereto (as updated from time to
time pursuant to Sections 7.13(g) and 7.24 hereof) are the only Affiliates of
the Companies engaged in the business of arranging for the movement of
customers' freight by intermodal container or trailer or by truck. Schedule 5.3
hereto (as so updated) identifies under the appropriate subheading each Hub
Partnership and each Subsidiary (if any), the jurisdiction of its incorporation
or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding
shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the
Public Hub Company, and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding directors'
qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class of its
authorized capital stock and other equity interests and the number of shares of
each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock and other equity interests of each Guarantor are validly issued and
outstanding and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule
5.3 (as so updated) as owned by the Public Hub Company or any Guarantor, as the
case may be, are so owned, beneficially and of record, by the Public Hub Company
or such Guarantor in each case free and clear of all Liens. There are no
outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Guarantor to issue, and no
options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any
class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Guarantor. Each
Guarantor has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement or a Guaranty Agreement and any other Loan Documents executed by it
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and to perform each and all of the matters and things therein provided for. Each
Loan Document delivered by each Guarantor has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Guarantor and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with their terms except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance
or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of
equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law) and the Loan Documents executed by each
Guarantor do not, nor does the performance or observance by any Guarantor of any
of the matters or things therein provided for, contravene any provision of law
or any provision of any charter, articles of incorporation, by-laws, partnership
agreement or articles of organization, as the case may be, of any Guarantor or
any material covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting the Public Hub
Company or any Guarantor or any of the Public Hub Company's or such Guarantor's
Property, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the
Public Hub Company's or such Guarantor's Property.
Section 5.4. Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock. The Borrowers shall use
all proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans solely for (i) working capital
purposes in the ordinary course of their respective business, (ii) to finance
the Permitted Acquisitions and (iii) to repay the Milwaukee Hub Debt. Not more
than 25% of the total assets of the Public Hub Company or of any other member of
the Hub Group consist of margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of
any Revolving Credit Loan or any other extension of credit made hereunder will
be used to purchase or carry any such margin stock or to extend credit to others
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock.
Section 5.5. Financial Reports. The consolidated balance sheet of
the Public Hub Company as at December 31, 1996, and the related consolidated
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Public Hub Company
for the fiscal year then ended, and accompanying notes thereto, which financial
statements are accompanied by the audit report of Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, and the unaudited interim consolidated balance
sheet of the Public Hub Company as at June 30, 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the
Public Hub Company for the six months then ended, heretofore furnished to the
Lenders, fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Public Hub
Company as at said dates and the consolidated results of their operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended in conformity with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis. Neither the Public Hub Company nor any other member of the Hub
Group has contingent liabilities which are material to it other than as
indicated on such financial statements or, with respect to future periods, on
the financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof.
Section 5.6. No Material Adverse Change. Since June 30, 1997,
except as disclosed in periodic SEC filings by the Public Hub Company, there has
been no change in the condition (financial or otherwise) or business prospects
of the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group, taken as a whole, except those
occurring in the ordinary course of business, none of which individually or in
the aggregate have been materially adverse.
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Section 5.7. Full Disclosure. The statements and information
furnished to the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and the commitment by the Lenders to provide all or
part of the financing contemplated hereby do not, taken as a whole and other
than financial projections or forecasts, contain any untrue statements of a
material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the material statements
contained herein or therein not misleading, the Lenders acknowledging that as to
any projections furnished to the Lenders, the Companies and Hub Partnerships
only represent that the same were prepared on the basis of information and
estimates the Companies believed to be reasonable.
Section 5.8. Good Title. The members of the Hub Group each have
good title to their assets as reflected on the most recent consolidated balance
sheet of the Public Hub Company furnished to the Lenders (except for sales of
assets by the Hub Group in the ordinary course of business), subject to no Liens
other than such thereof as are permitted by Section 7.12 hereof.
Section 5.9. Litigation and Other Controversies. Except as
disclosed in periodic SEC filings by the Public Hub Company, there is no
litigation or governmental proceeding or labor controversy pending, nor to the
knowledge of the Public Hub Company threatened, against the Public Hub Company
or any other member of the Hub Group which if adversely determined would (a)
impair the validity or enforceability of, or impair the ability of any member of
the Hub Group to perform its obligations under, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or (b) result in any material adverse change in the financial
condition, Properties, business or operations of the Public Hub Company or the
Hub Group taken as a whole.
Section 5.10. Taxes. All tax returns with respect to any income tax
or other material tax required to be filed by the Public Hub Company or any
other member of the Hub Group in any jurisdiction have, in fact, been filed, and
all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Public Hub
Company or any other member of the Hub Group or upon any of their respective
Properties, income or franchises, which are shown to be due and payable in such
returns, have been paid. The Companies do not know of any proposed additional
tax assessment against any member of the Hub Group for which adequate provision
in accordance with GAAP has not been made on its accounts. Adequate provisions
in accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of the Public Hub Company and
each other member of the Hub Group have been made for all open years, and for
its current fiscal period.
Section 5.11. Approvals. No authorization, consent, license, or
exemption from, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental
department, agency or instrumentality, nor any approval or consent of the
stockholders of any Company or any other Person, is or will be necessary to the
valid execution, delivery or performance by any Company of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
Section 5.12. Affiliate Transactions. Neither the Public Hub Company
nor any other member of the Hub Group is a party to any contracts or agreements
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with any of its Affiliates on terms and conditions which are less favorable (x)
in the case of any transaction between any Borrower and any Affiliate, to such
Borrower than would be usual and customary in similar contracts or agreements
between Persons not affiliated with each other, (y) in the case of a transaction
between any Wholly-Owned Guarantor and an Affiliate (other than a Borrower), to
such Guarantor than would be usual and customary in similar contracts or
agreements between Persons not affiliated with each other and (z) in the case of
a transaction between any member of the Hub Group (other than a Company or a
Wholly-Owned Guarantor) and an Affiliate (other than a Company or a Wholly-Owned
Guarantor), to such member of the Hub Group than would be usual and customary in
similar contracts or agreements between Persons not affiliated with each other.
Section 5.13. Investment Company; Public Utility Holding Company.
Neither the Public Hub Company nor any other member of the Hub Group is an
"investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a "public
utility holding company" within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended.
Section 5.14. ERISA. The Public Hub Company and each other member of
its Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding
standards of and is in compliance in all material respects with ERISA and the
Code to the extent applicable to it and has not incurred any liability to the
PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for
premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.
Section 5.15. Compliance with Laws. The Public Hub Company and each
other member of the Hub Group are in substantial compliance with the
requirements of all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations
applicable to or pertaining to their Properties or business operations
(including, without limitation, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and laws and regulations
establishing quality criteria and standards for air, water, land and toxic or
hazardous wastes and substances), except insofar as non-compliance with which
would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, Properties,
business or operations of the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a
whole. Neither the Public Hub Company nor any other member of the Hub Group has
received written notice to the effect that its operations are not in compliance
with any of the requirements of applicable federal, state or local
environmental, health and safety statutes and regulations or are the subject of
any governmental investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed
to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the
environment, which non-compliance or remedial action would have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, Properties, business or operations of
the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole.
Section 5.16. Other Agreements. Neither the Public Hub Company nor
any other member of the Hub Group is in default under the terms of any covenant,
indenture or agreement of or affecting the Public Hub Company, any other member
of the Hub Group or any of their Properties, which default if uncured would have
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a material adverse effect on the financial condition, Properties, business or
operations of the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole.
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
The obligation of the Lenders to make any Revolving Credit Loan or of
the Agent to issue any Letter of Credit under this Agreement is subject to the
following conditions precedent:
Section 6.1. All Advances. As of the time of the making of each
extension of credit (including the initial extension of credit) hereunder:
(a) each of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5 hereof and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and
correct as of such time, except to the extent the same expressly relate
to an earlier date;
(b) the Hub Group shall be in full compliance with all of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the other Loan Documents,
and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a result of making such extension of
credit;
(c) after giving effect to such extension of credit the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of
Credit outstanding under this Agreement shall not exceed the Available
Commitments (after giving effect to any use of such credit concurrent
with its extension hereunder to repay the Milwaukee Hub Debt);
(d) in the case of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, the
Agent shall have received a properly completed Application therefor
together with the fees called for hereby; and
(e) such extension of credit shall not violate any order,
judgment or decree of any court or other authority or any provision of
law or regulation applicable to the Agent or any Lender (including,
without limitation, Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) as then in effect.
The Company's request for any Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit shall
constitute its warranty as to the facts specified in subsections (a) through
(d), both inclusive, above.
Section 6.2. Initial Advance. At or prior to the making of the
initial extension of credit hereunder, the following conditions precedent shall
also have been satisfied:
(a) the Agent shall have received the following for the
account of the Lenders (each to be properly executed and completed) and
the same shall have been approved as to form and substance by each
Lender:
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(i) one Revolving Credit Note for each Lender;
(ii) copies (executed or certified, as may be
appropriate) of all legal documents or proceedings taken in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents to the extent the Agent or its
counsel may reasonably request;
(iii) an incumbency certificate containing the name,
title and genuine signatures of each of the Companies'
Authorized Representatives;
(b) the Agent shall have received for itself the arrangement
fee called for hereby;
(c) legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory to each Lender and its
counsel, and the Agent shall have received for the account of the
Lenders the favorable written opinion of counsel for the Hub Group in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel;
(d) the Agent shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that the Public Hub Company shall have received
proceeds of at least $30,000,000 (net only of reasonable underwriting
discounts and commissions and other ordinary and necessary
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Public Hub Company directly
incurred and payable as a result of such issuance) from the Company's
issuance and sale by public offering of equity securities and that
Public Hub Company will use such proceeds to finance the portion of the
Permitted Acquisitions not funded out of Revolving Credit Loans made
hereunder;
(e) the Agent shall have received for the account of the
Lenders a good standing certificate for each Company and Guarantor
(dated as of the date no earlier than 10 days prior to the date hereof)
from the office of the secretary of state of the state of its
organization; and
(f) the Agent shall have received for the account of the
Lenders such other agreements, instruments, documents, certificates and
opinions as the Agent or the Lenders may reasonably request.
