Exhibit 10.10
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Published CUSIP Number: 001779AA5
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 10, 2005
among
AMR HOLDCO, INC.
and
EMCARE HOLDCO, INC.,
as Co-Borrowers,
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES L.P.,
as Parent Guarantor,
and
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE CO-BORROWERS,
as Subsidiary Guarantors,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender,
L/C Issuer and Collateral Agent,
The Other Lenders Party Hereto,
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunning Managers,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent,
and
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms.................................................................... 1
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.................................................... 39
1.03 Accounting Terms................................................................. 39
1.04 Rounding......................................................................... 40
1.05 Times of Day..................................................................... 40
1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts......................................................... 40
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Term Loans and Revolving Loans................................................... 40
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Loans and Term Loans...... 41
2.03 Letters of Credit................................................................ 43
2.04 Swing Line Loans................................................................. 50
2.05 Prepayments...................................................................... 53
2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.......................................... 57
2.07 Repayment of Loans............................................................... 57
2.08 Interest......................................................................... 59
2.09 Fees............................................................................. 60
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees................................................. 60
2.11 Evidence of Debt................................................................. 60
2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent's Clawback.............................. 61
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders................................................... 63
2.14 Increase in Commitments.......................................................... 64
2.15 Joint and Several Liability...................................................... 65
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 Taxes............................................................................ 65
3.02 Illegality....................................................................... 67
3.03 Inability to Determine Rates..................................................... 68
3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans............................... 68
3.05 Compensation for Losses.......................................................... 70
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders................................... 71
3.07 Survival......................................................................... 71
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension........................................... 71
4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.............................................. 77
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws......................... 78
5.02 Authorization; No Contravention.................................................. 78
5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents....................................... 78
5.04 Binding Effect................................................................... 79
5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect................................. 79
5.06 Litigation....................................................................... 80
5.07 No Default....................................................................... 80
5.08 Properties....................................................................... 80
5.09 Environmental Matters............................................................ 81
5.10 Insurance........................................................................ 83
5.11 Taxes............................................................................ 83
5.12 ERISA Compliance................................................................. 83
5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests................................................... 83
5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act... 84
5.15 Disclosure....................................................................... 84
5.16 Compliance with Laws............................................................. 84
5.17 Solvency......................................................................... 84
5.18 Security Documents............................................................... 85
5.19 Use of Proceeds.................................................................. 86
5.20 Acquisition Documents; Representations and Warranties in Acquisition Agreement... 86
5.21 Anti-Terrorism Law............................................................... 86
5.22 Senior Debt...................................................................... 87
5.23 Government Consents for Conduct of Business...................................... 87
5.24 Material Agreements.............................................................. 88
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
6.01 Financial Statements............................................................. 88
6.02 Certificates; Other Information.................................................. 90
6.03 Notices.......................................................................... 92
6.04 Payment of Obligations........................................................... 92
6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. ................................................. 92
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6.06 Maintenance of Properties........................................................ 93
6.07 Maintenance of Insurance......................................................... 93
6.08 Compliance with Laws............................................................. 94
6.09 Books and Records................................................................ 94
6.10 Inspection Rights................................................................ 95
6.11 Use of Proceeds.................................................................. 95
6.12 Compliance with Environmental Laws............................................... 95
6.13 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors..................................... 96
6.14 Security Interests; Further Assurances........................................... 97
6.15 Information Regarding Collateral................................................. 97
6.16 Post-Closing Collateral Matters.................................................. 98
6.17 Interest Rate Protection......................................................... 98
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
7.01 Liens............................................................................ 98
7.02 Investments...................................................................... 101
7.03 Indebtedness..................................................................... 102
7.04 Fundamental Changes.............................................................. 104
7.05 Asset Sales...................................................................... 104
7.06 Restricted Payments.............................................................. 105
7.07 Change in Nature of Business..................................................... 107
7.08 Transactions with Affiliates..................................................... 107
7.09 Burdensome Agreements............................................................ 107
7.10 Use of Proceeds.................................................................. 108
7.11 Financial Covenants.............................................................. 109
7.12 Capital Expenditures............................................................. 112
7.13 Acquisitions..................................................................... 112
7.14 Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organization Documents and
Other Documents, etc. ........................................................ 113
7.15 Accounting Changes............................................................... 113
7.16 Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering........................................ 113
7.17 Embargoed Person................................................................. 114
7.18 Accounts......................................................................... 114
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01 Events of Default................................................................ 114
8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default................................................... 116
8.03 Application of Funds............................................................. 117
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ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
9.01 Appointment and Authority........................................................ 118
9.02 Rights as a Lender............................................................... 118
9.03 Exculpatory Provisions........................................................... 119
9.04 Reliance by Agents............................................................... 119
9.05 Delegation of Duties............................................................. 120
9.06 Resignation of Agent............................................................. 120
9.07 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders.......................................... 121
9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. ........................................................... 121
9.09 Agent May File Proofs of Claim................................................... 121
9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.................................................. 122
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.01 Amendments, Etc. ................................................................ 122
10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication................................. 124
10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies................................................... 125
10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver............................................... 125
10.05 Payments Set Aside............................................................... 127
10.06 Successors and Assigns........................................................... 128
10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality................................ 133
10.08 Right of Setoff.................................................................. 134
10.09 Interest Rate Limitation......................................................... 134
10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness......................................... 134
10.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties....................................... 135
10.12 Severability..................................................................... 135
10.13 Replacement of Lenders........................................................... 135
10.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. ............................................... 136
10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial............................................................. 137
10.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice........................................................... 137
10.17 Right of Contribution............................................................ 137
SIGNATURES ................................................................................. S-1
SCHEDULES
1.01 Laidlaw Management Fees
2.01 Commitments
4.01(i) Environmental Reports
4.01(n)(iii) Title Insurance Amounts
5.05 Material Indebtedness
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5.06 Certain Litigation
5.09 Environmental Matters
5.10 Insurance
5.13 Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments
5.24 Material Agreements
6.16 Post-Closing Collateral Matters
7.01 Existing Liens
7.03 Existing Indebtedness
7.08 Transactions with Affiliates
10.02 Administrative Agent's Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Committed Loan Notice
Exhibit B Form of Swing Line Loan Notice
Exhibit C-1 Form of Term Loan Note
Exhibit C-2 Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit D Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit F-1 Form of Parent Guaranty
Exhibit F-2 Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
Exhibit G Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit H Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit J Form of Mortgage
Exhibit K Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit L Form of Letter Agreement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into as of February 10,
2005, among AMR HOLDCO, INC., a Delaware corporation ("AMR Holdco"), EMCARE
HOLDCO, INC., a Delaware corporation ("EmCare Holdco"; each of AMR Holdco and
EmCare Holdco is herein referred to as a "Borrower" and, together, as the
"Borrowers"), EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Holdings"), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the
"Lenders" and individually, a "Lender"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer and Collateral Agent, BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Bookrunning Managers, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Syndication Agent, and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and GENERAL ELECTRIC
CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Co-Documentation Agents.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, the Equity Investors have agreed to
acquire (the "Acquisition") for approximately $836,100,000, directly or
indirectly, all of the equity interests (other than the Management Rollover
Equity (as defined below)) of each of the Borrowers from their existing
shareholders (the "Sellers"). In connection with the Acquisition, the Equity
Investors will make a cash contribution of not less than $215,000,000 to the
common equity of Holdings, which will in turn contribute such amount to the
Borrowers (the "Equity Contribution"), and the Borrowers will issue senior
subordinated unsecured notes yielding gross cash proceeds of $250,000,000.
The Borrowers and Holdings have requested that (a) immediately prior to
the consummation of the Acquisition, the Term Loan Lenders make Term Loans to
the Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000 to pay a portion
of the cash consideration required to consummate the Acquisition, to refinance
certain existing indebtedness of the Borrowers and to pay fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the Transactions and (b) from time to time, the
Revolving Loan Lenders lend to the Borrowers and the L/C Issuer issue Letters of
Credit for the account of the Borrowers under a $100,000,000 revolving credit
facility for the Borrowers.
The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the
L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to so issue Letters of Credit, in each
case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
"Acquisition" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
"Acquisition Consideration" means the purchase consideration for any
Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any
Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests
or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the
consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future
time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any
contingency, and includes the Borrowers' reasonable estimate of any and all
payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness,
"earn-outs" and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or
the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon
the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any person or
business; provided that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency
shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve,
if any, required under GAAP at the time of such sale to be established in
respect thereof by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Acquisition Documents" means the collective reference to the Purchase
Agreements and the other documents contemplated thereby relating to the
Acquisition.
"Additional Term Loans" has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
"Administrative Agent" means Bank of America in its capacity as
administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
administrative agent.
"Administrative Agent's Office" means the Administrative Agent's address
and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other
address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to
the Borrowers and the Lenders.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
"Agents" means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent; and "Agent" shall mean any of
them.
"Aggregate Commitments" means, collectively, the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments and the Aggregate Term Loan Commitments.
"Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments" means the Revolving Loan
Commitments of all of the Revolving Loan Lenders.
"Aggregate Term Loan Commitments" means the Term Loan Commitments of all
of the Term Loan Lenders.
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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"AMR" means American Medical Response, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"AMR Holdco" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraphs
hereto.
"Anti-Terrorism Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 5.21.
"Applicable Rate" means (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan, (i) until
the delivery of financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2005,
2.75% per annum, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and 1.75% per annum, in
the case of Base Rate Loans, and (ii) thereafter, the following percentages per
annum, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent
Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
6.02(b):
APPLICABLE RATE
Revolving Loans
Eurodollar
Rate and
Pricing Total Letter of
Level Leverage Ratio Credit Fees Base Rate
1 Greater than 5.00 to 1.00 3.00% 2.00%
2 Greater than 4.50 to 1.00
but less than 5.00 to 1.00 2.75% 1.75%
3 Greater than 4.00 to 1.00
but less than 4.50 to 1.00 2.50% 1.50%
4 Greater than 3.50 to 1.00
but less than 4.00 to 1.00 2.25% 1.25%
5 Less than 3.50 to 1.00 2.00% 1.00%
and (b) with respect to any Term Loan, 2.75% per annum, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, and 1.75% per annum, in the case of Base Rate Loans;
provided that if the Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent
Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
6.02(b) is less than 4.0 to 1.0, the Applicable Rate shall be 2.50% per annum,
in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and 1.50% in the case of Base Rate Loans.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the
Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day
immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 6.02(b); provided that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when
due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the
first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was
required to have been delivered until such time as such Compliance Certificate
is delivered.
"Appropriate Lender" means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any
Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit
Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued
pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Loan Lenders and (c) with respect to
the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line
Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Loan Lenders.
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"Approved Fund" means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
"Arrangers" means Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., in their respective capacities as joint lead arrangers and
joint bookrunning managers.
"Asset Sale" means (a) any conveyance, sale, lease, sublease, assignment,
transfer or other disposition (including by way of merger or consolidation and
including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property excluding sales of
inventory and dispositions of Cash Equivalents, in each case, in the ordinary
course of business, by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any issuance
or sale of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of Holdings, in the case of
clauses (a) and (b) of this definition, to any person other than (i) the
Borrowers, (ii) any Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii) other than for purposes of
Section 7.05, any other Subsidiary.
"Assignment and Assumption" means an assignment and assumption entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of each party whose
consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative
Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
"Attributable Indebtedness" means, on any date, (a) in respect of any
capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on
a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP,
and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of
the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if
such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
"Audited Financial Statements" means (i) the audited consolidated balance
sheet of AMR and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2004 and
the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders'
equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of AMR and its Subsidiaries,
including the notes thereto, and (ii) the audited consolidated balance sheet of
EmCare and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2004 and the
related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity
and cash flows for such fiscal year of EmCare and its Subsidiaries, including
the notes thereto.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the Closing Date
to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (b) the date of
termination of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Section
2.06(a) and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Loan
Lender (including each Swing Line Lender) to make Revolving Loans (including
Swing Line Loans) and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
"Bank of America" means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
"Base Rate" means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest
in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of
America as its "prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank of America
based upon various factors including Bank of America's costs and desired
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return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below
such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall
take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public
announcement of such change.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
"Base Rate Revolving Loan" means a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate
Loan.
"Base Rate Term Loan" means a Term Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
"Borrower" and "Borrowers" have the meanings specified in the introductory
paragraphs hereto.
"Borrower Materials" has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
"Borrowing" means a Term Loan Borrowing, a Revolving Loan Borrowing or a
Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent's Office is located and, if
such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which
dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market.
"Capital Expenditures" means, for any Person for any period, the sum of
all expenditures made by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries during such
period for equipment, fixed assets, real property or improvements, or for
replacements or substitutions therefore or additions thereto, that should be, in
accordance with GAAP, reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment on
a consolidated balance sheet of such Person but excluding (i) expenditures made
in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of property
pursuant to Section 2.05(f) or reinvestments as contemplated by Section
2.05(c)(ii), (ii) any such portion of such increase attributable solely to
acquisitions of property, plant and equipment in Permitted Acquisitions and
(iii) expenditures made with the proceeds of Excluded Issuances.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person shall mean the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Collateralize" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
"Cash Equivalents" shall mean, as to any Person, (a) United States dollars
(including such dollars as are held as overnight bank deposits and demand
deposits with banks); (b) securities issued, or directly, unconditionally and
fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the
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United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than
one year from the date of acquisition by such Person; (c) time deposit accounts,
term deposit accounts, money market deposit accounts, bankers acceptances,
eurodollar time deposits, time deposits and certificates of deposit of any
Lender or any commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking
subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia having, capital and
surplus aggregating in excess of $500,000,000; (d) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described
in clause (b) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (c) above, which repurchase obligations are secured by a
valid perfected security interest in the underlying securities; (e) commercial
paper issued by any Person incorporated in the United States rated at least A-2
or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor's Rating Service or at least P-2 or
the equivalent thereof by Moody's Investors Service Inc., and in each case
maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition by such Person;
(f) investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are
comprised of investments of the types described in clauses (a) through (e)
above; (g) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, Investments made locally of a
type comparable to those described in clauses (a)-(f) of this definition; and
(h) solely with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, any investment that Person
is permitted to make in accordance with applicable law.
"Cash Interest Expense" means, for any period, Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period, less, without duplication, the sum of (a) interest on
any debt paid by the increase in the principal amount of such debt including by
issuance of additional debt of such kind, (b) items described in clause (c) or,
other than to the extent paid in cash, clause (f) of the definition of
Consolidated Interest Expense, (c) gross interest income of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries (excluding interest income on finance receivables) for such period,
(d) any other non-cash items that would otherwise be included in Consolidated
Interest Expense and (e) any cash items related to the Transactions that would
otherwise be included in Consolidated Interest Expense that are capitalized and
amortized in a future period.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.
"Change in Law" means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of
any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or
in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or
(c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
"Change of Control" means an event or series of events by which:
(a) Holdings at any time ceases to directly own 100% of the Equity
Interests of either Borrower or the Borrowers cease to directly own 100%
of the Equity Interests of each of AMR and EmCare;
(b) at any time a change of control occurs under the Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture;
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(c) prior to an IPO, (i) the Permitted Holders cease to own, or to
have the power to vote or direct the voting of, Voting Stock of Holdings
representing a majority of the voting power of the total outstanding
Voting Stock of Holdings or (ii) the Permitted Holders cease to own Equity
Interests representing a majority of the total economic interests of the
Equity Interests of Holdings;
(d) following an IPO, (i) the Permitted Holders shall fail to own,
or to have the power to vote or direct the voting of, Voting Stock of
Holdings representing more than 35% of the voting power of the total
outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings, or (ii) any "person" or "group" (as
such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other
than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for
purposes of this clause such person or group shall be deemed to have
"beneficial ownership" of all securities that such person or group has the
right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of
Holdings representing more voting power than the voting power represented
by the Voting Stock of Holdings beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Permitted Holders; or
(e) following an IPO, during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of
Directors of Holdings (together with any new directors whose election to
such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election was approved by a
vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Holdings or
who was nominated for election by a Permitted Holder, which members
comprising such majority are then still in office and were either
directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings provided that
a Change in Control under this clause (e) shall not be deemed to have
occurred if and for so long as the Permitted Holders have power to elect a
majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings.
For purposes of this definition, a person shall not be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of Equity Interests subject to a stock purchase agreement,
merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by such agreement.
"Class" (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such
Lenders are Revolving Loan Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, (b) when used with
respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Loan
Commitments or Term Loan Commitments and (c) when used with respect to Loans or
a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Term Loans.
"Closing Date" means the date hereof.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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"Collateral" shall mean, collectively, all of the Security Agreement
Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other property of whatever kind and
nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any
Security Document.
"Collateral Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble hereto.
"Commitment" means, as to each Lender, such Lender's Revolving Loan
Commitment or Term Loan Commitment, or both of them, as the case may be.
"Committed Loan Notice" means a notice of (a) a Term Loan Borrowing, (b) a
Revolving Loan Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other,
or (d) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a),
which, if in writing, shall be executed by both Borrowers and substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit D.
"Confidential Information Memorandum" shall mean that certain confidential
information memorandum with respect to the Borrowers dated January 2005.
"Consolidated Amortization Expense" shall mean, for any period, the
amortization expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Current Assets" shall mean, as at any date of determination,
the total assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries which may properly be
classified as current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.
"Consolidated Current Liabilities" shall mean, as at any date of
determination, the total liabilities of Holdings and its Subsidiaries which may
properly be classified as current liabilities (other than the current portion of
any Loans) on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Depreciation Expense" shall mean, for any period, the
depreciation expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITDA" shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income
for such period, adjusted by (x) adding thereto, in each case only to the extent
(and in the same proportion) deducted in determining such Consolidated Net
Income:
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,
(b) Consolidated Amortization Expense for such period,
(c) Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such period,
(d) Consolidated Tax Expense for such period,
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(e) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions
prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date (not to exceed
$30,000,000);
(f) Laidlaw Management Fees for such period,
(g) management fees paid for such period pursuant to the Management
Agreement in compliance with Section 7.08,
(h) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash charges reducing
Consolidated Net Income (excluding any non-cash charge that results in an
accrual of a reserve for cash charges in any future period) for such
period, and
(y) subtracting therefrom (i) the aggregate amount of all non-cash items
increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than (A) the accrual of revenue or
recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business and (B) the reversal
of any accrual of a reserve referred to clause (h) of this definition) for such
period and (ii) gross interest income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
(excluding interest income on finance receivables) for such period.
Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated to exclude the consolidated net
income of any Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Guarantor except to the
extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash to
Holdings during such period.
Other than for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated
EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to the
Acquisition, any Permitted Acquisitions and Asset Sales (other than any
dispositions in the ordinary course of business) consummated at any time on or
after the first day of the Test Period thereof as if the Acquisition and each
such Permitted Acquisition had been effected on the first day of such period and
as if each such Asset Sales had been consummated on the day prior to the first
day of such period.
For purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.11, any equity
contribution (which such equity shall be common equity or other equity on terms
and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Lenders) made to Holdings by the
Sponsor or its Controlled Investment Affiliates or any other Equity Investor
after the Closing Date and on or prior to the day that is 10 days after the day
on which financial statements are required to be delivered for a fiscal quarter
will, at the request of the Borrowers, be included in the calculation of EBITDA
for the purposes of determining compliance with financial covenants at the end
of such fiscal quarter and applicable subsequent periods (any such equity
contribution so included in the calculation of EBITDA, a "Specified Equity
Contribution"); provided that (a) in any four fiscal quarter period, no more
than two Specified Equity Contributions shall be made, (b) the amount of any
Specified Equity Contribution shall be no greater than the amount required to
cause Holdings to be in compliance with the financial covenants and (c) no debt
repaid with the proceeds of any such Specified Equity Contribution shall be
deemed repaid for purposes of calculating any leverage ratio for the period in
respect of which such contribution was made.
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" shall mean, for any Test
Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period less the
amount of Capital Expenditures for such
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Test Period that are not financed through the incurrence of Indebtedness (other
than borrowings of Revolving Loans) to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such
Test Period.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall mean, for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of
(a) Cash Interest Expense for such period;
(b) all cash payments in respect of income taxes made during such
period (net of any cash refund in respect of income taxes actually
received during such period); and
(c) the principal amount of all scheduled amortization payments on
all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period (as
determined on the first day of the respective period).
"Consolidated Indebtedness" shall mean, as at any date of determination,
the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness and all L/C Obligations of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
but excluding Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries of the type referred
to in clause (b) or (c) of the definition of "Indebtedness."
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for any period, the total
consolidated interest expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP plus, without
duplication:
(a) imputed interest on Attributable Indebtedness of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries for such period;
(b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit
securing financial obligations, bankers' acceptance financing and
receivables financings for such period;
(c) amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium
and other financing fees and expenses incurred by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries for such period;
(d) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued
operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;
(e) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;
(f) all interest on any Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries of the type described in clause (e) of the definition of
"Indebtedness" for such period, but only to the extent actually paid or
payable by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided that Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated after giving
effect to Swap Contracts (including associated costs), but excluding unrealized
gains and losses with respect to Swap Contracts.
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Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to
give effect to any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or permanently repaid or
extinguished since the first day of the relevant Test Period in connection with
the Acquisition, any Permitted Acquisition and Asset Sales (other than any
dispositions in the ordinary course of business) as if such incurrence,
assumption, repayment or extinguishing had been effected on the first day of
such period.
"Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net
income (or loss) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such
net income (to the extent otherwise included therein), without duplication:
(a) the net income (or loss) of any person (other than a Subsidiary
of Holdings) in which any person other than Holdings and its Subsidiaries
has an ownership interest, except to the extent that cash in an amount
equal to any such income has actually been received by Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries during such period;
(b) any gain (or loss), together with any related provisions for
taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), realized
during such period by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries upon any Asset
Sales (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values
and the related tax effects determined in accordance with GAAP for such
period;
(d) earnings resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up
of assets, except to the extent previously written down;
(e) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Swap Contracts for
such period; and
(f) any extraordinary or non-recurring gain (or loss), together with
any related provision for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any
such loss), recorded or recognized by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
during such period.
"Consolidated Tax Expense" shall mean, for any period, the tax expense of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, for such period, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument, contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other undertaking to which such Person is
a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
"Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Controlled Investment Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other
Person which directly or indirectly is in Control of, is Controlled by, or is
under common Control with, such Person
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and is organized by such Person (or any Person Controlling such Person)
primarily for making equity or debt investments in Holdings or other Persons.
"Credit Extension" means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an
L/C Credit Extension.
"Debt Issuance" shall mean the incurrence by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than as permitted
by Section 7.03 (other than Section 7.03 (k)).
"Debt Service" means, for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such
period plus scheduled principal amortization of all Indebtedness for such
period.
"Debtor Relief Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and
all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other
applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
"Default" means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both,
would be an Event of Default.
"Default Rate" means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b)
the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per
annum; provided that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable
Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any
portion of the Revolving Loans, Term Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or
participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within
one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the
date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or (c) has been deemed
insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
proceeding.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" shall mean any Equity Interest which, by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which
it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding
any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or
is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or
prior to the 91st day following the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) is convertible
into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i)
debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in (a) above, in each
case at any time on or prior to the 91st day following the Term Loan Maturity
Date, or (c) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior
to payment in full of all Obligations (other than indemnity obligations under
the Loan Documents that are not then due and payable and for which no events or
claims that could give rise
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thereto are then pending or outstanding) other than repurchase obligations with
respect to Holdings' common Equity Interests issued to employees, officers and
directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries which provide that any repurchase
obligation shall not be effective during the continuance of an Event of Default
or if such repurchase of Holdings' Equity Interests would not otherwise be
permitted by this Agreement or would result in an Event of Default under this
Agreement; provided that any Equity Interests that would not constitute
Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or
the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests is
convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer
thereof to redeem such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in
control or an asset sale occurring prior to the 91st day following the Term Loan
Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity
Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Equity
Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the repayment in full of the
Obligations (other than indemnity obligations under the Loan Documents that are
not then due and payable and for which no events or claims that could give rise
thereto are then pending or outstanding).