SECTION 7. COVENANTS.
The Companies and Guarantors agree jointly and severally that, so long
as any credit is available to or in use by the Companies hereunder, except to
the extent compliance in any case or cases is waived in writing by the Required
Lenders:
Section 7.1. Maintenance of Business. The Companies and Hub
Partnerships shall, and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary to,
(x) preserve and maintain its existence and (y) preserve and keep in force and
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effect all licenses, permits and franchises necessary to the proper conduct of
its business; provided, however, that the Companies, Hub Partnerships and
Subsidiaries (x) may take any action permitted by Section 7.14 hereof and (y)
may dissolve or liquidate any Subsidiary or Hub Partnership if (1) such
dissolution or liquidation would not have a material adverse effect on (i) the
financial condition, Properties, business or operations of the Public Hub
Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any Borrower or
Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents of the rights or
remedies of the Agent or any Lender thereunder and (2) in the case of each
dissolution or liquidation of a Guarantor, all the assets of such Guarantor are
transferred to a Borrower or Guarantor in compliance with Section 7.14 hereof.
Section 7.2. Maintenance of Properties. The Companies and Hub
Partnerships shall maintain, preserve and keep its property, plant and equipment
in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted)
and shall from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals,
replacements, additions and betterments thereto so that at all times the
efficiency thereof shall be fully preserved and maintained, and the Public Hub
Company shall cause each Subsidiary to do so in respect of Property owned or
used by it.
Section 7.3. Taxes and Assessments. The Companies and Hub
Partnerships shall duly pay and discharge, and the Public Hub Company shall
cause each Subsidiary to duly pay and discharge, all material taxes, rates,
assessments, fees and governmental charges upon or against it or its Properties,
in each case before the same become delinquent and before penalties accrue
thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter
under contest and adequate reserves are provided therefor.
Section 7.4. Insurance. The Companies and Hub Partnerships shall
insure and keep insured, and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary
to insure and keep insured, with good and responsible insurance companies, all
insurable Property owned by it which is of a character usually insured by
Persons similarly situated and operating like Properties against loss or damage
from such hazards and risks, and in such amounts, as are insured by Persons
similarly situated and operating like Properties; and the Companies and Hub
shall insure, and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary to insure,
such other hazards and risks (including employers' and public liability risks)
with good and responsible insurance companies as and to the extent usually
insured by Persons similarly situated and conducting similar businesses. Either
Company shall upon request furnish to the Agent a certificate setting forth in
summary form the nature and extent of the insurance maintained pursuant to this
Section.
Section 7.5. Financial Reports. The Companies and Hub Partnerships
shall, and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain a
standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP and shall furnish to the
Agent and each Lender and its duly authorized representatives such information
respecting the business and financial condition of the Companies and Hub
Partnerships and Subsidiaries as the Agent may reasonably request; and without
any request, shall furnish to each Lender:
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(a) as soon as available, and in any event within 45 days
after the close of each fiscal quarter of the Public Hub Company, a
copy of the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Hub
Group as of the last day of such period and the consolidated and
consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of
the Hub Group for the quarter and the fiscal year-to date period then
ended, each in reasonable detail showing in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal
year, prepared by the Public Hub Company in accordance with GAAP and
certified by its President or chief financial officer;
(b) as soon as available, and in any event within 90 days
after the close of each annual accounting period of the Public Hub
Company, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of
the Hub Group as of the close of such period and the consolidated and
consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of
the Hub Group for such period, and accompanying notes thereto, each in
reasonable detail showing in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, accompanied by an unqualified opinion thereon of
Arthur Andersen LLP or another firm of independent public accountants
of recognized national standing, to the effect that the financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present
fairly in accordance with GAAP the consolidated financial condition of
the Hub Group as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of
their operations and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended and that
an examination of such accounts in connection with such financial
statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards and, accordingly, such examination included such tests of the
accounting records and such other auditing procedures as were
considered necessary in the circumstances;
(c) promptly after receipt thereof, any additional written
reports, management letters or other detailed information contained in
writing concerning significant aspects of the operations and financial
affairs of any member of the Hub Group given to it by its independent
public accountants; and
(d) promptly after knowledge thereof shall have come to the
attention of any responsible executive officer of any Company, written
notice of any threatened or pending litigation or governmental
proceeding or labor controversy against the Public Hub Company or any
other member of the Hub Group which, if adversely determined, would
materially and adversely affect the financial condition, Properties,
business or operations of the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken
as a whole or of the occurrence of any Change of Control Event or any
Default or Event of Default hereunder.
Each of the financial statements furnished to the Lenders pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be accompanied by a written
certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B signed by the President or
chief financial officer of the Public Hub Company to the effect that to the best
of such officer's knowledge and belief no Default or Event of Default has
occurred during the period covered by such statements or, if any such Default or
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Event of Default has occurred during such period, setting forth a description of
such Default or Event of Default and specifying the action, if any, taken by the
Public Hub Company to remedy the same. Such certificate shall also set forth the
calculations supporting such statements in respect of Sections 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9
of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that if and so long as the Public
Hub Company files Forms 10-K and 10-Q with the SEC, the Borrowers may deliver
such forms to the Agent in lieu of the information required for the
corresponding accounting periods in subsections (a) and (b) above.
Section 7.6. Inspection. The Companies and Hub Partnerships shall,
and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary to, permit the Agent and
each Lender and their duly authorized representatives and agents to visit and
inspect any of the Properties, corporate books and financial records of each
member of the Hub Group, to examine and (subject to Section 11.5 hereof), at the
sole cost and expense of the Lenders, make copies of the books of accounts and
other financial records of each member of the Hub Group, and to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of each member of the Hub Group with, and to be
advised as to the same by, its officers, employees and independent public
accountants (and by this provision the Hub Group hereby authorizes such
accountants to discuss with the Agent and any Lender the finances and affairs of
each member of the Hub Group) at such reasonable times and reasonable intervals
as the Agent or such Lender may designate; provided, however, that (i) except
upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Default or Event of
Default, (x) such visitations and inspections shall be made only with reasonable
advance notice to a Company and during normal business hours of the member of
the Hub Group being visited or inspected and (y) the Agent and each Lender
agrees to use reasonable efforts to coordinate its visits and inspections under
this Section so as not to be unreasonably burdensome on the member of the Hub
Group being visited or inspected and (ii) any discussions between a Lender or
the Agent and the Hub Group's accountants held by virtue of the authority
granted by this Section shall be with the right of an executive officer of the
Public Hub Company to be in attendance.
Section 7.7. Funded Debt Ratio. The Hub Group shall not, as of the
last day of each fiscal quarter of the Public Hub Company (commencing on
December 31, 1997), permit the Funded Debt Ratio then ended to be more than 2.5
to 1.0.
Section 7.8. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Hub Group shall not,
as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Public Hub Company (commencing
on December 31, 1997), permit the ratio of (x) the sum of (i) EBITDA for the
four fiscal quarters of the Public Hub Company then ended, plus (ii) the
aggregate amount of payments made during the same four fiscal quarters then
ended by the Hub Group under leases which do not constitute Capital Leases,
minus (iii) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures, if any, paid or
incurred by the Hub Group during the same four fiscal quarters then ended (but
in any event excluding all amounts expended by the Hub Group for or in
connection with acquisitions permitted by Sections 7.13(g) or 7.13(h) hereof),
minus (iv) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments, if any, made by the Hub
Group during the same four fiscal quarters then ended to (y) Fixed Charges for
the same four fiscal quarters then ended (the "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio") to
be less than 1.50 to 1.0.
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Section 7.9. Minimum EBITDA. The Hub Group shall as of the last day
of each fiscal quarter of the Public Hub Company (commencing on December 31,
1997) maintain EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters of the Public Hub Company
then ended at not less than $33,000,000.
Section 7.10. Current Ratio. The Hub Group shall as of the last day
of each fiscal quarter of the Public Hub Company (commencing on December 31,
1997) maintain the Current Ratio at not less than 1.00 to 1.0 through and
including the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 1999 and at not less than 0.80
to 1.0 thereafter.