"Dollar" and "$" mean lawful money of the United States.
"Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c)
an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person)
approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) in the case of any assignment of
all or a portion of a Revolving Loan Commitment or Revolving Loans, or both, as
the case may be, (A) the L/C Issuer and (B) the Swing Line Lender, (iii) in the
case of any assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Loan Commitment or
Revolving Loans, or both, as the case may be, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers (each such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing,
"Eligible Assignee" shall not include the Permitted Holders, the Borrowers or
any of the Permitted Holders' or the Borrowers' Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
"EmCare" means EmCare Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"EmCare Holdco" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
"Employee Benefit Plan" shall mean an employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is maintained or contributed to by either Borrower
or a Subsidiary, or with respect to which either Borrower or a Subsidiary could
incur liability.
"Environment" shall mean ambient air, surface water and groundwater
(including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or
subsurface strata, natural resources, the workplace or as otherwise defined in
any Environmental Law.
"Environmental Claim" shall mean any claim, notice, demand, order, action,
suit, proceeding or other communication alleging liability for investigation,
remediation, removal, cleanup, response, corrective action, damages to natural
resources, personal injury, property damage, fines, penalties or other costs
resulting from, related to or arising out of (i) the presence, Release or
threatened Release in or into the Environment of Hazardous Material at any
location or (ii) any violation of Environmental Law, and shall include any claim
seeking damages, contribution,
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indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting
from, related to or arising out of the presence, Release or threatened Release
of Hazardous Material or alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or
the Environment.
"Environmental Law" shall mean any and all applicable present and future
treaties, laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, decrees, orders,
judgments, consent orders, consent decrees, code or other binding requirements,
and the common law, relating to protection of public health or the Environment,
the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material, natural resource damage
or occupational safety or health, and any and all Environmental Permits.
"Environmental Permit" shall mean any permit, license, approval, consent
or other authorization required by or from a Governmental Authority under
Environmental Law.
"Equity Contribution" has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraphs hereto.
"Equity Issuance" shall mean, without duplication, (i) any issuance or
sale by Holdings after the Closing Date of any Equity Interests in Holdings
(including any Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option)
or any warrants or options to purchase Equity Interests or (ii) any contribution
to the capital of Holdings; provided that "Equity Issuance" shall not include
any Excluded Issuance.
"Equity Interest" means, with respect to any person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests
(however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person,
including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether
general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a
person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
distributions of property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date
hereof or issued after the Closing Date, but excluding debt securities
convertible or exchangeable into such equity.
"Equity Investors" means, collectively, the Permitted Holders and
officers, employees and directors of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with either Borrower within the meaning of
section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for
purposes of provisions relating to section 412 of the Code).
"ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by either Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by either Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or
4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of
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proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e)
an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for
the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV
of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007
of ERISA, upon either Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (g) the existence with
respect to any Pension Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined
in Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, the failure to make by its
due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to
any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a
Multiemployer Plan; (h) the making of any amendment to any Pension Plan which
could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other
security; or (i) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within
the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could
result in liability to either Borrower.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Interest Period with respect to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers
Association LIBOR Rate ("BBA LIBOR"), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by
the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for
deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is
not available at such time for any reason, then the "Eurodollar Rate" for such
Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate
amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted with a
term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America's
London Branch (or other Bank of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in
the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
"Eurodollar Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on
the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan" means a Revolving Loan that bears
interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate Term Loan" means a Term Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate
Loan.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
"Excess Cash Flow" shall mean, for any Excess Cash Flow Period,
Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, without
duplication:
(a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period;
(b) permanent repayments (together with, in the case of a revolving
credit commitment, permanent commitment reductions) of Indebtedness (so
long as not already
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reflected in Debt Service) made by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during
such Excess Cash Flow Period;
(c) Capital Expenditures during such Excess Cash Flow Period
(excluding Capital Expenditures made in such Excess Cash Flow Period where
a certificate in the form contemplated by the following clause (d) was
previously delivered with respect to such Capital Expenditures) that are
paid in cash;
(d) Capital Expenditures that Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
shall, during such Excess Cash Flow Period, become obligated to make but
that are not made during such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided that
Holdings shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later
than 90 days after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, signed by a
Responsible Officer of Holdings and certifying that such Capital
Expenditures will be made in the following Excess Cash Flow Period;
(e) the aggregate amount of investments made in cash during such
period pursuant to Sections 7.02(b), 7.02(f), 7.02(k), 7.02(m) and
7.02(n);
(f) taxes (and any related interest or penalties) of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries that were paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow
Period or will be paid within six months after the end of such Excess Cash
Flow Period and for which reserves have been established;
(g) Permitted Tax Distributions that are paid during the respective
Excess Cash Flow Period or will be paid within six months after the close
of such Excess Cash Flow Period;
(h) the absolute value of the difference, if negative, of the amount
of Net Working Capital at the end of the prior Excess Cash Flow Period
over the amount of Net Working Capital at the end of such Excess Cash Flow
Period;
(i) if not deducted in determining Consolidated EBITDA, the
management fee paid during such Excess Cash Flow Period pursuant to the
Management Agreement in compliance with Section 7.08);
(j) losses excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income
by operation of clause (b) or (f) of the definition thereof that are paid
in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period and Transaction costs and
expenses added back to the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to
clause (e) of the definition thereof not to exceed $4,000,000 and clause
(h) of the definition thereof; and
(k) payments and capital contributions made to any Insurance
Subsidiary to comply with capital regulatory requirements or other
independent third party business or regulatory requirements, in each case
complying with Section 7.08 and to the extent such payments have not
otherwise reduced Consolidated Net Income;
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provided that any amount deducted pursuant of any of the foregoing clauses that
will be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period shall not be
deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period; plus, without
duplication:
(i) the difference, if positive, of the amount of Net Working
Capital at the end of the prior Excess Cash Flow Period over the amount of
Net Working Capital at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period;
(ii) all proceeds received during such Excess Cash Flow Period of
any Indebtedness to the extent used to finance any Capital Expenditure
(other than Indebtedness under this Agreement to the extent there is no
corresponding deduction to Excess Cash Flow above in respect of the use of
such borrowings and all proceeds received during such Excess Cash Flow
Period from any Excluded Issuances to the extent used to finance any
Capital Expenditure);
(iii) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures referred to
in clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess Cash Flow Period specified
in the certificate of Holdings provided pursuant to clause (d) above, such
amounts of Capital Expenditures that were not so made in the Excess Cash
Flow Period specified in such certificates;
(iv) any return on or in respect of investments received in cash
during such period, which investments were made pursuant to Sections
7.02(b), (f), (k), (m) and (n);
(v) income or gain excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net
Income by operation of clause (c) or (f) of the definition thereof that is
realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period (except to the extent
such gain is subject to Sections 2.05(c), (d), (e) or (f)); and
(vi) if deducted in the computation of Consolidated EBITDA, interest
income.
"Excess Cash Flow Period" means each fiscal year of Holdings, commencing
with the fiscal year ending August 31, 2006.
"Excluded Account" means (i) any Deposit Account or Securities Account (as
such terms are defined in the Security Agreement) the balance of which is
transferred at the end of each day to a Deposit Account or Securities Account
that is subject to the Collateral Agent's Control (as defined in the Security
Agreement) as required by the Security Agreement, (ii) payroll accounts and
(iii) any Deposit Account in which the balance thereof, together with the
balance of all other Deposit Accounts excluded pursuant to this clause (iii), at
no time exceeds $2,000,000 in the aggregate.
"Excluded Issuance" means an issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock
of Holdings to (i) (a) the Equity Investors (including any Equity Interests
issued upon exercise of any warrant or option) and (b) any contribution by the
Equity Investors to the capital of Holdings in respect of its Capital Stock, in
the case of each of (a) and (b), to the extent such Qualified Capital Stock is
used, or the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be, within 45 days of the
consummation of such issuance and sale, used, without duplication, to finance
Capital Expenditures or one or more Permitted Acquisitions, or (ii) employees,
directors and officers of the Loan Parties in an aggregate
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amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in net cash proceeds (net of amounts received by
Holdings pursuant to Section 7.06(h)).
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or
measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes
imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by any jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or is otherwise subject to such Taxes by reason of a connection with
such jurisdiction without regard to any connection deemed to arise by reason of
the transactions contemplated hereby or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is
located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which either Borrower is
located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant
to a request by the Borrowers under Section 10.13), any U.S. Federal withholding
tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such
Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is
attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure or inability (other than as a
result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent
that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of
designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional
amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 3.01(a); provided that this clause (c) shall not apply to any Tax
imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan
or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section
2.13.
"Executive Order" has the meaning specified in Section 5.21.
"Extraordinary Receipts" means any receipt by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any
equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to
replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property, excluding any
cash receipts obtained in the ordinary course of business.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on
the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded
upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of
America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
"Fee Letter" means the Fee Letter, dated December 6, 2004, among the
Sponsor, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Syndication Agent.
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which either Borrower is resident for tax
purposes. For purposes of this definition,
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the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be
deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of either
Borrower which is not organized under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia.
"FRB" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States.
"Fund" means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other
principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States or any
other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including
any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
"Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements" shall mean any
Requirement of Law of any Governmental Authority requiring notification of the
buyer, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or other transferee of any Real Property or
notification, registration or filing to or with any Governmental Authority, in
connection with the sale, lease, mortgage, assignment or other transfer
(including any transfer of control) of any Real Property, of the actual or
threatened presence or Release in or into the Environment, or the use, disposal
or handling of Hazardous Material on, at, under or near the Real Property to be
sold, leased, mortgaged, assigned or transferred.
"Granting Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(h).
"Guarantee" means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by
another Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i)
to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of
income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor
to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such
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Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part),
excluding endorsements or instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business, or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right,
contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such
Lien). The amount of any Guarantee (i) shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion
thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith and (ii) in the case of any
Indebtedness or other obligation which is not assumed by such Person as set
forth in clause (b) of the previous sentence, shall not exceed the fair market
value of the assets securing such Indebtedness or other obligation. The term
"Guarantee" as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantors" means, collectively, Holdings and each existing and future
direct and indirect Subsidiary of either Borrower, other than (i) any Foreign
Subsidiary and (ii) any Insurance Subsidiary.
"Guaranty" means, collectively, the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary
Guaranty.
"Hazardous Materials" shall mean the following: hazardous substances;
hazardous wastes; polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") or any substance or
compound containing PCBs; asbestos or any asbestos-containing materials in any
form or condition; radon or any other radioactive materials including any
source, special nuclear or by-product material; petroleum, crude oil or any
fraction thereof; and any other pollutant or contaminant or chemicals, wastes,
materials, compounds, constituents or substances, subject to regulation or which
can give rise to liability under any Environmental Laws.
"Honor Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
"Holdings" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
"Improvements" means all on-site and off-site improvements to the
Property, constructed on the Property, together with all fixtures, tenant
improvements, and appurtenances now or later to be located on the Property
and/or in such improvements.
"Indebtedness" means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising
under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers'
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
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(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract to the
extent required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the
ordinary course of business not past due for more than 90 days after its
stated due date (except for trade accounts contested in good faith) and
other than accrued liabilities);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a
Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including
indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention
agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by
such Person or is limited in recourse but, in the case of Indebtedness
which is not assumed by such Person, limited to the fair market value of
such property;
(f) Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
provided that all such obligations which are limited in recourse to the
property subject to such Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease shall be
included in Indebtedness only to the extent of the fair market value of
such property on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP;
(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire,
defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified
Capital Stock of such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a
redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person
is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly
made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any
Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value
thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease
Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable
Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date. In no event will obligations in
respect of Capital Stock constitute Indebtedness hereunder except as provided in
clause (g) above.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
"Information" means all information, other than the Projections, that has
been made available to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender by
the Sponsor or any of its representatives (or on either party's behalf) or by
the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or representatives (or on their
behalf) in connection with any aspect of the Transactions.
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"Insurance Policies" shall mean the insurance policies and coverages
required to be maintained by each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged
Property with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section
6.07 and all renewals and extensions thereof.
"Insurance Requirements" shall mean, collectively, all provisions of the
Insurance Policies, all requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance
Policies and all orders, rules, regulations and any other requirements of the
National Board of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar
functions) binding upon each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property
and applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition thereof.
"Insurance Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of a Borrower (including,
without limitation, EMCA Insurance Company Ltd.) that is engaged solely in the
medical malpractice insurance business, workers compensation and other insurance
business for the underwriting of insurance policies for, or for the benefit of,
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and Related Professional Corporations and those
employees, officers, directors and contractors of the foregoing Persons who
provide professional medical services to patients.
"Interest Payment Date" means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be;
provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three
months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of
such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any
Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each
February, May, August and November and the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or Term
Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be.
"Interest Period" means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, (i) the period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or
six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrowers in their Committed Loan
Notice or (ii) the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is
disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on
the date nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrowers in their
Committed Loan Notice and consented to by all the Lenders; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is
not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Loan
Maturity Date, in the case of an Interest Period applicable to Revolving
Loans, or the Term Loan Maturity Date, in the case of an Interest Period
applicable to Term Loans.
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"Investment" means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition
or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of capital stock or other equity interests of another Person or (b)
a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of,
or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or
interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest
in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor
Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person. For purposes of covenant
compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested,
without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment less the amount of all cash returns of principal or capital thereon,
cash dividends thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon or
liabilities expressly assumed by another Person (other than Borrower or another
Subsidiary of Borrower) in connection with the sale of such Investment.
"IPO" shall mean the first underwritten public offering by Holdings of its
Equity Interests after the Closing Date pursuant to a registration statement
filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933.
"IP Rights" has the meaning specified in Section 5.17.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"ISP" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the "International
Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
"Issuer Documents" means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter
Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered
into by the L/C Issuer and either Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor the
L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
"Joinder Agreement" shall mean a joinder agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit K.
"Laidlaw Management Fees" means, for any period set forth on Schedule 1.01
hereto, each of which ends prior to the Closing Date, the charges recorded by
the Borrowers as management fees to Laidlaw International, Inc. in the amounts
set forth on such schedule for such period.
"Laws" means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and
local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case whether or not having the force of law.
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"L/C Advance" means, with respect to each Revolving Loan Lender, such
Revolving Loan Lender's funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in
accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
"L/C Borrowing" means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing
under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made
or refinanced as a Revolving Loan Borrowing.
"L/C Credit Extension" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the
amount thereof.
"L/C Issuer" means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
"L/C Obligations" means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For
purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance
with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of
determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may
still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP,
such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be "outstanding" in the amount so
remaining available to be drawn.
"Lender" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto
and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.
"Lending Office" means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such
Lender described as such in such Lender's Administrative Questionnaire, or such
other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrowers
and the Administrative Agent.
"Letter of Credit" means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.
"Letter of Credit Application" means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use
by the L/C Issuer.
"Letter of Credit Expiration Date" means the day that is seven days prior
to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
"Letter of Credit Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).
"Letter of Credit Sublimit" means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The
Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments. Letters of Credit which increase by their terms shall not be
permitted hereunder.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security
interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any
kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional
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sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other
encumbrance on title to real property).
"Loan" means an extension of credit by a Lender to either Borrower under
Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document,
the Fee Letter, the Security Documents and the Guaranty.
"Loan Parties" means, collectively, the Borrowers and each Guarantor.
"Management Agreement" shall mean the management agreement dated as of the
date hereof among the Borrowers and Onex Partners Manager LP as such agreement
may be amended and in effect from time to time in accordance with its terms and
this Agreement.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse effect on the
business, financial condition or results of operations of (x) the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole; or (b) a material and adverse effect on the ability of any Loan
Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Section 4.01, any actual or
prospective change or changes relating to or resulting from (a) any change in
federal or state law, or interpretation thereof, applicable or potentially
applicable to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective operations or activities, in each case, which do not
disproportionately affect the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, as compared to others in the industries, (b) any change in federal or
state healthcare program reimbursement law, regulations, policies or procedures,
or interpretations thereof, applicable or potentially applicable to the goods
sold or services rendered by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, in each
case, which do not disproportionately affect the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to others in the industries, (c) any
change or changes in general economic conditions (including, without limitation,
changes in financial or market conditions) or local, regional, national or
international conditions in any of the industries in which the Borrowers' and
their Subsidiaries' business is conducted, (d) acts of terrorism or war (whether
or not declared), (e) the announcement of the Transactions or (f) any change in
accounting requirements or principles or the interpretation thereof, shall be
deemed not to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
"Material Contract" means any contract to which any Loan Party is a party
(other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance or cancellation
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
"Maximum Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
"Mortgage" shall mean an agreement, including, but not limited to, a
mortgage, deed of trust or any other document, creating and evidencing a Lien on
a Mortgaged Property, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit J or
other form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in each case, with
such schedules and including such provisions as shall be necessary to conform
such document to applicable local or foreign law or as shall be customary under
applicable local or foreign law.
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"Mortgaged Property" shall mean (a) each Real Property identified as a
Mortgaged Property on Schedule 8(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated the
Closing Date and (b) each Real Property, if any, which shall be subject to a
Mortgage delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.13(c) or Section
6.16.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service Inc.
"Motor Vehicles" means all trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles,
automobiles and other vehicles of the Loan Parties the ownership of which is
required to be registered with a Governmental Authority.
"Multiemployer Plan" means any employee benefit plan of the type described
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate
makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan
years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means:
(a) with respect to any Asset Sale (other than any issuance or sale
of Equity Interests), the cash proceeds received by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when
received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of non-cash
consideration initially received) net of (i) selling fees, costs,
commissions and expenses (including reasonable brokers' fees or
commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional
fees, transfer and similar taxes and the Borrowers' good faith estimate of
income taxes paid or payable in connection with such sale); (ii) amounts
provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against (x) any
liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such
Asset Sale or (y) any other liabilities retained by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries associated with the properties sold in such Asset Sale
(provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are
released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash
Proceeds); (iii) the Borrowers' good faith estimate of payments required
to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating to the
properties sold within 180 days of such Asset Sale (provided that, to the
extent such cash proceeds are not used to make payments in respect of such
unassumed liabilities within 180 days of such Asset Sale, such cash
proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); and (iv) the principal
amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any
Indebtedness which is secured by a Lien on the properties sold in such
Asset Sale (so long as such Lien was permitted to encumber such properties
under the Loan Documents at the time of such sale) and which is repaid
with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the
purchaser of such properties);
(b) with respect to any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance or any
other issuance or sale of Equity Interests by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, the cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees,
commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith;
and
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(c) with respect to any Extraordinary Receipts, the cash insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards and other compensation received in respect
thereof, net of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other compensation in
respect of such Extraordinary Receipts.
"Net Working Capital" shall mean, at any time, Consolidated Current Assets
at such time minus Consolidated Current Liabilities at such time.
"Note" means a Revolving Loan Note or a Term Loan Note, as the context may
require.
"Obligations" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due
or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in
such proceeding, and including all obligations under any Swap Contract of any
Loan Party to which a Lender or any Affiliate of such Lender is a party that is
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(e) and all obligations under
any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Lender or
Affiliate of a Lender.
"OFAC" has the meaning specified in Section 5.21.
"On" or "on," when used with respect to the Property or any property
adjacent to the Property, means "on, in, under, above or about."
"Organization Documents" means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles
of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to
any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the
partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or
organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect
thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the
applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity.
"Other Taxes" means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including related
interest, fines, penalties and additions to tax) arising from any payment made
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
"Outstanding Amount" means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans on any
date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to
any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Revolving Loans occurring
on such date; (b) with respect to Term Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of such Term Loans occurring on such date; (c) with
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respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or
repayments of such Swing Line Loans occurring on such date; and (d) with respect
to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such
date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and
any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such
date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrowers of
Unreimbursed Amounts.
"Parent Guaranty" means the Parent Guaranty made by Holdings in favor of
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-1.
"Participant" has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
"Patient Receivables" with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof, the patient accounts of such Loan Party or Subsidiary existing or
hereinafter created, any and all rights to receive payments due on such accounts
from any obligor or other third-party payor under or in respect of such accounts
(including, without limitation, all insurance companies, Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
Medicare, Medicaid and health maintenance organizations), and all proceeds of or
in any way derived, whether directly or indirectly, from any of the foregoing
(including, without limitation, all interest, finance charges and other amounts
payable by an obligor in respect thereof).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"Pension Plan" means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrowers or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which either Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made
contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
"Perfection Certificate" shall mean, collectively, the certificates in the
form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent, as the
same shall be supplemented from time to time in a form approved by the
Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.
"Permitted Acquisition" shall mean any transaction or series of related
transactions for the direct or indirect (a) acquisition of all or substantially
all of the property of any person, or of any business or division of any person;
(b) acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Equity Interests of any person, and
otherwise causing such person to become a Subsidiary of such person; or (c)
merger or consolidation or any other combination with any person, if each of the
following conditions is met:
(i) no Default then exists or would result therefrom;
(ii) after giving effect to such transaction on a Pro Forma Basis,
the Borrowers shall be in compliance with all covenants set forth in
Section 7.11 as of the most recent Test Period (assuming, for purposes of
Section 7.11, that such transaction, and all other Permitted Acquisitions
consummated since the first day of the relevant Test Period for each of
the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 ending on or prior to
the date of such transaction, had occurred on the first day of such
relevant Test Period);
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(iii) none of Holdings or its Subsidiaries shall, in connection with
any such transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any
Indebtedness or other liability (including any material tax or ERISA
liability) of the related seller or the business, person or properties
acquired to the extent same is not prohibited from being incurred under
this Agreement, and any other such liabilities or obligations not
permitted to be assumed or otherwise supported by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries hereunder shall be paid in full or released as to the
business, persons or properties being so acquired on or before the
consummation of such acquisition;
(iv) the person or business to be acquired shall be, or shall be
engaged in, a business of the type that Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
are permitted to be engaged in under Section 7.07 and the property
acquired in connection with any such transaction shall be made subject to
the Lien of the Security Documents (to the extent required therein or
herein) and shall be free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted
Liens;
(v) the Board of Directors of the person to be acquired shall not
have indicated publicly its opposition to the consummation of such
acquisition (which opposition has not been publicly withdrawn);
(vi) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated
in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law;
(vii) with respect to any transaction involving Acquisition
Consideration of more than $10,000,000, the Borrowers shall have provided
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with (A) historical financial
statements for the last three fiscal years (or, if less, the number of
years since formation) of the person (and if the Permitted Acquisition is
for less than substantially all of the Capital Stock of such Person, pro
forma historical financial statements of Holdings that account for such
Permitted Acquisition) or business to be acquired (audited if available,
and in the case of a transaction involving Acquisition Consideration in
excess of $25,000,000, audited unless obtaining such audits would cause
undue cost or delay) and unaudited financial statements thereof for the
most recent interim period which are available, including in each case
footnotes thereto (B) reasonably detailed projections for the succeeding
five years pertaining to the person or business to be acquired and updated
projections for the Borrowers after giving effect to such transaction, (C)
a reasonably detailed description of the Capital Stock or assets to be
acquired and the location of all such assets, a reasonably detailed
description of all material documentation relating thereto and copies of
all material documentation pertaining to such transaction, and (D) all
such other information and data relating to such transaction or the person
or business to be acquired as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;
(viii) at least 5 Business Days prior to the proposed date of
consummation of the transaction, the Borrowers shall have delivered to the
Agents and the Lenders an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
transaction complies with this definition (which shall have attached
thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations showing such
compliance); and
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(ix) the Acquisition Consideration (exclusive of any amounts
financed by Excluded Issuances) for such Permitted Acquisitions shall not
exceed $25,000,000 in any fiscal year with a carry-forward of unused
amounts, and the aggregate amount of the Acquisition Consideration
(exclusive of any amounts financed by Excluded Issuances) for all
Permitted Acquisitions since the Closing Date shall not exceed
$125,000,000; provided that any Equity Interests constituting all or a
portion of such Acquisition Consideration shall not have a cash dividend
requirement on or prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date.
In addition to the foregoing, the acquistion by any Loan Party of AMR
Brockton, L.L.C. in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Documents as in
effect on the date hereof and as hereafter modified from time to time (so long
as such modifications do not effect an increase in the consideration payable or
are not otherwise materially adverse to the Lenders) shall be deemed a
"Permitted Acquisition" for all purposes hereunder.
"Permitted Holders" shall mean Onex Partners LLP, Onex Corporation and
their respective affiliates that are Equity Investors on the Closing Date.
"Permitted Liens" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.01.
"Permitted Tax Distributions" shall mean payments, dividends or
distributions by either Borrower to Holdings in order to pay consolidated or
combined federal, state or local taxes not payable directly by such Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries which payments by such Borrower are not in excess of the
tax liabilities that would have been payable by such Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
"Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by either Borrower or, with respect to any
such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any
ERISA Affiliate.
"Platform" has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
"Premises" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the applicable
Mortgage.
"Pro Forma Basis" shall mean on a basis consistent with GAAP and
Regulation S-X or as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, except
that any pro forma effect given to the Transactions shall also include the
following additional adjustments: (1) exclude any and all fees, compensation
charges, payments in respect of insurance and rebates allocated by Laidlaw, Inc.
or any of its affiliates to any of the Loan Parties and (2) deduct $625,000 for
each fiscal quarter of the Borrowers ended prior to the Closing Date in respect
of pro forma stand alone costs, to the extent such fiscal quarter is included in
any period for which Consolidated EBITDA is calculated.
"Pro Rata Share" means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a
fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place),
the numerator of which is the amount of the
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Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Class of Loans at such time and
the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the
applicable Class of Loans at such time; provided that if such Commitments have
been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined
based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination
and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"Projections" means all financial projections concerning Holdings and its
Subsidiaries that have been made available to the Administrative Agent, the
Arrangers or any Lender by the Sponsor or any of its representatives (or on
either party's behalf).
"Property" means the Property, the Improvements and all other property
constituting the "Mortgaged Property," as described in the Deed of Trust, or
subject to a right, lien or security interest to secure the Loan pursuant to any
other Loan Document.
"Public Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
"Purchase Agreements" means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
as of December 6, 2004, by and among Laidlaw International, Inc., Laidlaw
Medical Holdings, Inc. and EMSC, Inc. and relating to the sale of all of the
issued and outstanding shares of EmCare Holdings, Inc. and that certain Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2004, by and among Laidlaw
International, Inc., Laidlaw Medical Holdings, Inc. and EMSC, Inc. and relating
to the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of American Medical
Response, Inc., in each case, including all schedules and exhibits thereto.
"Qualified Capital Stock" of any person shall mean any Equity Interests of
such person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Real Property" shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest
(including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests
in real property owned, leased or operated by any person, whether by lease,
license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements,
hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and
appurtenant fixtures and equipment.
"Register" has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors
of such Person and of such Person's Affiliates.
"Related Professional Corporation" means a professional corporation that
is owned by one or more physicians, independent contractor physicians and/or
healthcare facilities, in each case to whom a Subsidiary of Holdings or another
Related Professional Corporation provides management services pursuant to a
management services, practice support or similar agreement.
"Release" shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping,
disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous
Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.
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"Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
"Request for Credit Extension" means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans or Term Loans, a Committed Loan
Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit
Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan
Notice.
"Required Lenders" means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having
more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate
amount of each Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C
Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed "held" by such Lender for purposes
of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Loan Commitments and (c)
aggregate unused Revolving Loan Commitments; provided that the unused Term Loan
Commitment, unused Revolving Loan Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for
purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
"Required Revolving Loan Lenders" means, as of any date of determination,
Revolving Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total
Outstandings with respect to Revolving Loans (with the aggregate amount of each
Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and
Swing Line Loans being deemed "held" by such Lender for purposes of this
definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Loan Commitments; provided that
the unused Revolving Loan Commitment of and the portion of the Total
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for
purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
"Required Term Loan Lenders" means, as of any date of determination, Term
Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the Total Outstandings with
respect to Term Loans; provided that the portion of the Total Outstandings held
or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of
making a determination of Required Term Loan Lenders.
"Requirements of Law" shall mean, collectively, any and all requirements
of any Governmental Authority including any and all laws, judgments, orders,
decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes or case law.
"Response" shall mean (a) "response" as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. Section 9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental
Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i) clean up, remove, treat, abate or in
any other way address any Hazardous Material in the environment; (ii) prevent
the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any
Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection
with, or as a precondition to, clause (i) or (ii) above.
"Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any
document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan
Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary
corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan
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Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted
on behalf of such Loan Party.
"Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of
either Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities
or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of
the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to either
Borrower's stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).
"Retained Rights" means, with respect to any Patient Receivable owing from
any Governmental Authority, the rights of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof granted by applicable law and regulations over such Patient Receivable,
including, without limitation, and as applicable, the collection thereof and
discretion over the transfer thereof to any party (including the Administrative
Agent) and to enforce the claim giving rise to such Patient Receivable against
such Governmental Authority, in the absence of a court order in the manner
expressly contemplated by applicable state and federal law.
"Revolving Loan Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Revolving Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the
Revolving Loan Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
"Revolving Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
"Revolving Loan Commitment" means, as to each Revolving Loan Lender, its
obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section
2.01(b), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase
participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Loan
Lender's name on Schedule 2.01 under the heading "Revolving Loan Commitment" or
in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Loan Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time
to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Commitments of all
Revolving Loan Lenders shall be $100,000,000 on the Closing Date, as such amount
may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
"Revolving Loan Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment or
with outstanding Revolving Loans.
"Revolving Loan Maturity Date" means the earlier of (i) February 10, 2011
and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Revolving Loan Commitments, the
Letter of Credit Commitments, and the Swing Line Commitments pursuant to Section
2.06(a) or 8.02.
"Revolving Loan Note" means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in
favor of a Revolving Loan Lender evidencing Revolving Loans made by such
Revolving Loan Lender to the Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C-2.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.
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"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
"Secured Obligations" shall mean (a) the Obligations, (b) the due and
punctual payment and performance of all obligations of the Borrowers and the
other Loan Parties under each Swap Contract entered into with any counterparty
that is a Secured Party and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of
all obligations in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any
Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent arising from treasury, depositary and cash management services or in
connection with any automated clearinghouse transfer of funds.
"Secured Parties" shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, each other Agent, the Lenders and each party to a Swap
Contract if at the date of entering into such Swap Contract such person was a
Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and such person executes and delivers to the
Administrative Agent a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit L pursuant to
which such person (i) appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under the
applicable Loan Documents and (ii) agrees to be bound by the provisions of
Sections 10.04 and 10.14.
"Security Agreement" shall mean a Security Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit G among the Loan Parties and Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties.
"Security Agreement Collateral" shall mean all property pledged or granted
as collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement delivered (a) on the Closing
Date or (b) thereafter pursuant to Section 6.13.
"Security Documents" shall mean the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and
each other security document or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with
applicable local or foreign law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in
any property as collateral for the Secured Obligations, and all UCC or other
financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this Agreement,
the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other such security document or
pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in property
and fixtures created pursuant to the Security Agreement or any Mortgage and any
other document or instrument utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or
grant a security interest or lien on any property as collateral for the Secured
Obligations.
"Senior Leverage Ratio" shall mean, at any date of determination, the
ratio of (i) Consolidated Indebtedness less the aggregate amount of Subordinated
Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on such date to (ii) Consolidated
EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" means (i) the senior subordinated notes, if
any, issued by either Borrower pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture and (ii) the senior subordinated notes, if any, issued in exchange for
such senior subordinated notes in an exchange offer pursuant to the Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
"Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of the
Closing Date between the Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
Trust National Association,
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as trustee, as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as thereafter
amended, modified and supplemented from time to time in accordance with and
subject to the terms hereof.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Holdings that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date
hereof.
"Solvency Certificate" means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
"SPC" has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(h).
"Sponsor" means Onex Partners LP, Onex Corporation and their respective
affiliates.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness of Holdings or any
other Loan Party that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the
Obligations of Holdings and such other Loan Party, as applicable, including the
Senior Subordinated Notes.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the
shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
"Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" shall refer to the respective Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of each Borrower. "Subsidiary" shall not include any Related
Professional Corporation unless Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries beneficially
owns a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) of such Related Professional Corporation.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the
Borrowers that are Guarantors.
"Subsidiary Guaranty" means, collectively, the Subsidiary Guaranty made by
the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2, together with each other
guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.13(a).
"Survey" shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all
improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer
licensed to perform surveys in the jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is
located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date
of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to
such date of delivery any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged
Property or any easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged
Property has been granted or become effective through operation of law or
otherwise with respect to such Mortgaged Property which, in either case, can be
depicted on a survey, in which events, as applicable, such survey shall be dated
(or redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction
shall not have
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been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days prior to
such date of delivery, or after the grant or effectiveness of any such easement,
right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property, (iii) certified by the
surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Title Company, (iv) complying
in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title
Association as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of
such survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all standard
survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or commitment) relating to
such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements of the type required by
Section 4.01(p)(iii) or (b) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral
Agent.
"Swap Contract" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps,
commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or
options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options,
forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions,
collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a "Master Agreement"), including
any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
"Swap Termination Value" means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after
the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
"Swing Line" means the revolving credit facility made available by the
Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Swing Line Borrowing" means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04.
"Swing Line Lender" means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of
Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
"Swing Line Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
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"Swing Line Loan Notice" means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant
to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
"Swing Line Sublimit" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$10,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments. The Swing Line
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments.
"Syndication Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
syndication agent.
"Synthetic Lease Obligation" means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or
(b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that
do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency
or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such
Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
"Taxes" shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
"Term Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
"Term Loan Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the
same Interest Period made by each of the Term Loan Lenders pursuant to Section
2.01(a).
"Term Loan Commitment" means, as to each Term Loan Lender, its obligation
to make a Term Loan to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate
amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption "Term Loan Commitment" or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable,
as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments is
$350,000,000.
"Term Loan Lender" means a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or with
outstanding Term Loans.
"Term Loan Maturity Date" means the earlier of the earlier of (i) February
10, 2012 and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Term Loan Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.06(b) or 8.02
"Term Loan Note" means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to any
Term Loan Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit
C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Term
Loan Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such Term Loan Lender.
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"Test Period" shall mean, at any time, the four consecutive fiscal
quarters of Holdings then last ended (in each case taken as one accounting
period) for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).
"Threshold Amount" means $10,000,000.
"Title Company" shall mean any title insurance company as shall be
retained by the Borrowers and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
"Title Policy" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
4.01(p)(iii).
"Total Leverage Ratio" shall mean, at any date of determination, the ratio
of Consolidated Indebtedness on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test
Period then most recently ended.
"Total Outstandings" means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans
and all L/C Obligations.
"Transaction Documents" shall mean the Acquisition Documents, the Senior
Subordinated Note Documents and the Loan Documents.
"Transactions" means, collectively, (a) the Acquisition, (b) the funding
of the Term Loans, (c) the initial borrowings of Revolving Loans, (d) the
issuance and sale of the Senior Subordinated Notes, (d) the consummation of any
other transactions in connection with the foregoing, and (e) the payment of the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
"Treasury Management Agreement" means any agreement governing the
provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts,
funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check
concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and
reporting and trade finance services.
"Type" means, with respect to either a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan, its
character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same
may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform
Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the
extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
"United States" and "U.S." mean the United States of America.
"Unreimbursed Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
"Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to any person, any class or
classes of Equity Interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority
of the Board of Directors of such person.
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"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
1.02 OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS. With reference to this Agreement and
each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine
and neuter forms. The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation." The word "will"
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
"shall." Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any
Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person's successors and assigns, (iii) the words "herein,"
"hereof" and "hereunder," and words of similar import when used in any
Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its
entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references
in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference
to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such law and any
reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified,
refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, and (vi) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible
and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts
and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word "from" means "from and including;" the words "to" and
"until" each mean "to but excluding;" and the word "through" means "to and
including."
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 ACCOUNTING TERMS.
(a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined
herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including
financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted
pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
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conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to
time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited
Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan
Document, and either the Borrowers or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers shall negotiate in good
faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required
Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall
continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(ii) the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as
reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to
such change in GAAP.
1.04 ROUNDING. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Holdings
or the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the
appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and
rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if
there is no nearest number).
1.05 TIMES OF DAY. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.06 LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNTS. Unless otherwise specified herein, the
amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 TERM LOANS AND REVOLVING LOANS.
(a) Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a loan (each such loan, a "Term Loan")
to the Borrowers on the Closing Date, in the amount of such Term Loan Lender's
Term Loan Commitment. Amounts borrowed as Term Loans under this Section 2.01(a)
and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base
Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Revolving Loan Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a
"Revolving Loan") to the Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day during
the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the amount of such Revolving Loan Lender's Revolving Loan
Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Loan Borrowing,
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such
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Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus
such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans
shall not exceed such Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment. Within the limits of
each Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay
under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Revolving Loans may
be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF REVOLVING LOANS AND TERM
LOANS.
(a) Each Revolving Loan Borrowing, the Term Loan Borrowing, each
conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, each conversion of
Term Loans from one type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be made upon the Borrowers' irrevocable notice to the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than (i) 1:00 p.m. three Business Days prior to
the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) 12:00 noon on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans; provided that if a Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans
having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six or, if available to
all Lenders, nine or twelve months, in duration as provided in the definition of
"Interest Period," the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of
such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent
shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether
the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 1:00
p.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing,
conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable
Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested
Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders. Each telephonic notice
by the applicable Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed
promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
applicable Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c)
and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.
Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i)
whether the applicable Borrower is requesting a Revolving Loan Borrowing, a Term
Loan Borrowing, a conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, a
conversion of Term Loans from one type to the other, or a continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the
principal amount of Revolving Loans or Term Loans to be borrowed, converted or
continued, (iv), if applicable, the Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed or to
which existing Revolving Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the type
of Term Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans are to be
converted, and (vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with
respect thereto. If the applicable Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a
Committed Loan Notice or if the applicable Borrower fails to give a timely
notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Revolving
Loans or Term Loans, as the case may be, shall be made as, or converted to, Base
Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base
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Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in
effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the applicable
Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest
Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata
Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion
or continuation is provided by the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate
Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each
Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available
to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative
Agent's Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the
applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit
Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so
received available to the applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the applicable
Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii)
wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions
provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the
applicable Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice
with respect to such Borrowing is given by the applicable Borrower, there are
Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such
Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C
Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and
third, to the applicable Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be
continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Revolving
Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of the Required Lenders and no Term Loans may be requested
as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Term Loans without the consent
of the Required Lenders.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower
and the applicable Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest
Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At
any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall
notify the applicable Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of
America's prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the
public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from
one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there
shall not be more than twelve Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans.
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2.03 LETTERS OF CREDIT.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the
L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Loan
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the
applicable Borrower and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously
issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor
drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Loan Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account
of the applicable Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that
after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter
of Credit, (x) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of
any Lender, plus such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of
all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such Lender's Revolving Loan
Commitment or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would
exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers' ability to
obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the
Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to
replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon
and reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would
occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance, unless the
Revolving Loan Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would
occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the
Revolving Loan Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or
restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any
Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or
request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of
credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall
impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any
restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C
Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the
Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed
loss, cost or expense which
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was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in
good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or
more policies of the L/C Issuer;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and
the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount
less than $50,000;
(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency
other than Dollars;
(E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for
automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing
thereunder; or
(F) a default of any Revolving Loan Lender's obligations to
fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Revolving Loan Lender is at
such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless (i) the L/C Issuer
has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrowers or
such Revolving Loan Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer's risk with
respect to such Revolving Loan Lender or (ii) the Borrowers shall
have Cash Collateralized for the benefit of the L/C Issuer the full
portion of such defaulting Lender's pro rata portion of such Letter
of Credit.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C
Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit
in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter
of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to
issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or
(B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Loan
Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the
documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the
benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in
Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C
Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be
issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as
fully as if the term "Administrative Agent" as used in Article IX included
the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as
additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case
may be, upon the request of the applicable Borrower delivered to the L/C
Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter
of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of such Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than
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1:00 p.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance
in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of
amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial
issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall
specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A)
the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall
be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof;
(D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to
be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F)
the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in
case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any
outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall
specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A)
the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment
thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed
amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require.
Additionally, the applicable Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and
the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining
to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any
Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may
require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the
L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter
of Credit Application from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the L/C
Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless
the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Loan Lender,
the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day
prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable
Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in
Article IV in the case of an issuance on the Closing Date or Section 4.02
in the case of any issuance thereafter shall not then be satisfied, then,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the
requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable
Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in
each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer's usual and customary business
practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each
Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such
Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving
Lender's Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any
amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto
or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the
applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy
of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any
notice in accordance with such Letter of Credit of a drawing under such
Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower and
the Administrative Agent thereof. Not
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later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a
Letter of Credit (each such date, an "Honor Date"), the Borrowers shall
reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount
equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrowers fail to so reimburse
the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Revolving Loan Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (the "Unreimbursed Amount"), and the amount of such
Revolving Loan Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the
applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Loan
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an
amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and
multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate
Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the
Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any
notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed
in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall
not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Loan Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent's Office in an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later
than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section
2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Loan Lender that so makes funds available
shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to the applicable
Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully
refinanced by a Revolving Loan Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other
reason, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the
L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that
is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on
demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default
Rate. In such event, each Revolving Loan Lender's payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in
such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving
Loan Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this
Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Loan Lender funds its Revolving Loan or
L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer
for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Revolving Loan Lender's Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely
for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Loan Lender's obligation to make Revolving Loans
or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under
Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
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defense or other right which such Revolving Loan Lender may have against
the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any
other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided that each Revolving Loan Lender's obligation to make
Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the
applicable Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C
Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers
to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C
Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided
herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by
such Revolving Loan Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C
Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for
the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which
such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per
annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined
by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving
Loan Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts
owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any
Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Loan Lender such
Revolving Loan Lender's L/C Advance in respect of such payment in
accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for
the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related
Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the
Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of cash collateral applied
thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will
distribute to such Revolving Loan Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
period of time during which such Revolving Loan Lender's L/C Advance was
outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative
Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the
account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be
returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in
its discretion), each Revolving Loan Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share
thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from
the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such
Revolving Loan Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate
from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Loan Lenders
under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and
the termination of this Agreement.
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(e) Obligations Absolute. The joint and several obligations of the
Borrowers to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of
Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit,
this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or
other right that the Borrowers or any Subsidiary may have at any time
against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any
Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with
this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of
Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated
transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented
under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the
L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to
any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any
arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the
Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of the
Borrowers in respect of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the
Borrowers or any Subsidiary.
The applicable Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of
Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of
any claim of noncompliance with the applicable Borrower's instructions or other
irregularity, the applicable Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The
applicable Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim
against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Loan Lender and the Borrowers agree
that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not
have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required
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by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or
accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or
delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent,
any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or
assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Loan Lender for (i)
any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the
approval of the Revolving Loan Lenders, the Required Revolving Loan Lenders or
any Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution,
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related
to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrowers hereby assume all
risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to
its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended
to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers' pursuing such rights and remedies as
it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other
agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their
respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the
L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such
clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers may have a claim against
the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrowers, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or
exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrowers which the Borrowers prove were
caused by the L/C Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C
Issuer's willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of
any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in
whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if
the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter
of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing or (ii) if, as of
the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains
outstanding, the Borrowers shall, in each case, (a) immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations or (b) in
accordance with and on terms acceptable to the L/C Issuer, in its sole
discretion, post a supporting letter of credit. Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c) set
forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For
purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c), "Cash
Collateralize" means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Loan Lenders, as
collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to
by the Revolving Loan Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding
meanings. The Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Loan Lenders, a security interest in
all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the
foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked interest-bearing
deposit accounts at Bank of America.
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(h) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C
Issuer and the applicable Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including
any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the
ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The applicable Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (other than a Defaulting
Lender, which portion shall be paid to the L/C Issuer) in accordance with its
Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee") for each
Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate then in effect for Revolving Loans
bearing interest at the Eurodollar Rate times the daily amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed
on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business
Day after the end of each February, May, August and November, commencing with
the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in
the case of Letters of Credit issued prior to March 1, 2005, commencing with May
31, 2005), on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If
there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount
available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter
that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any
payment Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the
Default Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C
Issuer. The applicable Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own
account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per
annum equal to 0.125%, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under
such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, and due and payable on
the first Business Day after the end of each February, May, August and November,
commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter
of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In
addition, the applicable Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its
own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing
fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to
letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and
standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between
the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall
control.
2.04 SWING LINE LOANS.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Revolving Loan Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans (each such
loan, a "Swing Line Loan") to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business
Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact
that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the
Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Loan
Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Loan
Lender's Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan,
(i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate
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Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Loan Lender, plus
such Revolving Loan Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Revolving Loan Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Loan Lender's
Commitment, and provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds
of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and
reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate
Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Loan
Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan
in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Loan Lender's Pro Rata Share
times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the
applicable Borrower's irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than
1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to
be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested
borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must
be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower.
Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line
Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received
such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.
Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing)
from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Loan
Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A)
directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of
the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section
2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Section 4.02 (it being agreed that no Swing Line Loans shall be borrowed on the
Closing Date) is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing
date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line
Loan available to the applicable Borrower at its office by crediting the account
of the applicable Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender or to such
other account as the applicable Borrower may designate in writing to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute
discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby
irrevocably authorize the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf),
that each Revolving Loan Lender make a Base Rate Revolving Loan in an
amount equal to such Revolving Loan Lender's Pro Rata Share of the amount
of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in
writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan
Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.02, without regard to the
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minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base
Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.
The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the applicable Borrower with a copy of
the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice
to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Loan Lender shall make an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such
Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the
Administrative Agent's Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day
specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section
2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Loan Lender that so makes funds available
shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to the applicable
Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by
such a Revolving Loan Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the
request for Base Rate Revolving Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender
as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line
Lender that each of the Revolving Loan Lenders fund its risk participation
in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Loan Lender's payment
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender
pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such
participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Loan Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount
required to be paid by such Revolving Loan Lender pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover
from such Revolving Loan Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent),
on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date
such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately
available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the
greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line
Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any
Revolving Loan Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Loan Lender's obligation to make Revolving Loans
or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant
to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Loan Lender may
have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for
any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Loan Lender's
obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of
risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of
the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.
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(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Loan Lender has purchased and
funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender
receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line
Lender will distribute to such Revolving Loan Lender its Pro Rata Share of
such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to
reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Loan Lender's risk
participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing
Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of
principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by
the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section
10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line
Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Loan Lender shall pay to the
Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand
to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon
the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving
Loan Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall
be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans.
Until each Revolving Loan Lender funds its Base Rate Revolving Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Loan
Lender's Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro
Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrowers shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Optional. (i) The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative
Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans or
Term Loans, or both, in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
(i) 1:00 p.m. three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar
Rate Loans and (ii) 12:00 noon on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B)
any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any
prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a
whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the
entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify
the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid.
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Loan Lender and
Term Lender, as applicable, of its receipt of each such notice, and of the
amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is
given by the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall be
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committed, jointly and severally, to make such prepayment and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued
interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required
pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied among the
Facilities in such amounts and in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Shares.
(ii) The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily
prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and
(ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $50,000. Each
such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice
is given by the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall be committed, jointly and
severally, to make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(b) Revolving Loan Prepayments. If for any reason the Outstanding Amount
of the Revolving Loans at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments then in effect, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Revolving
Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal
to such excess; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) unless after
giving effect to the prepayment of any Revolving Loans the Outstanding Amount of
the Revolving Loans exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments then in
effect.