Section 7.11. Indebtedness for Borrowed Money. The Companies and the
Hub Partnerships shall not, nor shall the Public Hub Company permit any
Subsidiary to, issue, incur, assume, create or have outstanding any Indebtedness
for Borrowed Money; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict nor
operate to prevent:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) purchase money indebtedness and Capitalized Lease
Obligations secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.12(d) hereof in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(c) indebtedness permitted by Section 7.13(l) hereof;
(d) unsecured indebtedness evidenced by the Dividend Notes;
(e) interest rate protection, currency swap and foreign
exchange arrangements entered into in connection with bona fide hedging
operations;
(f) performance bonds and surety or appeal bonds obtained in
the ordinary course of business;
(g) the Milwaukee Hub Debt;
(h) the currently outstanding indebtedness evidenced by the
two $2,000,000 promissory notes made by Hub Group, Inc.in favor of
American President Lines, Inc., one due May 2, 1998, the other due
May 2, 1999;
(i) indebtedness of Hub Group Associates, Inc. on its line of
credit with Cass Bank & Trust provided the aggregate principal amount
outstanding thereon does not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time;
(j) indebtedness assumed in an acquisition permitted by
Section 7.13(m) hereof provided such indebtedness is not incurred in
connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition;
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(k) initial or successive refinancings of (but not any
increases in) the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money listed in subsections
(d), (h), (i) and (j) above;
(l) investments permitted by Section 7.13(g) hereof; and
(m) other indebtedness of the Hub Group aggregating not more
than $5,000,000 at any onetime outstanding.
Section 7.12. Liens. The Companies and Hub Partnerships shall not,
nor shall the Public Hub Company permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur or
permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any Property owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate
to prevent:
(a) Liens arising by statute in connection with worker's
compensation, unemployment insurance, old age benefits, social security
obligations, taxes, assessments, statutory obligations or other similar
charges and Liens in the nature of good faith cash deposits in
connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which any member of the
Hub Group is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in the
ordinary course of business, provided in each case that the obligation
is not for borrowed money and that the obligation secured is not
overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and
adequate reserves have been established therefor;
(b) mechanics', workmen's, materialmen's, landlords',
carriers' and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which prevent
enforcement of the matter under contest;
(c) the pledge of assets for the purpose of securing an
appeal, stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding,
provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities of the Hub Group
secured by a pledge of assets permitted under this subsection,
including interest and penalties thereon, if any, shall not be in
excess of $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding or, if in excess of
$5,000,000, is secured by assets (including cash) not at any time
exceeding $5,000,000 in value;
(d) Liens on property of any member of the Hub Group created
solely for the purpose of securing indebtedness permitted by Section
7.11(b) hereof, representing or incurred to finance, refinance or
refund the purchase price of Property, provided that no such Lien shall
extend to or cover other Property of any member of the Hub Group other
than the respective Property so acquired, and the principal amount of
indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the
original purchase price of such Property;
(e) banker's Liens and similar Liens (including set-off
rights) in respect of bank deposits;
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(f) the retained interest of a lessor in connection with any
lease;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business which do not
materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto; and
(h) Liens on the assets of Hub Group Associates, Inc.
securing the indebtedness described in Section 7.11(i) hereof or
securing the initial or any successive refinancing thereof (but not
any increase therein).
Section 7.13. Investments, Acquisitions, Loans, Advances and
Guaranties. The Companies and Hub Partnerships shall not, nor shall the Public
Hub Company permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, retain or
have outstanding any investments (whether through purchase of stock or
obligations or otherwise) in, or loans or advances (other than for travel
advances and other similar cash advances made to officers and employees in the
ordinary course of business) to, any other Person, or acquire all or any
substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division
thereof, or be or become liable as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise for
any debt, obligation or undertaking of any other Person, or otherwise agree to
provide funds for payment of the obligations of another, or supply funds thereto
or invest therein or otherwise assure a creditor of another against loss, or
apply for or become liable to the issuer of a letter of credit which supports an
obligation of another; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to
nor operate to prevent:
(a) investments in direct obligations of the United States of
America or of any agency or instrumentality thereof whose obligations
constitute full faith and credit obligations of the United States of
America, provided that any such obligations shall mature within one
year of the date of issuance thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper rated at least P-1 by
Moody's Investors Services, Inc.("Moody's") and at least A-1 by
Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") maturing within 270 days of the
date of issuance thereof;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit issued by any
United States commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less
than $100,000,000 which have a maturity of one year or less or in
eurodollar time deposits maturing not more than one year from the date
of acquisition thereof placed with any such commercial bank;
(d) marketable direct obligations of any State of the United
States or any local government or political subdivision thereof rated
at least AA by S&P or the equivalent thereof by Moody's;
(e) repurchase agreements with a term of not more than seven
days fully collateralized by instruments permitted as investments
hereunder under subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) above entered into
with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (c)
above;
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(f) investments in money market funds within the meaning of
Section 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which
are registered as such under such Act;
(g) endorsement of items for deposit or collection of
commercial paper received in the ordinary course of business;
(h) interest rate protection, currency swap and foreign
exchange arrangements entered into in connection with bona fide hedging
operations;
(i) accounts or notes receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business;
(j) investments in securities of trade creditors or customers
received in settlement of obligations or pursuant to any plan or
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency
or such trade creditors or customers;
(k) the Dividend Notes;
(l) loans and advances by each Company to other members of
the Hub Group not otherwise permitted by this Section provided that (i)
the member of the Hub Group receiving such loan or advance is (x) a
Borrower or (y) a Hub Partnership which is a Guarantor and in which
100% of the equity interest is owned, both legally and beneficially, by
any one or more of the Borrowers or (z) if not a Person described in
clause (i)(x) or clause (i)(y) in each case of this subsection (l), a
member of the Hub Group which is or concurrently therewith becomes a
Guarantor of the principal of the Obligations in an amount not less
than the principal amount of such loan or advance and (ii) the
aggregate amount of all such loans and advances permitted by clause
(i)(z) of this subsection (l) to all such Guarantors, taken together,
does not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(m) acquisitions (other than the Permitted Acquisitions) of
all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other
Person or division thereof engaged in the business of arranging for
transportation of customers' freight, or of a majority of the Voting
Stock of such a Person, or of equity interests in any Hub Partnership,
provided in each case that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or
would exist after giving effect to such acquisition, (ii) the Board of
Directors or other governing body of such Person whose Property, or
Voting Stock or other interests in which, are being so acquired has
approved the terms of such acquisition, (iii) either Company shall have
delivered to the Agent an updated Schedule 5.3 to reflect any new
Subsidiary or Hub Partnership resulting from such acquisition and (iv)
the aggregate amount expended by the Hub Group as consideration for
such acquisition (and in any event (1) including as such consideration,
any indebtedness assumed or incurred as a result of such acquisition,
and (2) excluding as such consideration, any equity securities issued
by the Public Hub Company as consideration for such acquisition, and
(3) treating a series of related acquisitions as a single acquisition
for purposes of this Section 7.13(m)) (x) does not exceed $10,000,000
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and (y) when taken together with the aggregate amount expended as
consideration (including indebtedness and excluding equity securities
as aforesaid) for all other acquisitions permitted under this Section
7.13(m) during the same fiscal year of the Public Hub Company, does not
exceed $15,000,000;
(n) the Permitted Acquisitions;
(o) non-cash consideration received in connection with sales
of assets permitted bySection 7.14 hereof;
(p) Hub-Group Associates, Inc. may make loans to, or other
investments in, the Hub Partnerships and Subsidiaries (other than the
Borrowers and Guarantors);
(q) investments in HLX Company, LLC, a joint venture,
provided (i) the Public Hub Company retains at least a 50% equity
interest in such venture and (ii) the aggregate amount of investments
made on and after the date hereof by the Hub Group in such venture does
not exceed $10,000,000 on a cumulative basis;
(r) investments in, or loans to, subsidiaries of the Hub
Partnerships engaged primarily in the ordinary course of their
respective businesses in providing drayage services for the Hub Group's
intermodal transportation jobs provided such investments, loans and
advances aggregate not more than $10,000,000 at any one time
outstanding; and
(s) Obligations under the Loan Documents.
In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, advances and
guaranties permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall
always be taken at the original cost thereof (regardless of any subsequent
appreciation or depreciation therein), loans and advances shall be taken at the
principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid, and guaranties shall be taken at
the amount of obligations guaranteed thereby, unless specifically limited to a
lesser amount, in which case such guarantee shall be taken at such specified
lesser amount.