(c) Asset Sales. Not later than five Business Days following the receipt
of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, the Borrowers shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections
2.05(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds;
provided that:
(i) no such prepayment shall be required under this Section
2.05(c)(i) with respect to (A) any Asset Sale permitted by Section 7.05
(other than Sections 7.05(e), (k) and (l)), (B) the disposition of
property which constitutes Extraordinary Receipts or (C) Asset Sales for
fair market value resulting in no more than $2,500,000 in Net Cash
Proceeds per Asset Sale (or series of related Asset Sales) and less than
$5,000,000 in Net Cash Proceeds in any fiscal year; provided that clause
(C) shall not apply in the case of any Asset Sale described in clause (b)
of the definition thereof; and
(ii) so long as no Event of Default shall then exist or would arise
therefrom and the aggregate of such Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales shall
not exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year of Holdings, such proceeds shall
not be required to be so applied on such date to the extent that Borrowers
shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior
to such fifth Business Day stating that such Net Cash Proceeds are
expected to be used to purchase replacement assets or repair such assets,
or acquire all of the Equity Interests of any person that owns such assets
or engages in a business of the type that Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
are permitted to be engaged in under Section 7.07, within 365 days
following the date of such Asset Sale (which certificate shall set
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forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended); provided that if
all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds is not so reinvested within
such 365-day period, such unused portion shall be applied on the last day
of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in this Section
2.05(c); provided, further, that if the property subject to such Asset
Sale constituted Collateral, then all property purchased with the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be made subject to the
Lien of the applicable Security Documents in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in
accordance with Sections 6.13 and 6.14.
(d) Debt Issuance. Not later than five Business Days following the receipt
of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, the Borrowers shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections
2.05(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(e) Equity Issuance. Not later than five Business Days following the
receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance, the Borrowers shall
make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.05(h) and (i) in an aggregate
amount equal to 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(f) Extraordinary Receipts. Not later than five Business Days following
the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from any Extraordinary Receipts by Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries, the Borrowers shall make prepayments in accordance
with Sections 2.05(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net
Cash Proceeds; provided that:
(i) such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such
date to the extent that (A) in the event such Net Cash Proceeds shall not
exceed $15,000,000, the Borrowers shall have delivered an Officers'
Certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such fifth Business
Day stating that such proceeds are expected to be used or (B) in the event
that such Net Cash Proceeds exceed $15,000,000, the Administrative Agent
has elected by notice to the Borrowers on or prior to such fifth Business
Day to require such proceeds to be used, in each case, to repair, replace
or restore any property (including putting any real property in a safe and
secure condition) in respect of which such Net Cash Proceeds were paid or
to reinvest in other fixed or capital assets or to acquire all of the
Equity Interests of any person that owns such assets or engages in a
business of the type that Borrowers and their Subsidiaries are permitted
to be engaged in under Section 7.07, no later than 365 days following the
date of receipt of such proceeds; provided that if the property subject to
such Extraordinary Receipts constituted Collateral under the Security
Documents, then all property purchased with the Net Cash Proceeds thereof
pursuant to this subsection shall be made subject to the Lien of the
applicable Security Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its
benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in accordance
with Sections 6.11 and 6.14; and
(ii) if any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be so
applied within such 365-day period, such unused portion shall be applied
on the last day of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in
this Section 2.05(f).
(g) Excess Cash Flow. No later than 90 days after the end of each Excess
Cash Flow Period, the Borrowers shall make prepayments in accordance with
Sections 2.05(h) and (i) in an
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aggregate amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the Excess Cash Flow
Period then ended less any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans and any permanent
voluntary reductions to the Revolving Commitments to the extent that an equal
amount of the Revolving Loans simultaneously is repaid, in each case so long as
such amounts are not already reflected in Debt Service, during such Excess Cash
Flow Period; provided that, in the event the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last
day of such fiscal year is less than 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrowers shall only be
required to make such prepayments in an aggregate amount equal to 25% of Excess
Cash Flow for the Excess Cash Flow Period then ended less any voluntary
prepayments of Term Loans and any permanent voluntary reductions to the
Revolving Commitments to the extent that an equal amount of the Revolving Loans
simultaneously is repaid, in each case so long as such amounts are not already
reflected in Debt Service, during such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided,
further, that in the event the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such
fiscal year is less than 2.00 to 1.00, the Borrowers shall not be required to
make any such prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.05(g).
(h) Application of Prepayments. Prior to any optional or mandatory
prepayment hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to
be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.05(i), subject to the provisions of this Section 2.05(h).
Any prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c), (d), (e), (f) or (g)
shall be applied to reduce scheduled prepayments required under Section 2.07 on
a pro rata basis among the prepayments remaining to be made on the Term Loans.
After application of mandatory prepayments of Term Loans described above in this
Section 2.05(h) and to the extent there are mandatory prepayment amounts
remaining after such application, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently
reduced ratably among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their applicable
Revolving Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, and the
Borrowers shall comply with Section 2.05(b).
Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.05 to the prepayment of
Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be applied, as applicable, first to reduce
outstanding ABR Term Loans and ABR Revolving Loans, respectively. Any amounts
remaining after each such application shall be applied to prepay Eurodollar Rate
Term Loans or Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans, as applicable. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the amount of any prepayment of Loans required under this
Section 2.05 shall be in excess of the amount of the ABR Loans at the time
outstanding (an "Excess Amount"), only the portion of the amount of such
prepayment as is equal to the amount of such outstanding ABR Loans shall be
immediately prepaid and, at the election of the Borrowers, the Excess Amount
shall be either (A) deposited in an escrow account on terms reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and applied to the prepayment of Eurodollar
Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring Interest Period for Eurodollar
Loans; provided that (i) interest in respect of such Excess Amount shall
continue to accrue thereon at the rate provided hereunder for the Loans which
such Excess Amount is intended to repay until such Excess Amount shall have been
used in full to repay such Loans and (ii) at any time while an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon written
direction from the Required Lenders shall, apply any or all proceeds then on
deposit to the payment of such Loans in an amount equal to such Excess Amount or
(B) prepaid immediately, together with any amounts owing to the Lenders under
Section 3.05.
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(i) Notice of Prepayment. The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative
Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender)
by written notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of
an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, one Business
Day before the date of prepayment and (iii) in the case of prepayment of a
Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable. Each such notice shall
specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion
thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably
detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following
receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline
Loans), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each voluntary partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an
amount that would be permitted in the case of a Credit Extension of the same
Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing and otherwise in
accordance with this Section 2.05. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued
interest to the extent required by Section 2.08.
2.06 TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS.
(a) Revolving Loan Commitments. The Borrowers may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, or
from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments;
provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent
not later than 1:00 p.m. two Business Days prior to the date of termination or
reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of
$5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the
Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments
if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the
Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line
Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, such
Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Loan Lenders of any such
notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments.
Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments shall be applied to
the Commitment of each Revolving Loan Lender according to its Pro Rata Share.
All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such
termination.
(b) Term Loan Commitments. The Term Loan Commitments of each Term Loan
Lenders shall be automatically terminated on the Closing Date upon the Borrowing
of the Term Loans on such date.
2.07 REPAYMENT OF LOANS.
(a) Term Loans. The Borrowers shall repay as a joint and several
obligation to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Loan
Lenders the aggregate principal
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amount of all Term Loans outstanding in 28 consecutive quarterly installments as
follows (which installments shall be reduced as a result of the application of
prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05,
each such payment to be made on the last Business Day of the applicable fiscal
quarter (or, in the case of the last such date on the last Business Day on or
prior to such date)):
AGGREGATE TERM LOAN PRINCIPAL
QUARTER ENDING AMORTIZATION PAYMENT
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May 31, 2005 $ 875,000.00
August 31, 2005 $ 875,000.00
November 30, 2005 $ 875,000.00
February 28, 2006 $ 875,000.00
May 31, 2006 $ 875,000.00
August 31, 2006 $ 875,000.00
November 30, 2006 $ 875,000.00
February 28, 2007 $ 875,000.00
May 31, 2007 $ 875,000.00
August 31, 2007 $ 875,000.00
November 30, 2007 $ 875,000.00
February 29, 2008 $ 875,000.00
May 31, 2008 $ 875,000.00
August 31, 2008 $ 875,000.00
November 30, 2008 $ 875,000.00
February 28, 2009 $ 875,000.00
May 31, 2009 $ 875,000.00
August 31, 2009 $ 875,000.00
November 30, 2009 $ 875,000.00
February 28, 2010 $ 875,000.00
May 31, 2010 $ 875,000.00
August 31, 2010 $ 875,000.00
November 30, 2010 $ 875,000.00
February 28, 2011 $ 875,000.00
May 31, 2011 $82,250,000.00
August 31, 2011 $82,250,000.00
November 30, 2011 $82,250,000.00
February 10, 2012 $82,250,000.00
provided that the final principal repayment installment of the Term Loans shall
be repaid on the Term Loan Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such
date.
(b) Revolving Loans. The Borrowers shall repay as a joint and several
obligation to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable
Revolving Loan Lenders on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date the aggregate
principal amount of all of its Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
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(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrowers shall repay as a joint and several
obligation the Swing Line Loans on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10)
Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
2.08 INTEREST.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below:
(i) each Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate
per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate;
(ii) each Eurodollar Rate Term Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate
per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate;
(iii) each Base Rate Revolving Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at
a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate;
(iv) each Base Rate Term Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; and
(v) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due
(without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the
Borrowers under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any
applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall
thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest
on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be the joint and several obligation of the
Borrowers and shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest
hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before
and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law.
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2.09 FEES. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and
(j) of Section 2.03:
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrowers, jointly and severally, shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in
accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to 0.50% per
annum times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Loan
Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving
Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The commitment
fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at
any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 4.02 is not
met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last
Business Day of each February, May, August and November, commencing with
May 31, 2005, and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Arranger and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts
and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully
earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. All computations of interest for
Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America's "prime
rate" shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall
be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in
more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis
of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the
Loan is made, continued or converted from a Loan of another Type, and shall not
accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such
portion is paid or converted to a Loan of another Type, provided that any Loan
that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section
2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative
Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.11 EVIDENCE OF DEBT.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or
more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative
Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by
the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest
error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the
Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any
error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation
of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the
Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records
maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative
Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative
Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(b) Upon the request of any Revolving Loan Lender made through the
Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Revolving
Loan Lender (through the
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Administrative Agent) a Revolving Loan Note, which shall evidence such Revolving
Loan Lender's Revolving Loan Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each
Revolving Loan Lender may attach schedules to a Revolving Loan Note and endorse
thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its
Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(c) Upon the request of any Term Loan Lender made through the
Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Term Loan
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Term Loan Note, which shall evidence
such Term Loan Lender's Term Loan Loans in addition to such accounts or records.
Each Term Loan Lender may attach schedules to a Term Loan Note and endorse
thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its
Term Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(d) Upon the request of the Swing Line Lender made through the
Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to the Swing Line
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Swing Line Loan Note, which shall
evidence the Swing Line Lender's Swing Line Loans in addition to such accounts
or records. The Swing Line Lender may attach schedules to the Swing Line Loan
Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and
maturity of its Swing Line Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(e) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsections
(a), (b) and (c) above in this Section 2.11, each Lender and the Administrative
Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records
evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters
of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the
accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and
records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of
the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.12 PAYMENTS GENERALLY; ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S CLAWBACK.
(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made
without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or
setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the
Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative
Agent's Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00
p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly
distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as
provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to
such Lender's Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent
after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and
any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be
made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment
shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time
shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender's
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Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section
2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers
a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its
share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then
the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in
immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of
a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by
the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrowers
and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same
or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the
Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. If
such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative
Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Loan or
Term Loan, as the case may be, included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the
Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrowers may have against
a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative
Agent.
(ii) Payments by the Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrowers will
not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers
have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made
such payment, then each of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the
amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available
funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules
on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrowers with
respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available
to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as
provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not
made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the
conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not
satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly return such funds (in like funds as received from such
Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders
hereunder to make Revolving Loans or Term Loans, or both, as the case may be, to
fund participations in
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Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section
10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any
Revolving Loan or Term Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any
payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve
any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no
Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Revolving Loan or Term Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its
payment under Section 10.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender
to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to
constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 SHARING OF PAYMENTS BY LENDERS. If any Lender shall, by exercising
any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of
any principal of or interest on any of the Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans
made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held
by it resulting in such Lender's receiving payment of a proportion of the
aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon
greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of
such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term
Loans and/or Revolving Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing
Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be
equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share, provided
that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased
and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,
such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest;
and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply
to (x) any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance
with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation
in any of its Revolving Loan or Term Loans or subparticipations in L/C
Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than
to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of
this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law and Section 10.08, that any Lender
acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation to the same extent as if such Lender were a direct creditor of
such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
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2.14 INCREASE IN COMMITMENTS.
(a) Request for Increase. Upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrowers may from time to time request
one or more new term loans in an amount (the "Additional Term Loans") (for all
such requests) not exceeding $100,000,000 in the aggregate, which Additional
Term Loans will be a new tranche of term loans under this Agreement; provided
that (i) no Event of Default or Default exists or would exist after giving
effect thereto, (ii) the Borrowers shall be in compliance with Section 7.11 on a
Pro Forma Basis after giving effect thereto, (iii) the Additional Term Loans
shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
original Term Loans, (iv) the Applicable Rate with respect to any Additional
Term Loans shall not be more than 0.25% higher than the Applicable Rate with
respect to the existing tranche of Term Loans, (v) any such request for an
increase shall be in a minimum amount of $20,000,000 and (vi) the Borrowers may
make a maximum of three such requests. At the time of sending such notice, the
Borrowers shall specify the identity of each Eligible Assignee (and any existing
Lender) to whom the Borrowers propose any portion of such Additional Term Loans
be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided, however, that (A)
any existing Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the Additional
Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide all or any
portion of such Additional Term Loans offered to it and (B) any Eligible
Assignee that is not an existing Lender (a "New Additional Term Loan Lender")
shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (such approvals
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (each New Additional Term Loan
Lender or existing Lender, an "Additional Term Loan Lender").
(b) Additional Term Loan Effective Date. The Additional Term Loans shall
be effected by a joinder agreement to this Agreement (the "Additional Term Loans
Joinder Agreement") executed by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each
Additional Term Loan Lender making or providing such Additional Term Loans, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each of them, subject, however, to
the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 2.14. The
Additional Term Loan Joinder Agreement shall, without the consent of any other
Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
If the Additional Term Loans are provided in accordance with this Section 2.14,
the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall determine the effective date
(each, an "Additional Term Loan Effective Date") and the final allocation of
such Additional Term Loans.
(c) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to
such increase, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a
certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Additional Term Loan Effective
Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of
such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such
Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase and (ii) in the case of the
Borrowers, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A)
the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
Additional Term Loan Effective Date, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date,
and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the representations and
warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed
to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and
(b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Event of Default or Default
exists.
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(d) Conflicting Provisions. This Section 2.14 shall supersede any
provisions in Sections 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
2.15 JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. The Borrowers shall have joint and
several liability in respect of all Obligations hereunder and under any other
Loan Document to which any Borrower is a party, without regard to any defense
(other than the defense that payment in full has been made), setoff or
counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any other
Loan Party against the Lenders, or by any other circumstance whatsoever (with or
without notice to or knowledge of the Borrowers) which constitutes, or might be
construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrowers'
liability hereunder, in bankruptcy or in any other instance, and the Obligations
of the Borrowers hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the
pursuit by the Lenders or any other person at any time of any right or remedy
against the Borrowers or against any other person which may be or become liable
in respect of all or any part of the Obligations or against any Collateral or
Guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. The Borrowers hereby
acknowledge that this Agreement is the independent and several obligation of
each Borrower (regardless of which Borrower shall have delivered a Notice of
Borrowing) and may be enforced against each Borrower separately, whether or not
enforcement of any right or remedy hereunder has been sought against any other
Borrower. Each Borrower hereby expressly waives, with respect to any of the
Loans made to any other Borrower hereunder and any of the amounts owing
hereunder by such other Loan Parties in respect of such Loans, diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any
requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power
or remedy or proceed against such other Loan Parties under this Agreement or any
other agreement or instrument referred to herein or against any other person
under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of such amounts owing
hereunder.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 TAXES.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be
made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified
Taxes, provided that if the Borrowers shall be required by applicable law to
deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments,
then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as
the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Borrowers shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the
provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrowers shall timely pay any Other
Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
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(c) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall jointly and
severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer,
within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the
Borrowers by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a
Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrowers to a Governmental Authority,
the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a
certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing
such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption
from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction that
imposes the obligation to withhold such tax or under any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other
Loan Document shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to the
Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the
Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if
requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other
documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the
Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that either
Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender
shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the
recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender
under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the
Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is
legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN
claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the
United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the
exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a
certificate to the effect that such
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Foreign Lender is not (A) a "bank" within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a "10 percent shareholder" of either
Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a
"controlled foreign corporation" described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for
claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal
withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary
documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the
Borrowers to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or the L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a
refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the
Borrowers or with respect to which the Borrowers have paid additional amounts
pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrowers an amount equal to such
refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts
paid, by the Borrowers under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other
Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and
without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental
Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrowers upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agree to
repay the amount paid over to the Borrowers (plus any penalties, interest or
other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available
its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems
confidential) to the Borrowers or any other Person. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to the
Borrowers the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net
after-tax position than such Lender would have been in if the additional amounts
giving rise to such refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes had never
been paid.
3.02 ILLEGALITY. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it
unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful,
for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund
Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the
Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions
on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of,
Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender
to the Borrowers through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender
to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to
such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers
shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to
Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such
Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day,
or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such
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Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers
shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03 INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES.
(a) Eurodollar Rate Term Loans. If the Required Term Loan Lenders
determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar
Rate Term Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (i) Dollar
deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar
market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate
Term Loan, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the
Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurodollar Rate Term Loan, or (iii) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Term Loan does not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such
Eurodollar Rate Term Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the
Borrowers and each Term Loan Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Term Loan
Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Term Loans shall be suspended until
the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Term Loan
Lenders) revokes such notice (which the Required Term Loan Lenders agree to do
promptly once such condition no longer exists). Upon receipt of such notice, the
Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a Term Loan Borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Term Loans or, failing that,
will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Term Loan
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
(b) Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans. If the Required Revolving Loan
Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a
Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that
(i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank
eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such
Eurodollar Rate Loan, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect
to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan, or (iii) the Eurodollar Rate for
any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate
Revolving Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders
of funding such Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent will
promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Revolving Loan Lender. Thereafter, the
obligation of the Revolving Loan Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate
Revolving Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the
instruction of the Required Revolving Loan Lenders) revokes such notice (which
the Required Revolving Loan Lenders agree to do promptly once such condition no
longer exists). Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers may revoke any
pending request for a Revolving Loan Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have
converted such request into a request for a Revolving Loan Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
3.04 INCREASED COSTS; RESERVES ON EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets
of, deposits with or for
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the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender
(except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or the
L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind
whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any
participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by
it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C
Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate
of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank
market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or
Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the
L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or
of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of
Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other
amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers will
pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that
any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender's or
the L/C Issuer's holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or the L/C
Issuer's capital or on the capital of such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's holding
company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such
Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by,
such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below
that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's
holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's policies and the policies of
such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's
holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C
Issuer setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the amount
or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding
company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this
Section and delivered to the Borrowers shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the
L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section shall not constitute a
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waiver of such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's right to demand such compensation,
provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the
L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any
increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to
the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the
Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions
and of such Lender's or the L/C Issuer's intention to claim compensation
therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs
or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall
be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrowers shall pay to each
Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds
or deposits (currently known as "Eurocurrency liabilities"), additional interest
on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual
costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by
such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall
be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan,
provided the Borrowers shall have received at least 10 days' prior notice (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such
Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest
Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from
receipt of such notice.
3.05 COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES. Upon written demand of any Lender (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall
promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss,
cost or reasonable out-of-pocket expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan
other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by
reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrowers (for a reason other than the
failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or
convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount
notified by the Borrowers; or
(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the
last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the
Borrowers pursuant to Section 10.13;
including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of
funds (but excluding loss of anticipated profits) obtained by it to maintain
such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds
were obtained. The Borrowers shall also pay any customary administrative fees
charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrowers to the
Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the London
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interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period,
whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06 MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrowers are required to pay any
additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of
any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to
Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a
different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign
its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment
(i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04,
as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant
to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such
Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be
disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant
to Section 3.01, the Borrowers may replace such Lender in accordance with
Section 10.13.
3.07 SURVIVAL. All of the Borrowers' obligations under this Article III
shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all
other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01 CONDITIONS OF INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSION. The obligation of the L/C
Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date
is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Loan and Corporate Documents; Certificates. The Administrative Agent's
receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles
(followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly
executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated as of
the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a
recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and each other Loan
Document and the Perfection Certificate, sufficient in number for
distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrowers;
(ii) a Note executed by each of the Borrowers in favor of each
Lender requesting a Note;
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(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency
certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each
Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the
identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof
authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a
party;
(iv) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized
or formed, is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage
in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation
of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification
(except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect);
(v) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers
certifying that either (A) all consents, licenses and approvals required
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan
Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party have been obtained, and such consents, licenses and
approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) no such consents,
licenses or approvals are so required;
(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each of the
Borrowers certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a)
and (b) have been satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or
circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has
had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and (C) a calculation of the Total
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Holdings most
recently ended prior to the Closing Date;
(vii) a Solvency Certificate, executed on behalf of the Borrowers
and each Guarantor thereto by the chief financial officer of each of the
Borrowers;
(viii) certified copies of the Purchase Agreements and all material
agreements, instruments and other documents delivered in connection
therewith as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and
(ix) a Committed Loan Notice and/or Letter of Credit Application, as
applicable, relating to the Initial Credit Extension.
(b) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received, on
behalf of itself, the other Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, (i)
favorable opinions of Kaye Scholer LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) favorable opinions of Epstein
Becker & Green P.C., local and special counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to
the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (iii) a copy of each legal opinion delivered under the
other Purchase Agreements, accompanied by reliance letters from the party
delivering such opinion authorizing the Agents, Lenders and the L/C Issuer to
rely thereon as if such opinion were addressed to them.
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(c) Acquisition. The final terms and conditions of each aspect of the
Acquisition, including, without limitation, all tax aspects thereof, shall be
(i) as previously described to the Lenders and (ii) otherwise satisfactory to
the Lenders. The Purchase Agreements and such other agreements, instruments and
documents relating to the Acquisition shall not have been amended or modified or
any condition therein waived, in each case in a manner that is materially
adverse to the Lenders, without the prior written consent of both Joint Lead
Arrangers and the Lenders. The Acquisition shall have been consummated in
accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreements contemporaneously with the
initial Credit Extension and in compliance with material applicable law and
regulatory approvals.
(d) Financing Transactions. Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Arrangers that prior to or simultaneously with the initial Credit Extension, the
Equity Contribution shall have occurred. Each of the Administrative Agent and
the Syndication Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence of
receipt by the Borrowers substantially contemporaneously with the funding of the
initial Credit Extension of not less than $250,000,000 gross cash proceeds from
the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes.
(e) Indebtedness. The Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied with (i) the
amount and other terms and conditions of all indebtedness and other liabilities
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries that are to remain outstanding following the
Closing Date, (ii) the arrangements for the repayment of all existing
indebtedness of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries required to be repaid on or
prior to the Closing Date and for the release of all liens in respect thereof
(including the form of payoff letter therefor) and (iii) senior management of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
(f) Sources and Uses. The use of proceeds of the initial credit extensions
shall be as permitted under Section 5.19.
(g) Material Adverse Effect. Since August 31, 2004, there shall not have
occurred any change, occurrence or development that has had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no new or additional
information shall have been received or discovered by an Arranger or the
Lenders, regarding Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the
Transactions, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(h) Consents. Receipt by the Borrowers of all Required Consents (as
defined in the Purchase Agreements), each of which shall be in full force and
effect, and expiration of all applicable waiting periods without any action
being taken by any authority that could restrain, prevent or impose any material
adverse conditions on Holdings and its subsidiaries or the Transactions. The
absence of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or
governmental authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. All loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers or any of their
respective affiliates shall be in full compliance with the Federal Reserve's
margin regulations. All material consents and approvals necessary in connection
with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (including
without limitation the granting of the Liens on the Collateral) shall have been
obtained.