Section 7.14. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales. The Companies and
Hub Partnerships shall not, nor shall the Public Hub Company permit any
Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or sell, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of its Property in a
single transaction or series of related transactions, including any disposition
of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction, or in any event sell or
discount (with or without recourse) any of its notes or accounts receivable;
provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to nor operate to prevent
the following:
(a) any member of the Hub Group may sell its inventory in the
ordinary course of its business;
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(b) any member of the Hub Group may sell or otherwise dispose
of obsolete and worn out equipment in the ordinary course of its
business; and
(c) any Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into a
Borrower or a Guarantor so long as:
(i) in the case of such a transaction involving a
Borrower, (1) a Borrower is the surviving or continuing
corporation and (2) the net worth of such Borrower will not be
reduced immediately after giving effect to such transaction;
(ii) subject to the provisions of clause (i) above,
in the case of such a transaction involving a Guarantor, (1) a
Guarantor is the surviving or continuing corporation, (2) the
Companies (taken together) and the Borrowers (taken together),
respectively, own, both legally and beneficially, at least the
same percentage equity interest in such Guarantor after any
such event as the Companies (taken together) and the Borrowers
(taken together), respectively, did own immediately prior to
the consummation of such event, (3) the net worth of such
Guarantor will not be reduced immediately after giving effect
to such transaction and (4) the Lenders' right of recovery on
such Guarantor's Guaranty Agreement is not limited by its
terms or if limited, equals the sum (if applicable) of the
limits on the rights of recovery on each Guaranty Agreement
(if any) of the parties to such merger or consolidation;
(iii) at the time of such merger or consolidation and
immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event
of Default shall occur or be continuing;
(iv) no litigation shall be pending or threatened
which challenges the validity orpropriety of such merger or
consolidation;
(v) the Agent shall have received an opinion of
counsel to the surviving Borrower or Guarantor to confirm that
such merger or consolidation has been effected in accordance
with all applicable laws and such other assurances as the
Agent or Required Lenders shall in good faith require to
confirm that the foregoing conditions set forth in this
subsection (c) have been satisfied; and
(vi) such merger or consolidation shall have no
material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition,
Properties, business or operations of the Public Hub Company
or the Hub Group taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any
Borrower or Guarantor to perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any
of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent
or any Lender thereunder; and
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(d) any Hub Partnership which is a Guarantor may transfer all
its assets to any Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, whether or
not in connection with the dissolution of such Hub Partnership,
provided that
(i) at the time of such transfer and immediately
after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default
shall occur or be continuing;
(ii) the transferee in such transaction immediately
after giving effect thereto shall have a net worth not less
than the net worth of such Guarantor immediately prior to such
transfer;
(iii) such transferee shall have duly executed and
delivered to the Agent, a Guaranty Agreement;
(iv) no litigation shall be pending or threatened
which challenges the validity or propriety of such transfer;
(v) the Agent shall have received an opinion of
counsel to such transferee to confirm that such transfer has
been effected in accordance with all applicable laws and such
other assurances as the Agent or Required Lenders shall in
good faith require to confirm that the foregoing conditions
set forth in this subsection (d) have been satisfied; and
(vi) such transfer shall have no material adverse
effect on (i) the financial condition, Properties, business or
operations of the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as
a whole, (ii) the ability of any Borrower or Guarantor to
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents or (iii) the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the
rights or remedies of the Agent or any Lender thereunder.
Any sale, lease or other disposition of 15% or more of the total assets of any
Company shall be deemed "substantial" for the foregoing purposes.
Section 7.15. Maintenance of Subsidiaries. The Companies and the Hub
Partnerships shall not assign, sell or transfer, and the Public Hub Company
shall not permit any Subsidiary to issue, assign, sell or transfer, any equity
interests in a Hub Partnership or any shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary;
provided that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent
(a) the issuance, sale and transfer to any Person of any
shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary solely for the purpose of
qualifying, and to the extent legally necessary to qualify, such person
as a director of such Subsidiary;
(b) the issuance of such stock or equity interests to a
member of the Hub Group, provided that in the case of the issuance of
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any stock or other equity interest in a Guarantor, 100% of the equity
interest in such Guarantor is owned, both legally and beneficially, by
the Borrowers after giving effect to such issuance; and
(c) any other transfer of any stock or other equity interest
in a Guarantor to any one or more of the Borrowers.
Section 7.16. Dividends By Public Hub Company. The Public Hub
Company shall not (a) declare or pay any dividends on or make any other
distributions in respect of any class or series of its capital stock (other than
dividends payable solely in its capital stock) or (b) directly or indirectly
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire any of its capital stock (such
non-accepted declarations, dividends, distributions, purchases, redemptions and
acquisitions being hereinafter referred to as "Restricted Payments by the Public
Hub Company") if at the time of any such Restricted Payment by the Public Hub
Company, or immediately after giving effect thereto, any Default or Event of
Default shall occur or be continuing; provided, however, that this Section shall
not prevent the Public Hub Company from paying any dividend within 60 days after
the date of its declaration thereof if at such date of declaration, such
dividend would (if then paid) have complied with this Section.
Section 7.17. ERISA. The Companies and Hub Partnerships shall, and
the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary which is a member of its
Controlled Group to, promptly pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities
arising under ERISA of a character which if unpaid or unperformed might result
in the imposition of a Lien against any of its Properties. The Company and Hub
Partnerships shall, and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary which
is a member of its Controlled Group to, promptly notify the Agent of (i) the
occurrence of any reportable event (as defined in Section 4043B of ERISA, other
than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement has been waived) with
respect to a Plan, (ii) receipt of any notice from the PBGC of its intention to
seek termination of any Plan or appointment of a trustee therefor, (iii) its
intention to terminate or withdraw from any Plan, and (iv) the occurrence of any
event with respect to any Plan which would result in the incurrence by any
member of the Controlled Group of any material liability, fine or penalty, or
any material increase in the contingent liability of any member of the
Controlled Group with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit, which
liability, contingent liability, fine or penalty would have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, Properties, business or operations of the
Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole.
Section 7.18. Compliance with Laws. The Company, and the Hub
Partnerships shall, and the Public Hub Company shall cause each Subsidiary to,
comply in all respects with the requirements of all federal, state and local
laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and orders applicable to or pertaining to
their Properties or business operations, non-compliance with which would have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, Properties, business or
operations of the Public Hub Company or the Hub Group taken as a whole.
Section 7.19. Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates. The Companies,
and the Hub Partnerships shall not, nor shall the Public Hub Company permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any contract, agreement or business arrangement with
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any of its Affiliates on terms and conditions which are less favorable to (x) in
the case of a transaction between any Borrower and an Affiliate, to such
Borrower than would be usual and customary in similar contracts or agreements
between Persons not affiliated with each other, (y) in the case of a transaction
between any Wholly-Owned Guarantor and an Affiliate (other than a Borrower), to
such Guarantor than would be usual and customary in similar contracts or
agreements between Persons not affiliated with each other and (z) in the case of
a transaction between any member of the Hub Group (other than a Company or a
Wholly-Owned Guarantor) and an Affiliate (other than a Company or a Wholly-Owned
Guarantor), to such member of the Hub Group than would be usual and customary in
similar contracts or agreements between Persons not affiliated with each other.
Section 7.20. No Changes in Fiscal Year. No member of the Hub Group
shall change its fiscal year from its present basis without prior written notice
to the Agent.
Section 7.21. Formation of Subsidiaries. Except for existing
Subsidiaries designated on Schedule 5.3 hereto, the Companies and Hub
Partnerships shall not, nor shall the Public Hub Company permit any Subsidiary
to, form or acquire any Subsidiary without prior written notice to the Agent.
Section 7.22. Change in the Nature of Business. The Companies and
Hub Partnerships shall not, nor shall the Public Hub Company permit any
Subsidiary to, engage in any business or activity if as a result the general
nature of any member of the Hub Group would be changed in any material respect
from the general nature of the business engaged in by any member of the Hub
Group on the date of this Agreement.
Section 7.23. Guaranty. As a condition to establishing or acquiring
(i) any Hub Partnership (other than a Foreign Partnership) in which 100% of the
equity interest is owned directly or indirectly, by one or more of the Companies
or (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary), unless
the Lenders otherwise agree in their sole discretion, the Companies shall (i)
cause such Hub Partnership or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, as the case may be, to
execute a Guaranty Agreement, (ii) cause such Hub Partnership or Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary to deliver documentation similar to that described in Sections
6.2(a)(ii), 6.2(a)(iii), 6.2(c) and 6.2(d) hereof relating to the authorization
for, execution and delivery of, and validity of, such Hub Partnership's or
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary's obligations as a Guarantor and otherwise hereunder in
form and substance satisfactory to the Bank, and (iii) deliver an updated
Schedule 5.3 to reflect the new Hub Partnership or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.
Section 8.1. Events of Default. Any one or more of the following
shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder:
(a) default in the payment when due of all or any part of the
principal of any Revolving Credit Note (whether at the stated maturity
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thereof or at any other time provided for in this Agreement) or of any
reimbursement obligation owing under any Application; or
(b) default for more than five (5) days in the payment when
due of any part of the interest on any Revolving Credit Note (whether
at the stated maturity thereof or at any other time provided for in
this Agreement) or in the payment when due of any fee or other
Obligation payable by the Companies hereunder or under any other Loan
Document; or
(c) default in the observance or performance of Section 7.11
hereof if the aggregate amount of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money
incurred in contravention of such Section (whether or not in the same
transaction) exceeds $1,000,000; default in the observance or
performance of Section 7.12 hereof if the amount of obligations secured
by Liens prohibited by such Section (whether or not in the same
transaction) exceeds $1,000,000; default in the observance or
performance of any covenant set forth in Section 7.13 hereof if the
aggregate amount of investments, loans, advances and guarantees made in
contravention of such Section (whether or not in the same transaction)
aggregate in excess of $1,000,000; or default in the observance or
performance of Section 7.14 or 7.16 hereof;
(d) any other default in the observance or performance of any
of Sections 7.11, 7.12 or 7.13 hereof or default in the observance or
performance of any other provision hereof or of any other Loan Document
which default in each case is not remedied within thirty (30) days
after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first
become known to any executive officer of any Company or (ii) written
notice thereof is given to any Company by the Agent or any Lender; or
(e) any representation or warranty made by any Company or any
Guarantor herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any statement or
certificate furnished by it pursuant hereto or thereto, or in
connection with any extension of credit made hereunder, proves untrue
in any material respect as of the date of the issuance or making
thereof; or
(f) any of the Loan Documents shall for any reason not be or
shall cease to be in full force and effect with respect to any Company
or any Guarantor, or any of the Loan Documents is declared to be null
and void as a result of any challenge brought by any Company or any
Guarantor; or
(g) default shall occur under any Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money issued, assumed or guarantied by the Hub Group or any Subsidiary
in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000,000, or under any indenture,
agreement or other instrument under which the same may be issued, and
such default shall continue for a period of time sufficient to permit
the acceleration of the maturity of any such Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money (whether or not such maturity is in fact accelerated), or any
such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not be paid when due
(whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise); or
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(h) any judgment or judgments, writ or writs, or warrant or
warrants of attachment, or any similar process or processes in an
aggregate amount more than $5,000,000 in excess of the amount covered
by insurance from an insurer who has acknowledged its liability thereon
shall be entered or filed against the Hub Group or any Subsidiary or
against any of their Property and remain unvacated, unbonded, unstayed
or unsatisfied for a period of 30 days; or
(i) the Companies or any member of their Controlled Group
shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess
$1,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a
Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Plan
or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Vested Liabilities in excess of
$1,000,000 (collectively, a "Material Plan") shall be filed under Title
IV of ERISA by the Company or any other member of its Controlled Group,
any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC
shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to
cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan or a
proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any Material Plan
against the Company or any member of its Controlled Group to enforce
payment of a withdrawal liability in excess of $1,000,000 under Section
515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA and such proceeding shall not have been
dismissed within 30 days thereafter; or
(j) any member of the Hub Group shall (i) have entered
involuntarily against it an order for relief under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, as amended, (ii) not pay, or admit in writing its
inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due, (iii) make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) apply for, seek, consent
to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee,
examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any substantial part
of its Property, (v) institute any proceeding seeking to have entered
against it an order for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code,
as amended, to adjudicate it insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding
up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other
pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed
against it, (vi) take any corporate action in furtherance of any matter
described in parts (i) through (v) above, or (vii) fail to contest in
good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 8.1(k)
hereof; or
(k) a custodian, receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or
similar official shall be appointed for the Hub Group or any
substantial part of any of their Property, or a proceeding described in
Section 8.1(j)(v) shall be instituted against any member of the Hub
Group, and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding
continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days.
Section 8.2. Non-Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default
described in subsection (a) through (i), both inclusive, of Section 8.1 has
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occurred and is continuing, the Agent shall, upon the request of the Required
Lenders, by notice to any Company, take one or more of the following actions:
(a) terminate the obligations of the Lenders to extend any
further credit hereunder on the date (which may be the date thereof)
stated in such notice;
(b) declare the principal of and the accrued interest on the
Revolving Credit Notes to be forthwith due and payable and thereupon
the Revolving Credit Notes, including both principal and interest and
all fees, charges and other Obligations payable hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents, shall be and become immediately due and payable
without further demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind; and
(c) enforce any and all rights and remedies available to it
under the Loan Documents or applicable law.
Section 8.3. Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default
described in subsection (j) or (k) of Section 8.1 has occurred and is
continuing, then the Revolving Credit Notes, including both principal and
interest, and all fees, charges and other Obligations payable hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents, shall immediately become due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, and the obligations of the
Lenders to extend further credit pursuant to any of the terms hereof shall
immediately terminate. In addition, the Agent may exercise any and all remedies
available to it under the Loan Documents or applicable law.
Section 8.4. Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit. When any
Event of Default, other than an Event of Default described in subsection (j) or
(k) of Section 8.1, has occurred and is continuing, the Companies shall, upon
demand of the Agent (which demand shall be made upon the request of the Required
Lenders), and when any Event of Default described in subsection (j) or (k) of
Section 8.1 has occurred the Companies shall, without notice or demand from the
Agent, immediately pay to the Agent the full amount of each Letter of Credit
then outstanding, the Companies agreeing to immediately make such payment and
acknowledging and agreeing that the Agent and the Lenders would not have an
adequate remedy at law for failure of either Company to honor any such demand
and that the Agent and the Lenders shall have the right to require the Companies
to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any draws have been made
under any such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 9. THE AGENT
Section 9.1. Appointment and Authorization. Each Lender hereby
appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and
to exercise such powers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as are
designated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Lenders expressly agree that
the Agent is not acting as a fiduciary of the Lenders in respect of the Loan
Documents, the Company or otherwise, and nothing herein or in any of the other
Loan Documents shall result in any duties or obligations on the Agent or any of
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the Lenders except as expressly set forth herein. Subject to the appointment of
a successor Agent as specified below, the Agent may resign at any time by
sending 20 days prior written notice to any Company and the Lenders. In the
event of any such resignation, the Required Lenders may appoint a new agent with
(except if any Event of Default then exists) the consent of the Public Hub
Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), which shall succeed
to all the rights, powers and duties of the Agent hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents. Any resigning Agent shall be entitled to the benefit of all the
protective provisions hereof with respect to its acts as an agent hereunder, but
no successor Agent shall in any event be liable or responsible for any actions
of its predecessor. If the Agent resigns and no successor is appointed, the
rights and obligations of such Agent shall be automatically assumed by the
Required Lenders and the Companies shall be directed to make all payments due
each Lender hereunder directly to such Lender.
Section 9.2. Rights as a Lender. The Agent has and reserves all of
the rights, powers and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as
any Lender may have and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent
and the terms "Lender" or "Lenders" as used herein and in all of such documents
shall, unless the context otherwise expressly indicates, include the Agent in
its individual capacity as a Lender.
Section 9.3. Standard of Care. The Lenders acknowledge that they
have received and approved copies of the Loan Documents and such other
information and documents concerning the transactions contemplated and financed
hereby as they have requested to receive and/or review. The Agent makes no
representations or warranties of any kind or character to the Lenders with
respect to the validity, enforceability, genuineness, perfection, value, worth
or collectibility hereof or of the Revolving Credit Notes or any of the other
Obligations or of any of the other Loan Documents. Neither the Agent nor any
director, officer, employee, agent or representative thereof (including any
security trustee therefor) shall in any event be liable for any clerical errors
or errors in judgment, inadvertence or oversight, or for action taken or omitted
to be taken by it or them hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or in
connection herewith or therewith except for its or their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The Agent shall incur no liability under or in respect of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice,
certificate, warranty, instruction or statement (oral or written) of anyone
(including anyone in good faith believed by it to be authorized to act on behalf
of the Companies), unless it has actual knowledge of the untruthfulness of same.
The Agent may execute any of its duties hereunder by or through employees,
agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders for the
default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected with
reasonable care. The Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to the agencies hereby created and its duties hereunder, and
shall incur no liability to anyone and be fully protected in acting upon the
advice of such counsel. The Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Default or
Event of Default exists unless notified to the contrary by a Lender. The Agent
shall in all events be fully protected in acting or failing to act in accord
with the instructions of the Required Lenders. The Agent shall in all cases be
fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder unless it shall be
indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and
expense which may be incurred by the Agent by reason of taking or continuing to
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take any such action. The Agent may treat the owner of any Revolving Credit Note
as the holder thereof until written notice of transfer shall have been filed
with the Agent signed by such owner in form satisfactory to the Agent. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has independently and without reliance on the Agent
or any other Lender and based upon such information, investigations and
inquiries as it deems appropriate made its own credit analysis and decision to
extend credit to the Company. It shall be the responsibility of each Lender to
keep itself informed as to the creditworthiness of the Company and the Agent
shall have no liability to any Lender with respect thereto.
Section 9.4. Costs and Expenses. Each Lender agrees to reimburse
the Agent for all costs and expenses suffered or incurred by the Agent or any
security trustee in performing its duties hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, or in the exercise of any right or power imposed or conferred upon
the Agent hereby or thereby, to the extent that the Agent is not promptly
reimbursed for same by the Companies, all such costs and expenses to be borne by
the Lenders ratably in accordance with the amounts of their respective
Commitments. If any Lender fails to reimburse the Agent for such Lender's share
of any such costs and expenses, such costs and expenses shall be paid pro rata
by the remaining Lenders, but without in any manner releasing the defaulting
Lender from its liability hereunder.
Section 9.5. Indemnity. The Lenders shall ratably, in accordance
with its Percentage, indemnify and hold the Agent, and its directors, officers,
employees, agents and representatives (including as such any security trustee
therefor) harmless from and against any liabilities, losses, costs and expenses
suffered or incurred by them hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, regardless of
when asserted or arising, except to the extent they are promptly reimbursed for
the same by the Companies and except to the extent that any event giving rise to
a claim was caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party
seeking to be indemnified. If any Lender defaults in its obligations hereunder,
its share of the obligations shall be paid pro rata by the remaining Lenders,
but without in any manner releasing the defaulting Lender from its liability
hereunder.
SECTION 10. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY AND GUARANTIES.
Section 10.1. Joint and Several Liability and Guaranties. To induce
the Lenders to provide the credit described herein and in consideration of
benefits expected to accrue to each Guarantor by reason of the Commitments and
for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, each Company and each Hub Partnership in which 100% of the equity
interest is owned, directly or indirectly, on or at any time after the date
hereof by one or more of the Companies and each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and each
other member of the Hub Group which executes and delivers a Guaranty Agreement
(the Companies and such other members of the Hub Group being hereinafter
referred to individually as a "Guarantor" and collectively as the "Guarantors")
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee jointly and severally to the
Agent, the Lenders and each other holder of any of the Obligations, and each
Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to be jointly and
severally liable to the Agent, the Lenders and such holders for, the due and
punctual payment of all present and future indebtedness of the Borrowers
evidenced by or arising out of the Loan Documents, including, but not limited
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to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Revolving
Credit Notes and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations now or
hereafter owed by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents as and when the same
shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, according to the terms hereof and thereof. In case of failure by the
Borrowers punctually to pay any indebtedness or other Obligations guarantied
hereby or for which the Borrowers agree hereby to be jointly and severally
liable, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally agrees jointly and severally to
make such payment or to cause such payment to be made punctually as and when the
same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Borrowers.