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(i) Environmental Reports. The Lenders shall have received (i) the
internal environmental audit reports listed on Schedule 4.01(i), prepared in
2004 by AMR Holdco or an Affiliate thereof, for all 61 facilities where fleet
maintenance is conducted and all owned properties (other than one owned property
that contains only a residence), of AMR Holdco, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders, describing compliance with Environmental Laws at
such fleet maintenance facility or other owned property (ii) all other reports,
audits and other information or certifications, as they may reasonably request,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to them.
(j) ERISA Matters. The Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied that (i) the
Plans of Holdings and its ERISA Affiliates are, in all material respects, funded
in accordance with the minimum statutory requirements, (ii) no "reportable
event" has occurred that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and (iii) no termination of, or withdrawal from, any such Plan has
occurred or is contemplated that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections. Each Joint
Lead Arranger and the Lenders shall have received, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to them: (i) (A) audited consolidated financial
statements of AMR and its Subsidiaries for the three fiscal years ended most
recently prior to the Acquisition and audited consolidated financial statements
of EmCare and its Subsidiaries for the three fiscal years ended most recently
prior to the Acquisition, (B) unaudited consolidated financial statements of AMR
and its Subsidiaries for any interim quarterly periods that have ended since the
most recent of such audited financial statements and unaudited consolidated
financial statements of EmCare and its Subsidiaries for any interim quarterly
periods that have ended since the most recent of such audited financial
statements and (C) pro forma financial statements as to Holdings and its
Subsidiaries giving effect to the Transactions for the most recently completed
fiscal year and the period commencing with the end of the most recently
completed fiscal year and ending with the most recently completed quarter, which
in the case of any annual or quarterly periods, shall meet the requirements of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (with the exception
of adjustments for Laidlaw Management Fees), and all other accounting rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to a registration
statement under such Act on Form S-1; (ii) forecasts prepared by management of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow
statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for each quarter for the first year
following the Closing Date and for each year commencing with the first fiscal
year following the Closing Date for the term of the credit facilities under this
Agreement and (iii) evidence that (A) the Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and
its subsidiaries for the most recent four fiscal quarters for which financial
statements are available was not less than $122,000,000, (B) the ratio of total
debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries at the Closing Date to the Consolidated
EBITDA of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the most recent four fiscal
quarters for which financial statements are available (which pro forma ratio
shall be calculated reflecting the Transactions on a Pro Forma Basis) was not
greater than 5.0:1.0 and (C) the pro forma financial statements and forecasts
were prepared in good faith on the basis of reasonable assumptions.
(l) Fees and Expenses. All accrued reasonable fees and expenses of the
Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the
Joint Lead Arrangers and local counsel
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for the Lenders) shall have been paid, to the extent invoiced. The Borrowers
shall have complied with all of the terms of the Fee Letter and the engagement
letter dated December 6, 2004 between the Sponsor and the Arrangers to be
complied with on or before such date.
(m) Personal Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have
received:
(i) all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or
evidencing the Securities Collateral (as such term is defined in the
Security Agreement) accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock
powers undated and endorsed in blank and, except as set forth in Schedule
6.16, certificates of title for Motor Vehicles required to be pledged
under the Security Documents shall have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent;
(ii) all intercompany notes existing on the Closing Date executed by
and among any Loan Parties, accompanied by instruments of transfer undated
and endorsed in blank;
(iii) all other certificates, agreements or instruments necessary to
perfect the Collateral Agent's security interest in all Chattel Paper, all
Instruments, of each Loan Party (as each such term is defined in the
Security Agreement and to the extent required by the Security Agreement);
(iv) UCC financing statements in appropriate form for filing under
the UCC, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and
United States Copyright Office and such other documents under applicable
Requirements of Law in each jurisdiction as may be necessary or, in the
opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens created,
or purported to be created, by the Security Documents; and
(v) certified copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark
Office and United States Copyright Office, tax and judgment lien searches
and bankruptcy searches or equivalent reports or searches, each of a
recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or
comparable documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed
in those state and county jurisdictions in which any property of any Loan
Party is located and the state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan
Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business, none of
which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the
Security Documents (other than Permitted Liens).
(n) Real Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) a Mortgage encumbering each Mortgaged Property in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly executed
and acknowledged by each Loan Party that is the owner of or holder of a
possessory interest in such Mortgaged Property, and otherwise in form for
recording in the recording office of each applicable political subdivision
where each such Mortgaged Property is situated, together with such
certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required
in connection with the recording or filing thereof to create a lien under
applicable Requirements of Law, and such financing statements and any
other instruments necessary to grant a mortgage lien
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under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, all of which shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(ii) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such consents,
approvals, amendments, supplements, estoppels, tenant subordination
agreements or other instruments as necessary to consummate the
Transactions or as shall reasonably be deemed necessary by the Collateral
Agent in order for the owner or holder of the fee or leasehold interest
constituting such Mortgaged Property to grant the Lien contemplated by the
Mortgage with respect to such Mortgaged Property;
(iii) with respect to each Mortgage, a policy of title insurance (or
marked up title insurance commitment having the effect of a policy of
title insurance) insuring the Lien of such Mortgage as a valid first
mortgage Lien (subject to Permitted Liens and other Liens approved by the
Collateral Agent) on the Mortgaged Property and fixtures described therein
in the amount equal to not less than 115% of the fair market value of such
Mortgaged Property and fixtures, which fair market value is set forth on
Schedule 4.01(n)(iii), which policy (or such marked-up commitment) (each,
a "Title Policy") shall (A) be issued by the Title Company, (B) to the
extent necessary, include such reinsurance arrangements (with provisions
for direct access, if necessary) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Collateral Agent, (C) contain a "tie-in" or "cluster" endorsement, if
available under applicable law (i.e., policies which insure against losses
regardless of location or allocated value of the insured property up to a
stated maximum coverage amount), (D) have been supplemented by such
endorsements (to the extent available in the jurisdictions where such
Mortgaged Properties are located at a reasonable price) as shall be
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (including endorsements on
matters relating to usury, first loss, last dollar, zoning, contiguity,
revolving credit, doing business, non-imputation, public road access,
survey, variable rate, environmental lien, subdivision, mortgage recording
tax, separate tax lot, revolving credit, and so-called comprehensive
coverage over covenants and restrictions), and (E) contain no exceptions
to title other than Permitted Liens and other exceptions acceptable to the
Collateral Agent and standard exceptions and exclusions from coverage;
(iv) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such affidavits,
certificates, information (including financial data) and instruments of
indemnification (including a so-called "gap" indemnification) as shall be
reasonably required to induce the Title Company to issue the Title
Policy/ies and endorsements contemplated above;
(v) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of
payment by the Borrowers of all Title Policy premiums, search and
examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, mortgage
recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the
recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the Title Policies referred to
above;
(vi) with respect to each Real Property or Mortgaged Property,
copies of all Leases in which the Borrowers or any Subsidiary holds the
lessor's interest or other agreements relating to possessory interests of
the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, if any. To the extent any of the
foregoing encumber any Mortgaged Property, such agreement shall be
subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage to be recorded against such
Mortgaged
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Property, either expressly by its terms or pursuant to a subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreement;
(vii) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, each Loan Party shall
have made all notifications, registrations and filings, to the extent
required by, and in accordance with, all Governmental Real Property
Disclosure Requirements applicable to such Mortgaged Property;
(viii) Surveys with respect to each Mortgaged Property; and
(ix) a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood
Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property.
(o) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or
a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section
6.07 and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which
shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a "standard" or "New York"
lender's loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable) and shall name
the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section
4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
4.02 CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT EXTENSIONS. The obligation of each Lender to
honor any Request for Credit Extension in respect of a Borrowing or L/C Credit
Extension is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers and each
other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or any
officer's certificate or compliance certificate furnished at any time
under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in
all material aspects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes
of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the
most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b),
respectively, of Section 6.01.
(b) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from
the application of the proceeds thereof.
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(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or
the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension
in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension in respect of a Borrowing or L/C Credit
Extension submitted by the Borrowers shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been
satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of Holdings and the Borrowers jointly and severally represent and
warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
5.01 EXISTENCE, QUALIFICATION AND POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each Loan
Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized or formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all
requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i)
own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly
qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, and (d) is in
compliance with all Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c)
or (d), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02 AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is
party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any
of such Person's Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any
breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any
payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is
a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental
Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject;
or (c) violate any Law, except in the case of clause (b) or (c) as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party and
each subsidiary thereof is in compliance with all Contractual Obligations
referred to in clause (b)(i), except to the extent that failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.03 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION; OTHER CONSENTS. No material approval,
consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in
connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of
the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents, (c) the perfection
or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents (including the
priority thereof) or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
of its rights under the
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Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the
Security Documents, except for (i) filings necessary to perfect the Liens on the
Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the
approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings
which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force, (iii)
those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices or
filings described in the Security Agreement and (iv) those approvals, consents,
exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to
obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.04 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan
Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered
by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each
other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that
is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to
or limiting creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles relating to
enforceability.
5.05 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition of the AMR and EmCare and their respective Subsidiaries
as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered
thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period
covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all
material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of
the AMR and EmCare and their respective Subsidiaries as of the date thereof that
are required to be disclosed therein, including liabilities for taxes, material
commitments and Indebtedness.
(b) The unaudited combined balance sheet of (A) AMR and its Subsidiaries
dated November 30, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on
that date and (B) EmCare and its Subsidiaries dated November 30, 2004 and the
related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity
and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition of the applicable company and its
Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the
period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the
absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments. Schedule 5.05
sets forth all material indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no
event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The consolidated pro forma balance sheet of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries as at November 30, 2004 and the related consolidated pro forma
statements of income and cash flows
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of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the twelve months then ended, certified
by the chief financial officer of Holdings, copies of which have been furnished
to each Lender, fairly present in all material respects the consolidated pro
forma financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at such date and
the consolidated pro forma results of operations of the Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date. Such pro forma financial
statements have been prepared in good faith by the Borrowers, based on the
assumptions stated therein (which assumptions are believed by the Borrowers on
the Closing Date to be reasonable), and are based on the best information
available to the Borrowers as of the date of delivery thereof.
(e) The consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and
cash flows of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
6.01(c) were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated
therein, which assumptions were fair in light of the conditions existing at the
time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery,
Holdings' best estimate of its future financial performance it being understood
that forecasts are subject to uncertainties and contingencies and that no
representation or warranty is given that any forecast will be realized.
5.06 LITIGATION. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or
disputes pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries after due
and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in
arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a)
purport to challenge or limit, directly or indirectly, the enforceability of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or (b) except as set forth on Schedule 5.06, either
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. There has been no material adverse change in the
status, or the reasonably anticipated financial effect on Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, of the actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes disclosed
on Schedule 5.06.
5.07 NO DEFAULT. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.
5.08 PROPERTIES.
(a) Generally. Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries has good title to, or
valid leasehold interests in, all its property, except as would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and all of such property is free
and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens and minor irregularities or
deficiencies in title that, individually or in the aggregate, do not materially
interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to
utilize such property for its intended purpose. The property of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) is in good operating order, condition and
repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted), except to the extent the failure to be
in such condition could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect and (ii) constitutes all the property which is required for the
business and operations of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries as presently
conducted.
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(b) Real Property. As of the Closing Date, Schedules 8(a) and 8(b) to the
Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date contain a true and complete list
of each interest in Real Property (i) owned by any Holdings and its Subsidiaries
as of the date hereof and describes the type of interest therein held by such
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and whether such owned Real Property is leased by
Holdings or one of its Subsidiaries to a third party, and if so leased, whether
the underlying Lease contains any option to purchase all or any portion of such
Real Property or any interest therein or contains any right of first refusal
relating to any sale of such Real Property or any portion thereof or interest
therein and (ii) leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or utilized by Holdings
or its Subsidiaries, as lessee, sublessee, franchisee or licensee, as of the
date hereof where, in the case of this clause (ii) the fair market value of
assets located at such property exceeds $100,000.
(c) No Casualty Event. None of Holdings or its Subsidiaries has received
any notice of, nor has any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or
contemplation of any Casualty Event affecting any material portion of its
property. No Mortgage encumbers improved Real Property that is located in an
area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been
obtained in accordance with Section 6.07.
(d) Collateral. Each Loan Party owns or has rights to use (i) all of the
Collateral and (ii) all rights with respect to any of the foregoing used in,
necessary for or material to each such company's business as currently
conducted, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The use by each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries of such Collateral and
all such rights with respect to the foregoing do not infringe on the rights of
any person other than such infringement which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No
claim has been made and remains outstanding that any such company's use of any
Collateral does or may violate the rights of any third party that could,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.09 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.09 and except as, individually or in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect:
(i) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and their businesses, operations
and Real Property are in compliance with, and Holdings and its
Subsidiaries have no liability under, Environmental Law;
(ii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have obtained all Environmental
Permits required for the conduct of their businesses and operations, and
the ownership, operation and use of their property, under Environmental
Law, all such Environmental Permits are valid and in good standing and,
under the currently effective business plan of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, no expenditures or operational adjustments will be required
in order to renew or modify such Environmental Permits during the next
five years;
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(iii) There has been no Release or threatened Release of Hazardous
Material on, at, under or from any Real Property or facility presently or
formerly owned, leased or operated by Holdings and its Subsidiaries or
their predecessors in interest that could reasonably be expected to result
in liability by Holdings and its Subsidiaries under Environmental Law;
(iv) There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, threatened against Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, or relating to the Real Property currently or formerly
owned, leased or operated by Holdings and its Subsidiaries or relating to
the operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, and there are no actions,
activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that could
reasonably be expected to form the basis of such an Environmental Claim;
and
(v) No person with an indemnity or contribution obligation to
Holdings and its Subsidiaries relating to compliance with or liability
under Environmental Law is in default with respect to such obligation.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.09:
(i) None of Holdings or its Subsidiaries is obligated to perform any
action or otherwise incur any expense under Environmental Law pursuant to
any order, decree, judgment or agreement by which it is bound or has
assumed by contract or agreement, and no such company is conducting or
financing any Response pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to
any Real Property or any other location;
(ii) No Real Property or facility owned, operated or leased by
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Holdings and
its Subsidiaries, no Real Property or facility formerly owned, operated or
leased by Holdings and its Subsidiaries or any of their predecessors in
interest is (i) listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities
List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or (ii) listed on the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System
promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or (iii) included on any similar list
maintained by any Governmental Authority including any such list relating
to petroleum;
(iii) No Lien has been recorded or, to the knowledge of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries, threatened under any Environmental Law with respect to
any Real Property or other assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not require
any notification, registration, filing, reporting, disclosure,
investigation, remediation or cleanup pursuant to any Governmental Real
Property Disclosure Requirements or any other Environmental Law; and
(v) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have made available to the Lenders
all material records and files in the possession, custody or control of,
or otherwise reasonably available to, Holdings and its Subsidiaries
concerning compliance with or liability under Environmental Law, including
those concerning the existence of Hazardous Material at
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Real Property or facilities currently or formerly owned, operated, leased
or used by Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
5.10 INSURANCE. Schedule 5.10 sets forth a true, complete and correct
description of all insurance maintained by each Holdings and its Subsidiaries as
of the Closing Date. All insurance maintained by the Holdings and its
Subsidiaries is in full force and effect, all premiums have been duly paid and
none of Holdings or its Subsidiaries has received notice of violation or
cancellation thereof, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Premises, and the
use, occupancy and operation thereof, comply in all material respects with all
Insurance Requirements, and there exists no default under any Insurance
Requirement, in each case to the extent same could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has
insurance in such amounts and covering such risks and liabilities as are
customary for companies of a similar size engaged in similar businesses in
similar locations and as otherwise required by Section 6.07.
5.11 TAXES. Holdings and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state
and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid
all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or
assets otherwise due and payable, except those that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax
assessment against Holdings or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is
party to any tax sharing agreement.
5.12 ERISA COMPLIANCE. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for
which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Borrower and ERISA Affiliate is in
compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of
ERISA and the Code with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan. The present value
of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Pension Plans (based
on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets
of all such underfunded Pension Plans in an amount that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if the Plans were terminated. The
aggregate liabilities of the Borrowers and their ERISA Affiliates to all
Multiemployer Plans in the event of a complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the
close of the most recent fiscal year of each such Multiemployer Plan, would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrowers and
any Subsidiaries do not maintain or contribute to any plan, program, policy,
arrangement or agreement with respect to employees (or former employees)
employed outside the United States.
5.13 SUBSIDIARIES; EQUITY INTERESTS. As of the Closing Date, Holdings does
not have any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of
Schedule 5.13, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries
have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by a
Loan Party in the amounts specified on Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 free and clear
of all Liens except Permitted Liens. Holdings does not have any equity
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investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically
disclosed in Part(b) of Schedule 5.13. All of the outstanding Equity Interests
in Holdings has been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable no
subsidiary of Holdings is party to any Contractual Obligation that, if entered
into after the Closing Date, would be prohibited by Section 7.09.
5.14 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT.
(a) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged or will
engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of
purchasing or carrying margin stock, or extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued
by the FRB). Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or
drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the
assets (either of Holdings only or of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 or Section 7.05 or
subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and any Lender or any Affiliate of any
Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 8.01(e) will be
margin stock.
(b) None of Holdings, any Person Controlling Holdings, or any Subsidiary
(i) is a "holding company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or
an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company," within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.15 DISCLOSURE. No report, financial statement, certificate or other
information, including the Confidential Information Memorandum and the
Perfection Certificate, in each case concerning any Loan Party, furnished
(whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or
any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the
negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so
furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided
that, with respect to projected and pro forma financial information, the Loan
Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based
upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being understood that
projections and forecasts are subject to uncertainties and contingencies and no
assurance can be given that such projections or forecasts will be realized).
5.16 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Holdings and each of its Subsidiary is in
compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all
orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties,
except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ,
injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.17 SOLVENCY. On the Closing Date immediately following the consummation
of the Transactions and immediately following the making of each Loan and after
giving effect to the
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application of the proceeds of each Loan on the date hereof, (a) the fair value
of the assets of each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with
its Subsidiaries which for this purpose shall include rights of contribution in
respect of obligations for which such Loan Party has provided a guarantee)
exceeds its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b)
the present fair saleable value of the property of each Loan Party (individually
and on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) which for this purpose shall
include rights of contribution in respect of obligations for which such loan
party has provided a guarantee is greater than the amount that will be required
to pay the probably liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and
matured (the valuation of contingent obligations being computed in light of all
the facts and circumstances existing on the date hereof that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability); (c) each Loan Party
(individually and on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) is able to pay
its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise (the valuation
of contingent obligations being computed in light of all facts and circumstances
existing on the date hereof that can reasonably be expected to become an actual
or material liability), as such debts and liabilities become absolute and
matured; and (d) each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with
its Subsidiaries) does not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct
the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is
proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
5.18 SECURITY DOCUMENTS.
(a) Security Agreement. The Security Agreement is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal,
valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security
Agreement Collateral and, when (i) financing statements and other filings in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 7 to the
Perfection Certificate and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the
Collateral Agent of the Security Agreement Collateral with respect to which a
security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which
possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent
possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by each Security
Agreement), the Liens created by the Security Agreement shall constitute fully
perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of
the grantors thereunder in the Security Agreement Collateral (other than such
Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected
under the UCC as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction),
in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) Copyright Office Filing. When the Security Agreement or the Copyright
Security Agreement (as defined in the Security Agreement) is filed in the United
States Copyright Office, the Liens created by such Security Agreement shall
constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title
and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Registered Copyrights and
Registered Copyright Licenses (each as defined in such Security Agreement), in
each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(c) Mortgages. Each Mortgage is effective to create, in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal,
valid and enforceable first priority Liens on, and security interests in, all of
the Loan Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties
thereunder and the proceeds thereof, subject only to Permitted Liens or
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other Liens acceptable to the Collateral Agent, and when the Mortgages are filed
in the offices specified on Schedule 8(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated
the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Mortgage executed and delivered after
the date thereof in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.13 and 6.14,
when such Mortgage is filed in the offices specified in the local counsel
opinion delivered with respect thereto in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 6.13 and 6.14), the Mortgages shall constitute fully perfected Liens
on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and
superior in right to any other person, other than Liens permitted by such
Mortgage and Permitted Liens.
(d) Valid Liens. Each Security Document delivered pursuant to Sections
6.13 and 6.14 will, upon execution and delivery thereof, be effective to create
in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal,
valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Loan
Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Collateral thereunder, and when
all appropriate filings or recordings are made in the appropriate offices as may
be required under applicable law and upon the taking of possession or control by
the Collateral Agent of the Security Agreement Collateral with respect to which
a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which
possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent
possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by each Security
Agreement), such Security Document will constitute fully perfected Liens on, and
security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such
Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than the applicable Permitted
Liens.
5.19 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of (a) the Term
Loans to effect the Transactions and pay related fees and expenses and (b) the
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans on and after the Closing Date for general
corporate purposes (including to effect Permitted Acquisitions).
5.20 ACQUISITION DOCUMENTS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES IN ACQUISITION
AGREEMENT. The Lenders have been furnished true and complete copies of each
Acquisition Document (including all exhibits, schedules, annexes or other
attachments thereto) to the extent executed and delivered on or prior to the
Closing Date. All representations and warranties of each of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries set forth in the Acquisition Agreement were true and correct in all
material respects as of the time such representations and warranties were made
and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as
if such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date, unless
stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations
and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date.
5.21 ANTI-TERRORISM LAW. No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan
Parties, none of its Affiliates is in violation of any Requirement of Law
relating to terrorism or money laundering ("Anti-Terrorism Laws"), including
Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001
(the "Executive Order"), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001,
Public Law 107-56.
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No Loan Party and to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Affiliate
or broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting or benefiting in any capacity
in connection with the Loans is any of the following:
(i) a person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise
subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(ii) a person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf
of, any person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to
the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or
otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or
supports "terrorism" as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a person that is named as a "specially designated national and
blocked person" on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") at its official
website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list.
No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or
other agent of any Loan Party acting in any capacity in connection with the
Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any
contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any person
described in paragraph (b) above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any
transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant
to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any
transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or
attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism
Law.
5.22 SENIOR DEBT. All of the Obligations constitute "Designated Senior
Debt" as defined in the Subordinated Notes Indenture and in each contract or
agreement evidencing or governing any other Subordinated Debt, (to the extent
each contract or agreement contains such a concept or similar concept) and the
Obligations are permitted thereunder. No Debt other than the Obligations
constitutes "Designated Senior Debt" within the meaning and pursuant to the
terms of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or any contract or agreement
evidencing or governing any other Subordinated Debt (to the extent each contract
or agreement contains such a concept or similar concept).
5.23 GOVERNMENT CONSENTS FOR CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.
(a) Each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor has, and is in good
standing with respect to, all approvals, permits, licenses, consents,
authorizations, franchises, certificates, and inspections of all Governmental
Authorities and that are otherwise necessary for such Loan Party to continue to
conduct business and own, use, operate, and maintain its property and assets as
heretofore conducted, owned, used, operated, and maintained which, if not
obtained (whether directly or by lawful and effective assignment) or not
maintained in good standing, would
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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Further, to the
knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, no conditions exist or events have
occurred that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, could result
in the amendment, modification, suspension, rescission, revocation, forfeiture,
or non-renewal of any such approval, permit, license, consent, authorization,
franchise, or certificate, except any such as could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the Borrowers' and each of their Subsidiaries' employees,
officers, directors, and contractors providing professional medical services to
patients is, and has at all times been, while serving in such capacity (i) duly
licensed and certified (as and where required) by each regulatory body having
jurisdiction over services rendered by such Person, and (ii) eligible (as and
where required) to participate in Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and
state funded health care reimbursement programs, where such failure to be
licensed, certified or eligible, as the case may be, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect either individually or in the
aggregate.