Section 10.2. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each
Guarantor as a guarantor or joint and several obligor under the Loan Documents,
including this Section 10, shall be unconditional and absolute and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or
otherwise affected by:
(a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or
release in respect of any obligation of any Borrower or of any other
Guarantor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or by
operation of law or otherwise;
(b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(c) any change in the corporate existence, structure or
ownership of, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other
similar proceeding affecting, the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, or
any of their respective assets, or any resulting release or discharge
of any obligation of any Borrower or of any other Guarantor contained
in any Loan Document;
(d) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which
the Guarantor may have at any time against the Agent, any Lender or any
other Person, whether or not arising in connection herewith;
(e) any failure to assert, or any assertion of, any claim or
demand or any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any rights or
remedies against any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person
or Property;
(f) any application of any sums by whomsoever paid or
howsoever realized to any obligation of any Borrower, regardless of
what obligations of the Borrowers remain unpaid;
(g) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against
any Borrower or any other Guarantor for any reason of this Agreement or
of any other Loan Document or any provision of applicable law or
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regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrowers or any
other Guarantor of the principal of or interest on any Revolving Credit
Note or any other amount payable by them under the Loan Documents; or
(h) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by
the Agent, any Lender or any other Person or any other circumstance
whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this paragraph,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the obligations of the
Guarantors under the Loan Documents.
Section 10.3. Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in
Certain Circumstances. Each Guarantor's obligations under this Section 10 shall
remain in full force and effect until the Commitments are terminated and the
principal of and interest on the Revolving Credit Notes and all other amounts
payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall
have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of or
interest on any Revolving Credit Note or any other amount payable by the
Borrowers under the Loan Documents is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or
returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or of
any Guarantor, or otherwise, each Guarantor's obligations under this Section 10
with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as though such
payment had become due but had not been made at such time.
Section 10.4. Waivers. (a) General. Each Guarantor irrevocably
waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not
provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be
taken by the Agent, any Lender or any other Person against the Borrowers,
another Guarantor or anyother Person.
(b) Subrogation and Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees not to
exercise or enforce any right of exoneration, contribution, reimbursement,
recourse or subrogation available to such Guarantor against any Person liable
for payment of the Obligations, or as to any security therefor, unless and until
the full amount owing on the Obligations has been paid and the Commitments have
terminated; and the payment by such Guarantor of any amount pursuant to any of
the Loan Documents on account of credit extended to any other Borrower shall not
in any way entitle such Guarantor to any right, title or interest (whether by
way of subrogation or otherwise) in and to any of the Obligations or any
proceeds thereof or any security therefor unless and until the full amount owing
on the Obligations has been paid and the Commitments have terminated.
Section 10.5. Limit on Recovery. Notwithstanding any other provision
hereof or of the Revolving Credit Notes, the right of recovery against each
Guarantor under this Section 10 or against a Borrower on the Revolving Credit
Notes issued by it shall not (to the extent required by or as may be necessary
or desirable to ensure the enforceability against such Guarantor of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder in accordance with the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or where it carries on business) exceed (x)
the amount which would render such Guarantor's obligations under this Section 10
and the Revolving Credit Notes void or voidable under applicable law, including
without limitation fraudulent conveyance law minus (y) $1.00.
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Section 10.6. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for
payment of any amount payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any
of the Borrowers, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the
terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall nonetheless be payable
jointly and severally by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the
Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.
Section 10.7. Benefit to Guarantors. All of the Guarantors are
engaged in related businesses and integrated to such an extent that the
financial strength and flexibility of each Guarantor has a direct impact on the
success of each other Guarantor. Each Guarantor will derive substantial direct
and indirect benefit from the extension of credit hereunder.
Section 10.8. Guarantor Covenants. Each Guarantor shall take such
action as the Company is required by this Agreement to cause such Guarantor to
take, and shall refrain from taking such action as the Company is required by
this Agreement to prohibit such Guarantor from taking.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
Section 11.1. Withholding Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Withholding.
Except as otherwise required by law and subject to Section 11.1(b) hereof, each
payment by the Companies under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document
shall be made without withholding for or on account of any present or future
taxes (other than overall net income taxes on the recipient) imposed by or
within the jurisdiction in which the Company is domiciled, any jurisdiction from
which the Company makes any payment, or (in each case) any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein. If any such withholding is so required,
the Companies shall make the withholding, pay the amount withheld to the
appropriate governmental authority before penalties attach thereto or interest
accrues thereon and forthwith pay such additional amount as may be necessary to
ensure that the net amount actually received by each Lender and the Agent free
and clear of such taxes (including such taxes on such additional amount) is
equal to the amount which that Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) would
have received had such withholding not been made. If the Agent or any Lender
pays any amount in respect of any such taxes, penalties or interest, the
Companies shall reimburse the Agent or such Lender for that payment on demand in
the currency in which such payment was made. If any Company pays any such taxes,
penalties or interest, it shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing that
payment or certified copies thereof to the Lender or Agent on whose account such
withholding was made (with a copy to the Agent if not the recipient of the
original) on or before the thirtieth day after payment.
(b) U.S. Withholding Tax Exemptions. Each Lender that is not a United
States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a
"Non-U.S. Lender") represents and warrants to the Companies and the Guarantors
that as of the date such Person first becomes a Lender hereunder, payments made
hereunder to such Lender are exempt from withholding of United States federal
income taxes. Each Non-U.S. Lender agrees that such Lender shall submit to any
Company and the Agent on or before the earlier of the date the initial Borrowing
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is made hereunder and 30 days after the date hereof (or, if such Lender is an
assignee lender under Section 11.10 and was not previously a Lender hereunder,
within 30 days of first becoming a Lender), two duly completed and signed copies
of either Form 1001 (relating to such Lender and entitling it to a complete
exemption from withholding under the Code on all amounts to be received by such
Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Revolving Credit
Loans) or Form 4224 (relating to such Lender and entitling it to a complete
exemption from withholding under the Code on all amounts to be received by such
Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Revolving Credit
Loans) of the United States Internal Revenue Service. Thereafter and from time
to time, each Lender shall submit to the Company and the Agent such additional
duly completed and signed copies of one or the other of such Forms (or such
successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United
States taxing authorities) as may be (i) requested by the Company in a written
notice, directly or through the Agent, to such Lender and (ii) required under
then-current United States law or regulations to avoid or reduce United States
withholding taxes on payments in respect of all amounts to be received by such
Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Revolving Credit
Loans.
(c) Inability of Bank to Submit Forms. If any Lender determines, as a
result of any change in applicable law, regulation or treaty, or in any official
application or interpretation thereof, that it is unable to submit to any
Company or the Agent any form or certificate that such Lender is obligated to
submit pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 11.1 or that such Lender is
required to withdraw or cancel any such form or certificate previously submitted
or any such form or certificate otherwise becomes ineffective or inaccurate,
such Lender shall promptly notify any Company and Agent of such fact and the
Lender shall to that extent not be obligated to provide any such form or
certificate and will be entitled to withdraw or cancel any affected form or
certificate, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall
not be required to pay any additional amounts to the Agent or any Lender
pursuant to Section 11.1(a) hereof to the extent that the obligation to pay such
additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by the Agent or such
Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 11.1(b).
Section 11.2. Non-Business Days. If any payment hereunder becomes
due and payable on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date of such
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day on which date such
payment shall be due and payable. In the case of any payment of principal
falling due on a day which is not a Business Day, interest on such principal
amount shall continue to accrue during such extension at the rate per annum then
in effect, which accrued amount shall be due and payable on the next scheduled
date for the payment of interest.
Section 11.3. No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies. No delay or failure on
the part of any Lender or on the part of any holder of any of the Obligations in
the exercise of any power or right shall operate as a waiver thereof or as an
acquiescence in any default, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other power or right. The rights and remedies hereunder of the Lenders and
any of the holders of the Obligations are cumulative to, and not exclusive of,
any rights or remedies which any of them would otherwise have.
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Section 11.4. Waivers, Modifications and Amendments. Any provision
hereof or of any of the other Loan Documents may be amended, modified, waived or
released and any Default or Event of Default and its consequences may be
rescinded and annulled upon the written consent of the Required Lenders;
provided, however, that without the consent of all Lenders no such amendment,
modification or waiver shall increase the amount or extend the term of any
Lender's Commitment or reduce the amount of any principal of or interest rate
applicable to, or extend the maturity of, any Obligation owed to it or reduce
the amount of the fees to which it is entitled hereunder or release any Guaranty
Agreement or waive any requirement hereunder for a Guaranty Agreement or change
this Section or change the definition of "Required Lenders" or change the number
of Lenders required to take any action hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents. No amendment, modification or waiver of the Agent's protective
provisions shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Agent.
Section 11.5. Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay on
demand the reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder
or thereunder, and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, and in connection with any consents hereunder or waivers or amendments
hereto or thereto, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Messrs. Chapman
and Cutler, counsel for the Agent, with respect to all of the foregoing (whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated). The Companies
further agree to pay to Agent and the Lenders and any other holders of the
Obligations all reasonable costs and expenses (including court costs and
reasonable attorneys' fees), if any, incurred or paid by the Agent, the Lenders
or any other holders of the Obligations in connection with any Event of Default
or in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or any other instrument or document delivered hereunder or thereunder.