5.24 MATERIAL AGREEMENTS.
Schedule 5.24 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the
Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or
other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than
contingent obligations that constitute indemnification obligations that survive
termination of this Agreement), or any Letter of Credit (which is not
collateralized in accordance with Section 2.03(g)) shall remain outstanding,
Holdings and the Borrowers shall, and shall cause each of their respective
Subsidiaries to:
6.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (who shall
furnish to each Lender):
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 105 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Holdings (commencing with the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2005), (i) a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, (ii) a consolidated balance
sheet of AMR Holdco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal
year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year,
and (iii) a consolidated balance sheet of EmCare Holdco and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, in the case of each of (i),
(ii) and (iii), all in
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reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in the case
of clause (i), audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an
independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing
reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion
shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
and shall not be subject to any "going concern" or like qualification or
exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit
and such consolidating statements to be certified by a Responsible Officer
of Holdings, AMR Holdco or EmCare Holdco, as applicable, to the effect
that such statements fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, AMR
Holdco and its Subsidiaries or EmCare and its Subsidiaries, as applicable,
as of the dates and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP;
and, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, unaudited
consolidating financial data for the corresponding information and periods
presented;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the
end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of
Holdings (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending February 28, 2005),
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at
the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal
quarter and for the portion of the Holdings' fiscal year then ended,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the
corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, (ii) a consolidated
balance sheet of AMR Holdco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter
and for the portion of the AMR Holdco's fiscal year then ended, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion
of the previous fiscal year, and (iii) a consolidated balance sheet of
EmCare Holdco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter,
and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the
portion of the EmCare Holdco's fiscal year then ended, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal
quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the
previous fiscal year, in all in reasonable detail, certified by a
Responsible Officer of Holdings, AMR Holdco or EmCare Holdco, as
applicable, as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, AMR Holdco and its Subsidiaries or EmCare
Holdco and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of the dates and for the
period specified in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and, in the case of clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) above, unaudited consolidating financial information
for the corresponding information and periods presented; and
(c) as soon as available, but in any event at least 15 days before
the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, forecasts prepared by management
of Holdings, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
of consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations and
cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a
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monthly basis for the immediately following fiscal year (including the
fiscal year in which the Term Loan Maturity Date occurs).
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section
6.02(d), Holdings and the Borrowers shall not be separately required to furnish
such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be
in derogation of the obligation of Holdings and the Borrowers to furnish the
information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above at the times
specified therein.
6.02 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION. Deliver to the Administrative Agent
(who shall furnish to each Lender), in form and detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified
public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that
in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of
any Default under the financial covenants set forth herein or, if any such
Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) (commencing with the delivery of
the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2005), a
duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of
each of the Borrowers;
(c) promptly after any reasonable request by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports, management
letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the
audit committee of the board of directors) of Holdings by independent
accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;
(d) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual
report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent
generally to the stockholders of Holdings acting in such capacity, and
copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and
registration statements which Holdings may file or be required to file
with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative
Agent pursuant hereto;
(e) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement
or report furnished generally to the holders of debt securities of any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, loan or credit agreement and not otherwise required to be
furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01 or any other clause of
this Section 6.02;
(f) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after
receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of
each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable
agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any
investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such
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agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary thereof;
(h) promptly, notice of any change in Holdings' or its Subsidiaries'
accounting policies, that in Holdings' good faith determination would be
required to be disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance
with GAAP; and
(i) promptly, such additional information regarding the business,
financial or corporate affairs of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or
compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative
Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or
Section 6.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials
otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so
delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the
Borrowers post such documents, or provide a link thereto on the Borrowers'
website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii)
on which such documents are posted on the Borrowers' behalf on an Internet or
intranet website, if any, to which the Administrative Agent has access (whether
a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative
Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrowers shall deliver paper copies of such
documents to the Administrative Agent if it requests the Borrowers to deliver
such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is
given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrowers shall notify the
Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any
such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail
electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrowers shall be required to
provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.02(b)
to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to
maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have
no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrowers with any such request
for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting
delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or
the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials
and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder
(collectively, "Borrower Materials") by posting the Borrower Materials on
IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the "platform") and (b) certain
of the Lenders may be "public-side" Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to
receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their
securities) (each, a "public lender"). The Borrowers hereby agree that (w) all
Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be
clearly and conspicuously marked "PUBLIC" which, at a minimum, shall mean that
the word "PUBLIC" shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by
marking Borrower Materials "PUBLIC," the Borrowers shall be deemed to have
authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available
information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and
proprietary) with respect to the Borrowers or their securities for purposes of
United States Federal and state securities laws; (y) all Borrower Materials
marked "PUBLIC" are
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permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated
"Public Investor"; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be
required to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked "PUBLIC" as being
suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated "Public
Investor."
6.03 NOTICES. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly
thereafter notify each Lender):
(a) of the occurrence of any Default;
(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including the following to the
extent they have resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default
under, a Contractual Obligation of either Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii)
any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between
either Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority, except
to the extent prohibited by law; or (iii) the commencement of, or any
material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting either
Borrower or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Laws;
(c) promptly, upon the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or
together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably
be expected to result in liability of either Borrower in an aggregate
amount exceeding $500,000, a written notice specifying the nature thereof,
what action such Borrower or ERISA Affiliate have taken, are taking or
propose to take with respect thereto, and, when known, any action taken or
threatened by the IRS, Department of Labor, PBGC or Multiemployer Plan
sponsor with respect thereto; and
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial
reporting practices by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement
of a Responsible Officer of each of the Borrowers setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrowers have taken
and propose to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section
6.03(a) shall describe with reasonable particularity any and all provisions of
this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
6.04 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Pay and discharge as the same shall become
due and payable, all their obligations and liabilities (other than
Indebtedness), including all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental
charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same either
(i) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by
either Borrower or such Subsidiary or (ii) the failure to pay could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.05 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC.(a) Do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal
existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 7.04 or Section
7.05 or, in the case of any Subsidiary, where the
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failure to perform such obligations, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Do or cause to be done all things
necessary to (a) obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and
effect the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, authorizations,
patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its
business; (b) maintain and operate such business in substantially the manner in
which it is presently conducted and operated; (c) comply with all applicable
Requirements of Law (including any and all zoning, building, Environmental Law,
ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of
record or agreements affecting the Real Property) and decrees and orders of any
Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted; and (d) at
all times maintain, preserve and protect all property material to the conduct of
such business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition
(other than wear and tear occurring in the ordinary course of business) and from
time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs,
renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted
at all times, except in the case of clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) where the
failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided that nothing in this Section 6.06 shall prevent (i) sales of property,
consolidations or mergers by or involving any Loan Party in accordance with
Section 7.04 or Section 7.05; (ii) the withdrawal by any Loan Party of its
qualification as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where such
withdrawal, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) the abandonment by any Loan
Party of any rights, franchises, licenses, trademarks, trade names, copyrights
or patents that such person reasonably determines are not useful to its business
or no longer commercially desirable.
6.07 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
(a) Generally. Keep its insurable property adequately insured at all times
by financially sound and reputable insurers (including, without limitation, any
Insurance Subsidiary); maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against
such risks as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations, including insurance with respect to
Mortgaged Properties and other properties material to the business of the Loan
Parties against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such
amounts with such deductibles as is customary in the case of similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations, including (i) physical hazard
insurance on an "all risk" basis, (ii) commercial general liability against
claims for bodily injury, death or property damage covering any and all
insurable claims, (iii) business interruption insurance, (iv) worker's
compensation insurance and such other insurance as may be required by any
Requirement of Law and (v) such other insurance against risks as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require (such policies to
be in such form and amounts and having such coverage as may be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent).
(b) Additional Insurance. In addition to, and without limiting the
foregoing, Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall maintain or require the
maintenance of medical malpractice and other professional insurance with a
responsible insurance company (which may include any Insurance Subsidiary) for
and covering each Loan Party and each Loan Party's employees, officers,
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directors or contractors who provides professional medical services to patients.
Such insurance shall cover such casualties, risks and contingencies, shall be of
the type and in amounts, and may be subject to deductibles as are customarily
maintained by Persons employed or serving in the same or a similar capacity.
(c) Requirements of Insurance. All such insurance shall (i) provide that
no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage
thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days (10 days in the case of
non-payment) after delivery to the Collateral Agent of written notice thereof
and (ii) name the Collateral Agent as mortgagee (in the case of property
insurance) or additional insured on behalf of the Secured Parties (in the case
of liability insurance) or additional loss payee (in the case of property
insurance), as applicable.
(d) Notice to Agents. Notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent immediately whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or
contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this
Section 6.07 is taken out by any Loan Party; and promptly deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a duplicate original copy of such
policy or policies.
(e) Flood Insurance. With respect to each Mortgaged Property, obtain flood
insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may from time to time reasonably require, if at any time the area in
which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property is designated a "flood
hazard area" in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (or any successor agency), and otherwise comply with the
National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.
(f) Broker's Report. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders a report of a reputable insurance broker with
respect to such insurance and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
6.08 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Comply in all material respects with the
requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees
applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in
which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b)
the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.09 BOOKS AND RECORDS. (a) Maintain proper books of record and account,
in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all financial
transactions and matters involving the assets and business of either Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be and in a form in which financial statements
conforming with GAAP can be generated; and (b) maintain such books of record and
account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any
Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over either Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
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6.10 INSPECTION RIGHTS. Permit representatives and independent contractors
of the Agents and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to
examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof
or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with
its officers and independent public accountants provided that in the case of any
meeting with such accountants, representatives of the Loan Parties may be
present (in the case of representatives and independent contractors of the
Agents, all at the expense of the Borrowers) and in each case at such reasonable
times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired,
upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrowers; provided that when an Event of
Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their
respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the
foregoing at the expense of the Borrowers at any time during normal business
hours and without advance notice. The Administrative Agent and Lenders shall
comply with all applicable privacy laws in connection with such inspections and
examinations and the Lenders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
coordinate any visits or inspections made pursuant to this Section 6.10.
6.11 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (i) to
finance in part the Acquisition, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the Transactions and (iii) to provide ongoing working capital
and for general corporate purposes of the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries
of Holdings not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
6.12 COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
(a) Comply, and cause all lessees and other persons occupying Real
Property of any Loan Party to comply, in all material respects with all
Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and
Real Property; obtain and renew all material Environmental Permits applicable to
its operations and Real Property; and conduct all Responses required by, and in
accordance with, Environmental Laws; provided that no Loan Party shall be
required to undertake any Response to the extent that its obligation to do so is
being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves
are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.
(b) If a Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 5.09 or Section
6.12(a) shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 20 days without the
Companies commencing activities reasonably likely to cure such Default in
accordance with Environmental Laws, at the written request of the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent, provide to the
Lenders within 60 days after such request, at the expense of the Borrowers, an
environmental assessment report regarding the matters which are the subject of
such Default, including, where appropriate, soil and/or groundwater sampling,
prepared by an environmental consulting firm and, in the form and substance,
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and indicating the presence or
absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any compliance or
Response to address them.
(c) Each Loan Party that is an owner of Mortgaged Property shall not use,
store, handle or install nor permit to be used, stored, handled or installed in
the Mortgaged Property any Hazardous Materials, other than in compliance with
applicable Environmental Laws.
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6.13 ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL; ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS.
(a) Subject to this Section 6.13, with respect to any property acquired
after the Closing Date by any Loan Party that is intended to be subject to the
Lien created by any of the Security Documents but is not so subject (other than
property that is expressly not required to be pledged pursuant to clause (b)
below), promptly (and in any event within 30 days after the acquisition thereof)
(i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
such amendments or supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other
documents as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably
deem necessary to grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the
benefit of the other Secured Parties, a Lien on such property subject to no
Liens other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) take all actions necessary to cause
such Lien to be duly perfected to the extent required by such Security Document
in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including the filing of
financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent. The Borrowers shall otherwise take such actions and
execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require to confirm
the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of the Security Documents
against such after-acquired properties.
(b) With respect to any Person that is or becomes a Subsidiary after the
Closing Date (other than any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a direct Subsidiary
of a Loan Party), promptly (and in any event within 30 days after such person
becomes a Subsidiary) (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if
any, representing all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary (provided, that
with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, in no event shall more than 65% of the
voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary be subject to the Lien or
pledged under the Security Documents), together with undated stock powers or
other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a
duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of such Equity Interests, and all
intercompany notes owing from such Subsidiary to any Loan Party together with
instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized
officer of such Loan Party and (ii) cause such new Subsidiary (other than a
Foreign Subsidiary) (A) to execute a Joinder Agreement or such comparable
documentation to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and a joinder agreement to the
applicable Security Agreement, substantially in the form annexed thereto or, in
the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, execute a security agreement compatible with
the laws of such Foreign Subsidiary's jurisdiction in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (B) to take all actions
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to
cause the Lien created by the applicable Security Agreement to be duly perfected
to the extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable
Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements in such
jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent.
(c) Promptly grant to the Collateral Agent, within 60 days of the
acquisition thereof, a security interest in and Mortgage on each Real Property
owned in fee by such Loan Party that is acquired by such Loan Party after the
Closing Date and that, together with any improvements thereon, individually has
a fair market value of at least $500,000, as additional security for the Secured
Obligations (unless the subject property is already mortgaged to a third party
to the extent permitted by Section 7.01). Such Mortgages shall be granted
pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral
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Agent and shall constitute valid and enforceable perfected Liens subject only to
Permitted Liens or other Liens acceptable to the Collateral Agent. The Mortgages
or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner
and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and
protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted
pursuant to the Mortgages and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in
connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take
such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents
as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require to
confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing
Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after-acquired Real Property (including a
Title Policy, a Survey and local counsel opinion (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent) in
respect of such Mortgage). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Loan
Parties acquire AMR Brockton, L.L.C. as set forth in the last paragraph of the
definition of "Permitted Acquisition" and the existing mortgage upon the real
property located at 45 Industrial Blvd, Lot 7A, Brockton, Massachusetts owned by
AMR Brockton, L.L.C. in effect on the date of this Agreement is not discharged
in connection with such acquisition, the Loan Parties shall not be required to
deliver a Mortgage and related documents and instruments that would otherwise be
required by this paragraph with respect to such property until such time as such
existing mortgage is discharged.
6.14 SECURITY INTERESTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES. Promptly, upon the reasonable
request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, at the Borrowers'
expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution,
acknowledgment and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or
cause to be registered, filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental
office, any document or instrument supplemental to or confirmatory of the
Security Documents or otherwise deemed by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent reasonably necessary or desirable for the continued validity,
perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject
to no other Liens except Permitted Liens or as permitted by the applicable Loan
Document, or use reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or waivers as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. Deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent from time to time
such other documentation, consents, authorizations, approvals and orders in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall
reasonably deem necessary to perfect or maintain the Liens on the Collateral
pursuant to the Security Documents. Upon the exercise by the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant
to any Loan Document which requires any consent, approval, registration,
qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority execute and deliver
all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers
that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably require. If
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders determine
that they are required by a Requirement of Law to have appraisals prepared in
respect of the Real Property of any Loan Party constituting Collateral, the
Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent appraisals that satisfy the
applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA
and are otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
6.15 INFORMATION REGARDING COLLATERAL. Not effect any change (i) in any
Loan Party's legal name, (ii) in the location of any Loan Party's chief
executive office, (iii) in any
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Loan Party's identity or organizational structure, (iv) in any Loan Party's
Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number,
if any, or (v) in any Loan Party's jurisdiction of organization (in each case,
including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing, dissolving,
liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), until (A) it
shall have given the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent not less than
10 days' prior written notice (in the form of an Officers' Certificate), or such
lesser notice period agreed to by the Collateral Agent, of its intention so to
do, clearly describing such change and providing such other information in
connection therewith as the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request and (B) it shall have taken all action reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection and priority of
the security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties in the Collateral, if applicable. Each Loan Party agrees to promptly
provide the Collateral Agent with certified Organization Documents reflecting
any of the changes described in the preceding sentence. Each Loan Party also
agrees to promptly notify the Collateral Agent of any change in the location of
any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned
by it.
6.16 POST-CLOSING COLLATERAL MATTERS. Execute and deliver the documents
and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.16, in each case within the time
limits specified on such schedule.
6.17 INTEREST RATE PROTECTION. No later than the 60th day after the
Closing Date, Holdings and the Borrowers shall enter into, and for a minimum of
three years thereafter maintain, Swap Contracts with terms and conditions
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that result in at least 40% of
the aggregate principal amount of Holdings' Consolidated Indebtedness (excluding
Revolving Loans) being effectively subject to a fixed or maximum interest rate
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or
other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than
contingent obligations that constitute indemnification obligations that survive
termination of this Agreement), or any Letter of Credit (which is not
collateralized in accordance with Section 2.03(g)) shall remain outstanding,
Holdings and the Borrowers shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly:
7.01 LIENS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of
their property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01
and any refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) no
additional property is covered thereby, (ii) the amount secured or
benefited thereby is not increased (except, in connection with any
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof, by an amount
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equal to accrued interest, a reasonable premium paid in connection with
such renewal, replacement, extension or refinancing, as applicable, and
fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith) and (iii)
if such Lien secures Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is permitted by
Section 7.03;
(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
landlords', suppliers', repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more
than 45 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and
leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory
obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or
litigation), performance bonds, appeal bonds and other obligations of a
like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract
from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere
with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(h) Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default
under Section 8.01(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to
such judgments;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(f);
provided that such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other
than the property financed by such Indebtedness;
(j) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person
is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with Loan Party or
Subsidiary thereof to the extent permitted hereunder (and not created in
anticipation or contemplation thereof); provided that such Liens do not
extend to property not subject to such Liens at the time of acquisition
(other than improvements thereon) and are no more favorable to the
lienholders than such existing Lien;
(k) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into
by either Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Holdings in the ordinary
course of its business and covering only the assets so leased;
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(l) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by either
Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Holdings in connection with any letter
of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(m) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods;
(n) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any
governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real
property;
(o) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property
rights granted by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings in the
ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(p) Liens in favor of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(q) rights of setoff imposed by law upon deposit of cash in favor of
banks or other depository institutions incurred in the ordinary course of
business in deposit accounts maintained with such bank and Cash
Equivalents in such account;
(r) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the
Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(s) Liens of sellers of goods to any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary of Holdings arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial
Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of
business, covering only the goods sold;
(t) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in
repurchase agreements permitted under Section 7.02;
(u) Retained Rights;
(v) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing
the financing of the premiums with respect thereto to the extent permitted
hereunder;
(w) Liens on assets of any Insurance Subsidiary incurred by any
Insurance Subsidiary in favor of a fronting professional liability
insurance carrier to secure such Insurance Subsidiary's obligations to pay
professional liability insurance claims and expenses;
(x) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments permitted
under Section 7.02(n);
(y) Liens on assets of any Insurance Subsidiary securing
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(n);
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(z) Liens granted to the trustee under the Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture securing compensation, reimbursement and indemnity obligations
of the Borrowers to such trustee pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture; and
(aa) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby
does not exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
7.02 INVESTMENTS. Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments held by either Borrower or any other Subsidiary of
Holdings in the form of Cash Equivalents;
(b) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$4,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years ending August 31, 2005 and
2006 and $2,000,000 per fiscal year thereafter, or travel, entertainment,
relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
(c) Investments of Holdings or either Borrower in any Subsidiary
Guarantor and Investments of Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor in
either Borrower or in another Subsidiary Guarantor;
(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of
accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade
credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof;
(e) Guarantees permitted by Section 7.03;
(f) loans and advances to employees, officers and directors of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent the proceeds thereof are
used to acquire Equity Interests of Holdings so long as any cash proceeds
received by Holdings are contemporaneously remitted to either Borrower as
a capital contribution;
(g) Investments with net cash proceeds from Asset Sales and
Extraordinary Receipts, to the extent permitted under Section 2.05(c) or
(f), respectively;
(h) Investments permitted under Section 7.13(f);
(i) Investments existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
7.02;
(j) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under this Agreement;
(k) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for
collection and lease, utility and workers compensation, performance and
similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the
business in the ordinary course of business;
(l) advances of salary to independent contractor physicians in the
ordinary course of business;
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(m) loans and advances to Related Professional Corporations made
pursuant to management, practice support and similar agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business;
(n) deposits of cash collateral by any Insurance Subsidiary to
secure obligations under insurance programs;
(o) Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(p) Investments by Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors in Loan
Parties; and
(q) other Investments not exceeding $15,000,000 in the aggregate in
any time outstanding.
7.03 INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness constituting Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture in an
amount up to $250,000,000;
(c) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is
not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or
extension except by an amount equal to accrued interest, a reasonable
premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to
any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) the terms relating
to amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any),
and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such refinancing,
refunding, renewing or extending Indebtedness, and of any agreement
entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are
not, taken as a whole, materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or
the Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the
Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended;
(d) Guarantees of the Borrowers or any Guarantor in respect of
Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrowers or any other
Guarantor;
(e) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of either Borrower or any
Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person for the purpose of
directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments,
investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such
Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and
not for purposes of speculation or taking a "market view";
(f) Indebtedness in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and
purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets within the
limitations set forth in Section 7.01(i);
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provided that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one
time outstanding shall not exceed $25,000,000;
(g) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary pursuant to
an acquisition permitted by Section 7.13 in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(h) Indebtedness consisting of guarantees, earn-outs or obligations
in respect of purchase price adjustments in connection with the
disposition of assets or acquisition of assets permitted hereunder,
including, without limitation, Equity Interests; provided that the maximum
aggregate liability in respect of all such obligations outstanding under
this clause (h) shall at no time exceed an amount equal to 15% of the
gross proceeds actually received by either Borrower and or any other
Subsidiary of Holdings in connection with such disposition;
(i) Indebtedness in respect of workers' compensation claims,
self-insurance obligations, bankers' acceptances, bids, performance,
completion, appeal and surety bonds or guarantees, and similar types of
obligations, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such
Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;
(k) Subordinated Indebtedness (including Senior Subordinated Notes
issued in addition to clause (b) above) in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that the
proceeds from the issuance thereof are applied in accordance with Section
2.05(d); provided further that after giving effect to any such incurrence
of Subordinated Indebtedness, the Borrowers are in pro forma compliance
with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11;
(l) Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(c);
(m) Indebtedness incurred by either Borrower or any Subsidiary of
Holdings to finance the payment of insurance premiums;
(n) Indebtedness of any Insurance Subsidiary consisting of
obligations under letters of credit incurred by any Insurance Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of business; and
(o) Indebtedness solely of Foreign Subsidiaries that is non-recourse
to the Borrowers and the Guarantors;
(p) Non-cash pay Indebtedness owed to the Sponsor; provided that
such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(q) unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(r) Indebtedness of AMR Brockton, L.L.C. represented by the existing
mortgage (not to exceed $2.2 million) on the real property located at 45
Industrial Blvd, Lot 7A, Brockton, Massachusetts in the event the Loan
Parties acquire AMR Brockton, L.L.C. as set forth in the last paragraph of
the definition of "Permitted Acquisition" and such existing mortgage is
not discharged in connection with such acquisition.
7.04 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or
into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no
Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with (i) either
Borrower, provided that such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving
Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries of Holdings, provided
that when any Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary, the Guarantor
shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to either Borrower or to
another Subsidiary of Holdings; provided that if the transferor in such a
transaction is a Guarantor, then the transferee must either be a Borrower
or a Guarantor; and
(c) any Subsidiary may liquidate, dissolve or wind-up its affairs
provided that the assets thereof are distributed to stockholders on a pro
rata basis.