The Companies further agree to indemnify and save the Lenders, the Agent and any
security trustee for the Lenders harmless from any and all liabilities, losses,
costs and expenses incurred by the Lenders or the Agent in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding brought against the Agent, or any security trustee or
any Lender by any Person (but excluding attorneys' fees for litigation solely
between the Lenders to which either Company is not a party) which arises out of
the transactions contemplated or financed hereby or out of any action or
inaction by the Agent, any security trustee or any Lender hereunder or
thereunder, except for such thereof as is caused by the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party seeking to be indemnified. The provisions of
this Section and the protective provisions of Section 2 hereof shall survive
payment of the Obligations.
Section 11.6. Documentary Taxes. The Companies agree to pay on
demand any documentary, stamp or similar taxes payable in respect of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, including interest and penalties, in the
event any such taxes are assessed, irrespective of when such assessment is made
and whether or not any credit is then in use or available hereunder.
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Section 11.7. Survival of Representations. All representations and
warranties made herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or in certificates
given pursuant hereto or thereto shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall continue in full force
and effect with respect to the date as of which they were made as long as any
credit is in use or available hereunder.
Section 11.8. Survival of Indemnities. All indemnities and other
provisions relative to reimbursement to the Agent and the Lenders of amounts
sufficient to protect the yield of the Agent and the Lenders with respect to the
Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit, including, but not limited to,
Sections 1.3, 2.7, and 2.9 hereof, shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.
Section 11.9. Participations. Any Lender may grant participations in
its extensions of credit hereunder to any other Lender or other lending
institution (a "Participant"), provided that (i) no Participant shall thereby
acquire any direct rights under this Agreement, (ii) no Lender shall agree with
a Participant not to exercise any of such Lender's rights hereunder without the
consent of such Participant except for rights which under the terms hereof may
only be exercised by all Lenders and (iii) no sale of a participation in
extensions of credit shall in any manner relieve the selling Lender of its
obligations hereunder.
Section 11.10. Assignment Agreements. Each Lender may, from time to
time upon at least five Business Days' prior written notice to the Agent, assign
to other commercial lenders part of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including without limitation the indebtedness evidenced by the
Revolving Credit Notes then owned by such assigning Lender, together with an
equivalent proportion of its Commitments to make Revolving Credit Loans
hereunder) pursuant to written agreements executed by such assigning Lender,
such assignee lender or lenders, the Companies and the Agent, which agreements
shall specify in each instance the portion of the indebtedness evidenced by the
Revolving Credit Notes which is to be assigned to each such assignee lender and
the portion of the Percentage of the Commitments of the assigning Lender to be
assumed by it (the "Assignment Agreements"); provided, however, that (i) each
such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the
assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the
assignment shall cover the same percentage of such Lender's Percentage of the
Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Notes and credit risk with
respect to Letters of Credit; (ii) unless the Agent otherwise consents, the
aggregate amount of the Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit
Notes and credit risk with respect to Letters of Credit of the assigning Lender
being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the effective
date of the relevant Assignment Agreement) shall in no event be less than
$15,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000; (iii) the Agent and
the Companies must each consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, to each such assignment to a party which was not already a Lender
party to this Agreement; (iv) the assigning Lender must pay to the Agent a
processing and recordation fee of $2,500 and any out-of-pocket attorneys' fees
and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with such Assignment Agreement
and (v) no assignment or delegation may be made if, at the time of and by reason
of such assignment and delegation, any Borrower would then be obligated to pay
any amount under Sections 1.3(e), 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 or 11.1 hereof in excess of
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what it would have been required to pay thereunder had no such assignment been
made. Upon the execution of each Assignment Agreement by the assigning Lender
thereunder, the assignee lender thereunder, the Company and the Agent and
payment to such assigning Lender by such assignee lender of the purchase price
for the portion of the indebtedness of the Company being acquired by it, (i)
such assignee lender shall thereupon become a "Lender" for all purposes of this
Agreement with Commitments in the amounts set forth in such Assignment Agreement
and with all the rights, powers and obligations afforded a Lender hereunder,
(ii) such assigning Lender shall have no further liability for funding the
portion of its Commitments assumed by such other Lender and (iii) the address
for notices to such assignee Lender shall be as specified in the Assignment
Agreement executed by it. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such
Assignment Agreement, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver Revolving Credit
Notes to the assignee Lender in the respective amounts of its Percentage of the
Commitments and, if necessary, new Revolving Credit Notes to the assigning
Lender in the respective amounts of its Percentage of the Commitments after
giving effect to the reduction occasioned by such assignment, all such Revolving
Credit Notes to constitute "Revolving Credit Notes" for all purposes of this
Agreement and of the other Loan Documents.
Section 11.11. Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all
notices hereunder shall be in writing (including, without limitation, notice by
telecopy) and shall be given to the relevant party at its address or telecopier
number set forth below, in the case of the Companies, or on the appropriate
signature page hereof, in the case of the Lenders and the Agent, or such other
address or telecopier number as such party may hereafter specify by notice to
the Agent and the Companies given by United States certified or registered mail,
by telecopy or by other telecommunication device capable of creating a written
record of such notice and its receipt. Notices hereunder to the Companies shall
be addressed to:
Hub Group, Inc.
377 East Butterfield Road, Suite 700
Lombard, Illinois 60148
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (630) 271-3600
Telecopy: (630) 964-3787
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given
by telecopier, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopier number
specified in this Section and a confirmation of such telecopy has been received
by the sender, (ii) if given by mail, five (5) days after such communication is
deposited in the mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested,
addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered at
the addresses specified in this Section; provided that any notice given pursuant
to Section 1 or Section 2 hereof shall be effective only upon receipt.
Section 11.12. Construction. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
or construed to permit any act or omission which is prohibited by the terms of
any of the other Loan Documents, the covenants and agreements contained herein
being in addition to and not in substitution for the covenants and agreements
contained in the other Loan Documents.
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Section 11.13. Headings. Section headings used in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and are not a part of this Agreement for any
other purpose.
Section 11.14. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this
Agreement which 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 or
affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise
thereof does not violate any applicable mandatory provisions of law, and all the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are intended to be
subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which may be controlling
and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents invalid or unenforceable.
Section 11.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto on separate counterpart
signature pages, and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 11.16. Entire Understanding. This Agreement together with the
other Loan Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and any prior agreements, whether written
or oral, with respect thereto are superseded hereby except for prior
understandings related to fees payable to the Agent upon the initial closing of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 11.17. Binding Nature, Governing Law, Etc. This Agreement
shall be binding upon the Companies and its successors and assigns, and shall
inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and the benefit of their
successors and assigns, including any subsequent holder of an interest in the
Obligations. The Companies may not assign their rights hereunder without the
written consent of the Lenders. This Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
internal laws of the State of Illinois without regard to principles of conflicts
of laws.
Section 11.18. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The
Companies hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and of any Illinois State
court sitting in the City of Chicago for purposes of all legal proceedings
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Companies irrevocably waive, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court
and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum. Each Company, the Agent, and each Lender hereby
irrevocably waive any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated
thereby.
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Section 11.19. Confidentiality. Each of the Agent and the Lenders
agrees that it will use its best efforts not to disclose without the prior
consent of the Public Hub Company (other than to its employees, auditors,
counsel or other professional advisors, to Affiliates or to another Lender if
the Lender or such Lender's holding or parent company in its sole discretion
determines that any such party should have access to such information) any
information with respect to the Companies, the Hub Partnerships or any of
Subsidiaries of the Public Hub Company which is furnished pursuant to this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Agent or any Lender may disclose any such
information (a) as has become generally available to the public, (b) as may be
required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any
municipal, state or Federal regulatory body having or claiming to have
jurisdiction over such Lender or to the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or similar organizations (whether in the United
States or elsewhere) or their successors, (c) as may be required or appropriate
in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, to
the extent permitted or deemed advisable by counsel, (d) in order to comply with
any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to the Agent or such Lender and
(e) to any prospective transferee in connection with any contemplated transfer
of any of the Notes or any interest therein by such Lender; further provided,
however, that such prospective transferee executes an agreement with such Lender
containing provisions substantially identical to those contained in this
Section.
Section 11.20. No Third Party Rights. Nothing expressed or implied
herein is intended to give, or shall be construed to give, any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns hereunder,
any benefit or legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by virtue of
this agreement or any under or by virtue of any provisions herein.
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Upon your acceptance hereof in the manner hereinafter set forth, this
Agreement shall constitute a contract between us for the uses and purposes
hereinabove set forth.
Dated as of this 17th day of September, 1997.
HUB GROUP, INC.
By
Its___________________________________________
HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.
By
Its___________________________________________
HUB HOLDINGS, INC.
By
Its___________________________________________
HUB CITY NORTH CENTRAL, L.P.
By: HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.,
Its Sole General Partner
By
Its___________________________________
HUB CITY TENNESSEE, L.P.
By: HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.,
Its Sole General Partner
By
Its___________________________________
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Q.S. OF ILLINOIS, INC.
By
Its____________________________________
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Accepted and Agreed to at Chicago, Illinois as of the day and year last
above written.
Each of the Lenders hereby agrees with each other Lender that if it
should receive or obtain any payment (whether by voluntary payment, by
realization upon collateral, by the exercise of rights of set-off or banker's
lien, by counterclaim or cross action, or by the enforcement of any rights under
this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise) in respect of the
Obligations in a greater amount than such Lender would have received had such
payment been made to the Agent and been distributed among the Lenders as
contemplated by Section 3.5 hereof then in that event the Lender receiving such
disproportionate payment shall purchase for cash without recourse from the other
Lenders an interest in the Obligations of the Companies to such Lenders in such
amount as shall result in a distribution of such payment as contemplated by
Section 3.5 hereof. In the event any payment made to a Lender and shared with
the other Lenders pursuant to the provisions hereof is ever recovered from such
Lender, the Lenders receiving a portion of such payment hereunder shall restore
the same to the payor Lender, but without interest.
Percentage of Commitments:
Commitment: $36,000,000 HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
(100%)
By___________________________________
Name: Scott F. Geik
Title: Vice President
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Scott F. Geik
Telephone: (312) 461-5113
Telecopy: (312) 461-2591
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EXHIBIT A
HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.
HUB HOLDINGS, INC.
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
Chicago, Illinois
$_______________ September 17, 1997
On the Termination Date, for value received, the undersigned, HUB CITY
TERMINALS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Hub Chicago"), and HUB HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation ("Hub Holdings") (Hub Chicago and Hub Holdings being
hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Borrowers") hereby jointly and
severally promise to pay to the order of ________________________ (the
"Lender"), at the principal office of Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago,
Illinois, the principal sum of (i) _______________________ and no/100 Dollars
($___________), or (ii) such lesser amount as may at the time of the maturity
hereof, whether by acceleration or otherwise, be the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of all Revolving Credit Loans owing from the Borrowers to the Lender
under the Revolving Credit provided for in the Credit Agreement hereinafter
mentioned.
This Note evidences loans constituting part of a "Domestic Rate
Portion" and "LIBOR Portions" and as such terms are defined in that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 1997, among the Public Hub Company,
the Borrowers, Harris Trust and Savings Bank, individually and as Agent
thereunder, and the other Lenders which are now or may from time to time
hereafter become parties thereto (said Credit Agreement, as the same may be
amended, modified or restated from time to time, being referred to herein as the
"Credit Agreement") made and to be made to the Borrowers by the Lender under the
Revolving Credit provided for under the Credit Agreement, and the Borrowers
hereby jointly and severally promise to pay interest at the office described
above on each loan evidenced hereby at the rates and at the times and in the
manner specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
Each loan made under the Revolving Credit provided for in the Credit
Agreement by the Lender to the Borrowers against this Note, any repayment of
principal hereon, the status of each such loan from time to time as part of the
Domestic Rate Portion or a LIBOR Portion and, in the case of any LIBOR Portion,
the interest rate and Interest Period applicable thereto shall be endorsed by
the holder hereof on a schedule to this Note or recorded on the books and
records of the holder hereof (provided that such entries shall be endorsed on a
schedule to this Note prior to any negotiation hereof). The Borrowers agree that
in any action or proceeding instituted to collect or enforce collection of this
Note, the entries so endorsed on a schedule to this Note or recorded on the
books and records of the holder hereof shall be prima facie evidence of the
unpaid principal balance of this Note, the Borrower to whom each such loan was
disbursed, the status of each such loan from time to time as part of the
Domestic Rate Portion or a LIBOR Portion, and, in the case of any LIBOR Portion,
the interest rate and Interest Period applicable thereto.
This Note is issued by the Borrowers under the terms and provisions of
the Credit Agreement and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all of
the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which
reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. This Note may be declared to
be, or be and become, due prior to its expressed maturity, voluntary prepayments
may be made hereon, and certain prepayments are required to be made hereon, all
in the events, on the terms and with the effects provided in the Credit
Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
same meanings herein as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrowers hereby jointly and severally promise to pay all costs and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) suffered or incurred by the holder hereof
in collecting this Note or enforcing any rights in any collateral therefor. The
Borrowers hereby waive presentment for payment and demand. This Note shall be
construed in accordance with, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of
Illinois without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.
By
Its____________________________________
HUB HOLDINGS, INC.
By
Its____________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Agent under,
and the Lenders party to, the Credit Agreement
described below
This Compliance Certificate is furnished to the Agent and the Lenders
pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 1997, by and
among Hub Group, Inc. (the "Public Hub Company"), Hub City Terminals, Inc., and
Hub Holdings, Inc. and certain of their affiliates and you (the "Credit
Agreement"). Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance
Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. I am the duly elected _________________________________ of the
Public Hub Company;
2. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and I have
made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the
transactions and conditions of the Hub Group during the accounting period
covered by the attached financial statements;
3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I
have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or the occurrence of any
event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default during or at the end of
the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the
date of this Certificate, except as set forth below;
4. The financial statements required by Section 7.5 of the Credit
Agreement and being furnished to you concurrently with this Certificate fairly
present the consolidated financial condition of the Public Hub Company as at the
dates covered thereby and the consolidated results of their operations and cash
flows for the periods covered thereby in conformity with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis; and
5. The Attachment hereto sets forth financial data and computations
evidencing the Hub Group compliance with certain covenants of the Credit
Agreement, all of which data and computations are, to the best of my knowledge,
true, complete and correct and have been made in accordance with the relevant
Sections of the Credit Agreement.
Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing,
in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it
has existed and the action which the Hub Group has taken, is taking, or proposes
to take with respect to each such condition or event:
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth
in the Attachment hereto and the financial statements delivered with this
Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this _________ day of
__________________ 19___.
HUB GROUP, INC.
By_______________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
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ATTACHMENT TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
HUB GROUP, INC.
HUB CITY TERMINALS, INC.
HUB HOLDINGS, INC.
Compliance Calculations for Credit Agreement
Dated as of September 17, 1997
Calculations as of _____________, 19___
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A. FUNDED DEBT RATIO (SECTION 7.7)
1. Total Funded Debt, as defined ___________________
2. Net Income as defined ___________________
3. Amounts deducted in arriving
at Net Income
in respect of
(a) Interest Expense __________________
(b) Federal, state and
local taxes __________________
(c) Amortization and depreciation __________________
(d) Minority Interest __________________
(e) Non-cash charges __________________
4. Sum of Lines 2, 3(a), 3(b),
3(c), 3(d) and 3(e) ("EBITDA") __________________
5. Ratio of Total Funded Debt (Line 1) to
EBITDA
(Line 4) ("Funded Debt Ratio") :1
==================
6. As listed in Section 7.7, for
the date of this Certificate,
the Funded Debt Ratio must
not be more than 2.5:1
==================
7. Company is in compliance? (Circle yes or no) Yes/No
==================
8. Company in what pricing Level? ==================
B. FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO (SECTION 7.8)
1. EBITDA
(from Line A4 above) __________________
2. Aggregate amount of
payments made on leases
which do not constitute
Capital Leases _________________
3. Aggregate amount
of Capital Expenditures _________________
4. Aggregate amount
of Restricted Payments _________________
5. Aggregate amount of principal
payments required to be
made on Indebtedness for
Borrowed Money _________________
6. Interest Expense as defined _________________
7. Capitalized Lease Obligations
as defined _________________
8. Sum of Lines 5, 6, and 7 ("Fixed
Charges") __________________
9. Ratio of (i)(a) the sum of
Lines 1 and 2 minus (b) the sum
of Lines 3 and 4 to Fixed
Charges (Line 8) ("Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio" :1
==================
10. As listed in Section 7.8, for
the date of this Certificate, the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
must not be less than 1.5:1
==================
11. Company is in compliance? (Circle yes or no) Yes/No
==================
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C. MINIMUM EBITDA (SECTION 7.9)
1. EBITDA (Line A4 above) __________________
2. As listed in Section 7.9, for the date of
this Certificate, EBITDA (Line 1) must
not be less than $33,000,000
==================
3. Company is in compliance?
(Circle yes or no) Yes/No
==================
D. CURRENT RATIO (SECTION 7.10)
1. Current assets __________________
2. Current liabilities __________________
3. Ratio of Line 1 to Line 2
("Current Ratio") :1
==================
4. Current Ratio must be not less than 1.00:1
==================
5. Company is in compliance?
(Circle yes or no) Yes/No
==================
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EXHIBIT C
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
_______________, 19___
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, as
Agent for the Lenders party to the
Credit Agreement dated as of
September 17, 1997 among Hub Group,
Inc., Hub City Terminals, Inc., Hub
Holdings, Inc., certain Guarantors,
such Lenders and such Agent (the
"Credit Agreement")
Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not
defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the
purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.
The undersigned, [name of Guarantor], a [jurisdiction of organization]
[corporation] [partnership], hereby elects to be a "Guarantor" for all purposes
of the Credit Agreement, effective from the date hereof. The undersigned
confirms that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the
Credit Agreement are true and correct as to the undersigned as of the date
hereof.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned
hereby agrees to perform all the obligations of a Guarantor under, and to be
bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit Agreement, including without
limitation Section 10 thereof, to the same extent and with the same force and
effect as if the undersigned were a direct signatory thereto.
[Insert the following when Guarantor is not wholly-owned]
Notwithstanding anything in the Credit Agreement or herein to the
contrary, the liability of the undersigned hereunder is limited to ___________
Dollars ($__________) plus interest on all Revolving Credit Loans hereby
guaranteed plus all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees)
incurred by the Agent or any Lender in enforcing collection hereof.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
By
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
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