7.05 ASSET SALES. Make any Asset Sales, except:
(a) Asset Sales of damaged, obsolete, worn out or surplus property
whether now owned or hereafter acquired;
(b) Asset Sales of equipment or real property to the extent that (i)
such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of
similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Asset Sales are
reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement
property;
(c) Asset Sales of property by any Subsidiary to either Borrower or
to another Subsidiary of Holdings; provided that if the transferor of such
property is a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be either
Borrower or a Guarantor; and
(d) Asset Sales permitted by Section 7.04.
(e) non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses of IP Rights in the
ordinary course of business;
(f) licenses, leases and subleases of real or personal property in
the ordinary course of business;
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(g) any disposition of real property to a Governmental Authority
that results in Extraordinary Receipts applied in accordance with Section
2.05(f);
(h) the abandonment or cancellation of intellectual property that is
not material or is no longer used or useful in any material respect in the
business of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(i) sales or forgiveness of accounts receivable in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the collection or compromise
thereof;
(j) Investments in compliance with Section 7.02;
(k) the lease, and sale (if any) pursuant to an option to purchase,
of the residential property located at 430 Steele Street, Denver, Colorado
to the chief executive officer of the Borrowers pursuant to the Agreement
between Emergency Medical Services Corporation (formerly EMSC, Inc.) and
such chief executive officer dated December 6, 2004; and
(l) Asset Sales by either Borrower and its Subsidiaries not
otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (i) at the time
of such Asset Sales, no Default shall exist or would result from such
Asset Sales, (ii) the aggregate consideration received from sales of all
property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (k) in any fiscal year
shall not exceed $10,000,000 and (iii) the purchase price paid for such
asset shall be paid to Holdings or such Subsidiary at least 75% in cash or
Cash Equivalents.
provided that any Asset Sales pursuant to clauses (f) and (k) shall be for at
least fair market value.
To the extent the Required Lenders waive the provisions of this Section
7.05 with respect to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as
permitted by this Section 7.05, such Collateral (unless sold to Holdings, the
Borrowers or a Guarantor) shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by
the Security Documents, and the Agents shall take all actions reasonably
requested by the Borrowers in order to effect the foregoing.
7.06 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any
Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so,
or issue or sell any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of Holdings, except that,
so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any
action described below or would result therefrom:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to either Borrower
or to any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) either Borrower and each Subsidiary of Holdings may declare and
make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common
stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person;
(c) either Borrower and each Subsidiary of Holdings may purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests issued by it with the
proceeds received from the
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substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other
common Equity Interests or new shares of the same class of Equity
Interests;
(d) (A) to the extent actually used by Holdings to pay such taxes,
costs and expenses, payments by the Borrowers to or on behalf of Holdings
in an amount sufficient to pay franchise taxes and other fees required to
maintain the legal existence of Holdings and (B) payments by the Borrowers
to or on behalf of Holdings in an amount sufficient to pay out-of-pocket
legal, accounting and filing costs and other expenses in the nature of
overhead in the ordinary course of business of Holdings;
(e) Permitted Tax Distributions by the Borrowers to Holdings, so
long as Holdings uses such distributions to pay its taxes;
(f) any Subsidiary of Holdings may make Restricted Payments to the
holders of its Equity Interests, provided that such Restricted Payment is
made pro rata to all holders of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary,
taking into account the relative preferences, if any, on the various
classes of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary;
(g) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Subsidiary of Holdings may pay dividends to Holdings to
permit Holdings to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value Holdings' Equity Interests from present or former officers,
directors or employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or
permitted transferees, assigns, estates or heirs of the foregoing) upon
the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer,
director or employee, provided that the aggregate amount of payments under
this paragraph after the date hereof (net of (i) repayment of loans made
by Holdings or such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.02(f) and repaid in
connection with such purchase, redemption or other acquisition for value
of such Equity Interests and (ii) any proceeds received by Holdings and
contributed to either Borrower after the date hereof in connection with
resales of any Equity Interests so purchased) shall not exceed $2,500,000
in any fiscal year, with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried
over for one additional fiscal year;
(h) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Subsidiary of Holdings may pay dividends to Holdings to
permit Holdings to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value Holdings' Equity Interests from present or former officers,
directors or employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or
permitted transferees, assigns, estates or heirs of the foregoing;
provided that the aggregate amount of payments pursuant to this clause
(net of (i) repayment of loans made by Holdings or such Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 7.02(f) and repaid in connection with such purchase,
redemption or other acquisition for value of such Equity Interests and
(ii) any proceeds received by Holdings and contributed to either Borrower
after the date hereof in connection with resales of any Equity Interests
so purchased) shall not exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year;
(i) cashless exercises of options and warrants; and
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(j) issuances by any Subsidiary of Holdings of its Equity Interests
to qualify directors, if required by applicable law.
7.07 CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. With respect to Holdings, engage in any
business activities or have any properties or liabilities, other than (i) its
direct ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, (ii) obligations under the Loan Documents, the Senior Subordinated
Note Documents and the Purchase Agreements, (iii) guarantees of obligations not
prohibited under this Agreement and (iv) activities and properties incidental to
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).
With respect to the Borrowers, Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective
Subsidiaries, engage (directly or indirectly) in any business other than those
businesses in which the Borrowers, Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective
Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date as described in the Confidential
Information Memorandum (or, in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors, which are reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto or
are reasonable extensions thereof).
7.08 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Enter into any transaction of any kind
with any Affiliate of such Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of
business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to
such Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by such Borrower or such
Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person
other than an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply
to (a) transactions between the Borrowers, between or among either Borrower and
any Subsidiary Guarantor or between and among any Subsidiary Guarantors, (b) so
long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) exists, to the payment
of regular management fees to Sponsor in the amounts and at the times specified
in the Management Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date or as thereafter
amended or replaced in any manner, that, taken as a whole, is not more adverse
to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect than such agreement as
it was in effect on the Closing Date; provided that payments under this clause
(b) shall in any event not exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year, (c) reasonable and
customary fees and reimbursements paid to directors of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, (d) compensation arrangements for officers, consultants and
employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary
course of business, (e) transactions permitted by Sections 7.02(b), 7.02(c),
7.02(d), 7.02(f) and 7.06, (f) the transactions set forth on Schedule 7.02 (and
renewals and replacements thereof on terms, in each case taken as a whole, not
materially more disadvantageous to the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary, as
the case may be), (h) payments to Sponsors of reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with services provided by such Persons to any of the Loan Parties or
their Subsidiaries, (i) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of Holdings
(and the exercise of any warrants, options or other rights to acquire Equity
Interests of Holdings), to the extent not prohibited in this Agreement, (j)
management, practice support and similar agreements with Related Professional
Corporations entered into in the ordinary course of business and transactions
pursuant thereto and (k) transactions and any series of transactions with an
Insurance Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided that
notwithstanding this clause (k), the foregoing restriction shall apply with
respect to the Loan Party to such transaction other than the Insurance
Subsidiary.
7.09 BURDENSOME AGREEMENTS. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other
than this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture) that (A)
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limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary of Holdings to make Restricted Payments
to either Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property
to either Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor except for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of (a) any restrictions with respect to
a Subsidiary of Holdings imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered
into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the
Equity Interests or assets of such Subsidiary; (b) agreements governing
Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a
whole, with respect to such restrictions than those contained in such agreements
on the date hereof; (c) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts entered
into in the ordinary course of business; (d) purchase money obligations for
property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on
that property; (e) Liens permitted by Section 7.01 that limit the right of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings to dispose of the assets subject to such
Liens; (f) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets
or property in joint venture agreements, limited liability company operating
agreements, partnership agreements, stockholders agreements, asset sale
agreements, agreements in respect of sales of Equity Interests and other similar
agreements entered into in connection with transactions not prohibited under
this Agreement, provided that such encumbrance or restriction shall only be
effective against the assets or property that are the subject of such
agreements; and (g) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Equity Interests of
a Person acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiaries of Holdings as in effect
at the date of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not
applicable to any Person, or the property or assets of any Person, other than
the Person, or the properties or assets of such Person, so acquired, (ii) of any
Guarantor to Guarantee the Indebtedness of either Borrower or (iii) of either
Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist Liens on property of such Person, other than (a) any negative pledge
incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under
Section 7.03(f) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the
property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; (b) in connection with
any other Lien permitted under Section 7.01 or any document or instrument
governing any such Lien, provided that such prohibition or limitation shall only
be effective against the assets subject to such Lien; (c) pursuant to customary
restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement related to the
disposition of any property permitted under Section 7.05, pending the
consummation of such disposition, provided that such prohibition or limitation
shall only be effective against the assets to be disposed of; (d) customary
non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses or other contracts entered into in
the ordinary course of business, provided that such prohibition or limitation
shall only be effective against the property which is the subject of such lease,
license or other contract; and (e) any negative pledge with respect to motor
vehicles contained in a contract or agreement with a Governmental Authority
entered into in the ordinary course of business; or (B) requires the grant of a
Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure
another obligation of such Person.
7.10 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether
directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to
purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB)
or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
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7.11 FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
(a) Total Leverage Ratio. Permit the Total Leverage Ratio as at the last
day of any period set forth in the table below, to exceed the ratio set forth
opposite such period in the table below:
Date Ratio
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Closing Date -- May 31, 2005 5.50 to 1.00
June 1, 2005 -- August 31, 2005 5.50 to 1.00
September 1, 2005 -- November 30, 2005 5.50 to 1.00
December 1, 2005 -- February 28, 2006 5.50 to 1.00
March 1, 2006 -- May 31, 2006 5.00 to 1.00
June 1, 2006 -- August 31, 2006 5.00 to 1.00
September 1, 2006 -- November 30, 2006 4.75 to 1.00
December 1, 2006 -- February 28, 2007 4.75 to 1.00
March 1, 2007 -- May 31, 2007 4.50 to 1.00
June 1, 2007 -- August 31, 2007 4.50 to 1.00
September 1, 2007 -- November 30, 2007 4.50 to 1.00
December 1, 2007 -- February 28, 2008 4.50 to 1.00
March 1, 2008 -- May 31, 2008 4.25 to 1.00
June 1, 2008 -- August 31, 2008 4.25 to 1.00
September 1, 2008 -- November 30, 2008 4.25 to 1.00
December 1, 2008 -- February 28, 2009 4.00 to 1.00
March 1, 2009 -- May 31, 2009 4.00 to 1.00
June 1, 2009 -- August 31, 2009 4.00 to 1.00
September 1, 2009 -- November 30, 2009 3.75 to 1.00
December 1, 2009 -- February 28, 2010 3.75 to 1.00
March 1, 2010 -- May 31, 2010 3.75 to 1.00
June 1, 2010 -- August 31, 2010 3.75 to 1.00
September 1, 2010 -- November 30, 2010 3.50 to 1.00
December 1, 2010 -- February 28, 2011 3.50 to 1.00
March 1, 2011 -- May 31, 2011 3.50 to 1.00
June 1, 2011 -- August 31, 2011 3.50 to 1.00
September 1, 2011 -- November 30, 2011 3.50 to 1.00
December 1, 2011 -- Term Loan Maturity Date 3.50 to 1.00
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(b) Senior Leverage Ratio. Permit the Senior Leverage Ratio, as at the
last day of any period set forth in the table below, to exceed the ratio set
forth opposite such period in the table below:
Date Ratio
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Closing Date -- May 31, 2005 3.25 to 1.00
June 1, 2005 -- August 31, 2005 3.25 to 1.00
September 1, 2005 -- November 30, 2005 3.25 to 1.00
December 1, 2005 -- February 28, 2006 3.25 to 1.00
March 1, 2006 -- May 31, 2006 3.00 to 1.00
June 1, 2006 -- August 31, 2006 3.00 to 1.00
September 1, 2006 -- November 30, 2006 2.75 to 1.00
December 1, 2006 -- February 28, 2007 2.75 to 1.00
March 1, 2007 -- May 31, 2007 2.75 to 1.00
June 1, 2007 -- August 31, 2007 2.50 to 1.00
September 1, 2007 -- November 30, 2007 2.50 to 1.00
December 1, 2007 -- February 28, 2008 2.50 to 1.00
March 1, 2008 -- May 31, 2008 2.50 to 1.00
June 1, 2008 -- August 31, 2008 2.25 to 1.00
September 1, 2008 -- November 30, 2008 2.25 to 1.00
December 1, 2008 -- February 28, 2009 2.25 to 1.00
March 1, 2009 -- May 31, 2009 2.25 to 1.00
June 1, 2009 -- August 31, 2009 2.00 to 1.00
September 1, 2009 -- November 30, 2009 2.00 to 1.00
December 1, 2009 -- February 28, 2010 2.00 to 1.00
March 1, 2010 -- May 31, 2010 2.00 to 1.00
June 1, 2010 -- August 31, 2010 2.00 to 1.00
September 1, 2010 -- November 30, 2010 2.00 to 1.00
December 1, 2010 -- February 28, 2011 2.00 to 1.00
March 1, 2011 -- May 31, 2011 2.00 to 1.00
June 1, 2011 -- August 31, 2011 2.00 to 1.00
September 1, 2011 -- November 30, 2011 2.00 to 1.00
December 1, 2011 -- Term Loan Maturity Date 2.00 to 1.00
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(c) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio, for any Test Period ending during any period set forth in the
table below, to be less than the ratio set forth opposite such period in the
table below:
Date Ratio
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Closing Date -- May 31, 2005 1.05 to 1.00
June 1, 2005 -- August 31, 2005 1.05 to 1.00
September 1, 2005 -- November 30, 2005 1.05 to 1.00
December 1, 2005 -- February 28, 2006 1.05 to 1.00
March 1, 2006 -- May 31, 2006 1.05 to 1.00
June 1, 2006 -- August 31, 2006 1.05 to 1.00
September 1, 2006 -- November 30, 2006 1.05 to 1.00
December 1, 2006 -- February 28, 2007 1.05 to 1.00
March 1, 2007 -- May 31, 2007 1.10 to 1.00
June 1, 2007 -- August 31, 2007 1.10 to 1.00
September 1, 2007 -- November 30, 2007 1.10 to 1.00
December 1, 2007 -- February 28, 2008 1.10 to 1.00
March 1, 2008 -- May 31, 2008 1.15 to 1.00
June 1, 2008 -- August 31, 2008 1.15 to 1.00
September 1, 2008 -- November 30, 2008 1.15 to 1.00
December 1, 2008 -- February 28, 2009 1.20 to 1.00
March 1, 2009 -- May 31, 2009 1.20 to 1.00
June 1, 2009 -- August 31, 2009 1.20 to 1.00
September 1, 2009 -- November 30, 2009 1.20 to 1.00
December 1, 2009 -- February 28, 2010 1.20 to 1.00
March 1, 2010 -- May 31, 2010 1.20 to 1.00
June 1, 2010 -- August 31, 2010 1.20 to 1.00
September 1, 2010 -- November 30, 2010 1.25 to 1.00
December 1, 2010 -- February 28, 2011 1.25 to 1.00
March 1, 2011 -- May 31, 2011 1.25 to 1.00
June 1, 2011 -- August 31, 2011 1.25 to 1.00
September 1, 2011 -- November 30, 2011 1.25 to 1.00
December 1, 2011 -- Term Loan Maturity Date 1.25 to 1.00
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7.12 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Make any Capital Expenditure (excluding normal
replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations),
except for Capital Expenditures not exceeding, in the aggregate for the
Borrowers, and the Subsidiaries during each fiscal year set forth below, the
amount set forth opposite such fiscal year:
Fiscal Year Amount
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2005 $65,000,000
2006 $65,000,000
2007 $65,000,000
2008 $65,000,000
2009 $70,000,000
2010 $70,000,000
2011 $75,000,000;
provided that so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
result from such expenditure, any portion of any amount set forth above, if not
expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted above, may be carried over
for expenditure in the next following fiscal year; provided, further, that
amounts expended during any fiscal year shall be deemed expended first from the
amount set forth above and only if the amounts expended during such fiscal year
exceed the amount set forth above shall a portion permitted to be carried over
from the prior year be deemed expended.
7.13 ACQUISITIONS. Purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of
related transactions) any part of the property (whether tangible or intangible)
of any Person, except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) Capital Expenditures shall be permitted to the extent permitted
by Section 7.12;
(b) purchases and other acquisitions of property in the ordinary
course of business;
(c) Investments in compliance with Section 7.02;
(d) leases of real or personal property in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) the Transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(f) Permitted Acquisitions; and
(g) mergers and consolidations in compliance with Section 7.04;
provided that the Lien on and security interest in such property granted or to
be granted in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall
be maintained or created in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13 or
Section 6.14, as applicable.
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7.14 PREPAYMENTS OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS; MODIFICATIONS OF ORGANIZATION
DOCUMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, ETC. Directly or indirectly:
(a) make any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or
redemption or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment or redemption as
a result of any asset sale, change of control or similar event of, any
Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Subordinated Notes or any other
Subordinated Indebtedness;
(b) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any
provision of any Purchase Agreement or of any Subordinated Indebtedness,
in each case in any manner that is adverse in any material respect to the
interests of the Lenders;
(c) terminate, amend, modify (including electing to treat any
Pledged Interests (as defined in the Security Agreement) as a "security"
under Section 8-103 of the UCC) or change any of its Organization
Documents (including by the filing or modification of any certificate of
designation) or any agreement to which it is a party with respect to its
Equity Interests (including any stockholders' agreement), or enter into
any new agreement with respect to its Equity Interests, other than any
such amendments, modifications or changes or such new agreements which are
not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders;
provided that Holdings may issue such Equity Interests, so long as such
issuance is not prohibited by any provision of this Agreement, and may
amend its Organization Documents to authorize any such Equity Interests;
or
(d) cause or permit any other obligation (other than the Secured
Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations) to constitute Designated
Senior Debt (or any similar designation) as defined in any Subordinated
Indebtedness, including the Senior Subordinated Note Documents.
7.15 ACCOUNTING CHANGES. Make any change in its fiscal year, without the
consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
7.16 ANTI-TERRORISM LAW; ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING.
(a) Directly or indirectly, (i) knowingly conduct any business or engage
in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for
the benefit of any person described in Section 5.21, (ii) knowingly deal in, or
otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in
property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any other Anti-Terrorism
Law, or (iii) knowingly engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that
evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and the
Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any certification or other evidence
requested from time to time by any Lender in its reasonable discretion,
confirming the Loan Parties' compliance with this Section 7.16).
(b) Cause or permit any of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to
repay the Loans to be derived from any unlawful activity with the result that
the making of the Loans would be in violation of any Requirement of Law.
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7.17 EMBARGOED PERSON. Cause or permit (a) any of the funds or properties
of the Loan Parties that are used to repay the Loans to constitute property of,
or be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any person subject to
sanctions or trade restrictions under United States law ("Embargoed Person" or
"Embargoed Persons") that is identified on (1) the "List of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons" maintained by OFAC and/or on any other similar
list maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not
limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections
1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any
Executive Order or Requirement of Law promulgated thereunder, with the result
that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is
prohibited by a Requirement of Law, or the Loans made by the Lenders would be in
violation of a Requirement of Law, or (2) the Executive Order, any related
enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders or (b) any Embargoed
Person to have any direct or indirect interest, of any nature whatsoever in the
Loan Parties, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether
directly or indirectly) is prohibited by a Requirement of Law or the Loans are
in violation of a Requirement of Law.
7.18 ACCOUNTS. Maintain any Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts (as
such terms are defined in the Security Agreement) other than (i) Deposit
Accounts or Securities Accounts subject to the Collateral Agent's Control or
(ii) any Excluded Account.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default:
(a) Non-Payment. Either Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to
pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of
any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within five days after the same
becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee
due hereunder, or (iii) within five days after the same becomes due, any
other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. (1) Holdings or the Borrowers fail to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section
6.02 or 6.03(a) or Article VII; (2) Holdings or the Borrowers shall fail
to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section
6.01 and, with respect to this clause (2), such failure continues for
seven days; or (3) Holdings or the Borrowers fail to perform or observe
any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03(b)-(d),
6.05, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13 or 6.14, or any Guarantor fails to perform or
observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any Guaranty, and,
with respect to this clause (3) such failure continues for 15 days; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any
other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above)
contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and
such failure continues for 30 days; or
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(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty,
certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of
Holdings or the Borrowers or any other Loan Party herein, in any other
Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or
therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when
made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to
make any payment when due and payable beyond any applicable grace period
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand,
or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations)
having an aggregate principal amount and including amounts owing to all
creditors under any combined syndicated credit arrangement) of more than
the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other
agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in
any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or
any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a
trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the
giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Holdings, either Borrower or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries, or one or more Subsidiaries that in the
aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, institutes or
consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law,
or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or
consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for
all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee,
custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is
appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the
appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or
to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the
consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60
calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding;
or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Holdings, either
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary, or one or more Subsidiaries that
in the aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, becomes unable
or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as
they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or
similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of
the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully
bonded within 60 days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary a final judgment or order by a court or Governmental Authority
for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold
Amount (to the extent not covered by (a) insurance as to which the insurer
does not dispute coverage or (b) valid third party indemnification as to
which the indemnitor has not denied in writing coverage) and, (A)
enforcement is legally commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or
order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay
of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, is not in effect; or
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(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan which individually has resulted or could reasonably
be expected to result in liability of either Borrower under Title IV of
ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate
amount in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) ERISA Events occur with
respect to one or more Pension Plans or Multiemployer Plans which in the
aggregate has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of either or both Borrowers under Title IV of ERISA to one or
more Pension Plans or Multiemployer Plans and/or the PBGC in an aggregate
amount having a Material Adverse Effect; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any provision of any Loan
Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason
other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction
in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or
any Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of
any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has
any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or
purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan
Document; or
(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(l) Collateral. Any security interest and Lien purported to be
created by any Security Document shall cease to be in full force and
effect, or shall cease to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to
be created and granted under such Security Document (including a perfected
first priority security interest in and Lien on all of the Collateral
thereunder (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or
such Security Document)) in favor of the Collateral Agent, or shall be
asserted by any Loan Party not to be a valid, perfected, first priority
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such Security
Document) security interest in or Lien on the Collateral covered thereby;
or
(m) Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation. (i) Any of the
Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents for any reason
shall cease to be "Senior Indebtedness" (or any comparable term) under,
and as defined in, the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture or any other
Subordinated Debt or (ii) the subordination provisions set forth in the
Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture or the indenture or other instrument
governing any other Subordinated Debt shall, in whole or in part, cease to
be effective; or
(n) Matters Relating to Governmental Authority. Any Governmental
Authority shall terminate, revoke, suspend or fail to renew any license,
consent, authorization, permit or certificate that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.02 REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the
consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
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(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be
terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans,
all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or
payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers;
(c) require that the Borrowers Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof);
and
(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and
remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents;
provided that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for
relief with respect to either Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United
States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the
unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other
amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the
obligation of the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (or
provide a supporting letter of credit pursuant to Section 2.05(g)) as aforesaid
shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender.
8.03 APPLICATION OF FUNDS. After the exercise of remedies provided for in
Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and
payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be
collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts
received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative
Agent in the following order:
(a) First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations
constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and
amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in
its capacity as such;
(b) Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations
constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and
interest) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C
Issuer (including fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees
of any Lender or the L/C Issuer) and amounts payable under Article III),
ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause
(b) payable to them;
(c) Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations
constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and
other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) payable
to them;
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(d) Fourth, (i) to payment of that portion of the Obligations
constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, (ii) to
Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the
aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, (iii) to payment of amounts
due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any
Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender and (iv) to payment of breakage,
termination or other amounts owing in respect of any Swap Contract between
any Loan Party and any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, to the extent
such Swap Contract is permitted hereunder, ratably among the Lenders and
the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this
clause (d) held by them; and
(e) Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have
been paid in full (other than contingent obligations that constitute
indemnification obligations that survive termination of this Agreement),
to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate
undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause (e) above shall be
applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any
amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have
either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to
the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
9.01 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORITY. Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer
hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take
such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof,
together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The
provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent, and Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and no Loan Party
shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
9.02 RIGHTS AS A LENDER. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent
and Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its
capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it
were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor
or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of
business with Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
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9.03 EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS. No Agent and shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such
Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided
that such the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability
or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the
failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrowers
or any of their Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the
Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with
the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the such Agent shall
believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in
Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default
unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the such Agent by
the Borrowers, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.
No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire
into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate,
report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection
herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein
or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition
set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of
items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.
9.04 RELIANCE BY AGENTS. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and
shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request,
certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing
(including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each also may rely upon any
statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made
by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In
determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled
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to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, each Agent may presume that
such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless such
Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C
Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of
Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall
not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the
advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
9.05 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. Each Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan
Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this
Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each
Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in
connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as
well as activities as the Agents.
9.06 RESIGNATION OF AGENT. Each Agent may at any time give notice of its
resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of
any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with
the written consent of the Borrowers, to appoint a successor, which shall be a
bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with
an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and the Borrowers and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above;
provided that if the Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that no
qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security
held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the
Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall continue to hold such collateral
security until such time as a successor Agent is appointed) and (2) all
payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or
through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer
directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as
provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor's
appointment as Agent hereunder and upon the execution and filing or recording of
such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or
supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be
necessary, or as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to
continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the
Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all
of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent,
and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and
obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already
discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the
Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its
predecessor unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Borrowers and such
successor. After the retiring Agent's resignation hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and
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Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent,
its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative
Agent was acting as Agent.
9.07 NON-RELIANCE ON AGENT AND OTHER LENDERS. Each Lender and the L/C
Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any
Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the L/C
Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate,
continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based
upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
9.08 NO OTHER DUTIES, ETC. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers or Syndication Agent listed
on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as
applicable, as an Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.
9.09 AGENT MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party,
any Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation
shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise
and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on any Loan
Party) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and
all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and
their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and
(j), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent
and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09
and 10.04.
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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative
Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or
the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to
authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
in any such proceeding.
9.10 COLLATERAL AND GUARANTY MATTERS. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer
irrevocably authorize each of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, at
its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the
Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination
of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been
collateralized in cash or otherwise to the satisfaction of the L/C
Lender), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with
any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii)
subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing
by the Required Lenders;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by
the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on
such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i); and
(c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty
if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction
permitted hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent at any time,
the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent's
Collateral Agent's, as the case may be, authority to release or subordinate its
interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor
from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.01 AMENDMENTS, ETC. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by Loan
Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required
Lenders and the Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and
acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 after the Credit
Extension of the Term Loans without the written consent of each Revolving
Loan Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate
any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written
consent of such Lender;
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(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document for any scheduled payment or mandatory prepayment of principal,
interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any
scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or
under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified
herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (v) of the
second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of
each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that only the consent of
the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of
"Default Rate" or to waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest
or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter
the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written
consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of
"Required Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any
transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent
of each Lender;
(h) release the Parent Guarantor from the Parent Guaranty without
the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the
Loan Documents; or
(i) release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors
from the Subsidiary Guaranties without the written consent of each Lender,
except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents;
and, provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required
above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any
Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;
(ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the
Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights
or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of
the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv)
Section 10.06(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the
consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded
by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v)
the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a
writing executed only by the parties thereto. In addition, notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the
written consent of Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and the Lenders providing
the relevant Additional Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.14.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender
shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent
hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or
extended without the consent of such Lender.
If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or
termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section
10.01, the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or
more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the
Borrowers shall have the right to replace all, but not less than all, of such
non-consenting Lender or Lenders (so long as all non-consenting Lenders are so
replaced) with one or more persons, so long as at the time of such replacement
each such new Lender consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or
termination.
10.02 NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as
provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder
to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as
follows:
(i) if to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile
number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such
Person on Schedule 10.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number,
electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its
Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent
by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have
been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such
subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the
Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic
communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article
II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the
Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such
Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or the Borrowers may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and
other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be
limited to particular notices or communications.
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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and
other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender's receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the "return receipt requested" function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is
not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on
the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications
posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the
deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in
the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change
its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the Administrative Agent or, in the case of such change
by the Administrative Agent, by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other
Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer and
Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic
Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on
behalf of the Borrowers even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner
specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other
form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the
recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrowers shall indemnify
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and
the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and
liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice
purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrowers. All telephonic notices to
and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
10.03 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure by any Lender, the L/C
Issuer, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no
delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
10.04 EXPENSES; INDEMNITY; DAMAGE WAIVER.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent), in connection with the syndication
of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation,
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negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment
thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer), and shall pay all reasonable fees and time charges for attorneys who
may be employees of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection
with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under
this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit
issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of
Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly
and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof),
the Collateral Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of
any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee")
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all
reasonable out-of-pocket fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys
who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Loan Party arising out of,
in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or
proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer
to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents
presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any property owned or operated by the
Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in
any way to the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party or by any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to
any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim
brought by either Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for
breach of such Indemnitee's obligations hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, if such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in
its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any
reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b)
of this Section to be paid
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by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral
Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender
severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the
Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such
Lender's Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,
provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in
its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing
acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral
Agent or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the
Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section
2.12(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, the Loan Parties shall not assert, and hereby waive, any
claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages)
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the
use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above
shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of
any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications,
electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not
later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation
of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the L/C Issuer, the
replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the
repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
10.05 PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf
of the Borrowers is made to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the
proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid
to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such
recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied
shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had
not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C
Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so
recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is
made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of
the preceding sentence shall
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survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
10.06 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Borrower
nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this
Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to
the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section, or (iv) to an SPC in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of this Section (and any other
attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d)
of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related
Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or
more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans
(including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C
Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) (A) with respect to any assignment of any Revolving Loan
Commitment and/or Revolving Loans, except in the case of an assignment of
the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Revolving Loan
Commitment and the Revolving Loans at the time owing to it or in the case
of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan
Commitment (which for this purpose includes Revolving Loans outstanding
thereunder) or, if the Revolving Loan Commitment is not then in effect,
the principal outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to
the Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is specified in the
Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than
$5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers otherwise
consent in writing (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed);
(B) with respect to any assignment of any Term Loan Commitment
and/or Term Loans, except in the case of an assignment of the entire
remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Term Loan Commitment and the
Term Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a
Lender, the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitment or,
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if the Term Loan Commitment is not then in effect, the principal
outstanding balance of the Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to
each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is specified in the Assignment
and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $1,000,000
unless each of the Administrative Agent and so long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers otherwise consent in writing
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned,
except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing
Line Loans and shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a
portion of its rights and obligations among its Revolving Loan Commitment
and Revolving Loans, on the one hand, and its Term Loan Commitment and
Term Loans, on the other hand, on a non-pro rata basis;
(iii) (A) any assignment of a Revolving Loan Commitment or Revolving
Loans must be approved by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and,
the Swing Line Lender unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is
itself a Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise
qualify as an Eligible Assignee);
(B) any assignment of a Term Loan Commitment or Term Loans must be
approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is
itself a Lender, or an Approved Fund with respect to the assigning Lender
(whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an
Eligible Assignee) (it being understood and agreed that any assignment of
a Term Loan Commitment or Term Loans shall not at any time require the
approval of the Borrowers); and
(iv) the parties of each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with the
Assignment Fee as calculated below, and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall
not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire;
a processing and recordation fee (an "Assignment Fee") will be
payable to the Administrative Agent in the amount of $2,500 for each
assignment; provided, however, that in the event of two or more
concurrent assignments to members of the same Assignee Group (which
may be effected by a suballocation of an assigned amount among
members of such Assignee Group) or two or more concurrent
assignments by members of the same Assignee Group to a single
Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its
Assignee Group), the Assignment Fee will be $2,500 plus the amount
set forth below:
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First four concurrent assignments or suballocations to -0-
members of an Assignee Group (or from members of an
Assignee Group, as applicable)
Each additional concurrent assignment or suballocation $500
to a member of such Assignee Group (or from a member
of such Assignee Group, as applicable)
For purposes hereof, "Assignee Group" means two or more Eligible
Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved
Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a
party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 10.04 with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their expense) shall execute and
deliver the applicable Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer
by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply
with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale
by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance
with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as
an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent's Office a
copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of,
and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by each of the Borrowers and the L/C Issuer at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition,
at any time that a request for a consent for a material or substantive change to
the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders
in connection therewith may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a
copy of the Register.
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(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or
notice to, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any
Person (other than a natural person or the Permitted Holders or the Borrowers or
any of the Permitted Holders' or the Borrowers' Affiliates or Subsidiaries)
(each, a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and/or
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment
and/or the Loans (including such Lender's participations in L/C Obligations
and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender
in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to
Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this
Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of
this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08(a) as though it were a Lender,
provided that (i) such Participant shall be subject to Section 10.08(b) as
though it were a Lender and (ii) such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than
the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to
such Participant is made with the Borrowers' prior written consent.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including under its Note(s), if any) to secure obligations of such Lender,
including without limitation (i) any pledge or assignment to secure obligations
to a Federal Reserve Bank and (ii) in the case of any Lender that is a Fund, any
pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued,
by such Lender including to any trustee for, or any other representative of,
such holders; provided that, in each case, no such pledge or assignment of a
security interest shall release such Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words "execution," "signed,"
"signature," and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be
deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic
form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or
enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in
any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act,
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the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar
state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(h) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, any Lender (a "Granting Lender") may grant to a
special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time
by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (an "SPC")
the option to provide all or any part of any Committed Loan that such Granting
Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any
Committed Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or
otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Committed Loan, the Granting
Lender shall be obligated to make such Committed Loan pursuant to the terms
hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative
Agent as is required under Section 2.12(b)(ii). Each party hereto hereby agrees
that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option
shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the
obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement (including its obligations
under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar
payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and
(iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any
amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document,
remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Committed Loan by an SPC
hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same
extent, and as if, such Committed Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In
furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement
shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is
one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial
paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join
any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the
laws of the United States or any State thereof; provided, however, that (i) in
the case of any Loan Party, the Granting Lender is in compliance with its
obligations to Loan Parties hereunder and (ii) each Granting Lender designating
any SPC hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party
hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to
institute such a proceeding against such SPC during such period of forbearance.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with
notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any
portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Committed Loan to
the Granting Lender and (ii) subject to Section 10.07, disclose on a
confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans
to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or
Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender After Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank
of America assigns all of its Revolving Loan Commitment and Revolving Loans
pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days' notice
to the Borrowers and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days'
notice to the Borrowers, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such
resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers shall be entitled
to appoint from among the Revolving Loan Lenders (and with the consent of the
applicable Revolving Loan Lender) a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender
hereunder; provided that no
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failure by the Borrowers to appoint any such successor shall affect the
resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case
may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights
and obligations of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of
Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and
all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the
Revolving Loan Lenders to make Base Rate Revolving Loans or fund risk
participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If Bank of
America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the
Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made
by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including
the right to require the Revolving Loan Lenders to make Base Rate Revolving
Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to
Section 2.04(c).
10.07 TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates' respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to
the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process; provided, unless specifically prohibited by applicable
law or court order, such Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender, as applicable,
shall make reasonable efforts to notify the Borrowers of any request thereof,
(d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of
rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or
any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement, provided such assignee, Participant or prospective
assignee or Participant agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section or
(ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to the Borrowers and their obligations that
agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section or (g) with the consent of
the Borrowers.
"Information" means information concerning Holdings or any of its direct
or indirect shareholders, or any of their respective employees, directors, or
Subsidiaries, or Affiliates (including without limitation the Permitted Holders)
received by any Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender on a confidential basis from
the Borrowers or any other person under or pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, including without limitation financial terms and financial
and organizational information contained in any documents, statements,
certificates, materials or information furnished, or to be furnished, by or on
behalf of any Borrower or any other person on a confidential basis in connection
with this Agreement and the Loan Documents, but does not include any such
information that (i) is publicly available at the time of disclosure or becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii)
becomes available to any Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers or any of their
direct or indirect shareholders, or any of their respective employees,
directors, Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, without limitation, the
Permitted Holders) or any of their respective agents or representatives.
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10.08 RIGHT OF SETOFF.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates are hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and
other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the
L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrowers or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the
Borrowers or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, irrespective of
whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the
Borrowers or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a
branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different from the branch or
office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of
each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff)
that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each
Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure
to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application.
(b) No Lender, or L/C Issuer, or any of their respective Affiliates will
exercise or claim any right of set-off or banker's lien which would violate
Section 30.2.5 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, and each Lender, L/C
Issuer and their Affiliates hereby waives any and all such rights and liens they
may have to set-off that would otherwise violate such provision, provided that,
without limitation of the foregoing, any Lender shall be entitled to debit any
lockbox account(s) maintained by such Lender for all usual and customary service
charges, transfer fees and account maintenance fees, only, of such Lender in
connection with such lockbox account(s) and such Lender shall, if any third
party checks or other receipts deposited in the lockbox(es) are dishonored, have
the right to charge any such returned or dishonored items against such lockbox
account(s) or to demand reimbursement therefore from Borrowers.
10.09 INTEREST RATE LIMITATION. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the
Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest
permitted by applicable Law (the "Maximum Rate"). If the Administrative Agent or
any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate,
the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it
exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers. In determining whether
the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or
a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an
expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments
and the effects thereof and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal
or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term
of the Obligations hereunder.
10.10 COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different
counterparts), each of which shall
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constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the
entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of
the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
10.11 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith
shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such
representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full
force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
10.12 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality,
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
10.13 REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant
to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrowers
may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and
consents required by, Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee
that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a
Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the
assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to
the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05)
from the assignee (to the extent of such
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outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in
the case of all other amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant
to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation
if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.
10.14 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWERS AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMIT, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW
YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
SUCH STATE, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT
OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK
STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH
FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT
THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE
TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWERS OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE
COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWERS AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE
OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
10.16 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTICE. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as
hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf
of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements
of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and address of
such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Borrower in accordance
with the Act.
10.17 RIGHT OF CONTRIBUTION. If any Loan Party shall make an Excess
Payment (as defined below), such Loan Party shall have a right of contribution
from the other Loan Parties in an amount equal to the other Loan Parties'
Contribution Share (as defined below) of such Excess Payment; provided, that
such Loan Party shall not exercise any right or remedy under this Section 10.17
against the other Loan Parties until the Obligations have been paid in full
(other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been
made) and all Commitments have been terminated; provided, further that any
rights to contribution under this Section 10.17 shall in all respects be
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the
Obligations. For purposes of this Section 10.17, (a) "Excess Payment" shall mean
the amount paid by any Loan Party in excess of its Pro Rata Share of any
Obligations; (b) "Pro Rata Share" shall mean, for any Loan Party in respect of
any payment of Obligations by such Loan Party, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) as of the date of such payment of Obligations of (i) the amount by
which the aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and
properties exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Loan Party
(including contingent,
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subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the
obligations of such Loan Party hereunder) to (ii) the amount by which the
aggregate present fair salable value of all assets and other properties of all
the Loan Parties exceeds the amount of all of the debts and liabilities
(including contingent, subordi nated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities,
but excluding the obligations of all the Loan Parties hereunder) of all the Loan
Parties; and (c) "Contribution Share" shall mean, for any Loan Party in respect
of any Excess Payment made by the any other Loan Party, the ratio (expressed as
a percentage) as of the date of such Excess Payment of (i) the amount by which
the aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Loan Party (including
contingent, subordi nated, unmature and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding
the obligations of such Loan Party hereunder) to (ii) the amount by which the
aggregate present fair salable value of all assets and other properties of all
the Loan Parties other than the maker of such Excess Payment exceeds the amount
of all of the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated,
unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of all the
Loan Parties hereunder) of all the Loan Parties other than the maker of such
Excess Payment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
AMR HOLDCO, INC.
By: /s/ William A. Sanger
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Name: William A. Sanger
Title: Chief Executive Officer
EMCARE HOLDCO, INC.
By: /s/ William A. Sanger
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Name: William A. Sanger
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Robert Klawinski
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Name: Robert Klawinski
Title: Senior Vice President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender,
L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender
By: /s/ Douglas M. Ingram
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Name: Douglas M. Ingram
Title: Principal
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Laura J. Cumming
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Name: Laura J. Cumming
Title: Vice President
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LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender and Co-Documentation Agent
By: /s/ Dana Friedman
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Name: Dana Friedman
Title: First Vice President
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender and Co-Documentation Agent
By: /s/ Jeffrey P. Hoffman
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Name: Jeffrey P. Hoffman
Title: Its Duly Authorized Signatory
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BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND VEREINSBANK, AG,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Gavin Burke
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Name: Gavin Burke
Title: Director
BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND VEREINSBANK, AG,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Hetal Selarka
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Name: Hetal Selarka
Title: Associate Director
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CAROLINA FIRST BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ Kevin M. Short
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Name: Kevin M. Short
Title: Senior Vice President
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ERSTE BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ Paul Judicke
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Name: Paul Judicke
Title: Director
By: /s/ Bryan Lynch
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Name: Bryan Lynch
Title: First Vice President
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FIFTH THIRD BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ Joshua L. Van Manen
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Name: Joshua L. Van Manen
Title: Vice President
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MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL, A DIVISION OF
MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS FINANCIAL
SERVICES INC., as a Lender
By: /s/ Clare Bailhe
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Name: Clare Bailhe
Title: Director
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SCHEDULE 1.01
LAIDLAW MANAGEMENT FEES
SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS
REVOLVING LOAN TERM LOAN
LENDER COMMITMENT COMMITMENT
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Bank of America, N.A. $ 15,000,000 $ 307,500,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 15,000,000 2,500,000
LaSalle Bank National Association 15,000,000 10,000,000
General Electric Capital Corporation 15,000,000 11,500,000
Bayerische Hypo-und Bereinsbank, AG 10,000,000 5,000,000
Carolina First Corp 15,000,000 2,000,000
Erste Bank 1,500,000
Fifth Third Bank 10,000,000 5,000,000
Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of
Merrill Lynch Business Financial
Services Inc. 5,000,000 5,000,000
Total $ 100,000,000 $ 350,000,000
SCHEDULE 4.01(i)
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS
SCHEDULE 4.01(n)(iii)
TITLE INSURANCE AMOUNTS
SCHEDULE 5.05
MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS
SCHEDULE 5.06
CERTAIN LITIGATION
SCHEDULE 5.09
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
SCHEDULE 5.10
INSURANCE
SCHEDULE 5.13
SUBSIDIARIES AND
OTHER EQUITY INVESTMENTS
Part (a). Subsidiaries.
Part (b). Other Equity Investments.
SCHEDULE 5.24
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
SCHEDULE 6.16
POST-CLOSING COLLATERAL MATTERS
Within 180 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably determine), the Loan Parties will caused to be filed in
each relevant jurisdiction with the registrar of motor vehicles or other
appropriate authority in such jurisdiction an application or other document
requesting the notation or other indication of the Lien granted by the Security
Agreement over the Loan Parties' Motor Vehicles which represent not less than
95% of the fair market value of all of the Loan Parties' Motor Vehicles with a
model year 1997 or newer, provided that such requirement shall not apply to any
of the Loan Parties' Motor Vehicles that are (x) leased by any Loan Party from a
third party or (y) subject to a contract that prohibits the granting of such
Lien, in case, as permitted by the Credit Agreement.
Within 60 days after the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent, Control Agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, for each of the Loan Parties' Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded
Accounts) and Securities Accounts (as such terms are defined in the Security
Agreement).
Within 15 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably determine), the applicable Loan Parties shall deliver to
the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Real Property located at 430 Steele
Street, Denver, Colorado, the following:
(a) duly executed and acknowledged Mortgages, financing statements
and other instruments meeting the requirements of Section 4.01(n)(i);
(b) such consents, approvals, estoppels and other documents or
instruments as required by Section 4.01(n)(ii);
(c) policies or certificates of insurance as required by Section
4.01(o);
(d) evidence of payment of all applicable mortgage recording taxes,
fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of such
Mortgage as required by Section 4.01(n)(v);
(e) notifications, registrations and filings as required by Section
4.01(n)(vii);
(f) copies of all leases and other agreements as required by Section
4.01(n)(vi);
(g) a Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard
Determination as required by Section 4.01(n)(ix); and
(h) favorable written opinions of local counsel in the state in
which such Real Property is located, as required by Section 4.01(g).
Within 60 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably determine), the applicable Loan Parties shall deliver to
the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Real Property located at 430 Steele
Street, Denver, Colorado, the following:
(a) policies of title insurance meeting the requirements of Section
4.01(n)(iii);
(b) to the extent necessary to permit the Title Company to remove
the general survey exception from the applicable lender's title insurance
policy (or pro forma policy of lender's title insurance and executed title
instruction letter having the effect of a title insurance policy), a
Survey as required by Section 4.01(n)(viii);
(c) such affidavits, certificates, information (including financial
data) and instruments of indemnification as required by Section
4.01(n)(iv); and
(d) evidence of payment of all applicable title insurance premiums
as required by Section 4.01(n)(v).
Within 30 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably determine), the applicable Loan Parties shall deliver to
the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Real Property located at 4 Tech
Circle, Natick, Massachusetts, the following:
(a) to the extent necessary to permit the Title Company to remove
the general survey exception from the applicable lender's title insurance
policy (or pro forma policy of lender's title insurance and executed title
instruction letter having the effect of a title insurance policy), a
Survey as required by Section 4.01(n)(viii).
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SCHEDULE 7.01
EXISTING LIENS
SCHEDULE 7.03
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
SCHEDULE 7.08
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
SCHEDULE 10.02
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S OFFICE;
CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
BORROWERS:
c/o AMR Holdco, Inc. and EmCare Holdco, Inc.
6200 S. Syracuse Way
Suite 200
Greenwood Village, Colorado 8011
Attention: Randel G. Owen
Facsimile: (303) 495-1466
Telephone: (303) 495-1223
and
1717 Main Street
Suite 5200
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: Steve W. Ratton, Jr.
Facsimile: (214) 712-2731
Telephone: (214) 712-2475
with copies to
Onex Partners Manager L.P.
712 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Robert M. Le Blanc
Facsimile: (212) 582-0909
Telephone: (212) 582-2211
and
Kaye Scholer LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Edmond Gabbay
Facsimile: (212) 836-6476
Telephone: (212) 836-8876
Appendix V to Form
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Administrative Agent's Office
(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):
Bank of America, N.A.
Street Address: 101 North Tryon Street
Mail Code: NC1-001-15-04
City, State ZIP Code: Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Melissa Mullis
Telephone: 704-386-9372
Facsimile: 704-264-2445
Electronic Mail: Melissa.mullis@bankofamerica.com
Wiring Instructions:
Bank of America, NA
New York NY
ABA #026009593
Acct Name: Corporate Credit Services
Acct #1366212250600
Ref: AMR/EmCare
Other Notices as Administrative Agent:
Bank of America, N.A.
Agency Management
1455 Market Street, 5th Floor
Mail Code:CA5-701-05-19
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attention: Robert J. Rittelmeyer
Telephone: (415) 436-2616
Facsimile: (415) 503-5099
Electronic Mail: robert.j.rittelmeyer@bankofamerica.com
L/C ISSUER:
Bank of America, N.A.
Trade Operations-Los Angeles #22621
333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 19th Floor
Mail Code: CA9-703-19-23
Los Angeles, CA 90017-1466
Attention: Sandra Leon
Vice President
Telephone: 213.345.5231
Facsimile: 213.345.6694
Electronic Mail: Sandra.Leon@bankofamerica.com
Appendix V to Form
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SWING LINE LENDER:
Bank of America, N.A.
Street Address: 101 North Tryon Street
Mail Code: NC1-001-15-04
City, State ZIP Code: Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Melissa Mullis
Telephone: 704-386-9372
Facsimile: 704-264-2445
Electronic Mail: Melissa.mullis@bankofamerica.com
Wiring Instructions:
Bank of America, NA
New York NY
ABA #026009593
Acct Name: Corporate Credit Services
Acct #1366212250600
Ref: AMR/EmCare
Appendix V to Form
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